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      We Shall Commence Our Account Of The Eve...

      _^ z _^ 0 _» ' a orderl v and citizen-like conduct on _fcr _cec ' _^ ( Cheers . ) In my place in the , tins fl _^ « the Ministers that they need not be _tf , 05 e * rXnv counsels , and that they need apprehend _*& i nn vour part . Weil , they have not , though , -p fohy ° ' , interfered with this meeting on ' _^^ _tofconmlon . ( Cheers . ) That 5 s one _fc _" QClorii u « step achieved , and . as 1 have _al-S re £ , Jd vou , _Ctartism , when struck downbyty _. ; * ' -Js or . k to march onwards with renewed : _nrtf ' V _* / _jjncj _, applause . ) And now that I have ; £ tre _^ intoi practical effect that social principle for c <¦ _Lf nentration , enabling bim wl o does not wish . _^ i . _fi , _tV-e artificial labour market , to obtain ' 0 I fIii « _fiirn _wI , erehe may _struggle for himself , 1 t for others , and where there are none to * _Mff £ en him and the fruits of his induiiry _. is £ teP r ? _iarti = m better worth contending for than sfit _. ( Cries of 'Yes . yes , ' and cheers . ) Then , ' ! _£ the Jesuits I have in store for you . viewing i

      ; _jff" _-= i .: „ l . _,,-mci- " nov _' _tnli _' v _fnl'nw frnm se £ = sequences which must inevitably follow from ha " demonstration as this , let me , with the _confiffe ( hat I have preserved order , go down to tbe yls to-nisVit to oppose Sir George Grey ' s treason-11 _' bill for which I haTe declared , if no other _^ ccaes forward , I will impeach the _gornine - t- ( Great cheering . ) _^' ou m _? friends , wiil T _fcmr them we are Chartists , not pickpockets , i that we will not jeopardise our cause by a _^" je " tof wickedness or folly . ( Cheers . ) We , _"Aa't , h-we bad our nieet ' _§* ( Cheers . ) The svfrnn : en t have taken _possession of _allthe bridges . You know that I bave all my life been a man of

      • auras' * , cf firmness , and of resolution ; but how j hould I » st in my bed this ni g ht if I were con- j ' mon * ' that there were widows awake mourning for i _iUands slain ? ( Hear . ) How should 1 feel if I ! _thought that by any act of mine I had jeopardised j the lives of thousands , and thus _paralyse d our cause ? j ( Hear , tear . ) How , I ask , would you feel if yeu \ _K & _e conscious that you bad been parties to my I _dezth ? "What would be our trouble and cur sor- j _roir , _ho-v great would be onr loss ! These are the , _jgitimetits whicii actuate ns all , and , as the Convention hare received an intimation that the police will I sot let the _procession pass the bridges , where j

      tier _ruard the ground , the Executive have decided < that vou shall not be brought into collision with an ' _ynie _' d force . These cars will not be allowed to isrs , t ' ie n 3 _? s _wulnot ne _flowed to he displayed . The Eseci : tive . therefore , will , as a deputation , take the petition . I wiil go to the house to remonstrate _a _iainst this hinderance . I will present ynui petition , and I wiil make your voice heard _throughout the len _gth and breadth of the land . ( Cheering . ) I _£ _= k ~ you , under these circumstances , through good aid evil report , to stand b y me to-day . ( Cries of -We will . ' ) "Will you obey my counsel , and follow

      ay advice ? (' Yes , yes . ' ) I will remain among ; ou as a hostage , for , so help me God , I will not desert your cause until life deserts me . ( Loud and prolonged cheering . ) Tou mnst , however , bear in jr . ir . dthe great responsibility yoH impose upon a stranger in your eonntry . ( A Voice . — ' Yoa are one o ; us . ' ) You must not forget the charge devolving upon me . I haTe spent , in your service , six sleeplas nig hts my breast , at this moment , is like a coal offe , and 1 could produce a certificate from a physician to certif y that it would be better for me if I were at this instant in bed . But I knew where mv

      _Dfece _wzf , and 1 am here ; and new let _lUi ; se wno viil take my advice , and act like prudent and _sensilile men , yet determined to have thtir liberties and to see the Charter the law of the land , hold up tteir hands . [ The appeal was readily obeyed , and z ' _nions'er ' show ofhands on all sides of fhespeaker followed . ] The peihion , be assured , shall be taken il wn , though not wiih the procession ; for , if we resisted the government , wa should only _affurd them _caise for censuring ks , - snd , so help me God , I will die upon the floor ofthe house or get your rights for you . ( Great applause . ) I will strive fer yt-ur

      _likrties and lor the proper _privileges of the people ; but I _^ i . l maintain the peace . Large as my family is—ar , d yeu are all my children—I do not wish to _eiss one from the human feast . ( Cheers . ) _Ili-ve jou ' letter than J love my own life . I have given yeu pTcof upon _pronf of this . I g ive yon my cays arti my nights ; last week lhe cause was threatened _iriih povfrry . and I proffere-d to the Convention all tbe profits of the _Xcsiherx Stae to carry ont the movtment . ( Cheers . ) Will you , then , hazard the life of au individual , and so ruin your hopes ? Will vou not rather arm me hv vour conduct with

      strength to resist ihe government p lan to shed human blood ? Will you , when I have such kindness in store for you , be untrue to yourselves ? You see ( said Mr O'Connor , calling attention to the _csr ) how labour feeds hs horses . ( 'Hear , hear / and laughter . ) Capitalists ought to feed their _la-Lourtis—they are fat enough , and they are fed with the blood t _: at is in little children ' s bodies . ( Cheers . ) I had some fears this morning that you might be kd astray , but now your _voicss re-assure me ; this pain Las goHr from my breast . I breathe freely Kail-., because I am confide nt in your sense asd in von" nisdois _, and in venr resolution to earn * this

      contest to an early issue . ( Cbeers ) Good God , my friends , how great will be my power when I rise iu tie Louse to _^ ask , 'Where is the shop-lifting r ' _( _Appbuse and laughter . ) 'Where bas been the _danstr to life and properly ? ' I will say there _rever v . as so peaceful a demonstration in any counlry under such circumstances . ( Loud eheers . ) I have received letters innumerable from all parts ofthe conntTytatie'i ' xiiig w . enot to allow the safety ofthe _move-Etiit to be _risked by any folly in the metropolis . If you want to kill me , my life is at your command , out to others I will not _surrendet it without a struggle . ( Great applause . ) Then there is another thing I wish yeu to remember—I don ' t think you could well spare me just now . ( Cheers and laughter . ) I

      _wi'lgo on whb you , steadily and _peacefully , but resolutely . I will present your petition to-night ; on _rriday there will be a debate npon it ; and nothing can prevent our success if the people do not destroy T , h ? rn ; elves b y intemperance and folly . ( Cheers . ) Yeu may well imagine that I , who have _stiiTcred so much _icrvcu—that I , who , if beggared in ray tld age will lie content to go from door to _toor _Emong my children , established on their own land , will not shrink now f rom renderimjyou further Service . Tfee whole cf my day _. the half of my night , ii sacrificed io you , and it gladdens my heart , makes my bhod bubble , and swells my veins , to find so glorious a response as you now give me in your obedience aud your confidence . ( Prolonged applause . ) let these cf vou who think that the Convention

      nave acted wisely in preventing the flow of bloodshed among the people hold up both hands . [ The suggestion was promptly and enthusiastically responded to . ] I am g lad to see this display . I am glad that you need no fugleman , and that you are so well disci p lined . Hear your leader—hear your father : —If " you see a man breaking ; into a shop , do not stop to band him over to the police , hut knock him down at once . ( Cries of' W e will . ' ) Do not let it be said lhat one wrongful act was the act of _aChartUt . ( Hear , Lear . ) Odillon Barrot was attacked fnr not having dispersed the meetings be called , and I _mvself blamed Mr Cochrane lately ,

      that , having led the people into danger , he failed to get tbem out of it . There is , therefore , a precedent in the case , and I come now to disperse you . You will not walk in procession . You must go peaceably to your homes , and to show that I am careful of the lives of all here , as these horses will not be allowed to cross the bridges , I will g ive them a gala day , and let ihem sleep to-night at Greenwich . ( Cheers and laughter . ) I wiil uot forget Ireland in the considerations of to-day . I look upon Ireland and the Iriih cause as I view England and the English _eacse ; and I hold , after the demonstration of today , and the petition whicii is to be presented , that it will be impossible to withhold from Irishmen their just ri g hts , justly demanded . ( Loud cheers . )

      I now breathe freely again , and may God desert me lint I will read the _government _s lesson in citing your corn-age and your _resol-iliou _, < jat in _telline them also of your love for order , and yoar respect for the tew . ( Cheers . ) The police , I am now confident , will he unable to take you at a disadvantage . Bo not , I say iu conclusion , dishonour the Charter , and though I be stretched on the rack I will , if _necessary , smile terror out of countenance . ( Cheers . ) G _' o on , conquering and to conquer , until the People ' s ' Charier has gkriousiy become the law of the land . f _ Mr 0 Connor closed his address amidst most enthusiastic applause . The hon . gentleman seemed _sufferirg from severe bodil y pain , and was evidentl y exhausted with the effort of speaking . ]

      Mr E . Jones , having b : en introduced by the chairman said , Mr Chairman and respected friends , in that car ( pointing to the magnificent van opposite ) — in that car are the voices of more than G 000 , 000 people . There will be more than 6 , COO 000 signatures to yocr petition _whr-n Mr Feargus O'Connor arrives at the House , of Commons . ( Cheers . ) You have the honour cf Great Britain in your hands this car , and jou m _^ t sot soil that honour or injure ihiit cause tr a foolish _cwDisioa c-r by bloodshed . t'ii 2 _.-ir , he ; : ? . ) _Rc-tr- ' _jer ' _, thut I am wha * is ea'l ; d -i _\ :.: v * _* . _•>] 7 V -eC' ;' _. "" ! : ' *' at ;' . ! £ l * " _-il bave not shrunk frt . _' _ti _eoifliilt b . x : _b- _'Jsy ' . But , _* y fc _& _h w _« _"ss-

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      less to attempt , peaceable . men as we are , a collision * "W e b . 3 ve , however , _painedete point . "We have held onr meeting . Tfrat is sufficient to _satis-y curhonour —and we won ' t damage our » 9 _uecess by at . y act of rash fnlly . I trust you will listen to the advice of Mr O'Connor , and disperse quietly , not to give Hp the agitation—fcbeersHbut , _« n the contrary , to await th * _reeult ff { resenting tbe petition and tbe _debate thereon sn Friday next , and thst ye , u won ' t spend the _interveninc time in apathy , but that our meetings here and elsewhere may grow more _tremendous c-verv day . We must have numerous meetings , between this and Friday . ( Cheers . ) We must show our force day alter day , snd if the _Ilouse of Commons reje-ct _tur petition we will memnrialise the Quetn ( Cheers . ) We will have another gathering larger tban even thie —( cbeer _=- )— snd oar prayers _sh-. _* ' be carried respectfully to the foot of the throne . ( Great cheering . )

      Mr O'Connor here gave instructions that the waggons should remain in the neighbourhood nntil they were again wanted , and that the horses should be taken to the same stables at which they were put np last niclit . He then said , —I now go as your ambassador to Sir G . Grpy at the Home-office , to tell him that you were determined not to come into collision with the aimed force ihis day . I call upon all those of the same opinion to hold up iheir hands . ( The show of hands wa * g iven accordingly . ) But , my friends , there is to he a petition against the bloody-minded bill which bas been brought into the House of Commons by Sir G . Grey , and some of the gentlemen aro und me will address yeu on tbat bill ( A . voice . — ' No more petitioning . ' ) You will petition against lhat bill , andena ' ileme , in presenting it to use the strongest language I can command against it . ( Cheers . ) And while you are doing your own

      work , _de-n ' t ferget poor Paddy . ( Loud cheers . ) My family has suffered enough in this cause . My father was tried for high treason five or six times , and was in prison for seven years of his life . My uncle is now in the oCth year of his banishment , and is about lo be made the first President ofthe Republic in France . My brother is Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of a Republic in South America , and I think that I have not disgraced my name . ( Cheers . ) I have never , for fifteen years , spent a day on my own account , but all for yours . ( Cheers . ) You have more than repaid me for the sacrifices which I have made on your behalf , and , by heavens , my children I love you , if possible , more than I ever did before , [ Great cheering followed the close of this _speech . Mr O'Connor then descended from the van , and , having made his way through the crowd , left the common . ]

      Mr T . _CLiBH then presented himself , ? _cd _siid , I have a petition in mv hand which I call on you all to adopt : ifc prays the House of Commons to throw out the infamous bill which Sir G . Grey has introduced for the better protection , as he terms it , of the Ctowb and Government of tbe united kingdom . This measure comes perhaps naturally fro * n a Russell administration , but it is an _insult to every liberal » nd intelligent Englishman- We propose _totS . r this bill every legal and constitutional opposition . Thej have been _sjeakin ? pliin in _Irelar-d Jately , and _suggesting tbat Lord Clarendon oug ht , to sail to E _< gland and leave tbe Irish to _manage for themselves , and for these declarations , coupled with the direct intimation that Eoglanel h * d governed _Ireland hitherto with brute f orce , Sir G . Grey is going to rie >

      justice to the sister country , lie h pom-: to assimilate the law ef treason in England and Ireland ; tbat is to say , when a man is hung in this cmmlry there shall bi power e , iven to hang another man in Ire land . Aid this ia the on _' y assimilation in the condition of the two people which is contemplated ; thia is the great Whig measure for the pacifieatinn of Ireland . I doubt very much whether the little man , who is not strong enough for hia p _!< ice , will strengthen his _position by passing this bid . It is one of the foulest , most unjust , and most _disgraceful m _^ _srres ever proposed to parliament . ( Cbeers ) MrKTDDiec-. aded _the motion , which was also supported by Mr Remolds , and after a fu' -ile attempt on the pait of a _person named _Spuvr to interfere with the proceedings , it was carried

      unanimously . Messrs M'GKiiH , Wild , and Edmukd Jo . ves , addressed an _iienccs from other parts of the commoD , amidst great applause . "

      THE IRISH CONFEDERATES . During the delivery of Mr O'Connor ' s _speech , a deputation- of the delegttee , consisting of Messrs Reynolds , G . J . Harney , and West , left the car with a view of addressing the Irish Confederates and _Democrats who were drawn up at the _soutb-easttrr _; boundary of tbe comnrcn , headed by a hand _? nmc preen fla _^' , containing a harp and the words 'Irish Confederation . ' * Let every man have his own country . ' An audience , which at one time numb ? red maiiv thousands assembled here , and were not the least enthusiastic portion of the _crowds upon the common . Permission having been obtained £ » r the deputation to speak from the balcony of a window overlooking the common ,

      Mr Daly said _, he was glad the Irishmen in the metropolis had taken this first great step of _identifvins themse ' . veswith the body of theEaglish democracy . ( Cheers ) His friends had advised him _n- _» t to bring the Iri _=-h flag to that _mettin _^ , because it had been taken duwn from the ma « t at Liverpool ; but tbey were determip . ed to stand by their Chartist friends in the assertion of the _gteat _canstitu tional right now at stake . ( Cheers . ) The _government must recognise the rights of fhe working classes in England , as they had been compelled to recognise them in France and elsewhere . He _bepged they would give a warm _reception to their friends who formed the deputation _.

      Mr _Retkolds said , he was delighted to see the Chartists of England fraternising with the Irish _demotrats . Irishmen had suffered from long misrule , and had _barne it with exemplary patience . They had been crushed dawn , and'had shown a majesty of spirit not surpassed by any nation on the face of the earth . A great agitation was going on in Ireland , and , if it bad the voicea of the majority of the people , the movement was right , whatever the end might be that was proposed to _beebtained . They did not know how much he admired Mr Smith O'Brien , Mr Meagher , and Mr Mitchel , for their gallant _cecduct , ( Great _ebesring . ) For , although he , as an Englishman , looking at the aspect of political affairs , would bs sorry to see Ireland separated from this country , which would then fall down to the position of a secon ' ' or third-rate power , yet , if the will ofthe Irish _nation was tbat they would have

      a nationality of their own , they were right in obtiin ' ng ir . ( Cheers ) Had Irish ambition ever had a fair chance ? Had not the best and _brightest spirits of that country been kept down aad deprived of advancement by the determination of the English aristeeracy to p _' ace only its own scions and placemen in office ? A bitter _bsbaved class than Irishmen in England did not exist , and it was therefore madness to say there was something inherent in the Irish _disposition which _presented them from being good citizes 3 . He was delighted they were there in such large numbers . Their cause was benefited by numbers _, but would be _irjuredby the least outrage ; and he exhorted them to consider themselves ss special constables for the preservation of crder , and to disperse after the _meeting in a peaceable manner . That was the way to sh _' . w that they were a quiet and orderly psopi ? , and that they could be trusted with self-government . ( Cbeers . )

      Mr West congratulated the Irish Confederates on the display _tfcry had made and on their determination tbat both England and Ireland must and should be free . The _goverameet had taken _possession-of tl » . e bridges—but the peop le would not give them a cbaEce . Their friends on the other side of the water hid acted the same wise and patriotic coarse in _DaWin on St Palrick ' _a-day . Whether Protestants or not , their oppressors had had to keep Len t , for they had hadn _.-fhsh to feed on . ( Liughter . ) Let them to dav have the same dish . If Lord John

      Russell or Sir George Grey wonld nut take this _si-: n of the times , God knew what would be tbfiir nest determination . ( Cheers ) The members cf the Coavention weuld take their stand boldly apd fearlessly npon the constitution 80 long as a fitted of it remained , and let the ulterior results reat not upon tbem , but upon the heads of those who violated tbe constitution . They would ask for the Charter for England and Repeal for Ireland , and govern-Bents of tbeir own . That was what they wanted , aad that waa what they were determined to have .

      ( Loud eheers . ) Mr G . J . IIahset , editor of the Northern Star , said the Irish Confederates had _presented to the men of Eng land an admirable example of discipline and order , which they would earry into any other straggle . The corrupt daily _prses wonld say , that in abandoning the procession they had retreated ; but they only retreated , as the ablest generals had done , tO come again , perhaps , in another shape and another form . This he said , that he wonld n & vbt _again be a party to calling upoD the people to come to any meeting unarmed , to be put doxn by brute force . ( Cheers ) Tee government had taken military precautions against their own people , far proposing to iiold a public meeting and procession , of so murderhad landed at

      _i _/ ns a character , that if the French D over , and were in full march for the metropolis , th . w could not have been _moreestenalve or complete . ( Ch " " -era . ) Sermons were preached in the chapels ye-te tday belonging to the barracks , in whieh the ministers of peace called upon the soldiers to remember the words of Wellington at Waterloo , Up , _Guatd = > , . _** . nd at them / and telling them that tbey should be t > repared to slaughter the people to day . In thereiga of ' Charles IL whose act of parliament the present _minify had disinterred , Lord W- Rub * - ** - " was sent to tL * e scaffold , and lost his head fer the principles thoy h _^ d metto-day'to uphold . Now Lord J . It us-ell who _prided _himselt upon his descent from this ancestor of his , ende & vcured to put down the opinion- o- " t _' ie _pe- _^ p ' e . . hc Coavention had exhorted the _people io _c-jme to the _rt _-e & _iing unarmed , and then they

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      found themselves trapped on this Mde of the water , and prevented from returning with the _procession , unless tbey weie prepared to dispute with the armed force in tho possession of the bridges . ( Hear , hear , ) There was not a possibility of doing that wiih success unarmed . Never again would he consent that the people sheuld be Draught out of London to Kennington Common . If they ever met again it should not he on that side of the bridges the government sheuld find them . The government were passing a law by which such men as himself and Mitchel were to be liable to be transported . If that were the fata that was _destined for Mitchel that should be his fate ton . ( A Voices . — ' They shall transport us all . ' ) Englishmen must regenerate this country , or the hour

      was sot far distant -BQ 8 H _FtAWte- a & d the Uuited States would fir tver overwhelm this country . If the power of England were to continue to be based upon injustice , the somer _itpeii-d . ed the better . He loved _Eng ' and _, and would hove her to be the home ofthe happy and the free . After exhorting the people to return home peaceably , Mr Harney proposed three cheers fer Ireland and Repeal , three cheers _frr Smith O'Brien , Mitchel . and Meagher , three cheers for the Charter and No Surrender , three cheers for the _fraleraisation of the English Chartists .-. nd Irish Repealers , and three _checis for the glorious French nation . Ah these demands wens _responded to by tremendous cheering , and the meeting quietly dispersed _.

      About a quarter to two o clock , ( the delegates having previously separated , ) three cabs were drawn up on the common , and the bales of the National Petition placed within and upon them , properly secured . The members of the Chartist Executive Committee accomp anied the petition to the Hous 8 of Commons , and the cabs drove off at a rapid pace , no attempt be ' : ng made to _follow them .

      TREACHEROUS CONDUCT OP THE POLICE . BLACKFlilARS BB 1 DGB . So Boon as it _bec-tme known that the meeting on Kennington Common had separated , strong bodies of police were drawn up in three divisions across the road , at the Surrey end ofthe bridge , audio advance of them another division and the mounted police were employed to clear the street as far down as Stamford-sireet , all approach to the bridge being for upwards of an hour entirely prohibited . This was not effected _with-mt Bonio blows . The people did

      not appear to understand why they Were _prev ented from passing tbe bridge , and frequent collisions between them aad the police followed . _Occisiona'ly the police constables used their _troccheous with _murderous effect upon the heads aud bodies oi suen as were within artu ' a length . Great numbers of the crowd were driven down Holland-street and _Stamiord-street , and by degrees the bridge and a _conaiderable portion of Blackfriare-road were completely cleared . Similar _collisions took place at Westminster and other bridges , the police acting with their usual brutality .

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      The National Convention. Tuesday Morning...

      THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . TUESDAY MORNING , April Um . The Convention met at nine o'clock pursuant tc adjournment , at their hall , John-street , _Fitzroysquare . Mr M'Gbath filled the chair . Mr E . Jokes moved that a committee b 9 appointed to draw up a report of ( he proceedings on the previous day , at Kennington Common , with a view to present to the public a correct and faithful statement . This should not only be placarded over the metropolis , hat be sent to every district throughout the _country . Mr Ashton , Mr Adams , Mr Reynolds , MrFnsselJ , Mr Kydd , and Mr Tanner , supported the motion , which was opposed by Mr Cutfat , on the ground of the unnecessary ex . pense wbich would be ineurred to carry it out .

      A considerable discussion followed , but eventually tfce motion was carried , the vast majority of tbe delegates declaring ia favour of the prudential proceedings of the previous day . Mr Ernest Jmcs and two other delegatea were appointed a committee to prepare tbe address , and withdrew for that purpose .

      lyPr-ACHMKKr OF TBB G 0 T _5 RNMKM . Mr Clakk . moved that thi 3 Convention forthwith appoint a committee of three of its members to prepare a petition to parliament praying for the impeachmentof her Majesty ' s ministers for tbeir fligrant violation of thc _constitution in employing an unconstitutional armed force to aid them in prevtntin « tbe people from proceeding ordt rl y and peaceably through the streets of lhe metropolis with their netttfen , snd by the disposition and array of _fheir brute force provoking a collision between the people and the military , and thereby risking the probability of plunging the nation into a civil war . In supporting his motkn , Mr Clark observed that if the procession had proceeded as had been originally

      intended , the bur . d of the people would have been shed by _tho-e who battened , and fattened upon the people ' s hard earnings ; and it was clear tbat the foul and infamous government that now ruled the realm intendtd yesterday ; on the _slightest pretext , to bave _phed the blood of an _uneffendin _? people . ( Hear , hear . ) It was stated by a base and calumnious press tbat the Convention had acted a cowardly part , becauso they had ni _^ t given the government an opportunity of mowing them down , and this calumny was setforth in a . _leading article of the _Morsisg Curosicxe of that day , in a spirit which neither _nfl-jcted credit npon its author nor on thn

      noble lord who was said to be the proprietor of that journal . The article stated an untruth when it al . leged that the Convention proposed to proceed armed through the streets of the metropolis . On the contrary , the faet had been that fifty-two unarmed delegates had put themselves at the head of an unarmed people . ( Applause . ) The c-urso they had taken had disappointed the _government , because it had deprived them of their anticipated pleasure of shedding the people ' s blood . For their conduct he held that the government deserved impeachment , and it was the duty of the Convention to call for it , ( Cheers . ) With these views he submitted his

      motion . Mr W . Dixon seconded the motien , and remarked he would never be a party to lead an unarmed peonle into a collision with an armed military or police force . Mr En . Jones expressed tho satisfaction ho felt at the manner in which the mandates of tho Executive Committee had been obeyed yesterday bythe immense masses of the people which were congregated together . Mr HAEifET rose to support the motion that he _misht record his satisfaction of the manner in which the Executive had carried out , by tbeir discretion , the proceedings of yesterday . When they _proceeded to _Kenninet-m Commrn yesterday they were totallv

      unarmed . He would never consent again to leave _Londe . n to hold a meeting , and though he would Rot say that , be would ever be a party to holding an armed meeting , he certainly would not go to one without being properly prepared to defend hires elf . ( Cheers . ) The press , which was formerly the palladium of liberty , had become influenced by gold , and there was not on ? ofthe dastardly scribbferi who _malig-oedthem who had not been heavily paid to write d iwn the Working classes . ( Cheers , ) Unless the venal press had by its writings prom pted the government to form tbese preparations—unless they bad played upon t ! : e fears ofthe shopkeepers , the people would have hsld their _procession unopnrsed ye . terday . ( Cheers . ) It was a carious fact that the act which Lord John Russell

      was now using against them was an act passed to put down his own _ancestor , Lord William Russell . ( Hear , _hsar . ) Lord John Russell boasted that he belonged to a _houss of _patriois , but he ( MrIIflrney ) considered that he belonged to a bouse of plunderers , and , until they got rid of their Church property , there never would be found a patriot amorg them . He was not convinced that Lord William Russell waa a patriot , and they now found Lord John mailing uso of an act of parliament , passed to put down his own ancestor for _faking up opinions which perhaps be had not _horiFstlv adr . mcd , to nut down those who , honestly

      roaintaiain ? them , wera determined to carry tbem out . He thought the resolution proposed by Mr Clark ought to be adopted , but , before sitting down , hc would tell the government , through their reporters , although they had for a time been Buffered to coene _, 5 et they had lost the hearts of the people ; and when the time came that they f ound themselves opposed to the governments of Europe and America , who were prepared to attack them , and they called upon the people for support in defence of the government , they would reply , * No ; defend it yourselves . You refused the rights of the people—the people will no longer preserve you in your position . ' ( Cheers . )

      Mr Lund said , that though he agreed in tlm _sentiments expressed by those who had preceded liim , yet as he thought tha adoption of the motion could lead to na practical result , he felt it his duty to move , as an amendment , the previous question ! Mr Cuff at . seconded the amendment . Mr Ktdd supported the original motion . He con . tended that tbat which bad been held io be good in France ought to be held good in England , and tho manifesto proposed by this resolution would _SSEert tbat principle . lie cordially supported the motion for the impeachment of the present unconstitutional ministry .

      A Jong discussion , of a very warmcharacteif , en sued , ia the _conrse of wbich the original motion was supported by Messrs Baldwin , Wild , Donovan , and Wilkinson . The debate , however , was interrupted by the return of the committee appointed to prepare a report of the proceedings in reference to the Kennington Common demonstration on the preceding day , Mr Ernest Jokes reported to the Convention tho following draft of the address : —

      THE MATIONAL CONVENTION TO TUE PEOPLE . : Fellow Countrymen—The legal and constitutional rights of Englishmen have been interfered with I The policy of _Guizut nnd Duehatel is transferred to England . We announced _ap-acefal unarmed demonstration , aud we atopte-d er ; r / fllth ! _Ufc > _H'hiul ! prudtnei ! _CCUlll SUg _^ _CSt to _enriuce the government _ifuurpacifijintcBtlonr , , and to inspire tho _mtlicjiolis wi ' -h cor . fieles . ee in our pro .

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      oeodiogs . Bnt haw were these _proceeolngs met' By the revival of or act passw } In the tlra » of a libidinous Ijrant , C » arle . B th » Second , nn act 200 yeirs old , long ( ie » _med _obsolete , and indeed virtually repealed hy th « BUI of _E'ghts ! Yuinly did we remonstrate ; the _povernmout persisted in its arbitrary , despotic , and _unconntitutional conrse . England tlisn bas to mourn the spectacle of an uaarraad and poaco . ibla paapln _, _imnomhled tc txcrci 80 the right of carrying a petition to _Parliament , bw ' nfr stopped by tho command of an cx-. crablo ministry .

      Yes , fallow countrymen , such i « th _« _facS \ On Mon . day a _precesainn repaired from the _Coiivsntion Hall to K » nnfaf »< on Common , _where a quarter ot a million rotaries of freedom wero assembled . An intimation was t \ _an conveyed to us that no prooMslon could be allowed to _re-erors the river . We _fuund that we were _oau _^ ht In a trap , that the _bridgss were closed ap » _tnst us , nnd that th * vll » proclamation ol _thagovMnm . nthad been backed by _warlikepreparationgdnaBcnloBO vast , that ic _tu > p _» ared _sb if a hostil » armament ef 200 , 000 men w « _re about to besiege the metropolis .

      Under _theso olrcumstaneeB we felt ourselves cona ! rained to embrace ) ooa of _the-so two alternatives ; _efthor to bring an unarmed people Into collision with an arsied authority , In which they would have bad to pass the bridges , manned by armed and _mounted _polic-men , guarded hy _trofipu , _Qommsnded by rlflimon ooncoaledin the _n- _'jolnlns houses , and backed by artillery ; or to leave the odiam on the _governmeot of _hivlag prevented , by a _sanginuary prohit » Uion , the exercise of an un . doubted right . We ch «? _e the latter course , and -wa now leave tho country to judge ot the relative position of the Convention , and a government that C 8 n only uphold itself by an armed iRfringMnimt of the British constitution .

      Fellow-Countrymen '; The first victory ig gained ! The courage ofthe men of London has been testeddespite the Rovemmcnt prohibition , tbey came together in such numbers as the metropolis has never before witnessed _. Their dovfttlon has been proved by thu faetthat they _ooBnlroouriy seconded tho resolves of tbe Convention , and not one act of violence or insult on their part bad sullied the honour of that glorious day . This ba g been the first fltrp ; let tbe country prepare far the n » vt . The duty of this Convention will be , ns lone aa it la 9 tB , to organise the _psoplefor th » _s » cond and n _» or _» _dnjiilve effort Couraco aad perseverance , and

      we shall onnqnar . Not an hour , not a day , must our _energy abate . We _lolemnly pledge ourselves lo the _prosit work , and we _devote _ourselves heart aDd soul to the interest * i . f those who have placed thelrconfidenceinus . Tbe National _Assembly will meet on tha 21 th of the month . The country must be prepared to _snpport tho resolve of that—the people ' s parliament . We protest _against the _illegal _tjrannyof ths government . _YTe declare our determination to resist by every honourable m ? an < t at our _disposal the flig _; _htest fairing-- ment on our rights snd privileges ; and wo proclaim onr firm resolve tb devote onr _livei , If _necosnary , to the glorious aim of _establishing the People ' s Charter .

      _OnnardB and we _covqner—backwards ond we fall ! Tho vil _* calumnies of tbe press and the tongues of prejudice , impute to us evil _desiuns against life and propprty . We repel tho foul charge . We rebut the _atrooieas _accnsntlon . We will _fii-otect life and proparty to the u " rooit of our power , and while we assert tho rights of the industrious _classes , we will not _infrifgs those of any oth ' . r section of the community . On the motion of MrE . Jpnes , the _address was adopted and ordered to be _printed , and circulated , theonlv dwentient delegate beine Mr Cuffay . Mr Doti . s acquainted th « Crmven ' on tbat he hnd received a letter from Mr Feargus O'Connor , which it was important that ho should lay before them without delay , The letter was in the following terms : —

      Tuesday . —My dssrSf Gratb . —I can just _flntf time ennocb to wrlto a few lines , as my chest is in great poin . Of nil tba bills ever proposed that of Sir O . Grey ' s is th 9 moft damnable . Transportation for _speahlpjf wbat a _mWdle-cIuss jnry may consider injurious to the _eause of _speculation and labour !—rest assured that is it . Wehad , I think , five division ' s . I moved the second _veadlns that day sin taonths . and we meet at twelve today _, when , overpowered aa I am with pain , I shall res _' st tt to the utmost . Last Dight till near two o ' _cloalt , and from twelve to-day perhaps until two to-morrow _morning—fourteen hoiirA . Hume _pointed out an act to the corcrnment by whieh he Bays the Convention la

      _11-lesal , and may at once be laid ky the heels . I bave read lha _speeclitB of all who spoke for the preservation oftho P ? 0 ple ' 8 lives at K » nnington Coraraon _, y » Bterdny -with delitht . Tho _disappointed may mourn over our _resolvo , I am not only prepared , bnt I should feel proud , to tak .--all the responsibility rf _se-csring the Chartsr and the _ptople _' j lives . If a po ! ie * ino . n in _disguiss or a footpad had _csiModn p 5 m ? l _< row , tbe dogs ot war would h _» vo b * en l _« _tlooie , and this morning our causo would hove been a laughing _s ' eick ; and an we cannot spare any of the Convention , R _? k them to allow me to ep * t > l { tbeir minds boldly in tho House of Commons till thev know tho worst . Don't be foolish , for God ' s sake . _—Feabocs 0 _'ConyoB .

      After _f-orae further routine business , tho Conven tion adjourned at the usual hour .

      AFTEROON SITTING . On tho business being recommenced , adepu ' ation was appointed , on tbe motion of Mr Cuffay , to attend a meeting of Messrs Maudsley ' _s men , who . a few days since , had refused to be swnrn in as special _constables , with a view of coming to a resolution not to deal with those tradesmen who had acted in that capacity . The Chairman read communications frnm Kineston , _Hythe'fwitk £ 10 . ) , Hulme , Reedinfr , Manchester ( with £ _*! . ) , Bradford , _Sheffield , and a number of other places , stating that at public _meetings held at tbo ' . _o placeSi resolutions were _unanimousl y passed , pledging _themselves to abide by the proceedings of the Convention . Mr F . Mibfield stated that he had received a letter to a similar _effect from his constituents . ( Loud cheera . )

      TUB _PBTiriON . Mr Clark complained ofthe Bpeech of Lord Lansdowne in tho Hou _^ e of Lords last ni ght , as _misrepresenting what took place yesterday , in Baying that the people had been dispersed by tbe police aloneand that the re-organisation of a similar movement was in the highest degree _improbable . He was 9 UrO from the high character of the noble marquis , bo would not have made such a statement if he had not "believed it to be true , though the fact was they dispersed the meeting themselves without any interference froni the polico . Tho noble _marquit-also stated that the petition had been allowed to be taken down to the house without interruption . Now that was not ( rue ; hut ho onfy mentioned it that the

      Lord Chtmceilor might know , through the medium ofthe government reporters , the sort of people they had in tbe commission of tho peace . The petition it will bo _recoHciied , left the Common in three cabs ; the first cab , with Mr Doyle , and a portion of tbe _petitisn inside , waa allowed to _pasaVauxhall Bridge _without interruption , but the other portions , being too largo to £ 0 iiiaide of the cabs , were strapped outside . He aoeompnnicd one , and Mr _M'Crrath the other , and on arriving at the bridge they were stopped by the police , and two persons , with white ribbon hung at the _button hole , calling

      themselvesmagistrates _, whoso conduct was most unbecoming and ungentleroanly _, He ( Mr Clark ) told ihem that he claimed the right to pass , as he waB conveying the petition to the House of Common . , when one of the magistrates not only asked hira who he wag to talk of having a _rit-ht to do a thin ? , but told him , firstly , that he sbould not pass at all , and secondly , that he was a d—d ass . He did not think that the Lord Clianeellor weuld tolerate such language in a magistrate , therefore , he called attention to it . The result of the interview was , that he was compelled to make a detour of upwards of two miles , and go round by _. _Battersea Bridge .

      IMrEACHMBTSI «? MIKISTEK 3 . — ADJOURNED DEBATE . Mr Adams begged to support the motion of Mr Clark , as the _ministcrf _, by their Bill of Sir G . Grey , had proved themselves traitors lo the cause of liberty , to the people , and to tho Crown , and ought to be speedily brought to justice . Mr _Fuancis supported the motion . Mr Cumming wns in favour of the amendment of _Mr'Lund , considering the motion of Mr Clarke as idle , useless braggadocio , as their demand that Miniaterg should be impeached would only bo _received by a sneer . He felt they weuld only be laughed at if they carried sueh a motion as that of Mr Clark . Dr HuMTim supported the original motion , in op position to the opinion of his colleague ( Mv Cumming ) .

      Mr _Stevensoh followed on the same side , impeachment beine ; a constitutional method ot hurling from office men who had broken every pledge . The impeachment would have this effect , it wonld give a tone to the opinions of the people , and their petition Would be followed by hundreds and thousands of others on the same subject . Mr _Tatxeesall supported the motion , and stated if _thfcj wete never to app l y to the House of Commons , except when they thought they could do any _good by it , they would never apply to the House at all . M- Leach , said it required no great discernment to see that the government must either give way or

      put down the rising spirit of the people ; and ho thonght it was also equally clear that that spirit could not be put down . In Ireland , three millions out of seven _million of _inliabitanta were starving , and yet the appeals of Smith O'Brien were treated with fcorn . He implored them never to allow any division _between the English and Irish people , or their cause would be delayed , if not lost for ever . Itwas clear that there must be a revolution in Ireland , but whether it would . be a bloody one he did not know . He cordially supported the resolution , though he Jrnew it would be laughed at in the House of Commons . ( Cheers . )

      Mr Ashion hoped that if the motion representing the feelings of five million inhabitants of tbe country was laughed at or treated with contempt , that tbey would look to tbo example of France , and that the same result might be attained as followed the _labf-hing at the impeachment of tbe Ministers in that _country . ( Cheers ) Mr Hncujii * supported the motion , and expressed

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      hia opinion that the principal difference'between Whigs and Tories was—thc latter were known to be the open enemies , but thol Whigs w _. ra worse , pretending to be the friends of the people . Mr Lw- » proposed to withdraw big amendment , but Mr _Coffat , the _Bseonder , objected . Mr Lowrv and Mr M'Carthy supported the motion , _tiie latter speaker contending tbat it would now be impossible to create disunion between tha working _ch-uses of England and Ireland . Tbe people were determined to have their liberties . ( 'Cheers . ) Mr _Waltbr supported the motion of Mr Clark ; for , _howevtr cmterapUblc they tnigkt appear to tho government , or however Mr Hume might tilk of putting down their Convention , they were determined to have } their rights . ( Hear . )

      Mr Gmw «* to » supported the motion . beeause their resolution of imoeaebment would bo seen by tbe people , and followed up by hundreds of petitions from all parts of tbe country . Mr CI . ARK replied , 3 nd stated _tbattbemenlybearing of thst assembly , ( the National Convention ) had won the respeet and _approbation of nine-tenths of the thinking population of England . If he had attached no more importance to tho petition than was to be effected by its presentation t > the House of Commons , be would never havo waBted the paper on which it was written ; but ita _presentation to the _hotis « would caa . e tbeir e pinion to 09 heard all over tho kingdom . ( Applause . ) The Chairman , in _putting fhe motion , read a letter from the ' _Washington _Biigado' of ladies ' shoemakers , expressing their confidence in ths Conventbn .

      The amendment was negatived , and the original resolution carried with few dissentients . Mr Uraham moved tho _thanks of tho Coavention lo the _Exacmive Council , for having dispersed tho meeting on Monday , which was carried _unanimously .

      STATE OF THE W 0 _UK _15 G CLASSES . Mr Ktdd . in bringing up a report for an addre ? a fo the peopIe of England , stated that they were in deep _distress . o _* ing to tbe commercial policy at present adopted in England bj which ioreien manufactured articles wore brought in at reduced duties , while tbe raw material had a heavy duty . Thus , while tha poor man had to pay a high price for sugar , tea , coffee . « fcq . , the rich had cheap musical _baxes , cheap work boxes , cheap mahogany tables , fcoto the detriment

      < ., of the home manufacturer . Whether they ever obtained the People ' s Charter or no ; , this was a subject that deserved the serious attention tf the working classes , to endeavour to obtain a nroper _system for _proteciion of labour . They had a board of Trade , and they had a Board of _Coatrtd , but strange tn say , while they busied themselves with tbe question of _in-ports and exports , tbey never _Jonked into the condition of the lihouvcr , wlw was _evouud to the _aoil by the operation oftho _csraraercial policy ef the country .

      The report , which called upon the working classes ti unite for the purposes mentioned by Mr Kvdd , was then adopted , and a report brought by Mr Clark , relative to the election of the proposed National Assembly , being postponed for consideration until tomorrow , tbe Convention adjourned .

      WEDNESDAY , Aran , 32 th . AUKNS IS ENGLAND AWD IBBMHD , On thesittintz of this body this morning , Mr Clark called attention to a conversation that had taken place in tbe House of Lords last night , relative to its not being ( he intention of the _government to interfere with the National Convention ; and to a Bill proposed to bo introduced to give tbe government power , where it might be deemed necessary , to exclude aliens from this country . Some conversation then took place relative to the woper means of supplying the _various localities with copies of the address of the Convention agreed to yesterday , which _resulted in a resolution being carried to send a copy io each town from whence delegates _wers-sent , in order that the local councils might distribute them in tbe way they thought best . THE IVORrflEIW STAR .

      Mr Fi-ssell moved a resolution to _deoline the offer nl Mr O'Connor , to giva up the profits of the Northern Star for the support of the Convention , leaving it to the various localities to support their delegatea and find them necessary funds for carrying on the purposes of the Convention . He considered that they ought not to impose ' on tfce generosity of Mr O'Connor ; and if the localities could not support the Convention proper !* ' , tbey were not worthy of the liberties which thoy were seeking to obtain . Mr Mirpih seconded the motion . Mr Coffay proposed that the offer should be accepted for threo weeks , in order to put tbem in funds .

      After _ashnrt _conversation , in the course of which it was stated thatthe Convention would havo no objection to receive a donation from Mr O'Connor to _warilsHe general expense _* , th © motion was _carried unanimously , Mr Cuffay _' s amendment not being seconded .

      SPECIAI . CON-STABLES AND THE KHWSPAPKRS . Mr Stevens made a report from a meeting held in Lambeth last night , at whioh it _wai resolved not to deal with parties who had boen sworn in fig special constables , and to withdraw support from all houses taking in tho Weekly Dnpatch and the Times . ' _IJiPUACmiENT of _aiisisTEns . Mr _WiLKiNsflN reported from the committee appointed to draw up thepetition for the impeachment of Ministers tbat they had not yet done so , wishing to have the opinion of Mr O'Connor as to itB legality .

      F . XCLUSIV 2 OEALTNG . Mr Tatteksall having drawn attention to this subject , Tho Chairman said , tbat Iheir policy ought nst to be aggressive , but conciliatory , and he should oppose any resolutions relative to exclusive dealing . Mr Ernest Jones begged to say that it was not intended to apply to patties who were sworn in to defend their own property , but against parties who vo ' luntarily took upon themselves tho office of constables to make a _slaughter on the people assembled in defence of their rights . Mr Shaw said , they had been careful to draw the line between those who defended their own property and those who put themselves forward to support the government .

      Mr Cuffay . thought that they ought not to bs squeamish on the matter . . The _shopocracy carried out exclusive _^ dealing , and a tailor in St Jarae &' _isstreet had discharged two men who attended the meeting on Monday . IJis wife was asked . if the Cuffay who attended the meeting at Krnnint * ton waa hev husband , andon her replying in tho _affii-mativQ , _sho was told that her services weuld be no longer required ; therefore , they ought not to campkin of the resolution _csme to by the meeting for _exolusive _doalinp . Mv Ernest Jones suggested that snch questions ought to bo left to the sense of tbe peopio of tbe districts , and not be agitated in the Convention .

      WAYS AND _UtUKS . Mr Limn moved : — ' That a committee of seven be _appointed to manage the financial affairs ofthe Convention . ' The expense of . attending meetings had hitherto been paid by the delegates deputed to attend them , which he considered was not justice . He also thought that the expenses of the delegates for travelling to and fro between London and the places they represented should be equalised from the fiends ofthe Convention for the future . He . had no personal _interest in the matter , as he considered his time of _attending tho Convention , according tothe instructions ho had received from his constituents , was at a close when the Petition was presented , and , at all event- * , he would not be able to remain in London after thia week . Mr _GiunAM seconded _iha motion , waien , after a few observations , was unanimously carried , and the _committee appointed . - SIR GEORGE GREY'S BILL AND THE CHARTER .

      Mr Feargus O'Connor here entered the room , and was received with loud cheers , at the conclusion of which he rose and said he would address them for a few moments , as he was going to attend his place in the House of Commons to oppose the Illustrated Whig Treason Bill —( Laughter )—for that was the name he had given it iu consequence of the Attorney-General having told Mr Aglionby that there was no necessity for the insertion of certain words , as they must be judged of by illustration . He had only a few minutes to address them ; and , in the first instance , he begged to congratulate the country and the people at large on their noble , courageous , and prudent conduct on Monday last . ( Cheers . ) He had received letters from all parts of

      England expressing the gratification felt at the conduct of the Convention , and the Executive Council , in not having brought the people into collision with tbe authorities . They had on that day gained a triumph , for they had held their meeting in defiance of the proclamation forbidding it , beeause that pro . _clamation was contrary to law— ( Cheers ) —and be was glad their triumph had not been sullied by any folly of theirs bringing them into collision with the armed soldiery ; for had the sword been once fleshed , and . they had tasted the blood of the people the government would have gone on frqm step to step until there would bave been a perfect reign of terror , The people had thronged that meeting , not by tens

      , not by hundreds , not hy thousands , but by hundreds of thousands . ( Cheers . ) The . Standard — the organ of Louis-Phili ppe , the parsons , and the sempstresses—had estimated their numbers as never exceeding 10 , 000 j one military man had told them , through the press , there were 15 , 000 ; Sir De Lacy Evans , as a military man , told him ( Mr O'Connor ) that the number was 35 , 000 ; the Times stated that there were from 20 , 000 to 50 , 000 ; and the Morning Post estimated them at from 80 , 000 to 150 , 000 . Now , where there was such a variety of opinions from parties all equally capable of forming a judgment on the matter , it was _difiieuK to arrive at a right conclusion ; but the way he judged was this ;

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      he took the Town-hall ot Birmingham , or anjrotjrtjn building of which be could ascertain the number . ir . i was capable of holding , and be then calculated hpTOV many such halls could be _ljuilt upon tbe Commbioz and the irrefutable conclusion he arrived at wasasi that there were between 400 , 000 and 500 , 000 _peopled present . ( Cheers . ) And what conld they thinko : 01 a military man who eould estimate the _meeting alali not more rtiat double what the hall they were thenen assembled in could contain ? Now he would _speaJfalii to them ofthe nature of the Ac ; of Sit George _Greyly * which they had been told would go through _cora-amittee on Monday last , and bp come law on _Tiies-adav . He went down to the house , and moved thatefc ;

      it be read a second time that day six months , antJitl at last they _divided whiht he was asleep , - amM tbat day he was ' going down again to oppose triele bill , and , if he stood alone , it should never become !© the law of ihe land if be could possibly _heip ii . i . Now , lie would tell the meeting what was the na-iture of the bill . It was this , that if be spoke _ad-lvisedly , or published anything which could be con- ' - nected with any subsequent act of other parties , _hftft would be liable to transportation . ( Oh , ob . ) Thife . fe was the way a Whig government wished to put t down the constitutional right of meeting , in whictili they were supported by a corrupt House of Com-

      mons . fie was one of those who were guilty off speaking bolder in his character of a member off parliament than lie wa 3 in hi 3 capacity of a dema- gogue —( Cheers)—and he had declared to the house _S lhat , if ever this bill became law , he would imm _£ - - diately declare himself a Republican . ( Cheers . ) He i believed there was a constitutional principle that fc would enable him to bring forward a measure once i in every year , and he would do so , if this bill was * _, passed , for a _Hcpnblic ., He saw by some of the j newspapers that ibat sentiment was met by _'OhM oh ! ' and a laugh , but he did not hear them himself ,., and other papers said it was met by « Hear , hear . '" Now he had always contended for a monarchy , sub-.

      _jecl to that power behind the Throne—the people ,, and he maintained that the Throne ought to be i based on the affections of the peopJe , and not oa . the support of a corrupt nobility . He was now again going to . the House of Commons to oppose- ; Sir George Grey ' s bill , which he would to the death , and he said it advisedly , for after twelve hours in the Honse of Commons yesterday , and ten hours the day before , his physician had recommended him to bave a blister on his chest , to be blooded , and keep his bed , but he would not do so while he had strength to oppose that bill . ( Cheers . ) Now , then , he declared , that if the bill did become law , he would to-morrow impeach the ministers , notwithstanding all the' Oh I oh's I and laughter' with which perhaps that impeachment might be received . The ministers supposed they bad achieved a triumph over the

      peopleon Monday , but if they had it would prove only evanescent , and he should not be astonished if , ere long , they found the Queen , in imitation of a King of old , exclaiming 'A special ! my kingdom for a special ! ' ( Cheers and laughter . ) Ifc was the folly of their own people ( ihe Chartists ) that had led to the chance of a collision on Monday , for if strong language had not been used on the part of some of those connected with them , there would bave been no resistance to the procession . But out of evil sometimes cam © good . They had had their meeting , he ( Mr O'Connor ) had sat in the front scat , though he had received hundreds of letters stating that his life was endangered- _^ ( Cheers . ) And lu : now could see his way clearly belore him . Ilo would never advise them to bluster , threaten , or deal in moonshine _,, but he would tell theni thev must be wilr as

      serpents , cunning as foxes , mild as lambs , but deter _, mined a 3 lions . ( Cheers . ) Though he was thankful tbat they had had no hostile collision on Monday _^ he was determined that the _foil y of other men should not again place him in a position with the people whereby their lives might be endangered . He said , that the Irish people had gained a greater triumph by the moderatioa of the Chartists on Monday , than if 200 or 30 f > of ihem bad been sacrificed through the conduct of pickpockets , and by which their cause would have

      been damaged , if not irretrievably ruined , He ( Mr O'Connor ) had twice saved the cause by his conduct ? once in 1839 , and now again ' . ( Cheers . ) When ' Mr Smith O'Brien opposed tbe Treason Bill , the Minister laughed , but Guizot laughed when he was told he would be impeached , that minister was not indeed impeached , for when he was wanted he was not to be found . He was _Jion est inventus . ( Laughter . ) By their conduct on Monday last they had greatly strengthened their cause , and there never had been heard such a debate since there hail

      been a House of Commons as would be heard on Friday night upon their petition , and he was happy to say that several honourable members had told him , that in consequence of the conduct of the people on Monday they should vote for the Charter-( Loud cheers . ) He had looked with great anxiety on the result of that day , aud no one could guess what his feelings wonld have been had he missed one of his children from the feast the _following morning . He had always said that he could reform the drunkard , that he could reform theliaT , by kindness , but he never could reform the cruel man , and he thanked God that he had never in his life

      inflicted punishment even upon a dumb animal . ( Cheers . ) And it would be his great boast when the Charter became the law of the land , to say that they had gained a bloodless victory . ( Cheers . ) Then would his head be crowned with laurel , and every one would be living in his own cottage , tilling his own field , and enjoying the fruits of his industry without diminution , while every idler would he whipped through the streets with a fool ' s cap on his head , they would come forward with greater alacrity than now to defend the state . In the present state of society , every man who was idle ought to be as well fed as the man who was at work—»

      ( cheers)—because tbey were not able to obtain employment though willing to work . But , when the Charter became law , every man would be employed who chose to work , and therefore the idler should he punished . He would not go further , for when he got upon this strain his , feelings carried _hita away to think of the women and lhe children , and , if lie became too excited , he should be unfitted for the discbarge of his duties in another though , ttoi more important place . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Ernb _^ t _Ji nks wished to inform the hon . member for Nottingham that he had received a letter , stating that he ought to have received on Thursday last the national petition from Halifax with 47 , 000 sigsatures , but from some cause ib had never yefc come to band .

      Mr O'Connor thenredred amidst loadcheerlvg . 1 _MPEACUMBNT OF MINISTERS . Mr _Wilki-iSok stated that ho had consulted Me O'Connor on this subject , and that that _gentlemaa aaid _, 'Leave it in wyhand ' . ' At tha same time it would not , he believed , be illegal for thia meeting to present a petition on the sutyeefc . A motion beiog made that the report be received , Mr " _WiibbIiER moved that the & _m-nitUe should ' draw up the proposed petition , that the country might see the arguments fer the impeachment , and that they report to-morrow morning . Mr _Fussbll suggested that public meetings _aho-ultl be held for the purpose . Mr Adams seconded the amendment . Mr Cuffay moved that tho veto of yesterday be rescinded .

      The amendment having be ? n seconded , the vote was put , when Mr Wheeler ' s motion-was carried by 1-1 to 12 . MEETINGS IS THE COUNTRY / . Mr Harney and other gentlemen reported from Nottingham , Sutton-in-Ashfteld , and _Darfield ( near Carlisle ) , and Oldham , stating that meetings had been held and resolutions carried to support the Con * vention .

      THE SIMOLTABF . OUS KEI-. _TINGSi ' Mr _HAUf-ar stated that msmy persons ' _. in the _Posi Office who refused to take blunderbusses' into _theii hands , had been deprived of their situations , and that a _great number of other persons- ' throughout London had been sworn in as special constables only to save their situations for fear of _starvation—thongfc their hearts were with the Chartists j and if it had been intended to have a revolution en that _dayCwhicb it never was ) those men would havo been found on

      the side of tbe people . Tbe speaker then moved , m order to be prepared for the rejection oftho petition , that delegates be sent to various parts ofthe country to prepare the people foT thesimultaneons meetings to be held on Good Friday fov the election of tbo National Assembly , which would bo called to gether if the prayer of the National Petition was not _gr-anltd , a committee WwR . appointed to select the delegates and the districts to ivhich they shotd _* be sent .

      Mr M'Cahthy seconded the motien . Several delegates having spoken in favour of the motion , in tho course cf whioh . Mr _A » AM 3 said that it was _^ clear , from what the Marquis of Landsdowno said * that the government did not intend to put down the Conveation ; thafc thej dare not , though they had declared it to be illegal . . ¦ . . Upon this two or three delogates rose to protest xiaimi nueli language of _bi-avado , as uncalled for and unnecessary . Mr _Sm-assoN moved that no such _committco be _iippmnlid , na tho _deirs . V . _es hadenlv bpen sent to London ( or a special object—that of presenting the . . _HMftfCSwfcGvR

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 15, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15041848/page/7/