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SHE HORRID HETAHOEPHOSIS , X 07 r & oH ovi » . _ijfy purport was made out fa the urns of Willius Smith . ' Louis _Eofflppe at _Kewharan
Casts all yon kings and _mlert , And you to when belong The Uvea and goods ef natioas , Come , listen to my song ; Far better than aU lemons Tho timet unto you preach , Then hearken to the let sons , Tho wisdom that they teach ; Obi ' tie an awfalstory , This t & _Is they school you with , Hew oae of yon , a week tino 8 _ffss changed into a Smith .
This king was in his palace , ' All in his Tuileries , And much he tl & pped his pockets , And ranch he felt at tare ; Sow telling op his millions , Kow _moiing how h & 'd wen Sy _villany ana tricking A _kirgdoajor his sea ; _-SsTcTuel chanceof _dipping Hia old thought ! troubled with ; Se little dreasas of engaging 1 In one week to a . Smith . Ah , how he'd choused his people ! How he the fools had dine - _^ ho , making hia their _tnsuarea , Had dreamed their freedom won , Had dreamed in _changing rulers ,
They _changeo * their _rnling- too , That what the Bourbon failed in , The Orleans _ut _' u would go ; All this he thinks and chuckles His silence mingle with ;_ . Old man there ' s yets future—Ton yet may bt a Smith . He reckons up Ms winnings With cs & Qing smiles and glee , _Septeaber laws safe gaggiag The press be _swqre to tree ; Select-- _koaght-tip elections , — Chambers that placessn fill , m Tha rvht to grumble pending Upou his rojal will ; Oh , why Ae _peepls _' i growling * Should he _coneera him with f Has he not forts aad bayonets ! Who'll make of him a Smith !
Sis thoughts are cf the _dinasr , — There ' , joy shore his frown , — Bugeaud wiil _Seth his _btyonsts , — Bugeaud will hew thsm down ; A hundred thousand sabrss A _^ d dripping all their blades , — Ah , faith jour smile has meaning , King ofthe _Bsrricades ! Yet sure tome _Bockiag _dsvil , Year thoughts , is bu « y with ? And trusts-, _kinsr _, he ' s _tneering To think of you as Smith . A day has gone;—the sunshine Peers coldly throngs each pans Cf that old Sourbon palace , Aad there ' s oar king again ; His yesterday so storm }
Has sleepi & is sad * his night , Sat still he traits to _sbnfHes To end the Matter right ; For Mol-. for a moment , _Gaisot ' s betn parted with ; En » Te _* will _rhiswlvM ns _dnplnj He'll knew h when he ' s Smith . Ike ham—the rash of thoassads—The rising citj _' s rosr _, — SJotre _Dtma the tocsin ' s ringing , St _An'oine ' a ap once more ; * Zhe _Boolerards thick are piling Their barricades foil fast , — Xba Nationals—th « y waver , —
The _ListU faith—will it last ? Thiers;—Barrot ;—h * * s crownleM ;—All's gone ;—they ' re settltd with The old knave and his ruling-, And Louis Philippe ' s Smith . A serry cab is Hjing , — - For near St . Cloud he ' s bound ; i _" or alms among tht soldiers His old hat ' s going round ; Sew comes & week of dodging , Of dread thst they'll condemn His kingship to ths mercy That ha had shown to them . ; Sow , millions , _crowa and whiskers And fear all parted with , Ee steams _tswerds _Newhaven , A Mr William Smith . Oh . well this _awfol story
Hay shock each royal ear ! And yst I trust its warning To all is pasting clear ; The moral you'll bs drawing Fr & Ei this my tale of France Is plainly , _kiag and rulers , Step out , my crowns , advance ; OriBcoHJes , thrones and whiskers You'll , friend , be parting with For _pilat coats asd ClaremonU And passports filled with Smith . W . C . Bmhe _**** , Dsbcrae Piece , Blackheatb .
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LINES ON THE PBESEKT HOYEHESTS Kow hop * unto the human heart A gladdening ray hath lent : The clouds that hung black O'er its _future track , By the dawning light are rent . Clear ia the distant horizon , A gathering florae appears ! And _tjrants _gass At the reddening Wise , While their souls are filled with fears ! Full well they know tbe time is near , "When oppression ' s reiga must jieH ; When the growing might Of truth aad right Shall _shirer their _brasan shield !
Long , long with _fogredition'k chains ThesmTering masses they ' ve _press'd , — Hoek'd at their woes , Till tbeir spirits rose And grah'd from their _maddea'd breast * From land to land now the spirit sweeps ' , Xiike the rajh ofa mighty sea ; The despots quake , While the masses wake To the cry of Lihe * ti ! As the early sua , with _ealireaing beams _ . _KeTixes the fraitfnl plain , Lo , the mareh of trath _Briags back earth ' s youth , Aad freedom wakes again ! Millions start from that torpid sleep , "Which with thtir lives began ; And prosperous peace
Gives rich increase Tothe arts that ennoble man . « Then each for all , and all for each , 'The banner waves unfurPd , Oa _equity ' s base They seek to raise The dynasty ofthe werld I Thus every man ia every cliae , Will _livate bless his birth ; When labour ' s name Gives equal claim Tothe blessings ofthe earth ! "While virtue like the dawning mora , Shall shed a hallowed leaven ; Aod _whlfp-ring love , In every grove , Mske earth a dream of heaven .
Let reigning power not seek to crush _Profession ' s peaceful tend , Lett goaded on By untold wrong They grasp the horsing brand ! For who can tell , In that heur of strife- " " When angry passions renge—» Bat wrongs long nursed _Usy _indignant hurst , And make * dread revenge ! Profusely human blood may Sow , Till It reddens the tranquil sea : — Still oppreislaa ' s name Shell beer the shame , Down to posterity ! And sages will point to thatdreadfnl time , While the heroes _cslraly _tlwp , Asd teach their joath This lasting truth , —
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. H 8 > THB EE 3 P 0 KD TO IIBERTY . Aronse from yonr thraldom , toth Saxon and Celt , _Scrlong-T he branded as Blare , And swear by the tortures _jourkiHdreu baTe . felt , That the hour has arrived _forJfhBDlOWtO be dealt , Then strike it , ' til worthy the brave . Has the stream of Titality dried in the vein ? The fire _ceiBea to burn iu the _ssul ? Save we tusk so degraded through Eerfiem and pain , That we never can rise to onr manhood again , _Expansive to liberty ' s call !
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Say , why _ihsalfJ we coward-like seek bat to trace , _Eilsteaos in bqsds _^ e sad theme f Shall we hid the fair spirit her image enlace , Ani linger on still ia e tern el disgrace , Unworthy of honour er fane ! Hark , hark , even now to ths echoing sound , Btsouading from valley to hill _. It ridrs on tbe whirlwind , encircling areund , Ths nations of _Eorop * in tyranny found , ™ Up , up , then ! Wo Bill ! Ay , w » will I We respond te tha call for our spirits have felt , Great Ged ! ' tis a message from thee , And we swear by the throat , before which we have kselt _, - Thst the Countries thou _gavest to Baton and Cell , ShaU alone It _enjoy * J by fhtfrtt . John _StetivK .
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Easter term opened on Saturday , -when the _grand jury found true bills for _ueditiwi against Messrs O'Brien , Ueagher . and Mitchel , and they were placed under a rule to plead in four days . How far these parties are likely to be intimidated by such proceedings , may be learned from the following extracts from the United Irishman , which we take from the _AIobnccq _Chrokiclh of Monday , and which very truly remarks— ' Thero is not tke slightest abatement in its ( the _United Irishman ) tone of treasonable defiance . On the contrary , it is more violent and determined than heretofore . ' The extracts are irom a letter of Mr Mitchel , to Lord John _RtJRsMl —
• You beard Smith O'Brien on Mohiay last , amidst the howlings cf your Parliament mob , deliver -Ireland !* defiance : —think you this man will Shrink from your new-made London ' felony , ' or be gagged and frightened by your 'bills' with their huge mob majorities ? But , perhaps , you imagine it was s mere display of individual contumacy , or piqued vanity ?—my lord , in every word , every _syllab ! e , every title that O'Brien promised or threatened on Monday night , he knew that he was uttering the inmost thought * and feelings , the cordial hatred and defiance , of fiv _& _aillion hearts ; and it shall he made good to the letter . No more fortunate event has happened for Ireland than your selection of William Smith O'Brien and Thomas Francis Meagher te be
treat * d as degraded crimina Jeor dangerous _lunatics , because they are precisely the men wbo will not bleach before your judges , your bayonets , your juries , er your gibbets- _^ 'What the people vraat to tee ia their leaders is _iedividoal heroism ; is the determination to do themselves what they incite others to do ; and seeing that , I believe they will follow , though it were to the gibbet ' s foot or the . eannon ' a _mnula . ' See , now , what it is you have undertaken to do ! First , to erash snd frighten men who hare taken upon them a task like ours , moved by such motives , stirred by sueh passions , sustained by such determination , as I hare _described to yen . Second , ta stay discontent and disaffection by shutting the mouths
who utter what all think and feel . On this latter point I am suf prised that your lordship ' s well known learning as _s _' politicsl economist bas not aided you . There is a demand , a brisk and increasing demand , for treason and sedition ; you know demand ( see Adam Smith ) creates _afsupply . If the _Usirso _Ibishuak * be removed , others will be fonnd to furnish the article in any quantity that may be needed ; and indeed , I hereby advertise to all enterprising ' _Jaeabiss , ' that in Ireland there has been opened an altogether boundless market for this kind of ware ; that the article wanted is of the _coarsest and strongest kind ; that _ornamsats _' and trimmings ( as brilliant _hnmonror tender poetry ) are not absolutely necessary ; all that is required _beiag good , sound ,
hearty , honafdt sedition , plain military instructions , sharp incentives to rebellion , strong treason , and thorough goiag felony without benefit of clergy . ' However , my lord , as you have undertaken this task—as you have deliberately pitted this British 'law' against the Irish nation , there is one little matter I should like to arrange with you . I havo already broached the subject te my Lord Clarendon ; but there is nouie ia talking to him—he is too hop « - _lewly committed to bad company , and _involved in evil courses . I mean , of eoHrse , ths packing of the jury . Your lordship , however , ia tha author ofa work on the British Constitution , asd also ( perhaps yoa foriet it , as most other serious do , bat I assure yon that yea are ) of a memoir of Lord William .
Ragsell , your distinguished ancestor . It is mainly for the sake of refreshing _yo-ar memory ( and the _public ' s ) u pon the subject of thia memoir , that I have _ehosen ts address my present letter ts yoar _lordsnip . You had great zeal thirty years ago for . 'constitutional liberty , ' and all that sort of thing , ( you may forget it , bnt I do assure yea that you had }—and you fell , in this memoir , with becoming indignation , how that the Court , when it intended ta shed the blood of the popular leaders , cheated the citizens of _Linden of their rights , and got hold ef the appointment of the sheriffs ( his Tillany was only temporary in _London-it is a permanent institution of state in Dublin ) , and how the Court ' soon had an opportunity of _mafcine Hse of their new power ;'—how , 'having
shed the blood ef _Colledge , the Court next attempted the life cf Lord Shaftesbury' ( vol . iL , p . 6}—how the eity was thronged with troops to intimidate the people ; and how Roger L'Estraage , in the columns of the _Obsssvatok ( which was the name the Times then went by ) , declared that 3 citizen ' s skull was but & thing to try the temper of a soldier ' s sword upon—( vol . ii ., p . 11 ) . Yea further narrate , mylord , how that when tbo _bloodhonads at last pounced on Lord Russell , ' after the examination was finished , he was sent a clese prisoner to the Tower . Upon his going in he told his servant , Taunton , that he was sworn against , and that they wonld haTe his life . Taunton said he hoped it _woujd not be in the power of hi * _'
enemies totake it . Lord Russell answered ye ? , the devil is loess ( meaning that the sheriff had his instructions ) . Frem this moment he looked on himself as a dying . man , andturned his thoughts wholly to another world . He read much in the scriptures , particularly in the psalms' ( _vel . ii ., p . 25 ) . * Truly , it was time for him ta make his soall But the trial eame on , and ' upon calling over the Barnes , Lord Russell challenged no less than _oneand-thirty _, a fact whieh can hardly be explained , ' says joBr ~ . Iord 8 b . ip , 'bat by supposing that some pains had been taken by his enemies in the selection , ' ( p . 40 ) . Yoar lordship may say that . But all his challenges were of so avail : his enemies had selected too skilfully ; asd they murdered him on
Towerhill . 'In the act ef 1 William and Mary , annulling Lord Russell ' s attainder , it is recited that he was convicted by means of ' undue and _illegal returns of jurors / ' It seems , then , that there was packing of juries in those days—a horrible scandal , when ; practised in England , ar . d against so _amiab ' e a nobleman ! But does not your lordship know that all these _eBormitiee , and worse , are regularly practised in Ireland down to the present day ? Do you not know thai in Dablin the -sheriff is . always the creature of the C _* - * wn ? And that he is created for this express
purpose ? Di yon n & i know that your faction—I mean the English government—never got one verdict against & politieal offender , save from a well and skilfully _paekrd jnry ? And that in the only case where they did not pack ( viz ., The Queen against Daffy , tried two _ye * r 3 ago ) , they failed _ignominiously . * The reason why they did not pack thejury in this ease wag , that they had been thoroughly ashamed and _brought _intodisrepute by . the _rxmftrous fraud practised in the framing of the jury to try O'Connell and the repeal conspirators a short time before . They thousht they could not repeat that trick so soon _again ; so they foolishly admitted three ofthe national party into the box . 4
1 know , ray lord , you will not commit that mistake again . I do not quote these passages from your lordship ' s biok in the expectation that any silly weakness will prevail to make you give us a fair trial . I hope I know my place better : we are mere Irish ; and I haTe not the presumption to imagine thst we are entitled to as fair a jury as the noble British martyr , Lord William Russell . I have set these things down , therefore , not beeause I hepe to produce any effect npon you , _frafbecauBe I know this letter will be read by ( or read to ) at least a hundred thousand men . Of _eourse jou will pack the jury sf ainst nB , merely because all the world knows you daw not bring _na to trial before an impartial jury of our coun * try-men . If you do , it will be the last criminal _progecation in Ireland as the suit of . ' Our Lady the Queen '—as indeed , in any case , I trust it will be the last .
' It matters little now whether you pack or do not pack . Whatever kind of trial you select—a fair one or a fraudulent—a trial for misdemeanour , or a trial for felony ; or whetheryou drop juries altogether , and try grape-shot , I tell you that you are met . The game is a foot ; the werk is begun . Ireland has cow the' British'Empire' by ihe throat ; and if she relax her gripe till the monster is strangled , may she be a _province / _lashed and starved for ever . Amen . ' I _regain , my Lord , John Mitchel . '
Mr Mitch-ex also continues his military _instruciion 3 under the head of ' Our War Department ' Here are a few illustrations ef the nature of these lessons as _^ nuoted by theMoEKKS Chronicle . 'No . _ET—Dbiixi . vo ( _cowikdkd ) —We have ex nU _iiKd how lines of pikemfi should charge on mfantrv . Unless the pikemefl _' are well disciplined , or unless a good _prizs is to be won , _suchas a park ot field _^ _rtillerv , or baggage , or ammunition waggons , protected by cavalry , a charge on the latter Ehould seldom be bszarded . If they aro fools enough to Sit stock-still on their horses , and wait for you , _<*?*& on thera at once , as on infantry ; with this difference , the ranks of the pikemen should close up—the points ofthe front rank should be elevated to the level of the necks of thehorseF _. or the breasts ef the riders—the points ofthesecondrankshonld ba pushed forward on a level with the chests of the horses-and the points ofthe third rank should , bo tixm between
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tha fita ) tmd _sacsnd rank , aa far baforo the first rank 8 _Spos _* 3 J _$ s jttstasi _* f charging infantry the piked of _taeBSsoga are thrust _batwesn the men : of tha £ * $ t rank . Bat a charge en _caTclry , except on their flank , from _across strees , « r read _running _, at an angle te their _Iseof march , er ether ambush , will seldom ba P _^& fe . Cavalry always ehargo . Their great strength w in tfce impetus of the gallop . To destroy them it is only _naeossary to drill pikemen to go _threagh tha forms of reception with grace aad effect . _'ToRscsiva CiVitET . _—Diapsse your pikemen iu lines , at least three risks deep . The front rank should drop on the left knee—place the butt end of their pikes ( which , for this purpose , and to , balance the : head , should fee armed With a ferrule of iron ,
_reusded io a peint ) oa the ground at the knee , or behind the knee , if the pikes bo _ov * r long—and slope the _rhsfts forward , s » as to _brias ; the points to a level with the . riders' breasts when charging . The _gecoad rank stand Immediately over the rank Kneeling ; and throw their pikes forward at a level with tho horses' chests—the third rank clese up , and throw their pikes _ferward between the files of the second rank _. oa a level with , er a little mere elevated than , the _poists « f the second . rank .. _Jlere is a human ckevausdefries impregnable to cavalry . The pikemon all should stoop the shoulders somewhat , and throw their bodies forward s little , se as to support with _l-heir whele weight tha pike point , aad to allow musketeers and riflemen to play trom behind .
'Pikemen should receive cavalry ih line , only when their flanks are completely covered—as in a road or street . . In the field they _. Bnonld form into squaweach side _threa _or . four , or more , ranks deep—the front rank kneeling , and the _eseond and third rank disposed ae we have shown above—musketeers and riflemen iri the centre . Hallow squares—that is * qaMea _, of pikemen , aach of the sides of which should he at least three , and sot sore than four ranks deep —are the best ; they allow _fire-aris * to play from the centre , which squares of greater solidity do not . Perhaps the following are tbe ' plainest and e & _sieat
directions _^ to form them : —Draw up yoar body oi _pikeweB , in _oommea , twelve ranks deep . Let the three hindmest ranks wheel full found—march _forward » 6 many . paces m there are men in the rank , and halt- _^ -let the six middle ranks wheel also full _round-tha three ranks then foremost wheel in line te the left , pivoting on tho left flank . When this operation is fully _performsd , _! let tho other three ranks ( of tbe sis eeatre ranks in column } wheel to _«« e _rieMpivctiag on _thereat fi » nk—musketeers and riflemen fall in , the sides _eloso up , and your _squtre is complete . A little _praefcica , and this cau bo all done in half the time necessary to write it .
'So much for _eav & Iry . Artillery must ba captured in a rush , and among the carriages all order is _impossiblo . . Tbo only rale is , spike away everything but the horses and guns . In this sort of fighting , and iu every -rote * , as when regular infantry club their muskets , all rules are _impoislble , and _uselesseverything' depends on courage and activity . After the first rush , however , the pike should be graBped in the centre , and your enemies spiked right and left , or knocked down—or otherwise _fotrid ' of . Two or three men fer every gun , or ammunition carriage , should seize the horses' heads , nnd ron them off , while pike-mea cover the left , and right , and rearso as to prevent their recapture by a charge ef oa . Talry .
'The man who pulls his _triffgepwithout heing sure of his aim gives strength to the enemy . Mind that ! 'To take sure aim , the same general rules are applicable both ts smooth bores and riles , _allowance being made for the sights in the latter , snd for every man ' s experience of his own barrel . We give a few of these rules : — ' 1 . At hundred and fifty yards aim for the centra ef your enemy ' s S ; are , st one hundred or less , at his breast ( unlets your gun throws high , ) which you should avoid by reducing , and thereby savin ? , the powder—never at hia head . At a horsfman moving quickly past yon , never rest your rub—fellow him for a second , till yeu get into his gait of geiag _, and then prefer firing ; at him after he has pawed you , when moving off , and never fire at him when he is exaetly oppositetoyou—that is , when your line of aim is perpendicular to his lino ef progression . 1 2 . Be sure yoa see your man plainly over the nail before yeu nail him .
_^ 3 . _B'ing your gun lo bear by the strength ef your right arm ; throw as little weight as possib _l e on your left * , until you have covered , and are abont to steady your aim ; then grip hard with the left hand , draw the elbow a little in , aad tighten the romeles of the left arm . Linger as shortly on your aim as possible . ' 4 . Ia firing at a standing figure , or figure moving full front towards you , raiae vour aim irom his feet to the level of his breast—and steady . ' 5 . Frem the moment yeu raise the gun lo the shoulder till you hare fired , hold your breath tightdo not re _> prre or inspire ; if you do , ten to one your enemy _aaynet expire . ' Pira your ball heme _^—let your rod hop on it , before yon consider it leaded properly . If a gun he not properly loaded , it is mere efaance . ' These short rules we recommend to all rifle olubs and musket and carbine men . Next week we shall have other matters to treat of . ' The Natioh ia equally determined ia its tone .
The Frb ehak _' s Jotjbnil , referring to the Repeal debate in the House of Commons , says . — 'One great _difficnlty will be removed by this refusal to entertain the question of Ireland ' s Tight to make her own laws . Men—men who have manhord and the sense of dignity which it confers—will hence forth for ever abstain from coming before the British parliament in the character of suppliants . The last petition to an English parliament for a repeal of the union has been signed : wither the slavish hand that ever signs another ! Ret the coward _tongue that would _conm-el such degradation . ' The Rubieon has been passed . Henceforth our path lies in another _direction . '
GRAND DEMONSTRATION OF REPEALERS . On Saturday a grand soiree took place at the Music Hall , Abbey-street , which was erowded to excess in every part . The hall was tastefully adorned with evergreens : Thera wera raws of tables along tbe room , at either side of which sat those who had purchased tickets . They were abundantly supplied with tea and coffee , & _o . The table on the p ' atforra Was decorated with vases of flower * , and a service of china and decanters well replenished . Over -the chair were / two _larje flags . One of them the flag b _^ rne before the 1 st re giment of Irish Volunteers ; the other an Irish tricolour with a large shining * pike' at the top . The mottoes were : The
Volunteers of 1782 ; ' ' Welcome home , Deputation from France . ' On an orange and . green flag , ' Ireland ' s Truest Patriot . W . S . O'Brien , M . P ; ' * Ireland ' s Legislative Independence ; ' ' Repeal and No , Surrender ; ' 'The Ojneen , Lords , and CommonB of Ireland . ' The mist conspicuous members oa tbe platform were Old _Irelanders , but with their moral force principles completely evaporated , as they seemed to vie with the Confederates in the spirit of Republicanism . _Shertly after eight o ' clock , Mr Smith O'Brien entered , ace _« mpanied by Mr Strifcob , Mr Dufiy , Sfr Joseph H . Dunne , jun ., and Mr Doheny , all ef whom , except Mr O'Brien , appeared in the military costume of the defunct ' 82 Club . On the motion of Sir Simon Bradstreet ( an Old Irelander ) , thechairwas taken by Mr St » itch .
After the circulation of . the cup which' cheers but not Inebriates , ' the Chairman ro » _s , and proposed 'Ihe health of the Queen of Ireland . ' In prefacing . the toast , he said they would appeal from the Imperial Parliament , which had scornfully rejected their claims , to the Queen . He hoped she would be alive to her own best interests , and that she would become acquainted with the * important truth that the stability , perhaps the existence of her empire , depended on her granting an immediate repeal ofthe Union . The Chaibhak gave the next toast , ' The People . ' Mr Pbasxb ( the celebrated ironmonger , ) beiag called upon to respond , said he felt proud at being
called open to speak to the toast of the people , _par-, ticularly so when one of Ireland ' s noblest sons was arraigned that day & s a . criminal . He believed the power ofthe Irish Was never rightly fathomed till they laid hands Hpon _hhn . ( Vehement cheers followed this sentiment . ) Before they arraigned for sedition- they should first have removed tbe cause of such sedition . All the _Repralors required was the repeal of the Legislative Union , tbey should have that , they would not ba satisfied with less . ( Cheers . ) The Chairmas next _gaye , ' The Legislature Inde _. _pendence of Ireland , 'with which he _conpled ' The Memory of the Volunteers of _1782- '
The Chairmah then gave , ainid vociferous cheering , _« The health of Ireland ' s uncompromising repre * _seatatlve , Mr Smith O'Brien . ' Mr O'Dosoohub , secretary to tbo trades _eommittee , then read an address / rom that body to Mr _© 'Brien . Mr Barbt then presented the hon . gentleman with the flag before-mentioned , inscribed with the words , ' Ireland ' s truest Patriot , ' & c . Mr _Fbaser desired to have the volunteers' flag of 1782 lowered from the place it 00 mpied , so that he could formally present it to Mr O'Brien . The hon . gentleman accepted these flags- and bowed to the individuals who severally presented them . A harper , on an elevated platform behind the chair , played some appropriate airs , which excited great , enthusiasm . An amateur bind was also in attendance , which , on Mr O'Brien coming forward to tbe front of the platform struck up ' The conquering hero . '
Mr O'Briek made a lengthened . reply in the eourse of which he said : A portion of the assembly were pledged to ' carry out certain operations in thoeountry —one of which was a National Guard , or an array of _volunteer of 1848 . ( Cheers *) He was happy to see that Old Irelanders acted upon the suggestion given by the Confederation , that every man in thia country should provide himself with some weapon . He was glad to _perceive that the advocates of moral foroja did not think it _sufficient to controul bad men . He did not Tegret that ihe Orangemen ( though it may appear a parados ) were arming , and that _Sergeanfe . Wa' . ren'd eall was being responded to . As to the formatioa of a National Guaro ' , be _an-i his coy _^ _ajjuea 0 $ the deputation had taken ' pains
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_, to ascertain the _foraatiea ef the French »» _mtta submit m a few days fa » view on the JMttw * / " - mat alluded toth e flag no he'd in his ¦ _fitr _£ rwsedh { s ooovratioB that though he might te confined _witkia th ? _walisofa prison in a few days , that Sag would be borae before a regiment of _velanteera ot this eountry in 1843 . He said he had fl 0 _-i-A t ° E . tuni ty of P » ao « _caUy - _entering upon military exercise , but there wag rwthing which any _awu Ha ? P ° Md to do he was not prepared to - vi h 8 er 8 . *) He would _cemmeBoa aa a private , and 'J I enjoyed tha- good-will of Ma comrades ho n l _" _^ _Pkce d in _coavniaBd of a regimea t , over which that ( meaning the _TfluBteore _' flag ) would float as a standard . ( Cheers . ) He then alluded _totho council of 300 , ' and said tha abjection raised _' _aa-ainat it by astute lawyers had bean removed . All sections
of Repealers were anxions for its formation , and nothing was required bat a definite system of osganisation . He then expressed a desire to havo additional clubaformed ih * Dublin !" ' ( The Secretary informed him _ there were -five organised _sinee ho left D _tt-- _? " _^ He said orcry knot ef Repealers ought WJorm themselves rata local clubs . He then cSt _^ l « _LS ! , _* ¥ ? ' 8 ecret organisation , which fi 7 _^ Z _^ fai J ! " Ho H _« t urged up > n them the impcrtence of abstaining from intoxicating liquors . He then besought _tbepeasan _' s through the country to cultivate the land , so asto provide what was called a good commissariat . ( Cheers . ) Ho thenommadverted upon Judge _Crampton _' s address to tha Jury , and said th » t he ( Mr O'Briefl ) wsa actuated by purer motives than ever animated his ( Judge _Lrampton ' _s ) bosom . The _hoaourable gentleman concluded . a very long address amid vociferous oheers . . .
The" Chairman r _, exi gave , 'Messrs Meagher ; O'Gorman , _llaliywood , aud the " remainder of tbe deputation to France . ' ( Vehement cheering . ) Mr MBA 8 HER came forward aaid deafening cheers , and said though _atrae bill had been found against him . he intended to speak his true sentiments again . ( _Cheers . ) __ He referred t « tae reception _ftir O'Brien _ujet within the Hous * of Commons , where he stood alone ; but by _croosing the Channel he ( Mr O'Brien ) steod eneircjed : 'by millions who bad _swern to give effect to the words which he uttered across the table ofthe house . ( Cheering- ) The people of Ireland turned their back ? npon the English House of Commons , and locked towards their own , the gates of which , if necessary , they would break _dewn with ah
armed hand . ( Cheers . ) He wished to say those things beforo the termination of their trial and before tho passing of the bill _warali was in progress through Parliament . { He held in his hand a very Bhowy Has * , of green , white , and orange . ) The white , he said , being a symbol of lasting union between the omega and green . He hoped the handi of Protestant nnd Catholic would not _ohljf be clenched but elevated , and tbat if a bloody _struggle ensued , England would behold in the centre ef that flag ihe red hand which struck her down on the plains of Ulster . He concluded _mta a _prs . j _« j that Heartea mifjht ' _blesf the vengeance which that social union would _bssare to kindle I ( Here the harper played the * Battle OX the _B-vrao' amid great excitement . )
The Chairjux next proposed ' The Freach Republio . ' , Mr Joseph H . Dunns _responded . He said , ho was sprung from the _people-i-offered his sympathy to Mr O ' Brien , Mr Meagher , and Mr Mitchel , with whom be was happy to fraternise , & hd to suit the action to the word , he cordiall _y shock hands with them . De said that if the right of petition' was denied to them , and the few remaining privileges of the constitution taken away , he too would say with Mr Meagher , ' Up with tbe . barricades , ' and invoke the God of Battles . ( Vehement cheers . ) The Chairmah again rose and said , though it was not right to speak of men upon their trial , yet he would ask this meeting for their verdict . ( Loud cries ot' Not guilty . ' )
Mr Much el then replied , and pointed tothe bright shining pike blade at the top of the flag before him , and expressed a hope to see it glittering over a forest of pikes . ( Tremendous cheers . ) Ho said aa long as he had a _tongue or a pen he would practise the duty ef inculcating dmfftctwa to the _English government . ( Cheers . ) He-did not care if _thay neglected tho registry provided they did not negleet the rifles . My friends ( said he ) that glittering pike head before me rises like a morniBg star in the _darkness . _TheCsAinuAnproposed the 'Republicer America / itlr M'Ghee replied with hia usual _elaquence , in the course of which hesaid , he never raw during his residence in the States , children without a home , nor men and women begging for bread which they could not obtain .
Mr Dohbnt next addressed the meeting , and expressed his determination to violate tbe Act ef Parliament at present under _consideration . ( Cheers . ) Me aaid he would joyfully submit to the hoiks , and leave his wife and children to his country , provided that country succeeded in the struggle ; and , if not , he had no wish to live for wife or children . ( Cheers . ) The meeting broke up at twenty-fiva minutes past twelve in good order .
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THB LATE CHARTIST _DEUSKSTRATIOX . —TH'i _AHiONOTHB 8 TATB _PROSSCBTIONS . —OBAMD _BOIBEB . —THB PBOrKSTAN _* e HEPEALEKS . — OOVBBRMBEr _PUEPAKAIIONS . —FAMINE ASD BXTERSUHATIOH .
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( From our own Correspondent . ) Dublin , 17 th April . Contrary to the fears of legions of wellwishers , and -to the hopes of many malevolent enemies on this side of the channel , the great Chartist demonstration ofthe 10 th has passed awav
without giving our tyrants an opportunity to wreak their vengeance on the people , and quench the flime of liberty in the blood of _slaughtered thousands . It io a subject of congratulation that the Chartist millions demeaned themselves in a way to disappoint tbeir blood-thirsty enemies , and secure tho ultimate success of their projects . It is also a cause of national pride that Mr O'Connor ( a ' mere Irishman , ' and an inveterate and professed foa to -the -British government , ) Should be able te maintain his honourable position as Chieftain of British millions .
Thera is Httleof particular interest to record ofthe by . gone wcefcin Dublin . Events , no doubt , seem hastening with -railway-speed to a crisis *; and nobody can tell how soon on explosion may happen . The people , all over Ireland , are' _preparing ! ' Theblack-8 mitb has a busy time of it making pikes , and ' doing up' Old rusty swords and bayonets ; whilst in every district , not yet under the restrictions ofthe Coercion Aet , the gunsmith and armourer are plying a lucrative calling . The government should fame in their ' gagging'career . Every man in Dublin is armed already . Pikes are being manufactured in every lane and alley . They are exposediorsalein many a stall aad shop , and nobody now , seems surprised at seeing them in the hands of the very . urcbins ia the streets . I have Beea hundreds of them . Terrific-looking things they arc , and in the hands of men _sWorn to ' use them , ' they must be fearfully destructive . ben on
The government _^ are t victimis ing Smith O'Brien ,-Meagher , and Mitchel . On Saturday , those gentlemen appeared to answer to their recognizances at the Court ol Queen ' s Bench . They did not come in procession through the streets as had been anticipated—consequently thero was little excitement en the occasion . An immense crowd , however , had collected at the Four Courts , who cheered the traversers lustily as they eame up . The jury is composed principally of the most bigoted Tories in the city—but . two or three Liberal Catholics and _Proteatants are in the number—not one Repealer or for
_X _^ _ationalist . True _billa uttering ' seditious and inflammatory speeches , ' on tbe 15 th of March last , are found ag & inst O'Brien and Meagher , whilst to ' make assurance doubly sure , ' two bills for publishing seditious articles in the United Irishman are found againBt poor Mitchel . He will pay * Black Mail' or the Devil's a witch ! Mitchel , however , Is not a fellow to be terrrified at trifles . Tvt e years 01 so in the' stone-jug * cannot drive thestubborn Northera from the battle ground . As the song expresses it— He did it before ,
And he'll do it again . ' Mitchel may go to a prison , but the flame whioh he has been fanning these three months , will be qnenched ' niy in the blood of two millions of Irish patriots ! Ii will not be quenched at ail ! . ' It will blaze redly , and fiercely , and gloriously , over the ruins of tyranny and oppression , and usurpation . It will burn for ever . The traversers do not retain counsel ai the approaching trials . Each has his _tespective solicitor , bub they defend ihmetlves , May heaven defend the right . Much excitement is expected during the trials , and it is said that government are already adopting steps to secure the vindication of—of' ia'w , '' outside , as well as inside , of the Court of _Quoen ' _s Bench . You know what I mean .
The soiree given to ths French deputation , eame off in the Princess Theatre _; Abbey-street , « n lost Saturday evening . It wa « a splendid affair ¦; S © 0 tat down to dinner , whilst tho galleries , and every other portion of the building , _were filled to ewrfiowitig . Hundreds of ' fair women' mingled _amoagst _thoupndB of * _braTO men , ' to do honour to the noble fellows who represented _Irelau'd in sunny France as well as in green Ireland . Tha speeches , the toasts , the bearing of the numbers present , betokened * no surrender , ' and showed tbe government
that coercion and prosecution ara now ' _nogo'io Ireland . Itv _/ _aspleasanttoseethe ' fraternisation * of parties on that occasion . Many ef the leadjcg members of the Repeal Association sat at tho board with the chiefs ofVoung Ireland ; shook hands eardially with their antagonists , and mingled their shouts for I * isli independence and an _IrUa nations It was a _gratifying spectacle—nay , it was sublime . I may say that now th ' evo is an end to all rivalry be . tween Repealers in Lublin . Particular individualmay _stJU'hold on the old ground ; self interest may operate , _insojaefew instance _^ -against * , a uni _^ _Qraal
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_MernSaatlea-bafc , _notoatta , _^ M ™ . _? TT land ara now _owa . They aro ' . wl' _Initato , bonded . tog-ether for Ireland ' seans _* e . ¦ ' . ' ' ";* , _" ¦ . "• A _po-tion of the ' _- _'Prote ' sta'i * J of _Ireland—and-a , iarie portion eft & _eai , tow-are _i lje" _$ _te form _themselvesintoa * ? _Prol-sitarifc Repeal Association / and will hold their first meeting _iBtbis city ¦ immediately . What particular line of operation' * n . «» e men _aean to pursue , is not yet known ; but it _< ' _* certain that , be / ore long , tha ' Green ftig' will be surrounded by legions of _Profestants and Presbyter : ians , as _it'was in 1782 . ' This is glorious . Everytav _" g-looksbrilliarjtly in the vista , which opens wider , * - and wider on Ireland's political horizon . We will ,, soon see our country ' as she ought to be '—need I _ada wbak * *
means ? " > ' _«*' , '" " ., There is a report here that a _deputation ' _™™ . _™ Chartist Convention Is about to cbme . to _* ' Ut > _eUn to t ell their brother D & _Moortjts _jb this _cous _^ _w ' ?» th « y ' push _aleng' the great _^ _highwaj-ta _^ human freedoEa in _Eugland . This is right ; _Insbssfi ¦" . 7 *?* too'long kept blinded on tbe principles and \ objects of _; Chartism _; They are bow- ready to bear ; , ' , _^ j ?** their Saxon brethren have to say ; Irishmen ani _° tfelishmen _havsbeen too loiig strangers to _eaehoy "er j-Let them unite . Let them know each other , . and
they _nrust bo good friends . Welcome , the gentlora 0 E ofthe Chartist _Deputation : 50 , 000 throats will cha " their arrival in the metropolis of Ireland . More soldiers are crowding into Dublin ; Theii ' arc bow 12 , 000 red-coats is thia city . 4 , 000 men or rather less formed the strength of our garrison in . erdioary time ** , We h _» ve " bow treble thattorco , and the cry still is , — ' They come ; they come . ' The accounts from the f interior bring fresh intelligence of doaths by famine add ' pestilence . Tbo wort ' of extermination sees oh bravely trio- The
landlords are -clutching up all they cab gdi , and wfejcfe all is gone / the unfortunate tenantry are sent adrift oa the world . The 'tide of emigration flows rapidly . Every body who oan _^ _masa Biith ' cient means te defray the _expense - _Js quitting *'' his _nat ' iva country . Thousands quit the _diSerent Irish seaports every day in the week . v - _, _'*"' - ' - ; " :: The spring operations in the-meantime , are progressing _, cheerily . A graat breadth of * petatoes is _alrea'dj planted , and _high hopes are entertained that they will rfo again " in Ireland . The Catholic clergy are fraternising with the people . They , too , are disgusted with ' agitation . '
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ADDRESS OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRirAIN AND IRELAND . FBLtOW _CoUKTaTMEIV , ' The social condition of the people of England hftsb _* _3 BloD _2 neglected ; the rights ef labour and tbe duties tf property have been seldom reasoned upon ; and wheri they have been discussed , it has ,-in too many cases , been for __ _parfy _purpi seal and with aview to politieal ascendancy .,, -It is -a deeree ; of very angient date , that _^ mansnould earn his bread by tho _Bweat of his brow . ' _Tho _^ uBtice of such a decree is proved by _^ the : necessity toii * _libouir . Man stands , in his _relation to the material world , as 06 ntroller , tea given extent , of all the elements of individual and Baiional greatness ; and Great Britain is _pre-esainentiy the leader of European nations in industrial production ; but it is a _lamentablo feature
in the progress of her civilisation , ' that an _increas * of wealth within the state has been followed by an increase of misery to her laborious _citizens . And , whilst all tbe secondary interests arising irom labour have received ths attention of the legislature , and he protection of ths law—including jaw interest , Church _ir-terest , East and West India Docks , & o _* . * . and , whilst men in their social relations in life hav * been inclined te admire ihe _products of the skill and ingenuity of our working population , they seem to havo neglected tho physical welfare oftbe labourers ; and , though an increase of wealth haa given an _increaso of comforts and luxuries to a few , tha following evidence will convince you that it has in no way tended to promote the welfare and happiness of the producers .
From a mass of information now before us we quote the following documents from parliamentary reports ;—Tabla _showlni ? the Comparative Mortality of _d'Sjreat _Clatsss composing the Population of Large Towns ind _Citlen with the Average Age at Death .
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Time and space do not allow ns to write all we know of the people—but we regret to be compelled to atate that we have personally known many deaths from starvation ; that our experience teaches us tbat thc English _werkinjr people are rapidly declining in physical strength ; that vagrancy and disease are on the _increase ; that myriads of families in the localities whioh we represent , have no visible means of living ; publio works in many cases are closed , and all trade suspended—language fails us to describe the misery and wretchedness everywhere _manifest . We do not now wish to discuss all the causes tbat
have conduced to bring about the present stato of English society , as such a wish wonld imply the necessity of an inquiry into the organisation and circumstances ofthe entire community ; bnt we do desire to impress npon your minds the great truth , that il the producers of wealth are not cared for—if they are to exist as the mere hewers of ' wood and drawers ol _watar , whilst others possess th **** wood and drink the water , anarchy , confusion , fever , and d _* ath will stalk triumphant through" the land—tbat the continued neglect of the interest of labour will sap the foundations of national greatness , and in the end be ruinous t _*> the true interests of all .
The responsibility between a government and a people should ey _^ er be well understood , , and we wish to address the gorernment in plain language , on matters affecting their interests , in common with tbo true interests of the people . Unfortunately the * existina government of England has iherea ? ed the national expenditure , and has shown an almost uniform determination to protect the interests of the rich , aiid to overawe the people by physical force ; topunish rather than protect the poor ; to trust to party ascendancy rather than a _development of our natural resources : to decrease rather than increase the representative
principle ; to take from the people the last remnant of English liberty . We are aware that from the associations and education of the members of the Houses of Commons and Lords , they live apart from the people , and inform our legislators that in the cellars and hovels inhabited by our brethren—in the workshops and factories—in _thivclubs and in the streets , the poverty and disoontent is universal ; and that we recommend the English government to consult the working men in . Englahd oa all questions affecting the seeial condition of society , and endeavour to consult the true interests ot labour , as the paramount duty of government . ' . _-... ¦
We are anxious to seoure peace and _protection to all ; we respect life and property , aod callon all classes : to think of the destinies of this great people ; and we would especially call on the members Of the present parliament , and her Majesty ' s _miafsters , to take good heed what they do ; to remember that life , without an enjoyment of the requisites of human sustenance , is more to bo feared than death ; that there are limits to the endurance of human wrongs and neglects ; that civilisation , in ita present form , is to many more cruel and insufferable than tha most rude exit-tence of Bavage barbarity . We aro of the people , and know the people , and again , warn the existing government to take good heed what they do . That despite of our _war » _ing they refuse to care for
the people— -to acknowledge their rights—io legislate for their interests—tbat the present unhappy war of interests , may become , a war of classes ,. » nd that tht breaking up ofthe _farsjly ties , and _locaS association ? that bind society together—may lead te-unpleasant consequences . If _W » rulers _! of pur toad still continue tolegislato on narrowand _parfeal . policy , in preferenca . to an acknowledgement of _g-jeat principles _., we will regret their follies and crimes , and mousra over their i ? _noraa « 9 ; and while . _we suffer from the ignorance of ethers , we will use our _influence to change the _instrtutiona _oHhe country , to _create a more healthy _public mind in ©" real Britain and Ireland , and seerae as an heirloom to posterity ,,, privileges and conaforts , which wa know to be oua-lights , but unhappily do not enjoy . Scientifia Institution , Apral 11 th , 184 S ..
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Atiemftbd Suicide c ? Tom _Sibb-wsj _/ the Head PACiFteATOB . _'—^ On _Wednesday evening 1 , an attemnt at _aitLiside waa made oa Waterloe-brid g _* by Mr Steele , _betta ? known as' Teja Steele , _O'C-wmell ' 3 head pact _fioatw . ' It appe & ns that tha unfortunate gentleman meonted one of ths Boats on the uppi r side of the bridge , and _insteBtly plunged _headforemsst _frosi the third arch into the river , but a waterman , who was _cw > 39 inu tbe river in a boaS , succeeded . in _ywcuiD-i him . He was immediately taken 11 Bow -3 trcet police statien , aad frcrm _thencoto King ' s College Hospital , where he at present remainB .. Whilst in iho receiving room of the hospital he expressed a wish to bB _removed to Peel ' s _Ccffee-houfo . He also said that he had acted Very foolishly in not waitins till it wasdarV , asthen he could have done the business _effectually . He did not _Btafe what bad induoed him to make an attempt upon his life . Mr Steele formerly pessesrcd _asood ettate in Ireland , hut has latterly been in re * _duoed circumstances , . _,,.......,
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THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . UOmkJ _\ JpML 17 th . In ths _atoaea if Mr _M'Ghath , Mr Craui _^ fro iH Edinburgh , _vrss ; ea 11 _cd to the chair . a » Mr Cube _rea & A letter from Dublin calling npon Ms O'Connor to attend a mooting . in that eity te support tho Charter en Easter Monday ; _aiad a variety of letters fresa-various parts of the country , approving of the _eeaduet of Mr 0 'Cenncr and im Convention ob Monday , the 10 th .
thh mtition . j Mr Clark said he was anxious to call . the _atics- tipn of the _Convehtien to the report of the committed ofthe Hoh 3 Q of Commons on tho subject , of the na » tional petition . It was represented that that _petitzos was an attesnpii to _irapaje upon , parliament' _^ and therefore it required , aome e _^ ptaaati ' on" should bo . _giyen , He believed that all _petitidhs presented to the House of _Cemmohs were lp . _speeie _§[; by __? i ; con _> _mjitteoappbinted-fer _thittpurpogo .-,. Now ' _. Jn _/^ he pre * _sehsinstance , tlie : ' pnricit > al _>&» or _thhlafsnaturw wero _D _^ t 4 HUiiM _MtU _FrWa _^ . _a-sd _^ atarday befora _shj _^ m ' e _^ ing , / _-tne > eforo . "it . was ' impossible _tocbunfc _thoni ; Petition " sheets ' from Lewis were stated to contain 54 . 000 ; .. Manchester , I ? D' 000 signatures ; which taken
was for granted to be-correct , and he ' . believed the nurabera were correct ( Hear , hear . ) ' . Mr Feargus O'Connor made his report of the anm- ' ber of signatures from a written _ststoment which was handed to him shortly before he went down to i parlismejit , there / ore he could not bs Bianscd . ft was iropossibte to prevent improper » _anies being . j laced fe > puW , o _petition ? , and with respect to inde- . ' ft 1 « _-il g _?^^^\ _- f _^' f . i » Bfid _« nt thai they , were ? , ' ' _* - _$ _&•)* ¦ _•^ _W * _# _« _»** _'"' _Deiegatescould _ffS-f _!^? _^ _Hames attached to _addition- '' HtfM _^ m _& _mhTehargesiangbt bo _bbng _^ _afes * i ovfery _jMibliorpetitiOB which had ever _bein _presented f to . parhiATnenS ; _, _Thewjaighibars b _* eh ' ao 2 ie' negJr-: S _^ mmt _bvpnfi _ofjhm persons who prepares and ' . _conducte _^ . thavpetitieit _. 6 ot there waa in firiw . i *«& :
, _misreprcsentetiDa . ( Be _^ , ) . A great error , ao do ' _abfc hiyl , beea _mawof the _^ Bnnsbsr _of-sinnatures to the * _KtrtMB . and ' _ykneton _^ _thohgtt they _otfdit ij _<* to . bo , _« h » Mod i ' _to-aeM ) wl ' edgd it . ' They _hsd _^ ho _^ _^ dffllly _toadoa _' . _Yitfso ) ' _wRreseotation to parliaroenti . and _therefire te > m _»? eirfer » _eomraittea _efinqulfyi ' Several delegates- stated they were of _opinioV thera must be Boino _iniBtakooa the part of the coa _^ _- _raifteeof the House of Commons , and expressed as * wish that they could'got the petition back again tcv examine it . ( Hear , hew . )) The resolution that a coiaiaitteo be appointed to » - _draiv up a _Biateraent with respect to tho _signatum _^ to the petition , in order to set the publio ' right as * -
_reaavoea tno conduct of members of the Convention _^ - was agreed to by a majority of 14 to 4 . ( Mr . Clark _,, Mr Whfeler , and Mr Graham , wers nommat _^ t 6 draw up tK » atate ' nient . ' '" ,. ' Mr Jciwiv _Habjibt read the following' do ' cumehv _, whioh * ail « d forth great cheering ' : '— * _KtiTTlPOffAlS IIFS _^ _KO . rilorsBTI _rBOTICTIOK ' So ' CIITT . ItVa » _lT _«» olV « iI . _oinpHio _satetinffheldBt the Sever * SUr _§; BVrSe ' i _; ' &«« , on _tridty _EVeniuK , ' April _ifi ! l 848 _. That . tbe _houiehoUers and'inhabitants ef _^ _ae town ' off * SfottingWajj _} , ih _« n pjr »»» nt _, 'Jo , * ff ; r «[ to _^ enrol _^ _tieroielrte * ai a _Itf _«'' and _! Proyeriy Protaction ' Spclity , for the toU ' lowing _rgsseni _, and _holdiag tha _autjoinad oVjgcto ia viow : —
I _» t—To _proro In ths most emphatic manner that we * _repudiate with _indigoation and _abltorreBca tbe intentioni , _objocle , and act * of all _rlotere , _ihiovcs , pickpockets , _sbopllftws , and _sncsndiariei . 2 nd . —To cal » tbe apprehensions end do away withtho alarm of all jaanufacturfre , merchants , » _bopket-persp and the middle elaa * _goaerall ; , by affording a _» p « edy aaSeff « _etlvo _proUokioa to tVieir propcrlj In mills , ctacblnerj _^ _. xTaiehouan , shopii , dwelling houses , _Asc _& a . 3 rd . —To _sftTejhe town ot Nottingham from the greaft _expense _' df _auramonlog aiid STroartng _l _» _> pcolal constables , as wall as to do away with tho vast lots and _unnectssary troubla attending such eervioo . 4 lh . —To avoid any possible _ro » eon forgiving riieto > the aa « ertion that the people « f _Kottingbam _dtsire to disturb tbe p » _ac » , injurs tbe proporty _, or _asaault the >* _porsoni of tbe raiddl * daises .
0 . b . ~ To 8 _senr » by tbs maintenance of peace , Iswy aud order , in all public _nsetingn held in Nottingham ,, tbe _iaaliensbla _riyhts of th » British people to B 08 orabl & together in all _proper _plisoai _, and » t all seasonable hours , to consider and d ' _tcuu their grievances , and to pstitioa for tbe removal of the same by _legislative means . 6 : b . —That as thc highest legal authorities proclainsthe _uudlrputed right ef all Englishmen to possess anoT ato arras , we _forthwith agree to provide ourselves wife _defensire arras at our own _Individual expense , and for tho protection of life and property , believing tho same to * 0 a in strict conformity with tbe customs snd laws of cor couatry , _7-. h . —That we shall hold ourselves in _readiness to ac 6 with the authorities in any case wben an attack is made upon the _property or lives of the middle or worhingela _« ue _« . 8 : h . —Ihat all meetings of tbe soclotj shall be public ** ,. Cbablzs _RoBEaTS . Chairman .
AU pertous desirous of being enrolled as members of th * society can do so any Monday evening from eigne until ten o _' clook , at the Seven Stars , Barker Gate * where every information can be obtained . A report . was delivered from the _RcsistratioE Committee , after which thefollowing resolution was ? adopted _:- _~ ' That the Election and Registration Committee / shall consist of twenty members ; the . Bye * members' _^ tho Executive Committee , and Sfteea persons elected at a publio _-meeting to be holden irt the metropolis ; any member absenting himself _frotm three consecutive meetings to be disfranchised , anyless ha shall give a valid reason for so doing . ' The Convention then adjourned .
- . "WEDNESDAY , Afbil 19 . The Chairman ( Mr M'Grath ) read a letter , giving an account of holding of large meetings at Macclesfield and Northampton , at which resolutions , in support ofthe Convention and the Charter , and denunciator / of the Whigs and their Gagging Bill had boen unanimously adopted . IBB _llA-IIO-iAL ASSEMBLY . Mr _Cochraxb moved , 'That Ay rehire be authorised to return a delegate to the ensuing National Assembly . ' Mr Shirron seconded the motion . Carried unanimously . THE CHAMIST PBTIM 9 X .
Mr _Clauk reported from tbe Committee which bad ; been appointed to inquire into th * number-of signs— -. _tures to the monster petition , tbat they could not ascertain whether the number of signatures- stated bjr the _House . of Commons as affixed to the petition , oe the number stated by those who were entrusted _witlt the getting np ofthe petition , was correct . ( Hear . _g : The only plan that could be adopted to ascertains---that would bo _tsr the House of Commons to consent . to the motion of F . O'Connor , and appoint a select _ . committee of inquiry . In the _absence ofthe petition ; - ' _^ it was impossible to say on whieh side tbe error lay * ,-Thej c * uld not form any correct opinion on the sub- jeot . The committee appointed by tbe Convention consequently had declined drawing up any report .
POSTPONEMENT OF TUS IM IB IN AL _ASSEMULT . Mr T . Cmrk . said _hs hai o _^ _erreil from an _< _aniwer _^ iven by Sir G . Grey , as to a . proposed prow / cession of Mr Charles Cochrane , oa Easter Monday */ : that it would be impossible thatany raemori . il to the Queen or the government , could be presented . _rexS week , in consequence of tht > _l & _ister _recss , and _tbat the Ilouse of Commons would also be adjourned , flu . thought , therefore , that they ought to postpone the meeting of the National _Aaneniihij for a week , when f ministers would _ajiain he in towB , and parliament have resumed , its sittings , _fiothereicre moved tbat _tha-meeting _* . of tbe National' Assembly should be postponed from the 24 th _of'Apeil until _Monday the . 1 st of May . . The motion having le"B _seconded , Mr _A-JinpiHXD _suggeited-that it would be as welt that the delegates from tho country should come up ** and agi & ste London . . .
__„ , ... After some conversation _^ Tflr _WriEELisB said _hs > was of opinion that , the _Cut _& _eation might lay downthe manna * in whtch [ the j ! iatembly should _ptes _^ nt the memorial . Mr \ Clark thought _thos _^ oavention had no rigb & _e to _an-ango the business fo « ra larger body . _MvSniRRON _considered that the memorial should ; be presented by _hiproofes-ae _*! , and he would therefor * mo ? c aa an amendment _Aat they should meet oktha 24 th instant , in order to arrange the course ten b & pursued with regard _ o such procession . * ¦ "
Mr Cochrawj _Becon-ied ihe _aeiendment , as the-; only argument in fsv _^ _w of the motion was , that ) Sir * iG . Grey would be _outof town . ¦ Mr _RE-cuisnB _supsi' * ted the motion for various reasons ; not _becauas-Sir G . Grey would ba ou $ of town , but because ho thought they _tbemseWes could next weak be _betta ? employed in meeting _? their * various _constitmswies , and mutually eachnnging _ooinionai After tths » peoiroe _* n of legialatien Sir G . Giey . _'lad'just _giicca them , by which thoy wore , liable to trausportatioBi tor _speahin _*; their minds ,, they should never _maation his name but wiikesc . _cration _,. t il ths _Caa-tereasb of 181 S—the _Narvas _^ of _^ ngliBd . _koei
( Chsers ) He thought t ' aat those , elected cm Friday _sheuld havo timo to see whether _. if they used independent _lansuage , the country were prepared togo to any extent io _ihoir support , _bteauso , it so , . ne would be prepared to use any lanfiuago to-WW consider necessary , regardless of _^ , « on _««» f _» even though he subjected himself to , tranroyrtatiTO for _wven rears , or for We . But be-would not do so _unlXK would support him to lha last extremity . . Mr Gbaham supported the amendment . They ouKnt not to undo what had been done , by the who ) a _DoSentlon , and ho _fowU _| t _™ i _™ * _J «« should be no more ta _khfc but thoy should set about
a Mr CniLD supported the motion . Thoy had to sea _whettor their countryman would , snbimt to hv _9 in misery or _bobva _% c enough to fight tor their rights _, tie was _told . theie _w- _* s'another alternativenamely to be _transported . Now , ho di 1 not fighting , but ho would rather be hung than . stem . If he found , hw _/^ ver , that _suppurted l >} ' the oountiy _, be would not ¦ ¦ Alr ili | 4 _^ _sfiy .. ffi ! ihed to ask if thej ' i
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 22, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_22041848/page/3/
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