The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

CHARTIST CONVENTION.
AFThit,NOON MEETING.
At the commencement of the afterroo., sitting ye.t3r-
day there were only 29 out of the 49 delegates present.
Mr Wilkinson preiided.
On the name of Mr. Bronterre O'Brien being called

over,

Mr. TATTERSALL wished to know why Mr. O'Brien's
name remained on the roll, when it had been announced
in all the newspapers that he bad resigned?
Mr. DIXON said he had received no official communi-
cation to that effect from Mr. O'Brien.
Mr. ADAMS thought the secretary ought to write to
him to know the reason why he did not attend to his
duties at the Convention.
Mr. DIXON did not think they had any right to do so.
Mr. TATTERSALL said, in that case a delegate might
absent himself tor a week without intimating his inten-
tion to the Convention.
Mr. CI:WAY observed that Mr. O'Brien's absence had
the effect of disfranchising the people of Lambeth, for
they were at present unrepresented in the Convention.
After a short discussion, Mr. ADAMS moved that a
communication be sent to Mr. O'Brien, but the motion
was negatived upon a division being taken.
The CHAIRMAN passed an eulogium upon the dele
gates for the patient and temperate manner in which
they had conducted their deliberations in the morning,
which he said would pass comparison with the House of
Lords, both with respect to the moderation and the
ability shown.
On the motion of Mr. KYDD, a resolution was passed
stating that they had witnessed with feelings of admi-
ration the growing spirit of fraternity manifested by the
people of all nations, and that the recognition of the
great truth that all men were brethren must be condu-
cive to the true development of civil rights, and
the permanent peace of Europe, and that they protest( d
in the most decided manner against the proposed Bill of
Lord Lansdowne for expelling foreigners from our
shores, for avowed political motives; and that they con-
sidered it despotic in principle, and in direct opposition
to a wise, enlightened, and statesmanlike policy.
Mr. ERNEST JONES said he had just been released
from " durance vile," having been arrested yesterday,
and to that his absence was to be attributed. He wished
now to apply for leave of absence for a short time, and
if that was granted he would explain to the Convention
the circumstances under which his arrest had taken
place.

- A motion for leave of absence was then put, and im-
mediately passed.
Mr. JONES then rose and was received with loud cheers
and Bravo Jones." He said a person had taken out
a writ against him for a debt for which he was not
liable, and placed it in the hands of two sheriff's officers,
who attempted to arrest him on Saturday last, but he
had so many friends around him that they dared not do
so. They also followed him on Monday to Kennington-
common, but the mass of people there no doubt struck
terror in their breasts.—(Hear.) Yesterday, however.
as he was going home from the Convention they suc-
ceeded in laying hold of him in a bye street. Now he
declared that be did not owe the debt, and when he was
taken to Mr. Slowman's house in Chancery-lane, that
person admitted immediately that his arrest was a
political trick.—(Shame.) It was not considered safe
to keep him in Chancery-lane,, so he was sent off to
Whitecrossestre( t Prison, which place he had just left.
He had commenced an action against the person who
caused him to be arrested for the illegality of the pro-
ceeding. It was his firm belief that Government had
acted in this indirect way to prevent him, as he was
one who warmly advocated the physical force doctrine,
from attending the meeting on Kennington common.
Every possible technical difficulty had been thrown in
the way to prevent his release, and to show how deter-
mined they were to get him into trouble, he was the other
(1,..y served with a writ for a debt of 1,0001., which, so help
him God, he did not owe, and moreover, he declared he was
entirely unacquainted with the person who bad caused
it to be issued.--(Shame.) He challenged any one to
impeach his honour and integrity, and if necessary he
could give them proof of the correctness of what he
stated. The cowardly conduct of the Govern-
ment in taking proceedings against him in
such an underhanded and indirect way was
base in the extreme, and deserved the severest censure.—
(Cheers.) It also showed how weak they were, and that
they were afraid to take an open and manly course to
put down the Convention.—(Cheers.) He wished also
to inform the delegates that, on the 28th of April, the
Benchers of the Middle Temple intended to disrobe him,
and preventing his practising as a barrister; and what did
they think it was for ? Giving gratuitous advice to the
poor.—(Cheers.) He concluded by stating that he dared
the Government to take any open and manly course in
prosecuting him, and as he sat down was greatly
cheered.
Mr. CIIIITAY repeated what he had often said before—
that the Government were intimidated, and driven to
desperation. Mr. Rogers, who recently kept the White
Hart, where the Fraternal Democrats Society used to
meet, had his license stopped, and his creditors had con-
fined him in Whitecross-street Prison.—(Shame.)
After the transaction of other business, the Convention
adjourned.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS. April 13.
ROY AL ASSENT.
The Royal Assent was given to-day by Commission
to the Property-tax Bill, the Stamp Duties Assimila-
tion Bill, and the Administration of Oaths (Court of
Chancery) Bill. The Lords Commissioners were the
Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord
Campbell.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at }lye o'clock.
ODD FELLOWS.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions
praying that the Odd Fellows' societies should be
placed on the same footing, with regard to legal
privileges, as other benefit societies.
Lord BRUMONT, Earl STAFFORD, and other Peers
presented petitions to the same effect.
JEWISH DISABILITIES.
The Bishop of CHICHESTER presented petitions
against the Jewish Disabilities Bill.
MUTINY BILL AND MARINE MUTINY
BILL.
The House then went into Committee on the above
Bills, and the several clauses were passed.
PREVENTION OF CRIME IN IRELAND.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH gave notice that on an
early day he would ask whether the provisions of the
Crime and Outrages (Ireland) Bill were to be ex-
tended to Dublin ?
THE JESUITS IN EUROPE.
Lord REDESDALE drew the attention of their
Lordships to a series of articles in the Tablet news-
paper, the acknowledged organ of the Jesuits in
England, and as it was notorious that the whole
repeal agitation in Ireland was confined to the
Catholic portions of that country, he thought that the
appeals to physical force inculcated in this journal
would have a very pernicious effect; and he wished,
therefore, to know whether any and what licenses had
been granted in the last year for the admission of
Jesuits into this country ?
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that while
he admitted the mischievous tendency of these arti•
Iles, he at the same time wished that his Noble
Friend had given some notice of his intention to ask
this question, but he had no hesitation in saying that
for many years past no licenses had been applied for,
and none had been granted; in fact, no effort had
been made to prevent their residence in this country.
Lord BEAUMONT denied that the Tablet was in
any way connected with the Jesuits. He believed
that the paper was the property of a Quaker, named
Lucas, who had lately turned Catholic, and he had
adopted a style of writing which would give him the
largest circulation. The tenets prcpagated in that
journal were, he believed, disavowed by Dr. Wise-
man, and nearly all the respectable Catholics
in this country. With respect to the Jesuits, he
(Lord Beaumont) was willing to admit that he
thought it would have been better for society if
the Jesuits had never existed, but be did not like to
put a power into the hands of a Secretary of State,
to be used in the case of a diplomatic request,
to drive a people from the shores of Eng-
land when there was never at any time
a less necessity for the Bill. Persons, he would at
once grant, might not come to this country for the
purpose of availing themselves of England's hospi-
tality alone; they might come for revolutionary pur-
poses; but the Government had had recent experi-
ence that the feeling of the country was in favour
of existing institutions and of order, and even with
reference to the Chartists themselves they repudiated
with indignation the assistance of any foreigners, if
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for the purposes of subverting the Government.
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reading of this Bill,and said the second
Beaumont) had not
convinced him that he was wrong in
bringing forward the
measure.
He wished to afford an
unrestricted hospitality be exceptional cases to all foreigners, but there might
applied. There were no d to those cases alone the Bill
number of persons who c° means of ascertaining the
who to this country, still less
could it be discovered w
and who for illegal purposes;maingidlt come for legitimate
present andetails y stati.tical therefore he could not
to their Lordships. the observation of all who walked the But
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tropolis or elsewhere must have
co
n.reets of the me-
vured them that
there was a great increase of foreigners
and no doubt a great many hadco this country,
of taking part in the civil dissensions ofne this country.
a view
The Bill did not ask for any indc9untry.
authority to send such persons away,
neithercritnite
would their conduct elsewhere, but their conduct
here alone, be taken into consideration.—(l;„r,
hear.) His Noble Friend said that the events of
last Monday proved there was no fear of the people of
this country acting under the instigation of such per-
sons. Fortunate as had been the result of the proceed-
ings on Monday, not only evincing as they did the
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extent of the alty of her est) a subjects, but that j
they were determined not only now, but hereafter, to
preserve order and maintain the peace, yet he was not
prepared to say that there was not in other parts of the
kingdom a disposition to obtain that assistance.—
(Rear.) Many weeks had not elapsed since the proof
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