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Mat ao. 1848 THE NORTHERN STAR. 5^:
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THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. THE NATIONAL ASSEMB...
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MR O'CONNOR AND HIS ACCUSERS. THE PEOPLE...
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Policy Of Thu Chartist Body. The Lengthe...
Te for " measures and men , " and would a r er puttinsi confidence in well tried and _jLnerienced leaders , rattier than in men of _jj 0 in we know nothing , or what little we _Ao know _* ° _* doubtful description . [ n conclusion , we can only say that trie _Northern Star will be found , as it ever has been , faithfully and earnestly _discharging its duties to the people in a conscientious and impartial spirit . Beyond that statement vre need not so . The past is a guarantee for the future . "We have hoisted the standard , on which is emblazoned
" THE CHARTER AND IsO SURRENDER !'' and , in spite Ofthe calumny and apposition of open foes , and the detraction of professed friends to the cause , we shall continue to hold that standard up over all agitations , until the Cheering shout of victoryshall reverberate from shore t <> shire , and gladden the hearts of all who desire to see class legislation abolished , and the people in the full enjoyment of all their political and social rights . « ONWARD AND WE CONQUER ! BACKWARD AND WE FALL !"
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The pressure ot other important matter compels us to omit our usual commentary upon the _proceedings in Parliament . Jt will be seen by reference to our summary of them , that this is no great Joss , as they have been of the fasual hum-drum character which marks the parlialiamentary reign of the Whigs .
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2^-Re Ou'tioxs And Addresses Condemnator...
2 _^ -Re _ou'Tioxs and Addresses condemnatory of " the a _^ ail ants of Mr O'Connor , and expressing _confidence in thst gentleman , continue to crowd upon BS from si ! par _^ s of tha country- We have been compelled to condense a gnat numb & r and on it numerous others from wantof space . Tbe Chartists and Land memVers of Brighton , Wuan , Walsall . Smethwick . Swansea , Ncrwicb , Corbridge , Limefcosse , Exeter , Stourbridge , & c . & i 3 ., will we _hoi-e si _^ pt this explanation of lhe _rion-stpvearatice ot their communications in connexion with the mass oi _rssslntii ns tfce ., in onr 5 th er 6 h p-. go . _PsvmR rt , iTTEs . —We hare received a letter , signed
k Wm . Tapp , condemning ia strong terms tbe attacks made bj certain persons in ihe Sdtional Assembly ~ upon Mr O'Connor and tbe Sos-aEKS stab ; alsocom-* plaining of the constitution of thenew ProT . sionalEx _ecntire , and stating that 'he who advises a recourse to arms , before everT other means have failed , and the peop le tborongblv prepared , is a _deadly enemy to tbe cause of human progression , aad ought to be treated -with _caution . ' _w . T . will judge the reason whvwe r cannot f ive the whole of hi ? communication _, jit Gwiluak asd Mr _Ccbht . —We have received the _fallowing letter , in reply to tbe charges brought against the _Utie :, which , in justice to his character , we deem it right to publish : — * ? , _Lyall-street , April Isth , IS 4 ? .
'Mr Cubitt , in reply io Charles _U-wUlUn * ! S letUr , _Comy lAvava ? of his btinp dismissed from his employ , tegs to say that political matters had _nuttiing to _< io Tvita tin _question . _Cnarles Gtvillian chose to absent himself Irom Mr Cubitt ' s employment for two day < , withont _giving any notice . This proceeding otBtrncted Mr Cubitt ' s basinets , acd he , therefore , desired that _jtnother person f llollld be put into bis place . And this is the usual custom of the trade , and yrCntitt did not " snow that _Gwillisn inten d , d to return . ilr Cubitt has no time to discuss political matters _, snd be has n' > wish to make _observations upon theopi _niins of ? . nv of his workpeople . ' We have also received another ktter from Hr Gtvillian . denvin _; tbe facts ; : nd assumptions contained in tte
above , but have not space tor its insertion , considering tbat both parties are new fairly before the public , who will ju € ge between tbem . 6 S 05 G * E _Bosshill Sauderlsnd — Refer tO theSTASS , jn which all the monies received tor the defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat , have been acknowledged . T . Clabk . Cor . Sec . To _Scesceieee ? - —We have received a great many of tie papers of April - _sih . ani June 5 th , advertised for in the _SlAS . of May ( jib , andaE only one of cachtcere uar . ' ed , the remainder are of no use _whatever ; we thertfjre , request that no more may be sent . Psess © r kattee compels the postponement ofthe address from tbe Council of tbe United Trades , the _roJes of the r " raurnal Democrats , and Several other _articles .
W . a EWTOS . —2 > ext week 15 as _Chester Lasd ISijjBE & s . — It is _nriBecessary to print your address , its principal recommendation having been already carried out . We have handed the letter to the Directors for their consideration . _Several PeKsoss complain of the non-insertion of their communications . What are we to do S Had we reported less ofthe _sayings and doings of the'National Assembly , ' we mighthave found Epace for most ofthe _rejected tommunications .
LEGAL . XOTICE . —Hr Ernest Jones's dntiel _, as a Bfmbtr of the Er' cutive , rendering it _isipossible for him to attend to H * cases , he has to r _. qacst that bo more be gent to him . Such as irere in his hand , h « has transferred to a professional friend , who is fully competent to advise upon them , and who has _undertaken to d _*> EO , If anv parties wi _? h for the immediate return of tbeir cases _unarjirerto * , asi will send the _xeqnui-e cumber of Pos :-Office _ttamps for the purpose , they Bball be returned forthwith . Letters to be addre > sert to Mr T . A . _Grifiths . Mr Underwood's Ko . 3 , Grove Terrace , _Bajswrttv ** T - > - _-- *«
National Association Of United Trades. A...
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . An address _frcta the council of the United Trades is unavoidably postponed . We direct the attention ofthe trades to the follewine NOTICE . Those trades who bave not been supplied with precepts and business papers for the next Conference which 13 to take place in Liverpool on y > hit Monday _andnlbwing day ? , aredesiied to make immediate application to Mr _BarTatt _, Tottenham-court-road , when thev will be forthwith despatched .
The Shoehakers Of Isterke3s. To Thb Edit...
THE SHOEHAKERS OF ISTERKE 3 S . TO THB EDITO * OT THE HOBTEIEH STAE . _grR —Permit me to offermj _bestthanfes to your correspondent , Hr Fletcher , toiler _seker of _Lamfce'h . for his letter calling upon tbe trades to respond to tbo appeal made in bebsif of the shoemakers of Inverness . I hols it to bs discreditable to tte trades generally that that appeal bas not bt-en responded to . A blow has been struck atlHveruess _, at tfce generally acknowledged risht of the working classes . Tbe parlies implicated are poor , and sppeal to those _taotefortunitelysituated thsntbemselves lor soppert , to enable them to resist an _unj-Jit Bnd Illegal detr e . Tbeir appasl U totally disregarded i-vdu by those _wJ » o eo loudly _compleinsd when s less amount ot injustice was attempted to be perpetrated on them . H not this , to say the least of it , inconsistent ? Besides tbe shoemakers of Internees , there are , at the present
moment , four _raior-grincers , of Shtfield , lying in gaol nndtr sentence of ten years' transportation , for coosp _-.-T & _cj—their guilt established by the unsupported _testimony of two convicted transports . These men , witb four wives and _tixteea children _amonp them , also cry lond for the _assistaceeof tbe men of iheir ordiT to _eiabls thEm to _intettie law _expenres in an _appe-1 _seainst the _conrietion , which tbtre is good _^ ri UBds f- r _Bapposing is bad inlaw . Sow . sir , 1 venture most eainestly to call on the _werking mea of England to come at onceto the rescue ; and _nhile we claim sympathy ior our era wrongs show _ourselus worthy by _sjmpa'bising rlitb tbe wrongs of others . If I _recoUect right , sir , ther was a surplus of some £ 300 * f tbe monies collected iron , tbe trades of England for the defence of the B 0-callei >
eonspirat rs of Newton . I b-: _Iieve , sir , this surplus his nev « r yet been appropriated . I venture , then , to _appfal to Ifr _Xewton and ths parties in whose possession this surplus remains , whether jt woald not ba a very prop . r and l ; : _i'dinate application ofafand which was < _'rijtinally _Enbscrit-ed for a similar purpose . Tho Central Com nittee of the National Trades' Association will ba happy tobe the recipients of any portion of this er any other Elms whAcb . tiie working men of England may be _disposed to contribute in _behslf of these V . ctitBs of Tyran _^ j _, ' or any sutcs will be thankfully received and _acknowledged at the following addresses : —iir Isaac Jack . . _P-jtty-street , _Invsrness , for the shoemaker .- ; Bud Mr William _Caitiedge , Cap las , Harket-street _, Sheffield , for the rszor-grinders . _Abote aU tkings , let it be understood that promptitude in . both these cases ie oi
the utmost _mom-enf . I am . Sir , yours respectfully , 11 _To . _tenh & ni . conrt _. Toad . Wh , Peel
Buckstoxe Edg;.—A Dele'-Ate Meetins Will...
_Buckstoxe Edg _; . —A _dele' _-ate meetins will be held atthe White House , on Sunday . May 28 ; h , to arrange for the _annu-d _meeting Delegates _sre expected irom the following places : —Manchester , Oldbatn , Royston , Middleton , _Hejweod , Bury , Rochdale , Littleborongb , Bacnp , " _^ cdmorden , llebcen Bridge , Sowerby , IJsJiiax , Elland , and Had drrsStH . _NoHTHDiiESHLA'n ) AKD Dcbham —A district delegate _mt-etinu wiil be heid at Berry Edge , on Sunday , ISlay 2 S . a _, _atd a camp _meetinsj will be held at Berry Edge on tne _sama day . Ths friends and _delegaita f i orn other _localities , attending the de egate and camp _Eitetings . will please ts meet atthe Gaieshead Riil-• way Station , at half-past nine o ' clock in the
_foreoooa . _^ _Th e _Fbate & sal Democrats . —Tke second meet * inK ot tbe ( tew society of ) Fraternal Democrats was held on Friday week last , in Cartwright ' s Coffeeroom , _Redcross-street _, Barbican , when the new rules were adopted . Several new members were admitted . —Mr Eydd then delivered a _sonl-stirring _fcddress on the * Organisation of Labour ; ' after which the meeting separated . | Weare compelled to n _^ _oae _tfes _pafeiwsUw ; -of the rules J
The French Republic. The National Assemb...
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . We annou _nced in our _serosd edition of last week tha appointment of the Executive Committee of tie National _Aw . _rnblv . aa follow ? : —Arago , 725 ; Garnier Pases . 715 ; Marie , 702 ; Lamartine , 683 ; Ledru-Rollin , 458 . _f-OSDlTIOJJ OP THE _TTOBKIKG CLASSES . —POLiSD
AKD _ITALT . After _tuQ announcement of the names of the members of the _Executive Committee , Citiz 3 n Wolowski _broHjht forward bis proposition for a committee to examine into the state of the working classes , and , after having developed his views , abra _ptly turned to tbe Question ot Poland . _Citizm Lamartine _ob-Berved how difficult it wa ? for a government so formed , and under such circumstances , to give such pledges as were _dtmanded ; they should recollect tbe reserve imposed npon them , bat he would declare
: har , sbosld tbe moment for co-opeiatton anse , h would not foreet what was due to the French flag , and most assuredly the conduct of 1831 would not be renewed in 1848 . _Ciiirsn Louis Blanc then came forward to propose tbe creation ofanew department of government , and the appointment of a _^ Minister of Labour and Progress . He complained bitterly of the calumnies a ° . d falsehoods to which he had heen exposed . The proposition for the creation of a department of Labour aad Progress wss rejected unanimously .
THS NEW M 1 _JJISIBB' _* . Thefollowing _iaalist of the ministers appointed bjtheExecativeComraitteeofiheNationalAssembly : —Foreign Aff * irs . _Citizens _Bastide ; Wnr . Chartas ; Finance , Dadlerc ; Ju-tiee , Cremieux ; Public Instruction , Csrnot ; Commerce , Flocon ; Publio Wo ship , _Betbmnnt ( since resigned ); Public Works , Trelat ; Marine , _Casy ; _Inferior , _Recurk In addition 10 theab _^ ve list , thera was _sntsequently added thit Of JnleisFabre _, late Under-Secretary of State in the ministry ofthe Interior , now appointed Under-Secretary in the ministry of Ft reign Affairs ; Carteret , Under-Secretary of State in _theminisiry ofthe Interior ; and JeanReynaud _. _Under-Secretsry of State in We miniEtry ef Public Instruction . Marrast , -who declined accepting any position , either in the executive government or in the ministry , retains his former -ffice of Mayor of Paris ; Pagnerre late Chief Secretary to the _Divisional government , is now Secretary to the Executive _GomaiiKipn .
_MOVEUEST IS FAVOUR OF POLAKD . Paris , Saturday . —The capital has bien to-day in a state of ebullition in consrquenco of the demonstration announced by the clubs in favour of the cause of _PoUnd . It had been _announced that a petition got un by the clubs , calling npon the Republic to interfere effectually and at once in _favonrof Poland , was to ba 1 resented to the National _Assembly to-day , and _placards were _is-ued calling on the delegates from all the clubs to meet at the Place dels Bastille , to go in procession to the Chamber to present it . A difference _, however , broke oat _asiaag the clubs _thevaselvts , and _consequently the attendance was but limited . At : _welve o ' clock ihe procession , which did net smennt to more tban S _. 000 merj , began to move aloog tha Boulevards . At the Place de la Madeleine thej stopped , while the delegates went forward . The petition was presented by M . Vavin . On the return of the delegates the _precession quietly _dispers-d .
On Saturday the Minister of the Interior announced the _postponement of the fete ef Concord till Sunday next . Large numbers ol people « ho arrived in Paris en Saturday and Sunday morning to be present at the expected fete were greatly disappointed . THE LABOUR _QUEtllON . The formation of 1 _h-j Executive government , without the names of either Louis Blanc or Albert ( ouvrier ) , ar . d the refusal of the National Assembly to n _.-trn to the propositions made by tbe former for the estab ishment cf a new department of government , under the title ef Ministere du Travail et du Progres , excited great agitation amongst the working men . The National Assembly was engaged on Friday and Saturday , in completing the arrangements for its discussions , and deciding on the _dutiesof its ifficers .
POPULAR DEMONSTRATION IN FAVOUR OF PO LAND . —INVASION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BT THB PEOPLE — DECLARED D 1 SS 0 LUTlOS OF THE ASSEMBLY —ATTEMPT TO FORM A NEW _PROVISIONAL GOVEBSMENT . —ARREST OF BARBES , ALBERT S 0 BR 1 ER , COURTAIS , _RASpAlL-ic . j _*^* We warn owe readers that the following account of the astounding events of which Paris was the scene on _Monday last , is _tafeon fr > m the London daily papers , the bitter enemies of tha defeated
party . ( From the _Tihes . ) A procession to present a petition to the National _Assembly , in favour of a forcible intervention in _bciislf of Poland , having been arranged by the clubs for Monday IaBt , the people cemmenced assembling in _greatDUEnbers abnut ten o ' clock . At about twelve o ' _.-1-ick the first of the bodies who were to proceed to the Chamber of Representatives _parsed the Boulevards des _Italiens . They were not armed . In half an hour afterwards commenced the passage ot the goat column .
The persons composing these b 'dies were of almost every grade of society , but _nineteen-twentieths of them at least were workmen or labourers . Mixed up with them were very many National Guards , ineluding several officers . There were also in their ranks some Poles , whose moarnfnl appearance produced a _csnsiderable sensation among the bystanders . In the processioa was observed parties of fifty or 100 of the sections whose blouses were familiar to tbe ere , having _fij-nred in 1833 , 1834 , 1839 , and February last . Bodies of Commnnists were also discernible , the leaders wearing red cravats , or red scarfs . Here and there were also some men in red caps . Then would come the clubs , composed each of a hnndred or two of well-dressed men , en bourgeois ( plain clothes ) . All cried' Vive la Polcgne ! ' * Vive la Republique ! ' vehemently , and every man in the procession wore an air of determination .
At the Font de la Concorde , I saw abont thirty National Guards coming from the Palace of the Ab--embly cress the bridge , who halted and formed as if with the intention of preventing its passage by the people . The latter were well-trained it would appear , for , to tbe number of 300 or 400 , they rushed on the National Guards , threw their arms round them , and induced thea amid cries of fraternity to lower their muskets and _nnecrew their bayonets . __ From that moment the procession had ifc all its own way . The whole column crossed the bridge , and immediately divided into two parties , one taking the left by tbe Rue de Bourgogne , the other the Q , uai _o'Orfay . The farmer instantly reached the f lace da _Paiai ' _s Bouriwn . Tee other scaled the wali of the tarden of the Palace asd effected their junction with the fir _= t . Thej then penetrated into _; he Assembly .
This proceeding took place without violence , for the captain ofthe guard ( of abont sixty meD ) , seeing himself in the presence of 150 , 00 & men , ard not _wishii : gto be thrown into the Seine , sheathed his sword and ordered bis men to unscrew and sheathe their bayonets .
_KATIOKAL AESEHBLV . Shortly after the Assembly had collected , tbe President announced that he had received a number of petitions in favoor of Poland , which had been forwarded to him by clubs and priva te individuals . He atterwards read a letter frora tbe poet Bferanger , again tendering his resignation , which was accepted by the Assembly . After s _^ ime questions had been pat to the Minister of Foreign Affairs _respecting Italy , and answered , — Citizen Wolowski then asceno ' ed the tribune to speak on Poland . ( Jnst as the honourable minister began to speak , a , sound reached th 8 interior of the Chamber of shouting outside . The sound became every momemt louder ar . d louder and in the Assembly itself at last a dead silence took place . This , however , was nos necessary , to enable the persons inside co hear che continuous _noit _. e of the multitude outside . After awbile , the doors outside were knocked against violently . )
A Member then rose and said : Let tke doors of the ball ba closed . ( Hear , hear . ) A tumult arose from the efforts of men outside to get in . Suddenly the doors of the Chamber vrere pushed open , and a number of representatives , who had _bee-jin thecoramittee-room , hurriedinandtook tlieir places . _Citizen _Degocsss here ascended the tribune amid crie 3 of' order , order ! ' ' go on , go on ! ' to Citizen Wolowski . ' I have to announce , ' said Citizm D _=-4 _ousse , ' that contrary to thewisbesof the President , tne c . mmander of the National Guard has ordered his men not to act , to replace their bayonets in the _scabbard . ' [ Indescribable _agiiation followed tbis _wnouncement , which was increased still more when the tribunes at the esd of tbe hall w ? re violently invaded by an immense crowd of people , vrho entered , bearing banners and branches of trees , and crying , Vive la Pologne . 'J
Citizen Clement _Thohas appeared on the tribune , : md contrived to make himself heard , whilst be said , a large body efthe people were out-side , and moved " > y sympathy for the Poles , wished to present a petition in their favour . The tumult here recommenced , shouting proceeding alike from tbe people , and answering cries Irom tbe members , who were Eeated , and from a crowd of other members who hadeollected around the tribune , when Citizen Barbes ascended and endeavoured to make himself heard . Several _members got up beside him , and endeavoured to prevent him speaking . The other members then proceeded in the plan of drowning his voice , so that it was impossible to hear mere than the deafen ing sound of many voices . Citizen Barbes over and orer _a _^ ain held oat his hsnd to speak , and each time was greeted by cheers from the people in the galleries , and by _exclamations from the members uf the Chamber .
_ The President here left the chair , and was on the instant replaced by one of the vice-presidents . At this moment ashofc waa heard from _oafcide , and the moment alter , _acrowd ofthe people , havingmade good tneic _Atksk ce lie Ch _& abst , jusaed in ju im
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tnense crowds , tnJ at _otce went down to ice end <> t the hal in triumph ; the [ shouts from the tribunes increased , and the people above let themselves iown ( perhaps forty feet ) by the pill ws to join their comrades below . Barbes still remaining in tke tribune , the orowd of people , all in blouses , almost collected round the _tritnoc , stretching ont their hands to him with enthusiasm , and looking up to him as if to their deliverer . __ At this moment the reporters ' gallery , which pre _VioubIj had been _spared _. was in its turn entered .
Citizen Louis _Blakc then got np on the railing close to the Pnsident ' s cbair , and , after many elfort ? , obtained a hearing . _Citizens , said he , I propose to you that this petition ot the people , in favour of Poland , be read in the _Ausembiy . ( Tremendous . 'houts from the intruders . ) The people are calm m thiir force , and the petition ought to be read an'i di 6 cu ; sed at once , that it may not be said tbat th * people have , by their entering here , sinned against their own sovereignty . ( Renewed cheers and accla * Stations . ) Citizen Raspail then read the petition and at the conclusion _otsome cf the passages tremendous acclamations arose .
The petition concluded with the words ' Vive la Pologne !' and this cry waa taken np with suchshout as 1 cannot find words to express to you—it came sharp , loud , and _universal like tbe discharge or a cannon shot , only lasting ior a . _considerable time . Citizen Barbes then meunted on the estrade near the President ' s chair , and _taid , that he should -. 'repose that the Natienal _Assembly declare that tbe people of Paris bad merited well ol tbeir country ( Tremendous applause from the people . )
Citizen _Blai > q . ui now appeared in the tribune , and at last succeeded in obtaining a hearing , and addressed the Assembly in favour of Poland . Alter speaking of the necessity of having a _Btronu will and a universal determination manifested iu Fiance in favour of Poland ( which sentiment was tremendously applaudtd ) , be proceeded to speak of the massacieav Rouen , and demanded that the prisons of that cm should be opened and the _people confined there for the late disturbances set at liberty . ( Renewed applause . ) lie added that tbere must be a spe ; iul Minister of Labour . ( Reiterated cheers . ) The Assembly must , without intermission , without step , without manifestation of faiigue _. continuouBly concert together , to give work , to give bread to the people . ( Cheering as before . ) Citizen Ledbu-Rollih ascended the tribune , and
was received with universal acclamations from tbe people . He alluded tj the justice of their demand in favour of Poland : spoke ot the admirable good _senue of the people of Paris ; declared that the people had set their grievances _before the Assembly with justice , and that without doubt they would be properly attended to . But he would appeal to their sense 0 ' justice , if it were possible to deliberate in such a tumult . He called on them to withdraw on the instant , and aJlow the National Assembly to do its duty , and decice wbat waa to be done . ( He was luudJy appiauded , except st the close , when murmurs rose . ) Vuices : Let it Tote afc once ! The matter has been sufficiently debated . ' We have enlightened the As Bembly !
Citizen Babbes here again appeared in the tribm e , and addressed tbe crowd . The first thing heard was ' A fixed tax ofa milliard shall be levied on the rich , _tocirry on the war for Poland . ' AU the cheers ofthe day were mere trifles to that which now burst forth . ' I thought it would never cease . Just as it waa dying away , Louis Blase was recognised amongst the crowd , and being lifted on tbeir _shoulders , was borne to tbe end of the hall in triumph , amidst tho loudest cries of Vive _Loui--Blanc ' A cry here arose * They are beating the rappel V which having been repeated , it was answered by ihe dreadful exc . amation of' Aux armes 1 * This did not , however , meet with much encouragement , ' Ltt thero beat them it ! What is that to us !* In the mid _^ _t of the uproar and emotion txcited by these exclamations .
Citisen Babbes again addressed the crowd , and said that the people having manifestly merited well of their country , whoever should order the rappel to be beaten shonld be declared a traitor to his country , and hors la lois ! ( As usual , thunders of applause greettd the speaker ) All this time tne President ( who had made but a short stay outside ) was from time to time ringing his inefficient bell . But a new orator had taken nossession of the tribune , and by the _Bilence which followed his advent , it was a favourite of the crowd . I found it to be
Citizen _Hubem , who had been a political prisoner in the time ef the former government . ' Ci _izenf , ' he cried , ' I proclaim , in the name of the sovereign people of France , thatthe National Assembly ib dis solved J' ( What shouting arose here it is useless to attempt to describe—I thought it wonld never cease . ) The President of the Assembly then put on his _* hat and retired , followed by the wholo of the members . The cry was then raised 'To the Hotel de Ville , ' and thegreat body ofthe people left the hall ofthe _Asgembly , and proceeded to the Hotel . Barbes , Raspail , Hubert , and Blanqui , escorted by many thousands of the people easily obtained possession of the Hotel de Ville . The banner of the clubs
was substituted for the national colours , and the people occupying the window ? , as on the 24 tb of February , cried , ' Vive Barbes ! Vive la Republique Deraocratique ! ' Some windows and doors were b'oken . Barbes was one of the first who entered tho Hotel de Ville , with a _dozsn of his friends . He mounted on a table placed in one of the rooms in the right wing , and read the names of the members of tbe provisional government , which he had announced to the chamber . Many objections were made to the names of Ledru-Roilin and Flocon , but at last the former was received but the latter rejected . The names of Sobrier , Thore ; Caussidiere , Blanqui , Cabet , Raspail , and Proudhou were accepted with _acclamations . Other names were mentioned , with that of Albert ; they were also ac cepted , and proclaimed members of the provisional _governmeat .
A voice cried , ' They are going to surround the Hotel de Ville , and kill our brothers . Make haste , Citizen Barbes ! ' Panic took possession of the Assembly , which was composed of 3 , 000 or 4 , 000 persons in blouses , amongst whom were some ce tional guards and a pompier oftho banlieu , the same who had spoken in the publio sitting . Many persons leaped over the tables and benches , which were npBet , and injured several . Barbes , after a moment of consideration , retired to the first room of the left wing , and then into the old hall of conference . It was Baid that many of the members of his new government came to join him , amongst whom were Albert and Thore . M . Barbes and his friends wrote tho name 3 of the members of the new provisional government , and some of the bystanders threw the slips of paper out of the windows on the square .
The ' generate" was heard being beaten without , and the garde national waa advancing ia strong bodies . Barbes , his friends , and About eighty of the people then retired into a little room adjoining that of which we have spoken . The tumult _became frightful . Barbes and his friends shut themselves into the small roorD i and posted several armed persons at the door . At sis o'clock Barbes was writing a proclamation when two captains and half a dfzen national guards of the 3 rd and 4 th legion entered the hall . ' Barbes ! Where is Barbes ? We must have him 1 ' Snch was their first cry . ' No , no ! To arms ! ' vociferated some men with red belts . You shall tread us under foot befjre you touch him . '
A _greaternumber of National Guards then entered , and means were _taken to enter the room _occupied bj the three members 0 / the provisional government . The sentinels placed near Barbes _oppjsed the most violent resistance , but they were overpowered and Barbe 3 . Albert , and Thoe were surrounded and taken into custody . _Barbe 3 was at seven o ' clock carried to prison by the officers of the artillery of the National Guard and an officer of U « sVa _€ . He -was p &' e and apparently dejected . B rbes could not walk ; they dragged him . Albert waa taken in the same mann ? i *; his features exhibited much internal _cmotioa . Thej then seized Thore , who appeared less subdued , and he was conducted by the Natioaal Guard in the same manner to a plac of security . The persons who were in the room with _Baibes were also arrested , and conducted to prison . These arrests are said to amount to at least sixty .
In the ceurse of the evening Hubert and Raspail were arrested ; as was also General Courtais . The persons who arrested him tore off his epualettes and wrenobed his sword from bim . _Subsequently Blanqui , Sobrier , Toutin and Col . _Saissetwero taken into custody . M . Bonquet , the adjoint mayor of the 12 th _arrondisement , acd the friend of Barbes has also been arrested _. At the time tbe insurgents were being overpowered at the Hotel de Ville , another body of National Guards proceeded to the National Assembly and cleared the Hall of the people remaining there .
After the representatives had left the Chamber , an imposing developement of forces made their appearance around the building . Considerable numbers of the 1 st and 2 nd Legion , and of the Guard Mobile , entered the hall with their arms , and caused tbepeo pie to leave it . When the while building was completely cleared , a certain number of tbe representatives returned , and , aftarsome little delay , proceeded to hold a sitting . All the tribunes were ocoup ied by tbe National Guard , and loud cries of ' Vive l'As _semblee Nationale' rose from all sides . M . de Lamartine soon after appeared , and lhe greatest enthusiasm was manifested . Citizen _Cobbon , ene of the Vice-Presidents took the chair about seven o'clock .
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avengo th ? shameful attempt committed on the na " tional representative ** , and to restore order and calm . ( Hear , bear . ) The Ministkr of Commerce : I recommend the Assembly to abstain from everything which mi _(* ht look like _ar-eer , and leave it to the government which tho Assembly has formed to act as the dignity of ihe Assembly and the great interests of the country demand . On the motion of Citizen Lamartine , a vota of thanks was accorded to the National Guard and Garde Mobile . Lamartink and Lbdb _* j Roixin then left tbe Assembly , snd proceeded to the Hotel de Ville , where they arrived about the time that Barbes and his friends were beiDg _overpowered by the troops and National Guards .
M . _PoRTALia : As Procureui ? -General of Paris , I demand authorisation from the Assembly to bring to trial two of its members—the citizens Conrtais and Barbes . ( Movement . ) After a few _remarkfl _, thia authorisation was granted . M . Garnier _Paoeb : I wish to render to the Assembly an account of the measures taken by the Executive Committee . From the morning we were aware that certain _agitators intended making some attempt , and we gave positive orders to have troops placed about the Assembly . These orders were not pronerly executed . When we knew that this _^ building was menaced , three of us came here , and two went to the _Luxembourtr _. ' and from tbence ] _issued orders to the armed foroe . When we . learned late in the day that
a factious crowd had _invaded lhe hall of deliberation , we ordered the forces to be concentrated on this point , and the National Guard at once responded to our call . At present our dut y is to provide for the necessities of a severe repression . The persona who conspired _arealrfady in custody . ( Hear , hear . ) The right of meeting is sacred ; but the clubs , who deliberate in arm- * , and who speak openly ot attacking , in this Assembly , the veritable sovereign of che country—the olubs shall be closed . ( LoudapplauBp . ) We wish to havo the Republio honest , firm , and moderate . ( Continued applause , and cries of' Vive la Republique !') M . Leon Faucher suggested the propriely of _publishing a proclamation , declaring tbat the Assembly hsd resumed ita liberties and its sovereignty . —Aareedto
Citizn Clbmknt Thomas was nominated Commander-in-Chief of the National Guards . At thin moment a violent tumult was heard outside at the left-hand door , and M . Louis Blanc , supported and protected by M . de _Lsrochejaquelein and another member , was pushed into the Chambers by a great number of National Guards . He was exceedingly pale , and his clothes wera torn . He ascended the tribune amidst great agitation . M . _Ldtji-3 _Blaho : What b . B 8 taken place tc-day is
extraordinary _-, I pray you to be well convinced o _( wbat is _passing in the country . I wished to speak to the people , with a profound conviction , with tbe _dhfBitj of one of your colleagues I am deeply grieved at Beeing that you inserted in your regulations a clause which seemed to place the pesple under the weight of a SU 8 pioion , ( Violent murmurs , and cries of ' order , order . '" I canuot but persist with _respeot to Poland in the _sentimenta which the people bave manifested . ( The cries of ' order' redoubled )
Several Voices : What , you think it nothinptbat an attempt haa been made to inetal a Provisional Government . 11 . Louh Bianc ! The French people accords all its sympathies to the Bufferings of oppressed naiiens . Several voices here called to the president to prevent bis continuing . ( _Gaeafc agitation . ) M . Louis Blanc continued to speak in tbe midst of the most violent exclamations . We beard him say : — ' I swear to you on my honour that I had nothing --o do with the scenes of this day , and that 1 _> ven expressed my disapprobation of the demonstration . ' Numerous voices : You are a lache , M . Louis Blanc was then obliged to leave the tribune .
Al . _Landhindemanded that authorisation _shou'd be given also to proceed judicially against thecitizen Albert . After a short _discussion this was agreed to , tbe Minister of Commerce ( M . Flocon ) being the only person who stood up again Bt it . The Assembly rose at a quarter past nine . _FllEC'BLE SUPPRESSION OF TUB CLUBS . On Monday evening , all the principal club rooms were _occupied by troops , and tbe clubs were prevented from _meeting . Blanqui ' s , Cabet _' s , and BaTbes ' _s c \ ub 3 were occupied by the troops without resistance or disturbance . At a club in the Passage Moliere , Rue St Martin , the case was diff ? r « nt . The _ciubbists _res-isted—the soldiers fired , und it is said that four persons were killed and ten wounded .
THE PRISON EBB . Cabet is said to be amongst the arrested . At five o ' clock on Tuesday mo'ning the prisoners , strongly guarded , were sent to the _dungeons of Vincennes . Itis said tbat _soventy-five ih tho body guard kept by Sobrier , in the house ofthe Rue de Rivoli , were arrested . In the same house a large quantity of aims and ammunition was found .
-THE NATIONAL A 8 ST . VBLT . The approaches to the Chamber were everywhere defended by troops . The gates of the Tuileries Gardena , next to tbe place de la Concorde , were closed , but tho high walks inside were crowded with spectators . Tho place itBolf was on every point held by the National Guards and Garde Mobile . No person was allowed to pass unless showing good reason for so doing . Both end 8 of the bridge were held by the Garde Mobile , and the consigns was even stricter here than on the other points . The whole of the steps leading up to the peristyle were covered with troops , principally the Garde Mobile . Later in tte day a park of artillery arrived and took up its station before the Chamber in front of the bridge . Down the Rus do _Burbot-no a vast number of National Guards were posted—in fact , everything gave the idea ofa town in a state of war .
The proceedings commenced with an altercation between the President and the _membere , in the course of whioh the former was severely reproached for not orderina the beating ofthe rappel . Citizen Garnier Pages said that tbe house in which Sobrier resided had been surrounded and entered , and that individual , with seventy-five of his men , aweBted , and the warlike stores illegally placed in his possession seized by the National Guard . The Club of the Rights of Man , which assembled at the Palais Royal , was _cloBed , and its paper seized . The club over which Blatqui presided had
likewue been closed , and the Committee was determined not to allow , in future , any seditions meeting to deliberate in arms . The prisoners bad aJJ been transferred to the Ca . stl 8 of Vincennes . Among tbem were _Barbds , Blanqui , Albert , Sobrier , Raspail and hia nepfeen _* , Colonel _SajBset , and others . The government had , moreover , pronounced the dissolution , dispersion , and disarmament of the Corps ol Montagnards . As to the Prefecture of Police they had found in its chief a complete obedience , but had _thoushfc proper to change the _personnel witb whom he was surrounded .
A long discussion fallowed on the conduct of Citizen Caussidiere , the Prefect of Police , in the course oi which he was fiercely assailed by the ' Moderates . ' He defended himself with great energy , but waa hooted and howled at by his enfmies , who affected to disbelieve his every statement . Among the propositions brought forward in tbe Assembly to-day , was one by M . Biilaulfc , to interdict , under severe penalties , all tumultuous meetings w'thin 1 , 500 metres of the Chamber . It was ordered to be referred to the Committee on Justice . M . Louis Blano was in the Assembly . In passin ? to and from it he wbb hooted by the National Guard .
In tbe _Moniteur thero are two decrees accepting the _resignation of M . Guinard , aa chief of the staff ofthe National Guard , dismissing M . _Sais-iel _, aa sub-chief , who are both implicated in the crime of General Conrtais , and tbere is also an important order by the Minister of the Interior , revoking the appointments of all tha commissioners-general of the department from the 18 th inst . The Monjikcr contains an official notice that Citizen Caussidiere , the Prefect of Police , has sent in his resignation to the Executive Government , and that it has been accepted . The general secretary of ths Prefecture has also resigned . The Mositeur contains deorees disbanding the Republican Guard , the Montagnards , the Lyonnais , and other similar bodies , and instituting instead a corps of 2 000 Infantry and 600 Cavalry under the name of Garde _Republicaim Parisienne .
The Republican Guard , under the command of Caussidiere have evacuated the office ofthe Prefec ture of Police . Tbere are conflicting , accounts of this affair . One account represents the Guard aB dispersed , another that they have taken possession of the Convent of the _CeleBtines , in tho Rue St Victoire _, which the government hss allowed them to occopy as a barracks . During the early part of the day the approaches to the Chamber were , if possible , more Btrictly guarded than the preceding day . The President informed tho Assembly that be bad received a letter from Citizen Caussidiere resigning his seat as representative of the people . The Communis be Paris , edited by Sobrier , and the Vraie _Rbpublique , conducted by Thore , have ceased to appear . It is said that the political prisoners number upwards of two hundred .
Il Ib announced that M Raisin , Governor of the Luxembourg , has been airested . Paris , Thursday . The termination of the sitting of the Assembly yesterday evening assumed aa unexpected degree of importance . While the ballot for the members to form the committee on the constitution was going on , the Minister of the Interior aBoended the tribune , and announced several measures and appointments of considerable importance . Goneral Cavaignac bad been appointed to the office of Minister of
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War , and M . Trouve Chauvel to that of Preectof the Police , He also announced the following measures : — Tlio dissolution of the Republican Guard , and its reorganisation under the namo of Parisian _Republican Guards . The putting down of aU armed meetings , under the prnalty of _imprisonment of from three months to two years . The expulsion frora the French territory of Louis Philippe and his family , aa well as that ot Charles X . A bill respecting the attributes of the Executive Government . A bill authorising the State to resume the
railways . A bill granting 0 . 630 _, 000 f . for the continuation of the _Travunx _Nationaux . Paris , Friday . —The proceedings in the _National Assembly yesterday were not of general interest . Paris is tranquil . Large numbers of troopB continue tO arrive , It is now certain tbat both Blanqui and Huber have escaped .
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SPAIN . MrLITABT REVOLT AT MADRID . An insurrection of a portion of the military garrison , assisted by a number of tbe inhabitants , burst out at Madrid on Sunday morning , May 7 th . The government were so well prepared tbat , in a few minutes , a strong party of artillery were brought against the insurgents . The fighting in the Plaza-Mayor was pretty sharp , and lasted till _sevenlo ' cloek . Above 200 were killed and wounded . Among the latter was Gea . Fulgos _' o , Captain-General of Madrid , who has since died . Madrid was declared in a state of _Biegeand thirteen prisoners were pitilessly butchered alter a sham trial by court-martial .
POLAND . TERMINATION OF THK _CJNTUCT IN POSEN . The Polish patriots in Posen , threatened as they were with annihilation by a vastly superior army iu point of numbers and discipline , have laid down their weapons unconditionally , and placed themselves entirely at the mercy of their conquerors , who first bade them indulge in dreams of national independence , and who afterwards swept down with _grapeshot when they attempted to realise the promises held out to them . The capitulation took place on the 8 th inst ., at Mielczyn , between Gnesen and
Wreschen , the Polish force at that time amounting to 13 , 000 men , _Microslawaki bad in vain attempted to break through tbe enemy ' s ranks tbat hemmed him in on three sides , leaving only oueoutlet of escape—the one leading to Russia . General Von Colomb , the bitter enemy of the Polish race , taking advantage of his position would listen to no terms , but sternly _demanded an unconditional sur - render . _Mieroslawski has been captured , with tbree of bis companions . They were discovered concealed in the house of a nobleman about twelve miles from Posen ,
THE WAR IN ITALY . The Piedmosikbb _GAZETTE of the 8 th publishes a supplement , announcing a serious conflict that took place under Verona on the 6 'h . The Piedmontese compelled the Austrians ts retreat , but subsequently themselves abandoned the positions they had carried . The number of killed and woanded was very great on both side * . _Vbniidde Marzo of Milan of the Oth announces a viotory cf Generals Zacchi and Durando , who , it appears , have routed the Austrians coming from Udine and the home-.
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To thb Ladies—The femaleB in the Tower Ham-Ms met on Tuesday evening , 10 th inst ., at the Albion , Bethnal Green-road , and formed themselves into a locality , and _twenty-eight joined and paid in their _Bubsoriptions . Mr Manndtr May was unanimously elected preaident . This locality will meet every Tuesday evening , at half past seven o ' clock , atthe Albion , _Willmot-street , Bethnal _Green-road . Amos Locality . —A very numorous and respectable meeting _touk place on Sunday evening last , at the Albion , Willmott . atreet , _Bethnal-green-road , where a great number of persons enrolled themselves . _Addreees were delivered by Messrs _Bizar , Sharp , and II- Maunder May . Thia looality meeta every Sunday evening , at eight o'clock precisely . _BjiinxAi , Grben . —A public meeting took place at A 2 _i , Church-street , on Friday evening the 12 th inst ., when several mombers enrolled . Mr May in the cbair .
Towbr _Hauletb .. —A great open air meeting was held last Sunday afternoon in Bishop Bonner ' s FieldB , Mr Maunder May was called to the ohair amid general apdJause , and addressed them some time on the necessity of union . Messrs A . Sharp , J Twaiten , John Shaw , and J . Plume , addressed the meeting very ably and were loudly applauded . A New Chartist _Localit _? was formed at Chapman ' s Coffee-house , Church-street , Bethnal Green Road , on Sunday _evening last , whioh was attended by M . May . Esq —A lecture was delivered by Mr Archer . The room was well filled .
_BBBiiONnsBT , — -The members of tbe National Charter _Association and National Land Company resident in Bermondsey , desire to express to Mr O'Connor , their unbounded thanks for his gigantic exertions in endeavouring to establish the labourer in that position intended by the author of our existence , and likewise express their indignation at tbe base ingntitudeof a _. _'few _Bnarers who have vainly endeavoured to injure his name and fame . BfiBMo _» DSEr .--BesoIntion 8 adopted by the Chartists , ' That we , the membeis of the Bermondsey locality of the National Charter Association , deeply sympathise with Messrs Mitchel , O'Brien , and Meagher who are at present subject to prosecution instituted by government for endeavouring to benefit the condition of their fellow countrymen . Also a vote of confidence in the present Executive of the National Charter Association .
South London Hall . —A large and crowded meetine ; was held in the above hall on Wednesday evening last . Ernest Jones , Messrs T . Jones , Henry , Richards , and Mackintosh , addressed the meeting , whieh evinced the utmost enthusiasm . The following resolution waB unanimously passed :-- ' That this meeting pledgo themselves to _suppoort the Executive by every means in thoir power , as long as tbey remain true to the Charter , name and all ; and we further pledge ourselves to raise our proportion of the Liberty Fund . ' A liberal subscription was made on the spot . Church street , Bethnal-Grben . —A new locality was formed at the Essex Rooms , 42 $ , Church-street , on Friday evening , Sth inst . Mr May in the chair . Sixteen new members were enrolled , and appointed a council of seven . Mr W . Payne , acted as secretary . A meeting is held here every Sunday evening , at six o'clock , and Friday at seven .
Hrbdbn Bridge , —Tbe following resolution was passed unanimously on Monday evening : — 'That we recommend to Mr O'Connor the propriety of bringing out the Star on Wednesday a _* _tid Saturday , instead of the Daily Democrat ; as we think the people are not prepared to support a daily paper ; at the same time , if the Democrat is determined upon , we pledge oars & lres to support the same by ail the means at our disposal . ' _Dkan-btbukt . —The _following resolutions were
adopted at the meeting of Land members , at 83 , Dean-street , on the 9 th instant : — ' That it being clearly proved , to the satisfaction of this meeting , that subletting the work on the people ' s estate at Snig ' s End iB carried on to a _uorious extent—we hereby deprecate the same , and call upou the directors to immediately abolish the system entirely . ' 'That the thanks of this meetingaredue , and hereby given , to Mr Wilks , for his fair aud impartial conduct in the cbair while presiding over tho meeting . ' By order of the committee , James Grabsbt .
_Progress op Chartism in Somers Town . —On Sunday _afternoon , May 7 th , a meeting was held in St _Pancras Fields . Mr _Uttinu in the chair . Resolutions in favour of the People ' s Charter were unanimously adopted . Messrs Abba , of Longfon , Ranken , of Edinburgh , Candelet , of Hyde , Henry and Shirron , of Aberdeen , and Vernon and Child , of Londc-n , addressed the meeting . —In the evening meetings were held at the Bricklayers' Arms , _Tonbridgestreet , John Arnott in the chair . Addresses wore delivoredby _McaBrs Abbs , Henry and Child , atthe Hit and _Mise , _Wellesley-street , _Euston-tquare . Mr Utting addressed the meeting , and formed a locality , and at Mr _Pollards , _Northern-buildings , Mr John FusseU lectured , and ako formed a locality , to be called tbe Alfred Brigade . On Tuesday evening , at the Olive Branch , Old St _Pancras-road , a meeting was held , which was addressed by Mr Child , and a new locality formed .
Deptpohd . —The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed , tho manifesto from the Executive was then read and approved oi ; it was proposed and carried that this locality bo named the Second Division of the Wat Tyler Brigade , and tbat sections of ten each be formed Mr _Flojd _propped the thanks of this _Joca'ity to the National Assembly , and a vote of confidence in the new Executive . —Mr Sweetlovo proposed as an amendment , — ' That the vote of confidence in the new Executive be given , and the National _Aa * emblv be left out . ' Amendment carried .
National Victim Committee . —The secretary Mr John Simpson , acknowledges receipts for Mrs Jones —From Mr Laurie , Somers Town , 0 d . ; from Mr M'Lean _, on behalf of Chelsea Land branch , 4 « Mr M'Lean , Cheshire , 4 i „ from Camberwell , la . 6 f ., ' from Burnley , 7 s „ Mr Squires , Limehouse , 4 s . —Mrs Jonea is in very distressed circumstances . All per . sons holding subscriptions will please forward them as soon as possible . St _Adsteu— A great reform meeting at St Austell , Cornwall , took place at the Market Ilouse , on May 10 th . Mr Sam . Barlow presided , wbo opened the business of the meeting in an able address , showing that all the evils were centred in class _Iegislation . _—Mr Wadman proposed _thirst resolution , —
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Mr J . _iK-yer , dissenting minister , in _srennding the resolution , begged ofthe meeting to adopt tbe means proposed fey J . Hume , Cobden , & o .-Mr Hodge , a printer of this town , moved a resolution in favour of tho Charter in a short humorous speech , which elicited great applause . —Mr _Longraaid , of Truro , _shewed the _suteriority of the Charter over every other means , and a petition was adopted from the meeting > or tbe Charter , wholo and entirp . About this time it was estimated that there were 1500 _per-Bons presont . Mr Througbgood , the victim ofa church-rate at Chelmsford , who was _cenfined for
twenty-two months for Ron-payment , next came forward , and detailed some of the doings of Mother Peggy , as ho called the Established Church , and thea related some of his father ' s treatment , after serving bis country twenty-nine years , and the paltry Bum he received of sixpence per day , and how he had _cerved _eigbteeDyears himself ' , and pointed out very forcibly the conduct of the army , hoping that all young men present would listen to bim , and shun tbe recruiting serjeant and bis gaudy dress , & 0 Thanks having been voted to the chairman , tha meetiBg dispersed by giving three cte ' ers for tba _Charter and its advocates .
Dumfries . —A preliminary meeting of middle class 'LiburalB , ' convened by anonymous circulars , 'to _cons ? der the propriety of co operating with the A 8 _« sociation promoting the new Reform movement' waa held in a coffee house , here , on the evening of the 12 th inst . A score or so attended , principally composed of the Old League rump . One or two good men present _proposed the adoption of the Charter ; but , departing from the question propounded in the circular , thc majority eventually resolved to start upon their own bottom , and make a new—new—new , & . c , move , by calling a public meeting , at which resolutions in favour of a great ( open yoar mouth wide , cond _reader ) Extension of the Suffrage , Vote by Ballot Triennial Parliaments , and Electoral Districts are to be proposed . Uow the people will
receive this bid for their sweet voices must depend greatly _upnn tbe exp _' _anation , that will doubtless be demanded at the public meetine . of the phrase , ' Great Extension . ' If , the bourgeoisie are really in earnest they ought to avoid every'appearance of trick ; for a very general impression exists among tbe working classes that the League had for ita objects merely the supplanting ot the landed by tha moneyoccracy , and that this present mevonient ia ' another of the same , ' rendered necessary by tha failure of the former , the pressure of tbe Income Tax , and Ctber selfish ends . However helpless the working classes may be supposed to be without the countenance of the middle , the latier are much moro so , unsupported by tbe ' people , ' iu a _Btruggle with _thearUtocraey .
Blackburn —At a delegate _meeting of North Lancashire , held at the O id Fellows' ilall , Padiham , oa Sunday , the 14 th _itst ., delegates _present from Clitheroe , Colne , Padiham , Oswaldtwistlo _, _Acorington , Preston , Blackburn , and Armstead , it was n > B'lved , ' That our delegate for North Lancashire be recalled immediately . ' Carried . ' That we recom * mend to our various localities the propriety of supporting by all and every means within their power , the Democrat newspaper , _convinced as we ago , that the press is one of the most powerful engines that can be employed in _working out tbe political redemption of the unenfranchised classes ' That the next delegate meeting be held at Blackburn , at , the usual place , od Sunday , the 4 th June . ' ' That we recommend to our various constituents the propriety of employing tbe Rev . J . Barker , of Wortky , near Leeds , a * we believe him to be an earnest , _eloqueat t and con-istent advocate of Chartist principles .
Newcastle-upon Tine . — 'That this meeting agree to a » licit subscriptions on behalf of that stem and unflinching patriot , Benjamin Embleton , who has for upwards of forty years advocated the cause of the _people , be being at this time , through old age , prevented from following any _employment to enable him to support himself even with the com * mon necessaries of life . ' _MmoLKv . —A monster gathering took place bera last Sunday , James CJoyton in the cbnir , when Messrs _Rusbton , Cli-set , Snowden , Webber , Shackle ton , Taylor , Holt , and Sutcliffe addressed tbe assemb _' y . Never was there such a gathering is Midg ! er before in the memory of the oldest inhabitant , who is now in the ninetieth year of her age .
Nitskll —At a meeting held at Nitsell on the _ftth inst ,, addressed by Mr Robert Wingate and others ; the yam of one pound fifteen shillings waa handed te the committee to carry on local business . Thore iu a good spirit manifested here , & nd it is likely to be a Radical little place . The one pound fifteen shillings was subscribed by the miners of two iron-stone pits _. The following notices of meetings bave been forwarded to us by the members of the new Executive : — Waslev . —At a distriot delegate meeting held ia this place , a vete of confidence in tbe National Assembly was passed . New Radford . —Tbe Chartists of New Radford have decided on carrying out the Plan of Organisation laid down by the National Assembly , and on supporting the Executive .
_Abrrbubn . —At a large pubiie meeting itwas unanimously resolved : — "That we highly approve ofthe spirit which haa guided the ruling councils of the National _Assembly , and that we tender them our joint _asBuranee of _support even with life itself . ' A committee has been appointed , wbo bave drawn up a plan for the immediate obtainmentof their proportion ( £ 35 ) of the Liberty FuDd of £ 10 , 000 . Yeadon Moor . —At a large open air meeting , held on _Yeadon-moor on Sunday last , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — ' That this
meetmg is resolved to give its cordial and undivided support to the Executive Committee of the National Charter _Association as chosen by the National Assembly , viz —Ernest Jones , P . M . M'Douall , _Jamca Leach , John M'Crae , and Samuel Kydd , asd pledges itself to organise as _Bpeedily as possible , so as to ba ready for any emergency ; and we call on the friends of liberty throughout _England te redouble their efforts in the Chartist cause , by immediately joining the National Charter Association , and enrolling their names as members ot the National Guards .
Great Meetikg on Skii > coai Moor . —At a great meeting at the above place , tie following resolutions were passed ;— ' Tbat it is the opinion of thia meeting tbat thanks are due , and are hereby given , to our representative , Ernest Jones , E-q ., for the straightforward and manly conduct pursued by him in the National Assembly , and that we pledge our * _Belveeto support both him and the National Assembly , _» B far p 5 lies in our power , both pecuniarily and other * wise . ' ' That the Assembly having made an appeal to their constituents to raise a fund of ten thousand pounds , in order to enable them to effectually carry out their projects for the obtaining of the People ' s Charter , this meeting _msnifeBt a proof of their confidence in the Assembly by making every reasonable sacrifice in order that a just proportion of the said fund may be raised in this district . '
_LTtAmsGTos . —The Leamington Charti 3 _ta bave ia * Struoted me to write , to express the confidence they hv » ve in the Provisional Executive , and their _willingness to support them by their aid . J . Lock , _Bub-fieo . Limbhousr —On Tuesday evening last , Mr Ernest Jones lecturfd in the Brunswick Hall , explaining the new Plan of Organisation , whioh was received with the utmost enthusiasm . _Bermondbby — At a meeting held at tbe Tanners * Ainu on Tuesday evening , an address to Mr O'Connor , expressive of _cotfidecce in that gent _' eman , waa unanimously passed ; also a resolution declaratory of their confidence in the Provisional Executive , and their determination to support them . A resolution was also passed expressive of sympathy with Messra Mitchel , Smith O'Brien , and Meagher .
Mr O'Connor And His Accusers. The People...
MR O'CONNOR AND HIS ACCUSERS . THE PEOPLE'S VERDICT . Merthyr Tydvil . —At a general meeting ofthe Land and Charter Association , May 8 th , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — ' That our warmest thanks are due , and are hereby given to , F O'Connor , Esq ., for his honest and manly conduct in the people ' s cause in and out ot parliament , and we look witb contempt on tbe puny efforts of those who are spreading vile and unfounded insinuations against our champion F . O'Connor , Esq . '
_Tobmouohn . —At a _meetm-r ef tbe members of the National Land Company , it was resolved- — ' That we the members of the National Land Company , tender our best thanks to Mr O'Connor for his past services as Land Bailiff , and that we pledge ourselves to support him as long as he continues to pursue the straightforward course he has hitherto done . ' Bristol . —The following resolution was passed at a full meeting of the Chartists of this place ;—' That we consider the base and unwarranted attack
made by a number of delegates in the National Assembly , upon the character of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., was entirety uncalled f or , and unmerited on tbe ' part of that gentleman , and that we _whilstrepudiate such a manifestation of ill will on tlieir part , and are of opinion that their object is to divide the Chartist body into sections and ultimately break up the movement , we must express our unqualified confidence in tbe political integrity of our long tried and unpurchasable representative , and bis _trusworthy and honest coadjutors of the late Executive , ' Moved by Mr W . Clifton , seconded by Mr Rogers .
_Bilbton . — At the u * ual weekly meeting of the Chartists of Bilston , held on Sunday evening , tbe following resolution was passed unanimously : — ' _Tha _6 the best thanks of the Chartists of Bilston are due to Feargus O' Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for _hisunparalleled . and unflinching advocacy of tbe rights of tbe working _olanse ? , and we placo our most unbounded confidence in bim for the future . Glasgow . —A meeting of the members of tbe Na _« tional Land Company was held ia the Peme « r « tio
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 20, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20051848/page/5/
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