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      : . .". I Rv; R - ¦ ¦ ¦ • L •* " - Jf*I;.;I;:;I:'I I --I^O Tfie" Imperial Chartists. ;--

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      Ate Liemved Jfblffids,—Ifalife Ot Consis...

      Ate _liEMVED _jFBlffiDS , —Ifalife ot _consistent _andpersCTeMee « _y * ent _^ eine ' to the respect of a patient and considerate hearing , I now appeal-to youTpatience and . « msideration . "ffliea _, the battle of _righf _agaii _^ _Tiinght " raged hottest , ' _I-rwas in its _foreml _^ raafa j when power called _forite victims , I c _^ ifi _^ i _^^ not oiily W ° wn sharei DU _^^ at _vvMchftitfi foDy , the indiscretion , and treachery _$

      others imposed upon me . When the fever -was over , and'the nation relapsed into quiescence , I stood ; -alio _^ _^ one in t he calm ; I rejoiced that if there was political apathy , that apathy was caused b y a comparative improvement in your social _conditJon . My great ainf and object , through life , has been to break down tbe aotehet barriers that sectionalised the h \ te ' ur class , and to amalgamate the national mind in one irresistible , overwhelming flood of thought .

      > Ie _^ _foresawthatt _^ ' (» ntraUsationofthew _^ thy could only be resisted by the centralisation , of the poor ; and to prove tbat my _missioa hasnot been abortive , and my und _^ _i-i _* a _^ i _£ _M you to take a retrospectiveglance at _, th |* pjintionSof your _iorierjpreviou _^ _yrtoitbe _^ the N 0 iem _Storjiafc toi wntr _^ lt rr « ith jour _ipresent position !;" ! Krai * _* see " 'O _^ _VpTOii _*» _^^ -18 * 0 _** l _^ . _lJn . _iSiO _^ it ' oose us " _^ _OW , % ' get upiwelre

      , hundred thousand _shj-piatu _^ ciples ; in 1841 ; burp _^ tition number _^ 2 i 300 , Q 6 o , " and cost us but £ S 7 '; ' in-1812 , our petition . numbered three ' _miliionsjancl a half , ' and cost its sot a fraction In 1 S 35 , we bainutawoi _; Miig ' man who would-ven ture to do more than propose or second a resolution Up to that-period , ' there were few , if . any publie meetings consisting "' exclusively of ; the working classes . When their sham leaders wished to make a

      display , they were obliged to have recourse to the patronage , the countenance , ' and ithe pockets of those ILP . ' s who were most squeezable , ami who possessed the greatest amount of sham liberality . . _FromthatpOTodtothepresent , Idefyyontoshow ine a single instance in which we were upon the eye of one victory or another , that our triumph , was not irarred by tbe teachery of professing friends . WE SEVER HAVE BEEN BEATEN BY OUR _OPPONENTS . Sow , behold the difference . Every town is fortified with legions of eloquent propqundcrg . of your own principles . Discussion is invoked , but denied . Tbe press hears but to revile—reports but to damn . The Crown fa opposed to you—the Lords are opposed to yon—the Commons are opposed to

      yoB- " -the press is opposed to yoa—the army is opposed to _yon- _^ the navy is opposed to yon—the police force is opposed to you—the Church is opposed to you—the landed aristocracy is opposed to you—capitalists of all shades are opposed to you—machinery is opposed to you—corporate power is opposed to yon —4 be law is opposed to you—the judges are opposed to you—tiie jury class is opposed to you—the bar is opposed to you , wid gives you but an equivocal , hired support—the middle classes are opposed to you—the officers of trades' societies are opposed to yon—the aristocracy of labour is opposed to you—the comparatively comfortable of your own class are opposed to-yon—and not only are those several classes respectively opposed to you , bnt a union of them can onl _^ be ' electedwhen tbe object is your oppression .

      Now , bear with me _whenlaskyou to giveamoment's calm reflection to such an undeniable array of facts ; and when joubave reflected , then ask yourselves whether or no there must not have been some charm to have protected the Chartist body from such a combination of adverse elements ? Itis because we hare _witiu-tood the combination of so many powers , when they were united upon common grounds , that I now ask yeu—that I now implore of you—that I now beseecbyon to be prepared for that day , which is JUST AT HAND-, when our combined strength can be effectively directed against the disorganised ranks of faction .

      In 1 S 39 , and in 1813 , 1 traversed the country by aigEtandby day , to _eaotion yon against the snares and the traps that the manufacturers had laid for yon . 1 toldyou , everywhere , to foldyour arms while factions feughttheir own battles , but you were deaf ; nevertheless I did not desert you , but again stood rhy trial at Lancaster , and defended even your indiscretion . Since then , a culpable apathy has invited

      everv gnat to sting , every snarling cur to bite at me . 1 have stood all-I CAN STAND MORE ; _sind now the time bas arrived when I may be called upon to stand the more powerful shock ' of powerful faction . _Sutlara ready for tbat , whether you are prepared or no . The measures of Sir Robert Peel will very speedily force yon into defensive aetion . They are but the means to an end , and the end . willbe in strict accordance to tbe means you use : it will be your

      salvation or your undoing . When Peel ' s policy-was submitted to thecountry , I was charmed with it ; but , nevertheless , from the subordinate position that I hold in the movement , 1 did not feel myself justified in submitting it tothe country with a stamp of my own conviction and approval alone . I felt it to be my duty to take the opinion of onr reOTgnised leader , and for that purpose held many conferences with him . Without knowing mv mind " he argued every question like a far-seeing

      statesman , like a wise politician , and real philanthropist _, lie resolved that the measure should be taken as a whole , eulogised as a whole , and not lessened in importance by a niggardly carping at those portions which may appear at first sight to threaten injury to particular sections of the labour class ; while he would use his every endeavour , while in committee , so to amend those portions of the measure as would lessen tbe hardships on the respective branches whose interests they were supposed to

      Not only had I his acquiescence in the measure , but I had bis most unqualified approval , with the understanding that he would resist to the last any attempt to fritter away those portions whieh must , ultimately , lead to the regulation ef machinery , and the more equitable distribution of its produce . Mr . Buncombe's speech on Thursday night last , more than erer convinced me of his fitness as a leader , bis power as a legislator _^ and his courage as a man . I heard that speech delivered , and it was gall and

      wormwood to those who hoped yet to throw out the five years' RETROSPECTIVE industrialresidence . Mark , the difference between prospective and retrospective is this : —Retrospective means , that every man who has resided in the parish in which he bas worked for the last five years , shall be entitled to a settlement : prospective means , tbat if a man comes now to reside , he shall live there five years to come before he is entitled to a settlement . I have str _» ng reason to believe and hone that an amendment will he moved and carried for a THREE TEARS ' .

      RESIDENCE . Let me now ask yoa when there has been an instance in this country before , of one of the leaders of tie people , outside , so cordially co-ope rating with a leader inside , and se devoted to him , personally and publicly , as to be ready , to sacrifice lis own life , cheerfully , in defence of his leader ? Is not this an advantage that the working classes never possessed before—and one to which they must mainly ascribe then * present proud position ? While others

      would vainly attempt to pull me down , there is no sacrifice that I would think too great to elevate Mr . _Soncombeinpopular estimation . 1 now come tothe burthen of my letter . I have told you , times out of number , that the repeal ofthe Corn Laws was not a thing of sueh easy accomplishment . I hare ever told you , that tbe landlords and farmers at the plough would beat the farmers tbat whistle at Bo wring-street , and would risk a revolution rather than abandon their political privileges , and surrender a portion of their property !

      Stanley ' s speech , npon Lord Beaumont' s motion , convinces me that the present tactics of tbat piety are to turn every pulpit in the country into an _acitatiag stage , in favour , not so much of protection to agriculture , as in behalf of rank Protestantism and to 1 Toryism . The object of his speech was to put the Church upon its metal by alarming it into resistance . I have stood almost alone , while I approved of Peel ' s measures , in the assertion that they

      would not be so easily carried . 1 told you , when last in Lancashire , that the next step taken by Stanley aud Richmond would be , not tbe mere formation of & Protectionist government _; but the formation of a high Tory government . The several contests that bave since taken place , and especially in South Nottinghamshire , prove to me that something more than the mere pledge of protection will 6 e required at tbe next general election bom Tory candidates .

      Ate Liemved Jfblffids,—Ifalife Ot Consis...

      • " It was a mere fallacy , a piece of ¦ bombast-on the part of the League to attempt to convince the people _t-hata large number of the rural _constitnencies'were _TOttitimm ' . IteUtbem ' _tlmtHbeywill josejeventhe West Riding of _YoAsbire in _fteMxtsj _^ ggle , and thjt _^ tiiat _^ iiarag gfe _^ s now _^ _atjl _^ id , and , jfljaj * my _objectb-topreparlyou for it . Well / _thenrBfamat _T * aa _& i _VemnstlciBiwell * _^ _what-woj _^ _jjapajwhile _Jwe'Seekto dwtroyone'ftctionip w « must take care . thatweAo not _elevateamore cruel , irresistible , and r dangar _^ B . one . upon _iteTuins . . . . We must _. not fight finder tiie banners of free trade ; we must fight under _ifiGh _^ _fburners , remainin g wholly and entirely _^ Btinct fr ihtt the mere cheap oreadjfaction ; we must ; j _* aUy Bnder Jhmcombe as our leader , and in aUthings " obey his righteous commands . . ' * _V-. [ " " *

      -: Now , _imjuld-tho Lords throw outthe measure , the _rJea _^ e _^ with m illions at ite ; back ; ydll endeavour to hurry" the " country into a senseless revolution . WE WILL / NOT HAVE IT THIS TIME , and , therefore ,-what I propose on my . own responsibility is this that fifty delegates shallbe elected by the fifty towns or districts ; to . which the Exeeu ' tiye shall . issue their Writs next week , and that they'shall hold themselves in readiness at _^ an hour ' s ' notice to start for ' London , there to sit as a Chartist Convention , -governing tbe movement _; taking advantage of all circumstances that may conduce to our triumph , and obeying the commands of tbeir constituents . Over this .

      Convention I make no doubt that . Mr . Buncombe would cheerfully accept the office of chairman " , which would give the country unmixed pleasure , and compel the corrupt press to convey Chartist strength to all corners ofthe globe . The expense of this delegation not to be borne by the towns from which delegates are sent only , but by the country at large ; while , again , I undertake that no delegate shall want his six shillings en each night , as I could not lay the crime to my conscience of having a second coat , while I saw that power . was jeopardised for want of timely representations . I invite you to think . well npon this project , and to bear in mind , that if we are out of the

      struggle , or forced into it _thoughtlessly , that we shall be absent npon the day when the spoils of triumph are divided . Let us have an answer from every town in England npon this _^ policy as speedily as possible , so that writs may be issued to the several towns without delay , and that we may not betaken by surprise . In conclusion ,-1 tell yon again- that I would rather lire under a . military despotism than under a united government of Leagne and Whigs , and if you want further proof than tbat furnished seven days in tbe week , read the two beastly letters

      of Thomas Babington Macauley , one of the Whig Cabinet , and then ask yourselves what you have to expect from sucha tribe . If you are not ready NOW , and if , for want of your preparedness , the League cajoles tiie country , tiien . blame yourselves , and not me . I am prepared to face the dungeon , the dock , or the scaffold on behalf of Labour , but I am not prepared to advocate Labours cause after Labour shall have handed itself over , bound neck and heels , to its greatest , its bitterest , its most cruel , griping , and unrelenting foe .

      I told you when in York Castle that the test of patriotism was to live honestly and die a pauper . Whether I hare lived honestly you can tell , and that I shall die a pauper no rational man can entertain a doubt . However , I can , thank God , yet subscribe myself Your uncompromising , unpurchaseable , and faithful friend and servant , Feargus O'Coxxor .

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      To Thomas' Babington Macauley, Whig Nomi...

      TO THOMAS' BABINGTON MACAULEY , WHIG NOMINEE FOR EDINBURGH . Sir , —If any communication that I have to make to you was to be confined" to mere letter-writing , I should abstain from thetask for two reasons . Firstly , as regards yourself , your mind is not in a fit state to receive knowledge ; and , secondly , all who may have read your Tery foolish letters are not very likely to receive my answer . I therefore write this letter more

      for the defence of my own party , than from any hope of making any impression upon you . My answer to you , sir , is this : I will meet you on the hustings at Edinburgh when the next opportunity presentsitself , and I will there arraign you of folly , falsehood , ignorance , and incompetency . I have no hope , sir , that my triumph will go beyond the mere exhibition of blistered hands , while , be ihe result what it may in the polling-booths , I hereby pledge myself most solemnly to fight the battle to its close , by polling as long as the law allows .

      Allow me to remind you that a previous colleague of yours , now an expectant pensioner , once boasted at Edinburgh that hehad killed Chartism . No doubt you believed his assertion , but it shall be my task to show you such , a resurrection , as will convince you of his error . I shall now select a few passages from your letters for very brief comment . Upon the subject of Universal Suffrage , you write thus : — Hy reasons tor objecting to Unirersal Suffrage are very different . I believe that the non-electors are as deepl y interested as I am in the security of property and the maintenance of order ; but I believe that a very large portion of them do not understand their own interest , and might easily be induced , by the pressure of immediate distress , to act in opposition to their own interest .

      Now , sir , allow me te ask what emergency could have induced you to write so senseless , so foolish , so ignorant , so contradictory a passage ? You admit that the BODY of the non-electors have an equal interest with yourself in the preservation of order , but that a PORTION of them may beinfluenced " by the pressure of immediate distress to act in opposition to their own interest" So then , sir , you rely upon the " pressure of immediate distress" upon a portion of the non-electors as a reason for withholding the franchise from the body ? Why , most foolish man , that is the very uncontroverted and incontrovertible principle npon which we demand the enfranchisement of tbe BODY , in order that no PORTION may be INDUCED TO ACT UNDER THE PRESSURE OF IMMEDIATE DISTRESS .

      Now , I am aware thatarguing with you , until I have an Edinburgh jury , is "throwing pearls before swine , " nevertheless , 1 must proceed with my ex--tracts and comments . You go on , and is speaking ofthe objects avowed in the national petition , you say , — They avowed tbat their objects were national bankruptcy , confiscation ofthe soil , of canals , of railroads , of machinery—in short , the destruction of all property . Now , sir , you are aware that that was a gross , a gratuitous , a wilful and palpable falsehood . They avowed neither one or other of those _ebjects . They avowed that if ; you were an Indian pensioner , receiving a large salary for insulting the natives , that you should be paid out of taxes imposed upon those

      who required your service . The petitioners required net national bankruptcy , but that the parties who owed the debt should pay it ; Sir Robert Peel has since carried a large percentage of this poliey into practical operation by diminishing the interest upon funded property , and imposing a property-tax to pay another portion of the interest , and you supported him- The petitioners did not require the " confiscation of either land , railroads , canals , or machinery ;" what they required , and justly , was , that they should be made amenable to national , and not to class purposes ; and that is what they and I still maintain . So much fer the political portions of your letter ; and now for a word upon the constitutional principles . You say , —

      IItold defensive war tobe lawful and necessary . I _conceire that the state has a right to call on every citizen to bear a partin protecting his native soil against assailants . Why , sir , the petitioners hold precisely the same views , but they also hold that thej _BlUBt pOBSCSS the soil , or some more right in it than you have left in your Poor Law Amendment Act , before they can enter into a DEFENSIVE WAR for ite protection . I need not remind you of the _^ excellent advice of Mrs . Glasse— " FIRST CATCH YOUR BARE , AND THEN COOK IT ; ' _«

      To Thomas' Babington Macauley, Whig Nomi...

      and I assure you that ; when the petitibnerS _^ CATCflt THELAND they " $ 01 * protect . ' it" against' Wht _? plunderers or foreign invaders , whethe _^ th _^ appelc as a _-naval squadron in theiFortn _, or as ' _- gUb philoMp , phera ; " _MalthraianBV' _^ _yOTropihJntanttovbM - ? _NoW ,. . if : _JW » ' _«* _- * y ., _taw / i _^ _kindof , forcewhich , has been and may be employed iii ' offensive far , _surely-you aay ,. , tdtto « t , a . twbigt . _ofianZ _Ktenw , _ooptnbute to fte support of a , force 7 whicV . _is , _$ nature

      _na , smciiy aptenstve , . and whichhi not likely ; ever to shed :. a drop of blood , unless danger " of the most fearfulr kind should come near to onr own . " _tiearths . I persuade ¦ my self that your'aveSioh tothe use of arms does not go to such height _^ thatT you - would hold yourself morally bound to _see-jEdmburg _^ _rsicked by invaders mithont striking _ajWow ; _Jw _^ _oa _^ pme . and family . Sow . the militia is meant to _^^ " » adere . Itii not an instrument of aggression . Tou must _^ refore admit it- to . be ; as compared with the regular army / an innocent institution . If ; ' then ; you refuse to pay anything towards the militia , ' while you are paying the soldiers aud sailers , who have just _beea-fighting at

      Buenos Ayres ; T mnitsay ' thatyoustrain _afa gnat and swallow * _camels - _' _* ¦¦ * _;> u \ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ "'"' ¦ ¦ . '; - . .: ' i ¦ ; ., ; Yfh _^ t ; theiSy- * . sir ,. ydu _^ see . ' no distinctionfbetween voluntary contribution for the _mainfe _^ nee of war , and a compulsory , tax ., levied at . the point ' of tliei bayonet ? You argue as if the people not only voluntarilyv but cheerfully paid those taxes by which wars arecamedon . You-don't ' seem to uhderetand the difference ' .. between tlie voluntary ' and compulsory principle . Really , air , your illustration is most laughable : it is you who appear to . swallow the camel and strain at the gnat ; and verily , if hitherto you have preserved a character * for ' eloquenee . in modern

      Athens , I think you have now _^ _entitled"yourself to the distinction of P . N . L .,. Pi _^ _eKoSpC _^ ew Logic . I now dismiss _the-constitutional portion of your letters , and shall offer a Comment or two * upon your notions of justice . Youi * _lamentittions'bvei * the great destruction committed at Newport are . _£ _yefy charac teristic , coming from a * ' turhuleht' and designing " Malthusian-Whig , whose party , have committed more destruction upon the rights of ! the wpriting classes than all other parties put together , who ' create ' d

      turbulence through famine , and nearjy a national Bankruptey tlttough jobbing an _^^ trate who was wounded in the discharge of his duty was a petty-fogging lawyer , one Thomas Phillips , now Sir Thomas . " Ah' if it please ye / "he ' not wounded in the . discharge of his duty , he . wounded himself with a broken pane of glass in the attempt to put up a shutter to screen himself from bis townsmen , to whom he had rendered himself odious ; and report says , and I believe it , that the room _smelled very unsavoury while engaged IN THE

      DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTY-this was the only discharge that I have heard of . You say , " what has been their punishment ? Transportation foraboui five years ? " Now , that was not their punishmenttheir punishment was sentence of death commuted to transportaion for life . Five years' transportation is tbe limit we wish to put to the punishment ; and really , sir , for a professor of new logic , a barrister , a member of Parliament , ex-king , ex-cabinet minister , andtobeex-M . P . for Edinburgh , the people have a right to exp » ct better reasoning . You close your brutal epistle thus : — "I cannot hold out any hope that I shall vote for an address in favour of these

      GREAT CRIMLNALS . " Now , sir , I tell you here , as I shall tell you to your teeth in Edinburgh , that you are a GREATER CRIMINAL . Your master , Lord John-Russell , and your party , led to the commission of that crime , and perpetrated more crimes against the nation , than in the longest life they could obliterate . . You robbed the poor , and fattened .. upoarthe plunder . _You , _eih erced Ireland—you transported the mest enthusiastic of your friends , and hung the most serviceable of your allies . Yon entered into league and covenant with the Political Union of Birmingham , and then yon attempted to frame an act for the annihilation of all unions . You stretched the law in favour of tyranny , and withheld its protection from those

      whom you induced to violate its provisions . Your many crimes and delinquencies , however , shall receive the fittiHg chastisement when the fitting time arrives . The public has long marked you as a heartless pensioner , and I will brand you as a consistent juggler . You boast of eloquence , but you are a mere bladder-full of wordy nothings . You are a glib philosopher , astern Maltbusian . You hate mankind , because you look mere like a stall-fed , shaved ape , than like a human creature . You are everything that ' s bad , nothing that ' s good . You are an awkward pedant , an ugly fop , a GREAT CRIMINAL . Pray be consistent , and don't insult our friends by voting for their releasp . 1 am , your enemy , _Fearous _O'Cosxon .

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      "The people fight and suffer : —think ye Sirs , If neither country had been cursed with chief , * The peasants would have quarrelled S" l < John Ball , of Soutliey _' s Wat Tyler . n

      TO THK EDITOR OF THE XOBTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —You will perceive tbat a Star sometimes reaches into the north of Yorkshire ; I observed in the Star of February 7 th , that there is a society sprung into existence called the "National Anti-Militia Society . " I beg leave to ask if any person , as distant as I am , would be eligible to become a member of the said lociety ; and should I be allowed to join , would there be any objection against sending a post order for five shillings at once , as I consider it would save both trouble mid expense ? It is true , sir , I can ill afford to do so , but would strain a point to do it , if allowed . Perhaps tbe committee m ; iy require to know my objections against serving in the militia : _ifeo _, I caw only simply state , that I bave no voice in making such laws as the militia laws , or in

      choosing the men who do make them ; and , therefore , I don ' t see how I can , with any justice , be called upon to obey them . Secondly , I don't like fighting , it is a trade I never practised , and I don't feel inclined now , at fortytwo years of age , to learn the art . Thirdly , I have nothing to protect , save a wife and four children , tl > re » of whom are above ten years of age ; nevertheless , I think they require so much of my attention and care , tbat I ought to have wo time to spare to learn the art and mystery of becoming a human butcher . ¦ Last , I cannot perceive any right I have to take , or to attempt to take any man ' s life , by any means that a government may

      think proper to put into my power , under the pretence of serving the Queen and country ; and I should object to hire another person to do the work I object to do myself . In self-defence I should believe myself justified in taking any man ' s life , or in defence of my wife and children , though it might be against the law ofthe land : the consequences I might , perhaps , have to consider afterwards . Will you please to inform me if I should be accepted , also the secretary ' s address , and the most convenient place for a post-order to be drawn at , which will greatly oblige Tour obedient , humble servant , Hovingham , Feb . Hi , IMG . Bobebt Johhstone .

      P . S . —I ought to have stated that I have nothing to support my family on save what I earn by journeyman _shoemaking , and which amounts to tea shillings or twelve shillings per week . It . J . [ We thank our friend for his manly letter , and , in reply , beg to congratulate him upon having DISQUALIFIED himself for the trade of man-butcher by getting four children . He need not send five shillings from his poor store , he is exempt in consequence of having four children ; two would do , but we hope he will _lovu them all the better for the service tbey "have saved him from . We honourh ' u love of justicein not wishing to hire a SUUSTITUTEMUHDEHERVl

      Tiie Late M. Q. V. Ryall, Whose Death We...

      TIIE LATE M . Q . V . RYALL , whose death we announced in last week ' s Star , was buried at St . John ' s-wood on Sunday afternoon , February 22 nd , followed by his friends , and committed tO a grave without priestly interference . Over his ashes , Messrs . Paterson , Rufly Ridley , and _HornWower , bore public testimony to his private and social virtues , moral purity , honest daring , intellectual ability , and literary excellence . Thus closed the career of a true champion of popular right , who died as he had lived , an undaunted foe to religious despotism , and a most earnest advocate ot man ' s noblest prerogatives . 1

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      ' ( _Firistlalmliortance _is-the ' iutelligenoe of > . the p ' i _*< _£ gress of •' _¦ ' _' - _* ' _* . ' "">' _-. _'< - << _* _* . (« , _'uus « . _- . _^*'>(! u , > . ! . _•< -: * - _^^^ HE _^ WA _^ _'IN- . E * _MA _^^« ' _^ I" % _land _^^ _nSh _^ _MU' _; b _^^ iind _ihWfifttfahd _^ ixth ' _^ e _^^ o h _^ f | a « oi _^ oif ' the _orjg'iri ' of the ' TOi i ' wh ich ' _fre pur-, ' P , ° re . in , oa _^ our readers . '"** ! , ; _¦^ . _' _'•• _' •' i _* * ' _^ _'"¦¦^ r _^ ri'k _^ . i _^ i i , ' _^ •*• The news of the _ihtehued'ifiBufrectidnitf _> ' _*¦& ""' J ! : \ r :: } _'Ff _^ mmr -a _^ m _^ _i wuien . ' wis -fo hswe t _* mmenced on- the _Sfli instant , ' _Kasript been confirmed _^ biit _^ fhere ' eah : _berKo'ti pub ' t that the insurrection ' was ftlly _^ xpeefed _^ asjs pnoy ' cil ( bythe / _deBpotic _measureseraployed- % ' 'n ip * it _' mj ' _tae bud } 'We _' givein another columii'so ' medetails of thc

      arrests of the suspected ; ' 'The : * t /* K'ye « a _^ u-e » vn «'* Gazette states that the police had seized the * treasury of the"" coiispiratevs _;"' -containing' 60 , 000 thalers . This , if _tnie _^ is a heavy misfortune . Terror reighi throughout unhappy Poland _^ but the- terrorists themselves tlrerable , doubtingi- ' _te thoy do , the fidelity of their armed forces . A letter from Lemberg in Galicia ( that part _' Of- Poland ' under the tyranny of Austria ) , ' _defcribes the army as being . '" ' compromised" as well as the people . _^ Th ' e government _"disjtruststhe-politicaldispositions ofthe troops . " Although the . prisons ' are full , ' the arrests continue on a large scale . ... . v .- Since the above was written we have seen it stated in : the German journals , that an insuirection has broken otttia the Polish province of Yolhynia , one of the provinces annexed to Russia in the first partition of Poland ; The news this week from

      • _ - FRANCE > * is not very interesting . Oh . Saturday a renewal of the struggle on the . question '; of Public Jnstruotion took place ia the Chamber of Beju ' ties , in wliich M . Bebryek and the Legitimists supported the . Ministry against the motion of AI . _Barrct and M . . Thiers , which was rejected by amajority _^ of 07 . On Monday M . Guizot formally declared _^ ih one of the bureaux of the Chamber of Deputies , : thatthe governmenthad completely abandoned all idea Of sending an expedition to Madagascar , and thatit would content itself with reinforcing the garrisons of Bourbon and Mayotte . / He added ; that the English government would follow the example of France , and not chastise the Hovas _^ pon this matter ., Thetwo _^ overnmmits evidently see , that under present , circumstances , "discretion is the better part of valour ! "' Ttie Arabs and the Sikhs' are cutting' out more than sufficient

      work for both governments . The Chamber of De- ' puties assembled on Monday to examine the project of law relative to certain extraordinary credits demanded by the Minister of War for defraying the expenses incurred * ii Algeria . These credits _amottnt to 25 , 403 , 841 f . The increase sought is 34 , 000 men , and 3 , 317 horses . " Civilising" the Arabs appears to be rather an expensive amusement . The National publishes a circular , addressed by the committee oi the " Extreme Left , " composed of M . Dupont ( de l'Eure ) , M . Arago , General Thiard , MM ; Marie Legendre , Carnot , and Garnier Pages , to tlieir . friends throughout the provinces , apprising them , that as the term ofthe existence of the present Chamber ' ol Deputies will expire in the year 1847 , it is almost certain that a general election will take place during the present year , and that the electors should prepare for that eventi » . '

      The week's intelligence from

      GERMANY is but of little account . Wc announced in our last the dissolution ofthe Chambers in thc Grand Duchy of Baden : The government of Baden , like all the powerless sovereignties' of the smaller States of Germany , is obliged to submit to the dictates of * its powerful allies , and from them it received an order to dissolve the Chamber of Deputies . ; A revolutionary agitation is the result . -The Opposition having had a constant majority during the last session , is almost sure to re-enter the Chamber . Its , leaders , Itzstein , Plathy , Basserman , Welcker , and Hecker , reckon with certainty oa resuming their seats . The political ferment in Germany constantly increases , besides the . troubles , so _rifoiini Western Prussia ; explosions are appr ' chendedln Silesia and other parts ; The news from ¦

      - - : _•;*« _-: _^ 8 Wt £ m * _lrt 3 _W' is more interesting . The Grand Council of Berne , on the 14 th , passed a decree , regulating the formation of the Constituent Assembly . Theelectionofthedeputies is to be held on March 7 th . There is to be one deputy for every 300 citizens , making . 189 deputies for the whole canton . The qualifying age for voting has hitherto been twenty-three years , but on this occasion those who have attained twenty are to be admitted to give tlieir suffrages . The only exceptions are men of unsound mind , bankrupts , those who have received charitable relief , and convicts condemned to infamous punishments . To be eligible to become a deputy , the candidate must be a citizen of Berne , be qualified to vote , and be of 25 years of age

      uud upwards , fhe constituent body is to meet on March 16 th . The democrats are carrying all before them . The Presse ( Paris paper ) states , that— " There has just occurred ir the Grand Council of Berne a scene which recalls the most stormy periods of the national convention . It is alread y known , that in consequence of a resolution moved in that assembly , the nine members of the Council of State who were opposed to the revolution were summoned to promise officially by a public declaration their earnest assistance to the new order of things . This motion was placed amongst the orders of the day for the 15 th . The discussion commenced by a coup d ' etat . It was decided that the nine members accused should not be uresent at the debate . M . Neuhaus _, who a year since

      . was the supreme chief anu the oracle of the Radical party , was expelled from the Chamber by the Radials . This fact says more than all our comment *) . tis all proportions , observed anew edition ofthe Giiondins and the Montagnards . After this decision , a committee was forthwith appointed to prepare resolutions . The committee was composed of the movers of the resolution , and they elected * M . _Ochsenbein , chief of the free corps , for their president . It prepared the following resolutions : — ' Considering that the nine members of the Executive Council who signed the declaration of tlie 27 th of January last expressed an opinion thatthey regarded theestablishment ofa constituent assembly as a violation oftbe constitution , and that they never could assist in its

      formation ; considering that , in consequence of the popular vote of the 1 st of February , the Grand Council has decreed that a constituent assembly should be appointed to revise the constitution ; considering likewise that the interests of tranquillity and of public order require imperiously that the nine membersofthe Council of Statefrom whom the declaration of the 27 th of January emanated should declare how they propose to reconcile the opinion which they enounced with their position of members of the elevated executive authority , ' of which they compose the minority , —the Grand Council decrees , 'That

      the nine councillors of stato above alluded to be summoned within an hour and a half , to swear that they will assist in the execution of thc resolution of thc Grand Council , which has confided the revision of the constitution to a constituent assembly . ' An amendment , timidly presented in favour of the accused , was rejected with indignation , and by au immense majority . " It was finally determined by a majority of _seventy-fivej agaiust twenty-nine , ' . that the nine members of the executive council should give an explanation on the 20 th of February , at eight in thc morning at the latest . We have no news from

      ITALY , but we request thc attention of our readers to the first ofa series of articles under thc head of " Revelations of Rome , " which will be found in our seventh ppje . The Ministerial crisis in

      SPAIN is said to be terminated by the appointment of M . Pes * . Aouayo as Minister of Finance , in the room of M . Mon , resigned . The explanation of the new ministers took place in both houses on the ICth . The new title of Commander-in-Chief of the army , conferred on Narvaez by the new ministers , has been explained bv them as merely honorary . The order of the day / signed by the governor of Madrid , would , however , indicate that it was originally viewed in another light , for it directs that , conformably to her Majesty's command , a guard of honour and an escort of cavalry be placed at the disposal of General Narvaez . ; The accounts from

      ALGERIA continue to be ' extremely unfavourable tothe French . So great is the alarm produced by the rapid movements of _Abd-el-Kader , that Marshal Bugeaud has removed the whole of the regular troops from the city of Algiers to the points threatened by his indefatigable adversary , leaving the civic guard to do duty within the capital ofthe colony , aided by the military convicts , who have also been armed . The Paris papers are filled with complaints ot the condition of this much-vaunted conquest of France—Algeriathat conquest whicli it is confessed has eost already £ 40 , 000 , 000 sterling , and—we state it with regretthe lives of more than 300 , 000 Frenchmen . The - w ..

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      _^ ; . of . _# _*}»? Pwvades the _FrenchIbvernr ment is known _* to 'be extrame . '; : ; i-r « , _^ i ? . i _Xir' _^ F om _^ i ' r » * . _i-iuKiiKi i _^ ' mi r London , Saturday Morning : _'^ _iTBMOm _^ _CQNSPIRACY _^^ •/ _HAM . EWC A _^ , PAUAgl ! AY _ANOuM 0 _CA-YRES AT' w , ap ' .: . j ' ¦ ' ' ' - " ¦ ' ' - ¦ " _•••« MV , 1 _^( j _AAj-j . _ijj _tfliVi ,, ¦ ' . _;> » _Nt * J _* ji . , _^ ! ,., , * v j . _« *¦ ' - '« -. ' ¦ ., ' Vu _^ i _™ _" '" / ,,. ' _, Accouhte from ; P 6 s " en of the 13 _^ _tjfiwia _^ pf ; the detected " coi _^ piw _^»• ' If : is _^ te ( i ; that . _fthe . _^ Poles . ; had , already , organised _^ jfouB _i-e gi " ' ments ., ' The ; _complementKwas _^ comWe ' te ' . _^ _-M . de muuuuaniuuiv uuuimiueu

      _. aa _rieiu-iviarsnai . line _'tond ' oh "Daily ; Mv ' s states' ' ( we _^ _now" ' not ,: on _whai' _^ tl ' iority _^ that "The , intended plan was to . poison' the' Prussian ' garrison—poisoned" bread ( was fdundln the barracks a _% aKo v sp _ilalsV 4 ft ' ; _was'reMved to sack the houses of the _Gei'mSnaahd _' opuleht" Jews ' : ' _Ijjjo '' 1 _J ? ? ' _^' resistance put'them "to the sword . " 1 he llthof _February was the day fixedonfortheoutbrcaki ' M ; de ; Morozlawski , - as well ag Count-• Micielski , has . been arrested , _; as also M . _^ Malgueski , already ' imphcated in a former attempt at " rebellion . " Letters from Cracow announce that a detachment of Austrian troops had entered that citv , and the Russians were to . ; make their , . entry ; tlie next day . Letters from Switzerland announce that . the session of the Grand Council of Berne was

      abrubtly declared closed on Friday , the 20 th . The : _packot _sliip Sheridan arrived at Liverpool yesterday ( Friday ) from New York . The intelligence is peacelooking . Latest advices from Washington speak confidently as to negotiations having been re-opened between the British Minister aiid the American governnicrit ' upon the Oregon question . News from Monte Video to the 23 rd of Dee . has been received . The combined squadron , after repairing damages , had ascended the Panama without further opposition . Paraguay has joined Comentcs against Rosas , and 5 ; 000 men from Paraguay have joined Paz , who had been declared General , in command of all the forces . Lopez- the President of Paraguay , had declared war against the Dictator of Buenos Ayres .

      The Polish "Conspiracy." Grand D17cht Op...

      THE POLISH "CONSPIRACY . " GRAND _D 17 CHT OP POSEN . Posek , Febkcary . 14 . —This morning , between the hours of one and halt-past two , p . m ., the whole garrison _waB on foot , and in a . few moments all the gates of the . town and the bridges on theWartha were occupied by numerous detachments ! Cannons were levelled oh the great square De PArtillerie ;; the great square Guillaiime ; was occupied by detachments of cavalry and infantry , with two pieces Of ordnance ; detachments walked the streets , escorting the heads of the police . The bazaar was equally occupied by the troops ,, and various hotels were entered and searched . One hour afterwards the authorities published the following proclamation : — "•

      The extraordinary measures taken th « day are commanded by necessity . The _occupation by the military , and the closing . of the gates , of ' the / town ' and' of ; the bridges , aro requisite for the . maintenance of order _' and tranquillity . The persons who have ' been _arrgBtedj are accused of conspiring against the _government and ; by criminal projects" of endangering the safety of persons and of property , as well in-the tovyii itself , _afi in ; the province of Posen . As it is our duty to guard the town and country from menacing danger and grave _comequencee , we trust that all well-intentioned inhabitants will place in us their entire confidence , ' and the care for their safety : that by tlieir conduct theywill prove themselves good citizens and worthy and loyal subjects of our well-beloved king and master , and that they will peacefully acquiesce in the disposition we have thought fit to adopt .

      Nevertheless , should any one endeavour , either through folly or through bad intent , to render opposition and cause disorder , he may expect toi b ' e visited with the full rigours of . the law . —Posen , this'lith Feb ., 1810 . Signed ; Lieutenant . * eneral De Steinacchevnr 6 t commandant , and De _llinutoli , President of Police , The persons who have been arrested are _„ principally young men " of the provinces ; many of them belong to families of distinction ( they amouht _' to forty ) . The general in command of the fifth division of the army has ordered various . detachments into the provinces to assure the maintenance of tranquillity . ,. . ' Y ' ' . ' ' \ ' , ' ; _'' '' ' _] ' . ' - ¦¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ' _. '_• ¦ - _. y '" The Frankfort Post Gazette contains ' the following , dated Posen , 16 th inst . ;—

      For the last few days it was remarked that the Polish noblemen , who ,, contrary to their habit , tad kept aw » j from Posen this winter , were congregating here in large numbers . Testerday they amounted to upwards of 600 , and ' at the hour when most of them were sitting down to dinner in their hotels , the William-square was of a sudden occupied by troops , as well as the avenues leading to it . Immediately afterwards domiciliary visits and arrests commenced . 100 Polish noblemen were taken into custody in . the bazaar , and conveyed to tho Governor ' s residence , when those who could uot account in u satisfactory manner for their presence ia Posen were sent

      to prison . Nine only of the thirty-nine reputed chiefs of the conspiracy were arrested last evening . The others had absconded , but as they are proprietors tbey will soon be discovered . Couriers were despatched in various directions ; the gates were then opened , and strong bodies of soldiers continued to patrol the streets during the whole nignt . A great quantity of gunpowder and considerable sums of money were seized in the possession of two of the conspirators and carried to the police . All the persons arrested in Posen and in other towns of the Grand Duchy on the 11 th inst . had been removed to the citadel of Posen .

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      BRYAN SEERY . Birmingham , Hockley Colour Works , _Fel , 26 , 1 S _1 G . Dear Sir , —Being thoroughly convinced , in my own miud , that poor Seery was innocent , me and my brother ivillgive 20 s . to assist his poor wife and children in their present unfortunate . and melancholy situation .. Please to Inform mc to whom I can send , I have enclosed a stamp , and am sorry to give you so much trouble as to write a letter . Dear Sir , yours , most respectfully , _IYilmah Walsh . Mr . O'Connor , London .

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      The above court resumed its sittings on Monday . The proceedings were opened by the Lord Mayor , the Recorder , Aldermen Hunter , _Chiilli 5 , and Hughes Hughes , the Sheriffs , Under-sheriffs , & c . The number of prisoners for trial at the present session is 124 , and the offences with which a considerable number of them are charged are of a more than usual aggravated character . The cases tried during thc week have for the most part been of little public interest . Tub Cask of thk _IUciuedsons , —Oa 'Wedn « sday Mr . Clurksem said , that in Uie case of two persons named

      ltichai'dsoil . Who were _ropi'esented to be father and daughter , and who were charged with the crime of wilful murder upon a child , he had to apply for the postponement of the trial uutil the next session , The ground upon whieh he made this application was , that the brief for the defence had only been placed in his hands within thc last few hours , and that there would not be sufficient time for him te prepare to conduct the defence _, of persons charged with so very serious an offence , from the short notice he had received . The trial was upon tbis , ordered to stand adjourned to the next session _.

      Attempting to Poison . —Henry Joseph Kellerby , 17 , was indicted for feloniously attempting to administer a quantity of deadly poison , culled oxalic acid , to Elizabeth Clouter , with intent to murder her . It will not be necessary to go into a detail of tbe evidence that was adduced in support of this indictment , as the wholo of the eircumstances must be fresh in the recollection of tbe public . It will , probably , be sufficient to remind our readers that last autumn a good deal of excitement wns occasioned iu the borough of Southwark by means of a number of anonymous letters being sent to different parties , many of which contained poison , and in others threats-of ths most diabolical description were made against the pnrties to whom they were addressed . After a good deal of inquiry , suspicion fell upon the prisoner , and he was taktn into custody , and eventually committed for trial upon two

      or three distinct charges of sending three penny letters , and at the December sessions of this court he was tried upon an indictment charging him with sending a threatening . letterto a person named Humble , but as : there was a failure of distinct proof as to lug hand . writing , he was acquitted , and the other indictments then stood over , and thc prisoner was liberated upon recognizances . Iu consequence of circumstances that afterwards transpired , he was again committed to Newgate to answer tbe other charges . The evidence in support ofthe present indictment was precisely similar to that which was adduced on the former eccasion . During his second commitment to Newgate , the prisoner had written a letter to his brother , in which he made a full _eonfossion of his guilt . This letter was produced in evidence , and thejury returned a verdict of Guilty . He was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months .

      The Case of Cutting and wouxdino at Bhbntfokd . —Thomas Lowe , Ti , a shoemaker , was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding John Lowe , with intent to murder him , and in other counts his intent was laid to be to maim and disable him , or to do him some grievous bodily harm . This was a case of a distressing character , Hie prisoner and the prosecutor standing in relationship of father and son to each other . It would appear that they had both togeth « r carried on the _busi-

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      V T ness of _ftBhoemaker at Brentford ; but early _^ n January there ; had ? been : some _» _misunderstanding - _betweetuthtm , _und they separated . - Ou _thjiiilSt _^ of January the prisoner went to _^ h ' is _Soii ' sshop to _j leftbeU _' nd _^ and he appe _^& _Jfj ' _^ t _^ e . y _^ ' _^ _" _^ _* ' ¦ _j Oited ; " aad " whi ) _ejthe . _prow _to _& _i _to ' looic for the lasts , th _' e . ' _prisener stabbed h ' im in the sjde , witli a kuife ' and thenrushed into ' the street , '' and in : , flicteda se ve re . wound ' upon his _ownthroatwitha * razor . Thejuryfoundfte pris ' _oiie ' r ' gmi ' tyof ' aV 6 mmon and he was sentenced to MxmohWnnp ' _rison ' menil

      , _Aitoii .-On Thursday ; JoVnStjiSeV 53 _i ' _^ Ohn Stone * his , _?? _£ » . ? ' ' _? -A _^ S _% ' di > a ®** . _> . tone _|' , _" werHndioted . P _« PfF ! y a ? f ; . % oj 8 e . _^^ n avd _; , jrit ] ' _mtWtr & denaud the , _^ nionJn _»^ ra _^ Bcej ( Cqnipany . _^ It ' appeared _^ th ' _at'Sif elder . mah _^ prupner _, bad hired ( , a , _housejn j B _^ ' . mwimith _^ and ' _tibat shortly , afterwards he _^ _andtne ' female prisoner , ) whopaBsed _^ _shiSjWi _^ who is his son , took ' up'their abo ' , there , ' andin _Sjovem-• ber last an insurance , was . effected for £ _Jpo _^ th _^ the Union insurance ! _ComSany ,, Vpon . the ) furniture and . effects in tfi J . 1 r

      : ' ti } ehous _& _L ' ., () n . _^ e house . w _^ , dhicov . e _^ _forcing . ah . entra ' nce , ' amjpleevidencepm _^ ' tn ' o ' five ' had ' o _^^ peared more particularly , , te apply to' _thte prisoner . John jSt , one , the _elderj ' . whowas _^ proved , to have _^ . corae . from the . _kW' _^ _JntefO _^ broke out , and , when . he . was , tflkt _TC _^ ? _W , ' ? . _yfl ' t iBven " Jtpry ., of goods ,, such , as ,, is made for . a _. _claunuponi _. a bre-. office ,, fvas ( found m _j _hiypcketj . andonj his _beiiigtpld that , a . ' pciipy of ,, _hwurane _^ °% _-j _?* tne _ilrawersMrf ' ' h _' o _^ _i done . _' / , _; . _Ihsfemalaprisoner ' andthe / son were acquitted . , Th ' e teldJBr | J _^ n _^ _Sto _. tOJbVt _^^ '' . : ' . . ;' . j '

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      ..The Chartist, .Co-Operative. La^D „ " ...

      .. the chartist , . co-operative . la _^ d „ " . . .,. ; _,: society ... " . " . _' : ; _,, _.-. , Meetings for . the purpose of .. enrolling members , and ' _transactijigjother business . connected _^ herewith , are-heldr every : week oh the ' following _dayip and places .: _^ . u .: . _ ' : ;; . .. " . ' , _/ ,. '; _, " _, - _l .. , ' .. .,- , . _; ., . SinVBAT EVEJHNG . ' _.-,,. ' „ . ' . ' ' .. ¦ . ¦ South _Loncfon Chartist Hall , 115 , _Blackfriars-road : at _halt-pas ' t _^ _Lo _^ lOck . —City Chartist Hall , I , Turnagain-lane : at six-o ' clock . —We ' stmiiisier : at the Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lahe , at halt-past seven . —Somers Town : at Mr . Duddrege ' s , Bricklayers' Anns , Tonbridge-street , _Newvroad , at hall ' . pastseven .--rouifi »* Ilamleu : atthe Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o'clock precisely . —Emmett ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grore , at eight o ' clock precisely . ' —Marylebone : at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , athalfpastseven . ' , ., „ , . .. ,

      _., _,. . 4 i _MONDATf EVES 1 NO . : . , Camberwell :, at _^ the . Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o ' _clock precisely . TUE 8 DAT EVENING .. . Greenwich :. at the George and Dragon , Blackheathhill , at eight o'clock . _ : , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ' :- This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land'Society meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday evening , from seven until nine o ' clock , _for'the _^ purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . » Leicester : The members and committee of the Cooperative Land Society meet at 87 , Church-gate , every Sunday night , at six o ' clock . Armley : The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet at the house of Mr . William Oates , boot and shoemaker , Armley Town-gate , every Monday evening ! at eight o ' clock . " '

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      Cut Chabtist' Hall , 1 ; Turnagain-lane , Fafringdoh-street . _^ Ori Sunday morning next ( to-morrow ) , a _general meeting of shareholders will be hekVih the coffee _t room ,. at half-past ten , precisely . The public discussion will be resumed in the hall at half-past ten precisely . In the evening , at beven o'clock , Mr . Thomas Clark will deliver a public lecture . Subject , "The physical ; social , and moral degradation engendered By the factory system . !! . „ Tower Hamlets . —Mr . Philip 'M'Grath will deliver a public lecture at the Standard of Liberty , Brick-lane , on Sunday evening next , ' March ' the 1 st , at half-past Seven o ' clock preiscly . ' . ' " . '' Cur District op tiik _Chaktist Co-Operative Land _Societt . —A special meeting of the members will be held on Sunday evening next , March the 1 st , at half-past five , in the Hall , Turnagain-lane , to receivo the balance-sheet , and transact other Importent business .

      " South 'London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriar _' sroad . —Mr . Doyle will lecture at this hall on Sunday evening next ( to-morrow ) , at half-past seven ; Subject , "The . Irish Rebellion of 1799 . ' ! On Wednesday , evening next a general meeting of shareholders _ofcthe-hall will be held , at eighto _' clock precisely . . Mabilebone . —Mr , A ' . Hunnibell will , lecture at the Coach Painters ' . Arms , Circus-street , on Sunday evenirg next ( to-morrow ) , at half-past seven . . jSub' jeot , "Democracy _iiersus MonarchicalfJovernments . " . . WEBTMiNSTEu .- ? Mr . T . M .. _^^ Wheeler willlectureon Sunday evening next . ( tormorrpwj , at half-past seven , at the JParthenium , 72 , St . Martin ' s lane .. Subject , " Wat ' _-fttablishments . The militia force : its beneficial tendency under good government ; its tyranny under class legislation . " The Westminster

      Joint-Stock Company will meet for the transaction of business at the Parthenium , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , on Monday evening next , at eight precisely . Hammebsmith . —A meeting will be held at the Dun' Cow , Brook Green-lane , on Tuesday evening next , at eight preeisely . Limkhocse . —On Tuesday evening next , ' March 3 , Mr . P . M'Grath , of the Executive , will deliver a lecture at the Brunswick Hall , _Ropemakers * - fields , Limehouse . Subject , "The Charter and the Land . " Chair to betaken at half-past seven o ' clock , when several talented friends will attend . The formation of a Chartist locality , and the establishment of a branch of the Land Society , is anticipated . Camberwell and Walwobth . —A meeting will be held at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , at eight precisely .

      Exiles Restoration Committee . —The next meeting will be held at the Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane , on Sunday afternoon next , at four o ' clock precisely . The Genebal Committee of the National Militia Association will meet at the Parthenium , No . 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , on Wednesday evening next , March 4 th , at eight o ' clock precisely . Restoration of the Welsh Martvrs . —A-public meeting for the liberation of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis will take place on Monday evening next , March 2 nd , at the South London Chartist HaJl , 115 , Blackfriars-road . The Executive Committee of the National Charter Association will attend . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely _.

      Leeds . —Mr . T . S . Mackintosh will _delivor his third lecture to-morrow ( Sunday ) evening , at haltpast six . Oldham . — On Sunday' ( to-morrow ) Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , will lecture in the schoolroom of the Working-man ' s Hall , at six o ' clock in the evening . Salfokd . —A meeting of the members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will take place in the National Chartist Association-room , back of Great George-street , Salford , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , March 1 st , at two o ' clock . Thc members of the Chartist Association are requested to attend a meet ing on Tuesday next , March 3 rd , in the above room at eight o ' clock .

      Hull . —The members of this branch of'the Chartist Co-operative Land Societj meet every Tuesday evening , at the Ship Inn , ' Church-lane . All the _mombei-aare _requested to attend next Tuesday , at _sevon p . m . Bolton . —The shareholders of this locality are requested to attend a meeting of great importance , on Sunday next , March 1 st , at six o ' clock in the evening , in the Chartist Association-room , top of King-Btreet , Great Bolton . Mottram . —The monthly meeting of the shareholders in the Co-operative Land Society will be held in the lecture-room , opposite to the Bull ' s Head , at

      two o ' clock , on Sunday next , March 1 st . Bbighton . —A democratic supper will be held at the Artichoke Inn , William-street , on Wednesday evening , March 11 th , to commemorate the birthday of the late William Cobbett ; supper on the table at eight o ' clock precisely . Tickets may be had of Mr . Davey _, 25 , Grosvenor-strect ; Mr . Mitchell , 24 , Wood-street ; Mr . John Page , 14 , _Camelford-strcec ; Mr . Tullett , 11 , Jew-street ; Mr . Williams , 31 , Kingstreet ; or at the bar of the above house . —A general monthly meeting ofthe Chartists of Brighton will bo hold at the Artichoke Inn , William-street , on Tuesday next .

      Thb _« ext Deleoatb Meeting of Lancashire Minuhs will be held on Monday , March 8 th , at the sign of the Antelope , Little Button , near Bolton ; chair to he taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . —There will also be a public meeting , which will be addressed by W . P . Rooerts , Esq ., and other gentlemon . —The miners of Bolton and its vicinity request their brethren in Yorkshire , W ales , and elsewhere , not to be deluded from their homes under the pretext of new pits being opened , and there not being a sufficiency of men to work them , such reports being gross fabrications , and only put in circulatiohforthc purpose of aiding the dishonourable portion' of the coal proprietors to keep down wages .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 28, 1846, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_28021846/page/1/