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London, England, 1848-04-13 00:00:00

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SUAV OFFICE, Serer o' Clock.

CHARTIST CONVENTION.

(THIS DAY.)

AFTERNOON MEETING.
At the commencement of the afternoon sitting there
were only 29 out of the 49 delegates present. Mr.
Wilkinson presided.
On the name of Mr. Bronterre O'Brien being called
over,
Mr. TATTERSALL wished to know why Mr. O'Brien's
Fame remained on the roll, when it had been announced
in all the newspapers that he had resigned?
M.r. 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 for a week without intimating his inten-
tion to the Convention.
Mr. CUFFAT observed that Mr. O'Brien's absence had
the effect of disenfranchising 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 dole
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. KTDD, a resolution was passed
stating that they had witnessed with feelings of admi-
ration the growing spirit of fraternity manitested 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 p,ace of Europe, and that they protested.
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,
I 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 he 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
Whitecross- stret t Prison, which place he had just left.
He had commenced an action against the person aha
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 7.is
one who warmly advocated the physical force doctrine,
from attt nding 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
cl..y served wide a writ for a bebt of 1,0001, which, so help
his God, he did not o e, and moreover, he declared he was
entirely unacquainted with the person who had ceased
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 %%Iv he
stated. The cowardly conduct of the Govern
went in taking proceedings against him in
such an under-handed 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 2ilth 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. CIIIFFIT 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 Whitecroas-street Prison.—(Shame.)
After the transaction of other business, the Couveution
adjourned.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
ROYAL 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 Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at I. ive 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 BEUMONT, 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•
rtes, 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
I:Linan y years past no licenses had been applied for,
Lord lIE .
buee'pnm",e
hadedoprevent their residence in this country.
been granted ; in fact, no effort had
Au MO 1T denied that the Tablet was in
any way connected with the Jesuits. He believed
that the paper was the property
adapted a style of latelywriting turned Catholic, and he had
Lucas, who had
The
eg
tenetswhich would give him the
largest circulation.
journal were, he believed, propagated ptahgea t
Jesuits,e d i n
he
e
Wise-
s man, and nearly all the respectable b)
Catholics
Dr.
in this country. With rweisirct
!or society if
admit that he
hwaayse been
to
t(hLoourgdhtßeitauwmoounitd)
Secretaryi of
pahoomreastic request,
the Jesuits had never existed, but 'edid not like to
put a power into the hands of a
to be used in the case of a di State,
to drive a people from the
land when there was never at aonfy Etrii,gme.
a less necessity for the Bill. Persons, he would at
once grant, might not come to this country fur the
purpose of availing themselves of England's h p
°
tality alone ; they might come for revolutionary pur-
poses;si-
but the Government had bad 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
for the purposes of subverting the Government.
LAW OF MARRIAGE, &c.
Lord CAMPBELL then rose to lay on the table
two Bilis of the highest importance ; one fur the
establishment of a registrar of births, deaths, and
marriages ; and the other for the alteration of the
law of marriage in this country.
reading of ALIEN BILL.
Lord LAN SDOWNE in rising to move the second
?rt the art of e
this Bill said, that there was no intention
noapitalitpy of the th
COUntly•frainers of the Bill to limit the
(LEFT SPEAKIbiG.)
—

ONi
HOUSE OF COMM
The SPEALEIt took the Chair et Four ?,S•
l clocK•
~
An oN.
ition baxatima presented a petitar,,prayn g
for the abol o the attorney& certificate auty.
f Capt. JONES presented a
petition ftom Wexford
na
in favour of tent-right. Pe
REIDIN GS.
The following Bills Were road a third time and
passed :
Oiwestry Markets and Fairs Bill.
Shrewsbury Market Bill.
Sufferance Wharves (Southwark) Bill.

REPORT.
The report on the Wurce.tf..r New Gas-light Com-
pany (Capital and Amendment) Bill was considered
and agreed to.
BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.
Lord MOKPETH moved for and obtained leave to
introduce a Bill to empower the Commissioners of her
Majesty's Woods to reclaim Crown Lands, and aid
the completion of the Docks and other Works at

rkenhead.
The Bill was subsequently read a first time, and
eave was given to the examiners to sit upon it on
Monday next.
Mr. BERN AL presented a petition against the
Crown and Government Security Bill.
Mr. M.'O'CONNELL presented thirty petitions
from several places in Ireland, praying for repeal.
Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from a place
in Scotland against the Bill for establishing diplo-
matic relations with the Court of Rome.
Mr. WOOD presented a petition from Oxford in
favour of the People's Charter.
Mr. HAMILTON presented petitions from various
places in Ireland against the national system of
education.
Mr. (i. THOMPSON presented a petition from
the Tower Hamlets against the Crown and Govern-
ment Security Bill, and praying for the dismissal of
Ministers.
Mr. COBDEN presentel a petition from Hudders-
field against the game-laws ; also a petition against
the Crown and Government Security Bill.
Lord CASTLEREAGH presented a petition from
Downpatrick, praying for the re-enactment of the
Party Processions Bill in reference to Ireland.
Lord BERNARD presented several petitions from
places in the county of Cork against the national
system of education.
Dr. BOA RING presented a petition from Bolton
against the Crown and Government Security Bill ;
also a petition praying for the extension of the
suffrage.