... From the Wandsworth and Claphanm Working Men's Association, to the Working Men of Surrey. Fellow-Countrymen-We have viewed with regret the seeming apathy of the Working Men of Surrey. Behold I men of Surrey, the glorious straggle which is now agitat- ing almost every part of the United Kingdom in favour of the People's Cbrter, which will e ventually, in our opinion, become a mighty engine of ...

... i I I: ' _ FRANCE. Thie latest Paris papers received contain but little of ft importauce ' The investigation of the returns (la verifi- cafien des pouevoirs) of ministers at the late election was still. proceeding before the Chamber of Deputies, and s acer ed likely to furnish materials for more than one l parliamentary inquiry. A meeting of the members of the a I gazche (Liberal) party took ...

... FACTS AND SC ApS. 4-A . I Louis XV.-The hedchtamber of Louis the Fifteenth 1 (atVersailles) was otiginallyabilliard-rro'M. It was here fi that Chamillart made his fortune, by. beating all the courtiers at tile game, and ahlp wing the Kittgto beat him. After Louis the Fifteenth had put his bed in this room, he d was seized wilh .the smgll-ox: all his courtiers. ran away through dread of the ...

... TIHE WEEKLY CHRONICLE AND THE I (TCHARI'ISTS. The fellow who does the leaders ?? of the I Weekly Chronicle tells lies as fast as a dog trots. In his paper of Sunday last, he has the effrontery to tell the public that the Chartists cold-bloodedly denounce all men and all classes not actually gaining a livelihood by manual 'labour ! He lies, the knave, I and he knows that he lies. ...

... . i, tENCOUNTEAI WITH A WILD BUFFALO. I ?? ' It hailnf been reptesented to Mr. Campbell, indigo ri p.lxenm atfallnasore, by the Ryotts living near one of his ifactories; tliatg wild Ibull-buhlo had for solne days in- d fested'1sle neig-hboutrliood, and bad destroyed three of the y vilagers';a party, consisting of Mr. Campbell, Major C., b1 of ?? nrigineers, anid a Lieutenant G., of tthc same i ...

... TO THE INHABITANTS:,OF THE WEST RIDING I - E OF YORKSHIRE. : ?? SUrvsFtERS-Centuries have rolled away into eternity, leaving bebirid proofs of. the quiet suffering of the people, and yet the poor are groaning under. the sword of oppression; -every means that a portion of your friends could imagine they have tried to make life a bless- ing-the rulers of the nation have b leen applied to-the ...

... sn'CINGS OF THE CONVENTION. .. ?? --n Mew Mr. O'CONNOR then rose to move d That on Monday, the 13th of May, the Conventihn should commence hold. ing its sittings at Birmingham. After the vote that was taken yesterday, it might be necessary for him to say, that in making this motion hle didl not intend the slightest disrespect to the ConventLion. }He intended no disrespect to any party, anid ...

... THE OPERATIVE. LONDON, MAY 5. 1639. 'I MEN OF THE SOUTH, L. Just returned from a short political tour in Lancashire, I have the pleasure to inform you that everything is going on there right radically well. During the eight days I was absent from town, I l attended nine large meetings, and ten or eleven small or private ones, consisting of the heads of ii parties, or leading Chartists of the ...

... LORD BROUJGHAM'S LETTER TO THE QUEEN. It has been so much the practice of late to attribute every anonymous pamphlet, of more than ordinary merit, to Lord Brougham, that we were led to doubt the rumour which ascribed to his Lordship the authorship of a tract now exciting considerable interest in the political world, en- titled A Letter to the Queen, on the State of the Monarchy, by a Friend ...

... SOUTH SHIELDS.-A meeting wascalled in the mar- I ket.place on Tuesday last, for the purpose of adopting re- i solutions of similar import to those agreed to at the great public meeting held on the Town Moor, Newcastle. Mr. Grey presided over the meeting. Mr. Andersonmoved a resolution to the effect that that meeting cordially adopted the resolutions which were agreed to at the Newcastle ...

... I In our Trades Chronicle of this week will be found reports of several important meetings respecting the disputes now existing between the workmen and.masters of the metropolis. They are faithful and ample records, which deserve the attention of all workmen, and demonstrate the utility of our journal to every reflecting mind; for where but in the columns of THE OPERATIVE will the details ...

... Mr. R. Wynn Williams is the gentleman alluded to in the Leeds paper,;wbo has commenced a personal canvass of tile electors of Bradford on the Liberal interest, in the event of a vacancy, with every prospect of success. The committee for t he erection of Sir Walter Scott's monument are short of funds to pay the balance of the treasurer's accounts. A 13rroAD HINT.-Lady Isabella Finch, daughter ...