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      Oaw&Fd, Aai *S U&.§5.≪£ Saekwtrd And We Fell ! Jgs People's Charter Akd No Stjseesder

      _Oaw & _fd , _aai * s U & . _§ _5 . < _£ _Saekwtrd and we fell ! jgS PEOPLE'S CHARTER AKD NO _StJSEESDER

      To The Old Guards. Oi-B Guards, You Who ...

      TO THE OLD GUARDS . _Oi-B Guards , You who have read my letter in the Star ( J Saturday week npon the conduct of ODILLON BARROT , and others , who got up the REFORM BANQUET in _faris , and then left the people to the tender mercies of the soldiers ahd the Government , _s-jjl see by this vreelLs Star that the very same game has heen played by Mr Charles Cochrane , in London . That gentleman called a m eeting ; of the people in Trafalgar-square for

      _jtfonday last , and , although in communication with the police authorities from the previous Friday , as to the legality of the proposed meeting , and although upon that day he had received an assurance from the police that the meeting was illegal—as the law prohibits any public meeting within a mile of the House of Commons during the sitting of Parliamentvet , having this information , and when a single _juie in the Star of Saturday would have undeceived the people , this gentleman allows the people to assemble , and never makes his ap" ¦ _tvsarance .

      " . N ow , let us see what , under the circum-¦ _s ietces , _was hij * duty . He should have < r _« ne to the meeting at all hazard , no matter how _^ reat ; and he should have explained the c ause of the meeting not being continued ; and he should have remained there to the last . This was his duty ; and not having performed that uutVi it now becomes his bounden duty to support the family of any poor fellows who sere wounded by " the police , until they are able to work . The corrupt Press praises "the

      _demencv and forbearance of the police ; but I am informed , by an eye-witness , that they behaved in the most savage , brutal , and tyrannical manner ; hut you know enough of the Tress and the authorities to he aware that they measure clemency by BRUTALITY . The " ruffian Press has endeavoured to fix all the foolish mischief done ti , property , and all the thefts committed , upon the Chartists ; hut I never heard the name of one of the speakers before , while the originator , Mr Cochrane , is not a Chartist , hut is opposed to Chartism .

      I trust that all who have been deprived of ¦ tWir protectors and supporters , will apply to _Jlr Cochrane , in a body , for the maintenance of their families . Your greatest duty now is to avoid evil counsel , and to sign the National Petition ; and—not as a bribe or an inducement , but as a reward for virtue—I will _give a premium of ol . out of my own pocket , and the flag by which the Petition will be surmounted , to the district which , according to its population , transmits the largest number of signatures . Let this be a " real monster , and no mistake . "

      On Monday next , the carpenters at Snigs End will build a carriage out of the timber grown upon Lowbands , for the conveyance of the Petition to the House of Commons , and which shall be drawn by four of our own horses—such a team as won't be seen in London on that day . Now , Old Guards , if you have confidence in me , after a quarter of a _cent-iry ' s struggle , tou will not allow the mischief-maker , or the coward—and therefore the braggart—to mar

      our glorious object . I tell you candidly , that I see my way to a successful issue without the slightest violence to person or property ; and I tell you , further , that , while I set my face against violence , if we are attacked , either by the law or by force , we will defend ourselves ; -while if our united moral power is brought to bear upon corruption , in its present weak state , I have not the slightest fear of a successful issue . Ever your faithful Friend , ! Feargus O'Connor .

      • To The Working Classes. My Friends,— I...

      • TO THE WORKING CLASSES . My Friends , — It was my intention to have presented you this week with my Financial Budget , proving my assertioa , that there is yet ia this country ample means for making the poor rich , and the rich richer . However , being engaged during the whole of the week , up ::- to the present hour ( twelve o ' clock on Thursday ) , it was impossible for me to submit my table and Its results m that clear and simple form , indispensable for the _illfistration of a heretofore eomplicated subject .

      Next week I promise you my manifestoand shall now proceed to report the meetings at Hanlev , in the Potteries , on Monday last ; and that at Preston on Tuesday . On Monday , I left my " cold quiet home , " Snig ' s End , where I . am always most happy because most profitably engaged , —and reache _' d theWhitmorfi station at half-past two , where I was met by two of the OLD GUARDS , and a carriage drawn by four grey horses . When we reached Hanley , we were met by an enthusiastic concourse of " true Labourers " and a splendid band . I can give no guess at the _numbersj beyond the fact that we had fully half a mile of a dense mass of human beings _.

      The authorities granted us the _^ of the bells for the occasion , and , as we entered the town , ther a ™* - * _j _, _Tnerry peal or Welcome . " I had a long interview with the OLD GUARDS , not one of whem has ever wavered in tbe most trying times . At five we sat down to tea in the covered FREE MARKET , capable of accommodating over 7 , 000 persons ; and between 1 , 600 and 2 , 030 sat down to tea . After tea the public were admitted at a charge of 3 d . a head , and the spacious building was soon

      crowded . Mr Cap well , a working man was ¦ called to the chair , and our old friend Baddy Sichards was _intraduced as the first speaker , snd was received by his old townsmen with the most gratifying marks of affection and regard . He proposed the adoption of the " Address to the French People , " which appeared in the Star of last Saturday , and it was unanimously and rapturously adapted . 1 spoke next to the resolution , pledging the meeting to persevere for the Charter ; and never was a speech better received—never was there a more enthusiastic meeting . When the

      speaking part concluded , the girls began the ball , and all , I am told , was happiness and goodhumour . Lord Talbot , the L . ord- Lieutenant of the . county , was anxious ta send the military amongst us ; but owing to the good advice of Mr Wise , a magistrate , he was calmed into _ireascs , and well for hira , as I am sure we did jiot -want the soldiers , and they did not want jus ? hut their appearance might have led to _^ _ssme awkward work , as the people owe his lordship no good-will for hia persecution of them in 1842 . I spent a part of the night and till twelve the next day in conversation

      with , the OLD GUARDS , and left for Preston . There , also , we had a glorious gathering , in the Exchange-room , granted by the mayor From 700 to 1 , 000 sat down to tea . Mr Franklin , landlord of the Temperance Hotel , was in the chair , and , during my quarter of a century ' s experience , I never heard a more eloquent , sensible , logical , and well-reasoned speech than he delivered upon the Land and the Charter ; a speech that proved to me that my teaching had not been in vain , and _sonvinced me that both questions had now

      _assumed their proper p lace in popular thought and esteem . The occasion of our meeting was to celetrate the location of six Preston shareholders upon the land , and , therefore , the committee were obliged to pledge themselves to the mayor that politics should not be made the prominent topic of the evening . It was a great God-send to get so fine a building to meet in , and , to the honour of the committee , they did great violence to their feelings by not being able to adopt an address to the French people , hut Hove good faith , and I yielded to their _honourable feelings although " Iha & drawn up

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      a resolution to _congratulate the French . I spoke for nearly two hours . upon the ** Land Plan , explaining it in all its heari _ngs , but showing its utter insignificance" as co . mpared with the Charter , which would at onv"e make it national instead of merely sectk _™^ - . We passed resolutions in favour of the l * _and and the Charter , and when the _proceedings terminated tbe girls began the dance . nr _~ Here , as at Hanley , I found the OLD GUARDS staunch and resolute , and the young mind everywhereimbibing the Chart ; st

      . princi p les . - Tbe * great deli g ht I experienced from these two meetings _' was , the large attendance of women , who were not , as formerly , impatient to conclude the speaking and commence the dancing , but were the most attentive listeners , a change which I attribute to tbe fact that sensible women—mothers , with all the domestic caresupon them—recognise in the Land Plan their redemption from slavery , and I contend that woman has never yet been p laced in her legitimate position in this country . She should be the most honoured ,

      because the most useful ; and _prnamental- ; _-hut , shame to say , she has been : doomed to slavery , by the weakness , the depravity , the brutality and tyranny of man . A mother ' s place is in her own house , her duty is to train up , instruct , love and protect her little children ; the man ' s place is the free Labour field , working for himself ; the child ' s place is the school , the open air , and the comfort of a home ; and

      but for the women of England the men of England would never be free , as they are the main prop ofthe Land Company , thus proving their love of liberty , and their willingness to be thrown on their own resources ; and if I discovered one husband disrespectful to his wife , or neglectful of his children , I would exp ose him to the world , and do my best to transport him to the SLAVE MART ; but , thank God . all at O'Connorville and

      Lowbands NOW seem proud of their wives , and look upon their children as a blessing . Yesterday I left Preston and arrived here at eight last ni g ht , so that I have not had much spare time , all of which , however , is , as usual , devoted to the poor . My tour has delighted me , and refreshed me . Ever your affectionate Friend , Feargus O'Connor .

      Great Metropolitan Demonstration.

      GREAT METROPOLITAN DEMONSTRATION .

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      « THE REPUBLIC FOR FRANCE , AND THE CHARIER FOR ENGLAND . ' Thus was headed one of the placards convening : the * Metropolitan Demonstration , to congratulate the heroic people of France on their glorious victory in _establishing a Republic , and to advorate the right of every man to the elective franchise . ' held on Thursday evening , March 2 nd , in the great Circus of the National Baths , Westminster-road , Lambeth , and undoubtedly it was , without exception , the largest in-door meeting the metropolis can boast of . The proprietor of the building told us he had seen a i meeting within the walls , at which five thousand

      persons had payed for admission , and that that meeting was nothing as compared with the meeting now in question—it was one dense wedge—notonly the bottom portion of the building , but the massive beams that support the roof were lined with human beings , who had climbed to tbat aItitude , to obtain a view and hear the proceedings of the evening . Some idea may be formed of the magnitude of the meeting , when we tell them that several speaker * , although well-known , and the people showing every desire to make way for them , took half an hour to sake their way into the meeting , we are certain that not less than ten thousand persons could have heen present in the building , many thousands reluctautlv going away who could not obtain -

      admission . At half-past seven o ' clock , Mr John" Shaw was called to the chair pro . tern ., the committee not having jet been able to make their way to the platform . He said he was Bute all rejoiced in the establishment of a glorious French Republic . ( Tremendous cheering . ) The chairman read from the placard , convening the meeting as follows : — The provisional government of Franca hag declared ia favour of Universal Suffrage , tbe Abolishment of _Capital _Puniibment , tbe Separation of Church and State , and handed over the million per apnnnj _MC £ ntly consumed by the Monarch _y for the benefit of the starving _peeplg _.

      Each point of " which was received with enthusiastic acclamations , perfectly indescribable . He said their reception of the deeds of the provisional government , was such that raust gladden the hearts of their Gallic neighbours , and when sent through , the press , must delight the democrats of the world . ( Immense cheering . ) At this moment the Esecutive _Comrr- * "' jj , J _tkelr vn _* io the _phllform , . r _^ _^ _sidetable cheering , and Mr Shaw _^ _g vacated the chair f ** .,-- -t _^ _rxojjr was unanimouslv called

      thereto—Mr Dixon said , when our brave Gallic neighbours were struggling , they paid the greatest possible respect to individual property and to human . lifehe trusted that immense meeting would follow so good an example , and do the same —( great applause)—and that they would show their love ol Older by giving to every man a full , fair , and impartial hearing . We , In these eventful times , as . It "were , lived a life-time in a few days ; thus had three ministers and two monarchs been destroyed in less tban one week—never were the words , of Lafayette

      more fully or completely illustrate _^ , ( hear , hear , ) , but we must not forget that there a _^ e other- nations that require freedom . ( Loud eheers . ) And he trusted that we ( the English people ) _should this night swear eternal fealty to , each other , ac _$ never rest satisfied nntil * ae had obtained the Feople ' s Charter . ( Tremendous _cheering , ) ' _Sesjye of the press had doubted the ability of tha provisional government , to insure _stability to the- § spublic , but he ( the chairman ) _thought their , a ? ts since its installation would completely _seA ajl such doubts at rest . ( Great _chesrinff . )

      Mr T . Clabj-j amidst _lou-5 cheers , came , forward 6 nd moved the following resolution : — That thi * meriting hails with _nnminglotl pleasure the triumph of Republicanism ia France , and hereby presents its cordial greetings to those patriotic heroes who hurled , lo destruction tha fell power-of tne tyrant Louis Philippe . And this meetins _eipragses an ardent hope , that knowledge and wisdom will so direct and use the splendid achievements of the _Revolution , as to erect in France an enduring templa to truth aud liberty from which shall emanate those holy principles of human emancipation , that must er e long result in the subversion of despotism throu 5 bo . uk the _gloha .

      He said : We have met here , for the purpose of showing to the people of France our entire sympa . thy with them , ( loud cheers ) and to evince our determination to establish our liberties . ( Great applause . ) The English ministry did not repose on a bed of roses , ( hear , hear ) and the briar must still be made sharper , as tbey did not yet seem to know that avast majority ofthe English people were without the pale of the constitution ; that only one iB seven of the British nation possessed the elective franchise ; it is , therefore , our imperative duty to make Lord John Russell acquainted with that circumstance . ( Loud cheers . ) The people of France had displayed true nobility of soul in not sullying

      their hands in the blood of either the fallen tyrant Louis Philippe , or the ex-ministers , ( much applause ) and deserved well of their fellow men . ( Reiterated cheering . ) And he thought tbe principles propounded by the provisional government , de * manded the heartiest support of every Democrat and sincere Refermer throughout the world . ( Loud cheers . ) Louis Philippe had attempted to suppress public meetings , and such attempts justly cost him his crown . ( Immense , loud , and long continued cheering . ) Yes , the people of France had trampled the throne of the barricades in the dust , ( reiterated cheering , ) the sentiments of the people of England wiU ba wafted on the wings of the press from one end [ of the world to the . other , ( hear , hear ) and thus _ihaU ths psopte lam that _& e

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      producersfof all wealth in England , cordially sympathise with thrir brethren of Prance , extend to ihem the hand of fellowship , and _sshitetlieni with the most cordial arrHfraternal _salutations . ( Rapturous cheering . ) The provisional gove / hment , although but one week old , was the only _rsmistry in existence that had _marifully grappled with the great question of labour . ( Loud cheers . ) Ay , t & e reason was , because it was not composed of aristocrats , but of the most talented men to be found in the

      ranks of industry—of orators , philosophers , and of men of science . ( Loud cheers . ) All honour to the men of France for producing such eventB and sucb a government . ( Great and long continued applause . ) They are , indeed , entitled to onr thanks , our sympathy , and our highest approval ; and in conclusion , I jiow propose that we testify it by giving three hearty _cheers for those gallant , heroic , virtuous , and wise men . ( Tumultuous- cheering , which , for at least five minutes , made the building ring again . )

      Mr James Gr ' assbt , in seconding tbe motion , said the time had now arrived , whilst they congratulated their French brethren , they should ibink of doing something effectual for themselves , and it Trould be well to back up these moral demonstrations with an amount of physical courage and force that" Wight ? in "the event of an accident , be found useful . ( Loud cheers . ) It was disgracefol to the English government that so many thousand labourers were walking the streets of onr metropolitan and

      provincial towns , without work , in a state of utter destitution—starving for want of the common necessaries of life , whilst the idle , useless aristocracy , rieted in luxury , and the widows and other offshoots of Royalty revelled in profusion . ( Great chewing ) Seeing this horrible state of things , it was the duty of all to be up and doing , to effect such a political and social change as shall produce employment , wages , liberty , and happiness for all . ( Immense cheering . )

      Monsieur J . F . J . Caplin supported the resolution , and said the French had been charged with having a riesi _; e for war ; but he , as a Frenchman , emphatically denied it . They desired peace , liberty , and order . As a Frenchman , he had come forward to propose three cheers for the united people of _England and France . ' ( Tremendous cheering . ) The resolution was carried amidst the loudest applause . Mr Ernest _Jonks , whose appearance in the meeting had been loudly greeted , then came forward to move the following resolution : —

      That from the testimony which hutory and experience hear to the malignancy with which tyrants regnrd tht progress of the peeple in liberty and happints _* , this meeting would not be surprised , if , ia tho _wildness 01 their iniquity , a league ol _kiugs were formed to crush the infant Republic of France , and re-establish the fallen dynasty . Be it , therefore , resolved , that in _theeveui of such an alliance being formed for such a nefarious _purp-i & _o , Urn meeting considers that it , will become the most sacred duty of the friends of progress throughout the world , to aid to the utmost the people of France io _vanquiihing their enemies , and preserving thtir liber _, ties ; and this meeting recognising the right of every nation to frame its government according to its wishes , solemnly protest , as British subjects , against any bostile inttrfemice on the part of our government la the

      arrangement of the cml _affairs of tbe people of France . When the cheering had subsided , in the course of a speech remarkable for its brilliancy , Mr Jones made the following observations * •—Men of London , however strange it may appear to the incredulous , we may have the Charter in one month . Mark 1 the government is on its last legs . A body of poll _, tical cowards trembling on a meagre treasury bench , and turning pale before the French Republic . What have they done ? - They proposed embodying the militia—they can't , because we won ' t fight . They are trying to increase the array—but they can't carry on peace , how then will

      they arm for war ? They proposed raising the income tax to five per cent . That was before the French Revolution . They ' ve given it up . That was after it . They attacked O'Connor ' s seat . That was before the Revolution . They ' ve given up the _skiimish . That was after it . ( _Enthusiastic cheers . ) You see their weakness—well ? Do you feel your strength ? ( Loud cheers . ) Then I'll tell how you may get the Charter , and all ' legally , peaceably , constitutionally . ' You have the right to meet ; ' and the right to petition . The laws have just this one merit , that they leave you the power to alter ihem . Then 1 would suggest to you the propriety of adopting the following course , and it will not conflict with the National Petition to Parliament , which ought to he presented also . There is no redress to he hoped for from parliament-. They call themselves a midw , e

      class parliament—a muddle class parliament thoy should say . Why not address the throne direct ? There is no law against it . Assemble half a million of men in one spot in Scotland ; half a million more in tbe Northern counties ; as many more in _&" Midlands ; the same in London and th _» gou _, i '" and let Ireland have _anther Clontarf ij 0 J 1 op , -a ' , to petitiQR the Queen fee the imm _^ _^ - _^ ay , the Ministry , Disso ' _- ' { •& ar K , „ ,- - aU 85 _& l 0 { General El- " _*? - ° _/ ' . _<* nt , and a X - cHOn on the _principles _pJ Universal Suf-. _«* ge , Vote by Ballot , Annua \ parliaments , Com . mon-sense _Qualification , Payment of Members , and Equal _ConstitUWjjes . ( Loud and long crmtinued cheering . ) _T * aen let each great gathering send its delegates _trj London , telling the chief magistrate that on the _BS ' _jie gay and same hour , half a million of men _sr t them to the foot ot the throne with the

      sanar - j words upon their lips ; and let 200 , 000 men of London , unarmed and peaceable , escort them in a ' 7 _ast procession to tbe palace . ( Applause . ) Should leave be refused for the deputation to approach the Queen—should the petition be treated with neglect —No matter . The millions meet again to consider the next * step-for , take ray advice in this , —don't meet one day , without _knowjsg well what you have to do , and where you arei to do it , on the next . ( Loud cheers . ) No _paugft _, no dallying ! Let no one object that you will lose so many days' work ! I speak to the _unemployed . I speak to the unwill- - ing idlers . I speak tQ the hungry and the houseless —their name is ' milKons 1 * And I am MOW _poinV

      ing out to you reproductive employment on the rich field of political _erncaXcipation . This appears to we the first step , When that is done , you wil ! be ready for the second . ( Rapturous and continued ohe * ri « g . ) Mr _Coffat , \ n seconding the resolution * Sflid—We have arrived at a time when a leagne of kings is no longer to be dreaded , "ft e no longerfear the Russian bear , the Austrian spider , or the Prussian vulture . ( Loud cheers . ) The French had set us a glorious example , beating the strongest army in the world , and sending Louis Philippe forth a wandering vagabond on the face of the eartb . ( Great cheering . )

      Never despair of your rights . Look there , ' said the speaker , p ointing to a huge _plaoard , bearing the words , 'The Republic for _France—the Charter for England . ' ( Rapturous cheering . ) Ay ! and if tbey refused us theCharter , we should then begm to think about a republic . ( Great cheering . ) "Why * even the middle classes were now fast joining the Chartist movement . Look at the immense meeting recently held at Leeds , with the Mayor in ths chair , who declared h _' _naself heart and soul a Chartist . ( Loud cheers . ) Let them follow up this meeting , and the day was not far distant when theCharter must become the law of the land . ( Great

      cheering . ) N . Szonakowski , a Pole , came forward to support the resolution , and said—He was not a Frenchman , but he was one of the victims of tyranny—he was a Pole . ( Great cheering . ) It was only by such victories as that just obtained in France , that his country could expect to gain its liberty . ( _Choers . ) Italy—poor Italy—too , was borne down by her oppressors . France had gallantly won her liberty , and liberty never would come from government—its source was the _people . ( Cheers . ) Every nation desired liberty—the English people wisely

      demanded the Charter , and he trusted they would keep to tbe agitation until it was obtained . [ At this moment Feargus O'Connor , _M-P ., entered the building amidst deafening shouts of acclamation , and after a time elbowed his way to the platform ; on his reaching which , and presenting himself to the meeting , the cheering was renewed with increased rigour , and were the loudest and longest we ever remember to have heard , which having subsided , N . Szonakowski proceeded : _] You people of England are a great people . It was the first time in his life he had had the pleasure of addressing such a meeting , Were such a _meetingSield at Warsaw , the speakers

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      would be confined for life , (' Shame , Shame , ' ) and it was pleasft * { if to see them appreciate the . _** entimeuts and actions of tin ? _Ifrsnch nation , as shown through the acts of tftilr provisional government , and also they honoured their leader , ( Loud cheers . ) _iltia you ( the English ) , and * you- alone , that can Jibe-F rate the Polish nation from tha far _^ _s of their triple i ; das-pots . ( Lond cheers . ) _Hfe trusted they would ¦ eontinne to sympathise with France , and keep up : their advocacy of the Charier . ( Loud cheers . ) For j his part , he represented a Polish _Dfcmocratjcal _Soc iety , but the Poles were of ho cDimtiy , bnt the I brethren of the whole human race .. ( _vGreat api _plause . ) He repeated , go on for your Chart _^ follow the advice of the eloquent Ernest Joncs- _^ _fo-OTf snd give liberty to the world , and rest _assnred'that tbe continuous cry of the Polish people was ''iLive- th « brave English people / ' ( Great cheering . )

      Mr 0 Conmos aow rose to address tha meeting , and hia appearance was _thesignal for a burst of applause impossible to deauribe . He said when he looked buck on twelve _jears past , and then on this great and important assemblage , he was sure he had not laboured in vain . ( Hear , bear . ) lie hadfre . quently said' he ahould' have a league of kinga against a league of peoples—bis prediction was verified ; but ' , thanks to his men of the blistered hands and fustian j ickets _, the people-were proving victorious , and he now felt more proudly than ever , his promotion from the aristocracy _to-a- post in tbe array of democracy . Many years ai _< o he predicted the events of today . ( Hear , hear . ) The people of France had

      accomplished their rights with , comparatively little bloodshed—( hear , hear , )—and tha kin _^ wh * was raised to power on the shoulders ot tho people , was by those same people dashed from hia eminence , and where the monarch _onceaat there now presided a " working man . ( immense applauoe . _); Knowledge , like an electric shock , played round th © universe ' , and had taught the provisional government of France the necessity of finding employment for thestarving operatives . ( Loud cheers . ) For this principle he had long contended , and had been carrying it into practical _effect for the last three years— ( ctieers )—and , consequently , for any holes that _niwht bifound in tbe prevailing system , he-had plugs readj ta put in tbem . He would not give a fig for a

      political change , unless it carried a social one with it , and produced plenty , health , happiness , and . _prosperity f _^ r thewh » le people . _^ ( Loud cheers . ) He , the other day , presented a miniature petition to the Ilouse , sigiud by 230 , 0001 'ersons . and those signatures were all obtained in three days—asking for agrarian rights . ( Hear , hear . ) He , from his seat in the House , had told the ministers , that if they wished to c mtinue in their seats , they must govern in accord - ance with enlightened public opinion , bearing in mind our penny postage , our penny stamp on _newspapers , our railway _.-i , our steam engines , and our electric telegraphs ; but if they had reaoived to think with the dead , talk with tbe dead , legislate for the dead . why they had better at once remove to a crave

      yard , and there , meditating _amonzst the tombs _, gather inspiration from the inscription j _chisseled nn the stones . ( Loud laughter and great applause . ) Ha looked forward with much anxiety to the I 5 th of April , when he hoped "to march down to the house at tho head of fifty thousand per son * , with a monster petition signed by 5 . 000 000 persons , asking for the Charter ; and let ihem but obtain their Charter , they could then get with ease their whole rit _» hts and liberties . ( _Tromendous cheering . ) Tbey would then _possess the Elective Franchise , and could return such members as would he the real representatives of tho people , whereas there were not more than six members in the bouse who really represented the people . ( Hear , hear . )

      For his part he took his seat in the houso right opposite the minister , and had always resolved not to say anything outside the house he was net prepared to say within ita walls . He had told the minister that the time was come , when he ( the minister ) , could no longer depend on hired tools . ( Great applause . ) They had been deceived by the _Rvform Bill-they . when it passed , look « d for _roaat beef and plum-pudding —( laughter ) -for hia part he had never presumed to tell thera what tke Charter would do , but of this he waa certain , it would «»}«» them the moans of returning _members who must do the bidding 0 $ tbeir c-. i _» _tUaents . ( Great applause ;) _HslffSed the Land . Fuva , but it was like a duo © of water in the ocean as compared with _whaiV

      _sysiem could do under the _Charter—nfliw- St M _mewly " sectional—the Charter could _noalje ' ' Wfls vewal- ( Loud _cheera . ) The La' _^ w , t um material . It employed _ro- ' nan 0 [ . . the taw ture and preparing , p * -- « ' \ ,- _, _fn _jt 3 cu i . employed man in - f _* V ; , _- _anila in return Pensions ; this , ' " other tta \ y .. s , _callings , and _prcunexception ' ' . t carried out , _rnllst _Create a new and would _n-- ' « 6 Ie home market . ( Loud cheers ) He there t . _^ Jjor could not be a sop h is t , and must the » - . _¦» tell them _frankjy ,. that he did not believe _., 'Orking classes conldi 37 er fraternise with the m ! Ludle classes ; those men , who had ever been their j persecutors and _proseontqrgj . ( Hear , _heao-. _j ! He had told the house the _othec-nighft tb _* t it he ceuld not e S ? .

      continue the advocate of toe . _Jsiftbjs _. o ? the people , whether English o & Irish , he . would acorn to sit within the walls oS Saint Stephen's . ( Loud cheers . ) Lord _Chesterfieldi had once said every man bad his price , and he . { Mr O'Connor )) _h-id his ; it was Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot No Praporty Qualification , Equal Electoral Districts , _Payraent of Members for their services , and a Free Labour Field for the people , ( Loud cheers . ) Ho really believed it'he ( Mr O'Connor ) was sewn up in a bag , the people would find him . He had been exceedingly unwell—and when their message came for him , he was in the baths , in _Argyle-atreet , but ill as he was ha had come at their request , aDd entered the people's vapour bath . ( Much applause . ) The time had now arrived when the cormorants ol

      Chureh and State must no longer eat up all , and leave their flocks and herds _tostarve . ( Loud cheers , ) He should like to know where now were those gentle men who used to come to meetings with their books and _penoils , and take their notes—and then six months after swear to the correctness of their reports , although they __ admitted they were jammed in tho meeting and their elbows jogged . Those Saiags always left an impression on the mind , that tbeir memories must have had a golden jog , _—slaughter

      and _cheersj-but now ae aid not eare if all the police spies in tho world wore there , with Colonel Rowan or Sir George Grey at their head . Happily the English and Irish working classes were : _auw united , and by a steady and determined adherence to their motto— ' Onward and weconquer _^ backward and we fall _. 'the Charterand no Surrender ' ! _N » truth , justice , happiness and universal liberty ; raust soon prevail . ( Tremendous and long-continued cheering , which was kept up nntil Mr _O'ConaoJ had reached the exterior of thehuilding . )

      The resolution was then put and carried unanimously amidst-lond cheeKf . Mr G . J . Hahnei thea came forward amidst load cheers , to move the adoption of a eongratulatwy address to the French people . [ The address , has already appeared in our columns . ] The motica wa < seconded by Mr John Shaw , and carried nnanimously , amidst deafening shouts of _applauss , and ' Vive la RepuUique V The address was _daawn and engrossed on parchment , surrounded with a tricoloured border . Messrs George Julian Harney , Philip M'Grath , and Ernest Charle 3 _JSonca , were appointed on behalf of the Fraternal F _;^ _mocrats , tbe Chartist Executive , and the Chartists of London , to present tho address to the provisional ] government of Francs , amidst rapturous _cheerJag ' , Tho _evening being aow far advanced , Mr Drake merely moved , and Mr M'Grath seconded , th , ® following resolution : —

      That whHe this meeting _rejoin at the signal triumph ju « t gained by French valour , Uis at the same time _fs _, lly cegntaant ot the melancholy feet , that nearly _aavau millions of Britons clank tho _degrading chains oS serf _, dora ; and they consider tbat with the bright _exmnple of _emancipatsd Franca bafoye tho world , the _pres , ont ia the accepted time for pressing onward the great moTal _strugcle for the _enactraaat of tho People ' s . Charter , _wbicb _, investing all with the panoply of 1 * 510 Franchise , would prove the guarantee of national prosperity , and the beat security against the convulsion of Revolution .

      Which was adopted by acclamation . On the motion of Messrs Harney and M'Grath _^ 9 vote of thanks was unanimously awarded to the chairman , ' whioh was acknowledged by the chairman , and the meeting having given three cheers for the Frenoh republic , three for the provisional government of France , and three for the Charter-, dissolved in good order , evidently delighted with the evening's proceedings _.

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      > '-' Y °— / •* - ** / And : Nammal Trad...

      AND NAMMAL TRADES ' . JOURNAL ~ ~ _'*~ ¦ '* _^ _i-——^— ¦¦¦ _¦¦ i __^ -- - _ '_ I _^—L ' ' - __ 1 _""" J- _"^ _-HglJ _SSai _^^ _i . _^ _— _. _¦¦^ m _^^ _^ J _^ _flix _„ _jj' ! _™' ir _^ "' ¦ 1 ¦¦ -r mt = sXS 3 _& £ & * V OL-XI . No ~ 54 _; 2 . LONPOl _^ SATCRPAY , MAKCH 11 , 1848 . _t * . ~ J 2 _? _Jfagg _^ _J

      Padiham.—On Sunday, March 12, Two Lectur...

      Padiham . —On Sunday , March 12 , two lectures will be delivered in tho Odd Fellows' Hall ; one in the afternoon by Mr A . Robinson of Bradford , tbe other ib the evening by Mr T . Tattersall of Burnley . Lecture to commence at half-past two o ' clock in the _aiternooni'and els in tho evening _.

      Gre/Vt Public Meeting Ok Clerken Well-Ga...

      GRE / VT PUBLIC MEETING OK CLERKEN WELL-GaEEN . IN _JfAVOUKi Of THE _PEO PLE'S CHARTER .

      A meeting conveyed by the Metropolitan Delegate Omitfcil , was held on Monday _cv ' _enwi _" ,-March 6 th . At _M'f-pastfive Messrs Doyle , Clark , _Russell , Tapp , G . vf . _, M « Reynolds , Dr _Mingay Sid ' er , ' Archer , Sharp © , , and others were observed" _making theif way to _SHe place of _meeting . The pefton who had agreed tc let the ran , which was to _hafe formed tbe hustings , _jfefustfd ; ahd , consequently , a lohg _broaJ form was hired ,- which formed a temporary platform .

      Mr _CHRisrjtfBfcK _"Btous was unanimously called to ' the chair , and said _wbani ho loft tho _Chnrtisfe Estate that morning , hohad rjooth _* least notion that such an honour would be _conferred on him , but he trusted ' that having placed- bimi » the chair , for the honour of the Chartist cause ; they would do , as they in- _^ variably did , in nil their meetings , observe the strictest order and dteorum _'—tfloud cheers j—and ! aft tbe same time evince by _theiV firmness—their deter --mination to _posse-Bs their _rights-as laid down in the People's Charter . _iJGreat applause . ) They were differently situated to _wbaj ; their French neighbourswere . ( Hear , hear . ) In England the right of meeting was permitted . Louis . Philippe bad got into power on the shoulders ot 1 tha people , he bad

      basely betrayed bis trust , and _was-most justly by th © people hurled from power .. ( Cheers .. ) - The people of France had wished to meet as they wero meeting , tho right was denied them ; . but they hnd resolved ta meet—they did ' meet , blcd , ; and'Conquered . ( Thundering cheers . ) We now meet _toiasBert * our right to radical reform , and to resolve that we will , in our moral might ,, obtain it , ( Great cheering .. ) . ! If there were any shopkeepers in that meeting , let them bear in mind' that class-made laws oppressed the people , rendered the toiling millions- poor , and that such poverty prevented them from dealing _aoextenmreiy as they otherwise would at their _> _hops—consequently tbeirprofits were less . ( 'Hear , bear ); Then ,. had theynot an interest in the working men obtainini ! their

      rights , aa proclaimed in the Pboplo ' a Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) -: It was- a disgrace to-England that bo many of her toiling , ingenious sons were-beg _^ r ' _s-, whilst the . pampered aristocrats _rollcdnn luxury ,. and wallowed in wealth—the produce of their starving brethren . ( Tremendoutf _cheering . ) : Bht was it to * Se wondered at £ Did not the _arir-h few make the-la wo- ? And tbeeonBeq . uenco was , thife . the few KionopolUed _a'lthe benefits of society . ( Heap , hear ;) So-long as the _raasawf tho people are keptyout ofthe pale ol * ahe constitution , so long will want , poverty , disease ,, and crime afflict the peopio . Hc „ iherefore , called upon the people to use every legal exertion to cause Ae People- ' s Ghartei to become the law of the- _lisad . ( Immense applause . ) _^

      Mr ( _£ . VT . M . _RBTffoiD ? , _mrismg to _movetheMrst _resolutias , said the events- of this- _morning had thrown bim amongst them ,, and 1 he- would _nc-tmremain amongst thera , untiiiuhoir great obje _^ _was accomplished , and he _contended that thoy . . _fcsdt as much ri » ht legally and constitutionally ! to >* temandr their rights as they had to _^ meet and i cou . _sjatulate the French people on tha achievement o & theirs .. ( Loud cheers *) Thereceat _e-yents-in Fr _>» rs » proved that a nation could have lib ' ertyi _whenever she-willed it . ( Great applause . ) The people of E _& _grand'wero seeking tbeir rights- by _mc-ual-means ; h _^ _-wwhappy to find that the people » f En-gland _weves « t _wBterminedly bent on possessing their _rifihts ; in all tie novels anil to

      romances he had writtejjfhe had nev _^ failed pu _? _* th forward the great rights * of hu ma _tdijc _Hswiakid his and their voice in _fawmr oc tr . _eofifwuichirment of the whole people to _rosonm \ _ihrorcfth _Glerketwell to the palace at _Piralicsj anf \ _throughout the _ixhoie British empire . ( Tremendous _rjuseingO A . r aanu script was found in tin * Pa ' _j ac _* _; © £ » ho 'I uih _. _ties , setting forth where alii _& e _^ _wopa . wero to have been postsd .. He baked- oa tr j 3 _Ka sekema of premeditated murder , audi _der . \ are yuifi Philippe ft miscreant . Tliepeo { i ! liof _Enatend were an industrious and ingenious peogfo . T _^ 6 y r _* . yeQ to ba and must be free and _thenv-ow ttcenduet musk determine the tome when they : saor ild _^ tter off . ( Tremendous cheering . )

      Mr Joe , * F 2 S 3 J . sec 0 nded the _resolute- ' excelleia _3 see < _si . a _„ a _waanviohaD- ' - [ in ™ w _^ of thc _„* , iauaed ; - sure , we telt-r :. . _ - .- """"•• . _* : _«« _„ j _„ - *• _ntC _t-h _*«** i . and increasing _pres-M _/ _fe " _» _f >?> Oi < fio maintain our frail posi-Msas _^ _'J * _- ' _^ " _^ lurtlier _* ¦ correcfc re P ° of the l _?* _£ _® t Clabk , Dr tfofswt _Siwsn , A . _Sharps , _siastioo _* - , i addressed _ifce meeting _amidstenthu-Ar <» jeering . _^' ai > solution and petition in favour of the People ' s v . _rter was adopted by . acc lamation ; as was also a . solution of congratulation to the French nation on their glorious achievement ofthe Republic . . .. . . A vote of thanks was carried by acclamation to the Chairman ; and , after three thu _' _ridenngcheershad beea given to the brave citizens of France , and three for the People ' s Charter , the meeting quietly _dispersed , - I

      Before the meeting concluded , there could aot have been less than from eight to ten thousand persons pre » ent .

      Glorious Gathering At Stepneygreen, To P...

      GLORIOUS GATHERING AT STEPNEYGREEN , TO PETITION PARLIAMENT FOK THE IMMEDIATE ENACTMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . On Wednesday evening last , a publio meeting was held oa Stepney . green . for thi purpose ol adopting a petition far the People ' s Charter . The meeting ; was called for five o'clock , but long before tbat hour arrived , the Green was one living mass of human beings _. At a fe _^ v minutes after five o ' clock , Messrs Clark Ahd Dixon _entered the' Green , and were received with the hearty cheers of the assembled thousands . _Ini a short time a vehicle was provided , upon which , l _& r Clark and Mr Dixon ascended , when the cheeEing again commenced , and continued for sew ral minutes . The meeting at this time presented a , _mosti splendid appearance . The gathering was _gigantic . In faot , every part of the vast Green , was 'filled , and , turn the eye wkioh way you would , such j was the density ofthe crowd , that it appeared like ¦ one _larae mass ef human heads .

      __ On tbe motion of Mr Clark , Mr Dixon , was _unanimously called upon to preside . Mr Dixon , upon rising to open the _business , said Gentlemen , I thank you for the honour you , have conferred upon me by electing me to preside- _orar this meeting by your suffrages . I trust , _thwefoie-, that each man here present will consider himself a conservative of the publio peace , and be determined to protect life and property frora the base conduct sf those vagabonds who are going about the streets breaking lamps and windows * and purloining the property of their fellow citizens . This , by the press , is laid at the door of the-Chartist body , which we here publicly repudiate . We glory in the name of Chartism . Bat _itie got Chartism to destroy pro

      perty . We have this , day , gentlemen , met for the purpose of _exercising the right of the British subject—the right of _meeting wheH and where they will to make known their grievances , and petition fer the redress of Buch grievances . However , gentlemen , let the press say what they will , wa will , by oar couduot _, show , to the world that we do not deservo these _ealum-jties , which _appeatf daily . Gentlemen , 1 have no , fear of you . I know from past experience _thafc meetings of working men aro the most orderly _assemblies that any man can attend . Gentlemen , wo have met for tho purpose of adopting a petition _tatho House of Commons , for the People ' s Charter , ia whieh are embodied those principles which would give justice to all , nnd injustice to none

      —prmoiplea which would alike proteot thp interests of all . Why , therefore , are those rights and prerogatives _, _withheld from the people ? One party 3 _ays you , are not sufficiently intelligent , and another that _ycnaiQ not educated , I would _as-k , why are the people taunted with this want of _iatelligence , and _want of education , as the reason of keeping ths suffrage from them 1 Do . the present electoral body hold the suffrage because they are intelligent and educated ? No , _gentlemen , they hold the suffrage on no such tenure . . They hold it upon , that tenure which is a disgr & _c _$ to us as a nation _^ and of them in particular—that o £ property qualification . No truly independent man would hold the suffrage on such an absurd pssinoiple . Intelligent , indeed ; it makes one smile . . There ia not a man amongst them holds the right of _citiaan because ho is wise , moral , honest , or a _mstft of integrity ? No—but simply becauBe he

      pays so . much rent , or holds so much property But in a _commercialcountyy like _eura , where panic follows nanio in quick succession , and property is constantly changing _hnnds _. Jt frequently happens tbat somo of _theso men who prate about intelligence and education are , heoause they are poorer than they were a month back , deprived ofthe right of _citizenship . Not _becauso they have committed any offence against the state—not becauso they have done anything whioh in tha least militated against their moral dignity—not because they have done anything derogatory to the name of man , but simply because adverse circumstances bavo fallen upon them , and thoy are unable to pay the rent they did in the time of their prosperity . They are again branded with tho . mark of slave , because they are become poor . Gentlemen , if the electoral body of this country had ono spark of that eW _Engli 8 fl"indepeadencefor which

      Their Forefatbora Were 86 Ebaraetehfltle...

      their _forefatbora Were 86 _ebaraetehfltle , ~ t ! _ftr would at once say we would ao _lofiget" W degraded by adding tbe suffrage by _euoh an * absurd and unjust tenure . We wdl make _ cqmmott cause with the people , and demand tbe _Suffracd .. not because they had a certain property qualification * , but because they had heads and knew how to use tbtm . This was their du _' y . Ar . d if _thi-y neglec _^ d it , on tbem be tbe blame . But the people no * unceasingly and determinedly demand the enirancljisement of the whole of tbe male adult population , as provided for in the Pe < pie ' s Charter , at . once ; and without deiav _, being made tbe law ot the :, L » noV Gentlemen , I now conclude by askiBg yr . nr _psrtiort for occupying ao much of tbe time , and impress upon you to keep good order , and give to every man a fair and impartial hearing . -ii

      J Mr _ltny _« _r-i , Ds rose , amid much applause , _tomcVS j i . hc first resolution . And in doing so , he took _^ th _* opportunity of _giving to some _pmions of the daily * press » deserved and _weU-meriied _castigationifor theirgn , _^** _neglect in some cases of entirely _passuig over tbe _J _. _ite _important meetings which had been held during ibt week ;¦ and in othsr cases where tbey had endeavoure * to identify the insane and _unjiistif fiab _' a conduct of those who bad been _breakingWindows , lamps , ( fee , arid ,- in some instances , liclpijig themselves with _olater men ' s property , with the meetings He _thenrsietrfd to the glorious 23 rd antf 2411 * of February in _^ _arisy wberer tbo people had done so much for human _progression After whii-b , be ; in an eloquent and _rmsterly mannfi _,-, exponedfi _Ifhe principles of the Gharteryand th _* nndeuiabjo right of tbe people to the rights of the Suffrage , nnd _eonclnded by reading and proposing t h * tallowing _rmluthnj '*' — ' Tbat tbis _meeSSng-conBiderirV _Enalattd to havo fcsen in the van of all other _Eiir-p _^ an

      _kmgdbasii in ih » march of Progression and Reform , are _thraeiW determined to be behind none in thfl carrying out of those principles ot 0 ivil , _Poiitisa ! , and _Religious JrWdora , _guarantesd by the People ' * Charter : ?* f , _The-rcsolnfo ' _on was roost ably - ieconded by Mr 0 * . IlARR-BON . a working man , and enrried _unaiirsioUBl . jt , Mr Thowi » ® 23 » Mtir ., one of the _Siscutive tShmmivi . ; tee of the _Na _& oual Charter Aaaiiciation , _roaa amid . ; much . cheering ; . So move the petition : _= and _ia'dr-idg ' eo _-calk-ib upon- r 3 fepeople to _maiVa-in their right t _^ % meet ,, but _at'the _' p & me time ende _?* _-our to pus down i those rsfffins _* _wito were going ' about the _streetf

      comrnittinfr depsed & iions . which _wei'ftdianraosful . _te li ' all who toori _' _pairtin . _ihrn . lie _thwefb"re hoped that £ the-Chartists _oftiie-ffloetropoiisif they _caughthold ot iany of those- _vagabonds , thsy _wpuVMiand'theaj over . ¥ to the _nutlmritass-jiSud bo the 90 _ste & AH * pr . _o'e that ¦ _'•' -the Ghartist 8 > we * _a » th « conservators- and not Vhe ' dej _. _{>' stroyers _srf- property . Mr Clark then- enter _?< d < into . ¦* a-- lucid _anfiiele-jueni exposition-of 1 the _people ' 8 -X rights flicd ! _dutias _? whioh we _at-e sorry to say _thd _T want of room- _presents ss from _givlise . ' 5 W ; Tho _petitiomwae-secwided by Mr-S _^ ikbp , _assl abtl - _snpponesJ'by Mr _BvaaaiL , and on bbing puff-Jo " tba meeting _^ wm _ajwaad co without a _easeoutirig _^ ote . ' * L

      Mr T _.-jEPJ-movadjAini Mr _SHAwseeone ' ed _^ a vote of ; thanks to _thu-ohaisajan , _whiccsiwas- passed by * acclamation . ;; afier wriiicli the p » p } e gav _» _threa _cheers-fcsithe _EVauoh _itpublic . ta . re « for _tieChajS ter , _aiidtthtsre ton tho- people , and 1 thus _teraainateo . ' ¦ one _or-t- * iBr _* at ! g attend _lar many years * ¦ ¦

      T<D' , Bej*'Bqoi5 And-Smok B.'^'Iie-Rs.O...

      T < D ' BEJ * 'BQOI 5 _AND-SMOK B . _' _^ _'iiE-RS . _OFTIiE . _MfiTKOl-OLiai f _TheRgitatinftoavnEuiUee of Utiles ? ho _& binders _iSP ; ihemF & _ropohs 7 . iniunicfa with the _ISutioiialaissociaticBa of TJuiied Trains , best respectfully and . _sarnesily fjf » - call y sap . attention _ts > the _preseair _dvgnfeied state ' _# " your-trade .. It is a fact , thut . _attthis . _? iroe _lii'lv-fr * boot _3 ~ are bound at the monstronsly > low - _jrice of thi < 2 &~ _ponaapor pair— . ay ,. and well bound , ' toiv-mtich tester _thaa some _^ je & v & ag & . were pah _& oae _selling per . _pisurfor-.. The paces prttd vary from , the above , to c 5 a «» pence or tanpence-per pair ; and-fog-that price _iiey B 3 B , _splendklly . hoHBd , _sirap 12 $ . b 8 h _» d—iapo _ujj-tlia : a ©» m—frcnt _stilfched on , andheron-bonad round the _top _^ . witraoalour « d silk-, of coarse thu binder' _Ending _ineedles _^ _silk , _thacad , & c , 0115101 ' that scanty pittance

      _Slippers from one penny to- threepence pes-pair _^ a price at / which it is impossible- for a femala to _livte . Mans ar . di various are the pauses which bave led (<» thia & kate ol things . For _jaany years iu this _counter _ma _^ _es in thi _3 _department of _irade _, hav e been gradually falling away . That which has materially _cantribued to produce this state of things , in your particular department of _laboar , is a praotise that has _beltt some years creeping into your trade , of giving lar | _erquantities of work out to mistresses of female schools —ay , and _respectable boarding schools toe—refug s _fpr the destitute , penitentiaries , _philanthrope institg- _f tion ? , & e , who contract to produce them , _hw >* '"" - stitched and bound , at a price t > - ¦ ' : ;* starve the poor 1 ' _eraaW' * , - . _'TiiC' _---SMI 10 vuv yum _uriu . _ti-- _l-tHlrfaWlot

      Binding . T » - .. — would _^ y _. j _rt _» ¦ ' .. * uat had to get her _jtXJPW _^ - _« ae poor things _brought inth . _£ _otUuetiuon-.. u tne wvwsand _daughteraof sheemakers , _andrjther females , who must live by their labour ; thc _consequences is easy to _calculate—thisrninonsconsoetitjoa tor your bread tends to produce the monstrousi ? _jW * wages that are now _paiW , and also produce a _permanent surplus that hasthe effectof reducing wages lower ahd ii V ' r ? - fema , u frie » _ds , is it not a horrib > stateof things , that eitherroalo or female , whoare 'Willing to get his or her living by _houest industry , should be compelled to toil all the hours God sends , for ] a miserable pittance , and think themselves comparatively w _.-ll oS if they can get it to do ? IVdat _fijla the streets of this great metropolis witb vice , misery , and crime , but toil unrequited ? Think you _thoisa . thousands we continually sue m tho _sJreeti arethete * ofthe _lovs of vice ? " p orb 5 d * r human _na _% _f . We sincerely believe the _political institutions of a

      country are valueless , that do not _prtdueo social happiness for tbe _indualrfous classes L ' , thenjiij this horrible state of things to bo met 1 Is there . _^ remedy ? Ate there no means of stemming thia _tidifof misery ? _Yt-s , my bmale . * friends , it h to be met by union , by perseverance , and by a sisterly feeling being established among you . In short r by enrolling yourselves members of the National _Association of United Trades , under the auspices efthe different shoemakers' societies of the metropolis . This great and glorious association has its members of every trade in every town of England and Wales-. It ha _> been in existence three jears , and numbers _upward * of Stty thousand members , and is governed andrr the > able pne'dency of T . S . Duncombe , _Eji-i ,. M . i _?; The payments are small , _bding two pence in t . *» pound on your average wages , per _veek—that is _.-if you enrol yourselves under a five _shillinjr _jweraga _, you will pay one halfpen . sy " per Weeh . Should *****

      time it be deemed necessary to _cea « e from working for a shop or warehouse , with a view of resatmgja reduction or _seeking an advance , you would ba . _euftitled to receive ( pro-riding : you aro clear upon the books at the time—having been six months member _^ and had tho' sanction of tho Central Committee _)^ four shillings and twopence per -week . Lodges of binders will be held at _soffee-houses in _different 1 parte * of the metropolis , of wbich due notice will be giveni when members will be admitted on payment of threor penceeach , _entranos money . _i By order of the committee , - i _Tnos . Holmbs _, chairman . _Jahks Smithvks _, secret ry . _•«

      Glorious Tsnjiiyu 01? Dkmockacy I—On Tue...

      Glorious _Tsnjiiyu 01 ? Dkmockacy I—On Tuesday * evening , the 7 th instant , a meeting was publ ' clv im * _noune _^ d to take place at ' the Whittington and his > Cat' Tavern , Church-row , Bethnalgreeii-read . Crowds of respectable people _congreiiated . niid in a very short time the room was crowded to _excess > On thc motion of Mr flollis , aud seconded by acclamations , Mr- H . Marnier May was called on to _preside . Mr H . Mander May , in taking the chair , was re * ceired with load applause . Ho said ; Friends and countrymen , tbis is a momentous period . Ic is _highf time that the people of this country should tolerate _^ nothing ancient wbich common sense should not approve of , nor should they shrink from any _moverccnt- _^ however novel in its character , which reason _Kaoc _^

      tions as correct . ( Cheers . ) It is high time that the ? human _onergies , which have been so long occupied _insubordinate achievements and inferior objects _^ should mark the commencement nf a new and glorious epoch in our historical records _, by giving _assistance to the sublime and democratio art of improving * or upsetting governments —( cheers)—and _jncreasinirf the social and political felicity of all mankind . ( Hear ;* and cheers . ) And it ii high time that tht ; peopio' \ were honestly and judiciously represented in taa ' _^ Commons House of Parliament . ( Great _applau-e . ) t We have met this evening for the _purpose of congra-i tulating the brave Parisians on their proud and vie- torious achievements of their _rights as men—{ cheers _*^ —and their privileges , as members of one ureal hu- ' . ' _.

      man family . ( Applause ) Rally round your _faitl f _± _ful leaders , and the day is very nigh when the French _^ will have to congratulate you on the attainment o § - all that which is dear and _precious to yourselves _anrfc _* your darling littla ones—viz , the right to make the : - * laws which your _neighbours will cheerfully obey , and ? the happiness of all men . { Great cheering . ) At thia juncture Mr May produced a redcap , which elicited great applause . Mr Ferdinando then att ' _.-roptcd to . address the meeting , but w _' asiHterruptedby ill ' s im * _mensemaBs of people—hundreds of whom could _nsi _^ get admission . At this , Mr May proposed _thejf ( should adjourn to the open air , to _Hall's-square— . _; could mt hav

      where , during the proceedings , there _^ _, been less than 7 . 000 to 8 000 persons—who very a _&^ y tentively listened fo Mr _Ih-llis , who made a _bnllianft ' - _< speech , in whieh ho read and moved a'congratulatory * t address to tho people of Franco , which was _Iwi-Uy ;; , cheered . Addresses were then delivered by _Mytsrs j Kirby , G 3 le , Ferdinando , Smith , and others .,, who * j eloquently advocated tha People ' s Charter and No . ; Surrender . Tlirve hearty cheers were then given ! g , p i tho French Republio ; ' three "groans $ or _L-rnia •' Philippe ; and three cheers for Mr May . The police "' were in attendance , and surrounded the meeting- ' ' The rseoting separated , giving , three tremendous . " ., oheera forfreedom , equality , and fraternity . L

      Bacup . — -A meeting was held oa Sunday weeh htsi _* in the Chartist room , _when it was _resolvrd— ' Thatthe most strenuous exertions shonld ba used to spread the principles of the People ' s Charter . '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 11, 1848, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11031848/page/1/