On this page
- Departments (3)
-
Text (14)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
TEE JNTOETHEE]NT STAR. SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1842.
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
itifc\ taraiHfrs artitr OTom^oittwn^i
-
Untitled Article
-
riiiBiui xiortnauertou BROOK, THE NORTHALLERTON VICTIM . The Committee ar/pointod by a public meeting of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
TIPPEHAEY SPEGIAL COMMISSION . ' CLdmiEL , SCKDAT , JULT 3 . CLOSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS . ffhe special commission terminated somewhat unexpectedly at » . late hour last : night Their Lordships Bit unta five minutea to twelve o'clock , and disposed of all the oaaea selected far triaL The result has btwa , Sat all the prisoners airaigned , with one exception t » 7 e been eonvisted of Hie crimes with which they were charged . - Since the announcement of the determination of Government to Issue a special commission , there has been & complete abstinence iron outrage in those portions of the county -where crime * -were previously of daily occurrence . The folio-wing cases -were disposed of after the date of those in another column : —
ATTEMPTS TO ASSASSINATE . Michael Hayes -was indicted for haying , on the 2 nd of * Iay , at Bahemoger , in this cocnty , fired at John Ryan ? Luke ) , wiBi intent to kill him . John Byan ( Lnke ) deposed , that ha was driver to theHon . Mr . . O' < J * sdy , and previously t « the 2 nd of May last had . serred notices of ejectmen £ on several of the tenants . On that day he -was going over to the lands to settle the matter -with them in company "with jJiehael Kenna , Mr . BradshaWs driver , and -when they were passing Bahernoger on horseback a shot -was fired at him , and seven sings were lodged in hia horse ' s
body , which died hi half an hour afterwards . "When ¦ witness heard the shot he turned ia its direction , and a * the prisoner , -who was about eight feet from him , and was leaning on a ditch , with a short gun in hia band . Ho was positive that the prisoner was the man be saw . Just as -witness turned to look at him he sh ' pped down from the ditch , and ea-led to another man who was along with him to " fire again ! " The man fired , tut the shot did not take effect . Kenna and witness then mada . off as quiciiy as tfeey could . The circumstances occurred at nine o ' clock in the moraine . "
Michael Kenna , the person who was with the last witness at the time of the attack , corroborated his evidence as to the attack , and the manner of it , but could not identify the prisoner . For the defence , several witnesses , relatives of the prisoner , were examined , who swore that the prisoner was at the fair of Silvermines during the day , and at the time of the attack . The Jury , after some deliberation , returned a verdict of Guilty . Thomas Stapleton and Thomas Gfieeson were respectively indicted for having , on the 27 th of April , at Lissatunny , in this county , fired a loaded gun at one Patrick Gleeson , with intent to murder him , or to disable , or disfigure him .
Patrick ( Heeson sworn and examined . —I live at liissaumny in ibis county , and am a tsnant of Mr . Stafford O'Brien , That . gentleman some time since made some changes in the qxantisy of land held by the tenants , in order to square the farms . No one wa 3 dispossessed altogether . I lost about five acres and gained two . The two s e 3 that I got were previously held fey men named James Glseson and llirtin JTowlan , On the 27 th of . Apri ] , a little after seven o ' clock in the evening , I was returning from my -work , and as I was passing near a grove of trees , I met three men on the road , one ef vrhom was armed with a gun , another with a piito ! , and the third bad a stick . They put me on my knees , and when they did so , I ssied them why they ^ rere going to
shoot me , and h&w I had deserved it ? They replied , for tilling No-wlan ' s land . The prisoner Stapkton held the pistol , and Gleesan the gun . They went behind me in the road , and Siapleton snapped the pistol twice at me , but it missed fire , and would cot go oi £ Gleeson then handed Stapleton . the gun , wfeo fired a jshot at me , which bro £ e my snu n = sr the elbow . ( The witness's arm was handsxed up , and be appeared to ba in a very bad state of health . ) He was quite close to me when be fixed , and ray clolies were burned The men were not disguised in any way , and I am positive that the prisoners were two of the men -who attacked me . 1 have not reooTcrtd tie usa of my ana sines , and have been under the care of Dr . Dempster op to the present time .
Ife . Dempster deposed that he was the surgical attendant of Gieeson , and that it was only -within a few days ie had a hope ef being able to S 3 TB the pool man ' s arm from anpntatioo . He was also present whsn the prosecutor , in the fulleit manner , identified the two prisoners , and singled them out from a number of men of similar appearance and dr-ss . Mr . Joseph Tabutean , stipendiary magistrate , also proved fee identification of the prisoners by Gieeson in bis presence . The case for the Crown having closed , Several witnesses for the defence swore to an alibi for both prisoners . The Chief Jostles then charged the Jnry , who found both prisoners Guilty .
SEXTESCES . The several prisoners convicted of transportable oSeBcea—is&mely , . John Pound . Michael HayeSj Cornelius Fiynn , Tatrick Dwyer , Thomas Staplitoa , and James Gieeson , having been placed at the bar , The Sight Honourable the Attorney- General havicg applied for , the judgment of the Court , upon these pritontta , Th 9 Lord Chief Justice , after s ^ drrss ' ns ; the piitsters , pronounc&d sentence of transportation for life against all the prisoners , and the commission dosed . The prisoner TTfllism Kent , who was acquitted of the ofiaica with which lie stood charged—Bameiy , being an accessory before the fact in the aiurder of the late Mr . Bobert Ball , was oischarg ^ d from custody .
Untitled Article
HOUSE OP COMS 1 OSS , Tuesday , July 5 . Sir ILe > kt Habdisge , in answer to LordWorsley , intimated that CoL Henry Dunlas was dismissed from his official appointment , and from the command of tLc 83 rd regiEenj , and is to retire on half-pay , for having used disrespectful terms in speaking of her ilsjesty . Sir J . GsaHjX intimated that a bill is to be brought in " - this Session authorising her Majesty to grant new charters to the Colleges of Physicians and of Sergeons . Tae business which had been dropped in consequence of there having been no Houbb on the previous evening , was either disposed of- or arranged for future consideration . It was intimated by Sir Jiracs Graham that Government meant to press forward the Poor law Bill . On the motion for the farther consideration of the report on the Dean Forest Ecclesiastical Districts
Bill , Mr . HUXE moved eight resolutions , each of some length , condemnatory of tiie principle of augmenting chorea' livings out of the public revenue , especially considering tha present condition of the country , and ^ farming that the property of the church , managed in % proper manner , was quite sufficient for all such pursues of new endowments or augmentations . Sir Johs Kasthope eoonded the motion . The Eari of Lincoln criticised the resolutions , and defended the bill , After aonie observations from Mr . Williams , the Eoase divided , when the resolutions were rejected by 2771044 . This matter being disposed of , &e House went into committee to affirm resolutions on which to found a bill for the better government of the colony of South Australia .
Lord Stanley , -who proposed the resolutions , stated what waa intended permanently to notify the confusion into which the finances of the colony have fallen , and to give the colonists the advantage of an improved system of a&nitdstr&tioa . Some conversation followed , and thai the resolutions Were agreed to .
Untitled Article
Lord Ashley moved the further proceeding on the third reading of the Mines and Collieries BilL Mr . Aisswoeth presented petitions against the bill , asd argued that the measure would have the effect of seriously injuring the working classes concerned , many of whom would be driven to the workhouse The commissioners who had inquired into the matter had made , at least in many cases , a one-sided report , and had drawn a very exaggerated picture of the existing state of things . Mr . Benett strongly supported the bllL Mr . Tilliebs vindicated the motives of those who objected to the Bill , and who were anxious that one evil sheuld not bo committed Is tciwcting another . Mr , Matthias Atttcood expressed somewhat similar se- tiisents .
Mr . Staxsfield also was of opinion that the Bill was a hasty measure , interfering with the rights of labour , on the faith of a repoit containing certainly statements of a careless , if not of a questionable , nature . After some observations from Mr . Hawkes , lord Ashley defended the BUI , and Lord PaLHEEStoX expressed a hope that the Bill would speedily pass into a law unaltered , which it would be if the Government cordially supported it in the House of Lords . The Bill then passed its final stage . Some other business was disposed of , and the House adjourned .
Untitled Article
EXECUTIVE ROOMS , MANCHESTER . NCOME , FBOM . JULT 3 RD TO JULY 6 tB , INCLUSIVE . £ S . d . Todmorden ... ... 0 8 4 Notts ., Thatcher ... 0 10 0 Daventry ... ... 0 5 0 Salford , Youths ... 0 2 0 New Mills .. . ... 0 10 10 Stocbpart ... ... 0 JO 0 Ledbury ... ... 0 11 Newport , Isle of Wight 0 3 6 Northampton ... ... 0 8 4 Anon . ... ... 0 5 0 Bristol , Yontb 3 ... 0 8 6 HooleyHill 0 2 0
£ 3 14 7 John Campbell , Sec . P . S . —The receipts for the Executive will be published weekly for the fufure , in order that all parties may be satisfied as to who subscribe , and vf ho do noi .
Tee Jntoethee]Nt Star. Saturday, July 9, 1842.
TEE JNTOETHEE ] NT STAR . SATURDAY , JULY 9 , 1842 .
Untitled Article
GENERAL SUMMARY . The news of the week is , as usual , of a character fitted to engender feelings of satisfaction only in Satanic minds . War , havoc , and confusion ; distresSj bitter and hopsiess ; injustice , reckless and rampant ; calloas-heartedaess and contempt of all suffering tut their own , as manifested alike by Government , Parliament , Aristocracy , and lliddleocracy , ars the chief themes of contemplation prominent in all matters of newspaper and conversational debats .
The arrival of the overland mail has brought intelligence of the affairs in China , down to the 4 th of April , aad in India to the 2 ith of May . The work of slaughter still progress-. s in China ^ We continue to exhibit to the ' celestials" our superior proficiency in the civilised " Christian" arts of throatcutting and robbery . Though we have not subdued Cliiua , we have destroyed as well by the sword as by poison , a great nunibftr of the peaceful inhabitants of that country , and that is something to our Chris-. ian credit . The villanous Chinese had the andacity to attempt the retaking of a city of theirs
which we had done them the honour to take possession of ; they were of course taught how very dangerous a thing it is to dispute the right of " Christians" to retain possession of their plunder . Wa slaughtered two hundred and fifty of their men , while the report states that the civilized Christian British Buccaneers lost not a roan . What a matter of thankfulness to Divine Providence is here 5 We make an aggressive war on a proverbially peaceful people , because they expressed some reluotance at being poisoned so fast as we wish ; v ? e rob their t reasury plunder their territory , srize upon their cities ,
destroy taeir traae , and spread ruin and desolation among their inhabitants ; and , vrben they appear before us with "an armed remonstrance , " we forthwidi knock them on the head with all Christian and philanthropic 2 sal . Two hundred and fifty fellow human beings are destroyed in the attempt to nphold villanous injustice , not only without remorse , but tbi 3 sacrifice of human lifethis laceration of human bonds among all the parties by whom these tvfo hundred and fifty were known and loved—is hailed by our most Christian guides of public sentiment as intelligence of a highly satisfactory character ! How strangely do the demoniac doctrines of faction change and stultify
all . the fine feeliDgs of the human mind . A contemporary puts the case well , that if a railway should occasion such mortality as ^ tnat of two hundred and fifty persons at one time , the whole country would be rising up against railway enterprise , and "would attempt to put it down . Every ona ' s mouth vrould be filled with sympathy aa £ condolence with and for the unhappy sufferers and their relicts ; and yet such , an event would be nothing moro than , an accident . But , vfb . en our own conntrymen , at our own expense , destroy life to a much greater extent than this , to humour a particular line of policy , and that policy an unjust and villanous one , we take no note of the event , and coolly inquire , ' Is that all 1 "
The Morning Chronicle tells us that the news from China is highly satisfactory , " and the brutal Manchester Guardian actually makes fun of the slaughter , and says" An a ' . templ made by a large force of Chinese to reco ^ tr Ninjjpo had a termination which savours of the Iadlcrou-. The af-saiiants were quietly permitted to enter the city , aad to penttrate to a coasuierable distance -svichin its wails . Being then suddenly attacked , they were compelled to iiy with ine- greatest precipitancy ; and we dare say th .-y will not very soon repeat the attempt to captur-j Ningpo . "
In India "we arc = aid to be rubbing eff a portion of our disgraceful mishaps . That i ? , by dint of hiring bands of saliva robbers and murderers , who openly avow themselves to be snch—by the bribery and ccrrnption of the petty chieftains with whom we can ccsmiQiiicaic , and by keeping carefully alive the jealousies , hatreds , and animosities which we have so long cherished with such diabolical success jn that unhappy country , our officers there have done something towards again concentrating our miserable scattered forces .
General Pollock had succeeded in relieving Sale asuLIs garrison at Jeilalabad . Colonel Bolton's brigade had reached Ali Musjib on its way to join General Pollock . Nott had , it was believed , been joined by General England ai Candahar ; and Major Reid-Lad reached Daduir , with a valuable convoy of treasure and 4 , 000 camels . Our wretched king-tool Shah Soojah iad been murdered ; and another straggle was i < oing on for the succession ; Akhbak Kuan still rtiainsliia prisoners , though he offers to release them on ransom , and has permitted one of them , Captain Mackenz ie , to go on parole and endeavoar to make arrangements for their liberation , » lenity whien we greatly doubt ¦ would be shewn to him , by his civilized Christian
tiggreajHe enemies . In Parliament there has beeii i as usual , nothing bnt " talk , " and even of that a scarcely ordinary quantum . - On Friday eveniDg , on the motion for going into a commUtee of supply , Mr . Wallace , Member for . Greenock , moved as an amendment a series of resolutions , of which the following is the last and most important : —¦* That , therefore , s humble address
be presented to her Majesty , praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to refuse her consent to the prorogation of Parliament until a diligent and searching inquiry Ehall be instituted into the causes of the unprecedented distress existing at present all over the kingdom ; and therefore until her Majesty and this Hous 8 shall have been assured by her Ministers , that effectual means are secured to provide sustenance to the unemployed and their
Untitled Article
destitute families , until their sufferings shall be terminated by a demand for the industry and wages for their labour / " : This was just the thing that ' Hon . Gentlemen " on both Bides the " House" did not want , and therefore , after some flourishing "talk" during that evening , the debate was adjourned to Monday , when there was of course " no House /' and soihe distress of the country was disposed of ; there being , when the Speaker took the chair , twenty-three members present . .
The Anti Corn law League are having another gathering of the wise men of Gotham , in the Metropolis . Tho usual cuckoo notes are croaked out with great violence . And the several speakers are quite of opinion that " tho corn laW 3 must go , " and * ourfereign trade must be exteuded . "
Untitled Article
ANOTHER " POP" AT THE QUEEN'S CARRIAGE . So ! the Queen-shooters are not yet satisfied Another iool—a humpbaoked fool this time—must try his hand at regioide , and fail ! Why , what bungling dogs these Queen-shooters are ! One would think they all belonged to the jackass racing club at Norwich , at whose trials of speed the last ass always
ns . To what agency shall we ascribe the safe keeping of her Majasty , amidst so many diabolical attempts 1 Is it that royalty itself is an impenetrable JEgis , through which the assassin ' s ball cannot penetrate 2 or is it that the quasi Queen shooters , having no purpose to effect her death , always take care to reserve their fire till the sacred person is in safety ? The very general opinion seems to be that Francis
never meant to hit the Queen ; while the present poor wretch did not even succeed in making his pop-gun speak . Seriously , we should be glad to know how much this hump-backed boy has been premised for his job , and who employed him . We should be glad to know what connection these Queen-shooting experiments have with tho visit of Mr . ' Head Pacificator / ' Steele to Bow-street , an 4 his cock-and-bull story of a temperance orator , who is afterwards discovered to be a Chartist orator
We give the following from tho Times' Police Report of Monday , and we entreat our readers to ponder it well over : — " Bow-street . —After the night charges had been disposed of yesterday morning , Mr- T . Steele , accompanied by some members of the London Repeal Association , waited on Mr . Jardine , tho sitting magistrate , for the purpose of communioating a circumstance which came to his knowledge while presiding at a meeting held last night in the Bloomsbury district .
" He said , he considered it his imperative and solemn duty not to lose a moment in putting the Court in possession of information he had received at a reoent meeting of Repealers whose loyalty waa unshaken and in every particular opposed to violence . When the proceedings were about to terminate a jnember rose . and said he had just left another meeting which was held for a very different purpose , where ho heard a person make use of language
of a > most inflammatory nature . The expressions used were , that her Majesty should be mario away with . He immediately dissolved the meeting , and in consequence of what took place in St . James'spark , which every loyal subject must feel indignant at , he , as Chairman , considered it his duty to lay the matter before the constituted authorities . " ill . Jardine icquircd if the person was ia attendance who gave the intGlligenco at tha Repeal meeting I
" Mr . Steelo replied , that although he repeatedly solicited him to attend , he refused unless compelled by magisterial authority . " Mr . Jardine—In that caso I am at a loss how to act , for the subjeot comes to my knowledge second hand . " Mr . Sieele said , the individual alluded to was a tailor named Crow , and he assigned as a reason for not atttnding , that he waa engaged in finishing a coat ¦ which should be delivered at a certain time or he would disoblige his employer .
" A member of the meeting eaid Crow resided at 11 , Great Chapel-street , Soho , and a message sent from the Court would , no doubt , cause him to attend . The language was usid at an abstinence meeting held in Ship Yard , Temple Bar , and was to the effect that the Queen , the Bishops , and tho aristocracy should be made away with . On hearing of the circumstance from Crow he related it to Mr . Steele , and couid farther satisfy himself upon the subject on Thursday next , when another meeting will be held .
"Mr . iaceele said ho should consider it a derelicr tion of hi 3 duty , if ho neglected to lay tho facts of the case before the Court , and for this purpose came on Sunday , but finding it closed , went away . " Air . Jardine was willing to give him every credit for the prompt manner in which he had taken up the subject , and every attention should bo paid to the information be had given . " Mr . Steele—1 am a warden of the London Repealers , and iny object and that of every member of the body to which I belong , is ' to-. assist by every means in my power to preserve tho peace not only here , but also in mv na ; ive country .
"Mr . Jardine directed Inspec : or Medlicott , who was present during tho conversation , to send a constable to Crow , and lot him know hio attendance was immediately required . " Mr . Steele and his friends then thanked tne magistrate , and withdrew . " In the course of tho day Crow entered ilie court , and being taken into a , private room , Mr . Jardine had a short conversation with him . Ho repeated the account given by Mr . Stoule , and said the language was made use of at a Chartist meeting , but ho considered it merely such a tirade aa is usually made use of at their meetings , and that nothing of a threatening nature % vas intended against Her Majesty or any other person . Ho then jravo his address , and promised , should he be required at any futuro time , to pay every a : teation to iho orders of the Court . " .
isow this Mr . Thomas Steele is Mr . Damel O'Consell ' s * ' head pacificator" for Ireland . What in the name of paciucation is'he doiug in England now ? Why i : ; he not in Eniiis , seeking to protect the people against wholesale murder wid bmchery ? Are there no " pacific" relations to bo established in Galway I Is all Ireland so very tranquil—is there so perfect an nb ? er . eo of " all ' csusc for cora-¦ ¦ l aint in "ihe Green Islo" that tl \ c " Head pacificator" of that uu ' . iappv land has no caJl to his post ? Or has tho " pacificator" raised in hid patron ' s behalf so strong a commotion at home that he is gJad to escape in tho smoks and sutakovtr
hera out of harm ' s w&y , wlii . ' o tho dupes of his " pacificating" exertions as bein » shot , starved , and trampled on in his own country ? In any case it is a coincidence wort ' oy of explanation that Mr . "Head Pacificator" Steele should be in England just a : this juncture , when hia Services axe so eminently necessary in Ireland ; that ha should be in London en that precise day , when the third attempt , or mockery of an attempt , at Qu ; en shooting was aado ; that he sheuld , on that very eveaim ? , Sunday ey-i-iiin ^ , bo holding a Repoa . meeting in London ; and ihat ho should break . up his R < psal rjcainrr , and scampar off to Bow-street
with the ridiculoaa story ive havo just quoted—as evident a concoction as was ever " got up , " but quite a sufficient "pc-g , ' when taken in connection with the " regieidal ' attempt of tho morning , wherein to hang a list of grave fears of factious " rospactability , " from ragged Chartism and temperance , anu consequent ¦ " strong measures" for the " putting doTvn" of those dangerous associations-Tha whole thing is to us quita sufficiently cl-ar ; but wo have no doubt that if it suited their convenience , Mr . Damel O'Connkll and a few more of tho " Royal Loyal" Liberals could strip off all the seeming mystery which hangs about it ., and : tell us eimplv what it all meanB .
How singular , too , that this absurdly base and malevolent attack upon the Chartists and the Abstinence Societies should come now from Mr . Thos . Stkkle , a prominent member of the " Complete Suffrage Union , " and "head pacificator" of Mr . Daniel O'Conneix , the right-hand man and legal adviser of the Sturge men ' s oounoil , whose digest o f tho laws bearing upon political societies , cut so conspicuous a figure in the very last numbers
of the paper 3 devoted to the Complete Suffrage interest . This directing of public attention , and consequently of the attention of public functionaries , to the Iaw 3 against Political Associations , coupled with Master Dan ' s recent denunciation of the Rechabite and Temperance Societies as illegal , with the vagary of his " head pacificator" just related , and with the evidently forced connection of ihis " move" with the laj ;© Queen-shooting experiments ,
Untitled Article
are to us sufficient indications of a purpose on the part of the two factions unitedly to make another grand effort for the ' oyerthrow of that wide-spreading system of religions and political investigation which they perceive must , if suffered to go on , eventualiy overthrow them . Whenever the struggle may come , depend upon it the fi 6 era / s , the educationists—the " new movers" of all grades will be found the people's direst and bitterest enemies . We shall then know how to estimate the sincerity , and find out theuUimateobjeot , of the middle class tools , Who , while bawlingfor union , have so adroitly contrived to disunite us—at least as far as their power went . V / e shall then find out the real object of the £ > TtfRaE Conferenoe , and the Complete Suffrage Union , and all the other means made use of to break up the people ' s ranks . ;
As a farther evidence of the systematic efforts Of the middle class liberals to excite the suspicion , and draw the attention of Government towards the Chartist body * . we give the following clumsy fabrioation from the last number of the Weekly Chronicle , the paper of tho Honourable Member for Sheffield : — ; "A Plot piSGOVEnED . —We give the following letter verb , ellit . as it has reached .. us , and without a word of comment : —
"To the Editor ef the Weeklyi Chronicle . — : Sir : You will Be Burpri-jst when you read this Bat it is trouth . Ther is a society fotmeng throught the Kingdom for tho Purpus of Murdren all the Nbbelraen in one Night for the Purpeaa of Gaticg new govrment and Batter Laws they Nbumberd 102748 the tats qur thay think Be Radey By Cresmeas thear plan is to Divid in 30 to 50 and atack evr geattaien pleace Both town and Cuntray and kill bouth young and buld the way thay foreni a man befor hes mad mast eware that he will reyaie no sekret to none they go tho feald te mark evray man they never more 6 to Be thegether at time the way thay begine ask eume qustena at the Parson about the times and see what he thinks then thay tals him that tbar is a socltely format to do away with tbe govrment But he must give his outh that
he will not tall to non thay will not tack a man that Drinks for fear that he will tall on theam ther is a number of them that has sinaYl are . pistles about 8 inchs Long and Buuie Coinbustel that thay Lod it with and if it Brask the skin it is Dath Dear sir I am feard at them and that is the way that Liten you know of it thay sbpt a Dog the outhei Night with the are Pistol and it Did in the morng very swald as I am no ekolear I coldnot writ no Parson that 1 kuowe as I Bound ounder outh not to tal to non there is Dalekets from Difrents Parts of Englent bear now and thin and tals howe ther gaten on thfer is 2400 in London Llvrpuli 1370-Manchester 1924 G ! asguw 882 Aberdeen 706 Dundee 158 Eilnburgh 205 Luth C 5 I Dont remember aneynior at Present So do With this as you think Boat- ^ -I remean your And Steal . —Dundee th 22 June . "
If any Chartist oan read these two extracts , and fail to fiad in them evidence of a osuspiracy to fasten traitorous designs and schemes upon the Chartist body , we pity the obtuseness of his understandiiig . Let our friends , then , beware . Let the organization of our National Charter Association be rigorously adhered to ; let ho deviation from its rules be suffered to creep in , iu any part of the kingdom ; let all foolish and Violent language be carefully cxcludod from all our meetings , and from all our speeches ; let us have no empty threatenings ; give no encouragemont to big talkers ; and , above all , beware of strangere . We have good reason
to know that this is necessary . Spies are now actively engaged , travelling from place to place , insinuating themselves at Chartist meetings , whon they can got a hearing , and labouring to excite the passions of the people , that they may be able to go and report to their masters that "their treasonable speeohes are eagerly applauded- " Beware , we say . We know that men of this description are out . Let no lecturer be employed anywhere who does not produce his card of membership , and his credentials from the proper officers of the locality from which , he comes . Let all
public speakers be carefully attended to , and let the psople represa at once every tendency to rabid violence . There are fools as well as knaves abroad . There are men who , with the best feeling , and the greatest amount of sincerity , have an utter want of discretion ; and who will hazard any sort of language to procure applause . These men , however big may bo their talk , are always the first to flinch when danger comes . Let the people be steady . Our causo ' stands well ; let us not mar it . Straightforward adherence to principle , without violence , will lead us certainly into a position which shall defy tho ingenuity of faction , and ensure success .
Untitled Article
THE STAFFORD VICTIMS . The bloodhounds have been again laid upon the scent , and have again seized upon their quarrie . The arrows of Toryisnij . yet pointed a la Castlereagh and Sidmoulh against the heralds of true principle andrighteous policy , have stricken down one of our most talented and virtuous champions . There are Bhafts for all who will dare to plead our cause , if we do not immediately paralyze the arm that directs the weaponsJ
Mason , tho talented , patriotic Mason , is doomed to six months' imprisonment for addressing a meeting ; not for sedition—not for inflammatory language ; these wore not even alleged against him . Though he was committed foir riot , he waa oonvipted of the new-fangled constructive offence of * holding an unlawful meeting , " and with him seven other poor fellows , for the crime of attending the said unlawful meeting . They are severally sentenced to imprisonment in Stafford Gaol ; Mason for six months , two of the others for four months , two for three , and three for two months each .
The facts of thia case are fresh in the recollection of our readers . Somo time ago Mr . Mason , in his capacity of Chartist lecturer , was instructed by a delegate me : ting to visit Sedgley , a little Toryrridden village , the petty autliorities of which had insolently and illegally threatened to arrest the first Chartist who should dare to visit that town . On learning this , Mason , like a brave and honest fellow , replied at once that if he had no other inducement , tho fulminatibn of this illegal threat was quite sufficient to fetch him to Sedgley . To Sedgley therefore , ho went , and a goodly number of poor people assembled to hear tho truths of Chartism
explained and proved . There was neither riot nor disturbance , till -aruffian constable broke the peace by assaulting Mason * , and dragging away the bench on which he stoad from under him . Mason remaiiied on the ground a considerable time afterwards , to allow the constables an opportunity of arrestins him if they -thoii ' Rht- fit . They did not think fit to do so . Mason brought up the constable for the assault ; and the magistrates , by way of evincing their regai-dfor the constitutional liberty of tfeo subject , committed him and bqvqw others for riot , of which the issue is as wo have above stated . Our informant tells
us that on Thursday , the 30 th a person in tho capacity of a spy waBsehf to sound Mason about his giving up his defence and employing counsel instead ; to which Mason ropliqd , when informed by the person that he was employed for the purpose of ascErtaining whether he would do so or not , "That he would sooner rot in a dungeon than abandon con-&uct ' mg bis own defe « ce . "
On Friday eyeningi after being kept in anxiOUS Buspense all day expecting their trial to be brought on , a proposition was sent to them , to the effeofc , that the prosecutora were willing to abandon the case against the seven men on their entering into their < m& reoognizances t » keep , the ^^ peace , leaving Mason to answer for the JMtiKOB Offknce , at the same time hot mentioning what this " minor offence 1 'was . On this communication being re ^ ceived , steps were taken to assemble the inen
together , to ascertaiii . what ^ Waa to be done . On th © question being put to themV the following magnanimous reply was agreed to : —• ' Thai they Would accept the proposed terms if Mason was inclu i > i ' j > with them , but if the prosecutora would not a £ ree to Mason ' s being included , they would all go p }> ^ arid sink orsicim tpgether . " The prosecutOKi would not agreeto this , and thei trial ^^ caimeonthe nezt morning ; Mr . Mason defending himself , anA Mr . -AiLw and a Jmiior C ^ ua 6 ? ldefeud , ip ^ tli © © ther prisoners .
Untitled Article
Beaman , the brutal constable , was the principal withess for thei prosecution . He admitted , on crossexamination , that the meeting was peaceable until he pulled the benoh , on whiph Mason stood to Bpeak , from under him \ ^ that he > did not ask Mason to come down , nor did he attempt to arrest him before ha tilted him off the bench ; proving therefore that he created the Ti 6 t , 'V He said also ^ that he would arrest any one / again that attempted to hold another meeting in Sadgeley , b& it LEGAL or iLLEGAL ^ When . ' . all ; the evidenoo had been given , and the cases were concluded , the Chairman left the court AND WAS FOLLOWED BY
TWO OF THE JURYMEN ( intoananhchamber , it was supposed to decide on the verdict J be it as it mayi the chairman and one of the jortmen " njETUENKD INTO THE COURT TOGETHER AGAIN ! . !! This is the strangest fact we ever read of ; but it is a fact positively stated to us by our reporter , on whose veracity we rely . — The Chairman then commenced f summing up" the evidence , and the Jury having retired for a few moments , returned a verdict of " Guilty ' - against John Mason for holding an unlawful meeting , and against the others for attending an unlawful meeting and riot . ;
The Chairman , previous to passing sentence oh the prisoners , complimented Beaman , and told him he should be'" rewarded . " He then sentenced them as follows : —John Mason to six months in the common gaol , " as h « was the ringleader ; he should make an example ot him , as they were de « termined to put down the holding of suoh meetings . " !!! Job Smith , four months ; John Jonesi four months ; Edward Richards , and : Samuel Hansom , three months ; Thos . Casweli ,, Wm ^ Morris , and Wm . Casweix , for two months eaoh : l ' [¦ ¦ • : ' .. ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' " - ' ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ; - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - ¦ '¦' . ¦ ' ¦ " . "' ¦ '
The prisoners are allowed to find their own provisions , and as yet have been allowed visitors , and pens , ink , and paper . By this proaeoution , there are twenty-seven persona cast upon the public for support , or left to starve ; namely , eight prisoners , fourteen children , four wives , and an aged widow , mother of one of the prisoners . When the liberty of speech , the only remaining privilege we have , is menaced , will the people be apathetic 1 When violence , without a cause , is done to our heralds , while proclaiming the principles of universal political equality , dare they to be listless ?
We know too well that poverty , like the king of terrors , is making fearful havoo , and that we are unable to meet all the appeals that aro at present being made . But this subject must be taken into consideration . If we make no provision for tho yiotims or their families , then hate the enemies of our liberties achieved an easy , but not the less complete triumph . To make provision for the victims of the present roign of terror , who are or may be suff erers in the cause , we respectfully submit the folio wing mode of meeting every emergency , viz .: —That as there are about four hundred and sixty local bodies of Chartists , each locality pay sixpence Weekly , which
would amount to the sum of £ 11 10 s . and that the family of each victim receiva the sum of v " say ten shillings per week , or in accordance with th « number and other circumstances of the families respectively , Somo may of course pay more , but we would suggest that no locality pay less . This mode will require no new machinery to make it oporate , as thero is a Victim Fund Committee existing in Manchester , appointed by the Chartists at large , whose sterling honesty and assiduous attention to their onerous duties have fully justified the confidence reposed in them . The money may be forwarded monthly by districts of associations in the same order .
This would be a mode , if adopted , of effectually stemming the coming torrent of persecution , as Well as affording a guarantee to those who have the moral courage to advocate our cause , through good and bad report , that their families will not literally starve , although they themselves may languish in dungeons—martyrs to the sacred cause of liberty . There ha 3 been a local committee appointed for this case , of which Mr . Samuel Cook , drapar . High-street , Dudley , is Treasurer , to whom the South Staffordshire delegates direct that all rfronies intended for the relief of these victims should be sont . Ours is merely a more general suggestion . It is for the people to say what precise plan they will adopt , but somehow we do hope that provision will be made , and at once . ^^ f ^ t ^ -. ^ . ^ J j . ' jfc ^^^^^^^^ K ^^^ m ^» »• Ji — ¦! a ~ a . a ¦¦
Untitled Article
HORRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF THE EXILED PATRIOT , JOHN FROST . The following extract from a letter we have had handed to us , addressed to a person residing in Sheffield , from a relative at present in Van Dieman's Land . The letter is dated Pprt Arthur , December 14 th , 1841 . We omit the names of the persons sending and receiving the letter for prudential
reasons : — — - "Fkost , Williams , and Jones are in this settlement . Frost has been sent to Hobart Town , to stand a trial respecting some letters he sent to England , which were published in the newspapers , and got to the ears of the Government , so he has been sent to this settlement to hard labour . He has dohe a great deal of harm to himself , as he was very well off before , being employed as a clerk in the Commissariat ' s o Ece . but now he will be at har dlabour for some time to come , and every one that is convicted here of any offoaco , must do his probationthat is , go to hard labour in chains for at least two years . They may got a ticket of leave , but if they
leave themselves , they are sent back again to Port Arthur in chains , it may be for seven or fourteen years , or even for life . Thus a man may be transported for seven years from England , but he may have to serve three sevens more before he has done , if he does not behave himself . There are a great many runaways , but they are all brought back ; and if they steal anything they are sure to be hanged . There is about eighteen hundred convicts here , and they are kept so much under that one man may take them one by one and flog every man of them . There are some of the greatest villains here that ever England produced , but here they aro as tame as sheep . " ' ¦ ¦ ' ' ' ' ; . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ '
Wo have another letter ; from llyde , Isle of Wight , confirming the statement . Englishmen ! what think you of thisX What think you of the Welch patriots , doomed to exist . for the remainder of their lives amongst '' the greatest villains that ever England produced" ? What think you of the virtuous John Frost working in chains ? Do not your veins run fire , your breasts heave , and your hearts swell with indigna-tion , as you picture to yourselves his unmerited sufferings ? But What will you do ! Petition ? ¦
Memorialize ? No I No ! You may petition till the crack of doom ere you will , restore these martyrs to their homes . What should you do then ? Get the Charter ! Only when your Charter is law can you hope for the restoration of the exiles . Rally , then , round the banner of the National Charter Association { put yourselves in a position ' to wrest from your oppressors your rights , which haviag won , you may then ( but never till then ) obtain tho return of the patriots upon whose limbs are now clankiug the fottera of bondage and the clams o £ slavery .
Untitled Article
N . G ., Sheffield ^—There « no distinction of prin ciple between the Chartists who meet at the Political Institute and those who meet oiFigtree ^ lane ; just as there is ne difference as to principle between : the Chartists who live at Sheffield and those who live'Jin London , Many . things may tend to make it Convenient , or even necessary ^ for . them , to have two meeting rooms . / ; Their number may be . too great for-one room ; proximity of residence may have something to do with it ; and ., it may be , and in ; fact we fear is , the case } that personal dislikes may also have something to da . with it . The fact of a man ' s being a Chartist does
not rid him of the infirmities of human nature -: there are many persons who hold the same public principles , but yet dislike each other , and cannot meet comfortably together . We regret to see this spirit manifestedamonpChdriisls , but see nomeans qf preventing it ' s occasionally appearing as Wlltl in that as in all ether puhlic bodies . If the Chariists of Figtree-lane and those of the Political Institute cannot agree to meet together , or find it inconvenient to meet together , there can be no reason why they : should not meet in separate rooms . We can give N . C . no advice about which
of these two bodies to associate with . He must make his own choice ; and probably the reasons we have given above why it may be necessary for them to have different rooms will be quite suffi * . ¦ ' ¦ cient to direct him in that choice . •> Gkoss Brutality ,.- —Thefollowing ' statement has been handed ts our Sheffield correspondent by a ve ? y worthy and respectable member of the Association , brother to the deceased , whose barbarous treatment forms the subject of complaint therein It places the ruthless character of the parties » mplicated in a light too strong for comment ' . —
"A circumstance , marked with atrocity that has seldom been equalled in this neighbourhood ; occurred a few weeks ago . A young man , nineteen years of age , ... apprentice to a file-cutter , near Sheffield , after serving his master for six years , during which time ¦ '" ¦¦ he experienced much ungenerous treatment ,- —albeit he was a well-conducted and orderly lad , —was at length seized with an illness , whieh tcrinlflated ia death on Friday , May 27 th . The body , after a
post mortem examination , was removed thence to his master ' a house , for interment . On Saridajr morning , the bereaved father aid two brorthera of the deceased went to se 9 the corpse , and to make the necessary arrangements for its inter ment , when the master refused them , —and well he might , as the sequel ¦ will show , —and on their persisting ^ they found the body in a coarse shell , much inferior to our parish ceffins , and which the first handful of clay would have split , —not in hia master ' s house , aa it should have been , but on the floor of an empty , house bard by , —not decently arranged for its long : repose , but in a complete Btate » f nudity , boxed tip like a very brute by hia
unfeeling , heard-hearted master . Picture the anguish of the father and two brothers at this harrowing sight ! They were led to expect foul play , from the man ' s previous conduct to the lad , but ¦ were not prepared for so ruthless an exposure . The body would certainly have been consigned to the dust in this unnatural state had it not been for their timely and justifiable interference . No ! palliatioii can be urged , for this trsbly inhuman conduct ; as from being himself a father , aud in competent circumstances , the dictates of humanity should have prescribed the performance Of the customary rites due to the remains of a fellow human being . It calls for the utmost reprehension of every humane person . " ¦ , ¦ ¦'•> . ' . ¦
Spectator writes to assure us of his confidence , and says , that in the village where he resides , to such a pass have things corne , that they don ' t even dare to meet , but get out into the fields , and there talk witheach other on the glorious truths and hopeful aspect of Chartism . Our correspondent says thai he is so closely watched as to be under the necessity of travelling several miles tp post his letter , lest Us passing through ike post-house of ¦ his own village might betray him to the hounds of faction . Godhelp the country I what will it come ' ¦ to ? . ' ¦ ' ¦" ... .: ' ¦ : . : ¦ -: " . : '¦'¦ ' ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ " . -. . ¦ ' ¦ : ¦ ¦ , ¦ ' Todmorden . —TTc have nol space for the report of the retiring council . The practice once begun , we should have like reports from every local council through the kingdom , which it would be utterly impossible to insert . "Addhess to thk Starving Miluoxs' * shall
qp-. pear . ¦ -:-. .- .. - .- ' - ' - ¦ :. ¦ - ¦ .. ¦ - : - .. - . W . VY . Newpobt , Fifeshibe . —We advise him by allmeans , ifM hasnot ' --a fam ^ for throat cutting , to keep away from Buenos 4 yres . We believe the war still rages . We do not think the ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ climate at all likely for a Scotchman . We think there is little work at anything but throat ¦ cutting . ' -: . ¦ ' ¦ ' -. ' - : '¦ " : : ¦ •• '•¦¦; - , V ¦¦ ' . .. ' ' ; ¦ ¦' ; ... ' . Cheltenham O'Connqb Dismonstkation ¦ shall-, dp-* pedr ; but we m ^ usi have the whole before we can publish any of it . WlIXIAIM CRABTREE , STAiTBRIDGB .- ^ -Fre Cannot O ? l « ' steer his question satisfactorily : we believe that there is no general law upon the subject , and the usage varies in different places .
A Pupil . —Our time is now btherwtse occupied than in solving grammatical difficulties , ¦ Charles Logan , Abeiideen . —Thanks to our warm ' hearted kind friend ! , we trust always to deserve and havemany such . ••¦ r . " Hugh FishebV North Moiton . —1 F (? don't know . James Yovm . — 'The Lines to the Council on both sidesof the Wear have been received . Sharp , Blacksmith . —No . ; ' ; All . Communications for the Chartists of Lancaster must be addressed Henry Fallows , No * 28 , Brewery yard , Lancaster . More Middle-class SYMPATHr fob the Poor . — We give the following revolting detail just as it redchedus : — / .
" Mb . Editob , — -I am desirous , through the medium * of the' Star , ta draw the attention of the public to a most revolting affair , which was transacted in the toTira of Willenhall , near Bilston , on Wednesday last . A man , by riamO Josepn ^ ^ Farmer , a day iabourer , died , after being afflicted with the - dropsy . A coffin was procured from the Union bastile ; but to get the poor fellow ' s last remains within the coffin , his neck waa broken , and some part of his body was bursted ; ao that in carrying him along , the end of the coffin gave way , and his : beadhungdownvthesiaes also gateway in tbe stieetii and they were obliged to get a cord to tie up the
coffin iiutil they could get to the church-yard , thinking to bary him in that way ; but theBev Mr . Fisher dispatched a letter to the official , and insisted upon another coffin being made , and the j > oor fellow was interred at nine O'clock that night The same Evening , a poor man geVa coffin from ths same place to bury his child ; but , after Biqueezing the face and other parts of the child , to get the lid down , it also was obliged to be taken to have a rim put around it before ' the child could be interred . These are facts , and deserve a lash from you . Linney , the lecturer , and myself , went on purpose to get the truth . " John Jones .
Bilston , July 4 , 1 B 42 . " S . Holmes — The price of the Scottish Chartist Cir" cular is a halfpenny . We believe it may be had ¦ from most of the Chartist nem-dgentsin England . ' . ¦ "¦¦' . "'" ¦ - . '¦ . ; . ' ; ' . '" . : ¦' : ¦ .:. : '; . - ¦/' - ¦¦ : . ¦' Edinburgh . —We have received a letter , bearing . the names of six persons who dissent from our comment in last week's Star iipon the meeting of shopkeepers at Leeds . We regret that there should be any difference of opinion between us and any of our : readers ; but as we think it prOr bable that : differences of opinion alveays will
exist , theonly thing we can do is to accord perfect - freedom to our six friends to hold their opinion without'molestation , and to claimfrom them a like indulgence in return . Will Mb ^ John Watkins forward Ms address to Edward Hurley , of \ % Bitton-street , Layortharpe , York , ashe has a letter for him with the Nottingham post-mark on . _ - Middle-class Honesty and Sympathy .--- —The rogueries of those who live upon the robbery of labour are so multifarious that it is almost a hopeless task to detect half of them . A Corthis
respondent who has suffered writes week to [ inform m . of'a system of tiuckery carrtea on at a print works near Blackburn , in when tt seems that the foreman , a few years since . _ com * menced "badgering" that is , keeping a hucfe- > stefs shop . The men- are not -compelled to purchase their provisions at this shop ; but as many as omit to do so are duly punished byoemg kept at inferior kinds of work j and but insnfflT ciently supplied , frequently having to " wait"Jot days , and sometimes fdr weeks together , while tlwse of the workmen who are < \ uptoit take care to be always , in arrears at the shop , and thus _ to insure for themselves a full supply qftne oest
. .: paying jobs . V Mb . : RuFFEY RiDLET . ~ 2 % e foUowing has been handed to t < s , with a request for its insertion : — " Publio Notice to ChartlM—Ceitiacate given to Kafi ^ Ridley by the Executive . —The beater , RuffyBidley , from his long standing in thefranks of democracy , and unflinching political integrity , is deemed alts and proper person to extend the National Charter / Association :, ; t 6 . placeswhere it does not exist , ana to add to its numbers where it does . .: ' -v > tt : ¦ ¦/» • ¦ > ; : ¦ '¦'" ¦? John CAHPBEi . L , Gen . pet The Friends op the Cause vflia wisA , ondha ve . f ^
been able to procure , the Star , in tho Eastern Division of Surrey , ' are informed that Mr . F . Paveif , news agent ,- of London-street , Kingston-vpoh-Thame ^ undertake to supply them at their own resiaevm . Kingston , ' - \ $ ^ : I > t ifai : H ( m ,: 4 < Mcm . y 1 to ^ Mcisey , Hampton , andthe surrowding villages . ) Thomas Hillieb , r CaiLybrton , will greatly oblige «»« and secure more attention to his comm unications if he will attend to our oft-repeated iequest-y * write on one side of his paper only . , ) A . C . A . —We have no room , ' !• Bei ^ i abb M'C / AiasEf . T-Recewt d , too late / or ww week . ¦ ' . ^ : . ¦¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ : ¦' /¦¦ :: ¦ ' . "¦ ¦ ¦ ' ., . "¦ .. . ¦ ¦ - :-.- ¦ ¦
Untitled Article
HOUSE OF LORDS , Tuesday , July 5 . The New Tariff Bill tame on for second reading , which was moved by The Earl of KiPeN , who eocf ended that this revision oJ our Customs' Daties was essential to the welfare cf the country , and that it ¦ would benefit the cGsnnunity without ir-juring individual interests . He dwelt on various portions of the rev tariff , especially on the removal ot the prohibition on tb . e importation of foreign cattle , Trbich , he contended , could not , by any possibility , injure the home grzziex . Eaii sta > -hofe opposed tae BUI , attacking UietariS both in its principles and its aetaila , and moving tiut 2 he Bill be read that day six months .
Tbe Duke of Richmond supported the amendment . He expressed his fears for the effects of tbe Bill , in leading to the abstraction of capital from f ^ ricultarsl pursuits . If the Government had consulted the welfare of the agriculturalist they -would have permitted the importation of cattle by weight instead Gf by head . For hia own psrt he was coi prepared to go bo far in following up the principles of free trade ; for the English agriculturalist , v ? ith hia present load of taxation , could not compete vrith tlie foreigner . He was also fearful that tha Bill v ? ould lsad to further changes . The ilaiquis of Claxb . icab . de expressed his hope that the Bill would lead to farther and greater ch&rgvB . Tie greatest dcieet of the present Bill consisted in the fact that it not only maintained existing but created new differential duties . The Ejirl cf 2 > Iocs tcashel expressed his regret that measures fenHirij opposed bj Xoble Lords en his side of the Hensa sbonia now ba sapported by them .
Lord SIosteagle supported tbe Bill , thengb . tho speeeh of the Earl of Rjpjn v . \ a calculated to : lead to the belisf tiat lirtla or do t ; Dc £ t -sronia resalt from It-He considertd thii Sir Robert Peel had laid do vm the principles cf free trade La the broadest manner ia bringing forward tins measure ; and expressed a hope that these principles would ts applied more extensively than Jjy the present Bill . He expressed doubts as to the policy of the duty Gn the exportation of coal , vrkich Would not t 3 ad to coaciiiate foreign countries , or induce them to adopt a more liberal policy with this country . Af : er some observatisns fcm Lord Colchester and from the Earl of Ripon in reply , tha House di-Tified , when there appeared—For Eirl Stanhope ' s amendment ... 4 Against it 59 The Bill was then read a second time .
Untitled Article
> ue yu » . a jpYompion ana appeal to their brethre ' a throughout the kingdom on behalf of this honest und good man . The once strong and healthy Bror ^ s is becoming fast emaciated , and most shortly be the victim of a prison , unless rescued from it by the votaries of the cause for which he soffera . V The Committee ^ cannot think this will be perm ^ ttedi He ha s the privilege of maintaiainff
himjrelf ; but that privilege ia useless to him without « r . a means . Lot it be remembered that a Clayton and a Holbexry have been already sacrificed , and let not Brook be added to the number for the paltry trifle itnat xa&y be required to find him food . - The Committee will publish a monthly balance sheet , for the satisfaction of Bubscribers . They request L that all monies may be sent to Mr . Isaac Wilson , weaver , Brompton , near Northallorton . They thus leave the case in the hands of their Chartist brethren , and trust that their appeal wiU not be fruitless .
Itifc\ Taraihfrs Artitr Otom^Oittwn^I
itifc \ taraiHfrs artitr OTom ^ oittwn ^ i
Untitled Article
4 " ¦ T HEN OR THE EN STAR . __ . . .. ¦ ; :: ;¦ ¦ ¦•¦ : " . ... -, ., ^ r ^^ l ^ i ; . ' - - ^
Riiibiui Xiortnauertou Brook, The Northallerton Victim . The Committee Ar/Pointod By A Public Meeting Of
riiiBiui xiortnauertou BROOK , THE NORTHALLERTON VICTIM . The Committee ar / pointod by a public meeting of
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct896/page/4/
-