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    • THE NORTHERN STAR.. SATUTIUAY, MAY 14, 1842. '
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      THE NATIONAL PETITION . The following correspondence has taken place in refsteaca to ths National Petition : — :. . _ " Convention Room , Beck ' s Hotel , ' Fleet-street , " Sib , —The Members of the National Convention of the Industrions Classes ef Great Britain , unanilaoasly tender you their most cordial thanks for the patriotic manner in which you have discharged your duties in Parliament te the working classes ;

      and more particularly do they express-their high estimation of your servioes , speeches , and motions in reference to the Great National Petition , sighed by three millions and a half of the people , oa the presentation of which your arguments as a speik&r , jour consistency as a man . and your zeal as a tried and trusted friend of the disfranchised , have richly merited and do now receive their individual and collective approbation . " Abram Duscan , Chairman . " " T . S . Doncombe , Esq .. 5 LP . "

      M The Albany , May 9 , J 84 f u , —I beg to assure you that it is a source of no inconsiderable gratification to me to learn that my conduct on the presentation of a petition , signed by nearly three millions and a half of my fellow-Eubjects , as well as my endeavours to obtain for-those petitioners a hearing at the bar of the House of Comdons , has mat wi-. h the unanimous approbation of the National Convention , representing as that body do-, 3 the industrious classes of this country .

      * " In acknowledging this flattering testimonySof public approbation , I cannot refrain from expressing the pain and mortification that I experienced at the course which the Hou ? e of Commons pursued upoa tie occasion referred to . Instead of that Assembly ? allowing the working classes to explain their own views , I witness ? d not only their wrongs unheeaed , iht-ir ss&tements discredited , their objects " perverted , their motives misrepresented , their charaeters : maligued , but their respectful prayer contumaciously rejeered . . . : " . i

      ' * If any practical proof were before wanting of ihe necessity of a radical changein our representative system , I thick the manner , in which the unenfranchised millions , the sons of toil and iiidnsiry , were treated on Tuesday last , has amply supplied thai proof . " Concurring , therefore , as I do , with the petitioners , that the peace of the empire , the securit ^ of property , and the prosperity of " commerce can o&ly be permanently secured by the House of Commons being identiBed with the people , 1 trust the day is not far distant when that House shall become in practice as well as in name , ' the People ' s House , * and eo far as the humble exertions of an individual like myself can promote that object , tnose whom the National Convention represent may at allftimea rely upon my assistance , and command my cordial co-operation . - J

      " I have the honour to be , Sir , ° With best wishes , faithfully yours , * . " Thomas Sllngsby Du . ncombe " Abram Duncan , Esq ., Sec . "

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      CAILUSLE . DREADFUL DESTITUTION OF THE HA ^ DLOOM WEATERS FURTHER REDUCTION ' jOF THEIR "WAGES A ^ D LARGE PUBLIC " MEETINGS . ' I ' Last week we gave a copy of 2 memorial t ¦ > Sir Robert Peel , from the handloom weavers of the City of Carlisle and neighbourhood , which was adopted at a very large public meeting , held in the Town Ha 1 . The memorial was signed by the chairman , Mr . James M'Ke £ Z e , in behalf of the meeting , ana forwarded the following day , with the accompanying letter , to Sir Robert Peel , First Lord of Her Majesty's Treasury : — ' . "Carlisle , May 3 rd , 15-42 .

      * ' Sir , —I beg to transmit you a memorial -which waa mia ! um ;> u 3 ly adopted at a very large pabiic meeting , convened by the mayor , G G . Houns < j \ Esquire , and "held in toe Town Hall ilsy the 2 ad , 1842 . In the nn&v- 'id&ble absence ¦ - f the Mayor I -was called upon to preEde or a the meeting , and requested to forward the memorial to yoa -without dely . From my knowleug-.- of the Hisnufactaring bmrineis "here , I can vonch for the accuracy of the allegations set forth in the memorial .

      May I add , Sir , that amidst ali the destitution and Buffering -vrhieh nnfortunately exists amongst this numerous body of her Majesty ' 8 subjects , that ; they lave hitherto bone their sufferings -with the greatest patience , and conducted themselves in a peaceable and respectful manner . " I remain , Sir , " Tour obedient humble servant , " James M-Kz ^ zie , * Irvine ' s Court , Botchergste . " - -

      Oa Friday , the 6 th instant , Mr . M'Kenne received the following answer from Sir Robert Peel : — ' ¦ - " Whitehall , 5 th May ., IS ± 2 . " Sra , —I hcg to acknowledge the receipt cf ycuT ' letter of the 3 rd instant , transmitting a memorial ' adopted st a public meeting of the band-loom weavers of Carlisle and neigabonrhood . I haxe read witk ^ reat regret the painful statements is respect to the distress of : ths itand-loom "weavers of Carlisle , . ¦ "lam , : \] " Your obsdient servant , j " Robert Teel . ] " To James ii'Ketzie . " " *

      We bad thought , from the statements set forth at . the public meeting to which we have alluded , that i the cup of misery of this numerous and suffering i body of men had been filled to overflowing ; but iu ' this we have been woefully disappointed , for a fur- j Iher reduction has been made by the firm of Messrs . ' John 1 ' erguson aid Co ., to the amount . of nearly twenty per ceid . In consequence of this reduction , " tie greatest excitement has prevailed amonxst the hand-loom weavers during the week . A district meeting was held in Caldewgate , in Thursday forenoon , the 5-h instant , when it was airetd that a pnblic meeting shonld be heJd at the Market Cro 3 otliat evening , for ti . e purpose of coming to a resolution to resist the reduction . -

      At eight o ' clock an immense number of persons ' had assembled a ; the Cross , when Mr . Wm . Ely the vrzs called to the chair . He addressed the peopl e at some length on the unfeeling conduct of those Employers who had made a further reduction in the miserabie earnings of the poor degraded hand-loom weavers , and called upon them to resist the ieauetion by evsry means m their power . llr . Joseph Broom Hanson was then called on to address the * meeting , which he d-. d in a very animated manner . He &aid—My fellow-workmen ) when we met , a few days ago , in the Town Hail , to raeuibriali = e her Majesty ' s Government as to our sufFeribg and destitute condition , 1 had bopea that * no further reduction conld possibly take place ; but , to iay

      Burprise and indignation , I have ka-rned that a further reduction has been made of sbont twenty per cent , by Messrs . Ferguson and Cnamb < . ra . Whut can we think of the icaiiegs of such" 2 > =: > , who could thus reduce the miserable pittance of ihcir ¦ workpeople 1 Why , that their ledger * are their Bibles , their co-Lmtingbouses their churcheS r and their money their God . " If ( continued Air . Hanson ) the suffering and degraded condition of the working classes of tins country continues to be neglected i » y tiie middle classes ^ nd the Government ,-then may we expect a revolution even more sanguinary in its character than tha ' , of Franca . Mr . Hanson then cailod npon the pbodIb net to allow their

      ezdted feelings _ t © get the better of their Judgment , by leading faem into breaches of the peace , but to conduct themselves in a legal and peaceful manner . Let xo man take any work from Messrs . Ferguson and Chambers at the reduced price , bat apply to the other warehouses for work , which , if they coeM hoi obtain , then , as s . last resort , they must apply io tie Board of Guardians for relief . A show of Itaud ^ was thru tak ^ n on this advice , when an immense number of bands were held up in favour of it , —after which the people quietly dispersed . Since rha above meeting was held , Messrs . Ferguson ayid Chanilr-iLhave come up to the old price ? , which is sirens presumptive proof that the reduction was altogether ¦ uncalled for . This firm has , it appears , giie : i

      authority to the editor of the Carlisle _ Jv > iin _ ai to state that they are paying one peimy ; -ei cut more for the coarsest fabric than any other firm in Carlisle . This may bo the case , but this ' -has evidently been done to deceive the public , and u make them believe that they are really p&yiLg thi bes ; prices , which is not the case , 'ihey have als ( declared , we understand , that they have notni ^ J the last reduction to which we have already alhi-Je . l Now we have taken some pains to ascertain-to wha extent they have really reduced wages , and havo £ 4 this moment tickets before us , which fuily . bear is the correctness of the weavers' stattments . - For in stance we have tickets , dated March , to the following effect : — ~ f

      " lOOOslay , oOJporties , three cut ? , 60 yards ,. mu be dressed with the best flour-dressing , 7 a . 3 d . pi cut . ; . " Eleren shots of weft on the glass ; i " Eight heeads of weft per cut . " ( Signed ) H Jons Febgeso ?! ' aiyl Co / " ' We have also another ticket , dated Miy 4 ; h , this effect : — H 1006 slay , 50 porties , three cui =, 60 yards , mu be dressed with , the best Hoar dressing , 03 . ud . p cut ; - "Ten shots of weft on the glass ; M Seven hteads and fiie iktins of weft vzt cut . .

      " JoaK FsnGusos and Co . " Now allowing for the difference of the weft , whio is fifteen skeins , the latter cut , which hasbepn jn doeed to five shillings , eught to have been 65 . U BO that here is a reduction of twenty per cent . TV hare diBtinetly proved that a very heavy rcductki bss taken glae © withia the last few weeks .

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      TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND , IRELAND , SCOTLAND , AND WALE 3 , AND THEIR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ; OK THE SIEP 3 KECESSAST TO BS TAKE * ' PE . EPABATORT TO THE PBESEMING THE NEXT NATIONAL

      PETITION . Fzllow-Men , —To the man who wisheB to take a conspicuous part in the discussion of public arTairs , nothing is so easy as that most delightful task of finding fault . ToT » e ever on the watch for something at which to cavil , and never venturing to propose anything of their own , enables many a man to pass through the world with a degree of intellectual credit , to which it would ds impossible for him by othei meanB to attain . Look , says he , at that ridiculous order of the Executive ! What arrant nonsense are the whole proceedings of the

      Convention . ' K sally there is not a man of talent amongst them . I do wonder what the people will send next- Some men ' s impudence knows no bounds , or thej would never have taken npon them an office which they evidently are so incompetent to fill ! And thus the modest censor proceeds ; but always takes care never to point out anything which ought to ba done . I will acs upon the contrary principle , and , instead of censuring -what has been done , submit to your consideration , -what appears to me calculated to give the expression of the national will , a t . xce which it has never yet obtained .

      It wiil be sckno-H-ledired by all parties that the piesent organization , imperfectly as it is carried out , has given Chartism a concentration and precision of action which has completely paralized its enemies , and , in my opinion , if the following propositions should be acted upon iu addition , would so far concentrate and direct public opinion , as t © enable it to carry anything it chosa to bear upon . plas tos cosdrctisg and preparing the next national petiiion . 1 . That Chartists in every township , where they have the power of election , should from this rflftaitnt begin io elect men of their own principles , as near as possible , to rill every town ' s office . 2 . That at the time when it is thonght advisable to petition , meetings should be held in . every township or hamlet , with the constable or other parish officer in the chair .

      3 . That nothing bat males , at least of the age at which they are liable to be ballotted for the militia , do sign the petition . 4 . That € Tery pc-tition be headed or begun by the parish officers for the time being , and as many electors as can be induced to give their signatures , the great body of tke people following . 5 . That each petition be sent to the member of Parliament representing the place of meeting ; and that a letter , containing all the particulars to be found in a following paragraph , signed by the parish officers , and as many electors as conyenient , be sent along with the petition , requesting him to present it at the time on which the general motion is made .

      C . That if it be thought advisable by the Executive , or Convention , that vre should have one great petition as before , a national one , stiil a letter to be sent to the member representing the place where the meeting has bsen held , signed by the parish officers and as many electors as convenient , requesting him to support the main petition ; the letter to state the number of . maks of the required age who have signed the petition in that locality , and also the whole number of maleB of the required age which the place petitio ing contains ; and also what number cf electors the petition contains .

      7 . That there be a list prepared , and furnished to the member who prtssr . ts the National Petition , or ' moves its adoption , in which the names of the p . iembers of Parliament shall be alphabetical ] y arranged ; and that opposite each member's name shall be put the name of the plice ; fl which the meetings have been held ; stating if they have been signed by the pariah officers ; what number of electors , what number of adults , acd the whole cumber of adults contained iu ihe place at the last consns : in order that the in = niuer who presents the petition , or moves its adoption , may be able to call upon the respective members to speak to the facts , or that he may call upon the clerk to rtad the list , for the information &f the House . The fi / iiuwing is an tsaoiple of the form : —

      : ; . ! s ^ £ " Sf " = £ 1 ^ 2 >» i- . — - " = ' . e « . ; . G— s < - © . 5 ' oaE Wm . Beckett for ! = s K j ¦§ W West Riding ijf ; < Liversidge . Tea . 100 Ubt-l 1600 Dewsbury Yes . 2 ou 3 oOtj 4 u 00 I dare not trespass further than to say that the thing is quite practicable , and big with important results . Yours , truly , May 11 , 1 S-12 . James Penny .

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      THE NARROW HOUSE ! AND THE GREAT PETITION ! ! The Petition has been presented ; and "the House" has rejected its prayer ! It has resolved to have no communion of sentiment or feeling with the people I It mil not accede to the demand of the nation to pas 3 the Charier ; nor will it hear what the people have to say in support of their claims The doors of the House were too narrow for the admission of the Leviathan Petition itself : and , in dealing with the Principles of the Petition , ' the House" has resolved to be as narrow as its entrance .

      Three-and-a-half-millions of people have quietly , orderly , soberly , peaceably , but firmly , asked of their rulers to do justice ; and their rulers have turned a deaf ear to their request . Three-and-a-half millions of people have asked permission to detail their wrongs , and enforce their claims for right ; and the " Housa" has resolved that they shall not be heard 1 Three-and-a-half-miilions of the slave-class have holden out the oiive-branch of peace to the

      enfranchised and privileged classes , and sought for a firm and compact union , on the principle of equality before the law ; and the enfranchised and privileged have refused to enter into treaty ! Ths slaveclass is to be a slave-class stiil 1 The mark and brand of inferiority is not to bs removed . The assumption of superiority is still to be maintained . The power and gcri 7 is of wrongly-acquired dominion are too sweet to be parted with : The people are

      not to be free I !

      Such is the answer of " ilie House" to the cmbodyinent of the Xalion ' s icill , as contained in the Great Petition signed l > y three-and-a-half millions of people ! Thsee-and-a-half Millions of People ! ' . ! O ' . who can properly estimct 9 the importance of ihat fact I ' . When , in the history of the earth before , did any people sec three-and-a-half millions of its numbers asking a much lesser number to do justice ? When , in the whole history of man , was there before ? uch a combined and such a holy movement in favour of liberty ? When was there ever

      before a single document prepared to which thheeand-a-half millions of people affixed their names * Never ! Lever ' . And yet the Chartists " were put down "' : They are despised , persecuted , trodden upon , sneered at , taunted , and insulted ' . Did we : ay they are so treated I They " have been 1 should be the words I That document , signed by tur £ . e-a . \ d-ahalf millions of people , has secuvtd for us a different sort of treatment . Those who have despised , wiil sow fear . Those who have persecuted will now court . Those who have sneered , and tauated , acu insulted will now , seemingly , become the best of friends ' . That three-and-a-half millions has secured for the Chartists aleginmace standing place as a political partv .

      "With the decision of " the House" we are no ; disappointed . It is what we haye always expected and what we have always led the people to expect When the Petition was first proposed , it was witl a -new of forcing our principles upon public at ' iention ; and not with a hops that " the House ' would grant the demand of the patitioncrs . Thii was stated at the time , and has been stated man ] times , and often , since . We repeat , with the decision of " the House'' we ate not disappointed ! I

      13 just what we expected ; and it is just what th < Chartist body expected S The Chartists have actec with th . 3 hope aad for the purpose above set forth Their labours have been successful ! Their labour are triumphant ! They have forced their principle and claimi upon pubhc attention , They have force 1 the entire press of England , Ireland , and Seotlan ^ into their service . They have compelled the enter talnment of thsir claims in some shapa or other b ; all classes of the community . They have dxawi tli 9 attention of all other aarions aud all other people

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      to their movements aud labour ? . They have set the foreign press to work , as well aa the' English . They have given to their petition ( an embodiment as it is of the PHisciPLESof right and justice ) the wings of the wind ! and sent it into every corner of the habitable globe , to encourage the struggling , enlighten the darkened , and animate the hopeful ! The petition has been translated into different tongues , and laid before the people of different nations . The whole of the English daily press gave the

      petition at full length , in their reports of its presentation ; and a great portion of the weekly journalB followed the example . Not a single English paper has been since published , that has not had something to say , either pro or con , upon the movement . And the Foreign press has had its comments too ! Hear what the National , a French paper , Bays on the subject ! We give his remarks as we find them quoted in the Times , ( aye , even the Bloody Old Times ) of Saturday last : —

      We call the attention of our readers to the petition presented to the House of Commons by the £ : glish Chartists . It is not the first time that the formidable association of operatives in that country have addressed their grievances to Parliament ; but present this proceeding has been of so serious a character , that all London was affected by it . The organization of the inferior classes , their sympathies for the same ideas , their action under the earno standard , their progress in London , where they count 200 , 000 disoiplmed men , and in 36 of the most important towns in Great Britain , in each of which they have 10 , 000 associates , the sentiment of the

      rights which stimulate them , that of equality , which by degrees is penetrating and animating them , all these circumstances give this proceeding a groat importance at present , aud an importance which will become more formidible hereafter . The apparition of the working classes upon the English political scene is a now event , at least under existing circumstances . We are aware that nothing marches so quick in England as what is traditional , but the element which is being introduced in the midst of old and worn out-out parties must sooner or or later produce results at which all Europe will rejoice , and the pitiless English aristocracy alone have reason to complain . "

      The National is right ! " The apparition of the working classes upon the English political stage " is a new £ V £ st ! ! And was net it worth the labour that the Chartists havo been at , to raise that APPARITION , and bring about that event ! Are we not more than repaid ? Are not our expectations more than realised ? Have we not compelled public attention \ Have we not forced ourselves and our efforts for liberty upon the notice of parties whom we could not otherwise have reached ?

      Look at the progress of Chartist principles ! In the years 1816 and 1817 , petitions , signed by one and-a-half millions of people , were prosonted to the House of Commons for Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments and Vote by Ballot , aa a means of bringing about an equitable adjustment of ths debt and general taxation , and otherwise legislating for the benefit of the whole people . " The House " then answered the demands of the working people by superciliously and indignantly refusing to receive their petitions ; by the appointment cf the " Green-bag Conspiracy" select

      Committee ; by the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act ; by the passing of power-of-imprisonment-? r i // if <»/ -EXAMiNATiONor-TaiAL laws ; by the enaotment of the SIX ACTS ; by the cramming into prison of hundreds of working meD , for months and years together—and then turning them out without even telling them why they had been confined ; and by the tran-portiDg of some scores of others , and the HANGING of Thistlewood , Ings , Brunt , and Tidd , in London , and Brandheth and his fellow martyr at Djrby , for what were called " treasona , " brought about by thesPiES of the rascallygovernorsof the day ! Such was the answer of " the House" to the

      petitions of the people only twenty-five short years ago ! Then faction w » 3 paramount ! Then faction was insolent and brutal ! Now , how is it ? Now , how has a much stronger petition been reseived 1 Now , what has been theauswer of " the House" to much more warmly expressed dcmands , compared with its answers at former periods ' . The Petition hasbeen received ! It has not been kicked out ! " The House ' ' kicked them out in 18171 The answer now is , as then ; " your demands shall not be granted : " but it is in much feebler language ! / . ' . ' The answi-. r is confixed to words ! In 1817 , they answered in deeds ! Then , they suspended the Habeas Corpus Act , and imprisoned , transported , and HUNG ;

      NOW THEY PROFESS SYMPATHY FOR THE DISTRESSES OF THE PEOPLE ; but they think ( only think !) the people have not , hit upon the right remedy !! O ! how the insolence of faction has fallen ! How the nails of brutal power have been pared !! ! How the spirit of the dunghill bantum has been cowed ! !!! Ay , in this difference of tone and bearing , see the progress of Chartist principle 1 and ece , also , the immense Btride of national distress and difficulty consequent on the misrule of faction !! It is the latter that has lowered

      the comb of hectoring , faciious , chanticleer ! ! "Thj wicked are caught in their own snare , and fall into their own pit . " Never were words more true The system which has been upholden and maintained at the expense of tha blood and tears of the suffering many , has reached even the upholders , and has made them crouch and supplicate where they before battled and bea , !! Trace the progress " . of Chartism from its first rise to the present day . See it in the latter end of the last century , woak and impotent , raising its puny voice against the infamous American

      war undercaken by our Government to compel that people to submit to our taxation . See it slad to slink into corners , and inclul ^ ? , in secret , its gratification at the bravery of the French people in taking the bastile , and in overturning ihr ' tr infamous and despotic system of Government . View the power of faction , when they could bring mobs of the common people to set upon and tar andfca'hertlio "Jacobiiib" and the " Infidel levellers , " as the Chartists of that day were called , when they could be ferreted out . Rsmembor the Chuvch-auu-King riots of Birmingham ! the burning

      of the houses of Dr . Priestley and hia friends ! Taen bee the demand for Parliamentary Reform rise in importance , as the success of ihe French people , and as the measures cor . se-» ji : ent on that success , became known amongst the English working people ; and see also the power of faction in undertaking , with almo 3 t general ccneent , a vrav a gains } ihe Fronch people , to restore to tiiom their rejected , upset , obnoxious , despotic Goverment , and to pus down the demand for Parliamentary Reform ai h-jaie ! Look at the progress of that war , and its consequences ! Loo ' s at the Debt : and the Bank Restriction ! Look at

      faciion tyhii ? the cord around its own neck ; a coro " that will eventually strangle it , as surely as that God is just . ' Look at the misery and suffering inflicted upon the people , through the mad and drunken conduct cf its rukrs ; and see them spurn with inbult aud cont ? mpt the cries of that people for relief ! View their conduct in 1817 ! Look at th ' .-ra again in 1824 ! How boastful ! How proud I ! How arrogan : ! ! ! Liiten to their language , as they glo' . ui : i ; iy and fantastically paint to the "instituturiuns ol the -country" which have poured out upon the people such va 3 fc blessisgs "through the portals of an aacieui monarchy ; " and speak of the " turbulent" and "disaffected" who

      " wifh to uproot society . " Than see them iu 1 !!¦ _ ' - , :: "Late Panic" had seized them The " glorious prosperity" we bad heard to much about was shaken to pieces ! The tone and beariug of the indolent became lowered !! " Poverty Make * us acquainted with strange bed-fellows : " and the people now found many of those who had before ftranin-usly opposed Radical Reform , joining them in : hat demand ! The French people again showed that a government opposed to the millions cannot always stand , although it may for a tinr-. They again drove from the throne the the leuaiate

      "legitimate" monarch of Franco : sDite of all . m " Esonarcli of Franco ; spite of . all tL hundreds of millions of pounds that we had spen an < I the millions of Uve 3 that we had sacrificed , t

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      place him there ! Then was the demand for Radical Reform re-enforced ! How was it met ! 'By bullying , and imprisonment ? No ! by pretending to grant it ! ! By passing a humbug Reform Bill i Yea , by passing a measure called Reform j although the factions had undertaken three wars ; spent hundreds of millions of money ; sacrificed millions of lives ; reduced thousands upon thousands of families in England from competence to beggary ; inflicted misery and destitution , till then unheard of in England , upon

      the whole labouring people : the factions , though they had done all these things to prevent a Reform of the Parliament , were aotually now glad to pass a measure which professed to effect ihafc very Reform they had so much dreaded and resisted !! Look , too , at the position of Chartism now ! See the inoreased destitution of the people , consequent on the workings of the system to uphold which so many enormities have been committed : gee bankruptcy and ruin running riot amongst the middling classes ! sea "financial" difficulty and a deficient

      Exchequer hamper up , tye the hands of , our heretofore Insolent governors ! Then see their humbled condition , when the Chartists approach them 11 SYMPATHY * is what they express ! They do not shake 'the * halter in our faces , and point to the ^ hu ] ks , np ; buttheybxpresaforus"SYMPATH O , yea ! ichartism has triumphed !! Then let the people have hope ! let them riot abandon the vantage ground fchoy have obtained ! ! let them , not despair of ultimate , and complete success !

      JThe surety of the success of their cause lies in this fact : that the longer the '' present system is continue ^ the greater will be the misery and suffering inflicted upon all exposed to its operation . That misery and destitution has reached the trading classes ! They are " sucking the hammer" most woefully ! ! The Income-tax is a blister applied to the trading and monied classes , which will work

      into a desperate "RAW" !! The operation of the Tabiff will augment the mess ! Altogether , we are in a fair way of convincing all parties , by woeful experience , that nothing but the total change of system contemplated by the Chartists , can possibly effoot the remedy required . Jq this we see the triumphant success of the Chartists guaranteed ! In this we see grounds for the brightest and most eheerjing hopes !

      Let the Chartists , then , as we said before , maintain their vantage ground ! Let them not give way in the least . Let them turn neither to the right hand nor to the left . Let them set their face against all and every one who advises and countenances such turning ., Let them remain , as they now are , a great aud dietiuot pavty , seeking for justice . Let them continue to enforce their claims and demands on all fitting occasions : and success , perfect and complete success , must attend them !

      j Wo would refer to the letter of Mr . O'Connor , inserted in this day ' s Star , for an answer to the question" What shall toe next do 1 " He has there pointed out a course of conduct to be pursued by the Chartists , which cannot be too strongly urged upon them . They must become possessed of all the local offices ! Every Const . ables . hip , every Commissionership , every Town Councilship , every Aldermanslup , and every Mayoralty , should bo in their hands . These are the strongholds of the enemy ! These are the secrets of his power

      Chartists ! look out !!! Why should you not use the u poWers that be" for your own purposes , as well &s those who use them agjMnst you ? l Get to be Mayors , and Aldermen , and Common Council Men , and Constables ,, and CommissionerSj and Overseers , and Churchwardens : and then your claims will be respectable \ then you will bo better and more attentively ^ listened to' !' . ' Then you will have move $ ower th ^ n you now poB 3 ess to enforce your demands !

      Chartists ! then , look to id ! Let your Executive Committee and your General Council take this matter up . Lookout for good ,. trust-worthy , business , men ; PUT THEM INTO OFFICE ! You have the power : use it . Lsfc the world see whether Chartism b 8 dead or not ! The recommendations of the Convention as to the matters on whice we are now writing will be found in another part of our sheet . ' As' the Executive are charged with the duty of seeing them carried into effect , and aa they will , doubtless , immediately apply

      themselves to 1 the forming and issuing of general instruction ^ Wpon the subject , we shall not here dwell upon them , further than to eay , that all that in us lies shall be done towards their accomplishment . Those recommendations are wise and prudent ; they have been resolved upon by the delegates of the people ; and it is the duty of the peoplo to sec them fully carried out . For the present we leave the matter . We have not done with it . We have an account to settle

      with the different , speakers in the " debate" on Mr . Duncombe ' s motion ; particularly with Messrs . Macaulay , 'Roebuck * ,, and Lord John Russell Wo shall want to know what property Mr . Macaulay has , and where he got it from , that he is so fearful of losing it , should the Charter become law ! We shall want to know , why Mr . Roebuck was selected to darim the petition of the people , by denouncing it as " a senseless and foolish document ! " and we shall also want

      to know why we are to join the middle classes to help in restoring Lord John Russell back again to power , when he has distinctly told us , that "nothing on earth shall induce him to grant the Six Points of ilio Charter" ! Wo shall want . to know where the immaculate purity of "that House" is , ( especially after the disclosures of wholesale purchases of constituencies and seats that have just taken place , ) that they dare to reject the demand of the people for a thorough Reform ! We shall want to know these things : and , please God , in due time , wo will endeavour to get to know them .

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      SPLENDID AND COSTLY PRESENT $ 0 THE REAPERS OF " -THis-. -, " KORTHESN :: ;; -STAR . ^* -Y - * : - : . ¦¦¦ ; . ¦ ; : > v :::- / V ' ^ 'V ; :- : ~ Determined to commemorate every great national event connected with the present " movement , " Mr . O'Connoe has entered into arrangementa for presenting the ^ Snbscribsrs to the Star with a large and splendid Engraving of the Presentation of " ; '' . •' - . ' - .. ¦ '¦ - " : ¦ ¦" . ¦ ¦ . "¦ - . - ' . ¦ . '¦ ' . ' :-. " ¦ - * : ' . ¦¦ ¦

      THE GREAT NATIONAL PETITION - \ to the House of Commons . : J : , This . ' - . Plate will be asmuofci superior " tovine Engra ^ vings already given with the Star , as they were to any ever given with any other newspaper . It will be divided , as it were , into three main cornpar'menta . The first will represent the Dele-« ATEsinCoNVENTioNASSEMBi . ED , previoustosta " riins with the Petition to the House of Common ' s ,

      Tne centre and largest compartment will represent the Procession ccompanying the Petition to the House , the Petition itself , the Beabebs of it , and the People , whenpassing Whitehall , and approaching Palace Yard . The third coihpartment will represent the Petition IN THE HOUSE , when " laid on the table / ' being a general view of the Interior of the House of Commons , the Bar and the Speaker ' s Chair being ' prominent features . ; ' .

      In addition to these mam com * f > artinents the upper and lower edges of the plate will be divided into sixteen other smaller compartments , each one of which will contain an accurate representation of some great Publie Building passed" 01 the route from the Convention Rooms to the Parliament House . Views will thus be given of Temple Bar , St . Clement Dane ' s Church Somerset House , Exeter Hall , St . . 'Mary-l ' e * Strand , Trafalgar Square , Northumberland House , Whitehall . Richmond Terrace , The Admiralty , The Horse Guards , Westminster Bridge , The Treasury , Westminster Abbey and St . Margaret ' s Church , Westminster Hall , and the Exterior of the House of Common . '

      There will thus be given , upon one very large shefet , NiNET £ E > v Sfiibndjd Pictubes , all harmoniously combined to make the whole an effective and worthy representation of the most important movement ever made by the . English people in favour of liberty . . The terms upon which the Plate will be issued are as follow : — Every Subscriber to the Star for Four Months , from the date of entering hi 3 name with his newsagent , will be entitled to a Plate . We do not promise to have it ready at any particular -time , for the work will be one of sueh

      a character , and will need such careful attention on the part of the Engraver , as to defy aay one to fix an exact time . This , however , we do promise . Every subscriber is at liberty to cease his subscription at the end of four months , holding his ticket , and receiving his plate and paper from the Agent he has subscribed with , the day it is presented , just as if he had continued to subscribe . The Price of the Paper the week the Plate is pre * sented will be One Shilling . We will try to make such arrangements as will make this the only charge the Subscribers will have to pay . ;

      Agents , therefore , will please to open subscription lists , and ' in all cases furnish the subscriber with a ticket , which ticket will entitle him to the Plate whenever it is given for subscribing for the Star for four months . As soon as possible , ¦ specimens shall beplaeed in the hands of the Agents .

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      A Hard Case . — -The attention of the Chartists df , the West ( or elsewhere , ) is called to a case [ of great hardship , that of Mr . Hopkins of Bath , 5 a worthy Chartist of the Oohbett school , who , beirig a cabinet-maker , has lost a whole set of valuable tools Uj a late fire in Bath , which totally consumed the shop in which he worked . His loss i ' s estimated at £ 16 . Being a sterling Chartist , h& cannot hope for muchassistance fromthe rich ;" but as many can help one , the Chartist council here hope those who feel for a fellow-workmate will contribute their mites . Every trifle will be thankfully received by Mr . J . Twite , Philip- ] street , Bath , treasurer . ; Stalybeidge Chartists are anxious for a visit fror / Feargus O'Connor . Sunderland . —Ottr correspondent must excuse us ;

      the subject is too trying to be permitted to occupy more space . We think he is a little too sensitive about it ; there could be no reaswi for his misre ~ presenting fads ; and we do not think taf Chartists generally will suspect him of having done so . Leicester Chartists—All Saints Open . — We have no room for their address . J . H . B . — We are sorry for his disappointment , but know not how to help him . We have no controul over the manner in which the newsvenders may choose to treat their customers . ;' S . O .- ^ Nevermindhim—lelhimHe away . P . M . Broput-is requested to correspond with Henry Swindells , sub- Secretary , Cross-street * Sutton , and be particular instating the time he can visit Macclesfield ; as aho any other lecturer who may wish to visit Macclesfield must send five days' }

      notice . All Communications intended for the Chartists of Manchester must in future be addressed to their secretary , as follows ;—Arthur O'Neil , 6 , Back '' Greek-streei , Chorllon , Manchester . Will the 'sub-Secretaries belonging to Stroud , Ciren ' cesler , Wottoti-under-Edge , Wincficomb , and Gloucester , correspond immediately with Mr . W $ Perry , No . 2 , High-street , Cheltenham , on the subject of engaging a lecturer for the county of Gloucester ? All CoiiiiutiiCATiOits ia Doncaster for the future must be addressed to Thomas-Dernie ' i at : Mr . ' John Bradley ' s , boot and shoemaker . Common- lan&i Doncaster . Our Camp 3 ie correspondent will oblige us by writing ¦

      only on one side of the paper for ' the future \ ' Executive Notices . —Mr . Campbell wishes that letters to him should be directed to Corporation ^ street , Saiford , for the future . —Cardsof ' membersship maybe hud by forwarding a post-office order ; for the quantity required : and as no individual can vote for the election of the new Executive unless he can produce his card ^ it is particularly requested that every Chartist desirous of voting for the new Executive should obtain his card without delay . Mr . Campbell wishes Messrs . Moir , Duncan , Lowery . Thomason , and M'Pher ) son io give him their addresses . - .--. ' - . ' -. ' ¦ Horrible Cruelty under the New Poor Law .-t A correspondent , who gives his name and address ^ and states that his story can be corroborated by others , sends us the following recital : —'

      " Kidderminster , May 8 , 1842 . " ili-. Editor , —I feel it my duty to tranmit to you ; for insertion iu our political bible , the : Star ,- tha following facts : —James WHiey , a respectable inhabitant of tbis town , but one who h ; is had the misfortune to be out of wovk for eight months ,- in consequence of the depressed state of trade , applied to the Board of Guardians for relief , who sent him to tho bastile to breakstone * . He went , but the remuneration received was bo small , that it was impossible to provide even tho common neceBsiiries of life , for want of which , his poor wife became very ill . , The poor man applied for medical assistance . Mr . Rowdan , assistant to Mr . Thurelield , paaisli doatoiywas in attendance , who sooq discovered that it was not medicine that the patient needed , but food ; be therefore gave the man a note to Mr . Wilkinson , relieving-officer , fortwopounds oi' meat B&r week . The note was taken : Mr . "Wilkinson read

      it and said , ' O ! I am sure I am , not going to allow twa pounds of meat pev week ,- buy it out of yeur allowance . ' The poor man said , ' I cannot : if I could , my children would cry far some of it . * Wilkinson r « - plied , ' Well . I cannot help it ; so go about youv business . ' He then broke the' note to bits , and put it in the fire . The poor woman grew still weaker , ami the doctor paid another visit . He inquired if the wbmah had had-what his note specified , when he was told the reception it met . He then gave him a , second note . It was taken . The inhuman Wilkinson said he Would not be . dictated to by a doctor ; and that note m ^ t the same fate , f ue next week the poor , woman died , and left her husband the care of six children . Last week the poor man was ill and not able to work for three days . Saturtky last , when he went for his pay , he was stopped two shillings and a loaf of bread far the three days . " " s

      We grve this statement , because—though we don t know the writer—it seems to wear an air of' probability when considered in relation with the horrible character of the accursed law of which its alleged facts formy if tnteya diabolical iliustrri : tion . If the fuels be not as here . Mated ^ tue are quite ready to insert any correction or contradic-¦ . tion : . '¦ ¦ - ' . ¦ . ¦ ¦ - - ¦ * - * ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦'¦ - . •¦> - ; John Percy , liolhcrhUhc , writes that certain parties professing Chartist principles in that neighbourhood " seem to attendmeeting * for the piir ? pose of talking and luiiuhinqdurinQ the whole

      time of the lecture , " and he feels very justly an--npyedalmcliproceedinyti ,. . ¦ " - " ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ' -i The ; Demonstratigs Commutes have in their possetsion a gilt-headed large banner-pole ^ the owner unknoion : any person claiming and describing tlte above , can have it conveyed to them by addressing a note to Rufty Ridley , 19 , D'Oyley street , Chelsea . All persons engaged on the London Lecturers' Committee , and peisons desirous of joining the above Committee , are requested to meet at the Dispatch , linde lanei Fleetslreei , on Thursday evcninPrMay IQihy at eight o ' olock precised ' , . ' - ¦ : - <¦¦ - ; :

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      Am Lettem intended for the fAshlon -Qiart kls must be directed to Thomas Slorer , Howard ' t ' court , George'street , Ashton , until further no * '¦ ¦ tice . ' ' ¦ ¦ ' . - " ¦" ¦ . ¦¦ * ¦'¦• ¦ ¦' . " ' ¦ . ' : "¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ '" * '¦" ; '¦ - - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ Miles Platxing Chartist Committee . -- We have notfoom . ; : - .. ' -. ¦ - \ -:- \ . - ABBBDBBNFEMAXES . T-IFeflJttsf at all events see their address before toe promise insertion for it . CotJVBNtiox XpXB&r—Our Newcastle correspondent writes : — '* ¦ ¦ '¦ - ¦* ¦ ¦ * ¦ - ; * ¦ ¦ ¦; ¦ " : ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦¦• • . .. .. ' - / ' - " . v . * ¦

      " The report of the delegate meeting in Newcastle , op the 24 th ult ., having by some lneana been received too late , the people who paid in the following sums to the Convention Fund feel dissatofled that it never appeared in the \ Star . We would feel obliged if you could insert it this week : — !¦ ¦ ¦; " ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ * : ' * - - - = : - - . " .,. ¦ ¦ ' ¦ .- : : ' : ' {'¦ -: ¦ £ . b . & - From tbe Chaiiista of Winlayton , : being the proceeds of the play of ; ¦ John Frost , acted by them ... 1 0 0 From North Siiielda ... ... ... . 6 26 - . - , - ¦ ¦•¦• : ' ' ' " ¦¦ ' . ¦ * ¦ : ¦ . - ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ - . - £ 126 ¦ •• - . - - - - ^ fc — ¦" .. ¦¦ " .. •• " . ' ' —'¦

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      NOTTIWeHAWI . —EversincMhe withdrawal of the petition by the Tories , and the intended sale of our once-thought independent town , the public mind has bet n in a continual state of ferment . The friends of Mr . Sturge were early in the field , determined if poasible to thwart the intentions of those engaged in this unholy traffic . The Chartists , too , were on the alert ; metings of the General Council were held , and Mr . O'Connor was immediately written to , in order to ascertain his opinion on a question of such vital importance , informing him at the same time , that Mr . Sturge had been solicited by the Complete Suffrage Accociation , to stand for the representation of Nottingham .: Mr . O'Connorreturnedfor answer , that he would advise the Chartists to supportMr .

      § turge . A Council Meeting was held on Sunday morning , which was numerously attended , and it was unanimously agreed to support Mr . Sturge provided he would pledge himsalf to vote in Parliament for the Six Points of the People ' s Charter . Deputations waited upon the Complete Suffrage Association for the purpose of entering into arrangements with them . It was ultimately agreed , that should the Chartist body assist in endeaTonring to ' -return-Mr . Sturge to Parliament , the Central Committee should consist of one half working men . Chartist nonelectors , the other half of the Complete Suffrage Association . This evening ( Monday ) a general meeting ' - ' of tha Charter Association was held ia the Democratic Chapel , Rice-place , Mr . Sweet in- the chair ; letters were read from Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Sturge , and Mr . Lovett ; Boveral speeches were made on our present position , and the necessity of supporting men who would pledge

      themselves to support in Parliament the People ' s Charter , particularly urging the people to support , on the present occasion , Mr . Sturge , as the present was a favourable opportunity of testing the sincerity of the Sturge party ; after which Mr . Barber moved , and Mr . Humphries seconded , " That this meeting pledges itself to use every effort to secure the return of Mr . Sturge , provided he pledge himself to the sis points of the People ' s Charier . " The resolution was put and carried unanimously . The following individuals wefe selected to form part of Sturga's Central Committee : —Messrs . J . 'Barber , J . Carrington , S . Boonham , S . Sowter , B . Humphries , and J . Skerret . The Sturgites and Chartists are in high spirits , looking forward with confidence to the issue , determined that Nottingham shall not have such a foul stain npon its character as that of being said to the Tories . The following is Mr . O'Connor ' e letter upon the subjact : — : ' - : . - ¦ . * . ¦' . ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ; - . ' ¦ " / . "¦* , ¦'•'

      ; My Deab FitiENbs , —By all and by every means back the appeal to Mr . Sturge . It is a glorious opportunity to right yourselves . SfcurgeV move and Sturge in Parliament are two very different things I will go and spend t ' se whole time till the election wuh youjif Mr . Sturse conies forward , and I will Ireaa my own expences . I look upon this as most important . I will take all the responsibility on my own shoulders . Here Nottingba ' ni can shine in its true colours . With Sturgo we canVsifik all

      difference ; his committee must consist of ona-half nonelectors ; and prudence and courage must mark o ' ur every step . Here we meet for the first time a ? union of the factions . Here we bring our differences , and thus will the name of Nottingham be rendered the most distinguished in the history of our country . Let me hear from you at once . Be very cautious , and let every act be backed by the sanction < : f the people in public mcetiag assembled . Mine is but advice : I aa not infallible . Lay it before my btothers 5 and take council upon it .

      " Ever your faithful friend , . " Feargus O'Connob . ; " P . S . —Should Mr . Sturge stand , 1 will on no aipcount oppose him , but will back him . "

      SHBFPIEtp . S : nae our last , the following letters have been received in answer to aplications made to the parties to give their support ; to Mr . Duncombe's motion . : — . . " No . 8 , Dake street , Westminster , : Mt . y ; 5 , 1 * 842 . : . - "¦ ¦ - . ; ,: ^' Sir , — 'I received your letter requesting me to support Mr . Duncombe ' s motion for a deputation , from the working classes of the feincdonij being heiird iat the bat | of the House of Commons in favour of the National Petition , signed by several thonsands of the working men . You are probably aware that I voted against

      that : motion . I now . address you for the purpose of saying , that although I considered it a part of my public duty to oppose the motion , I hope the working claases will not suppose I am insensible of , or careless about , the many and severe privations which they hare suffered for several months past , or that I shall oppose ajiiy proposal emanating from them which will clearly afford them consiant work and permanent comfort . I aia . convinced that granting th ^ prayer of their petition will not have tnat effect ; but , on the contrary , that tlieir distress and misery would thereby ultimately be increased , arid more frequently visited upon them than it has been . - '¦ ' : V .

      - " 1 must add that I think the determiflation of Sit Robert " Peel t «> make the income . of the country square with the expenditure , and his proposed alterationa and reducUons in the duties at present levied upon the several articles of general consumption among th& working classes , will contribute more towards their cibiufort , by pramoting the general trade of the cop ; ntary , thaia cpula poasibly be accomplished by grantuig the prayer of the thousands of hard working men w ' ao hate aigoed the National Petition }¦'*¦ * ; -- - - -.- ' : - lremain / Sir ^ ¦ . .. " Yonr most obedient and faithtol servant , . ; ¦ : E . B . Hcenisox . " ¦ Mr Or . Julian Harney , Sheffield . " To the Chairman of the Chartist Conjonillce , Fig Tree : .. Lane , Sheffield . ^ :

      -. " Sib , —You wrote to me some ^ , aya ago , in the name Of 25 , 000 Giiartists , residing \ a Sheffield and its ; Vfc « rity , ^ ho had signed the Petition presented on Monday , by Mr . Duncombe , */> request tiiat' I would support that Gentlemaa ' s motion that the petitioners should be heard by their -council , or agents , at tba "bar . " - . " - . - . ; .. .. ¦ . - ¦ . ' . ¦ .. ¦' . ; ¦ . - ; ; .. - . - ¦ ¦ - ' , - .. - , ;¦ , ;; . ;¦ ; . ' * As I do not wish f ^ ie grounda on which I complied with this request to ba mimnd 6 rstood , and had no opportunity " of sit ' / Mg them in the House , though Ijsose twice for the jjmrposd , I tiiink it'right to explain them here , - -

      The Northern Star.. Satutiuay, May 14, 1842. '

      THE NORTHERN STAR .. SATUTIUAY , MAY 14 , 1842 . '

      Bo 2^Eatreris Ann Corirejsponti^Ntief.

      Bo 2 ^ eatreris ann CorirejSponti ^ ntiEf .

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      .. T . Bailey and Son . —The surveyor has been written to wpecting the delivery of the papers . Wm . Heywoop , Greenwich . —Subscribe for four ' . " . { months . ; - .. ¦'¦ ' :. '¦ . ¦•; - . 'i ' - ' . - ' . ' '¦ ¦ - . ; - . "¦ .- - '¦ "'¦ . ¦ •¦ ¦" -. ''' E . fi » RUMMOND . T-The plates were sent to Paton and Love ; but not as early as they ought to have been 1 The same to J . M'Pherson , Perth . . W . B . Marshall , and several others . —We have not any papers of Saturday , May 7 tli . : ; FOE THE CONVEWIION . , ' - ¦ ¦ ¦; . -i . - --y : ~ ¦ - . /¦} : :: :. - ; £ b . a . . - . . From a friend , T ) yG . Wall , Hull ... O 10 f ^ Halcro Hamlyn , of Hull ... 0 2 6 FOR THE EXECUTIVE .

      From Roger Pinder , Hull ... ... 1 8 6 FOR MBS . FBOST . From Cheltenham West-end friends , P « i W . Perry ... ... 4 0 . ^ Several persona ... 4 0 ¦ ; . ¦; - . . '¦ .- ¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ ¦ — -o .- ' -B ' . -p ' . " FOB MBS . FBOST , MRS . WILLIAMS , AND SIRS . JONES From Nelson Court Association , „ Bradford ... ... .. ^ 0 1 9 ? FOB . SAMtJEL HOLBERRV . From the Mansfield Chartiflta , per G . Hibbard ... ... ... 0 5 0

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      DUNDEE . —Trade continues in the same dull Btate as it has . been for this some months past , or , we ? hbuld rather say , that the scarcity of employment is greater than it has hitherto been . Every Saturday adds to the number of the unemployed . Some dozens of mechanics hare been discharged within these last three weeks ; and a great number of flaxdresaers are at present idle for want of rough flax . Rumoura are afloat of several mills being about to cdase working , and of others going upon half time . Should only the half of the reports be true , the workmen ' s prospects for the summer and winter are gloomy iadeed . V

      GoTKBNMENT Contbact for Cantas . —News arrived on Saturday that our manufacturers had secured the greater part of this contract .. Of 30510 bolts , the whole quantity required , 27 , 500 bolts are to be manufactured here , and the remaining -3 . ^ 010 in Kirkaldy This may give employment to a few of the weavers Who are out at presents but will make no improvement in the condition of the great mass of this class at present stamng . Some of the manufacturers , anticipating the order , have been manufacturing the description of cloth required . ; and , although proper allowance is made in the contract for wages , have taken from sixpence to one shilling por piece off the poor weavers ^

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      4 - THE NOBT / HERK STAR . ; : :: . . ¦ ¦ ¦ .-., -V- ' - ) ,- ¦ J :: ' . " " - ^ ^^

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      THE NEW POOR LAW . We givo elsewhere a letter from Mr . PratETHLr to which we call ^ attention . Mr . P . recommends tho formation of committees in all the counties of the empire ] ' to seek out and protect the destitute . The proposal is not only humane and benevolent , but a necessary one . These committees may be made subservient . to . 'several other good purposes

      one of which is the collecting of information in all manufacturing districts upon the truck system , all matters relating to which , as well as to the actual destitution existing in the several localities , might bo bid before the local committeesjenquired into and substantialed by them , and proper persons pointed out to a general committee . to be appointed for the purpbte , who may be sent to London to give ovidenco before Mr . Ff . hrand's committee .

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      THE ELECTION OF AN EXECUTIVE . It will be seen by communications elsewhere , that attention must be immediately given by the various sub-Eecretarijfes and ¦; Chartisfc Friends of the several localities to tho nomination of fit and proper persons for a new Executive Committee . This ought to have been done sooner ; but the bustle attendant on the preparations for presenting . 'the petition' made it unadvisable to bring on the election till after that should be ovor . This , no doubt , was the reason why the Executive did " not ' sooner - call . 'the attention . "df the coukry to the fact that their term of office had expired ! We hope the nominations will be made

      •™ ,.. vi . »* 7 .. i < i » i ^ m-i . ^ nfTir SiToh memlii ' n of tllC aSEOprompilyj aud prudcEftly . Such members of the associatioa as have not the plan of organization may getit for a half-peliny , in the fifteenth number of the English-Chartist Circular , published by Ux Cleave . , They will find there the proper forms oi nomination . They will see that none but members of the General Council are eligiblo for the Executive Committee , We haye no . ' douU tl . at the intelligence of the people will guide them rightly in the selection of parties for nomination and election .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 14, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct430/page/4/