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      — The Nort Hern Star. April 15, 18^ ' T ...

      — THE NORT HERN STAR . April 15 , 18 _^ ' t ) .. . miiiiil inn iiiiiggir ¦ ¦ - _Lx _...... « L . _ui _;» u _^ _rv 1 1 _^'' ' _- _^ _-HJ _^ *' !! WJ _^ ¦ - ' ¦ ~ - ' ~ ' ' '' ~ !

      St-Elans

      _St-elans

      (From The Times.) Eatharbday, Conveying ...

      ( From the Times . ) _eaTharBday , conveying order * to have * earn wimes . _^ Friday _rnorninghtM'J Regiment , now m Manche _fcr _trw J _^ i , 1 n _. _h'i _. i on Friday _nmht , and will f _? _Jtof _tha _^ fa ' r son 300 _aund of arms were _Sttor i _^ _ffl » government , deposited _S _rrinfhr Co'V-e for the use ol that _coloration _, " _^ _ast —r _^ t _S _stents and graduates have earoiled themselves in a defensive corps . _PEOGaESS of the _movement .

      The proceedings . in the House of _Commons on Thursday evening , with reference to the suppression ofthe Chartist meeting , followed by the ominous notice of motion by the llama Secretary , have but helped to fan the flame of excitement m Dublin , and , if possible , to iacsusa the fears nf a precipitate _crais . Mr John Mitchel . in a familiar epM ' . lB addressed _Ui'llii _Excellency the Earl of Clarendon , Her _Al-tety ' _s _Detective _General , High-Commissioner of S _* ies , and General Sub _. rnrr in Ireland _eommeacing with a reference to the recent revelations before the police magistrates , proceeds . — In the first letter _~ hich I did myself ih » honour to _ad-OreS-elOyoumtheTJiUTED lBISHH _* H-y « u _rc-mealx . * it veil—I told you plali . lT -. hat _spias end informers would bs of no uie ta yon ; that wo meant to abolish th « r

      _tri-3 s-that th * _moYtaent _, then about to commence , Bhould be , in all parts , op < _-n , public , and _abovebosrd ; thst you would ba tuH the very worst of it , if not the w _* r _* e than tbe worst , every Saturday , regularly , in the _DBpjrs ; nnd that I hnd no _objection to yonr opening all my ktt ; rsia the post office , provided they wera _forward _ad-n-itboat losing a posi . W l _^ Tou d id Botbe _^ l _^ _veme ; yon did not , _unhappj Whig t _18 t JOU are , _tyen aadcre » nd m * . Will you cive e * r to eo , tnen , at length ? T am abeut fo tf 11 you all tbat is going oa , and . aU that is in _contemplate .

      _F-rst . —The Irish are _provi- _'iagthemselvoB , just as fast as _tnsir means ani _opportunities _erable them , with _weapon _? . f various kinds , fgrwbich they have cone . _md a _Bort ' _ofdiviaepasMOa ; no _holi-= r fervour sine ? the _crusades _haspassessjda'ij' _-ationofmen—nottarobhousis , asjou , far _joga y uurr . ptile spies , givo out—cot to attack' _p-rson -O ? _proceirtv , ' as your Qieen _' s Prime Minister dares to sSra—not to abolish ' _eoci = l order , ' or rights of properly , or savings of industry , a . your rascal press prints twelve timsB _a-rf £ 6 lt . No . my Lord ; the young me ; n ot Ire-land arm for a _no'der _enterprise ; _the-y arn to dhteiii _p-rion and property _asrsj _' _rjs-. _briganils oftho * law ' and harpies of { he ' _gov-. rniBeRt ; ' they arm to make sodal order _poatib ' o , mid to _sccurs tolnduBtryits jun reward;—t ' nej arm to scourge you aad your commissioners , _ceteelirts , aides-de-camp , batchers , aud _s-. ranglers , forth from tho island of Ireland with rods of steel .

      Second , —The Irish p eople are busy _organising themselves in ' sections' and ' classes / and appointing their _oSe _^ rs , so that each man m _* y know his left baud _nnfl his ri _^ _ht-hand comrade , and the man whose word he _« i 1 obey . Third . —The Irifh people , or a competent numbr of tbem . will simply continue so to a m , and so to organise . epeBly , my lord , fearlessly , _zsalously , with passionate _erdoar _, with f trvent prayer , _mornisg and i veiling , for tho Messed _haur when that organisation may find _itst-lf rank .: i in battle array , aud when those arms may _wreck the wrongs of Ireland ia the dearest heart _>' -b ! _ood of htr enemies .

      Poarth . —The Irish people will , by their mildness , tfeeir moderation , their leva of order and respact for property , _convince those wbo live in g _. ol houses snd wear goo- ' . clothe 3 that the armament is not against _tbem—th-t jour Lordship , snd the Prime Minister , and the e ? ct < _-civef , have fouUy belied this nation , when you gave oat that ' social order * was ia danger , find tbat pillaEe and massacre were intended;—thut , iu fine , the _eole enemy _a ? alnst whom we arm is the _government of "England in Ireland , and that no Irishman is our _fos , _caless he cames ferth to maintain that government with armed hin is .

      Fifth . —The people of _IrJand will continue to cultivate friendly relations with ths _pecpls of England , who are _as deeply sworn to _abolish that 'empire' cf fraud and blood as we ara . And we nnd they together , by the _destruction and _diimemberment of this _thrice-ac _. cursed * empire , ' will give the' three kingdoms' each to its own i eople , with ail thtir wealth and resources , material end raoral _, to hold , enjoy , and govern tha same for ever . As for me , my Lord , your Lordship ' s humble _correspoHdeiit , —you have been told that I am mad—a dangerous lunatic , _labouring _anier eacoethes _scribendi . Do not _belisve i : ; I am merely possessed with a rebellions spirit ; tad think I hare a missisn—to hear a baud in the final _destruction of the bloody old * British empire ;'

      the _greeay , carnivorous eld monster , that has lain £ 9 long , iike a lodd , upon ihe heart and limbs of _England , and e _- rsnk tne blood and sucked thc marrow from the _"benti of Ireland . Against that Empire of H > 11 a thou-8 _? nd thousand * ghosts of my slaughtered cjuatrymen _shrU'k nightly lor vengeance ; their blood crieB _oontinaallv from tba _ground for vengeance I vengeance 1 ! Ani Heaven hs * . heard it . That bucaniering fkg , that tas _hraveo so long the battle and the breize , flies now irom a Bhipiu distress ; the Charybdis of Cairtism roars _osderfccrlec—the _brcakeis of R-peal ar * a-head aad the eu sss of tiie world swe ! l tne hurricane tbat rages round her , pirato and b' . ood-stainel slaver that she is , £ IUd with dead men ' s bones , and with all _uncleauaess . Eer timbers aro shivering at

      last—* _Qaamvis Pon'ica piano , _Sjlrs filia _nofciiis;—ehe will sever il > at in harbour mora . On the day she goes to pieces all the ends of the earth nill give _thrae ehe < _rs . Ta help thig grand work of necessity and mercy is my "highest _ambition upon earth , and I know ao better way to do it tban to make Ire-land arm for battle . To me it is a grateful and blessed sound , this cry , * The people & te _uriaing . ' Thank l _? od tbey are _srmtBg . _Yoncj-m _. B every where in Ireland begin to _lova the clear glancing of the steel , and to cherish their dainty rifl ; s as the very _appls of their eyes . They walk mora proudly—thty feel themfelv « s more and more of men . Like the Prussian students ( when this work had to be done for Prussia , } they take tbe _brightest weapon to their hearts , and clasp their virgin swords like virgin brides .

      How lmg will your _detectives , your swearers , your _siilanoui bact-stairpaaderers to the hangman , cherk this noble passion—tbis most holy _erusade ? Thick ef it well .

      I remain , my Lord , with _profoundest contempt , Your very obedient servant , Johs _MlTCHEt , _P . S . —I had soma thought of addressing to you an expostulation ab-. ut the p _* ck : ng of our juries nextterm . I fancied some _feeiinj of decency , or even of _jsstics , slight induce vou u give orders that the ordinary but disgraceful _praetiea ef the _Crown-effice should he reversed . I have changed ray mind . He who employs 8 spy will pack a _j-. ry , ami I , tor one , scorn to appeal for anything to a mm who lays a plot for _matsacre . Pack _St _^ ay , then , if f on _4-ure . I erpect no justice , no _cour . tesy , no _indulxevce from you ; and if jou get me within yonr power , I entreat yoa to show me no mercy , as I , so lielp me God , would _Bhownona to yoa . J . M . Speaking of the answer of M . Lamartine to the Irish depntation , he observes : —

      Well , we trust the idea of foreign aid , until after we Save begun to do our own business , is at aa end . We were sorry to see the Irish Confederates , the other might , _eaught in a _m-re _clap-trap . We are not g _ilng to get 50 , 000 Frenchmen , nor one Frenchman ; and Mr Smith _O'Britn , to ia him justiee , sever said we were . Ve tear much that King B'gmarol' is not yet deaJ , as our poet siugs . But surely , if ever it behoved men to look facts in the f ioe _, and neglect words which have no facts nailer them , it behoves us now . A correspondent ef the _Uxtied _Ibisuhak complains that tho movement is wo democratic , and that- thousands _sre thereby deterred from joining in ihe fight . Mr hii'chel replies : —

      Have wa not waited for the aristocracy long enough ? 5 hey are still os _EnglanS _' _s side . an _< 5 we ean wait no _loager _, movia ; _dislies of Bkimiaed milk . The _resolution mast be a democratic one , merely because your gentry , instead of taking a part in it , are resisting , and will fas 6 hatler < _r-5 to pieces with the first erash of it . As for the Confederation 'leaden / they must take their cfeance ; bat we had rather upturn the present order of things by the h _= lp af the able-bodied _psaperg alone than leave it as it stands . Who Bo _detiies a share iu the new nation , let bim sp _^ k _, . A correspondent of the _Ratios _askg r—

      - _iPho are tie stoutest incn in Dablia ! The drayraen . _Vho * re the Invest ? B lieve me , tha draymen . They fear riothinjr , ond ona of Ihem would make a whole Confederate dab t f your yann _» fellows . They lira in C 6 « open air , and thrive on it . Look at thtir broad shoulders and brawny limbs . Look at their { . rest drays sad dray horns . Can jou possUjjy hava overlooked a power like this in your preparations ? I'll go bail for it , a line of their drcyg will break any other line yon drive tbem _azaisst . Give me tha draymen for cavalry and the coal _portm , with C . lonel Brown ' s _ftvouritpikes'ingooi repair , ' as the song says , and I ' ll * how joa a new tactic that will open the eyes of your _martinets . Let the _Stud _« nts * Clab look to this . I consign my hint to _th-m _w work it oat , In the _sams pap -r there appears the _following : —

      ' A Cleric' in _f orms us that the hordes of _Btieish _solciers in cur metropolis bave _increased tbe open , public _imcwaUty , to _» frightful dfgrce , _An-l he fields , tbat Prince 6 ; orge i f _Cambridge and his suite deluged Limerick _tvi'h vice during their residence there . Ay , teat is ono of the secondary curses of for . ign _dominion , ef _Tihica t _^ e n _^ m : is _Lsjlen . A _citizen truly , which , _p' . _eascGoi _, Ir . _lsntl r . ill _sooa _pofssi !; _, is the c n * ra of no vicious sjgterti of corruption ; aud 'A Curie ' must _fc _*» v , with _whatever puiercc he ean _musti-r , an _itilictt'n which _uehti-i _JJ , 0 D 9 reasons ior believing is near its last day .

      ^Fw 3 --1 ' *" «M That Ths Oinoiliat'on ...

      _^ _fW _--1 _' * " _« M that ths _Oinoiliat ' on Hail _S " _jf ! f _^ 0 I _" ' depose' _iMr J . OConccll . _SSS _& SafSSfSffi _»*« _" _rishfc t 0 de-

      London Repealers. The Meetings Are Crowd...

      LONDON REPEALERS . The meetings are crowded nightly , and _thegreatcBt interest - _.-reTails , as the time for the trial ot Messrs O'Brien . Meagher , tmi _Mit-jhel draws near . It is in contemplation to hold an aegre _^ ate meetine of the Irishmen of London and the friends of Ireland , on Kennington Common , on an early day—and they will ba able to 8 how their elass legislators that H they were able to muster , on Monday last , 20 000 of Cbartist _Repealers on the common , in _support of the Charter , what can they not do for their own ' green land V

      Corrah _Clcb . —The usual weekly meeting of this club was held on Sunday evening , at the Green Man , Bar _wiok-strret , and the large room was crowded to _suff-Kiatios , and _numbers went away that could not gain admission . Mr Bayly ( _Ensliohman ) , _wai called to the chair . —Mr A . W . Hydo dwelt at great let" gth on tbe Elorious union ofthe _Ens-iish and Irish people . —MrT . M . Wheeler ( of the Char tist _fc-secutive ) . addre'Bed tha meeting , and waihiudlyeheered . —Mr T . Reynolds denounced tha condaet ot the middle class ta the working millions . He said , they _nosjessed _, to & great extent , a power over the ministers , by having the franohiso , thejury box , tha administration of the poor law fund , and they regulated also , their own parochlcal taxes—the whole of which

      power they exercised against the sons of toil . A day of retribution would eome . They had _betrayed the trust they had reposed in them . —Mr R . Crowe said , the Whig . * were pursuing tho same _c-urso in Ireland that made the Beresfords so nolori . u _?—and that Ireland had sufficient power in herself to regais her nationality without resorting te foreign aid . Ireland , from ber present position , would soon be able to write tho epitaph over _Emmett's grave . ( Loud eheers . ) There was a great cry in Ireland for _rcpulilicanism , a id the only way to ptop tho onward progress of ultra independence was , for the _English covernment to grant them parliamentary _independence . Lord Byron had truly said , that the union of tha two Parluiuients looked _gomethinu like tho shark swallowing its prey . Englishmen e : > uld now see

      that while _Ireland got nothing by the Uaion , they were losimj by it . He was proud to see the union between the people of the twa countries , snd let them tike cart that disunion did _notdestroy it . But it _muul be preserved in its entirety . He was a Cbartist , knowing that it would tend to _establi-h the _rights of labour . He wss g lad to see that there was only one opinion among his countrymen in England—that of fraternisation with his brother Englishman . They must learn to under-tared ono an ther better , and then they would find that tho pros perityof one waa the happiness of the other . ( _Lond cheering . )—M <* Glass then Btated thst a subscription list had _bten opened , to defriy tbe _expanses ofthe State _prosreulien in Dublin . —Messrs _Dann and O'Mahoney then addr ssed tha meetir _.-- ? , which was adjourned to _Sunday evenine next .

      The _UosiEst Jack Lawless Club . —A meeting of this elub was held on Monday evening , at the Working Man ' s Temperance Hail , Broadway , Westminster . The Ilall was crowded , and considerable anxiety was displayed as to the progress of the government Coercion Bill , for the batter security and protection of tli 9 crown . Mr O'Farrell in the cha r . Several speeches of the Confederates at their late meetine in Dahlin having been read , the chairman proceeded to address the meetiDg . He called tbeir attention to the present state of Ireland , and impressed on them the necessity of renewed exertion . — Mr _Geoghegan on beine loudly called for , came forward , and in an _ablo and eloquent speechdwelt at great length upon the evils that

      , aro ? e generally frora monarchial institutions , and pointed to the state of Ireland , and said , that under a proper form of government , such a state of things couM not exist . _Agitation until of lace had heen of no avail , but if their object was tvpea ! , they must assist their brethren on tbe other side ot tbe channel , where it would soon te obtained ; the Irish pe : ple were determined to obtain it . He ( Mr Geoghegan ) , adopted the prosecuted opinions of Messrs O'Brien , Meagher , and Mitchel , and he , for one , wonld not shrink from his duty to his fatherland . It was ridiculous to _suppose that Ireland couid regenerate herself bv moral force alone . The government were bv

      this time fully aware that there would be no mistake on tho part of the Irish people . He thought before long that Dublin Castle would be too warm to contain Lord Clarendon . ( Loud cheers . ) -Mr Walford said , that Ireland had lost her manufactures through the Union , and instead of Irishmen being engaped profitably at _hsme , they were _compelled to rome to _England to work at a _st-irvation }& rict > . Mr F . O'Connor had said , there were ] fiTe million acres of uncultivated land in Ireland , which if put into _cultiyation , would have preserved the lives of all those who had _perished the last two years from famine . lie hoped the day ; was not far distant when Ireland would be able to regulate her own affairs , he would read a verie

      frora the Labwber : — ' Then Erin take courage , the day is at hand , When thy _rul-sr ' s oppression s _^ iall tremble and fall , TV'hen Erin ' s own sons shall possess their or n land ; Ana shall _raafie her own laws , still better than all , Yes , Erin's dark night of oppression shall flac _, Like a vapeur _diipell'd by the sun's genial' ray , Aa . _itbeo _, sweetest Isle of the ooean theu'itbo First flower of tha forth , and firot gem of theses , * They had bsen awfully deceived by the new fledged repealer , who obtained seats on the strength of their five pound qualiScatioa , it was time this system was put an end to . In conclusion , he would beg of those present , not to debase themselves with drink ,

      but send the price of their debasement to their own green land , to assist their relatives . —Mr _M'Sweeney then explained the principles of the Confederation- — Mr T . R . _Reading _infermsd the meeting amidst Joud eheers , that Mr W . S . O'Brien was in his place that evening , opposing tho measure of the government , with respect to the batter security of the crown , and that the people ' s petition had been presented and received by Lord Morpeth . Mr _Reading then went into a long explanation of the measure for the better security of the Crown , shewing its deadly _effects on the liberty of the subject . —Messrs Ncedham , Campbell , and Spilier , having addressed the meetine , several persons were enrolled , and the meeting adjourned .

      Davis Club . —A meeting of this elub was also held on Monday evenin ? , and we regret tbat onr reporter could not gain admittance from its crowded state , It is most eheering to know that at no period were the Irishman more keen to their interests than they are at the present time ; nor wiU Englishmea forget their conduct in _liaternising with them in time of nstd . Meetings forthe ensuing week : — Sunday Eveklko . — ' Green Man , ' _Berwiok-Btreet , Oxford-street ; * Druid ' s Arms , ' Greenwich ; _Temperance Hall , Wapping j ' Victory' _Newenham-street , _Edjeware-road . Mosday Evemiso . —Assembly Rooms , 83 , _Ditnstreet , Soho ; Working Man ' s Temperance Hall , Carteret-street , Broadway , Westminster . _Wbdsssda . y a . kd _FniDiT , —Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho .

      _Repbal cy the Union . —The adjourned debate on this question will be resumed on Sunday _rasrnin ? next , at tho Working Afan ' _a _TemperaHCJ Hall , Carteret street , Broadway , Westminster . More than oae hundred persons attended on Sunday last .

      Repkal. — Ntocastltj-T-Pon-Tvije. — On F...

      Repkal . — _Ntocastltj-t-pon-Tvije . — On Friday evening last , a public meeting was held iu the Ne ' _smstreet _Lecturg-rooia , lo tako into _eoasideration the duties which devolve upon the _working classes , at the _prestnt most important crisis , and to accelerate the triumph of' Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity . ' The _nr-eting was one of tha most " important Mat has ever taken place in Newcastle . The speeches were of the most stirring character , and were received

      by tho multitude with _applauw , especially when the wrongs sf Ireland were pointed eut ; which was dene in strong , glowing , and forcible language . A memorial to the Queen , demanding immediate Repeal oftho Union , was carried unanimously , theie aot being a dieseatient _voiese in ihe Urge assembly , to either the resolution or memorial : — 'That the present frightful condition ef Ireland , which in times past has been the theatre of aristocratic tyranny , and which is at this Element on the v _^ rge of a mostsauguinary civil war , tbe inevitable result ef a _pesple being goaded to madness by the oppression of their rulers , makes it apparent to the whole world _tiat ignorance and crime , misery and degradation , are the necessary eoneeqaencea of c ) a _« legislation . '

      Disgraceful _Corddct cf thu Police . —From a Correspondent . —On the return of the people trom the Common over Westminster Bridge , the police drove the people through Bridge street , down Parliament-street , and tbey were only compelled to des _i st from their brutal conduct by their euperi « rs Several of _tlaem were tbe worse for liquor , especially those of the N . division , and used their stives most unmercifully ; and the shopkeepers were compelled to cry out ' shame . ' On _ssyeral occasions the { _inferiors were compelled ti let passengers pass over the bridge on business , and the next moment they were stopped ; in fact , there appeared to be but ono opinion—that the police were anything but disciplined on this oecasion , they wero more like overgrown boys than men , In Bridge-6 _'i'oet , tbey pulled shopkeepers and special constables irom their doors , aad beat them , till they were crmp _. lied to pull out their staves to defend themselves from the attacks of drunken policemen .

      How Seldom N * O We Feel, Perceive, Or T...

      How seldom n _* o we feel , _perceive , or think ofthe small beginnings of _discaso which surround and operate upon us in our enjoyments and intercourse with the world . ' The younj- disease , wliich must subdue at length , Grows with our groirlh , and _streugthens with our strength . ' . * : i jmpre . _perregimtn _ncllng- upon a particular hind of constitution late hours , both of rctirin _£ to rest and _risins in tho _mm-uimr _, lay the foundation of intestinal as well as skin diseases . To all such we would recommend , first , a change of system , and , secondly , as a powerful assistant for tlee _rce-orery of _hercltb , that efficacious Family . Medicine , Fratnptem ' s Pill of HeuRb , ivhich has pr _«> cured the approbation t > f _pers 9 us in ev _.-ry station ia society .

      Presentation Of The National Petition.

      PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL PETITION .

      Great • Chartist , Demonstration.

      GREAT CHARTIST , DEMONSTRATION .

      We Shall Commence Our Account Of The Eve...

      We shall commence our account of the ever-memorable proceedings of Monday , April 10 th , by giving frem the daily supers a statement of the PRODIGIOUS PREPARATIONS BY THE GOVERNMENT In addition to the regular troops doing duly in the metropolis , the following on Saturday received raarchini ! orders and were commanded to proceed to _London—tiz the Hnrae _Giurda Blue , from Windsor the 12 h _Lan-ers , from _Llounslow ; the Grenadier Guards , from Chichester ; the Coldstream Guards from _Windsor ; the 63 d , from Chatham ; the 62 nd from Winchester ; the 17 th from D _. _iver . The yeomanry and militia staff of the surrounding _counties were all underarms and in readiness for action at a

      moment's notice . Thc marines and all tbe sailors of the royal navy at _Sheerness , Chatham , Birkenhead , Spithr -ad , and other naval stations , together with the dockyard men . were kept under arms trom an early hsur ; and th « Thames police , in addition to their other _duties , were directed to keep _cltse watch over the metcwtile marine , lest any of them should be induced to fraternise witb the Chartists . The heavy sun batteries were ordered to be brought up from _Woalfftch . and posted at the _poiuta whore danger was apprehended . The ether disposable military force , cavalry and infantry , were dispersed throughout tho metropolis , but their stations were kept a seerct . On Saturday the marines took up their quarters in the Admiralty , and mounted guard at , the gates , two sentries doing duty .

      Simdar active measures were pursued in organising the police . Tne mounted detachments were armed with broadswords and pistols . The various public buildings were ut in a state of defence . _Somerset-houRc had over each of its gates a formidable revolving _cheveaw-de-frise . The _ninst active exertions were made at the Bank of England . Ir . addition to those connected with the establishment a _' x hundred of the _pensioners were sent for its protection , as well as a tro _^ p of artillery , and a fiood supply of _provifions . A vast number of sand baits _wtfre deposited en the roef , and the open space befi re it was _crowded with spectators fer the greater part of tha day . Similar _measures were adopted at the East India Ilouse , Guildhall , and the Post-office . Two _thousand stand of arms wrre sent from the Tower packed in boxes to the General _Pcst-office , for the use . of the clerks and officers of that

      _estubiiehment , all of whom were swum io a * special constables . A large _quantity of ball cartridges were supplied . At the "Mint and Custom-house every precaution was taken ; over tbo gates of the latter a . _chevaux-de-frise was erected . Tho entire establishment of tbe Aelmiralfcy at _Charing-cross , from tbe first Lord of ihe Ad . mirahy downwards , had been sworn in a _^ special constables , provided with staves , and with more _destructive weapons f . ir ( ffenee or _defence On Saturday there _wt-re received there for distribution amop . g the other departments 500 mu > kcts and bayonets , 500 cutlasses , and some 2 , 000 rounds of ball cartridges . All the steam vessels complete at the ports were ordered to be held in readiness for Bervice at a moment ' s notice , to convey troops to any quarter required .

      Tw » field batteries left Woolwich on Saturday morning , at _eh-ven o ' cloe k _, for London . Tbe three tio > ps . _including the rocket service , left the garrison on Mond » y _morning for tho m ? t opolia , under ' ho command of Lieuten ? nt-CoIonel Bill " , and the 'iher two field _batteries also proceeded to Lond- n en Monday . The four field batteries had be n taken from tho _arand depit _. and eaeh battery _consisted o ' three nina-pounde-s anel one twenty-four roui'det howitzer , with their i ntrerchine tools to cut down palings or barrier * _nJ itvel ditches and weic supplied w th an ample _a'lowance of every kind of field ammunition . Co : ocel Cleveland , _commanding the field batteries , had be * n re ailed from leave of ab > cnce to _tileethe command of the _batteriej . One thousand of tbe

      Foot Artil _' ery , _* e-e kopt in _resdta-ss to aet a * infantry with their rifles , in ca e their services _shm'd be required . Tbe 62 nd _Regiment of Fooi arrived in London on Friday , aud the 63 d _Regiment arrived by railway on Sunday afternoon . Two regiments arrived from Chatham on Saturday by .-team * At the Tower on Saturday a large number of workmen we eerga _^ ed in making preparations and addi iion : _ilai-iang _^ ments . At the _several _.-arrisont _mnrd _t-ie Tone-, thesunB were examined and placed ready for instill t service , and barricades and strong timber work we're put up behind the battlements forthe purpose of _strengthening thc atone-work . _Thewlitle

      ofthe troops in the Tower were to bold themselves in constant readiness ior marcbin ? , at a moment ' s n _" - t ce , with their respective _offii-eis . The several docks—St Katharine ' s , London , East and West _Iudii— were closed , all _tl e labourers having , for several days past , been sworn in as constables . The City _prifiOFa were guarded by the military , as also the county _gtols . The churches wen converted into _temperary barracks . The dee ' rir _telecrarh station in Lothbury , behind the Bank , wat _delivered over tothe s- Is charge of the _government . The stations in all parts of Em-land and Scotland w _? re also be under tfceauperintendence of government officials .

      The omnibuses and caba were generally withdrawn from the streets . Not tk _^ _eii-t important regulation adopted was one fVrtheo-ganisation of special constables _, 'lhe c _mmiss-i'nvs in tbat regulation recommended the authorities to have a place for _assembling in each parish , and on the meeting of ths committee , a list of names and addresses of the constables to be called over , and the parish to bs divided into divisions . Diffennt members of the committee to take charge each _^ of a division Ijjst . The committee were then to appoint one of their own body to tak « charge of i ach of the several divisions . They were _ihtn to divide themselves into parties of ten or twelve to act together , one to have the direction of each party , but if i > ufficiently i . umerous , there _mieht also b-a leader for eich party of thirty or fortv , _ccmnTted of the smaller parties _.

      Tbe special constables in the parish of St George ' s , Hanover-square , which , including the out-ward o ? Pimlico , is , after _Maryleionc , the largest in London , assembled on S 3 ? ur _5 ay in the yard attached to thfwrkbouse in Mount-street , _Grosvenor-squtro , for the purpose of making arrangements for the _preser vation of the public peace on Monday . The spe-ia ! constables of the parish , which amount to about 3 , 000 persons of all ranks , were then separated into three divisions , the eolonel-inchief was Field Marshal Lord Straff'rd . The Earl of Delaware was appointed captain oftho l _* t division ; Admiral Bowies of the 2 nd ; and General Doyle of the 3 rd , or outward division of Piralioo . It was next decided that each of these div _si-ms should be divided into eight sub-divisions , _headed by captains . Tbe captains of the _subdivisions of the 1 st and 2 nd divisions were the

      Duke of _Leed ? , General _Rnbina , Viscount Cantilupe _, Knrl of Ilarrowby , Mr Stokes Lord Ashley , Lord Cawdi . r , Sir E . Cost , General Fox , the Hon . Captain _Stopford , Captain Ingle , Colonel Ingle , the Hon . Captain Rous , Sir W . _Burgoyne _, and tho Hon . Captain Duncombe . These subdivisions were then divided into sections of twenty-five men , to have a _sarseant at the head of each . The _arranttcraents having been oompleted , Lord Strafford advanced in front _< if the _assembla ; e , and _addressed lb . ? m upon the importanoe of the occasion which had _called _llvm together , expressing the pride ho felt at bein _:-appointed colonel of ihe lar _^ e force of loyal _citizens , called from their homes to protect life and property from the attacks of wanton disturbers ¦ of the publio peace . Three nmt hearty cheers were given for the Queen , the constitution , and their colonel , after whi « h the assemblage dispersed .

      In the city upwards of 70 , 000 parsons wera sworn special constables . The Lord Mayor proeeedVd to the Home Office , where he had an interview with Sir George Grsy ; the result waa , that the aldermen of the different wards met at the Mansion _iioUBe , — the commissioners of police and the other civic _atu _tkoritieahaviog been sent ( or . The result of the deliberations was not allowed to transpire , but it waa _understood that the most decisive measures were adopted _. The royal carriages and horses , and other valuables were removed from ths palace . The whole of the Queen Dowager ' s carriages , horses , & a , were removed to Bushey .

      The military force ( ezelusive of the artillery and Chelsea and enrolled _out-pf-nsioners ) in and near London was aa follows * . —Roval horso guard * 1 st and _2-id life _giia-ds ; _12-. h lancers ; 7 battalions of fo : > t guards ; 17 _'h _regiment of foot ; 03 nd ditto ; 63 rd ditto—making an available force ot nearly 9000 men . '

      TnE CITY . At a very early hour there presented in the Citv evidences of t hc interest taken in the intended meet ing at Kenniaaton Common . Hundreds were observed passing on to the immediate _scpno of tho meetin ? . and hundreds were likewise to be _obstrred at the different stations appointed to be most strictly attended to , attracted , no doubt , by tho military arrangement !) , which to some were matters of cuviositv , to others o * alarm . The spectators af the Bank fortifications were very numerous _through the day . A breastw i k of sand bags , with loopholes for muskets and small _gnnss had _buen thrown up along the parapet wad of this _C _3

      ta _' _ilishment . In addition to this , at each _ctirner of the buildintr , musket hatteries , bullet-proof , were ra _ned . _havin ; .- _bop-bota for small _carronades . In the interior , in addition to the 900 clerks and _i-orvamB sworn in as specie ! constables , ever . on _* _ofwhotnwas provided with a brace of < _istoJs . a musket and a _ctUlas-j there was a _string _detachment of Foot Gu . _iids . 'Ih ? Lord _Mavorand tbe _CommisBionerof the Cits P . dtce had an interview on Sunday at tha _He > me o ( hV , _wi-h Sir _Gein-ge Grey and the _Cominissisnera of the Metropolitan Police , when final regulations were made as te tho _couyaa to be adopted aDd placed in the hands of tie authorities , and throughout the _wholeof _^ Sanday night the principal _officera of tho City toes

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      were oecupied at the several stations in preparations to carry their _instructions _^ into effeet . Apart frem the innumerable special cohstab ' ei who assembled at the various wards , under the Aldermen ,. and the . greater part of whom were provided with staves and armlets , upwards of 2 . 000 of the younger and wore active specials wero selected by the Aldermen and placed in direet communication with the City police under tho Commissioner . Thia latter body had _received instructions ta tako up position at tho Cross Keys in _Gracee-burch-street , the Royal Exchange , and Bridewell Hospital , which were placed at the complete disposal of Mr Harvoy , and as they mustered at the several places of appointment they were immediately marshalled into bodies of 100 eaob ,

      and a _^ ain subdivided into twenties , and p lacedunder the command of captains nnd sergeants of their own selection , with inspectors efthe City police _controlling thewh . ile . At eleven o ' clock the police and special constables marched in large bodies to the three bridges , and took up their station there in immediate communication with the metropolitan constables , who attended at each in great numbers . Aa , from _previous coramunieations , it was inferred that the Chartists would proceed with _theif petition _fro-o Kennmston Common to the House of Commons over Biackfriars _Bridge , that station was the point at which the most formidable resistance was contemplated . It waa generally believed in the City that the government bad

      determined , at the latest Council , t _« offer no obstacle whatever to the assembling of the people at Kennirtgtoo _Common , or to their progress from tbence witb the petition to which ever bridge their movements _tnitiht indicate their intention to pass over , but that it was resolved that every resistance vhould be offered to any greater number than ten of the petitioning body going over any bridge , such resistance to be left in the firat instance to the management ofthe civil force , tho military to be called upon in the event ofthe inadequacy of that power , foi which purpose _taest formidable bodies of cavalry and infantry _werestationed in the neighbourhood of the _bridces , but out of the sight of the _people , under the special command of Gen . BriHb . ert . on ,

      STEPNEY-GRF _. _Etf . The pre-concerted hour of _assemble at tbi 3 point was eight _r'cluck , but up to nearly nine tbeGrern was oecupied only by numerous groups of workingmen , it having be . rn thought _necessaty to send a deputation to tbe _Convestion to inquire whether any charge in the _arrangement had taken place . _Shoitly before nine o ' clock , the deputation returned , and a band of niusio , preceded by tbe flag of 'The Stepney Society of Cordwainera , ' and atterded by a largo body of persons , made their _appea'arce , ar . d were there joined by vast numbers of the Chartists of tbat neishbourhood , bearing other banners with _theinscrip'ionsof'The People ' s Charter and No Surrender , ' 'The Chartist Land Company of Whitechapel , ' efeo . The procession then formed and defiled up the lane , f rom the Green to the Whitecbap 1-road , along

      which it proceeded to Commercial-street , through _Spitilficlds . Church street , Sun-street , and Crownstreet , to _Finsbury-square . Every court and alley contributed its quota to swell the numbers of the procession ss it passed . On reaching Finsburysquare , the Chartists from _Clerkenwell-green , _Russell-sq-iarc , and the other points , came np ; and , _formins one vast procession , headed by the Stepney band , tho whole returned by Crown-street to Bi » _hopsgate-otreet , and from tlie-nce _through Fenchurchstreet and King William-street , over London Bridge , to the Elephant and Castle . At this print another body jeined tho procession , and the whole thea proceeded to Kennington Common . The banners of the Irish p ; irty wire the newest and handsomest , A Aug in another part of the procession ex hibited the following : — 'Guizot Jaaghed immoderate ! v . '

      Th ¦) persons forming this procession seemed anxious to i chive themselves in a _m-ist orderly manner ; no _weapon-t of offence and not more thin two or three walking sticks _br-in-perceptible . N > t a _single policeman or soldier was to bo seen throughout the whole ofthe route from Stepney-green to Finsbury . square , and from tbence to Kennington Common . A number of women , _wearing the tricolour , walked in the _precision .

      FINSBURY-SQUARE . This was the rallying point for the district of Finsbury . Nine o ' clock in the morning was the time fixed b y the Convention for the gathering together of tho Chartists of this locality . The Sappers and Miners , at the Tower , were busily employed during the _d-y in throwing sand _bag-t upon that part of the fortress near the western entrance , and along tbe whole of the lower ramparts facing the river . The gates were kept closed throughout the day , and no person was allowed to enter _except those who had business to transact within the fortress . Double sentries were also placed throughout the entire building .

      At ten , _soundg of musio were found lo proceed from a small band which marched ii _. to the _suuire _, followed by many thousands walking four abreast , the majority of whom were journeymen shoemakers . Tbey bere no weapons of _r ffenee or defence . Scat'cred throughout the _procession were men _bearing -mall banners , on whieh were inscribed various _devices and mottoes ; amongst the latter were , 'The Charterar . d No Surrender , ' ' The National Land Association , ' & c . There were also caps of liberty , fastened to the ends of bundles of _twigB . Thc _procession moved in the mest regular and orderly manner fiom the square through Crowr .-street , Son-» treet , Bishoppgatr-street , Gracechureh-street , tn London Bridge , where , contrary to tho feais and expectations of many , not the _sliuhtest resistance was offered to their passage over the bridge . Indeed there was neither there , nor in anv ether part ofthe whole route fiom _Finsbury-Bquare to

      _Kenningtfnrommon , the appearance ofa soldier cr policeman-In _Bishopegate-sl-rect there certainly waa a small knot of special constables lodged in front of a large building-, but as sion as tho _Chartists observed tbem through the railings whioh intervened between the ¦ onstables and the street , they raised a cheer , and continued to proceed rapidly on their way to tbe meeting . The shopkeepers on this side of the water » pi > eared to have great faith in the peaceable and » rderly conduct of the procession , for , with the exception of two or three in Gracechureh-street , not a shop window wa * closed during the whole of their _urogress from Finsbury . _squM-0 to London Bridge By the time the procession reached _Newinaton Causeway , ihe number of those wbo _accom-anied it on each side was as great as the procession itself . At twelve o ' clock tho procession reached the common and mingled with tbe gatherings from the other districts ofthe metropolis .

      THE WESTERN DISTRICTS , Ao . The whole of these districts , from tho earliest hour of the morning of Monday , exhibited considerable excitement ; owing not only to _thepassing of numerous groups of those who were _eathering _together for the purpose of proceeding to the meeting * , but alsotn the _assembling ofthe masses of policemen and special oonstables , the latter of whom had begun to take duty in relief of the former even on the preceding night , and were in the morning universally substituted for them .

      Tha Kni _^ htabridge Barracks , were kept clo _* _-ej , but , on the occasional opening of the gates , it was perceived that they were crowded with troops , the _re-ji ' _-nents usually stationed at llounslow and _Win'lBor having been brought up . On _reaching Uyde Park Corner it was found that the gates were shut on both sides of tho road , and at the triumphal arch , under the Duke ' s statue , was stationed a guard of Grenadiers . From that place to _Trafalgar-square _, the passing to and fro of the special constables and

      the absence of police displayed the precautions which were taken and the apprehensions which induced them . In _Trafalga' _-squaro it was that the police first _appealed , nnd thence down ti Palace-yard the _b-idy ofthe force were chiefly concentrated . Along the Strand , a ' _so there were _atrong bodies of them with horse patrols , - and , as they kept constantly moving , snd compelling the ero « d to move , the streets wore kopt clear , and there was nothing that _coatd be ca'ltd a mob anywhere , _although an _immenso number of person * - wore scattered ab > ut .

      Eich of tbe bridges wa 9 strongly defended by an immense mass of police and special constables , and at Westminster ( down to which there waB one _uninterrupted array of police ) , there were upwards ol 600 . with a regiment of cavalry , and six _p-eces of ordnance : added to whioh , there we-e , of cour _* e , the royal regiments , in barracks close at handt

      _RUSSELL-SQUARE . Russell square , the centre of tho north-western disttiet , was named as the most convenient place of _rendezvous for tbo advocates of the Charter , resident in that _neiohbutirhood . In the prognmme of the day's _proceedings issued by the delegates in Convention assembled , it was annoanced that tho cordwainers , _tricklaycis , and othsra favourable to the nnvenunt would assemble in the squire at nine o ' clock , there tnjo ' n the 'Irish _Contederates . ' and having formed in procession , move en masse to the place of meeting . At nine o ' _clock punctually the _cordwaiuorswere observed marching _detvn _Keppelstreet , carrjingbanneraand _weai-itvj rosettes . The body fil _» d . into the square in excellent order , and took up a pom-ion cluae to . the vails , extending from _Ivepoet-atreet lo Montague-place . Shortly _alWnardsthfl

      -r were followed by the men of the Westminster district , many of them tailors and artisans . The _speo-aturswho now poured in from the Newr Hulb _^ rri Tottenham court road , and Gray ' _sinn-Jatie , almost filled the west aide of tho ' _Wrn _,. and rendered it a matter ot some difficulty to piss through . At half- ast nine o ' clock loud cheera annoiMced that the _Iwh Confederates had arrived . They marched down _Montague pla _.-e , carrying oranee a _,. d green banners , and many of them Ait pia , mg tenperan . ee medals . The word having been _g vento _l in . _« ; e body _was _maahitlled Tank and _ft „ _"V _^ P _^ . Proceeded a . m in arm , eight deep . The cordwainera took the lead , earning a b msi k banner _insoribed vifeh the wrda < IuBy , _Kqualifcy , and _Fraterniiy . Tho Charter and No _Surrender . Next came a fia _^ i ? , surmount ** with the cap of _lAeriy » v _& _lv ol er inuou cloth , K

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      the motto ' Divided we fall . ' The 'Emmett Bn gade' displayed a silk banner of crimson , white , and green , with the inscription , 'What is Life without Liberty I . ' The banner ot __ the Confederates was formed of green silk , fringed , with erange . An ancient Irish harp was _emblssDned in gold , and under neath the words , ' Let every man havo his own country . ' This section of the procession was loudly cheered as it _emerged into Ilolborn . Banners and streamers with various inscriptions suitable to the occasion we re borne by the crowd . That which attracted the most attention , aud elicited a cheer

      every now and then from the more enthusiastic por tion ofthe spectators , _jras a square bmner with the following inscription in black , on a wfcite ground , * Every man is born free , and God has given men equal _svgkta and _liberties . Mav it please God to give man knowledge to assert those rights , and let no tyrannical faction withhold them from the people . ' The line of route taken was Southamptonrow , tbe north side of Bloomsbury-square , _Southampton-street , Holborn , Farringdon-scroet , Blaekfriars-bridge , Blackfriar . u-rcad , and thence on by the Elephant and Castle to Kennington Cemmon .

      KENNINGTON COMMON . The police and special constables , the former amounting to 6 , 000 , and the latter to 8 , 000 , were so distributed and located , that while ample and speedy protection could at any time be _nffirded where it was required , none o f those forcea were seen at tho place of meeting . We were given to understand that the [ _iorns Tavern , Kennington Church , Surrey Gardens _, and the gardens ofthe Philanthropic Itistilution were severally occupied by military , and that upwards of twenty omnibuses laden with policemen from Greenwich and other _neiehb-uring towns deposited their contents at Kennington Cross . At nine o ' clock the crowd began to collect in tbe precincts of the common , and about an hour afterwards the surrounding thoroughfares were densely crowded .

      Shortly after , thc different Chartist assoeiations _beuan to assemble , accompanied by band * , flags , anil banners . They were loudly cheered as they entered on the common , Anongthe flags we observed tho American and a prrat number and variety of _tricolour . The procession was _dmde-d into thirty _esetions , eaeh directed and controlled by leaders who ranged them six men deep round the greater part of the common , thus protecting those inside from any 9 udden incursion on the part of the police , if such sheuld be attempted . ( . From our own Correspondent )

      At twenty minutes to e even o ' clock we found _Trafalgar-i-quare entirely filled with police , the people _u-.. m the steps of St Martin ' s Church , _National Gnl lery , & c , boinir quiet spectators ; vast numbers of _M-ecial constables were _patrolling _Cecksjur street . _Charing-cro 8 s . & _- \ , with white bands round their arms and staff in hand . At a _quarter to eleven we found the approaches to Westminster-bridge , Surrey side , guarded by a strong detachment oi | _-ol * o- » , the bridge being placarded with papers bearing the inscription , 'No procession will ba allowed to accompany the petition to the house . ' and every stable-yard or other commodious plaee en route tothe common , appeared to be-filled with either _speciala _, police , military , or artillery .

      APPEARANCE OF THE COMMON , On our arrival here , we found every height , whence it wa * poeuble to obtain the most _remolo view , cowded to excess ; the windows of every house overlooking the _common wero crowded , with elegantly dressed females , who appeared to be anxious spectators ofthe scene , Eleven o ' clock had now arrived , and the processions frnra tVe various parts of town began to arrive . The first wo observed waa tbat of the Tower Hamlets , a magnificent cortege compiising some 30 000 persons , and such was their conduct , _peaceal-le demeanour and _firmnea _? , that a police inspector complimented them thereon . Next came

      the great western body , which started from _Russells-quare , a most magnificent body , amongst whom marchpd the body of shoemakers , the West End Men ' s Men alop . e exceeding 800 persons ; they were prec- ded by a banner , purchased by the aoprentice lads in the trade , made of silk , inscribed , ' Cordwainer _.- ' , Liberty , Equality , Fraternity . ' The glorious hands of Irish Confederates and Repealers , who had turned out to exhibit their fraternisation with the Enelish Chartists , had a splendid banner , a rich green silk one , with an orange border , sur mounted with the harp of Erin , and inscribed , ' Ireland for the Irish . '

      PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION . At nine o ' clock Mr _Reynolds was voted to tbe chair , tho usual chairman , Mr _JVI'Grath being engaged on business relative to the petition , On the name of Mr Bronterre O'Brien being called , Mr _M'C » rth 7 said that he understood Mr O'Brien had resigned , and he wished to know when he attended iast . The Secretary ( Mr Dotlb ) said that they had no notice of bis resignation officially , and he had not attended _t-inci the day before the proclamation waa issued from fhe government .

      Mr Dotle then rose and announced that he had _Uiib morning received an official communication froin Scotland-yard , in reply to one which had been forwarded to the Commissioners of tho Police on the preceding night , announcing a change in the route of their procession . This communication , after acknow _ledging the receipt of the letter alluded to , stated tbat the contemplated procession would on no account be allowed to take place . The petition , it was added , might be presented in the usual way . but no procession through the streets would be allowed .

      Mr West said he had expected some communication ofthe kind . He was glad to see that the Commissioners had not endeavoured to put a stop to the _meeting . At Kennington Common they would give such instruciions to the people as would prevent them coming into collision with the police . Mr _Fkargi'B O'Connor said ho was labouring under severe illness , but should consider himself a most improper lead ? r , it he shrunk irom bis duty at such a moment , or if he had said _anything which he had oo _caaion to retract .. Bad it not been for the felly cf some persons tut of the Convention—and a few in it —there never would have been any opposition to their demonstration , and it would have been the grandest tliimrof the kind ever seen ia England . Now he

      , would wish the Convention to put themselves into the place of the _government , and say whether if they had heard that an armed demon stration was to take place , they would not have felt it their duty to meet it , and _e-ndeavonr to prevent the peace being destroyed ? He had told them all a ' ong that he would attend tho procession , and he would do ao with the intention of endeavouring to preserve order—and it was bis intention , if any attempt at physical force was made , to stop the procession by physical force H > 3 would take upon _himself to implore the people to take that course , ao as rot to bring them into collision with the authoritie-a . and be would afterwards impeach the Ministers for having stopped it . If the government had forbade the procession , he would ask

      thpeople not to hold it . He would ask them not tosully their cause , by taking one great step in a wrong direction . Tbey could not expect to get the Charter that day , hut Its did anticipate tbat the _MimVtor woul I be compelled lo grant it if they proopeded in a right course . Suppose tbere was another Convention _—tfiraultaneons meetings throughout the countryand he stopped the business in the House of Commons by questions relative to the Charter , such a party would be raised as ultimately to compel the government to aire the Charter . After repeating the difficulties he had g « ne through for tho people , Mr O'Coanor said he was prepared to ask the meeting , in the name of courage , tbe name of justice , in the nam ? of God , not to _e hold the meeting , and thus throw their great cause into the hands of pickpockets and

      scoundrels , and give the government an opportunity of attaoking them . He then proceeded to state that _preparation had been made _forsbootingfrorr certain windows on tho leaders of the movement . He _wa- _< told this by Mr Alderman Humphrey in the House of Commons , and he had aho received it from the police and others , _H-a hoped there was firmness and _reaolu tion enough among them to act temperately , and not jeopardise their cause—for if thev lost his ( Mr O'Connor ' s ) advocacy in the House of Commons , they might not easily obtain another one to take up his position . More than tbat . if they got into collision with the authorities , it would cause the Treason Bill i to be passed that evening , without discussion , ar . d the Charter would ba loat for an indefinite time if not f > rever . '

      The meeting then broke up , and proceeded to form

      THE PROCESSION OF THE DELEGATES . About five minutes to ten , the Convention started from the hall , the procession being led by a car , drawn by four beautifully caparisoned horses , in tended for tm conveyance of the National Petition orotuselydeoorated with tricoloured . fl , gs 0 f red ' green , and white , andI tae tnseriptionaof ' The Char ' < % _i F _n i ? l _£ _? _$ _***{ , ' Annual Parliaments , " ' Vote by Ballot" E qual _islectoral _districts , ' * N ( _1 F « r * _. _^ _r al , hca " ? , ; Jment cf Members , ' , We are Millions . , sad Demand our ftight ? , ' Speak w _^ h tho Voice—not with tbe Vusket , ' etc . etc To this _followed a second cap , drawn bv six _hVrses cantaining th © _irin & _ipnl membe rs of _> hs _Conrentiov , and tho reporters ot the pre _» s ta . whom « v _> .. ir _^

      _eommod-ition was given bythe _delegates ; the t ' ronsoatwaaopcupied by Messrs Feargus O'Connor , Doyle * M'Grath , Ernest Jones , Wheeler * and Julian Barney . Thia car was similarly _deeorafed to the previous one with _ivi-coloured flag *; and in addition to The Charter , ' and st- six cardinal _pmnt _,. , whiah we have abovo enumerated , wcne _mattoes , No Vote no Mu * ket . '' The _Voieo of the People _« _i } , Yoic ' cof God , " Tho Voice of Knowled ge would eiVncethe _F _^ _m _Mpi r \ _- ' » ' 0 nw _^ _cf-oq- _'er _, _backward we tall , '' Tho Charter and No _Suri-bnder , ' « Liberty iworth living lor , and worth dying for . ' ¦ Who WOhld be a Slave that could be . tree , ' ± c . 0 n the cars moving from the doors eith « John . Btraet Institution they wero loudly cheated by tho _poe _^ _ta , who _»»»* dutely . fell into _vwcmmou befaind tbam _, eight a _Weast ; in addition to which vast _number oceupied the foot pavement on _ejOicj Me . The prows

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      sion proceeded by John-street , Geodge _street _Te _^ him-court-road , High-street , St Giles , and B _^ T street , into Holborn , where it stopped fer a few nutesat the _offices of the _Nitional Lind _Associar' * to take up tho National Petition , which consist S " _" ' five large rolls _e- _* * paper of nine or ten f _.-et ih c : ° l t ' erence each . Tha petition being lashed on to , _?' car , the procession _proceeded on its . way thr Holborn , _Farringdon-street , and New _Bridge-stM 81 ( in wbich the first policeman wa 3 seen ) , to BI v friars-bridge . On crossing the bridge , we _obseJ ! 1 a body of two or three hundred pensioners down the _steamboat-pier , who were loudl y cheered by r _" people . An equal number of police ( not one disci tng his _ataffj . werestationed iu line , immediate _^ *" the carriage erossitig the bridge into the Blacki _' rm _nad . A little further on , a body of _fi- _' t _mouS police , with cutlasses by their side , were found st ' _~~ ' _~ " _^^^ _Sa _*^^

      _tiont-d by the side of the road . Up to the Black Mars-road , we observed that nine-tenths of the _aW * were opened , but _frorc that point they assumed » different aspeer , nearly all being closed . The nra cession proceeded on its course by the London-road and Kennington-road , to the Common , the _raultitu , ] _! _biing much increased at the Elephant and CastU br large bodies of men , who appeared to be waitin _g for its arrival in the various points of _whit-h tbat well known hostelry forms a distinguishing centre , and at the time of its arrival at Ihe Common this portion ot the raeeling could not have been less than thirteen

      thousand or femHeen thousand strong . Oa the cat turning into the Common , a most imposing sight met the eyes of its occupant * , large bodies of _msn , va _« _riously estimated at from eighty thousand toon hundred fifty thousand , were wheeling and march _, ing about in all directions , and the colour * ofthe va _! _rious _trades' unions _floating in the breez \ a brilliant sun adding to the coup d' mit . On the e » vs entering the Common , _about twelve o ' clock , they were im . mediately _surrounded by hi \ e _masses af the people who most voniferouslv cheered Mr O'Connor and tha petition . —( From the Post . )

      ( Frora the Times } At tho Elephant and Castle a eheer eras triven , and from this point along the Kennington-road to the common the crowd _presented the appearance ofa moving mass of upwards of 10 , 000 persona . It pro . reeded in silence nntil thc cars arrived within sight of the _congregated thousands already assembled upon tfee eoramon . __ The delegates were now surrounded by an enthusiastic crowd , and received with deaf _, ening and _prolongedcheers _/ whieh Mr O'Connor and his brother delegates acknowlelged by waying their hats . Tbe scene which burst upon the view of the _eielegattsat this point was certainly grand and io . posinsr . The pro _-ession of tho various trades and _societies whioh had already _arrived _<* ere drawn up in

      military _arrav at the outskirts of the common , with their _jeveral flags and banners , and also formed a 1 ne , t ' rough which the cars advanced to the place of meeitirg . Fhe centre of tho common was occupied by a vast assemblage , many of whem were soon seen hurrying in ranid motion to welcome the _Chartiat _leadeiS . As the cars advanced into the centre ef the o _' _-mtnon they _wfjse surrounded by a crowd , which every _minii'e became more dense and who rent tha air with their shouts . The Irish Confederates and many ef the trades _proressit-ns remained in file where they were drawn up , either as if expecting the cars to proceed to _s-ime other position than that which they took up about the centre tf the common , or despairing in so _Iarga an assemblage of hearing the voices ofthe speakers .

      Here a person approached the car and addressed Mr O'Connor wi ; h a _message from Mr Mayne , one of the Commissioners of Police , requesting to have an tn ' _ervictf with him _befoiejtbe commencement of the proceedings . Mr O'Connor and Mr M'Grath irame . diately alighted from the ear and accompanied the _b-earer of the mes'ag _? to the Horns Tavern , which w . _33 o .-cupied and _exclasively _engaged during Monday by the police authorities , military officers , and others interested in the pr _ceedings of the day . The rumour immediately spread like wildfire tbat Mr O'Connor had been arrested , and this report spread throughout ( he metropolis in an incredibly short space of time . We believe thnt Mr Mayne announced to Mr O'Connor that the _authorities would not object to the

      _meeting _tak'n ? place , but that the procession would not be permitted to pass over the bridges , that the government were prepared with means of preventing it from taking placet and were fully determined t * i use them if _necessary . Finally , _tkat if the procession was persevered in , he ( Mr O'Connor ) must take the responsibility ofthe consequences , whatever r _. hey might be . Mr O'Conaor at <> nc 8 conaented to abandon the procession . Mr O'Connor and Mr M'Grath hereupon returned to the delegates' car which they had left , amid great cheering and waving iif handkerchiefs , and , a cons dcrnble concourse af _perams baTiDg assembled around tbis car , although forming _astaall proportion of the entire number up n the o . mmon _, lhe proceedings of the day com * menced .

      Having quoted from the Times and the Post , we may now state for ourselves that the assemblage _rra 3 a grand and imposing sight , we beard the numbers variously estimated at from two hundred to five hundred thous . \ nd souls , from our experience of huge _assemblies , we should say there could not be les ? thin a quarter of i \ _mi'lion persons present , on and around the common a'one , whilst all the streets and avenues leading thereto \ iere one dense mass of human beings .

      THE MEETING . On the motion of Mr Clark , seconded by Mr Abam- _- _, Mr Dotlb was appointed president ofthe meeting amidst rery vociferous cheering . He said , —MeH of London , this is one of tbe most g lorious sights that I ever had the pleasure of witnessing . ( Cheers . ) This is such a sight as must make the heart of every true democrat beat with Joy and exultation—which at once proves to demonstration that the people ef this great metropolis are in favour of tbe common rights of humanity . ( Loud cheers . ) This is a sight such a 3 was never witnessed in th " i 3 vast metropolis

      before . Friends , you have elecced me to preside over you this afternoon as chairman . I can only say simply asa Chartist , that I thank you for the _confidence which you have reposed in our command ; I ara thankful for raore reasons than ena ; but , eape « cially , lam thankful that the working classes begin to see that tbey can do their own work themselves . ( Cheers . ) Friends , I need not ask yon tobe peaceful in your conduct this d * y . I need mt ask you to conduct yourselves with the greatest propriety ; for , recollect that on your good conduet this day , on yoar peaceful bit firm demeanour , _depends the success of ene of tbe most glorious causes ever agitated by man . ( Cheers . ) Mr O'Connor and the _atber gentlemen in this magnificent van havo come here fer the purpose of doing their duty to tho people who have sent

      them . The men in this van represent the people over a great extent ef the united kingdom . Ia that van _beforeyiu there lies a petition _signed by nearly 6 , 000 . 000 of people , proving beyond the possibility of successful refutation that we represent the working men at least . The delegates of the people will do their duty , but they will expect you to do yours . ( Loud cheers , aid cries of ' We wi 1 . ' ) Mr O'Connor will _firstaddress you . He will give you w > t only his own opinion and advice , but the opinion and advice ot the gentlemen _comnosing the National Convention , and , without taking up any more of your time , I _beg leave to introduce to jour notice your true friend and champion—tho ehanspion of the rights of humanity—Mr Feargus O'Connor . ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr F . O Connor , M . P ., then came forward amid deafening cbeers , which were taken up from those immediately around the car and re-echoed by the crowds in the outer circles over the whole common . He bowed repeated acknowled gments , each courteous gesture beine _thesigaal for a new effort of uproarious enthusiasm . —My children ( he said ) , you were industriously told that I would not be amongst you to-day . Well , I am here . ( Great cheering . I sat , on my way here , on the front seat of this car , and although my life was threatened if I appeared as I now appear , my hand does not tremble . ( Cheers . ) Yon all know that for a quarter ofa century I have been mixed up with this democratic

      agitation ; in Ireland siace the year ' 22 , in England since the year _'SS- , and , as you also know , I have never shrunk from taking my share of all the responsibility . ( Loud cheers . ) When I was asked in the House of Commons on Friday , whether or no I would attend this meeting to-day * ? I replied , that as I had always sought the lion ' s portion of the popularity ,. I would not shrink from encountering now the lion ' s , share of the danger . ( Great app lause . ) I have always contended for your rights , in and out of parliament , and to frighten me 1 have received at least ICO ; letters , telling mo not tacome heretoday , for thai , if I did , my _ovt » life would be thfe sacrifice . M y answer was this— ' I would rather he sabbed to-the heart , than resign my proper place at the head of my children . ' ( Shouts of ' Bravo ' . _' ) Yes , you are my children ; these arc your horses _,.

      not _muie ; this car is yours—made of your timber _^ I am only your father and your bailiff , but your . - honest father und your unpaid bailiff . ( Cheers . ) And if ever oar _ciiuae was prosperous , if it be ir ot injured b y your indiscretion , it is at this motne- ut . Never was man so badgered as I have been in the Ikuse of Commons , and , entitled , as 1 an ? , to your confidence , let me now implore vo u , in the name of that great and good God who b 33 this day blessed ns with a splendid sunshine , let uie counsel you , let me enjoin-nay , I would - 'Jo down on lay _knejs to _beseock you-do not nc , y destroy the cause I have so struggled for * a ! l mv life _, ( _barnest _cnet of « _Hsav , hear . ' ) \ t T 0 „ _derctf i ( pointing io the vehicle which carried the Petition ) ; go with you the voices of 5 _. 7 C 0 000 of yoUr _conntrv-^ inen . They , I , and the whole wot ! d , look to you

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 15, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15041848/page/6/