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      " The Cause Of Justice Is The Cause Of G...

      ment of the then Prime Minister , Sir Robert ' feel , and _«^ ch they are determined to _exerelse on Monday next , observing perfect PEACE , LAW , and ORDER , and scrupulously respecting the rights of property , but as _scrupu ! oi" = iy _defendiuir their own rights as freemen . Tie Del _a tes ofthe people have p assed a unanimous resolution to hold themselves responsible for the good order of those whom they represent , and precedent establishes the ri ght which ; the people mean to exercise .

      Our cause is , therefore , the cause of Justice and the cause of God ; and our duty is to impose the onus of resistance to that cause upon those who dread the moral influence of an oppressed hut united people . In the provinces , those who pant for the response to the National Will , thus respectfully and constitutionally conveyed , will not give ear to the thousand and one reports which malice or mischief may choose to circulate ; but they will wait calmly for the true intelligence from their own representatives . There never was , in any country , a more

      _Credifcible , pure , or honest _representation of the . National Will , than that which is now deliberating-upon the National Cause . Its progress will not be retarded for want of energy and courage ; its success will not be jeopardisedand must not be jeopardised—by bluster , bravado , or folly . A sacred duty is assigned to those men , and a sacred trust is imposed upon their constituents ; the voice of _freedom is wafted upon each _passing breeze throughout the land—and heavy will be the _responsibility' of those who shall check its C 01 ir ? ej or impede its progress b y treachery , by cowardice , or fraud .

      For a nation to he free , it is sufficient that she wills it . For a people tO ensure their freedom , it is sufficient that they know their rights , and dare maintain them .

      CWVYARD AND WE _CONQUER ! BACKWARD AND WE PALL THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER !

      _ A™L -8 , 1848. The Northern Star. S

      _ A ™ l -8 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR . _S

      Parliamentary Review. If The Legislature...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . If the _Legislature means to continue much longer in its " do nothing" mood , it would be better that Sfc Stephens should be closed at once " until further notice , ' and only reopened when the members have made up their minds to go on with work . At present , the sum total of these lahonrs can only he expressed hy the term " nil . " People grow tired of looking into Parliamentary debates , because they know they will Und nothing in thpm . except it be the announcement of the determination of our _legislators to do nothing * .

      We have already commented upon the singular and anomalous position taken up both by the Ministry and the _Parliament . In the midst of general _process , they are obstinately bent _uponstandinsstxickstill . _Itmight , butfor some _triflins * indications to the contrary , be imaD-ined that our rnlin _* _* r classes were both blind and deaf , and that the events which everywhere else stir the heart's blood and make it now quicker through the veins , have no existence for the occupants of _Do-vningstreet , or the benches of the House of Commons . A wise Ministry or a prudent Legisla

      ture would not act in this way . The natural effect of the mighty _changes that are occurring around us , must be to excite the instinctive feeling , latent in the mind of every man , that things may he , and aught to be , better than they are . * Such a period of general and simultaneous movement seems lo be preeminently the time for an active and prudent Government to lead the whv to safe and efficient improvements , and by making the existing constitution the medium for conferring political and social benefits , obviate the necessity for _organic or violent changes . The

      introduction _, of good measures , and the exhibition 0 an earnest and honest intention to carry them out , would more than anything else tend to maintain order iu this country , and to secure gradually the great ohjects of good government to all chisses without direct injury to any . If the _Ch-irtists and _Repealers had heen in want of arguments to prove that the interests of the masses of this country are not properly attended to , and that an immediate and extensive change was required in order to make it harmonise with the intelligence ofthe people , and able to provide for their wants , the

      policy of the present Parliament would have supplied quite sufficient to have proved their case . Instead of increased activity and energy , Ministers and members seem to think that the times demand an increased amount of indolence and apathy . In a few days , more , the House will adjourn for the Easter recess ; that is , the best working half of the Session will be over , and what shall we have to show for it ? Ministers have hotchei their Budget . There never before was such a thing of shreds and patches turned out in the financial way . The Public Health Bill has been for many weeks arrested in its progress . Our Colonial system was to have been revised , with the view of giving representative institutions

      to the Colonies , and so enabling" them to manage their own affairs—the only thing done in that way has been to suspend the New Zealand Constitution granted last year . Not a single step has been taken toward ? improving our Educational Institstions . Ireland was to have occupied a . prominent position , by the bringing in of 3 series of remedial measures . Ministers act the part of the dog in the manger ; not only will they do nothing themselves , but they will not permit any body else to do anything—witness the defeat of Mr Sharman Crawford ' s Out-going Tenants' Bill this week . In short , in every department we see the same stagnation . It is impossible that this can go on long .

      "It Is Unnecessary To Detain Our Readers...

      "It is unnecessary to detain our readers with any detailed enumeration of the matters that have heen talked over since our last . A few specimens may he selected , just hy way of showing the fitness ofthe present Ministry and Parliament for their respective duties . When the Army Estimates were brought on , Mr Hume moved that 100 , 000 men he granted instead of 113 , 000 . He was beaten t > 3 ' a majority of 295 . The explanation is easy—of that majority , at least 115 hold commissions in the Army and ISsvv , or stand in the nearest

      p ? raon- _< il _lelatlons of Lirtb . or marriage _tothtise who do . More than one-third of the whole undeniably belong to families which have a direct pecuniary interest in maintaining the largest possible amount of armed force . If ta these the holders of civil appointments , and the expectants of appointments in future , he added , fully two-thirds of the majority will be accounted for- It is in this way that these classes , under the conventional cloaks of a vote of the House of Commons , dip their hands into the pockets of the people , and transfer the money found there into their own .

      The Fate Of The Out-Going Tenants' Bill,...

      The fate of the Out-going Tenants' Bill , to which we have already alluded , jii conjunction with other Irish discussions during the Session , and the general tone of the House on these questions should beaccepted hy the Irish people and their leaders , as an unmistakeable hint that the English Parliament is tired of legislating for Ireland—that it wishes very much they would take the trouble off its hands , and mind their own affairs in future . At least , such is the construction we put upon the systematic and determined refusal to grant asingle positive or remedial measure to a country which is known to he steeped to the lips in wretchedness , and which all authorities nnite to show is on the eve of a general and organised

      insurrection . Lord J . Russell ' s haughty defiance and pompous boast of Monday night , -in answer to Lord _Jocelyn _' _s question on the state of Ireland _, ye look upon ia the same light The

      The Fate Of The Out-Going Tenants' Bill,...

      Whig Premier has evidently made up his mind to stop legislation and provoke a light . The grievances of Ireland are nothing to him . The shortest cut to tbe tranquillity of that country appears to be , in his estimation , through the slaughter of its inhabitants . Certainly , it is a summary way of getting rid of the " surplus population . " But blood thus spilt has an awkward facility of springing up in future harvest's of revenge and hostility , not unfrequently fatal to those who caused it

      to be shed . "We have no hesitation in saying that if a civil war takes place in Ireland , that the Whig government which has obstinately refused all legislation of a conciliatory or remedial character , and which has , at the snme time , proclaimed its determination to put down , by armed force , the internal disaffection arisingj from its own misconduct , will be alone responsible for all the blood that may be shed , and the loss of property which may follow such an event .

      Mr Horsman . By Dint Of Constant Importu...

      Mr Horsman _. by dint of constant importunity , has at length shamed hoth Sir R . Peel and _Lurd J . Russell , into the confession that something must be done to reform the Ecclesiastical Commission , to which we have more than once referred . The way in which the Bishops have misappropriated the funds , and evaded the distinct intentions of an Act of

      Parliament , would , in the case of a poor man , be termed fraud and swindling . But to the " right reverend prelates" such terms , we presume , are not to be applied , They steal so nicely , none dare call it theft . Lord John has promised , however , to consult the new _Arcfillisliop of Canterbury as to the means of stopping the plunder in future . Perhaps this is done on the principle , " Set a thief to catch a thief . "

      The Jewish Disabilities Bill, Which Was ...

      The Jewish Disabilities Bill , which was introduced at the beginning of the Session , and which , as it was intended to let into Parliament Baron Rothschild , one of the Premier ' s colleagues tor the City of London , we might have imagined would have been pushed forward somewhat briskly , has shared in the general paralysis . On Monday night it turned up , after having heen lost sight of for some time , and , after a preliminary discussion , went through committee . It has still to pass the ordeal of the Lords , and if all we hear is true , it is possible that it may founder in its passage through that Chamber .

      Co £Eal3erg & Comsiionimtts.

      Co _£ _eal 3 _erg & _Comsiionimtts .

      Dexoxstbattoif Covmittbfi.—Erery Rnembsr...

      DEXoxsTBATtoif _CovMiTTBfi . —Erery _rnembsr Of this committee is specially summoned to attend on Sunday afternoon , at fire o ' clock _precisely . _SoBscEipTTOJf son loss OF _CiTTtE U O'QoWOViVrLL _^ . s . d . James Swaffield ... ... 0 6 G _Iledrap ... ... o fi Folton , per Hejes ... ... 6 8 _Brighton , Flower ... 4 0 O'dhatn , Hamer ... , „ 5 0 ¦ _Asliroa-onder-ivDe ... ... 10 0 T Martin ... " ... ... I 0 W Penny , Hyde ... ... 0 6 W Darrant and _Brothers , _Stratford-on-Ayon ... 2 0 Thomas Abbott , Kancnesccr ... o

      £ i 19 7 The above is the list of names which was omitted last week , as the sum only was announced . Bilston , per f _. _inney ... ... _^ 2 Walsall , per Perkins ... ... < J G Linciln ... ... ... 1 fl Bacup ... ... ... 5 5 Romford , Herbert ... ... 5 fi _Withim , Fish ... . „ 2 6 Rending , Wheeler ... ... 7 1 Leadgate , Grogan ... ... 2 4

      „ . £ 1 1 ° J f LW . ' _HWJ _l- _^ _t . l- _X TnOHAS MllTIK _WH-1 H . EH . _ScBScaipTioNS . —The following is a list of subscriptions received _tiy me fromdifferert localities , in order to liquidate the debt of Mr BaMO r . _—THOMiS _RAKKlNj 59 , Ravald-street , Iloyd-street , fOldham-road , Man . ct ester . e . i . Bolton , _psr Mr Pickrance ... ... 10 0 Todmord ? n , Stansfield ... ... io O _Littlebororjgb , James Coupe ... 3 O _Stagshill . Joshua Taylor ... ... 4 e ¦ _Wallinghoroush , L Watkla ... 1 0 Bilston , Mr n ' . m . _* ners ! ey ... ... 7 6 Macclesfield . Mr J Leech ... ... Io 0 Stockport . Thomas _DaTiea ... ... 10 8 Broylsdcn , J _Dawsnn ... ... 3 0 Nottingham . J Sweet ... ... 5 0 Oldham , Hamer ... ... loo _RateV'fte Bridcc . J Bowier ... ... 5 0 _Haslineden , H Green ... ... 4 0 Dorsetshire , J W ... ... 2 O 0 Preston , J Brown ... ... 7 6 Smeihwick , Mr Allen ... _.-. 5 0

      £ fi 15 c Thomas Rankin respectfully solicits those localities that hare not yet remitted their quota to use their best efr _. _jrt ; to do so with as little delay as possible . The O'CoNKoa _MedaI A correspondent suspests the wearing of the O'Connor medal on the lfith of April . 2 . Y _., Stratford , Essex . —Tour letter is very well written hut has the rice of _containing nothing practical . If ere generalities , appeals for' union , ' & c , & _. c . are but words wasted . Any future communications , whether repoTts or _otherwise , shall havo our attention . To THE EDirOK OF THE XoHTffEBN STAB . —Sib , —I beg to _contrft . < iict a false statement which appeared in the Stae of the ISth , in a letter , signed * William Holmes , wherein he states that I dismissed him from my service in consequence of his having become . 1 Successful allottee on the land ; the fact is simply this , on account of the great depression in the trade , and having upwards of £ -2 B 0 . worth of lace by me from the machine

      Which Holmes worked , I judged it advisable that the frame should stan _* l , and it has not been worked at all since he left me , which is a _fortnight since , last Saturday ; add to this thefact of my having known of his connexion with the Land Plan from the week after he first entered my employ , and yon and the public will , I think , see that it had nothing to do with his dismissal . Tour insertion of this will oblige , Sir , your obedient servant , Geoege Lakgfobd . Zenton Sands , March 2 J . _CoavwALL . —A correspondent asks 'cannot some attention be paid by the Executive to Cornwall , by way of sendine an _asrent ! A large _SeW is open there for labour , and would doubtless prove worth attendin _? to . W . B „ Reading . —We know nothing of the note . _Anti-Hcjabco The contribution is one shilling _annually . If shillings , are sent addresseu _*; to O , J , Harney , NoRTnEim Stab office , cards will be gent in return . Ak English 'Marseillaise . ' —I harebeen thinking that

      the Democrats of England are mnch behind . " thOFe of France and other nations , in not having their national democratic anthem . Why have we not our Democratic _njmn ' as our French brethren hare their' Hymn ofthe Girondins _, ' and the' Marseillaise V I think that if the Chartist _Bzecntire Council would take up the matter , and offer a small prize for the best lyric that could be produced , embodying the sentiments of the people , there are many poets in England who would' string tlieir lyre' to such a theme . What do you think of the _suzgesTJon ? I remain , yours , A _RErofiLtCAH . [ Very good . Ed . N . S . ] The National _Permov . —A correspondent who signs Mm'ie . lt' late of the Slst Regiment of Foot , ' says ..- _« I Would Sngge 5 t the propriety of every Chartist ill Great Britain ( who can afford the expense ) , being in London on the 10 th , and to join the procession ; and also , that _^ memorial he presented at the Hom e Office , in behalf

      of Frost , Williams , and Jones , to be accompanied thither by tbe said procession . I would further suggest that all Chartist householders , residing in the metropolis , should allow themselve to be enrolled as special constable ? , to keep tbe peace and preserve goodorder , nnd so dispense with the gorernment bludgeon men . T . WooDnocsE . Stockport Yes . Tue Coseiso _Revolution . —From a long letter signed ' Mercator , ' for which we have not room in full , we give the following extract * . — 'Goto any of our manufacturing towns or villages , and there you will find thOU > _snnds upon _thousands , of onr best ani mo _* t industrious artisans starring for want of employment ; and in many branches ofthe staple trade of this country , even when employment can he obtained , the workman cannot earn more than 6 s or _? s perweek , and ontof this pittance , he has to maintain a wife , and probably a l : ir _^ e family !! And while the country is in such a

      state as this , caused by _clasB legislation , our * Wbig rulers , alter having , as is always the case , emptied the Exchequer , are trying to put the screw on the middle classes , knowing full well , thatthey ( the middle classes ) will throw the entire burthen on the working classes . While the operatives are " enduring sufferings almost unparalleled , the Guizot of England is indulging in the most lavish expenditure — to say nothing of the immense sums paid every year to placemen and hangers on , who neTer did , nor erer will , render any service to their country . And is this state of things to he endured any longer ? Are the working classes to be plundered of their last penny , by a Liberal Whig Ministry , and suffer ths infliction in silence ? No , let our rulers beware in time ; let them grant such reforms as are necessary for the salvation ofthe people ; let them retrench and economise the exnenditnre ; Jet them _grra-. it equal laws , and equal _privileges , and all may yet he well . But if ministers follow their present

      insane policy , they will , and ought to be made answerable , for the scenes of bloodshed , which will ere long blast oar once peaceful , prosperous , and happy isle . This _statement may startle some , and be laughed at by others . But let these differs and _scofftrs attend the gatherings of the oppressed and starring operatiTes , and they will find that a spirit of the most determined revenge has taken _complete possession of those , who a short time ago were the advocates of peace and order . Let them remember that there is a point in Buffering , beyond which endurance is a crime , ay , of the blackest character . _Letthim remember that tfee people have before them , the glorious example of a successful resistance to tyranny and oppression ; and let them also remeiaher , that the middle classes are nearly as much discontented as the bulk of the people ; and if amid warnings line these , our rulers do not immediately introduce _suci measures as wiU satisfy the people , let them prepare for a day of retribution , which _mostas-Baredly _isaoti ' i- distact . _^ ilEBCATOH .

      Receipts Of The! Ktvzlqtt&L* M-Wq Cq^Spa...

      _RECEIPTS OF THE ! _KtVZlQtt & l * _M-WQ _CQ _^ _SPAN' _2 _, FOB THE . WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , APRIL C , 18 ( 8 .

      PER MR O'CONNOR . BABES . £ P . d . Reading „ 3 0 0 Bury Coulter » 10 0 0 Wilmslow „ 1 IS 0 Newent M 4 38 3 Woolwich , Richmond 1 14 11 Crombio u 0 5 0 Southampton .. 4 0 0 Birmingham , _JTal'fax « 9 5 0 Goodwin .. 3 13 0 Corbridge _« 2 0 0 Kilbarchan .. 1 2 6 Bushy „ 4 10 0 Bridlington Quay 618 0 Glasgow .. 4 2 6 Birmingham , Littletown .. 31010 _J Brindley ., 16 0 _HewcaEtie-npon . Barnsley « 10 14 S Tyne .. 8 G 6 Cheddington .. 2 10 6 Welton .. 0 15 2 1 Harnoldsivick » 0 3 0 Clayton West .. 1 18 2 jCumpsie u 5 9 6 Yarmouth .. 5 0 0

      Linlithgow .. 1 7 6 Ely „ 9 0 2 Retford .. 8 5 0 Warwick _„ 4 2 0 Falkirk .. 2 6 4 Whittington and Romford M 212 0 Cat .. 511 II Daventry « 4 11 11 William Crow .. 0 2 0 Ledbury .. 1 0 2 RobtCrow _.. U 2 * _J Central Rossen- ' w _' m Thatcher .. 0 10 dale .. 10 0 0 Chas Fenton .. OlO _Raisnick _.. 1 0 0 Jas A Smith „ 0 8 1 _Ltike Lock .. 3 0 0 Mary Ann Elliott 2 1 ' 2 0 Edinburgh » 5 0 0 John Pomeroy „ 0 7 0 Lambeth .. 0 15 6 Lanceloy Toy m 2 10 0 Parhhead .. 3 li 0 John Toy .. 2 10 0 _Motiram -, Is 0 0 Ann Maria Mobs < i 1 0 Astley .. 3 0 5 John Latham „ 0 6 4 Marple ,. 510 6 Thos Latham .. 0 7 0 York .. 3 0 0 William Francis

      Rochdale ., 1 17 6- Cherry .. 0 6 0 Tewkesbury .. 0 8 6 _QeoltOvsriigO „ 0 2 6 Somers Town .. 2 7 0 John Edward _Limehoufe , B H 676 Bannell .. 080 Manchester .. 12 18 10 George H « gheB _Leieest-r , Astill .. 5 0 0 Chatwin ., 0 s 0 Mewbury .. 15 0 fi Thos Cork .. 0 6 0 Oxford .. 3 7 C Wm Lute „ 0 10 Nottingham , Geo Hall _H 1 0 0 Sweet n 5 13 6 John Eeffernan 0 10 Banbury _« 15 19 6 Thos Codings „ 0 5 0 Birmingham , Wm Wilson .. * 0 10 6 Goodwin „ 6 0 0 Geo Waterman .. 0 3 4 Clitheroe .. 4 0 0 Hy Byrne „ 0 2 0 Liverpool H 10 IS 9 Ann Broad „ 0 0 6

      Northampton ., 7 0 0 Wm Borrett ., 0 2 6 Thri 9 lingtou .. 9 9 0 Jas Smith „ 0 16 Tavistock .. 2 10 Wm Crow ., 0 2 0 Birmingham , RohtCrow ., 0 2 0 Ship _ , 4 14 0 Wm Tliatclier ci 0 X 0 inverkeithing .. 1 14 10 John Quarter-Plymouth .. 611 6 man ., 0 5 0 Keighley « . 10 0 O William Thomp-New Radford .. 6 12 3 son .. 6 5 0 Bradford , York 8 8 0 Sarah R Salmon 6 Hall „ 12 10 10 Harriet Towers * 0 _Torquay ., 8 18 O Ann Maria Moss 0 Mells . Corps .. 3 8 0 Foster Cordon ., Zoo Burslem . » 12 2 0 Felix Hunt ., 0 i 0 A _1- ™ „ 1518 0 William Baillie _,, 0 i 6 ilarkhinch ., 1 7 6 Hamilton .. 1 15 0

      £ 399 15 Oj BXPEN 8 S FUND . ' Reading ,, 7 0 0 Tavistock .. e a ( _' ¦ _Vilmslow ,. 1 12 6 Plymouth „ 1 4 ( Kilbarchan .. o 4 0 New Radford ,. 0 G t Bridlincton Quay 0 14 0 Hull ., 0 11 4 Barnstaple .. o 18 6 Torquay .. 6 5 f I . _ontfSutton „ d 510 Mells , Corps „ 0 16 Campsie _„ 013 0 Burslem .. 1 11 C Linlithgow _» 0 12 6 Newent > , Ol € Retford M 0 6 6 Richmond „ 0 1 ( FalWrk „ 011 0 Southampton .. 1 0 ( Romford .. 0 5 6 Halifax „ 0 15 C Ledbury „ 0 3 0 Busby „ o 10 C Rastrick n 16 6 Glasgow ., 0 5 * Lake Lock ( l 0 2 0 littletown „ 0 9 U

      Edinburgh M 0 6 6 Kewcastle-uponl _' arkhead .. 0 6 0 Tyne „ 1 13 6 Astley .. o 10 0 Welton .. 0 1 o _Jfarple . < 1 9 _S Clayton West .. 0 1 0 Glossop .. 0 8 0 Ely ,. 10 2 _Rochdile .. 0 5 6 Warwick „ 0 16 Limehouse , Bruns . Whittington and wick llall .. 0 2 6 Cat .. 0 7 6 Manchester .. 2 7 2 MaryAnnEUiott o I o Oxford ., 0 4 0 John Pomeroy .. 0 2 0 _Nottingham , Henry Sullivan 0 16 Sweet ,, 2 10 2 Thos Collins _M 0 2 0 Banbury _„ 0 ll 0 Geo Waterman „ 0 2 0 Clitheroe ., 1 0 0 William Board .. 0 2 0 Liverpool » 1 16 0 John Hickman .. 0 2 0 Northampton , John H Fox Munday „ 8 0 0 _Young .. 0 1 D Hamilton .. 0 5 0 Alva .. 0 4 0

      £ 45 13 _ _j Total Land Fund ... ... £ 399 15 Oh Expense Fund ... ... 45 13 < H Rules .. . . „ 0 6 6 „ , £ H 5 li 1 Bank ... ... ... ... 374 u 8

      £ 820 9 3 _ . _ ffm _^ _fffiw Wh . Dixok . _CHBisTOPHEa Doue , Thos . Class :, ( _Corres , Sec . / _PaittP _M'Qs * . TH , ( Fln . Sac . ) RECEIVED AT BANK . Manchester .. .. „ 23 10 0 _Padiham , Power Loom Weaver Association „ loo 0 0 Liverpool , Clarence Cooperative Society „ 4 14 e Barnstaple , Auxiliary Bank _.. .. 200 The Mountain Bank of the National Land Company , Yorkshire „ 2 0 0 T . Pbice , Manager . RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION _Grejrory , Belper .. 0 16 Northampton „ 0 5 0 Bradford H 0 5 0 Ipswich „ 0 10 0 Mr Burke .. Oil Bolton „ 0 10 0 Mr Simpkin . ¦ 0 10 Plymouth „ 0 ll 0 Minster Lovell .. 2 10 O Mr Tanner „ 0 4 0 Petition Sheets .. 0 12 5 Ladies' Shoe

      Todmorden .. 0 10 0 Makers .. 09 ft _lodmorden .. u 10 0 Makers „ 0 2 0 Birmingham _« 10 0 Marylebone „ 0 5 4 Cheltenham .. 10 0 Mr Temple „ 0 10 Bilston .. 0 5 0 Mr Martin „ 0 2 6 Dartford .. 0 10 0 Retford „ 0 10 Three Old Guards , Portsmouth ., 0 6 8 Shoe Mill .. 0 2 3 MixendenStones 0 12 0 Cupar Angus .. O 15 0 Easington Lane 0 5 0 Chorley .. 0 3 0 _Danford .. 0 12 8 Railway Labourer 0 0 6 Leicester „ 0 16 10 Two Friends Wigan „ 0 2 0 Saciston .. 0 16 Jfr Rogers „ 0 5 0 _Buckhaven .. 0 2 0 Wallingford .. 0 4 0 Longton , Work- ToirerHamlets ., 0 15 0 _Ide-Man ' s Hall 010 0 Alva „ 10 0

      Mr Potter .. 0 2 0 Collected at John Buckby .. 0 18 Street .. 15-1 Brighton ,. 13 0 Lambeth „ 0 14 i Barford _. 2 6 0 Aberdeen ., 2 0 C Nottingham .. 2 0 0 _Sfockport „ 0 lo ( E Richardson .. 0 2 0 Sowerby Helm ,. 1 0 C Glasgow .. 0 10 O Falkirk „ 0 10 0 Bath _„ 10 0 Hamilton „ 1 0 C Hebden Bridge .. 0 9 0 Leigh „ 3 5 8 Edinburgh .. 1 10 fl _TyWesfey _.. fl 16 2 Mr Derbyshire » 0 0 6 _Calkcted by W Barnsley ., O 10 0 Br „ wn ,. 0 5 £ Mr Cuffay „ 0 5 0 Middleton .. 0 7 6 Newcastle .. 1 10 0 Richmond ., 0 I 0 Ledgate .. 0 3 4 Newbridge , Gla-Leiccster .. 0 10 0 morganshire .. 0 10 i J 3810 9 UiV

      _ESSESEQ J"V-EB DEFENCE OF MB O _CONKO &' _s SEAT IN _JABLIAHENT . Sleaford .. 0 2 9 Norwich ., 1 0 ll Hexham ¦ _, 0 9 6 Mr Duff „ 0 I 9 Bradford ¦¦ 0 7 l _Sutton-iu-Ash-Somers Town field „ ] 0 C LandCou . pany Darwin „ 0 6 2 and Chartists 0 18 3 Hollinwood „ 0 7 0 SO .. 010 Clackmannan „ 046 Collected by Mr Hawick" „ 0 2 fi Smith .. 010 9 _Long Buckby „ 0 ll £ I L Quarnley Sheffield „ 0 112 Oldham .. 0 2 6 JQieetbam « 0 1 C Edinburgh _.. 4 8 8 _j 11 7 7 j _nMiiimiii C . Doile , Sccretary «

      Noitinoham —On Sunday Last, A Great Meet...

      _Noitinoham —On Sunday last , a great meeting , atten ded by 20 . 000 persons , was held in the Forest , and _addressed Dr . Macdouall . The meeting after _, wards marched in _precession through the town , ilo _addressed a meeting of ihe middle classes on Tuesday night , wiih excellent effeott

      ADDEESS OF TBE _PEOPLE OF MACCllSPatD In public meeting assembled , to the people of France , Brethren , —Sympathy is the strongest bond of anion between individuals , and also between nations . Con . _gratulation Is the best encouragement to patriotic effort , We desire , brethren , to express our sympathy in your Struggle against tyranny , | and to congratulate you on the successful issue of your heroic ond deveted conduct In the hour of peril , and after yaar triumph was complete . We thank yon for the impulse you have given to _democratic principles throughout Europe . The victory you have won is notfor France alone , tbe world will emulate yonr example ; and wiih a well organised Republic In France , It will bo impossible _Jor despotism to maintain its _footing , even ia th » remotest corners of tbe world ,

      We thank you for the example you have g iven us of Ihe power of right , when opposed to the fraudnlent and mer . _eenary power of might . For eighteen years your go . _TcnuneRt has been a monstrous , a magnificent lie—the comfort _ofdespots all the world over . Beneath its shade every evil thing has been flourishing with constantly in . creasing luxuriance , and when neighbouring nations havo beheld the result of Frenchmen ' s , former struggles for liberty , they have felt the cold chill of despair run . _nlog through their veins , and tbey have asked from the depths of their deBpondenoy , 'Who can hope for freedom , while tho foot of tho tyrant is on the neck of France ! ' We thank you , Frenchmen , for having lifted this load of despair from our hearts . Ton have

      encouraged i _*; to a more active and determined energy , la demanding oar rights as Ungtisbmen and Irishmen , and we will never abate our exertions until the government of tho British Empire , is based upon the three glorious _principles thatform the symbol of French Republicanism —Libtrty , Equality , Fraternity . Brethren , ihe Bjmpa . thles of ihe British aad Irish nations are with you . The world ' s hopes are centred in you , we _balieva you will not falsify our eipectationB . By your institutions based upon Equality , by justice at home , an honourable _recoj . _sition of your duties towards other nations , may you realise the ardent hopes we entertain ot you , and may Ihe more than doubtful glories of imperial and imperious royalty be dimmed , darkened , aud lust in tho pure und tasting flpltndourB ofUsiVEBSAL Republicanism . Signed , oa behalf of the meeting , Thomas Leech , chairman _.

      The National Convention. (Concluded From...

      THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . ( _Concluded from the eighth page . ) ThiB proclamation having beeu carried or acclamation , The Chairman announced the return ofthe deputation from the _Home-office , when * - Mr Reynolds rose amidst perfect silence to state the result of the interview . He stated that in contormity with the instructions received from the Con-T _rr n , n _^ mor "" _°% > deputation proceeded to fhe _Horae-offipp . On arriving thero they were informed that Sir _George Grey was engaged at , a cabinet council , but that the Under-Secretary , Sir Denis Le Marehant , was there , but was particularly _enpated at that moment with the Attorney-General . The _deputation handed their cards tr » _thn nmn « in

      attendance , and observed that they would not detain him for more thnn a few minutes . Eventually they wera shown in , and found Sir _Deais le Marehant , the Attorney-General , and Mr Hail , the chief magistrate of Bow-street . The deputation represented , to thera that ihey attended from the National Convention . Sir Denis Le Marehant _replh-d that he re _cosniaed co auch hody . To this the deputation _offered no observation , but stated that they attended in consequence of having seen the proolamati' _. n issued by _^ the police _commissioners , _imputim * _tZ lLi ° _Ju r , eni vlewa t 0 tne Convention _, nut tliat the Convention utterly repudiated and deprecated the idea _efejongifegatirjg an Mmed m sembly , or of conducting an armed procession in any part of the _metivpolid ; and the deputation exprmih

      stated that no bod ? deprecated _outrages and disturbances more than the members of the National Convention did ; but they _re-jeed to assure Sir D . Ic Marehant that under aU circumstances the _proies 8 ion would take plaoe , and that they should adopt such measures as they thou _** htbest calculated for the preservation and maintenance of peace and _s-rder To this Sir D . Le Marehant said he did not think ihat anything the deputation could say would alter the determination _(* f the _govcinment . Tne _deputatirn stated that they considered the proclamation issued by the commissioners of police waa calculated lo _eveate disturbance , and to lead to aeKresBwn—( hit they considered they bad a _CMslitwVion & l right to meet to petition and to carry their petition to the House of Parliament . Tho Attorney-General

      obfierTedi' Slirely _JO'ir petition could be presented by a few _peTsonB . ' To thia the deputation _replied , thai under the English constitution the people had a _rigU ; to petition and ti carry up their petition ; and , if that rieht wss to be regulated by numbers , tben it _mighijusis 9 well be said that assemblages ofthe people for ehctoral cr any other purpose couid not be had . At this stage of tbe _proceeding S > D . Lo Marehant , who had exhibited throughout great coldness and _se'f-sufficiency , said ) pointirg to _thetwogent _' emen who were with him , * Thia is the Attorney-General , and that Mr Hall , the chitf _magistrate of Bow-street . ' He ( Mr Reynolds ) replied that be was aware who those gentlemen were , being acquainted with their appearance- The A ' _-.-to _** _neV'G _2 Beral then appealed to tbe deputation as

      reflective persons , whether tbey did not think that they had proceeded too far ; on which Mr _Ciarksaid that be considered an old and obsolete net bad been r _*> k » d no to form the basin ofthe proclamation , and Mr Wilkinson reiterated that which the deputation had _« already expressed , that the Convention intended to hold a peaceful _meetipnj and _procession , and that they should exert themselves . Sir D . Le Marchanc then told the deputation that as Sir George ( iTey was not there , the best thing they could do was to cdib municate their object in writing to him . The deputation then withdrew into an ante room and farwarded 21 letter to Sir _George _Grf-y , which _during the evening was read by Sir G . Grey in bisfplace in the House of Coramon _!" . This letter the _deputation left at the Home-Office , and then took their departure . ( Cheers . )

      Home Office , _h"lf-past two o'clock , p . m . Si ? , — 'We . the undersigned delegates , appointed by the National Convention to wait upenyou _, beg to inform you that . tha _National Convention never hus advised , and tbat it utterly repudiates the idea of , an armed assemblage being called together , or an aimed procession taking place ; and we , moreover , as 5 ure you , on the cart of ourselves and tbe National Convention , that we shall entirely discountenance any attempt that may be made on Monday next to create disorder , or to endanger the public peace . We , therefore , avail ourselves of this opportunity

      to assure you . on the part of tho National Convention , that the procession for the purpose of presenting the people's petition to the House of Commons will _tnke pi ice on Monday next , when , should any disturbance occur , It certainly nill not be provoked nor encouraged upon our _part . We have the honour to remain , Sir , Tour obedient servants , G . W . M . _RliXNoLM , T . _OtAfiK , J . Wilkinson .

      Mr _Clabk and Mr _Wilmnsoh corroborated the statement made by Mr Reynolds . Mr _ELmwcy moved that the report of the deputation to the Home Secretary be printed , placarded about London , and circulated in the country , and thatthe thanks of Ihe Convention be given to the members of the deputation for the s & Msfactory manner in which they had discharged their duty . __ Mr Baldwin seconded the caution , which was carried by _acclamation . The debate on Mr West ' s motion was then resumed ; but was interrupted by Mr _Wiuva , viho _tti-rejestrd that a deputation , consisting * of two deleeates , should be at once appointed to wait upon Mr Feargus O'Connor , at the House oi _CnTjimona _, and request him to ask Sir George Grey whether he had received the communication left for liim at th ** Home Office by the deputation , and whether he had any observation lo make upon it . The _suggestion , was immediately acceded to .

      The motion for the appointment of a deputation to wait upon the government for the purpose i , f laying before them the real state of the working classes was then agreed to . Mr Ernest Jones _postnoped his motion concerning a national _tri-colour until thi « day . On the motion of Mr Harney , a committee was appointed to report concerning the electoral diitncla and delegates for the new _Convention , so that in the event of the present Convention being mowed down in the streets of London , or swept into Newgate , there would he others to take their places . ( Great cheering . } At iivo o ' clock tbo Convention adjourned .

      SATURDAY , April 8 . AFTERNOON SITTING . Mr M'Grath reaumfd his chair . Mr _EnsfisT Jones said , a paragraph from a letter he hud received , set forth that policemen attended the sitting of the Convention , in plainclothes ; that they rose as the delegates rose ; got if possible into conversation , and _insinuated _themselves into their lodging * , and then suggested acts and deeds of an _illegal kind . Mr _Wkst reported that that he had attended at the Home-office , but had not heen able to aee Lord John Ru _' sell . Mr Tattersall reported tbat he had waited on Mr Sharman Crawford , who said he would or pose Sir George ' s Grey ' s Bill , and ho would BUpp ) rb the National Petition , and the People ' s Charter . Mr Petrie reported that he had seen _Roundell Palmer , who said he _inusii Bupport Sir G . Grey ' s bili , but talked with great courtesy on the People */}

      Charter . Mr Eknebt Jokes said , ha had seen Lord Morpeth , who received them courteously , and advised them to wait until they had seen the bill . That it would not give much increased stringency to England , although it would increase the powers of law in Ireland . L _^ rd Morpeth then asked him what they intended to do on Monday , He told his lordship that he _wasnot in a position to answer , _unleas he would recognise him as a member of fie Convention . Hedid bo , and then ha told him they _intended to join the procession ; that they intended to go peaceably , and that they should be tbemselyes ready to give any one into custody who broke thelaw . Mr Linney had seen Mr Thomley , the member for Wolverhampton , whs waa inclined to wait . H _* was in favour of some points of the Charter .

      Mr _Stkvbks had waited on Mr Jam-s Clay , who was in favour of fous * _pointa , and said , it was _necea * _sary that something Bhouid be dene for ihe people . He _rearetted that Mr _O'Cvnnor v _? aa not _ftbout to introduce & bill , as then they would be better able to _diacussit ; As regards the bill ef Sir George Grey , if ho found it of , the nature they anticipated , he should decidedly vote against it . Dr Hunter , said , he had seen Mr Cowan . M . P . for Edinburgh , who would not pledge bimsslf to get Sir George Grey's biil deferred . Mr Stevenson had seen Dr _Bawring , and he would rote fo * the Charter , and _againBt Sir George Grcy ' a bill , and regretted that deputations had not at an early period waited on _membars , and then to much prejudice would not exist .

      _MrBoLWKLiiaaid , Lord Duncan said Sir George Grey wished it to be understood that the reason ho did not see the deputation yesterday , waa solely caused by his being _engaged from ear ' y in the morning until late in tho _nftornooni Mr G , J . Harney wished eaoh _delegate to communicate with his constituency to name some person to fill his place , should they be absent against their wills on Tuesday morning , their credentials to be the handwriting of the delegate now _aittin _*? , backed by tbe Chartist Council of the place for which the delegate sat , They would meet and proceed to the presentation of tha Petition—peaceab / y and Jegally —simply desiring to show that the _sien of the provinces sympathised with the men of the metropolis in their desire for the Peo _^ c _' s Charter ; tlieir deairo being simply to obtain justice for _thenaseVviB , and to do injustice to none ,

      • Mr Eiwksi Joses rose to second the motion , and _aaid , it was the duty of thia Convention tobe prepared with successors , Mr Watson cordially supported the motion . Mr _Donovah said , he should move an _amfndmenfc , 88 he thought it was nothing more nor less ha i dea . potism , andhe would not think of doiug an * , hi •¦» nf the sort , and hence he would move that in tin _* _ivi > nt ef either of the contingencies hnppining _. the _people

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      should have the opportunity of electing our successors . The amendment being : seconded . Mr T , Clakk moved , That tbe simultaneous meetings have the electien of successors in the'eyent of the contingency alluded to , Mr _Curr at seconded it . MrT . M . Wheeler supported the motion of Mr Harney ; these were extraordinary times and demanded extraordinary means . Mr REYNOLns said , he would also support the motion of Mr Harney ; no vacancy should be left for a single moment , in the event ofa contingency _arising ; it would not be a despotism , because it would be liable to the confirmation of tbe people .

      Mr Johm _Vy-Ksisaid he would support the motion ef Mv _Huthi'V . It was our duty to show the _govMftmentthiit , were they to take the whole ot the present members , there would be a _similarSnurober to take their places—ay , or others should it be required . He could not , for the sake of humanity , believe that the reports spread , that the government intended to encage men to go into the ranks of the procession , on Monday , to create a riot that the government rai & ht have an opportunity to mow ua down—he repeated , he did not leliere any such assertions , but thatthe procession would go off quietly and peaoeably . Mr Ktbd offered an addendum to the motion . Mr JoNns , on behalf of Mr Harney , accepted it .

      Mr Abams did not see the slightest necessity for any bravado ; they were pursuing a peaceful—a legal —wad constitutional course . He thought they were wrong m anticipating an onslaught ; such discussion was calculated to _provokefeelings of hostility . What right had the government to make an onslaught 1 The _qnestion had yet to be decided in a court of law , whether we had or had not the right , be , _therefote , moved aB an amendment , ' That this Convention has no right to anticipate an onslaught or the arrest of the members on Monday next . ' . Mr Cochrane seconded the amendment . He believed , were the government to attack and slaughter the people , so much sympathy wonld be evinced . thot they would not continue their governmental functions an hour afterwards , Mr Charlies M'Carthy should support the proprsitionof Mr Harney . _ .

      Mr WiM _) said , a court of law hadbeen mentioned , but he believed the only court of law the government would try would be _Kannington-oommon—the soldier * , police , and specials . Mr Wm Dixo _* > < M 6 to support tha motion Of Mt Clark , and said , he always considered it _was well in us to act consistently , and hence , he said , let the district have the power to _aend a man , should a continnMloy arise J but , With Mr Adams , he did nit _anticipate any 01 position to our peaceful _meeting . Ue bad done nothing worthy of either bonds or death yet , He had simply said , openly , that he intended to do hia duty . Mr Giuham suggested the words , or at some public meeting aB noon after as may be , ' should be _addod , to which Mr Clark acceded .

      Mr Likhet said , some gentlemen appeared wishful to hare a taste of prison . He had tasted it , and he thought Mr Clark ' s theriRht mode of proceeding . Mr Boiwem , did not think it right to _prejudjethe srovernment , and would support Mr Adam's proposition . Mr Jonbs ( of Liverpool ) said , he thought ( he advi e tendered by Mr Tanner , that they simply should write to their constituents , and wait their reply . Mr Leach said , he could not have such an apprehension that they were to be blown array by cannon on Monday morning , particularly , after Lord John Russell's declaration last night— 'That the petition should be treated with respect , ' and _consequently he thonght Mr _Alms ' s motion tho best . Mr Tattbbsal did not like either of the motion . Should the occasion arise , there weuld be plenty willing and ready to take our places . #

      Mr A dams and Mr Curk rose to express their willingness to withdraw their resolutions , if Mr Harney would withdraw his . Mr Jones , on the part of Mr Harney , could not consent . Mt Shaw said , he could not agree with any ot the propositions , they were ail uncalled for . Mr _Kvdd said , it was all nonsense to talk of prejudging the government , had not tbe government issued a proclamation doini , ' away with the right of meeting ? Had they not been ordering the military to practise afreet firing , and caused all the _phyaical force _feolins that existed ? He supported Mr Har-Bey's motion .

      Mr Ernest Jones in reply—for Mr Harney—said , Mr Harney had experienced imprisonment , and hence that allusion would not fall oa him ; and he ( Mr Jones ) had no desire fer martyrdom . As to being undemocratic , he could not conceive how the propositinn could be called so . The government were now prepared te crush _ub ; and it would infer weakness if there were divisions ; he , therefore , begged that the Convention would pass this unanimously , so that the government reporters might not say there was division . ... „ .,. The Chaibma _* said he _thonshk Mr Clark ' s ve & _oiulion was the ono that from its simplicity recommended itself to them . There were times when they were not able to adhere strictly to democracy ,

      but those times had not yet arrived . Mr Clarlt sapposed that the people who sent you here should have tho _rigdfi to elect jour successors _^ Why it it had been Baid we had no right to anticipate any jntewerence , —we certainly had reason to anticipate it ; or why this _training of soldiers ? this making of police _, men ' s staves ? He _anticipated that their government might take some members of the Convention into custody on Monday morning , and hence he would support Mr Clark ' s amendment . Mr _AnAua , by consent , withdrew _hio motion in favour of Mr Clark's . _, The question wa _« . then put , —fourteen voting lor Mr Harney ' s , nnd twenty-eight for the amendment of Mr Clark . Several delegates deolining to vote .

      Mr Clarke ' s amendment was therefore , declared to be carried . _,. , , Mr Jonas Baid he had received one thousand signatures from the town of Dartford in Kent . One thousand _signatares were also received from the royal town of Kensington . Mr CHVBcniUi placed a note in the hands of the Chairman , offering the sympathies of a body of Frenchmen , but the Convention deolined to receive it . Mb . _rlEYft ' _ouJS Baid he held the credentials of Mr Churchill—it simply said he carao from a democratic society in France , who offered tlieir sympathies with the parties meetin _g here . Mr Child said , they were not here ai _csnspirators ; they _dimply mot here to obtaia political and social righto .

      The Chairman Baid , there Beemed to be a misunderstanding . The gentlemen came simply to offer the sympathies ofthe men of France with the mon of England , and he thought they should reciprocate it-Mr Thomas Clark moved * . — ' Thatthe sympathies of the men of France be received and duly reciprocated / He could understand that his friend Mr West , meant that they should not appear desirous of seeking French aid . ( Hear , hear . ) _AfrJoHw West said , M _^ Cl ark had rightly understood him , but in the view stated by him he concurred , and would withdraw his , and second Mr Clark ' s motion .

      The motion was then put , and carried UDani _monsly . The Conference then adjourned .

      The National Petition. A Pubiie Meeting ...

      THE NATIONAL PETITION . A pubiie meeting called by the Association of Fraternal Democrats was holden on Tuesday _evening last , in the Farringdon Hall . The hall was _excessively crowded by a most enthusiastic assembly . A large _numosr of Irish Repealers were present , and they were most energetic in their applause of every patriotic , fraternal , and determined sentiment uttered by the speakers . At eip . ht o ' clock , Ernest Jones , delegate to the National Convention for Halifax , was called to the chair , amidst loud and long-continued cheering .

      Ebnest Jokes was called to the chair amid great acclamation , and in one of his truly brilliant speeches introduced the business of tho eveningconcluding , after a lengthened address , by introduoing Mr Harney , Ac . The first resolution waa moved hy Julian _Hashey , who , in support of it , delivered a very lengthy speech , contrasting the wrongs of the poor with the orimes of the privileged classes . Mr West , delegate lor Stockport , seconded the _reBOMr S . _Ky » _n ( delegate for Oldham ) , in a lengthy , argumentative , and eloquent speech ., which excited thunders of applause , moved the adoption of another _^ resolution : — Mr Gumming !* , Mr Adams , ; Mr E . Gill , Mr T . Dally , and Mr Wheeler addressed the meeting .

      Mertopolitan Public Meeting, A Puplio Me...

      MERTOPOLITAN PUBLIC MEETING , A Puplio _Mebtikg , called by the Association of Fraternal Democrats , to take into consideration the reception of the National Petition by the House of Commons , will take place en Tuesday evening next , April 11 th , at eight o'clock , in the Farringdon Hall , King ' s ArmB Yard , Snow-hill , opposite Farrinedonstreet . Ernest Jones , Julian Harney , Messrs Kydd , West , and several other memhers ot the _Cwaveatioa will address thc meeting .

      Death. At To-Quay, On March 25th, Susanl...

      DEATH . At To-quay , on March 25 th , SusanLoveernft , aged six years , aud h « r sister , Harriot Lovecralt The oldest and youngest daughters of Mrs Elizabeth _Lovecraft _, widow ot the late Captain J . Lovecraft . _iloth daug hters were membera of ihe Land Company , the latter , Hariiw _, _beiUR a BuecesBful allottee , 'drawn in tho August _hauot . Their remain * _*« . *» _b-iruo to tboirliist _>» o « ae , Tor 0 hurcttyard , by their friend * , _« Mefly _memOen _^ _fXT _" _pany , aad veto intered in . one grove , . on _VetatB _** , 27 _tU ult .

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      THE NATIONAL CONVENTION , THE NATIONAL PETITION , AND THE GItEAT METROPOLITAN DEMONSTRATION

      MEN OF LONDON ! It is time for you to he stirring . It is time for you to he up and doing . You are living in a _mos eventful period ; there is no letting what grar . & vicissitude , what brilliant achievement , what glorious revolution , a single hour may bring foith . _^ The least semblance of apathy jtis . t uow is criminal . Look at the Continent of _Eumpe , swept by the tornado of Revolution , which , in its awful but grand career , has torn up hy the roota one 'despotic dynasty , while it has shaken others to tbeir _lar-es .

      The storm still rages , it sweeps along sublime iii its fury , scattering by its destructions blessings ani < r > njj the people ; may its power continue ta increase until every vestige of hell-born despotism disappears from the World . Men of London , in these strange tiroes it behoves you to look seriously to your political and social amelioration . You arre the despised victims ofa barbaric , antiquated system of misrule j you have galling wrongs to redress , yoa have dear rights to assert . Now is the _propitioas moment to remove for ever the former , and psta blish the latter . The most enslaved nations of ibe

      World are by their courage winning freedom from their tyrants . _Snrely you will not remain _IaggarrlS in the cause ol progression . * Porbid , 0 holy Spirits of Liberty and Patriotism , such a traitorous _dis regard ot your solemn injunctions , such ail _abasiflg dereliction of man ' s sacred duty ! Up then , an _» be doing . A sluggish , inert people never can wm rights * and these are only the rewards of _cour-ige and perseverance , / or God _hetys but those that help themselves . Irishmen resident in London , on the part of She Democrats of England we extend to you the _waraa hand 0 / fraternisation ; your _piinciples are _onrsr and OW princi p les should be yours . Rememoer tlie aph risras , that union is strength , and * division i & weakness ; centuries of bitter experience prove t »

      you the truth oftbe latter , let us now cordially en ~ _dfiilYQur to test the virtue of . the former . Look at yow fatherland , the most degraded in the scale of nations . Behold it bleeding at every pore under the horrible lashings of class' misrule ! What an aw / cl spectacle in Ireland , after fort ; -seven years , ofthe vaunted Union I Her trade ruined , her _agricultnrfc paralysed , her people scattered ovpr the four quarters of the globe , and her green fields in the twelve months just past made the dreary grave-yards tf 1 , 000 , 000 of famished human beings . Irishmen , if you love your country , if you detest these monstrous atrocities , unite in heart and soul with those who will struggle with you to exterminate the hell-engendered cause of your country ' s degradation—beggary and slavery .

      Trades op London I You , -whose skill and ingenuity are shown in that endless variety of _wealfe that crowds the warehouse , adom 9 the palace , a * B _& glitters in the windows of this vast emporium off commerce , you , to whose intelligence all our architectural grandeur is a living monument , we appeal to you to shake of political apathy , and to array yourselvesfor once under the banner of your _counlrxfs freedom . Your great numbers , bright intelligence , and compact organisation , give you immense power _\^ e implore you to devote your strength _immediaUiJ-y to the rescue of your order from the damning sway that Mammon now holds over you . Do this , and the benedictions of generations yet unborn _willbeponrei upon your memories .

      Men ot ? London ! A great , peaceful _Eevoliiims must be accomplished in Brhain . Old principles cf legislation are out of date , our laws and _institntioas are behind the spirit of the age j they meet not th © exigencies of the civilisation and enlightenment eff our time . You , Men of London , possess an immense moral power , which , when concentrated and directed in connexion with that ' of your brethiea throughout the empire , would sweep the huge fabric of tyranny , hypocrisy , and fraud to utter _annibilatiOBj and thus secure to yourselves and posterity those blessings which truth and justice alone can confer . Again we say , survey the political horizon of Europe * it now presents one dread upheaving of society , one grand scene of Nature ' s insurgency against the despotism of Man ,

      Everywhere the people are arousing _theroselrej , despots are either conceding their demands or quailing before their omnipotence . Nations vthoss wretcheddestiniesmonsterhfjuEtice had sealed in thei blood are now looking up with hope and struggling for Liberty and 'Nationality . May God _strengthen their hol y aspiration , aud endow them with power for their consummation . In this bright era of the world ' s progress , how far are you prepared to go ? Ia this epoch of popular victory _tvhat achievement do you seek to accomplish ? We leave the response to your good sense and discretion , but we tell you frankly that the libei _ty-seeking German , the emaacipated Italian , the struggling Pole , and the prou 4 French Republican , will regard you with an eye o disdain , if your aim be not to demolish oliffarcMt _? usurpation , and to substitute for it the legitimaefc power of the whole people .

      Men * op London ! The question of your newborn liberties or continued slavery will in a fevr days be submitted to parliament . Mr O'Connor gave notice of the following motion oh tbe ZJth ult . : — That this houso recognising tho great _principle that labour is the source of all wealth ; that the peeple are ths _oalj legitimate source of power ; that the labourer BhooSel be the first pnrtnker ofthe fruits of his o \ ra industry ; that taxation without . representation is tyranny , nnA

      should be resisted ; and believing that the _reuOBrces off thecountry would be best developed by lawB mads by _rcpreaentativea chosen by the labouring classes , io _cbbjunction with those who live by other industrial pursuits —That ( ia recognition of tbe above great truths ) , _fes _* house a < 3 op * _-a the principles embodied in the _doeuajenfc entit _' _ed the People ' * Charier , namely—Annual Election * , Universal Suffrage , Tote by Ballot , Equal Electoral Districts , no Property _Qaalj-Scatbo , snd _Pajraffct _iS Members . '

      On the same day that tbis motion is to he considered , the great National Petition , now in course of signature throughout thecountry , will be _presented to parliament , . A Convention , consisting of forty-nine delegates , elected at immense public meetings at as many cJ tbeprineipal towns in the empire , will assemble in tho Literary aDd Scientific Institute , _John-atreet , _Tottenham-court-road , on Tuesday , April 4 th , and fo !» lowing _daya . Their busip . ess is to superintend the presentation of the Petition , and to devise such _ethexoouises of procedure for the people aa they shall deem necessary for securing the enactment of _tks--People _' _a Charter .

      __ propose that a great Metropolitan Demonstra tion shall accompany the _Peoples Prayer to tho door Of the House of Commons . The 20 th oFAprii shall be a day memorable in the annals of political _agitation ; it must evince to the world the ardeafe love of Britons for freedom , and their sworn _resolv © to live no longer contented slaves . The great Na tional Petition , the register of millions of signature _^ will be borne in a triumphal car , drawn by beautifully-caparisoned horses . AU you men of London ,

      who wish to take part in this Glorious Demonstration , will assemble on Kennington Comraov , _afe eleven , a . m ., on Monday , the 20 th inst . Yob wi ) 3 then be arranged in procession by authorised _rnaa _** _shala , proceed towards the Elephant and Castle * , along _Blackfriara-road , over _Blackfriars-brld ge _* through Farringdon-street , Holbnrn , _Oxford-atreeJ , Regent-street . _Charing-eross , Parliament-street , ovee _Woatminster . bridee , where the procession _shaB peaoeably _disfievse to their respective hemes .

      Men os _Londos \ Your brethren throughout tho empire expect that on this glorious _occasion you _wiU nobly do your duty . Remember that the eyes © _S Europe are fixed upon you , prove yourselves worthy their attention , congregate on the morning of ths 10 th , in your thousands , legally , peacefully , but enthusiastically , leave no pretext for the rainionoof power to utter the old calumny , that you are _indifferent to your political rights , and satisfied with yonr present condition . Now , or never , is the auspicious moment to press your claim with _succbbb _nps ? s the legislature . * Now is the day , and now is tha hour , ' toBtilkethe great moral blow that shall gjr © liberty and happiness to every sect and _clasa in _th _$ British empire .

      _60 D SATE THE PEOPLE . Thomas Ciabk . Philip _M'Giuin . ' _CnBistopuflu _DoYLBi _im 9 v

      Ctoiigi Jrteiihpiu*

      _Ctoiigi _jRteiiHPiu _*

      Covbntbt. -Apublic Meeting For ^ Ri#»Rf ...

      CoVBNTBT . -Apublic meeting for _^ ri _# » rf tho National Pet ition , took place on Monday , _Apnl ord , at St Mary ' s Hail . On lb 6 _^ . 9 f f . » Hartopp Mr George Wood was called to the chaw ; and after expatiating briefly on the objects of the meeting he called on Mr Richard Hartopp to propose tho first res datum in _< _»»? _$ _>*< the Charter , which was seconded by Mr W . M . _Hosein , and ably supported by Mr M'Grath . Mr John _Fam proposed the adoption of the National Petition in a moat able and _eloquent manner ; _seconded by Mv W . M . Pritchard . Carried . The hall whicij is capable of containing fourteen hundred , was fllmos ! filled to suffocation . The rabble of the Tory party wero employed to _prevent ua _frcta passing ou ? resolutions ; but such was the spirited _dtterminatjs _^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 8, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_08041848/page/5/