... (Abridged from the Northern Liberator.).. GATESHEAD.-On Wednesday eveninga large meet- ing of the working classes was, held at the head of Oak- wellgate. The meeting was ably. addressed by. Mr. imableton, who went over the points of the. People's Charter, and clearly-explained their justice and necessity. Mr. Cleugh, local Baptist preacher, followed in-a splendid strain of eloquence, and ...

... POLITICAL PORTRAITS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL I CONVENTION. I MR. JAMES TAYLOR, Delegate for Rochdale end Middleton. I this week attempt the portrait of one who has little remarkable, either in his life or appear- ance, except an unvarying defence and advocacy of liberal opinions, both as regards politics and religion. This advocacy, however, was chiefly ez.- ercised in private, for I do ...

... ?? T ?? lQ~- qi -wF lIpER~nVE )n .iL ; -- 1 I t' N tli 5j n hi;ts fxy spow'4r. ?? i Tliis -h Fba be the last, ( will ?? Soothing and very ?? I 4~er's G wast'a ibver better ?? f in ~e Cae ofthe iifi irjo Nw* Police Bil rdte .of the first city in the worl ?? ?? rather amusing 1o see how they wince twist, now that their turnhas come to wear. *bme shackles which they so nmagnanimously eisted in ...

... GRANDMAIA'S SUPERLATIVE TWIADDLE, TnlE MARCIH o0 RiEaI6iEENT.-Tihe lic ndrspeis' shopmen, travellers, anid porters, have latell taken it into their heads to change the namises by ?? the) have hitherto been described, and to call themselves zssitants; and nro greater offence can be given to the young ~ighsts of 1ounter than ~o call them shopmen, or seiants. Nothing less than open rebellion ...

... FINAL EXAMINATION AND COMMITTALI OF' THE REV. J. R. STEPH ENS. I 0O11 Thursday monoi ig, Ht eleveu o'clock, tire Rev. Mr. e Stephens, accollipaulied by Air. Feargus O'Clonnor, Mr. :f Otiastler Mr. law (bis solicitov), Mr. Wheeler, and several -other of ihis friends arrived. e ~r. Stephens sat in front of the Jock, immediately Op- s posite tlie bench, with Mr. Feargus O'Connor on his left hand. ...

... The following correspondence has recently taken place between the Home-office and the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Lancaster:- (corP.) * Whitehall, Nov. 23, 1838. la My Lord,-I have the honour to acquaint your lordship, that having received from the bench of inagis- trates at Hyde, near Manchester, a report of a meeting which was lately held in that town by torch-light, I directed a letter ...

... ?? _ _ RESIGNATION OF Ma. ADZY The polling proceeded until Wednesday very languidly, the entire number of votes recorded up to four o'clock, being only F For Wakloy 6 3 Adey . . . . . 24 which made the gross poll from the commencement- For Wakley . . . - 1,998 Adey. . .79 On these numbers being announced by the officer, Mr. ADEY presented himself on a platform erected in front of the hustings, ...

... TEE OPERATIVE. LONDON, FEB. 24, 1839. IMPERtlAL PARLIAMENT. Nothing of interest or importance has taken pace in either house, if we except the debates on Mr. Villiers, motion relative to the corn laws. We do not pretend at present to enter into the mnerits of this question. We will not even express triumph at a result which we so often predicted; but we would fondly hope that this result will ...

... GEORGE JULIAN HARNEY TO TIHE DEMO- CRACY OF NORWICH. DEMOCIIrATIC SISTERS AND BRETIImw-TlhrOugh the medium of the People's Paper, the glorious and hard- working OPE'RATIVE, I embrace the earliest opportunity, which illness would allow me, of expressing to you my acknowledgments for the truly distinguished honour you thought fitting to confer upon me-the honour of being in deed, and in truth ...

... NATIONAL CONVENT'ION OF THE UNREPRESENTED CLASSE'S. MONDAY, FEs. 25. Alr. MILLS Cliairmn, Ale. LOVETT Secretary for the daa. Tihe CHAIRMAN solicited the attention of tils deputies to the speakers who were to address the meeting. The SECRET'ARY having called over the nam, ts of the deputies said, that he had been gailtv of a dereli ction of duty in not having read to tle Convention letters ...

... TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, tc. 16 The Editor of Tog Or'aaATIv, will feel obliged to the Editors of the Northern ltaer, Northern Liberator, True Scotsman, Manchester Advertiser, Brighton Patriot, and of such other Provincial Journals as advocate the cause of Democracy, if they will send him copies of their respective papers, in exchange for THE OPsHRATvrv, on the dayof publi. ...

... uraows SmE 210O'.vliAlM~ONw WOilariso Ma}s' ASSOCIATION TO DANIELt. O'CONNELL, MSO., I. r. Sin-As a body of persons who sanctioned the address to the Irish people, we, of course, i' styled ourselves Radicals, but With pure and honest motives in the hope of emancipating ourselves and fellow, countrymen from the political bondage that fetters the rights of nman as named by God, and necessitated ...