The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-13 00:00:00

House do now adjourn to Monday next.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. W. FAGAN, at two minutes to six o'clock, rose
to second the motion amid much laughter.
The hour of six o'clock having arrived during the
Hon. Member's speech, the House adjourned.
The effect of the ruse will be to postpone the Com-
mittee on the Bill either to a late hour to-morrow
night or till Friday, and the House will not meet to-
morrow till the usual hour.

CHARTIST CONVENTION.

AFTERNOON SITTING.
At the re-assembling of the delegates yesterday after-
noon, Mr. McGrath in the chair,
The CHAIRMAN stated that he had received a ♦ast
number of letters giving accounts of public meetings
held at Lynn, Liverpool, Clitheroe, Southampton, Ban-
bury, North Shields, Carlisle, and other places, at which
unanimous resolutions were passed pledging themselves
to support the Convention.
Mr. HARNEY said he had to state a fact concerning
the conduct of the working men at the Deptford dock-
yard, which had been overlooked entirely by the re-
porters who had given accounts of the uproarious
loyalty of persons in the employ of Government.
These men, he said, unanimously refused to act as
special constables on Monday last.—(Hear.) The Times
had suggested to day that the whole of the working men
who gave their assistance on that day to preserve the
peace in case of an outbreak should be treated to a
" blow out " at the expense of the aristocracy.—(A
laugh.) But instead of giving the working men a feast
once in a hundred years, the Convention intended to put
them in a position to have a guod feast every day.
The motion of Mr. Adams, that it be an instruction to
the committee, that the number of delegates to be elected
for the different districts throughout the country should
depend upon the extent of the population, irrespective
of anything else, was then brought under discussion.
A great number of delegates spoke upon the subject,
some alleging that the suggestion of Mr. Adams would
hare no good effect—that the present Convention was
quite sufficient to represent the working classes—that it
was all moonshine to have electoral districts, and increase
the number of delegates; and that if the Government
happened to pounce upon them it would only have the
effect of bringing a greater number of Chartist
delegates into trouble. Others, that if they wished
to act upon the democratic principle, they
should not attempt to narrow their sphere of action. but
increase it, and that if they were desirous that the Con-
vention should be, in truth, a National Assembly, an
appeal ought to be made to every man in the kingdom.
One delegate said, unless they acted upon the electoral
district principle, it would be absurd to call this
a National Convention . It was observed by another
that it would be advisable to have a partial selection, so
that such places only might be fixed upon as would return
men true to the Charter.
Mr. GRAHAM proposed an amendment, that the towns
mentioned in the schedule which had been drawn up,
should send delegates to the National Assembly, aad, at
the same time, every other district containing a suffi-
cient population should be at liberty to send a delegate
if the people desired it.
Mr. Josres suggested that, in the event of the Govern-
ment refusing to make them any concession, the Con-
vention should issue a manifesto to the people, calling
upon them, by virtue of their will, to send delegates to
a National Assembly. He wished every town in the
kingdom to send a delegate that wished to support the
Convention.
Mr. Aiwa said he bad proposed the motion in order
that they might ascertain the real opinions of the people
of this country. They would only sacrifice themselves
and the Charter if they placed themselves in a position
which was not backed by the majority of the people;
but if they had their support they might defy the
strongest Government which ever existed in the country,
should their rights be withheld.
The amendment was then put but negatived, and the
motion of Mr. Adams was declared to be carried.
ALIEN DILL.
Mr. KYDD gave notice of a motion protesting most
decidedly against the Bill proposed by Lord Lans
downe in the House of Lords, to expel foreigners
who were supposed to have political objects in view
from the shores of this country, as being despotic in
principle and directly opposed to a wise system of na-
tional intercourse.—(Cheers.)
CRARTIBT CONSISTENCY.
Mr. DIXON proposed a motion to the effect that the
delegates should pursue one and the same kind of policy
at meetings and other places, in accordance with resolu-
tions which might be come to by the Convention, and
not act in opposition to each other. He believed that
their procession would not have been interfered with on
Monday if the rabid nonsense had not been circulated
which some of the delegates had thought proper to utter
during the last week.—(Hear.)
The motion, at the suggestion of several delegates,
was, however, withdrawn.
THE MIDDLE CLASSES.
Mr. LEACH suggested that the Convention should pass
a resolution disapproving of any resolutions condemna-
tory of the middle classes as a body, and stating that
they considered it the duty of the Convention to con-
ciliate, as far as possible, all classes, and to induce them
to support the measures which the Convention had been
called to forward.—(Cheers.)
After some discussion, the further consideration of
the motion was postponed until to-morrow.
ADDRESS WITH RESPECT TO SIMULTANEOUS ELECTIONS.
On the motion of Mr. CLARKE, a committee was ap-
pointed to draw up an address to the country.
The Convention then adjourned.