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    • THE JNT ORTHERJNT STAU SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1842.
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      TIPPERARY SPECIAL COMMISSION . ' CltiSMEL i Sirauvr , July . 3 . CLOSE OF THE PSOCEEDI 5 GS . TbejBpedrieoaunisaion terminated semewhst onerjectedly at * late hour last : night Their Lordships alt ojita fire minuiea to twelve o'clock , and disposed of * fl the cases selected far trial . The result haa btwa , that all the prisoners arraigned , with one exception , bsve been convicted of the crimes with -which they irere eh&rged . - Since the » mvmTtf » PTnPTifc of the determination of € krwsnment to Issue a special commission , there has been & complete abstinence iron outrage in those portions of the county ¦ where crimes "were previously of daily occurrence . The following cases 'were disposed of after the date of those in another column : —

      ATTEMPTS TO ASSASSINATE . Michael Hayes tfm indicted for having , on the 2 nd of * Iay , at Rabemoger , in this county , fired st John Byan XLuke ) , -with intent to kill him . John Byan ( Lake ) deposed , that he -was driver to tfceHon . Mr . . O'& ? ady , and previously t * the 2 nd of If ay last had . served notices of ejectme n £ on several of the tenants . On that day he ¦ wm going over to the lands to settle the matter -with them in company with jliehael Kenna , Mr . BradshaWs driver , and when they were passing Bahernoger on horseback a shot -was fired at him , and seven slags were lodged in his horse ' s

      body , -which died in half an hour afterwards . When iritness heard the shot he turned ia its direction , and a » w the prisoner , who was about eight feet from him , and was leaning on a ditch , with a Bhort gun in his hand . Bo was positive that the prisoner was the man be saw . Just as witness turned to look at him he aBpped down from the ditch , and ca'led to another man who was along with him to " fire again ! " The man fired , tut the shot did not take effect . Kerina and witness then mada off as quickiy as tfeey could . The circumstances occurred at nine o ' clock in the morning . "

      Michael Kencs , the person who was with the last iritness at the time of the attack , corroborated his evidence as to the attack , and the manner of it , but could not identify Its prisoner . For the defence , several witnesses , relatives of the prisoner , were examined , who swore that the prisoner was at the fair of Silvennines during the day , and at the time of toe attack . - Tbe Jury , after some deliberation , returned a verdict of Gailty . Thomas Stspleton and Thomas Gfieeson were respectively indicted for having , on the 27 th of April , at Lissafamny , 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 lire ai Xissfttunny in this county , and am a tenant of Mr . Stafford O'Brien . That gentleman some tims since made some changes in the quantity of land held by tbe tenants , in order to square the farms . No one wa 3 dispossessed altogether . I lost about fire acres and gained two . The two agrea that I got were previously held fey men named James GJseson and Uirtm JTowlan . On the 27 th of April , 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 of ¦ srhom was armed with a gas , another with a pi&io ! , and the third had a stick . They put me on my knees , and when they did so , I REked them why tbey -srere going to

      shoot me , and h&w I had deserved it ? Tbey replied , for tilling Nowlan ' s land . The prisoner Stapkton held the pistol , and Gleeson the gun . They went behind me in the road , and Siapleion snapped the pistol twice at me , but ii missed fire , and would not go oi £ GSeeson then handed Sispleton the gun , who fired a ihot at me , which bro * e my srai msi the elbow . ( The witae 3 S * s arm was bandaged up , aud be appeared to l > 3 in a very bad state of health . ) He was quite close to me when hs fired , and my clothes wera burned . Tbe men were not disguised in any way , and I am . positive that the prisoners were tiro of the men trho attacked me . 1 have not recoTcr&d tie usa of mj arm since , and have b « en un&ei the care of Dr . Dempster up to the present time .

      Di . Dempstar deposed that he was the sa ? j ? ical attendant of Gieeson , and that it -was only -within a . few days - be had a hope ef being able to save ttie pool man ' s arm from amputation . He was also present whsn the prosecutor , in the fullest mancer , identified the two prisoners , and singled them out from a number of men of similar appearance and dr-ss . Mr . Joseph Tabuteau , stipendiary magistrate , also proved fee identification of the prisoners by Gieeson in bis presence . The case for the Grown havirg closed , Several ¦ witnesses for the defence swore to an alibi for both prisoners . The Chief Justice then cbargsd the Jury , who found both prisoners Guilty .

      SESTESCXS . The several prisoners convicted of transportable oSbncea—namely , . John Pound . Michael HayeSj Cornelius Piynn , Patrick Dwyer , Thomas Staplitoa , Kid James Grleeson , having been placed at the bar , The Right Hcnonrabio the Attorney-General havicg applied for . tlie judgment of the Court , -upon tli «* d pri-Boners , Tii 9 Lord Cbisf Jaslice , after s ^ inr ^ ng tbe pincers , pronounced sentence of transportation for life agains . all the prisoners , and tbe commission closed . The prisoner William Kent , who -was acsaitteii of the ofiaica with -which lie stood chargednamely , being an accessory before tbe fact in the asurder of the late Sir . Bobert Ball , was aisehargsd from custody .

      HOUSE OF LORDS , Tuesday , July 5 . The New Tariff Bill came on for second reading which was moved by The Earl of E 3 P 0 S , who contended that this revision of our Customs' Duties was essential to the welfare cf the country , and that it would benefit the community without injuring individual interests . He dwelt on various portions of the sew tariff , especially -on the removal of the prohibition on the importation of foreign cattle , which , he contended , could not , by any possibility , injure the home . grazier . Eaii stanhope opposed the Bill , attacking the tariff both in its principles and its details , and moving tint the Bill be read that day six months .

      Tee Daks of Richhoxd supported the amendment . He expressed his fears for the effects of th 9 Bill , in leading to the abstraction of capital from s ^ ncalixirzl pursuits . If the Government had consulted the welfare of the agriculturalist they would have permitted the importation of cattle by weight instead of by head . Forhis own psxt he was not prepared to go so far in following up the principles of free tis&e ; for the English agriculturalist , with his present load of taxation , could not compete with the foreigner . He was also fearful that tha Bill would lsad to farther changes . The ilaiquis of Claxbicaedb expressed bis hope that the Biil would lead to further and greater chargvs Tie greatest defect of the present Bill consisted in the fact that it no : only maintained existing but created new differential duties . The Earl cf 2 > Iocs tcashel expressed his regret that measures formerly opposed by If ob ! e Lords en his side ol the Heusi sbouia now t » sapported by them .

      Lord SIosteaGLE supported tbe Bill , thengh the speech of the Earl of Ripon -w . jb calculated to ; lead to the belief that liitle or no tsntfit would result from it-He considered tha * Sir Robert Peel hid Md dovm the principles of free trade in the broadest manner ia bringing forward tins measure ; and expressed a hope that these principles would ts applied more extensively than l > y the present BIH . He expressed doubts as to the policy of the duty on the exportation of coal , which Would cot t 2 ad to conciliate foreign countries , or induce them to adopt a more liberal policy with this country . After some observatisus fr-rm Lord Colchestsp and from the Eail of Bipos in reply , tha House divided , when there appeared—Fcr Earl SisBhope ' s amendment ... i Aga . n ? fe it 59 The Bill was then read a second time .

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      HOUSE OF COMilOSS , Tuesday , July b . Sir JLexkt Haedisge , in answer to LordWorsley , intimated that CoL Henry Dunlas was dismissed from hia official appointment , and from the command of tLo 83 rd regiment , and is to retire on half-pay , for having used disrespectful terms in speaking of her ilsjesty . Sir J . GuaHaX intimated thst a bill is to be brought in- this Session authorising her Majesty to grant tifiW chapters to the Colleges of Physicians and of Surgeons . The business which had been dropped in consequence cf there having been no House on the previous evening , was either disposed of- or arranged for future consideration . It was intimated by Sir Jam s Graham that Government meant to press forward the Poor XawBilL On the motion for the farther consideration of the report on the Dean Forest Ecclesiastical Districts

      Bill , Mr . Hl ? lLE moved eight resolutions , each of some leagta , condemnatory o ! the principle of augmenting ebcrca' livings out of the public reTenne , especially considering the present condition of the country , and affirming that the property of the church , managed in s proper manner , was quite sufficient for all such purpowa of new endowments or augmentations . Sir Jobs Easthope aeeonded the motion . TheEariof iracotw criticised the resolutions , and defended the fad . After aonie observations from Mr . Williams , the Hoase divided , wiien the resolutions were rejected by 377 to 4 * . This matter betsg disposed of , &e House went into eomaiittee to afiinn resolutions on which to found a hill far tbe better government of the oolony of South Austnlix .

      Lord Stanley , who proposed the resolutions , stated what w& « 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 ft&otifiisirsti&i . Some conversation followed , and then the resolutions were agreed to .

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      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 coaoerned , 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 bad drawn a very exaggerated picture of the existing slate of things . Mr . Benett strongly supported the bilL Mr . Villiees -vindicated the motives of thosa who objected to the Bill , and who were anxious that one evil sheuld not bo cemmltted 1 ^ correcting another . Mr , Matthias Attwood expressed somewhat similar se- tiraents .

      Mr . Stansfield also was of opinion that the Bill was a hasty measure , interfering -with the rights of labour , on the faith of a report containing certainly statements of a careless , if not of a questionable , nature . After some observations from Mr . Hawkes , lord ASHLBT defended the Bill , and Lord PaLMEESTON expressed a hope tbat the Bill would speedily pass into a Jaw 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 .

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      - ~~—~—^ i EXECUTIVE ROOMS , MANCHESTER . INCOME , PBOM . JITLY 3 RD TO JULT 6 tH , INCLUSIVE . £ 3 . d . Todmorden ... ... 0 8 4 Notts ., Thatcher ... 0 10 0 Darentry ... ... 0 5 0 Salford , Youih 3 ... 0 2 0 New Mills ... ... 0 10 10 Stoekport ... ... 0 JO 0 Ledbury ... ... 0 1 1 Newport , Isle of Wight 0 3 6 Northampton ... ... 0 8 4 Anon . ... ... 0 5 0 Bristol , Youtt 3 ... 0 8 6 Hooley Hill ... ... 0 2 0 £ 3 14 7 Johs Campbell , Sec . P . S . —The receipts for tbe Executive will be published weekly for the fufura , in order that all parties may be satisfied as to who subscribe , and who do not .

      The Jnt Ortherjnt Stau Saturday, July 9, 1842.

      THE JNT ORTHERJNT STAU SATURDAY , JULY 9 , 1842 .

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      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 ; distress , bitter and hopeless ; iajustiee , reckless &od rampant ; callous-lieartedness and contempt of all suffering but their own , as manifested alike by Government , Parliament , Aristocracy , and Middleocracy , arc the chief themes of contemplation prominent la all matters of newspaper and conversational debats .

      The arrival of the overland mail has brought intelligence of the affairs in Chma s down to the 4 th of April , and in India to the 2 ith of May . The work of slaughter still progress in China . We continue to exhibit to the ' celestials" our superior proficiency in the civilised " Christian" arts of tnroatcutting and robbery . Though we have not subdued China , we have destroyed as well by the sword as by poison , a great nuuibar of the peaceful inhabitants of that country , and that is something to our Chrisiian credit . The villanona Chinese had the audacity to attempt the rctiking of a city of theirs

      which we had done tnem tne 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 . We slaughtered two hundred and fifty of their men , while the report states that the cftiiizsd Christian British Buccaneers lost not a roan . What a matter of thankfulness to Divine Providence is here . ' We make an aggressive war on a proverbially peaceful people , because they expressed some reluctance at being poisoned so fa 3 t as we wish ; we rob their treasury , plunder their territory , stizs upon their cities , destroy their trade , and spread ruin and

      desolation among their inhabitants ; and , when they appear before us with " an armed remonstrance , " we forthwiJi knock them on the head with all Chriskiao and philanthropic zsal . Two hundred and fifty fellow human beings are destroyed in the attempt to nphold villanous injustice , not only without remorse , but thi 3 sacrifice of human lifethis laceration , of human bonds among all the parties by whom these two hundred and fifty were known and loved—is hailed by our most Christian ; guides of public sentiment as intelligence of a highl y ^ satisfactory character ] How strangely do the ] demoniac doctrines of faction cnange and stultify '

      all . the £ ne feelings of the human mind . A contemporary puts the case well , that if a railway should occasion such mortality asr that 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 would be filled with sympathy and condolence with and for the unhappy sufferers and their relicts ; and yet such an event would be nothing more than an accident . But , vfhen our own countrymen , at our own expense , destroy life to a mach 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 ?"

      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 ' . iempt made by a large force of Chinese to rcco ^ tr Ninypo had a termination Yfhich savours of the Iadicrou-. The assailants were quietly permitted to enter the city , and to penetrate to a coaskierable ui-rtanca Trirhin its wail 3 . Being ; then suddmly attacked , they were compelled toiiy with ins 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 caave robbers and murderers , who openly avow themselves to be snch—by the bribery and corruption of the petty chieftains with whom we can communicate , and by keeping carefully alive the jealousies , hatreds , and animosities which we have so long cherished with such diabolical success in that unhappy country , our officers there have done

      something towards again concentrating our miserable scattered forees . General Pollock had succeeded in relieving Sale and ills garrison at Jellalabad . Colonel Bolton's brigade had reached Ali Mnsjib on its way to join General Pollock . Nott had , it was believed , been joined by General England at Candnhar ; and Major Reid-Lad reached Dadnir , with a valuable convoy of treasure and 4 , 000 camels .

      Our wretched king-tool Shah Socjah Lad been murdered ; and another struggle was ^ oing on for the succession ; AkhbakKuan still rttainshia prisoners , though he offers to r&lease them on ransom , and has permitted one of them , Captain Mackesz ie , to go on parole and endeavour to make arrangements for their liberation , » lenity whieh we greatly doubt wonid be shewn to him , by his civilized Christian ; &ggre 5 siYe enemies . In Parliament there has been , aa usual , nothing but u talk , " and even of that a scarcely ordinary quantum .

      - On Friday eveniDg , on the motion for going into a commiitee of snpply , 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 , a 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 ind searching inquiry shall be instituted into the causes of the unprecedented distress existing at present all orer the kingdom ; and therefore until her Majesty and this House shall have beeu assured by her Ministers , that effectual means are secured to provide sustenance to the unemployed and their

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      destitute families , until their sufferings shall be terminated by a demand for the industry and wages for their labour . '" ' This was just the thing that * ' Hon . Gentlemen " on both Bides tbe " 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 bo tho distreua of the country was disposed of ; there being , when the Speaker took the chair , twenty-three members presents : .

      The Anti Corn law League are having another gathering of the wise men of Gotham , in the Metropolis . The 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 * our fereign trade must be extended . "

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      ANOTHER "POP" AT THE QUEEN'S CARRIAGE . So ! the Q , ueen-shooters are not yet satisfied 1 Another tool—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

      . To what agency shall we ascribe the safe keeping of her Majasty , amidst so many diabolical attempts 1 Is it that royalty itself ia an impenetrable iEgis , through which the assassin ' s ball cannot penetrate 1 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 2 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 haa been premised for his job , and who employed him . We should be glad to know what connection these Queen-shooting experiments have with thd visit of Mr . ' Head Pacificator , " Strele 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 Kopeal Association , waited on Mr . Jardine , tho sitting magistrate , for the purpose of communioating a circumstance which came to his knowledge while presiding at a meetiDg 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 iii possession of information he had received at a reoent meeting of Repealers whose loyalty was unshaken and in every particular opposed to violence . When the proceedings were about to terminate a member rose , and said he had just left another meeting which was held for a very different purpose , where he heard a person make use of language

      of a most inflammatory nature . The expressions used were , that her Majesty should be mado away with . He immediately dissolved the meeting , and in consequence of what took place in S :. James'spark , which every loyal subject must feel indignant at , he , £ ls Chairman , considered it his duty to lay the matter before the constituted authorities . " Mr . Jardiue inquired if the person was iu attendance who gave the intelligenco at tha Repeal meeting ?

      " Mr . Steels replied , that although he repeatedly solicited him to aUend , he refused unless compelled by magisterial authority . " Mr . Jardiae—In that case I am at a loss how to act , for the subject comes to my knowledge second hand . " Mr . Sieule said , the individual alluded to was a tailor named Crow , and he assigned as a reason for not attending , that he was engaged in finishing a coat which should be delivered at a certain tinie 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 Queeu , the Bishops , and tho aristocracy should be made away with . On hearing of the circumstance from Crow he related it to Mr . Stoele , and could farther satisfy himself upon the subject on Thursday next , when anoi \ i » r meeting will be held .

      "Mr . Steele said ho should consider it a dereliction of hi 3 duty , if ho neglected to lay tho facts of the case before the Court , and for this purpose came on Sunday , bnt finding it closed , went away . " Mr . 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 he fead given . " Mr . Steele—I am a warden of the London Repealers , and my 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 my native country .

      "Mr . Jardine directed Inspector Medlicott , who was present during tho conversation , to send a constable to Crow , and let him know his attendance was immediately required . " Mr . Steele and his friends then thanked tne magistrate , and withdrew . " In the course of tho day Crow entered the court , and being taken into a , private room , Mr . Jardine had a short conversation with him . Ho repeated

      the account given by Mr ..-Steele , and said the language was made use of at a Chartist meetiug , but ho considered it merely such a tirade as is usually made use of at their meetings , and that nothing of a threatening nature was intended against Her Majesty or any other persou . Ho then jravo his address , and promised , should he be required at any futuro time , to pay every attention to tho orders of tho Court . " -

      Now this Mr . Thomas Stef . le is Mr . Damel O'Coxseli / s " head paciBcator" for Ireland . What in the name of pacification is he doing in England now J Why it ; he not in Enni- ? , Boekiug to protect the people ugaiust wholesale murder and binchery ? Are there no " pacific" relations to bo established ia Galway I Is all Ireland so very tranquil—is there so perfect an ^ h ^ er . co of till c ^ : use for coms .-laint in " the Green Isio" that the "Head pacificator" of that unhappy laud haa no caJl to his post ? Or has tho " pacificator" raised in hid patron ' s behalf eo strong a commotion at home that he is g 3 ad to escape in tho smoke and sutak ovtr

      here out of harm ' s w&y , whi . ' e tho dupes of his " pacificating" exertions as beir . t ; shot , starved , and trampled on in his own counirj ? In any case it is a coincidence wort ' iy of explanation that Mr . "Head Pacificator" Steele should be in England just a : this juncture , when his Services are so emiuer . ily necessary iu Ireland ; lhat hs should be in London en that precise day , when the third cttempt , or mockery of an attempt , at Qu ; en shooting was sade ; that he should , on . that very eveahur , Sunday eyc-ning , bo holding a Repea ] meeting in London ; and ihat ho should break . up his R-. peal nciiin ^ , and scampsr off to Bow-streefc

      vrith tae ridiculous story ive havo just quoted—as evident a concoction as was ever " got up , " but quite a sufficient " pc-g , vrhen taken in connection with the " res ' icidal" attempt of tho morning , wherein-to hang a list of grave fears of factious " rospsctability , " from ragged Chartism and temperance , and consegucut ¦ " strong measures" for the " putting down" of those dangerous associations * Tha whole thing is to us quits sufficiently cl-ar ; but we 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 seemiDg mystery which hangs about it , and : toll us simply 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 . Steels , 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 council ) , whose digest of the laws bearing upon political societies , cut so conspicuous a figure in the very last numbers

      of the papers devoted to the Complete Suffrage interest . This directing of publio 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 this " move" with the la ^ e Queen-shooting experiments ,

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      are to us sufficient indications of a purpose on the part of the two factions unitedly to make another grand effort for the ' overthrow of that wide-spreading system of religions and political investigation which they perceive must , if suffered to go on , eventually overthrow them ^ Whenever the struggle miy come , depend upon it the liberals , the educationists—the " new movers" of all grades will be found the people's d irest and bitterest enemies . We shall then know how to estimate the sincerity , and find out thenltimate object , of the middle class tools , who , while bawling for union , have so adroitly oontrived to disunite us—at least as far as their power went . We shall then find ont the real objeot of the Sturgb Conference , and the Complete Suffrage Union , and all the other means made use of to break up the people ' s ranks . ;

      As a further evidence of the systematic efforts of the middle class liberals to excite the suspicion , and draw the attention of Government towards the Chartiat bodyvwe give the following ; clumsy fabrication from the last number of the Weekly Gironicle , the paper of the Honourable Member for Sheffield : — r "A Plot Piscoveived . —We give the following letter verb , et liU as it has reached us , and -without a word of comment : —

      « ' To the Editor ef the Weekly Chronicle . —Sit : You will Be aarprvist when you read this Bui it is trouth . Ther ia a society fotmengthrought the Kingdom for tho PurpuB of Murdren all the Nobelraen in one Night for the Purpeas of GaUng new govrmeiit and Batter Lavps they Nomnberd 102748 the tats qur tbay think Be Radey By CresmeaEi thear plan is to Divid in 30 to 50 and atack evr geatlruen pleaca Both town and Cuntray and kill bouth young and buld the way thay foreni a man befor hes inad mast eware that he will reyale uo seferet to none they go tha feald te mark evray man they never more is to Be thegether at time the way tbay begine ask eume qu 3 tens at the Parson about the times and see what he thinks then thay tals him that thar is a socltely foraaeti to do away with tte govrment But he must give hiaouth that

      be will not tall to non thay will not tack a man that Drinks for fear that he ¦ will tall on theam ther ib a number of them tbat has small are . pistles about 8 inchs Long and Buma Coinbustel that thivy Lod it with and if it Brask the skin it is Dath Dear sir I am feard nt them and that is the way that Liten you icow of it thay ah <> t a Dog the outlier Night with the are Pistol and it DJd in the morng very swald as I am no ekolear I coldnot writ no Parson that I knoyre as I Bound ounder outh not to tal to non there is Dalekets from Difrents Piirts of Englent bear now . and thin and tala howe ther gaton on thfer is 2400 in London Livrpuli 1370 Manchester 1924 G ! asguw 882 Aberdeen 706 Dundee 158 Eilnburgh 205 Luth 05 I Dont reHiember aneymor at Present So do With this as - you think Boat-- -I lemean your And Stbax . —Dandee th 22 Juue . "

      If any Chartist can read these two extracts , and fail to fiad in them evidence of a conspiracy to fasten traitorous designs and eohemes upon the Chartist body , we pity the obtuseness of his understanding . 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 iu , iu any part of the kingdom ; let all foolish and Violent language be carefully excludod from all our meetings , and from all our speeches ; let us have no empty threatenings ; give no , encouragement to big talkers ; and , above all , beware of strangere . We have good reason

      to know that this is nece 3 Biry . Spies are now actively engaged , travelling from place to place , insinuating thoraselves at Chartist meetings , whon they can get a hearing , and labouring to excite the pasgions of the people , that they iaay be able to go and report to their mastors that "their treasonable speeches are eagerly applauded . * Beware , we say . We know that meii of this description are put . Let no lecturbr 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 publio speakers be carefully attended to , and let the people repress at onoe every tendency to rabid violence . Ttiere are fools as well as kuaves abroad . There are men who , with the beat 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 pHnciple , without violence , will lead us certainly into a position which shall defy the ingenuity of faction , and ensure success . . " . Y ' ¦ ' . ' . - ,. ¦¦" . ' ' ' ¦¦' -. '"

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      THE STAFFORD VICTIMS . The bloodhounds have been again laid upon the scent , and have again seized upon their quarrie . The arrows of Toryism , ' yet pointed a ia Castlereagh nnd Sidmoutfy against the heralds of true principle and righteous policy , have stricken down one of our most talented and virtuous champions . There are shafts for all who will dare to plead our cause , if we do not immediately paralyze the arm that directs the weaponsJ

      Mason , the talented , patriotic Mason , is doomed to six months' imprisonment for addressing a meeting ; not for sedition—not for inflammatory language ; these were not even alleged against him . Though he was committed for riot , he was convicted of the new-fangled constructive offence of * ' holding an unlawful meeting , " and with him seven other poor fallows , for the crime of attending the said unlawful meeting . ' 1 hey are severally sentenced to imprisonment in Stafford Gaol ; Mason for sis 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 . Some time ago Mr . Mason , in his capacity of Chartist lecturer , was instructed by a delegate meting to visit Sedgley , a little Toryrridden village , tho petty authorities of which had insolently and illegally threatened to arrest tho first Chartist who should dare to visit that town . Ou learning this , Mason , like a brave and honest fellow , replied at onco that if he had no other inducement , tho fulminatibri of this illegal threat was quite sufficieut to fetch him to Sedgley . To Spdeley ,

      therefore , ho wer . t , and a goodly number of poor people assembled to hear tho truths of Chartism explained and proved . There was neither riot nor disturbance , till a ruffian constable broke the peace by assaulting Mason * , and dragging away the bench on which he stopd from under him . Mason remaiiied on the . ground a considerable time afterwards , to allow the constables an opportunity of arrestins him if they thought fit . . They did not think fit to do so . Mason brought up the constablo for the assault ; and the magistrates , by

      way of evincing their regard : for the coristilutional liberty of tfeo subject , ' committed him and soven others for riot , of which the issue is as wo havo above stated . Our informant tells us that on Thursday , the 30 th a person in tho capacity of a ' spy was sent to sound Mason about his giving up his defence and employing counsel instead ; to which Mason roplipdi when informed by the person that he was employed for the purpose of ascertaiaing whether he would do so ox not , li That he would sooner rpfc in a dungeon than abandon conducting his own defence . " -

      Oa Friday evening , after being kept in anxiOUS suspense all day expecting their trial to he brought on , a propoBitioh , was sent to them , to the effeot , that the prosecutors were willing to ; abandon the case against the seven men on their entering into their own recognizances t » keep , the peace , leaving Mason to answer for the Minor Offknce , at the same time not mentioning what this " minor offence" was . On this communication being received , 8 tep 3 were takes to assemble the men

      together , to aacertain ^ whatwaa to be done . Oh the question being put to theml the following magnanimous reply was agreed to : — ''That they Would acceptthe proposed termsif'Mason was iNCLUiKB ' o with them , but ^ if the proaecutpra would notajr ree to Mason ' s being fucluded , they would all go Pq " trial arid sink or swim together . * The prosecutors would not agree to this , and the trial came ^ n the next morning ; Mr . Mason defending himself , and Mr , AitB » and a Junior Gjuusel defeudiP ^ tU « < other ptapners .

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      Beaman , the brutskl constable , wa ^ the principal witness for the proseoution . He adinitted , on crossexamination , that the meeting was peaceable until he galled the bench , on which Mason Btopd to Bpeak , from under him ; that he did not ask MASon to come down , nor did he attempt to arrest him before he tilted him off the benoh ; proving ttierefx ) re . that he created the riot , " He said also that he would arrest any one again that attempted to hold another meeting in Sadgeley ; be it LEGAL or ILLEGAL ^ When aU the e videnoe had bijen given , and the cases were concluded , the Chairman left the court AND WAS F 0 M < OWEt > BY

      TWO OF THE JURYMEN ( iriipandnHchamber , it was supposed to decide on the verdict ) be it as it mayi the chairman and one of the jurymex RETUENED 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 on the prisoners , complimented Beaman , and told him he shouH be " rewabded . " He then sentenced them as follows : —John Mason to six months in the common gaol , as he was the ringleader ; he should make an example of him , as they were de » terinined to put down the holding of suoh meetingSi'MH Job Smith , four months ; John JojiEst four months ; Edwaed Richards , and Samuel Hansom , three months ; Thos . Casweli ,, Wm ^

      Morris , and Wm , Casweix , for two months eaioh III ' ¦¦ ; ¦ ..- . , ¦/ , v . : ; : '¦ . ' - ¦ ; . . ' -. The prisoners are allowed to find their own provisions ^ and as yet have been allowed visitors , and pens , ink , and paper . By this proseoution , there are twenty-seven persona cast upon the public for support , or left to starve ; namely , eight prisoners j 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 prooiaiming 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 are at present being made . But this subject miwt be taken into consideration . If we make no provision for the victims or their families , then haVe 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 sufferers in the cause , w « respectfully submit the following mode of meeting every emergency , viz .: —That as there are about four hundred and sixty local bodies of Chartists , each locality pay sixpence weekly , which would amount to the sum of £ 11 10 s . and that the family of each victim receive the sum of , say ten shillings per week , or in accordance with th «

      number dud 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 ^ draper High-street , Dudley , is Treasurer , to whom the South Staffordshire delegates direct that all mWies intended for the relief of these victims should be sont . Ours is merely a more general suggestion . It is for tho people to say what precise plan they will adopt , but somehow we do hope that provision will be made , and at once .

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      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 : — —— "Frost , 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 done a great doal of harm to himself , as he was very well off before , being employed as a clerk in the Commissariat'soEcejbutnowhe will beat hardlabour for some timo to come , and every one that is convicted here of any offouce , must do his probationihat 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 Fort 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 himietf . 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 are as tame as sheop . " ¦ ' ¦ ¦; . '

      Wo have another letter ; from Ryde , Isle of Wight , confirming the statement . Englishmen ! what think you of this I What think you of the Woloh patriots ,, doomed to extafc for the remainder of their lives amongst " the great ??' t villains that ever England produced" ? What thint : you of the virtuous John Frost working in chains ? Do not your veins run fire , your breasts heave , and your hearts swell with indignation , as you picture to yourselves his unmerited sufferings ? But what will you do ? Petition ?

      Memorialize % No ! No ! ¦ You may ¦ petition till the * rack 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 AsBOoiation } put yourselves in a position to wrest from your oppressors your rights , which haviHg won , you may then ( but never till then ) obtain tho return of the patriots upon whose limbs are now clanking the fetters of jboudagO and the clains of slavery .

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      N . G ., Sheffield . —there is no distinction of prin ciple between the Chartists who meet at the Political Institute and those who irieei at Figtree * lane ; just as there is ne difference as t » principle between : the Chartists who live at Shield and those who live ' ,: «» London . Many , things may tend to make it Convenient , or even necessary ^ for . . :. themi to havetwomeeting rooms . Their ' number may be too great for one room . ; proximity of residence mat / have something tpao with it ; and , if may be , and ; in fad we fear is , the easei thai personal dishkes may also have something to do with it . The fact oj amatfs being a Chartist does .. ' . not rid him of the infirmities of human nature :

      there are many persons who hold the same publio principles , but yet dislike each other , and cannot meet comfortably together ; We regret to see this spiritmanifestedamongChdrtistS t butseenomeans qf preventing it ' s occasionally appearing as wtl in that as in all ether puhlic bodies . If the Chartists 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 ; andprobably the reasons we havegiven above why it may be necessary for them to have different rooms will be quite

      suffi-.- ' ¦ cient to direct him in that choice . ^ Gross Brutality .- —TAg following statement has been handed te our Sheffield correspondent by a very worthy and respectable member of the Asso-• cialion , brother to the deceased ^ whosti barbarous treatment forms the subject of complaint therein It places the ruthless character of the parties im-. ¦ plicated : 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 ^ flle-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 , which termiaated ia death on Friday , May 27 th . Tha body , after a post mortem examination , was removed thence to his master ' s house , ; for interment . On Sunday morning , the bereaved father and two bror thers of the deceased went to 869 the corpse , and to make the necessary arrangements for its interment , when , -the master refused them , — -and well he might , as tbe sequel will show , — -and on their persisting ^ they found the body in a coarse shell , much inferior to our parish ceffiaa , and which the first handful of clay would have split , —not in hia master ' s hoose , as it should have been , but on the floor of an empty house hard by , —not decently ' . arranged for its long , repose , but in a complete

      state « f nudity , boxed np like a very brafce by Ms unfeeling , heard-hearted master . Picture the anguish of the father and two brothers at this harrowing sight ! They Were led to expect fool play , from the man ' s previous conduct to the lad , but ¦ were not prepared for so ruthless an expesure . The body would csrtainly have been consigned to the dust in this unnatural state had it not been for their timely and justifiable interference . No palliatiou can he urged , for this tr « bly inhuman conduct ; a 3 from being himself a father , and in competent circumstances , the dictates of humanity should have prescribed the performance 6 f the customary rites due to the remaias of a fellow human - being . It cails for the utmost reprehension of every humane perspn . " ¦ . •'¦ ' ¦

      Spectator writes to assure us of his confidence , and saysythat in the village where he resides , to such a pass have things come , that they don ' t even dare to meet , but gel out into the fields , and there talk with each other on the glorious truths and hopeful aspect of Chartism . Our correspondent says that he is so closely watched as to be under the ¦ necessity of travelling several miles to post his letter , lest its passing through the post house of ¦ his own village might betray him io the'hounds of faction . God help the country ! what will it come : ¦ to ? > " \ . ; : . : ¦ ¦ , ;¦ ¦¦ v : : " ¦ : . . ¦ " ;¦ ¦ ¦ : , - - ToDMOBDEN . — We have noispacefor the report of the retiring council . The practice once begun , we should have like reports from every localcouncil through the kingdom , which it would be utterly impossible to insert . "Addbess to the Stabvikg Miiaioa's" shall

      ap-. pear . \ ¦ - .-. ¦ - .. - .- > "; ' . - ., - - .. ¦ - . - - .. - . W . W . Newport , FiFESHiRE .--Tr

      A Pupil . — Our time is now otherwise occupied man " . - ¦ ¦ in solving grammaticaldifficulties . ; ¦; ; . Chables Logan , Aberdeen . —Thanks to oUr warmhearted kind friend : we trust always to deserve and have manyisuch . . ;" Hugh Fisheb , North Moiton . —We don't know . James Young . —7 % 0 Lines to the Council on both sides of the Wear have been received . Sharp , Blacksmith . —No .. All . Comm unications for the Chartists of Lancaster must be addressed Henry Fallows , No * 28 , Brewery yard , Lancaster . MOBE MlDDiECLASS SYMPATHr FOB THE POOR . — We give the following revolting detail just as it redchedus : — / . ¦

      " MR . Editor , —I am desirous , through the medium * of the' Star , t « draw the attention . of the pablic to a most revolting affair , which was transacted in the town of Willenhall , near Bilston , on Wednesday last . A man , by name Joaeph Farmer , a day labourer , died , after being afflicted with the ¦ - dropsy . A comn was procured from the Union bastile ; bat to get the poor fellow ' s last remains within the coffin , his neck -was broken , and some part of his body was bursted ; so that in carrying him along , theend of the coffin gave way , and hia headhungdown ; thesides also gaveway in tbe street , and they were obliged to get a cord to tie up the coffin nutil they could get to the church-yard , thinking to bury him in that way ; but the Rev .

      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 Eame evening , a poor man geVa coffin from the same place to bury his child ; but , after squeezing 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 got the truth . " John Jones . Bilston , July 4 , l 842 . " S . Holmes . —The price of the Scottish Chartist Cir'' cular . ii a halfpenny . We believe it niap be had

      ' from most of the Chartist news-agents in England . . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ " - . ¦ . ; . '" ' ' " . . " ¦ "¦ , ¦ .. ' ¦ . " : . ' ¦ :-. ' Edivvvrgu . —We have : received a letter , bearing ike names of sis persons who dissent from our comment in last week ' s Sta , r / upon the meeting of shopkeepers at Leeds . We regret that there should ' be any difference of opinion between us arid any of our readers ; but as we think it probable that differences of opinion alteays will exist , the only thing we can dois to accord perfect freedom \ to our six friends to hold [ their opinion without molestation , and to claim from them . . . ¦ ¦"« like indulgence in return . Will Mrv John Wathins forward his address to JEdward Biirley , of 19 , ; Biltoh-street ,

      Layorthorpe , York , as he has a letter for him-withthe 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 deled half of them . . A . Coa-BESPONDSNT WHO HAS BUFFERED Writes thlS ¦ weekto \ infornius ( of ' a systemof ' truckers earned on at a printworks near Blackburn , in which it seems that the foreman , a few years since , jcom ' menced "badgering" that is , keeping & hue * --: stefs shop , the men are not " compelled to . purchase their provisions at this shop ; out as many as omit to do so are duly punished bybemti kept at inferior kinds of work , and ' but insuffi-1

      ciently supplied , frequently having to '' wait' jot 1 days , and sometimes for weeks together , wmje those of the workmen who are " up to it take care to be always , in arrears at the shop , and thus _ ¦ toinsure forthemselvesa full ' , iupply of thevest , ; paying jobs . \ i Mb . Ruffey RiDLST . r-2 % e following has been handed to us , with a request for its insertion : — " Public Notice to Chartists . —Ceitiflcate given to Rafiy Ridley by the Executive . —The bearer , Buffy Ridley from his long standtag in the ranks of democracyt and unflinching political integrity , ia ^^ f ? . ' ™ and proper person to extend 1 the National Cb » rta ; ABsociation ^ : to places where it does not exiat , ana to add to its numbers where it does . ¦

      • " ¦ ¦ . ¦ !' - < : _ . < ¦ .. '¦ ¦< ;¦' ¦ : " >? Johk Ca ' kpbei . l ,: Ges- - 9 ec . - ; THE Friends op the Cause tt 3 u > wish , <* & have . not been able to procure , theStax , inthe Eastern Division bjSurrey , ' are informed Oat Mr . F . Pavey , news : agent ,-of London-street , Kingstoh-iw * Thams , wti ! undertake to supply thejn at their own residence * * Kingston , rEsher , pittoh , Hapt , ; CobHam , Epsom Molsey , Hampton , and the surrounding villages . > Thomas Hillibr , CaJLvertoh , tOT // preo < fe / o 6 % f «*» and secure more attention to his commuiiicafwn * if he will attend to our oft-repeated requastHA vnrite on one side of his paper only . ) A . C . A . —We have no room . ' i-Bebnard W ^ Tm ^ . -r-Rece \ ve < i too late for thts week , ¦ ¦"" . ' ' ¦ •¦ . ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •; • : ' ¦ / ¦ " - ¦ ¦ " - ' . / -. •¦¦ - ' ; -.- ¦¦

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      Brooe, Ttie Northallerton Victim .

      BROOE , TtiE NORTHALLERTON VICTIM .

      J ne Committee ar / pointed by a public meeting of the Chartists of B ' rompton and Northallerton appeal to theirV brethren throughout the kingdom on behalf of this honest " and good man . The once strong and healthy Brorfc is becoming fast emaciated , and must shortly be the victim of a prison , unless rescaed from it by the votaries of the cause for which he suners . . The Committee oannot think this will be permitted ; He haa the privileee of maintaining

      hivjelf ; but that privilege is useless to him without the means . Let it be remembered , that a Clayton and a Holberry have been already Bacrificedj and let not Brook be added to the number for the paltry trifle that inay be required to find him food . - The Committee will publish a monthly balance sheet for the satisfaction of eubscribers . They request ^ hat all monies may be sent to Mr . Isaac Wilson , weaver , Brompton , near Nortballorton . They thus leave the case in the hands of their Chartist brethren , and trust that their appeal will not be fruitless .

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      4 THE NORTHBB ^ ^ ^ N . .. ¦ ¦; " ; : ;¦ ¦ . " ' ¦ : ' . . .. -, . ., \ ; _ ^^^^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1169/page/4/