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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY. JULY 2. 1842.
    • ®o 23ra&mi mtu €ovve$$i>n'uent&*
    • THE STAR AND ITS ESTIMATION BY THE PEOPLE.
    • ADDRESS OF THE NORTfl CHESHfRE DELEGATE MEETING, TO THE SURROUNDING J>ISTRIGTS OF THE SAME DIVISION.
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      UPON THE > : ECE 5 SAKY PURITY AXD POWER I OP TEE PiiESS . j TO THE XBITOK OF THE SOETIIEJtN STAB . SIR . —I am dssiroas , through the medium of tte Si-. ' . r , to draw the attention of the Executive , the Grt-fral Council , and the Chartist body , to the powers cf tLe press , in fuivfitriEg or iijariijg our united bnl-Trca-is . My apology ( if one is needed for addressing tte per . vl-- ' s elected rSetra is , that they are fiUible men hi ^ r cnirs ; lves , hat more particularly , "because 1 conceive , that the lite Executive did nor pay Siifficient au-iiUio to , or estiiuite scSc-itnat ' j the importance of , tb : s seI j'ct—a subject secor . 'i to rone other . I ara hiM to state taw , btcause they care their sanction to

      a . p < p € r rfi-t-sJ 5-7 ceo of thsir bosy , -wh ^ -ch , at its cs" : iu 3 . ? rs-ni ! -rt , dui , tre = k after w £ ui , pcrflsh under the Sj . ir t - i the Char ' . irf- P .-iss , the Iradicg articles cf \ hf O- « = F-i ' o-a " . -vr ^ ich articles invited the people to f' -ua another NaV . cz&l A . s * . < ciation , for some other fu 5 " i ? te , that c- uid fcs igretd upon by sll puties ; in feet , t . bickTvari movement ; and therefore d- _ £ c * t * . on of The C : ; 3 it « -r , asd the National CbaTter Association ,, Tshich course ev £ i 7 Chartist will nof ? adniit -would be iz - ~\ to Uiit < .. Vj = ct for "which numbers haTe srxrifisd bo r-uch How this Er-icitivu-EasctioncQ f r ' mt ended its cir : er , siay bs seen by rtf = rtncd to its List Lumbar , to * e in tlan

      rris . in , anl t , l begin to ste that Sr =. acS 3 is cur tt-- - e £ t := t fert ; tlit those who denounced the bsckv ^ rd "" c ~ -rsa to n : tet a s cuou cf the middle class in tlrtir q-. 'a- -Eiire , hr .- -i tsicn their etand ucou the r ^ cb of Trite p ' i , to itiTe -which for the ch ^ ne ^ ng rounds of « xp-u -rr . cy -cculd Ye to dive into th = depths if fo : ly , to niter r ^ r tnra utFtrace , : md a -world's contetttt , and Vt ri--. the eEomy ' B triumph . AVir . it I hi- ? j vrithn of the -ffestem papfr is in E-.-rr .. ^? * vh--t one t » ho h 3 d ever appeared 2 ~ d declared h *^~ - If an tne ^ mpreliiisirg democrat , should fcsve Be ;; ' ;\ r . h inih ocd ariiics under the title of CtartiSM ; but nv sole .-clg . ot is by rccsr-JY . e one great fau't cf the i- rc , io in - . cce th = preseiit E-iS 4 nt . ve noi to sanction a- y pub-isSition , cr honour it \ sith the naiue of Ch-r : L- - . " that does n-it throughout advocate true s : Tr . i-h : f 2 rwijd Charusai and to surrender .

      In concicsicn . broker Chart'sts , in order to impress i en j var lzinds tLo i . 'j-. pottiiit powers uf the prtss , I E £ : d ' ~ iiiy caU ; . eur mention to the great seiTic-isof ths S : ar , duii ; , g the WUs cru = ide , tfceptttiiig upthfc po xtT of defence for the "victims , especially the Welsh : ; in ¦ Jr-p-jlii : ? the tanceT 3 and calumnies , End fulie re- ] ports , tj . d Si ^ si insitu t ;> -n 3 cf the iraEE of tba hire- ' . lini rc .-s of the c-. usrry , in sivin ;? th- - trneplciure of ae ^ Ti . in ie ? pii : c tit oprrtss-d and \ erircu . ed army . of C £ .--r : ! sia t < gstfcsr , ^ hen hunurtcs or their iesders j ¦ whe :- isiprissEoi ? . in hrii : giu < : us tocu ? no' ^ ad TauCcd , &u . s . r . 3 tr ^ t p-wtrrui pcsiiion , enatlirg us to r ^ ute the ; TV ^ : ^ fiCDjns . i

      O-i I c- - 'Uld the rsl . r ! 2 , or the ruled faction tay over j the << ar sad O Connor , what a blow -wgdU be itiurlc at j our union I Eow Ic ^ t ; btf jre others could supiiiy their j pbee ? "Where should -are lock for the substitutes ? for a tL : u ^ h many m-. y c-2 " -r . in whom could -we pb . ee suf- i ££ -.-i t ccusdrnce , havLKg ; the mcr ^ is to s . rsre u = - Before ; th- j c- uld t-. conifc al . kc ustiul , th : y muit tcin cur con- " £ dtr . c-. P ^? iha E-lilo ? of the people ' s pajr-er m ^ st fce cr ; e in "w > . cTa tiity haTe the Vii-jst implicit conh ^ uics ; a man ' cf t-Crnt , " mtr * j , ££ d pruieDca . _ . ; TL ^ nit ; cnal leader , if jr -we ars in that position , we «! . ;• : ¦ - doTTithvct . » rn-ust be an Andrew - \ UiTel -sriib- '

      on * h : s paTcrty , in a word , a " Wachir ^ ton , "— " let me not profane the tombs of the illustrious dead , to ; r ^ lst : ititars to tb * liTing , " but if O'Connor crsnticues hi hii praser . i strii ^ hi-forward course , for the cause cf i cni-rers J . rishts unto the end of his cays , tbe honest j historian ^ siil not fail to give him hi 3 place , and Eome i in-Jtrn Plutarch his comparison . i a- ^ ¦ ¦; lor oorsaifes , my fellows , let us do cur duty , be , £ Hi i-. t our order , firm to our Charier , and firm t-j cur J trea ' r ' ent ' -s - . then Khali "wa destrre the fr : endihip of our fcilowa , and the rights of man . - j J . BriitoL

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      I TO THE EDITORS OF THE FREEMAN'S i J 0 URN 1 L . Starcoclr , Jung 14 , 1 S 42 . \ Sib , —Pii-Eiit me , thrcsgh ~ on ? Taln % ble paper , to -r- ^ 5 < e-=- ic : s . r : ks to tL ; ir = ^ id ^ ni 2 xd E cClttary of ;

      the Irish Uii ; 7 « s ^ l ^ zSrzge Asscciaion , who mast be fcith-. r -wh-. 'lij irnoraiit of the Enrlish dispoiition to-• w . ^ : cs my c-jui ; trjnien ( and p-iTticniarly the Cnartist j K-. " ir > . c-7 fj * JJde other KUiO , 1—st tnosTi ta-thfem-B ^ iT : * . ^ - ir ; cu : s ? : ¦ surh gj-ne-. c ^ rty aid k LCDise 3 to $ b- 'ij wilt - TesjsrBt to the Iriiii jaocurerii -t ^ ho are j diJ--ri to seek shelter in t ^ at csuiitr ? frcm theh- i

      in E--i _ i-iui r ^ sy re cr-nsiiie-er . -s given cpp-., r : uulty of feowicg an . I tis' -w ^ a little of the jirj ^ r-ssi ty and fc uciiidtj cf -ahka th = y speat . I ; ¦ sc : ;! , -withc-ui pr j tC'ice , sti « ta a i-v ; initaijTi , out of ! Luuii :-. < ls cf ilmiiir oz-ss . that I lave witneiied . ^ : \ x ~ . four ye&Ta las : S ^ pttiiiC . r , tbere "Wuj a great , pnbjic lafat-ng i ~ r ths Chsrt-r t-n Peep- f r ; en . near j i ) - ^ bury , ¦ wj . ii e tbe gre-t y-eisCi ^ iiKitii-n < f Radi- ! ci ; vni prop-ssii *• hiresi P ^ tcr Bn = rT'' to the Ci-s- ; Tertivs . A 3 the prc-cess : on -rras marcLing iroai H- - - < lJ =: i 5 fld thers -vrerc tn-o Ir . ' shratn , after truTeiling i peril , us Iiiindre-i 3 ol . m les to t ^ rn the rest of tlieir . ** wretched cow-sera ; " th = 7 "srerc tnocktd f-otvn and ticic ^ l ; . y the Chaidsts , and forirhit ? For nothing . but b ^ icg IrLshsnen . The ill-uia . a cor tinned till they , were pio ; = cted by one of LL- _ ir ccuntijmen , "who

      5 t * & 7 > eii maufu . ly cut of tre proc-J 3 ; cn , y . z , Aitxsncer Su ? TeiiSoa , rios- residing in ( Jrcct . iia ' . 1 -street , LiTsrpool , ¦ ffiio czn be referred to if zaj cue dunbt my assertion . ^ k » nmoi ! for r . " . eir § enirro « : ty aEtihurn 3 . nity . I -wander if Mr . O II : <§ i . s , Mr . DjjIc . or Their cemmittte , recollect ? rhc-a the Shf ffield anri Kr-thtriac . R nl ^ rsy -was ia ccurs ? of malilne near aboat the sania t . nie , -whenevery lri-hTian -wa 3 driven eff th ; ¦ K-or ^ s - » h-re they trere encksv-jsiring to earn their Trtts . S- > much ag ^ . in for jr = r . troi ; j su 1 hurosnily . Ltt t " Er : u locit ts , 2 in to the P / c-stca iid Ljnca ^ tcr iine - ¦ : TjiSway . " c-here thsre \ r- _ r ^ sin ; Lar a-rocitiss comraitted- I cml I state many jr .: rs , but th € = e aio £ uj 2 ; it 2 i to thof ? th _ t they are , I Tr } - « it , ignuKint o : Eaglbii siispositicus to Ire ' and , or , fr .-a 'jth ^ r xroti-res , ideHtify thesiselTri ? ^ s-iih a body -w ; . o are isnorani of their own , and opposed to the best iriUT-i-Ts tf Ireland—a boiy -who would heap slander o ^ Ir ^ iiutl ' s beit beuJactor . tha ; they inigh . ra ^ e some of m-ir esTi truckling political auvtntuicis on the ruin cf h : s Dor . ularitv .

      Bet . thank G--d , the irratitnde that Irishmen owe to O i > -s . afcil , for tbe Srrr ; ct 3 renderei to hi ; c&niitry , f . r :. period of nearly forty years , -without a bitnisa on ; = : ¦> ± ^ : ue , he 'Biil coatfr ^ s to rcCeiT ^; and tliat fu ] ' or * an ! conSdeSCt ; they have ai ~ ajs .- ;; t : ii Lia , ai- 'Ji ts-i ; i _~ . ve bira , till he niiiea Irciand what a La ; FroTi-Gtii ~ dtsigned her tob 3-Ait v Uih some honuurable Excepti > us there must bo 32 . ,,:,:- i , i : e C ;_ ar : ists . I « rate il in the face cf England , r ..:-r : -ti cut i £ t" < renty of th-: » ura oppD . « r-d fe '> the ¦ welfii = f I . - -: and . Fors s yt-tvrs tliat 1 have hfen amon « t tb- -:, in Yi-ih ^ hire I have f mud i ? so . and thtir coa- ' - ucl at - ; ¦ .- Ijat G .-neril El-ction proves tt . Aa to the true

      f . :-. ; : in r ^ -iirics , - rrhich they teach y . ij cou -. trynikn , and its r- ;;' iS >' eEcy ,. I ¦ will sp ^ -ak a ffw -wirds . At the lis- ^ i-i us ia i-ndcer ^ fitld , in If 26 , -vrh ^ n 0 Connfll v . is c ^ a-ts-4 with the factory bxl -e . aft-r ^ ivlr . c t ^ . res cii— rs lor tin Radicals of E-ictana , s : the request t . f c-ne « i t cir Ica-Urs , they gave three cheers-for Ireland ' s ' i-i _ -i inv ^ ts-riU ? enenHes t he Tidies . J i" tLis J-e tiieir traa fi'i-i In pjiitics , I hope my com . trynisn xrill t ^ Hi ^ ln x- it ::-. nt . ir . This Let cai bi ttstintd bv t-uo otrsuiis r .. ^ . I bili' -Te , iuDablin , Dr . L . Mocny aid Tucrxas < - * -- ^' - -y- 1 remain , Sir , Years . resr > ect r nKr . MaTJHS ' . v O Ccx . \ eil . ,

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      THE ENGLISH CHARTISTS AI \ D THE IRISH LA 3 L-UKER 3 . IEI 5 H r ' XiVERSAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION COilHITIEE . . Moved by Mr . H . Clark ; scconc > n lyJMr . W-. v u ' , TJT-i : — " Tr . at Lavii : ;; seen in ihe . Daily i-reeihizu . c f fa sday iast a Irt ' . cr : n iho ch-orial c-= :: mu ? — ¦•; ¦ Leaded ' AdviTii ^ -inei . t '—s ^ -:-. ed Mathcw G' . ' 'ncli , in which an attempt , fpeble in rcaiMier , as ii i ~ i ?' se id fact , is mada to establish tb . cprDpo ? it § oE ih-it Ir . » b labourers sro inrarab-y ij ] -: rea : cd in El . ; : land cy persous of their own clss ? . vrc have rs-Tt ' T toreEiark apon this c ^ r ^ on ' s Tries- " ;! - cifeit to

      te- p aive . t : ; c iil-fc-eling which be soy ^ exists , tin : he ^ tiites ao 'iirtjacs of illiberal or unJi ^ -. d treatment * xpviiciiced ryhims-t ' . f during the sevcatee ; : jcars ; ho recced , freni eccc 5 fi-y or cboicr , in ; he sister ccuutry ; ihz' were the Go _ 0 vO nsen vrhoare obbged to transport themsslves Equally , in order to uiider- woik English labourers hi ' .-. lir ovra fields , either at- ; tacked spxauxilitcd : e thesavagemarner he describes , jr . e newipap-rs wruld be sptio u : ake a paragraph cr two en ihe sabjecr . } Vith regard to railroad ] row ? , yro woold remind L'Jm that " scrimmages" of j that kind hare taken place la Ireland itsell '—witness i the Brogheca K ^ ilroad feme v-ine since . As this per * a fays he is net ignorant ( like as ) , perhaps he j

      ias eeea ifcaf the free city of Hamburgh has ja ? t ; refused to alloiv - j . car ^ o of EsjrisVr . workmen even to i be landed , N-jtv , Eu ^ nd , wef . d e ^ nviuced , will ; Ec-r- resort to s ^ ucb a- display of tjedi ^ tive nationality - tovrards cur pcor conniryjceB , and uoiwitbrtanding i rbe great Mr . O'Coiiaeli's ihreat , or ibe little Mr . O G > nceil's Ictrrr , u-e were anzion ^ te deprecate th'c ns * . t . 7 il restilis of tte fbtTner , but we fear the zuiii-jr of > Lo Jattf-rls desirous of foiloiviEjc in the ivs- c cf Fi' . t , Ca-ikrossh , and every 5 ul ) = tqaent tjriai and impestor who has t , r . Ebii-hL-d iiis power t ^ -: i Siltd his wallet by perpc-. uanat iLt > roii ^ iocs eiiilreci-esaad pcliifcal ' i ^ ori-jcc of ihe people . Pat ? . jck O'Higgi > s , Pr&r-denf . W , H . 1 > tott , Seexctirj .

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      COLNE . TO THE CHARTISTS OF LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE . Ge > tlem en , —Having ; taken into our most serious consideration the delegate meeting that has been announced in the Star to be held at Cclne , on July 3 rd , - we beg leave to offer yon our opiuion 3 Cat the saiue time we wculd state that it is tho opinion of a inajority of the localities of North Lancashire ) , that the-delegate meeting is uncalled for , and that if wculd' put tbe country to a very great espence and inconvenience , atid that , instead of promoting union , it would create division and discontent ; and as we

      have jast elected an Executive for the government and guidance of our agitanon , it is unnecessary to elect any other body . We therefore recommend 1 that no delegates should be sent ; as a delegate j meeting will in a Ehcrt time be called bv the District i Secretary of North Lancashire for that district . I And another reason that the delegate meeting f should cot take place , is , because that out of eighteen i localities only four delegates were sent to the meeting ! at . Blackburn , from which the calling of this meeting ' ha 3 sprung . We remain yours , 1 The unflinching advocates of the Charter ,

      "William Beeslct , District Secretary for Isorth Lancashire Thomas Tattersaxl , Burnley John Slater , Cinheroe . James Mooxet , Colne . ( By order of the Council . )

      The Northern Star Saturday. July 2. 1842.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY . JULY 2 . 1842 .

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      THE APPROACHING "END !" THE SQUEAKING OF THE SKOPOCRACY . The shopkeepers are now holding meetings : meeting of themselves , and called by themselves . And for what purpose ? To sgucck out theik suffering consequent on general distress ! To declare iha . t" something must be cone to relieve the starving population , or irretrievable euin is their inevitable poriioa" ! To call for the " united" efforts of all daises and parties , to press upon GOVERNMENT the imperative necessity Ict * 'speedy remedial measures" !

      Eow times have changed I How lowered is the tone , how humble the manner , of the ence hectoring , blustering , shopocrscy of England How different now their hearisg and language , to their bearing and language in the year 1817 ! Then all filnster , all boast , all feather ; yow " ruinated " , " bankrupt " , "insolvent " , " dark aud gloomy retrospect " , '' still mere dark prospect " , and "hope entirely fted " . Grett God ! how just thou art !

      Iu the year 1817 . upwards of a million-and-a-half of wcikbg Euslishmen petitioned for a Radical Reform of the Parliament . The labouring portion of the country was then in a state of great distress . Ij was manifest to them that that distress aroso from excessive taxation ; from an enormous expenditure and waste of the public money ; frcm pensions , dividends , sinecures , grants , and emoluments , and from other causes of wasteful expenditure ; all which arose from a want of due representa ; ion of the people in Parliament ; and that no remedy could be applied unless the Parliament wa 3 RaiicaVy Reformed . Tiiey traced the sufferings and tbe

      distress that then prevailed to the want of a Reform in the Parliament . They saw and loudly proclaimed that the distress then existing wou ! d spread ; that rnin ani misery would be the lot of all ; that the earnings of no man ever could be called iii = own , unless measures of 2 £ atia > Y and security ware passed , through the meaas of a Radically Reformed Parliament . All this was seen and declared hy the labouring class in the year 1317 ; and upwards of a miili « a-and-2-haif of them signed petitions lo Parliament , setting forth in clear and distinct terms the reasons that prompted them to ask for such Radical Reform .

      Where were tho shopkeepers then I ! Did they " unite" with the labourers , to a = k Government to avert impending rrin ? Did they encourage and snstain the working people , iu thoir endeavours to stop the pro £ r 3 S 3 of that system which was pauperizing the worker , stripping the cottage , and preparing to empty the till ! Did they lend their aid to strangle the monster which , even then , was eating into the vit Js of the nation j and which , it was plainly shown , would shortly raven up the shopkeepers themselves 1 Did they then " SYMPATHISE" with the poor ; give vent to their bewailings j and call upon Government to adopt " spzedy remedial measures !'> Did they then do these things 1 No ! They basely

      calumniated the working people ! They traduced vil'Sed , and persecuted the known Reformer ? . They denied the existence of distress . They applied the epithets " idle tcoundreh ! " " scum ! " " worthless rabble ! ' * u disaffected mob . '" to those who complained of poverty and starvation . They " UNITED" TO LEARN HOW TO SHOOT THE RAGGED RASCALLY RADICALS » They mounted their horsey pat on their " uniforms , ' dubbed themselves " CAVALRY , " and with newly-ground sabreB , and with " courage" inspired by drink , embrued their hands in the blood of hundreds of tha working people peaceably assembled to petition the Parliament for those " remedial measures" which these same " cavalry men" now so " humbly pray" for ! 0 God ! tliou indeed art just !

      Yes ! . they then " united" to learn " military exercise" ; to learn bow to SHOOT . They then " . united" in '" VOLUNTEER Associations" , to repress " -disaffecJion" and "sedition" by means of ihe firelock and riSe ! And they met in public meetincstoo- ! For what purpose ? To applaud the Government for parsing Power-of-Imprisonment bills ! for parsing the SIX ACTS ; for cramming the dungeons with hundreds of Reformers ; for driving poor Rilet to cut his throat ; for shaking tht bowels out of poor Ogdes ; for employing Oliver and

      Edwards to ha ch plot 3 and conspiracies all over tbe country ; for hanging and beheading Thistlewood , Bbunt , Ings ,, and Davison , in London ; and for tucking up to the gal ! ow 3 Bra ^ dð and his fei ' ow martyr at Derby . Yes ! the shopocracy then rcet not only to do these things , but even more . THEY LED THE WAY to tho persecution of the Reformers ! They did not wait till Government persecuted , and then applaud j but they paved ihe way ; they hardened Government on ; they called upon it to proceed ; they pledged themselves to it 3 support , should it do their bidd-njr 1

      In ibis workjtfce shopkeepers of Manchester took the lead . They were followed by their brethren in London ; and then throughout the country . Read the following account of the Manchester meeting , extracted from the Courier newspaper of the 18 . h Jan . 1817 ! . Read it now , ye shopkeepers of Manchester ! Read it noic . ye ' -VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION " r aeD , and ye " YEOMANRY CAVALRY" men Res . d it noic , ye who are EqualiiEg abcut distress and especially ye who s * y that " yoar DISTRESS AND PRIVATIONS ARE ATTRIBUTABLE

      TO THE CORRUPTION AND MISCONDUCT OF GOVERNMENT" ! Read it ! yo base lickspittle crew . ' ye crawling sycophants . ' Read it ! ye whining , crying , luffled tyrants ! Read it ! ye immeasurably base ! and say if you ought to complain of any punishment , any bcin , that may fall npon you ;—"Ameeting took place , on Monday laBt , (] 3 th January , 1817 ) at Manchester , attended by the most reipeciablfi inhabitants of that town , Salford , and their neighbourhood—tbe BorooghreeTe in the chair . Several resolutions were passad with entire unanimity , and tbe following declaigiion agreed to , which CANNOT BE TOO HIGHLY APPLAUDED , and which we trust will be adopted by all other toicns . '

      'DECLARATION . ' 1 . We , the undersigned magistrates for the Division of Manchester , the Borcvghreevcsznd Constables of Manchester and Salford , and other inhabitants of these towns and their neighbourhood , being at all times fully sensible of the many blessings of the constitution , under which we lire , leel onrdelves ezikd cpon at this moment to express our firm attachment to its lavs , as rrsti as our ntter de-

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      testation of those mischievous attempts which are pursued with incessant diligence and ardour , to excite a general spirit 0 . ' / disaffection . We especially deprecate the circulation of seditious tracts and the adoption of ir-ftammatory speeches to produce AN IMPRESSION AMONGST THE LABOURING CLASSES , THAT THE PRESENT DISTRESSES AND PRIVATIONS ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE CORRUPTION AND MISCONDUCT OF GOVERNMENT , and may be removed by a system of representation , embracing almost Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliamentsf \ he unqualified exclusion of all persons , deriving emolument , from the public , and consequently of his Majesty ' s Ministers . ¦ ¦ ¦

      .... 2 . The numerous meetings held for these purposes , both publicly and secretly , the organized system of committees , delegates , and missionaries , the contributions levied , particularly for dissemiuating pamphlets , calculated to mislead and irritate the public mind , the indecorous and highly unconstitutional reflections upon the exalted Jfersonagc now exercising the regal authority , the marked disparagement of the most extensive charitable relief in seasons of unavoidable pressure , the language of intimidation ,

      not merely hinted , but plainly expressed , the appointment of popular assemblies in various parts of the kingdom on one and the fame day , after the meeting of Parliament , and the previous assembly of deputies in London ; all these circumstances afford strong manifestation of meditated disorder and tumult , and bear no analogy whatever to the fair and legitimate exercise of that constitutional liberty which is emphatically the birthright and security of Englishmen .

      3 . With these decided sentiments it is our duty to unite in supporting the laws and constitution against these wicked efforts , which we are convinced must be regarded with equal abhorrence by the great majority of His Majesty ' s subjects in every class and condition of society . We , therefore , severally PLEDGE ourselves to contribute , by the most t ffijetua ! means our Bi'uations may allow , to the maintenance and tranquillity of these towns and their neighbourhood , from the unlawful and NEFARIOUS designs of those who are SEEKING TO INVOLVE US IN RIOT AND CONFUSION ; and we earnestly solicit the co-operation of all friends of SOCIAL ORDER and good government . '"

      Working People ; such were the purposes for which the shopocracy of England met in the year 1817 ! In nineteen days after the above meeting , the scoundrel merchants and bankers of London , " met " and ifsued their equally false and lying " Declaration . " This was followed by similar meetings in all . parts of the country . The base wretches who drew up and signed those " Declarations" knew that they were upholding oppression and corruption . They knew that they were upholding that which was the cau-: e of infinite suffering to tho poor . They knew that ; but it was then profitable ! They hoped to fatten themselves while the poor starved ! They knew that the Reformers did not want to involve

      the kingdom in riot and confusion ; nobody kuew this better than they did ; and yet they could deliberately and coolly be ihe first to put forth lies and false alarms , for the deliberate purpose of paving the way for measures to take the R 9 formers ' lives , or to shut them Hp in dungeons ! The above report is a sample of their attempts to cause the Reformers to be driven out of the country , or to be put in chains ! Soon after the issuing of their

      never-to-be-forgotten " declarations , Castlereagii ( whose horrid end all know of ) opened out the Green-bag conspiracy ; and the Power-of Imprisonment Billvra . s pasEed ! and Sidmouth crammed the dungeons ! How many victims , good Ged ! suffered under those terrible laws , of which these base and lying " declarations" were ihe forerunners ! When we think of these things , we can hardly refrain from wishing to see the whole group lie in the dust with horse-flesh or draff half-chewed in their mouths !

      Tho men , however , who mft for these horrid purposes in 1817 , and again in 1822 , have note a different object to meet about ! They now see ruin staring them in the face ! They now see property transferred from hand to hand , and cannot divine the cause ! They now feel the pinchings of distress , and they have before them the prospect of speedy pauperism ! They are now ' humble" enough , God knows ! so humble that " they do not even venture to express an opiiiion as to the cause of the widespread suffering now erdured , or to dictate a remedy" ! eo "humble" that " they will content themselves with barely stating what their condition is , leaving it to the WISDOM and EXPERIENCE of GOVERNMENT to devise a iewcd \ »\ I

      Strange fact ; but so it is ; the shopkeepers of Manchester have led the way in this netc meeting business ! Strange fact ; but so it is ! Manchester ;—Manchester ; that led the way to the dungeoning of ths Reformers in 1817 ;—Manchester , that exulted in the deeds of the sixteenth of August;—Manchester , that chuckled at the Oldham inquest;—Manchester , that applauded the Grand Jury , of which Lord Stanley was fireman;—Manchester , that nest of crHelty , infamy , foolishness , and hypocrisy;—Manchester has been the first to cry out that the merchaets and shopkeepers are ruined 1 Never were malignant wretches more appropriately punished ! Bear in mind that these tools of corruption—these

      cruel tyrants—sought to have the Reformers put in dungeons ; harassed , chained , dragged from gaol to gaol ; put out of existence this way , or sabred or trampled to death , because they wanted a Reform of the Parliament to prevent that very ruination which has now come upon the shopkeeping class ! because they ascribed ihe distresses of the country to the misconduct of the Government ! 0 ! God , is just ! His judgments are manifest ! The cup of poison which tbe base shopocracy prepared for the Radicals has returned to their own lips ! The mis * chief which they had invented for others bag fallen on their own pates ! Into the pit which they had dug for their neighbours have they now themselves faUen !

      Leeds has ollowed the example of Manchester , in holding a Squeaking Meeting . Upwards of 200 of the shopkeepers and tradesmen presented a requisition to the Mayor , desiring Kim to call a public meting of their body , "to make known the UNPARALLELED DISTRESS which prevails in the Borough , and the gradual DECAY OF TRADE consequent thereon ; and to adopt such measures relative thereto as may be deemed advisable , regardless of all party considerations , with a view to avert impending ruin . '

      The Mayor ( seeing that they were not Chartists ) granted their request , and gave them the use of the Court House to meet in . He moreover presided over their meeting , holdcn on Wednesday night last . It was numerously attended ; princicipally by shopkeepers . The platform or bench , was crowded by the Leeds bawler 3 for " Extension of Ommerce "; nearly every one of them was present ; " clever" Plint and " clear" Stansfeld being about the only persons absent . They seemed , to be congregated together to proclaim their own shamelcssne ?? , and the credulity of the dupes who have

      joined them in their bawling . " Extensions of Commerce" were placed upon their trial ; testimony was adduced as t : > their effects upon the condition of tae people at large ; and sorry testimony it was ! Two overseers of tha poor testified that more than one-fifth of the whole population was pauperised ; that the shopkeepers were without custom ; that the spirits of tho poor were broken ; that certain ruin awaited all , unless relief was speedily obtained . Their ttatements were borne out by several different tradesmen , whoso orportutities of judging were ample . One of the visitors connected with the late relief-fund in tho Borough gave it in as a fact that he had found many families whose united income , derived both from labour and from

      pansn-pay did not exceed 5 £ d . per head per week Another statement , made on the authority of some few operatives who had made the examination , was , that thirty-four families , comprising 304 individuals , were found , in a very circumscribed district , without any income at all ! and that 207 families , comprising 1 , 009 individuals , had incomes , derived from both labour and the poor-rates , amounting only to Is . 3 d . per head per week ! And this is the state of the working people , after all the " Extensions of Commerce" that we have had ! During the last fifty years we have increased our foreign trade nearly SIX TIMES OVER ; and this destitute and starring condition of both operative and shopkeeper is the price ! Hutrab , lads , for | v Ex-

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      tension of Commerce" ! If iucreasing our foreign trade six times over in one fifty years brings both operative and shopkeeper to the work ^ house ; how many more "Extensions" will it need to bring na to anarchy and dissolution \ There is a question for you , "Extension '' men ! Solve it ' Let us have the answer ! and meanwhile we will cry out—Hurrah ! for u Extension of Commerce" !

      The meeting was unanimous in its resolves . The speeches of the speakers were but detached portions , as it were , of the horrible picture pour tray ed ; but the ' meeting ' put them together in one connected whole ! Let it be attentively looked at ! Let it be thoroughly scanned ! View it in all its phases Contemplate its every feature . Rt flsct upon what is thus , presented to view . Here we gazatto the resolutions of this meeting as the

      TRIUMPHS ¦ ¦; I ¦ ' OF " EXTENDED » GOIVXIWERCE . 1 . " That tins meeting views with alarm the present unparalleled distress and suffering experienced by the productive classes in the manufacturing and commercial population of the United Kingdom , more especially those who reside in the borougli of . Leeds , many thousands of whom are entirely-depending , for their subsistence on parochial relief or charitable contributions , without having the most remote prospect

      of again obtaining employment;—Ihat vast numbers of sober , honest , and industrious artizans in - . this-borough have received parochial relief during the last-twelve months ^ who liave never been chargeable to the parish on any former occasion ; and ,-very many others are alread y reduced from comparative comfort to the most abject poverty , who have not yet applied for parochial aid , although tlieir scanty income does not enable them to purchase a sufficiency of the necessaries of life ;—That it is a well

      ascertained fact-that , in-the township of Leeds , at the present time , there are not less than 4040 families , composing upwards of 10 , 000 persons receiving parochial" aid . This shows that about one-fifth of the whole population of the township are reduced to the condition of paupers , nnd there is every reason to-believe tlnvt nearly all the other townships in the borough are in an equnlly distressing situation ; and , although this is the most favourable season of the year for procuring outdoor employment , the number pi' paupers is still on-the . increase .

      2 . " That in consequence of the extreme poverty of so large a population , and the numerous failures of ' merchants aiid manufacturers in this district , tradesmen are deprived of a large portion o f their f ormer trade , and have now to contend with insuperable difficulties ; for the shopkeepers and innkeepers pay a larger amount of local rates and taxes , in- ' proportion- to their means , than any other class in the community , and they are aware that their local rates must shortly be augmented to a larger amount than

      has ever been known before ; that for a considerable time past their trade has been gradually diminishing with reduced profits , and many or " the most honourable , industrious , and'intelligent amongst them , have already "been-brought from comparative affluence to poverty ; and as there does not appear to be the slightest prospect of any improvement in trade , this meeting is of opinion that unless , the Legislature can speedily adopt remedial measures to remove the distress that generally prevnils , ' nothing can save tradesmen in manufacturing districts from impending

      ruin ; and no one can contemplate the awful consequences that must ensue from such a state of things , without entertaining the most serious apprehension for the continuance of public peace and order . 3 . " That this meeting , solemnly believing that the safety and well-being of the community

      will be seriously endangered by the much longer continuance of the existing state . of things , turns with the utmost anxiety to the Legislature , beseeching it most earnestly to institute an immediate and searching 'inquiry as to the extent of distress amongst the manufacturing population , in order to ascertain the causes thereof , and to the instant application of such remedies ,- as its wisdom and experience may suggest . t (

      4 . That a Memorial be transmitted to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen , and that Petitions be sent to both Houses of Parliament embodying the foregoing Resolutions , and signed by the Chairman on behalf of the meeting . " Well done , " Extension " -meri ! Can you-add to your oirn picture ? Remember it is painted after a SIX-TIMES increase of our foreign trade during the last fifty years . Remember that you yourselves tell us that we were" well to do , " when we began to " extend" our commerce ! Remember that you

      yourselves tell us that even when bread was 7 s . per stone , the working man could get it ; because he had wages for wobking ! Romomber'that you yourselves tell us , that the workman ' s pride was to have a good furnished home ; and that an-. ei ^ ht-days clock was an indispensible ! Remember that you yourselves describe him now as being without bed , without clothing , and without food ! Remember that this is AFTER A SIX-TIME 3-OVEH INCREASE OF OUR FOREIGN TRADE ; and remember , also that YOU tell us that another " extension" will set us all right ! ! ! !!

      One peculiarity attending this meeting we cannot but notice . Great pains wtro taken to make the meeting believe that the parties calling it were influenced by no party considerations ; that their one and solo object-was to give an opportunity to the shopkeepers of Leeds to detail their present sufferings ; and to paint their ruin in prospect ; and then leave the Government to devise a remedy All politics were to be eschewed by the meeting . Wide foresight ! The causes of the " impending rui . V ' aro not political ones , of course ! Tho remedy , even though it should be another " Extension of Commerce" through a Repeal of the Corn Laws , will not be a political ^ one ! Politics have nothing to do

      with tho wide-spread misory ; and poverty everywhere abounding ! ., ' O , no ! no politics ! And thus the shopkeepers arc gullod ! The parties calling the meeting first meet in secret , and send lip Hamer Staksfeld and Co . to London , to attend another anti-Coru Law Conference ; and to press a Repeal of the Corn LaW 3 npon the Minister ; when they have taken this step , they call together a meeting of the Leeds shopkeepers , and get them to pass resolutions to strengthen the hands of IIamkr and his associates , to procure for them 8 olves " another Extension of Commerce" ; and they do this oh the pretenco that political considerations are to bo held in abeyance ! Famous foxes ! and gaping geeso !!

      The third resolution drawn up by the Leeds " Extension -men , andagreed to by theLefedsshopkeepers , we commend to the especial notice of the Ten Hours' Committees' Deputation that waited upon Sir Robert Peel and tho other- . Ministers"in- the month of [ January last . We remember the yell of disapprobation raised by the "Extension ' ' men , and especially by - , the Leeds ones , beoauBe that Deputation ventured to rcc . mmend " the Minister to propose to the Parliament to " institute an immediate and eearcbing inquiry as to the extent of distress amongst the manufacturing population in order to ascertain the causes " thereof , and to the iEstant application of such remedies as its wisdom

      and experience might suggest . " And , at the end of the Session , when the : iN < itimy cannot be had , thesd same "Extension" men of Leeds , notwithstanding their yells and execrations , propose the same thing in the very words of the parties whose actions and motives they so recently maligned \ ¦' .: ''' . But , Wobkjkg PjEOPtB , the shopocracy now want UNION ! They feel distress . They iee certain ruin before them . Profits have failed . Trado is done np . Incomes are gone . Capital is being wasted . Savings are dwindling . One by one are the shopkeepers dropping into the Gazette and into the Insolvent List . They now want UN ION i You asked them to unite with you to prevent all tite in 1817 . They insolently and pereecutingly refused J

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      They ^ ero then in high feather . They thought they had Bubdued you for ever . They deceived themselves ; andlittle did they imagine that their own ruin was to be the consequence of their then attempts to enslave you ! But it is so ! They are confessedly da the brink of ruin . They now want UNION to avert the horrible consequences hanging over their heads . What say you ? Shall we unite ? Not to learn to SHOOT ! Not to malign , and traduce , aiid vilify , and pave the way for dungeonings , and hangings , and beheadings 1 Not

      for these things ; but to rescue our common country from that fate we have so long foreseen and foretold 1 Shall we " unite" for this ! Yes 1 as soon as ever the Shopocracy are ready ! Notwithwithstanding their former conduct and treatment ; notwithstanding the miseries they have been the cause . of inflicting on millions of their fellow-creatures ; notwithstanding that they , and THEY ALONE , havo stood between us and justice ; notwithstanding all these things ; as soon as ever the shopkeepers are ready , we will " unite" ! But t « e : y must be - ready ! They must bo up to the mark ! They must know the , cause aud . be agreed upon the remedy . They must be

      prepared to gO'a-head ! No shilly-shallying . No squeamishnes 8 about "politics . " Thsy must be prepared to holp to obtain the CHARTER ; to use ir , when obtained , for the equitable adjustment of the debt ; for the reduction of our taxation to £ ^ 000 , 000 per annum ; for the keeping at home the vast heaps of wealth we yearly create , to be eD joyed by our own people * instead of being given to the foreigner ; and for the obtaining of the Land to enable our own people to grow their own food ! Whenever the shopkeepers are ready , and will enter into proper terms and arrangements , we will unite : but hot before !

      Shopkeopers ! what say you % — Not ready ! - — Down with your noses to the grindstone 5—You soon will be ready !

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      WATKINS' TESTIMONIAL . We understand that a Committee has been formed and meets every Sunday morning at 55 , Old Bailey , iu order to raise funds from ail persons disposed to present to Mr . John Watkins a suitable token of respect for his services , sacrifices , and sufferings in tho cause . The Commitiee are wishful to raise the requisite means for the Testimonial previous to Mr . Watkins ' s departure for the provinces , and as a sense of thoir appreciation of his services in London particularly .

      We have been sorry to learn that Mr . Watkins has suffered recently an amount of pecuniary incono venieuco greatly exceeding , we are quite sure , anything of . which the Chartist public , who owe much to him , have bad any conception . Reared in the lap of comparative aifluenco , Mr . W . has been excluded tbe pale of what is called " society , " and cast but even by his own parents , for his attachment to our principles . Mr . Watkins , though himself from the middle classes , has had the merit and the virtue of

      standing proof , amidst all temptation , against all the various " new moves" which have led off some on whom the people had much reliance , and who , we believe , had less trial of their honesty and clearsightedness than Mr . Watkins has had . We do think that the people are in duty bound to pay respectful consideration to honest merit struggling with adversity , and to patriotism fighting the battle of liberty without fear of consequences , wherever and in whomsoever it may be exhibited .

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      We still continue to reoeive gratifying testimonies of the confidence ' and esiimationof the people . This week we have the following from Hawiok : •—.- " At a publie meeting held in the Chartist Hall , on Saturday , the 25 r , h instant , Mr . Richard Pudie in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : "Thatthis meeting , taking into consicteraJ ion the effort ' s made to discredit the Editor and Proprietor of that palladium of the people cause the Northern Star , arid recognising the untrammeled liberty which is due to the surveillance of the public press , desire to express emphatical admiration of the manly integrity , unsparing faithfulness , arid distinguished energy , ' -so eminently characteristic of both ; and express unfeigned hope that they will continue the same tindevi&ting course till io results in final triumph . " -.- ;

      Resolutions of a like gratifying character hate been received also from Paisley , from .-T . onbrid . gein Kent , from Cheltenham , from Haworth , from Uoalbrookdale .

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      A Chartist , Danbury . —The " new move" men know the matter io be a death . struggle . They must either destroy theI ' . Stavor the- 'SUrwi / i destroy all the cobwebs by which they hope to catch the people . There is therefore no wonder at their rav ings . Let them go on ; ' tis all well . The face never looks more ugly than when unmasked by themselves . ' , '' ,, ¦ Jamrs . VLonaech ,.. ' liishon Wearmonlh . ^ Thanks , for hiskbidty expressions of confi-lencc and esteem . We hope ever to deserve the confidence and esteem of yo 6 d » iej » . A Chartist and a Contant Reader , — "Tis . not ahne in that locality , that the game of petty and malevolent detraction it going on ; reports of alike character reach us from other places . It is a game at which the players always lose , they never' eventually-ir' jure any but themselves . As

      to the - fad of Mr . Hill ' s being or not beinga member ef the National Charter Association , t / ie prating scoundrels must have known themselves to be lying ; because the question has been two er three times answered in the Stir already . Mr . HiU « " «* a founder of the present National Charter Association I and has been a member during the whole period of its existence * If our friendhadread hislast week ' s Staxcarefully , he would have seen that Mr . Hill is a member ef the General Council , ; VERBTs ^ -Lelters for this place are requested to he addressed to Thomas Briggs , at Mrs . Parry ' s newsagent , Cheapside . Lecturers visiting Bromsgrove , are desired to give three days ' notice thereof . Will Mb . P . M . Bhophy of Dublin , send his dddress to the Chartists of WarHngton as soon as

      .. possible , astheywish ' to < correspondwithhim , Messrs . Smart and Sk&ving . ton—We cannot insert their letter . They must send it to the paper in which appeared the letter that called it forth . We have not seen that paper , and con sequently know nothing of the letter to which theirs is a reply . Greenock Chartist Youths . —We have no row . Barnsley . —The Chartists of this place respectfully invtte Mr . Watkins , in his intended tour , to pay them a visit if possible at the beginning of La weik . - _?¦'

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      Georhe Anderson . —Mr . HtlVs" Fifteen Lessons ^ on Analogy and Syntax" is not out of print . It may be had , price Iwe shillings , from John Cleave , London through any Bookseller who gels a London parcel . Paion and Love can have it any week from Mr . Hobsori , ofLeeds . The other work we cannot tell him about , not knowing the Publisher , and not havinga copy ' at hand for reference . ' " - ; : y . - ¦ - . ' ¦ ' - : .. : - ' . ; . ; -rw ¦ ¦ :- ¦' •" ' "' Bristol . Chartist Youths , write its thus : — "Jl is stated in the Star , that toe did not vote for ( he Executive . We pollad with the adu lfsyf Bearlane . WehadnoPhilpites ; notone . " John ^ Johnson . —We cannot insert his letter to Mr , Joseph Andrew . ,: v ? \

      Robert Hunt , Nottingham . —We have not room for the address he hassentUs . J . C . Grady , near French Park , County Rnscommon , Ireland , would be glad if the friends who sendhim Stars , would write to him : Thomas Briggs , Derby , has received 2 s . for James pvffy , from Mr . Gorseandmen + Duffield . Charies Lucas , Newcastle , should have told us what the meeting xn the Guild Hall , of which he complains that we have no report , was about , aiid then , we could have made enquiry into it . Abbroath . — We have a little moWjied one of the resolutions , as we suppose our friends ; have no great wish to see us " mashed up" by a govern . ' , merit prosecution . ' .. •' - ¦ ¦ . .: ' . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' '¦

      G . W . Sheffield . —It will make no alteration vithe present system of voting for members of Parliament . ' .- . : '¦ . . Ma . Griffin wishes to inform the Chafttsts of South ; Lancashire , that all letters for the district secre ? tary ' on business connected with Ihe delegate meeting ,- must be addressed to him , 8 , Rbbertstreet , Bank Top , Manchester . Will Mr . Dean Taylor send his address to Mr . Markham , Leicester , icithout dehy , as a letter bearing York pnst mark is received . The Birmingham Frost , Williams and Jones' com ' mittee , would feel obliged to Feargus O'Connor , Esq-, to fi ( ateal what time he thinks it probable the memorials he has in his possession will be

      forwarded . ''' . '¦ J . Smith , Milcham . —Thanks . We had previously received d notice of the meeting . JjiM . cs Si . vsvERS i Birtningkam . —Better let the matter ' drop : ' ¦ . - : ' : ~ . ' . ¦' ¦ '¦ ' - ; ¦" : ; . -- ¦ '' /¦ ;¦ ' ¦ . ¦'' .. '¦' ¦ W . C— His communication is an advertisement . A ¦ - 'Irish Chartist . — We should think he and his friends safe enough from any harm on account of the letters . ' An 6 'Brienite , " Brighton . —There tcere other parlies present upon that occasion , besides those to whom he refers . We know all about the matten ,. The original motion was proposed by Mr , Allen . The vole of unqualified eonfidence in O'Brien was proposed , as ah apendment , by Mr .

      Marling .. The " row" was kept vp for five evenings ; every epithet of : opprobrium and abusei-mchfis"traitor , " "hypocrite "" villain " and other clioiccterms was applied ^ by tlie little knot of OBrienites , to every person who attempted to speak in bupport of the original motion . Blows were struck by the O'Brienit- 's . Mr . Stephen Burton was struck . On the fifth night the chairman had had enough of the ? row " and he 'dissolved ihe meeting without putting any resolution to the vote at all , The sixth night therefore teas simply a muster of O''lirienites ,

      after the meeting ,: Tiiey , of course , had it all their own way ; and . there were about fourteen of them to vote for their own resolution . We have these facts from parties Who were present all the time , and saw . it all . "itw OJBrienite" is not to supposethat because we " were not ' there , " ihatwe have no'information of the facts .. . We have received the balance sheet of the Executive ^ and an accompanying address from the Secretary , but are compelled , from the state of ow columns , to reserve them for next week . A Dissenter , Halifax . —The whole amount may be recovered if not exceeding six years .

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      E . Stallwood—The letter he posted on Monday waa not" pre-paid . " ; . : : Specimens to Agents . —Specimens of the forthcsniiqg Piate will be sent to many of the ; agents during the next week , and the remainder will receive them as soon as they are completed . Thoie agents who do not balance their accounts immediately , will not receire any papera oa Saturday , July 9 tu . . ' ' :. ¦ ¦;¦ ¦' . '• ¦' - ; : '¦ - : ¦ ¦ ¦ - . - , ¦ : ; ,: " ¦ :- : - . ; ¦ John Walkden , BuRY .- ^ Send address to thisoffiee . A tetter has been returned from the General Post ? OflSce t -which was sent to Baryi and tbe letter-carrier could not find him . PrbsCOT— -Mr . Traverse should order . - ; To A sen TS . —Several Agents have sent light gold this-week ; they we all credited with tbe respective amounts the gold ; weighs . FOR THE EXECUTIVE . .- .- ; . .- ¦ -. . ¦ ¦ •¦ ¦ - ¦ r , - ' . . . . s . . d . : From the Chartists of Mold , Flintshire ¦ 2 O

      FOR MR . HINDE 3 . From the Bristol youth ; ... ... J 0 Doncaster Chartists ... ... 2 6

      NATIONAL TRIBUTE TO THE EXECUTIVE . From the Ghartista of Hooley Hill ... 5 O Rand G . H . Norwich ... ... 6 0 FOR DEFENCE OF MASON AND OTHERS AT STAFFORD . From J . M . London ... ... ... I 0 FOR JAMES DUFFY . From the Chartists of Rsmsbottom ... 10 Hecktnondwike per Mr . Penny ... 1 0 Tha Bristol youths ... ... ... 10 The Chartists of Sutt ^ a in Ashfield 2 6 : Prescot ... ... ... . ... 10 Doncaster Cuartists ... ... 2 6 Nottingham ... ... ... 10 FOR MRS .. FROST , MRS . WILLIAMS , AND MRS . JONES . From the Shakesperiau Association of Leicester Chartists ... ... ... 2 0 0

      FOR MRS . nOLBERRY . From .. Hull , collected after Mr . Hill ' s sermon ... ... 15 s . id . Chartist funds ..... ... 5 s . lid . : ii o . FOR DEFENCE OF HOLYOAKE . From the Doncaater Chartists ... 2 6 , FOR ME , MASONS DEFENCE . From the Cockermouth Cbartists ... 2 8 The Chartists of Samer ' s Town locality London ... ... ... 3 6 WIVES AND FAMILIES . From S . M . London ... ... ... 4 Q FOR THE POLITICAL VICTIMS . From the Brompton and Kensington locality S . M . Wheeler ... ... A 0

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      Friends and Brother Democrats , —Now is tba time to try men's souls—now is the time ^ foir action , my . friends ; union and perseverance on the psrc of aor leaders , with" the united efforts arid . ' support ,.-. of our friends thepeople , must be tno order of the day / Another Imishty struggle is-, being made to deceite and entrap the . people , another blow is about to be aimed at our ranks , another attempt to paralyze our efforts , to swamp our agitation , to lessen the number of our leadew by bribery ; intimidation , and psrsacuMon , has commenced . Mason has been arrested poor Holberry ha 3 been sacrificed !!! and some of those ¦ who a short .-time ago were the acknowledged leaders of the people , have ceased to be members" of our Association ... ' . - ¦ - ¦ ¦ . - ¦ ¦ , - ¦ ¦•¦ ' . " . : . ' ' .. " ¦ . " ¦ ' ¦¦¦'¦ : ¦¦' - .- ¦ : - ¦

      The agents of Satan are stalking through the country , and sowing the seeds' ' of treachery and deceit ; in every coiner of our land , / where for the want of a pilot , or a shepherdj .. ' ear friends are not able to mention the noble position they have assumed . Wilmslow , iforthwichj Middlewich , ^" antwichi Cpngleton , and Chester , where Associations have been formed , are almost politically dead for the want of lecturers . Some of theni era broken up altogether , and ; hate . suffered themselves ; to . be led by the . hand to Corn Law meetings , where our opponents have always provided themselves \ viths 6 mp one who ¦ has gab enough to cause the timid and the Veakminded to hold up their hands , in favoui of their deceitful project ? . ¦ ' .- ¦ :

      Kriutsfard , Sandbach , ancl many other placas , where good Associations might be formed , and thus add numbers to otir ranks , are Vying dead for ihe want of political informatibn .- Six week ' s , agitation would touse the whole of them to a sense of their duty , and would enible them to maintain a lecturer of their own . ' - ; . ., ' .- - ¦ - . . ¦ ¦' . ' - ¦ , : ' ¦ - . ¦ - . ' - ; . ' " ¦ - . ¦ ¦ -: . ¦ :. ¦¦ ; - . A provision must either be made for these disiricta , or we must give them up as lost : to our cause . :. Men of Stockport , Ashton , Hyde , Dackenfield , Stalybridge , Hazelgroye . Mottrani , New Mills , ( Jiossop , Compstall Bridge , Hooley Hill , Audenshaw , and Mossley , at a delegate msetin ? held at Hnzalgrove on Su . dny last , on which occasion there were delegates from Stockport , Dackenfleld , Marple , Glossop , Hasslgrove and Ne , « r Mills , it was agreed that for tho better organisation of this county , each of your localitfes do appoint a delegate to meet in the Hyde Chait&t B « om ,

      on Sunday , . July the loth , when etepa will be taken for the foundation of a pfctmarient union of this diviaion of theeounty . It wa 3 unanimously agreed , that Mr . Mitchell be empowered to draw up the short addresf , ' which is now before you , and that in the absence of Mt . Swindlehuret , of Macclesfleld , he be appointed to act as the county secretary , and visit such districts as he may deem necessary , until the next General meeting . Brother Chartists , let this call be sufficient ; let ydnr motto be union and perseverance ; if our Charter is to be gained , it must be gained by union ; if our principles are to be established in every town , villagej and hamlet of Great Britain , it must be done by psrseTeranoe ; then rally round the standard of organisation and show to the Government and to the worldy that whilst you are so thoroughly convinced of the justice of your cause , yoa know how to ensure its success , by a virtuous , a consistent , and a never-tirin exertion

      g . It is requeated that you send off your delegates early , as business is to cummenceat ten o ' clock in the forenoon precisely . . ; . : ¦ ' : ' : ¦ ; .. "¦ : / : ¦ ¦ . - ¦¦ - .. "• v . : . ¦ ; , ; Tours , faithfully , _ . , \ ' '¦ - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - ¦ James Mitcheii , H «* ton-lMe , Stockport , Juaa 88 , 1 S 42 .

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      HOW MANY MORE VICTIMS ? HoLBKRRY is already dead , and Brook and Peddie , the Bradford victims , now lia in Northallerton and Bayerley Gaols , pining away , and apparently fast Binking into the Victims' Tomb . If we do not timely bestir ourselves to effect their liberation , or an amelioration of their treatment , they may soon be beyond the roach of our sympathies and aid . If such an event should happen , could wo have the consolation of knowing that we had discharged our duty . Let us do our duty now .

      Broon ha a wife and a largo family ; Peddie has a wife—a most excellent and deserving woman Thoy have both been steady , and good , and worthy men . Let memorials for ' their liberation be immediately got up from every district , town , and village ; let them be firmly , but yet respectfull y worded , and sent to the Secretary of State . Holberry ' s death inay make some impression , even on Government officials . At least , let them be asked whether it is their purpose to make any more such sacrifices .

      Meantime forget not that poor Brook needs present aid , even in his miserable home . He is allowed to have aid if he can get it ; though Peddie is denied even that poor privilege . Mr . Isaac Wilson , weaver , Brompton , will supply any information respecting Brooks' case . He has been named as a fit perso " . to be made Central Treasurer for Brook . We haYe no doubt that Mr . CharlGS

      Connor , of Bishop-Auckland , Mr . Bragg , Priestgate , Darlington , and Mr . E . Burlej' , York , will each in their respective localitica receive subscriptions ; Mr . Williams will aot for Sunderland . Let all collected be forwarded to Mr * Wilson , Brompton , he can visit Brook every week , and will doubtless see that the money collected' is properly applied .

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      The Star And Its Estimation By The People.

      THE STAR AND ITS ESTIMATION BY THE PEOPLE .

      Address Of The Nortfl Cheshfre Delegate Meeting, To The Surrounding J&Gt;Istrigts Of The Same Division.

      ADDRESS OF THE NORTfl CHESHfRE DELEGATE MEETING , TO THE SURROUNDING J > ISTRIGTS OF THE SAME DIVISION .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 2, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct895/page/4/