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      Essata . —ihe money acknowled ged in the Stab of the Htb March as unknown—viz ., 74 s < d for land Fund , gad i'l 6 s f ( J -or ElPense Fond , belongs to the Lrigh Srsncb- _ . Tli n rr */\ r * rtT * nn 1 . « . « 1 . J 3 » -. » m ___/ i . i

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      IMPORTANT NOTICE . £ Sch Branch Sscretary of the National Land Coapany has received with the balance sheet , one cf the usual quarterly return sheets ; but instead of returning thereon the payments for the quarter endjDg March 25 th , 1848 , they must enter , alphabetically , the names of all members of their respective fetiches , without reference to sections , with the total amount paid by each from the commencement of the Company until the 25 th ult ., distinguishing rjcd F"n ^ fr ° m Expense Fund . Secretaries requiriag sore paper than the sheet sent from the eSce . 'ViH pro-ride themselves with it , and rule it similar to the printed sheet . Each return must set forth , in venting , that it is made out from the commencement to the 25 th ult . The Directors hope ( hat each Secretary will promptly perform this duty , jbq that the returns vsill he sent as soon after the 25 th of March as possible .

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      ScBseairnoss ioh loss or Oddi's Cots- , « fec ., at O'CoSHOEVILtS . s b . a . Soltoa , yer Hayes « .. „ . 0 6 8 Brijhton , flower « .. „ o 4 e Oldham , Hamer .. M .. .. 050 Ashton-under-Lyna .. -, .. - OlOo G . Renip j- ~ •• n 0 0 6 James Swaffield r . .. „ .. 006 T . Martin - . *¦ .. .. 010 "W . Penny , Hyde - - .. ~ 0 0 6 W , Dorrant and Brothers , Stratford-on-Avon 0 2 0 T . Afctot , Manchester ~ .. ., 066 I 10 8 T . M . Weeeleb . T . M . Wheeler feegs to acknowledge the farther sum of £ 119 s 7 d for th « abore purpose—the names shall be yiren next week . Seceivsd or 5 £ z Koesos , Is , for the Fraternal Democrats , on account of Golden , of Manchester . This should have been announced some time ago . Us G . White . —The Council of tlie Rational Charter Association , of the Manchester locality , oall upon Mr Geo "White , of Leeds , for an explanation for his non-attendancs on . Sunday waals , attar having pledged himself to attend . The meeting being greatly disappointed and dissatisfied , we call upon Mr George White to explain and free the council from all blame . —TsoxAt OnsESHES , sub-Sfecretary . S £ s So < vE 6 sr , Dalston . —All right Ton need not send

      until the end of the quarter , when the acceunt will ba rendered . Biadfosd and Keighley Agents . —Another supply of the portroit is sent for enclosure , to Mr Cook , Vicar-lane , Bradford . Mr J . JCha ?? el , Bath . —Four shillings and sixpence each insertion . Sir EaDosw . Merthyr TydriL— "We hare not received any frem Dowlais . Ihhze Oi-d Gcasi ) 5 suggests Prisrose-luU for the place of rendezvous on the morning of the loth of April . I / Ami dc PsufLx , — It was impossible to" find room for our correspondent's letter thi 3 week , issTOK Dtsxsicx . —Sir Wild , delegate for this district , summons a meetingof delegates—Ashton , Hjde . Dokin-Seld , Droylsden , Mossier . Mottram . SulTbridge , aad

      Glossop—to meet en Satwday eTenm ? , ADrilSth . ' at fire o ' clock , at the CharUst Hall , Staljbridger Xatiov-Iz . Victim Fund Cohjuttks . —The secretary , Mr John Simpson , acknowledges , Is 2 i , from Mr Picket ' s book ; Camberwell , for the general fund , ' for Mrs W . Jones ; from two Chartist females , Manchester , 2 s 6 d ; from the members of the Land Company at Middleton , Ss ; Mr "Wilson , XorthallerJon , 35 5 d ; Mrs Robertson , 6 s . " SIS . A . 1 VH . —In the Stab of the ISth nit ., Es from Oldhsm , per Mr Warner , ought to have been from ilr Harmer , OlShsm . J . Paclkts . —Ko room'for the cornmnnicatien .. Thenamsi shall be attacked . Z . 3 ., Charlton suggests that a petition for the Charter sfeonld be sent from each ef the l 4 , 000 parishes of England , Scotland , and Wales .

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      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . A mestisg of this association took placB on Tue 3-^ aylast , at the Chartist-rooms , Dean-street , Sobo . Mr Joan Orerton ia the chair . Ten Brighten DemocratB and several London Chartists were eleated members . After speeches from Julian Harcey and Others , the two following addresses were adopted : — ADDRESS OF THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS , ( ASSEMBLING IN LONDON , ) TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN .

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      'Equality , Libhrtt , FsArEBSirr . ' If a battle gained at Paris 13 s victoryachieved for you . a defeat sustained at Dublio would he a damage to your cau * e . The lights of man 3 re universal—as universal should be the determination to defend them . The organised usurpation calling itself " the Ooverninent" of this country has entered upon a crusade to crush public opinion in Ireland . Three o £ the popular leaders in that country have been arrested on a charge of sedition , and it is affirmed by the creatures of " the Government / ' that other and " stronger measures are about , to be taken to " put down " the now fl alarming " manifestations of public discontent .

      Can you , Democrats—you , working men of EnfflantL do nothing to avert so foul an

      outrage r You can , and you will . You can meet ' in your tens of thousands , and eeuokstrate against this insolent stretch ; of tyrannical power . With the mighty voice of an . united and determined people , you can thunder into the ears ef the oligarchical usurpation that " there is oppression against the social bodv whenever any of its members are oppressed /' . ' and that you have the will and

      the courage ] toresent and resist that oppression . Let us briefly examine the political and social condition of the people of Ireland . Will the reci ta l be a mere repe t i t ion o f the of t- told tale of tiger-like oppression and spaniel-like submission ? Be it so . The reiteration shall be made until the spaniel is metamorphosed into the lion—until the crouching slave shall burst the fetters of his degradation , and shall stand erect in the majesty of manhood and the confiCMmsnesa <> £ valour and of worth .

      Politically viewed , we find the millions of Ireland ezcluded , like the mass of the English people from all partici pation in the making o £ the laws , which , instead of being the source of consolation and of protection , are the agencies of murder , of famine , and of pestilence . With extraordinary natural advantages and capacities , we find Ireland a desolated Wank in the political geography of Europe-Considered sociall y , the aspect of Ireland is at once revolting and disgraceful to humanity . Some few vears since , ToiCs Magazine ,

      renewing the social condition of that country said , — ' ' 'The labourers on the continent do not : fare sumptuously every day ; " but their ordinary fare would make a perpetual carnival to * the rish potato eater f and added , that t ; the F r ench peas a nts fatten p igs for home consumption , and not to pay the rent of the cabin and the conacre . " The wrongs and miseries of Ireland are so notorious that it is unnecessary for us to speak of them in detail . It has been too trulu said , that " Ireland has

      never enjoyed one age of perfect security or peace . She has been the incessant preyi of di ^ ord , bloodshed , land famine , and England is responsible for this state of things /^ In the time of the recent " famine" at least ^ million of souls perished of hunger , and tuDger-bred pestilence . Talk of the anarchy of insurrection or of revolution ! The anarchy of conventionalism—of middle-class andi millionaire ' supremacy—isMnfinitely more desol ^ tinnp « fangi

      We could easily enlarge the catalogue of ^ eland ' s wrongs , and the crimes of Ireland a f olers . but we have said enoug h to straiKlate the exertions of all true patriots . T o your duty , then , men of -Great Britain . Declare jour sympathy with the oppressed , and your hatred ' of the oppressors . As s e m ble in your thousands , and pass sympathetic addresses to &e intended victims of the governmental persecuti on . If , to day , the oli garchy succeed in destroy ing the persons , or the power of the frish leaders , will ours be safe to-morrow ? Then , once more , we exhort you to energetic Sctiou .

      WUwve all , rise and rally as one man , in snp-£ « t of your glorious Charter . Sign the N ational Petition . Whether that petition shall bs the last you will " humbly " address to your ° PPre « t-ors / depends upon your ^ will , energy , sad courage . a

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      In every country inEurope , save this , Kings , Princes , and Aristocracies are hastening to renounce their baneful pr ivilege s , which henceforth are superseded b y the universal Rights of Man . Shall this country remain an exception to the general and glorious progress of nations ? NO ! & In Ireland the struggle has commenced } as yet it is but a struggle of words , but the day of deeds is nigh . Brothers , we must share the dangers of our Irish brethren . We must help themlto win liberty for both nations , and thereby prove to them that the Eng li s h aristocracy a n d moneyocracy are not th e People of England . » . w _ . _

      " WILL must ripen into DEED . " Si g ned b y the secretaries and members of the Council on behalf of the Association . G . Julian Basnet , a Ernest Josbs , { Charles Keek , I Edwh Gill , Collis Retnard . \ n ¦ . t > -i Henbt BaiW , * Great Britain - johx overtoil Hbxrt Child , Thomas Ldcas , Maek L . Bkuble , J

      William Pebhibb , Ipy ,,,--Alexakder Mulles ) ' ChablebMojll , Ip . ™ ,,,, Charles Pfaenbbb J GermaDy ' Charles Schabeuts , ) c ~ : * .,, u-j WiujahKbell , ' } Switzerland , Peter Holm ) , .. . GuSTAVBaLuNDBERQ , f Sc 8 ndlDaT 18 Loms Oboeski , Poland . Fhancb Ntitbai , Hungary . Phillip Bluhh , Russia . London , March 28 th , 1848 .

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      TO THE PROSCRIBED IRISH PATRIOTS , MESSRS O'BRIEN , SIEAGHER , AND HITCHEL . Patriotic Fbllow Citizens , — Correspondingly with the persecution of the vile 1 government / is our admiration of your uncompromising advocacy of the political freedom of your countrymen . Carrectly did Jlr Mitcfcel appreciate the courage and virtue of the working classes of France , in ascribing to them the achievement of the revolution . "Wherever freedom has been batt d

      for , to the Proletarians the chief merit is due . The venerable Lamennais , in . his 'Modern Slavery , ' justly says that' liberty has always been onquered , never is it voluntarily cenceded ; and it is remarkable that everywhere has it been primitively o-wing to the generous efforts of the artisan ; always the first to claim—the first to obtain it , even at the cost of life . Depend upon it , Fellow Citizens , that trne devotion to , and honest direction of , the power and courage of the people , Trill ensure the triumph of liberty . With honest leaders an united people may bid defiance to sll the despots of the earth .

      While applauding every expression of your sentiments , not excepting those for which you are about to brave the vengeance of 'the law , ' we entreat you to always distinguish between the rulers and ths peop h of England . One and the same system of fraud and force crashes the millions of both islands . YoHr enemies and oppressors are also the enemie * and oppressors of the English people . The fraternity of both peoples will ensure the deliverance of both . If the British and Irish people march together they will march to victory .

      Onwards , then , in your career , despite the tyranny of an usurping ' government , the blood-thirstiness of aristocrats , the calumnies of pseudo-patriots , and the lies of a corrupt press . On your side you have the people , truth and justice , the earnest sympathies of the English mass e * , tnd the good wishes of every nation , free or struggling to be free . Your cniiafes—our enemie *—haTe but the faint semblance of power . Of its real strength , we may judge by the glorious result * at Paris , Vienna , and Berlin . Here follow the signatures appended to the first address .

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      TO THE TRADES OF LONDON . THE JORTHCOUIKG DEMONSTRATION IN FATOUR OF THE BIGHTS OF INDUSTRY . LIBEHTr , 2 Q 0 ALITT , FBATEBKIIT . Fellow-mes , —The time has at length iirriTetf . - when all who live by the sweat of their brow Bhouid take paitinthe struggle for the emancipation and protection of labour , without which we mu 3 t for ever remain slaves , chained to the chariot-wheels of capital , and bow submiEsiYe to the decrees of class-legislation .

      That labour ehonldhave no connexion with politics , 13 a question which , we think , has been long exploded , and requires do answer from via ei ttoa occasion . TTe think it ¦ unnecessary to direct attention to the case of the Dorchester labourers , or to the Masters' and Servants' Bill ; each of which tend to proTa that politics is closely interwoven with labour , and that , but for the bold stand made by the sons of industry against that pernicious measureand by whose exertions it was consigned tooblivionwe should now be in a worse condition than the serfs of Russia . Neither is it necessary to mention the ' pains and penalties' of existing statutes—the Masters' and Servants' Act—the Combination Act—and ofcuera of alike tendency—for the subjugation oi

      labour , in the passing of wkieb . unrepresented labour had no voice , and which lawa have consigned thousaads of hune 3 t men to a felqn' 3 fare and habitation , for daring to arrest the grasping hand of capital , and asserting the rights and interests of labour . There are many laws for the subjugation , but noHe for the protection of industry ; and if the labouring classes were represented , the cryisg wrongs and woes of our order would cease to exist . As it is , we find that when employed , we can scarcely obtain the necessaries , much Ies 3 theluxnries of life , whilst the unemployed remain a continuous burden on our almost empty benefit exchequers , and thus materially reduce our half-employed wages . But ' there are thousands of industrious and able artizans in the kingdom —ay , in this metropolis—totally without labour ,

      living ia wretchedness , pestilence , and starvation ; and who , having exhausted every resource at their dispesal , are forced to beg the cold charity-of a poorlaw bastile . The heart-rending position of the sons of toil in Ireland ^ stands without a parallel ia the most despotic nations of the earth ; ragged penury is driven from its hovel to periBh by ths wayside , and the coffinless graves show the value at which capital estimates labour . But harrowing aa are the scenes that are daily being enacted in the sister country , we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that we are fast approximating to the same dreadful situation , unlesSjby our united efforts , we boldly stem the torrent of class-legislation , which will otherwise engult us in ita baleful vortex , and dduge the land with misery , devastation , and rnin .

      Fellow men , the present convulsions of Europe prove that the working clas 3 ses are alive to the importance of representative labour , and jb many states and conntries they haTe obtained bloodless ^ vjctoriea by boldly and firmly making their demands . In France the enfranchisement and protection of labour was the first and most prominent act of the provisional government , and a working man formB one of that government j ther ** , within Eeven leaguesof this country , an artizan is supposed to possess intelligence , is summoned to deliberate npon the interests of his class , and 13 acknowledged to possess political rights , and this too , without the slightest encroachment on the rights of others , -Universal Suffrage being the basis of that government , and the representation of all classes , —the enfrachisement of all —the disfranchhementofnone .

      On Monday , April 10 th . a Monster Petition for the enfranchfseHient of labour , by the enactment ol the People ' s Charter , will be presented to the House of Commons ; this petition , it is contemplated , will receive five millions of signatures and tra conysjed to the house , supported by a procession of 500 000 persons , Let , then , the traders of London do their duty on this occasion , ana swell the train of Labour ' s sons , headed by their officers , with the banners and signatures of each trade . Let them prove , by their intelligence , that they are worthy of liberty—by their order , thstthoyfare deserving of it—and bytheji firmness that they are determined to obtain it . Let ' Peace , Law , and Order' be the motto— 'Onward and we Conquer' be the potto—hearing in mind , that , for a nation to befcee , ii is sufficient that she wills it . Tour own interests—your children s benefit—and the nation ' s weal demands this small ( sacrifice at your hands . In the meantime , bisk , bios ,

      * EaRlaud expects that every man will do bis < faty-The time and place of meetiDg will be given m the Star and unnecessary expense need not be incurred by those trades who hara no banners . ( Signed on behalf of the Trades' Demonstration v E Committee , ) Thohas Hawsos , President . W . H . Nicholson , Secretary . 1 ? , Curtain-road , Shoreditch .

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      CoxHOE .-The membera of this branch Kill meet , on Saturday night , April 1 st , at geven o olocfc , and everValternlte Saturday night , at the house of Mr Thomas FeatnerBton . inntearjer . , Tower Haulms . —Ernes * . Jones delrrerea a lev tcre at the Royal Oak , on Sunday eYeaing last , which has wrought still more on the determination of the gallant men of fto Tower Hamlets to ba up to tee niarfc .

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      THE FRENCH NATION AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . The Central Committee being desirou 9 of UBing every occasion to advance the great cau 6 e they have so much at heart , embraced the earliest opportunity which the late extraordinary movement in France offered to them , to take such steps as appeared calculated to add dignity to the movement , and bring it more prominently before public observation . They , therefore , detmad it their duty to send an address to the working ckt £ 63 of France , in the ^^^^^^^^ M ^* ^ *^ " ^^—™^^ ^—^ "" " ^^^^ ^

      name and on behalf of the National Association , expressive of their sympathy and admiration—at the rare combination of unequalled courage , dignified , magnanimoui generosity , which has so pre-eminently distinguished their Jace noble , and happily successful struggles to burst asunder the trammels of a base and perfidious political despotism , and at the same time the galling oppression of a grasping and insatiable moneyocracy . The attention of the tradeB is invited to that address , published in the Northbrn Star of Maroh 18 th , and also in the ourrent number of the monthly report .

      ho official answer has yet been received by the Committee to that address ; but they are happy to find , from the following paragraph extracted from the Times newspaper of Wednesday , the 29 th ult ., that the address ha 3 been received by the French government , and has been deemed of sufficient importance by the president and members of the ' Commission de Gouvernement pour Ie 3 Travailleurs' for acknowledgment , through the medium of the Parisian press . In the French news of the Times ot Wednesday , it ia said : —

      It was understood that an address had been received by 11 . Louis Blanc from the Executive Committee of Great Britain , for the Protection of Industry , and for the Division of Agricultural and Manufacturing Labour , of which T . S . Buncombe , M . P ., is the . President , congratulating the French people on their late victory , and expressing a desire to have a league formed between the working classes of the two countries to forward their mutnsl interests . It declares that the present is the hour for action ; that the organisation of labour ia t » - sential to the well-being of the working man in both countries ; sad concludes by calling on the French , now that they hare the opportunity , to maintain thatprinoiple firmly , es being the death warrant of the system of op . pressiou which has hitherto existed .

      We give it as our opinion . most distinctly , that this is indeed the hour for action in this country as well as in France , if the working classes are ever de-Birious of being anything nobler than wretched tools and serfs to the arrogant and heartless capitalist . It remains now to be proved whether the wronged , robbsd , and insulted helots of Great Britain , are prepared to make one determined effort to burst their bonds asunder , or tamely , hopelessly , ignominiously , to hug their chains , and bow their willing necks for the iron heel of capital to trample on . The noble-minded working men of Paris , justly relying

      on the saerednes 3 of their nause , undauntedly braved the hundred thousand bayonets , the frowning batteries , and the various other efficient appliances / so considerately prepared for them by the amiable son of Eqalitt , nobly daring , they achieved an almost bloodless victory . If the working classes of Great Britain are really desirous of rising to the condition of free men , they possess wiihin themselves all the elements ol freedom . There is an organisation formed , by and through which the means which they possess , may be ao directed as to accomplish mucb _ , though not all that ia necessary to place them . in" ^ their proper position .

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      THE CHARTER AND NO JBUSBEIDEB UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE . VOTE BY BALLOT . NO PROPERTY QUALIFICATION ANNUAL PARLIAMENTS . PAYMENT OF MEMBERS . EQUAL ELECTORAL DISTRICTS ,

      Halifax District Delegate Meeting , held in the Working Man's Hall , on March 24 th . Delegates present—Elland . D . Hirst , T . Taylor ; Halifax , J . Oulpan , E . Hodson , J . Foreman ; Warley , John Wood ; Midgley , R , Thomas , J , Greenwood ; Sowerby , T . Tfootoeuse , TV . Stonecliffe ; Bradghawlane , J . Summersgill ; Mixenden Stonfs , R . Bancroft . Thomas Taylor in the chair . The following resolutions were unanimously passed : — 'That a camp meeting be held on each successive Sunday , throughout the district . ' ' That the next camp meeting be held at Elland , on Sunday , April 2 nd . ' 'That the Sunday night meetings throughout the district be suspended for the convenience pf the camp HeetiDgs . ' ' That the district secretary correspond with the West Riding secretary , respecting the We 3 t Riding demonstration on Good Friday . —J . Webber , distrie

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      The hustings expencea have not been paid yer , but we have made enquiry and our share will be about £ 15 . All communications must in future be addressed to Broad Guard ? , Carlisle . John Lowry , Secretary . Tiverton . —Our Tiverton friends , who were supposed by some grumblers to enjoy amonopoly of our columns , have of late been utterly neglected . We Bust new bring up arrears . On the 17 th of February a crowded meeting assembled at the Golden Lion Inn , to celebrate the people ' s member ' s birthday . The chair was taken by Mr Quick , who proposed , ' The health of Julian Harney , Esq ., wishing ibat he may long live to see many returns of _ the day , and may success attend his every undertaking ; and ere many anniversaries of this da have rolled over his head may he be not only our virtual , but

      our formal representative . ' The toast was enthusiastically drank with three times three , upstanding and uncovered . A number of patriotic songs and sentiments followed- The meeting separated at a Jate hour , highly delightedjwith the evening ' s entertainment , and more determined than ever to use every means in their power to secure the return of Mr Harney at the next ejection . Our uext communication is from ' A Tiverton Chartist , ' who , indignantly commenting en the arming of the middle classes , and the brutality of the enemies of the people , asks , 'Are we English Democrats to be the only parties not prepared ? God forbid ! And also I say , forbid it O'Connor , forbid it Harney , forbid it Jones , and , lastly , forbid it the people-1 believe our

      enemies in the provinces are quite aa ready and as willing as those in London , so let us be prepared , for the political horizon has a very threatening aspect at the present time . Letosr crj be , ' A vote andsomething to defend it . ' Some few weeks since ! within » few days of the visit of Mr West to this town , a fevr of onr friends applied to the mayor , to grant the use of the Town-hall forour friend to give two addresses on two succeeding nights , oneoa the subject of the ' National Land Company , ' and the other on the ' People ' s Charter . ' After some consideration he consented that we might have the use of ( our own property ) the Town-hall , upon cerism conditions , which were , that political matter should not be introduced , which of course was at once forbidding any address on the People's Charter . The mayor also Btated that ie would not , at any time , grant the use of the liaU

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      for political or party purposes . Thus we were obliged to give up the meeting on the Charter in that place . Again applied to the mayor to grant the use of the people ' s propert ) to us , and this time we presented a requisition signed by a considerable number of inhabitaBtp , with a request that he would grant the hall for a meeting of the inhabitants , to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning parliament against the Irish Coercion Bill ; but he refused , and no meeting was held in that place . Subsequently the town was placarded , announcing that a requisition had been sent to the mayor , requesting him to call a public meeting to consider the propriety of petitioning parliament against increased taxation . The meeting was called for

      twelve o clock , an hour , it ia well known , at which not many of the working dasBe 3 could attend ; but putting all inconvenience aside , we managed to be there just after one o ' clock , our dinner hour . On our arrival we found that a letter had been read ( written , we believe , by Mr Fervis , M . D ., to Lord Palmerston ) against the policy of the government , That gentleman has always been one of his lordship b committeemen . On looking " round , who should we see in the chair but that same individual , the worshipful mayor , who had denied the uae of the same place , and told us so reany times that he would not grant the use gf it for any politicalor party purposes . A motion for the adoption of a petition was then brought forwardwhen Mr

      Row-, ohffe , town councillor , made some observations on the system , taxation , and mode of government . After which , a gentlemen from the opposite aide of the nail , proposed an amendment , whioh was ' ultimately withdrawn . A friend of ours moved a se cond amendment , when the . worthy chairman said it was too late ; but our friends were determined to have fair play , and persisted in it . The amendrafint was as follows : ' That this meeting seeing the injustice towarda the working classes in calling this meeting at an hour when they cannot attend , do resolve that this meeting aow adjourn till six o ' clock in the evening . ' The chairman denied ever aotiag unjustly . He was answered by Mr McNeile , in his usual straightforward manner , stating the

      oircumBtanceB I have already named ; after which , Mr Madgin got up , quite warm , and denied that there was anythiag of bad feeling existing on the part of the middle classes towarda the working classes ; he added , that if the amendment was { er » siated id , it would have the effect of destroying the petition altogether . As there would not ; hare been time to get signatures after the meeting was over , we consented to withdraw it ; but it was a good nreetlng . It showed the middle olass our powor . iHj | The next communication reports the energetic el * foita of the men ofTivertonlto make the petition for the Charter truly 'National . ' It at ; the same time reveals the ridiculous terror of the people ' s ereraiea . It having been determined on that a public meeting

      should be held to adopt the National Petition , a requisition was again oresented td the major requesting the use of the Tewn Hall . On its presentation , this precious [ specimen of the shopocracj ( MrSneU , iroBmenger , grocer , sadler , < fec ., ) requested a day or two ' s consideration . This we knew well was to confer with tke other magistrates , whose tool he is . Well , sir , we waited on him again at the time appointed , andjagain were denied . We then informf d him that we should hold a meeting in the open air . We accordinglfgot out large placards , informing the public of the unjustifiable refusal of the hall by the major , and calling the meeting on Angel Hill , at six o'clock in the evening , of Friday , the 17 th ult . Well , sir , you would hardly credit > hat took place ,

      in the interval between the posting of the placards and the timoof meeting . It forcibly reminded me of the quotation , ' Vain man , dressed in a little brief authority , plays such fantastic tricks befoie high Heaven as makes the angels weep . ' The authorities ef the town , with a . zeal worthy of a better cause , hsd several meetings , and dispatched one of their menials for one of the obnoxious placards , and that rascal , not having patience to apply to the right quarter for one , mounted a wall and tore it down . We go c scent of thisjand soon found him ; he acknowledged he had done so , and said the magistrates had sent him for one , and that if ws would let him have another he would put it up in its placa . The next thing they did was to swear in a poBae of special

      constables , and it is a well authenticated fact that the magistrates oonimunieat&d with the employers of the lace-hands at the factory , with the view of preventing the hands from attending the meeting . And on the day of meeting it waa currently reported that the yeomanry had received orders to holdthemselves in readiness at an hour's notice . But it was ' no go , ' we hadfeommenced , and were determined to finish it . You may suppose , sir , that the inhabitants were excited , and that a good meeting ; would be the consequence . It was so . The business commenced by selecting Mr Rowcliffs , town councillor , to preside over the meeting , who read the placard and introduced the aubject lor which they were assembled , and gave the Whiea a well merited caatigation

      for their taking office upon the plea of' Economy and Retrenchment , ^ and violating their promises afterwards . He finished b y introducing Mr P . Dew , who read the petition , and made some very able comments on it . He concluded by moving the adoption of the petition , which was seconded and carried . It was then very near dark . A person proposed the adjournment of the meeting to the large room of the Half Moon Inn ( which was arranged previously ) , it being seconded and carried the meeting adjourned . All the time , sir , this open air meeting was going on , the ' specials' were in full muster at the town hall , and the magistrates having some method in their madness thought proper to keep them there . But to return , the meeting in the large room was a bumper , and I think upon the whole the best we have had in this town since you were here . Notice

      was given that petition sheets would lie for signatures on the tables , the people as tbey arrived went to work , and soon a goodly number of names appeared . Mr Rowcliffe , the : chairman , addressed the meeting hore . and several working men , excited by the euccesu of the eroning ( so far as it had gone ) , arose and ad . dressed the audience at some length , with much credit to themselves and a good effect upon their hearers ; nineteen joined the association . Your health wa 9 drank , sir , with acclamations , a 3 was also Mr O'Connor ' s . A vote of thanks was awarded to tho chairman , and the meeting separated . What made ibis meeting more important ( or at least—to be thought so ) was the fact , of the principal business being conducted by working men . We are canvassing the town nightly in parties for signatures , and intend to continue this in Tiverton and its neighbourhood to the last hour .

      L Tbe monthly report spoken of by MrTremlett , iu his letter ot March 21 st , I have not seen . I beg the gallant men of Tiverton to accept roy thanks for their patriotic exertions in the good work of our country'e regeneration . Forward , Tivertoniana ! 'Now ' sthe day , and now's the hour . ' —G . Julian Harnet .. ] Merthte Ttdvil . —No sooner were the placards out for the announcement of an open air meeting , than the ahopocracy were stunned , as if with an electric shock ; magisterial special journeys to the lord-lieutenant of the county . immediately followed . The military stationed here had orders to be ready for action at a moment ' s notice . All the police , some from distant parts , were arrayed , Between ten and eleven thousand assembled at the meeting ; police Bpieawerein abundance , accompanied by the

      magistrate Mr Henry Thomas , a sworn constable , was voted to the chair . A resolution in favour of the People ' s Charter , was proposed by Henry Gill , seconded by Matthew John , Bupported by William Gould , and oarried unanimously . The petition was proposed by George Mergan , seconded by William James , a suecesssul allottee , and carried unanimously . David Thomas was voted to be the delegate to the Conrention . It is probable that a public meeting will be shortly called , to put the restrictive system into operation , and to determine what shopkeepers shall b 9 supported . The standard to try them by will be the People ' s Charter . At the conclusion of the meeting three cheers were given for the French Republic , three for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and three : orFeareus O'Connor .

      The Chartists and Land members of this town met on Sunday evening last , at the branch office of the Land Company . '; the large room was crowded to excess . Mr G . Morgan delivered a spirited addreBS , reviewing the noble and patriotic viotories of our continental brethren . The working men of this town are anxiously waiting for the day for them to demand their liberties . Our petition ia a bumper . Nottingham . —Dr M'Douall delivered an address in the Market-place , in this town , on Thursday eve-March 24 th

      ning , , to a very large and enthuBiastio meeting . After the address had been delivered , the doctor announced to the meeting his intention of marching through the town in procession . The meeting then formed eight abreast , and paraded the principal streets of tie town , singing , Spread the "harter , and , at various intervals , shouted' Vive la Republique . ' The procession returned into the Marketplace when the Doctor again addressed them for upwards of three quaiter ' s of an hour , after which they quietly separated .

      At the usual weekly meeting of the members of the National Charter Association , meeting at the Seven Stars , Barker ' s-gate , the following resolution was vmammoualy adopted amidst the greatest enthusiasm : — ' That we , the members of the National Charter Assooiation , meeting at the Seven Stars , Nottingham , at a general meeting of members , have read with great pleasure the means taken for the emancipation of that unhappy country , Ireland , but never with greater pleasure than upon the present

      occasion , after reading the able and energetic manner in which the leaders have shown the true position of their country , and , in our opinion , the only means by whiob . her libarty can ba obtained . And whilst we heartily concur in the steps they are taking for the emancipation of their country , we pledge our-Belves , as a portion of the working classes of England , tft aid them by aUthemeana in car power to obtain far Ireland her juat and inherent rights ; to hurl from power a contemptible , selfish , and class-made government , by whom alayeyy has been upheld from time immegwrifik

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      Tunbridgs Wells . —The Chartists of this place and its vicinity met on Saturday evening last , _ to celebrate the French Revolution , and afterpartaking of an excellent supper the ohaip was taken , when the following resolutions were put ; and carried unanimously : — ' That the tbanku of this meeting are due to the Democrats of Paris for their heroic conduct in establishing a republio in France . ' ' That the thanka of this meeting be given to the Provisional Government , for the steady course they are pursuing to ameliorate the condition of their fellow-men . ' The speeches were of tho most democratic tendency , and spoken with much earnestness and w&rmth , breathi&g a pure spirit of liberty . ^>^—<— - ^— ¦[ . iMiMiMMiin ¦¦ lw—r *'""^

      Padiham . —Progress cp Chartxsj ; . — On Sunday last the Chartists held a public meeting in the Odd Fellows' Hall . Mr William Wilkinson was call < d to the chair . Tho meeting wa 3 addressed by several speakers , and sixty-six new members were enrolled . A subscription haa been entered into for the Convention , and £ 1 . lOa . lhaB been already subscribed . The petition is going on well also . The Committee will rceet nt the Odd Fellows' Hall , on Sunday next , at two o ' clock in th ? afternoon , to take in subscription money for the Convention . The Chartists of Padiham will meet every Sunday afternoon in the Odd Fellows' Hall . Publio meetings will also be held in the above hall every Sunday evening , to advooate the principles of Char . ism . Door 3 open at two o ' clock every Sunday afternoon , and at six in the evening .

      Bromsgroyb . —A highlv respectable public meeting was held here on Thursday last , called for the purpose of adopting the National Petition . Mr Matthew Hayle was called to the chair . The petition was carried unanimously . Bradford . —On Sunday a meeting was held at instead Moor , near Bingley . The chair was taken at two o ' clock , the rain at the time coming down heavy , and the day very liazy . Mr Reedy , of Keiehley . was called to preside , Messrs Alderson , Town , Nuttall , Smyth , and Firth , addressed tbo meeting , which consisted of 12 . 000 persons . Resolutions were adopted in favour oitho People ' s Charter , and a re solution calling a WeBtRiding delegate meeting , to be held in Bradford , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) at ten

      , o ' clock in the forenoon , to mike arrangements for holding a aeries of publio meetingp , to sympathise with the people of Ireland , and remonstrate against the prosecutions now commenced . The good folk of Bingley were determined to be prepared to protect the lives and property of her . Majesty ' a loyal subjects , agaiDBt the im-oada of those awful Chartists , and swore Sn 2 # 0 speoial constables , when lo , tha specials turnedouito colleot subscriptions , io defray the expense , ol' the meeting , and none shouted more lustily for the Charter . The meeting passed off with the greatest order , and many who had come to witness the destruction of the speaker ? , went from the meeting who ' o hog men , determined to hare the Charter .

      BAsrop . — A branch of the National Charter Association has been formed here * Tiie petition ia progressing rapidly . Dundee . —At a meeting of the subscribers to tke fund for the defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliamont , it was agreed that one half of the surplus should be handed over to tke fund for the repay , mont of Mr O'Connor , and the other half to the Central Election and Registration Committee . Dissentient subscribers may nave llieir money returned at tho Association Room . Coxhok . —Mr John West delivered a lecture here on Thursday night , March 23 rd , to a crowded and attentive audiencQ , en the principles of the Peeple ' e Charter and the Land Company . Mr West's mission to Coxhoe , is likely to be the means of a great deal

      of good being done . After the lecture there was a branch of the National Charter Association formed and thirty-five members enrolled . On Saturday night officers were elected . Johnston . —At a public meeting , it was unanimously resolved .- — "fhat weforia ourselves as a branch of the National Charter Association . ' A committee was elected . Voluntary subscriptions were given to forward the National Petition . This Bhows the patriotic ze&l of the people in a cotton spinning looality . Noneaton . —At a meeting of the Land members of this brapch , for the purpose of farming a branch of the National Charter Association , Mr G . Malliband was called to the chair . JWr David Shaw , an' Old Guard , ' was called upon , when he made an

      excellent speech of great length , iiluatrative of tho principles and objects of the Associati'm . after- whieh the following resolution was carried unanimously : — 'That the present moment appears to us the most auspicious that has presented iteelt for many . years past , for thorcsghJy organising the CiiartiBt body of this district , we , therefore , deem it our duty to exert ourselves in this great and glorious cause , by this night commencing a branch of the National Charter Association , an < l hope &jir friends in the neighbour ' hood will aid us in carrjing out the same . ' A number of persons having enrolled their names , a ' secretary , treasurer , and a committee of five were elected from the same . A great number of persons signed the National Petition sheet .

      Halifax . —Glorious Meeting . —The Chartists of the Halifax district having determ i ned to call ft public meeting , for the purposed electing a delegate to represent them in ths forthcoming Conventien , announocd a meeting to take place on Skyeoat Moor , at five o ' clock , on Saturday evening last . A special gathering it was ; not less than ten thousand being present . E . Jones , Esq . being put in nomination as the candidate , no other person being proposed he was unanimously elected as the member to sit in the people ' s parliament , for this district . Had we had universal suffrage at the last General Election , the decision of the people would have rendered it quite unnecessary to go to the poll , which is a manifest proof that the turmoil of elections would , in & great measure , be avoided . The following resolution waB put to the meeting and carried unanimously : — 'That we , the Chartists oi this district ,

      disagreeing entireij with tho principles contained in the budget of F . O'Connor , Esq . M . P ., published in the Stab of tho 18 th of Maroh , being convinced that matters oi more pressing importance will have to be attended to ; we are of opinion that its discussion by the delegates would be a waste of time , and that the delegate representing this district be instructed to oppose its introduction . ' At the close of the business a procession was formed , headed by the Queen's-head band , and entered into Halifax at the bottom of the town ; on proceeding past the barracks they were saluted with a hearty cheer frcm the soldiers , which were considered Bymptoms of fraternisation . The procession broke up in Broad-street , in peace and order . A camp meeting was held on the Moor on Sunday afternoon ; the numberspresent were considered to be equal ( o the Saturday's meeting , although the weather was very unfavourable . Each meeting was addressed by native talent .

      Northampton . —Two of the largest meetings ever known here were held on Monday last , The first , an open air meeting , Teas held at two , p . m ., in the Market-place , and despite the heavy rain all the morning , numbers came into the town from the surrounding villages . Several speakers , inoluding Ernest Jones , addressed the meeting . There was no mistaking the spirit of the people . It was of the right sort . They are up to their duty , and are fully alive a 3 to what is required of the English people in the presentcrisis . This meeting haa been a rally , an organisation of the district—it has produced a glorious effect—an ^ . the men of Northampton will be second to

      none in the great work of lib ? ration . —The second meeting was held in the-Temperance Hall . Long before the appointed time the hall was crowded in all parts , and so dense was the iDflux , that serious inconvenience was felt , and several females fainted . At this meeting a last attempt was made in Northampton te preach a submission doctrine—askiug the people to be ' patient and resigned . '—Ernest Jones , in a truly brilliant speech of an hour ' s duration , ntierly demolished their sophistries—and established the people ' s right to insurrection when a government violates the spirit of the constitution and the rights of labour . Enthusiastic cheering hailed his addresB . The good cause shall triumph .

      Great Chartist Meeting at Wioan . —According to announcement a public meeting of the Chartists of -Wigan and the neighbourhood , was held in the Orchard School , on the evening of Tuesday week . Mr James Hyslop was called to the chair , and concluded a brief speech by calling upon Mr Linaigan to read the address of congratulation to the bold people of France . ( Cheers . ) MrLinpigan then canse forward and read the address , which was a copy of tho one prepared by the Fraternal Democrats , and which was published in the Star of the 4 th of March . He was proud to see that the police were in attendance , and he was also proud to say , that the Chartists of this country were not intent upon breaking glass windows , or ef destroying property of any sort .

      ( Cheers . ) He felt assured that that great body could obtain the Charter without resorting to physical force—moral force being their motto ; but if that would not do he would not guarantee that physical force would not be used . He then alluded to Louis Philippe and M . Guizot , of France ; they were the persons who had done all sorts of dirty work to keep the people down . They bad been told by some of our aristocrats that the French people were coming over to this country for invasion , but thoBe worthies had not told ua' That Ii&uia Philippe would be blown over to England . ' He then moved tha adoption of the address to the French people , and concluded a spirited address amidst muoh cheerine . Mr Thnmns

      Morns , of Hindley , in seconding tha addtsas , said that ne was a strong advocate for peace , in its proper place , but ' at the pmenfc time , n&eeuld . Bee nothing to justify the working classes o £ this oountry from makings bold effort for freedom , As a working man , he considered tho adoption ai iha People's Charter would remedy every evil under which they groanedand with which , for forty-lour years , he had been loaded . He felt convinced that if tho six points were obtained peace and plenty would be the order of the land * He then alluded to the great victory whioh the people of France had achieved , and felt great pleasure in seconding the address which having been put trom the eta . was carried amidst

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      oud acclamation . Mr James Rigby hen came forward and proposed the following resolution :- ' That This meeting being of opinion that all the misery and destitution which affects this kingdom is owing to mis « overnment , caused by class-lepislation ; and , feelfng convinced that the people will never enjoy either comforter happiness by remunerative employment , until every man is represented in Parliament , hereby pledges itself , to endeavour , by every legal and constitutional means in its power , to obtain the euaotraent of the People ' s Charter . ' The resolution was seconded by Mr Hancock , of Lamberhead Green , and , upon being put to the meeting , was car . ried vinammonsly amutet much cheering . ^ Me Nicholas M'Cannan proposed the National Petition . *^^^ - _ — ¦¦ - * • ii . . /

      ( See copy of National Petition . ) Mr Michael Segrave , ina neat and appropriate speech , seconded the resolution .. Mr James Leach , from Manchester then rose amidst much cheering , in support of the petition which had been read by a previous speaker . Until the contents of that potitiou had been obtained they need not expect any measure whereby the working men might be in tho least benefited , but continue daily to grow more and more burdened . Now , he would look back to the state of things which bad come under his notice for years , and see whether the so-called measures for the country had benefited the working man . When Free Trade was so much spoken of what d ? d its instigators aay would be the results ? ' That it would do away with all evils

      resulting to the working classes . ' Had it done so ? We have now had twelve months ot it , and how much better is our position now than it was then ? Nose at all ! We are actually in greater distress than afc its commencement . He had thought , ere this , that he should have had a 41 b leaf thrown at his head from the effects of Free Trade ; but the contrary was the result , they would scarcely allow him to have the sight of one ; be believed that was tha case with ever ; working man , and if it was , was it not high tima that they should begin to stir themselves and endoavonr to obtain another state ot things ? Let the people of this country then say to themselves , ' We will be free , ' and aid the movement about to be made to parliament for enactment of the'

      Charterthe whole Charter—and nothing but the Charter . ' Fram the effects of all misrule , under which England haa ho long suffered , what can we expect but wretchedness ? Who can look at the people without observing the most squalid misery , while the pampered aristocracy are wallowing in every luxury ? About two or three weeks ago ( continued Mr L . ) I went to Dublin , on a deputation , and tbe scenes that presented themselves to me were horrible . I saw women , with children at their bosoms , without having their natural milk to bestow upon their young and tender offspring ; and thousands of thesa

      lovely and loved of God s creatures are dying from want and hunger in the publio streets . Men , ia unwilling idleness , patrolling the town , willingtodie rather than live as they do . The speaker then went on to describe the wrongs of that unhappy country , Ireland , and called on the people of England to fraternise with their Irish brethren in gaining the freedom of that oppressed land . Mr Leach concluded a very eloquent speech by requesting the peop . ' e to observe ' peace , law , and order . ' Mr Dixon was elected delegate for the forthcoming convention . After votes of thanks to thechahman and Mr Leach , the meeting quietly dispersed .

      Whbkach . —A meetmi was held at the Theawa , in favour of the People ' s Charter , on Wednesday , March 23 rd . Mr John Cutman , being called to the chair , introduced Mr Dixon , of London , to a very numerous audience . That gentleman spoke at great length upon the Charier , Tie following resolution waa proposed by Mr Hickman , and seconded by Mr John Finch : — ' That this meeting considers the present Electoral Franchise of this country , which deprives six-seventha of the ma ' e adult

      population of the Rights of the Suffrage , to be unjust in principal and vexatious in practice . We are , therefore , of opinion > that a petition should emanate from this meeting , praying for the immediate enactment of the document called the People ' s Charter . ' Carried unanimously . The petition was then proposed by Mr Rogers , and seconded by Mr Sanders Cherry , anil wds supported by Mr Dixon , and carried unanimously . Three cbcers were given for the People ' s Charter and to Mr O ' Connor , and a vote of thanka to Mr Dickson , and tho meeting separated .

      Duelet . —Sir , you ifFill oblige by inserting tbe following . According to notice we wer « about to hold our public meeting in the Old Dock , but the magistrates issued a mandate , that the property was theirs , and if we convened our meet ! Eg the military would prevent it . Rather than disturb the public peace , we procured the Lancasterian School Room . DurinR the afternoon several addresses were delivered from the window of the Jolly Collier , to aa audience of 2 , 000 , although snow and sleet fell fasts during the time . An adjournment then took placa to the mom , which was craiaraed to excess , there being ; upwards of 2 , 000 persons present . Mv William . Troule being called to the chair . Resolutions were passed congratulating the French , the adoption of the National Petition , and calling on the member for tbe borough to support the same , Me sra T . Clark , Linney , Charse , Cook , FuEBell , and J . Fearson addressed the meeting .

      SmsBos .-. The work goes bravely on here with the petition . We have had bchjo meetings in too villages around this locality . Southampton . —At a public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Southampton , held at tha Guildhall , on Tuesday , the 14 th day of March , convened by a requisition to the worshipful the Mayor , for the purpose of taking into consideration the Extension of the Suffrage . Daniel Brooks , Esq . mayor , in the chair . It was moved by Mr Saundere , seconded by Mr Carter , and carried unanimously : — ' That this meeting is of opinion that the monopoly of the Elective Franchise by a class is unfair ia principle , and injurious in practice ; that in a country professedly of free institution * , every man of , and

      above the age of twenty-one , ot sound mind and untainted by crime , should poseess the right ot voting foe hia representative in parliament . ' It was moved by Mr Brannon , seconded by Mr Seward , and carried unanimously ( with the exception of one dissentient : — ' That this meeting is of opinion that an act should be provided to guard the proper exercise of the Elective Franchise , and to secure the right of voting to every adult male , not disqualified by crime or insanity ; and as this meeting is aware of a bill entitled the People ' s Chatter , which contains provisions suitable to that end ; it is our fervent wish that the legislature should enact it as the law of the realm ; and that the following petition be signed by the mayor , on behalf of the meeting ; and that A . E .

      Cockburn , Esq . be requested to present it and to support its prayer ; and that B . 'M . Wilcox , Esq . ba respectfully urged to ba in his place and vote on any measure affecting the Suffrage . ' [ We have not room for the petition . ] The mayor having left the chair , it was moved by Mr J . T . Tucker , seconded by Mr Saunders , and carried by acclamation : — 1 That the thanks of this meeting be given to tha mayor for his attention to the wishes of all classes in calling this meeting , and presiding over the same . Aiuondbury . —On Monday week the inhabitants of Almondbury held a public meeting for the purpose of taking into consideration the cause and care of the present national distress , also to adopt an address to the people of France . Mr William Broadbent occu «

      pied the chair . Mr Samuel DickenEon moved the first resolution : — That we , the inhabitants of Almondbury , in public meeting assembled , view with alarm and apprehension tbe wide-spreading destitution that everywhere surround us , and , judging tbo future by the past , are convinced that justice will never be done to the working classes until we obtain , a complete change in the legislature of our country . ' The resolution was seconded by Mr George Beauraont . The chairman then called upon Mr Charle 3 Booth to move the second resolution : —• ' That as all the evils that afflict aooiety are mainly traceable te dasB legislation , we are resolved to use our utmost endeavours to procure the enactment of the People ' s Charter as the law of the land . ' Seconded by Mr

      Thomas Etchels . Mr Goorge Culley moved the third resolution : — ' That it is the duty of all men , more particularly the working classes , to aid and push on every institution which has for its object the dethronement of tyranny and the elevation of the people- ' Seconded by Mr C . Booth . Mr Thomaa Etchels then moved an address to the people of France , which was seconded by Mr George Beaumont , and oarried unanimously . Three cheers were given ier the RopuWic and the Charter . Siockport . —Having been appointed the agent of the National Ce-operative Benefit Society , any person , wishing to become members , may do so by applying to ThomaB Davis , New Bridge-lane . Lincoln . —A tea meeting took place on the 20 th

      ult ., when a good company sat down to an excellent tea , provided by Mr Simpson , at the City Arms , MrJ . Budd was unanimously called to the chair . Mr B . opened the business in an appropriate speech , after which the health of our champioD , F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., was drank with three cheere . Mr Langwith then addressed the meeting in a splendid " speech-, wMch was received with thunders of applause . After whieh the health of Louib Philippe was drunk , and may he livetosee all the kings in Europe in a similar situation , without a crown or a wig . mc Sharp © nezt addreased the meeting , and awy explained the principles of the People ' s Charter . Mr C . Foster spoke at great length on the ° nj ™ f *\ omua « f HAm ™™™ » nd hoDed the time had amvea .

      whenaUmenwoulcI take ' the ^ advice tw « j «« Sft ^ n ^^^^ Qh C ^^^ CMM ^ T ^ mouthco ™" da publicmeetingofthe inhabtanta 7 theboroulhof Sunderland , to pas * . the National Petition to tba lecture-room of the Athenaum , on the 22 nd ult . The room was crowded to excess . Many , very many , had to return to their homes that could not gain admittance . Mr Bruce , a middleotamaB , was elected to the chair , Mr Monaiou , jun ., proposed the first resolution •— That , in the opinion of this meeting , the exclusive possession of political power by the other classes of society , through the monopoly of the ekotiYe franchise , ia the prolifiq

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 1, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1464/page/5/