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TIPPER . RY SPECIAL COMMISSION . CLOX MSI , St . ndat , JctT 3 . CLOSE OT THE PROCEEDINGS . Tso special commireion terminated some'what ttnfx-¦ pfctt&y a : a lits hour last ntekt . Their Lordships sit e . mU fire ainiites to twelve o ' clock , antl disposed of all tha cast 3 selected fox trisL The resait has bsen , that all vbe prisoners arra . ua « l ,-w ; th one exception , tar ? bf ? n convicted of the crimes vrith -which they -were ch-cir := cL Slara the anneunc-rnjeBt r-f Vie dcierniicatloD of G-. vrmTEei . t to isi-as a sj > ec-5 al connuL-bion , there has Iv-tr a complete- r , ; st&ecce from outra ^ -a in . those portsor . s uf fcg ' c-. -. ^ Lty -where crimes trtre previously ot daily i-ccurrtiise . The f .-n ( ml : 3 c ? ses Trc-re dlsrrcad of Bfter the date cf thv ; S 3 in finr-hr-r column r—
iTIESlPlS TO ASSASSINATE . Michel Hives "wasino cte ^ for L-vir-: * , on tho 2 nd of tiny , a : K-. hen e £ f i , in this county , fired Lt Jc = hn Rjan LuVei . sithir .-ent lok :: l him . Ji > haR 5 ? . n ( Lnke . < 3 ej « c-d , that he ¦ sras driver to the Hen . Mr . O'Grady , r . nd previously t * the 2 nd of > 5 ay ia--t had served coiices ; f ejeetrser . t ca * ever& ! cf the trr . iii ; .- . On that day be -seas ? o : 2 ^ o-er to the ! £ : ¦ : ¦¦" •!> t » -5-U ! e the rua ' . ter ¦ with them in conipaiiy-vlvh ^ liL- ^ at- K-cn 2- Mr . Ur-dshs s ' s (' . river , arA when they ¦ w « e p ^? i ' . i ? , H ^ l-fcTsxocer on hers-: " rack a shot 'was fire . 5
st him . a .-d Eevtti situs were lo . iccd in his horse ' s bt-Jv , . v--L ; ch < 5 : ed : n h& = f nn hour ster ^ -airls . When wttar . vs hi-irt : tl ' L- ai-. ct ha turned in its r . irt-erion , nnd e&t tiexrfiOicr , \? ho trtis ~ bcmi t : rht f « t from him . and w . 13 itji / isg on a oltch . with a short £ tn in his ticG . II :- v ? . s }> csiuve that the prisoner tos the man Ihr ? . ; - *¦ . Ja ;^ es Viicess turned to lo -k at him he F ] : r .. ^ /> du'arn ii \ . ni tLe ckiji , and ca le ; i to another la . u ~ ho - - ' . r-s rUor . g with h ; m to " 5 re scain ! " The E-n f rod . 1 ut the shot d-. d a / , take effect . K ^ r . na an < ! ¦ wUn-iss thca ruid off cs quickly as fsey ccu'd . Ti-e i : cim 5 ts . n . c ^ occurred at tiie o ' cV :-ii in tho
eic rr . i ; y JlkLsrl-SieaBi , the person "who tras ^ i 'h the 1 'st ¦ o"iri ; t ^ 5 at ti ? T : . u . ^ . the avtseJi . corroborate- 'l his tvidt £ M ts to ; i . i stuck . r . r . u ira jra ^ cer of it , bat could not u .-- it fv the ¦ Dtisai-L " . F--r t ' .-i i > _ ffej : ee , EcYi-ral "sritnessts . relstives of the pr ^ Lrr . — ^ : re i ^ - ^ .: ^ t : i . vho f ^ cre thai the prisocer sras r , t ! L-e fair ct S . lTcir ^ iaes during the day , and at thi tinid of tLe attack-TLb j tt " , af ; ti some deliberation , retcrced a ferdict o . 'G- - - ; r . " ' ¦ " T . 5-rnr . 5 St'ip ' cton a-ii Tho-r ? . ? G ' ces ^ n ^ = "; re respecti 7 ty ir . cii-. ictl fcr Jr . ?; - ? cu . thr 2 r . h of . April , rt L s ^ itnr . i ; j " , ic thrs Canty , Sred a Ie 2 : 3 e i ctm it ' -ne Pr . tiick Gl-cs-n . -vrlth iw . -. i _ t tj ruar ^ er him , or to disable , o : dijd . nre ircn .
? s : rlrk G' ; c-rn s ~ cm snl exanur . st ! . —T lire at L ' aicVnrr .-y -u lh : s cc ^ -. ity . a :: J am a t * - " . an ^ ff Mr . S : iffv-rd O Br : Vn . Tiut ff :: t 1 rinari scuifi limf- sire- rmde S £ >^ . = chi : i-s in ' t-tr ca . c' .: ; -y cf lin-I hs . J by the t ; acj . ts , is f r . . er to square ti » e farni ? . No oue 'sras dispo- > t : «; -a s . It- ~ r ; il : s ; r . I le ^ t about live acres and gal : '_ : t ^ -L T >^ t ~ -o r > cr < r 3 ihat I sut trtre pre viously !>¦;• ' "; T rnea EKrued J ., i < G ! ' : eson ard M-rtia No ^ rlan . On the 27 h of . AprH , t l ! : tie after sevtn o ' clock in tha tTr-afiw : 1 " ^ as lifcrriiES from n- ~ Avcrk , and as I
t » -s papslii z neat a ctotcj of trees , I cist three m- ; n en the road , one of vhom Tva ? an ; .--i s-IC ' i a 2 n » ,. a =- h--r trfth a pistil , and th ^ thhi h-. ' i a sdek . Tity put me on tr . y ki , ets , and -yhe :: tL . j fi ' . i so , 1 Eiit i ih : ia "K-h ~ t '^ y-wrre S- -r ? to sfco- ;* ins . acd h- ~ I ? id ; tscrT a it ? T ^ tT itpr ' ed . for-tihirs ? fov . ia "" s iv . o . The prisoi . tr S :: ; rV .-ton h ' - ' ii the plsi ' -l ; arci G ' -.- - -n the gx : n . TLcy " 3-s . nt behic ; : ir-e in the rc-i-1 , tad Srapltt ' oa fEr-p- ^ d th 2 pistol tcir- : t n- . o . rut it i : v--5 ea fire-, and \ roal <\ r . ^ t cq cE
Gl- son then t ? v > - » rl Ptirieton the sx . ii . " ^ ho £ * ed a tioasi debate
£ h"Z r . t me , TriJch brcL'e my sr . '" . near the eibow . ( The •^ itae-s's am -eras car . dsced cp , ai ; d he appeared to 1 ) - ir . a - ; err hzr . ^ rate cf health ) Ea ¦ was quite close to .: h Ts-fcsr . lie fired , and rey clothe 3 -Were bcrcei . Tb ^ ita v : irA :- sot disguised in any Tray , and I am pc— . rive that the prisoners treTc two of the men "who att . Tch :- - ^ ire . I h-: Te u-1 recoTcred tj- ; e us ; of my arm Eire .-. rir-I LiY £ bren irndfir th-j tars of Dr . D = nip » U-r ¦ ap i- ! -r-i ri « - nr : iia ' . Dr . 1 ) rnrs'srctr-: ? .- ! ihat be-ya ? t * 25 sargical atter :-dsnt u : G . ^ sot :. and th :. t it -wi 3 or : I y TritQ . n a few days h- had a hope ? f bring able to s-ye the pojr jns-i . 3 arm from amputation . He ves alto pretest ¦ ffi-. n r-r - r . rosccator , in ui- fc'l ^ -t manner , iat-nV . Sed th 5 rso ;¦* " : <¦•¦ eis . ar . A slnslt-i hriri cut from a Eiimber of iiii- ? n uf sL- ^ iiar appsarsres and dress . y . r . J . sss-ph T > r . ntttiTi . supiniiary marlrtrate , also pre y . ¦ ths- idsnudjdtit-a of itirpriiwHrs by Gleeson ia his orcrresce .
'Tct cae fur the C'c * sti hs ^ ir ? closed , S-Tt-sa vrit'itii-ei fui the Otr »» . i ^ s-xore to an a i 5 i far Txit "; triSOSrTS . Tc ^ Chitf Jastics thta charged the Jury , -who found —b-y _ h jrlsocferd Gai . 'ty .
SEVTE > C £ S . The serer-A rri ~ : r . ~ rs crn-irfed = of tr . ir 5 por : aMe cff ; . = > 5—t ? . mr : / . J . ^ -n F . i :: k 1 . ' 3 Iic > s 2 l Ha ^ cs , Cir ^^ us Fiyrs . P _ ti " . ck IS-syv . - . Tcczisa Srap ' -itoa , ec 1 J-- ;;« B' -e ^ a , h- > TiE 2 bcin i ' . r . ced at : he b 3 r , T . - . 5 ll « ht"H « r . "¦ j . T .-. ^ e 1 ; : ¦ i"f c .-aey-Grr . trtl havicg £ pj-i : ta for tir- jit ] jn ; ent- cf tis Cv . » rt , upoa there pri-Ti : s Lcr" Ghlsf Jn . ilic * , vJ'et ad- ? r 55-c s ? thopri ^ ssrs , pr ' .-n :-3 T : fJ " - \ s .-a % re 6 . ot ir .-. sir .. ¦ 'r ? rti «? & ' f-i-r life ajjiiast ail the f-rivi-r-vTs . a ^ d t " -eciirr-: iii ; : £ i-. -2 closed . Thi pris-ncr ^ Viii-im K-rt , wbo waj 2 C ( in : tt «< t cf : i : e vn-nce "si' . h vrlkh ts stood charged—Ean ^ e 7 , rfc ^ r .-- rn 2 cr ? . "ory } efcre the fist in the sinter of thtiati ilr . Rittit EiU , -sras dkc ' aars ^ d frun ; custody .
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KOUSB OF COMMO . NS , rvc- ^ -i ' , ^ V o . > ? t "MiY K . . ;; dj > 'ge , in a-. s ^ r ts . L ' rd T \" .- r = l ? y . iul ^ : ¦ • - - -- 1 i : i * . v * - - -I . H-: ^ -J Dn ; -. * ? . S " "Sfas d : f ;> : S 5-.-i fro-. h- ? i i ^ A appv :-tii ; 'r :, ^ j ; i fr : 'nj th- _ c ^ nurs : ; -: . ' . f t ! :-j ? "if : i r- _"? : ^ &m . r . r . ri is-t- > : ttire ra ) is ) . ' " = 7 . for h ^ Tiag 11 ^^ * . > .: ' .-- -- * ptc " . fc : trT'Ha iii s-p- . ^ kirs ' cf Ser ii .- -3-- - * y->; r J v-iiiiux in :-rci ? feJ thai a b :: s is to be irru . 'bt i 3 IJ .-J a . vji . ^ a i- ^ ih' - r :- ; . - ^ hs ? M . ; j - "«• to § : iS * n- = • - ' ¦ -rvers to t ' -.- C .-l ; cjc 3 o ! Plijsi « aas el ! t-1 T .- h rns ? 3 ^ h- 'ch h ~ A bf * -n dnppc-d in coupsq-. i .- ^ f « . b :-r- ? . hi ^ ! n ^ b-. f-n r ^ H . - ^« b < rr > the pr ^ Tioas € V ^ : i" : > :. ¦ was elv > -r dis v -5 d cf t r jj-rar : < :-: 'l T- > r f-ii-src cj :.-j-:. : r :. * jjii . ] t * = " : ¦ 5 inl : r . ' 3 u ; . i bvSir Jam's ( insh-m itat n -Trfa 2 ; ei . i liwant to rrt . ; 3 forwmd tLs Poor
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Bill . Mr . J 3 uiiE r ? cvi .-J fcjjjht rfr- - - -ia'i-:-3 S , fceh of 5 c > nis len ^ ij . r ; -a-l = 3 na 5 . ti " . ry of tho prin ^ ' pie of augratntirjg tinica liTinrs oat cf the vti : l : c rrT-r-sce , especially torusidcTitg i >; o pr = s = ut coDd ^ iiuT ; cf l-he country , and affiruiii : ^ that the proper ty of tJit ; thareh , managed in a prr < ptr manner , was quite srfilciriit for all Euch purpojes 6 f Tie's ? eudo-ssTneots cr ausraiiitations . S-r John EaSTHope secocd ^ -d the motion . Tne Eiriof Lincolx criiicistd the rc-Eolutions , and £ efcndc . < d lbs bLL Af ; cr seiae objerratioas froni 51 r . T ^ illianss , the H » nse divided , whtn the reso ' . utioiis vteic rt-jected by 377 ^ - ! J . - Ibis luiUAr beir-g tlirrosad of , the Huuse went into ^ cnmilttse to aSnu resolutions -on wldch i-i found a bill for the -bciter gaYcnznsDt of tie - coloi . y of South Ji ! iF » r _' i : a .
ir . Td . staslet . ¦ R-ho propossfl the rcsclnt-osr , stated whzt •^ aa in teadai ^ i B > aaeBt ) 7 to ^ ptij / y ihe sonfosion iu = o which the finances ftf thv eotasy L&v , fu . * -en , and to £ iv = the eoioniBts ths advantage cf an ia : j ro 7 eii syBttm L-fz ~ jilc 28 listioa . ' -- * - - - Soiae eoBTersaUoD foUct ^ td , is
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Lord Ashley moved the further proceeding on the third reading of the Mines and Collieries BilL Mr . Aissworth presented petitions againBt the h'iQ , and argued that the msasuro would have the effect of seriously i-juring tfce ¦ working classes concerned , many of who 21 wo »! d be driven to the workhouse The commissioners who had inquired into the matter had made , at least in many cases , a one-sided report , and had drawn a -very exaggerated picture of the existing state of things . Mr . Bknett strongly supported the bill . Mr . Yilliers vindicated the motives of those ¦^ ho objected to the BUI , and who were snxicus that one evil sheuld not be csmaiitted in correcting another . Mr . Matthus Attwood expressed somewhat similar se t ; rsents .
Islr . Staxsfield also teas of opinion that the Bill was a hasty measure , interfering with the rights of labour , on the faith of a report , coniaicing certainly fctatrir . ents cf a careless , if not of a questionable , nature . Af t-. r some observations from Mr . Hawkes , Lori Ashley defended the Bill , and Lurd Palmebstox expressed a hope that tbe Bill ¦ fpnld spetdJy ptsa into a law una ' . tered , ¦ which it ¦^ oukl be if the Government cordially supported it in the House of L .-rds . The Bni Then pusei its firal stage . S me other tniine ^ s w ^ s disposed of , and the House atljouTned .
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EXECUTIVE ROOMS , MANCHESTER . I . VCOMS , FBOM JLT . T 3 KD TO JCLT 6 " TU , INCLUSIVE £ 8 . d . Todrnorflen ... ... 0 8 4 N « . tts ., Thatcher ... 0 10 0 Dav-ntry ... ... 0 5 0 Ssliord . YoBtbs ... 0 2 0 Kew ^ ii ^ 3 ... ... 0 10 10 Srockpart ... ... 0 20 0 Ledbury ... ... 0 1 1 Isewporfc , Isle of Wight 0 3 tf Kortbamptoa ... „ . 0 8 4 Anoa . ... ... 0 o 0 Bristol , Youths ... 0 8 6 HoolcyHill 0 2 0
£ 3 14 7 John Campbell , Sec . P . 5 . —The rcwipt 3 for the Executive will be publirbc-d irrcckly for the future , in order fcuat all parties may be satisfied as to v .-ho subscribe , and who do not .
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destitute families , until their sufferings shall be terminated by a demand for the industry and wages for their labour . '" - This was just the thing that " Hon . Gentlemen " on both bides the " House" did not want , and therefore , after some flourishing " talk" during that evening , the debate was adjourned to Monday , when there was of coarse " no House , " and so the distreys of the country was disposad of ; there being , when the Speaker took the chair , twenty-three members present .
The Anti Corn law League are having another gathering of she wise men 01 Gotham , in the Metropolis . The usual cuckoo notes are croaked out with great violence . And the several speakers are quite of opinion that "the corn laws must go , " and " our fereign trade must bo extended . "
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ANOTHER "POP" AT THE . QUEEN'S CARRIAGE . So ! the Queen-shooters are not yet satisfied Arother tool—a humpbacked fool this time—dust try his hand at regicide , and fail ! Why , what bungling dogs these Q / iecn-ihooters are ! One would think they all belonged to tho jackass racing club at Norwich , at whose trials of speed the last ass always
wins . To what agency shall we ascribe the safo keeping of her Majesty , amidst so many diabolical attempts ? Is it that royalty itself ia an impenetrable ^ E gis , ihrough which the ascassia ' s ball cannot penetrate \ or is it that the quasi Qaeen shooters , having no purpose to tffect her death , always take care to reservo their Sre till the sacred person is in safety ? The very general opinion seems to be that Fbakcis
never meant to hit the Queen ; while tho present poor wretch did not even succeed in making his pop-gun speak . Seriously , we should be glad to know bow much this bump-backed boy has been premised for h : 3 jjb , and who employed him . We should be glad tj kuow what connection ihese Queen-shooting experiments ha vo with the visit of Mr . '" Head Pacificator , " Stekle to Bow-street , an 4 his cock-and-bull story of a temperanco orator ^ who is afterwards discovered to be a Charlist orator
We give the following from tho Times Police Report of Monday , and we entreat cur readers to ponder it well over : — " Bow-btkeet . —After the night charges had been disposed of yesterday morning , Mr T . Steele , accompanied by some members of the London Rrpeal Association , waited en Mr . Jardine , the sitting magistrate , for the purpose of communicating a circumstance which camo to h : s knowledge while presiding at a meeting held last night in tho Bloomsbury district .
He said , he considered it his imperative and . olemn duty not to lose a moment iu putting the Court in possession of information he had received at a reoent meeting of Repealers whose loyalty was unshaken and in every particular opposed to violence . Whin tho proceedings were about to terminate a member ro 9 e , and said ho had just left another meeting which was held for a very different purpose , where ho heard a person make use of language of a mos-t infkmmatory nature . Tae ' expressions used were , that her Majesty should be made away with . He immediately dissolved the metting , and in consequence of what took place in Sr . James ' flpark , which every lojal subject must feel indignai . t at , he , hs Chairman , consicered it his duty to lay the matter before tho constituted authorities .
" Mr . Jardine inquired if the person was in attendance who gave the intelligence at the Repeal me : t'iig 1 * ' ? iir . Steele replied , that although ho repeatedly Bo'icited him to attend , he refused unless compelled by magiaterial authority . " Mr . Jardine—In " that case I am at a loss how to act , for the subject comes to my knowledge second hand . " Mr . Steele said , tho individual alluded to was a tailor named Crow , and ho assigned as a reason for not attending , that he was engaged in finishing a coat which should be delivered at a certain time or he would disoblige his employer .
" A member of the meeting eaid Crow resided at 11 , Great Chapel-street , Soho , and a message sent from tho Court would , no doubt , cause him to attend . Tbe language was used at an abstinence meeting held in Ship Yard , Temple Bar , and was to the tffect that the Qaeen , the Bishops , and the aristocracy should be made away with . On hearing ; of the circumstance from Crow he related it to Mr . Steele , and could furiher satisfy himsalf upon the subject on Thursday next , when auother meeting will L-3 held .
"Mr . Steele said ho should consider itadereliof ion of his duty , if he neglected to lay the facts oi the case before the Court , and for this purpose came on Sunday , but finding it closed , went away . * ' Mr . Jardine was willing to give him eveTy credit for the prompt manner in which he had taken up the subject , and every attention should be paid to the information ho had given . " Mr . Steole—I am a warden of the London Repealers , and iny object and that of every number of the body to which I belong , is to assist by every means in my power to preserve the peace not only here , but also in my native country .
• Mr . Jardine directed Inspector Medlioott , who was present during the conversation , to send a constable to Crow , and let him know his attendance was immediately required . . " Mr . bteele and his friends then thanked the magistrate , and withdrew . " In tho ccursc of tho day Crow entered the court , and being tak ^ n into a private room , Mr . Jardine had a shor : conversation with him . He repeated
tna accour .: given by Mr . Steele ,-and said the language was inade use of nt a Chartist mooting , but'he considered u merely such a tirade as is usually made u ^ o of at their nzeCiir . gp , and that nothing of a thrta : cnin / jBa : ure was iniended against Her Majesty or any other person . Ila then gave his address , and premised , should he be required at any future time , to pay every attention to the orders of the Court . "
Now this Mr . Thomas Steele ia Mr . Daniel O'Connell ' s ' head pacificator" for . Ireland . What in the name of pacification is ho doing in England , now ? Wj ; y 33 he not in E ; : ni 5 , seeking to protect ihe people against wholesale murder and butchery ? Are there- do " pacific" relations to ba established in . Gaiway ! Is all Ireland so very tranquil—is there so perfect zn absence of all cause for complaint in " the Green Isle" that the "Head pacificator" of that unhappy laud has no call to his post ? Or has the " pacificator" raised in his patron's behalf so strong a commotion at home that he is glad to escape in th-3 smoke and sneak over here out of harm ' s wcy , while the dupes of his " pacifieating" exertions as being shot , starved , and trampled on in his own country ?
In any case it is a coincidence worthy of explanation that Mr . "Head Pacificator" Steele should be in England juat at this juncture , when his services are so eminently necessary in Ireland ; that he should be in London on that precise day , when the third attempt , or mockery of an attempt , at Queen shooting was made ; that he should , on that very evening , Sunday evening , be holding a Repeaj meeting in London ; and that ho should break up his R- peal meeting , and scamper off to Bow-street , with tha ridiculous story we have jusi quoted—as evident a concoction , as was ever " got up , ' but quite
a sufficient " peg , whsu taken in connection with the " regioidal" attempt of the morniDg , wherein to hang a list of graro fears of factious "respectability , " from ragged Chartism and temperance , and consequent " strong measures" for tbe " putting down" of those dangerous associations-The whole thin * ' h to us quite sufficiently cl < ar ; but we have no doubt that if it suited their convenience , Mr . Da . niel O'Connell and a few more of the " Royal Loyal" Liberals could strip off all the seeming mystery which bangs about it , ajid tell us simply what it all means .
How singular , too , that this absurdly base and malevolent attack upon the Chartists and the Abstinence Societies Bhould coma now from Mr . Thos . Steele , a prominent member of the ** Complete Suffrage Union , " and " head pacificator" of Mr . Dakibl O'Conkell , tbe right-band man and legal adviser of the Sfcurge men ' s council , whose digest of the laws beating upon political societies , out so conspicuous a figure in the Ttry last numbers
of the papers devoted to the Complete Suffrage interest . This directing of public attention , and consequently of the attention of public functionaries , to the laws . against Political Associations , coupled with Master Dan ' s recent denunciation of the Bechabite and Temperance Societies as illegal , with the vagary of his "head pacificator" just related , and with the evidently forced connection of this " xnoTe" with the late Queen-shooting experiments *
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are to us sufficient ! indications ofa purpose on the part of the two factions unitedly to make another grand effort for the " overthro'W of that wide-spreading system of religioug ^ and political investigation which they perceive must ,. if suffered to go on , eventually overthrow them .- ' Whenever the struggle may come , depend upon it the liberals , the oducationist 3—the " new movers" of all grades will be found the
people ' s direst and bitterest enemies . We shall then know how to estimate the sincetityy and find out the ultimate object , of the middle class tools , who , while bawling for union , have so adroitly contrived to disunite us—at least as far as their power went . We shall then find out the real object of the Sturqe Conference , and the Complete Suffrage Union , and all the Gther means made use of to break up the people ' s ranks . .
As a further evidence of the systematic efforts of the middle class liberals to excite the suspicion , and draw the attention of Government towards ' . the Chartist body , we give the following clumsy fabrication from the last number of the Weekly Chronicle , the paper of the Honourable Member for Sheffield : — - . . . ,:. . "A Plot Discovered . —We give the following letter verb , el lit . as it has reached us , and without a word 0 ! comment : —
" To the Editor ef the Weekly Chrom ' de . —Siv : You will Besurpri st ¦ whe n you rtart thia Bat it is trouth . Ther is a society forinung thvought the ; King ai foi the Purpus of Murdren all the Nobalnien ia one Night for the Purpeas of Gating new govnneiit and Better Laws they Noumberd 102748 the Lats qur thay think Ba Rndey By Giesmeas thear plan is to Divld iu 30 to 50 and atack evr gentlmeu pioace - B » i-h town and Cuntray and kill bouth ' -ypuiig and puld the way thay forem a man b ' e'fpr hes mad inast aware that be will reva ! e ho sekret to none they go the feald te Diark cvray man they "never niore 6 to Be tliugetber at
tivue the -way thay begino a 3 k sume . qus'cens at the Parson about the times and see what he thiuks then thay tala him that tkar is a socitely formet to do away with the govrment But he must give his outh that he will not tall to non thay will not tick a man that Drinks for foar that-be ¦ will tall on theam ther is a number of them . that has small are pistlea about 8 inchs Long and sume Cornbustel that tbny Lod it with and if it Braek the > kin it is Dath Djar sir I am feard at them and that is tJie way that Jiiten
you . know of it thay shot a Dog the o . uiher Nisht with the are Pislol awd it Did in the nv > tng very swaitl as I am no fkolear 1 coldnot writ no Parson that I kuowe as I Bound ounder outh not to tal to non there is D . ilekets from Difrenta Partd of Eaglent hear now ami thin nndtals ho \? e iher gaten on ther is 2400 in London Llvrpuli 1370 Maucheater 1924 Glasguw 882 Aberdeen 700 Duudee 158 EJuburgh 205 Lnth 65 I Dont remember aneymor at Present So do With this as you think Bast—I xeineaii your And Steal —Dundee th 22 June . "
If any Chartist can read these two extracts , and fail to fiHd in them evidence of a conspiracy to fasten traitorous designs and schemes upon the Chartist body , jwe pity tho obtusenesg of his understanding . Let our friends , then , beware . Let the organization of our National Charter Association be rigorously adhered to ; let no deviation from ita rules be suifcred to creep in , in any part of the kingdom ; let all foolish and violent language be carefully excluded from all our meetings , and from all our speeches ; let us havo no empty threaten ings ; give no encouragement to big talkers ; and , above all , beware of strangers . Wo have good reason to know that this is necessary . Spies are
now actively , engaged , travelling from place to place , insinuating themselves at Chartist meetings , when they can get a hearing , and labouring to excite the passions of the people , that they may be able to go and report to their masters that " their treasonable Bpeechea are eagerly applauded . " Beware , we say . Wo know that men of this description arei out . Let no lecturer be employed anywhere who docs not produce his card of membership , aad his credentials from the proper officers of the locality from which he comes . Let all publio speakers be carefully attended to , and let the people repress at once every tendency to rabid violence . There are fools as well as knaves
abroad . There are men who , with the best feeling , and the greatest amount of sincerity , have an utter want of discretion ; and who will hazard any sort of language to procure applause . These men , however big may be their talk , are always the first to flincb when danger comes ; Let the people be steady . Our cause stands well ; let us not mar it . Straightforward adherence to principle , without violence , will lead us cerfainly into a position which shall defy tho ingenuity of faction , and ensure success .
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Beaman , tho brutal constable , was the principal witness for the prosecution . He admitted , on crossexamination , that the meeting was peaceable untilhe pulled the bench , on which Mason stood to speak , from ; under him ; that he did not ask Mason to come downv nor did he attempt to arrest him before he tilted him ^ off" the bench ; proying therefore that he created the " riot / ' He said also that he wottid arrest any one again that attempted to hold another meeting in Sedgeley , bs it LEGAL or ILLEGAL . When all the evidence had bean given , and the : cases were concluded , the Chairman left the court AND WAS FOLLOWED BY TWO OF THE JURYMEN and he and one of
TKE JURVMEN RETURNED INTO THE COURT TOGETHER again ! I ! The Chairman then commenced " summing up" the evidence , and the Jury having retired for a few moments , returned a verdict of " Guilty " against John Mason for holding an unlawful meeiing , and against tho others for attending an uulawful meeting and rioti The Chairman , previous to passing sentence on the prisoners , complimented Bbajian » and told him
he shouW be ' bewarded . " He then sentenced them as follows : —John Mason to six months in the common gaol , ' as he was the ringleader ; he should make an example of him , as they were determined to put down the holding of such moe ' t-s ings . 'MU Job Smith , four months ; John Jones , four months ; Edward Richards , and Samuel Hansom , three months ; Thos . Caswell , Wm . Mobius , and Wm . Caswell , for two months each 11 !
Tho prisoners are allowed to find their own pro-Yision 3 , and aa yet have been allowed visitors , and pens , ink , and paper . By this prosecution , there are twenty-seven persons cast upon the public for support , or left to starve ; namely , eight prisoners , fourteen children , four wives , and an aged widow , mother of one of the prisoners . When the liberty of speech , tfie only remaining privilegq we have , is menaced , will the people be apathetic 1 When violence , without a cause , is done to bur heralds , while proclaiming the principles of universal political equality , dare they to be listless ? We know too wall that poverty , like the king of
terrors , is making fearful havoc , and that we are unable to meet all the appeals that are at present being made . Bit thia subject must be taken into consideration . If we make no provision for tha victims or their familie ^ , then hare tho enemies of our liberties achieved an easy * but not the Ies 3 complete triumph . To make provision for the victims of the present reign of terror , who are or may be sufferers in the cause , we respectfully submit the following mode of meeting every emergency , viz .: —That as there are about four hundred and sixty local bodies of Chartists , each locality pay sixpence . weekly , which would amount to the sum of £ 11 IO 3 . and that the
family of each victim receive the sum of , say ten shillings per week , or in accordance with the number and "other circumstances of tho families respectively . Soma may of course pay more , but we would suggest that no locality pay less . This mode will require no new machinery to make it operate , as there is a Victim Fund Committee existing in Manohestert appointed by the Chartists at large , whose sterling honesty and assiduous attention to their onerous duties have fully justified the confidence reposed in them . The money may be forwarded monthly by districts of associations in the same order .
This would be a mode , if adopted , of effactually ste ' mminji ; the coming torrent of persecution , as well as affording a guarantee to those who have the moral courage to advocate pur cause , through good and bad report , that their families will not literally Btarve , although they themselves . may languish in dungeons—martyrs to the sacred cause of liberty . There has been a local committee appointed for this case , of which Mr . Samuel Cook , draper , High-street , Dudley , is Treasurer , to whom the South Staffordshire delegates direct that all monies intended for the relief of these victims Bhould be sent . Qars is merely a- more general suggestion . It is for the people to say what precise plan they will adopt , but somehow we do hope that provision will be made , and at once .
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HOKRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF THE EXILED PATRIOT , JOHN FROST . The following extract from a letter we have had handed to us , addressed to a person residing in Sheffield , from a relative at present in Van Dieman's Land . The letter is dated Port Arthur , December 14 th , 1841 . We omit the names of the persons sending and receiving the letter for prudential reasons ¦ : ' : —
—— "Frost , Williams , and Jones are in this settlement . Frost has been sent to Hobarfc Town , to stand . 'a trial respecting some letters he sent to England , which were published in the newspapers , and got to the ears of the Government j so he has been sent to this settlement to hard labour . Ho has done a great deal of harm to himself , as he was very well off before , being employed asa clerk in the Commissariat ' soGice , butnowhe will be athsrdlabour for some time to come , and every one that is ' convicted here of any offence , tnust do his probation—< hat is , go to hard labour in chains for at least two gears . They may get a ticket of leave , but if they
leave themselves , they are sent back again to Port Arthur in chains , it may be for seven or fourteen years , or even for life . Thus a man may be transported for seven years from England , but he may have to serve three sevens more before he has done , if ho does not behave himself . There are a great many runaways , but they are all brought back ; and if they steal anything they are sure to bo hanged . There is about eighteen hundred convicts here , and they are kept so much under that one man may ^ take them one by one and flog every man of > them . There are some of the greatest villains hero that eyer England produced , but here they are as tame as sheep . "
We have another letter from Hyde , Mo of Wight , confirming the statement . [¦ Englishmen ! what think you of this I What think you of the Welch patriots , doomed to exist for the remainder of their lives amongst "the greatest Villains that ever England produced" What think you of the virtuous John Frost , working in chains ! Do not your veins run fire , your breasts heave , and your hearts swell with indignation , as you picture to yourselves his unmerited sufferings ? But what will you doi Petition ?
Memorialize ? No ! No I Yob may petition till the crack of doom ere yon will restore these martyrs to their homes . What should you do theut Get the Chatter ! Only when yohr Charter is law can you hope for the restoration of the oxiles . Rally , then , round the banner of the National Charter Association ; put yourselves in a position to wrest from your oppressors your rights , which haviag won , you may then ( but never till then ) obtain the return of the patriots upon whose limbs are now clanking the fetters of bondage and the clains of slavery .
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N . C . y Sheffield . —There is no distinction of prin ~ > c ' iple between the Chartists whn meet at the Political Institute and those who meet at Figtree-¦ lane ; just as there is no difference as to principle between the Chartists who live ; at Sheffield and those who live in London . Many things may tend to make it convenient , or eiien necessary , for them to have two meeting rooms . Their number inay be too great for one room ; proximity of residence may have something to do with it ; and it may be , and in fact we fear is , the ease , that personal dislikes may also have something todowith it . The fact of a man ' s being a Chartist does not rid him of the infirmities of human nature : there are many persons ^ whn hold the same publio principles , but yet dislike each other , and cannot ¦ meetcomfortably together . We regret to see this ., spirit' manifested amonuChartists . but see nome ' aris
of preventing iCs occasionally appearing as welt in that as in all other piihlic bodies . If the Chartists of Fi&tree : lane and those of the Political Institute cannot agree to meettogether , Or findit inconvenient to meet together , there can be Tip feason why they should not meet in separate rooms . We can give-M' C . no advice about-which of ., these two bodies Jo associate with . He must make his own choice ? and probably the reasons ' weJidve given above why it may be necessary for .. them to have different rooms will be quitesvfficicnl to directhimin that'choicer Gross " Brutality . —The following statement has been handed t& our Sheffield correspondent f > y a vciy tavrthy and respectable member of the Assd ~ ' cia ' . ion , brother to the deceased , whose Barbarous treatment forms the subject of complaint tTiersin ft" places '' the ruthless character of the parties implicated in a light too strong for comment i—
"A circumstance , marfeed with atrocity that has seldom bean equalled in this neighbourhood , ; occurred a . few weeks ago , A young man , nineteen years of age , apprentice to a fllg-cutter , near Sheffield , after serving his master for six years , during which time . he experienced much ungenerous treatment ,- —albeit . be was a wett-conUticted and orderly ] ad , —was at lineith seized with an illness , which terminated in death on Friday , May 27 th . The body , ; after a . postmortem examination , was removed thence to his master ' s house , for interment . On Sunday p ' . orniag , the bereaved father : and two brothers of tbe . deceased went to ses the corpse , and to make the necessary arrangements foi- . ita inter' ineiit , when the master refused theni . - ^ and ¦ wall - he mjght , as the sequel will show , — . arid on tcieir persisting , they found the body ia a coarse shell . Touch inferior 10 our parish ctffins , and which the ; first handful of clay would have split ,- —not in his
master ' s house , as it should have been , but on the fljor of an empty honse hard by , —not decently ' arranged for its long repose , but in a complete state » f nudity , boxed up like , a very brute by his unfeeling , bxard-hearted master . Picture the anguish of the father aad two brothers at this har-. . rowing sight ! . They wero ied to expect foul play , 'from the man ' s previous conduct to this lad , but were not prepsred for so ruthless an exposure . Tae body would certainly have been consigned to the dust in this unuaturai stita had it not been for their timely and justiflable interference . No palliation can be urged for this trebly inhuman conduct ; as from being himself a father , and in competent circumstances , ; , the dictates of humanity should have prescribed the peiforrca-Tice of the customary rites due to the remains cf a fellow human being ., It calls for the utmost reprehension of ¦ ¦ ' every humane person . "
Spectator writes to assure us of his confidence , and ' says , that in the village where he resides , to such a pass have things come , that they don't even dare to meet , but gel out into the fields , and there talk ¦ with each otheron the glorious truthsand hopsful aspect of Chartism . Our correspondent says that he is soclosdy watched as to be under the necessity of travelling several miles to post his letter , lest its passing through the post house of . his own villnge might betray him to the hounds of faction . God help the country ! what will it come ' toll ' ' . ¦'¦' . . . ; ' ¦ , . . - ' ¦ ¦ . ; ¦• ¦ ' :. ' , ' ' ] - . - ¦ ToDMORDEN , —We have not space for ( he report of ths retiring ' council . The practice once begun , we should have like reports from every local council through the kingdom , which it would be utterly impossible 10 insert . : : "Address to the Starving Millions" shall
appear . W . W-. Newport , Fifeshike . —We advise him by all means , if he has not a fancy for throat cutting , to keep away from Buenos Ayres . We believe the war still rages . We do not think the climate at alt likely for aScotchman . We ' think ; there is little work at anything but [ throat ... cutting . . ¦¦ . ''¦ ; . '¦¦ ' ¦;<¦¦ :. ¦•¦ '¦ ' . ' . '¦¦ ¦ - ' - : " ¦¦; - : ' Cheltenham O'Connor Demonstration shall- appear but we must have the wliole before we can publish any of it . ¦ ¦/' .... :: : :: ¦; William Crabtreej Stalybridgs . —We cannot ariswer his question satisfactorily : we believe lliat there is no general taw upov , the subject , and the usage varies in different places * " . ' ¦ "¦ : ¦ -. ' .
A Pbpil— Our time is now otherwise occupied than in solving grammatical difficulties . ¦ . ^ . -: ¦ ; Charles Logan ^ Absrpeen : —Thanks to our vadrrnhedrledkihd friend : we trust always to deserve and have many such . ; : , '¦ : Hugh Fish er , North Moltqn ,- ^ - We don ' t know . James Young . —The Lines to the Council pn both sides Of the Wear have been received . Sharp , Blacksmith . —No . .-.-. ' All Communications for the Chartists of Lancaster must be addressed Henry Fallows , No . 28 , Brewery yard , Lancaster . ' ..-. ., Moke Middle class Svmpatiiy for the Poor .- — We give the following revolting detail just as it reached us : — .
" Mr . Editor , —I am desiroaa , throogh tbe medium of the Star , t 9 draw the 1 attention of the public to ft most revolting affair , "which was transacted iii the towa of WilienhaH , near Bilstoni on Wednesdiiy last . A man , by name JoBeph Farmer , a day-labourer , died , after being afflicted , with the dropsy . A coffia was procured from the Uaion basWe ; but to gst . the poor fellow ' s last remains within the cofim . hvs neck / was broken , and somo part of his body was bursted ; so that in carrying him along , the end of the coffin gave way , and his head hung down ; thesides aisogaye . way in tbsstreefc , and they were obliged to get a cord to tie up the coffin until they couid get to the church-yard .
thinking to bury mm in that way ; but the Key-Mr . Fisher dispatched a Utter to the official , and insisted upon another coiHn being made , and the poor fellow ; was interred a , t nino o'clock that night The tame evening , a poor nii « i gat a coffin from the same place to bury , his child ; but . after fiq . tieezing the face and other parts of tae child , to get the lid ( iown , it also was obliged to be taken to have a rim put around it before the child could ba interred . These ate facts , : aml deserve 3 lash from you . Linney , the lecturer , and myself , went on purpose to get the truth . " John Jones . Bilston , July 4 , 1842 . "
S . Holmes . —The price of the Scottish Chartist Circular t * a halfpenny . We believe it may be had from most of the Chartist news-agents in Eng ~ ¦ . - land . '¦ ' ¦ ¦¦'¦''• .:- .. ' . - . . ¦ - .: . ; "• " ¦ ' ' ' - ¦'¦ - ' v - ¦ .-Edinburgh . — We have received a letter ; bearing the names of sis persons who dissent from our comment in Idst week ' s Star upon the meeting of shopkeepers at L ^ eds . We regret that there should be any difference of opinion between its and any of our readers ; but as vac think it probable that differences of opinion always will exist , the only thing we can do is to accord perfect freedom to our six friends to hold their opinion . ' ¦ without molestation , and to claim from them a like indulgence in return . Will WIr . John Watkins forward his address to Edward Burtey , of 19 , Bilton-slreet , Layorthorpe , York , as he has a letter for him with the Nottingham post-mark on ; ; / ¦• .. :
MlDDLTE-CLASS HONESTY AND SYMPATHTV" -- —7 Vi ( e rogueries of those who live upon the robbery of labour are so piultifarious that it -is Oltkost a hopeless task , to detect half of them . A Correspondent WHO HAS SUFFEBEp . writes ' . Ihii week to inform its of < t system of truckery curried ojigt a print [ works near Blackburn , in which it seems that the foreman , a few years since , commenced "badgering " that is . keepinq a huckster ' s shop . The men- are not " compelled" to purchase their provisions at this shop ; but as many as omit to do so are duty punished by being kept at inferior kinds of work , and but tn «/^ - cieiitly supplied ^ frequently having to " wait" for days , and sometimes for weeks together , while those of the workmen who are ? up to it" take care to be always in arrears at the shop , arid thus to insure for themselves a full lupply of the best pdyingjobs . y ^
Mr . Ruffjei- Ridley . —The following has been handed to us , with a request foritsinsertion :: — " Public Notice to Charti 8 ts . ^ -CertiScate given to Ruffy Ridley by the Executive . —The bearer , Rn £ fy Ridley , from his long standing in the ranks of democraoy and unflinching political inteotitf . is deemed * fit and proper parson to extend the National Charter Association to places where it does not exist , and to add to its numbers where it does . ¦ ¦ ¦' -- *• John Campbell , ( Jen . Sec " The FaiKNDS of the Cause who wish , and KaixwA been able to procure ; the Star , » b Vui Eastern Division
of Surrey , are informed thai Mr . F . Pave )? , »« csagent , of London-street , Kingston upoH-ThaineeyvHU undertake to supply them at their own residences in Kingston . Esher . Billon , Ham . Cooham . Epsom ^ Molsey , Hampton , and the surrounding villages . Thomas Hillusr , Calvertonj will greatly oblige us , ^ nd secwefMre attentioniohis mmmunications \ f tie will attejM to our oft-repealed request— -to write on one side of his paper only . A . C A . — -We have he room , > . ; ^ '' : ¦ Bernaro M'Carxney . —Received too late for this ¦ week . , . ' ::-.: ' :: ¦¦ :: .: " - '¦' : ' ' - }' ' / -. ¦' . ; ,:. ¦ „< - ' * . . :
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SATURDAY , JULY 9 , 1 S 42 . GENERAL SUMMARY . The nevrs of the week if , as usual , of a character fitted to engender feelings of satisfaction only in Satanic minds . War , barcc , and confusion ; distress , bitter ^ ni hcr-2 ! e ? s ; injustioe , reckless and rampant ; c 2 i ! ca 3-heaTteuneFS and contempt of all suffirriDg bu ; their otto , as manifested alike by Government , Parliament , Aristcrracy , and Mtddleocrary , are tee chief themes of contemplation promil-em in all matters of newspaper and
conversa-Tha arrival of the overland mail has brought intelligence of the affairs in China , down to the 4 ih of April , and in India to the Qiih of May . The work of slaughter still pro ^ rsss ' . s in China . We continue to ^ exhibit to the ' celestiala" our superior proficiency in the civilised " Christian" arts of throatcu ; ting and rebbcry . Though we have not subdued China , we hava destroyed as well by the sword as by poison , a great number of the peaceful inhabitants of tha : eouutry , aud that is something to our Christian credit . Ths villanous Chinese had the audacity to attempt the retaking of a city of theiro
which we had done them the honour to take possession of ; they were of course taught how very dangerous a thing it is to dispute tbe right of " Cnristiins" to retain possession of their piunuer . We slaughtered two hundred and fifty of their men , wiiiis the report states tha : the civilized Christian Brtish Buccaneers lost not a raan . Wha ; a ttatter of thankfulness to Dlfiae Providence is here ! We make sn a ?^ re .-iive war en a proverbially peaceful people , because they expressed some reluctance at being poisoned eo fast as - ^ e vrisa ; we rob their ; riasury ,
plunder their territory , sciz ^ upon their cities , destroy their trade , and spread rnin and desolation among their inhabitants ; and , when they appear before us ' Trith " an armed remonrtrance , " we forthwith knock them on the head with all Christian and philanthropic zaal . Two hundred and fifty" fellow human beiiiRS are destroyed in the atteapt to uphold viHaaons injustice , not only without remorse , bat this sacrifice of hmnan lifethis laceration of human bonda among all the parties by whom these two hundred and fifty were known and L > vcd—is hailed by our most Christian
guides of public sentiment as intelligence of a highly sat := ? acvory character ! How strangely do the Hernociac doctrines of faction change and stultify all tha fine feelings cf the human mind . A contemporary puts tbe case we ! ' , that if a railway should occasion such mortality as that of two hundred and fifty persons at one time , ths who ! -3 country would be rising up against ra : lTT 2 y eLterprise , and would
attempt to put it do ' , VE . Erary one 3 mouth would l » e filled vsith sympathy and condolence with and far the unhappy sufferers and their relicts j and yet such an event would he nothing more than an accident . But , when our cwn countrymen , at our own
expense , destroy life to a much greater extent than this , to humour a particular line of policy , and that policy an unjust aud yillancus on :, wo tske no note cf the eveEt , aBd __ coo ' . ij inquire , '' Is that aii V
'Taa Morning Chronicle icRs us that " tr . a news ' rein Chisa 3 highly satisfartory , " and tho brutal iManchcs ' cr Guardian actually mikes fun of the slaughur , and ssy s . — " An a * tempt n-sde by z lar ^ e force of Chinese to recover Nintrpo had z . urminaticn vrhii-h savours of the ludicrous . Ti ; e cssai- ' aats ^ rcre quietly perm't-ied to enter the city , and to pent Irate to a consijerab ' e distance with' . n us walls . Being then suddenly attacked , they were compelled toiiy wi ; h the greatest precipitancy ; and we daTe &ay they -. vill : ; ot very soon repeat ths attempt to capture Smzpo . "
In India we are said to be rubbing off a portion of our disgraceful mishaps . That is , by dint of hiring band-s of native robbsr-3 ajad murderers , who openly avovr ihsmseives to bo Eueli—by the bribery and corruption of the pctiy chi&ftRsns with whom we can ocmuiunieate , and by keeping carefully ahve the j-alocvles , hatreds , and aniaiOKities which we have £ 0 Icsg cherished wita snch diabolical success in that un : appy cacntrj , our o £ ? ers there have done some-; h :: ; g towards agaia cencentraiins our mherable seavtered forces .
G -j . kTZ-l Pollock ha-d gncceeded in relieving Sala and h -a giirrison at Jeliaiaba' ] . Colonel Ejlton ' s crieadehid reachud Ali ilusjib oa its way to join General Poilcck . Kott had , it vras believed , betn jiinedbj General England at Candahar ; and Major Ileid had reached Daduir , w ; t ' a a valuable convoy-of treasure and 4 , 000 camels . Our wretched king-tool Shaii Soojah had bean riiurcered ; and another strupgtotras j ; c ; dj ; en for the saccessic-n ; AKHBAKliHANEuiJ retaiiisiiis prisoners , though he oners so release them on ransom , and has Permitted c&e of them , Captain Mackenzie , to &o on ps . ro ! - } anu endeavour to muka arrangements far their , iibirat-ion , a lenity which we greatly doubt would ba Ehewa to him , by his civilized Christian
agg . In Parliament there has been , as usual , nothing bus "talk , " aud even of that a scarcely ordiaary quantum . ¦ On Friday evening , on the motion for going into a committee of supply , Bir . Wallace , Member for Greenock , moved as an amendment a series of resolutions , of which the following is th « last and most important : — That , therefore , a humble address
= ba presented to her Majesty , praying that her ¦ Msjasty wiil- be graciously pleased to refuse her j consent to the prorogation of Parliament until a ' diligent snd searching inquiry shall be instituted into the causes of the unprecedented distress existing i at present all oTer tuekingdoin ; and therefore until her Majesty and this Bouse shall have been assured j by her Ministers , that effectual means are secured j to provide sustenance to the unemployed and their
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THE STAFFORD VICTIMS . The bloodhounds hare been again laid upon tbe scent , and have again seized upon their qviarrie . The arrows of Toryism , ' yet pointed a laCastlercagh and Sidmoulh against the heralds of true principle and righteous policy ; have stricken down one of our most talented and virtuous champions . There are shafts for all Who will dare to plead our cause , if we do not immediately paralyze the arm that directs the weapons .
Mason , the talented , patriotic Mason , is doomed to six months' imprisonment for addressing a meeting ; not for sedition—not for inflammatory language ; these were not even alleged against him . Though he was committed for riot , he was convicted of the new-fangled constructive offence of " holding an unlawful meeting , " and with him seven other poor fellows , for the crime of attending the said unlawful meeting . They are severally sentenced to imprisonment in Stafford Gaol ; Mason for six months , two of tha others for four months , two for three , and three for two months each .
The facts of . thia case are fresh in the recollection of our readers . Somo time ago Mr . Mason , in his capacity of Chartist lecturer , was instructed by a delegate meeting to visit Sedgley , a little Tory-ridden village , tho petty authorities of which had insolently aud illegally threatened to arrest the first Chartist who should dare to visit that town . On learning this , Mason , like a brave and honest follow , replied at once that if he had no other inducement , the fnlmintttton of thia illegal threat was quite . ' sufficient tofetch him to Sedgley . To Sedgley , therefore , he went , and a goodly number of poor
people assembled to hear the truths of Chartism explained and proved . There wa 3 neither riot nor disturbance , till a ruffian constable broke the peace by assaulting Mason , and dragging aiway the bench on which he stood from nnder him . Mason remained on the ground a oonsidorablo time afterwards , to allow tho constables an opportunity of arresting him if they thought fit . They did not think fit to do so . Mason brought up \ the constable for the assault ; and the magistrates , by way of evincing their regard for tho constitutional
liberty of the subject , committed him and seven others for riot , of which the issue is as ) we have above stated . Our informant tells us that oa Thursday , the 30 th a poraon in tho ^ capacity of a spy was sent to sound Mason about hi 3 giving up his defence and employing counsel instead ; to which Mason replied , when informed by the person that he wa , s employed for the purpose of ascertaining whether he would do so or not , " That he would sooner rot in a dungeon than abandon conducting bis own defenoe . "
On Friday evening , after being kept in anxious suspense all day exptoting their trial to bo bronght on , a proposition was sent to them , t 6 the effect , that the prosecutors were Willing to abandon the case against the seven men on their entering into their own recognizances t ? keep the peace , leaving Mason to answer for the Minor Opfence , at the same time not mentioning what this " minor offence" was . On this communication being received , steps were taken :. to assemble the men
together , to asoettain wl # was to be done . On the question being put to them , the following magnanimous reply was agreed to i—f 1 That they would accept the proposed terms if ' Mason was inclodep with them , but if the proseoutora vrould not agree to Mason ' s being included , they would ali go to trial and sink or stcim together . * The prosecutors would not agree to this , and the trial came on the next morning ; Mr . MisON ^ defending himself , and Mr . Allen and a Junior Counsel defending the other prisoners
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The Committee appointed by a public meeting of the Chartists of Brompton and Northallerton appeal to their brethren throughout the kingdom on behalf of this honest and good man . The once strong and healthy Brook ib becoming fast emaciated , and must shortly be the victim of a prison , unless rescued from it by the votariea of the cause for which he suffers . The Committee cannot think this will be permitted . = He has the privilege of maintaining
himself ; but . that privilege is useless to him without the means . Let it be remembered that a Clayton and a Holberry have been a ' ready sacriBced , and let not Brook be added to the number for the paltry trifle that may be required to find him food . The Committee will publish a monthly balance sheet for the satisfaction of Eubscribers . They request wthat all monies may be sent to Mr . Isaac Wilson , weaver , Brompton , near Northallerton They thus leave ; the case in the hands of their Chartist brethren , and trust that their appeal will not be fruitless *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct606/page/4/
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