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WHOLE HOG CHARTISM . T BUONTEBRE O'BRIEN respectfuUy I « anroEnces to ihe Chartist public that he is off loLE EDITOR and PART PROPRIETOR eftbe BriiLh Siaiesman ; which paper shall , henceforward . under his management , advocate genuine r ? arU 5 m , and no mistake I So FACTIOUS POLITICS ] -but REAL DEMOCRACY ! Ofiice 170 , Fleet-street , London .
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CH ^ KTXST BLOCKING . R OGER PINDER , of Edward's Place , Edward ' s Square , Hull , begs to call the attentipri of the Char tists generally to his Chartist Blacking ,. on the sale of which a profit accrnes to the " T xecctive Committee of the National Charter Association . " A better Article cannot ba manufactured . Far the accommodation of the several Cha-rtiBt Localities . R . P . has appointed Mr . J ; Cleave , Shoe La ¦ e ,. Fieet Street , General Agent for London arid its Vicinity ; and-:-Mr ,. J * Hobsoh , Bpoksoller and News Agent , at lluddersfitld an < l Leeds , and Mr . T . B . ijffitii , 5 ,-Beckett Street Leeds , General Agents for Huddefsfield , Leeds , and the West Rjuijjg of Yorkshire . Stocks of Chartist Blacking are in the hands of the above Agents , at their respective- Esta blishnierits , which tbey are authorised to dispose of , Wholesale , at the same rates as at the Manufactory . to
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classes in Beraondsey are starving and half the gliops &re either to let or are entirely closed . 51 MONDBUE . Y . Ascizxt Free Gabpe _\ ee 5 . —On Saturday last , the Lord Milton's Lodge , jfo . 147 of this old-established Society , held its anni-Tcrsary at the house of Mr . Matthew Lodge , ¦ flToolpacks Inn , Afrnondbury , when the members and visiting brethren sat down to an excellent dinner provided for the occasion , and served in Mr . Lodge's best rtjle . On the removal of the cloth persons v ? ere permitted to view the Lodge room , ¦ which was ts ? t 8-folly decorated with evergreens , flowers , & . c . emblematic of gardening .
Rothebhaxi—Mr , Thomason lectured here on "Wednesday tvening . At the close of the meeting fix names were enrolled among the thousands oi Chutists . A collection was made for the benefit of the widow of the noble and lamented Hoiberry , and 6 s . 5 d . was contributed . The Chartists of Rotherham deeply sympathise with her bereavement they lost a noble brother when she lost a husband .
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SHEFFIELD . FUXEBAL OF THE VICTIM , SAMUEL
HOLBERKY . 2 > 1 AGSTFICEST DEMONSTRATION . From the moment that the death of poor Holberrv became known , the Fig Tree-lane Council determined upon bringing the body of the deceased to Sheffield , and giving it a public fnneral in testimony of the high esteem in which the deceased patriot was held by his brother Chartists of thiB town . Mr . Saxnnel Ludlam , a veteran in the cause and a personal friend of Holberry ' s was delegated on the Tuesday Bight to proceed to York to demand the body . The following morning , ( Wednesdav ) , Mr . Ludlam
departed on his melancholy mission , and returned to Sheffield at mid-day on Thursday . with the body , in the company of Mr . Robert Demaiae , and Mr . Peter M'LaTighlen of York , whose zealous services cannot be too much admired and applauded . The body was lodged at the house of Mrs . Holberry ' s parents at Atierriifie , with whom she resided . Mrs . Holberry , the wife of the unfortunate patriot , is a woman possessirg considerable personal attractions and mental accomplishments of bo mean order . Her sufferings may be better imagined than described ; we shrink from ths painful ta » k of attempting to ponrtray them .
On Friday , green placards , edged with black , were posted through the town announcing the funeral as follows : — " Funeral precession of Samuel Holberry , the Martyr to Liberty . — Peace to his Soul 1 ' —The friends of freedom will assemble on Monday , June 27 tb , 1842 . in Paradise-square , at one o ' clock , for the purpose cf forming into procession , with band , banners , & . c . ; and frcm thence will march to Atterclfffe , to mett the body of the departed Samuel Holberry , previous to its interment in the Cemeiry . Marshals are appointed to form the procession snd direct the route . —It is particularly requested that ail parties attending the funeral will abstain from intoxicating drinks , observing our Motto of * Peace
Law , Order , ' and all will observe that strict decorum ¦ which the solemnity of the occasion demands . Mr . G . J- H&rney , and Mr . S . Parkes , will deliver appropriate addresses after the burial service . " Monday , Jnne 27 th , a day that will long be remembered in Sheffield , came , and the sun rose bright and glorions to smile apon the efforts of the people to do honour to the remains of their martyred friend . A large placard , printed at Birmingham , was placed ontgide Mr . Haraey's residence in . Hartshead , and attracted the attention of many hundreds id ihs course of the morning . Certain jackalis from the Police Office-had made themselves busy in copying the placards , notices , &c . in front of Mr . Harney ' a house , ( whether they were officially employed
we cannot say ) and in the course of the morningmr . Rayser , the superintendent of the Sheffield police , called upon Mr . Harney , and requested that he wonld withdraw the above placard . Mr . H . politely declined doing so , at the same time telling Mr . Kayner that he had nothing to fear , if the peace of the town was left to tne keeping of the Chartists , and they were not interfered with . By twelve o ' clock some hundreds of persons had assembled in Paradise-square ; their numbers speedily augmented to thousands . About one o ' clock the people in dense mass left the square and proceeded to Atterciifre . The body was enclosed in a spkndid oak coSa , handsomely decorated , made at York under ibe direction of the Chartist body . The following was the inscription upon the breast-plate : —
u S-iMrEL HOLBEBBT , Died a martyr to the cause ot" Democracy , June 2 l 5 t , 1 S 42 , Aged 27 . " All the moBrnfnl preparations having been completed , the procession started in the following order : — The baud , playing the solemn air of Pleyel ' s German Hymn . Two Undertakers . Two Mutes . The hearse , beautifully decorated , containing the body of the deceased Patriot . Large and magnificent black banner of the National Charter Association , ( Figiree-lane , ) with ihe following inscription : — u Vengeance is mine , aid I will repay it , saith the
Lord . " u Clayton and Holberry , the Martyrs to the People ' s Charter . " On the reverse sidea Thou shall do eo murder . " Two mourniEg coaches , conraiiiicg the female relatives of the dece&ssa . An open carriage , containing several female
mourners . The male relatives of the deceased , on foot . Members of the Council of ihe National Charter Association , ( Figtree-lane . ) Members of the Association . Females , two deep—Men , four deep . Members of the Political Institu ^ , two deep , bearing a white banner , with , ihe following inscri } . t . oLs : — " Political Institute , Birks—Clayton—and Holberrv , Martyrs to the Charter . ' " On the re verse" The Lord hateth the band 3 that shed innocent blood . "
The procession commenced its solemn march about half-past two o ' clock ; of course it was not coi-fined to the members of the Association , as some thousands accompanied it on either side . On reaching the town , the road , along the WicKer , from the Railway Station to the Bridge , was densely crowded , and immense numbers continued to swell the mass , as i : moved en . The pavement on each side of the read , the dooiways , windows , and in some instances the roofs of the houses were dowdtd wnh anxious gazirs—even some of the chambers appealed to be literally crammed with human beings ; and in every nook and corner , where a view could be obtained , there were men and women watching with seemingly intense interest the melancholy - -ight . We observed
many , very many , females , npabie to control themselves , giving Tent to their feelings in tears . The procession having passed through the Wicker , proceeded up Waicgate , the Haymaiket , High-street , Far Gate , Barker Pool , down Coalpit Lane , to Sheffield Moor . Leaving the ranks for a moment , the writer had a view of the procession from Mr . "Barraclough ' s chambers in Fax Gate ; ihe si ^ ht wa ? truly splendid ; but it was on Sheffield Moor that ihe mighty multitude showed to the be ? t advantage . By the time the procession had reached this quarter , many thoassuds of persons were in advance of the band , and whilst the vanguard ( = o to speak ) of ahe procession had reached the bottom of the Moor , the rear had not yet left the top of
Coalpit Lane . We will not curselres prttscd to esumate the numbers . The Sheffield Iris , a Whig paper and no friend to the Cnartists , Bays 20 , 000 ; trhen a Whig paper says 20 , 000 , some idta may be formed of the real number . Sevsral persons , not Charnsts , have told us they estimated the number at 50 . 000 . Suffice it to say that jio previous assemblage in Shtffiild , within iha memory of living man , his at all approached in EHmbtrs that of Monday last . Is Charu = m dead ? We may observe that along the line of march the shops were closed . We are sorry we cannot give the middle class credit for intending * ev Tctpec ; thereby . From Sheffield Moor the proeessicn proceeded along the New road to the Cemetery , the fields on each side being lined with spectators . On coming within view of the Cemetery some imcdredB of persons were seen already within the fates , who had obtained admission to the ground by
* pnv * te road . As soon as the gates were opened arnsh , fearJul , but fortunately only momentary , » ok plzce . There was nothing like tumult or disorder , the rush that "was made being occasioned " J the intense and natural desire to get as near to « e grave as possible . The band remained at the gates ; the hearse , coaches , and people following , en masse , up the gravel walk to the chapeL The coSn having beiag removed from the hearse and raien within the chapel , where was admitted the mourners and a lew select friends , the burial service wa 3 read by the Reverend Mr . Landells , independent Minister of Lee-croft-Chapel . The © con was then removed , and having been lowered into the grave , scarcely a dry eye viewing the saa spectacle , the Rev . Gentlemen offered up a solemn and impressive prayer , and having done so Mciaediaiely retired . The following hymn composed for the evasion by
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ihn Henry Bramwich of Leicester , was then given it by Mr , Samuel Parkes , and sung to the air cf le Old Hundredth psalm .: — Great Grod ! is this the Patriot ' s doom ? Shall they who dare defend the alave , Be hurl'd within a prison's gloom , To fit them for an early grave ? Shall victim after victim fall , A prey to cruel class-mads laws ? Forbid it , lord ! on Thee we call , Protect us and defend our cause . In vain we pray'd the powers that be To burst the drooping captive ' s chain . Bnt mercy , Lord , belongs to Thee , For thon hast freed him from all pain . Ib this the pries of Liberty ?
ITcst Martyrs fall to tain ' the prize ? Then be it so ! we will be free , Or all become a Eaetificj ! Tho * Freedom mourns her murdeT'd son , And weeping fritnds surround his bier ; Tho' tears like mountain torrents run , Our cause is water'd by each tear . O . ' may his fate cement the bond That binds us to our glorious cause ! Kaisel raise the cry let all rtspr . nd ; " Justice , and pure and equal laws . " Mr . Julian Harney , standing on the edge of the grave , then addressed the assembled p . ople in nearly the following wores : —
Sisler 3 and Brethren , —We have gathered together upon this moumiul occasion to pay a last tribute of respect to a departed brother ; one of the martyred victims of despotism ; one endeared to ns alike by his public virtues and private worth ; one who was emphatically an "honest man "— " the noblest work of God . " You within the compass of my voice—but few compared with the many thousands of wbom you are a portion—you who knew him as a public mau can bear witness to his sterling honesty , bis unbounded integrity , his thorough incorruptibility , and dauntless courage . His afflicted partner—his sorrowing relatives—those who knew him as a neighbour , or" a townsman ; all who had the happiness to enjoy his friendship can testify
to bis moral greatness ; and ifceir presence and tears this day are the . evidences of his virtues , and their veneration for the possessor of them . Yet have we assembled here to-day to mourn over the gravo of one so good , so brave , so noble of heart and soul . Why , 0 why is this \ What was his crime 1 What hi 3 offence !—for which he has been gent to tho cold grave \ He saw his conntry enslaved , her sods in boDQ 3 £ e , her daughters in misery—ha heard the cry of di-tress , tho wa ) l of agony which rang through the land ; and hi 3 heart was moved with j . ity for his fellow creatures , and beat high with stem resolve to break his country ' s fetters . Oppression hovered over England , and freedom had tlsd her shores ;
but" She has sous that never ! never ! Whilst heaven has light or earth has graves , Will stoop to be the despots' slaves : " and of these was ' the heroic patriot over whose inanimate remains we now mourn . Brave himself , he believed in the courage of all who applauded his generous ^ sentiments ; and in ihe hour of trial , left unsuppoit ^ d , he fell . Possessing a heart Ts-iihout guile , he believed in the truth of all men ; and confided in ciiscreants who betrayed him into the hands of the enemies of his country . What language can be too fctrong in which to denounce the incarnate fiends—th « Iscariot traitors—to whom I allude ! ** those caiaeombs of living death "—Jo speak of them in the language of Curran— " where the wretch that is'buried a man , lies till his heart lias time to fester and dissolve , and i 3 dug up an informer !"
O ! for gold . uncounted , for power unlimited , for the weahh of Croesus , or the sceptre of the Cajsara , I would not have ihat man's blood upon my head . Bat why dwell upon the crimes of the rotten-hearted Tillains that for the sake of filthy lucre would betray the causa of freedom 1 They were but the despicable tools of their basa employers—the oppressors that have puisued him to his Rrave . If nothing short of his blood would satisfy them , why the mockery of sentencing him to imprisonment 1 Four years of torture , two of which have been sufficient to consummate the horrid tragedy ! O I possessed I the power to give utterance to the thoughts swelling within my breast ; could I launch the thunders of eloquence -against the heads of the destroyers of Kolberry , I would rouse ye to men of more than common mould ; my words should make
" The Tery stones To rise against earth ' s tyrants /' and the cry ijf " Holberry and justice , " ringing through the land , should strike the death-knell of tyranny , and proclaim to the world the overthrow of df fpoiifm and oppression 11 Out task is no ; to weep \ We must leave tears to women . Our task is to act ; to labour with heart and soul for the destruction of the horrible system under which Holberry has perished . His sufferings are over 1 He is -where the wicked ceas 3 from troubling and the "weary are at rest . " - He sleeps well ! He is numbered with the patriots "who have died
martyrs to tee cause of liberty before him . His is the bloodless laurel awarded him by a grateful and admiring people 1 How different to the wreath wh ' ch encircles the brow of the princely murderer and the conquering destroyer \ Compared with the honest , virtuons fame of this sob of toil , how poor , how contemptible , appearthe so-called glories that emblazon the name of an Alexander or a Napoleon J Desolated empires and slaughtered myriads have preserved their came :- - from obiivicn , but will not in a future and a better age save them from execration ;—whilst with the Tells and Tylers of the earth , the name of Holberry will be associated , venerated and adored
" F&r dearer the grave or the prison , Illumed by one patriot ' s name , Than the trophies of all who have risen On liberty ' s ruins to fame . " Be onrs the task to accomplish , by one glorious effort , the freedom of our country , and thereby prevent , for the future , the sacrifice of the sons of freedom . Tjrants have in all ages and all countries strove by persecution to crush liberty ; and by torture , chains , and death , to prevent the assertion of the rights of man . It would appear that our haughty rulers are bent upon following the Bame course , and seeking by the Fame means to arrest the progress of democracy . We bid them defiance ! we
teil these puny Canutes that , despite their bidding , the ocean of intellect will move on I Here , by tne grave-side of the patriot ; here , under the bright blue canopy of the ekies , le ; us enter into a " solemn It ague ana covenant" '—Let the honest and true embrace in fraternity , and 6 wear with me—swear by tfee imperishable truth of our principles—by the dead rehc 3 of our murdered brother—swear , whilst the spirit-of Holberry hoTer 3 over us , and smiles approval of the vow—swear , to unite in one countless mural phalanx , to put forth the giant strength which union will call into being , and aid , assist , and fraternise with each other to burst the bonds that bind \ e . Sweaf as I now swear , that neither persecution , nor . ecorn , nor calumny—neither bolts , nor bars , norchains , nor racks , nor gibbets—neither the
tortures of a prison death-bed , nor the terrors of the scaffold , shall sever ub from our principles , affright us from our duty , or cause us to leave the onward path of freedom ; but that , come weal , come woe . we swear , with hearts uplifted to the throne of eternal justice , to have retribution for the death of Holberrj ! swear to have our Charter law ! and to annihilate for ever the blood-stained despotism which has slain its thousands of martyrs and tens of thousands of patriots , and immolated at its shrine the lovers of liberty and truth I If ye do this and act upon yonr vow , while we mourn the death of Holberry , our children will rejoice that he died not in vain ! but that from his asnes rose , pbcen ^ x-like , his dauntless Bpirit , inspiring you with the love of freedom J and the stern resolve to set yonr country free 3
The deepest silence prevailed during Mr . Harney ' a address , interrupted only by the occasional half-suppressed responses of hi 3 hearers . Mr . Samuel Parkes foliowed—Friends and fellowcoEDirymen . Tie circumstances that have called us togeih-r are the mo * t solemn , important , and affecting that can possibly be contemplated . We are called upon to do honour , not to one who was seated on a throne of grandeur , swajing the sceptre of royalty over empires—nor to one who inhabited the gorgeous palace , or the costly mansion—nor to one who Bought to lay up gold as the dust , or Bilver as the balance—nor to one who wiEhed to raise a sp ] ei : < iiti monument whereby to perpetuate hie fame ;
but to one who , deeply imbued with the feeliajtB ot humanity , deeply sympathising with those suffering aroucd him , was ready to use any and every means for the purpose of lessening their sorrows and mitigating their woes . Thence it waB that he became an easy prey to those vile toolB , men of his own order , who were employed by the powers that be to entrap the unsuspecting into the meshes of the Jaw , thereby hoping to defeat , by such means , the glorions end which Holberry had in view , the freedom of his countrymen from that political bondage in which , for ages , they had been held . Let no one dare to insult his dead ashes sow that they are laid in the silent tomb .
Many have been the base calumnies that have been cast upon bis character by his enemies . Some have branded him with the name of traitor , assassin , and spoliator ; as one who desired to enrich himself at the expense of others ; but ah ! my friends , such motives as those did not exist in the breast of the departed martyr . Ah no ; rather let them refer back to the causes which were in existence , which led him to adopt the means he did for the overthrow of class-legislation , and tbe annihilation of bad laws , and to which he was incited by the hireling spies of a corrupt Government . My friends , I have stated already that the circumstances which have called hs together are of the BOEt solemn , painful , and impressive charac-
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ter . Remember that we now stand upon the tombs of the departed of all ages . Look at the vast assemblage that have congregated and followed , in mournful procession , to this consecrated spot ; and then contemplate that , at a day not far distant , worlds upon worlds shall be congregated together , not by the mere sound of music , bnt the blast of the archangel ' s trumpet shall Eound through the caverns of the dead " arise ye and come to judgment ! " See the graves opening , tombs shivering , the earth quaking , and the rocks rending , mountains falling , planet after planet , comet after comet , constellation after constellation , the sun turned into darkness , and the moon into blood , and the whole universe kindled into
one grand conflagration . Then shall nature utter her final groan ; after which shall be seen erected in the high heavens above , the great white throne—white , indicative of its purity , upon which shall be seated the great judge of all the earth , aroucd whom shall be gathered the oppressed and the oppressor , the monarch and the subject , the tyrant and the slave , who shall eaoh receive , without partiality , accordin g to his works . Then we trust to meet our departed friend enshrined in an immortal and glorified body iu the climes of bliss ; where the chains of slavery never clanks , the tear of sorrow never falls , and the sigh of distress is never heard . I call upon you by all that is great and wise and good ,
to prepare for that solemn and important event : and while you are bo doing forget not the great and glorious siru / jgle in which you are engaged , and for which Holberry has suffered a martyr ' s fate . Rally round the standard of your Charter , and for the sake of a Shell , a Frost , a Clayton , and a Holberry ; for tho Eake af the widowed wives and fatherless children of those departed patriots ; for the sake of all that are now suffering ; and for the sake of posterity yet unborn , rest not , day nor night , until by every legal and constitutional means you have made the Charter the law of the land , and thereby proclaimed the physical , moral and political freedom of the universal familv of man !
Mr . Thomasson followed Mr . Parkes delivering a brief address The pai ties then left the grave , and the mass of people forming in procession left tho Cemetery , returning to the town by the same line of route takeD in . coming to the ground . The mourners returned to Atteichffe ; the people to Paradisesquare , where they almost immediately separated , returning quieily to their homes . It was ten minutes to seven o ' clock when the people reached the Square , the proceedings having thus occupied close upon seven hours .
Some fears were entertained that considerable damage would bo done to the beautiful walks and graves in the Cemetery by the presence of so large a number of people ; happily these fears proved illfounded ; the only damage done was the trampling down of the grass and a few of the flowers in the vicinity of the grave ; tins was unavoidable . We did not observe a solitary case of drunkenness or disorderly conduct , either going to or returning from the Cemetery . Public Meetings . —A meeting was held the same evening in Paradise Square , to take into consideration the propriety of memorializing the House of Commons , demanding an investigation into the conduct of Sir James Graham regarding the death of Samuel Holberry . Notwithstanding th&t the people must have been fatigued with the labours of
the day , in the course of an hour from the first dispersion of the people , they had re-assembled many thousands strong ; indeed , by half-past eight o ' clock , the Square iu" every part was nearly filled . Mr . Evisson was called to the chair , and opened the business in a brief but effective address . Mr . Clark , of Stock port , was then introduced to the meeting , and addressed the people for upwards of an hour in a soul-stirring address , in the course of which he was londly and enthusiastically cheered . Mr . Edwin ( noJ William ) Gill moved a resolution denunciatory of the Government with respest to poor Holberry ; seconded by Mr . Samuel P&rkes , and carried unanimously . On tho motion of Mr . Harney , seconded by Mr . George Parkes , the following memorial was unanimously agreed to—its adoption closing the proceedings of the day : —
To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain , and Ireland in Parliament assembled . The Memorial of the Inhabitants of Sheffield , in public meeting assembled , this 21 th day of June , Sheyteth , —That Samuel Holberry of Sheffield , was convicted * t the York Spring assizes of 1840 , of conspiracy and sedition , and sentenced to four years imprisonment in Northallerton House of Correction . That yonr memorialists have good reasons for asserting their belief that the said Samuel Holberry was entrapped into the commission of the acts for which he was doomed to so cruel a punibhment , by saiscreaats employed for the purpose of fermenting disorder with the view of thereby retarding the establishment of the people ' s liberties .
That the said Samuel Ilolberry at the commencement of his imprisonment was compelled to work at the treadmill , a punishment clearly illegal , ho not having been sentenced to hard labour . That though subsitquemxy tho said Samuel Holberry was removed from the degrading ( and in his case unlawful ) punishment of tho treadmill , yet during the space of eighteen months he was sub jscted to all the odious restrictions of the " silent system , " which , in the opinion of your memorialists , is a system of refined torture , opposed alike to the common dictates of humanity and tho precepts of the Christian religion .
That owing to the cruel restrictions and general bad treatment to which tho eaid Samuel HoJberry was subjected , L 13 health rapidly declined , and ho became speedily reducsd to a state of extreme debility and suffering . That in the month of September , 1841 , the said Samuel Holberry was removed to the county gaol of York . That his health continuing to decline , his friends and the inhabitants of Sheffield repeatedly petitioned or memorialised her Majesiy ' s Home Secretary in his behalf , in which petitions or memorials they declared and reiterated their conviction , that death would be his unhappy lot unless immediately set at liberty .
That your memorialises are aware that memorials to tho Home Office in behalf of the said Samuel Holberry , were also sent from York , Brighton , and several other places , to all of which but one uniform answer was received , "That Sir James Gmhamsaw no sufficient grounds consistent with his public duty for interfering in the case . " That the said Samuel Holberry expired in York Castle of a liver complaint , on Tuesday , June the 21-:, 1842 , caused in the opinion of your memorialists by the long confinement to which he was mbjectod . That upon the i > o . uest held oq the body evidence was given that the deceased had been in a dying s : ate since the month of April latt . That this was known to Her Majesty ' s Home Secretary cannot be denied , Sir James Graham having been in the regular receipt of medical certificates testifying to the state of the deceased ' s health .
Your Memorialists are awara that an order for the release of the said Samuel Holberry , reached the authorities at York a few days previous to his death , with the conditions annexed that he should enter into sureties to be of good behaviour for five years , himself in £ 200 and two other persons in £ 100 each . Such conditions , added to the fact that on receipt of the order for his release , the unhappy victim had not five days instead of five years to live , renders such seeming act of clemency a wanton and cruel mockery . That your Memorialists do request your Honourable House to appoint a committee to inquire into all the facts connected with the treatment and death of the deceased Samuel ilolberry , with the view of rendering substantial justice .
State of the Town . —Progress of Chartism . — The number of inmates of the Sheffield poor honse on the 18 : h of Jnne , was 466 . The payments to the out-poor for tho we ^ k ending June 18 : h , was as follow : —Paid to tho regular ticket poor in . money , bread , &c , £ 93 17 s 61 . Paid to the casual poor in money , bread , efco ., £ 287 15 i . 6 d . Being a total of £ 481 13 =. 0 d . paid in out-door relief for that one week only ! The corn iaw repealers , it appears , are abuut to hold another " National" ( hole and corner elected ) delegation in the Metropolis , with the view of pressing upon the Government the necessity of adopting some measures calculated to afford at least temporary relief to the people . The committee of the Free Trade Association has addressed an
advertisement to the frhopkeeepers and middle class calling upon them to fumis-h the said committee with information respecting "die excet diDgly depressed and alarming state of their trade , " and the Rev . R . S . Bailey has addressed a circular to the unemployed and suffering of the working class , requesting information respecting their condition . This gentleman , together with Edward Smith , Win . Fisher , and Wm . Vickers , Esqrs . will go from Sheffield aa the representatives of thin town . Of course their election will not be submitted t © the people ; nor will the working classes feel any interest in their proceedings ; legatdini } them , and very justlj too , as ' * humbugs , " who with all their affectod sympathy for the workirjg classes , nevertheless refuse to assist
them in their struggle for their rights , which if obtained would enable them to save themselves . The death of the lamented Holberry has caused a great sensation in Sheffield . In addition to the public meeting reported in last week ' s Star , Mr . Bairatow lectured on the evenings of Monday week in Paradise-square , and again on Monday evening in the Fig-tree-lane Room , where the Bjeetir . g was held , instead of in tho Cattle-market , in consequence of the rain . Thousands were present the first night and would have been the seoond night , but the roo ^ i would not hold them . O : i Tuesday evening the mournful intelligence of the death of poor Holberry reached the town , and the n xt morning bilis were published announcing that Mr *
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Batrstow would address the Sheffield Chartists that evening in the Town Hall . At ttte hour appointed the hall was crammed in every part , the audience listening with intense interest to the splendid address of Mr . Baitstow . A collection towards meeting thfl expences of the public funeral of poor Hotberry was made at the close . On Friday , a large meeting of the unemployed was held in Paradise * square . The meeting had been palled by the Rev . R . S . Bayley , to be holden at the Corn Exchange ; accordingly some thousands assembled . Mr . Edwin Gill ( not Mr . Gill , of the Political Institute ) being observed in the crowd was speedily summoned to address the people , and the pry being raised ' To Paradise-square , " an adjournment took place , when
Mr . Gill , Mr . Samuel Parkes , and a gentleman from York addressed the meeting , and wereenthur siastieally applauded . Another adjournment was made to Fig-tree lane , when a large number of new members was enrolled . Mr . Bailey in the meantime had gone to the Exchange , and finding only one person left , returned quietly home to chew the cad of disappointment . The Independent of la > t Saturday , in noticing eome , of the foregoing meetings , says , — An attempt has been made this wet k at a Chartist movement in Sheffield , but with small success . Our readers are well aware of : the complete separation of the more rational arid intelligent portion of the Chartists from the discipleB of O'Connor . It was in the latter interest that the
move of the week has been made . " But he practically giye . 8 himself the lie , when he winds up by telling his readers , that , " The authorities of the town have kept a watchful eye upon the proceedings of the week . " Poor fellow ! Little need for his employers keeping * . ? wide awake , " if oursuccess was so " small . " Their " watchfalneBB" is the proof of pur progression . In less than a week we have enrolled at the Fig Tree-iane Room , one hundred and thirty new members!—Not so very bad , Mr . Independent . Mr . Clark , - of Stockport , lectured twice in the Fig Tree-lane Room on Sunday last . The room was filled in the afternoon and densely crowded in the evening .
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DUBLIN . The Irish Universal Suffrage Association met on Sunday the 26 th of June , at the great rooms ; No . 14 , North Ann-3 tieet . Mr . Donald Turner was called to the chair . , Mr ; Wm . H . Dyott tho secretary , read the minutes of the last meeting , which were confirmed ; He next read a letter signed " Matthew O'Connellj " which appeared in the Freeman ' s Journal of the 21 st inst ., and the reply of the committee of the Association , which reply was paid for as an
advertisement , and appeared in the advertising columns , though the letter appeared in the columns of the leading article . ( Hoar , hear . ) He said that both the letter and the answar to it should be sent to the Northern Star for publication ; for the double purpose of affording the Chartista ah opportunity of replying to the allegations in the letter ; and aJso to assist them in discovering who and what this Matt , O'Connell is ? and what ha was daing during tho seventeen years which he says he sojourned in Yorkshire .
MrVD y oUthen read an excellent letter from that genuine Irishman and sterling patriot , Mr . Leeson , of which the following is au extract : — " I consider Universal Suffrage to bo the battering ram that will Bhortly domolish the long-built but feebly-propped citadel of bribery , corruption , tyranny , et cum tnutisaliis . 41 my opinion the man who speaks against Universal Suffrage is an enemy to mankind , and a slavemaker of the children yet unborn . Every lover of real freedom should promulgate the glpriouB principle of tho Charter . ' Hqmonon sibi natus sed quoquc aliis ? " CGreat cheering . ) Mr . Dyott , moved that Mr . Lesson's letter bo inserted on the minutes , which was earned unani mously . ' Mr . O'Higgins , moved " That Mr . James Cullen , of Cullen , be admitted a member of the Irish Universal Sufff age Association . "
Mr . H . Clark seconded the motion . Mr . Cullen was admitted . ¦ , Mr . O'Higgins rose to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice on that day week . He said that he was sure that there was not a man in the meeting who had read the Northern Star tor the last five years , who would not join him ( Mr . O'Higigns ) most cordially , in tendering to the Editor of that paper , the Rev . William HH 1 , their most sincere and hearty thanks for his able , consistent , fearless and unflinching ad vocacy of the rights of the working classes—( hear , hear ) . They all knew that he ( Mr . O'H . ) waB a Roman Catholic , but perhaps some of them did not know that the Rev . Mr . Hill is a Protestant minister— ( hear , hear ) . Mr . Hill set
a bright example to othrr clergymen by taking part with the poor , the forlorn , the destitute , and the wayworn wanderer . The Editor of a popular journal such as the Norlhei-n , Star ; has a great deal more to eiioonnter than those who are unacquainted with the difficulties attendant on such an arduous undertaking imagine . A government , whether .-it be Whig or Tory , will be exceedingly joalous of a nevfspaper devoted to th « interests of the people , arid will watch every opportunity , and have recourse to every means to entangln such a paper in the laws of libel and sedition . Now as trie Northern Star is the representative of 3 , 500 , 000 people ,, the representative of the wants and wishea of 6 uch a vast number of the working classes , the wonder is how and by what
means a paper could bavo been conducted so Joug without falling a victim to it 3 enemies or to a want of knowledge on the part of 8 om < . ' of its millions of frieuds and supporters . The whole Whig press and the whole Tory press were equally opposed to the rights of the people . The Whigs , to bo sure , professed to be friends of tho people , and pointed out the Tories aa their hereditary enemies , while the ambition of the Whi : s was to have the power to act the part of the Tories . Their deep-laid and insidious schemes to take aSvay the last remnant of public liberty / were going on smoothly enough , until the establishment of the Norlhern Star , when the . Editor of that paper took the mask off Wbiggery , and exposed its hideous countenance
and nefarious schemes against public liberty , to the astonished gazo and execration of a duped , confiding , and deluded people , ( near , hoar . ) For this single service , though by far more valuable than tha people are yet alive to , the Editor of the Northern Star is entitled to the thanks of every lover of justice , of right , of a fair day's wages for a fair fair" day ' a work . ( Hear , hear . ) When the Irish Catholic clergy were- asFaikd by Whig and Tory alternately , and by both together when it answered their purpose ; when they were designated by a Whig tcribe as hulking , idle vagabonds , opposed to a legal provision for the poor , lest it lessen their own influence over their benighted followers , who was it that stood boldly forward in defence of truth
and justice ! who wan it that threw all his energy , all hia talent , and all hi < vast power , into the scale in favour of the injured , the wronged ^ and misrepre sented Irish Catholic ,. pries-thood ?—The Rev . William Hill , Editor of the Northern Star . ( Hear , hear . ) He it was who contrasted the conduct of tho Irish Catholic clergy towards their poor , persecuted flocks , with that of tha ministers- ' of . .- 'the Established Church . He it was , who first taught the millions of English readers to know and to understand how the poor unpaid Irish Catholic priest wa 3 instant in eeason and out of season , " in ministering to the spiritual wants of his parishioners , going forth at all hours of the day and of the night , administering spiritual consolation to those
whom want , disease , or old age , had laid 011 the bed of sickness , giving his last shilling to the widorp and the orphan ; and often begging alms of those who could affrrd to give th <; in , in order that he might privately aid those who required them—those whom sickness had reduced ito the latt stage of povertywho had no one to look to , no friend on earth but tb 9 priest . And , during those vfsics to the sick-bod of the destitute and afflicted , it frequently happened that the priest inhakd tho contagion , and fell a victim to it himself , while the pampered , proud , and overbearing parsons of the church by Jaw established , rolled along in his . giide'd chariot ; and , not couteut with all hi 9 worldly grandeur , and the contempt and scorn with which he treated the poor
Catholic prkst , he vilhtied and slandered him into the bargain . The Reverend Mr . Hill laid the conduct of tha Irish Catholic priesta and the conduct of their traducers clearly ami truly before his readers ; and , without taying one word aa to the relative merUs of the faith , of either , ho proved to "' the ' -satisfaction of every unprtjudiced reader , that tho practices of the Insh Catholic priests were more 1 iu accordance with those of tho Apostlos and primitive Christians than the practices of their traducers , the Whigs and Tories , both lay and clerical —( hoar , hear . ) For this expose , for this act of justice , towards his ( Mr O'Higgm's ) Catholic countrymea , the Rev . Mr . Hiil was surely entitled to the thanks of any and every a-s ^ mbly of enlightened and Unprejudiced Irishmen—( hear , hear , hear , and cheers . )
But there were grounds which entitled Mr . Hill riot only to the thanks , but the gratitude of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association . When their Association was in its its infancy , when its members did not number twenty-five , Mr . Hill gave publicity to their proceedings as freely arid aa heartily as if they numbered as many thousands . When their Association was declared to be unlawful by the greatest criminal lawyer of the age , but the most unscrupulous asserter of anything to answer his purpose for the moment ; when that great lawyer pledged his professional reputation that it was a transportable offence to be a Chartist in Ireland ; when the same man , the same pious old gentleman , had no compunctious visitations for having at one time described them as Orangemen , and at another time aa Ribbonmen : and when he
did riot scruple at instigating , publicly instigating hia deluded followers to come here and force their way into this very room ; and break tho windows and everything else they could break ; do all the
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damage in their power , and then ran off to the police office aud send a sergeant and twelve police men into this room under the preteneo of suppresshig a riot , and dispersing an unlawful assembly ; and vvhen the Dublin " liberal" papers published every lie , evety Blander that could be heaped upon us , arid at the same time refused to insert our justification ; even when offered io be paid for as an advertisement . Then the Northern Siar not only published oar proceedings , but the proprietor of that paper , Feargus O'Connor , published a short letter calling upon the English Chartist 9 to send their papers to our Association ; the result of which was that four hundred papers a week were sent io us for a considerable time ; arid those papers were
transmitted to the provinces , so that in one year ^ riotwithstaridingall the oppositioriaud misrepreseritat | ori on the part of the Dublin •' liberal" press , instead of twenty , we have now no less than 584 enrolled members ' —( hear , hear , and great cheering . ) We owe this spreading of our principles—this vast increase in our numbers , in a very great measure , to the publication of pur proceediriRS in the Northern Star , and to the admirable articles written by the Rev . Mr . Hill in favour of public liberty , without reference to sect or party—( hear , hear . ) The proprietor of that paper , Mr . O'Connor , has suffered enough already for the crimes of others , for the publication of that which the Attorney-General is pleased to call libel , without subjecting himself to fresh prosecutions , ¦ additional and . oyerwhelmibg expefico , fine , and imprisonment , with a view to destroy the paper , and , through its destruction , rivet
the chains of slavery on the worn-out limbs of the oppressed working classes of Great Britain and Ireland , which is the end aimed at by all the brawlerB against the "tyranny of the Norlhern Star "—'( hear , hear . ) They must be shallow politicians indeed who do not see that in the eveRt of honest Joseph Hulrie succeeding in getting rid of Feargus O'Coriuor and the Northern Star , his friends the "base , bloody , and brutal Whigs , " will get rid of tha complaints , the crieB of the people , who , in such an event , will be allowed , to die quietly . There will be no one to excite the sympathies of the people for a Clayton , a Peddie , a Holberry , and that pure spirit , Watkins . Let us , at any rate , join heart and hand to sustain , as far as in our power , the Northern Star , its intrepid proprietor , and its mild , amiable , enlightened , arid unflinching editor , the Rev . William Hill—( hear , hear , ) Mr . O'Higiims concluded by moving the following resolution ;—
"That any factious interference with the real libert of the press , either . by private individuals or by public bodies , is in direct opposition to the principles of the People ' s Charter ; that we know from experience , that the movements of a popular journal are jealously watched by the emiSBarieB of the law ; aud thai It therefore requires tha utmost skill , vigilance and circumspectipji on the part of the Editor to steer his paper clear of the legal pit-falls by which ho is surrounded ; that we are fully aware that private individuals , and occasioBally public bodies consider themsplves aggrieved by the suppression of part , or perhaps the whole of their
correspondence which upon reflecting they will find is but very rarely done , except to avoid the meshes of the law ; and seeing aB we do , that the Norlhern Star has been conducted with the most consummate skill , talent and integrity , its columns alwayB open to the publication of the grievances of a people wholly unacquainted with the law of libel , we deeia it an act of common justice to the Rev . Wm . Hill , the Editor , to tender him our most hearty thanks for his manly , straightforward , and able advocacy of tho rights of the peoplo of Great Britain and Ireland ; for his unanswerable defence of the Irish Catholic clergy ; and for the kindness and courtesy which hahis uniformly extended to this association .
Mr . Dyotfc said he had great pleasure in seconding the proposed vote of thanks arid confidence in the Editor of the Northern , Star . He had had something to do with the management of newspapers as well as other periodicals , and he knew how difficult a matter it was to do one ' s duty to the public and steer clear of offence to individuals . He had as often admired the tact and forbearance , of the Rev . W . Hill as he had the splendid common-sense articles which filled the leading columns of the people ' s paper . He did not like to name or denounce any : but thera were some amongst the ostensible chief tains of the movement who seemed to pamper their own overweening vanity and ridiculous nelf-iuipbrtance , instead of cherishing at
all sacrifices the great cause of ju . tioe and the millipns-- ( hear . ) It was to bo regretted that such differences should come , but they were the natural consequences of the petulant temper of some , and the morbid taste for notoriety of others , no matter low procured . With such rash and weak-minded men , the Editor of tho Star had much trouble . If he were imprudent enough to insert all they spoke arid wrote ; he would bring the paper he conducted into danger and conteriipt , damage the cause , and retard the progress of Chartism . Were he to do this from any mistaken delicacy , he would discover that they should be now passing a vote of con ? ure on hint instead of a vote of confidence . He was the great literary helmsman , and it behoved him to look
ah f ad and steer clear of all dangers , whether from open foes or over-officious arid imprudent friends—( hear ) For his ( Mr . I >'«) part he must confess he thought they owed the present proud position of the people principally to the advocacy of the Northern Star , the powerful organ of democracy . He saw by the factorial prints that a coalition of the Whig and Tory aristocracies was about being in ail likelihood formed—this Was the consequence of the growing , or rather matured strength of the people . The Chartista could beat either of the factions single-handed , and wi'h Mr . Hill at the head of their energetic press , and Feargus O'Connor to organise their moral-force meetings they would , please God , be found too many for Whigs and Tories
united—( cheers . ) When he contrasted the servile prints of the day , which lauded every thing appertaining to wealth and rank in the most i ' utfionio strain of parasitical adulation , with the honest , fearless , and independent paper he held in his hand , ( the Northern Star , ) he could not sufficiently express his contempt for the mean-souled conductors of journals which lent themselves to the support of the present nefarious system , and his admiration of the man who spoke through the columns of the Star the words of encouragement and protection for the poor ; those of bitiDg scorn and bitter exposure for tho unfeeling rich and tyrannical great—( cheers ) . Let them take 1 up a ^ Saunders of Dublin , or a Morning Post of London , and read the columns
of frivolous nonsense about when the Queen drove , and how ; about Lady such-a-one ' s ball , and Lord SHch-a-one ' a fete- ; the Duke ' sdejune a la fourchclte , and the Marquis's tournament , then lay them down in wondering disgust ; when in parallel columns they saw displayed the unheard of wretchedness , the utter destitution of the labouring and limn-yprodueing classes —( hear ) . Let them their scan the honost broadsheet he held in his hand , and Jind oily held up to merited derision , tyranny to just indignation , see courage and wisdom united , ability and prudence conjoined , and , thank heaven that tho destinies of Chartism had ' . fallen into such able , suck judicious , such uniini'cachable liands—( cheers , ) Afr . Dyott , after some other excellent observations , resumed his seat amid general acclamation . .
Mr . Henry Clark said , as an Irishman and a Roman Catholic , ho could not allow that yota of thanks to pass without giving expression to his mo&t cordial approval of it . He had read the defence of the Irish Catholic Clergy , in the Northern Star , aud he must eay that it was most admirably written , and so true that he thought for a time thac the . Rtv . Mr . Hill could not have known so much about the character and Christian practices of-the Irish Catholic Clergy , unless he had accompanied them on some of their nocturnal visitations to the bed of sickness and poverty .
Mr ; Fowler said that he was brought up m what was called conservative principles , and was represented by some Vile contemptible wretches , who d'd not scruple at asserting what they knew to bo false —that he was an Orangeman * He never was an Orangeman . He never was a regularly enrolled member of any political society , till he join cd the Irish Universal . Suffrage Association . He was a convert to their principles ; and if any thing was wanting to confirm him in them it was amply made up by the liberal and enlightened sentiments which
ho heard there that day .. It may be said with great justice that the majority of tho ? e present were Roman Catholics , and delighted him exceedingly to , sec ? how cordially thfy all concurred in this vote of thanks to a member of hie , Mr . Fawler'e , communion , a Protestant Clergyman . Ho was a freeman of the city , and he would do all ia his power to get zll his protestant friends to join the Association , cud to pledge themselves never to vote for any candidate ) for Dublin , who would not give the pledge to oppsse any ministry but orie that would Bupport tho Charter ( hear ,: hear . ) .
Mr . Woodward faid tbathehigrily approved of the vote of thanks to the Rev , Mr . Hill , and that he was delighted with the liberal speeches which he heard from the mover and seconder of the resolution . Ho ( Mr . Woodward ) was not a . Catholic , but ha was as strenuously opposed to a paid church establishment as any Catholic in Ireland . In fact , the Catholics have spoiled the Protestant clergy by paying them , and thuB rendering them proud and independent ot their own flocks . What does the rector of this parish caro about him ( Mr . Woodward ) , or about any other Protestant in the parish , bo loDg as he can rely upon an act of Parliament to compel the
Catholics to pay him £ 500 a-year . If they did not pay him , ho should come to him { Mr . Woodivard ) for his mite , arid thus be forced , from necessity , to look after His spiritual wants . The Rev . Mr . Hill-is the advocate of tho voluntary syBteni of Bupportirig the clergy . He ( Mr . Woodward ) fully agreed with him , and , if it were for nothing else , he would thank him for that . Sever al other members spoke eloquently in support of the resolution , after which it was pu ^ from the chair , and carried unanicaouBly . The usual thanks were given to the chairman , after which the meeting- adj <} uw » till Suhdaynext , at sis o ' clock , p . m .
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Fhiday , July 1 . —There is a good arriyal of Wheat again this week ; fresh -.- qualities in demand , and rather over the rate , s of this day Be ' nrifght obtained ; chambered qualities \ ue-neglected . Barley nominal . Oata and shelling steady in ; price . No yariatipn in Beans . Other articles as before .
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On Monday last , at Thirsk , Mr . Richard Varley , to Miss Sarah Spiers , both of that place . .
¦ , . ¦ - - - -DEATHS . . ... • : ¦/ - . - On Saturday last , the 25 th nH ., P «^ denly , at Thirek ^ Mr . William Jackson , shoemaker , aged 54 . ( . in the 26 ih ult . i at Richmoadj iu the 73 td year of her age , Mrs . StopheDBon , relict of i-iie ' rlata Mr . £ , hn Stephenson , of that place , veterinary surgeon .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 2, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct760/page/5/
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