The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-29 00:00:00

NATIONAL CONVENTION.

The Convention met yesterday morning at nine, at the Dr.
Johnson Tavern, Feet-street. Mr. DUNCAN took the chair.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.
A great number of letters were read from different parts of
the country, enclosing signatures to be added to the National
Petition. The petition already numbers three mil'ions of sig-
natures. N) other busine,s came before the Convention.
Adjourned till nine o'clock this day.

The following is a copy of the Address lately agreed to by
tie Convention to the people of Great Britain :
" Fellow Countrymen,—The members of the National Con-
vention, in the reports made by them of the present position
and future prospect of the Chartist cause, have stated that
much excitement prevails in various parts of the country, con-
cerning the different movements diy.ected ag"inst the present
,ystem of government, and the particular line of action we
have adopted for the attainment of our principles; we, there-
fore, conceive it to be our duty to give you our advice as to the
proper course which should be pursued in regard to these di-
visions. It is our unanimous opinion, adopted after mature
deliberation, that you go on with your present movement for
the People's Charter, whole and entire, FIRMLY ADHERING
EVEN To TIIE NAME.

" Extend your present organisation in England, and Scot-
land, and %Vales. Unite your energies for an attainment of
that object for which you have so nobly struggled during
many years, amidst reviling, persecutions, and misrepresenta-
tion. Turn ',either to the right lend nor to the left. Keep
the even tenor of your way on principle alone. Extend the
right hand of cordial welcome to men of all ranks, classes, and
creeds, to induce them to unite pith you in the great struggle
for national regenerwion and enfranchisement.
" The People's Charter has become a household word : its
principles are ongraven on the hearts of mibions of our fellow-
countrymen ; and the name is endeared by the recollections of
the long sufferings endured, and perseverance exhibited, in its
behalf. Amidst adversity and prosperity, in the hours of per-
secution and distress, we scorned to deny it, and are not dis-
p,oged to abandon it now, when its banners wave triumphant
over ail other national standards. Each succeeding clay makes
converts to you: principles; proving to the distressed of all
classes that it is only thretigh their truth and justice that they
can be freed from the errors and wrongs of class legislation.
As the process of conviction and conversion goes np gmongst
those that have been hitherto opposed to yen, various offers of
union and support will be proposed to you, modified, according
to the knowledge, prejudices, feelings, and position in life in
which the parties may be placed, Some will only perceive, or
acknowledge, your principles in part; others will acknowledge
them entire, but object to your designation of them, or thin
in which you struggle to attain them. To he first,
your answer must be your conviction of the truth of your
cause, and your hope that time and honest inouiry will im-
press that truth on them ; to the others, that you have no cause
to be ashamed of your name, and cannot abandon it to suit the
prejudices and fastidious taste of those that may ever and anon
arise to find fault with it, while they adopt the principles it
designates. A name to be fairly judged, ought to be so by the

principles it represents, and not by the actions of any person or
persons that may have borne it ; for those that act not in ac-
cordance with the principles, are not entitled to the name :
therefore, those that adopt our principles, and shrink at their
name, evince a weakness of mind which we lament, as show-
ing them unequal to the stern and unbending purpose which
should nerve the patriot in his contest against wrong sustained
y prejudice, falsehood, and persecution.
"We look to yon, then, fellow-countrymen, to proceed
wisely and firmly in the work in which we are engaged; keep
your present organisation, adding to it the power that increased
experience gives you, remembering that on each and all of you
rest the responsibility of making your principles and
their name respected_ln . your own persons. Go on,
then, in the even caurse of justice and right,-hail with
pleasure all movements based on the Charter that may
arise to assist you in attaining your objects. If men
are so weak as to object to your name, beat with them—
quarrel not with them about a name ; but do not • imitate
,their
weakness by abandoning your own; insist-011a stern adherence
to principles; let these be your guide; watch earnestly for any..
wavering or COmpromise in those that profess to be with you
for yours—then, and • not till then, condemn and resolutely
oppose them, but let-all your opposition to your foes be guided
by mild firmness, appealing to the truth of your cause for suc•
cuss; have faith in that truth, and rest assured that, if the people
honestly do their duty it will triumph over falsehood, wrong,
and oppression."

SEVENTY-SECOND REGIMENT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sta,—l beg to correct a mistake in your paper of
Wednesday respecting the statement, given by a Corre-
spondent, of the 78th Highlanders. The regiment first
known as " Lord Seaforth's" Highlanders is the present
72d Regiment, the corps whioh your Correspondent has
reference to. My father served in the above regiment,
and entered it when first raised; and I myself was also
in the same corps.
For a correct and interesting , sketch of the turn out
on Leith Links I refer your readers to an article in
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, headed " An Edinburgh
Fire-side Story," which appeared about three years ago.
—Yours, respecfully. W. C.