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    • ANOTHER VICTIM TO THE FJELL MONSTER.
    • dT<j ZSeetoev$ arm Corrcisponuent^
    • . THE iXOUTHEUN 8TAU. SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1342. STATE OF THE WORKING PEOPLE. NECESSITY FOR CAUTION AND PRUDENCE.
    • TftE NEW EXECUTIVE.
    • THE VOTING FOR THE NEW EXECUTIVE
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      SHEPF 1 EU ) . GREAT PUBLIC MEETING IN PARADISE SQUARE . In tbe course of last -week a requisition , respectably signed , -sr ^ s presented to the Master Cutler , requesting him to convene a meeting of the inhabitants of Si £ f £ fc : d , for tbe purpose of remonitrsting -with the Ecu « e cf Gammons upon its rejection of the prayer of the rational Petition , and for the purpose of memor : al : z ' :: 5 ifcs Quern to dissolve the Parliament , to dismiss hzi prese-t Mii-ist-ars , aud to call to her councils men -sfco trill make the People ' s Charter a cabinet measiri ? - Tce ilnster Cutler having declined to call the meeting , tie requisitionisis proceeded to do bo themsel-res . Tbe mect'ra -was fixed for twelve o ' clock on Monday Is't . snd s .-ms time before that hour seme hundreds Bg « J assembled in Paracis-3 Sauare .

      Mr . Biirsto-s had been invited , and -was met at the railway rts-ion by a considerable body of the forking men , -with banTnrs , &c , by ¦ whom he was loudly ilKsreo ; in t > e mean ti : aa the Square continned filing , ir . d by one o ' cioefc . at which hour business commenced , mco : ite roost numerous meetings tre have seen in SiiiSUlil had assembled to g ;? e thtir sanction to the important 'documents left for the cpprovnl of the people by the late Convention . On ths mot ' . on of Mr . Harney , seconded by Mr . Ciajt ^ n , Mr . Jchr . K'llv -was cal ' td to the chair . The Chairnjas rend the pin card calling tie meeting , &n- ' after few observations called upon Mr . Harrier .

      Mr . Harrey said he had great pleasure m appearing before so large a meeting to propose for aJ ^ ption the rcinr-nstranee allu Vi to in ths bills calling the meeting . 1 > -Ir . H . LsieTcaA the xemonstnJEce , which iris unnecessary to inser : } . Tw rcmosiiracce stated first , " that Lfce people of this c-uutry Were suffering destitution and misery to an extent almost hitherto unknown . " This "was now too notorious to be denied by TV big or Tory . The ncwsprptis , day after any , -week after week , gave the oiobt n .-rrovring accounts of the misery of the- people throughout Esgland , JrJand , and Scotland . ' Famine &tr . lkc > 3 abroad , &tir ? aiion howled its agenies , and blacX despair tversprcad the land . Tsoughin Sheffield tcej h :.-i lot as 5 el tiociitectd distress to the tame

      fearful extent tbe ps-iyle cf other districts had , Btill if a change came not speedily , the lot of the men of Leicester ^ ould assuredly be the lot of the people of Sheffield— ihsar , hear ) . Hundreds upon hundreds were subsisting upon parish rdit-f , and many a child cried for braad . zvd thfra was no uai to administer toits -ss-ants . Strange it ^ as , but y = t most rrue , that while the middle classes were fast basttning to tlie same ruin as had already overtaken tbe working c ! ass « 3 , still they obttinattly acii -wic&titly held aloof and -would not ja : n thepsople in thvir struggle for justice . A meeting of the Manchtster shopkeepers had lately been held , at ¦ w hich roe-rtiaj one and ail bad dec-Lired either that they ¦ vfert ilreadv mined or vrere fast hastcnine to

      destruction ; and though the Sheffield shopocracy had not lustde this opes cjnftsiion , yet he knew that hundreds of them ¦ We re in the same situation as the Mar . chestir shopkeepers . Yet were they at that meeting ? Were there fifty in tLa * meeting ? Were there Iventy ? ' He doubted if there -we e tin—only tin , to save their order from the we : ! merited infamy which "was attached to them , for their opposition to the just rights of the people ; thongh the present system . w : is-rnining them , Etiii they "would support tbe aristocracy against the people shear , hear . ) D . i not this piove ih ± \ much as they prtteided to liberality of sentiment , that they , nevertheless , luted nothing so much as thai the toiling classes should be tlaccd" on political tqua'itv with

      themselves—preferring tie rale of the devil himself to the rule of tha i&EJ : > :-i ; y—the Euvcrcign dems > cracy ? ( cheers , j This ) emonstrance resiinded the Hoase of Commons that three times had the people petitioned that House , and three times their prayer had been iBiultingly if } - 'CteiL Three millions and & half of the peaple of this country petitioned only for a hearing at the * bar cf the House , and not content "with denying thai which was prayed for , the Honourable Members must needs shower calumny , falsehood and slander tipsn such an immense body of their countrymen ; charging upon them that they meditated the destruction of property , tad the producing cf a state of anarchy and spoliation . Such were tha lyin ? calumnies cf ilr . Bob Macaul » y .

      His " E . courable Friend . " as tha . gentlemen of the Westminster tax-trap Kcull say , his Honenrable Friend , Mr . Biirs : ow , had just corrected him , it was not B . 'b , b ^ t Tom Macauiay ; well , the meeting ¦ would excuse him . ? s o wonder tist he confounded csmas wbea there "was so liiti © - diffsreaca befcwetn the liberal Tom 3 Jscauley and Sir Eiiding-scale lippary B > b , tf Tamworth . Of the two factions it wight indeed be said Tfiih strict truth and propriety , ** tau-ta-ra-ra rogues aT '—ilond cheers . ) He indigcaativ <' . em « d that roch "were the cr-jrtU contemplated fcy the pec-p ; a , on the contrarv it was the t ^ aducers of the people tsemselvts who ¦ were ti >« spoiiatora and plunderers— : lond cheers ) Tfie fault of the people was cot that they ware prone to vi ^ ience , or did not UsemselTes respect the propaity of otbers ; no , their

      fad : -was that tb * y were nat suScitntly ready to prot £ az themselves from violence , acd their own property from the spoliatioa of the ¦ weaUhy—¦; cheers . ) The men -who Toted for this remonstrence "would piedithemeelves to take such steps to remedy their condition S 3 the present circumstances of the country required ; be trusted they would not idly pledge themselves to this , bat having do ^ e eo would sho w their sincerity Mid prove their honesty by unjtin- under the cause of the Xstioual Charter Association , and theieby prove to the Governmeiifc that the demand for th-j Charter wis not made by a few demagogues , but by a people irresistable in their numbers , mighty ix their nnign , determinf « i not t-o Eubmit through f ctnre ages as they have done through past to the oppression of the few , and the tyranny of those who trampled alike upon the laws of nature and of nature ' s God .

      Mr . Edwin Gill s&conded the adoption of the remoast anca—in so doing he ceuW not help stating his conviction that in all probability the fate of this remonstrance -would be toat of the nntional petition . ( Hear Bat knowing thai this - was tho only meaas left of peacefully and const : tutionaliy prottsstln . e against the tyranny of ths Parliament , be touk upon himself with pleasure the task if seconding it , belitviDg that i « s adoption wou'd tend to open the eyes " of the people more aad more to the viilany of their ruiers . No man could have read the debates cf the present session without feeling the utmost disgust and cc-ntf-mpt f-jr the

      " honaurable members" es they were cillei . Hardly one among them could , or durst take the test proposed by . Mr Panc-jinbe , declaratory that they ha 4 noteaiced their seats by bribery and corruption . It was for the people to say ho-w much longer they -would allow them-R-lve ? to be plundered and trampied upon by those their lu : s-rei > rfcS 2 ntritivt . E—he ardently hoped that those to ¦ whom be had the honour to address hitustlf , would swell ih 1 .: ranks of oixnti 2 id CbaitLsm . asd thas-rendtr ifnc < ent aid to their brethren stmes ^ ing for the establi .-hrnc-ni of tbe rights and liberties of all . i ! Jjf ^ ri . ) Ths remonstrance "was then a-dorteci unaniniousr .

      Mr . Parkts moved the adoptun of tbe memor ; uJ to tbfe Q'Jten- The last time he hr-d had the liononr of addressing the men cf Shtf 3 ± ld he remembc-rtd that on that occasion they "were countenanced by the reporters cf the He'ciuy , the Independent , and -the- Jris ; . but these gentlemen TPere no sbeie to be sees in the prese ^ t meeting . How -was tbisi' It was " becsise 'Ae fcciions , for tbe Coing of whose dirty Wurk these qtil ! - dr ivers were employed , were opuosed to the righteous claiuis ( ft tbe people—ihear , Lear . ) Mr . P . irkes thtn rea » I the intuj' -rial , and having done so , observed—We live in mc ^ s : txtraordlnary times—ti ^ es in "which 2 s sen excess of wealth and prodigality en the one hand , and escvss of psverty and degradation on tbe other ; tbe fu .-iner tie lot ol the Idle fsw , the latt-r tee fate of the toi ' . ing many . This anomsly can only be accounted fcr by the fact that the few have usurped all tLe t » w * r cf the itate , and by class legislation have baiU

      tip their own a ;« andisement en tfce ruii ! and misery of their f-How-creatures—cheers ) . This memorial states that three times tbe pr > pleh- » Yi > petitioned f .. rjussic « , acd taeh tir-: e tfceir petitions have been treated -with scorn and contempt . iCow the ptopla would apptal to tbe monarch : hs fcoied . . for the peace cf society and the happiness of all cla " -s-s , that tie aj-peal- vr-i ' -ild not be ni&ce in vain , thsu ^ h he ce nfesswi hr ha'l l . tU-.-b <> pe of sntCMJ in thst qaarter . If 4 . hey ' - ^ e : e desir ^ ua of re-mainiRZ slaves—if they would not 11-ke an tS ' to r-dtem thtruf' -lves and ih-.-ir children frun ? bondage , tfctn lrt them vote against the memorial ; r-at-jf ttey wouid snap the galling links ¦ wb . ' . ch bouni thun , and lir-nibibte for ev-. r ths odiou 3 distinction of f-e tyraLt few iud tfce tns ^ Tid miny , they wcn'ii give iteir seppo-t t'j the- ' incHioiial , acd tell tte in . iEa . rth that it wa > iastice they -wanted , and justice they would hive —( cbc- ' rsi .

      " Mr . Luilam , a veteran in the cause , seconded the iJtniorial , which vras adopted una-. iiuously . Tc » weather had been most unfavoms . ' Je all the EDsnin ; . thongh ouiicg the prcctedings tf the Hi-.-eting the rain had hitaerto kept off , bat just before th « ccaiclnrfuii of Mr . Win . Paries' address , it began to -dcsctEii , a-d -was falling heavy "when the CiJainnan introduced ilr . Biiistow , -who was received "with lourf and repeated cheers . Mr . Bairetow siid , that having travelled the whole of a sleepless night , having jsst left the bedside of a sick wife , and being not only much fatigued , but also labouring under sore depression of j-piriu , he -waa . Bure the meetitg would cot be so unreasonabla as to expect from him a lengthy speech upon the present occasion Having had £ he honour to eit in the late Convention , and having had while in the metrooolis the

      opportunity of nesting the debates in tbe "House of jCommocjs upon the two most important motions of the present , or indeed any past session , he could Bpeak a little as to the canduc ; and arguments ef the ' Ho-¦ nomatleMtnsbera . " Seai , b&ar . ; 'In-Srst of these debates was on 31 r . Sh . tr . Tian Crawford's motion ; the second -tras on the prasentation of the great National Pctiiion . O ; course k was in the Jat' . er dtbate he felt the moft interest . Upon the occasion of Mr . Doncombe ' 8 motion , he p-ttecded to hear -whti -would be tte reasons that VFonld be EUTanced for "witlhoi ding from the people their- inalienable rights . And what did be bear ? Wby , ona Honourable ilember dtctaring that the adoption cf tbe principles of Chartism wi uld be the prelude to one wide-spread scene of rapine , plunder , anarchy , bloodshed , and mtrder ; to ¦ which , ihs bloodiest and mQEtim d ttty . -W&ws-would

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      ba preferable . Another declared that the triumph of the principles of democracy could only lead to the destruction of civilization and the pluDging of the conntry into a state of midnight barbarism and brutal savagery ; Buch wera the sapient arguments of the collective wisdom . But , vile though the calnmnies of these men "were , still they played an honest part compared -with the part played by some of the traitorous " shoyboys" who professed to be the friends of the people ; from all sucb friendBGod safe the people—( loud cheers ) Of all the men -who strove to damage the cause of the people , and to throw odium and discredit upon the principles and objects of the Chartist body , Roebuck ¦ was the -worst ; his condnct was foul and tre ^ cherona in the extreme . How dare he denounce the authors of the National Petition as being " cowardly and malignant

      demasocucs ? " He -was himself a cowardly and malignant fellow for makinesuch a charge , and then retreating from the responsibility of slandering h ' s superiors —( cheers ) . All the arguments of Peel and Russell were drawn from the speech of R ^ buck , It was such men as these th ; : t the people had good cause to stand most in dread of—hypocrites , "who -wore the cloak of patriotism only that under its folds they might conceal the poisoned dagger with which to assassinate liberty , the bright goddess of our adoration—( loud cheers ) . The rain for some time bad been frlling in torrents , yet the people stood it well ; at length himself wet to the skin , Mr . Bairstow gave tbe signal for retrcatine , and an adjournment to the Association Toom in Fig Tree-lane , took place . Hera not a tithe of the meeting could gain admission : these who were first , speedily crammed the

      room . Mr . G . J . Harney lectured on Sunday evening , in tbe rosin , Fig Tree-lane i the unpropitious state of the weather preventing the holding of the out-door meetings announced in Jast SaturJa > ' s Siar .

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      Evert week adds to the horrible destitution endured by the producers of the nation's -wealth 1 Evidence of this meets tho eye and ear at every

      turu . Whole districts aro enduring the torment ? and horrors of hunger and starvation ! The griping system of taxation , with its concomitant , the unrestrained and unregulated use of machinery , have done their work ! The one has stripped the homestead of the labourer of the property he ha 4 ; the other has taken out of his hands the power of accumulating more !

      To raise the £ GO , 000 3 000 a-year , necessary for the maintenance of the hordes of pensioners , sinecurists , dead-weight ratn , and the salaried Officers of State ; necessary for the payment of the interest of the National Debt , and for the keeping up of the army to force the taxe 3 out of the people ; necessary to maintain an extravagant Covbt : to raite the , £ 60 , 000 , 00 a-year , necessary for the support of these thing ? , every means that earth and hell could devise have been employed . The consequences " have been , that property has been silently , but surely , transferred from one possessor to another ; that tho middling classes have been reduced to beggary ; and the labourers brought to starve all of a heap .

      To raise that £ 60 , 000 , 000 ( made , in reality , by the alteration in the value of money , by Peel ' s Bill , £ 120 , 000 , 000 ' . ) it was necessary that " the resonrces" of the country ( a 3 they have it ) should be developed . Hence tbe immense introduction and employment of machinery ; hence the engendering , promulgation , and adoption of the suicidal principles of " free-trade" ; hence the cheapening of all articles of produce , and the glutting of the market , until produce is a drug , and employment at an end . Hence the difficulty ; the confusion ; the distress ; the famine ; the deaths , for want of the necessaries of life !

      Here is the cause of it all ! The Government must have , if they continue the system , the £ 60 , 000 , 000 a year ( nominally , but £ 120 , 0 & 0 , e 00 reelfa ) . To have that £ 60 , 000 , 000 , without reducing the strength of the nation to beggary and want , is us impossible as it 13 to hare vegetation without light and warmth . The one is necessary to the other ! In struggling to get tha amount the tax-gatherer lays

      hi 3 desolating paw 011 every producer of wealth . He strips the cottage , pulls down the mansion , empties the till , sweeps up the profits , and carries all into the Jap of the debt-annuitant , the army-paymaster , the ,. " steward of the household , " the pensioner , the placeman , and the dead-weight man To ezpec : any other result than that which now presents itself as the consequence of these doings is to be criminally simple !

      And yet when are these thing 3 to have an end Who amongst our State doctors dare prescribe the remedy ? Who amongst them dare propose to reduce our espenditure to £ -1 , 000 , 000 per annum 1 Who amongst them dare propose to equitably adj cst the Debt , disband the Army , burn the Pension List , chop down Royal expeuces , reduce tha salaries , diicoaUime the half-pay , and remove the dead weicht ? Who amongst them all dare propose , this ? Not one ! . ' And what would be the use of any measures , unless

      these formed a part ? When maa can alter the nature of water , and make it not to seek its level , ( hen , but not till then , can we raise £ 120 , 000 , 000 a-year in taxation without producing want and starvation amongst the very producers of wealth Oar Government BECjmBEstbe £ G 0 , O 00 , O 00 a-year . To keep up the present system they cannot do with less ! They cannot afford a single million back again , even though it is asked for and needed

      merely to put a mouthful of the " coarsest kind of food" into the heads of starving thousands ! Not a stiver can it spare ! Only SIX could be found in the whole House of Commons to vote for the people having back again one-sixtieth part of the enormous sum wrung from their very entrails . ' And yet the House " SYMPATHISES"' with the sufferings of the industrious people ! Fau ^ h ! How it stinks ! !!

      « hat , then , are the people to do ? Are they to lie down and die I Are they to quietly endure the gnawing 3 of hunger , the pains of starvation , till DEJ . TU relieve them from , their sufferings ? Are they tj do this ? NO ! a thousand times NO Perish the thought J and blistered be the lips that would give utterance to it in the way of advice ! Eng' . ishmeii quietly , lie dowu , and die for want of

      food ! Pensh England first 1 Englishmen quietly starve to death ! Sink her beneath the sea first ! ) ENGLISHMEN die of hunger ! and that qciltly too ! Bum England up first ! Come plague ; come pestilence ; come fire ; come sword ; come wuter ; come invasion ; come civil war : come all these things a thousand times o ' er ; but come not the cay when ENGLISHMEN will qu \ etly starve to death 1

      What , then , are the people to do ? Break the law and commit outrages on person and property ? NO ! c thou =. and times NO i The kw of England is , that no one shall starve to death . That law makes provision for the destitute . To that law let evert destitute man APPEAL 1 There is the Overseer i let every destitute man go to him , and ask for suppors . There are the Magistrates ! let every one who is refused relief by the Overseer apply to them .

      If they have not power to grant relief , they have power to communicate with the Lord Leiutenauts of ! the counties ; and , through them , with the Queen . If the Magistrates refuse to entertain the application , ' go to the Lord Leiutenant in person . Tell him of your sufferings , of your endurings , of your efforts to ! obtain relief : and tell him to tell the Queen how yon are circumstanced . Do all this , quietly and orderly j and . THEN if relief is not afforded , SEEK OUT FOR FOOD ! !

      Go to the Overseer in the first instance . He is appointed to relieve the destitute . He has the means to do so in his hands . If he refuses you once , go ag&in , if your necessities continue . If you are without food on the Monday , and you apply to him , and he refuse to give you any , go to him again on the Tuesday . If he again refuses , go to him on the Wednesday , should you still be without food . It he again refuse , go the next day : and so on , from day to day , till you get relief .

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      Go each man . ) and each woman , for himself and herself ! No acting together ; no blaster ; no threats ; QUIET DETERMINATION . Each one for himself ; and each one state his own case . Each one apply for relief to the OVerseer personally Should there be more there when you go , wait your turn . If he is not at home , await Wb coming . Should he refuse relief to one , do net let that be a refusal to you . The case refused may not be as bad a 3 your own : at all events , the Overseer ought to

      know of your condition , if you are starving ! Take care that you let him know 1 Do this quietly , orderly , peaceably , but determinedly , and let us see what will be the result ! But " no mobs ! " no great noises ! no acting in concert . Go each one for food to save you from stabvation ; go ask for it from the officer appointed by the law to give it you . Go ask him properly and rightly . Put it not in the power of any unfeeling monster to get rid of your application by trumping up a charge of conspiracy .

      Should the application , or applications , to the ^ Overseer fail , go , each one , to the nearest Magistrate . Tell him , each and every one , separately , your case . Tell him what your sufferings and endurings are . Tell him how often you have been to tha Overseer . Tell him what answer you have received . Ask him for his assistance , Ask for his advice . If ho say he cannot aid you , or that he has no power ; tell him that he has a direct channel of communication open with the Queen , through her representative , and 7 m superior , the Lord Lieutenant . Desire him to do hia duty , by forwarding to the Lord Lieutenant

      a statement of your case ; that you are starving for want of food ; that you have repeatedly applied to the Overseer , and cannot obtain relief ; that you have applied to the Justice of the Peace , and he has no power to aid you ; that it is right the Queen knew of your condition , that she may take the necessary steps to afford relief . De 8 ire the Magistrate to do his duty by communicating these things to his Lord Lieutenant ; and then it is his duty to communicate them to the Queen herself , in her own proper person , and not through the Secretary of State . . When these steps are taken , and still no relief afforded , get up a requisition to the Mayor or Constable of your Borough or Township , to call

      a public meeting for the purpose of publicly addressing the Lord Lieutenant of the County . Shosld he call the meeting , well and good should he refuse , let twenty inhabitant householders call it themselves . At the meeting agree upon a Memorial to the Lord Lieutenant ; let it set forth the facts as they stand in your locality ; let it set forth the efforts made , individually , to obtaiu relief ; let it call upon him to make the condition of the Memorialists known to her Majesty ; let a deputation of shrewd , intelligent , discreet men be appointed to wait upon the Lord Lieutenant in person with such Memorial ; and let them communicate to an adjourned meeting the answer they receive !

      Now , this a perfectly legal but an effectual way of bringing the sufferings of the starving poor into public notice ; and will assuredly compel relief . ' Should it not do so , —THEN seek out for food "Self-preservation is the first law of nature . " Preserve yourselves ! The law awards you relief : take ai . l legal means of getting what the law awards : if it be refused or withheld—SEEK OUT ! All the writers on jurisprudence hold that a man is not guilty of theft or larceny who takes food to keep himself from starving to death . Such

      has been held to be the case by Gkotius and Puffesdorf ; and the only writers who have denied that that principle applies to England , have done so on the ground that by the law sufficient provision is made for the Bnpply of the necessitous by collections for the poor and by the power of the civil magistrate" If , therefore , there be not " svfficient provision ; " or if " the power of the civil magistrate " be abrogated , then the law of nature returns in full force ; and a man , according to reason and to nature , is not guilty of theft or larcency who takes food to keep himself from pining to death !

      Again do we implore of the people to be cautious and prudent ! Spies are abroad ! They will entrap , if not minded . Avoid all secret meetings ! all conspiracies ! all plottings ! Every thing you say and do on such occasions in known to the magistracy and the Government ! Look at the " little '' debate in the House of Lords on Tuesday night . Wellington could not give Kinnaird information respecting some places in North Lancashire , because that would defeat the ends of justice , as Government had information affecting individuals . Just so ! Wherever there are plottings , there are spies and all is known ! Whoever is a party to a plot in England , either to upset Government or to destroy

      property , ia a ninny , or something far worse Plotting always defeats itself ! It must , inevitably , do so . Every man , in such circumstances , is in every other man ' s power . The more there are of the plotters , the greater is the individual danger , and the probability of the success of the plot lessened . No man who has an act of that nature to perform is safe if he entrust even his thoughts to any one else . Avoid , then , all plotlings ! Avoid all " secret meetings , " as they are called ; but which are not secret from the magistracy ! Avoid all breaches of law or order ; take all necessary legal steps to bring your case before the publio eye ; ground for yourselves ample defence , should you have , at last , to go and take .

      Again , we say , beware of Bpies ! You may know them by the recommendations they give . They will try to persuade you to give battle to the soldiery ; and that you can beat them ! Never wa 3 there greater delusion ! Why should we fight the soldiers ? What have the soldiers done % Poor fellow 3 ! thsy are the veriest slaves in existence ! A soldier is better fed than a working man ; but he

      is , essentially , a slave . ' Why , then should we fight him ! In God ' s name , why ? Worki . vg people ; whoever advises you to come into collision with the soldiery , is an enemy that wishes for your destruction ; and i 3 taking all proper means to effect it ! or a fool , whose counsels , if sincere , will not the less surely bring you to destruction , if you trust and act on them . Scout all such advisers from you , should they appear !

      No J no ! no righting with the soldiers ! no firingupon them ; or firing by them upon the people ! No such firing as that ! It would be the height of combined folly and treachery ! Again we repeat , beware of spies 1—they are abroad ! They are seeking blood ! Diappoint them I

      MOST ABOMINABLE . Read the following nauseous and disgusting specimen of exuberant and bursting loyalty with which the trial of Francis was prefaced in tho columns of the hot-hun " Sun ; " — "Trial of John Francis for High treason . —The occasion of the trial of this misguided , fooliBh young man , for shooting with a pistol at our beloved Queen , whilst enjoying an innocent recreation in which the meanest subject in the land is privileged to indulge in safety when the labours of the day are o'er , convocated at the Old Bailey to-day all those individuals ,

      who , venerating our Queen , for her private and public virtues , for her feeling heart and the interest the takes in everything which relates to the welfare of her people * and which on no occasion she has omitted to manifest , and being anxious to obtain a glimpse at tbe heartless miscreant who could harbour a thought of ill against her who reigns predominant in the affections of every loyal subject , could by interest or other means obtain admission to the Conrt And when we saw the feeling of mingled scorn and indignation exhioitedby every

      person there ugatnst thai man standing at the bar , we regretted , though the Court was full , that Its limits were not large enough to admit of more being present , that the prisoner and the world miglrt know that the detestation of his crime and him was not confined to a few , but was general , nay , universal throughout the whole country . I he arrangements foradmission to-day appeared to be of an excellent order , and thongh the Court was nearly filled , it was at no time crowded to such inconvenient excess as on the oecasion of Good ' s

      trial . " There ' s a specimen of the loyalty of this great two-fi 3 ted adulator ! ISo , miDgled feelings of

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      " scorn and indignation" are those which possessed the minds of the Jury , who , among others , saw *• that man standing at the har ? and who were called upon to judge dispassionately upon the evidence adduced ! Verily this print has out-done itself—no easy task—in the art of fulsome adulation ! It is truly beastly and contemptible ! But while we learn that every loyal subject was <( anxious to obtain a glimpse of the heartless

      miscreant , " we leard also from the concluding unfortunate little three lines , that the company was not so numerous as that drawn together by the desire to see Daniel Good ! Verily , loyalty must be at a discount , when the Criminal Court cannot be filled upon so interesting an occasion as the trial of an ignorant youth who hoped to gain a livelihood by firing a bulletless pistol at the hind wheel of the Queen ' s carnage !

      The youth , however , for his indiscretion , has been sentenced . "The Court , " through the mouth of Chief Juttico Tindal , has adjudged him " to be hanged by the neck till he be dead ; then to be beheaded ; and his body cur into four quarters , AND disposed OF as her Majesty shall direct" A savage inhuman sentence ! and a barbarous law that imposes it !!

      His life is to be forfeited ! The ^ Bloody old Times" has sounded the note of blood ! It has been labouring hard to prepare the public mind for the awful and astounding fact , that a life is to be taken , as a warning to others not to attempt to shoot at the Queen ' s carriage wheel ! A youth is to be strangled and beheaded for high treason , because he fired a bulletless pistol in the direction of the Queen ' s carriage ! And yet we are a Christian people ! and the Queen herself is" Head of the Church , tinderChrist" !!!

      Query , —It we hang , behead , and quarter young Francis for shooting at the Queen ' s carriage wheel with a pistol * in which there is no evidence to prove there was a bullet , and from which Bhooting neither the Queen , her carriage , nor any of her attendants , nor any mortal breathing , sustainedany , the slightest , injury ; what should wo have done to him had he shot a bullet through the Queen ' s head ¦' . ? .-. '

      Talk not to us of "the Queen ' s magnanimity" ! If fho permit the life of Francis to be taken for this shooting-at-her-c&rriage-affiur , the bloody deed will stick to her name through life , and blot her escutcheon in death ! If ehe allow him to be hanged and quartered , she may " dispose" of his cut-up body as she may please , even to the servingup of the joints at her own table , without adding to tho horror and detestation which the act of strangulation will excite amongst " her" people !

      Another Victim To The Fjell Monster.

      ANOTHER VICTIM TO THE FJELL MONSTER .

      Poor Holberry is gone ! He has escaped the ruffian fang of class despotism through the deathly portal . Another is added to the long catalogue of Whig-made widows , whoso occupation it must bo to weep over the ashes of the dead ; and surely another and a powerful incentive is afforded to his brethren to call forth all the energies and exercise all the determined perseverahoe of men , who have resolved that the system which originates these horrid blotches on the escutcheon of humanity shall be annihilated .

      On Tuesday morning a letter was received at this office , informing us that an order for his liberation , on finding satisfactory bail for five years , had been received from the Home Secretary ; and stating that the York Chartists were unable to furnish the amount required , being all poor working men . They requested that Mr . O'Connor might be informed of the matter , and their letter was accordingly forwarded to that gentleman . In the

      meantime , that no delay might take place , arrangements were instantly made for tendering the bail of Messrs . Hill aad IIoihon to the acceptance of the York Magistrates . Mr . Hoihon was at Huddersfield , but returned that night , and he and Mr . Hill were instantly to go off together to York next morning ; when a second letter arrived apprising that death had already put in all the bail that could be now given ! The poor fellow had expired about half-past four o'clock on Tuesday morning .

      The letter of the Chartists of York was simply sent , without comment or observation , to Mr . O'Con nor , from whom , on Thursday morning—as early as it could be—the following was addressed to Mr . Hobson : — ' " Denham Cottage , June 22 nd , 1842 . » My dear Hobson , —Nothing would give me greater pleasure or do us more service , than if you and Ardill would proceed at once to York ^ and give bail for poor Holberry ; and let this Undertaking upon my part be your guarantee .

      " I do hereby undertake to hold J . Hobson and John Ardill harmless from any injury , damage , or pecuniary demand-which may be made upon them , if they become security for Holberry ' a keeping the peace , and that I will pay all such sums , costs , and legal espences aB his violation of the bond shall entail upon them . ' " Feargus O'Connor . " This may serve to shew his disconsolate widow that what his friends the Chartists could do for him , all were aliko prompt and ready to do . But it is done , poor fellow ! All is over , and he has escaped . And we fear that even . now thousands of honest , good , virtuous Englishmen are almost ready to onvy the condition of the cold lump of clay which once was the athletic form of James Holberry !

      The York Chartists bestirred themselves briskly and promptly ; they procured the attendanca of an attorney and surgeon at the inquest , which was held that n \ ght , and of which the verdict was—* Diedby tho visitation of God , and we are of opinion that the deceased has had every attention paid to him . " The inquest lasted four hours . Our reporter went off by th 0 next train after the news reached us , to collect all the necessary information on the spot . He did not return till next day ( Thursday ) , which is our publishing day ; and as the report is likely to be long , we

      have no alternative but to reserve it for our next number ; haying neither space to give it nor time to get it up for this number . Meantime , wo think it right to state , that at a meeting of the Association held immediately after the close of the inquest , a vote of thanks was moved and carried unanimously , to George Leeman , Esq ., solicitor , for his generous conduct in attending gratuitously at tho Coroner ' s investigation on behalf the Chartists of York . This gentleman , from all that we can learn , has acquitted himself bo as to deserve the esteem of all good men .

      The Chartists of York also acquitted themselves like men on the melancholy occasion ; they did all that men could do to have the last remains of the victim conveyed to their resting place in . a creditable manner . i A handsome coffin was furnished out of their slender resources , and by their own exertions . And , on Wednesday evening , after being consigned to the care of friends Who had arrived from Sheffield for the purpose , the corpse was removed to the latter place for interment , a number of Chartiets accompanying it out of the city .

      Entreating our fellow Chariiats to regard the manes of poor Holberry aa calling loudly for appeasement , and for the prostration of the accursed system of misrule to which and by which he has been sacrificed , we take leave of the melancholy subject for the present week , to return to it next week in full .-

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      THE NORTHERN STAR AND THE "DENUNCIATORS . " Thb universality and unanimity of opinion expressed by the whole people from one end of the kingdom to the other upon this subject , is not less gratifying to us than valuable as evidence of the pedples ' s capability of judging and estimating men ' s actions by the only just standard—that of truth and reason . It was stated in our last that the deliberations of the London Delegate Meeting upon this matter were adjourned , at the instance of Dootor M'Douall . We attach to the

      decision of this meeting , given under such circumstances , no small importance . The delegates are picked men ; picked for their intelligence and honesty , from all the localities of the Metropolis ; they bad had the advantage of a week ' s deliberation and thought upon the subject ; they had had the benefit of all the Doctor ' s statements and arguments ; they had had the opportunity of consulting with and receiving the instructions of their constituents ; they may , therefore , with the most perfect propriety , be said to have represented all the Chartists of the Metropolis , and their opinion to be the opinion of London * We refer , therefore , with some pleasure to the following account , given by our reporter of the meeting . —

      " Mr . Ferguson moved the following resolution , which had been proposed at the preceding meeting : — ¦ That this meeting have full Confidence in Mr . Hill , the Editor of the Northern Star , and Will support him bo long as they find him acting justly in support of the people ' s rights , and that this meeting look upon all those who try to destroy the iStar , or its proprietor , in the manner that some have lately done , without first making a direct charge , and proving the Bame to be trao , as enemies to the people , and the cause of freedom ; as men who have entered our ranks from a love of vain glory and the enemy's

      gold ! that , therefore , this meeting are determined to suppport the Star , its Editor , ( Mr . Hill ) and proprietor , ( Mr . O'Connor ) , so long as they do justly to the people and the cause of freedom . Mr . Ferguson ably supported this resolution and stated that he had seen nothing during tho week to induce him to withdraWit . Mr . Caffay ably seconded the resolution . Messrs . Christopher , Wheeler , Drake , Goulding , Longwith , and others spoke m favour of the resolution , and complained of the Executive mixing themselves up with the quarrels of Mr . Philp , and commented strongly upon the words of Dr . M'Douall

      at the preceding meeting , in stating that they would send no more documents for insertion to the Northern Star . Mr . Fussell moved as an amendment 1 That the Secretary correspond with the Secretary of the Executive ^ for the purpose of ascertaining the steps they have taken in bringing the subject of the Northern Star before the General Council of the National Charter Association and the public . ' Mr . Fussell stated that at the previous meeting Doctor M'Douall had stated that the Executive intended to call three Conferences—one at

      Manchester , one at Birmingham , and one at London . He thought that this would be the best plan to adopt ..-- He had perfect confidence in Mr . Hill and the . Star ; but ho thought the Conferences would do much good . If the Executive would not call these Conferences , the General Council could . Mr . Ridley seconded the amendment . For the amendment three hands were held up , " and the whole of meeting , including the mover and seconder of the amendment , for tho original vote of confidence in Mr . Hill and the SlarJ '

      Votes and assurances of confidence , equally strongly and satisfactorily worded , have been received from Derby , from the Bhietoi . Chartist Youths , from Ashton-under-Lyne , from Arbroath , from Leith , from the Clock-House Locality , London , from Heckmondwikb and Livebsedge , from Ha ^ ley , Upper-HANLEY , and SMALLTHORNEin the Potteries , from the Trade Society of Shoemakebs , meeting at the Cannon Coffee-house , Old-Street , London , from the Cambsrwelt . and Walwoeth Chartists , from the Chartists of Davy Hclme , from the Chartists of Stalybridge , of Oldham , of Plymouth , ( sent last week but received too late ) of

      Nswcastle-upok-Tyiie , passed at a great public meeting , after a week ' s notice , and j 3 ent for our last , but reoeivedtbo late ; from Eeiqhley , from Wadsworth , from Yeovil , from Bbimscomb , from Siroud , from Calverxon , from Chbsteb , from Lambeth , from Chelsea , from the City of Londonfrom Southampton , from Tonbbidge , from Woodhouse , near Leeds ; from Horton , near Bradford , and from several other places . Resolutions of a different character have been received from Clitheroe , and from the score of Chartista * t Wqttpn-under-Edge , the parties whom Mr . O ^ Brien represented at the Sturge Conference .

      It is impossible to devote the necessary space to the insertion of all these resolutions in full . They would drive out much valuable matter from theater ; aud we have had already to put

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      out much that we would gladly have had in . Our friends must iherefore excuse the enumeration , instead of the insertion , of their several testimbnies , as frankly borne , as we hope they have been honestly deserved ; We thank them all . We preserve the resolutions for future reference , if need be , and shall go on our way taking freBh heart of courage , " from their recorded sentiments , to battle with all enemiesi avowed or concealed , in foil fearlessness of honesty . '_; . ¦ : :

      The same causes which have shut out the resolutions above referred to , must also plead pur excuse to Robert Knapton , John Douglas , Edward 1 Bradley , A . G A . > Islington , William Douglas , Radcliffe Colliery , W . S ., L . T . Clancsy , Thos . Gibbon , Ponty Rhyn , and a great number of "Constant Readers , " who have added their individual testimony to the general voice . Alt breathe the aame spirit ; all speak the same language ; all tell U 3 that we have not miscalculated in supposing the great body of the Chartist public able to estimate fully and fairly the public acts of public men . ;

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      The following was sent by Mr . Campbell , to follow the tabular statement above referred to : — ¦ ¦ " It will be seen that 205 places have voted , and in these places , in many instances , not ; one half of the members have polled . The following places are enrolled in the association , but have not returned their votes . Llanlidoes Howden Liversedge Shelton Market Weighton Holy well Midgley Hazle Grove Morley Ipswich Newport , Monmouthshire Kendal Wellington Lancaster Nuoeaton Longtoa ¦ Open « haw Shaw

      Penzince Hahhaw Moor Preston youths Chatham RedruthL Maltoa Rotherham Knaresbro ' Southampton Ripon Stockton Oakhampton Sittingbourne Totness Sunderland Shaftesbury Skipton Porty Glo ' Spilsby North Shields Sianningly Winchcomb Stroud water Gainsborough Sheerness Ouseburn . . ¦ ' Sheffield youths Hatbern Truro Bradford , Wilts Tunstall Chalford

      Vintnor Alfreton Wortley Newark Wingate Grange Colliery Hucknall Torkard Warwick Beverley Wigan Heckmondwike Warminster Duncaster Silsden Hatters , London Wednesbury ManchesterFustian Gatters Wigton Bo . Blacksmiths Wplverhampton Dawgreeh West Auckland Birstal Birfeenhead Littleborough Tonbridge Middleton Matlock Newtowri ,

      Montgomsry-Bonssall shire Wimslow Birmingham Shoemakers Pontypool Hucknall-under-Huth-Abardare ^ waite Abergaveny Heanor Almondbury Denholme Babnry Wilsden Bury St . Edmonds West Ardsley Bacup East Ardsley Bunataple Northampton Shoemakers Bristol youths Peterlow Bristol trades Pittsford Blackburne Yoxhall Bath Oaken Gates

      Burton-on-Trent Oadley Boston Beeston Bridport Borslem Brideford Sodom Berry Brew Ettinshall Lane Kidderminster Diventry Kingston Thurmaston Chowbent Wigston Congletdn , Whitney Canterbury Brosely Cambridge Cleckheaton Cardiff Shelton

      Cwyden Princes'End Caruborne Willenhall C-ickhermouth Brocbmore Coalbrook Dale O « ett Chickenly Balwell Cumstail Bridge Selby Darleston Swiafcoa Exeter Tipton Failsworth . Overton Greenwich Great Gun Gloucester Anstey : Huuslet Great Glenn .

      " Brother Democrats , —I send you a Hat of the places that have not polled for the Executive . There are upwards of twenty other localities in London that have not voted ; aud as I have had to write down the towns that bave not voted from memory alone it may happen that there are some fe \ v may be inserted a second time ; however , on the whole , I think the list is nearly correct . There are some places , the names el which I could not call to mind . V " There are now upwards of four hundred localities

      enrolled in our Association , varied ia the Bumberof its members in each place , from a dczsn to two thousand . So much for _ past tx ^ rtions—now for the future . We must , if possible , redouble our exertions to extend our Association ; and here 1 would wish respectfully to int preason the minds of the Chartists to read carefully over a letter inserted in the Star of the 28 th of May signed F- on Propagandism . Let the new Executive be empowered f > send agitators into districts where ourprinciples have not as yet found footing . ,

      " The result of the poll is now before yeu , and for my part I feel proud of the confidence reposed in me by my brother Chartists ; and I Lope , by pursuing the saine undeviating course for the future , as I have done fot the past , still to merit the confidence which must b 9 gratifying to every good Chartifet . "I am authorised to call the new Executive together on Monday , the 4 th day of July next , to meet at Mr . Leach ' s , at ten o ' clock iii the forenoon . " I remain , " Your brother democrat , " John Campbell , Secretary . " Haworth , June 21 st , 1842 . " " P . S . The towns' names which have not voted hava been written at Haworth . "

      Dt&Lt;J Zseetoev$ Arm Corrcisponuent^

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      Brikf Rules for the Government of all wh 9 write for this Paper : — Write leg ibly . Make as few erasures and interlineations as possible . In writing names of persons and places be more particular than usual to make every letter distinct : and clsar—also in usid « words aot . English . ; - ' . ; ,: ' . ¦; ¦ -V" - . " V - : . - ' . '¦ _ . ' ¦' ¦ ' .. 2 . Write \ mly on one side of the paper . 3 . Employ no abbreviations whatever , but write oat every word in full . 4 . Address communications not to any particular person

      but to " The Editor . " ; 5 . When you sit down to write , don't be in a Burryi Consider that hurried writing makes slow printing-6 . Remember that we go to press on Thursday ; that one side of the paper goes to press on Wednesday ; that we are obliged to go on filling up the paper tfce whole week , and that , therefore , when a load of matter comes by the last one or two posts ; it unavoidably happens that lnncb of it is omitted ; and that it U therefore necessary to be prompt in your communi * ¦ cations .: " ¦;¦ . - ¦ ¦ . ¦ : ¦ . - • ' : ; •¦ '" ' V . . - .:. ¦ ¦ .. ' --

      All matters of news , reports of meetings , &c , &o referring to occurrences on Friday , Saturday ? or Sunday , ; should reach us by Monday ' s post ; such as refer to Monday's occurrences by Tuesday evening ' s post ; Wednesday ' s occurrences by T ^ uraday's post ; and Thursday ' H news by Friday morning ' s post , for second edition . Any deviationfrom this order of supply will necessarily subject tb » matters so received to the almost certainty of rejection or serieuscurtailment , andtfe lakenoblamefof

      . The Ixoutheun 8tau. Saturday, June 25, 1342. State Of The Working People. Necessity For Caution And Prudence.

      . THE iXOUTHEUN 8 TAU . SATURDAY , JUNE 25 , 1342 . STATE OF THE WORKING PEOPLE . NECESSITY FOR CAUTION AND PRUDENCE .

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      along , been , crippled for want of Bupplies . Judge from what has been done , what there might have been , had the necessary ; funds beeit at command 1 The Chartist publio have to say whether this state of things is to continue or not . Unless the Executive be placed in a position to act , it is folly te appoint them , and worse than folly to expect service from them when appointed . Without means , nothing can be done . .

      The present , we think , a good opportunity of placing the matter before all concerned . The accession to office of the New ExEcvzivB ought to be seized upon , and the necessary steps taken to place in their hands that which will enable them to go to work at once . If they are crippled at starting , they will feel the disheartening effects through all the race . "¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦• . " ;' : ' ¦ ¦ ¦• .

      On Wednesday last , a gentleman called at our office ; a middle-clasa man , but one of the very best friends to the cause of Chartism that we know ; one whose purse ia ever ready , and whose money ia constantly given , to advance the " ultra" movement In the course of a conversation had with Mr . -Hobson on the present position and prospects of Chartism , he proposed , as the best means of inducting the New Executive into office ,

      A NATIONAL TRIBUTE , to enable iis members . ' to adopt decisive measures to advance the cause of the People ' s Charter ; and he further proposed to head it with his subscription , adding that if more was wanted , he was ready . In three minutes a list was prepared , and the following sums set down : — £ . b . d . A . Londsdale , Manchester ...... 110 - William Hill ... 2 2 0 Joshua Hobson ...... ~ ...... . 1 10 John Ardill 1 10

      Now then , Chartists , what say you I Wilt you " go and do likewise" in accordance with your respective means ! Let the next Northern S / ar that wo publish shew the sum total on the list swelled to a considerable amount . Let every one do his best . There are our middleclass friends ; those of that class whom we know to ' be our friends ; let them be waited upon by the propier officers in every locality . Proper attention and exertion in this respect , will do mueh towards the end in view . One hundred friends subscribing £ 1 Is . each—and surely that number can be found —will give the Executive one hundred guineas at

      once . To work , then , Chartists ! Let every locality . fix for itself a certain sum , and take the necessary steps to raise it . Let this be a sacred duty . The Executive have been chosen by the people to perform the people ' s work : the people are bound to accord them support ! This is a good opportunity , too , of testing in some

      degree the ; value of general middle-class sympathy They pretend to be converts to ChartiBm , and to wish to aid in the dissemination of Chartist principles . TRY THEM ! Heie is an opportunity of their employing some portion of their wealth to a good purpose ; a righteous Chartist purpose . See that they miss it not ! Wait on them ; present them with the subscription list ; ask them for their contribution ; and ^ - —— take what you can gel !

      To work , then , every one ! We hope for a good list next week . Those of our monied friends who read this , and are anxious to aid the good work , will do well to send their contributions to our publisher , direct . He has offered to become treasurer for this fund . They need not Btay till they are waited upon ; font send at once . Let us see , then , what can be done !

      Tfte New Executive.

      TftE NEW EXECUTIVE .

      From a return and address inserted in another column , it will be seen that the New Executivk have been appointed ; and that they assume their official duties immediately . > To give effect to their labours , it is necessary they should have suppobt . Without means , their hands are tied . With means , they are in a position to take advantage of every opportunity that offers itself to forward and strengthen the Chartist movement . Look at what has been effeoted by the late Executive ; and remember that they have , all

      The Voting For The New Executive

      THE VOTING FOR THE NEW EXECUTIVE

      The voting for the new Executive Committee is over ; and a tabular statement of the places froia which votes have been received , and of the number of votes , in each place , for eac ^ candidate , has been handed to us by the General Secretary . We cannot publish the document as we received it , for this reason : there are not half enough of figures in our office to " set" it . We are compelled therefore to content ourselves with giving merely the names of the respective candidates , and the total number of votes ibr each . They are as follows : —

      P M . Brophy ... 1656 W . D . Taylor ... 784 J . " Leach ... ... 10830 M . Williams ... 4410 J . Campbell ... 9712 R . Ridley ... 833 P .- ' M . M'Douall ... 11221 W . Jones ... 1072 C . Doyle ... ... 1239 J . Fussell ... 82 T . Cooper ... ... 2454 J . W . Parker ... 231 J . H . R . Bairstow 4611 J . Mason ... ... 860 J . West ... ... 1537 G . White ... ... , 979 R . K . Philp ... 2656 B . M'Cartney ... 165 W . Beesly ... 1725 W . V . Jackson ... 1005 E . Stallwood ... 299 R . Marsden ... 941 J . Skevington ... 445 E . Clayton ... 250 It will be seen , thereforej that the election has fallen upon Messrs . M'Douall , Leach , Campbell , Morgan , and Bairstow .

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      A ' ' THE NORTHERN STAR . . '; .... V . - ' - . ; -.. " . ¦ ' -. - ^ Z : ^ ^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 25, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1167/page/4/