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      jje total amount paid by each from the com--jgncement of the Company nntil the 25 th inst ant , distinguishing Land Fund from the j ^ pen se Fund . Secretaries requiring more paper than the sheet sent from the office , will Lovicle themselves with it , and rule it similar to the printed sheet . Each return must set forth , ifl writing , that it is made out from the commencementt 0 tbe J 35 tb . inst . The Direc-JD rs bope that each Secretary will promptly perform this duty , and that the returns will be sent as soon after the 25 th of Marchf as poss ible .

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      THE SLEAFORD CASE . g | In this case , the Grand Jury have thrown o ut the Bill . In next week ' s Star" we will allude farther to their conduct , and the steps t aken to procure justice . We douht not hut this case will he brought before the House of Commons .

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      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE UNITED

      KINGDOMBrothers , —The elorien * achievement of the noble inbabiwntsofthe French capital , has carried congternstioa into the ranks of the enemies of democracy is ever ? - land , and in none more than in thl « island of ouh , which abounds in slavery and descotiEm . . Fear , the invariable accompaniment of tyranny , fjj 3 now seized upon those who hare usurped the gOTe rEtneatal functions of tfeeconntTj , and as their weakness ought to be converted inta a source of popular strength , the Exew' . ive Committee feel it to be their duty to appeal to you to come at onca to their aid , and enable them to make the Chartist movement a great Urine reality I Tomsk * it what it onsbt to ba . and what it must be—the master idea of this see and country ! The Executive Committee hare convened a Na-6 ' onsl Convention , to bs held in London , on Monday , A ril 3 rdlSi 3 .

      , TIis names of the town 3 as < i clislncl * , which are to bs represented in the Convention , have already fcaen published , and it is hoped that the elections ^ rill be proceeded ¦ with in accordance with the instructions given in t former notice . The Executive Committee have resolved that the Natienal Petition , as the will of the sovereign people , ihsll be presented on the 10 th of April , and that pich petition shall be accompanied to the door of the House of Commons , by an immense oonwraree of ihe people of this metropolis , wbo will form an ercellent enard of the National Register . The Executive Committee wish to convert the presentation of the petition into a demonstration ef nations ]

      lympathv , and with snch view it is their intention to spare no pains to make such a display of strength it will make the causa respected . In order that ihe Execntfo ^ maj bs able effectually to carry out their design they are compelled to appeal to you to provide them with the requisite means . They make this appeal with che tsnre confidence , as they ara assured of yonr patriotism , and have the utmost reliance on it . " They know you wM preserve unsollied Jhs honour of yonr cause , and at no time was it fo essential that the dipmiy of ifa greatness shonid b * developed to this nation as the present . Let us . then , make the grandeur of this occasion vie in sublimity with che moral greatness of the cause , which it is

      taesnt to subserve . All subscriptions for the National Demonstration must be immediately sent to this office , addressed to Thoma 3 Clark , from whom all information can be obtained . By Order of the Executive Committee , Chbistofheb Dotls , Sec . Office , 144 , High Holbern , London .

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      Oldhjh —A * the weekly meeting of the Oldham branfh of the National Land Company the following resolutions were carried Tmanfraonsly : — ' That sir shlllinss he sent lo * l& Mrs W . Jnnes in commencing gome busines ? , whereby she rnav obtain a cotnfarfaWfi livelihood . ' That five shillings be sent to Mr T . 31 . Wheeter , to aid the individuals who have had losje- ? in the cattle on O'Connnrville . ' 'That the Sember 3 ef tbisbranchrecommend all other branches to eon ' ribnte their mite without delay . ' Trtjro . —TheLind membere oftlm branch , in a £ ne 2 ti ™ at Edward Trejenz'Vs , Pydar street , Trnro , on Monday nlehfc . March 13 th resolved to form a CbartM a * gociatien . A goodly number were enrolled . Officers were e ' ected .

      Liscokt . —At a meetineof this branch of the Land Comply it was resolved that a tei party bs hfld dp Monday , ' March 20 th , to celebrate the trmmph 'i Fearen 3 O'Connor , Esq ., M . P .. reta nin ? his spat in parliament , and also the Morions victory of our French brethren . At the close of the meeting , a worfeins man , a member fif the Laud Company handed £ 50 to ihe secretary , to be placed in the Land and L bour Bank , statins , he hoppd that would be an e samp ' e to other members to help tha branch in every possible way , as , by so doing , they would help thems-l » c 3 . AsHms usdbr-Ltsb . —At the meeting of the mem hereof the Land Company , on Sund&y last , it was resolved to send ten shiUinea to the all'ittees of O'Cnnnnrr'l ' e . and one pound towards defraying Mr M'Doall ' us election expenses .

      Padiham — Tha members of the Pwer-frTB Weavers' Association held their quarter ly meetin on Tuesday , Feb 28 ' . h , in the Odd Fellows' Hali . whpn aresalatiou < ras passed . 'Thai the money beinngme to the Society ba sent to the National Lind and Labour Bank . ' On the 28 "h of March the mmmittee will forward the sam of £ 100 to the above bank . Abekdsss —The quarterly meeting of this branch of the National Land Company was held in the Union Hall . Blackfriars-street , on Monday , March 6 tb . Mr George M'Intosh , jun ., in the chair . Aft .-r some ppcuniary bnsinesa the follnwine * ere duW elected officers of the locality : —Mr ffporge WIntasb , jun ., prpgident , re-elected ; Hugh Bryce , vicp-president : William Porter , treasurer , re-elected ; Rob » -t

      Robertson , sub-secretary- Committee . —James Gi ' - bert , James Maxwell , Robert R ° ia , Alex . Nicol , Thomas Thaw . R-esolved , — ' That circulars be sect to all those members whe are in arrears with their local exppnsw to come and settle the same . ' ' That Shis meetings of opinion that Scotland is nofc fairly represented in Conference , and , there ' nre , rfqup-t that none ba allowed to vote for a delegate to the first Cenference but those who have actually paid utheir entry money for the first Quarter . ' No counter motion bein ? brought forward . The Chairman de-Chred it carried . Resolved , — ' That there be « general meeting of the shareholders of this branch on the first Monday of every month . Some subseriotioBs were then innde for " the Sleaford Case and the O'Connor Detenea Fund : the meeting then

      dlS-83 lTed . SHEFFitiD . —At the u ? ual meeting of the members of the Lzn-I Company , the ques'ion of ' How caD the People ' s Bank bs heat forwarded , ' was gene into ; when , on the motion of Mr Rirhard ? on . eeconded hy Mr Goddard , the following resolution was uuaniranusly a ^ eed te . — 'That the Directors bB reaoecfcf ally requested , without delay , tn issue a large quantity of tracts upon the subject , and that tb . 9 rarioui branches ba called upon to aid and assist in their the time has

      dissemination , belieyinjjaswe do . that arrived when some such step is importunately aeed < = d ; and farther , we are of opinion , that much larger sums of money would be forthcoming were eoms such step * takes a 3 above described . ' The comnutfee respectfully rcqnest that persons holding collecting bocks for Afr O'Connor ' s defence , wilJ brmg ttem in next Monday night . Persons holding pention "heets , are 1 ikewi ? e requested to forward thea direcilv , a « the time is drawing near when they will h&ve to h ° forwarded . By order of the Council , Gioegjc Cxvill .

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      GREAT MEETING ON KENMNGTOtf COMMON . The meeting at Trafalgar-square having been adjourned to Kennington-cemmon , on Monday , according at the fixed period , dense masses were seen wending their way to the place of gathering , and long before the appointed hour , an immense assemblage had congregated . The Times estimates the numbers present at 15 , 000 , but there could not have been less than 20 , 000 present . There would have been five times that number on the ground , had the London Chartists generally attended—but , the meeting having been called by neither the

      Executive nor the Metropolitan Delegate Council , they were almost entirely absent . Netertbeless the panic that seems to have possessed the government is amusing aad significant . The Metropolitan and ^ Civy police were all called out , and nearly 4 , 000 men conceatrated around Kennington-common , leaving the rest of London to itself . One hundred police spies in plain clothes mixed with the meeting , and eighty mounted policemen , armed with sabres and pistols , continually rode round the Common . The troops were kept under arms all day . A circular was

      addressed to the gunsmiths of London , requesting them to unscrew the barrels of all the fire-arras in their possession ; as also to all oilmen not to sell any powder or shot , which the shopkeepers in question agreed to . Special constables were sworn in in all directions , but these gentlemen looked remarkably white on the occasion ; and the absurd and contemptible prepatatiens of the gevernment excited a great deal of merriment among the meeting , particularly when it was known that a body of police were concealed in the adjoining church .

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

      Stigmatise the working classes as had been done . The aristocracy at present treated them as a mob , the rabble , and thought nothing of them . Let them look at Earl Pitzbardinge ' s meddling with the representation of West Gloucestershire , and Sir G . Grey ' s attempt to stifle inquiry on that subject becaust a peer of the realm was affected thereby . Let them look at the great noblemen , three ef whom held nearly the whole of London as their property , and who enjoyed a revenue of hundreds of thousands a year . Let them look at the Sovereign , with her £ 400 , 000 per annum , when the President of the United States did the same work for £ 5 , 000 . The

      Executive of this country cost each year £ 1 , 000 , 000 sterling , while the American Executive did net cost £ 100 , 000 sterling . So , again , the late French ambassador in this country , the Count de St Aulaire , had . £ 25 , 000 , lmt now the new Republican Charge d'Affaires discharged the same duties for £ 400 per annum . To take a few more cases , about £ 150 , 000 hadbeenspentinembellishing the mansion at Pimlico , because the Royal children could nor exist in nursery rooms only 14 feet high , and yet -whole families were at present herded together in the dens and cellars of the metropolis , for whose miserable plight no pity was felt by the government and no money expended . He did not object to the Royal familv being properly

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

      Mr "Williams moved the first resolution for the People ' s Charter . His speech embraced the same topics as that of the Chairman . Mr John Clare seconded the resolution , which was supported by Mr Thomas Ci . ark of the Esecutive , who wa 3 loudly cheered , fol owed . Mr Ernest Jones , amid great applause , was then called to speak to the resolution , and said—He

      was not surprised to see so large a meeting , for Sir George Grey had been helping them—he had placarded the meeting , and thus given it additional publicity . Thus every effort to resist them turned but to their advantage . ( Cheers . ) The placard further said , processions at unseasonable hours were forbidden ; government were cautieus—they had left themselves a loophole for retreat , in case they were beaten . He ( Mr Jones ) would tell them when it was an unseasonable hour : it was unseasonable when

      they had 1 , 000 men ; it was always quite seasonable if they had 100 , 000 . ( Hear , hear . ) He had just returned from Paris , where he had seen the noblest sight of earth—a free people—and he was proud to stand under that tricolour . But he would like to see it altered—he would like to see in it the Chartist green . ( Loud cheers . ) It was now time to raise that gallant flag once more—and we might greet it with cries kindred to those that swelled amid the folds of the Gallic tricolour . The French cried , Down with Guizot ! ' and that , when translated in plain English , was ' Down with Russell ! ' The French cried , ' Down with the system !' That , in English , was nothing less than 'Down with class legislation . '' The French cried , ' Up with reform ! - Tbat . in English , meant'The Charter ,

      and No Surrender ! ( Loud cheers !) He knew by the government programme that 100 police spies were in the meeting . ( Groans ) He hoped they'd tell every word they heard , and say farther , that the people despised Lord John Russell and his government , laughed at his physical force demonstrations , and were determined to have the Charter , without asking the leave of either Whig or Tory . ( Loud applause . ) He saw the mounted police with loaded Brearms , prowling like baffled wolves around the meeting—and he dared them to disturb its majestic order . The police were , as one of the papers had said , the cause of all the disturbances , and it was now the people who were keeping tfietn in order ( H « ar , and cheers . ) The neighbouring church was full of them . At last the law-church had found

      its proper level . Like to like ! The plundering parson and the brutal policemen . There was a congregation worthy of thg preacher . ( Loud cheers . ) There were the specials too-terrible fellows , who turned white as sheets if three boys with one orange appeared at the earner of the street . There was the army , too—gallant fellows , who had learned their duty fr « m the soldiers of France , Italy , and Bararia . ( Continued applause . ) Who fear 3 , then , to talk of the Charter ? Who feara to tell the privileged classes they are knaves , fools , and powerlea * atoms ? We'll tell them so—and act up to it—but we must have no desultory meetings—no splitting of forces . I am glad of the accession of Mr Reynolds , but before he or Mr Coefirane call another meeting ,

      they had belt confer with the Executive , and thus hare the support of Chartism . We muBt have no sectional movement-we must all march as one body fur one object—and thus be guided by that truly democratic authority , the National Convention , which , by representing all Democrats giveB all fair play . ( Loud cheers . ) Had this been done in this instance , tae London Chartists would have beau here to day , and tnBtesd of 20 . 060 there would have been 100 000 Btal »» srt men upon the Common . ( Hear , bear , and cheers . ) Meanwhile , my friends ! whoever you be , 1 erhort you to maintain pesoe and order . Your enemies fire hired to disturb oar meetings—yonr enemies have tried to injure yen . by committing outrage and chareing it on | you—refute them ojjonr nnndnct . RtrfleHjber , the republicans of France brok «

      something -more worth breaking than limp » -tnej broke a rotten throne . ( Continued cheering ) Thus calumny shall fall powerless from us—whiU evea the old objection of ' non-education' musttoea oesto , for the government have set up anew national school . They have began ty teaching the alphabet : police dSiiiou A . B . C D , E , F .- { Roar , of laughter and loud cheeri . ) We ' ll learn our political alpbriet Sm their collars , and the word weUi . pell shall to fc , e Charter . ( Rapturous ohoew . ) The epeakor tht . caHedon biB AaiM not to lose their sealor the pr -ud confidence in their own » t « Dgtb . Theae % TrioSio b n She People ' s Ctagg W . ** put and passed with thundering acclarn ^ on ., erery hand in tnat aantwm-etwg be

      ^ SJ ^^' .,. ° Mr SS ; «* to : moTethe following resolution wmMwm m Zl Ihi , neetim « U . upon fh . o nt to £ that protection to labour which would """ Jto ' . S , duittieu . Ctel . es a ' fair day ' , wage , for a fclr d « r »

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      work , ' a 2 ^ provide employment for every man whe wgi willing vC worit . ( Cheers . ) Afr DIso& ? M—for the last twenty yem he hud been struggling for" protection for labour ^ It had been sn every day di .-h rripb him , find ho held that if the government of this , or & !> J other countrr , had one duty more imperative than flHOfchfcr , it WAS the duty of seeing that the people's labour vras employed upon thd natural resources of the country , and at the same time to take care that the prooeeds arising therefrom shall be distributed in such a way , that tho labourer soall ba paid his full quota , which the resolution say * 5 i a fair day's wages for a fair day ' s work . ( Cheers . ) But the question ii now , what constitutes ' a fair day ' s wages . ' He ( Mr Dixon ) considered it was neither 3 s ., nor 4 g ., nor 10 s . per day ; in fact ,

      it was a queation whion could not be settled by pounds , shillings , and penee . In his opinion , a fair day s wages was plenty of bread , butter , cheese , teef , eggs , milk , clothing , furniture , bedding , a well ventilated cottage , in fact , every thing which his physical wants required . And a fair day ' s work by the decrees of nature was , as much labour as wan conducive to health and longevity ; and leisure to cultivate those vast powers ot mind and intellect with whioh his Creator had blesaed man , so that by the unitiDg the Dowers of body and mind , he might speedily enter the true millenium , and be enabled to enjoy tho greatest amount of physical com for la for the smallest amount of physical outlay . ( Cheers . ) He then contended that the government must , sooner or later , if th ; -. y wished to prevent & fearful convulsion in this oountrji do vrhnt the reaoltttion recommended—find a . labour field for those who where wfUkiog the streets

      in unwilling idleness . This , he contended , was the imperative duty of government ; if the spinner loBt dia wheel handles—if the weaTor his picking Btickby improvements of machinery on Saturday night , they should find him work on Monday morning , or five him the means of subsisting until they did provide for him labour , whereby he might support his family as an itttfepeaient BDglishworkmau ought . But , said Mr- Dixon , this can never bs expected frsm a class parliament . If you are desirous of havinff justice done to the toiling millions , you must unite heart and sonl fop the gJoriou 3 Charter of our liberties . ( Cheers . ) He then shewed , in a clear and tramis takeable manner , that there was ona law for the rich and another for the poor . He instanced railways , < &c , asd shewed that in the railway bills every protection was given to land and capital , and compensation awarded to the landlord and mittienaire for all tho

      loss they might eubtaln ; bat that so far a * the working man was concerned , his labour , his only capitalmight be taken away . Bat in the railway bill , there was no compensation for him . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He then concluded by entreating of tho pconle to unite for the purpose of producing such a public opinion in favour of the Charter , that govern-Bent dare not longer withhold it from the people , and moving the resolution , resumed-his seat amid rapturous cheering . Mr M'Gbath seconded the motion . He eaid , he considered it to be the highest vocation of government to provide remunerative employment for tho people . A fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work wm an irrefutable principle of justice , and to work it out efficiently was the function ef every government det

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

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

      those inhuman principles of political economy whicb fix the relations of labour and oapitaj in this country . ( Hear , hear . ) This state of things should no lenyer be tolerated . The time had arrived when determined millions should demand justice at the lunds of parliament , and explode those monstrous principles , which work only to apgrandise the few and abuse the many . ( Cheers . ) Look at Francegreat , glorious , and free ! See the boons that Republicanism is already securing her ! The first object of the present French gorernmenfc is the weal of labour ; it does not leave the employment of the people dependant on the working of Adam Smith '* principles , but a £ once opens national workshopsthose of Paris alone employing forty thousand workers . ( Cheers . ) That is a foretaste of the grand

      ultimatum which this glorious Republics is destined to realise . ( Hear . ) All honour to the glorious Parisians , who have so nobly begun the work of the world ' s redemption , an < l may the splendour of their success light the oppressed of tbe world to the goal of liberty and happiness . ( Cheers . ) You , gentlemen , like the French , must possess your rights to redress your social wrongs . Now or never is thf time to strike the great moral blovr for freedom ! ( Cheers . ) The stern demand of five millions o Britons for liberty must be made within tho next : three weeks , and who or what is the power in this country that has temerity enough to refuse them

      justice f The metropolis never witnessed such a demonstration as we shall exhibit on this Common on the day of presenting the National Petition for the Charter . ( Cheers . ) He was sanguine enough to expect ai least one quarter of a . raillian ef ihe men of London to take the prayer of the nation to the door of the House of Commons —( cheers)—and should the prayers of the oppressed be treated as heretofore with contempt , by the misnamed House of Commons , then they would find that other courses would be defined , which , if pursued with courage and TJgOUr , weuld lead to that goal where no iyrant dare trample or slave dare serve . ( L > ud obeers )

      A vote of thanks was then moved to the chairman , and the immense asseroolsge separated in the most perfect order . The government were for tta time relieved from their terrors , and the ' specials began to look a shade leas white .

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      MEETINGS OF THE SCOTCH MINERS . Airvrib . —The colliers and miners of this distriot have held immense meetings , characterised bj exemplary order . A great meeting was held at Whiff let Bridge , whioh was adjourned to another called at Airdrie the same evening , in % large hall in Sti < - lina-street . At this meeting , which was imposing in its numbers , a mine * , named Lee 3 . delivered an admirable address , of about an hour ' s duration , maintaining that all their sooial evils were owing to politi . al inequalities ; and from toe history af France sixty yeara ago , he bade the aristocracy and the wets friend

      capitalists take warning in time . He no to outrage or violence ; but when that spirit did break out among the population , it sbowed to the wealthy on what a treacherous foundation their security rested . To illustrate the condition of the colliers and miners , he mentioned that the wases at present only amounted to from 2 * . 2 d . to 2 s . id . a day , being about lls . per week ; and out of that they had to pay at least 3 d . per week for sharpening their pickaxes . If an energetic demonstration was made by them , he bad no doubt they would be able lo effeet an improvement in their condition . The greatest alarm prevails among the authorities , and other meetings are to be held .

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      GREAT PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CHARTISTS OF SOUTHWARK . A public meeting was held on Monday evening , March 13 th , at the South London Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road , to consider the present position of affairs , and to point oat a remedy for the prevailing distress existing amongst the operatives ; and , notwithstanding the wetness of the evening , the meeting was most numerously attended . Mt Edmund Stallwoob wa 9 unanimously called to the chair , and in a speech that was received with great applause , pointed to the numerous bands of operatives who had been out of employ for the —T ^*^ Mfc —^_—nn ¦^ m ¦¦¦¦ -. —n __— . ¦ 1 ' ¦ mini 11 ihii mi ' ¦' "

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

      , the first resolution , was greatly applauded , and said , he was amazed and quite shocked at their chairman , who had asked the very impious question , whether they could not do vnthout bishops —( laughter)—ay , and even -went so far as to intimate that those holy men , who preach every Sunday—( roars of laughter )—could exist upon less than £ 10 , 000 per annum , and yet perform such herculean feats in the way of mental labour ! why , this was rank blasphemy ! ( Continued laughter . ) And then your chairman ' s allusions to persons who stand high in

      the State was equally dreadful . ( Laughter . ) To think that that very excellent , good , and fine prince —the husband of our virtuous Qusen—the very experienced Field-Marshal , Prince Albert—( much laughter)—the inventor of military hats , which were worn with so much grace on heads of so much utility —( roars of laughter)— -to think that such a very useful , ornamental being as this , was not worth ^ 30 , 000 per annum , wss preposterous ! ( Hoars of ( laughter)—the resolution he was about to move was as follows s « .

      That this meeting , deeply moved by the ptivatlon « and ^ sufferings of tbe great body of tbo people , and tracing the evils and oppressions which t > BL \ ct the industrial body to partial and unjust legislation , do hereby pledge themaelveB to use every constitutional means to procure the legal enactment of the Peoples Charter , being the only means of oeeuriDg to the work . ing man a fair proportion of the national wealth . He found the provisional government of France had proclaimed Universal Suffrage , and by declaring that every man of twenty-five years of age should be deemed qualified to be elected , had abolished the Property Qualification . They had also adopted the pr inciple of Equal Electoral districts , and Voting by

      Ballot , and the Payment of Members for their ser . vices ; in fact , they had adopted the Charier . ( Loud cheers . ) The Times , and other daily and weekly journals , had declared the provisional goverument of F . ance , to he composed of' enlightened ' men ; then would it not be wiae in the people of England to adopt the policy and politics of these enlightened men ? ' He dared say , if they asked their parliament—those disinterested men who gave their services for nothing—( laughter)—that they would grant them , particularly if you showed five million units of moral power backing up your r 8-quest . ( Great applause . ) He was sorry to hear Mr Stallwood say that Lord John Russell was

      ill—( laughter ) — because Lord John was such a constitutional man , and would be so happy to grant their constitutional request , —( laughter , )—that wa 3 to say when he could not help it . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution declared that class legislation was the cause of the miseries of the people , in which he entirely concurred ' , and he was happy to find tliat the shopkeepers and middle classes generally were becoming tired of excessive taxation , and , like \ is , they wanted a charge , —( loud cheers , )—and they might rely on it that when public opinion is properly roused , the change sought for will be enforced .

      ( Loud cheers . ) The people of Pans had trampled a tyrant ' s throne into dnst . Now what he should like to see in England was , that bad laws should be trampled under feet , and a good constitution , that should embrace the whole people , be put up instead of those bad laws . He trusted that all present would become members of the National Charter Association , and resolve , by unity of action , to work out the desired change ; then let their watchword be 'Agitate ! agitate 1 agitate I' and our firm resolve be , that if there is no comfort in the cottage there shall be no peace in the castle . ( Treraerdous cheeiing . )

      Mr William Dixon , in seconding the resolution , 8 aid | Lord John Russell had declared ' that the people of France had a right to choose whatever form of government they pleased , then surely by a parity of reasoning , the people of England must have the same right . ( Loud cheers . ) The question had frequently been asked , what changes would take place supposing the People's Charter to become law ? His reply was , just such changes as the great body of the people demanded j and , of course , that demand would be governed by the intelligence they possessed . ( Loud cheers . ) It had been said that under Universal Suffrage , the Monarchy and the Church would be destroyed , and that those

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

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

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

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

      Mr John- Fcsseix rose to move the following resolution;—That this meeting are of opinion , that the time has arrived when the people shosld prepare to diBcuBB those eecial arrangements , which muBt ultimately displace our norn . out afltt corrupt anomalies , this meeting being impressed with a firm conviction , tbat social advantsge mast follow political change . He said if the people would only reflect and act » hey might prevent a bloody convulsion . He told could

      the aristocracy and monarchy , that they never consider themselves safe , so long as the social condiiion of the people was so bad . ( Hear , hear . ) In al'uding to the infamous mal-practices of poorhouses , there ; w ? . s an aphorism abroad , that' Nine tailors make a man ; ' but he found amongst the c lergy , the maxim waa reversed , for with them » One bishop made eleven parsons , ' and held those livings , and of course preached in eleven different to arts at one and the same time . ( Load laughter . )

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

      hands of the government . ( The reading of the petition was received with great applause . ) Mr M'Grath said this petition very properly alludes to the unprecedented distress existing amongst the operative ! 1 of this country—( hear , hear)—and it equally properly showed that that distress prevailed because the bulk of the operatives had no voice in making the laws by which they were governed . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought we should now show the necessity of adopting the principles of the People ' s Charter , as Lord John Russell had admitted tbe justness of the principles in the abstract , but refused to put them in practice , as it was not the time . Guizot had said the same thing to that

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

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

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

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      THE CHARTIST DELEGATION TO PARIS . A densely packed and most enthusiastic public meeting was held at the Literary and Scientific Inatltution , John-Btreet , Tottenham-court-road , on Tuesday evening , March 14 th , to hear the report of fc ' ieir misBion from Messrs Ernest Jones and Philip M'Grath—G . J . Harcey , the other delegate , being COnSrO . Uo a bed of sickness iu Paris . Mr John Shaw was unanimously called to tbe obair . He said , they had met to receive the report o those delegates who were sent to present their address congratulating the brave , heroic , and n Me people of Paris , in gaining a glorious victory over tyranny , and their proclamation of a Republio , Loud cheers . ) The revolution had alarmed the Whigs and the English aristocracy , and it was quite funny to see the Tories solacing and [ soothing the

      Whigs on the adhesion of the loyal coalwhippers . ( Laughter . ) Another circumstance ia these eventful days was the swearing in of the ([ shopkeepers as specials—there was the Wnechapel , loyal brigadesome of them were so proud of their office that they were swaggering about with their staff of office iu their hands , swearing that they would put down the CkartiBts , that they would , and at the moment when an alarm was given , they rushed to their yards of tape behind their counters . ( Roars of . laughter . ) One of thsse gentlemen was so valia- \ t that he rushed out , and with his baton and the aid of Bacchus , broke his fellow special ' s arm . ( Roars of laughter . ) They would , he knew , keep the best order during the evening . He now had tbe pleasure of introducing their very eloquent friend , Mr Ernest Jones . ( Great applause . )

      Mr Ernest Jones , who was greeted with hearty eheering , and eave a graphic and inspiriting account of the state of Parisi the reception of the Chartist , Delegation and the prospects and position of Democracy in France . He especially refuted the ialseas section of the Tiuks relative to a hostile feeling towards the English workmen , explaining how local hostility was to be accounted for by the employers having enticed Englishmen to form a competitive labour reBerve against French workmen . "With reference to tha disc&firgo of serrants ki Paris , that was merely attributable to the fact of the luxurious aristooraey having been inspired with wholesome terror—they dared no longer parade fat horses before a hungry people , and therefore they bvoke up their psfcabJishmenrs . and discharged their useless

      idlers in livery . jlrenchas wellas English . ( Cheers ) The speaker then alluded to tbe commercial crisis , and the charge brought by tho London press against Gamier-Pngea of having endangered public faith and credit . Not so—Baid he—they have prevented tbe swindling of the swindler—they havo prevented ihe forestalling of the awn-thief , —the plundering of the stock-jobber—they have indeed brought a panic over the funded robber , who speculates on greatjcalaraities , and ruins trade thatjusury may flourish . But the honest gains of the trader arc not injured— -they are secured , improved—as all fair trade must gain by po pular prosperity . Look at Paris . The tradesmen are thriving—for those who used to be beggars in the streets are now purchasers in the shops , enriched not by robbery—but by being allowed to work for the

      eoori of all . ( Loud cheery . ) The speaker then illustrated the positive and immediate bearfita which the ohange of institutions had caused in France—and thence drew the moral for Ennland . The alarmists fear our progress—he said—as they think we are seeking strife and bloodshed . On the contrary—we desire peace—we wish by constitutional means to mond tho constitutioa;—if the Whigs won ' t act peaceably themselves—they must take the consequences . ( Loud cheers . ) But to aa those who fear a tight in England—] want to know what there is to fight against ? In France , indeed , government hd a host of 1 , 000 000 armed officials , we have 12 , 000 sleepy placemen ; in France there was a regular force of 500 , 000 soldiers , in Paris alone 80 , 000 middle class guards—we call them specials here- —The

      National guard were brave troops , —the' specials' here tremble if the weathercock on one of their churches creaks with a Frenehbre < ze . ( Laughter and cheers , figbmng ? There is no danger of fi ^ htiD ' n in England . There ' s nothing to fight with—a man might as well Suht with his own shadow . Let ub review Lord John ' s forces . The number of troops in Great Britain on the 1 st of January , 1818 , waa 3 544 cavalry , 4 , 421 foot guards , 20 , 535 trooua of the line , 1 , 429 re cruicing troops , and companies of regiments in India , making alto 2 eth ° r 20 , 929 men to keep twenty millions of people in submission ( Loud applause . ) In Ireland on the 1 st ot last January there were 3 , 248 cavalry , and 23 , 048 infantry , making together 26 , 296 ,

      to keep eight millions of Irish in raiaerv . ( Procraeted cheering . ) And as to you—men of London—the total number of the police force is 4 , 910 to watch over our gveat metropolitan cage of two millions . ( IaimeRse applause ) They had i 000 of these on Monday to take care of 20 , 000 of us—? o that the remainder of the two millions had only 900 to pull their leading swings ; while the 4 , 000 guards Were kept under arms—the guards!—sons and brothers of the people —champions of order , but not minions of misrule . ( Emhusiastio cheers . ) Now , friends , I do not say this to excite you to violence—I merely say it to prove to the government how peaceable ' and constitutional we are—since , were vre not , we could hare blown tbe whole BYdtem to atoms in an hour .

      Mr M'Graih , in rising to address the meeting , was loudly cheered . Ho had observed several interruptions during tbe speech of hia ca-missionary , Mr Jones , which were said to be occasioned by police spies . They should be neither alarmed nor surprised at this . The reins of power were held by the driveling , treacherous Whigs , who considered pimps , in fnrmersi and espionage , essential parts of the machinery of government . ( Hear , hear . ) The COr " rupt Parliament votes annually a large sum of the pablio money under the suspicious title of secret ser * vice money . The expenditure of this sum is never accounted for . And why ? Because it would reveal atrocities that could not bear the light ofiiay , ( Cheers . ) Out of this aura the pimp , the spy , and informer , are rewarded for watching , entrapping ,

      and persecuting the friends of the people . ( Hear . ) This secret service money , and the vile purpose to which it is applied , are some of the damning sins which must habten the fall of the present system . The narative portion of the report , as delivered by Vr J . > nes , waB so full as to leave little for him to advance . They arrived in tfee metropolis of Franoa just as the convulsion of revolution was subsiding inte quiescence . They found tho people exhilirated bj their victory , and armed to a man to protect their infant Republic , and to preserve the peace and order of the city . He had seen many splendid spectacles aforetime . He bad ssen monarchs , legislators , and judseB , surrounded with all that paraphernalia which is designed to give dignity to their bearing , but to hia mindtheBightofacitizea soldier immeasurably

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      fcransoends them all ; ( Cheers . ) There is an inefia ble grandeur in the appearance of an armed peopla ready to defend their liberties alike from loreign aggresBion or internal usurpation . ( Cheers . ) He would to heaven that every Englishman was armed as are the French . ( Obeora . ) In such a , case tho usurpers of their rights wonld tbiok twice before they hazarded a contem ptuous rejection of their c aim to justice . ( Loud cheers . ) The epc<ee then alluded to tho magnificent procession got up m honour of the heroes who fell during the three glorious days . It was estimated that at least one million of human hemp assembled to honour the funeral obsequies of those bravtfmen who , at tee precious pnev of their blond , purchased their country ' s freedom . ( Loud cheers . ) This was but simple justice to tllOfff nobles of the human race—for

      Oh ! If thtre be in this earthly sphere , An offering which Heaven holds dear'Tia tbe last libation which Libert ; draws From the heart that bursts and bleeds in ber cause . ( Loud cheers . ) All honour to those noble spirits , whose courage hurled despotism to destruction . May their memories be cherished and revered by remotest posterity . ( Loud cheers . ) What is the moral which Englishmen should draw from thia great revolution ? What is the lesson to be learned from it ? The one is that a united people is omnipo * tent . The other that to be free a people baa bat to will ih ( Cheers . ) Mr M'Grath detailed several circumstances connected with the interview of tho

      deputation with the provisional government , Bhowing the cordiality with which they were received ; the reBpect manifested towards them , and the homage paid to the principles of the People ' s Charter ; Cheers . ) He then adverted to the subject of the forthcoming Convention , and the prospects of success which were before the people . They should hove a demonstration of a quarter of a million to bear the nation's prayer for justice to the door of tbe House of Commons . ( Loud cheers . ) Were thoy prepared for freedom ? ( Cries of Yes , yes , ' from all parts . )

      Were they reaolved to have it ? (• Yes , yes . ' ) TheB , let them swear fidelity to one another . Swear by the love they bore their country . Swear in the presence of high heaven this night to wage incessant war with the corrupt institutions of this land , till olass dominance is sent on a p il grimage with Looia Philippe , and the rights of man are based on their glorious Charter . ( Cheers . ) After some further observations upon the absolute necessity of union , energy , and action , Mr M'Grntn couriered amid the warm and long-continued plaudits of the meeting .

      Mr Ccffat then moved , and M * FusssiL seconded , the following resolution , which vras supported by Mr Dixom in a very able speech . ' That tbe monopoly of political power which Is tans * tlened by th * laws of England , ii a flagrant usurpation of tbe rights of the British people ; and this meeting , composed chiefly of the victims of this unjust system of civil policy , do hereby solemnly covenant one with tho other , to resort to ever ; available nieaas consistent with Inn to terminate speedily this TICE-ENOENDIBIHO SYSTIS ef misrule , and to establish tlis political rights of the nation on the basis of the People's Charter . ' Vfr J . Elmsub Dimois spoke to fcbe same resolntion , and in the course of his address showed that the police were the authors of the riots in Trafalgarsquare , and read a very spirited poem which we propose , if possible , to give next week . The resolution was carried amid thunders of ap « Dlanse .

      . Mr STAthirooDi is moving a vote of thanks to the chairman , called upon the people to imitate tha trades' unionists of former days , » nd as Barclay and Perkins had caused their men te be sworn in as apecisl constables to break other people ' s heads , let them teach Barclay and Perkins loyalty to the people by refusing to drink their beer . ( Applause , and shouts of'We will . ' ) The motion was seconded , and carried by acclamation . Mr Shaw having acknowledged the compliment , three Jcheers were then given for ' The Delegates to the French Republic ; ' 'The People's Charter ;' and ' The Northern Stab , ' when the immense meeting quietly dispersed .

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      GREAT CHARTIST MEETING ON BLACKBEATH . The Charlists of Greenwich and Deptford being do « termined not te be bthind hand with their Chartist brethren in other parts of the country in demonstrating their respect to the patriotic people of Franco , and their firm a # erence to tho principles of the People'a Charter , called an open air meeting to be feeia oa BlacUheath , on Wednesday afternoon last , March 15 th . No sooner did the placards nunouncing the meeting make their appearance , than the minions in power set

      to work to destroy the mcjting if possible . Hundreds of special constables were sworn in , and tbe wtiole of the police from tbe neighbouring stations were ordered to attend on tbe day of meeting , likewise tbe mounted police from London , The next step was to try to intimidate the brave lads of Greenwich , by sending tho eouneil word that if they held tha meeting after six o ' clock , it would be cousidered an illegal Hieetituj and be dispersed accordingly . This information was ^ re « ceived , markl after the announcement hail been mafia that the chair should tin taken at four o ' ciocfc in tha

      ftfteraoon- Thov . thej . c ... — ; •—r .-. t .-. t ^ i—awmrcs ^ TSS * tha chair should be taken at three o ' clock , instead af four , aB announced in tbe first inatsnee , The day had Seen veiy threatening- for rain , bnt . thut did not deteS tbe good mea and true , who asajiubled in great nnta * bers by the time appointed . At a little past three o ' clock it began torain . ViaS notwithstanding the peoplu inaniftated a determination to stand it out . Consequently , Mr Morgan was called to tho chnlr , who opened the business in a neat sud appropriate speeuh , and concluded by introducing Captain Acheblt who epoke at greatlength .

      HrDrxotf then rose , and said in consequeace of tha very heavy rain , he thought it would be advisable to at once dissolve the meeting . ( Cries of ' No , no > tre not fit for liberty , if ne will not suffer mere than a little rain to obtain it . ' ) Well , if th « j were determined to stand , he had no objection to explain tbe principles , which as Chartists thfy professed , Mr D . then at renro length entered into the injustice practised upon tbs unenfranchised millions of this unhappy country . It was not merely tbe vote they were to look at , but tho power that vote would give them in mending bad laws , or makiug new ones that should do justice to ell t &ad injustice to none . The Charter would give them the power of destroying a system wbich eugesdered crims , produced for honest industry degradation aed po « verty ( and laid prostrate the glorious rights of man , ( Cheers . ) Mr Dixon spoke for above an hour and was listened to with breathless attention , notwithstanding tho rala descended In torrents the whole of the time .

      Tbe thanks of tbe meeting having been given to the chairman , and three cheers for the Charter , three for tbe patriotic people of France , and tbe glorious Republic , and three for FearguB O'Connor the v » Bt assembly separated in a most peaceable and orderly manner . Messrs M'Gbath ami Dixon acoompanied ^ tbe Chartist Council to the town , and made arrangements for another demonstration on Blackheath , as Boon as the weatheris favourable for such an undertaking . 1 EDSRAH FOB THE CHARTEB AND NO 8 UBBSNDEB t '

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      NationaIi Charter Association . —The inhabitants of the following places and their neighbourhoods STB hereby respectfully informed , that public meetings wii ] be held For the purpose of adopting the National Petition to the House of Commons , urging the aeoessity of passing i » to law immediately the Bill of Rights commonly known as the People ' s Charter . Several advocates in tSe above cause will address the meeting , and petition sheets will then be read / for signature ;—Ljneham , Saturday , March 18 * , chair to be taken at six o ' clock , p . m . - , Wootton Basset , on the same evening at eight o ' clock ; Higawortb , Saturday , March 25 th , at six o ' clock ; Cricklade . Saturday , April 1 st , at six o ' clock . Mottram , Hollingworth , flatlfield , PadfieW , Bridjjend , and other villages will hold an aggregate oiiblic meeting of the friends of democracy , at the

      louse of Mr Robert Hampson , New Inn , tfoliingworth , on Saturday evening . Chair to be taken aS aeven o ' clock precisely . Several talented gentlemen will address the meeting . Todmokbbn . —The Rev . J . Barker , of Leeds , mil Breach two . sermons in the Unitarian cliapel , 1 Oll « morden , on Sunday , March 19 th , in the morning , on ' Pure Religion ; ' in the afternoon , on Thedutyof All to live for the good of their fellow creatures . * Service to begin in the morning at half-paat ten , and in the afternoon at half-past two . _ Mr Barkes will also deliver a lecture for the Chartists , on Mon day evening , March 21 st , in the Odd Fellows' Hall , tcommence at eight O ' clock . '

      » . .. , Staukton —A . public meeting , for the adoption of the National Petition and other business connected with tbe forthcoming Convention , will take plaoeaS the Feathers Inn , Staunton , on Monday even 1 Dg s March 30 th . Chair to be taken at seven o clock . The Chartists residing in Gloucester , Stroud . Tewhem bury , Upton , Ledbury , and other placiB in Woooeatershire and Worcestershire , are »««»*««* communicate with the secretary of the Stauntoa National Charter Association « Ponl he b 8 stme ? " ^ i aeitatincr the district , aHd for the effectual signinetf the National Petition ' . AU letters to !»*""« ££ Mr John Sidaway , Snig ' s End , Corse ,

      Gloucester-8 h ?! uLKT .-All districts in . B » l * ws W « JjgJ « j to co-operate with Paisley m sending a * J « g ^ jg Bazaar . The ahoaU for we "' ^^ ^ r ^ & « 0 ? t o £ & thepe&tionlarger te dpSir T »» fbeforf . are requeated to applS-tO ^ My Zots ^^ ^^^ m ^ & TEm « o .-0 n Monday night , iU 2 f £ ^ ffl . | at theSee above named , » V "® \ &MWy ? 43 $ ® % held fo ? the adoption of the PeophfBp . p ^ 4 M * M o ' clock precisely . . f ;' - ^ . ;}^ unil S * J 9 ¦ i .-X i ^ i f ii ' J . ^ fsas * - > '¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ - ' ¦? - \) ii ' ' ¦' ^ & ., ¦ " ;?! $ "" " 4 ^^

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . NoirwGHAM . — The Hext meeting of the Land members wiJl be held at the Cross Keys , Byard-lane , en Sunday everiug , at seren o'clock . A free- "" . easy will bs held at the Carpenters' Arras , Mansneld-COid , on Saturday evening at seven o cl » cs . BsiDFORD . —The members of the Land Company will meet in their room , Bntt erwortfa-baildiBgs , on Sucday , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . BiSBiST -The shareholders and Chartists are requested to attend st the Batchers' Anns Inn , on Monday even-ins . March 20 tb , at seven o clock , to « 4 opt the National Petition and transact other

      busi-Yeoto -The members of this branch of the Miioaal Laod Company are requested to ¦»** . at their esialplaceof meeting , on Monday , the 2 / td . mat ., for the election of officers and other important bUBiness . The chair to b- taken at half-put «« wn « clook m the evenioff . N B . —Persons wishing to join tne National Co-operative Benefit S- > cietj owy doso by allying to Mr Robert Adams , agent , Huwb , Yeovii . Mona « r—All parties having tickets for the Public su-. par . on the riepartnre of George J' ™* S ? w < o * to Minster Level , will please to <***» * £ the commifct *« will exnect an account to ba given

      g of the number sold by eight o ' clock on lto ^» garch 23 rd . at the White Hart Ion , Mottrem . Robt . ? & , Beeretary . N . B .-Tbe 6 urp ! as ( if any ) will b * Bwn to M « Johnaen to enable ber to return to her LiTjsRPooL .-An adjourned meeting of th »™ anc& 5 ja take p ! are on Tbnredsy evening , March 23 rd , st JJfFurelTi , Temperance Betel , 4 , Cazn ^ au-street vcji : to be taken at half-past wren o ' clock .

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      Pebshobb . — On Wednesday , the 22 nd last ., a public tea meeting will bs held in the Temperance Hall , in this town , in consequence of Price and Davis , two successful allottees , taking poisewion of their estates , at Minster Lorel , on the 27 tb inst . Mr ChristoDher Doyle , one of the directors of the i *» ii Company , will deliver sn address on tbe ' People * Charter and the Land , ' after which , the National Petition will be proposed for the adoption of the m McHZ 8 TIR-A South Lancashire meeting

      ofde-« . legates from the following localities met at W hittaker ' s , od Sunday , March I 2 th . J . Sat ton in the chair :-Manohester , Bury , Bolton , Oldham , H > ywood . Steckport . Middleton , Rochdale , Hy de , rbo following resolutions were passed : — ' That a letter of explanation go to Hyde . ' ' That the minutes be confirmed . ' 'That the Directors of the Land Company be requested not to place peraonB belonging to oountry branohei on the Office List , and tliat tne delegates to next Conference pass a law to prerent its continuance . ' That we hold a great campmf

      eting next Sunday , March 19 th . at Oldham fca . ge-Chsir to be taken at twelve o ' olock . the foljoww gentlemen to be invited : —Messrs O'Connor . O tiig-« ns . Leach , Roberts , Mitchel . Martin , Meaeher and Smith O'Brien . ' That the Observati on Committee be ten , in ' . future , and shall consiBt of , tbe » oilowing : Messrs Leach , Rankin , Donovan , Gu tridge , Clarbe / GrDDdy , Nuttsll , Whittaker , Tiffany . O He » , and tney shall publish an address in the wb . That this meeting stands adjourned till next aunday morning , at ten o ' clock , delegates to meet in tne Working Man's Hall , Oldham . ' John Sutt on chairmen ; J . O'Hes , secretary . „ B 1 L 8 ION .-A public supper will tafea plao e at 1 »« Linney ' s . on Monday eveniRg n 9 xt , March 20 tn , in honour of Richard Jones ' s departure for Minster Lovel .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 18, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1462/page/5/