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    • ^^'Z^CzT A AT L'JADols J\ : E.»*5 ior iV ™ ij .„ _ iprii i5th, -will contain the following ¦ * : j.-h EnsrsvUlfc S. _ . i
    • Alva 'iVeatsps.—On Satareiay, the 25th March, ¦ Messrs Ve * . and J. Drysdale, Bnll Mills, Alva, gave
    • JUST I'UiJLlSltEU PBICE EIXPEKCI.
    • THE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, l&S.
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      T\I) , Pp1l 15, 1848, The Northern Star....

      t \ i ) _, pP 1 L 15 , 1848 , THE NORTHERN STAR . 5

      ^^'Z^Czt A At L'Jadols J\ : E.»*5 Ior Iv ™ Ij .„ _ Iprii I5th, -Will Contain The Following ¦ * : J.-H Ensrsvulfc S. _ . I

      _^^ _'Z _^ _CzT A AT _L'JADols J _\ E . _»* 5 ior iV _™ . „ _ _iprii i 5 th , _-will contain the following ¦ * : _j .-h _EnsrsvUlfc S . _ . i

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      _CpjEDu » _" - - _/^ . _( _rtjcirroccsnonnna _veering on _.-uon-The _G _** ; lL of ' - ne _Kationnl Convenri _.-n ; The _Frodsy- " _riie _Veetiner ° » Kennington Common ; The " _^" _rFn- 'Iana fortified . _S _^ £ , tirf _rVunB O'Connor , M . P . Po trait i . i Xatlclia i _Guari at rans . £ ! ecnon « _4 bbeLacorelaire . _T ? l _TncUtuiion _Exhibition : Licht of the Cross . _BffJ _^ t _; The Captive . By Fisher . _Piin tiQ i j jtalv . Volunteers Leaving Rome ; the R at « iU . u . * _& . _rhordh of St . _JTaUfceev _, _City-roai _> _* , _.,,.. _She-Senl , and Lincolnshire Railway ; J ! al _-ii _iWFcrrv . o _.. the Sumter ; G » at Grimsby fen Hl ' _" _-S ,. ture = Q « B _Ruins of Thornton College . S ! s tion : _y- _ - _^ el-3 Home . _Foreign , anei Colonial Intelligence ; anel « S _&« rfdB Wcek :

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      " JUST PUBLISHED , _t-TOI r _* 7 IOS IX PAKIS . A nsrratiTe of the recent I | " _Tv-roli . ti _> u in France , contaiuir . _R a full account of n J _* X lnc ! e _* cT . t ? . and Effects , _together with tt e r bdi . _^ _Vrf t . _tis _rbilhpe , the fall ol Guizi . t , and the _" . _" _^ h of Uie ro ; . nter Cause , —By a _Bakkistee . Fries _tC _^ ce _XocTBiBS Stak Office , 16 , Great _Windmill-^ J 2 _? _Lt-ion : _Wsison , 1 'aterni f ter-row ; CleaTe , _Shoes . ' Brr-cr , _ilolywell-s-tTeet ; _jiav . chesier , Abel , _Hey-**** _* '• and nil _boobfe-llers in To vn and Country , to w _^ i ' _sil orders should be immediately sent .

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      _ZX-aT , _ynics OP TIIE PEOPLET A SUPP _* - _^ _y £ _^ T T 0 A _TjL _NEWSPAPERS . ,. _v _cuWishcd "Weekly , price Threepesce , stamped , B _* _C-uatEsKsiGHT _) 9 ' , Fleet-street , _CoEnnenciEg on the 2 f nd April , ISIS . ,. en Saturday , April 22 nd , uniform with ' The Voice ¦ _ak of tae I ' t-op ' c , ' THE RIGHTS OP _IXDUSTRT _, Xo . 1 , r « -kp Curttiv . _-ut'd Monthly . Price Threepence , _unstatsaeel . 10 Lanuon : Charles Knight , 90 , Fleet-street .

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      t TP so , send Oke _Sbtlxivg _Jl and a Stamp to O , WILLI _^ i , Bell ' s _Bsiidings Salisbury Square , _London , and receive bv _return ( with . 1 out fail ) rlRANDS'S ES-1 _AMELfor filling tbe decayed spots , in instant and perf manent cure . < Jiarged bv Dentists Is . 6 d . Sr _. ouga for three Teeth . One Thousand Boxes posted weekly . Agents

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      TO TAILORS . Bv _approbation of Her Majestv Q _ _nee-a"Yictori 3 , and Q . R . H . _I'rince _' _Albert , SOW READY , THE _LOroON ASD PARIS SPUIK-S AND SUMMER _FASlHOSS for _184 S . hv _Messrs BENJAMIN READ and Co ,, 12 . Hart-street , _llloonisbury-snuare , nearOxfordstreet , _Lemtbn ; and by 6 . _BtKHES , _HolywelUstreet , Strand- ; aid all Boeikse-llers , an esqtahitely _execsted and _Euperfelv-coloured PKIXT . The elegance » _-f this Print excels _sny-beforepublished , _accompanied with the _Xswest _Stvle , and _Cstra-SCiiig Frock Hiding Dress , and _Uanting-Coat"Patterns ; the nvst _fafh'oritible dressWaistcoat _JPattcrn . s _~ d an extra-fitting Habti Pattern of « he newest and _rnosre ' egant style of fashion . _Sveryparticnlar part explain ?*!' '' , method of increasing and diminishing the "Whole _for-any _Size fully illustrated , manner of _Cnttisg and Making up , and a ' ll other information respecting ¦ Stvl e and Fashion . Price 10 s . _poj . _- _; free lis . StEAD and Co . ' s new scientific svstem of Cntting- for 3 St 3 _is-readj , and will supersede -everything ofthe kind heretofore conceived . All tne Plates are numbered and _lettered ,- and on the scale of _Eizhttzn Inches ; Whole size , _-aevei'beforaritteiEj . ted . co & _taininjr twenty-three square _< eef particulars , post free . _Pstefit Measures , -nith rnll _iplan * t _* e . n , 8 _» . the set 5 ew Patent Indieator , for a ? cer--iaiBing proportion and disproportion , illustrated with Diagrams , _tr ice 76 . Patterns to Measure ( all registered _according to Act of _Parliainentl . post free , Is . each The _Khule sold bv Heat , and Co ., 12 . Hart-street , _Blooras-^ _arr-S _:-u'ffle . " Lo " A'' . ori yanei all -Booksellers . Post office . _ordirs . " ana Post _axamps , _taS-rti as Cash . Habits _per--fenned for tbe Trade . Busts for 5 ui _> _-. g Coats em ; Boys ' ¦ _^ _rure-s . Foremen proTided . _—^ _Ir-strcctions in cutting complete , for all kinds of _Stjla-and Fashion , which can " be _accuHUilis _' _Bcd in an incredibly short time .

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      COLLIYER ' S _COMMERCIAX'COFFEE AND CHO ? HOUSE ASD READ 1 SG -SOOHS , 26 e § , STRAXD . ICi'DOS . J COLLITER returns ins _sir . cere thanks io h- _^ e _Frieueis and the _Pub'ic at large , for the suppurt herns receive : st their liaj : ds-euriiig the last ten years , 2 nS _hPpCS , by Strict » iterrtton and civility , to merit a continuance of tlieir _pr . troi . ase . 2 . c . _rUo _be- « s to stat- _^ , that having lately mr . de e _: ter = ive alterations and im _provenitnts : n his _premise , he is now enabled to _afittd _additieiiial _cei-. Teiiiene-e without cxirs charge . "A Celt inerciai Ce _. fr . e _reioi _u' _-stairs , with every facility for Travel ers atin Visitors frmn tie country . The House is _situaleei ill ths very heart of fhe Metropolis _, in the centre ot the Theatres , near the _Xatiunsl _-Xaad OSce . and Public _Bniiding _; . Omnibuses pass _to and from ail the Railway _StatiOLs , to meet the Ira ' s ; , _evervfive miKutes _, Bc ds , is . to is . Sd . per _-siirht . AH other charges < qcal y moderate . NO FSES TO SEKVAXTS

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      POUT RAIT OF _FEAfcOUS--O'CONKUR , Esq ., 31 . P ., T MARTI ? " informs 3 » i _^ friends p . nd tbe Cbartistbd £ y _ t . generally , that he has reduced the price of'his _lithc-sraphic fufl-lengti portrait of their Illustrious Chief to the foile . _nviug _j-vice : —Prints . Is ; coloured ditto , 2 s . Gd . Alx , a _cePEt / ful _litiio _^ _rapaic portrait of w . _Dison , 3 ate of _Manchester , now -one -of the Directors , tjy _^ T . _"Mania . Price—plain . Is ., _coicured , 2 s . ' PEOPLE'S EDITION" . Tobe hsd atthe _50 RTH 22 _K-5 TAE office , 15 , GreafWind . mill-street , _Haymarltet : at t ' _-c Office of the _Kst _' ccal Land _Ce-mp 3 BV , 144 , High Ho _' _. _Tjarn ; Sweet . Goose -Gate _"N ' _oftin _^ . _Tnin ; lleywood , . Manchester , and all booksellers o the United Kingdom .

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      THE LAND . _fTO BE SOLD , the _RKJHT of _LOCATION , on Tvro _ L Acres , ore Hood , ssd _twflsty-eijrht Perches , at Hosier Lovel , the Advertiser net- being 2 ble to settle his sf-£ iirs to tah e possession . For Particulars , a } p " j- ( postpaid ) to Samuel Foster , _IFiet . near Pershore , Worcestershire .

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      THE LAND . ( "TO 3 E SOLD , a _FOVR ACRE ALLOTMENT , -en 1 the Snig ' s End _Estate , which will shortly be ready for Location . The above _Kstate is of thc best _qualrtyicf land , and con veniently _situattd to several _guod _JIarkeii , -frith good Roads . ... . Letters- _containing t ° rms , _^ na _. _enclositig postage stamp , -to be addressed T . Z . ( care of Jcba Kelly ) , 2 z 9 , _Deaarcate , Manchester .

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      PEOPLE'S HALL , _LOTEDAY-STREET , BIRMINGHAM . _-VTOTlCi ; . —At tie Adjourned _Heelinpr of Shr . reaoMers , i \ held in the Dai ! , on W _* _dnerday , April 5 tV _, iSi . 8 , thelollowiB _^ resolnr un _TOS-unasur . ou _^ j-passed : — ' _ResolvecT That the _Sbcis _Register BuoK _retnaiucpeE for Paid-up Shareholders only , to sl _? u , till May the ll = 4 h , _soas to give those _Shareholders-vrho Co not reside in _Birmin _^ _hbrn an _opi-crlrmity of . seeunng their Shares , ana also Ihers Paiel-n ; i Shareholders _Imng in the town , -who have _tAii . at nresont come -fc-rwarf . ' AU I ' arnss _^ ct _complying Dj _theatre date , will forfeit their shares . The _CociuJiies will sit at rie Hall . , for _iffuirg Certfccat _^ s , on . _Tuesday , Wednesday ,.. asd Thursday evenings , frora _Ei , ~ ht till Ten o'Clock . _Xone but Shareholders wiE fee _alleged to take OEt siares , bv paying £ S Precu ' osa to the Society . By _Ordu-af the _Committee , Jchk _Xewhoese , Sec . All _CommuBkatiocs to be _srieiresser " . for John Ke * rhou 5 e , l b , Court _Uosjital-streei , or Steeihouse-lane , Birniinghani ,

      Alva 'Iveatsps.—On Satareiay, The 25th March, ¦ Messrs Ve * . And J. Drysdale, Bnll Mills, Alva, Gave

      Alva ' _iVeatsps . —On _Satareiay , the 25 th March , ¦ _Messrs Ve * . and J . Drysdale , Bnll Mills , Alva , gave

      ¦ Aotiee To The Weavers Emplotfet In Thf...

      ¦ aotiee to the weavers _emplotfet in _thfiir factory that tthey intended ta reduce their cages _irern seventeen to tony-one per c ? _zst . on the r _^ _rions-kinds of goods (• manufactured , by thcin . The wearers , _^ of course , _a-reed not to sufcc ~ . it . to any suei -reduciion without 2 . _siruirgle . In o _^ ier to enable . _thtnisebes to _eotaiend _EucccsfuliV a , _giinst the _projMsal . xjf-the Messrs W . Hid J . Drysdale , Shey _re-olvee -to _appeal to all _« _pg £ 2 ed in the _wocilsn trade in _tnsrfistriet _. A _public roseting of tbe _cpgralives ot Aivfc _^ _-as held in _con--fieouence . 2 nd it was _ananimouslf -. _sgreedrthai the - reavers employed in-the _M- * SSH I & _CCdaleJs -factory , _fhould leave the said _fxetory as soon ss thee webs

      _Te-r-e-i ' _si .-hed ; and teat all these _wbG _« ere _p eriling in the other faciories wcsld do all in tfeeir poser to _getsuppc-rfcfor tht-e sia i ? ould be _kegi out . 9 / em ployment by _resistiag -tae proposed _ifiduetien oi ¦ wages . A committee use _appointed to wait on the other manufacturers , in order to a £ certein if _.-tiey thonsht sseh a reduction ol _waee . - , a s that proposed by the _Messrs W . and J . Drysdale , was necessary , — and out of _tMrty-nire _manufactureM in Alva tMEtj ' seven gave ut as their opinionihat do sn ch reduction was calted / or . Tke manufacturers in _Tiliieonltrg * als i expressed themselves against the proposed reduction of wages , aad in proof ef their sincerity drew up a _HleB"lori-^ _: _-, which was _nuserousi y signed by them snd other influential men Is the district . Tbe

      memorial was presented to tha Messrs Drysdale , but , < s-e are sorry to say , that it did nod produce the good _^ Fect intended bji ts subscribers . A district meeting of the working mec of Tillicoultry , Alloa , and Alva , -sis held in _Alvs , -as Satnrday , tbe 1 st instaDr . The _na-ater present at iiis meeting is estimated at upwards of three thousand . Among _oPes resolutions , thefallowing was ncsaimoasly agreed to : —' That this ceeting pledge _Jiemselves that they will neither work for _Mees-rs _Drjfidale , ncr any other _manufseinrer in tbe district , at any rednetion of _^ _weees , _ae-i tbat they will do all in their power to Ev _ipport thcze who _csay be hept out of emplsyment bj" resisting tbe reduction of wages proposed by _JiVEsrsW . _eod J , Drysdale , Boll Mills , Alva . ' As

      _tr . n . _-e is very dull here at present , and the struggle Hkel v to ba a severe one , any person who may feel India . ; to aid thc oppressed may have an _opportune ct " doing so by forwarding euhscrijitions , which will bi * thankfully received , by David Lnttitt , weaver ,. secretary for ihe district , Alva . The liberality of tfcV werking men of this pl . _- -cs in supporting others wh . *> have b £ _on in _circumstancfrs similar to these in wk ichthey now Snd _themselves plaeed , is _vreiikne _*> wD in various parti oi the country , and as ibis is th ** n » _- sfc t _* * _kat l _^ _^ aPP eaIe d to tbe country t hey _bope that the appeal will net be ra Tain Bvt . 'ivii . 'g the . above _wramtmication a ' plsce in vnur " col , _us as - Ton _w ' iI ves _7 much oblige the _•^ rkfi _rSn f this di _^ ct . I am , Sir , y _* n re * . pectfuHv , R , IV _*** < fQ _*< _secre-. _ury .

      Just I'Uijllslteu Pbice Eixpekci.

      JUST _I'UiJLlSltEU PBICE EIXPEKCI .

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      HO ,. XV ! . OF " THE LABOURER , " COJ . TEKT 8 . 1 . The ifarseUIaiie and JLfourtr pour la Patrie , translated by Ernest Jones . 2 , iBSurrccGous otthe Working Classes . —The Hus . sites . S . The Poor Jfan ' s Legal ManuaL—The Law of Riot i . Th-- _Byv _' s Song . 5 . The Pirate ' s Prize . ( _ConcJueiceJ . ) 6 . The Parting Guest . 7 . TheKomanceof a People . 8 . Our Charter . 9 . The llealmone .-r ;—An Irish Sketch . 10 . The _German Youti . Letters ( pre-paid ) to he addressed to the Editors , 16 , Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . Orders received by all agents for the "Northern Star " and all booksellers in town and country _.

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      JUST PUBLISHED , { _UatSinn with the ' Labourer" _ilagasine _, ) 1 Price 6 d . A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON SPADE HUSBANDRY , being the results of four years' experience . Bi J . _SittETT . _S'Gowan and Co ., IS , Great Windmill-street , London _awd may hc had of all booksellers .

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      Just Published , _frice One Penny A LETTER by _Fimegcts O'Cosnob , Esq ., MP ., ' TO THE lilCH A 2 _TD THE POOR ; To those _^ ho Live ia Idleness Without _Labon _^ and to those wko aro Wil . ling to Labour but Compelled to Starve . '

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      Priee ? _s . per 100 or 1 S =. per 1000 . f T ¥ /" SAT MAT BB BONE WITK THSEE ACRES W OF LASB . * Explained in a Letter , by _Feasqcs O'Coskob , _Esej ., JI _. P . To be hod atthe Office of the Sational Land Company Ut , High Holborn .

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      Not ? Ready , a New Edition of MR . _O'CONKOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS To be had atthe _Nerthem Star OSce , 16 , Great Wind mill Street : and of Abel Heywood . Manchester .

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      Price 3 d . ON M 05 DAY NEST WILL BE PTJBIilSHED , ( Forming 32 large 8 vo . pages , ) A VERBATIM REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . _Iirckding full particulars of the Meeting at Kenniagton Coratnon , and the proceedings of the People and the Government on this momentous subject . _Northern Star Office , Great Windmill-street ; J . Watson , Paternoster row , "London ; Abel Heywood , Manchester ; and all 'Booksellers in Town _and'Country .

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      PORTRAIT OF 2 * 3 E POPE . _; A . portrait of the Reforming Pope . Pius IX ., has been engraved , anei will be issaed with an early number of the Northern _Sras . It has been copied from a wonderfully correet-and much-admired statuette , and the engraving has been executed in the most finished style . Specimens will be in the hands of onr agents next week _,-a : td due notice will be gives of tiie day on which the plate will be issued .

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      THE flJUHTEB AHD 10 SUSBEIDEI UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE . VOTE B 5 . BALLOT . NO _PROPERTY _QUALIFICATION ANNUAL _PARLIAMENTS , PAYMENT * OF MEMBERS . EQUAL ELECTORAL DISTRICTS

      The Northern Star, Saturday, April 15, L&S.

      THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , APRIL 15 , l _& S .

      Parliamentary Review. Ministers And'memb...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Ministers and'Members bave been at -last frightened out of their _incictivity , but , -amortunately , like all r panic-stricken people , they have done _extictly-wtiat they eught not to have done . Things were bad enough _before , and they have marls tbem w orse . Theipecple of England demanded the practical enjoyment of those _Politisal-Eights which the 'Constitution of this " country guarantees , in the -attract , to all its Inhabitants . Instead-of listening to their demands , and showing ( if that be possible ) where they were unreasonable , or their concession inexpedient or _impractrssMe .

      the _Government-tsak a fit of terror , under the influence of which they did their best to ; produce a civil war in-this country ; and ; if _^ the People and _taeiriL-eaders had not been ¦ more enlig htened , prudent , and loyal than their rulers , they would , undoubtedly , hare succeeded . Lord . John has been , on several occasions , led into serious scrapes by believing in the " raw head ami bloody bones'" stories which are concoctedby the remarkably fertile imaginations of the romancists in _iPrieting House Square ; -but this time he has made the greatest blunder of ell . Surel y he will in

      i future act like the wise ehild , and dread the fire which bas _scorchedrliis ringer ends so _severely . It may suit the purposes of the Times to -deal in unfounded alarms _^ and to excite a war _< if _rdasses , but his { Lordshi p may rest assured , that the Minister-. _ffho .. can ieM by the nose by such councillors , _; is not far from being _jgnominiously driven fsom office , amidst the universal execration and contempt o f . all parties . He and the _Ttntss talk as though _thty had achieved a victory oa Monday . Another sueh vfill ruin tbem both- Their Proclamation was disregarded . : Their construction of

      the law was despised ,. aad set at _naught . The _Working Classes asserted their right to < meet _ancfrliold tbeir Procession , and having done so , gave to _theTpperand _^ Middle Classes a proof of their wisdom , and respect for life and property , which , when the-moment of excitement has . passed away , will jaise them and their feaders bigh in the _estimation of those classes . Letus . _iope that it will prove the precursor to a cordial union between -them ! That event _seeais more likely now _than it . did last week . The excitement caused by the Times , and the

      _course which the Government , acting as its puppets , _itc-ok with reference to the Demonstration , of Monday , has caused the other _elassBE to think and enquire . 'W . q do not fear the result : ; . a result which will be immensely hastened by . _^ ie discussions which , in future , will take place on one phase or another of the popular _demands , in the _Eouee of Commons . Yes ! The Times and the " . Government have given Chartism . an immense impetus . Last weeli it was a tabooed question , carefull y _excluded from drawing rooms , parlours , and aolite circles . Now it is the theaifi of every

      tongue , in every class of society ; and though at first there raay be misstatements and mistakes , truth will in tae end prevail . Last week it was almost hopeless to think of the question being discussed in Parliament . Now it has a night—a t _^ overnmeni night—specially conceded by thfi Premier for its consideration ; and other Members have intimated their intention to bring forward separate points of the Charter

      in detail . What does all this prove ? Why , that the seeds tbat have been so long sown and germinating in the bosom of the public , have , under the genial influence of the thunderstorm of _Downing-street and Printing _Housegquare , suddenly shot up into life and strength ; and that , fromjienceforward _, there will be no rest , no retrogression , until the great principles of political equality are inscribed as law upon the Statute lfook .

      Ministers Are Hel Ping Jonrard This Cons...

      Ministers are _hel ping _Jonrard this consummation in every possible shape . The new-Treason and Sedition Bill , wliich they have introduced under the influence of fear , will prove a more effectual aid to the _progress of real political freedom , thein any other course thev

      Ministers Are Hel Ping Jonrard This Cons...

      could have adopted . Under pretence ot being very lenient , they , in reality , propose , a change in the law affecting sedition , which , if it should ever be enforced in _th- ' s country , would render existence in it intolerable . With one hand they offer a boon of no value whatevernamely , the abolition of Capital Punishments in cases of constructive and other wire-drawn _dnfinitions of treason , commuting these into

      transportation for life . While , with the * other , they aim one of the most insidious blows at the heart of British liberty , that ever was attempted by the worst administrations who have preceded them . At present sedition is punishable with fine and imprisonment . One would imagine that these two penalties were quite severe enough for what is , at the best , but a very vague , conventional , and cameleonlikeoffence . The difference between "

      sedition" and " sound political opinions , '' we suspect , can only he accurately explained by the witty definition ofthe terms orthodoxy and heterodoxy . Orthodoxy is my doxy , and heterodoxy is another man ' s doxy . " Anything which the ruling powers for the time may choose to construe into sedition , is for that _time sedition , and at a- period of panic , it is wonderful with what unanimity judges , _counsels , and jurors , can discern dangerous and wicked meanings in the most innocent words .

      But tha Whigs are not satisfied with mere fine and imprisonment . You may put an inconvenient writer or speaker in j ail , and- keep him there , but that does not silence _^ him or destroy his influence . Through the medium of the Press , he can still speak to the minds and hearts of his fellow men , and kindle those sentiments of love for liberty ivhich no brute force can subdue or eradicate . Therefore the Whigs—the Whigs , be it remembered—the party whose watchword has been , " Civil and Religious Liberty all over the world ''— " The freedom of the Press , like the air we breathe , if

      we have it not we die "—this very party proposed to substitute transportation for the punishments formerly inflicted for ( seditious offenders . The period of transportation to be at the'discretion of the Judge , from seven up to the whole period of the offender ' s natural life ! In short , they wished to declare that what has heretofore heen a misdemeanour in law , shall in future be -felony , and- punished as such ! They went _fursher—aware that such an atrocious violation o all the fundamental princi ples of the Constitution would be met by one universal shout of execration , if they gave time to the

      country to express its opinions upon the Bill , they -most indecentl y and unconstitutionally suspended the forms ofthe House , in order to _huny it , if possible , through several stages in one ni ght , and thus inflict one ofthe most detestable and tyrannical measures it is possible to-conceive , upon the country , without its being , ' tble to resist it . But the ancient spirit of Englishmen—thank God —is not dead . The men who can boast of bein jr the descendants of those who won the right of free speech and publica t ion by heroic struggles and the shedding of their own blood , are not yet forgetful of is

      _^ rhat due to so noble an ancestry . There yet remain among us some recollections of John Milton ' s glorious " Defence of the Liberty of _^ Unlicensed Printing ; " and the consequence has been , that in spite of a slavish majority being found ready to back the Minister in this gross and unwarrantable attack on the liberties ofthe people , a small 'kit determined-minority have so far prevented its becoming 'lair , and compelled Lord John to give way to the extent that the obnoxious clauses , as to " -open and advised speaking , " shall only be tempornrythat is , for three years . This success should

      encourage the opponents oi the Bill to persevere . The disgrace of such a _me-isure being made a law , -should not be inflicted on the country for a day or an hour . « lt is , as we know by sad _^ experience , much easier to get a bad law passed , than to get rid of It-afierwards , and therefore we counsel the most determined and unyielding hostility and opposition to it . Meanwhile , whether it passes -or not , tbe mere fact of its having been proposed , fills up the _measure-of "Whi g iniquity . ltnviU not onl y powerfully _^ accelerate their dismissal from power , but , in -connexion with other deeds , stamp them for ever as the mo 3 tdeadly , as well as dastardly enemies of _thenightsand liberties _of'ihe people .

      Co Tfea&Ers & Comsuontinfe

      Co _tfea & ers & _Comsuontinfe

      Holbrook Moor, ^Ebbtshirt?.—A Camp Meeti...

      Holbrook Moor , _^ _ebbtshirt ? . —A camp meeting was held , at whieb ' . Mr George Harrison delivered an address to 4 , 0 _v"W people there assembled . On Monday , the 10 th , a _. _" _neeting hy adjournment was held in Belper Jlarke t-place , at wliich Mr Harrison addressed lhe middle ' ani _* _WMMug classes on the present and future prospev ° f _iJie people , to an audience of from 3 , 000 to _d _. OO _* . _' P ° p _k . afc which resolutions in support of the G _, ' , nventil 011 were adopted . Bilston . —Large meetings have be . ° _-n held here in support of lhe National Convention .

      Llllsh Mmocttatlu Culwederatiun. This Bo...

      llllSH MMOCttATlU _CulWEDERATiuN . This body has held crowded and enthusiastic meetings on Sunday and _everyeveninff during thepasl week . On Sunday evening the _followintr resolution was adopted : — 'That this , meeting consider it the duty of every person to attend the meeting at Kennington Common on Monday ; and also recommend all good and true men to do the same for the attainment of their just and inalienable ri g hts . ' The following resolution was also unanimously adopted , together with a resolution , that— 'The secretary should send a copy of the same to Alderman Thompson . ' ' That th * speech of Alderman Thompson in

      tbe House of Commons , relative to the tea party held in this room on the 10 th instant , j * a tissue of falsehood and slander against the fwnourahle member for Nottingham ; furthermore , this meeting is of opinion that the respectable spy , as stated bythe worthy alderman , who attended our meeting on Monday , was no less a personage tban the wnrthv alderman himself ; nor will we believe otherwise / unless the honourable and worthy alderman contradicts this statement . This meeting is also anxious to acquaint the worthy alderman that it i 8 the intention of the committee to apply to him , on a future day , to aid

      us m procuring the Guildhall , to discuss witb the worthy alderman the princi ples of the People ' s Charter . Mr . Clancy , as chairman of the _meeting on Monday . / appealed , to the meeting against this vile attempt at falsehood ; he hoped their president would lay it before a proper tribunal . Mr . C . then proceeded at great lengih to urge tbe propriety of going to Kenning ton Common on Mondav ; and was followed by Messra . M'Carthy , Smythe _^ Williams , Sharp , Joyce , & c . Messrs . Clancy , " Williams , anel Sharp were then placed in nomination to fill up any vacancy that mi _^ ht occur . Mr . Clancy was declared duly elected .

      On Tuesday night a numerous meeting look place without a single notice being given ; at eight o ' clock the room was filled , Mr . Joyce in the chair . Mr . Bezer read Mr . Smith O'Brien ' s speech in the house , The following resolution was put from the chair and unanimously adopted : — 'That in the opinion of this meeting the Whigs are determined to uphold at all hazards their old system of misrule , oppression , and wrong , and it is therefore the duty of all loveis of liberty to think ! think ! think ! and silently ask

      themselves , how long shall such things be ? ' Mr . M'Carthy , in a very able and eloquent speech addressed the raee'ing . Mr . Clancy followed . The gagging hill , _periiaps , would be law to-morrow he would give ber Majesty the same advice as tbe Prince of Wales gave to his father George III ..- « Sir , ' said he , ' I could have saved your American colonies for a shilling ! ' How ? ' said his majesty . ' I would have bought a rope , ' said the prince , ' and have hanged Lord Bute and Lord North ; and thus would I bave saved your colonies . ' Mr . Bezer followed in

      good style . Mr . Smythe moved the following reso' iition , which was unanimously adopted : — 'That this meeting views with feelings of indignation the ' gagging' hill of the Whig ministry , and solemnly protest against tbis bill becoming the law in this country , '

      $G- Now That Parliament Has Assembled We...

      _$ g- Now that Parliament has assembled we must , aa a general rule , exclude lengthy communications ' - < unices _reparfc * _ttoed . written ) of _« ve * y important y meetings . ' -Reporters , writers of letters , and Char- i tist and Lead sub-secretaries will ,- therefore , oblige -i by making their communications as brief as pos Bible . We-shall be glad-it some of _our-corresprn dents will-try to _improve-their _writing : ; and shal tiiaak otbers , who might do so to let as have their report 3 ,. & c , before Thursday . " ¦

      PUBLIO MONIES . We request all Sub-secretaries , and -other , persens who may .-hare occasion tG send public i monies to the Metropolis , to pay attention to the-following directions : — Monies for the nnderstateti purposes ( must be addressed as _followg _;—PogZiznts fer lhe Nor & _irn . Star . Mr Vfniiam _1-E . ider , 1 G , Great _Windmill-slreet , Hay . market , Lob don , NaUthial Land and 'iMmr Bomb . The _Manager of the National Jjand and jLabonr Bask , No . 493 • How Oxford Street , { London . '

      Falional Land _CovsAVUiy . ' The Directors of the National ' Land Company , : Np i 4 , High Holborn , London . " flational Charter AssoeksiUm ; ' Mr _Thomas-Clark , No . 144 , _Hijjb _.-Holborn , London . Central Registration and Electioi ' . _-Committee , 'Mr James Grassby , No . 8 , Noah's . Ark-court , Siangate , Lambeth , _lindon . ' National Victim ,-and Widows and _tGrpJiansFund . Mr John Simpson , Elm Cottage , Waterloo-street , -CatnbersreU , London . ' iFcr Mrs W . Jones . Mr John Simpson , Elm Cottage , _flTaterloo-street , _fffambenrelJ , London . ' ¦ _SftfropsUtoi Cfiartt ' st Sail . _« Mr —» Tapp . Ho . 52 , Finsbury Market , London . ' Defence of £ _fr . O'Connor's Seat in iPatliament . •* Mr Thomas Clark , _3 ? o . Hi , High Holb . _sra , London . '

      Prosecution « f -ttc _JfetiieTie'ster _Esssaitfiir . - ' Hr Themas Clark , lloM 144 , High _HoIUotd , Loudon . ' The Sleaford Case . ' Mr Thomas Clark , No . Hi , High Ho ! bom , . Iondon . The Fraternal Democrats . ' : G . Julian Harney , No . , Great _Wintlmiit-street Haymarket , London . ' United Trades'Association . « Mr Barratt , No . 11 , Tottenham Couri UJoad _, London . ' _$ _gr- Monies sent oon * _rary to the above _direatiens will not be acknowledged . * * _Frigate letters intended for Mr O'Connor , and sent to this effice , muet be marked 'Frieate . _CorreapoEdents ate requested not to _( _rooMe _M O'Connor with letters , reports , & e . intended for the Stab ; nor with any letters that should be ad- ; dressed as set forth above .

      J . MooBHoe « _:.-Four members _holdisgthesamenumber of _shares can avail themselves of one ticket , Family ticket made right . Mr C . Connob , _Ladlow . —Received . Mr Gaenett , Ke-jghley , —We will pay carriage , W . _Caow _.-Not _reom . To the _Chabtistb ot MANcnESTEB . —Brother Chartists , —My _explanatiun to yonr question in the Nobthbbs STAKof last Saturday week , is , that I haire neither received nor heard of jour secretary ' s letter nntil Sun--J a ? " _I PP ears _^ your secretary , Mr Ormerster , _^ ed duly forward your invitation te me , and directed it te _v he care of Mr W . Brook , Leeds , according to my requ _> . ' i out it did not reach _meorT should have attended . _Manchester . I amyi . urs truly ,

      , 45 , Adt _, 'a'de-Street Bradford . Geo . White . E . K ., Dfcrby _,- -- _^ know nothing ofthe report you speak Of .

      Brutality Oj- The Police. To Thk 1ditok ...

      BRUTALITY OJ- THE POLICE . TO _THK 1 _DITOK OP THE SOUTHERN STAB . Mr _Ediior , _—Having bcu on ( be .- Larobe-lh side of the water on Momlay last , on rather particular _cusineAS _j which was of the greatest importance to me , and not for a moment supposing that , aa a peaceful subject , I would not be allowed to pass over Wistmiusier _. fcric ' ge to my place of residteee—bnt such was tho fact—I _neid scarcely say that I was astonished to fiud that even by remonstrar . ee , ond giving a knowledge of my business , when I endeavoured to urge the necessity of my _passing , oa I was limited to timo , and my return to that timo was of the utmost-consequence . All this was to no per . pose _^ O . ie _policeman said , ' Go to tbe othe / bridges , ' I replied , * I am giTen to understand they are all stopped , ' Be replied — ' Go about _jeur _bus ! ue > 8 « , jou cannot pass h < re , ond that ' s _enoL-eb . ' B _^ _sideB all

      this , _heinif _pssbed _bdi _I flboved frem one to tbe other _, with tho most infamous tpithcts possible to bo _Tomueo from the lips of any human _belnp . I say , air , th _. _it _thin is most _piorrtUiii ! : to a citizen to be interfered witb by these mon—men whom we- have to pay out of our hind earnings . * _W dl , when I was about to leave this formid able array , what did I see ? One ot tbem whom I took to be a sergeant - , gave tho word of commend to elhpeise tbe -mob , and boar iu mind thin was no mob , bac a great collection of people , in con 6 _tquauce of thi stoppage of the bridge . Well , 1 say , tbese men ran _fern-ard _and-niade use of their weapons , and , at a natter of course , _n-boever got the weight of one of tbem , vierA down . There eould n « t lie less than Irom twelve to siztoen innocent men treated in thU way , and amongst them was one poor old man . I shall never _forget it , ho-was lifted up and carried en-ay without hia hat .

      'I then made my way to thc _Suepension-bridge , and on _M-riving there , I found another body of pollio , and where , after considerable difficulty , I , in _company with others , effected a passage over , and made tho b _?» t of _mj tray home , 'But , sir , this is * _i t all ; in the « v « ning 1 _'Wcct-ont to _looh . around in-, and _uoing- down _Cbaring-• cross , I overheard a ' gentleman , * who , from bis appearance , I took to be one of _, _'the . commissioners—at all events , an _tfficer of _soms rank , coy— " It ' s a great pity you Can ' t get hold of a _dczsn of the leaders of this ¦ rabble , and split their heads _espen , and tbat would frighten tha . others . ' Policeman , * That ' s what we _waat _, tut I am sorry to say we -can ' t get an _opportunity—we can ' t get a plea _forsma-k ' mg the attack . ' In this strain they continued , while I remained within their hearing . I have tho honour to remain , sir ,

      Your very obedient humble servant , _JOHN-ST-JiGEON . 52 , _DevoBB _* j £ re . rtreet Queen . eqir _. ire , April 12 , ' 1 _^ 48 ,

      The Chartrs-Ts . To Thsrsdixof* Of Tub N...

      THE CHARTrS-TS . TO _THSrSDIXOf * OF TUB _NOBCHBen -SWE , Sir , —I have been , like many others for a long time , 'labouring under a great _miBtalec as -to the real demands ol the _Chartists , I have been _led-to-understnnd that the 'Chartists _genecclly consisted of men who were too idle to work , nnd _therefore undcecrvlng—ignorant , » nd no--• worth lt 6 _tening > to—and delighting in the disturbing of the peaco of well-dinposed _poreons . 'These exparie state--Rj _^ _nts , created _prejudices , and belnp snpported bythe press , induced -me to conceive a _bii opinion of them . ; -bet ot late ; _znoro'Sotloe than usual _having- been taken of their _procecdiDgp , I resolved upon _attending a meeti _ng , at the Sitional --flail , where I hwr _* Mr Skelton and ¦ others speak to an _aosembly _, _wWelytJiffuricg from the descriptions 1 had befei e rtceived- _^ and having perused -several numbers of the _KoninEBN -St _^ e _, my eyes were

      ¦ Opened still _widec-as to what the ( Chartists really were . , tvnd now it is tbat I see the justice of-their demands , and the error _thst-. I- as well as others , have heen in io neither looking at , or thinking of , the identical Bourct ; from whence the calamitous state In . which the working _^ _lassas of Great Britain are , arises . ; _ibeiajr a misrepre . senttttion of tbe people in Parliament ., owing to the candidates and irlertois coming under tho head of 8 Pro-¦ _portygaalification _. _'^ ad consequently _^ he _. gevvernment ef thisrealm being confined to them alone . < Au . d whiiotlie people . ( I mean the werking classes ) have .-co representative in r . _irliamc : nt ,. i ! is dearly evident that their national wonts and privilt-ges will be . unattended to , and their whole _Interest and benefit _paired ewer in _proifound _^ _JiSence . I subscribe mypelf to be , one whe will _KippoEtitheir cause to tke very death . The Iion ' _-3 _'JvTueip .

      Nei?F Cawlb-Ufon-Tyhe.— A District Deleg...

      NEi ? f _cawlb-ufon-Tyhe . — A district delegate meeting of the _National Charter Association will beheld on Sunday , April 16 _* h , - M the Patent Slip _Souse , Jarrow , at two o'clock in the afternoon . N . B . —The secretary bega to _apolpgwe for tbe error _inlaet week _s 5 m , on the above matter , but bega testate that he cannot properly aeeount how thc error _« _ccurred . Oldham . —< 3 b 'Sunday ( _to-siorrow ) , Mr _George Archdeacon , an Irish Confederate , wil ] lecture in the _forking Man ' s Ilall . Subject ; ' The beat means of obtaining political freedom _fos the people of both England and Ireland . '

      HETWooD . ~ Adistncldelegate meeting will beheld in the Cbartist room , _Hartley-jfcceet , on Sunday ( to-morrew ) , at eleven o ' clock , a m , when the following localities arc _requested to send _delegates t—Bury , Bacup , _Rossendale , Rechdale , and _Radcliffe . Macclesfield . — 'Li berty , Equality , and Fraternity . '— An importautdemonstration took placo on ths _Patsonaue-fti-efcri _f On Saturday evening the 1 st of April . About ten thousand persona were preBent . _ReEolutiens for the combination of _Englishmen and Irishmen to obtain Repeal , and the Charter were carried amidst the utmost _enthusiasm . An _addtesB of congratulation waa adopted to the French people , and a delegate appointed to the National Convention . The principal _speakers wtre _Mest-rs Leach , Treanor , and Wc & t , of _Macclesfield .

      Fbestok . —Oneof the raoEt enthusiastic meetings that waa ever held in thia town , took place in the Temperance Hall , on Monday night last , April 10 th . Mr Lirendlehursfc in tho chair . _Resolutions in _anpport of the Convention , and denouncing the tyrannical conduct of the government , were unanimously adopted . Manchester , —Mt' Finegan will deliver a lecture in tho _People ' s Institute , on Sunday , April 16 * h . Chair to betaken at six o ' clock , p . m . Leicester , —All shareholders oi the No . 1 branch are requested to pay their local and _jieneral expenses . The secretaries will Bit next week , from seven till nine , every night . Leeds .- —In conformity with tho recommendation of the CGnvcnfion _eittirg in _Lratlnif , a meeting oi several _thousriEds waa held at noon on Monday , in the Bazaar .

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      Tower Iiamliits.—This Persevering Locali...

      Tower IIamliiTS . —This persevering locality has held two monster _meetir-ga in furtherance of the cause , viz ., on Sunday afternoon , . 'in Bi > hop Bonncr ' t Fields , Victoria Park , II . Mander May wa 3 called on to preside , amidst tbe enthusiastic plaudits ofthe _dpnse mass who _eongi-egated . Addresses were delivered by Ernest Jones , J . Savage , K ; Drake , and a Grenadier Guardsman , which were cheered . Also on Tuesday afternoon , on Stepney Green , where

      there could not have been _lese < han 1 000 to 8 000 persons present . The talented and patriotio II . Mander May presided . This gentleman 13 highly esteemed in this district . Addresses wero delivered by Ernest Jones , Fumed , Williams and _Kirby . Mr Jones and Mr May were cheered as they left the meeting , which quietly _separated . Thero is to be a monstor _meeting held on Sunday afternoon , at three o ' clock , fcn Bishop _Boncor ' a _Fielde , Victoria Park , which will he addressed by Ernest Jones , G . W . M . Reynolds , and H . Mander May .

      Barnsley , April 10 th . —One of the largest _meetings that ever took p lace in this totvn was held this day , when a resolution was adopted to _stipport the Convention , and _condemnator y of government interference _with the demonstration which was to accompany th _» . people ' , * petition to Parliament . The meeting was one of the most spirited that was evtr held in Barnsley . The people manifested a determination to have the Chatter at all hazards . The resolutions were supported by Michael Seageave , John Leary , Robert Garbutt _, and Bane Gill . John

      Shaw ( the chairman , ) _wob elected delegate to serve in tho Convention , should government seize tbe prrsent delegate . _Kbadal —A meeting to petition Parliament for the People ' s Charter wns held recently at this place , in the Odd Fellows' Hall . The meeting was crowded to excess , and the greatest order and attention _"flas paid to the _different speakers . The people seemed _fullyiropiessed with the value and importance o gaining their _richts . Thepetition was _unanimously adopted . Mr Lund wns then chosen delegate to the approaching convention in London , for this district .

      _Iliuii-WrceMBB , —On the 5 th instant we held a Cbartist _mcetina in the centre of this town— estimated numbers 1 , 000—which _considering the amount of tho population was a famous _gathering . The meeting _wasaddrrsaed by Mr C , Bolwell , delegate frora Bath ; and W . P . Gaskill , _hnq , of Lane-end , near Wycombe . After tho meeting we adjourned to the Temperance Ce _ff-e-house , and there and _thtn formed a Chartist Association . Chartism is wonderfully spreading in _tkis neighbourhood .

      MANIFESTO OF THE LEICESTER MEMBERS OF SHE NATIONAL OHABTBK ASSOCIATION . In necessary things , unity ; in non-essentials , liberty ; in all things , charity . We . the members of the Association , in _pabVc meeting assembled , wish to make known our conviction that the time has now arrived when the real friends ef reform of all elapses mnst unite for the political and social redemption of our beloved land . Tbe various expedients _resoited to by the different shades ol reformers having all signally failed to procure that happiness for which they werointended , itnow bec » mr a all classes to unite with the millions to obtain the enactment of ' the Charter' as the law of tho land , which will Becure ' the rights of labour . ' and thus render the nation 'happv , prosperous , and free . '

      We offer no _apobgy tor the past , although many , and very grievous epithets have been applied to u , such as 'destructives , levellers , ' and tbe like , bnt which we throw b _* tk with contempt upon those vile slanderers—tbe Press ; whose interest has been to keep their readers in perfect itnoracco of Ihe moral worth and virtue which does and has existed among this class of genuine reformers . _Butal-. hough wecifer no apology forthe _genuine ' _ChartiBts , ' yet we are not ignorant of the en _irmities of some of Hs professed friends ; and in _orJer to conv _incc tho public that we are the real friends of' peace , law , and order , ' and have for our motto and practice , tfee following beautiful sentiment , ' Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity , ' we deem it _rhjht to make known the line of policy by wbich we shall in future be governed . 1 st . Wo _sra determined to agitate by all legal _mer-ns to make the Charter tho law of the land .

      2 nd . That we _willnotbe deterred from _thi 3 righteous pursuit by any _frrade of reformers , _unl'SS they ate capable of convincing us that some addition can be made to onr Charter by the _aele _ptim of a Land or _Labour _Echrme , superior to tho one _prcponnded and carried cut by FcavgC 3 O'Connor . 3 rd . That we cannot afford to part with our leaders —Duncombr , O'Connor , and _oihets , nn ' ess men better qualified for such an important trust can be shown te us . 4 th . That wc are quite _sbk tbe ' _nation ' s weaV has been deferred by all grades of politicians in their sectional and desultory novemmts ; and we now declare , tbat we will not bold curscdves responsible for , the acts of individuals , or sections of individuals , who go contrary to the rules of the _Cbartist body ; and that any individual or section acting contrary to the constitutionwill bo discountenanced .

      , 5 b . That wo are willing to fraternise with all c ! a > 'se . « of the _community upen the _preot-ding _conditiobB , on thc brond principle of the ' rights of man ' _recognising only intellectual skill and moral worth aa tbe true distinctions for public men , _wilhout respect ta _erade or _station . _€ ih . That _shou'd an union take place on the above conditions , we will at once admit in our councils an equitable number of tbe property classes to share witb the industrious in the regulation of onr future movements lor the political and social emancipation of onr couniry . Thos . _Ekkdhaw . Chairman . Wm . _BnADswoBiH , Secretary . National Charter Association Room , Hill-street , _Leicester , March 27 , 1848 . MBSBB . S MI'ICHKL , O ' BRIEN , AND MEAGHER .

      Barnsley . —In aocordan . ee with a previous an aouncement by placard , n public camp meeting took p laoe in this to _^ n on Barebone 3 , at two o ' clock on Sunday week , ior the purpose of adopting an address to tbe above distinguished patriots , whom the Whig government ara about to prosecute . A lew _minut-s after the appointed timo there could not be iesa thMi teven th / . _iuaud persona present . Mr John Shaw , an English Chartist , was called to preside . He said he felt a degree of satisfaction , which he never experienced on any former occasion , to see before him such a mass of _Englishmen and Irishmen determined to battie ' _against their _commonene-miesthe Whig _government— who trampled on the sacred rlgbrts and privileges of the people of England , Ire

      ¦ la nd ., and Scotland . lie nevef entei'taimd any of those national or religions prejudices a _& aWt his fellow-man , nbichhad up to the present time militated against the _inteiest ofthe people ; his opinion was , that when an injury waa done to any person . the whole people should consider themselves injured , and act accordingly . —Mr F . _Mirfield , an English . Chartist , proposed the first resolution , as follows : — _'Thattthis meeting hail with delight , the fraternisation of _. t ihc democracy of this country with the _Iris-h people , who have for centuries been kept divided by crafty tyrants and hypocritical knaves , in order to forward their own ba « purpose ; that we believe the only effectual means to accomplish the _liberties cf Great Britain and Ireland , is by a determined eflert

      on the _, part of the people of thcs 9 _countries , _whtue interests-arc identical to combine together , and _twke their afiairo into their own hands . This meeting therefore _pledges itself to use its utmost en-¦ _dcavours te create a Mtndl y _feoling between the people of England , Ireland , and Scotlend , with a view to obtain England for the English , Scotland for tho Sco ' tcb , and Ireland for the Irish . ' lie delivered an excellent _address , in the course of which lie stated tliai" * if the -Whig government tried to carry their _tbreata into operation , the _Chartbts would oppose them io a man . —Mr M . Segrave , an _Ii-iah Chartist , seconded the i . _eiolution . In the course of his speech he proved tbat the people of _buth countries had one

      common enemy to contend with—namely , the _deacendaatu of the Norman brigands , who plundered the Saxons of their natural inheritance—the land ; and then invadod Ireland , which they likwise pillaged . It was they who had sown the seed of discord , and created prejudices in cho minds of Englishmen and Irishmen against eaoh other , by adopting the tyrant ' s motto of— ' Divide and Conquer . ' At _thisftage of the proceedings the rain began to fall in torrent ? , with occasional flashes of lightning and loud bursts ol thunder . It was accordingly suggested that the meeting adjourn , when more than a thousand voices th undored forth— ' That if a II the rain in the If _fitwens should fall , they would not separate until the _proceedings were finished . '—Mr B . Gill , an English Chartist ,

      delivered a very eloquent address in support of the resolution , whioh was carried by acelamatioH . —MrT . Bates , an English Chartist , proposed tho second resolution as follows : — ' That this meeting ffel highly indignatt at the conduct of the tyrannical "Whig government , who have ever manifested a desire to crush the growing spirit of liberty , by arresting the principal leaders ol ) the Irish people , and by thnt means hope to perpetuate tbeir hateful tyranny and _misgovernment throughout the United Kingdom . Resolved , therefore , ' That we adopt an address to these brave patriots , in order to testify to them that we fully appreciate tbeir noble conduct ; and we hereby pledge ourselves to assist our Irhh brethren by every possible means in our power , to accomplish their independence , and at the same time effect our own libert '

      y . The above resolution was Beconed by Mr R . Garbutt , and ably supported by Mr P . _Mooney , an ex-Repeal Warden , but now a member of the Irish Democratic Cotederation . The resolution was put from the chair , carried unanimousl y , —The address was read by Mr M , Flannigan _. ond was seconded by Mr O'Leary , and supported by Mr P , Hcey , all . Irish _Dtm- > crnt ? , and carried by acclamation . —Each speaker addressed the meeting at considerable length , and was loudly cheered , At the conclusion of the _pvoceedini-a , whieh lasted two hours and twenty minut es , every one present was drenched to the skin . Never was thero sueh a spirit of determination manifested in Barnsley before . It waa _agreed that tho meeting ntand adjourned till nest Sunday at two o ' clock , as tho times are so eventful .

      Tower Iiamliits.—This Persevering Locali...

      VLviiAM -A public meeting took [ dace on lto . dav evening last in the Workingman s Hall , to heal the report of the proceedings of Monday , the 10 th instant . Mr- R . Bell was called on to preside . The following _reaoliiti-ms were unanimously passtU froposed hy Mr T . Lawless , and seconded by a person in _thebady of tbe Hall , - " That this meeting views with feelings cf regret and indignation , the bill now pending in Parliament , _hitrah'ced by bir George Grey , believing it to be unconstitutional and subversive of the rig hts and privileges of British subjects . ' Proposed by Mr Grim _& haw , and seconded by Mr . T , Wild , That it is the _' opinion of this meeting that Mr O'Connor's conduct on Monday was truly praiseworthy , in acting with such caution , perseverance , and firmness , and that hc is entitled to the best thanks of this meeting . ' There coald not have been less than 2 , 500 persons present .

      Mr Daly proposed , and Mr Kelly seconded the third resolution -. — ' That we , the United Repealer * and Chartists of Rochdale , are determined never to rest satisfied until we have gained Ireland for the Irish , and England for the English ; _forty-seven years' experience having ; convinced us that tbe act called the Act of Union , effected by fraud and treachery , has been found inefficient in produpingthat happiness which every nation ought to enjoy / It was then resolved that the meeting should slaiid adjourned till Monday next , A vote of thanks to the chairman , and cheers for the Charter , Repeal , O ' Conror , and Sharman Crawford concluded the proceedings .

      Rochdale- —A public meeting was held in this place on Monday evening . Mr Thomas Livsey vra _& unanimously called to the chair , anil delivered aa interesting address , which was loudly applauded . Mr Mitchell proposed tbe first resolution in favour ofthe Charter , seconded by Mr Doyle , a Confederate _,, and carried unanimously . Mr _iielbourn proposed the second resolution , seconded bj Mr Foulds , in favour of memorialising tbe Queen in tbe event of the petition being r < _-jeeted . Paisley . — A most important meeting of the _electt / ra of this town took p lace on Tuesday last . The committee that got up the meeting consisted of the magistrates aud members of the town council ,

      with other electors . They brought forward a resolution approving of an extension of the suffrage . Mr M'Ghee thought it was net definite enough ; however , they agreed to put the resolution lo the meeting , and it was unanimously carried . They then considered how far the Suffrage should be extended . The Charter was moved by Mr M Ghee ; Mr Brown moved an amendment for Universal Suffrage ; on the vote being put the motion was almost unanimously carried . A petitionisto . be sent to Mr Ilastie for presentation , signed by the provost in the name of tbe meeting . Provost Murray , Raillie Coats , and Nairn , Mr Sterret , J . P ., Mr Galloway , J . P ., were present ; so you will observe that the Charter is all hut carried in this

      place . Greenock . —A public meeting was held on Mon | day evening in the 'Mechanics' Hall , to ' protest against the _^ tyrannical and outrageous course pursued by her Majesty ' s Ministers in their attempt by proclamation to prevent the free exercise of public meeting and procession in London on the presentation of the National Petition . ' Mr , John Neilson , on taking the chair said , no interruption had ever before been offered iu _presenting a petition to the House of Commons j it was interfering with their rights ; but it was perfectly certain , as Feargus O'Connor said iu tbe House of Commons , that although they should shoot him , it would not

      prevent the Charter being made tilt law of the land . ( Great applause . ) A bill bad been brought into the House of Commons to prevent their meetings ; and it now seemed a crime worthy of death to speak of anything like the Charter . Mr , George Miller , moved the first resolution , expressive of their indignation at and contempt of the conduct of the government , in attempting to suppress the free declaration of public opinion : their undoubted rig ht of meeting and walking in procession ; and their conviction that this was an unconstitutional aggression on their right , as it had never hitherto been acted on . Mr . John Harris seconded , and Mr . Burrell suuported

      the resolution . Mr . Peacock moved tbat the meeting ex _press their entire approval of the policy pursued by the Convention uncc its sittings commenced , and their earnest desire that the same course might be continued ; also that they pledge themselves to render all the support in their power for the consummation of their long desired object — the People ' s Charter . Mr . George Deanston seconded the motion , which was supported by Mr . Alexander _M'Phedran and carried unanimously . Three cheers were then given for Feargus O'Connor , the chairman , & c ., and the meeting broke up . The hall was quite crowded , and the proceedings were conducted in a _vzrv orderly wav . —Greenock paper .

      _Biniix-EDOB . — _Fbatebnisatioh . — Tho usual weekly _lureting of this branch of the National Chavter _Association , was held at _thehouaa of Mr J .-. _mes- Rc-id , palmer and _r-ltzier , Berry-Edge , OU Sunday afternoon last . Mr Reid introduced a deputation from the United _Kepeiel and Young Ireland Assceiation . Tho deputation intimated thatthey had been instructed by their association to offer their adhesion lo the came of democracy - . ai . d also , that the two associations ( Repealers and Chartists ) , might hencefotth be _conaidertd as one fraternity . Mr T .

      Carr in reply , hailed tnis event wirh p . ' easure , and hoped that it was but the precursor ofa _cappier epoch in the history of loth _ceuntiits . The deputation was received with thre ? hearty round & _ef applause . A tea festival will _ihovlly be held to celebrate the abore event . Out dorr meetings will ba held in this locality every Saturday evening , during the summer season . The first meeting being held this ( _Saturday ) evenirg . The members ofthe Association are _rtque-ted to be pte ent at the usual meeting , on Sunday afferaocn , at two o ' clock .

      Meeting At Lambethresignation Of Brontem...

      MEETING AT LAMBETHRESIGNATION OF _BRONTEM _?!* 0 _'BiiIEWi On Sunday an _aparegate meeting of Chartists waff held at the South _Ghartist Hall , Lambeth , to consider the necessary _arrangements ft r the demonstration , Mr Small took the chair , Mr _O'Bbiew said —Gentlemen , I was told thr . t I ought not to come hero to-nicht , and wes strongly urged to remain away , but I disregarded those persuasions , and refused to act upon tbat advire , for I was fully determined that wbat I bad alwajs been I would ever remair . —that I w < mld never desert the people , and that I would never fail to act up to principles which I had publicly avowed , and to which I _conside-td myself unalterably pledged . I have _conse down to-night for an important _puroose—for the

      purpose of _resigning a trust . ( Here , 'the speaker wag _snluted by a volley of groans , which prevented him for a considerable time from continuing his address . ) I have to night to resign the trust which I am not in a _coniiitie-n to carry out . I _nevec dsc < ired the people , I never made professions wbich were not _tincere . I never undertoek duties which I was either unwilling or unable to perform , and I will not deceive them now by retaining a trust to which I cannot _f _: \ vemy undivided adherence and support . To the National Convention , now Bitting , I was elected a delegate , but I have not , during the last three days , attended tho deliberations of that Convention , Seeing that the Convention was composed for the most part of men from _dietricts in wbich the people were in a most dreadful condition

      — many actually _starving—hearing from one _delegate that the people who had sent him to represent them were many of them reduced to the miserable pittanoe of one penny a day—tbat in other places men with : _8 'ge _familiea could only cbfainfouror lire shillings _s week—I came to _thiu conclusion , that in times of stirring excitement as the present , a Convention elected under such circumstances waslikolj to go too fast—to be hurried beyond the proper line of prudence , and thus to come into collision with ihe goveminenfc . Great interruption having taken place , Mr O Brieu resumed . Many of the delegates said tbat obey had been sent up to the Convention to exert _tneir best endeavours to obtain the Charter for which the working _classts of this country had long been struggling , and that they would not return to

      their constituents until tbey hsd succeeded in obtaming' the Charter . No oho has a right to thrust me unarmed against a government whioh is effectually armed and fully determined to put down any demonstration that the Chartists may atlempt to make . One of my _reasone for earning here to-night was in consequence of a proclamation , signed and put forth by tho Convention , and said to be _nnanimoua ? but I was not present , and therefore did not sign it-My renew ) for not going there was , that it wa g ; deemed to bo advisable thnt all tbeir proceedings should be carried unanimously , and as I ceuld aot agree to any of their propositions I would not be a party to throwing tho apple of discord _amoi-gst them .

      I believe the delegates in that Convention are aotuated by the best motives , they are actuated by the purest , mo 3 t generous , most noble feelings . So help me God that is my belief . But their cen-¦ _victlons are _difft-vont frpm mino , and have heen so from tbe first . That is the _rcsson why I cannot act with them . A general disturbance here arose the meeting in the most determined manner _refusin _* to hear from Mr O'Brien any further explanation —Mr _Catkins moved ( hat Mi < O'Brien ' s _resionatiea should bo accepted . This resolution hnviBg b ° eon seconded was carried without any dissent . Several speeches were delivered , and tlic _meeting , _wliicfc lasted till oast eleven o ' eLik , terminated _with a vote thanks to the chairman .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 15, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15041848/page/5/