23 MARCH 1839, Page 9

It is said that great numbers of the Chartists in

the North of Eng- land. especially in the neighbourhood of Stockport, Rochdale, and Man- chester, are armed with pikes. They maintain that, by the Bill of Rights, every man is allowed to possess weapons of defence " suitable to their condition ;" and that pikes being cheap weapons are suitable to their condition.

Notice has been received that one-third of the available force of the Militia will be called out for twelve months permanent duty, to be sue- ded by the other portions in rotation, and the whole body to be called out for twenty-eight days training yearly.—Exeter Flging Post.