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      Men 18, 1848 . - ^ Th1 - Northerns? Aft....

      men 18 , 1848 . - _^ TH 1 - NORTHERNS ? Aft . . _ - f 3 rJ _$

      L:\Li-Uittai\T Inotice. P £ Sch Branch S...

      l : \ _li-UitTAI \ T iNOTICE . P £ sCh Branch Secretary of the National _^ _jnd Company has received -with the balance sheet , one of the usual quarterly return gh _eete * hut instead of returning thereon the payments for the quarter ending March 25 th , l _& iS , they must enter , alphabetically , the _^ _ames of all members of their respective bnmcnes , without reference to Sections , with _jljg total amount paid by each from the _commencement of the Company until the 2 oth

      _^ snt , distinguishing Land Fund from the _-gspense Fund . Secretaries requiring more p . per than the sheet sent from the office , will provide themselves with it , and rule it similar to the printed sheet . Each return must set fort h , in irriting , that it is made out from the c _ommencement to the : 25 th inst . The Director s hope that each Secretary will promptly p erform this duty , and that the returns will f , e sent as soon after the 25 th of March as possible .

      The Sleaford Case. In This Case, The Gra...

      THE SLEAFORD CASE . In this case , the Grand Jury have thrown cu t the Bill . In next week ' s _"Stak" we will allude further to their conduct , and the steps taken to p rocure justice- We doubt not but this case will be brought before the House of Commons .

      The Executive Committee To The Chartists...

      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE _UNITED KINGDOM .

      Beothes , — The _gloriou * achievement efthe noble inhabitants of the French capital , has carried consternatioB into the ranks of the enemies of _democracv ia every land , and in none more than in this island of ours , which _stwunds in slavery and despotism . Fear , the invariable accompaniment of tyranny , _fcas now seized upon thoso who have usurped the goTeramen * al functions ofthe country , and as their weakness ought to be converted int 9 a source of po . pillar strength , the Executive Committee feel it to ba their duty to appeal to you to come st once to their aid , and enable them to make the Chartist movement a great Jiving reality ! To make it what it _ought to be , and what it must _be-rthe master idea of this age and country ! The Executive Committee have convened a

      National Convention , to be held in London , on Monday , April 3 rd , 1848 . The names of the towns and districts , which are to bs represented in the Convention , have alread y been published , and it is hoped that the elections vrill be proceeded with in accordance with the instructions given in a former notice . The Executive Committee have resolved thatthe _Kstienal Petition , as the will of the sovereign people , shall be presented on the 10 th of April , and that Each petition shall be accompanied to the door of t & _e'Honse of Commons , by an Immense _concgnrse of the people of this metropolis , wbo * r ? iil form an excellent guard of the National Register . The Exeentire Committee wish to _convert the presentation

      ot tha petition into a demonstration ef national _grmpatby , and with such Tiew it ia their intention to Sp are do pains io make such a . display of strength S 5 will make the cause respected . In order that the Executive may be able effectually to carry out their design they are compelled te appeal to you to provide them with the requisite means . They make th _* 3 appeal with ihe raore confidence , a 3 they are _sssored of yonr patrio'jsni , and havetheutmost reliance on it . " They know you . will preserve unsullied the honour of your cause , and at no time was it so essential that the dignity of its greatness should be developed to this nation as the present . Let ns . then , make the grandeur of this occasion vie in sublimity with _, tie moral greatness of the cause , which it is meant to subserve .

      All subscript ! .-n 3 for the National Demonstration _runsi be immediately sent to this office , addressed to ThoiBB 3 Clark , from whom all _infermation can bs obtained . By Order of the Executive Committee , _Christotheb Dotie , Sec . OSce _, IU , High . Holborn , London .

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      Ouihiir.—At The Weekly Meeting Of The Ol...

      _OuiHiir . —At the weekly _meeting of the Oldham branch of the National Land Company the following resolutions were carried unanimously : — ' That six shillings be sent to aid Mrs W _. Jones in _commencing some business , whereby she may obtain a comfortable livelihood . ' That five , shillings be sent to Mr T . 3 d . Wheel ? " , to aid the individuals who haTe bad losses in the cattle on O'Connorville . ' 'That the members ef tbis branch recommend all other branches to _contribute their mite without delay . ' Truro . —The Land members of this branch , in a _meetirg at Edward _Tresenzsr ' s , Pydar street , Truro , en Monday night . March 13 th . resolved to form a Chartist _associatien . A goodly number * were enrolled . Officers were eleeled .

      _Lrscois . —At a meeting of this branch of tbe Land Company it was resolved that a tea paTty be held on Monday , March 20 th , to celebrate the triumph of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P .. retaining his seat in parliament , and also the glorious victory of our French brethren . At the close of the meeting , a working man , a member of the Land Company _, handed £ 50 to the secretary , to be placed in the Land snd _Labour Bank , stating , he hoped that would be an example to other members to help the branch in every possible way , as , by so doing , they would help themselves . _Ashtos-tjxdep . Ltse . —At themeeting of the members of the Land Company , on Sunday last , it was resolved to send ten _shiIliBg 3 to the allottees of O'Connorville , and one pound _toward-i defraying Mr _M'Doall _' _us election expenses .

      Padiham . — The members of ihe Power-loom "Weavers' Association held their quarterly meetins on Tuesday , Feb 23 th , in the Odd Fellows' Hall _. _when a resolution was passed , * Thai ths money _belonging to the Society bs sent to the National Land and Labour Bank . ' On the 28 th of Mareh the committee frill forward the sum of £ 100 to the above b 3 nk . _Abf-sdees —The quarterly meeting of this branch cf the National Land Com ? any was held in the Union Hall , Blackfriars-street _, on Monday , March 6 th . Mr George M'Intosh , jun ., in the chair . After Eome . pecuniary business the following were duly elected officers ofthe locality : —Mr George M'Intosh ,

      Jan ., president , re-elected ; Hugh Bryce , vies-president ; "William Porter , treasurer , re-elected ; Robert Sofcertson , sub-secretary . Committee . —James Gilbert , James Maxwell , Robert Reid , Alex . Nicol , Thomas Thaw . Resolved , — ' That circulars be sent to all those members whe are in arreara with their local expenses to come and settle the same . ' * That tais _meetingis of opinion that Scotland is not fairly represented in Conference , and , there'bre , request that none ba allowed to vote for a delegate to the first Cer . ference but these who have actually paid up their entry money tor the first quarter . * No counter motion beine brought forward . The Chairman declared it carried . Resolved . — ' That there be a

      genera ! meeting of the shareholders of this branch on the first Monday of every month . Some subscriptions were then made for the Sleaford Case and the O'Connor Delenee Fund ; the meeting then dis-5 Dived . _Sheftteijj . —Atthe usual meeting of the meuib ? rs of the Land Company , the question of' How caD the _People ' s Bank ba best forwarded / was _gane into ; ¦ when , on the motion of Mr Richardson , seconded by Mr Goddard , the following resolution was unanimously agreed te : — 'That the Directors be respectfully requested , without delay , to issue _ajlarge qnantitv of tracts upon the subject , and that the various

      branches be called upon to aid and assist in their dissemination , believing as we do . that the time has arrived when some such step is importunately reeded ; and farther , we are of opinion , that much larger sums of money would be forthcoming were some such step 3 taken as above described . ' The _comru'tlee respectfully request that persons holding collecting books for Mr O'Connor's defence , will bring them in next Monday night . Persons holding petition sheets , are likewise requested to forward them directly , as the time is drawing near when they will have to ba forwarded . By order of the Council , George _Catol .

      Me Philip M'Gbath Will Deliver A Lecture...

      Me Philip M'Gbath will deliver a lecture at the Assembly-rooms . 83 , Dean-street . Soho , on Sunday evening next , March 19 b , at half-past seven o ' clock precisely . Subject : — ' Ireland tefore and after the Union . '—On the same evening will be discussed the question : — ' Should paid up members of the Land Company , form Redemption Societies . ' Halifax . — Mr Clissett will lecture in the Working Man ' s Ball , on Sunday , Mareh 19 th , at six o ' clock in the evening . _Tablet . —Mr Shackleton will lecture at this place on _Sundav , March 19 th , at six o ' clock in the evening .

      South _Losdom Chartist Hail . — The subscribers atthe above _placj for the defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament , will please to attend between the hours of six and seven , on Sunday evening , March 19 th , for the purpose of determining to what use the funds in the treasurer's hands shall be applied . S purs Lorao . _f _CEisnsr Hall . — Mr O'Brien * iii lecture on Sundav evening next , March 19 _i . at eight o ' clock . Subject : — 'The French Revolution .

      Lihehouse . —Bbukswick Halt ,. — The members ° * this locality , are requested to attend a general _Seetinj , on Monday , March 30 th . at eight o'clock , _O - business of importance .

      Great Meeting On K&Nn1ngton Common. The ...

      GREAT MEETING ON K _& NN 1 NGTON COMMON . The meeting at Trafalgar . square having been adjourned to Kennington-common , on Mouday , according at the fixed period , dense masses were seen wending their way to the place of gathering and long before the appointed hour , an imm ense assemblage had congregated . The Times estimates the numbers present at 15 , 000 , but there conld not have been less than 20 , 000 present . There would have been five times that number on the ground , had the London Chartists generally attended-but , the meeting having been called by neither the Executive nor the Metropolitan Delegate Council , they were almost entirely absent . Nevertheless the panic that seems to have possessed the government is amusing and significant . The Metropolitan and _? Ci ; v

      police were all called out , and nearly 4 , 000 ' men concentrated around Kennington-common , leaving the rest of London to itself . One hundred police spies in plain clothes mixed with the meeting , and eighty mounted policemen , armed with sabres and pistols , continually rode round the Common . The troops were kept under arms all day . A circular was addressed to the gunsmiths of London , requesting them to unscrew the barrels of ail the fire-arms in their possession ; as also to all oilmen not to sell any powder or shot , which the shopkeepers in question agreed to . Spscial constables were sworn in in all directions , but these gentlemen looked remarkably white on the occasion ; and the absurd and contemptible preparations of the government excited a great deal of merriment among the meeting , particularly when it was known that a body of police were concealed in the adjoining church .

      About one o clock , on the motion of Mr Dixon ( Director ofthe Land Company ) , Mr Reynolds was called to the chair , a tri-colour waving from the hustings . The Chairuax said , after exhorting the meeting io-preserve peace and order : —Bribe daily and weekly papers they had been designated as * a mob , ' as ' rifraff , ' and ' ruffians , * but he called upon them to exhibit , in answer to those insults , au aspect of proud defiance . It was impossible that 12 , 000 or 15 , 000 men could assemble without bad characters mixing among them , but it was a most dishonest thing on the part of public journalists to dare to stigmatise the working classes as had been done .

      The aristocracy at present treated them as a mob , the rabble , and thought nothing of them . Let them look at Earl Fitzhardmge _' s meddling with the representation of West Gloucestershire , and Sir G . Grey's attempt to stifle inquiry on that subject because a peer of the realm was affected thereby . Let them look at the great noblemen , three of whom held nearly the whole of London as their property , and who enjoyed a revenue of hundreds of thousands a year . Let them look at the Sovereign , with her £ 400 , 000 per annum , when , the President of the United States did the same work for £ 5 , 000 . The Executive of this country cost each year £ 1 , 000 , 000 sterling , while the American Executive did net cost

      £ 100 , 000 sterling . So , a g ain , the late French ambassador in this country , the Count de St Aulaire , had £ 15 o 000 , but now the new Republican Charge d _' _Auaires discharged the same duties for _£ 400 per annum . To take a few snore cases , about . £ 150 , 000 hadbeen spentinembellishingthemansion atPimlico , because the Royal children could not exist in nursery rooms only 14 feet high , and yet whole families were at present herded together in the dens and cellars of the metropolis , for whose miserable plight no pity was felt by the government and no money expended . He did not object to the Royal family being properly lodged , but he complained of the excessive

      expenditure , snd stated that application was to be made to Parliament for a grant to build Her Majesty a new palace , had not the French revolution broken out . Then the state gave £ 100 , 000 a year to the Queen Dowager—a foreign woman , who had no sympathy with the people of this country , and who spent all this money abroad , at Madeira or elsewhere . Prince Albert , too , had £ 30 , 000 per annum out of the country . Besides lhat , he had £ 12 , 000 or £ 14 , 000 more as field-marshal , though he had never seen a shot fired in his life , and could scarcely even be said to have played at soldiers . This costly Royalty must be cut down .

      Mr Williams moved the first resolution for the People ' s Charter . His speech embraced the same topics as that of the Chairman . Mr John Clark seconded the resolution , which was supported by Mr Thomas Clark of the Executive , who was loudly cheered , followed . Mr Ernest Jones , amid great applause , was then called to speak to the resolution , and said—He was not surprised to see so large a meeting , for Sir George Grey had beea helping them—he had placarded the meeting , and thus given it additional publicity . Thus every effort to resist them turned but to their advantage . ( Cheers . ) The placard

      further said , p rocessions at unseasonable hours were forbidden .- government were cautious—they had left themselves a loophole for retreat , in case they were beaten . He ( Mr Jones ) would tell them when it was an unseasonable hour : it was unseasonable when they had 1 , 000 men ; it was always quite seasonable if they had 100 , 000 . ( Hear , hear . ) He hid just returned from Paris , where be had seen the noblest sight of earth—a free people—and he was proud to stand under that tricolour . But he would like to see it altered—he would like to see in it the Chartist green . ( Loud cheers . ) It was now time to raise that gallant flag once more—and we might greet it with cries kindred to those that

      swelled amid the folds of the Gallic tricolour , The French cried , ' Down with Guizot 1 ' and that , when translated in plain English , was ' Down witb Russell ! ' The French cried , ' Down with the system !' That , in English , was nothing less than 'Down with class legislation ! ' The French cried , ' Up with reform ! ' Tbat , in English , meant'The Charter , and No Surrender ! ( Loud cheers !) He knew by the government programme that 100 police spies were in the meeting . ( Groans ) He hoped they'd tell everv word they heard , and say farther , that

      the people despised Lord John Russell and his government , laughed at his physical force demonstratiuns , and were determined to have the Charter , without asking the leave of either Whig or Tory . ( Loud applause . ) He saw the mounted police with loaded firearms , prowling like baffled wolves around the meeting—and he dared them to disturb its majestic order . The police were , as one of the papers had said , the cause of all the disturbances , and it was now the people who were keeping them in order-( Hear , and cheers . ) The neighbouring church wns full nf them . At last the law-church had found

      its proper level . Like to like ! The plundering parson and the brutal policemen . There was a congregation worthy ofthe preacher . ( Loud cheers ) There were the specials too—terrible fellows , who turned white as sheets if three boys with one orange appeared at the cerner of the street . There was the army , too—gallant fellows , who had learned their duty frem the soldiers of France , Italy , and Bavaria . ( Continued applause . ) Who fears , then , to talk of the Charter ? Who _foars to tell the privileged classes they are knaves , fools , and powerless

      atsms ? We'll tell tbem so—and act npto it—but wemu 3 thave no desultory meetings— no splitting of forces . I am glad ofthe accession of Mr Reynolds , but before he or Mr Cochrane call another meeting , they had best confer with the Executive , and thus have the support of Chartism . We must have no sectional movement—we must all march as one body for one object—and thus be guided by that truly de ' mocratic authority , the National Convention , which , by representing all Democrats gives all fair play . ( Loud cheers . ) Had this been done in this instance , the London Chartists would have been here to day ,

      and instead of 20 . 000 there would have been 100 000 stalwart men upon the Common . ( Hear , bear , and cheers . ) Meanwhile , my friends ! whoever you be , I exhort you to maintain peace and order . Tour enemies are hired to disturb our meetings—your enemies have tried to injure you , by committing outrage and charging it on jou—refute them by your conduct . Remember , the republicans of France broke something more worth breaking than lamps—they broke a rotten throne . ( Continued cheering . ) Thus calumny shall fall powerless from us—while even the old objection of ' non-education' must soen cease , school

      for the government have set up anew national . Thev " h 3 ve began by teaching the alphabet : police divisions A , B , C . D , E . F .- { Roars of laughter and loud cheers . ) We'll learn our political alphabet from their collars , and the word we'll spell shall be the Charter . ( Rapturous cheers . ) The speaker then called on his _heawrf * not to lose their zeal or the proud confidence in their own strength , inese meetings were but the drill , and when the Convention met , step by step , they should march to victory . The resolution forthe People's Charter was then put and _nassed with thundering acclamations , every hand in that gigantic meeting being raised . _

      Mr _DixoKrose to move the following _rao »™» - and was loudly cheered . _Hesaid , the resolution which had been put into his hands , was one which he per fectly agreed with , but before he made any comment upon it , he would read it for tkem-it read as follows : — That this meeting calls upon the government to give that protection to labour which would secure to the industrious _clasies a ' fair day ' s wage * for a fair day

      Great Meeting On K&Nn1ngton Common. The ...

      work , ' and to provide employment for every man who wag willing to work . ( Cheers . ) Mr Dixon said—for the last twenty years he had been struggling for protection for labour . It had been an every day dish with him , and he held that if the government of this , or any other _country had one duty more imperative than another , it was the duty of seeing that the people's labour was employed upon the natural resources ofthe country , and at the same time to take care that the proceeds arising therefrom shall be distributed in such a way , that the labourer shall be paid his full quota , which the resolution says is a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work . ( Cheers . ) But the question is now , wbat constitutes ' a fair day ' s wageB . ' He ( Mr Dixon ) considered it was neither 3 s ., nor 4 s ., nor 10 s . per day ; in fact ,

      it was a question whicn could not be settled by pounds , shillings , and pence . In his opinion , a fair day ' s wages waa plenty of bread , butter , cheese , beef , eggs , milk , clothing , furniture , bedding , a . well ventilated cottage , in fact , every thing which his physical wants required . And a fair day's work by the decrees of nature was , as much labour as was conducive to health and longevity ; and leisure to cultivate those vast powers ot mind and intellect with wbich his Creator had biessed man , so that by the uniting the powers of body and mind , he mis-tit speedily enter the true millenium , and be enabled to enjoy the greatest amount of physical comforts for the smallest amount of physical outlay . ( Cheers ) He then contended that the government _mutst , sooner or later , if th .-. y wished to prevent a fearful convulsion in this country , do what the resolution recommended—find a labour field for those who where _fralkins the streets

      in unwilling idleness . This , he contended , was the imperative duty ef government ; if tbe spian _^ r lost his wheel handles—if the weaver his picking stickby improvements of machinery on Saturday night , they should find him work on Monday morning , or give him the means of subsisting until they did provide for him labour , whereby he might support his family ns an independent _Engliahworkman ought . But , said Mr Dixon , thia can norer be expected frem a class parliament . If you are desirous ef having justice done to the toiling millions , you must unite heart and soul for the glorious Charter of our liberties . ( Cheers . ) He then shewed , in a clear and unmis takeable manner , that there was one law for the rich and another for the poor . He instanced railways , dsc ., and shewed thst in the railway bills every protection was given to land and capital , and compensation awarded to _thelandlordandm' /' i ' _wiaiVeforall the

      loss they might _subtain ; but that so far as the working man was concerned , his labour , his only capitalmightbe taken away . . But in the railway bill , there was no compensation for him . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He then concluded by entreating ot the people to unite for the purpose of producing such a public opinion in favour of the Charter , that government dare not longer withhold it from the people , and moving the resolution , resumed his seat amid rapturous cheering . Mr _M'Gkath seconded the motion . He said , he considered it to be the highest vocation of government to provide remunerative employment for the people . A fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work was an irrefutable princip le of justice , and to work it ont efficiently was the function 6 f every government

      desirous of being a blessing to the people . ( Hear , hear . ) The government that could not effect this was a feeble one—the government tbat would not do it was a dishonest one , ( Cheers . ) It had been said , OTer and over again , tbat the purpose of government was to protect life and property . He had no objection to this definition of government duty , and , therefore , he considered that labour was entitled to all the protection which a wise legislature could award . ( Hear . ) Labour was the convertible property of the millions—the skill of the head and the hands was the commodity which the working man exchanged for food , raiment , and lodging ; and , consequently , they should not only have secured to them the most unrestricted sphere of actlon _. but circumstances should be brought into existence which

      would secure for them a just reward . The creation of these circumstances he considered the legitimate province of legislation . We were told that property was protected in this country ; but what protection had the working man ' s property ?—myriads of whem at the _present time could not exchange a day ' s labour for a day ' s food . ( Hear , hear . ) The enormous plunder which the present system enables fund lords , profit-lords , and landlords , to secure from labour may be judged from this fact : six hundred millions ' worth of property are annually produced in this country , four-fifth 3 of which are appropriated by onefifth of the community ; while the four-fifths who create this vast ma ? a of wealth are left to pine in penury upon one-fifth of the produce of their own hands . ( Cheers . ) These are the baleful results of

      those inhuman principles of political economy which fix the relations of labour and capital in this country . ( Hear , bear . ) This state of things should no longer be tolerated . The time had arrived when determined millions should demand jastica at fhe hands of parliament , and explode those monstrous principles , which work only to aggrandise the few and abuse the many . ( Cheers . ) Look at Francegreat , glorious , and free ! See the boons that Republicanism is already securing her ! The first object of the present French government is the weal of labour ; it does not leave the employment of the people dependant on the working of Adam Smith ' s principles , but at once opens national workshopsthose of Paris alone employing forty thousand

      workers . ( Cheers . ) That is a foretaste ofthe grand ultimatum which this glorioua Republic is destined to realise . ( Hear . ) All honour to the glorious Parisians , who have so nobly begun the work of the world ' s redemption , and may the splendour of their success light the oppressed ef the world to the goal of liberty and happiness . ( Cheers . ) You , gentlemen , like the French , must possess yoar rights to redress your social wrongs . Now or never is the time to strike the great moral blow for freedom ! ( Cheers . ) The stern demand of five millions of Britons for liberty must be made within tho next three weeks , and who or what is the power in this country that has temerity enough to refuse them justice ? The metropolis never witnessed such a demonstration as we sha 1 exhibit on this Common

      on the day of presenting the National Petition for tbe Charter . ( Cheers . ) He was sanguine enough to expect at least one quarter of a _millim of the men of London to take the prayer of tho nation to the door of the House of Commons —( cheers)—and should the prayers ofthe oppressed be treated as heretofore with contempt , bythe misnamed House of Commons , then they would find that other courses would be defined , which , if pursued with courage and vigour , would lead to that goal where no tyrant dare trample or slave dare serve . ( L"ud cheers . ) A vote of thanks was then moved to the chairman , and the immense assemblage separated in the most perfect order . The government were for the time relieved from their terrors , and the * specials began to look a shade less white .

      Meetings Of The Scotch Miners. Aibdrie.—...

      MEETINGS OF THE SCOTCH MINERS . Aibdrie . —The colliers and miners of thi 3 district have held immense _meetipgs , characterised by exemplary order . A great meeting was held at Whiff let Bridge , which was adjourned to another called at Airdrie the same evening , in % large hall in Stirling-street . At this meeting , which was imposing in its numbers , a miner , named Lees , delivered an admirable address , of about an hour ' s duration , maintaining that all their social evils were owing to political inequalities ; and from the history of France

      sixty years ago , he bade the aristocracy and _ the capitalists take warning in time . He was no friend to outrage or violence ; but when that spirit did break out among the population , it showed to the wealthy on what a treacherous foundation their security rested . To illustrate the condition ofthe colliers and miners , he mentioned that the wage 3 at present only amounted to from 2 _i . 2 d . to 2 s . 4 d . a day , being about lis . per week ; and out of that they had to pay at least 3 d . per week for sharpening tbeir _ph-kaxes . If an energetic demonstration was made by them , he had no doubt they __ would be able to effeefc an improvement in their condition . # __ The greatest alarm prevails among the authorities , and other meetings are to beheld .

      Pehshorb.—On Wednesday, Tha 22nd Iast., ...

      Pehshorb . —On Wednesday , tha 22 nd iast ., a public tea meeting will be held in the Temperance nail , in tbis town , in consequence of Price and Davis _, two successful allottees , taking possession ot their estates , at Minster Lovel , on the 27 th inst . Mr Christopher Doyle , one of tbe directors of the Land Company , will deliver an address on the ' Peop le s Charter and the Land , ' after whieh , the National Petition will be proposed for the adoption of the meeting . _. Manchester . —A South Lancashire meeting oj delegates from the following localities met at *» hittaker ' s , on Sunday , March 12 th . J . Sutton in tbe chair : —Manchester , Bury , Bolton , Oldham Heywood , Stockport , _Middleton , Rochdale , Hyde . The following resolutions were passed ;—* That a letter of explanation go to Hvde . ' ' That the minutes be confirmed . ' ' That the Directors of the Land

      Company be requested not to place persons belonging to country branches on the Office List , and that the delegates to next Conference pass a law to prevent its _continoance . ' That we hold a great _campmeeting next Sunday , March 10 th . at Oldham Edge . Chair to be taken at twelve o ' elook the followini _* gentlemen to be invited -. —Messrs O'Connor . O'lliggins , Leach , Roberts , Mitchel , Martin , Meagher , and Smith O'Brien . ' _« That the Observation Committee be ten , in future , and shall consist of Itbe following : Messrs Leach , Rankin , Donovan , Gutridge , Clarke / Grundy , Nuttall , Whittaker , Tiffany , O'flen , and tbey shall publish an address in the Stab . ' That this meeting stands adjourned till next Sunday morning , at ten o'clock , delegates to meet in the Working Man ' s Hall , Oldham . ' John Sutton chairman ; J . O'Heasecretary .

      , _BixsTos . —A public supper will take place at Mr Linney ' s , on Monday _evening next , March 20 th , in honour of Richard Jones ' s departure for Minster Lovel .

      Great Public Meeting Of The Chartists Of...

      GREAT PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CHARTISTS OF _SOUTHWARD A public meeting was held on Monday evening , March 13 th , at the South London Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road , to consider the present position of affairs , and to point oHt a remedy for thc prevailing distress existing amongst the operatives ; and , notwithstanding the wetness of the evening , the meeting- was most numerously attended . Mr Edmund Stallwood was unanimously called to the chair , and in a speech that was received with great applause , pointed to the numerous bands of operatives who had been out of employ for the

      last four months , aad the immense mass of human beings who were not employed half their time , and whose remuneration when employed was most miserable—traced this destitution to class legislation , and pointed out the People ' s Charter as the means of abolishing its evils—recommended great retrenchments in the salaries oi ' ministers of State , ' judges , and other officers in both Church and State , and the employment of the present surplus hands in the labour market on the lands at present in possession of government ; here ( then , is the raw material , the labour , and the capital required in working it . ( Rapturous eheering . )

      Mr Thomas Clark , in coming forward to move the first resolution , was greatly applauded , and said ) he was amazed and quite shocked at their chairman , who bad asked the very impious _question , whether they could not do without bishops—( _laughteray , and even went so far as to intimate that those holy men , who preach every Sunday —( roars of laughter)—could exist upon less ihan £ 10 , 000 per annum , and yet perform such herculean feats in the way of mental labour 1 why , this was rank blasphemy ! ( Continued laughter . ) And then your

      chairman s allusions to persons who stand high in the State was equally dreadful . ( Laughter . ) To think that that very excellent , good , and fine prince —the husband of our virtuous Queen—the very experienced Field-Marshal , Prince Albert —( much laughter)—the inventor of military hats , which were worn with so much grace on heads of so much utility —( roars of laughter)—to think that such a very useful , ornamental being as this , was not worth JG 30 _. 000 per annum , was preposterous ! ( Roars of ( laughter)—the resolution he was about to move was as follows : —

      That this meeting , deeply moved by the privations and ' sufferings of the great body of the people , and tracing tho evils ond oppressions which ! _filict tbe industrial boily to partial and unjust _legislation , do hereby pledge themselves to use every constitutional means to procure the legal enactment of the _People ' s Charter , being the only m : nno of securing to the working man a . lair proportion of tho national wealth . He found the provisional government of France bad proclaimed Universal Suffrage , and by declaring that every man of twenty-five years of age should be deemed qualified to be elected , had abolished the Property Qualification . They had also adopted the principle of Equal Electoral districts , and Voting by

      Ballot , and the Payment of Members for their services ; in fact , they had adopted the Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) The Times , and other daily and weekly journals , bad declared the provisional government of Fiance , to be composed of' enlightened ' men ; then- would it not be wise in the people of England to adopt the policy and politics of these ' enlightened men ? ' He dared say , if they asked their parliament—those disinterested men who gave their services for nothing —( laughter)—that they would grant them ,. particularly if you showed five million units of moral power backing up your request . ( Great applause . ) He was sorry to hearMr Stallwood say that Lord John Russell was

      ill—( laughter ) — because Lord John was such a constitutional man , and would be so happy to grant their constitutional request , —( laughter , )—that was to say when he could not help it . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution declared that class legislation was the cause of the miseries of the people , in which he entirely concurred ; and he was happy to find that the shopkeepers and middle classes generally were becoming tired of excessive _taxation , and , like us , they wanted a change , —( loud cheers , )—and they might rely on it that when public opinion is properly roused , the change sought for will be enforced .

      ( Loud cheers . ) The people of Paris had trampled a tyrant's throne into dust . Now what he should like to see in England was , that badlaws should be trampled under feet , and a good constitution , that should embrace the whole people , be put up instead of those bad laws . He trusted that all present would become members of the National Charter Association , and resolve , b y unity of action , to work out the desired change ; then let their watchword be ' Agitate ! agitate ! agitate ! ' and our firm resolve be , that if there is no comfort in the cottage there shall be no peace in the castle . ( Tremerdous cheeiing . )

      Mr William Dixon , in seconding the resolution , said , Lord John Russell had declared ' that the people of France had a right to choose whatever form of government tbey pleased , then surely by a parity of reasoning , the people of England must have the same right . ( Loud cheers . ) The question had frequently been asked , what changes would take place supposing the People's Charter to become law ? His reply was , just such changes as the great body of the people demanded ; and , of course , that deipaud would be governed by the intelligence they possessed . ( Loud cheers . ) It had been said that under Universal Suffrage , the Monarchy and the Church would be destroyed , and that those

      institutions were essential to the well-being and happiness of the people ; uow if this were so he was quite sure they would . not be destroyed , —( loud cheers , )—but if , on tbe contrary , ' it should be found that they acted detrimentally to the interest and well-being of the people , why the sooner they-were destroyed the better . ( Hear , hear . ) He had been told that the middle classfa had this morning been sworn in as special constables , —( groans , )—now he was about to show that this very class had an interest in the wellbeing of the working classes ; he knew that they too often fawned , _bswed _, and cringed to those whom they deemed their superiors in wealth , but it not unfrequently happened that these people failed , and

      the middle-classman was thus ruined , — - ( hear , hear , ) but the working man , to whom they did not . at all tiroes pay that lespect that was so eminently due to the creators and producers of all wealth , —( cheers , ) he did not fail . No , he supported the shopkeeper with his ready money , and the more employment and better wages he got , the more he had to spend with the shopkeeper ; and hence , it was at once the duty and interest of the shopkeepers and middle classes , to aid and assist the working classes in obtaining their just rights . ( Great applause . ) Perhaps the middle classes were alarmed , but they should learn to discriminate between the honest Chartist , and that unfortunate class , the thieves who

      infested London in such numbers—( hear , hear )—let them learn that whilst the Chartists were firmly resolved on obtaining liberty that they respected property , and would protect it . ( Great applause , ) From Colonel Sibthorp up to Sir Kobert Peel , all admitted the abstract right of the People ' s Charter . ( Hear , hear . ) Oh , but the people were not prepared , this was not the time . ( Laughter . ) Such was the answer given to the gallant Cartwrightsuch to the noble Hunt , on the field of Peterloosuch to the brave men of the north , when thej . threw down the loom and tbe shuttle , and declared to work no more until the Charter was obtainedsuch was the answer given on all occasions when

      the people sought their just rights . ( Hear , hear . ) And such ever would be the answer until the people were prepared to declare this is the time , the very time . ( Thunders of applause . ) If there were any of the electoral body present , just let him tell them they did not hold the franchise by virtue of their intelligence , but simply because they happened to be the occupants of ten-pound houses ; and he trusted they were now ashamed of such a state of things , and would come forward and dcelare with us , that they will have the Suffrage in virtue of their manhood . ( Great applause . ) Then courage , wisdom , and energy , and the battle ' s won . ( Loud and long continued applause . ) The resolution was then carried unanimously .

      Mr John Fussell rose to move the following resolution;—That thi 9 _meeting are of opinion , that the time has arrived when the people should prepare to _discass tbofto social arrangements , which must ultimately displace our worn-out and corrupt anomalies , this meeting being impressed with a firm conviction , _tVnt social _advantage must follow political change . He said if the people would only reflect and act , they might prevent a bloody convulsion . He told

      the aristocracy and monarchy , that they never could consider themselves _» afe , so long as the social condition of the people was so bad . ( Hear , hear . ) In alluding to the infamous mal-practices of poorhouses , there w ? . s an aphorism abroad , that' Nine ' & Uor 3 make a mm ; ' but he found amongst the clergy , the maxim was reversed , for with them _< One bishop made eleven parsons , ' and held those livings , and of course preached in eleven different to vns at one and the same time . ( Loud laughter . )

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      He did hope that the people had now resolved to take such steps as should at once put down those Crying evils , those black spots in our political and social code . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr _Roesus seconded thp resolution , which was put , and carried uuanimously . Mr Philif M'Gkath came forward amidst loud cheering , to move the adoption of a petition complaining of the distress that pervades the operatives of the United Kingdom , and asserting class legislation to be the cause of the distress , the Charter the means to an end , demanding great retrenchment in our national expenditure , and employment for the surplus labourer on the land now in the

      hands of the government . ( The reading of the petition was received with great applause . ) Mr M'Grath said this petition very properly alludes to the unprecedented distress existing amongst the operatives of this countiy —( hear , hear)—and it equally properly showed that that distress prevailed because the bulk of the operatives had no voice in making the laws by which they were governed . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought we should now show the necessity of adopting the principles of the People ' s Charter , as Lord John Russell had admitted the justness of the principles in the abstract , but refused to put them in practice , as it was not the time . Guizot had said the same thing to that

      crownless , thronelessvagabond , Louis Philippe ; but the brave Parisians had thought different , and had wrested ihe sceptrej from the hands of the monarch , obtained the rights of man , and long might they keep them . ( Thunders of applause . ) In the last days of the monarchy , the people of Paris were like the people of London , walking about , having no employment ; but now the Republic shone on them , and the first act of the provisional government was to establish national workshops . ( Loud cheers . ) He trusted they would adopt the petition he had the honour to move . All

      public meetings would do well to adopt a similar petition ; let it he signed by _the chairman , and forwarded to the members for the borough aud county for presentation ; at the same time , let them get as many signatures as possible to the National Petition ; and on the 17 th day of April he hoped to see a monster meeting on Kennington Common , —a car drawn by four horses , surmounted by the National Petition , wiih its five millions of signatures , —and that two hundred thousand persons would be in _at-, tendance to follow it through the streets of the city of London to its destination at the House of Commous . ( Tremendous cheering . )

      Mr Fuzzen , in a forcible speech , seconded the adoption of the petition , and after a few words from Capt . Atcherley , R . N ., it was carried unanimously amidst loud cheers . It wa 3 ordered to be transmitted to Sir William Molesworth for presentation . A vote of thanks , on the motion of Messrs Clark and Dixon , was given hy acclamation to the Chairman , who briefly acknowledged the compliment , and the meeting was dissolved .

      The Chartist Delegation To Paris. A Dens...

      THE CHARTIST DELEGATION TO PARIS . A denselv packed and most enthusiastic public meeting was held at the Literary and Scientific In-Btitution , John-street , _Tottenham-court-road , on Tuesday evening , March 14 -h , to hear the report of their mission from Messrs Ernest Jones and Philip M'Grath—G . J . Harney , the other delegate , being confined to a bed of sickness in Paris . Mr Jons Shaw was unanimously called to the chair . Ho said , they had met to receive the report of those delegates who wero eent to \ resent their _address congratulating the brave , heroic , and n _ible people of Paris , in gaining a glorious victory over tyranny , and their proclamation of a Republic , ( Loud cheers . ) The revolution had alarmed the Whigs and the Enslish aristocracy , and it was quite funny to see the Tories solacing and ' soothing the

      Whigs on the adhesion of the loyal coalwhippers . ( Laughter . ) AnothercircBmstance in these eventful days was theswearing in of the ' shopkeepers as specials—there was the Whitechapel loyal brigadesome of them were so proud of their office that they were swaggering about with their staff of office in their hands , swearing that they would put down the _ChartiBts , that they would , and at the moment when an alarm was given , they rushed to their yards of tape behind their counters . ( Roars of laughter . ) One of these gentlemen was so valiant that he rushed out , and with hia _biton and tho aid of Bacchus , broke his fellow special ' s arm . ( Roars of laughter . ) They would , he knew , keep the beat order during the evening . He now had tbe pleasure of introducing their very eloquent friend , Mr Ernest Jones . ( Great applause . )

      Mr Ernest Jombs , who was greeted with hearty cheering , and gave si graphic and inspiriting account of the state of Paris , the reception of the Chartist-Delegation and the _prosprctB and position of Democracy in France . He especially reluted the lnlee assertion of the TniKs rehtive to a hostile foiling towards tbe English workmen , explaining hoir local hostili y was to be accounted for by the en _?? _loyers having enticed Englishmen to form a _competitive labour _reserro against Fi each workmen . With reference to the discharge of servants in Paris , that was merely attributable to the fact of tho luxurious

      _aristocraey having been inspired with wholesome terror— they dared no _longer parade fat horses before a hungry people , and therefore they broke up their establishments , _ai _. d discharged their useless idlers in livery , | French as well as _English . ( Cheers . ) The speaker then alluded to the commercial crisis , and the charge brought by the London press against _Garnier-Pagta of having endangered public faith and credit . Not so—said he—they have prevented the swindling of the swindler—they have prevented ihe forestalling of the corn-thief , —the plundering ofthe stcck-jobber—they have indeed brought a panic over the funded robber , who speculates on great | calamities _, and ruins trade that ' usury may flourish . But the honest gains of tho trader are not injured—they are secured , improved—as all fair trade must gain by po

      pular prosperity . Look at Paris . The tradesmen are thriving—for those who used to be beggars in the streets are now purchasers in the shops , enriched not by robbery—but by being allowed to work for the good of all . ( Loud cheers . ) The speaker then illustrated tbo positive and immediate benefits which the change of institutions had caused in France—and thence drew the moral for England . The alarmists fear our progress—ho said—as they think we are seeking strife and bloodshed . ¦ On the contrary—we desire peace—we wish , by constitutional means to mend tho constitution;—if the Whigs won ' t act peaceably themselves—they must take the consequences . ( Loud cheers . ) But to as those who fear a tight in England—1 want to know what there is to fight against ? In France , indeed , government had

      a host of 1 , 000 . 000 armed officials , we have 12 , 000 sleepy placemen ; in France there was a regular force of 560 , 000 soldiers , in Paris alone 80 , 000 middle class guards—we call them specials here . —The National guard were brave troops , —the' specials' here tremble if the weathercock on one of their churches creaks with a French brerze . ( Laughter and cheers _, _fighting f There is no danger of _fifciHinf * in England . There ' s nothing to fight with—a man might as well fight with his own shadow . Let us review Lord John's forces . The number of troop 3 in Great Britain on the lit of January , 1818 , was 3 . oii cavalry , 4 , 421 foot guards , 20 , 535 troops of the line , 1 , 429 recruiting troops , and companies of regiments in India , niaktm * a ! tO ! _-etk ° i' 29 , 929 men to keep twenty millions of people in submission ( Loud applause . ) In

      Ireland on tho 1 st oi last January there were 3 , 248 cavalry , and 23 . 048 infantry , making together 20 , 296 , to koep eight millions of IrUhin misery . ( Protraoled cheering ) And as to you—men of London—thetola \ number of the polico force is 4 . 910 to watch over our » reat metropolitan cage of two millions , ( IsimeMse applause ' Thoy had 4 000 of these on Monday to take care of 20 , 000 of us—« o that the remainder of tha two millions had only 900 to pull their leading strings ; while the 4 , 000 guards were kept under arms—the guards!—sons and brothers of the people —champions of order , but not minions of misrule . ( _En'husiastio cheers ) Now , friends , I do not say this to excite you to violence—I merely say it to prove to the government how _peaceableijand constitutional we are—since , wero we not , we could have blown the whole system to atoms in an hour .

      Mr M'Graih , in rising to address the meeting , was loudly cheered . He had observed several interruptions during the speech of his c _^ _-missionary , Mr Jones , which were said to be occasioned by police spies . They Bhould be neither alarmed nor surprised at this . The reins of power were held by the driveling , treacherous Whigs , who considered pimps , informers , and _espionage , essential parts of the machinery ofgoyemment . ( Hear , hear . ) The corrupt Parliament votes annually a large sum ofthe public money under the suspicious title of secret service money . The expenditure of this sum is never accounted for . And why ? Because it would reveal atrocities that could not bear the light of day , ( Cheers . ) Out of this sum the pimp , the spy , and informer , are rewarded for watching , entrapping ,

      and persecuting the friends of the people . ( Rear . ) This secret service money , and thc vile purpose to which it is applied , are some of the damning sins which must habten the fall ofthe present system . Thenarative portion ofthe report , as delivered by Wr Jones , was so full as to leave little for bim to advance . They arrived in the metropolis of France just as the convulsion of revelution was subsiding inte quiescence . They found tho people exhilirated by their vietory , and armed to a man to protect their infant Republic , and to { reserve the peace and order of the city . He had seen many splendid spectacles aforetime . He had seen monarchs , legislators , and judges , surrounded with all that paraphernalia which is designed to give dignity to their bearing , but to his mind the sight ofa citice soldier immeasurably

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      transcends them all . ( Cheers . ) There i . _*« _^ _"a ble grandeur in the appearance of nn arm , - _^«* te ready to defend their liberties alike from loreu _, a * _tegression or internal usurpation . ( Cheers . ) tie would to heaven that every Englishman was orraei ? as are the French . ( Cheers . ) In such a ca _^ e the usurpers of their rights would think twice before they hazarded a contemituous rejection of their claim to justice . ( Loud cheers . ) Tbe _spt-aker then alluded to the magnificent procession got up in honour of the heroes wbo fell during the three glorious days . It was estimated that at least oue million of human _beings assembled to honour tbe funeral obsequies of those brave men who , at the precious price of their blond , purchased their country ';! freedom . ( Loud cheers ) This was but simple justice to thos ? nobles of the human race—for

      Oh ! if there be in this earthly sphere , An offering whieb Heaven hol £ _s dear'Tis the last libation wbich Liberty draws Frem _thojioart that _burBts and bleeds in her cause . ( Loud cheers . ) All honour to those noble spirits , whose courage hurled despotism to destruction . May their memories be cherished and revered by remotest posterity . ( Loud cheers . ) What is the moral which Englishmen should draw from thia great revolution ? What is the lesson to be learned from it ? The one is that a united people ia omnipo * tent . Tbe other that to be fiee a peopio has but to will it ; ( Cheers . ) Mr M'Grath detailed several circumstances connected with the interview of the deputation with the provisional government , showing the cordiality with which they were received ; the respect manifested towards them , and the homage paid to tbe principles of the People ' s Charter .

      ( Cheers . ) He then adverted to the subject of the forthcoming _Convention , and the prospects of success which were before the _perple . They should have a demonstration of a quarter ofa million to bear tha nation's prayer for justice to the door of tho House of Commons . ( Loud cheers ) Were they prepared for freedom ? ( Cries of * Te 3 _, yes , ' from all parts . ) Wore they resolved to have it ? ( 'Yes , yes . ') TheB , let them swear fidelity to one another . Swear by the love they bore their country . Swear in the presence of high heaven this night to wage incessant war with the corrupt _institutions of this land , till class dominance is sent on a pilgrimage with Louia Philippe , and the rights of man are based on their glorious Charter . ( Cheers . ) After some further observations upon the absolute necessity of union , energy , and action , Mr M'Grath concluded amid the warm and long-continued plaudits of tbo meeting .

      Mr _CvFPATthen moved , ar . d Mr _Fussill _seconded , the following resolution , which was supported by Mr Dixos in a very able speech . ' That the _moaepoly of political power which is _» _anctienedby tho laws of _England , i _» a flagrant usurpation of the rights of tha British people ; and this meeting , composed cbiifljr of the victims of this URj ' ust system of civil policy , do hereby solemnly covenant _nnn with the other , to resort to every available means _cocsistent with law to terminate speedil y this _yice-engepdeeino ststim ef misrule , and to establish thi political _rightB of the nation on the basis ofthe People ' s Charter . ' Mr J . _Elmslib _Donian spoke to the same resolution , and in the course of his address showed that the police were the authors of the riots in Trafalgarsquare , and read a very spirited poem which we propose , if possible , to give next week . The resolution waa carried amid thunders cf ap-DlflUBO .

      Mr Stallwood , in moving a vote of thanks to the ehairman , called upon the people to imitate the trades' unionists of former days , f . nd as Barclay and Perkins bad caused their men to be sworn in as special constables to break other people ' s heads , let them teach Barclay and Perkins loyalty to the people by refusing to drink their beer . ( _Aoplause , and shouta of'V 7 ewi * l . ' ) __ The _mntinn was seconded , and carried by acclamation . Mr Shaw having acknowledged the compliment , three ¦ cheers were then given for 'The Delegatea to the French Republic _;'• 'The _People ' s Charter ;' and 'The Noktiier . y Stab , ' when the immense meeting quietly dispersed .

      Great Chartist Meeting On Blackheatit Th...

      GREAT CHARTIST MEETING ON BLACKHEATIT The _Chariists of Greenwich and Deptford bein _? de . _terrnlned not ts be bthind hand with their Cbartist brethren in other parts of the country in _dei ; onstratiBg their respect to the patriotic people of France , and their firm _adlurence to tho principles of tha People ' s Charter , called an open air meeting to be tel < l on Blackheath _, on "Wednesday afternoon last , March l & th _. No sooner did tlio placards announcing the meeting make their appearance , than the _minh _.-ns in powtr set to work todeBtroy the meeting if possible . Hundreds of special constables wero sworn ia , sod the whole of the police from the neighbouring stations were ordered

      to attend on the day of meeting-, _likeiriae the mounted police fromLsndon . The next step was to try to intimidate the brave lads of Greenwich , by sending tha council word that if they held the meeting after six o ' clock , it would bo considered an illegal Hue ting and bo _eUpersed accordingly . This _information was received , mark I after the announcement had been made that the chair should be taken at four o ' cloek iu tho afternoon . They , therefore , issued fresh notice—that the chair should be taken at three o ' elook , instead oi four , as announced in the first instance . The day had been very threatening for rain , but that did not deter the good men and true , who assembled in great nambers by the timo appointed .

      At a little past three o ' _clock it _btgan to rain , Vnt _notwithstanding ths > _prppls m » Di * V * teri a dL'tcrminntion to stand it out . Consequentl y , Mr _Morgan was called to ti . e chair , who opened the _business iu a neat _t _> _nd appropriate speech , anil concluded by introducing Captain _Acbcely who spoke at great length . Mr Dixon then rose , and said in _coDBrqurBco of tho very heavy rain , he thought it would be adviflabla to at onee dissolve the meeting . ( Cries of ' No , no we are not fie for liberty , if we will not suffer more than s little raia to obtain it . ' ) Well , if thsy were determined to stand , he had no _objection to esplain tho principles ,

      whieh as Chartists they professed , Mr D . then at some length entered Into the injustice practised upon the unenfranchised millions of this unhappy country , Ik was not merely the vote tbey were to look at , but the power that vote would give them in mending bad laws , or making new _onts that should do justice to all , aad injustice to none . The Charter would give _tlem the _powi-r of destroying a sjstim which eusendertd crime , produced for honest indus ' . ry dtgredatioH mid poverty and laid prostrate the glorious rights of man , ( Cheers . ; Mr Dixon spoke for above an hour and was listened to with breathless attention , notwithstanding the raia dofsended in _terrents tho n hole of the time .

      The thanks of the meeting having been given to tha chairman , and tlree cheers for the Charter , three for the _patrioiic ptople ol'Franee . and the glorious Republic , and three for Feargus O'Connor , the vast assembly separated in a most p ; nctable and orderly manner . Messrs _M'Gratu and Dixon accompanied the Cbartist Council to tbe town , and made arrangements for another demonstration on Blackhtatb , as soon as Ihe weather ia / arouraWo for such an undertaking . ' HURRAH FOB THE CnABTER AND NO _SUEBENDEB !'

      Citv And Finsbury.—Mr Hughes In The Chai...

      Citv and Finsbury . —Mr Hughes in the chair . Minutes read and confirmed . Messrs Allnutt and Fennell reported from tho Metropolitan Delegate Committee . Report received . Mr _G-ovar moved . and Mr Sims seconded , the following resolution : — "That tho delegates be instructed to move on the Delegate Committee , that a deputation be appointed to wait en the trades delegates meeting at the Bell Inn , Old Bailey , to request them to form part of the proces _^ _iou with tho National Petition , and to display their banners , flags , and other _insisinia on that occasion . ' Carried . Air Gover moved , and Mr Cater , seconded , the following vet * _Juti n : — ' Tbat this meeting repu « diate all connexion with the _meeting in Trafalgarsquare , and hold no connexion with Mr Cochrane ,

      but on the contrary , regard * , him as a man not to be trusted by tha _Chartiat body ; we , therefore , took no part in the proceedings at that meetinr ; , and _for _.-sider the subsequent destruction of _propirly aa chargeable to his account , « nd _disgraceful to ths * parties , concerned in such wanton mischief . ' 5 ap _» ported by _MesstR Allnutt and W . Salmon . Carried _unanimously . Mr Gover moved , and Mr _Nobb-i seconded , the following resolution '• — ' That a copy of the previous resolution be sent to Mr Cochrane , and that the seoretary be empowered to send it to such paper as he mny deem requisite . ' Carried . Mr Gover moved , aud Mr Fennell _seconded , a resolution * . — ' That the conduct of the police force last week , in

      indiscriminately attacking women aud children in Trafalgar square , was most disgraceful and brutal in the extreme . ' Carried , Mr Allnutt moved , and Mr Cater seconded— ' That the thanks r , f this locality bo given to the Executive , for their prompt refutation of the lies of the press , respecting the Chnrti- ; t move » ment . ' Carried unanimously . Messrs Wm . Tapp , Henry Child , and Wm . Cuffay , were nominated _candidates on our behalf for the London men in tbe National Convention . Meeting adjourned . N . B . In consequence of the landlord of our former place _rettr _» ing from business , we have removed our meetim ; to Mr llopkinson ' s , Providence Coffee Ilouse , St Peter's Terrace , Saffron-hill , on Sunday evenings , at seven o ' clock .

      National Charter Association . —The inhabitants of the following plac . s and their neighbourhoods are hereby respectfully informed , that public meetings will be held for the pwpose of adopting the _ISatumal Petition to the House of Commons , urging the necessity of passing into law immediately the Bill of Rights commonly known as the People ' s Charter . Several advocates in the above cause will address the meeting , and petition sheets will then be ready for signature : —Lyneham , Saturday , March 18 th , chair to bo taken _afceix clock Woottou set , on the same eveninp worth , Saturday , March lade , Saturday , April 1 st Northampton . —All are respectfully requested transmit them to the Charter Association , E street , on or before the woottou

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 18, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18031848/page/5/