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      ef the people , that ihey . took _^ . M _* _^ nfor putthemoutof _tkemeetin- !; » _° _} _M $ g _£ t _J ° _^ J Cue persuasion of our _^* _J _^ J _^& _mu _woold'have inflicted _snamary _TengeaEce _Beaur _Edse-A full _»!** _M _^« te house of the Chutist AMomtipn mil be W ; _' g d Mr James R _« d , painter , _fero-BJg . J » March 9 tfa . at *™> ° _' c 1 _^ "A holding out-door _* to ™ _M _^ _* _?™ _ffl _£ _Zimi also for mee _^ _s during the _^ _m _^ _M _^ _Aeril 9 th . at egbt o ' clock . Subject : — _J-uettevoittion in _Europe' A meeting of shareholders of ihe hall will takap _lacs on Monday _evemtie , April I 7 th _, at eight o _' _cSwkT ; all persona holding shares are requested to attend

      earnestly . Northtjhberund a _^ _Ddhham . -A district delegate meeting of tho National Charter Association , las held in the _hou _? e of M . Judo C _** clc Inn _Newastle . on Smith ; . April 2 nd 1 . 1818 . Delegates . _preeent-jfoweastle , Mr M . Jude : _^ _onderiand . Mr JJ . Bakes ; _Biehopwearmo'th Mr W Dobbie ; North Shields Mr J . Pratt ; South Shields , Mr R . Wight-- _Sn fj _^ _o- Mr Josep h M . tebell Mr M _. tchel ! , „ _KhalT RcsolTed :- 'Th » ttb » aele « temeebDg earnestly request each branch of _. tbe Charter Asso elation in these counties , to raise the sum of Gd ner member _, ts defray the expense ot sending the

      delezste for these ' . covntie * to the _Uoiivantion ; _uu they are requested to _forirard the same to M . Jude , the treasurer , immediately- ' ' That tha delegate to the Convention , be paid the sum of 6 j per day , wl ,, e employed up on _thefbusiness of the Contention ! :. and that ho be paid his expenses for cab hire while in London , and his travelling expenses from Newcastle to London , and from Loudon to _^« _rcastlfl _. . That the next district delegate meeting ba held m the Loose of Mr Winlow , Patent Slip liouse , Jarrow , en Sandavafternoon , April 9 th , at two o clock , but that the secretary be empowered to call a delegate meeting _befoie that time , should any circumstances arise that may warrant him in doing so . '

      Newcastle-opox-Ttse . — The members of this branch of the Land Company , are informed that the money club , for deposits in the National Land and Labour Bank , is now run out , and « ill recommence next _Sundav , April 9 th . Persons desirous of joining this money _clnK will attend tbe Land meeting next Sunday , April 9 : b , and give in their names tothe secretary . - TivsaTos . —The monthly- meeting of the Chartist Af sooiaticn tooh * p lace in the large room at the Half Moon Ion , on Saturday last . The leading articles ware read f rom the _Nc-rthkes Star , and commented npon at some _length by Mr William Kibbey . Tbe secretary stated that upwards of 3 , 500 signatures had been obtained ( o the National Peti _t ion . The following resolution v ; as then moved , seconded , and carried : — 'That this meeting present William _Rowelifle _, Efq , of _Runnington , with their sincere and heartfelt thanks fdr his benevolent and welcome

      subscription ofa sovereign to ths funds of our _ Association ; and whilst gratefully reratmbiring his former ¦ aid to the advancement of tru th and justice , _hape he may long be favoured with health and life , to see the cause he has s * much at heart triumphant throughout the world . ' Arrangements were mads fe ? prccurc signatures to the petition for tSe return ofthe expatriated patriots—Frost , Williams , and Jones . A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman , and the _meeting separated . - Middlesbso' _ox-tces . —A braneh of the National Charter Association haa been opened at tbis place upwards of forty individuals have already enro _l led

      themselves a 3 membera . On Saturday and Sunday evenings last , two very respectable and well attended meetings were held , for the adoption of a petition for the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones . A sub-Kription wss also entered into for the support _^ of the Newcastle _dtle-jate to the National Contention . The association is held in Mr Alcock ' s School-room , which is open to the public for reading and discussion every Saturday night , at six o clock , and Sune > S 8 from ten o ' clock in the forenoon . Question for discussion on Sunday next : — 'Whether physical or moral force is the b ; st calculated to obtain any desired object . ' Chair to be taken at six o ' clock .

      _JSLucnos of Delegates to the National Convention fer London . At a duly convened meeting bold on _Clerkenwell Green , Monday mid-day , April 3 rd , Jlr Wm . Dixon ia theehair , Messrs William Cnffay , Henry Child , and James Bronterre O'Brien , were declared daly elected . Addresses were delivered by _Siessre Ernest Janes , hizsm , and others . Hobscastxb . — On Tuesday _evesine , the 28 th March , the first meeting ever held in this place of quietness and retreat , wa 3 convened for the purpose cf giving an _explanation to the principles of the Charter , on which occasion , we were favoured with the visit of Dr M'Donal , who gave u 3 an excellent lecture to the entire satisfaction of a numerous and very respectable aadience , which has proved

      _exceedingly beneficial to the cause ofthe j _e-ipl- _' , by removing a vast amount ot _ignorance and prejudice which previously existed . I am happy to say that the principles are fast extending in these parts ; for , although tbe working clas ? e ' , generally speaking , are better off than _nTm-my places , still the burdens upon the people are so heavy , _ehat ther are quite bound down ; and the general impression is , that something mnst and will _speedily be done , the sooner the better . _Maxchesteh . —Oae of the most dense and enthusiastio meetings that ever took p lace within these walls , occurred at the People ' s Institute , on Sunday evening last . Mr Grocott , as usual , in the chair . Proceedings _-svere commenced by the chairman reading from the Star , _United _Ibisbhah , and what is new here from the _Maxoukster Ti _** iK 3 . as well as

      from our old friend , the _Manchester Examines , several soul-stirrins and remarkable leading articles . Are not these s gus ominous ? Bat the ' Chart * r , name and all , * is still our rallying point I If they are honest , God speed them welcome . But no matter _vh _. _% their professions may be—if they join ns , they must come prepared to _embraea those principles for which we and our glorious leader have contended for , unaided and alone , amidst the scoffs and persecutions of tho 30 who now _prole & _a to agree with them . Let U 3 be cautious . No half-measures—no

      jobbing—no curSailment— nor addition , will we grant , to please any parly . The six points are the people ' s lights—tio ? B riahte obtained—all minoi things will follow . Messrs _Hnllb 3 on and Archdeacon , and others , addressed the assembled throng with an eloquence and truth that won admiration . Each one presen t felt that these weie net times for childish play . The game is _liberty—where the trump 3 have hitherto been played into the hands of a selfish and haughty oligarchy—about to change into the possession of the legitimate peaple I The people know this , and are prepared to employ the only effectual means of reasoning with _tni 3 crew . We have lo war against -what is called 'Constitutional Government ' - _^ ( Query ?—Brufe fore?)—and to contend against this

      with moral power alone , is a moral humbug . Let the people have iustiee done them . That refusedei them take it , and God defend the right , The meeting _separated highly delighted , and firmly _refo _' . ved . to : a port the leaders ofthe people . — Oat-door meeting * take place here every night , and _wi _4 continue so during the whole sitting of the _Con-Tention . These _rceetinp ought to b 6 simultaneous _a'l ever the c untry . _Toat renowned calculator—the _So _^ _are-yard arithmetical man—gives the numbers attending the meeting was six thousand . I , however , dsre _Fetup niy judgment against this extraordinary biped , and assure the country that no less than ten thousand er twelve thousand were _;' pre .-ent . So mueh for ( he man of numbers—yclept the

      Maxches-I ££ GuaRDIAK . Nobih Wales . —Thk _Chastee . —A meeting of tha worfcmei emp ' oyed at the tubular bridge now erecting over ihe M .-nai Straits , and of the _iaiiabit-ams of _tXe neighbourhood , was held in the open ai-, * n the _ivetfng of Monday , the 27 « h utL at tha _villiEe of _Mrnai Bridge , for the purpose of adopting the _National Petition ; and , although every means had been used by the magistrates and clergy to prevent the meeting , yet upwards of 400 _persons attended , the majority of whom had maoy miles to walk to the place of meeting . Mr James Steel was called tt . the chair . After reading a copy of tbe National Petition , he called upon Mr Craigie to move the _nrsfc _resolution , which he did in a lengthened and pawerfa ! speech , explaining _thefprinciples of the

      Peop : e _s Charter . The _resolution he _proposed « as , * Thit , from the reck _' . e & _aandextravagantmanner in which the revenue of the country is expended , it prove * the grcas necessity for the adoption of the People ' sChar tcr . ' Mr Lorimer seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr Walker _proposed , * That the Charter ought ' to bo enacted ; and tbat thia _meeting pledges itself to use all lawful end-aVoUM to make it the law ef the Jand . ' Mr Ban nan seconded the resolution , which was carried _nnsnimonsly . A committee was appointed to carry out the object of the meeting , and get up a meeting in favour of the Charter in Banger . A vote of thanks was pissed to the chairman- Three cbeer 3 were given for the Charter , and all separated _qoiptly .

      Ms- M'Grath _silvered an excellent lecture to a vast- _audieasd in the Amphitheatre , Leicester , on last Sunday _wsefc . _Whitchave _^ . _—TheChartists and Repealers at this piacs hare fraternised . SoDiHAMPrJK . —Gre . \ t open air meetings are being heir every ni .-ht . Tbe excitement increases . Gheat Cn . _iiirr-r _Msetikg at Leig h Field . — On _Tutff'iay eveniog , March 2 S , tbe loug c . _' ub room ot the Fox Ina , ia this villag . ' , situate a !; ont two miles and : _t naif from ' _Charterville' ( M ' n ; ter Lovel ) wa . densely crowded . At least § _re hundred _persons were prei'nt . Mr Edward _Upstone was unanimously ealied to the th . iit _* . nnd briefly opened the proceedings of the evening . Mr fJeEry Ross , in an argumentative and coaTincinz _speecb , moved a resolution _satilmr If _Uhln 9 d . * ! i * ting effects of , the present system _SistSJ _^ - _- _^ "ils-to class legislation and ' ' fa _toTrtnJ ° \ T ' aDd alJe « _foS the remedy to 68 tto represent _^ of _& , _^ peopU . _* _£

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      Commons Uouse of Parliament , in accordance with the princi ples contained in the People ' s Charter . Mr Edmund Stallwood , in a very forcibly . speech , which met with much applause , seconded the motion , w _!; ich was carried unanimously . The National Petition was then read , and its adoption moved . Mr John Gathard , _iannablespeech , which elicited the _warmast applause , seconded its adoption . Carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was awarded by acclamation to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved . Glocckster —The theatre was crowded to suffocation , on Thursday , the 30 th ultimo , to hear an exposition of the People ' s Charter ; and most ably was it expounded by Messrs T . Clark , Dowding , Sidaway , Bowlv , and others . The victory which Chartism achieved over faction on Thursday night last , was decidedly important , _infsmuch aa it will be the means of firmly establishing in this city the sacred principles of the most righteous of causes—the People a Charter .

      A _Decimation or thb _People ' s _Rioats has been agreed to at a conference of the E _* sex and Suffolk Land and Charti « t Union held at the Charter Association _, 12 . St _Jihn ' _s-street Colchester , from whioh we give the _following extractSi 1 . _TJni'ensl Suffrage . 2 . Vots by Ballot . 3 . Aboil ion tf iheProper _' y Qualification for Members of Parliament . 4 . Payment o / Members . 5 . Aunukl Parliaments , end 6 Equal Electoral Districts . _tSfiOtes L 1 _HELS * o POLK . W IHE ATTllHlIBHS * AB 5 _tUE

      PE' _-PIS 8 B 1 _GDT 5 * . — Ut . The just Repnstntation of the whole People in tbe House of Commons . 2 nd . The same protection te tbo Poor Man ' s Labour as to the Rich Man ' s Property . 3 rd , A reduction in tbe expenditure of tbe country , _especially in the items ef State Church—Pension LUt—« R _. yal Household—Enlarging Palaces—Army—Kavy—National Defences , & c ise . 4 th . Reduction in Poor ' s Rates—Jail Rates , dec , by enabling tbe Poor to live on their own industry , _5-b . Increase of Home Trade , by _bett-iiug tho con . ditlon of the Home Labourer . 6 tb . Tho cultivation of the soil by its rightful owners —ihe People ; rendering Great Brita ' n independent of Foreign supply , 7 th . The Improved Social Condition of al ! claBMS of ihe people _.

      TO TllE PEOPLE OF ESSEX AND SUFFOLK :. Tbe aboTe ere ihe principles nnd objrets of tbe National Land Company and Nations ) Charter Association , and it is to promote these _tt ? e national inttiiutions tbat tbe Essex and Suffolk Land and Cbarlict Union has bern formed . Wc , the delegates _appointed by tbe branches of those two associations , in the different towns of Essex _anS Suffolk , in calling your attention to the above principles , _suggest , tbat the _operation of those principles will leb . ncfieial to all classes of the community , frem the ' bauble on tbe throne ' ( more to be pitied for the

      mockery of her position than reviled for tbo _crtravagecce- of ber income , ) up to the industrious artisans whose skill and ingenuity hare ruistd England above other _nntions of tho earth , and whose det * rinined and united efforts to uproot injustice—to destroy K * ngcraft _, Priestcraft , and Corruption , will raise tho nation in the scale of moral dignity mid grandeur—will cause it tobe , not an object of fear and hate , but nn object « f love and admlraii ' . n , the great teacher of religion and moralityof arts and sciences—i model country , encouraging all that is good and excellent in principle and pmciicp , tbe _civiliscr , not the conqueror of the world .

      This most numerous and important class would be benefited became they would be _permitted to eniay the rights of _ciiiz-nshlp . Being themselves practical men they wool $ choose men of moral and intellectual _qualifications , wbeih . tr rich or poor , for legislators , _Theneit important class—the shopkeepers and honest tradesmen , wonld be benefited , because the social condition of tbe masses being improved , a much larger demand fer the _necessaries , comforts , and even ornaments of life , would be the consequence , and the butdens ct poor and county rates would bo proportionably l'ghtened . The lowest—because least useful , least moral and least

      intellrdual—the _arialocratical class , would bo benefited , because by stopping their wholesale plunder of tbe other two classes , their means of dissipation and profligacy , which Is rendering them miserable , puny , _celfiih beings , whose gratification is at the gambling house or the _brathel , and whoso lives are passed in tbe most burdensome frivolity , { _mpeciofj the progress of tho coantry which they disgrace ; yes , by curtailing the incomes of thesa miserable creatures , they would ba in a better petition to receive _tbase truths which accompany the _declaration . ' Hon hardly shall they that have riches enter tbe kingdom of heaven . '

      Rally , then , men and _women of Essex and Suffolk , b # not behind these of other countries in the struggle of national Independence , national prosperity , and national _, virtue . Let every one who pants for freedom , and wha i 5 tired of ilavery—the flamy of class legislation—im mediately communicate with the secretary to the branch in the neighbourhood , whose name is attached—uuita with yonr own order in this graat _natiaaal _movement . Obtain by jrur peaceable tffort » , what France has been struggling for in _bk-od , and tears ; remember tbat united honesty , Intelligence , and industry , is more powerful than a combination of fraud , profligacy , and indolence ; though tbe first may bs clothed In fustian and rags , and fare moderately , and the latter covered in broad clotb and * fiu _^ linen and fare sumptuously every day . * Signed ou behalf of tho Essex and Suffolk L & ud and ChaTtist Union . H . S . Clubb . Secretary .

      The Colchester branch of the National Land Company and of the National Charter Association , meet every Mosday evening , at eight o ' clock , at No . 12 , St John-street , where new members to both _ara enrolled . Secretary to the Land Company , Mr II . S . Clnbb , 51 , North-street ; Financial secretary to the _Cbarter Association . Mr W . J . Nickels , 1 G 5 , Magdalen-street , Colchester . Long-ton-, _Staffordshire PorrERiES . —There were two glorious meetings held in the Working-man ' s Hall of thia town , on Wednesday and Thursday , _March 29 th and 30 lb , when Mr Donovan , of Manchester , delivered two noble and patriotic lectare _* ou ' The Charter , and the mean 3 to obtain it . ' All is life here , anxiously waiting for the result ef the

      presentation of the petitisn . Mr Donovan at the close of his last lecture _stronglr recommended tho people to be very watchful ofthe Police and specials , and sea that they kept the peace , as he said they—the police—were the parties , in nine eases ont of ton , to break the peace . It has been since seen that , our nobis lecturer is right , aa only two days subsequently one of the most blaod-thirsty outbreaks took place by the police and specials , on the public , in the Marketplace . On Saturday night last , _betweenfiee and six o clock , a murderous onslaught was made by the police , first on a poor' _navvie _, ' and tbeu on the people generally . The people repelled the assault with stones and brickbats , aEd the police -were glad to take refuge in the shops . Considerable exoitemenfc _continued throughout the evening .

      _Devokp-ikt . —At a meeting ofa few friends favourable to the principles of the People ' s Cbarter , held at Mr Earl's , 34 , Granby- street , on tho 2 ht Marcb , a branch of the National Charter Association was formed . Thomas Abrahams was elected secretary , John Jin treasurer , and a cr . mmittce of three appointed to carry out the principle ofthe association . Exeter . —Since Mr T . Clark ' s lecture en Monday week several haye joined the National Charter Association ; we have distributed through the city over 1 000 tracts , ' Wlnt is & Chartist . ' We have got many thousands printed . In future , the members of the National Charter Association will meet every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , at _(^ Briea * _* , 49 , Holloway . street , where all who are interested in the progression of liberty are requested to attend .

      _CHARTEnviixn . —At a publio meeting of the _oeoupanls , teld in the School Room oftbe Minster Estate _, near Witney , on Wednesday evening , Marcb 29 t ! i ; Mr John Gathard , in the chair . A letter was read from Mr Doyle offering his assistance in the work of co-operation . The following resolutions were passed unanimously . On the motion cf Mr Edmund Stallwood , from London , seconded by Mr Jackson , from Manchester : —' That as a lasting memento of the glorious principles that called tbo . « e industrial free labour fields into existence , this estate shall henceforth be known and called Charterville . ' On the motion of Mr Benson , from Manchester , seconded by Mr Dunford , from London : — 'Thatit is desirable that each and every allottee should eo-operafe for the better and cheaper obtainment of coals , _fliur , & 3 , and that we hereby _pied' _-e ourselves , individually and collectivel y , to so PP rt measures to that end . ' In order to carry the second

      resolution into practical effect , the following persons were appointed committees :-Coa l—Messrs _Pickensill , Dyson nnd Kni ght . _Flovr and CoRtf . - _Messrs _Uatnard , Benson , and Dunford . Tea Sugar _^ .-Messrs . Stallwood , William ? , and Ba _' rneB . PoTAioBs .--MeesM _Djson , Dunford , and Bubb . The corn committee , since its formation , resolved on the _purcbaseof a tick of wh _^ at _. thns forming at once bread stuffs tor the family , , Dd meai for the pies , As ., asbran -pollard , Ac . The coal committee also kT % _j I } _^ _S several boat loads of _caals from _Staffordshire b y canal . The tea committee , not less active , reselved to have a wholesale _rur . ply often , So ., from London . The best spirit appears to _pre-% au amongst the _allottees It is determined to apply _t-i the postal authorities to " have a post-office 9 } , I es a te " A ] so ' _^ ° n _» 3 _^ school-house shall be finished , to have a public library for the mutual advantage of the . allottees and friends visiting tbe estate ; God speed _Cnartet vilte !

      Blackburk . —a _meeting of the Chartists and _li-mi members will be held at Nut-ton ' s Commercial _Coifee-house , Back-lane , on Monday next , tho 10 th instant , at eight o ' clock in ( ha evening . Worcesieb . —Oa Thursday evening last , a laTj ? 0 _publi c meeting was held in the Guildhall ( granted by the Mayor , j when Mr Doyle , one of the Executive , delivered a rao 3 t splendid _addrees , which excited the utmost _enthusiasm . On Friday , a public meeting was held for the election of a delegate to tho Convention , when Mr Edward Walters waa elected . An address tin the noble people ef France was unanimously adopts d , ¦• , . . .. ' .,., •• Thk Special West Ridikc * Dblsoaib Meetingwas held at Dfewsborj ? on _Sunday last . Delegates

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      present—Dewsbury , Mr Watson ; Halifax , Mr Col . pan ; Leeds , Mr Harris ; Bradford , Mr Clark . ' Keighley , Mr Emmott ; Wakefield , Mr Mennell ' LUtletown , Mr Schofielrt ; _Huddflrsfielrj , Mr Sy kes ; _Holmfirth , Mr Marsden ; Hebden Bridge , Mr Hitchen ; _Queenshead , Mr Shackleton ; Sowerby , Mr Leaver : Lower Warley , Mr Wood ; Bradakaw . lane , Mr Hope and Mr _Summersgill ; Ovenden , Mr Kershaw ; Mill Bridge , Mr Sheppard ; Heokmondwike , Mr Hatfield . Mr Hatfield ia the chair . It was resolved , — That a West Riding demonstration beheld on Skirtcoat Moor , on Goed Friday ; the chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . ' That the membera of the Chartist Association , at Halifax , be the committee of management to arrange

      for the election of hustings , bills , « fec , for the above meeting . ' Mr Shackleton then submitted to the delegates a requisition to the Lord Lieutenant of the Ridine to call the meeting . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., having already promised tb attend the demonstration , it was resolved that the following gentlemen be invited — ' Ernest Jones , Esq , W . P . Roberts , Esq , the People ' s _AUomey-General ; R . Cobden , Esq , M . P ., Colonel Thompson , Esq ., M _. P ., Mr Jo-ephBarker , and that a letter ba eent to the Confederates Council , Dublin , fora deputaion from that body . ' 'That the Chartists of Halifax draw up resolutions for the the demonstration

      and _Bubnut them to a delegate meeting , to be held at Niekolls ' a Temperance Hotel , Broadstreet , Halifax , oh Good Friday , April 21 st . Business to commence at nine o ' clock in the forenoon . ' ? That Mr _Harrfg be proposed to the chair at the demonstration . ' ' That Mr John Culpan , jun ., Union-st ., be secretary for the demonstration committee . ' There has not been snch a great number of delegates meeting' together in this part for a long time , and the unanimity that prevailed shows that Yorkshire is up to the mark , and that she is determined to make another effort to crush that _Hydra-headed monster , class legislation .

      Chartism is Fife . —Important Meeting at St . Amdrkws . —At length arouaed , by _thestirring events which are daily passing around us , from the apathy which has too long disgraced this locality , as well as Scotland generally , in reference to the _grt-ab- movement in behalf of th * people ' s rights , a number of tho Old Guards' recently resolved to attempt a revival of the go _* d old cause in this city , and , as a first step , having procured copies of tho National Petition from the Executive , called a public meeting of the inhabitants on tho evening of Wednesday , the 20 th ult ., for the purpose of adopting the 8 _BTO _6 . The City Hall , which had been kindly granted by the _maijis . traces , was by eight o ' clock well filled by a numerous audience of all classes of the community , nnd

      _before the proceedings were well commenced , was crowded tothe door . Mr George Berwick ( cabinetmaker , ) having been unanimously called to tbe chair , britflj i opened tho _proceedings , exhorting ' Peace , Law , and Order , ' thereby evincing the people ' s _fitnessfor the franchise . Resolutions _declaring tlio opinion ofthe meeting that the lime had now com 9 for the destruction of class-legislation—the institution of a new policy , suited to the times , by our _legislators—approving of the People ' s Charter—of the National Petition—and the taking immediate vigorous steps for obtaining signatures thereto , were moved , seconded , and carried by acclamation . Tho resolutions were supported in able and stirring speeches by Messrs T . G , Murtarde , and Charles

      Stewart , mason . After awarding thanks to the Chairman , as we \ las to the magistrates for the gratis use of the City Hall , the meeting quietly broko up . A considerable number of signatures were , thereafter , obtained to the _aheetSi among whom we were haopy to observe several ot the students attending the University . The provisional committee , "vith a number of other volunteers , having divided the city into convenient districts , have set to work canvassing , and , we believe , notwithstanding the shortness of the time allowed , we shall be able to _ssnd the most numerously signed petition that ever emanated from thia hitherto priest-ridden place . Immediate steps arc , we understand , to be taken to re-organise the Chartist body here .

      Triomphant Demonstration . —Union op _Char-TJ 8 _I _8 and _RBFEA & _Ena lit Macclesfibld . —On _Saiurday morning last a bill waa posted , announcing that a _meeting wouid take place in the afterno-m , en Parsonage Green , for the following _objvets : To give a public demonstration of the good feeling and cordial union existing between the Charter and Repeal Associations—io adopt an Address of Congratuation to the brave Frdnch people—and to appoint a delegate tr » tho National Convention in conjunction with Stockport . When tbo hnur of meeting ( five o ' clock in the evening ) arrived , being only about ten hours after the announcement was issued , at least five thousand _peiple had assembled , and at least ten thousand were present betore the close ot the

      proceedings . The magistrates were _bmy during the whole of the day swearing in ' specials , ' the onl y duty for which some of them are fitted . Mr Thomas Leech was unanimously voted to the chair , and called upon Mr Bowles to propose tho first resolution , which was as follows ! That in the opinion of this meeting the present deplorable condition of thc working classes of the United Kingdom is mainly to be attributed to their want of union , and we hail with heartfelt pleasure the resolve of tha Irish Repealers to unite with tbe English Chartists , which union , we confidently hope , will ultimately give _England to the English , and Ireland to the Irish . ' The resolution was seconded by Mr White , and supported in an _inactive speech by Mr Nixon , _tf Manchester . —

      Mr Baife proposed the second resolution , as follows : ' That we are of opinion that the present representative system is an outrage on common sense and common xhonesty , inasmuch as it excludes aixsevenths of the male adult population of thu empire from all participation in tbe election of _laerobers of parliament , and that we pledge oursolvea with a firm determination to use all tha powers with which God and nature hsve endowed us . to cause the People ' s Charter to be mado tho _bisis of British legislation , Mr James Leach , of Manchester , seconded the resolution in an excellent speech , which waa frequently interrupted by tho plaudits ofthe meeting . Hesaid he was fully convinced that something more than speech making , passing resolutions , and getting up

      petitions , would be necessary , before the work ing men of this country obtained their rights . When he saw the House of Commons treating the people with such insolence and contempt—when he saw them laughing at popular princirdjs , and sneering at the advocates of those principles , he could not help believing that its days were numbered . —Mr William Massey proposed the next resolution : — That we pledge ourselves to assist the Repealers in their _exrrtiona to obtain a Repeal of the Union , which , in the words ef Chief Jus : ice _Bushe , ' was carried by the basest corruption and artifice ; ' all the worst passions of the human heart were entered into that service , and the most depraved ingenuity was tortured , to devife new contrivances to effect it . 'Mr _Hargreaves seconded the resolution , which wa 3 supported by Mr _Trnsuror , of _Stalybridse _, H _^ contended strongly tha t the Irish peoplo had a

      perfect rkht to govern themselves , and pointed out some of the atrocities that had marked the conduct of the B < itish government towards Ireland , Mr Treanor ' s speech was renewed throughout with the utmost enthusiasm . —Mr John West was then called on tb movo the adoption of an address to tbe French people . Mr West was received , wiih the most enthusiastic applause . Alter an expre sion that Mr John West was a fn and proper person to represent _Macclesfield in tho Convention , and having given hearty and enthusiastic cheers for the Charter , the Convention , O'Connor , Sec ., the _meeting broke up in tho most peaceable manner . . The meeting would have been much larger , but for the numbers kept away to be sworn in specia _^ constables . The excitement in Macclesfield is raised tothe highest pitch—every body is asking— ' What will the house do with the petition ' ? Will they dare to treat it with contemp t ?

      Bradford . —Oh Sunday a Chartist camp meeting was held on _Wihsey _Slaok , near Shelf and Bradford , at two o ' clock in tbe afternoon . Tbe morning was beautifully clear , and the sun shone out in _splendour , when about twelve o ' clock the _atmosip ' _iere suddenly lowered , and a storm of thunder , rain , and hailstone commenced , such as had not been witnessed for many years . Several trees in tbe nei ghbourhood we , e struck with the electric fluid , In one of the _disntning chapels the sexton was knocked down , and the forms were thrown about ,. but no serious damige was dono . Many of the good Sabbath going folks declared that the infidelity of the _Chaitists in . hohliii " a earap meeting on the Sunday , was the cause of the storm , and the _am-er of Providence was observable

      in tbe elementary war . On the Chartists' side , it was declared they were tbe choaen band , for many thousands of them wore out amid thc storm , and not n hair of tbeir heads was touched , while their voices resounded amid the rolline thur dera of Ueaven—* That Britons never shall be _slavos , ' When the storm & nb sided , a _waggon was procured for the speakers , and Mr Frith was called to the chair . The speotacle waa a grand one—not less than . 20 , 000 _persons had assembled to declare thej would have tho Charter . Messrs Hurly , Webber , Sni _* Uk , Glissett , Roberts _, and _Leghtowler . addressed ihe meeting . Resolutions were adopted for the Charier , and to support and abid * 3 bj the _decis-on of the Convention . A vote of

      thanks was tendered to the Chairman , and the mneting matched oS tho common with & tvko ' . _ouied ttag _befi / re them in tbe moat peaceable manner . —On Sunday evening , the Chartists of Littlo Ilerton , met at Squire Barker ' s , Yorkshire Divan , and formed a locality of the Onanist _Association , when forty members were enrolled . —The Chartists of Great _Hereon met on Sunday etening , to form a locality , when _abivo fifty persons enrolled their names . —On Monday evening , a meeting was held at New Leeds , when a number enrolled their nanus to form a locality ofthe Char . ist Association —Me . _'tinps were also held at _Bawlinir , Muaningbam , aad Wapping for the ' same object . The organisation ia rapidly progressing in Bradford .

      CnoRtKT . —Tbe Chartists and Laud _mombers _' of this town met for the first time in their new meeting room , in Market-street , behind the Rope-market , nu tteo _^ nd inst . Meetin gs will be held every Sunday aifternoon , at two o ' clock , for the purpose of reading and _discsssion _, and at six o ' _clock ; in tho _evonia _*? fvc

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      _j-eceiving _* 8 _ub 8 <* ripH « _nB , and enrolling members . _ At _•* he aboTe meeting subscription- ' were entered into for the purpose of taking in the Umted Irishman , and other _valuaUerjoumals _supportisi !* Land and Chartist principles ; and as a demonstrative proof ol tbe progress of Chartism in this town , the Northers Stah , along with other democratic newspapers , has been proposed to be taken in by the Chorley _Meohanics ' Institution , whioh is about to be re-established . A meeting of Chartist and Land members will take place on the 9 h inst . __ _.

      Bibminchmm —A most enthusiastic meeting took place in the People ' s Hall , on Sunday last , when addresses were delivered by Messrs James L ? _aca of Manchester , John Mason of _Birminitbam , and the delegates from Wigan , Bolfon , and Paisley . Sixty new roembersjoined the Association . _Stcckpout . _—Twoexcellentaddressesweredolivured her * on Sunday last by Mr John _Weat . Mr Rankin of Manchester , also . addressed the evening meeting . Both gentlemen gave the greatest satisfaction , and wero warm ly cheered hy their delighted audience .

      _Staltbridqb—There was a public meeting in t & is town , bela in the open air , at which there vrere 10 , 600 persons present , to _memorialiso the government to recall John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , and all political offenders . A delegate meeting _waslimmediately held , to arrange for i camp meeting , on Sunday the 9 th oi thia month , to ba held in this district , to take into consideration the proceedings of the Convention , and to act accordingly . _Merthvr Ttdvii .. —A public meeting was held in this town last Saturda y , to adopt a petition for thc liberation of Frost , Williams ' , and Jones , and was _sigBed by several thousands on Sunday . A public meeting will take place on Monday , _th « lOih inst _, at twelve at no ™ , There are public meetings held here every evening , and they are well attended , and a noble sp irit manifested bv all .

      _Chrliemiam —The secretaries of the National Charter Association of the towns of Cirences'er , _Winchcombe , and other localities in the _Che'tenbam district , who have not yet communicated with us , wishing to be represented in the Convention , are requested to correspond with Clement W Frame ' , 6 , Bath-street , Cambray , Cheltenham , secretary pro tern , ot tbe Cheltenham branch . A county delegate meeting is in contemplation . ( _Barnstaplb —A Democratic library has heen established in this town , at which tbe _Northern Star and other Democratic publications are tak » n in . _SiRounD . —A public meeting waa held in the Victoria rooms , on Tuesday evening , Maroh 28 h , to adopt the Nationil Petition _ . more ilnn 600 were

      present , including a great number of the tradesmen of the town , and ope or two manufacturers . —Mr J _YV . Hatton occupied the chair . —Mr J . Sid way moved and the Rev . Mr Parsons , the anth t of ibr ) ' Tracts to the Smock Frocks and Fustian Jackets , ' seconded the first resolution , pledging the meeting to the Six Points of tbe Charter . —Mr James _Newm- ) i ) moved , and Mr Sidaway seconded , tbe petition , and after _speakinu at great length , tho Rev . B . Parsons supported the petition , which with tho resolution were both carried unanimously . —Mr _Js-eph Partridge , me of our _leadine _' _manufaeturers , _i-poke in fAvour of the Charter . —The meeting was considered

      the best ever held in Stroud upon the question of the Cbarter . _Sisjn & _tvwea t <* . the _petition are _houvW increasing , and we hope by Saturday to number 3 . 000 . On Monday evening the members met at _suven o ' c ! oel >\ at the Coffeerooras and Temperance Hotel of Mr Rowland , Swan yard , Stroud , when tho following persons were appointed as tbe Council : _—Messrs H . Pritcbard , G . Fowles , F Pant , F . Mayo , J . Newman ; MrG . Rowland , treasurer j Mr Samuel _Clissold , secretary . A meeting will be held every Monday evening , at seven o ' clock , at Mr Rowland ' s Ci _ffje-rooms , Swan-yard , Stroud , when the Council will be happy to receive the name of any person wishing to be a member of the _Associatian .

      Revival of _Charti m is Newport , _Monmouthshire . —A requisition was presented to the Mayor , signed by Shy-four of the most respectable inhabitants of the town , among whom were tbrco Town-Councillors , to call a meeting for the adoption of tho National Petition . The Mayor said he had no persons ! objection to call the meeting , but lie bad _received a communication from the Home Office , and therefore wished for time to consult the two borough magistrates . He did so , and the consequence

      was that he _rtfused to call the meeting or grant the use of the Town Hall , consequently the _requisitionists , on their own account , called a public meeting for Wednesday evenin ? , March 20 tn , in tbe large room , Old Bush Ian , _Coraraerctal-street . The room was crowded almost to suffocation , many hundreds had to go away unable to gain admittance . The _resolution and petition were carried amidst the greatest enthusiasm . —Mr Thomas Clark , of the Executive , made a splendid Speech . A branch of the National Charter Association was established .

      _Absrueen , March 3 ht . —A public taeitine was held this evening in the Union llall , Blackfriars street , for the purpose of electing a delegate to represent the city and _environ- < , in a Convention of toe working classes which is to sit in London . Mr W . L ' u > d * _a . v jun ., was oalled to the chair . The chairman called upon Mr George Smart , who moved a _varieiy of instructions to be observed by the delegate when at the Convention . Mr John Smart seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . The secretary reported tbe state of thc funds , which _wvre _encouraging , and intimated that already within the city thc number which bad signel the petition who about 15 , 000 . The secretary then read a draft of a letter he had prepared by erder of the

      committee , to Captain _Fordyce , R _. _W ., the city member , which letter met a hearty approval . The meetin u then proceeded with tbe election of tbe delegate , when _Messrs Archibald _M'Donald , A . B . Kenny _, and James Shirron , were put in nomination , and ably supported bj the movers and _seconder , Mr James Shirron proved the successful candidate by a sweeping majority . The meeting ordered the necessary funds to cover the delegate ' s _expenses , . and requested the secretary to furnish him with legal documents for admission to the _Convention . Three cheers wcre tbeu given to encourage the men of England , three for Old Ireland , three for the Star and the Exprfs 3 , three for the father of tho ChartiBt family , namely—Mr O'Connor—and finally , three to the chairman ; the meeting then dissolved ,

      Barnslet . —All paid-up members of No . 1 branch of the National Land Company , are requested to attend at Mr George Uttley s , on Monday night , the 10 th inst ,, at seven o clock , and pay their local expenses . _RocnDAiE . —On Sunday last , the 2 nd of April , a public meeting ofthe inhabitants of the _borough ot Rochdale , was held in the Chartist room , Yorkshirestreet , to adopt a petition in favour of the _restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and all other political offenders .

      _Bljckbdrn . — A glorious meeting numbering between three and four thousand of the men of _Blcckburn , took place in the Old Size House , Chapel-stieet , on Monday evening hst . George Cowell _, a working _msn , being unanimously voted to the chair , opened the meeting in a neat and impressive speech , and called upon Mr Marsden to propose the _adoption ofthe National Petition , which was seconded by Mr W . Smith one of the Old Guards . Mr S , Kydd then fallowed , and supported the motion in a brilliant speech of . _nearl ; an hour and a half duration ; which during the delivery received repeated bursts of applause , and sat down amidst the most enthusiastic plaudits . Mr Mar-den was chosen unanimously to represent Blackburn ac the forthcoming Convention . After a vote of thanks to Mr K ydd , the chairman and others , the meeting quietly disported .

      Citv and _Finsbl'bv Locality . — Saffron-hill . — March 26 , h , 1848 . —Mr T . Sa mon in the chair . Mr Fennel ! repcred frum the Metropolitan Delegate _Cummitlee . Report received . Mr Nb _* _is moved , and Mr _Goversccandcd : — ' That three delegates be sent from lh s __ locality to assist the _Delegate Committee . ' Carried . Messrs Cater , Blake , and Bagnail were appointed . Mr _Gaver _sioved , _acd Mr Fennellseconded , the following resolution : — 'That this meeting learn , with feelings of indignation , that subscriptions havo been opened at Messrs Diuinmorid ' s Bank , at Charing _Crobs , to reward the police for the part they took at the late _meeting in _Ti'afitlgar-jquare , being of opinion that such a _couiss of conduct is calculated to stimulate the brutality of

      behaviour , bo universal among that body ,- We , therefore , call upon every person , wbo values tte ri « ht of public meeting , to protest against such sub-Bcription _' . ' Supported b y Messrs E . _Nofebs , Cater , and Overton . Carried unanimously . Mr Gover moved , and Mr Cater seconded , the following resolution : — That the previous resolution , in connexion with the one lately passed , repudiating all _connexion with tbo _Trafalgar-tquare meeting , and the subsequent disturbances , be sent to Messrs _Drummonds , and to the Secretary forthe Home Department , wiih av \ queaUhat ha would put a stop to such an un * _conMiiutiorial proceeding / Gamed unanimously . Mr Nobbs moved , and Mr Gover secosded , the following _resolution . '— * That this meeting return their

      sincere thanks to chose working men who havo been compelled to serve as special constables , for tleir noble resolution to fraternise with the people , if a brutal _government attempt to suppress public opinion . ' Carried unanimously . Mr Fenneil moved , and Mr Nobba seconded , the foUowin « veaftl \\ _Uori * . — That we view the prosecution of Messrs W . Smith O Brien , Jshn Mitchel , and T . F . Meagher , by th * Whig oovtmment _. as a fresh proof of their detcrmination to govern Ireland by force of arms , and no ' by justice ; and as a fresh proof of their blundering incapacity for legislation ; and regard thia base

      attempt to stifle pubiie opinion as calling especially for the strongest reprobation nnd sterrest opposition of the Chartists of this country . We hereby express our _warmest Mrmpnthj with those gentlemen , with the Irish _Confederate ? , and Repealers , holding their _prmoiples , and also assure them of our firm determination to obtain the Charter fur England and Repeal ( or Ireland . ' Supported by _Messrs Cater , Gover , and Overton . Carried unanimously . The voting fi , r the delegates was then taken ; and , the meeting _^ djourned to April 2 ud | At seven o , 'block in the evening , Several new members were enrolled at the clese Gf tha meeting .

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      ( From mr wm _Correspondent . ) Dubuh _. 3 _** Amt , _1848 . Now , whilst the tWe of revolution Is careering over Europe , and whilst ohanges aro being iff < cted and stents occurring which will mark one ofthe most m _» moraMe epochs in tbe history of Christendom , itla a proud r . _flcction for Irishmen * that tbeir long-oppressed land is not destitute of tho ways and moons , and hearts and souls , adequate to a glorious _otrugglo for that nationality and libeity , to which for many a gloomy century she has been a stranger . A proud reflection it is , I say , for Irishmen . Only that Ireland has a . voice within her the Saxon tyrant might still smile on atthe political earthquake wbich thU moment shaken Europe to its contre ; and only that

      Ireland has nursed bereos , _theblood-djed flag of Britain would still sweep land and _sbi , and slaves would pine on hopelessly , and _cotvards lick the dust beneath its shadow . But Ireland swears that inch no longer shall be tbe case . Ireland _arouBeB , in her an _^ er _, andI in ber _wildnesfl , and in her yearnings for revenge , and vowa tbat she no longer will beheld in' durance vile' by those she bates , and who have long _centuries ago deserved the _bloodiest retribution which a rraddentd nation could bestow . And it is remarkable—too—in the highest digree remarkable , —that not alone on their ' _natiresoil ' are Irishmen taking John Ball by the beard , but etsnin his own land—in thu very heart of London—a son of the Emerald Isle taunts him with hU villany , and _owenrs that his threats , or his bullying , shall not save him from the consequence of bU mhdeed _^—that ho will lead

      mflliOHg of Euglis & _mea to tbe battle , and be their gene-[ ral In the campai gn against robbery , and corruption , and misrule . Yes , it Is , indeed , a proud _Doast for tbis country , tbat an Irishman—M r _Fear-rm O'Connorshould prove , in the very stronghold of British swaytne very focus of British power—one of the ' chief dim . cullies' of British government ; and not only be found _f-arlessly _oipreislng his own dating aeutimentg , but actually _combining , and organising , and concentrating in tha bosom of _England , tbe most formidable and _indefatigable and effective opposition' which ever rose »& _a ' n « l tyranny and _mlseoi . duct . It looks rather more lik « some ordination ofa just Providence , than one of the mero accidents of time , or chance , or circumstances . G id is just , nnd it is not tho first occasion when Heaven cho & 8 " the weak , things of this world to eonfonnd the strong . '

      I often predicted tbat the day would soon arrive when the name of Mr O'Connor would be a credit to Ireland , aud his conduct meet the applause and approval of hU countrymen . And I was sight . That time haB come a ' ready . Already ia the great Chartist leader identified _nith the leaders of onr * movement' in Ireland ; and at every assembly , and club , and meeting , _ehesrs for Feargus O'Connor aad the English Chartists arc cnupltd with those for Smith O'Brien , John Mitcbel , and our other genuins pad lots . Tho stale _ehnders against O'Connor are uttered no more . His old enemies are silent ; and those who , not six months ago , were pre * judiced against that gentleman , and looked en Chartism with _ditutust _, now view the former with a feeling of no . ttonal pride , and the latter a something , which , though not exactly suites to Irish wants , may still be very good for _Eiifrll . h labour and Industry ; something which will open a pathway to British indepsndenco and British _ntrosp' . ritv , I

      Thelast letter of Mr O'Connor _tothcEogllsh Chartists , exhibits tbat chivalrous _gentleman In a bolder light than _yr-ars of _speechinff , or Agitating , or dodging , could create , K « there tella what he intends . Ha doe * not cry * To your _tfnts , ob , England ! ' but he says , he will lead Mb ' Old Guards' to the very note of tbe chafed lion , and his beilowiags shell not frighten him from his duty ; nor _threats , nor bullyings , nor the prospect of death itself , deter him from prosecuting bis scheme in a bold , fearless , but quiet , steady , and constitutional manner . Tbis is tbe way to speak . ¦ Such language as this aloue Is _suited w the obtuse _faculties and B _' _-irl-necked _doggednssB of John Bull . This is tbe tone fer every slave to adopt . Whinery , and _hedging , and petitioning , never did anyib ' mg good ; and never "ill , aud ntrer can , do good . Let men speak like MEN *; and then , if they find th » t _warning , and remonstrance , and ' challenge . ' aro unheeded - wby , thtn _, in God ' s name , let them DO , or DIE like MEN .

      Aad this doctrine la gaining ground quickly In Ireland . The people ef this country , forgetful of last year ' s famine and fever , and braving the _destitutien and desolation which , ovm at this moment , prevail over the land , ore _shaking off their old cowardly prejudice ** , and are _determined TO BE FREE . This is a season of anxiety and suspense in Dublin , No man knows what to do , Many still cling to tbe O'Connell policy , but tbe overwhelming m & 8 ses are bent for the _adop-ion of ' the Paris fashions for February !' Tbe _Faddjrgo . _eady system ia on its last legs In Ireland , nnd the grey-coated rustic , as well as the unemployed mechanic , flings ' moral force' to the tomb of—no , not to the tomb of the _Capulet *—but to that of Daniel O'Connell . Pikes and barricades are now more

      roipectable names In Irish households than Repeal R nt or Conciliation Hall addresses ; and thelast ' shreds ' and ' planks' of the ' constitution' are laughed at nith ait much c _Htomptaoni noncidlanee as if you spoke of paying homage to the cap and feather * of some idiot or Harlequin . It Is beyond a doubt the people of this island are coatemplating an appeal to arms , and , mere thau that , they nro at no _pnins to conc-al tbeir intentions . People bave so hope iu English faith or English promises , even if that faith wcre plighted , and thasc _promises glren ; but when tbey find that the _vsry mention of Repeal' or Justice for IMind , ' Is received with derlsion and ' sneers' ia the British senate , they are resolved

      to seek their claims with more imposing weapons than sheets of foolscap or brgging petitions to her _Maj-st )' a 1 Honourablo _Housos , ' or ' Faithful Lords ana Commons . ' Tbe young men of Dublin are losing no ground , at all events . They will lead the van , as in truth they should lead it . They ore establishing 'Kith Clubs' und shooting galleries in various quarters of the _ci'y _, where ' bey intend ' _mukiog their hand' for a future day . Pikes are ma _«\ uf ictured publlely , and I h » vo seen several of a formidable 'fsBhion . ' They aro aoid without _hesita tion , or any tffort at concealment , whilst every gunsmith and armourer in town Is completely ' oat of stick , lock , and _tarrel ; ' sueh ia tbe ' run' for fire-aims of a cheap and middling description .

      In tbe meantime , tho ' powers' here are leaving nothing _uidene to meet the anticipated struggle . Additional troops are coming in every day in tbe week , The military preparations continue to be carried out on the most extensive scale . The following _arrangement have been decided upon by the authorities : — Application has b > en mado to the Provost by the go . vernmentfjr accommodation within the walls of the college for a strong military detachment .

      Thebencbesof the Queen ' s Inns have also been applied to for permission tor the military stationed m tbe -Linen-hall to exercise in the grounds _attached to the inns in H » _nriotta-str «« t , Li'initer House ia being fitted up for 300 infantry and a s ' reng cquadron of cavalry . Thc 57 _< h are about to move tothe Belfast district . The 12 th Light Infantry , . now st Birr , are to proceed to Scotland , _TheSSnd Light Infantry and a battalion ofthe Guards aro under orders of readiness for Dublin . The iu Royals will be moved from _BolfaBt to Dublin . A wing of tbe 48 rd Light Infantry is to form part of Dublin garrison . A f _trong company of Sappers and Ml _ners has arrived from Chatham , and taken up quarters in the barracks at the Linen-bill .

      Nowise daunted by the preparations of government , the cry _« . f « Am , arm / rained by Mr Mitchel , 19 _bjing cheerfully responded to . The run for pikes is rather on the increase , and to meet tho demand very inferior weapons are vended in Patrick-street , _Bridgefort-atreet , and in the _neijihboarheod of the Liberty , at prices ranging from _eiehtpence to one shilling The _primeat article manufactured gees as _I'iffh as 3 s . 9 _d-, with ready sales . Gunsmiths ' shops are the great eentrea of attraction just now . Around them are to be Been groups of idlers coating longing eyes upon tha tempting wares exposed to view ; and I am assured that within the Inst fortni _ght vast quantities of oheap and _inferior

      arms , whicli had long laid _mouldering on the shelves , have been eagerly purchased up , at remunerative rates to the sellers . I am further informed tbat a person largely engaged in the iron trade received a country order for 2 , 000 pikes , bat that before he undertook to execute _th . 9 commission , he asked professional advice as to thelegality of the transaction , and was told thera was no law in existence to prevent the manufacture ofpihe _^ buttbatgovernment might at any time issue an order to te ' ze and _confiscate tbem . In order , therefore , to save his property from any such contingency , the maker determined to o ? _raplow the job by instalments , and despatch them score by score to their de _3 tina _** ion until the whole were finished .

      __ Repeal appears to be beeomine a second-rate question . A Republic ia now proclaimed to be the only i _fftictui'l r « medy . The United Irisbman and Nation , oflast Saturday , speak out in the plainest possible style . Under the head of' Our War Department , ' Mr Mitchel gives the following , with a promise that the _suhjeot shall henceforward form a leading topio in the columns of hia journal - _° - _»

      ABMlT ) _WjTJDS . An United Irishman ( Cork ) _nishes to Da informed of ' eomo plan for the formation of a _Rifls Club , to be composed of persons of limited means , to enable tho members of 6 _uch a club to purchase and learn the use

      of arms . Minuto _thtrion . —A . good strong _s-rvicoiiblo rifle , three feet in the barrel , eleven grooves , patent breech , _Bouttd hack action lock , vlato . steel mauntiug _, without strap or trap , ant ! of any aalibre , can be made in Dublin fir £ _l ' , _orihC _fanio _, with brass mounting , for £ 2 lQi , _Soppo 30 a hundred persons form a club , each of whom will subscribe 2 _< . 61 . pur _wetk . Let 61 . of each coniri . button be set apart for thi giuerril expenses of ths club and for the payment of a _perafon competent to train and Instruct In rifla practice , or drill , or tbe use of t \ TBVs generally , Tho remaining 2 j . of each su , _bscrlpUoa is carried to tha stock fund of thu club ; and thas each week amasses _£ » 0 ; b y wWoh four rifles {\\\ $ 1 _XOs , each ) can ho eaoh woik _aapj _^ _lleii t ® the _ckiih , _o ? tea

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      • rifles ( at £ 8 each ) every three weeks . Bach w P three weeks' supply , should be _disiriba _teoC' If or alphabetical order , among the merabf ¦ _# r ths _uncefstondlhg that U ' ' they fail to h I tbeir subscriptions for three or fou , ' If ( or other _duflnite number of week , ) Mj : _tiroJy , until all are armed , then thej forfeit a ' i _^ J their riflaa .. Tha weapons purchased shoul d be _^ Hf every day after practice loto the hands nf _« ,. .. m ,,, > Ih

      or other person selected by the club , _utstil all _arcT _M _unlesa—always unless—It be necessary j « i _/ _* _£ _sj'Sp time , Jo bring Into action whatever arms nay _htx _^ M _^ obtained . By . this means the whole hundred m fl ?' can practise , and receive instruction from _theum _' _^' P _' 1 '' _- and at the end of twenty . five weeks all will h « , * _^ _-l _* i ; with rifles of their own , at £ 2 10 s . each , or at _/^ _fj ? the end of thirty weeks . Of eonrse , If the member , ' ' _oilf afford to pay double tbe subscriptions above rnenti ( A ! p they will all be armed in less than half the time- if _^ i _^ can only aff rd to pay half that subscription , it ' , 3 , $ K quire _somethlug more than double tbe time to _^ _Ip th _« n Bui , _whether the time be long or short , thej "* If : still , from the beginning , practise the use of arms . ? i ); _- We shall bo happy to make arrangements In Dabl ( . « _£ ' tho * upply of any such club ; bat no recommend _- _]; tf In the _provinces to employ , as a matter of justice t } 4 ji

      economy , local artificers , whero possible , in the makKjjji /' of the stocks and locks , and tbe _fiaishinj ofthe _barjflil —the latter , we be ) ier _« , can be bored io Piiblfn Oft jpv A slight addition to the cost will provide a short _swumS _^*? _, or long dirk , which should be fixed on tho end of tf '• _$£ _¦ barrel in place of a bajonet . W _* if urine club were eetaWished on the plan we 0 ' t _, c | v described , part of it * funds might be expended In _yjjf . ¦! . purchase , of pikes ; thus , a fund of £ 10 a week woa _^ _t _^ ; provide three rifles of tbe superior kind , and ten _fir _^ v rate pikes , ten feet long , steel heads , _Vte _rtcsmmttf _% . _% this distribution , _whertrcr it can be practised , Wi _^ -f . - i the wealthy members ara armed with _riflis , they cj _^ i ; , _" ; bestow their piken on tbe less wealthy—there is no ehi _, f )' \ ritable donation like pikes for tbe poor . | l _>

      Or , in a large city like Cork , or Limerick , or Dublin ll ' ' clubs might bs easily formed for the general armaamj j'j and drilling of nil , and the armament of eaeh nith vm , jj pons _suitable to his means . Arranging the members _«* ]' this club in three classes , thus : — Per weeW 1 st R _fl-men , subscription for rides ... 2 s . OdT ; 2 nd Musketeers , ditto f » r muskets and _ba . iooets U , o , n 3 rd Pikemen , ditto for pikes 0 s . 3 {(; . Thesa classes become armed contemporaneously , each ' . ' _. ' class within a definite time , proportioned to the cost on ' the weapon , and the amount of weekly _sobscriptioj' j whilB all the classes and member " , by an additional _sulj , l scriptlon of 61 . or 3 d . each , weekly , can learn drill , and I exercise and practise the nse of ali arms , from the _ridi i . to the pike , ' '

      we do not propose these clubs as a movement to super n _se * eor _interfere with , in the Bllghtist degr . e , the Na . : . tlonal Guard to which tbe Confederation is pledged . f } a , v tbe _contrary , when tbe _Cinfederationt-ball havo mature !* ! its plan ? , and laid a programme of organisation btfors ¦ I the people , it will fee for these _clubi to carry that er-p _ganisation at onco into effect . To be enabled to do bo , tbey should at ouce organise for their indiridaal arma . < 1 meet , j . r " This is followed by directions for the accoutrement )' of tbe patriotic array , us thus : — ; ' For . mu * _ketaets , th * halts xvsxA _pwicAiM should b _« tha ' j _sams construction as for _r-fl-mon—ammunition in car- _ftrldges , and pouch larger . For small sword , bayonet . ; Calibre of muskets same as the British army , in order that , should the R _. jyal troops tun . short of ammu- j nitlon , we may be enabled to supply them , and vice I versa . !'

      Por pikemen , tho accoutrements aro greased brogues , and a stout arm . Every endeavour should be mado to obtain ammunition of all kinds , and every cars should be taken to knot ? where It can be had when _wtnted _. The stores of food are the sinews of war , Care should be taken of them too . Not alone should rifles , muskets , and pikes be pro * cured , bnt every gun and weapon in tbe island should ba put into immediate order . And he adds : —

      Where _baysnets oannot be had , we _bejf to remind all _tenant-right-less farmers and able-bodied paupers , ihat a strong English reaping-hook straightened , with the saw edge _ground sharp , nnd rounded , and a socket hilt weld-d to the tang , makes a weapon which , when attached to a duck-gun or long fowling piece , is as deadly as tbe pike , and as complete as the bayonet . You cau m _» ke it any leDgth convenient to your purpose , and the length ef jour barrel from one foot to three . A scythe _bhde , fixed by a welded socket hllton a half pike , or s > _iaft of six feet , b come » a weapon equally deadly . Sach ore the glorious fancheurs by whieh Poland avenged her slavery , when she failed to win her freedom . Meantime ' the _virtuss of tho hoar are patltaco and perseverance . ' to get gunB and run bullets .

      Such earnest plain , and distinct teaching cannot be without its effect in Ireland . That it is telling , is proved by the tact that , although his paper is only two months old , its circulation ib without _parallel in the _weekly press of" Ireland , and that his readers ara spread over the who ' e of the country . The Natiok backBupitB contemporary in the same spirit . __ Speaking of the determination of the Confedera * tion to _Eummun the Council of three hundred , Mr Duffy says—But it is said tbe English Gorernment wonld pre . vent by torce of arms the election or assembly of such a body .

      It could not prevent tbeir election . If it issued a proclamation . The people oua ; ht to disregard it . If it brought troops to the place of flection , the place ought to be changed . But the thing is impossible . To suppress three hundred elections in ono day would leave every barrack , garrison , and guard room In Ireland vacant—vacant , perhaps , lo be filled no more . When tbe assembly was actually elected , the government would scarcely venture to impede the direct communication bet weeD such a body aBd the Sovereign , If tb > y did—if mch an honest attempt to bring lo a peaceful issue the unlrersal _discontent of this country were impeded , parley would be at end . The assembly might be adjourned for a month , to meet uuder the guns of an Irish army , iu the eopit > l of a free nation . II it come to this , Russell will h < tra blundered * more nnpardonally than 6 u z _3 t er _Metternicb . ' And he further thus states the spirit in which the Confederation are prepared to act .

      Whatever come , the Confederation will meet it firmly : There shall b « no rashness , and no rttre & t . Not so much as a stop . If tbey ara proclaimed down , they wih trample upon tbo proclamation as so much waste papar —which it is , If the Coercion Act is extended to Dublin , they will fall back upon the other great towns in Ireland , and agitate them till tbereis no city in tbe land but will require a _proelamatlon and a garrison of Its own . The people in both islands must take one pre . caution , not to move before their time ; the _governmsnt _, if they are noJ all _rocltless of life , and all impenetra * bla to teaching , should take tbeir time , the present heur , to make terms . Ofthe two parties tbe people are tho _ldss desirous of blood . But , if it must come to blows , ' may God defend tbe right '— -that is , the right ef the people !

      The _LiMsmcrc _Reporter announces the formation of two or three title clubs in that city , adding the following information with regard ta the purchase of arms : — In reply to ' a Subscriber' as to tbe price of firearms , and the best description of them , we beg to say that a first-rate single gun _( twht barrel ) can be had atllara ' _s fer _abaut £ 2 . 2 t _" ., and an excellent description of 0 gaa too , that would answer good purpose ** , for about £ 115 * . For a short _distame or for general purposes , it would just answer as well as a rifla that would cost £ 7 . or £ _?; Tbe refusal ef Mr Butt , Q . C ., to sign the _deelarat tjon of confidence in Lord Clarendon , and hia satisfaction with the present mode of governing Ireland , is a proof that the disaffection extends to all parties . Mr Butt is an eminent C _mservative , and waa a great opponent of Repeal . It is stated _ppsitively by the Cork _ExaMiNEs that he has given his adhesion to the Confederation .

      __ The most important demonstration of this disaffection to English rule yet made publio , is the following declaration which has the sanction ofthe _leading mea of the learned professions . A fellow of Trinity College , a Conservative , being one of its warmest supporters , and which haa a great number of influential names appended to it . TO HIS _KXCKLLSJICr _GEOHQE BURL OP CtABENDeN , _IiOBl > MECTENAHT 1 ENE & 4 L AHD _OENEaiL _QOVEBHOB OT lEELiND . We , the undersigned , desire to express our _rejpect for your Excellency , personally , and as _repres ntatWeofour Sovereign , find to declare our determination to maintain the prerogatives of the Crown , the pririkges ef the peerage , the _rights of the public creditor , and the inviolability ot private contracts .

      we bare witnessed with regret and disapprobation the avowal of designs _iEcampftttble with social order , and . with the lrgUimate _rijoyrnent of ihe frultB of industry ; and we are resolved and ready with force and arms to resist any attempt tu subvert social _rehlions , or to etfect revolutionary _changes in property . At tha same timo we are bound to declare our convio tion that a general and well-founded feeling of dissatisfaction pervades society in Ireland , Jo ined to an earneet and growing desire for a _rsturn to our ancient constitution _. The failure , of the Imperial Parliament to provide adequate means for the relief of our poor , and their _refusal ol inquiry into tho delects of the present unjust aud partial system of Poor Law taxation , joined to the systematic continuance of a pernicious anu unconstltuttonul policy of ci _utilisation , cause u ? to sympathise in . ths present feeling , ani to participate in the general de-Btre for _self . govitnment .

      Considering that extreme opinions and violent language , however cen _> _urabltj , aro but the natural exponents of so great S mass of discontent , we humbly beg to _roprtsent to your _Enctrlimey our opinion , that its would be expedient to treat the violent derr . _ttnstjfttions wbich have lately taken place , rather aa evUencos of the prevailing desire for a , change of policy , than as _Indlvl . dual _offences against the law and pray you ? KxceHeney to rrcommend to your government the speedy adoption of _measurea which _tjjbj restore to Her Mb July ' s Irish subjects their old _ftsiinja of mp * ct fox the laws , and oi

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 8, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_08041848/page/6/