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    • THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND ftUBSTIMO) LABOUREK3* MEETING AT COLD HABBOUlt , It „
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      Great Chartist Demonstration In Glasgow....

      h *& bad in this countr y for _»*»* 7 _/**"/ _" ; < Chp _^ r s . ) The resol u tion he had to p » P _»» _™» _'" """ _iv - _? . _w-n _5 of Glasgow and _surrounding That we , the d « . a-ni of » 8 fc Ja ;; .: " _erLtia _, _deceive of _^ _-o _unU-y . the Wb _^ s in _v-roSacteff « nd hurrying tnr , m b parliament , A Bill f n V . _Better _8-curi _. y of tfee Cro * n and _Government i _^' _Ualfil Kilig _^ ora ; ' _andwebsreby _dsclarosur dete-- '' . nation to oppose , by ivery lawful mea . sin oar « ow " r any party cap _ir-U of having recourse to any such _Sc-V' n-likomanui * ' _*! measure to crash tbe _freo espr _^ _sim of _p-iblic opinion , and prop up their own weak _tottering def potism .

      Mr _Charlss JIubiut seconded the resolution . Mr _DiviEf , from Holytown , supported the rescla tier ; . Tne resolution was nut , and agreed to _unanitn ¦ _" ¦ ilr . _;•• ' _Thomas _Civcgh , in a short speech , moved the foVk . wing resolution : — ' £ r . ut r / e , ths _eiiiz--u » of _Glasgow ani the _surrouno "; _s £ ¦ dif = r . _; : 's , express our _confidence ia ths ability and in . tfg- : ; of ths National Convention , _no-. v silting in Loarlo " , _iidptacge ourselves to resist , at all _hszard _? , tbe nn _^ . ' _-ra-J able attack ? ob tbe libsrtus of ibo _subjeesby th-: rsWval of acts passed in the reiga of the _ptrseco . - and _bloody tyrant Charles IL , and hereby _exprr ., vjr satisfaction at tb « _prud-: iic ? and determination € i ' " . " - . - eJ hy them under tbo most _trying _circumsts - -, is _csniacting ihs people of London to a bloodiest _' : -tory ia tho face of tbo srmed mercenaries of lhe

      gov . . - m . iiit . : ¦ ¦ _- - _Jiues Adixi _? 3 a ri . he thought it would have fce : ' -ir _. _neeifssarv f ( . r him to have addrfs = ed them on ¦ ¦ ¦ : occasion , had it not teen that , being _prestnt am -st them , he felt that he should be doing wrong to : _. ' i them to give r . renewed expression of . confid * - in _thebodv with which he hnd the honour to ' _.-nnected , until _hehad _oxplainefl s _* _me things mt-. eoniact of that body . He then defended tbe Co : , _j-tion from the charge of cowardice which tat ¦ - -o _nreferred agaiust it in regard to the _meetint . K na _? n _? ton Common _, lie ai > o compared the _~ -: cu = e .-lini'ites which had been f . < rmed of the att-.. ii co on Ker . nir . gton CommsB , to show how lit ! ; . _'Hta . could be put ia the _London 1 _ross . 'With re . _--.: " . _tothft signatures attached to tbe National Pel . ; . _t _, le _considered _thf-report of those parties _wht- :..-d _' _examined it- for tho Coi . ranlioa wss rqaa'ly to b : ; iL-vf-d as th * report of the committee op _petition , ofthe Home of Commons * , until a select _comwi--- ' - _proved tbem wr -v _* .

      - M _. - TIahi . s , t _ffc-mded the resolution . _Insdverting ta tl" _.-icetiug a * K _.-nnington Common , he cbaractt r-Isel '; ? v 3 a _trs _' _if , _glt-risus , but bloodless victory uv . r the ' _'ermncni 6 y the Chartists Thi . * meeting was asoi : - _'s ' _ioriouspri _^ i of the progress v ; hieh _Ciiartiem h & _fi . . -.= <' eamon _^ the masses . M . - ! 3 E EGs Ross moved a vot 6 of thanks to ihe c "" _firman , which wa ? carried bysre ' amacion-IX OmisMAK pr "> posQ ( l a vote of thanks to Captain : _:, _iier . for his courtesy and attention that day , wbi • ¦ - " r . _« carried bv Reclamation . T .. - _- " _-echeera _we'e _^ thpn _i-ive n for the Charter , the Cos -- don _. _Fearful O'Connor , « fec ., aud the meet ing i _-tlr _dispersed . AR ONES r JONES AT DUNDEE .

      A _? e : _ins was _holdhcraon _Tuesdaycvenin-j , in the " street Hail , for the object of hearing a _detnifrtt ' r ; 'om the National Convention . Long before ths - .= • a _spr-ointed to take the chair , the hail was _disa-r-eabiycrowded . Many a noble Chartist lind to " _¦ :.: -er away bome vrith a _s- _'rrowinij heart , being ens' - - ti _g-iin _admittanre . At eight o ' clock , tha Cenf : ' .: councillors , Mr Jone ? , _ard an enthusiastic frier ' ¦ "' - 'om Arbroath , entered tho hall , greeted with _€ St _:--. i ; . _;* t : c _ehr-erc Al . " . b ~ _sx Ktdd was call d to _preside . M . _> rCRAE _prepesed the following motion : —

      T > _.--: t . ' _. is _tnfetits' _caonot _fin-i _langsaga _adequats to the _t \; T > siouof o > _-. _rVheroogh displeasure nnd disgust at tl i _-jnduBt oi thoie panics , bs thej who they tony , vrho ! - - -:-. endeavoured to falsify the condition of tbe KationE * . ' _eXition , ia reference to tho number aad ch & - _ract • : ' the signatures attached to it , and by ond throi 'hese means to destroy tbe honourable poii « tion , .. ' : _damaga tho _ffT . ct of tbe patriotic esertions oi Hr _F-- 'ga 3 _O'Cdnnor _, H . P ., and of tbe National Cen-• _veati . . and we beg to _assaca that _gentlerrjan , in _C-tnjure . •• -.: --vith ibat assembly of tbe ptople ' * _retl _represeet '• _•; i , tbat we will esand by blai snl thrra to tbe last i . •_ ¦ ¦ est of our lives , and glvo all the aid in our p : > Tse' _-jatU ws br _' iL ; cocfusion _uron ell ih 9 _enemias of ou- ;' . itt and h . ly cause , aad mike it triuiipbaut ia the r : " : ieal _libtra'ion and social _ro _. _itinptioa of the _toilJEi iind saS-riag sons and daughters of mankind .

      M - > . X £ ST J _> ses then came to the front of the pla * . i ¦ - ¦ : ' .. ' . and was _hni ' . ed _with load and lon _^ -csntiott ; . he ? riag . The joy o the meetine _Feo _^ ied to have - _-. _\ fliwed all usual bound .- ' . _liedwirere-d a l 6 rij : -. - A _liowerful nadress explanatory nf the acts « _--f the _( -i- _-v-ntion . the reception or tbe ' Nation ' s Wi"I ' by tl - _"ircura _' _ole _Hoiss ot Parliament , and our future _:-r-e'Jtj . Ths _maj _n'flcent orator , as _femavad on , c- _^ _^ . ing _sophistry io the dust , wag _frequently inter ? _^ ptod by storms of _apphuse , _btith from the P £ 0 ; : v _:-ihin the _hill , and frem the immense _lbrcns

      _surr-v' . 'lm * the w _-nd .. _wsiuteide . Mr Jvr . _es a _' . _ked the i " . _waling if tLey wire determined tobacSout . ths ]>" -: _n- 'nalAssemb }/ in _workinf out any measure that ' may _devi- _^ , _sufSiicnfc to secure our rights ? ( _'Y « ' -as ye ? , ' _v--sq th » almost unanimous re 3 pcu ? c , onlr _ii . ee nie ' _bs'us heard . ) Mr _Joneshas _impresft : ? many nKn ' 3 minds wit ' s the i'iea that _ourprcciplesaie just , and mu 3 t shorrly ba _triumphar " Tl ¦ : 3 cheers were given frr Fe' . _raus _O'Connor _, _thrs .- ¦ :., _? our o-rn press , three for the chairman , and _ftdcz n tor Ernest Jones .

      Sf ? J ERNEST JONES IN EDINBURGH . On W € dnesday _evening a _publio _meeting o the _Demos _.-itsofE . _itnburgh wa _? held in the Waterloo Room ; , for the purpose of hearing _addresses from the _d-. " - :: _ate 3 of ihe National _Conventiorj , in referencf- _.- ; tha present position and future prospects of Chart ' sm in Britain . Tee delegate were received _flith _^ r : at applause . The house vra _^ completely cr . _iwscd . On the motion of Mr Henry Rankine , Mr _Jjln . Grsnt , of the _Wseklt Expsebs , was called to the _f-sair . Tt - Chairman then said—Chartists of Edinburgh , our _s . _orions cause has bsen making rapid _prosi-ess of lie . From the palace te the cottage , it is " the a : i-3 r »* _- } roing topic . The press-, wbich ha 3 hitherto look * d upon cs with contempt , and despised our _tnovrncnt , is obliged to nil its _brendshests with deta i ls of our _proceedinjs . Tho Times , even

      the ' bl-icdv T 1 M 73 . ' aa ir , ia nulled , has _hr > pn the _blicdy _Tijij 3 , ' as it is called , has heen obliged to come nut somewhat . I read with pleasure that even that pa ; . er has declared in favour of an extension of tbe si firage . ( Cheers . ) Somueh _. _gentlens * _-i _, for fhat _mvru'fic » nt _meeting which toik place in Lop . doa _--n ths 10 . h of April ; hr however muc i the _government may : _>( _Tict to despise it in that orsan , yet they seem tu _' _-ly alive to the fact that they mu-t do sf-meihin ? to picify thc voice oftho people . _ Even in _oira'istocratic city , we have had two or three dem _mstraclona whieh have shown the

      vast majority _i-f che people are iu favour of our procedure . The nsce ' _-iag on Monday ninht waa a glorious _d-rmnnstratior ! , and showed that the people of Edif _.-h-. T _^ h ar * fu lly alive to ihe value and the vi tal iraporsnee _nfihi Chur ' er . There could nit he Ic _^ _s thaa from 2-5 , 000 to 30 , 000 rrrsons _presenr ., and thsy were unanimous sn _expre .-sion that they _^ ou"d not rest _wit-- _« _fied until ths principles contained in the People ' s _Charter _hpcaine tbe _piinciples on which the _uTiverument of _uis _eoantry will _b-3 conducted . ( Clears . )

      Mr James _Apat-i _' _, _delesata from _Glissow , then delivered a _lengtiy speech , explai _. iin _^ and _viadicaling the arts of the Convention , and showing np tbe rascality of the press . lie was loudly _applauded . Mr Sr " _- _'Eet _Josr . s thea rose amidst grea : cheering and _waving of h _^ _ts and handkerchiefs , which ls £ t-: d f-Taoms time . _H-itSss obtained an _auilOSCS , he eaid , that at ths moment iu which he had tbe _nonctir cf 8

      th'm ti _:- _«" y were n '; nvira to us ?—that the brains with which Ke had gifted t ' uom were uo more to thinkthat a man was ni _lon _^ tr to ba at _Jiterty to : p ; akno _longer to espra-3 his sentiments on _politital subjects , and no _hnr _^ r d = rc to sp . _jak the truth . The time had th _^ r ; _ivre _oma to speak m 1 e boldly . _fC- _' _-eers . ) Thoy stood before ihe _m' _-etin-i not merely as _pDiiticnl _rju-. _rsri ? rs , but as _socii-. l rif-irmers as _vts'i _, ior it was _nacessa _.-y to havo those social remedies ready j r- ;; 2 rod , _wh- _' _cli thay would be able to apn y when ihey _bal attained political _p-. -. wor . The great _vs _' _ua oi pf . ii-. ical power wa ? , it woald enable the = 3 to procure _social Eraeli _::-rr . uon—it v / oi : _Li give

      bread lo tht ? pror , _p-otection to _industry , and justice to si - ( Gr-at cp _^ _'sueo ) There bad been many s trug _. jjcj in lhe ) iw ; oryof the past , and to ' . _hese , _cla- 'S _aflerc ! " .- - ' . li ! _-: o w ; : ve > _succscdinij each other on ihe ocean _<> * " _i-t > , had rolled alon _^ nnd _brok-.-. n upon the shore- _; <•;' eternity . Mos _^ _-: rchi . _» i «' _.-d _aristccrat ' cil _iiifitiiutions bad cr . a : _gc-i _fiiid _^ _Hsna into _ccnnlit'itior-ai _sn- _'Si-s _' ijhy . Tha frudsl « ejpotiM 33 that esUted in i " _ci- . ' :-. _tid hav " .- _va _* _-cd iruo Udn : M- _V-it _weie . It h"d be- " -. !" _:- _'c •' . ded by 1 h ? v . _iet- : _uin-. u u .-at ' , rest ; b it i _:=-w tfi ro -. v , _- , ald ba _' a third _t-na : thiuge—the 8 tn : ; : ' ! _j of i h : > _t- > as » ai : isi 1 ' ie _piOj-s ' -iv _* _.-. 0 :

      _ariitccraty . in- ; _q-i _^ _znm _set-.-. u _.-u 10 _ri-sa si : _uiik- : i _? . _- = i : ! 3 t . capital . Th tc _Bt-u _^ _ii would not cc : _> sist : ni ! . _^ _di-stsuc- _' _-iynof _j-r _.-pesty ur r > f _cij-ital , but in t ! : e ivs _; _-u * _n : _r of _indusl-y irom it : i unconditional ues ; . ! it ' .: < i . There were _ssmj who paid t ' :... t _labour v . _- . ; _m'j _a-= t prrs : er without _crista ' :, wt . ile others reid ihit capi : af c . ' iull not do vriibout J . _ibour . He wou'd w . i taas capital did _fjcilit-it- _- ! _nuiuatry , but he _woult ' : 10 . _u-cd _\ l \ ax . _labsur could di without -caput ! , better than capital cju : d do without Lib -ur . Send the capitalist awav to seme _uninhabited i « _iai-. < i ; place hia _th-re _smidst his pyramids of to ! d , and

      Great Chartist Demonstration In Glasgow....

      then who is to build his houses , til his land * , or make hia garments , or create his machinery ? All tho wealth in the world would not do thia for him , and ha would sit paralysed by the Ride of his heap of gold , hungry , naked , and a " ! e t _^ _rless . On the ccn-• rary , place the poor man—strong in body—plac 8 the embodiment of labnur on that island , and he would build his hut and till bis _fielde , and hunt tbe wild beast * , and make his raiment from their skins . Thus would labour thrive and grew fat , and prosper without the aid of the paralysed capitalist and his heaps of dust . ( Cheer * . ) But ther were not se kins * to infringe the just righta of cani'al . On the contrary , they were savins , give to _Cieiar that whioh u CiC _^ r ' 3 , and give to the working-man that which is due to him . lie did not require to «« y a word aa to the condition cf the working-classes : that condition the press itself was forced to confess . All say thote murt be a change ; aad even the Times is _comina out for an ox tension of tha _RuffraiTQ . But do not trust

      the _Timss—triut to your own honest hearts , your strong band ? , and your _thinking brains ; for the _movement must be carried on by the workin _^ _-olasser . _Thc-y were _wi-lin _? to receive the co-operation of every _cIsbs , and af every man who would co-operate with them , but they _bslicved in the great maxim , ' God helps them that help themselvep . ' Ho would contend that there was no remedy short of _Universal Suffrage by which the working _clasaea _andthe shopke ? ping classes would obtain the amelioration of their cendition . Many nostrums have been tried ; but they __ were w rth _' _ees and their business now was not with the policy of others , but with their own policy ; they must stand on thoir own frandstrun . He was antisSed that nolhirg _shcri of

      the universal enfranchisement ofthe working classes could bave tbe _t-iiect of throwing down the monopolies under which tbey suffer . "d Ue was happy to find that the inidd ' e classes throughout the country w _«? re b ? £ * mning to cone round . Even the middlecla ; _s organs were beginning to turn round and talk of an extension ofthe SarTrnge . Great events called forth eoboes in our island . The _weathercscks on Lord John _Rus-ell' . s mansion _wci-3 beginning to creak with the French brcezi . They were beginning to turn in opp & _site directions , and , as they turned to tb _9 various points of the _corapags , they seemed to settle on the six points of the Charter . ( Applause . ) N _» w they were _engaged in a magnificent _struggle ; at that _mowent tbey were engaged in a

      _revdation . Let no one shudder at the word revolution . Tho _uliwery ( niaucu > afion was a revolution ,- aad refeivn wss a revoljtion , rendered abartive by the trieke ; ry of the Whigs . Revolution did n- > t mean insurrection . They were engnged in a mighty revolution ; and , in order to carry it , it was necessary , that _Irishmtn , Scotchmen , and _Englishman , ahould be united , and , in one unbroken miihty _ihtlanx , to eo forth to attain their objee \ fie thought than tbis _woul-1 be ihe ease ; for he hid travelled 500 miles from Zwme . . _iiici " 19 was at heme still . He found tin sa ; ne spirit in _Scotfand which pervaded their cour . try men in thu time of the Covenanters—a desire to bo rid of opp _cjsioc . And the descendants of those men wh _*) estntlished religious liberty , were iow summing up their eneraiva to establish civil quality . The great merit of the Charter was , that

      itwas a _bresd-nnd-chee-e _question—a roast _bacf and plum-pudding question ; for if tbey only hsd it , it , would give iooJ , clothing , and shelter to every man in the c-nintry , and be _w-m'd not be surpu ' _sed that they would turn thoir _rwuk upon tbe Charter unless they believed this . He would ask tham to tarn their attention to _thecouniry which tbey inhabited . Did they _itnngina that God would rranifest his goodness by having placed thirty millions cf human beings upon these island * for the mere purpose of starving by hanger or perishing for want of proper _Bhelter , without _having given land enough , or making thai _, land fertils _enough to support tfceai ? The reverse w a * the case ; for it could ba abundantly proved that the laud , instead of bi-ing able to support thirty millions , would support a _papulation of one hundred millions . Mr Jones concluded a long aad brilliant speech amid the most rapturous applause .

      IJr Hunter then addressed the meeting , after whieh a veto of thanks was then awarded to the delegates , _aadappi-onristily _replied to . A vote of tb . ai . ks was then given to the chairman , and alter giving three cheers for Mr _Fuargus O'Connor , the _meeting separated .

      CHARTIST MEETING AND PROCESSION AT GREENOCK . BRUTAL ATTACK . UY THE POLtCS . ( From tha Dai / i ; News . ) Some time ago the Chartists of Greenock _deoided on holding an open-air meeting on _Fiuurday , to hear addresses from MrE Jones , Dr Hunter , and Mr Adams . A procession was a . ' si decided on , in order tosliow their numerical strength . The _committer sent colics to the provcstand mtgistratis that they intended ho'dir . g a meeting and a procession ; to which thc _lat'er replied by saying , that , wkile therft would be no objection to the meetim :, the _precision would not on any account bo allowed , and that _effectual means would be taken lo prevent it . The

      committee then submitted the matter tn the various trades , who finally resolved en having the procession ; on the ground _tfeat at tbe time ofthe _passing of the Reform Bill , such parades _werelrnquenr , and wi rejoined iu hy the very parties who were opposing themselves to one on the present occasion . This determination having become known to the authorities , they _cansid a proclamation to bo widely pisted over the town , _forbidding tho _pracession , under severe _penalties . The Chartists immediately issued a counter one , inviting aU their _brethren to join them . Thc authorities At op . cc set about securing tho means of enforcing their proclamation , by summoning the special _constabulary , _augmenting the police force , aid getting down from _Glasp . _oar a detachment of

      infantry . The Chartists _bepan to assemble at ten on Saturday , in S 5 Andrew ' _s-5 quare , and soon atter formed themselves into procession , accompanied by t « _-o bands of music ; and as the authorities had stationed the easternmost detachment of police in Virginia-street , the Chartists , unwilling to come into contact with them at that early Bt _.-ige of their _proceedings , walked in an easterly direction , through C ; irtsdyke , and up the _Port-Glasgow-road to Ladyburn , where the workmen efthe Ciyde Pottery joined them . After Willing a shott time , an open cat r . age , on its way _fro-a _Port-Glasgow , containing Messra E . Jone 3 and Adams , tbe Convention delegates , and Messrs Burrell and Nelson , leading local Chartists , appeared , and these gentlemen were received with

      great _cheering . The procession then walked back , . i !; d reached Delicgburn- ? quare , where a _plsttorm had bren erected . The numbers in thn _orccession , at a liberal estimate , were from 700 to 800 . There were a great _tuasy spectators , howtver ; . and likely enough , tha majority of these , from their _appearance , were Chartists , but afc the same time afnid to fall into the ranks , in case of _mischief happening to _thsm frem the truncheons of the polico or the bayonets ef the military . When they returned to _Delingbum-square , Mr Campbell , shoe-make- * , was called to lhe chr . ir , and Messrs Jone 3 and Adams delivered addresses . Dr Hunter was not present . The rneeling broke up ab > ut two , tha deputies haviag another _engaaement to fulfil in the Vale of

      _Levc-n . and the _people _began to _teovo ( -ft " , part of th _? m in proctsdon- When they went as far a 1 _Virginia-Btrftat , a s ' rong _pjlica force _wvs-i stationed taere to turn them back , so that they had to return and go _do-TB another street , in order to get into the town ; but here a _<; ain they were met ; by the police . Tha great _bndy of them then _passed djwn to the East India Breast ; but _lin police-, _supported hy a great _number id" _constablss , _effjetnally barred their progress farther westward . The Chartists seemed to _fea at a ' 033 what to do to get homo for their dinners , and after some time they _mide a bold push against tae police and _constab'es ; but _tlwae made a

      vigorous use of ' their bat-ma , _acd atta : k r d them wt'h such _vi-k-nci ? . that a number of very _sorioua wounds were inflicted . One man , named _M'toaiister , a carpenter , bad his thigh broken , _sr . d had t _) be _carried home on a _saattress ; while a uumbar of _heads received terrible visitations , some oi thorn _havinj the scslpmuch torn . This ( says the _NeuiTii British Mail , whose report we _q'tote ( ended the _proceedings ; and the muiittvy _, who were planed at the railway station , were not called into « _quisition at all . I ; may be sddfd , that several of the masters would not ailow tlieir men to turn out at the procession , so that th * _num'er of ths Chartists could not bs ascertained from tho appearance they made rn the _occasion .

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      Chartist Meeting In Dublin. The Followin...

      CHARTIST MEETING IN DUBLIN . The following report is slightly abridged from tbe Dublin _Fbeimas ' s Journal of the ISth . Unfortunately the Journal came to hand too late for as to make any use of its rep art in our last Saturday ' s Stab : — A very numerous meeting of cii _zj ! _ia w _» 3 held io the _Princt-si ' s Theatre , Lower Abhey-street , on Sunday , fir _th-2 purpose of adopting lh _Chest , _t-ae surest _, and the _fh ' _.-rtest plan to re-cal the Legislative

      Union , by forming a complete " and _nerfect h _^ _nn wirh the Repealers and Radical Reformer ;* of Great Britain . Among _thrwc pre _.-ent w _< ro Richard _O'Gorinau . sp . il ., Patrick _O'ilipains , J . _Mitchd , C . Grncc . w . H . Dyott , Laurence il'Court , Rev . W . Ryan , V . l ' ., C . P . ilahony , _Rteplinn D _^ _-i-. y , 11 . Clarke , Byrne , Kirder , _Ji . hn KuniiV . W . ptllV land , C . Coyne , Keelor . T . Sa % u _* ,, Janes K _11-ueut , John Ciavy , Dcc'or V . 7 _-05 t , S . ll . Eraser , J . _M'CoEnr . ek , J . _Mahon , P . _O'Donoiro , B . Redmond , C . _rvi'Auley , John LawSc « , B . Fui ; am , Th _.-iuaj _. Ma _' . hew ? , _APDonntll , J . _Hughes , P . Moran , du .. & i .

      0 . _i the motion of John Mitchel , Esq ., the chair was taken at two o _ckt : k bv _RlClIAKB _O'GOF . IIAV . EfQ , Thc chairman _rrocssced to p . _ddrcss the mectinjr amidst kud 1 h ? ering . lie said ho could not avoid thir . kicg tli _' . t be wos particularly _suited ti fill th * ehair upon thc present _occasion , ar . d for this reason —that the great business of his life bad been given to advance tho _interests of the working classes of thin country . ( Hear , Lear . ) That he had not succeeded eo fully as Le could wish , was not his fault —( hear

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      hear );—that he had miserably failed , wa ? , perhaps , the fault of others—was the fault ofthe government , which the people of Ireland were unfortunately bound to obey . ( Cries of hear , hear . ) When the requisition , convening the meeting , was pre _* sented to him , he acknowledged he hiid somo hesitation unen tha subject ; _hecanse for years he had been bearing the most _unqualified _abuso of what were called the Chartists of England . He asked the gentlemen who waited _upen him ( two of whom wera clergymen , ) what ware the opinions of tho party whose conduct he had heard so much _centred ; and he was at once put in full possession of what iheir principles were . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , he had no objection whatever to Universal Suffrage , which was one of the points of

      theCharter . _( _tlear , hear , ) He thonght every man who was a consumer of the produce of the country , and who worked for the benefit of society , waa entitle _i to . 1 vote . ( Cheer-. ) He considered thatthe working classeB wera not represented , but that , on the contrary , they were grossly misrepresented ( Hear , hear . ) He repeated , bo thought , they had been _grossly and seriously injured hy the want of the _elective franchise . ( Cheers . ) With _re-tpect to Annual Parliaments , ho _conlwsed a _dinerepce in opinio ) upon thatsuhjeot ; he did not think Annual Parliaments would work well , _because from his own experience tbat be was satisfied that the members would not have a complete knowledge of their business until about tho period at which they would

      have to be turned ont under this system . ( Hear . ) But that was a matter of cpinion—it was open to discussion and debate . ( Hear , hear . ) He conceived that the proposal of the _Chartish should ba treated with all the _reaoect which it do . « erved ; but what waa ( he fact ? He understood from the reports in the newspapers that tho petition of those men wa * treated as a hoax by tb « members of the Ilouse cf Common ? .. _( . _Gro-auU Now , _tha-t was a _circumslanco which astonished kim exceedingly . ( Hear . ) But who were the men whose petition was thus treated with disrespect ? They wero the class who produced all t _* he property of the country— -who produced the luxuries of the rich , and the comforts of the _ED-ddline—in a word , they were the class who

      formed the foundation stone of society ; and such beine the case he thought that petition ought to have beon _respeeted . not only by the House of Commons bui by tho Ilouse of Lords also . ( Cries of hear , hear ) That the members of tho house had thought proper not to reapeet it , was . in his opinion _, a great , a grievous mistake . ( Loud cheers ) lie came there to sympathise , not only with the working classes of this country , but also with the work men of England and Scotland . ( Cheera . ) He had a mind brood enough to extend it to tbo _woiking classes all over the world , for he regarded them a » _fellsw-Chriftians and felluw-men . and therefore it was , he was of _opinion , that this little distinction between Englishmen and Irifhmon should bo

      _henceforth forgacten . ( _ffesr , hear . / Ih knew the _Enelith _people frora nn experience of forty years , _&< d ho could tell his _countryman that thpy were a _nob'c ar . d a charitable people . ( Cheers . ) But ho had to make a main distinction _between tbe people and their _gsvernors . The people oflreland had been treated with terrible _injustice by that government . ( Cheers ) Mr John Fisher , _Mubuay came _firward to propose the first resolution , which was as follows : — 'That we hail with delight the co-op-ration of thc Repealers and Radical Reformers of Great Britain , ai eminentlv calculated to hasten the Repeal of tho Legislative Union ; and , in return , we tender them our hearty sympathy and support in their exertions to achieve equal rights and privileges for bot ' _-i

      countries . ( Hear . } The resolution which he hid read hailed with delight _theco-opera * ion of the Repealers an _> l Radical Reformers , of Great Britain , whose object was exaitly similar to their own . ( Hear , hear . ) They wanted a Repeal of tke Union as well as tho Irish—they wanted England for the English—not for the Whigs or Tories—they wanted a Repeal of the Union between their legislation and a corrupt oligarchy—they wanted a Repeal of tbe Union between their _executive and its enormous and disgraceful and profligate exoanditure—in a word , they wanted a Repeal ofthe Union between constant toil asd _constant misery , ( Hear , hear . ) That was what the Radicnl Reformer * of England wanted , and the Rid cal Reformers of Ireland were

      working for the same thing . The parliament of _Ireland as it was formerly , was not , ho distinctly _mriintaineJ , a _pople ' _s parli & ment . ( Hear , hear ) It was a corrupt and selfish parliament ; and because of its _corruption it rotted . ( Hear , _hea' _-. ) Wa 3 there any thing to _prevent thera from so _unitisg ? They were ail bra' . hers , and _struggling to aeh _' eve r ghts which were somewhat _aimilar ; they were nil subject to the same oppression , and it was but juat they should unite . What , cl d the people of England ask ? They asked that every man who paid t . _- . xea , indirect as well as direct , shonld have _a vote ; and _whatb ' _ook head could object to that ? ( Hear , bear ;) With reyard ' 0 the Annual Parliaments , he did not see what 1 bjrcvion _iliore could be to that point in the _PeopVs

      _CharJpr _, At _present their members could vara ™ pre . _'eufTa ' riem for seven years without any foar of being d ' _st-iruc ' ; and he was of opinion that , lik _^> dirtj water , the _oftener they were changed the bet ter . ( _Liughter and cheers . ) Ho could not s . ee what there was in these Entrlish w > rkir . en that shonld prevent the Repealers of Ireland _fro-n _joi-drg with tbem . ( Hear , hea-. ) But _fomebi dy can e and told him , r . sif with the intention of frightening _hitr , 'batthey wre Chartist "—something horrible he _-uppostd—monsters with horns and long tails . ( Laughter . ) Now , it was not because their _principles were Chartist that he agreed with them , but b _ec ause , thoy were just ; and such being the case he _rt'i d not caro whose principles they were—whether thry were those of the Grand Turk , of tho Gr at

      Mrgul , or of the King of the Cannibal Island ' _, ( llear , hear . ) The rule of life was that they should make as many friends and as few eneroiesas possible , and they _wt-ro there that evening for the purpose of extending the hand of friendship to their _English brethren , and of apo ' _ogisixig to them for the insult which had been offered to them in the country , when or low , or for what purpose , it was unnecessary to say . ( _H-ar , hear . ) ll « _j lived amongst those men ' or years , and found it to ba the ease that where they met with a straightforward _Irishman who did _n- > t disgrace himself , but on tho contrary made himself respectable , thoy always treated him as if he was ono of themselves . ( Cheera . ) In _conclusion he h « d great pleasure in proposing the _resohition which he had rend , and was sure it would pass unanimous l y adopted . ( Cheers . )

      Mr Coyne seconded tho resolution . Ho hud heard ¦ t stated by many great men that the man who was not a Cbartist was a knave or fool . The people of Ireland wanted trade and _employment , and tbe way to get both was by obtaining the Charter . ( Hesr , hear . ) That once achieved , they would ba properly _legislated for—if not , tbo responsibility would ba on _themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) Therefore he called upon them to unite with ' _-iw working men of England and Scotland , who wera both _willing and anxious to _cooperate with , a = » d serve them . ( _Ciders . ) The resolution _luvirg been put and carried ,

      Mr P . _C'Iiooins camo forward to propose the second resolution , which wr . s aa follows : — 'That whereas tha hto _arstoocat'c _Irhh parliament , being irresponsible to the people and necessarily corrupt , sold tho nationality of _thii country , and might again , - . his _meeting regard * the _suffrage of tho adult male _population as the only sound basis' f .. r tho _re-uans ' _ruationof au Irish _piriiaracnt . _Resolved , therefor . , that every _taale inhabitant of Great Britain and Ireland ( inunts , insane persons , aad criminals only _ex-: cp ed . ) is of common _riilr , and by the laws of God , a free raan _, aiy ] entitled to the full enjoyment of political liberty . ' Ha apneared before them in rather a 1 odd character . He stood there that _d-jy fur the first time iie o . e an assembly of his

      _fellowcoantr . . men , fo .- tlw hiss ten ) e _. _* _ra . ( Heir , _huar . ) He had _Ocenfir a very _considerable _tiuie what was c . itl « d a pditinal outcast . He wa proud to say , however , thit those vrho cist him ous had now come round to hold t _! ie opinions which ho entertained ten years ago . ( _Cheer-i . ) Lot anv _rfth _* m ho _plicod in the _position which ha had held for _years—h-t them ba calumniated paoliciy and _jnivately—theirnwivi's _m-iligned—every thing th'iy said turned to their c * f = * - _advantage—and ho asked _Imw would they f _» vl ? ( Hear , hesr . ) And why was it that he was thus _persecuted ? Uouamoho would sustain no panv , but tha party who would place the working _classei ot his _couutry upon the same equality with himself . ( Cheer ? . ) That was the head mid front of his 1

      _ff-iiiling , and here in thc presence of his fellow . c ? _untryruui hc challenged his calumuiators to say one _ainj-le sentence d ; rogatory to his character . ( _Ucar , hear ) It was always his wish to seo the working peaplo _. _not only of this but of every other _country , enjoy the j elective franchise . ( Cheers ) Thej had bten told 1 for several years past that th

      ( Hear , hear . ) Let tbem join _thesa who were _v-illin _^ to unite , with _thecv—who had < ffercd to assist ihem many a year ago , in pn curing Rt-pfal—and _whonuw _as . _ai-1 _i . ihred -, _;•;> m thc right h . * _-ud id' friend-kin ; anil _ft-r _wiii-ise _uincerity he would he answerable with his life . ( Loud cheers ) There would bo two ways d _llepealir . g U . e _Uaioi :, both ot whieh he _approved 0 to a « ei-t- « iti extent—una was called _tbe-censiiti-. tioMi mode , and the other was Uie ! a-t resource . No . v hi was for _tryir-. g wry possible means within the , iav first : and . ihov « all , ln » was mosi _snxions that j

      union with the _Esglts ' i _Chai- < i »* s Miouid b > _spet-dij o ? _tnentcd . ( _Hiav , hear . ) 'lhat . _tiicy were will n to assist _thtiu no one could deny ; far what was tl fact ? Durinpthe _i-rojiei-aot the recent coercic _actthroutli the lLusi of _C-imirci- . a _th-. re were hundred petitions on the table uf the house again that measure _hefute u solitary ona was adopted Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) Some utople in ' _^ ht \ i them that tho _franchise v . as ot no _' uso to thim , b he contended tbat it was . Without tbe _frr . nehi they were outcasts of society , and looked -upon

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      mere creatures to be worked while there waB strength in tbem , and then thrown aside . With the franchise thera was no danger of a raan bein ? treated in that man ner—there was ao foar cfhis being turned out of his holding » _a long as he ceuld say ay or no at an election . ( Hear . ) Therefore he called upon them to _UDilo with the people of England in seeking the Charter , and ho promised thera on the part of the Chartists , that they would receive every _assistanci from them in return . ( Cheers . ) let there be no misunderstanding in tho matter , he waa authorised to say so . ( Great cheering for _FeargUB O'Connor . ) After some further observations , _Mi-O'Higgins concluded by proposing the resolution . Mr _MiicnKii rose amidst loud and enthusiastic heerins which was protoneed , for several _minntea .

      , He said he was not a Chartist but a Repealer ; nevertheless , he attended that mectmgwith , pleasure ; its object being to form a _league between the Irish and _English Democrate , and to gain the rights of both nations . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought tho Irish > erp ' ewere now especially bound to atand by the English Chartists , when they found those men in their own country , and through their own parliament , trampled en and ii . sulted , and the petitions of millions of working men treated as a jest by tho . e LordB and Commons whom the _inducti-ious people supported in their luxury . ( Hear ) It seemed that a few ridiculous names had bean attached to thnt petition ; many of them very vulgar names , no doubt _. Amongst millions of names what did tbey ' , fi » d 1 One , the _signature of a ' Pugnose , _- ' —( laughter)—another

      the signature of Mr ' Flatnose _'—( laughter)—a dis _covery whioh rejoiced the honourable members exceedingly , as it ( fare them an opportunity to laugh at tbe people and their petitions . Jt _apre-tred they found a few other names : those oF the Duke of Wei _iinuton . for instance , and * Victoria Regina , ' which wer a said to be forgeries . He did not know how that might be : but he knew that if the Duke of Wellington and Viotoria Regina hid not signed that petition , they ought to have done to ; and the lhtter mig ht hereafter _regret the day that __ the circumstance of her sig nature to that petition had heen treated as a joke in toe impcial _carliament ( Hoar _, hear . ) What did the Chartist netittnn seek from thafc jeering house ? It sought that thoso who paid

      taxes for the _support of the state—who enabled the court to keep up a royal magnificence , and the landlords to liv e in luxurious iadolence—it prayed that these men . tho bono and sinew of the _cnun ' ry , should have a voice in the _dispssal of their own money It prayed that all the people nf England , Ireland , and Scotland , sbould have that control over their repre _sentatives which an annual election of the parliament would give . —And why sbould they not have tbat voice and tbat control 1 See how their hardearned money was applied . They had in Dablin , at present , _Prince Gat r _^ e of Cambridge—( groans )—who received £ 0 . 000 a year , while his f-. ther got £ 21 , 000 . out of thu _peekota of thoso very petitioners _, whom they laughed at the other day in the House of

      Commons " . ( Loud crieaof hear , hear . ) He was oi opinion t _'^ at it woul d be a small matter to gai n Reppal if fhe people wera not permitted to bavo a fiogerin the pie ; and he had no hesitation in saying that tha thing called independence which was _oblained in the year ' 82 was a great _de'usion and a humbug . As it was described in an old ballad , it was won by gentlemen and kept by _gentlemen . ( Hear , heir . ) Now , ( hey should have no more aristocratic institution ! . Whether they had frifnds or not to assist 'h em , their independence would ba next won by the _people and for the people . ( Loud cheers . ) As to the Chartists themselves , the extraordinary terror and horror that had been _inculcated into tho _raind-i of Irishmen respecting that class of persons _, was _altogether unaccountable to him- N ,. w . he should

      like to know who thn Chartists were ? They were the men who . generally _speaking , might be described aa those who earned their bread , and the non-Chartists of _E- _'gland were the men who lived upon the hard earnings 0 ? the others . ( Hear , hear . ) Ami he know it to be fact—for he had other means of knowing it besides those which they tad heard on that day—that every Chartist in England was for leaving Ireland 10 the Irish . ( Hear . ) Certainly th _^ yshould bo the greatest fools in the habitable globe if they did dot take tbat help , and if thov did not return the compliment , and give them England for the English . ( Cheers . ) He shonld not detain theni longer 'han m ° rely to observe , tint whenever thorough-going _Dam- ' cracy was to bo supported there would he be found . ( Loud cheers )

      The motion was then put , and oarried amidst loud applause . Captain _Brtav proposed tho third _resolution , in every sentiment of which he heartily concurred . It was as fol _ows : —• ' That it is essential to a man ' s politica l _liberty that he have a share either in the _le _^ i _:-lation itself , or in the electing of those who ara ts frame tho laws , wbich , a'thsugh they ought to uviteot him in the full enjoyment of those absolute _riu _' _uts which ara vested in him by tbe _im-nu-abie _lan-a of nature , may yet ba fabricated tothe destruction of his person , bis property , his religious freedom , his family , and bis fame ; that , therefore , the right to Universal Suffrage n an inherent right . ' Mr Dyott , in seconding tbe resolution moved by Captain Bryan , observed tbat he too had shared in the political outlawry eluded to by Mr O'Higgins .

      ( Hear . ) Ue thanked heaven he had lived to see , and that in a much shorter time than ever he _expected , such a change come over the Irish mind as that great meeting evidenced , with regard ta the truthful principles which he frequently inculcated on _ampler -audiences . He for one was determined to let the English government see that there were ' new men and true men , ' sufficient to swamp alt their efforts to _silenee tbe voice of nationality ia Ireland ( Cheers ) Th _» y had seize ! on the gallant ' forlorn hope' of three , but there was a battalion of 300 coming to tbe rescue —( loud cheers)—and henceforward they w . _rutd have to cope _wi'h ten millions of united _Democrats—Conciliation Hall _Repealers—Confederates and Chartists . ( Prolonged cheering . ) Even the mildest section of Repealers would now _a'liw that they were now tearing sway the last plank of the constitution . ( Cheers . )

      The _resolution having been put from the chair , it was carried unanimously . Mr Mathews then proposed ? the following _resoldtion : — ' That ifc is a natural right ofthe peop ' e of this empire , aad required by tho principles _"f the constitution , thafc they elect anew House of _Representatives _, onc _^ at least in every year ; because wherever a parliament continues in being for a longer terra than one session , then thousands who , since it was chosen , havo attained to man ' s estate ( that is to say , the ago of twenty-one years ) and are , therefore , en lit led to enter into _immediate possession of that elective power which is their best and most sacred inheritance , are , in that case , unjustly denied their right , aud excluded from the enjoyment ef political lihirty . ' Mr _Cakolak seconded the resolution , which waa put and carried .

      Mr P . Mohan had great pleasnro in proposing the fifth and la- fc ' resolution . It wa . s as follows-. — 'That the rich and the p > _- > r , _bsing of tha _sa-ne species , are under the same laws of nature ; and being alike _capablo of _taaefitor injury from their _HgUUtors , necessarily havo in tho election of those _lei-islators the samu right ; but the rich , in defence of their liberty aud property , have every advantage whieh wealth , _knowledge , aud tho purchased powers m' others , afford them , while ths jo > r , destitute of these , have no security but in the purity ot legislation , nor any mean * of self-defence but in tho _re-po _session of _thee ' ective _po-7 er . Tho poor then have an tqa . il _risht . but moro need , to elect _rcpi-eseotativei than the rich . ' Mi-T . Sextos scco . - . _d-jd the resolution which was carried .

      Mr O'Gorman left -In chair , which was taken by Mr _O'Hij _^ iii " , and the thanks of til ' s meeting were voted to the r trior chairmas tor his _dujuifiod _ooaduaS while _presiding . The raeatiag thea _adjourned .

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      FRATERNAL MEETING OF CHARTISTS AND REPEALERS . 1 ' ut _. m . v , M . _iti . lav _, April _S-ith . _—Tho adjournment ofa < . ie « thig _lu-ld on Tuesday week , ter the purpose ni iidvai : ciii \ : 'ho national movement in favour of _Repeal , * _- « k place this day in tbe Princess ' s Theatre Lycer Abbay-streot , with a view of ' concluding the tracenln-. _g- » " bo auspiciously commenced - , * and further . ' fo _» dopt the _ba < the -surest , - and the shortest p lan to repeal tho _legislative union by iorinin " * a league- with tbo R _^ pealer 3 and Radical _Reformers of Great Britain for thatpurpuse _. atd based on the principle of a full and complete _representation nf t _ie people iu the Cc , mmon 3 ' House of _Parliament ' .... .

      Mr John Mitciiel ( of the U . vitkd Irishman ) having _bcrii called to the chair , said tiie prevent meeting vi 11 s held for the purpose of receiving a deputation frnva tin ; _Cii'irfcists i-f England , who wtre _anxious to _fratfi-uistj with them . There was nothing lie _belu-vtd , eo much d eaded by their enimies—that was I the _^ _iig _lisli government—as an alliance _bttween the _peop le « i England and the people of Ireland , Every art had been useil to prevent _thew from confiding in each other . Ue ( the chairman ) t _.-us ' . ed thu EagSUh Chartists bad learned from the manner in whicii thtir petition had been treated by the House of _Coninioua the fol ' y sill absurdity of ever petitioning tiie _legislature » gsii ! i . ( Cheers . ) Tho Irish Cor . t ' tderatini bad | . iven thorn a lesson , viz— ' . bat when tbe _pe-v . ' ! e « if _am-cciiiiu-., desired U raise _tlien-se ' . v _? s to the _Isvtl of the _aristocracy— when t ; 0 d' _-nivcracy < U - Jin tl to _sl-1 _jivtice to their country , they ought mt lo _wtwt tu the absurdity of _ye-tmomnw . ( _Tiemendo _^ a app ' anse ) lie ( the chairman ) d _.- tl not know Hie

      l ) _rt-i-i . < _-t-. 'e r » nsol _albanco which the dcpxn . iiioa hi > m _Ww-I-mA would _wi-hto form with tho Irish pet pie , but whatever they were they _stotikl be _lnostciroltllv fon-: _itiered , and so far as it was _possible , tbey would bind _il'cmvelvfsin sn alliarre , idienjive ami dol * r-Mve , with tim democracy of Eng l and . ( Chi or ? . ) The _ulis- _' _-rehy 0 : England and Ireland had eomb ' ivd . anii d \ d uot keep each other ? , t a _ilistance . N _« . t ei tbo people . The aristocracy of both _cmntrUs ther were intimately connected , and when _tht-y _i-r-abiiierj against the _peopla _, _cugbt uot tho _teaple to r _ombist

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      against them ? ( Loud ' cheera , ) He believed the people of Ireland had been losing many precious years in tho endeavour to win over to them the aristocracy . ( Hear , hear . ) The aristocracy mieht be won . There was one way of winning them , and that was by frightening thera . ( Cheers and hughfcer . ) In receiving any deputatunfrom English _draocrats they Bhould receive them as negociatnrs frffll a foreign people—they ( tbe Irish ) were a distinct nation —tbe English were likewise . 1 distinct and separate nation . A strict alliance might be formed with thera ; but as the Irish could not form a part of the Edeliah nation , no _likewiae tbey could not form a

      part oftho Ivi & h nation . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( the chairman ) bad been elected as a member if the National Convention ; but be could not sit in tbat assembly in any suoh _capacity he conld only ba present as a _nef _/ _DDjaW , and he would attend in Man _« Chester in a few days to explain to tbe Convention the reason why he could not represent an English constituency . Th » ir maxim should b _? , ' England to herself , ' and 'Ireland to herself . ' Let tbe people of England render Eng l and ungovernable by tha English ministry—let Ireland render herself _unsovernnhle to any English ministry , and then , indeed , they might expect beneficial results . The chairman resumed his seat amidst loud aoulauae .

      Mr S- _Kvm > , delegate from England , _sAtd : When the National Convention appointed him and his colleagues , they pointed out no particular line of policy , they merely said they believed in the _poliov of Lamartine , who said tn the dcoutition of Charti . -t _* frora England , 'Gohome , and tell your countrymen that we believe in tbe policy of a revolution of ideas . ' The Bpeaker then ? aid lie did not wast Irishmen to give up their nationality , but he thou , fit an union could s'ill be effected among them upon other p ints . There was an universality in truth ; upon tbat they ( ould aU agree . lie then referred to the points of ihe Charter , tho _principle of which was . thatthe people should have a voice and a due weight in the making ofthe Jaws . England was governed by

      aristocrats , and Ireland was governed by landowners and money jobbers . VYlmfc h » d the latter done for tho poor wretches who were perishing of hunger throughout tbe hnd ? They preferred tbeir oxen before the people . The rights of man were more sacred tban the privileges nf any landowner or _gamekeeper . The Enclosure Bills which , from time to time , were _passed _through Parliament , deprived the common _people of England of 6 000 , 000 acres of land . The people ou « ht to demand back this land frora the _arstocracy , who teemed to fay tbe land was not the Lord ' s , but theirs . Englishmen ought to make common cause with the j eople of Ireland ; for like chu 8 « r produced like effects _up-m bo'b people . Tbe people ouuht to point to Carberry Castle , and ask

      why a bast ard aristocracy should turn out tba peepie . ( Great cheers . ) Something more than a llouee of Lords and a House of Commons was _iequired to govern a people ; it was the moral feeling among the people , forming what wai unfairl y called tho different classes of Bociety . If the people of Ireland had sueh ITou « _es of Parliament as they had in Englaid , their Repeal of the Union would be but an empty mockery , He knew the people of Scotland—he knew the people of England—and ( he feeling among them was that tbe Irish people should have tbeir Parliament again in College Green The people of Scotland and England said to the _Minist-y , If we are to he taxed for the purpose of shooting the Irish _BfODle , _yi-u will have turbulence ac home . '

      Tha Lord-Lieutenant ought to send all the war _fcorsrs tbat were eating the food of the people , to 11 ugh the fields of Eogland and Ireland , and do something else with their riders than keep them to shoot the pe > ple . He then drew a parallel between fhe _SwiBs and the Irish , and asked with indignation why the latter , whoso land was more fertile , should not be as well fed as the former . He ( Mr Kydd ) was at the Ederderry Fair , and detailed afc some _lengtb-to-ihe meeting the poverty he saw there , and _ihtf . _v-ant of _employment amosg the _different trades . He Baid Ireland exported too much . He saw at the other side of the channel some fat bullocks from

      Ireland , and when be came to Ireland he saw lean people , who ought to have eaten the fat _bullocks . ¦ He th « n enforced at length the necessity that existed for an amalgamation between Englishmen and Irishmen . He told the Irish people to trust to _themstIves , to give over working for others , and do a little bit of work for themselves . If a proper union were established among tbem . no goTornment could withstand thei" might . He had faith in the people —ho had none in the aristocracy , nor in the moneyjobbers ; and he knew the perple would triumph in the end . The speaker resumed his place amid _tremendm * cheera .

      Mr J . » H 2 s Leach , another delegate from En » land , then cams forward to address the meeting . He commenced by alluding to the export of fat cattle from Ireland , instead of leaving them to feed the creatures who wero _perishing from famine . He read from the Uisitks Irishman a table of certain products . ( The _mention of the paper elicited much cheering . ) They should not have all the cheering to themselves , for ft would be answered on Wednesday in Manchester . The speaker then said , with all deference to thoso who said there was a famine in Ireland , tbat there was no famine in Ireland , but tbere was » robbery and a murder there . The _Gauging Bill was passed with a view to put the people down . Ic would fail , fo r that the people were invincible . ( Loud cheers . ) Thore never conld be content till those principles of heavenly justice the people were

      demanding were adopted . The people of Ireland could grow food for every country in the world , but they could not grow it fw themselves . The Chartists would shout mora lustily now than ever , nflt _« withstanding tbe _Gauging Bill . Uo alluded to Lord John Russell having withdrawn a measure on a former _occasion , when he heard tho shout ofthe Republicans of Paris warning him there was an end to kingly and governmental tyranny . ( Great cheering . ) The hundreds of thousands of Irish settlers in the different towns in England all united—the days of humbug wore tons for ever . Tho English peopio were hear * and soul with the Irish people in their _atrunnle for their rights , ( _"jreat cheering . ) Mr William _O'Cwsor then moved a resolution in favour of Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Abolition of Parliamentary Qualification . Payment of Members of _Psriiamenc , and Vote- _ly

      Ballot . The resolution having been seconded andcarriea the meeting adjourned to Sunday next .

      Daeohhda.—Tbero Was A Very Significant D...

      _DaeoHHDA . —Tbero was a very significant demon ' stration of popular fe-lin _* _exhibitnl here on Monday evening week . O _i thit _div Mr Mitc ' _iol , of tho United _Irishmw , came from Dublin to assume thc _office of president of tho _'Druihodi Confederate Ciub . ' Shortly before seven o ' clock , this gentleman , accompanied by Messrs Devin _R-ull y and Smith , _arrived at the terminus of the railway , where they were mc 5 by a _considerable body of the tradesmen ( bearing fligs ) and several other respectable and well . attired person * . In their _progress from the railway to the pWoa appointed to hold the _meeting , the learned gentlemen wero greeted with cheering , and all th * ether manifestations of _populir satisfaction . The meeting wa 3 _announced to be held in

      _tlia Linen-ball , a spacious building capable nf holding from 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 persons . Be _f ore tho proceedings commence 1 , the ball was full to _inconvenience , and hundreds were _obliged to go away , beint unable to obtain _entr-Anao . I have often witnessed inciting * in this to . vn during the height of _O'Conaell ' s stormiest agitation , but never did I behold Mich enthusiasm — such determination , a 3 was cvinoed on this occasion , by the men of tha ' blistered hands . ' They assembled peaceably , but on their brows , and in 'heir glances , might be read the determination of men , who are resolved no longer to submit patiently to the cruelty of their _hearties taskmasters . The _spe-ch-making on the occasion was firm and energetic ; it was chiefly confined to

      the D _iblin _gei-t ' citon . Mr Mitchel boldly reiterated those sentiments whieh ha has been _promulgating , both by writing and _speech , for thc _pa-tt two months . Ho alluded in his speech , to Mr O'Connor and the Chartist movement in England , _expressing his _delight that the Repealers and Chartists were « C last _begittning to understand each other . I ' , was ihe _interest ot both parties to fraternise and _forsei the old grudge which was heretofore fomented and fanned in itsranorous resentment by crafty and designing old _dudsiers . Every sentiment he utteroi was again and _again responded to with cb . ee . rin 3 , such as you , in England , can have no idea of . _Nutain-j , however , delighted me mure tban to witness theexpr . - s 3 ion of _feeling exhibited by the entire assembly for their

      brothers , tho Chnrti _^ s of England . R 3 assured there is i . ot otic- trne Repealer in Ireland who does not bo'i-: vo the cause of tbe populace in Ireland to be identified with that if his Mlowmen on tbe other aide There is a true and a lasting fraternisation _eff-. o ' ed . May God grant that nothing on earth shall have power to sever that bond of unanimity _, till tbe _woikijH classes of hot ') _countries have fairly and _iffectuutiy _» ub _incd their co union enemy . I am sure if Mr COoimer wero to come tu Ireland , bis reception would lie as warm aud r . ff . ; otionat 3 as an Irish welcome could be . Ue is now _louked upon her

      e , es well aa through tho country _tenuraily , ai the _nidliiichin-jishampiunoi' the poor ami _oppressed . Hence it is that all admir ; : and _hSwtshim A visit _IVouj him at . tbe prcsmt _trisi- - _wmrsl _, 1 arti convinced ,, tc j pr- ductivtf . of much _gtnui . It wind tvnd to _ce-menimore _cl-se ! y the ties ot ! n-E . _Jiti-. y fooling be _^ _veeti 1 the _peo-djii ' f both countru _s . Thc business cf our I _mcititu tevmiua _' . cd _\>« i \ _o-.-a ' i > _Vy , _i _, ot ono _diaordeily ¦ : perscn beir > g _present . A . J a matter of course , there ! were _3- ; vc _* al of the ' dei « tive , ' or ' spy' / _areo pre-| s * n ' ., _proViing nbant _iV-r Vuu purpose of v _> v _\ a _' _iOAii-g _, ilov _.-n nil tha ' _se-livion " preached on the _occasion . } It is _reallliisgust ' _Vthink of the oi « i iwiii lili

      y ms > * meanness . . . _ . .,. _su . » " >»|» IU _l . _'lli Uli ' . _HUiL'Si OI I Kur'baseaitdbrutar _govmiiiient . Tbey have fel-j ' _lowavainloye . ' , _* b . > so about in erery garb , from I tha 'swell' to the simple ' clown , ' _spying into over * _jiii'oo riioy can got their roses . A government th' I caa stoop _' to sueh lo * trickery , would be gutty 0 I any species ot villany . It is one _grauiioa' ; , 1 tbat such men cannot losg hold tl . b ' . r post s _; on ! Every good and vir _' _uoua mau ia the oouu _'_ rv j [ arrayed against _the- . a ; and when truth , and ' _> aw _ajiiaas vice , it is impossible it caa atan *' _.,.

      The Condition Of England Ftubstimo) Labourek3* Meeting At Cold Habboult , It „

      THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND _ftUBSTIMO ) LABOUREK 3 * MEETING AT COLD _HABBOUlt , It „

      Swindon . On Sunday Morning, April Thn 9...

      SWINDON . On Sunday morning , April thn 9 th , a public maet ' _ctfri win held in tbe open air in a field at Hi ghwortb , neQe >! Cold Harbour . On tho motion of Mr J : ) hn Ark « h « I ] a labouring man named William Spackman _, ( Voiron Stratton St Margaret ' s , was elected chairman ft _ftt tho day . The _Cbaibmax _rrquested every man to be quiet acam _orflarly , and to recollect that God ' s will must he done , a , as « eila » the _lawaof man ohejed . Ho won hlmselfa '& lat bour ' _ng man , working fori ) 1 , a week , and having nimini children to maintain . Soma tlma 8 g *< from an _accidtriHi which happened , _thatren-lererJ him incapable of work s' -all together , he applied 'o the Board of Guardians for relialian hut as they told h \ m they cettld uot raliaveUim _unlmbtbi went into the _h & _stile _workhouio _, he lingered on out et e _: it for several weeks _toRether ns _wellns be could until hihil

      leg was well again . Now some years ago , not being ablibl ' . at any rate to find himself labour which wonld enablibK himself and family to live at nil , he had been sent to ftthn bastile ( for he could call it by no othur name ) where hihiremained for nlno _wh « le months of tbe year , costing _hihii _parish not lees tban £ b"l or HO , whereas if he had hacac ' t _s _llttleasslJtMice outof thehou _^ o , it would not have _cosos ' the ratepayers a _quarter of lhat sum . Something rem _quired to be done , and _something must be done , _^ or th « h « people ; what tbey wanted was a little land , hut . aa _tbchii _faraieia said that they could not live upon it even at 30 _e 0 e < en acre , what were they poor fellows to <' o with it at 81 ) 1 ,, or 3 d . n hut ? Mr Arkell would tell tbem mora ohoamu matters of government than he could , but one thiujtij ; more ba would tell thorn whilo in tho bastile he warn ;! sent fo thc _tr'ad-n-Keel for a week for emoklr . g a _littUlci tobacco _whfrh some friends sent to him there , so _thejejj m ' _xht _jfti' R _* what sort of a plaee it was _.

      Mr AnKSlli thpn _sMd that _although he was not tifc & g pot r Mr Spackman . hard _prtssed _for'food or raiment _^ ,, yet he , with thousands and tens of thousands _ofotherer small tradesmen , waa being _Rtarved and equofztd out oioll existence ) by the most damnable and cursed system of of : monetary laws whieh ever wbb intreduoed into a coun . n « . try . nnd which if not « rot rid of in ona way or _annthtRt : bf fore long , would noon twines the p 9 rpJe of this _coudj } ., try' to a ? _wretehed a condition as Ireland was now ln . _i _,, The currenoy _metmirpn and tha priice Jaws of Sirir Rob _.-rt Peel and Lord Jobn _Ruu « ll _, wero the mOBt un 4 i ., just seta of Parliament this country had ever Been , andifij _; thej-did not git rid _* f such laws , thoso lawn wEuld ( jetet ; rid of tho irsdep _ndtrue- of the people _altoeethi-r . Con . ; ., _stqui-nily it won _nowbif-h time for every Englishman w } 00 had a heart In hU body to be prepared for wiatevenr circumstanced might be forced upon him . The meeting then adjourned till _tno o'clock in thee af > rnnon .

      The cbair wa _« _ajrnin taken hy Mr _Spackjiaic . Mr GE * noE _BiiB 2 a read certain extracts from than _Nohthebn Stab to nn _sudience of _aboui a tb > _iusandd _tiergons , but on Sir Ba b _: r ' s attentionbeir . fr called to _» the principal _dtyteta af the meeting , he commenced am outline of the petition whieh was ftbout to Idd _presented 1 to the Houso of Commons on behalf of th « People '*} Charter , _describing the _vnrlous _poiats aa he went on .. The _ntiJuriee w « w highly pl « a _? _-d with the beni fitg 1 which Mr Barber _aaid tbe Charter w & uld eonfer upon 1 them .

      Mr Arkeix was then called to explain tho principal business cf the meeting , nnd in so doing he * aid that one great objection raised ogainst tbo _meeting was that it was held on tie _Sabbath , on which day it was wrong for thc » to enter upon _aoy such _business , however ur . gent it might be _eonsidcrni . Now as the _' r cause was that ofthe common psop lr , and as tbo very existence o { tbe S-ate depended upon the virtue and pr © 3 peri'y * of the working people _themselre _? , ic was _nitv hiphly necessary to brlnj ? thim _together in the best manntr th _? y could , so that as little _suffering as _possible should be felt by the poor ia _carrying out tbe _cicessary _agitations for the emanclpatioH ofthe eonntry at large , from tba condition which it had fallen info t _*? roux' _» > he _foolisk _icfttuatloa nnd dogged apathy of the _people themselves . He was _f

      thereore prepsrrd to defend their conduct agsiust the _whininsr and cintiog hypecri « y of the » _a _; 0 . _Hid the _mi- _'dleclasses done their duty towards their couatry at tho elections , aad honest men been sant to parliament , there wou'd not hare b _.-en auy occasion for tbe _present _meetrnj , aad as it was th » ord _^ r of tyranny at certaia times when it suited i's _conveni'scg to turu hypocrite as well as knave , he would defy o _' _-l the canting hjpo . _critea in tho world to show that they w * ro doing harm to society by _holding tU'ir _mziiingt on that day , provided th-y behaved thcm < i'lve « as th » y ought to do ; and if individuals got drunk and abus r d tho public afterwards _, let tho sin rest with themselves and not with the great body cf the meeting , who advised peace and good _, will to all men . It was only last w _» ek that be had pub . Holy called unon the upi » rclu « se « to come _foiwurd and assist them in the great btrugglo vrV _. icVi tbey ' wera making , and ho was moBt happy to inform them that one nobleman at least _hid _declared in favour of _thegreat

      principles of _universal _right which tbey were _advocation in evry distriet of ths country ; and as that _noakman was no other than that wis- ? and consistent _Eigi _^ huian , thsEir ] Stanhope , ho would read thim a letter _directed to himself from the Earl ' s seat in IveDt , ( Tha letter waa then road , and _occ- » _3 iosed shouts of applause and de . liijht ia the _meeting . ) Mr Arkell then said , tbat although tbey might not agree in eviry respect with the noble carl about the duration ot parliament , yet ho saw no reason why w <> should not send Hm the petition which was ab .-ut 10 be presented for tlieir adoption ; aad as Lord Radnor was a radical _reformer likewise , it ivas but right tba ? they should solicit his support in favour of that _aacred cause which th < yhad _undtrtsken _, aad meant to ko _throaeV _" _, at all hf zirc _' s . If such men would cont ' _mua to help thera along th » y ought to _fe- _^ 1 erery _rrSpeCt _forthqra , All those who were determined not to assist , tbey should hav » _nothing to thask for ; so with _, _hopjs f . r better sure r . » _, wi _' . k tbeir _laava he _vsould read tha _peiitlon , and _propose its adoption by the _meeting .

      Here the petition was read , _propibed ky ilr Arkell , and _adopted unanimously : — Thepetition waa to tba following effect : —' _Tlsat the _pttitioana wero v- \ e , ? , Uy _favia _laboviviv _* , bat _withoat regular _emplojment _, In _coiutqnerce of tha inability of thu farmers so to _employ them—this inability urising from tbe _epyressivi ) burdens of _tasation , and ihe uncertainty & f holding their _tenures . That the petitioners ' wa » e « were too low to ennidi them to livo ' as Christians ani _En _^ _V-shraen _, ' an-1 that the ; , with all other classes In th ,-,- country , wero in a state of grout _distress , They , therefore , prayed tbe hou . 'e to consider their _cise —to _jcraut ti Inbaur-rate , and to abolish tho Poor-law , that thus the people mig \ t lo _kspt qjiet uotil _t' _-. e whole _sjatem of _electoral _liws b ? sve _ba-n _thoroughly _revised , and an jit _Parliuaieiii , more favourable to the people , _elected .

      Mr David _JfosBnow _sscosded tht adoption of tbe _petition _. Hi felt lMppy that ihey hsd e > ne noblesian at 1 _u » t who was not _athaiutd to _eeviith'ho people , and _although they might not agr _= e with every proposition ir . _ads by th * E xrl of S'anhupe , especially as regarded Trlenniul Parliaments , ifce , _ytt every man ought to bs _cr _.-ally _obliged to thi > noblo earl for his advic * and opinions , and m . _ist _p-ut ' _cuhirly fo f _. r off < r ng hU ser * vte . es ta the people shout 1 they send Mm a _petition for _pi-oHcntatiun , Mr 5 iari » N , _another _workir-g mechanie , speks on tha

      petition . A _labouring man fro : n ITintop , then came forwsrd _, and made-the following _statement : —My name is Isaic Harris , fr > m Hinton . , 1 have worked constantly for _t-aj _mastir for _fourtseu y « ats , until list year , when , wtt _* i b wife and ten cluUren in family , nn J tha high price of bread , ic w . 14 impossible to live on Ss . per week _^ so I went into ttie house . TUU circumstance _beiuj cr . _nvoysd totho meeting by another spanker , nwny of tha _labourers prjsent cried out , ' And many of us have as low as 7 j , a _we-. 'k . '

      _Anomsr farm laboursr _, in a smock frock , here _req'ldHod that _sometSiing moro should be put to-the petition , which would _ti-11 ti . e great man that it wu 3 _impossible for them to livo and remain satisfied in their pres * _ttc _situation , atrl thut things must fce _altersJ . _Inconsequence of this , aaothor " _c-iausa _Ttas-addsd _tcthepeiitlon . At this time , and when tha petition _-was-formftily put . it i j considered that _abouc fifteen _hucired- _perseus . wero present , consisting _principally of labouyers _, m * Gbaaic 3 and oountry tradesmen . _Threei cheers were then _jpiven fos- _E _^ _irl _Staiiho-pe , and ttireo _clieerd for tae Caartor _, aa _« th _« _meesisj tjaieily dispersed . —' _aWgla . il .

      State Op Empmtiiks X In ?.1anciisster.—T...

      State op _Empmtiiks x in ? . 1 _anciisster . —Tho official return , _sho-nng _tf a _itstca cf employment of all the operative classes v it' . _iin the _luroueh of Manchester , is thia week very _Ut'conra _^ ing . The total _nttniherwonung _tuntira' , ia 27 , S 38 ; working short time , b . o < 13 ; arid wholly oul ui « lUploytnent . 8 , 511 . Ths depresaodutateof ' the _cntton _twila will be _gathfrti tarn taelaes , that 1 , 077 _bsndi _iisva i » the Brcseut _Wit-k been _retluc * _i trom fu 1 to ' _shcrUime . Of those wholly out ot em- _, ' ov . T . ent there arc upwards _td' 50 _'J _ilyer-s _Sr > 0 h » nr ;; , _form-rly employed in _foim- irie _.-, and nearJ > 2 OO j me „ srj ; j * _( WVM "otitis a 3 _maol . iai _' _* _* _1-We should h ,. c been K j ) Si , - 3 (] d lhat i ; i _- ) 3 _depreascd state of trade was _merely _tDmparaty . Ths _vce-en } amount ot _prr . _i , , li ;) U > however , curtail- ti as it i * . _, " 1 n _>« fh _beyoiii _? . the _demand , aud mu * t there ! ' re , w -still fmthur reduced . _Abridncmcat of tho l : i >« : _*» 0 ! . labour » _v > aill BUO | ton of vary _^ _njvaiiv _, and we ap ; r _?! ' _^ . _'' ' »« tlllj '" » f uT- _'m-, _il :. yV . l _hin-U _wi-l be _sroiviiv _aurmentcd within the _cwnii'Sinoatb .

      _Imi-f ai . M 1 S _Shei-fikld—TLotleprei < scil ; _-t " . ' i ? 0 ' t-iu . _4-, _s _,. | lUt , airn ,, st , fomp ' _en nnu . hihitii'ii '' •' llv _' luiui .-. _* , { _- { hi , _» _Vl-:, m ? J trAtl . j - „ , ii _^ , i afa t > e _: inai : i _^ w _i : _?" ' ' srrious tff 11 on rite _a-Mv _ratev , and lhe X _' _^' "•* _- _* ' j 13 at present _j-. ! -j ' _.-t _euui- ar . t _(<¦ r * : e of ¦ - _^ _* _•^ . j' ; u" _iT-ur-i thnn in tho iv . trcsinuid ' n' _w-- ' i , " ' "

      [ s _p _; 5 _an-i lS 47 . h _, the _.- » .-conViv _.- _t-eVin n > _i'il , _l- " ' 1 ' j _" s , . _itit tx ;>« " <'' _-ed in r-liei' on tin tut- ;)""' - ;' [ f 2-10 . _iiinl'liii ; wc k _tuo _txpcn-. iituro wa ' _A' _- - ' _; ' I / bo 11 timber »!' _t _.-ut-po . > r was Ian _wtek 2 , 1 Jl , : _' _- « ' 1 £ f _ini- 'ifc * in the w .. rkh < u . sj have this week _nt _.-re ; _- _^ t : S 2 _. j Tim ri' / _iuhcrin ths _corresi-. ond _' ssr » e . s ' -. _, IS 17 was 537 ; 803 iu 18-10 ; av . d _4 SG in 1 _S-13- ' - *" _II _nutxbei- ol out : \ _-,. d iu > ieoi- ; _-. iu .. c ,-s is ' 2 . 0 _'i : 't , The (" _harti-ts of Nott _^ gh . im _b-is to re-urn tl _»^ - '

      jtU nnk . _s to > he Alb ' . ui Order » f Udd ' Fellows , t ' jv l ' - ' ! kindness shown them by a ! _lo' _-. nA' their bv . il to _^ [ company th 8 precession cu Moadny , and li _SewUe . _* : j _theicemb-r-ol ' t' _-fi baud lor tho promptness _w ' which ( hey complied .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 29, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_29041848/page/6/