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      Fseekds akd brothers—The time tas at length g arrived , when those who told your confidence mast appeal to your ¦ plsdoai } when tlrose -who have struggled from the infant ' s birth to the giant ' s maturity , trill have to rest their claims and confidence , not upon one solitary 2 ct , but upon their evervlacfc .

      Perhaps there never was a time in the history of this , or of any other country , when the fate of millions , living and yet unborn , so entirely depended upon the pradenee , the wisdom , and the courage of those whom the people have selected to conduct the mind ' s volition to sj successful issue ; ¦ and while many will tell you that they are tired of agitation , and now ieraani the looked-for change , ask those men ¦ where they were when we braved the tyrant force of . persecution , and were solaced with a dungeon as our reward' ?

      The mighty mind of England—ay , and of Ireland too—is looking to us all , and especiall y to me , for the promised fruits of our long and incessant labour ; and , as far as I am concerned , Iamresolved , that , whether my days in this werld be long or short , not to abate my ardour —not to diminish my demands—or to peril the cause which is nearest to my heart—by throwing away a single opportunity which may lead to its accomplishment If I had trafficked in your confidence , and made merchandise of your credulity , I might , perhaps , be induced to cry

      • WAIT ! WAIT !! WAIT !!! But your poverty—your destitution and misery—and my own * feeling and sense of humanity—the love of truth and justice—would not allow my lips to utter the 'delusive werds ; and ,, therefore , it is that I tell -you , that in my soul I believe the propitious honr has arrived , when our long suffering and martyrdom may be crowned with , the laurels ef victory . On Saturday moraine you will receive this

      letter , and still continue to send up your twigs to increase the bundle representing the National Willy and let him who refuses to sign be looked upon as a traitor to freedom ' s cause . Old Guards , spar the recruits to the proper performance of their duties , and tell those whose names are not to be found in the national muster-roll , that they are not deserving of their freedom . "

      With thenmny , the arduous , and anxious duties , now imposed upon me , and the varied occupations that you have assigned to me , together with the crowded state of our columns , and after my fifteen years" incessant preaching , y ou will not require a longer letter from me this week % and , in conclusion , I have only to add , that if the peace is broken on Monday , the Government , and not the people , will be the aggressors , as the Convention has passed a unanimous resolution to respect propertv , and observe perfect PEACE , LAW , AND

      ORDER ! Ever your Faithful Friend and Representative , Feargus O'CnuNOK

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      TO THE SOLDIERS OF THE BRITISH ARMY . Bra-re , noble , aBd derated mea . Ye who hare , by jour indomitable valour , made th ' e nations of the earth acknowledge your superiority—ye who have caused even yonr entnies to admire—to eulogisetout daring deeds ; permit an old campaigner—one that has tasted the pleasures , encountered the bardliips , and braved the dangers of a militarj life . k >« h * t home and abroad , as a cavalry soldier , to address you on an all-important subject—the present state of the affairs of this nation ; and whether or not you are to act £ s tue blind instruments of tyranny , to perpetuate oppre 3 aion , or to abed a brighter halo around your " already highly honoured " name , by

      eoslestmg -sith the people . liketuB soldiers of France , in the impending straggle for freedom . Comrades ( for I still must call yon so ) , as I have a csrreefc knowledge of your feelings , of the disaffectian Tfhieh pervades your ranks , occasioned by the diabolical treatment yon have to endare without eTen daring to murmur—allow , me thea , to controvert an sccredited opinioa entertained to yonr prejadice by the generality of civilians , namely j that yon would exert yoarselTes in defence of thac government , which treats you not as rational men should be treated , bnt is machines ; mere automatons that must move , speak , ay , aad think , by the insolent orders of your officers . . . _

      Comrades , I totally deny , and steadfastly affirm , that Bnca would not be tee case in the event of a general demonstr&ticH ; and certain am I , that if such an occurrence takes place ( a consummation devoutly to be wished for ) , that you will fully bear out the opinien shich I have formed of you . I will here ob-Krre , that civilians have arrived at such , conelusions , from the fact of your being alwaja bronght out to quell any partial rising , or foolish riot , that may occnr where yoa are stationed ; but they do not know how unwillingly you go to perform such dirty work—work only fife for policemen aad special constables . They seldom give yon the credit yon deserve for vour lenity on all such oceabobs . Tbeyeeeia to forget that yon spring from , and are a portion of , the people ; that your fathers , brothers , and friends , form the masses that are now firmly resolved t » burst the bonds of tyranny , or perish in the attempt . They cannot imagine ( when oas visit to your native land ) , with what pleasure ,

      with what delight , yon look upon your boyhood's tome , and the friends of foraier days . No , comrades , they Jjnow sot these things , because they hare neTer experienced them—bnt lean fully appreciate yonr feelings , for well I know that you would joyfully Bail sny event which was to pat freedom within ¦* onr grasp—which was to relieve you from the tyranny of yoar proud , imperious , aristocratic master ! . Comrades , let me impress upon your minds that the death knell ef despotism is sonndingon the continent , and soon Ehall you hear it resounding through these isles . Tnea , comrades , when yon shall see the toiling milliens assembled in their might—when they shall rise en masse and Htemly demand their undoubted birthright—freedom . ' then shall yon prove to the world , that you" are truly worthy ef being called the defenders ef your country , to the diEmayof the tyrant and the oppressor . I sm , Com * ades , yams very faitkfnlly . Johx H . Maceat .

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Bradford . —On Sunday , a Chartist camp meeting will be held at JerebeDd Green , near Shelf , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . —A Ghartist meeting willba held on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at sir o ' clock in the evening , at the Temperance roam , Old Dolphin , near Qaeen ' s Head . Several speakers from Halifax and Bradford are expected to attend . —A public meeting will be held at Thornton , near Bradford , on Satur day evening , at six e ' clock , to organise She district . Tae Chartists of Bradford will meet in their room , Bntterworth-buildings , on Sunday ( toaoKOw ) , » trixo'dockintlieeTening . g p a camp meeting will be held on Hoolbro 3 k-moor , on Sunday next , April 9 tb , at two o ' clock m StocKP 0 BT . —Tfl 8 monthly meeting of this locality will be neld on Sunday next , at the Hall of the Ljcea inattwo o ' clock in the afternoon .

      , MASCBEiTEB , —' Woe unto them that laugh now for tfcey Biiall weep J *—A public meeting , of the citizens of Manchester will be held on Sunday next , Aoril 9 * b in Smitbfield-market , Shndehill , to take into eoEsi ' deratwn the awful state of the country . Fellow ctfiKns , the time has at length arrived when it behoves yon to bs prepared for any emergency tb » t aav arise Your petitions have not only been Defected , but treated with contempt . Aristocrats and mUlocrats , who Utb upon the produce of yonr tdLlaagn , ay , laugh at your sufferings , and seem to rejoi& at yonr degradation . Will yoa submit to be thus trampled upon ? Will you continue , spaniel , like , to lick tne hand that emites jou ? Forbid it justice , forbid it God ! We call upon yoa by every endearing tie-by the dignity of manhood-by the lore of Sterty implanted in yonr . breasts , to arouse

      5 oureelTes . an d-Eolemniysffear . ro me presence u hkh Heaven , that , cone weal come woe , you will remain Eerfs nolonper ; nor ever rest till yon are enmcipated from political bondage , by the ease taent of the People ' s Charter as the law of the land . Chair to be taken at two o ' clock , p . m . By order of the council of the Manchester locality of the National Charter Association . William Grocott . chairman ; Thomas Ormereher , secretary . Mr B , S . Trayser will deliver a , lecture in the People ' s Institute , ' t > n Sunday , April 9 th . Chair to taken at sii o ' clock in thB evening . SrocsPORt . —Mr E . C . Clark , of Manchester , will lecture here on Sunday , evening next , at « fx o ' clock . BiBHWQHiK .-A district delegate meeting will take place at tha Shiplne , SteelfiouK'lane , at two o ' clock en Sunday ( to-morrow ) . . .

      _ ... Sctdsblakd—A general meeting of the Chartist Association will be held en Sand ** , April 9 th , at Jalf-paifr « x o ' clock in the evening , at thehonsfi Of 2-lrs Smith . No . ft Samben Quit .

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      THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . TUESDAY MORNING , April 4 th . : This body assembled at the large Hall , Johnstreet , Tottenham Conrt-road , at ten o ' clock . The organ-gallery was set apart for the reporters . The honourable delegates sat at a table extending the full length of the room , each of them being provided with writing materials . Ten o ' clock was named as the hoar of meeting , a n d b y that time several delegates were in attendancB . but the proceodinp did not commence until some time afterwards . ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY . On the motion of Mr Clark , seconded by Mr Grant , Mr Philip M'Grath , president of the association , was called upon to preside over the sittings of the Convention . On the motion of the same gentlemen , Mr Doyle waa appointed secretary to the Convention .

      THB BBTUBKS . The secretary read the certificates of the followkff returns : — Exeter , J . Prater . Wilkinson ; Ipswich , Samuel George Francis ; Bolton , MattBew Stevenson ; & » < Lfax . ErneBt Jones ; Wigan , Jamte Hitchins ; Leicester . George Btickby ; Nottingham , George Julian llarney ; Birmingham , Joseph Linney , and J A Fussell ; Oldham , Samuel Kydd : Manchester , Dan ' Donovan and James Leach ; Liverpool , Ednnsnd Jonesand Henry Smith ; Edinburgh , JameB Cummmg ; Dundee , James Grabam ; Lancaster . J * I . Lund : Barnaley , FranfcMirfield : NespiRtfcr *«»*« £ Bury ;

      Watssn ^ Jfo ^ ttj ^ mtftfton ; Thomas Tattereall ; Stockport , John . Weat ; Staffordshire Potteries , Samuel Bevington , Edward- Sale Aber . deen , James Shirren ; Derby . W . ' G . M . Reynolds ; York and East Riding , George-Stevens ; Paisley , Robert Cochrane ; Glasgow , James Adams ; Irish Democratic Confederation , 0 , M'Carthy ; Bath Charles ^ aldwin ; Bradford , D . Lightow . ler ; Leeds ' F . O'Connor , John Sbjiw ; Carlisle , John Irowry ' Merthyr Tydvil , David Thomas ; Ashton-under-Lyne , Robert -Wild ; Worcester , Edward Walter London , William Outlay , Henry Child , and Bron ' terra O'Brien ; Plymouth , John Petrie :

      Mr CnFFAT wbhed to know if Mr Reynolds was & Chartist ? A goad deal of conversation ensued relative to the impropriety of putting such questions , it being held that a man had a right to sic in the Convention as a delegate , no matter whether he was Chartist or Conservative , so as he was sent by a Chartist constituency , regularly convened . Mr Retnoms said he had only become a Chartist within the last few days , bat he had held the doctrinea of Chartiitn ever since he had been eighteen years old . ( Cheers . ) He had gone even further than that . and had avowed himself a Republican . ( Cheers . ) One or two delegates here asked if some of the members present had not been elected contrary to the instructions issued by the Executive Council [ UereMrFearguB O'Connor entered , and was received with loHd cheers . ]

      The return of Mr M'Carthy a 3 the representstxve of the Irish Democratic Confederation was thea read . Mr Cumr moved lhat the credential banotteceived . Mr Fbahcis seconded the motioH . Mr Ebstist Jon 33 moved that the certificate be received On a point of order , Mr Cuffay waa undoubtedly correct ; but now that the Convention had , by recent events , become the organ of democracy in this country , he fchonght they would do well to admit Mr M'Carthy ; when the Chartists of England and the Repealers of Ireland held out the hand of friendship to each other , it would ill become the Convention

      to refuse the repre 3 entatiye ] of IrM'democracy . ( Gheers . ) " * Mr Fbahgus O'Connor : Bj receiving this certificate they would be establishing a dangerous preee * dent . ( Hear , hear . ) They might be asked to admit ten or twenty more delegates to morrow , on the same plea . Let it not , however , go to the country that the Convention had no sympathy for Ireland ; they had as much sympathy with the Irish as they had for the English—the wrongs of Ireland were also the wrongs oi England . ( Cheers . ) After some discussion , the question waa referred to the following committee :-Messrs 3 Leach , Fussell , Adams , Weat , and Cuffay . " IHB BXaHTS AKD BBSPOKSIBIUTIES OP IHB EXKODHTB

      C 0 UKC 11 . Mr Wheeler begged to remind Mr O'Cennorthat having been elected as delegate for Leeds , he had a right to vote . Mr O'Cobnob said , he would wave his right to vote , Mr Bboktsbrb O'Brien Baid , that Mr O'Connor appesred there as an elected delegate , and he should not be allowed to escape from his due share of responsibility . ( Hear , near . )

      Mr O Connor said , there wa 3 one objection to members of the Connoil being allowed to vote ; if they had a Chartist parliament they would not allow ministers to vote . ( Hear . ) He did not Wish to shake off one single particle of responsibility . ( Hear ) „ A ? 5 . disenBBionhere ensued , in the course of which Mr 0 Cona-ob announced that he had just received a letter from Mr Themas Slingsl y Duncombe , M . P ., statiDg that he was muoh better , and that he hope < by next month t » take his place amongst them ( Cheers . )

      _ Ultimately the affair resolved itself into the following shape : — Mr Wild [ moved that members of the Executive Council should be allowed to Bit e * officio , but not to rote . Mr O'Brien moved that all delegates duly elected should sit and vote . Mr West moved that members of the Council Bhould sic ex officio , andthat they should be allowed to speak and vote . Mr Adam 3 moved that membera of the Council should be allowed to speak in the Convention . Amid eriea of ' order , ' and 'divide , 'the motions were put seriatim from the ohair , and the result was as follows : — For Mr West ' s motion ... 18 Mr AdamB ' s motion ll Mr O'Brien's motion ... ... 4 Mr Wild ' s motion 9 Mr West ' s motion was t&en declared to be carried .

      ORDEB OF PROCEEDINGS . On the motion of Mr Clabk , it was agreed that the Convention should meet each morning at Dine , adjourn at one nntil bslf-pasfc two , rc-ascsmble at half ' past two , and sit until five . That the proposer of any motion should be allowed ten minutes for his introduction , and five minutes for his reply . That the seconder and other speakers should be restricted to five minutes . That no person , except the proposera , shonld speak more than once on the same question . A committee to fold and arrange the petition was appointed , &s were also a door-keeper and two or three messengers . The Convention then adjourned until half-past two o ' clock .

      TBS EZFORTS OF THE DE 1 EOAXS 8 , At the afternoon meeting , the chairman called upon the delegates . jin the order in which their certificates had been received , to Jay before the meeting the political and social state of the several districts for -which they had beea returned . Mr Wiiuisbos said he had very little to report , The cit 7 he represented sras not remarkably forward on the subject of Chartism . A spirit of Chartism had arisen in the districts around , more than in the city of Exeter . At Tiverton , where their friend Mr Harney bad faced Lord Palmerston on ihe bu 3 tiDgs ; a determined spirit had been shown . Avastaccession of membera bad been gained in that neighbour hood . The population round Exeter was very

      scattered—the people wew more like lamba than wolves —they were of a strictly , peaceable " character , and bad great confidence in the moral strength of the Charter . ( Hear . ) They were , by nature , opposed to physical force . ( Hear . ) The Charter ( concluded Mr Wilkinson ) never stood so high before ; and having contended , through years of adversity , against physical farce , let us not , at the eleventh hour , throw aside the majesty and dignity of that moral pewer which the Charter at present exercises over the minds and feelings of the people . ' ( Cheers . ) Mr Geo . Fhakcis said he had no lengthened report to pwduea , because tLe society at Ipswich asd not longbeen in existence . There were a fewstaunch bouIs belonging to it , men who were ready and willing to live and die by the Charter . ( Hear )

      Air Mltshew Mkvensok said , tbo working classes of Laaca&hire were Bunk for ever , if a change , and a sweeping change , did not take place in the institutions of the country . ( Hear , near . ) There was no good in preaching patience to the starving masses . ( Hear , bear . ) He wished to convey to government , through the medium of the press , the assurance that the people of Lancashire would not quietly submit to die by thousands in a land glutted with wealth . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Tha scenes he daily witnessed when at borne were truly horrifying . The naked , emaciated , &pectre * liko beings , who crowded round his housa for charity , were enough to melt & heart of stone ; It was high time the government stepped forward to renipdy this state of society , instead of listening to the fioe-BDttQ argHmeata of Johnny Bright . ( Hear , hear ,

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      and laughter . ) If they did not , no man could answer for the peace of the country . Mr Ebhest Johes said , his constituents were impressed with the desirability , if possible , of conducting the movement oa moral force principles ; ' but they warned , him net to stoop to one act of unnecessary humilitv in nrging their claims , To a nan they wero , resdy tp . fight . ( Uheera . ) Ifneoeeeary , they were ready . jp rush do , vyn from the bills of Yorkshire in aid . of Iheir . brother patriots in London . ( Hear , near . ) Tjiey wished to enforce moral force meaenres itiKose measures were conaiBtenfc with common sense . They thought the Convention should appeal to the House of Commons , and if treated with contumely , orsput off with half'measures , they should

      petition the Queen to dissolve the parliament and dismiss her ministers . In case ber Majesty refused to obey that command—he used thawerd ' command ' advisedly , for the Queen waa but the servant of the people—they then would be prepared to advise the Convention to reeolve themselves into a permanent assembling , and the struggle would commence between the two parliaments as to which should be tbe dominant authority . ( Cheers . ) Mr Jtuua Hitoeir aaid , that no town bad been moro oppressed , nor had any population Buffered more privations , than the people of Wigan , or pat up with so bad a state of things raore peaceably . Nearly all 'the . factories were at a stand ; in abort ,

      the river had . -broken into the coal mines and snspended . operations . ¦ The people of Wigan considered , ^ however , that they had suffered long enough , and they would satber go to work and resort to physical iorce at once , than remain in their present deplorable position . ( Htea «" , hear .- ; He a&ked them to tyy again . Theyieaid they would try one more petition ; but if that were rejected , they would go to work , ' let the consequence be what it might . He knew that the people of Wigan had the spirit to come out and stand manfully by the Convention until the Charter became the law of the land . ( Hear , hear . ) They were determined to have the Charter , either morally or physically .

      Mr Buckbt said that his constituents had furnished him with no ep ^ cifio instruotloBs , nor was he prepared with any report . Tbe people thought they had petitioned long enough , and it they got nothing by this petition they would try ho athev . They told him that they would get the Charter by moral force if they could ; if they could not , they were determined to have it by other means . ( Cheers ) Jijijah HABNBY said , he waa elected for Nottingham at one of the largest meetings ever held in that demoer-atic town . He was not , however , present at

      the meeting at which he was elected , and the only instruction ^ he had yet received was that the men of Nottingham bad resolved tbat this Bhould be the last petitionaddressed to the Ho-useof Commons , as at present constituted . He should be in daily communication with bis constituents ,, and expected further instructions , which he doubted not would breathe a spirit of determination worthy of the known patriotic character of tha men of Nottingham . Whatever these instructions might . be , he would enforce them to theutmoat of Mb ability .

      Mr LjRRS * said , that in the district round Birmingham the people . declared that they wese tired of meeting . He was authorised by the people of BilBt 9 n , Wolverhampton , and Dudley , to aay , that whatever course laightjbe recommended by the Convention , they were prepared to carry it out . ( Cheers . ) In his own mind , he felt determined to have the Charter before he left London . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Fusbell Baid , the condition of Birmingham was better than it had been in previous years . The middle classes had declared for the People ' s Charter . The Chartists were now freely granted the use of the Town Hall , wherein to hold their meetings . The ChartiBts of Birmingham hope that the Convention twill bo unanimous , and they might then safely rely upoi theh \ aid . They hoped the question of physical and moral / orce would not be iatroduced to destroy their unanimity . .......

      Mr Samuel Ktim said , in Oldham there was a general feeling of discontent . So long nnd so continuous had been the misery , that the people began to feel reckless . They entertained the idea that oon - etan t starvation was worse than deat h . - Mt , D . Djnovan drew a deplorable picture of the sufferings of the working classes of Manohe 3 ter , nearly 10 , 000 of whom are now entirely unemployed . They wish for the Charter at all risks ; but they would wish to arrive at their end without shedding one drop of bloed . ( Hear , hear . ) The nhopkeepers , too , felt tbe necessity for a change—fchejr trade had fallen off more than one-half , while their , rents and outgoings were the same . 6 , 000 summonses had lately been issued ag&in&t poor-rate defaulters .

      ( Hear , bear . ) Mr Edmohd Josbs said that Liverpool composed all the various classes of society . There were the wealthiest merchants in the world who looked down upon the other classes -with indifference or disrespect . Liverpool had been prosperous , but now it was the reverse . 10 , 000 unwilling idlers , from among the river porters alone , throaged the streets . They had been twenty weeks out of employ . Liverpool saw bankruptcy on the one hand , and revolution en the other . Depend upon it , there is »» uader-current at work which would wash before it every vestige of oppression and wrong , leaving behind it a fair field for fcb . e erection of justice , humanity , and liberty . ( Cheers . ) __

      Mr H , Smith said , he could re-echo the Bentiments ofhiE'Ooileague , Mr Jones , and he believed that if no other town commenced , Liverpool would . An immense meeting had been held in that town , and the feeling was that if the petition was not granted they must obtain it at the point of the bayonet . Here the Repealers were Chartists . There was a ereat body of the trades who had by destitution become Democrat ? . His constituents had resolved to have a large meeting , to call upon the members for the borough to support the motion of Mr O'Connor , when made . Mr Jamb 3 Cuiiuihg said that Edinburgh was not so badly off , comparatively speaking . They were not poverty-stricken Chartists at Edinburgh ; they

      were Chartists from prinoiple , and were ready to suDoort that principle at the stake , in the dungeon or on the field / ( Cheers . ) If France had a republic , England ought to have her Charter . Mr J . Graham said that be was not instructed to say so but bis convictien was , that the people of Dundco would indignantly resent any attempt to coerce the Irish , and that they would be ready , by every means , to support the People ' s Charter . Mr Lund said , the Chartists of Lancaster were ready to join in extreme measures , if there exists any probability of success . — ¦ ' Mr Frank Mirfikld said that his constitueufs , at a laiae public meeting , had instructed him to

      say , that if the government let the military loose upon Ireland , something else would bo let loose here . ( Cheers . ) If the petition were rejected they hoped the Convention would not break up , but tbat it would take into its hands the government of the country . ( Tremendous cheers from the strangers ' gallery . ) That they would divide tbe land into small farms , and give every man an opportunity of getting his living by the sweat of his brow . Mr James Watsok said , come what might , the people of Newcastle were resolved to have the Charter . The Convention then adjourned for the day , WEDNESDAY MORNING , April 5 . Mr M'Gbath took thechair at nine o'clock . Mr Dixon took his seat as delegate for Norwich . Mr MuKpny took his seat as delegate for

      Hudderafieid . Mr Leach reported from the Election Committee ' That Dr Hunter was duly elected for Edinburgh ' ' That Mr M'Carthy should Bit as a representative of London . ' The report was received . Mr Takkzk took hia seat as delegate for Totness . Mr J . P . Gusnistbb took his seat as delegate for Cheltenham .

      REPORTS . Mr Asion rose and said , that Northampton had been in a bad state , aad they had come to tbe conclusion that nothing bnt the People ' s Charter would restore a proper state of things , by bringing about good and beneficial social ohanges . The people being makers of boots and shoes , depend on foreign trade . He wa < justified in stating that tha working men were determined to bava the Gbarter at all hazards . The working classes thought the man who would not fight for it , was unworthy of it . ( Hear , hear , and cheera . ) They further thought that the wrongs of Ireland were tbe wrongs of England , and that the people of both should unite for their removal , and the abolition oi

      class miarule . He was instructed to support anj measure tbat would insure the adoption of the Charter in the shortest time . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Jambs Leach said , his report was much the same as fiis brother delegates ' . He should say nothing of physical or moral force , but leave that to the chapter of accidents . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Tatibbuaix said , tbe state of the people in Bury was most frightful— work bo bad , that they could scarce keep body and soul together , andsuoh a state made the people reckless . The Charter waa the all-absorbing topic , and he could assert , without fear of contradiotion , that at no previous time was the feeling so iotenee i or so enthusiastic 89 the present . He could say , emphatically , ihe men of Lancashire

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      were up to the mark , but he thought they should not destroy the labour of years by any act of rashness . Mr John West said , the people were living upon lesBthan half wages , or rather tbey were starving on it ; they were in favour of the protection of lives and property , but it would be the lives and property of all , arid if this were not done , they saw nothing before' { hem but a war . The people of Stockporc bad determined that this should be the last petition . lie , like Mr Tattersall , was opposed to a precipitate movement , but he was equally opposed to cowardice . Mr' BsTinoTon paid , porertj nod destitution prevailed to an alarming extent , and he never witnessed such a state of uneasiness aud restlessness—the people were determined to accomplish their rights at all and any risk .

      Mr Sale coincided with bis colleague ; the authorities had refused to issue any more summonses for poor rates and had , at the suggestion of a public open air meeting , taken twenty acres of land to employ the destitute poor on ; but this did not go far enough for him—excitement in favour of the Charter was very higb , a James Shibak , said , in Aberdeen the Chartists were not well organised , but on great occasions , like the present , the people bad always come out in great numbers ; they had procured upwards of 10 , 000 Bigoalurea to tLe National Petition . SLould their petition not succeed , they would recommend the adoption ef an address to the Queen , and leave any further stepa to the Convention . , Mr 6 . W . M . Reynolds said , he had been in

      Darby but a short time , but he had made tho best tisa ofth ' at time ; ' The best- feelib ^ psevailed in' the town and districts ; they wiBhed every step to be taken , and did not anticipate that the government would grant the Charter all at once ; neither did he . At the same time he thought this should be the last petition to the house , and he agreed with a deputy who spoke on Tuesday , that its refusal would be a declaration of war against labour . He said he agreed with the sentiment of Lafayette— ' Tbat for a natioa to be free , it was sufficient that she willed it . ' A few drops of blood were as nothing is the eo&Ie , and if moral means sbonld fail , the people were prepared for aay means . The people of Derby agreed fully in tbe sentiments he had given utterance toand . ha trusted they would speedily be in posae&aiou

      of their rights and liberty . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Geo . Stbpheh— -His constituents wished a deputation to wait on Lord John Russell , and represent to him the condition ol labour . The masona had been engaged in a resistance to a reduction of wages . The seamen had also been similarly occupied . Tha boiler . makera had been working short time during the winter , and the masters had taken advantage of it , and made an attempt to reduce wages . A company oi the 57 th had been quartered in Hull ; they were ordered to Ireland , and before they left , not less than thirty-seven ol that body attached their names to the National Petition for the People ' s Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) Hence , ho thought thia was adding dienffection to Ireland . ( Loud cheers . ) The people of Hull wished the

      Convention to continue its sittings until the Charter was gained . Mr Cochrane said , bis constituents wished that the delegates would wait on tbe members of Parliament to reason with them prior to the presentation of the National Petition ; also , that the persons residing in the eeveral districts , Bhould write to the members , demanding their support to tbe Charter , and they also recommended , in ihe event of the re * jection of the Petition , simultaneous meetings should beheld all over the country to ascertain what other steps should be taken . Mr Addams said , from Glasgow , which was a district comprising an immense population , he had brought up one hundred thousand signatures tothe petition , and another thirty thousand had since bsen forwarded . The middle olasses had begun to fraternise ; in fact , the only patties who refused their

      aid and subscriptions were those who fatten on the vice and dissipation of the people—the publicana . ( Hear , hear . ) They had a large hall in Glasgow , in the principal street , the Trongate ; and on its front was inscribed , in letters oi large dimensions— ' Democratic Hall , ' and meetingB were held almost every night . Poverty prevailed to a great extent , and discontent kept pace with it ; and so strong was the feeling that , at any rate , they eould manage to keep all their soldiers to themselves . ( Loud applause . ) He had no particular instructions ; but he should oppose any precipitate movement , as being calculated to injure the cause . He had attended a meeting of the Irish in Glasgow , and the best feeling prevailed between them and the Chartists . ( Loud oheera . ) As regards the late riots in Glasgow , the Chartists had no connexion with them whatever , except to oppose' them- ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr Liqbtowler said , he h&& tbe honour to represent something like 100 , 000 perssns , and he should have at least 70 , 000 signatures to the petition—( hear ) —and the opinion of his constituents was , that life , under present circumstances , was a burthen , and they resolved to have their rights at all hazards . The people were in a starving condition , and the time ! had arrived when a change should take place . This was the opinion of the great majority of the inhabitants of his district . MrF . O ' Connor , M . P ., said , he was ready-to receive a variety of taunts and sneers , in his place in the honse , in the execution of his duty on presenting their petition , and snaking his motion consequent thereon . ( Hear , hear . ) He looked on this Convention as a fair- and faithful representation of tbe

      people . ( Cheers . ) He had long been connected with the movement . There were Borne that might have been a few yeara longer , but none more incessantly than he had for the last fifteen years , and , consequently , the cause was deeply graven on his heart . At the first Convention , at a cost of £ 30 , 000 , they had only 1 , 250 , 000 signatures . At the second , at a cost of something less than £ 300 , they had an accession of ntrength to 2 , 000 , 000 , and at the last occasion they had three mil ' lions and a half , at an expense of eighty pounds . Although the Scotch pedlar had stated that he had put down the movement , Chartism was increasing , and to be increased , —( great applause , )—and he had every reason to believe that on this occasion he

      should have five millions four hundred thousand signatures , and yet the shopkeepers had only just bagun to pour in to the stream . The events of France had doubtlessly given an impetus to the movement ; thrones were crumbling and tumbling on tbe continent , and was it to be expected that England should remain in slavery under such circumstances ? ( Loud cheers . ) The Press was now doing , or attempting to do , what Pitt did with gold heretofore , —destroy the proper influence of the French revolution . Ay , but should events ocour hero , when the change did come , the suffering of your tvieada had prepared you with such a political and social system as could , and would be , at once adopted by the people of this country , ( Loud cheers . ) He would not give & fig

      for the Charter unless it carried with it a social change ; fmch a one had he prepared as would employ all the unwilling idlers , and set them &t work in the free labour field . ( Loud cheers , ) In fact , the whole question was a labour question ; from his starting into public life he had always looked at it a ; Buob . His efforts in Ireland had been frustrated by the showman , with his box of figures . The meeting year , —the clinching year , —and the Repeal year , had resolved him in prosecuting a movement where such humbug would . not prevail . On Monday they would go down to the House . lie was not prepared to destroy the movement he had been mainly instrumental in raising by precipitation , nor waa he prepared to allow the people to remain in bondage one moment longer than they could obtain

      their freedom . ( Load cheers . ) Look to Ireland at the present moment , and he thought he might say with the delegate from Glasgow , they would be at least able to keep all the military there . ( Loud cheers- ) He bad & greater interest in the question of tbe Charter than any other man living ;; he belonged to a persecuted and prosecuted family , whose wrongs he had sworn to avenge , He had fought and bled at Birmingham , Manchester , and Nottingham , and therefore was not likely to turn craven now . Hear , hear . ) He had received his credentials in 1835 , and was proud of them , and therefore would not abdicate , aai should the people even depose liim from their leadership , he would remain in the ranks and fight the battle out . ( Load cheers . ) The Prejshad kept the aristocracy and monied claeaes in igno ranee of the real state of the people . lie was now becoming a quasi-minister , and doubtless would

      be asked what they intended to do en Monday . On the faith of that Convention , ho should reply , that not one pane of glass , nor one penny , worth of property weald be injured . ( Loud cheers . ) That peace and good osde * would prevail whilst their grievances were under discussion . ( Repeated cheerbg , ) An alderman had told him , in the houso . thatbe would be shot on Monday ; he told tha alderman that were he shot , shooting would take place all over the countey . He would bs in the procession , in the front row of tta front sank ; and bow ley might shoot away . ( Rapturous cheering . ) In the evenUftho rejection of the petition , he recommended eimnlfcaneoua meetings in cve « y poet of th& country , to addreBB the Queen to dismiBo the ministry , and call to ber councils men who would mate the Charter a cabinet question . ( Applause . ) If th « were unavailing , ko wald never flinob , but would eooner die than nofc wia the Charter . He

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      meant-tdtfaifc no longer than'the time when the majority of the people - demanded it ~ and were prepaid to es ' taWisfl theip *>« » - He thought they now had power to obtain it . lie . was * now about to leave to go to the house , to give hie t sapport to Mr Sharmari Crawford , for a bill relative to Ireland . ( Hear , flear . ) Again he repeated , oa v their faith he w . ould pledge himself for the security of life and property on Monday . ( Great cheering . ) Mr Johh Shatt said , in the reports delivered aere , : mnphof the opinions of those he represented iiaa . been expressed ;; like them , they regolv . ed $ i is sKonld bs the very last petition presented , and that they would have tbe Charter , if not peaceably , otherwise ; they believed their condition could not be worse under any oircumstances , and they were prepared to risbtheirall on the attempt to gain the Charter , v Ilia instructions were , not to returajuntil the Charter was the law of the land .

      Mr Lowbry described the condition of ihe people in Carlisle to be most fearful . As regards physical forctt—the Carlisle peeple were not in favour of it ; they thought the Charter would be gained without it —WigtoD , Dal ' ston , and other ffiwns thought differently , that it weuld never would be gamed without physical force . The shopkeepers had Bigned tbe petition , and more numerously than at any former time ; they were generally " complete suffragista . Mr D . Thomas said , tha people of Merthyt Tvd > il were desirouB of having a procession in their district , at tbe same time as tke procession was proceeding to the Commons with the petition ; they ' -were prepared to carry out the views of the Convention .

      Mr Robert Wild said , the district he represented he thought had Hot less tban one hundred thousand unenfranchised workmen in it , all expecting soon to be enfranchise- } , and he believed they should have nearly that amount of signatures ; be had brought up ifO . OOO with him . He had instructions ; one was to wait on the members of the government , and tell them if they were not prepared to find employment , to give up their offices to thoBe who were both willing and abb to do so . ( near / hear . ) He had the pleasing duty of informing them , that only one middle class man had refused to sign the petition when asked ; . ( Loud cheers . ) The district had authorised him to say , that collision with the authorities would be premature until one more step had been firat taken ; the ; were tired of petitioning , and resolved that if London did its duty , Lancashire would not bp behindhand . ( Hear , hear . ) In fine , the portioriflffiancoEnira and Cheshire he represented , were determined to continue tbeir efforts until their object was achieved .

      Mr Walter thought that petitioning , under any circumstances , was humiliatieg . He should , however , go with it , on this occasion . He believed garls and gibbets were the implements of tfae aristocracy to keep down the people , and he thought that aristocracies should be abolished—some portion of his con * stitucnts were in favour of physical—others in favour of moral force . Mr Wu . Cujfat said , the middle classes in London were opposed to us , but the working olasses were up to the mark . In the Westminster district they increaaed ia numbers thirty or forty per night * Confederates were with the Chartists , and would march under their ow banner—the green flag of Erin , on Monday next . The trades were also coming out . He was prepared to carry . out all he had said .

      Mr Henry Child said , his constituents were determined to hare their rights , peaceably if they could ™ but foroibly if they must . But he was certain no alsrm need be raised . The people would keep peaoeable until such time as their petition ' s prayer was either granted or rejected . The Convention then adjourned to half-past two o ' clock .

      AFTERNOON SITTING . Mr M'Gbath Laving resumed the chair si halfpast two , Mr G . W : M . Retnoldb announced that tho government had sent two reporters to take their proceedings . Tliis announcement was receivsd with great applause ; Mr PBTBiBrose to give in his report . In Plymouth they had a considerable number of half-pay officers . The people were peaceably inclined , but wished , nevertheless , energetic measures taken for the purpose of the obtainment of tbe Charter . Dr Hunter said , Edinburgh was not quite so democratic as he could wish . He was delighted at hearing Mr Feargus O'Connor to-day ; only one result could take place from the obtainment ef the industrial principles laid'dawn by tbat gentleman—the prosperity and happiness of the people ; there were

      oRly two or three man who thoroughly understood those industrial principles , amongst whom waa to be found Mr Feargus O'Connor . ( Loud cheers . ) Ha had no instructions from his constituents , but he did ' wish to say a few words on first principles , he thought the Charter could be made the law by moral force , and moral force only , as when ' . the people said—« We will the Charter / it must become law . ( Cheers . ) Mr J . P . Glknkisikb said , perhaps they would esteem it a novelty to have a delegate from the aristocratio and priest-ridden town of Cheltenham , Tueir clergyman had from the pulpit denominated the provisional government of France—blnod-hounds . He could not Bay as others had done , tbat his constituency were prepared for such'and such things , but they desired agitation , and a long pull and strong pull for the obtainmeLt of our rights .

      Mr William Tanneb said , the Chartists of Totness had thought some mistake had occurred in making out the districts , as Totness was not a recognised portion of the National Charter Association ; howevec , they supposed the object was national , and as they were in favour of tho Charter , they had gone to work—got the use of the Guildhall , adopted tho National Petition—and afterwards held a meeting for the election of delegates , when he waa elected , his instructions were to remain until the petition was presented . Mr Richard Marsden said , he had brought up some 65 , 000 signatures with him . He was up ia London about ten years ago , things were bad enough

      , then , tkey were ten times wore © now —( bear hear )—and unless something was done he sincerely believed it would be impossible to keep North Lancashire quiet . He gave a harrowing picture of the suffering endured by the people in North Lancashire ; one woman lay perishing , and ten minutes before she died she said to her husband , ' Is it right that I should be murdered like this , by starvation ? ' The husband eaid , ' Thou knoweat I can't help it , I hava done my best . ' Ten minutes from thia the woman died . This was not a solitary case , by any means . KoWi notwithstanding this > they were prepared to wait time for it to be done , but a change must ba had . ( Tremendouscheering . )

      Mr Wm . Dixon aaid , hia constituents were but little better off than those described by MriMaraden . and ho conld say Mr Marsden had not overdrawn the picture . Hciconstituonta said , should the prayer of the petition be rejected , they were in favour of simultaneous meetings to bo held all over England on one day , and at one hour , and never to desiat until tha Charter was law . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Chahlbs M'Cartht ( Irish Confederaiist ) said , tb . 8 Cpnfederaliata were determined to achieve their liberties ; and they had their rifle clubs , showing at once their determination to fight ; for their liberties , if necessary—( loud cheers )—and should a single shot be fired in Ireland , forty thousand Irishmen , in Lofr don , were ready to avenge their brethren .

      Mr Murpht said his constituents at Hudderafield , were determined to have the Chartr moraiiy , if poaaiblo , but to have it any road . ( Lo ud cheers . ) Mr G . J . Harney said , he yesterday stated that he had received no instruction from his constituents ; to-day he had received a letter , setting forth the wish of the constituents , that the Convention should continue tbeir sitting until the Charter became law . A meeting was called for Monday next , the mayor had refused the use of the hall , and the requisitionista had resolved to hold it themselves ; the mayor Baid ,. he had received a letter from Sir George Grey , setting forth that a great number of pikes were being , manufactured and distributed in Nottingham . ( TremendouB cheering , )

      Mr J . B . O Bribn had attended meetings in London , and he found them warm , and if they were not , he generally endeayeured to make them so ; he had attended a meeting in the National Hall ! where the question was pat , ' Should the government take up arma againBt the provisional government , would you fight for the government of England or the provisional government of France V the answer was , nnaniraoaalj / The provisional government of France ( Tremendous cheering . ) Of course , as a loyal man , he regretted this state of feeling . ( Laughter ) He did not think the peeple of London generally were with them , nor did he think they were prepared for ulterior measures at the present moment , ho would not go againat the law ho long aa he thought the law would do us justice , but as soon as he found the law would not io us justice , and $ at the people were stronger than -the law , at that moment he snapped hie finger at the law . ( Loud cheers . ) ( Continued to the Eighth Page . )

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      — - >< m ( iM > Tower Hamibts . —A general meeting of the Globe and Friends locality of the National Charter Assooia . lipn will meet , fer important business , on Sunday evening , April 9 th , at seven . o'clock . Mr Ernest Jones lectured at the Globe and Friends , on Sunday , and gave great satisfaction . Twelve persons entered after the lecture . Thia locality meets on Monday morning , at seven o ' clock , tojoin the demonstration , . 5 Ubtwood . —A meeting of the No . 2 branoh of the National Land Company will take place on Sunday next , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , at Samuel Partington ' s , Paved-brow . Nbwtox Hbath . —The quarterly meeting of thia

      branch of &e L » n « l Company will be held at tha house ol Mr John Smifcb , Dab-lane , Failsworth , on Sunday , April 9 th , at two o ' clock in the ^ flfimojig . . Carlisle . —A special meeting M tbj E ^ ml ^ M ^ the Co-opeMive Society , oonueetj | mt ]^ ift $ j ] yA \ «» of theNational Land Company , wfH B ^ 3 p ^ Sltoi % J Jh John-fltreefc , Oaldewgate , on Tues % Eftg ^ M 4 KLptM r # J 3 eight o'clock in the evening . JmsMmSm ^ \ s ^ wishing to bmomv members , PsflSJMfflft ^ p fe ¦ : ! attead . : k S « £ « M ^ -W % MWmf % %% nr £ > *

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

      MEN OF LONDON 1 It is lime for you to be stirring . It is time to * you to be up and doing . Yon are living in a most eventful period ; there is no telling what grand Vicissitude , what bnlHaniasbieTementjwbat s lorions revolution , a single hour may bring forth . The least semblance of apathy just now is criminal . Look at the Continent of Europe , swept by the tornado of Revolution , whick , in its awful but grand career , has torn up by the roots one despotic dynasty , while it has shaken others to tf > eir bases .

      The storm still rages , it sweeps along sHBlirae in its fary , scattering by its destructions blessings among the people ; may its power continue t 9 increase until every vestige of bell-born despotism disappears from the World . Men * op London , in these strange times it behoves you to look seriously to your political and social amelioration . You are the despised victims of a barbaric , antiquated system of misrule ; yon nave galling wrongs to redress , you have dear rights to assert . Now is the propitious moment to remove for ever the former , and establish the latter . The most enslaved nations of the

      World are by their courage whining freedom , from their tyrants . Surely you . jrfU not jemain laggards in the cau . se of progression , Forbid , O holy Spirits of Liberty and Patriotism , bucq . a traitorous disregard of your solemn injunctions , such au abasing dereliction of man ' s sacred duty ! Up then , and be doing . A sluggish , inert people never can win rights ; and these are only the rewards of courage and perseverance , for God helps but those that help themselves . Irishmen resident in London , on the part of the Democrats of England we extend to you the warm hand of fraternisation ; your principles are ours , and our principles should be yours . Remember tbe aphorisms , that union is strength , and division is weakness ; centuries of bitter experience prove to

      you the truth of the latter , let us now cordially endeavour to test the virtue of the former . Look at your fatherland , tbe most degraded in the scale of nations . Behold it bleeding at every pore under the horrible lashings of class misrule ! Whafe an awful spectacle in Ireland , after forty-seven years of the vaunted Union . ' Her trade ruined , her agriculture paralysed , her people scattered ovpr the fonr quarters of the globe , and her green fields in the twelve months just past made the dreary grave-yards of 1 , 000 , 000 of famished human beings . Irishmen , if you love your country , if you detest these monstrous atrocities , unite in heart and sonl with those who will struggle with you to exterminate the hell-engendered cause of your country ' s degradation—beg . gary and slavery .

      Trades or London ! You , whose skill and ingenuity are shown in tbat endless variety of wealth thtt crowds the warehouse , adorns the palace , and glitters in the windows of this vast emporium of commerce , you , to whose intelligence all our architectural grandeur is a living monument , we appeal to you to shake of political apathy , and to array yourselves for once vnder the l / anner if your country ' s freedom . Tour great numbers , bright intelligence , and Compact organisation , give you immense power . "V \ e implore you to devote your strength immediately to tbe rescue of your order from the damning sway that Mammon now holds over you . Do this , and tbe benedictions of generations yet unborn will be poured upon your memories .

      Men or Lqnbon ! A great , peaceful Revolution must be accomplished in Britain . Old principles of legislation are out of date ; our laws and institutions are behind the spirit of the age ; they meet not tbe exigencies of the civilisation and enlightenment of our time . You , Men of London , possess an immense moral power , which , when concentrated and directed in connexion with tbat * of your brethren throughout tbe empire , would sweep the huge fabric of tyranny , hypocrisy , and fraud to utter annihilation , and thus secure to yourselves and posterity tbose blessings which truth and justice alone can confer . Again we say , survey the political horizon of Europe , it now presents one dread upheaving of society , one grand scene of Nature ' s insurgency against the . despotism of Man .

      Everywhere the people are arousing themselves , despots ara either conceding their demands or quailing before their omnipotence . Nations whose wretched destinies monster injustice had sealed in their blood are now looking up with hope and struggling for Liberty and Nationality . May God strengthen tbeir holy aspiration , and endow them with power for their consummation . In this bright era of the world's progress , how far are you prepared to go ? In this epoch of popular victory what achievement do you seek to accomplish ? We leave the response to your good sense and discretion , but we tell you frankly that the libeity-seeking German , the emancipated Italian , the struggling Pole , and the proud French Republican , will regard yon with an eye of disdain , if your aim be not to demolish oligarchic usurpation , and to substitute for it the legitimate power of the whole people .

      Men of London ! The question of your newborn liberties or continued slavery will in a few days be submitted to parliament ; Mr O'Cennor gave notice of tbe following motion on the 27 th ult . : — That th !» house recognising the great principle that IeDOurlg the source of all wealth ; that the peopl e are t h e ealy legitimate sonrea of power ; that thB labourer shoald be the first partaker of the fraitt of his own industry ; that taxation withont representation is tyranny , and

      ihoald be resisted ; and believing that the resoarces of the country wouia be be » t developed by laws mada by representatives chosen by the labouring classef , in conjunction with those who live by other industrial pnrsnlts That ( ia recognition of the above great truths ) , thts house adopts the principles embodied in the document entitled the People ' * Charter , namely—Annual Elections , TJnlrereal Suffrage , Tote by Ballot , Equal Electoral District * , no Property Qualification , and Payment of Mtmbirs . '

      On the lame day that this motion is to b 9 consideied , the great National Petition , now in course of signature throughout the country , will be presented to parliament . A Convention , consisting ef f 6 rty-nine delegates , elected at immense public meetings at as many of theprineipal towns in the empire , will assemble in the Literary and Scientific Institute , John-street , Tottenham-court-road , on Tuesday , April Hh , and following days . Their business is to superintend the presentation of the Petition , and to devise such other courses of procedure for the people as they shall deem necessary for Eecuring the enactment of the People ' s Charter .

      . VVe propose that a great Metropolitan Demonstration Bball accompany the People ' B Prayer to the doer of toe Hones of Commons . Toe 10 th of April shall ba a day memorable in the annals of political agitation ; it must evince to the world the ardent love of Britons for freedom , and their sworn resolve to live no longer conteated slaves . The great National Petition , tbe register of millions of signatures , will be borne in a triumphal car , drawn by beautifuUy-caparisoned horses . All you men of London , who wish to take part in thia Glorious Demonstration , will assemble on Kennington CommoD , at eleven , a . m ., on Monday , thp 10 th inst . You will then be arranged in procession by authorised marshals , proceed towards the Elephant and Csstle , along Blackfriars-road , over Blacbfriars-bridge , through Farringdon-streei , Holbora , Oxford-street beet

      Regent-street , Charing-eress , Parliament-B , over WeBtminster-bridge , where tbe precession Bhall peaceably disperse to their respective hemes . Meito ? Losdoh ! Tonr brethren throughout the em pire expect that on this glorious occamon you will nobly do your duty . Remember tbat the eyes of Europe are fixed upon you , prove youreeivea wortoy their attention , congregate on the morning or me 10 th , in your thousands , legally , peacefully , but enthusiastically , leave no pretest fer tbe mmiftfis 6 f power to utter the old calumny , that you are indifferent to your political rights . and satisfied with your oreeent condition . Now , or never , is the auspicious moment to press your claim with success . noon the legislature . Nov ? is the day , and now is tne hour , ' toHtrikethe great moral blow that shall give liberty and bappinesfl to everf sect and class in tne Briti * empir ^ ^ ^ ^^ Thomas Clabk . TmueM ' GBA 7 B . Chbistofhss DoiWf oec '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 8, 1848, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1465/page/1/