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      "The Cause Of Justice Is The Cause Of Go...

      ment of the then Prime Minister , Sir Robert Peel , and which they are determined to exercise on Monday next , observing perfect PEACE , LAW and ORDER , and scrupulously respecting the rights of propertv , but 8 ft _scrupuloii _= l y defending their own rights as freemen . Tae _Delegates ofthe people have passed a unaaimous resolution to hold themselves responsible for the good order of those whom they represent , and precedent esta-Wishes the ri ght which Jthe people mean to € xerci . * e .

      Our cause is , therefore , the cause of Justice aud the cause of God ; and onr duty is to impose the onus of resistance to that cause upon those who dread the moral influence of an oppressed bnt united people . In the provinces , those who pant for the response to the National "Will , thus respectfully and constitutionally conveyed , will not give ear to the thousand and one reports which malice or mischief may choose to circulate ; but they will wait calmly for the true intelligence from their own representatives .

      There never was , in any country , a more creditable , pure , or honest representation of the National Will , than that which is now deliberating upon the National Cause . Its progress ¦ will not be retarded for want of energy and courage ; its success will not be jeopardisedand must not be jeopardised—b y bluster , bravado , or folly . A sacred duty is as-Signed to those men , and a sacred trust is imposed upon their constituents ; the voice of _freedom is wafted upon each passing breeze throughout the land—and heavy will he the responsibility of those who shall check its course , or impede its progress by treachery , by Cowardice , or fraud .

      For a nation to be free , it is sufficient that she wills it . . , For a people to ensure their freedom , it is sufficient that they know their rights , and dare maintain them .

      ONWAHD AND WE CONQUER BACKWARD _AND WE FALL THE PEOPLE'S GHARTER AND NO SURRENDER !

      April 8, 1848. The Northern Star. 5 •;

      April 8 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 5 •;

      Parliamentary Review. R If The Legislatu...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . r If the Legislature means to continue much longer in its " do nothing" mood , it would be better that St Stephens should he closed at once , " until further notice , ' and only reopened when the members have made uptheir minds to go on with work . At present , the sum total of these labours can only be expressed hy the term " nil" Peo ple grow tired oflookinginto Parliamentary debates , because they know they will find nothing in them , except it be the announcement of the determination of our legislators to do nothing . We have already commented upon the singular and anomalous position taken up both by the Ministrv and the Parliament . In the

      midst of general progress , they are obstinately bent uponstandingstockstlll . Itmight , butfor some trifling : indications to the contrary , he imagined that our ruling classes were both blind and deaf , and that the events which everywhere else stir the heart's blood and make it flow quicker through the veins , have no existence for the occupants of Downingstreet , or the benches of the House of

      Commons . A wise Ministry or a prudent Legislature would not act in this way . The natural effect of the mi ghty changes that are occurring around us , must be to excite the instinctive feeling , latent in the mind of every man , that things may be , and ought to be , better than they are . " Such a . period of general and simultaneous movement seems to be preeminently the time for an active and prudent Government to lead the wav to safe and

      efficient improvements , and hy making the existing constitution the medium for conferring pc _» Iitical and social benefits , obviate the necessity for organic or violent changes- The introduction of good measures , and the exhibition o an earnest and honest intention to carry them out , would more than anything else tend to maintain order ia tbis country , and to secure graduall y the great objects of g ood government to all classes without direct injury to any . If the Chartists and Repealers had been in want of arguments to prove that the interests of tbe masses of tbis country are not

      properly attended to , and that an immediate and extensive change was required in order to make it harmonise with the intelligence ofthe people , and able to provide for their wants , the policy ofthe present Parliament would have su pplied quite sufficient to have " proved their case . Instead of increased activity and energy , Ministers and members seem to think that the times demand an increased amount of indolence , and apathy . In a few days , more , the House will adjourn for the Easter recess ; that is , the best working half of the Session will be over , and what shall we have to show for it ? Ministers have botched their

      Budget . There never before was such a thing of shreds and patches turned out in the financial way . The Public Health Bill has been for many weeks arrested in its progress . Our Colonial system was to have been revised , with the view of giving representative institutions to tbe Colonies , and so enabling them to manage their awn affairs—the only thing done in that way has been to suspend the New Zealand Constitution granted last year . Not a single step has been taken towards improving

      our Educational Institutions . Ireland was to have occupied a prominent position , by the bringing in of a series of remedial measures . Ministers act the part of the dog in the manger ; Bot only will they do nothing themselves , but they will not permit any body else to do anything—witness the defeat of Mr Sharman Crawford ' s Out-going Tenants' Bill this week . In short , in every department we see the same St ignation . It is impossible that this can go on _lonn .

      Parliamentary Review. R If The Legislatu...

      Whig Premier has evidently made up his mind to stop legislation and provoke a fight . The grievances of Ireland are nothing to him . The shortest cut to the tranquillity of tbat country appears to be , in his estimation , through the slaughter of its inhabitants . Certainly , it is a summary way of getting rid of the " surplus population . " But blood thus spilt has an awkward facility of springing up in future harvests of revenge and hostility , not unfrequently fatal to those who caused it

      to be shed . We have no hesitation m saying that if a civil war takes place in Ireland , that the Whig government which has obstinately refused all legislation of a conciliatory or remedial character , and which has , at tbe same time , proclaimed its determination to put down , by armed force , tbe internal disaffection arising * from its own misconduct , will be alone responsible for all the blood tbat may be shed , and the loss of property which may follow such an event .

      ^It Is Unnecessary Detain Our Readers Wi...

      _^ It is unnecessary detain our readers with j any detailed enumeration of the matters that have heen talked over since onr last . A few Specimens may he selected , just by way of Showing the fitness ofthe present Ministry and Parliament for their respective duties . When the Army Estimates were brought on , Mr Hume moved that 100 , 000 men be granted instead of 113 , 000 . He was beaten by a majority of 295 . The explanation is easy—of that majority , at least 115 hold commissions in the Army and Navy , or stand in the nearest _personal relations of birth or marriage to those who do . More than one-third of the whole ¦ undeniably _belong io families which have a direct pecuniary interest in maintaining the largest possible amount of armed force . If to these the holders of civil appointments _^ and the expectants of appointments in future , be added , fullv two-thirds of the majority will he accounted for . It is in this way that these classes , under the conventional cloaks of a vote of the House of Commons , dip their hinds into the pockets of the people , and transfer the money found there into their own .

      ' The Fate Of The Out-Going Tenants'bill...

      ' The fate of the Out-going Tenants ' Bill , to which we have already alluded , in conjunction with other Irish discussions during the Session , and the general tone of the House on these questions should beacceptedfay the Irish people and their leaders , as an unmislakeablehint that the English . Parliament is tired of legislating for Ireland—that it wishes very much they would take the trouhle off its hands , and mind their own affairs in future . At least , such is the construction we put upon the systematic and determined refusal to grant asingle positive or remedial measure to a country which is known to be steeped to the lips in wretchedness , and which all authorities finite tt ) show is on the eve of a general and organised insurrection . Lord J . Russell ' s _haushtv defiance and pompous boast of Monday night , in answer to Lord Jocelyn ' s question on the state of Ireland , we look npon in the same light . The

      Mr Horsman, Hy Dint Of Constant Importun...

      Mr Horsman , hy dint of constant importunity , has at length shamed both Sir R . Peel and Lord J . Russell , into the confession that something must be done tO reform the Ecclesiastical Commission , to Which we have more than once referred . The way in which the Bishops haye misappropriated the funds , and evaded the distinct intentions of an Act of" Parliament , would , in ihe case of a poor man , he termed fraud and swindling . But to the " right reverend prelates" such terms , we presume , are not to be applied . They steal so nicely , none dare call it theft . Lord John _hasjpromised , however , to consult the new Archbishop of Canterbury as to the means of stopping the plunder in future . Perhaps this is done on the principle , " Set a thief to catch a thief . "

      The Jewish Disabilities Bill, Which Was ...

      The Jewish Disabilities Bill , which was introduced at the beginning of the Session , and which , as it was intended to let into Parliament Baron Rothschild , one of the Premiers colleagues for the City of London , we might have imagined would have , heen pushed forward somewhat briskly , has shared in the general paralysis . On Monday night it turned up , after haying been lost sight of for some time , and , after a preliminary discussion , went through committee . It has still to pass the ordeal of the Lords , and if all we hear is true , it Is possible thst it may founder in its passage through that Chamber .

      The National Convention. (Continued From...

      THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . ( Continued from our eighth page . ) Thia proclamation having been carried by acclamation , The Chaibuax _annoHnced the return ofthe deputation from the Home-office , when—Mr Retkolds rose amidst perfect silence to state the result of the interview . Re stated that in conformity with the instructions received from the Convention in the morning , the deputation proceeded to the Home-offiee . On arriving there they were in formed thst Sir George Grey was engaged at a cabinet council , but that the Under-Secretary , Sir Denis Le Marchant , wm there , but was particularly engaged at that moment with the Attorney-General . The _depHta'ion haaded their cards to the person in attendance , and observed that they would not detain him for more than a few minutes- Eventually they were shown in , and found Sir Denis Le Marchant ,

      the Attorney-General , and Mr Hall , the chief magistrate of Bow-street . The depntation represented to them thst they attended from the National Convintion- Sir Denis Le Marchant replied that he _recognised no such' body . To this the deputation offered no observation , but stated that they attended in . consequence of having seen the . proclamation issued by the police _commissienew , imputing certain objects and views to the Convention , _bnfc that the Cenvention utterly repudiated And deprecated the idea of congregating an armed _a > seaibly , or of conducting an armed procession in any part of the metropolis and the deputation expressly stated that no body _depyeeatad _outran and _disturbances more than the _membsrs of the National Convention did ; but they _begged to assure Sir D . Le Marchant , that under all _cireamstances the proces sion wonld take place , and that they should adopt snch measures as they thought best calculated for the preservation and maintenance of peace and _srder . To this Sir D . Le Marchant said he did not think

      that anything the deputation could say _wsold alter the determination of the government . The deputatirn stated that they considered the proclamation issued by the commissioners of police was . calculated ti create disturbance , and to lead to aggressionthatthey considered they had a constitutional right to meet to petition and te carry their petition to the Ilouse of Parliament . The Attorney-General _observed , ' Surely yoar petition could be presented by a few persons . ' Te this the deputation replied , that ane ' er the English constitution the people had a right to petition and to carry np their petition ; and , if that right was to be regulated by numbers , then it _miehtjnstaswell be eaid that assemblages of tbe people for electoral cr any other purpose could not be had . At this stage of the proceedings Sir

      D . Le Marehank , who had exhibited throughout great coldness and self-sufficiency , said , pointing to the two gentlemen who were with him , 'This is the Attorney-General , and that Mr Hall , "the chief magistrate of Bow-street . ' He ( Mr Reynolds ) replied that he was aware vrho those gentlemen were , being acquainted with their appearance . The Att : rney-GeEeral then appealed to the * deputation as reflective persons , whether they did not think that they had proceeded too far ; on which Mr Clark said ' . hatheconsidered an old and obsolete act had been raked up to form the basis ofthe proclamation , and Mr Wilkinson reitera _' ed that which the deputation

      had already expressed , that the Convention intended ' 0 hold a peaceful _meetiBg and _procession , and that they should exert themselves . Sir D . Le Marchant _tten told the deputation that a 3 Sir George Grey was not there , the bast thing they could do was to _comraunisate their object in writing to him . The de putation then withdrew into an ante room and forwarded a letter to Sir Gezrge Grey , which during ths evening was read by Sir G . Grey in _hisjplace in the House of Commons . This letter the deputation left atthe _Home-Offioa , and then took their departure . ( Cheere . ) Home Office , half-past two o ' clock , p . m .

      Sir , —We , the undersigned delegates , appointed by tne National CoaTentlon to wait _upanyou , beg to inform you that the National Convention never has advised , and that it utterly repudiates the idea of , an armed _asseaiblaga being called together , or an . armed procession taking place ; and we , moreover , assure yon , on the part of ourselves and the National Convention , that we shall entirely _discountenance any attempt that may be made on Monday next to create disorder , or to endanger the public peace . We , _tharefare , _avaUourselves of this opportunity to assure you , on the part of the National Convention , that the processioa forthe purpose of presenting the people's petition to the House of Commons-will take place on Monday next , when , should any . disturbance occur , it certainly "sUl not be provoked nor encouraged upon our part . We have the honour to remain , Sir , Tour obedient servants , G . W . IL ResHOLDB , i T . Cube , J . Wilkinson .

      Mr Clark and Mr _WnvKixsoif corrobtrated the statement made by Mr Reynolds . Mr _HiBNxr moved that the report of the deputation to the Home Secretary be printed , placarded about London , and circulated in the country , and that tha thanks of the Contention ba given to the members of the depntation forthe satisfactory manner in which they had discharged their duty . Mr Baldwin seconded the motion , which was carried by acclamatien . The debate on Mr West ' s motion wa 3 then resumed ; but was interrupted by Mr Wildb , who _suggested that a deputation , ooii . sisting of two delegates , shonld bs at onoe appointed to wait upon Mr Feargus O'Connor , at the House of Commons , and request him to ask Sir- George Grey whether he had received the _comrauaicatioa left for him ' at the Home Office by the deputation , aad whether he had any observation to make upon it . The suggestion was immediately acceded to .

      The motion for the appointment of a deputation to wait upon the government for the purpose of laying before tbem the real state of the werking classes was then agreed to . Mr Essbst Jokes postponed his motion concerning a national _tri-colonr until thi ? day . On the motion of Mr Habhet , a committee was appointed to report concerning the electoral districts and delegates for tha new Convention , eo that in the event of the present Convention being mowed down in the streets of London , or _Bwept into Newgate , there would ba others to take their places , ( Great cheering . ) At five o ' clock the Convention adjourned .

      Mertopolitan Ptjblic Meeting. A Pupijc M...

      MERTOPOLITAN PTJBLIC MEETING . A Pupijc _Meetiso , called by the Association of Fraternal Democrat ?) to _tato into consideration the reception ofthe National Petition by the Ilouse of Commons , will take place on Tuesday evening next , April lltb , at eight o ' clock , in the Farringdon ilall , King ' s Arms Yard , Snow-hill , opposite _Farringdonstreet . Ernest Jones . Julian llarney , Messrs Kydd , West , and several other members ef the Convention will address the _meeting .

      Ssceipts Of The N&Tlon& B I»An» Coskpan"...

      _SSCEIPTS OF THE _N & TlON _& _b I » AN » _COSKPAN" _* , FOR THB WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , APRIL 6 ,

      1818 . PER MR O'CONNOR . SHAKES . £ a , A . Reading .. 8 0 0 Bury Coulter .. 10 . 0 0 Wilmslow .. 1 16 0 Newent .. 418 3 Woolwich , Bichmond . 1 U 11 Crombie 0 5 0 Southampton .. 4 0 0 Birmingham , Halifax « 9 5 0 Goodwin » 3 13 0 Corbridge .. 2 0 0 _Kilbarchan .. l 2 6 Busby » * lo 0 Bridlington Quay 6 18 0 Glasgow » 4 2 6 Birmingham , littletown .. 31010 J Brindley _„ 16 0 Newcastle-upon . Barnsley - 10 14 6 Tyne .. 8 6 6 Cheddington .. 2 10 6 Welton _.. 0 15 2 _Barnoldsivick „ 0 3 0 Clayton "West . 1 IS 2 Campsie' .. 5 3 6 Yarmouth ? _e . 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Astill .. 5 0 8 Chativin ,. 0 5 0 Mewbury .. 15 0 6 Thos Cork .. 0 6 0 Oxford .. 2 7 6 Wm Lute .. 0 10 Nottingham , Geo Hall ,. 10 0 Sweet m 513 6 John Heffernah 0 10 Banbury 15 19 S Thos _Collings ., 0 5 0 Birmingham , Wm Wilson „ 0 lo 6 Goodwin n 5 O O Geo Waterman ., 0 3 4 Clitheroe .. 4 0 0 Hy Byrne _„ 0 2 0 Liverpool w 1015 9 Ann Broad H 0 0 6 Northampton .. 7 0 0 Wm Boirett ., 0 2 6 Thrislington „ 9 9 0 Jas Smith _„ 0 1 fi Tavisteck M 2 10 Wm Crow » 0 2 0 Birmingham , Robt Crow .. 0 2 0 Ship \ „ 4 li 0 Wm Thatcher .. 0 10 lnverkeithing .. 1 14 10 John Quarter-Plymouth _« 611 6 man .. 0 5 0 Keighley . „ 10 0 0 William Thomp . New Radford - 6 12 3 eon .. 0 5 0 Bradford , York 3 9 0 Sarah R Salmon 6 Hnll .. 12 10 10 _HarrietTowers _* 0 _Torquay 8 18 0 Ann Maria Mos 9 0 Melts , Corps <> 3 6 0 Foster Gordon .. 1 0 0 Burslem M 32 2 0 Felix Hunt M 6 1 0 Alva „ ( ill ) 0 WilliamBaillie .. 6 1 6 Maikhinch „ 17 6 Hamilton .. 1 15 0 £ 399 15 _H _tmsmmeaaos BXPB _* SSB FUND . Reading .. 7 0 0 Tavistock .. 0 2 0 Wilmslow .. 1 12 6 Plymouth _„ 14 0 Kilbarchan ., 0 4 0 New Radford n 0 6 6 Bridlington Quay 014 0 Hull ., 0 li 4 Barnstaple .. 0 10 8 Torquay .. 6 5 0 Long Sutton .. 0 5 10 Hells , Corps » 0 16 Campsie «• 0 13 0 Burslem .. 1 11 0 _Linlithgow h 0 12 6 Newent _» 016 flct _' ord m 0 6 6 Richmond ,. 0 10 Falkirk .. 0 11 0 Southampton .. 10 0 Romford ., 0 5 6 Halifax „ 0 15 0 Ledbury 0 8 0 Busby » 0 10 0 Rastrick M 16 6 Glasgow .. 0 5 3 Lake Lock „ 0 2 0 Littletown .. 0 9 _lj Edinburgh .. 0 6 6 Newcastle-upon-Farkhead .. 0 6 O Tyne » 1 13 6 Astley 11 0 10 0 Welton .. 010 Marple .. 18 6 Clayton West ,. 0 I 0 Glossop .. 0 8 0 Ely .. 14 2 Rochdale _« 0 5 6 Warwick .. 0 16 Limehouse , _Bruns . Whittington and wick Hall „ 0 2 6 Cat -. 076 Manchester .. 2 7 2 Mary Ann Elliott 0 10 Oxford „ 0 4 0 John Pomeroy .. 0 2 0 Nottingham , Henry Sullivan 0 16 Sweat „ 2 10 2 Thos Collins .. 0 2 0 Banbury M 0 ll 0 Geo Watermann 0 2 0 Clitheroe .. 1 0 0 William Board .. 0 2 0 Liverpool » . 1 18 0 John Hickman .. 0 2 0 Northampton , John H Fox Munday .. 8 0 0 Young .. 0 10 Hamilton .. 0 5 0 Alva n 0 4 0 £ 45 13 0 J Total Land Fund ... ... £ 399 15 0 _£ Expense Fund .... ... 45 13 0 * Rules ... ... 0 6 6 £ 445 14 7 Bank 374 14 8 £ 820 _ 9 _ 3 Wm . Dixok . _Chmbtopheb . _Doils , Thos . Clabk , ( _Corres . Seo . ) _Phiup _M'Gbath , ( Fin . Seo . ) RECEIVED AT BANK . Manchester . ' .. .. ., S 310 0 Padiham _. Power Loom Weaver Association .. 100 0 0 Liverpool , Clarence Co-operative Society .. 4 14 e Barnstaple , Auxiliary Bank ., .. 200 The Mountain Bank of the National land Company , Yorkshire M .. 200 T . _Pbicb , Manager . RECEIPTS O ? NATIONAL _CHABTBR ASSOCIATION . Gregory _. Belper .. 0 16 Northampton . < 0 5 0 Bradford « 0 5 0 Ipswich ,. 0 10 0 Mr Burke .. Oil Bolton .. 0 10 0 Mr Simpkia .. 0 10 Plymouth „ 0 ll 0 Minster Lovell ., 2 10 0 Mr Tanner ., 0 4 0 Petition Sheets .. 0 12 6 Ladies' Shoe Todmorden .. 0 lo 0 Makers' „ 0 2 0 Birmingham .. 10 0 Marylebone .. 0 5 4 Cheltenham .. I 0 0 Mr Temple ¦• 0 10 Bilston .. 0 5 0 Mr Martin „ 6 2 6 Dartford .. 019 0 Retford .. 0 10 Three Old Guards , Portsmouth .. 0 6 8 Shoe Mill .. 0 2 3 MixendenStones 0 12 0 Cupar Angus .. 6 15 0 Easington Lane 0 5 0 Chorley .. 0 S 0 Lariford .. 012 8 Railway Labourer 0 0 6 Leicester ,. 0 18 10 Two Friends Wigan .. 0 2 0 Sacriston N 0 16 Mr Rogers ., 0 5 0 Buckbaven .. 0 2 0 Wallingford .. 0 4 0 Longton , Work- TowerHamlets ,. O 15 0 ing Man's Hall 010 0 Alva .. 10 8 Mr Potter .. 0 2 0 Collected at John Buckby .. 0 18 Street .. 15 4 Brighton H 13 0 Lambeth ., 0 14 6 Bartord » 1 6 0 Aberdeen „ 2 Q 0 Nottingham ., 2 0 0 Stockport ., 010 0 E Richardson ., 0 2 0 Sowerby Helm .. 10 0 Glasgow „ 0 10 0 Falkirk _M O 10 0 Bath ., 10 0 Hamilton „ 10 0 Hebden Bridge ., 0 3 9 Leigh „ 8 5 3 Edinburgh „ 110 0 Tyldesley .. 0 16 2 Mr Derbyshire .. 0 0 6 Collected by W Barnsley .. 0 10 0 Brown .. 0 5 9 Mr Cuffay .. 0 5 0 _Middleton .. 0 7 6 Newcastle .. 1 10 0 Richmond .. 0 4 0 Ledgate ., 0 3 4 Newbridge , Gla-Leicester .. 010 0 morganshire .. 0 10 0 _ _ 10 _ 9 B _23 SCSS _32 DEFENCE 0 ** HS O CONKOH ' _S SEAT IH PAEUAHENT . Sleaford .. 0 2 9 Norwich .. 1 0 11 Hexham .. 0 9 6 Mr Duff .. 0 19 Bradford .. 0 7 1 Sutton . _in-Ash-Somera Town field n 10 0 LandConipany Darwin „ 0 6 3 and Chartists 0 Id 3 Hollinwood .. 0 7 0 SO .. 0 1 0 Clackmannan ,. 0 4 6 Collected by Mr Hawick ,. 0 2 0 Smith .. 010 9 Long Buckby _„ Oil 6 J L _Quaraley Sheffield „ 011 2 Oldbam „ 0 2 6 J Cheetham „ 0 10 Edinburgh .. 4 8 8 J ll 77 _£ C . BotI _/ 2 _, Secretary ,

      Noirraoham.—On Sunday Last, A Great Meet...

      NoirraoHAM . —On Sunday _last , a great meeting , attended by 20 , 000 persons , was held in the Forest , and addressed Ur . Macdouall . The meeting afterwards marched in prccegaion through the town . 116 addressed a meeting 01 the middle classes on TufiS daynighfc , with excellent effect . ADDRESS OF TBE PEOPLE _6 F MACCLESFIELD In publie meeting _aisemhled , to the peopio of Franco . Brethren , —Sympathy is the strongest bond of union between individuals , and also between nations . Congratulation is tbe best encouragement to patriotic effort _. We deilre , brethren , to express onr sympathy in your struggle against tyranny , | and to congratulate you on the successful issue ofyour heroic Bnd devoted conduct in the hour of peril , and after yeor triumph was complete . We thank you fer the impulse you have given to democratic principles throughout Europe . The victory you have won is ' not for France alone , tbe world will emulate yonr example ; and with a well organised Republic In France , It will ba _impostible'for despotism to maintain its footisg , even in the remotest corners of the world . We thank you for the esample you have given us ofthe

      power of right , when opposed to tbe fraudulent and mercenary power of might . For eighteen years your government has been a monstrous , a magnificent lie—the comfort of despots all the world over . Beneath its shade every evil thing bas been 8 oari _» a * D _£ with constantly ln _» creasing luxuriance , and when neighbouring nations hava beheld the result of Frenchmen ' s former _struggles for liberty , thoy have felt the cold ehill of despair run . ning through tbeir veins , and tbey havo asked from tho depths of their despondency , 'Who can hope for freedom , while tha foot of tho tyrant is on tho neck of France . ! ' We thank you , Frenchmen , for having lifted this load of despair from our hearts . Tou have eacouraged it to a more active and determined energy , in

      demanding our rights as Englishmen and Irishmen , and ne will never abate on- ? exer tions until the government of the British Empire , is based upon tbe three glorious principles thatform the symbol of French Republicanism —Liberty , Equality , Fraternity . Brethren , the sympathies of the British and Irish nations aro with yen . Tbe world ' s hopes are centred in you , we believa you will not falsify our _exptctatlons . By your institution * based upon Equality , by justice at home , an honourable recognition of your duties _towards other nations , may yoa realise the ardent hopes we entertain of you , and may Ihe more than doubtful glories of imperial and imperious royalty be dimmed , darkened , and lost in the pure and tasting splendours _ofUsiYEBBiL Refobiioahish . Siflned , on behalf of the meeting , Thosas _Lzicn , chairman .

      Important Notice. Each Branch Secretary ...

      _IMPORTANT NOTICE . Each Branch Secretary of the National Land Company has received with the balance sheet , one of the usual quarterl y return _aheete ; but instead of returning thereon the payments for the quarter ending : _MarA 25 th , 1848 , they must enter , alphabet ! - pally , the names of all members of their respective branches , without reference to sections , with the total amount paid by each from the commencement uf the Company until the 25 th ult ., distinguishing Land Fund from the Expense Fund . Secretaries requiring more paper than the sheet sent from the office , will provide themselves with it , and rule it similar to the printed sheet . Each return must set forth , in writing , that it is made out from the commencement to the 25 th ult . The Directors hope thateach Secretary will promptly perform this duty , and that the returns will be sent as 90011 after the 25 th of March as possible _.

      The National Petition. A Public Meeting ...

      THE NATIONAL PETITION . A public meeting called by tho Association of Fraternal Democrats waa holden on Taeaday evening last , 111 the _Farringdon Hall . The hall was excessively crowded by a most enthusiastic assembly . A largo number of Irish Repealers were present , and they were most energetic in their applause of every patriotic , rraterna ' , and determined sentiment uttered by the speakers , At eight o ' clock , Ernest Jones , delegate to the National Convention for Halifax , was called to the chair , amidst loud and long-continued cheering . Ernest Jokb 3 waB called to the chair amid great _acclamation , and in one of his truly brilliant speeches introduced the business of tho eveningconcluding , after a lengthened address , by introducing Mr Harney , & c . The following was the first resolution moved bj Julian Harney : —

      _^ Wboreas it is a notorious fact that tho government of tbese countries , —commenly called ' The United King _, dom of Great . Britain and Ireland , ' —exists only for the _protection and . aggrandisement of the privileged classes _represented in the legislature ; _whireas the laws are . ena ' c't ' _od for tbe benefit of the rich and the plunder and oppression of the poor ; whereas the existing' system ' is ' upheld by fraud and force , and is , therefore , directly opposed to the principles of truth and justice ¦ and , whereas , that legislative swindle , _muoallcd tho Reform Bill , by excluding _Bix-seventhg of the adult male population from tbe possession of tbeir inalienable political rights , constitutes the _mainstay of the enormities abovo recited : — This meeting hereby resolves to adopt the National Petition requiring tbe immediate enactment of the People ' s Charter ; and should that petition be rejected , tbis meeting apptalst ' o tbe peopio of Great Britain and Ireland to take other and efficient means to enforce

      compliance with tbeir just demands , JoxiAi ? _Habkbt delivered a very lengthy speech , contrasting the . wrongs of the poor with the crimes of the privileged classes . In the course of his speech he said : The Times of Saturday last , in a whining , fraudulent , and lying article , _unblushingly asserts the atrocious falsehood , that wherever the sway of the English government is acknowledged , there _legislative justice is enthroned , and rational liberty secures general happiness : if there is an exception , it is Ireland . But the Tikes asserts , that even Irish evils are the consequences of the vices of the Irish character , and not of English rule . ( Cries of * false ! _' ) Yes ; the writer is the Times m a liar . J . U , then _showed the atrocities of tbe English

      system at home and abroad . The state of Ireland proclaims , _trumpet-tongued , the deep damnations of that system so vilel _y applauded by the felon Times . If it were as true as it ia false , that all the evils of Ireland spring from the vices of the Irish charaoter , why attempt ts govern snob a people in spite of themselves ? The Timbs admits that English government has failed in Ireland ; why not , then , let the people of that country try Irish government ? ( Loud cheers ) It is , bo-sever , no _longer a question -whether the English government will ' let Irishmen have justice—they will' Jet'themselves ! ( Thunders of applause . ) The bullying Times aow whines— ' A grave contest may be at band , we deprecate it ere it comes . ' Only a week ago , how different the tone of this

      bully ! Then , Mitchel , and Meagher , and Smith O'Brien , were assumed to be objects of scorn and contempt . ( A voice , 'Three cheers for Repeal ;' three thundering oheera were given . Another voice , ' Three cheers for O'Brien , Meagher , and Mitchel , ' again the building shook with the roaring cheers and stamping of the people . ) Every word said by Mitohel and his brother _seditioniats we adopt . Their _hoiy hatred to English aristocratic rule we share . ( Thunders of applause . ) The millions who in seven centuries have perished in Ireland , the victims of fraud and tyranny , —the millions of __ murdered victims recently mowed down by famine , —the thousands still dying day by day—these appeal to ns from their graves to efface the stain from onr national

      name by proving to tbe world that the people of England do not participate in the crimes of their rulers . By every sentiment of _manhogji we are bound to hate thoso rulers . They have oppressed us at home , and excited against us tbe hatred of every other people . The world hat * been taught that this is a free nation , and , therefore , not unnaturally wo have been confounded with our rulers , and made to share the odium of their crimes . At this very time they are exciting against OS a' worse feeling tban hatred—contempt . Other nations breaking their fetters—bursting their chains —pouring out their blood for liberty—curbing or casting out their tyrants—look to us , and judging of us by the vile press , conclude that we are perfectly

      content with the present system ; content—so say the vile newspapers—to truckle to Mister John Russell ' s insolence , who in the midst of revolutions— the wreck of sceptres and the crash of thrones' assumes the airs of a C » 3 ar , and declares that he has no intention to repeal the ratepaying clauses of the Reform Bill . My God , how the nations must wonder at , and despise us I But shall we not cast from us this humiliation ? ( Cries of _» Yes , yes , ' and roars of applause . ) We tell Mister Johnny Russell that we mean to repeal the Reform Bill itself . ( Renewed _cheering . ) Next Monday we shall prove to the world the falsehoods of the English press . We shall prove that we are not content to hug our fetters when the slaves of every other land

      are breaking theirs . ( Loud cheers . ) There are two dangers to guard against , rashness and weakness . Any rash act next Monday might launch us , not into a revolution , but into a row , more fatal to our character and moral standing than even to our persons . We must have no ' rows . ' On the other _haad , -we must have no weakness . It is not for me to anticipate the Convention , but my voice ia in unison with that of my constituents , for no more petitiening . ' ( Great applause . ) I would , however , make one other last appeal , not to the house , but to the Queen . I would have the people send to her a memorial , demanding the ousting of the ministry , and the appointment of men who will make the Charter a cabinet measure . Let the delegates of the people demand to see the Queen in person—to

      present the memorial without any of the tomfoolery of ha" -wigs and Court swords . If this last appeal is treated with contempt , of course , the Convention will do its duty—always provided the people are prepared to do theirs . ( Applause . ) I must protest against the idea , if entertained by anyone , of dissolving the _Contention on the presentation of the Petition . I must protest against any' feed' at Highbury Barn—it will be time enough tofeastwhenwe have something to rejoice over , and can invite all the people to share in the festival . ( Greatapplause . ) If the Petition is rejected , it will be the duty of the Convention—if supported by the people—to declare itsolf permanent until the Charter becomes _theaaW ' of tfie land , ( _tenthusiast ' _-c cheering . ) The hour has Btruck , and this is the hour for us to strike

      for our liberties . Behold , in every land , the nations rising to the life ot liberty . Behold Young France bursting the manacles of corruption and the fetters of force , and establishing on the ruins ot monarchy and the wrecks of privilege , the empire of the Proletarians , and the reign of Equality , Liberty , and Fraternity . ( Great cheering . ) Behold the Germans bringing their kings and princes on their kneea to learn the first lesson in revolution—ay , only the first lesson j we have only seen the beginning in Germany . ( Cheers . ) Behold the Italians destroying foreign tyrants and wringing liberty from domestic rulers . ( Applause . ) Behold Poland re-appearing from the tomb , as yet swathed in her bloody Bhroud ; but , even now , that shroud is being torn

      from her limbs by the hands of liberated Germans . ( Great applause . ) The resurrection of Poland has taken place . _Kosciusko _' _a fall shall be avenged—Konarski ' _s tortures shall be atoned for . The sword of Poland , aided by the swords of France and Germany—ay , and England too , as soon as we are frea —( oneetB )—shall be sheathed in the heart ot the Russian despotism . The Russian , like the Austrian empire , will be rent asunder , and the doomed , damned despot of St Peteraburg , shall be sent to seek the hell he merits , amidst the triumphant roar of liberated nations . ( Immense applause . ) Englishmen ' Irishmen , and Scotchmen , our fraternisation is the surety of our victory . We have but to march together , and we must , we will , win our liberties , ( Enthusiastic and long continued cheering . )

      ; Mr West , _delogatelor Stockport , seconded tho resolution and'said : The time had now arrived for short speeches and active work . He had had the high honour to be returned for Stockport , to represent the independent men of that borough at the Convention now sitting in this metropolis . The men of Stockport were determined to send no mere petitions to the legislature . The time was not far distant when ihe sons of toil should' reap some of the benefits which they were _centinually sowing . They had been compelled by class legislation to work harder andeat less . But they would how see whether they could not eat more and work less . ( Loud cheers . ) Lord John RuBsell said , that the credit of the country mmt be kept up . They wo _») d take a _lessenfrom

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      the _pasf , and Irishmen , Englishmen , and Scotchmen , must unite , and keep their eyes open , and not allow Ireland to be a doomed country . But tbey muBt unite and level the aristocracy of tbe three _couniries to the dust . Little Lord Johnny Russell said he would put the Irish people down . That put him in mind oi a little man of great consequence in Stockport , who was sworn in as a special _conttable _, who ordered a huge navigator to move on , The _navigator took up the special under his arm , and was in the act of walking away with him , when little great special says— ' If you don't put me down , I'll take you up . ' ( Lond laughter . ) Now , Lord John _Rutsell was something like that little ereat special of Stockport . The Irish people would let tbe

      ministry feel their strength , Should there beoccasionforit , It is the fault of the people if tbey endure class legislation much longer . Why , the working classes were one thousand to one of all tbe other classes put together . Did they not refresh the ranks ot the army , navy , and _polije , from the ranks of tho people , wh : > m they turn into machines of tyranny to oppress us ? Let them , for the future , get their machines elsewhere . Well , they were going * to prosecute Mitchel for instructing , in the United Irishman , the Irish _peopleintbearfcofstreetfigbting . Whydenot the government instruct its Attorney-General te prosecute the Tut ss , for showing hew the rocket and the howitzer can be used in clearing the streets by the military ? And , again , has not the Times instructed

      tbe people in the same art ? Have they not lauded to the skies the brave and heroic conduct of the brave women of Palermo and Milan ? ( Loud eheers . ) The Cenvention , to a man , were determined to stand against the bloody government , and to adopt the prosecuted opinions of O'Brien , Meagher , and Mitchel . ( Loud and prolonged cheering . ) And tbey are determined to petition tho parliament no more , and tbey will wait the deciaion of the people . The Times says , the shopkeepers are loyal . ( A voice : Not all . ' ) He agreed with that cry—not all . They had shown their power in the late attempt of Lord John Russell to impoBe an additional income tax The mercenary middle class hold the power in their hand . They have got the representation in their

      hands . Thoy have got the jury box , and they are the guardians of the poor ; and possessing , as they do , this power , they use it with the utmost rigour against the _werkingclasseB . ( Shame . ) They place themselves botween the landowner and the farmer , between tbe farmer and the labourer , robbing by immense profits , and grinding to dust the rights of labour ; and from this _misanplication of power , the whole burden of taxation tails solely on the people , who produce the wealth . Who tilled the land ? The labourer—take away that labourer , and the wealth produced from the land would cease . So with the mills—and so with the mines—take away tbe means of setting the mill in aotion , and the profit realised from it ceased to its grinding owner . Take away the men that descend into the bowels of the earth to ex .

      plore thera , and that land would be a wilderness _. Is it not right that the labourer should enjoy the first fruits ? It is to see a change in the present alarming state of things that I am for a revolution . I should like to see . capital and labour placed in its proper position , - and that we ought to get rid of the name of masters , for it is degrading in _everj sense of the word . They may be our employers , but not our masters . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord Ashley haa sent a letter to the Times , stating that he was glad to hear that the people in the country had enrolled themselves as special constables . I have never heard of such things in Stockport . Any person attempting such a thing would be kicked around that town by the men _whoonlyearnSs . perweek . The women of the north are determined to have the Charter , and they are ready to take the place of the men who are out down , should

      it come to that . ( Loud cheers . ) I am not one who desires bloodshed , if we can get it otherwise . Tbe men of the Convention know their labour . ( Loud cheers . ) The people of the north are determined to cease working in the pit in tha event of _theii- not getting the Charter , and if they do , I warrant that these _tyrantB will soon have to blow cold fingers ( Lond laughter and cheers , ) They may call tbis sedition , but these are times to try men ' s souls . They have tried our souls—the men would rather die than starve . I waa at one time reduced to a state of starvation—my family crying for bread—I had none to give them . I feel lor the men ' s state—and Oh ! God are they _thns to prefer death to starvation . ( Cheers . ) _Aiid those men deserve to die who will submit to such a state of things , and will not speak out . ( Great cheering . )

      Mr S . Kydd ( delegate for Oldham ) , in a lengthy , argumentative , and eloquent speech , which excited thunders of applause , moved the adoption of the following resolution : — Mr . _Kjdd moved the following resolution , — That this meeting having heard tho blood-thirsty determination of tbe government _& 3 expressed by Lrd John Russell , last nighf in the House of Commons , to crush by forco the movement of tbo Irish people for national liberty , _riiiht , and _justice ; hereby denounces Lord John Russell and his colleagues , as the enenV . eB not _Iobs of the English than the 'Irish people , and this meeting solemnly pledges itself to co-operate with tbe people of Ireland _agalnBt the infamous government which alike _opprasBes both nations . Mr Cummings , M * Adams , Mr E . Gill , and Mr T . Dally , addressed the meeting , after which Mr Wheeler moved the next resolution .

      That this meeting recommends to the country that in event of the demands contained in the National Petition being rejected in Parliament , the people shall instruct tbeir delegates to dccltre the Conven . tion permanent , until the _Clinrter becomes the law of the land ; at the same time affording such support to the Convention , as will enable thc delegates to enforce the adoption < _sf the Charter . Mr Beizeb feconded the resolution , which was unanimously adopted . The meeting then dissolved .

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      , - _Sobscbiption for loss op Cattlk at _O'Conhobvillx . s . d . James Swaffield ... ... 0 6 G Redrup ... ... 0 G Bolton , per Heyes ... ... 6 8 _Brighton , Floner ... ... & 0 Oldham , Hamer ... ... 5 0 Ashton-under . Lyno ... ... 10 0 T Martin ... ... » . 1 0 W Penny , Hyde ... ... 0 6 W Darrant and Brothers , Stratford-on-Avon ... 2 0 Thomas Abbott , Manchester ... O 6 Walsall , per Perkins ... ... 2 6 Lincoln ... ... •>• 1 0 Bacup ... ... _••> 5 5 £ l 19 7 Bilston , per Linney ... ... 4 2 Walsall , per PerWns ... ... a 6 Lincoln ... ... ... 1 0 Bacup ... ... ... 5 5 Romford , Herbert ... ... 6 6 Witham , Fish ... ... 2 8 Reading , Wheeler ... ... 7 1 Leadgate , Grogan ... ... 2 4 _ £ l 10 _ 6 Thomas Martin _Whimes . The above is the list of names which wis omitted last week , as the sum only was announced . Sctbscbiptions . —The following is a list of subscriptions received by me from different localities , in order to liquidate the debt of Mr Bavrow . —Thouas Raskik , 59 , _Ravald-street , _Lloyd-street , fOldham-road _, Man . Chester . : _s . d . BoltoD , per Mr Plckvance ... . ; . -10 0 Todmorden , Stansfield ... ... 10 : 8 I / ittleborougb , James Coupe ... 8 0 StagBhill , Joshua Taylor ... ... 4 6 "Wellingborough , L _"Watkln ... 10 Bilston , Mr _Hammerslby ... ... 7 6 Macclesfield , Mr J Leech ... ... 10 0 Stockport , Thomas Davies _... ... 10 0 Droylsden , J Dawson . ... ... 8 0 Nottingham , J Sweet ... ... 5 0 Oldham , Hamer ... ... 10 0 _Ratel'flo Bridge , J Bowker ... ... 5 0 Haslingden , H Green ... ... 4 0 Dorsetshire , J W .. . •¦ 2 0 0 Preston , J Erown ... ... 7 0 " Smethwick , Mr Allen ... ... 5 0 ¦ ' £ 815 0 ¦ Minimum Thomas 'Rankin respectfully solicits those localities that have not yet remitted their quota to use their best efforts to do so with as little delay as possible . The O'Connob . Medal . — A correspondent suggests the wearing of the O'Connor medal on the 10 th ot April . H . Y ; , Stratford , EBUex . —Your letter is very well -written but has the vice of containing nothing practical . Mere generalities , appeals for' union , ' & c „ & c , are but words wasted . Any future communications , whether reports or otherwise , shall have our attention . To THE EDITOB OF THE _JToBTHBBN STAB . —SlB , —I beg to contrwlict a falso statement which appeared in the Star of the 18 th , in a letter , signed « William Holmes , wherein he states that I dismissed him from my service in consequence of his having bcoome a successful allottee on the land ; the fact is simply this , on account of the great depression in the trade , and having up . wards of £ 200 . worth of laco by mo from the machine which Holmes worked , I judged it advisable that the frame should stand , and it has not been worked at all since he left me , which is a fortnight since , last Satur . day ; add to this the fact of my having known of his conp nexis » n with the Land Plan from the week after he first entered my employ , ahd _. you and the public will , I think , see that it had nothing to do with'his dismissal . Your insertion of this will oblige , Sir , your obedient servant , George Lahgeord _, Lenton Sands , March 21 . _DkmonbtbAlton Committee . —Every member of th ' a committee is specially summoned to attend on Sunday afternoon , at five o ' clock precisely ,

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      THE NATIONAL _CONVENTION , THE NATIONAL PETITION , AND THE GREAT METROPOLITAN _DEMONSTRATIONS

      MEN OF LONDON I It is time for you to be stirring . It is time foot you to be up and doing . You are living in a _mosn eventful period ; there is no telling what gr & ndi vicissitude , what brilliant achievement , what glorious 3 revolution , a single hour may bring forth . _^ Thee least semblance of apathy just now is criminal .. Look at the Continent of Europe , swept by the i tornado of Revolution , which , in its awful but I grand career , has torn up hy the roots one despotic J dynasty , while it has shaken others to t _^ eir bases .. The storm still rages , it sweeps along ; sublime in its 1 fury , scattering hy its destructions blessings among ; the people ; may its power continue U increases until every vestige of hell-horn despotism disap _^ . pears from the World . Men of London , in these -.

      strange times it behoves you to look seriously to your political and social amelioration . You are the despised victims ofa barbaric , antiquated system of misrule ; you have galling wrongs to redress , you have dear rights to assert . Now is the propitious moment to remove for ever the former , and establish the latter . The moat enslaved nations of the World are by their courage winning freedom front tbeir tyrants . Surel y you will not remain laggards in the cause ot progression . Forbid , O holy Spirits of Liberty and Patriotism , such a traitorous disregard of your solemn injunctions , such au abasing dereliction of man ' s sacred duty ! Up then , and be doing . A sluggish , inert people never can win rights ; and these are only the rewards of courage and perseverance , for God helps but those that Ac §? themselves .

      _Ibishmen resident in London , on the part of the Democrats of England we extend to you the warm hand of fraternisation ; your _pjlnciples are ours , and our principles should be yours . Remember the _aphr risms , that union is strength , and division is weakness ; centuries of bitter experience prove to you the truth ofthe latter , let us now cordially endeavour to test the virtue of the former . Look at your fatherland , the most degraded in the scale of nations . Behold it bleeding at erery pore under the horrible lashings of class misrule I What an awful

      spectacle in Ireland , after forty-seven years ofthe vaunted Union ! Her trade ruined , her agriculture paralysed , her people scattered over the four quarters of the globe , and her green fields in the twelve months just past made the dreary grave-yards of 1 , 000 , 000 of famished human beings . Irishmenf if you love your country , if you detest these monstrous atrocities , unite in heart and soul with those who will struggle with you to exterminate the hell-engendered cause of your country ' s degradation—beggary and slavery .

      Trades of London 1 You , whose skill and ingenuity are shown iu that endless variety of wealth that crowds the warehouse , adorns the palace , and glitters in the windows of this vast emporium of commerce , you , to whose intelligence all our architectural grandeur is a living monument , we appeal to you to shake of political apathy , and to array yourselvesfor once under the banner ofyour country ' s freedom . Your great numbers , bright intelligence , and compact organisation , give you immense power . "Vi e implore you to devote your strength immediately to the rescue of your order from the damning sway that Mammon now holds over you . Do this , and the benedictions of generations yet unborn will be poured upon your memories .

      Men 01 ? London ! A' great , peaceful Revolution must be accomplished in Britain . Old principles of legislation are out of date ; our laws and institutions are behind the spirit of tbe age ; they meet not the exigencies of the civilisation and enlightenment of our time . You , Men of London , possess an immense moral power , which , when concentrated and directed in connexion with that * ; of your brethren throughout the empire , would sweep the huge fabric of tyranny , hypocrisy , and fraud to utter annihilation , and thus secure to yourselves and posterity those blessings which truth and justice alone can confer . Again we say , survey the political horizon of Europe , it now presents one dread upheaving of 5 oc 3 etyf one grand scene of Nature's insurgency against the despotism of Man .

      Everywhere the people are arousing themselves , despots are either conceding their , demands or quailing before their omnipotence . Nations whose wretched destinies monster injustice had sealed in their blood are now looking up with hope and struggling for Liberty and Nationality . May God strengthen their holy aspiration , and endow them with power for their consummation . In this bright era of the world ' s progress , how far are you prepared to go ? In this epoch of popular victory what achievement do you seek to accomplish ? We leave the response to your good sense and discretion , but we tell you frankly that the Ubeity-seeking German , the emancipated Italian , the struggling Pole , and the proud French Republican , will regard you with an eye of disdain , if your aim be not to demolish oligarchic usurpation , and to substitute for it the legitimaefc power of the whole people .

      Men op London ! The question of your newborn liberties or continued slavery will in a few days be submitted to parliament . Mr O'Connor gave notice of the following motion on the 27 th ult . ;—That this house recognising the great principle that labour is the source of all wealth ; that the peeple are tha OBly legitimate source of power ; that the labourer shonld be the first partaker ofthe frnits of his own industry ; tbat taxation without representation is tyranny , and

      should be resisted ; and believing that the resources of the country . would he best developed by laws made by representatives chosen b y the labouring classes , in conjunction with those who live by other industrial _parsatts —That ( in recognition of the above great truths ) , this house adopts the principles embodied in the document entitled the People ' s Charter , _namely—AdbubI Elections , Universal Suffrage , Tote by Ballot , Equal Electoral Districts , no Property Qualification , and Payment of Members . '

      On the same day that this motion ia to le considered , thegreat National Petition , now in course of signature throughout the country , will be presented to parliament . A Convention , consisting of _ferty-nine delegatea , elected at immense public meetings at as many of theprinoipal towns in the empire , wjll assemble in tho Literary and Scientific Institute , John-street , Tefctenham-court-road , on Tuesday , April ith , and following days . Their business is to superintend the presentation of the Petition , and to devise such other courses of procedure for the people as they shell deem necessary for securing the enactment of the People ' s Charter .

      We propose that a great Metropolitan _DemoijBtra _* tion shall accompany the People ' s Prayer Jo the door of the House of Commons . The 10 th . (/ April shall be a day memorable in the annals of political agitation ; it must evince to the world t _^ ardenS love of Britons for f ' _reedsm _, and their _swojiji resolve to live no longer contented slaves . The _gjrejit National Petition , the register of millions of { signatures , will be borne in a triumphal cari drawn by _beauti- ' fully-caparisoned horses . All you _nien _^ pf London , who wish to take part in this Glorious _Demonstration , will assemble on Kennington _Common ,, at _eleven , a . m ., < m Monday , tbe _\ 0 tVv . _iuat , Tou wiU then be arranged in _prooession by authorised marshals , proceed towards the Elephant ; and Castle , along Blaekfviai'a-ioad , over * Blaikf » iai' 5 _« bridge . through _Farringuori-street , _Ho \ _Wu , _'lQx 5 ; _uii-3 tteet ,

      Regent-street . _Charing-cress , _Parliaiaentstreet , over Westminster-bridge , where the procession shall peaceably disperse to their respectjys homes . Men of Londos ! Your _brethren throughout the empire expeofc that on this glorions occasion you will nobly do your duty . Remember that the eyes , of Europe are fixed upon _yp- « , prove yourselves worthy their attention , congregate on , the morning of the 10 th , in your thousands , legally , peacefully , but enthusiastically , leave no pretest for the minions of power to utter the old calpmnyi that you are indifferent to yonr political rights , and satisfied with your present condition , Now , of never , ia the auspicious moment to press your claim with ' success upon the legislature . ' Now is the day , and now is the hour , ' to strike the great moral blow tbat shall give liberty and happiness to every sect and class ia tha British , empire ,

      GOD SAYE THE PEOPLE ; Thomas Ciark . ' Philip M'Grath * . ChbistophBR DoYlB , _Sefl .

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      Covbntry.—A Publio Meeting For Tb© Adopt...

      CovBNTRy . —A publio meeting for tb © adoption of the National Petition , took place on Monday , April 3 rd , at St Mary ' s Hall . On the motionof MrR . Hartopp . Mr George Wood was called to the chair ; and alter expatiating briefly on the objects of the meeting he called on Mr Richard Hartopp to propose the first _resolutioni in support of the Charter , whioh _was'seconded by Mr W . Mi Hosein , and ably supported by Mr M'Grath . Mr John Farm proposed the adoption of the National Petition in a most able aud eloquent manner ; _seconded by Mr . W . M . Pritchard . Carried . The hall which is capable of containing fourteen hundred , was almost filled to suffooation . Tho rabble of the Tory party were employed to prevent us from passing out resolutions ; but suoh was the spirited _determinaHaa

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 8, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_08041848/page/5/