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

THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
(THIS DAY.)
This great Convention, to which delegates are sum-
moned trom all parts of the empire, met to-day for the
first time, for business, in the Literary and Scientific
Institution, John-street, Fitzroy-square.
The number of delegates returned for the convention
is 49, the object in limiting the number being to keep
this political meeting within the provisions of the Con-
vention Act.

At halt past ten o'clock Mr. FRANCIS moved and Mr.
GRANT seconded a proposition that Mr. M'Grath, presi-
dent of the association, take the chair; which having
been carried,

Mr. M'Grath took the chair accordingly.
Mr. Christopher Doyle eras elected secretary to the
convention.

The delegates then proceeded to deliver in their
credentials.

A discussion arose on a question put by Mr. CUNFAY
with respect to Mr. Brouterre O'Brien's claims as a
Chartist.

Mr. BRONTERRF. O'BRIEN said, that as his name bad
given rise to the discussion, he would at once say that if
he imagined that this convention only represented that
st ction of Chartists presided over by Mr. Feargus
O'Connor he should nut have attended at all. He re-
presented the people, and only as a delegate elected by
them did he sit there. _

Mr. REYNOLDS said he was a member of the Chartist
Association. His opinions, however, went beyond the
Charter. fie was a republican, and had advocated these
oponions in all his writings.
here Mr. Feargus O'Connor entered the room, and
was loudly cheered.
Mr. CUFFAY objected to the election of any delegates
from places not contemplated in the plan determined
upon by the Association.
Mr. WHEELER thought that these questions ought to
be submitted to a committee.

Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR seconded the proposition.
Several delegates expressed an opinion that if they in-
creased the number of delegates from London, it would
be doing a gross injustice to other places which were at
present altogether unrepresented.
The question was put that a committee, consisting of
five members, be appointed to take disputed matters into
consideration.

The resolution was carried, and a committee consisting
of Mr. Leach, Mr. Fussell, Mr. West, Mr. Adams, and
Mr. CutTay was appointed.
Mr. O'CoriNon explained that any delegate had a
right to move an instruction to the committee.
Mr. B. O'BRIEN moved as an instruction to the corn•
mitte:, that all delegates, whether members of the
executive or not, should be permitted to vote.
Mr. REYNOLDS seconded the resolution, which was
opposed by Mr. Julian Harney, Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Er-
nest Jones, and other delegates.
Mr. F. O'CoNNoR trusted that he would be forgiven
if be interrupted the discussion for a moment. He had
that instant received a letter from Mr. Thomas Dun-
combe, M.P., informing him that he looked with the
greatest interest to their proceedings; that he was gra-
tified with the progress Chartism was making; and that,
as his health was daily improving, he hoped, before the
end of another month, to be able to attend to his public
duties.—(Loud cheers.)
The question having been put to the vote, the resolu-
tion proposed by Mr. West, that members of the exe-
cutive be allowed to sit and vote, was carried by a great
majority.
The Conference then adjourned till two o'clock.

CATHOLIC POOR SCHOOLS.
(THIS DAY.)
A public meeting of the Catholics of the London Dis-
trict was this day held at No. 16, Great Windmill-
street, Haymarket, to promote the interests of the Ca-
tholic Poor School Committee, to whose care the vicars
apostolic of England and Wales had committed the cause
of education of poor Catholic children.
The chair was taken at twelve o'clock by the' Rev.
Dr. Wiseman. A considerable number of other Ca-
tholic clergymen were present, and took part in the pro-
ceedings of the meeting.
The Rev. Chairman having stated the objects of the
meeting,

The Rev. Dr. MORRIS moved, and Mr. BARNEWELL
seconded the first resolution.

" That the bishops having entrusted to the ' Catholic
Poor School Committee' the important and sacred duty
of providing aid for the education of the poor, it is in-
cumbent upon all who have this object at heart to co-
operate to the utmost with that body, in carrying it out
as effectually as possible; and that as no place in Eng-
land stands more in need of additional aid and efforts
for promoting education among the poor than this me-
tropolis, in which it appears from the authentic returns
collected and prepared by our Right Rev. Chairman,
that there are at present at least 15,000 children of both
sexes wanting Catholic education, it behoves the Ca-
tholics of London more than others to exert themselves
in this holy cause, and to organize, as quietly as pos-
dble. the most efficacious plans for collecting funds, to
be placed at the disposal of the committee for the pur-
pose."
Other resolutions of a similar nature, inviting the
co-operation of Catholics and organizing the means of
carrying out the recommendation of the resolution, were
also agreed to. After which the meeting broke up.

THE GERMAN'S FATHERLAND.
W hat is the German's Fatherland?
Is't Prussian land? Is't Suabian land?
Is't on the Rhine, the rich vine's home?
Is it the Belt, where sea-mews roam?
0 nay, 0 nay, 0 nay!
His Fatherland must greater be!
What is the German's Fatherland?
Is't Styrian land? Bavarian land?
Is't where the iron mines are found?
Is it the moors where herds abound?
nay, 0 nay, 0 nay!
His Fatherland must greater be!
What is the German's Fatherland?
Is't Pom'ran' or Westphalian land?
Is it where sand-hills guard the shores?
Is't where the rapid Danube roars?
0 nay, 0 nay, 0 nay!
His Fatherland must greater be!
What is the German's Fatherland?
Name now to me that mighty land!
Is it Helvetia? Is't Tyrol?
I love those lands and people well!
O nay, 0 nay, 0 nay!
His Fatherland must greater be!
What is the German's Fatherland?
Name now to me that mighty land!
Surely it must Austria be,
I❑ honour rich, and victory!
0 nay, 0 nay, 0 nay!
His Fatherland must greater be!
What is the German's Fatherland?
Name now to me that mighty land!
Is it what Princes, by deceit,
Filch'd from Empire and from State?
0 nay, 0 nay, 0 nay!
His Fatherland must greater be!
What is the German's Fatherland?
Name, then, at last that mighty land!
Where e'er is heard the German tongue,
Wherever German hymns are sung!
This shall it be,
This, gallant Germans, shall it be!
This is the German's Fatherland,
Where clasped hands for sworn oaths stand,
Where pure truth glances from the eyes,
And faithful love, in warm hearts, lieu.
This shall it be,
This, gallant Germans, shall it be!
This is the German's Fatherland,
Where true worth finds a friendly hand,
Where foreign toys no favour know,
And a criminal's deemed a foe—
This shall it be,
The wide-spread land of Germany!
The wide-spread land of Germany,
0 God! from heaven look down and see.
To all true German hearts now give,
That we may love it while we live.
This shall it be,
The whole of wide-spread Germany!
J. J—, Bridport.

THE SPECIAL CONSTABLES AND THE INTENDED
MONSTER MEETING ON KENNINGTON CommoN.—ln
consequence of the Chartists having announced a mon-
ster meeting to take place on Kennington-common on
Monday and Tuesday next, the commissioners of police
have forwarded circulars to nearly all the householders
in Southwark, Bermondsey, Newington, and the ad-
jacent parishes, calling upon them to assist the police
in protecting property and preventing breaches of the
peace on those occasions. The call has been warmly
responded to, as almost every householder and re-
spectable workman have given their intimation of at-
tending before the magistrates to be sworn in as special
constables. Nearly 200 attended at Southwark Police-
court yesterday, and had the oath administered to them,
and warrants handed to them signed by the magistrate.