The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-17 00:00:00

THE MONSTER CHARTIST PETITION.

Mr. CLARK said he was anxious to call the attention
of the Convention to the report of the Committee of the
House of Commons on the subject of the National
Petition. It was represented that that petition
was an attempt to impose upon Parliament, and
therefore it required some explanation should be
given. He believed that all petitions presented
to the House of Commons were inspected by a
Committee appointed for that purpose. Now, in the pre-
sent",instance the principal part of the signatures were not
obtained until Friday and Saturday before the meeting;
therefore it was impossible to count them. Petition
sheets from Leeds were stated to contain 54,000, Man-
chester 170,000 signatures, which was taken as granted
to be correct, and he believed the numbers were cor-
rect.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. F. O'CoNwon made his report of the number of
signatures from a written statement, which was handed
to him shortly before he went down to Parliament,
therefore he could not be blamed. It was impossible
to prevent improper names being placed to public
petitions, and with respect to indecent signatures
he felt confident that they were affixed by
enemies of the Chartists. Delegates could not
be responsible for names attached to a petition. He
believed similar charges might be brought against every
public petition which had ever been presented to Parlia-
ment. There might have been some negligence on the
part of those delegates who prepared and conducted the
petition, but there was no criminal misrepresentation.—
(Hear.) A great error no doubt had been made of the
number of signatures to the petition, and therefore he
thought they ought not to be ashamed to acknowledge
it. They had not wilfully made a false representation
to Parliament, and therefore he moved for a committee
of inquiry.
Several delegates stated they were of opinion there
could get the mons. must Setae ra.
the House istake on the part of the Committee of
Mr. AluarrEilticin back
Chartist would sign?lfi anadgaiagain
expressedto ex amainweiisth.
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of Wellington to a course there is a mistake. What
With respect to their petition calling
petietiname of that bad man the Duke
but had a sufficiently largeefor the people's rights?
Q.ueen she was a good girl,
about petitions; her familysignature
After not to trouble herself
which it is a. well out to
,notice, Ur. Murtield moved that a committee be ap-

'jointed to draw up and publish a statement which would I
convince the public of the pure intentions of the Con-
vention, and set their motives right with the world. H
: here was any misrepresentation respecting the petition,
iC :arose from error, not design.
21r. CHILD said it seemed to be the desire of the
Rowse of Commons to starve and degrade the people.
Not hing that was true or just emanated from that place.
Thy people had hearts and souls, but they had not food.
He thought it was not worth while to take any further
notice of the misrepresentations which had been made
resf .ecting the National Petition.
Nix. CLARK believed the Committee of the House of
Cot nmons had made a mistake as to the number of sig.
tin% ,a to the petition, and therefore he wished for a
stat ement to be published, to set the conduct of the Con-
v en tion right with the public.
II Ir. ASHTON was curtain there was quite as much
r ea.:son to believe that the petition was signed by up-
rai ds of five millions as that the number was under two
D ail lions.
Mr. CocnnANE said their own constituents were
sat isfied with the signatures to the petition, and there-
ght. men
s liitrti.ngC at St. Stephen's that.
then indulged in a
for e he did not see why they should trouble themselves
lorlfiembers of the Commons, who, he
ttie:econvince
delegatesnt a bt ise a
of bwo
the
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con tended, when they returned. from the House half
Clru nk, indulged in the streets in much more obscene
end disgusting language than appeared in the Chartist
I set ition. What did they think of Colonel Sibthorp to
\ wit ?—(Cheers.)
Jr. GRAHAM said he was informed yesterday that it
ras the son of a Baronet connected with her Majesty's
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by
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ler, and Mr. Graham, were no-
minated to draw up the statement.

TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING.

Six e'CLocx.

2,000 GUINEAS STARES.
6 to 4 agst Blaze
2 to 1 agst Flatcather
1,000 GUINEAS STAKES.
5 to 2 agst Lola Montez
15 to 1 agst Attraction
CHESTER CUP.
10 to 1 agst War Eagle
16 to 1 agst Glen Saddel
16 to 1 apt Lightning
30 to 1 agat The Magnet
30 to 1 agst Enchanter
40 to 1 agst Gisell•
40 to 1 agst Mrs• Taft
DEBUT.
8 to 1 agst Surplice
10 to 1 agst Springy Jack
12 to 1 agst Glendower
12 to 1 agst Loadstone
17 to 1 agst Eagle's Plume
25 to 1 agst The Fiddler
30 to 1 agst The Stinger
28 to 1 agst Besborough
28 to 1 agst Fern
30 to 1 agst Sponge
OAKS.
15 to 1 agst Queen of the May
16 to 1 agst lodine
16 to 1 agst Attraction

DIPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the
'Woolsack at Five o'clock.

PETITIONS.

The Earl of ROSEBERY presented several peti-
tions praying that the society or Odd Fellows might
be put upon the same footing as other benefit societies.
The Earl of EGLINTON presented several peti-
tions with a similar prayer.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from
certain persons against the Election Recognizances
Bill.

Lord BEAUMONT presented several petitions
from various lodges of Oddfellows, praying for the
legalization of their society.
LEASES OF MINES (IRELAND) BILL.
The Leases of Mines (Ireland) Bill passed through
Committee.