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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The season has commenced in good earnest. Lablache
—the greaf Lablache—greatest of singers and of men—
has returned to us in as good "case," in every sense of
he word, as ever. He made his Mat for the seaso❑
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gag, such a strange compound of English, French, and
Italian as none bnt Lablache could conceive, as none but
Lablache could utter) was full of wit and drollery, and
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powers, ♦ocal, terpsichorean, or humourous in greater
force than he did last night. His son was the Conte
Robinson, and proved himself worthy of his sire; the
last duet, " Abbraciatno ci, " was splendidly
sung, admirably acted, and rewarded with an
unanimous encore. This scena was preceded by two
acts of Nino, in which Mademoiselle Abbadia made her
second appearance as Abigail. She was less nervous
than she was on the occasion of her first appearance;
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to-morrow.

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graceful feminineness (if we be allowed the expression)
which strongly reminded us of the perhaps most perfect
representative of the character that has ever appeared
—Henrietta Sontag. Mario, who was in excellent voice,
gave the exquisite " II meo tesoro" with all his wonted
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CHARTIST CONVENTION

(THIS DAY.)

--
The delegates met this morning at nine o'clock; Mr.
M'Grath in the chair.
A number of letters were read from the constituents
of the delegates commendatory of the conduct of the
Convention, and expressing their willingness to avenge
aoy attack that might be made upon them by the
authorities.

ADJOURNMENT OF` THE CONVENTION.
Mr. Lump brought forward a motion, that at its rising
to-morrow, it should adjourn till the 24th itstant, when
the National Assembly was appointed to meet, and that
until that day the executive should be empowered to
act.

Mr. E. JONES objected to the motion being put, on
the ground that it was out of order.
The CHAIRMAN decided that it was in order.
The motion having been seconded,
Mr. E. JONES said that he had heard that the petition
of the six millions of the people had been treated with
contumely by the House of Commons, and he recom-
mended that the Convention should now proceed to its
second step, viz., to memorialize the Queen,
Mr. BUCKLEY thought that the Convention ought not
to adjourn until they had had some explanation from
Mr. O'Connor as to the reasons which bad led him to
decline bringing forward the subject of the People's
Charter to-night, according to his previous intention.
Mr. KIDD said that he thought, from the statements.
which had been made to the House with respect to the'
number of signatures to the petition, that it was the;
duty of every delegate to inform the Convention of the.
number of the signatures attached to the petition in their
re►pective districts.
Mr. CUFFAY said that it would be perfect cowardice for
them to adjourn; they were sent there to remain until
the Charter was the law of the land, or the National
Assembly had met. For his part, he hurled defiance at'.
the attempts of the Government to pur them down.
Mr. CLARK said that nothing could bring greater con-
tempt upon their cause than the constant declaration of
the delegates that they were ready to die upon the scar•!
told or in the dungeon, and he trusted that no more such'
declarations would be made. Their friend Mr. Cuffay
was most notorious for such kind of declarations ; in
fact, to use language similar to what had been applied
to Mr. Hume in another House, he was a "chartered
libertine."—(Mr. Coffey here rose, and in the most
grotesque manner acknowledged the compliment
by a very low bow.) With respect to the danger
of staying in London, he did not think that
that was so great. Many of the delegates knew
by experience of the treadmills in Lancashire, that the
country magistrates were by far the greater tyrants than
the magistrates of London.
Mr. DONOVAN said that he• thought Mr. Clark, in re.
ferring to the ♦iolent speeches of the honourable dele;
gate (Mr. Cutfay) was as great a fool as Air. Cuffay
himself.

Mr. CUIPAY rose to order; the honourable delegate
for Manchester was personal.
Mr. LUND indulged his brother delegates with a vio:
lent speech against the press in general, and the Times
in particular, denouncing that journal as " the b—
old thunderer and mercenary tyrant, which would write
down Jesus Christ as the devil, and Lord J. Russell and
the Ministers as gods." He thought it unworthy of the
convention that they should take any notice of any ate
tacks which it made upon them.
The motion was then withdrawn.
On the motion of Mr. CLARK, a deputation was apl
pointed to wait upon Mr. Feargus O'Connor for the
purpose of requesting his immediate attendance at the
Convention, or to render an explanation of his conduct
with respect to the course he had stated it was his in-
tention to adopt in the House of Commons tonight
upon the subject of the Charter.
The cabs were announced to be at the door wait-
ing to convey the deputation to Dir. Feargus O'Con-
nor, when that gentleman made his appearance amid
loud cheers. Silence having been restored,
Mr. F. O'Coteston stated that he had come down
to the Convention fur the purpose of giving a
correct account of what took place in the House last
night upon the National Petition The Honourable
Member then proceeded to state that after transact-
ing the routine business in the House, the report of the
Committee on Public Petitions was brought up, the par-
ticulars of which had already appeared. He (Mr.
O'Connor) had been subjected to a great amount of
insult in the House last night from one gentleman in
particular, who had, however, in a very creditable and
honourable manner to himself, apologised for his con-
duct. That gentleman had used language in the excite-
ment of debate for which, in calmer moments, he had
apologised. He (Mr. O'Connor) had explained himself
with respect to his position in the House, and with re-
spect to his own position as a gentleman, after which he
left the House, and sent his friend, Mr. Jones, down
with a letter to Mr. Cripps,
appointing that gentleman as
his friend to act with the triend of Mr. Cripps in the matter.
Mr. Cripps, however, could not leave the House, and
was not of course liable for any charge in not answering
Mr. Jones, as he was bound by the House to remain
there until the whole business had concluded. Mr.
O'Connor was then served with a Speaker's order to
attend in his place. He thought it would be something
like cowardice upon his part if he
complied with that
order, and refused to attend. At a quarter-past ten he
wasarrested by the Deputy Sergeant at-Arms, and
taken down by him to the House, where Mr. Cripps, in
the most gentlemanly manner, made an apology for
having used any unparliamentary language, and which
one gentleman should not use to another. He had
moved for the appointment of a Committee to inquire
into the petition, but that motion had been refused,
and they would not give him an opportunity of verifying
the signatures. He could assure the Convention thaA
such was the howling and bellowing in the House last
night, that if an angel were to come down from heaves
and mention the Charter he might as well attempt to get
a hearing as a sweep would. The whole was a Govern-
went trick, and it was cleverly done, for the purpose of
enabling many Hon. Members, who otherwise would
have voted for the petition, to have a loophole to creep
out of. He had not last night a single Hon. Member
who was in his favour—the whole House was against
him—and it struck him that, as the Government had
played this trick upon him, he would play another trick
upon them, and place them in a very awkward "fix." For
this purpose he proposed that he would not bring forward
the subject to-night, in the excited state of the House,
and that he would leave the petition between the Go-
vernment and the country, and between the Committee
and the petitioners. The Convention would then be able
to tell the people of England to inundate the House of
Commons, not with one large petition., but to send peti-
tions to every Member in the House,
and whoever might
send a petition let them see that it was properly signed,
and that no filthy or brutal names should be placed upon
it. With respect to the House of Commons, he believed
that if he were out of the House, the name of the Charter
would not be heard within its walls, except perhaps by,
Mr. G. Thompson. He requested the Convention;
hein
would do so
expressions, and he required
bfrronmging
o n the Convention
motion their
teol r-
mt i
taftert
e e Easter,
approval
name,and
sanction
o jeopardisefor
not their
tb ec ause by any rash
b.
hat had happened in the
ofthechslitbhjeectbetter course would
with their pea.
thew Committee really thought
ight, in consequence
House. If the majority of
that h© ought to bring on
al-
though he thought that mu
be to allow the
ern
es until n
when they would 1
tions.
Mr. F. O'Connor.
M. WEST then moved that do agree
motion.
Mr. E. JONES seconded the
san amendment, to the effect
that GRAHAM moved, a
O'Connor be requested to bring on the
that Mr. Feargus
with the course proposed by
subject to night.
n at'nteurndtoat
Mr. ASHTON seconded
• ►•resolution was, however, culled by a
The original res
The result was received with
inundate
stand
det
hohi svi
considerable majority.—(
loud marks of disapprobation by the strangers in the
gallery.)

MEMORIAL TO THE QUEEN.
Mr. E. JONES then gave notice of his intention to mere
the propriety of drawing up a memorial to the Quern,
praying her to di,miss her present Ministers and to dis-
st•dve the present Parliament.
Mi. O'CoNNou had much pleasure in seconding the
motion. There never was such a rabid press as the
press of the present time. The Morning Chronicle was
the most rabid of any of the papers against the Chartists.
It
thought
that was now,
such
he
conduct
was but a shabby return to
the people of England for backing him in his endeavours
to obtain a seat in Parliament.
Mr. DONOVAN wished to know whether the memorial
was intended. to be taken in procession or not, as he
thought that the people ought not to be again disap-
pointed.
Mr. CUPPA.Y rose to order. The subject vvas only
brought forward as a notice of motion, and not as e
motion.