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      for their infraction b y any one accustomed to take part in them . It is the duty of Chartists Jo bring forward that great and important jue . j sure as the foundation and essential guazas te £ of aUsonndnational progress , upon every fitting occasion . To vaiimie ifc into meetings , called for the specific consideration of other and different questions , is a political blunder . The emancipation of the Press from the fiscal burdens which , in reality , subject it to a species of invisible censorshi p , would eventually give a powerful impetus to political progress . Whatever aid , therefore , can be given to such a movement , is due toil I „ ' ' for their infraction b y any one accustomed to fake rart in them . It i * ihn " Aniwntt * i , « + Kata

      from all who pretend to have that object in Tiew . The first great lesson the professed reformers of this country iave yet to learn , is to seek for points of agreement , not points of difference , and to work to gether independ ently , as far as they do agree , without the compromise or concession of any peculiar or extreme op inions they may entertain . In the divided state of the aristocratic parties , the popular party might have a chance of effecting something tangibl y beneficial . By perpetuating divisions in our own ranks , we merely play into tlie hands of our weak rulers , and bolster Tip Governments that would otherwise fall

      from their own divisions and feebleness . A handsome and spacious ragged school has been opened in Lambeth at a cost of £ 10 , 000 , by Mr . Beabfbt , an eminent distiller , who has also endowed it with the sum of £ 14 , 000 , to maintain ifc in good repair . It is situated in one of the most crowded and povertystricken distriots' of that densely-peopled borough , -and cannot fail to become a great

      blessing to the class for- whoso- benefit it is erected ; The same gentleman has at various periods given £ 14 , 000 to the City of London School . This munificence and enlightened liberality contrasts strongly with the stinginess of our Government and legislature on the educational question . They grant money for instruction in tens , for destruction or jobbing , it is granted by thousands and millions .

      A large number of Hungarian and Polish refugees have arrived at Liverpool from Turkey , and have been well received by the people of that town , previous to their re-embarkation for America . Lodgings were specially and previously provided for -them , and it is intended , we believe , to get up a ball on their behalf . Liverpool sets an example to iondon which very shame should make it follow . The destitute and suffering condition of the poor refugees in Turnmill-street cries aloud against the boasted benevolence and charity

      of this wealthy metropolis . By the way , it is inexplicable why the refugees were not accompanied by Kossush and other noble leaders in the war for Hungarian independence . Turkey has no ri ght to keep these men in prison . They are not her subjects , and the time during which it was stipulated she was to restrain them from re-entering their native country has long expired . We have just received a ponderous blue book on the subject , into which we have not yet had time to glance , but we shall next week say what information it affords on this question .

      Mr . Mackeady ' s final farewell to the stage was celebrated by a splended demonstration at the Hall of Commerce last Saturday . The dinner , which took place under the presidency of Sir E . L . BrawEBj . was attended by a very large number of gentlemen of literary and artistic celebrity , as well by persons eminent for their rank and influence in society . Sir Edward ' s speech , in proposing the health of the guest of the evening , was one of the most eloquent and at the same time discriminating and masterly pieces of'dramatic

      criticism ever delivered , and received the applause it so richly merited . In looking at the career of a nation all influences must be taken into account , and whatever tends to bring men together on the broad ground of kindred sympathies , common tastes , or intellectual affinities is a social . benefit . not , to be lightly estimated . The people who can appreciate and reverence mental and moral greatness contain within themselves the germs of both , audit only requires favouring conditions to dcvelope them .

      COLONIAL . Another Kaffir war has broken out . According to the statements which have reached this country , the natives treacherously took advantage of a feast to which they bad been invited by the colonists , and at a given signal rose upon and killed a considerable number of persons , both military and civilians . The Governor , Sir H . Smith , bad proclaimed martial law throughout the greater part of the province , and in addition made a levy on all

      persons between fifteen and fifty , to defend the frontier in the war which is actuall y in progress . Troops and war stores have also been ordered from this country . It is not long since we had to pay the rather heavy bill of £ 1 , 300 , 000 , for a war with these Kaffirs , and it would be well , if before we are brought in debt to the same tune again , if some of our Economists would contrive to let us know " what it is all all about . " Wo aresurel paying rather too dear for our whistle .

      From the Australian Colonies come loud complaints of the intolerable evils inflicted upon them by our continuing to employ upon their shores the overflowing Wackguardising and crime of the Mother country . Van Diemeiis Land especially has been all but rained by the exportation of our convicted criminals , and is still suffering severely from that cause . Whether the new Constitution granted to these colonies last year , will enable them [ to resist the tyranny of the Home Government remains to be ' seen ; but we cannot help thinking , that if eo other alternative presents itself they will , some of these days , imitate the successful example of the Cape and refuse to receive them . From India the news is of the usual cha- i ; .

      racter . Skirmishes with the native tribes on our frontier , and reports of the anarchy and mismanagement of native or medi-civilized States . The" most spicy item of the last mail are the . speeches of the late Commander-in-Chief , Sir Charles Uapiek , who has the family habit of speaking out . In his journey towahls - tue coast , he has been feted on several occasions , and has taken the opportunity of tell- , ' I ¦

      ing bis mind , as to the Administration of the Marquis of Dalhousie , in a manner much more plain than complimentary . We shall , by and bye , have to overhaul the whole of the policy and doings of the East India Company . The one hundred millions of people , under its delegated rale , seem in many respects much worse than they ought to be ; and before the Charter is renewed—if it ever is reneweda searching investigation is required . ' ' , ' j , )

      : . FOREIGN . The event of the week has been the speech of M . Dkfraissi ! , an orator of the Extreme Left , on the motion to repeal the law which banishes from the soil of France tlie Princes of the ex-Royal families . The immediate object of that motion was , to introduce the Orleaimt Princes into France previous to the next election of . President , and thus to give them a chance of putting up as candidates for that office .- The Legitimists , who deny the right of the nation either to banish , or profess to admit these Princes , who claim . to rule Prance by right Divine , opposed the motion . Left ! f 5 „ e r e ,

      The Orleanists , and some of the , supported it—the latter , we presume , because they hoped that , iu the multitude of candidates , they would have a chance of carrying a Republican President . But M . DcaiUISSE is not a man of compromise or expediency . He would hear of no re-admission to France of men whose existence and that of the Republic are incompatible Vith each other ; and the boldness , logic , and eloquence with which he enunciated his opinions , created a storm in the " Assembly almost unparalleled in violence since the Revolution of 1848 . Having defwded the wte of the Convention for thc '" ie » 3- is

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      death of Louis XVL , several members rushed to the foot of the Tribune , and offered the grossest insults to the speaker . They stigmalsedhim as an infamous wretch , who made Himself the apologist of murder , and appeared as though they would have torn him to pieces But M . Dufraisse , whose pale head , compressed hpa , intense expression , and resolute accent , reminded his audience of a through-bred young Jacobin of ' 93 , suchas St . Just , nothing daunted by the fists shaken in his face , and the menaces addressed to hm , silenced and cowed the unmanly and cowardly interrupters by the home thrnst , that the grandfather of the very princes they wanted to recal from banishment , voted for what they called a murder death of Louis Xv 7 ~ , ~~ 7 *~ ** . * £ -- ± -T" _» 8 eTeral members ruBheo

      . The result was the adjournment of the question for six months or a virtual defeat of the Orleanists and moderate Republicans . M . Dufraisse has been libellously and scurrilously assailed by the journals of the " Order mongers" ever since . We have translated his speech in full from the French journals that our readers may judge for themselves low far it justifies the torrent of abuse that las been poured out upon him . His enemies have not the fair play to do that . In other respects France is quiet ; the temporary popularity achieved by the claquers for the President has vanished . Force is the only thing trusted , and no man knows how . soon the whole fabric of shows and shams may be blown up .

      ' Austria has received a decided check . The Dresden Conferences havebeeu adjourned nominally , virtually , we suppose dissolved . Besides , tiie decided opposition of Prussia to the plan which would give the Emperor such a decided-preponderance in Continental politics ; the King of Wurtemburgh has published a strong and well written manifesto against the aggressive and ambitious policy indicated by the two great powers . Instead of banding over Germany to tho rule of a bureaucracy , jointly but unequally formed by

      Austria and Prussia , be recommends the convoking of a national German Parliament , and scouts physical force as being utterly impotent now-a-days for the maintenance of any general syBtem of Government . There is hope for Germany yet , for we observe that even the " Times , " which has hounded Austria on in its most atroclons and bloodthirsty assaults on constitutional freedom begins to think that its pet , Schwartzesberg , has gone too far , and is likely ere long to provoke a powerful and a successful reaction .

      In Italy matters look threatening . PorE Pius has but a precarious residence at Rome , and the brutality of Radetzky ' s proclamation against the circulation of " revolutionary proclamations and pamphlets" says little for the continued rule of Austria , in Italy . _ In the meantime the Conservative party , having obtained the upper hand in Switzerland , have begun by playing into the hands of the despots , and violating the sanctuary which , under their free institutions , they have so long guaranteed to the persecuted and fugitive patriots of other nations . This is a short-sighted and suicidal policy . It will not save the Swiss cantons from the fate decreed

      for them by the enemies of constitutional freedom on the continent , while it will alienate the sympathy and support of friends , in the hour of need .

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      FOR THE HUNGARIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES . Received by W . Hwra—From Birminghnm-J . A . Pus . ?>» £ 7 V Po ls -Mr . Everal Is-Mr . Keeling ls-Mr . J \ o J * Newhouse 6 d—Cjmro , Lantwit Varder ( 2 nd sub ) 2 s ea-raisiey per W . Cameron 5 s . Keceived ? n I £ c rf N 0 Tr - ™ - <*"<* . f arabam Royal ls-Suttonm-Ashfield , pDr W . Felkin 10 s . CONVENTION FUND . Receivd by Joim Arnoit . —An Enemy to Oppression la —Quick , Farham Royal Is . for the HungarianI tun on , icu DC e ,, r . Ke * .

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Offices—11 , Southampton-street , Strand . The Executive Committee of this body held their usual weekly meeting , as above , on Wednesday evening last . Present : Messrs . Arnott , GrasBby , Holyoake , Hunt , Jones , Milne , and O'Connor . O . Julian Harney was absent from severe indisposition , and 6 . W . M . Reynolds through other unavoidable engagements . James Grassby presided . Correspondence was read from a delegate meeting held at Binsley , also from North Lancashire , Paisley , and Stockport , disagreeing with the postponement of the National Convention later than March : from NewcaBtle-upon-Tyne , approving of the Convention being held in June : also from Bermondsey , disapproving of the " Convention Fund : " and from Farnham Royal , Manchester , Norwich , and Willenball , on general business .

      On the motion of Messrs . Jones and O Connor , it w as agreed , ( Messrs ? Holyoake and Hunt dissenting)— " That owing to the recent change in the aspect of political affairs , and in accordance with the expressed desire of many localities , this committee summon the National Convention to assemble in London , on Monday , March too 31 st , instant . " Ernest Jones Wen read the address , and Thornton Hunt the programme of business , as agreed to by the sub-committee ; and , on the motion of Messrs . O'Connor and Arnott , the same were unanimously adopted , as follows :

      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THEIR . ; BROTHER CHARTISTS . Events have transpired since we last addressed you , which render , it imperative that , in accordance with that paragraph ' of the resolution passed by our committee .. on Wednesday evening , the 19 th ult ., a Convention should bo called at r . n earlier period than the one therein named . We , therefore , feel it our duty to summon a National Convention , to meet in London , on the 31 st day of March , instant .

      Chartists , you have now an opportunity of recovering the ground you lost by your apath y , within the last two years . The middle classes are now stepping forward as the advocates of political and financial reform . Are they to win this battle—and theirs—alone ? And while aristocracy is paralysed —while oligarchy totters—are you not prepared to take your stand on the political arena , under the banner of Chartist organisation , for social rights ? Will you abdicate political power entirely into the hands of cotton lords , merchants , bankers , and farmers ? Shall they be relieved from taxationshall the burden be shifted from their shouldiew , to weigh more heavily on your own ? Shall they get all tney want , and yon not even ask for any

      thing ? Up , Chartists , the time is come ! You can as easily obtain concessions as the middle class . At the very moment , when it was never more in your power to obtain a hearing , and command respect , than at present—now , of all other times , will you He apathetic ? We postponed the Convention till June—and we did so with heavy hearts—because we found that you were unprepared ; because we said , better no Convention at all , than one that shall reflect discredit on the cause by the paucity of its numbers , and the poverty of its funds . The representatives of a people must not be the pensioners on private charity , —they must not

      only be sent , they must be supported by their localities . The only chance a convention has of making an impression upon other classes , is when those classes know that they are sent by the millions , and that the millions support them , watch them , look Hp to them , and rally around them . A failure in a Convention does as much harm in public estimation as years can often not repair . Therefore , we postponed the meeting of your delegates . Now we summon it in the hope that the stirring events of the day will have re-vivified the heart of toil . Now we hurry it , in the trust that you are aroused at last , for , if you do not now rise and fight the battle of labour , we feel convinced you never will .

      Believe us ! the crisis has but begun . A ministry maybe formed—but it cannot stand—it is not a cabinet , it is the very system that is in the throes of dissolution , —ministry will follow ministry , dissolution dissolution , at rapid intervals as the rotten citadel of class legislation reels to and fro before it sinks . , Up then young democracy of England ! Up then . veterans of toil and misery ! You are called to action now—not for a vague agitationbut when definite and certain progress is in view . We call-on you for men and money ; give us these ! and without the infringement of a single law , we will guarantee the result , Three weeks are given you for preparation—it is enough if you are active and united—discuss the programme in jour localities !—elect your delegates ' . —subscribe your funds ! Be ready by the 31 st of March . —Rally , Chartists i Rally once more—and then down with

      CUSS LEGISLATION . PROGRAMME OF BUSINESS . ; Time 3 have become highly favourable to the united , actions of the people . Tho fundamental truths of sound government are recognised by increasing numbers . Those fundamental doctrines are : that the first business of this state i 3 to provide for the welfave of the whole body of the people , giving preference to the living souls in the country over , the splendours of rank , the accumulation of-wealth or the convenience of classes ; that the land is the property of the whole nation ; that the taxation of the people can only be justified as the means of payment for work , done in the service of the people . ' ¦ . To give effect to these doctrines , it is necessary

      that the people should appoint their own managers . The deniers of that truth are diminishing in numbers , and the fear of Universal Suffrage is passing away . It was the vain attempt to resist the extension of the franchise which overthrew the Russell Cabinet . The middle classes are advocating a "Charier" imitated from our own . Anuvement of the people would now meet with little opposition . It would be welcomed . Political leaders find that they cannot do without the people . Of recent middle class agitations , although directed against the weakest of governments , not one has succeeded . The power of the people alone can extricate oui

      political system from the dead lock of conflicting efforts . The burthen of taxation must be removed from the shoulders of the working classes . The time is favourable : all our largest taxes aye condemned by public opinion . The income tax is condemned by the middle class , the professional class , the agricultural class , and by the leaders of the three political parties competing for power ; the window tax is marked for abolition ; the paper tax , the soap tax , and'many others . Public opinion is obstinately demanding sweeping concessions which would amount to an iminense'deficiency , a'break down of revenue . Bv their united action , the people can hasten that

      crisis . : . - . . We must have labour law reform . While there , is food and . wealth in the country , every free man has a right to subsistence in return for labour . Workers have as much right to combine for their own interest as employers . The greatest change that has . come over the mind and hearts of the English community throug h , all classes , is the conviction that the mass of the people ! especially the pro * , ductive classes , is in a Btate which casts shame upon wealth which can withhold a fair return for labour , or suffer poverty so abject . ; . To remove our whole political and social system from its precarious and debased condition;—to replace it on the solid foundations of justice , are the

      only guarantees for national peace . To the cultivators of the land we say ' , that by restoring justice to the relations of labour , and land , we save them irom confusion and disaster ; to the capitalist , that just labour laws are the sole instrument for preventing social anarchy , of rendering industry productive , and of redeeming trade from the bankruptcy which is eating into every part of it . To the army itself , while working officers are denied just promotion , and their soldiers ; are denied the rights of citizenship , the people will appear as friends , not enemies ; for the people insist on justice to all . . With these views , we shall be prepared to submit for the consideration of the National Convention , the following

      : PLAN JOB FUTURE ACI 10 JJ or the National Charter Association : — \ ]—The enactment of the People ' s Charter , mail its integrity . * ¦ .. " ¦ 2—A-thorough re-construction of our system of taxation . . ¦ : . . 3—A thorough reform of the labour laws . _ 4—Also the means of rendering our movement more efficient , by giving it a greater extension , by directing our agitation , bo as to take every advantage of the movements of the day , bytbe systematic issue of tracts , and by carrying our activity into the slumbering districts' of the factory ami the mine , into the unvisited districts of agriculture .- : " ., The Conference will be invited to consider a systematic method of carrying forward the extended agitation ,. and give expression to the wiab . es and wants of the people , namely' 1—The enactment of the Peoples '' Charter .

      2—Revision of the whole system of taxation , so as to release the poor entirely from its weight ; rer move it altogether from labouring industry ; relieve the operations of trade , and place the whole burthen where it can be placed with , tbe most justice and th « least mischief .

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      MONIES RECEIVED For the Wees Ending Thursday , March Gih , 1851 . FOK THE HONESTY FUND .

      EECQVED BY W . E 1 DEB . £ s . a . R . Preston , Hoibeck , Leeds .. .. 0 0 6 W . Coltman , Pianoforte Toner , Friar ' s-place , Leicester .. .. .. 040 South London Hall Committee , proceeds of Kaffle , per Yf . Collins . ; .. 015 6 Salford , per J . Johnstone ., .. 0 C C Iluddersneld , per R . Brook .. .. 030 Xewton , Avr , per W . Davidson .. .. 0 5 C Dnckenfisld , per J . Bragg .. - ¦ ¦ .. 013-0 Wellingborougb , perW . Briant ' .. 013 C II . Noble , Brechin , Scotland .. .. 016 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. 0 10 £ . Hunter , Glasgow .. . .. 0 0 . G From Lincoln—J . Budd .. . .. 0 10 Mr . TindaU .. .. .. 010 Mr . Hall .. .. .. 0 0 C Carlisle , per J . GUbertson .. .. 0 3 5 Inverketthing , perR . Alien .. ... 0 3 3 Darrhead , perD . Stirat .. .. 020 Gateside Mill Priutworks , per D . Paterson .. 0 6 2 Gateside Printworks per A . 1 ' aul .. 0 IS 0 Dundee , per J . Constable .. .. 0 2 3 W . Sutcliffe , Bamsley .. .. 015 _ £ 4 14 8 DECEIVED AT LAND OFFICE . J . Rndd .. .. .. 010 s . waiis ¦ ,. ,, ,, 010 J . Kay .. .-. " 0 2 6 JamesKay .. ... 0 2 G J . Files .. .. .. 010 3 . Burton .. .. .. 004

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      coursfofte * % ? 1 ? laoiDg tho National Debi ttM * V ooTmeniiChwffi gWdU 81 " * * uitable ' " i * tr £ ffi ? s ctlon - of th 6 ] aw ° aiied the p ^ i £ ta £ £ s li ?? "" taimont . for securing subsistencetoavery able-bodied man who willwfrk . th ^ win ? Si -f 6 ™ ? the laws of Parsnip ; 3 Sssr ::. Co n ^ tnSn ° T m L sion and amendment of the ontTolEh La . 5 ' Cont ™ t law , and all laws ontroUing the relation of employer and employed . evarTVSm ?? - ? the army , restoring to KrSi ^ ' f " ?^ . citi ^ nship , securing to and to 7 h »!; ffl 0 mf 0 - D scrvice and a free discharge , Th » n he . ? fficer » lust promotion . Seri ~ Lf ° 5 ? ! F iUbe invited t 0 recommend a to coLidK pu mcetin S in raP « l succession , Sievaacp f ? h *" evanc . enumerated above ; each Sfl . !*" tobetho subiect of discussion at > imnl . . a _ A '« i . _ , - ¦¦ .. ~~ . —• - —r

      Oommfttoe . g ' Uader th ° advicc of thc Executivo Chtrf ^ T ^ - Organisation for the National Confironnf f l ° niVillalso be submitted to the SSWpt'Sftffir OfreDd ^ acti ° » of pSR ! rhll e l ! viow t 0 a P ° ssible dissolution IJJIITT ? ' ocal'tie 3 should enable their dele . W state what boroughs might be contested in the Chnrtist interest , and a plan of action be pro-P T «?' t 0 render the contest suooMsfu I . ««!«!? " " } Otion of MeM « Jones and IIunt . twas unanimously agreed , " That the following iWruo 2 . W ' ! ? t 0 * ns and diatricts , entitled to send delegates , be reprinted . "

      NATIONAL CONVENTION . In the following list the Executive have had especial reference to the equalisation of electoral districts in proportion . to . the Democratic population , i he law allews onl y forty-nine delegates to assemble in V , onvention-and they have endeavoured so to apportion the constituencies a to secure to the fullest possible extent a national representation . As it has been necessary , in some instances , to comprise several to ^ ns in the same constituency , it is hereby recommended that , where such \ b not yet m « xistence ,. a , ( Ii 8 triot-councilbefortliwithformen and the district agent ' s address forwarded to the general secretary . Should the agents in any of the localities be unacquainted with tho names and ad . drosses of the agents in the others of the same district , they are requested to communicate with the Executive , who will supply them with the necessary information .

      It is also recommended that the several localities of a district each nominate one or more delegates , as apportioned to the constituency ; Buch nomination to be forwarded to the agent of the district ; that , within a fortnight of the time of nomination , public meetings , of which four days' notice shall have been duly given , be held for the election of t , bo delegates , and that the result of the election in each locality be forwarded to the district agent , who , with the council shall act as scrutineer , and certify the return to the general secretary on or before Wednesday , the 26 th of March instant . List of Towns and Districts entitle d . to tend Delegate . to the Nationol Convention , called to meet in London , on Monday , March 31 st ensuing . Aberdeen and North of Scotland 1 Dundee , Perth , Cupar Angus ,

      ArbroatbMon-, ti-ose , Forfar , Brechin , and diatricta . 1 Edmburgh , Leith , KirKcaldy , Linlitligow , and counties of Fife and "Mid-Lothian 2 Falkirk , Tillicoultry , Alva , Alloa , Stirling , and district , „ # i ° i Glasgow , Paisley , Greenoek , Hamilton , andviile of Leven 2 Kilmarnock , Ayr , Cumnock , Girvan , Irvine , and county l Dumfries , Hawick , anil the Border 1 Carlisle , Wigton , Cockermouth ; Kendal , and counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland ... 1 Newcastle-pn-Tyne , Gateshead , Shields , Sunder' land , arid counties ' of Northumberland and Durham 2 York , Hull , and North and East Riding 1 Leeds , Pudsey , Dowsbury , Patley , Birs ' tal ,

      Wakefield ........ I ..... ; ..: ; .. ; . ; ..... 1 Bradford , Keighley , Bingley , and district I Halifax , Todmonien , Ilebden Bridge , and district 1 Huddersfield , Holmfirth , and district 1 Sheffield , Barnslcy , Rotherhain , and district 1 Preston , Burnley , Padiham , Blackburn , Clitheroe , Lancaster , ; md North Lancashire 2 Manchester and Salford ... * .,.... ... 2 Bury , Bolton , and district ..... ; .. ' 1 Liverpool , Warrington , and Wigau 1 Rochdale , lleywood , Middleton ; and Oldham ...... 1 Stockport , Ashton-under-Lyne , Stalybridge , Maoclesfield , and Cheshire 1 Nottingham , Radfdrd , Carrintjtoo , Sutton-in-- Ashfleld , iMansfield , ' and' county 1 Derby , Belptir , -Alfreton , and * county .. ; ............ 1 Leicester , Loughborough , and county ............ 1 Northampton ' , PeterboroughWellbborough , and

      , county j ^ . ; ....... v ... i .. iiv ...... v ; ...-- .. .... 1 Norwich , Lynn , Yarmouth , and tho county of SoTfoHi ' ...... ; .. ; ... „; .... l Ipswich and county of Suflblk ] Hanley and the Potteries ..., ; ....... 1 Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Coventry , and . county ............. ; ... ..,., 2 Gloucester , Cheltenham , > Yorcester , 5 and counties 1 Bristol and district ; ,.. „ . „• 1 Bath arid district ; . " .. " .:.... , , „ l Merthyr Tydvil , Newport , Monmouth , and South Wales .... I 1 Exeter and Tiverton 1 Plymouth , Devonport , Tavistock , 'fruro , and

      county of Cornwall 1 Swindon , Bi-adiord , Devizes , Trowbridge , and county of Wilts ; 1 Sour ithampton , Portsmouth , Me of Wight , and county . of . Hants' ; 1 Brighton , Hastings ; and Sussex 1 Greenwich ; Deptford , Rochester , and Kent 1 Westminster and Marylebone 1 Lambeth , Southwark , and Surrey 1 Tower Hamlets :.... ' ... 1 City and Finsbury 1 The secretary haying been instructed to engage a proper place wherein the delegates . may assemble the committee adjourned to Wednesday evening , March 12 .: , .. S ' Signed on behalf of the Committee , John Arxoti , General Secretary .

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      SioCKPOHT . —At a members meeting on Sunday , March 2 nd , the following resolution was unanimously ngreed to : — " That in the opinion of this meeting it would bo highly injudicious to postpone tlie Conference later than the 24 th of March . " Liverpool District . —A meeting of delegates from Liverpool and . Warrington was held at Prescott , on Monday , March 2 nd , for the purpose of considering the best means of organising the . district , and nominating a delegate for the forthcoming London Convention . . The following resolutions were passed : — " That ' the Liverpool district of the National" Charter Association be comprised of the following localities , —Liverpool , Warrington , Wigan , St . Helens , Bindley , Prescott , Birkenhead ,

      and Runcorn . "That this district send a delegate to the forthcoming London Convention of the National Charter Association . " " That Mr . Joseph Houghtoh be nominated to represent this district in the Convention , " - Newcastle-ox-Tyne . —The committce on Sunday last passed resolutions deploring the dispute between Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Harney ;—approving of the postponement of tho Conference , and thanking Mr . Mantle for his conduct at the Manchester Conference . . ¦ ¦ ' . , ' :: ' '• ' , ' " ' : Stalybridoe . —The adjourned delegate meeting was held at Ashton-uiider-Lyrie oh Sunday , March 2 nd , when the following places were represented Stockport , Mr . Charles City , and Mr . Isaac Lees ; Stalybridge , Mr . William Hill / and Mr ' . Thomas Hudson ; Ashton-under-Lynej Mr . John Brirtwistle , and Mr / Daniel Morgan . ' The following resolutions were' adopted :-- " That Mr . William Aitken , _ schoolmaster , of Ashtori-under-Lyne be

      treasurer for the county of Chester . " Carried unanimously . " That Mr . Edward Harross be secretary for the county of Chester , to whom all communications must be sent . " - ( Address , Edward Harross , B . ookseller , Staleybridge . ) " That all locnlities be requested to send subscriptions to the district fund . "" " That wo proceed to elect a delegatp . to- sit in the forthcoming Convention . " A division in accordance ; with'the foregoing resolution took place , when of the three persons put in nomination-the chairman declared the results to be as follows : —Mr . William Benfold , of Stockport , four : votes . , j omy < Schofield ; - of SUlybridge , two votes ) Mr . Joseph- Taylor , of Ashton-under-Lyne , no votes . "That the funds remain in the hands of the ¦ treasurer until the next delegate meeting ;" . ¦•' That tlie system of co-operation , with r egard to forming a district lecture fund and the local lecture plan be adjourned to . the next meeting . " ' ¦ . -i ¦ . . .

      • Shf . fhe ! d . —At the weekly meeting of the female political association , held- in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-stveet ., Mrs . A . Higginbottom handed in 9 , 000 printed addresses for distribution ^ which appeared in . the Northern Star a short-time since . She likewise informed the meeting that she had written to their old friend Mr . 0 Connor ; asi 5 c 8 ived .. After other business of a locahiature , the meeting adjourned . ; ' Shkffibi . 1 ) . —The council held " its weekly meeting in ' . the ' Democratic . Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-Street , ' . on Sunday , evening—Mr . William Uolmes in the cbair ; the qestion of the forthcoming Conference and the policy which should bo pursued was considered , when , on the motion of Mr . Hague , seconded by Mr . Buck , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — " In order that there may be no misunderstanding in any part of this district of which weform a part , with regard to our views and resolves , we beg to say that wo aco determined to keep our association intact for

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      ^ I he Charter in all its ^ ntirI 7 » 7 T ~ ~~ -- ' - ^ ^ * pacific or Jrog esK ^ ioi r ¦ 3 e ' - adhere therefore , any ^^* WBH ? g ftjS \ ff 2 rS coming Conference . mnit carry out tho above otherwise they cannot hav 6 our confidence or support ; likewise think that the Conference if held m June would be a complete failure / and that early m April would be preferable . Some other business oi a financial character being disposed of , the meeting adjourned to next Sunday . 1 AisLBY . —At a meeting of members held in the Sr " ;? ! ' Mondilv > March 3 ld - Robert "SV" , S 5 « the following resolutions were K ' ; . - " Thntit is the opinfon of this meet-Jhl ' fT \ M P ^ tponoment of the Convention till « wiT , f f Momky m J une is impolitic : and tbat mTmffl l e pre 8 - cnfc state ofthecountry , wereeommendthe EsecuUvetocall the Convention on tho far ^ t Monday in April /' - " That-, t . hn rncnWinn - ~ — - — ¦ ' ^

      passeu y the Executive for a General Conation ExoLt ? w tlCi \ , e : arid ^ recommend to the delegate" °° alUysb ° uldpay tkir own took nh ? ~^ Tnthly meetin S of members etter ^ , Mondiiylas . ' when Mp - O'Connor ' s Star ' Aft f V * ocef i n&a was > « ad from thc sok tinn a lcngthy d'scussion , the following rebvMr Vr M POsed by Mr - W - Bake > sec ° n < led inV' : ^ . "' Crabtree and earned ; onl y onediasentippm aJf Pf . ^ ' the Chartists of Rochdale , fully PI rove of the policy pursued bv Mr . O'finnnm .

      t on rr ° of the Postponement ofthe Convenom - nmn , th . mon th 0 I June - We are further of tS » » li -V ? 1 ? tended t ( > a 3 Semble a Conven . IwLJ ' K « hould be as ca-rly as Possible . "Sacmfr , by Mr > A > Dou S . seflended by Mr . Macmanu 3 ,. and carried unanimously :- « That in PlS f e 0 ° f tl ? res 8 I 't disorganised state of tho SS . 5 K S ° Uth La " cashire . ™ . the Chartists of Z ™ ' recommend that a ^ "th Lancashire delegate meeting be held as early as possible , in the Snvt \ ac in the co « ntry . All localities ^ S ^ ? K ° L 8 ame avo ^ quested to corres-Roial ^ : ^ , ? ^ ' ^ ' afreet , ^ Tower IlAMtKTs . ^ Ernest Jones lectured at the Woodman Inn , ; White-street , Hare-street , on Sunday evenmg .. to a very crowded . and enthusiastic audience , Subject- " Catiline , and the Poor of Rome . The lecturer treated on this much misrepresented and critical portion of Roman historv

      witn great ability and discrimination , giving all due credit to the abilities of Cicero and Cato , but rescuing the memory of Catiline and his adherents from the vile calumnies which interested historians , followed by mere compilers , have heaped upon their memory ; after which he dwelt upon the applicability of the experience thus gained to the events of the present day . Mr . Jones sat down loudly cheered . The chair was filled by Mr . J . Shaw , and a tmndsome collection was made for the Executive . lADiiuM . -The Chartists of-this place held their usual weekly meeting on Monday List , whnn th *

      question of the London Conference was taken into consideration , and the following resolution was unanimousl y passed :- " That it is the opinion of this meeting that tlie Executive Committee has acted very injudiciousl y in postponing the assembling of the Conference till Juno , which step is calculated to do the cause a serious injury ; we , therefore , suggest that the assembling of tbe said £° . u /« ° ? gU not t 0 be latei' than Monday , tbe 2 dth of MftVeh ensuing . "

      Todmorden —At a meeting of members it was resolved- " That it would be tho wisest policy to agitate for the Charter without any other measure being connected therewith . Tbat this meeting disagree with the policy of the Executive in postponing the Conference . That the Coherence ought to havo been held on the day first appointed , but the resolution of the Executive render ing it impossible , it is the opinion of this meeting that tho tonterence should be called on the first Monday in April . '

      MAScnusTEn . —A monthly meeting of the members of the Manchester Locality of tho National Charter Association was held in the large anteroom of the People ' s Iustitute , on Sunday afternoon , March 2 nd , 1351 , Mr . John Sutton in the chair . The secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting , which was confirmed . Afterwards the financial statement for the month of February 5 ^ n ead < , lTlcomc ' lls - JW- Expenditure , n < l 1 u * Leavin fe a balance in hand of 3 a . 6 £ d . Iho following resolutions were unanimously agreed to . Resolved : - " That the best thanks of this meeting are duo , and are hereby given to the Council for the policy they have pursued , and we pledge ourselves to render them cvorv assistance in our in

      power carrying out the same . " "That we , the Chartists , as a body continue to demand the Peopie s Charter as tin- ri g ht of all ; as , until it shall be conceded , the principles of justice will be hold m abeyance , and individual and national oppression will form apart of our political and social system . " " That many years " of bitter experience has taught us the necessity of a friendl y union and co-operation of ' air sectidosof-political reformers ; that such an wnon would bo so powerful in its effects that nothing could withstand it . -That the present political crisis is just the opportunity for such an union to be brought about to accomplish its ends . We therefore resolve to assist and give the right hand ot fellowship to all who are strivine to pain nnv

      measure of reform calculated to elevate the downtrodden masses of our fellow-countrymen . Ifc is with great pleasure wo view tbe address putforth by the Parliamentary Reform Association , signed by Sir JoshuaWiilmsley . and we hereby tender them our support , believing that in so doing we further the principles of our Charter and shorten the way to the complete cnfranoliisementoftheindustriousclasses . ' " That in the case of a cenoral election , we recommend the Chartists , as a body , 'to bring forward candidates to go to the poll ; but where that is impossible they should support the candidates ofthe national Parliamentary and financial Reform Association as the best means of causing the voice of the working classes to be hoard in the House of

      commons . " That we recommend the Chartists to oppose any attempt that may be made , no matter by what party , to re-impose the Corn Laws in any shape whatever , as we are fully satisfied that their re-imposition would be not onl y injurious to tho trade and commerce of thc kingdom , bufc ^ . ilso to the best interests of the working clas ses . " " That we discountenance the use of violent and inflammatory language , as having a tendency to impede the good cause of reform , . whilstat , the same timo we recommend to those who , advocate the claims of the unenfranchised , to . be bold and firm in their bearing , and to show our opponents that whilst we respect their feehng 3 and prejudices , we are not afraid to demand our rights without violence or crime . " " That , as union is our objoct , we repudiate tho system of wholesale abuse of the middle classes ; and especiall y do we condemn a recommendation to

      working men to treat evon harshly those of our body who advise us to support that section of the middle classes who are seeking for a less measuro of reform than we are ourselves , as we believe that such reform is sought for with tho purest motives , and with the sincerest intentions . We recommend to the working classes to hear all opinions calmly , and with attention , fully assured that such a course is tbe onl y one consistent with reason , or likely to promote , the interest or character of the labourin " population . " In the evening , an overflowing meeting took place in the People ' s Institute .- —Mr . E . C . Cropper proposed the first resolution passed at the members' meeting in the afternoon ( as above ) which was seconded by Mr . Donovan , and carried unanimously . —The second resolution was proposed by Mr . Thomas Dickenson ( the Manchester packer ) , seconded by Mr . James Leach .- —Mr . E . 0 . Cropper proposed" nh amendment , seconded by Mr , G . J . Mantle . —The resolution of Mr . Dickenson waa carried , two to one .

      Hamilton . —At the weekly meeting , on Monday last , 18 s . ldd . was handed in from a few democrats , to aid in sending a delegate to the proposed Convention . The members present were of opinion , from passing events ,. that all places authorised to send delegates ought immediately to collect money for that purpose ; If the people will not support a Convention this month ; or the next at farthest , they will give sufficient evidence of their desire to hug the chains of slavery . , .

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      NATIONAL ASSOCIATI ON Oj ? UNITED TRADES . T . 8 . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., President . Established 1 S 45 , " PUT JUBTITIA . " "Ifit were i . MMlMe for ' the worl « iii classes , hi c " oftv bimng among Valves , to raise , or ileep up the general rate of wage 8 , it , * >! . tonlly be said time th / s no . iU be thing not to be puni * . H . but to be welcomed dnd rejoiced atl . &TVA&T Mill .

      ¦« W ' We have much satisfaction hi reporting several adhesions during the past wcck " . Tho £ n < r , - no Drivers of Leeds—the Thimble Make ™ , ' tho Coffin and Malleable Iron Ur . il Makers of Birmingham—nnd the Tailors ( we believe ) of Swansea—have thus recognised the great , principle of national union ; and we have farther to report a very successful meeting , held by Mr . Green of the Glass Trade of " Stourbridge ,. when ho ' succeeded in winning the unanimous suffrages of a numerous mooting in favour of a national- union of labour . Resolutions were then adopted , anil a committee and secretary appointed , tt > carry this determination into effect , and to endeavour to obtain the adhesion of the whole trade .

      Application for rules and general infornsntion has also been made by the Engine Drivers of the Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire Railway ; from more than a thousand of tho ' Flannel Spinners and Weavers of Newtown , Montgomeryshire , and tbo neighbouring towns ; the Merchant Seamen- of lh K '?/ « beach , and an important section of the bilk Trades of Coventry . We trust that , these strong evidences , in so many and distant localities of a thorough awakening of our fellow workinr W n , ° l " iW th 0 ir pO 9 itlon ' and 0 { th 0 ™* best calcul ated to improve it-confirming as it does , in so striking a degree , thc prediction we have so fre quently and porseveringly indulged in , viz . — that such a reaction must , in the very nature of things , sooner or later take place ; while it will stimulate us to increased exertions , will , at the samo time , re-assuro and / strengthen the confidence ot those trades who have so long and so faithfully given us their confidence and support .

      Our strongly-abiding faith in tho soundness and efficiency of the principles of our Association ( when fairl y in action ) as a lever , adequately powerful to protect labour from the capricious avarice of capital , when in the hands of dishonourable men ; and , eventually , to elevate it to that position in the social scale which nature intended it should occupy—will not permit us to doubt , for an in 3 tant , its ultimate , and not far distant , triumphant realisation . The obstacle in our progress is not , we believe , so much a want of faith in the efficacy of national union as a remedial agent , as . a dislike to a continuous , and b y some considered burdensome , payment lor a possibly remote contingency- ; and lurtner , a certain and not unnatural want of confidence m the working classes , in their nrnsont iw .

      norant and degraded position , possessing sufficient virtue and stability to carry out any phase of the associative princi ples successfully . Now , while admitting both these as very serious obstacles in our road , we are b y no means disposed to consider them insurmountable . We desire to see this Association so strong in numbers , as tojustif y thc Central Committee in reeommending to the Conference a reduction of the ordinary contribution to tlio minimum , sufficient to meet the working expenses of an effective executive , powerfnl in numbers , talent and experience , which should carry a knowled"o of tho principles of the National Labour Association to the remotest village in the united kingdom . Ono farthing per week , one penny per month , or one shilling aud one penny per year , from only nftytpousand good men and true , would roaliso

      * . i , 7 l ) 8 us . 8 d . ! >! Let us imagine for a moment the prodigious effect of one dozen , or a score , of energetic , truthful , and persevering men , penetrating into the busy haunts of ill-requited industry , amid the mountains of Wales , the vallevs and river courses of England , thc extensive co . il fields of Scotland and tho north of England , enlisting recruits by the thousand ( because no longer deterred by the bugbear of a peculiar sacrifice ) to the mighty army of labour , whose mission was the enfranchisement of a proscribed race—the doomed ones of tho earth-tho blasphemously termed 1 hewers of wood , and drawers of water —doomed like Sysiphus to their eternal , heavy task . by a God of justice « nd nicrcy . Monstrous ' impiety ! Such a company of pioneers would quickly root up and destroy those prejudices which now stand sn mnnh

      in our way . Tho selfish ar . d very dishonourable tactics of self-interested secretaries and leaders , would be speedily neutralised by the common sense ofthe masses being spoken to . The position and influence of these men , wherever found worthy would be considerabl y strengthened and enhanced The small opposition by your small fry of hungry bRse-minded capitalists , ( though now to frequently effective ) , would be supremely absurd , in any attempt to deter meu from a course so manifestly to their ' interest . J The fifty thousand , taken as a starting point , for a truly eft ' ectivo acitation . would ranidiv ilnnhlo

      treble , and quadruple their number , and tho triflin ^ penny per month would swell by the almost nm « ic power of arithmetical progression , to a fund that should not only be adequate for all strike-purposes for we should have none , or very few—perhaps some such perverted specimen of common sense as an lid ward Perry might turn up occasionally—bub powerful enough at no distant day to grapple with the monster grievance-Labour , made surplus by the unfair , and , we think , injudicious application ot scientific and mechanical discoveries and inventions .

      We can scarcely believe that , with an association numbering one hundred thousand and upwards , any contribution higher than ono penny per month , could be necessary for any purpose , legitimately within the province of this movement as at present constituted ; but , presuming for a moment , that in its earlier proceedings , wherein probably the greatest danger of opposition would arise , how small an additional levy would be sufficient for the support of even an inordinately extensive strike . One extra halfpenny per week from even fifty thousand men , our starting number , would produce 4104-3 s . 4 d ., a sufficient sum to support two hundred and eight men at 10 s . per week . Oh ! there is , indeed , a mighty power in the pence , when the serfs o £ labour can be made to feel and understand it .

      We have named one penny per month , or a farthing per week , a sum more than sufficient to maintain such a stall " of pioneer missionaries as , perhaps , never were cngnsi-d permanently by any labour movement in the world , we have presumed that the inevitable consequences of such an agitation would be to diminish , and spc « dily to render impossible , thoseinjuriousand demoralising remedial agents —strikes . But wliilc the action of scientific mid mechanical inventions are constantly being brought into active competition with manual labour , it appears to us manifest , hat it would be the wisest eccnemy , the very best possible investment of a penny or two from the millions who find employment , to provide the means for thc deportation of the surples labour of England to other countries or locali . ties where that artificially made drug , manual labour , is m request . We believe , we are not far wroiiR when we

      say th . it the surplus labour among the trades of England , upou an ordinary average , though quite sufficient for the purpose of beating down and keeping down the rate of wages , uob 3 not bear a very serious proportion to the employed labour ; Iv . nce , a comparatively small , if continuous effort , would soon sensibly diminish the evil , and cause the wages of any trade thus purged of it * superabundant idlers , to rise . We can , therefore , see great wisdom and a wise economy in a national organisation of labour taxing themselves another farthing , or even a halfpenny , weekly , not to be accumulated , but constantly applied for tlie removal ofthe unwilling idlers from those trades where they wero found to work the mo 6 t injurious effects . A luiltpenny per week from 100 , 000 men would produoe upwards of £ 10 , 000 n-yearavailable for such purposes , and would return to the donors usurious interest for their moilCV in tha

      shape of increased wages . These ' statements and figures , which any man ofthe most ordinary capacity may verify by a pencil and slate , must prove the existence of an immense power exinting , but neglected by the working classes . . We think wo have said enough to meet tbeobjec . tions of those who are deterred from joining our movument on tho score tf pecuniary sacrifice . We have pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of 4 s . 9 d . from the Float and Orris Weavers , of Maiu-huster , per Mr . Potter ; and rfSfrom tho Hollow-ware Prsssers of llanley Potteries , per Mr . Maitland , on behalf of the Tinmen ' s Defence Fund . _ The Commission is tj be opened at Stafford on the 11 th ins . Contributions f » r this good purpose mny be sent to the Office , 259 , Tottenham-court road , or to Sir . Henry Rowland , the lied Cow , Dudley-strcet , Wolverbumpton .

      We are happy to learn that the seamen of Wisbeach have resolved to make common cause with their neighbours of Lynn , not only in demanding a more uniform scale of wages , but also in joining the National Association . VViLLtAst Peel , Secretary . 259 , Tottenham-court-road . ¦

      NOTICE . Trades Office , 259 , Tottenham-court-road , Thursday'Mornivc , Marcli Gtii . fm ^ X ^^ ff ^^^ ^ £ ^ SS tter ^ beLalf ? r FP ^

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      Foams Tracts of . the Ancient Castle o ? Berwick , —in the course of some . excavations now &iTJ ° T ^ He of « w ' wcicnt cS of unTr ? H C i , ' T SpaC ° S r 0 Und On Wllich » ™ understand , Mv Lowrey , the proprietor , intends to ® rec ^ a dwelling-house , the workmen Have removed me debris from a large portion of <« bat appears to nave formed the outer wall of the castle towards the river . In one part o . f this wall , thcrois a largo arch , which ,, as . well a 8 the adjacent wall , is of oeautiful masonry . and which may hot unreasonably be supposed to liavo been an entrance gate . No ancient relic , as yet , has been found amongst the rubbish . The part where these excavations are oeing ' made is on the south side of tho hill , about twenty , feet below the surface , on which the station of the North British Railway is situated . —Berwick Warder . ' ' • « ¦ - Mr . Macrbady has purchased property in Dorsetshire , and intends to make tUat county his nlap' - of retirement .

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      WINDINGUPOF THE LAND COMPANY . DECEIVED BY TV . BIDEE . £ s . d . FromCosterphine , near Edinburgh—T . TVaugh 0 11 J . Wangh .. .. .. 010 Prom Dowse , Wilts—J . Smith .. ... 0 0 G JohnSensbury .. .. 0 0 C James Sensbury .. .. .. 0 0 C M . Aoble , TUurstonland , per It . Brook .. 0 10 From Bermondsey Locality—IL Edwards .. 0 0 6 Mr . Pike .. .. 0 0 G J . Pearcey .. .. .. 010 Mr . Bishop .. .. .. 0 * 1 0 T . Shariaud .. .. .. 010 Mr . Percy .. .. .. 010 Mr . Amos .. .. .. OO 6 Mr . Stee * „ .. ' .. 010 Mr . SymQuds .. .. .. 006 From XewRadfurd-Mr . Mellows .. 0 10 T . Pye .. .. .. 010 J . Duckinndd .. .. .. 010 T . Suftbik .. .. .. 0 0 G G . Fallowell .. .. .. 000 T . Burton .. .. .. 006 T . Riley .. ., .. 006 It . Bradley .. .. .. 0 0 fi TwoMembers .. .. .. 0 1 0 Messrs . Holland , Pollard , R . Stephenson , N . Stephenson , and J . Ashworth , Burnley , No . 1 ¦ Branch .. .. > # 0 2 6 Dnckinficld , per J . Bragg . .. . .. 0 15 C . \ Vellin 5 b 0 r 0 ughjperW . Briant . .. 0 4 0 IL Xoble , Brediin , Scotland- - .. .. 0 ~ 1 0 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. ., 0 13 From GlaFgow—W , Dallas .. .. 010 K . Shrir .. . .. .. o V 0 . J . Hunter .. .. .... 0 0 6 W . Docherty .. .. .. 006 D . Sherrington .. .. 0 10 From Kirldntnllock—J . Gillies .. .. 0 10 G . Drysdale .. .. .. 010 A . Gillies .. .. .. 010 Banbnry Branch , per J . Hone .., .. 036 Hamilton , Scotland , per A . WaJker .. 016 Gty Arms , Worster , per J . Harding .. 01011 C . Kippard and Friend , Cuarterville .. 0 10 Dundee , per J . Constable ... ... 0 , 5 . 0 £ 3 11 3 ' BECERXD AT IASD OrnCE , H . Drake .. .. •• 0 1 0 M . Pearson .. .. .. 0 1 0 F . Banks .. . ..: .. 0 . 9 6 J . Jfewton .. .. .. 010 C . PastUe .. .. .. 010 T . Newton .. .. .. 0 10 J . Wright .. .. .. 010 G . Wr ight .. .. ,, 0 , 1 0 J . Beaty :.,. 0 0 « J . Sparen ... .. . .. Old IL Barnes .. .. .. 010 IuCocknU .. .. ; . 0 0 6 It Leppett .. ' - " .. .. 0 lfl T . Green ... . .. .. 0 1 0 G . Janes « .. .. 026 C . I ) raw .. -. .. ., 09 1 W -v ET <*« t •¦ .. 0 5 fl J . shaw •• •• ¦ .. 015 C ILWooaer .. .. : .. o 1 t ***¦ •• ., OK II . Cook .. - Oil II ? it'll ' " •"* ' • U X V &Br :: ¦ •; .. . "' : « j } i s . waiis .. ¦ .. ;; 0 j , Y ; ? nc % „ •• •• 0 : 1 ( B . Armfield .. .. .. 012 , JI . GUlingliam .. .... .. 0 2 ( W . R . Hanvick .. .. .. 0 0 ( H . Jlarquick .. .. .. 0 2 ( G . Bur ton .. .. ... o 1 ( J . Hnlsley .. .. .. 0 1 ( ILHethershaw .. ! •; : .. o 1 ( E . L . Rete 3 t .. . .. 0 0 ( 11 . Worton •• .. 0 0 ( J . Vigors •• .. 0 1 (

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      : NATIONAL CHARTER FUND . : Received V JoDS Absott . —CoHected after Mr , P . ey noWs ' s Lecture , at the Assembly Booms . York-street . Westminster 17 s 9 id-Cards at ditto 8 s 9 d-Woodman Localitvber R H . Bloomfieia Ms-Part Proceeds of Collection aV ^ tto , ' after Mr . Keynolds ' sLecture , p « -ditto 5 . 3 d -AFriend , per ^« o ls-D . Wnght , Aberdeen 2 s Gd-Nor . widi per W laws ISs-W . Smith , Willinhall 6 d-Col . SKhn-street £ 1 Os Sd-W Quick Famham Royal ls-Cripplegate Locality , per J- E . llonog Is-lloxton , pei J . Edmonds , 39 ,-TotalfiS 3 s OJd , _

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      The Sailors' Strike—Tiie Tursouis is Mancukster . —On Monday a body of from 300 to 400 sailors , in full costume , entered the town , inany of them with blue sashea round their necks , " and others with rosettes of blue and white ribbons . It appears that the managers of the strike had hired a vessel for the purpose of conveying them , to this place for thedouble purpose , as it' would seem of having tbe men out of the . way of tho shipping agents in Liverpool , and also to collect subscriptions in aid of the funds . It was the intention of the men to march in procession through the town , as they brought a number of flags , banners , music , &c , with them . But the police having got intelligence of tbeir approach , met them at the point bi embarkation , and refused to allow any display of

      banners , &c . The committee had secured the People ' s Institute , Heyrod-street , where they intended to take breakfast . On this information being " given they were allowed to proceed to the Hall , to which they walked in procession , but without displaying any of their banners . In this plan they went several times a day , and partook of their meals in " mess . " "Application was to be made oh Tuesday to the mayor for permission to walk in procession , which application has been hitherto refused by his worship . A placard waB issued , announcing meetings in various localities during the week . The mode of collecting subscriptions is that parties of three aw supplied with a tin box , into which the money is put , and tho committee having the keys , whea the boxes are roturoed take out the cOuteutSi

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      Makch 8 ,-1851 . - THE NORTgE R : Ji STAR . . ] ' " " n __ —1 _ K —— ¦ "' "

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 8, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1616/page/5/