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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1842.
    • THE STAR AND ITS ESTIMATION BY THE PEOPLE.
    • 2To ^a lsct?j8 antJ Covvcjaiponli^m^^
    • ADDRESS OF THE NORTH CHESHIHB DELEGATE MEErlNG. TO THE7SURROUNDING DISTRICTS OF THE SAME DIVISION.
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      UPON THE NECESSARY FUKiTT AND POWER OF TEE PRESS . TO XHE EDIIOB . OF THE S 0 ETHEE 3 STAR * Sia — I am dtEiron ? , throngh the medinm of the Siar , to draw tha attention of the Executive , the ( rrBeral Council , and the CSarnst body , to the powers cC tfce press , in fcitberlsg or ir joiing oar united bulirsrJis . My apology [ if obs is needed ) for addressing the people ' s elected officers is , that they are fallible men lite ocrsdres , tsc more particularly , because I conceive , that tts lit s Executive did cot , pay sufficient altrtivr-Ti to . er tsliraute siifikSentiy tho importance < jf , tins ssliect—a raHect second to none othstf . 1 am

      bold to state this , fctcause they gave their sanction to b paper edited fey ess of their body , -which , at its c-. inTcenc * ir . fut , Aid , ^ reek after -xe ^ k , -publL-h under ihe Spirit -f tbe Cnarust Press , the leading articles of the Odd Frilow ; -wLich articles invited the people to fitTrt another Naticcal Association , for some other Eafrsge , that c nld be agreed npon by all parties ; in fact , a hacitrari movcinest ; and therefore desErtion of tie Chatter , sn . l the iS ' ati ' . 'iial Charter Association , ¦ which csirse every Chartist -will now admit ^ oul-i be iczzl to ihat ohjsct for -which numbers have sacriSed sottuch . How thisEztcntiTi-iUicticDid print tDded its carerr . x : ay be seen by reference to its last nnrabf rs , to fc-e ia ' tlai :-: tr aad abuse of the sterl rg Chartisia -Rho orpo £ ? -fi the bricisiivang pijicy cf the Editors .

      TLa- ' - he- - « i . y -s-B , To . i . es 5 of this ¦ pub ' iiei . ' . ion did ¦ much irjury in t "; e "VVt-i 1 . ha : h of late b-ca Lut too manifest ; bu : the partisanships crealttl in the play of the passkis , is r . ovr f'ying away before the power of cilm lesson , aiifi a "; l begin to see that fir : LDe 83 ia cur it-EEsst fort ; llu-t those who denounced the back"WiTii coarse to inctt a SiCiion cf the laidfilo class in their qua-miiis had tatea their stand upon the reck of I dr , cp : o . to Je ~ ve ¦ s-hieh for the changing ionntls 01 tsp . -o . itr . cj ^ uuld te to dive into the deaths < f folly , ttuu ' el car o \ va disrr-ce , and a -world's contempt , and -Kc-rsH . the enemy ' s triumph .

      V . 'hut I have -critttn of the -western piper is in svrr-jiv tb ' . t one -who had ever appeared and dee 5 ared himself an ur . coxuprt-: ii . i ! ng democrat , £ hon ! d have str . t forth such odd article * under the title of Chartism ; biit my sola ol-j- ct is by recoru ^ n ? one great fault of the late , to sik- nee the present Esesutive not to sanction ar . r pcb . ic ^ tion , or honour ii 'with the name of Ch 3 rti .-t . that dees not throughout advocate true Biraiihtforvrsid Chartism and no surrender . In c

      reed oniy call jenr a : t ,-ntion to the great services of the Slar . dnnrg the Whig crusade , the getting up the * povtT of deft-Ece for the victims , especially the "Welsh , in reDtilir . g the fcianders and calumnies ' , and false reports , a- _ d b& » e insitu tiuns of the mass of tha hirellnf rress of the c-jui :: ry . in civing th ^ tm » pieturo of affairs , in keepmj : the optrfcBsed and persecuted army of Chirtis * tccfcther , viien hundreds of their leaders "Kirere imprisoned , in hricgiri ^ us to our now adTauccd an i preseur p =.-.-ffcr : ul y :-slnon , enabling us to route the TVhijj factions .

      Oa ! could the ruiis ? , or the ruled faction cuy over the &flr zna 0 Connor , ^ hat a blow woute be struck at our union : Hot lo-g btf-re others couid snpply their place ? "Where should -we look for lha Eubsii ' = ute 3 ? . for a-though many ni ^ y off-r , in -iThoni could fe place sufriciert cGLndtfSce , havisg the m-. siis to s . rva u ? . Before th ' . y o .-xild become aLht useful , thry suit tarn our con-£ dtDC £ . For ihfc Eiitor of the people ' s paper mast be oce in ¦ wi oin they have the lU-sl implicit coEfi-tiice ; a EiaB of talent , cnerty , ecu pniuence .

      The national ieader , ¦ : ' jr we are in that position , -we CET-not do-wiih . 'Ui . i nius : be tm Andrew ^ aivel ¦ vrithout his pt-verty , in a -srord , a " Washington , "— " let me nut profane th « tombs of the iikuuious dead , to raise alurs t-j ths livhag , " but , if O'Connor csctinues in hi 3 prestat str ^ ht-iorward course , for the cause cf ¦ cnlvcrsil richts unto the tnd cf his days , the basest historian -will not fail to give Lira his place , and some m- ^ ieiu Plutarch his comparison . . ^• , 1 fur oarstilves , my fellows , let us do our duty , be fiia to our critr , £ im to our Charter , and firm to our tried frisnda ; then th ^ ll -we c £ i--rve the friendship of ocr Itrilo ^ rs , tad the rights cf h ; , ti . J . , Bristol . TO THE EDITORS OF THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL . Shareoci , June 14 , 1 S 42 ,

      Sik , —Penr . it me , throngh ; ^ ur vaiuaMe paper , to aatress a fcJr reiair'k * to th = prcii . L-nt hnd s » crrtary oi the Irish TaiTsnal Ss-fraga Ass-. ^ ia-. ion , -who must be eirhtr -srholJy igrioract of the English disposition to-¦ Wiids my c-ouitrynien ; and p ^ rxicuiarly the Chartist body :, <¦ - ' - " S- 'aae other cause , t-: rt tno ^ n t 3 tfeeasslvca , atu- jato &o much g-ssrcsiiy anJ i . in > 53 es 3 to thetn witii resp ^ ci to lha Irish i .-. huUr- - -rs "who are tiriT ^ n to seti sbtlter in ibat csuntry from thdr cc-.-iestis tyrauta . Pij-haps s = t = t leeu years residence in Scgland nny be consi-iered tj have gfvec mo opj .- ^ nusity Gf kco ^ -lcg and testing a n ' . tl 3 of the g&ntrosity and Lununivy of shicii thrj « pii 2 . k . I "will , TTith : nt prji- 'ice , Bt ^ ts a fc-= Lnstancts . out cf husdTrda ct Ezmilux one :, that I hire ¦ sritni £ » c : l .

      About four yeaxs Iis : s-. pt-. Kib . r . U . * re was 3 great Tubiie inettlii ^ for tbe Charter on Pc * p-gree 3 , near JDi ^ sbury , -wters V- ; a gTtat ycrfoii - 'Sc-atijn \ . f Radicoiiiin prop . - E&d •' horssi Pct ^ r U ^ ss y'' to the C-jn-¦ rectioa . is the procession ttpj mirelarg' froa Erude ^ -fcSeld there -were t ~ o Irishmen , af ; cr uiiVellir . -g pxihnp 3 hundreds of m " . " . es to earn the re £ t of tLcir " -srretched co-sr-acr *; " th ^ y srere fcsocied « own and kicitd l-y tha CaartiFt 3 , sad for what ? For nothing tut being Irishmen . The ill-tua-. e continued till they ¦ sere protected by ose Gf it-ziT couatiyinen , -who stepped rc . aiifu ' . 1 y oat of the proevtvon , viz , Alexander Stsvenson , now residhig in Greeniand-strcfet , Liverpool , ¦ vrio ciu b ? rcferrt-d to if any one doubt my assertion So siTich for tiieir cenerosity and hnmsr . iry . I -w-jntler

      if Mr . O H ^ g tB , Mr . D ^ yle , or th-ir committee , recollect -when the ShiSsld ac-1 Ro ; herhan-. Riil » -ay -was in coarse of making near s '^ c-at the 5 srae t : D ; e , "when every Iriihsiim was driven off ths work ^ - » htre they -were endeavouring to earn their rents . £ j much 3 gain for gcBsroiii- ana hnTr . aisiiy . Ltt facia look sgaia to the Pri ^ ton and LiBca . -ti ? line of riilwsy . "where thtre ¦ Wrre EiaaiiiT a ' rocitis ^ committed . I coul l state many it ' .-ra , but these are suS : isnt to sho ? that they are , I rrpeefc , ignoTp . at of Eoglbh dispositions tj Ire } and , or , from uth = r na .. tiT « a , idestify thtssslves - * -: th a body trbo are j gcoran . of their cm , and opposed to the bast ini-frcatfi tf Ireland—a body ¦ cho -wouid h = ap slandei ui lrtla :: d"s ttest benrfaetc-r , that thi-j m c"ht raise some uf ihrir on tr = ; iiins pi > liiical s . dTcii ; nrt : rs on the ruin of his povulariry .

      Bet . thank G ^ d , the crstit . nde that Iris-hnitn o-xe to O C-junell , f _ r the SerT " . e- _ = rtnd = i-d to his coux-tryicr a period of licariy fcr . y ytars , - « r i * ± '; ut a V > l « -ni sh on h -s 1 ^ 213 , he "Rili ccctini-c to TfccsiTi : z ' . l thit scp : r-rt acJ con £ ' . 6 r . ee they hare ai—ayj r ^ a L " . r ; , aril -R-i ;] gire him , till hi Elites li- ^ 2 ^ d « hit l . £ . ' . ¦ -.: Prur ; - d'eiiev : i ~ efc '; : ; iu . dhsr to ba . Altivaih some hcn . urib ' e xctpti- - - -. " there rr ^' -t b-= znivi . z it-. - C-artists , I s : .: s i ; in th » face < z E' . ^ Isnd , Dicci-rin out of twenty c-f thc-2 ro- = oj-pcfc-l tf . lie 7 ? tlf jts cf lr- >^ E ; l . For sis years uia . t I j- . a-fs ;> es amongst thrtn ia Y- 'ik-hiro I havef jiind it so , an : I tb-ir c- 'n ' -utt a - . -L > : ii = t G-nerai EIrc : ion proves : t . A 3 to the true

      f J : h : n p _ -Iitir « , " wL ' . ch tLrj te-ich n » y cv'j : tiya .. nT as-i its cu ^ ilsT -ccy , 1 -will sp ^ ak a few -R- --: 'is . At the nirttliuj in Eadaers 2 r 3 d , in Itoo , ¦ whin O"Cjcn ^; l ¦ was cLa ?^ c-2 / with Sis factory biit-e , iT :--r t'ivi :: ^ three cheers i-ji ths Pjdic ^ ls of E-giaud , atthticque ? -t uf .. ne of tLtU itiHra , th » -y gave thic-e cheers fjr lrt : ^ tiQ " 3 in - > t iiivei ^' atr : eneiiiit-s . theTorie 5 . If ihis S * their true faiih iu ]> v / iu ; cs , I hope my c-.-u ^ trj'citu M ; il rt ; naln "witLuiii i * . This fict ca i bs tcstidtd bj t ^ o ; x'r « r-n = ri'Va . - , I bcli ; Ye , in Dafeiin , Dr . L . iiousy : u . d T ^ oaias C ..= ex . I rfctnain , Sir , Yours . r £ 5 reni : "r . ;}~ , > iATJa £ TA- O CoNJi'EI-1 .

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      COLNE . TO THE CHARTISTS OF LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE . Gestlehes , —Having taken into our most serious consideration the delegate meeting that has been announced in the Star to be held at Colne , on July 3 rd , we beg le&Te to offer you our opinions ( at the same time we would state that it is the opinion of a majority , of th 3 localities of North Lancashire ) , that the delegate meeting is uncalled for , and that it would put the country to a very great expence and inconvenience , and that , instead of promoting union , it would create division and discontent : and a 3 we

      have just elected an Executive for the government and guidance of our agitation , it is unnecessary to elect any other body . We therefore recommend that -no delegates shonld be sent ; a 3 a delegate meeting will in a short time be called bv the District Secretary of North Lancashire for that district . And another reason that the delegate meeting should not take place , 13 , because that out of eighteen localities only four delegates were sent to the meeting at Blackburn , from which the calling of this meeting has sprung . We remain yours , The unflinching advocates of the Charter , William BEZSLty , ' District Secretary for North Lancashire . Thomas Tattersail , Burnley . John Slater , Oinheroe . Jakes Mooney , Colne . ( By order of the Council . )

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      THE APPROACHING "END !" " THE SQUEAKING OF THE SHOPOCBACT . The . shopkeepers are now holding meetings : meeting of themselves , and called by themselves . And for what purpose 1 To squeak out theih suffering consequent 02 general distress ! To declare that" something must be done to relieve the starving population , or irretrievable ruin ia their inevitable poriicE . " ! To call for the " united" efforts of all classes and parties , to press upon GOVERNMENT the imperative necessity fox " speed ]/ remedial measures" '

      How times have changed ! How levered is the tone , how humUe the manner , of the odc « hectoring , blustering , shopocracy of England I How different now their bearing and language , to their bearing and language in the year 1817 ! Then all bluster , all boast , all feather ; sow " ruinated " , " bankrupt , " insolvent" , " dark and gloomy retrospect" , still more dark prospect " , and " hope entirely fled " . Great God ! how just thou art I

      la the jezT 1817 , upwards of a million-and-a-half of working Englishmen petitioned for a Radical Reform of the Parliament . The labouring portion of the country was then in a state of great distress . It was manifest to them that that distress arose from excessive taxation ; from an enormous expenditure and waste of the public money ; from pensions , dividends , sinecures , grants , and emoluments , and from other causes of wasteful expenditure ; ail which . arose from a want of due representation of the people in Parliament ; and that no rcm ; dy could be applied unless the Parliament was Radically Reformed . They traced the sufferings and the

      distress that then prevailed to the want of a Reform in the Parliament . They E 3 W and loudly proclaimed that the distress then existing wou'd spread ; that ruin and misery would be tho lot of all ; that the earnings of no man ever could be called his own , unless measures of bemu > t and secckitt were passed , through the means of a Radically Reformed Parliament . All ihiB was seen aud declared by the labouring class in the year 1817 ; and upwards of a miliien-and-a-half of them signed petitions 10 Parliament , setting forth in clear and distinct terms the reasons that prompted them to ask for Bnch Radical Reform .

      TV aero were the shopkeepers then ?! Did they " units' ^ with the labourers , to ask Government to avert impending rum ! Did they encourage and sustain the working people , in their endeavours to stop the progress of that system which was pauperizing the worker , stripping the cottage , and preparing to empty the till \ Did they lend their aid to strangle the monster which , even theD , was eating into the vitils of the nation ; and which , it wa 3 plainly shown , would shortly raven up the shopkeepers themselves \ Did they then " SYil-PATHI 5 E" with the poor ; trtve vent to

      their bewailings ; and call upon Government to adopt " speedy rc-medial measures V ' Did they then do these things ! No ! They basely calumniated the working peopls . ' They traduced , vil : ned , and persecuted the known Reformers . They denied tho existence cf distress . They applied the epithets ¦ " idle scoundrels . ' " " scum ! " * ' worthless rabble ! ' * w disaffected mob . ' " to those who complained of poverty and starvation . Th-ry " UNITED" TO LEARN HOW TO SHOOT THE RAGGED RASCALLY RADICALS ! They mounted their horse ? , pat on their " uniforms , " dubbed themselves

      " CAvA-LR 1 , and with newly-ground sabres , and with " courage" inspired by drink , embrued their hands in the blood of hundreds of the working people peaceably assembled to petition the Parliament for those " remedial measures" which these same " cavalry men" now so " humlly pray" for I 0 God ! thou indeed art just ! Ye 3 ' . they then " nnited" to learn " military exercise" ; to learn how to SHOOT . They then " united ' in "VOLUNTEER Associations " , to

      repress " -disaffection" "sc-litio-i" by means of the firelock and Tin- *! And they met in public meetinrs too ! For what purpose I To applaud the Government for passing Power-of-Imprisonment bills I for passing the SIX ACTS ; for cramming the dun ^ eons ' with hundreds of Reformers ; for driving poor Rilet to cut his throat ; for shaking tht bowels out of poor Ogpes ; for employing Oliver and Edwards to ha + eh plot 3 and conspiracies all over the country ; for hanging and beheading

      Thistlewood , Brcnt , Isgs , and Davisos , in London ; and for tucking up to the galiorrs Braxdketh and his fellow martyr at Derby . Yes ! the shopocracy then xnet not only to do these things , but even more , TtfEY LED THE WAY to the persecution of tho Reformers I They did not wait till Government persecuted , and then applaud ; but they paved the icxy ; they hardened Government on ; they called upon it to proceed ; they pledged themselves to it 3 support , should it do their bidd \ n £ S .

      In this -work , tne shopkeepers of Manchester took ths lead . They were followed by their brethren in London ; . and then lhroughout the country . Read the fcTioirlng accoHnt of the Manchester meeting , ex t racted from 'he Courier nc wspaper of tho I 8 ; h Jan . 1817- Read it noir . ye shopkeep ? r 3 of Manchester ' Head it now , ye ' VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION " pen , and ye " YEOMANRY CAVALRY' ? men Read it noic , ye who are Equalling abuut distress and especially ye who say that " your DISTRESS AND PRIVATIONS ARE ATTRIBUTABLE

      TO THE CORRUPTION AND MISCONDUCT OF GOVERNMENT" ! Read Hi ye base lickspittle crew ! ye crawling sycophants ! Read it ! ye whining , crying , beffied tyrants 1 Read it ! ye immeasurably base ! and say if you ought to complain of any punishment , any scix , that may fall upon you : — "Ameeting took place , on Monday last , ( 13 th ¦ January , 1817 ) at Manchester , attended by the most respectable inhabitants of that town , Salford , and their neighbourhood—the Boroughreere in the chair . Several resolutiont were passed with entire unanimity , and the following declaration agreed to , which CANNOT BE TOO HIGHLY APPLAUDED , and which we trust will be adopted by all other towns . |

      I - 'DECLARATION . 'l . /^' e , the une ' ersigaed magistrates for the Division of iJaEchjeier , the Borovghreeveszud . Gmstables of Manchester av . d Salford , and other inhabitants of tbeie towns and their neighbourhood , bring at all tinves fully sensible of the many blessings of the constitution , tinder which we Jive , feel ourselves caih ? d nporf at this moment to express our f ^ rm attachment to Us lavs , as we ?} as our otter is-.

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      testation of those mischievous attempts which are pursued with incessant diligence and ardour , to excite a general spirit of ii $ affeclion . We especially deprecato tho circulation of seditious tracts and the adoption of ivfiammatory speeches to produce AN IMPRESSION AMONGST THE LABOURING CLASSES , THAT THE PRESENT DISTRESSES AND PRIVATIONS ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE CORRUPTION AND

      MISCONDUCT OF GOVERNMENT , and may be removed by a system of representation , embracing almost Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , the unqualified exclusion of all persons , deriving emolument from the public , and consequently of his Majesty ' s Ministers . 2 . The numerous meetingsield for these purposes ^ both publicly and secretly , the organized system of committees , delegates , aud missionaries , the contributions levied , particularly for disseminating pamphlets , calculated to mislead and irritate the publio mind , the indecorous and highly unconstitutional reflections upon the exalted Personage now

      exercising the regal authority , the marked disparagement of the most , extensive charitable relief in seasons of unavoidable pressure , the language of intimidation , not merely hinted , but plainly expressed , the appointment of popular assemblies in various parts of the kingdom on one and the game day , after the nireting of Parliament , and the previous assembly of deputies in London ; all these circumstances afford strong manifestation of meditated disorder and lumult , and bear no analogy whatever to the fair and legitimate exercise ef that constitutional liberty which is emphatically the birth right and security of Englishmen .

      3 . With these deoided sentiments it is our duty to uuite in supporting the laws and constitution Against these wicked efforts , which we are convinced must be regarded with equal abhorrence by the great majority of His Majesty ' s subjects in every class and condition of society . We , therefore , severally PLEDGE ourselves to contribute , by the most effectual means our si ' uations may allow , to the maintenance and tranquillity of these towns and their neighbourhood , from the unlawful and NEFARIOUS designs of those who are SEEKING TO INVOLVE US IN RIOT AND . CONFUSION ; a . Dd we earnestly solicit the co-operation of all friends of SOCIAL ORDER and good government . '"

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

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

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

      The men , however , who mpt for these horrid purposes in 1817 , and again in 1822 , have note a different object to meet about ! They now see ruin s faring them in the face ! They now see property transferred from hand to hand , and cannot divine the cause ! They now feel the pinchings of distress , and they have before them the prospect of speedy pauperism ! They are now ' "' humble" enough , God knows ! so humble that " they do not even venture to expre £ 3 an opinion as to the cause of the widespreafl suffering now endured , or to dictate a remedy" ! so "humble" that " they will content themselves with barely Btating what their condition is , leaving it to the WISDOM and EXPERIENCE cf GOVERNMENT to devise a iemeriv" !!

      Strange fact ; but bo it is ; the shopkeepers of Manchester have led the way in this new meeting bnsiness ! Strango fact ; but so it is ! Manchester ;—Manchester ; that led the way to the dungeoning of tho Reformers in 1817 ;—Manchester , that exulted in the deeds cf the sixteenth cf August ;—Manchester , that chuckled at the Oldiiam inquest;—Mancbettir , that applauded the Grand Jury , of which Lord Stanley was foreman ;—Manchester , that nest of cruelty , infamy , foolishness , and hypocrisy;—Manchester has been the first to cry out that the merchaats and shopkeepers are ruined ! Never were malignant wretches more appropriately punished ! Bear in miad that these tools of corruption—thesa

      cruel tyrants—sought to have the Reformers put in dunguens ; harassed , chained , dragged from gaol to gaol ; put out of existence this way , or Babred or trampled to death , because they wanted a Reform of the Parliament to prevent that very ruination which has now come upon the ehopkeeping clas 3 ! became they ascribed the distresses of the country to ( he misconduct of the Government ! O ! God , is just ! His judgments are manifest J The cup of poison which the base ahopocracy prepared for the Radicals has returned to their own Iip 3 ! Tho mis " chief which they had invented for others ha 3 fallen on their own pates ! Into tho pit which they had dug for their neighbours hava they now themselves fallen !

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

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

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

      parisa-pay did not exceed 6 3 d . per head per week Another statement , made on the authority of some few operatives who had made the examination , was , that thirty-four families , comprising 304 individuals , were found , in a very circumscribed district , without any income at all ! and that 207 families , comprising 1 . C 09 individuals , had incomes , derived from both labour and the poor-rates , amounting only to Is . 3 d . per head per week ! And this is the state of the working people , after all the " Extensions of Commerce" that we have had I During the last fifty years we have increased onr foreign trade ncariy SIX TIMES OVER ; and this destitute a * d starring condition of both operative and shopkeeper is the price ! Hurrah , Jads , for " Ex-

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      tension of . Commerce" * ;! If increasing our foreign irade six times over in one fifty years brings both operative and shopkeeper to the workhouse ; how many mora « Extensions" will it need to bring as to anaroby and dissolution t There i& a question for you , " Extension" men ! Solve it ! Let ua have the answer ! and meanwhile we will crjr ' out— ' " _ : '¦'¦ ' : ¦¦ ' ¦ ' : " ¦ "'¦ : ¦ _ ¦'¦"¦ " ¦ '¦' ; ""' Hurrah ! for " Extension of Commerce" !

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

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

      of again obtaining employment;— -That Vast nvmibci s- of sober , honest , and industrious artizans in this borough have received parochial relief during the last twelve months , who have never been chargeable to the parish on any former occasion ; and very many others are already reduced from comparative comfort to the most abject poverty , who have not yet applied f or parochial aid , although their scanty income does not enable them to purchase a sufficiency of the necessaries of life ;— -That it is a well

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

      2 . " That in consequence of the extreme poverty o f so large a population , and the numerous failures of merchants and manufacturers in . this district , tradesmen are deprived of a large portion of their former trade , arid have now to contend with insuperable difficulties ; for the shopkeepers and innkeepers pay a larger amount of ) ] rates and taxes , in proportion to their means , than any other class in the community , and they are aware that their local rates must shortly be augmented to a larger amount than has ever been known before ; that for a . considerable time past their trade has been gradually diminishing with reduced profits , and many of

      the most honourable , industrious , and intelligent amongst them , have already been brought from comparative affluence to poverty ; and as there does not appear to be the slightest prospect of any improvement in trade , this meeting is Of opinion that unless the Legislature can speedily adopt remedial measures to remove the distress that generally prevails , nothing can save tradesmen in manufacturing districts from impending ruin ; and no one can contemplate the awful consequences that must ensue from such a state of things , without entertaining the most serious apprehension for the '" continuance of public peace and order .

      3 . " That this meeting , solemnly believing that the safety aud well-being of the community will be seriously endangered by the much longer continuance of the existing state of things , turns with the utmost anxiety to the Legislature , beseeching it most earnestly to institute an immediate and searching inquiry as to the extent of distress amongst the manufacturing population , in order-to ascertain the causes thereof , and to the instant application of such remedies , as its wisdom and experience may suggest . 4 . " That a Memorial be transmitted to Her

      Most Gracious Majesty the Queen , and that Petitions be sent to both Houses of Parliament embodying the foregoing Resolutions , and signed by the Chairman on behalf of the meeting . " Well done , " Extension " -men ! Can you add to your own picture t Remember it is painted after a SIX-TIMES increase of our foreign trade during the last fifty years ! Remember that you yourselves tell U 3 that we were " well to do , " when we began to " extend" our commerce ! Remember that you yoursolvos tell us that even when bread waa 7 s-. per stone ,

      the working man could get it ; because he had wages for working ! Remember that you yourselves tell us , that the workman ' s prido was to hare a good furnished home ; and that an ei # ht-d » ys clock was an indispensible i Remember that you yourselves describe him now as being without bed , without clothing ,- aud without food ! Remember that this is AFTER A SlX-TIMES-GVER INCREASE OF OUR FOREIGN TRADE ; and remember , also that YOU tell us that another " extension" will set us all right 1 ! ! !!

      One peculiarity attending this meeting we cannot but notice . Groat pains were taken to make the meeting believe that tho parties calling it were influenced by no party considerations ; that their one and sole object was to give an opportunity to tho ehopkeoper 8 of Leed , s to detail their present sufferings ; and to paint their ruin in prospect ; and then leave tho Government to devise a remedy All politics were to be eschewed by the meeting . Wise foresight ! Tho causes of the " impending ruia" are not political ones , of course ! The remedy , even though it should be another "Extension of Commerce" through a Repeal of the Gorn Laws , will not be a political one ! Politics have nothing to do

      with the wide-spread misery and poverty everywhere abounding ! O , no ! no politics ! And thus the shopkeepers are gulled 1 The parties ; calling the meeting first meet in secret , and send up HaMer Stanspeld and Co , to London , to attend another anti-Cora Law Conference ; and to press a Repeal of the Corn Laws upon the Minister ; when they have taken this step , they call together & meeting of the Leodg shopkeepers , and get them to pa , 3 s resolutions to strengthen the hauds ? of Hamer and his associates , to procure for themselves " another Extension of Commerce" ; and they dp this on the pretence that political considerations are to bs held in abeyanoe ! Famous foxes ! and gaping geese !!

      The third resolution drawn up by th 6 Leeds " Extension " -men , and agreed to by the Leeds shopkeepers , we commend to the especial notice of the Ten Hours ' Committees' Deputation that waited upon Sir Robert Peel and the-other-Ministers . in the month of ( January last . We remember the yell of disapprobation raised by the " -Extension" men , and especially by the Leeds ones , because that Deputation ventured to recommend the Minister to propose to the Parliament to " institute an

      immediate and searching inquiry as to the extent of distress amongst the manufacturing population , in order to ascertain the causes thereof , and to the instant application of such remedies as its wisdom and experience ^ might suggest . ? And , at the end of the Session , whbw tub inquiry cannot be had , these same " Extension" men of Leeds , not withstanding their yells and execrations , propose the same thing in the very words of the parties whoBe actions and motives they so recently maligned T

      But , WoBkiNo People , the shopocraqy note want ¦ UN- JON-. !' . . -They # e / distress . They eee certain ruin before them . Profits hare failed . Trade is done np . Incomes are gone . Capital is being wasted . Savings are dwindling . One by one are the shopkeepers dropping iuto the Gazette and into the Insolvent List . They now want UNION ! You asked them to unite with you to prevent all this in 1817 . They insolently and perseeutingly refused 1

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      They were then in high feather . They thought they had subdued you for ever . They deceived themselves ; and little did they imagine that their own ruia : was to be the consequence of their then attempts to enslave you ! But it is so r They are confessedly on the brink of ruib . They now want UNION to avert the horrible consequenoeg hanging over their heads . What say you 1 Shall we unite 1 Not to learn to SHOOT 1 Not to malign , and traduce , and vilify , and pare the way for dungeonings , and hangings , and beheadings ! Not

      for these things ; bat to rescue our common country from that fate we have so long foreseen and foretold 1 Shall we " uNitb" for this I Yes \ as soon as ever the Shopocracy are rearfy / Notwithwithstanding their former conduct and treatment ; noiwithstanding the miseries they have been the cause of inflicting on millions of their fellow-creatures j notwithstanding that they , and THEY ALONE , have stood between us and justice ; notwithstanding all these things ; as soon as ever the shopkeepers are ready , we will " unite" ! But thev most be ready ! They must be up to the mark ! They must know the cause ^ aud be agreed upon the remedy . They must be

      prepared to go-a-head I No shUly-snaUying . No squeamishness about " politics , " They must be prepared to help to obtain the CHARTER ; to " use it , when obtained , for the equitable adjustment of the debt ; for the reduction of our taxation to £ 4 , 000 , 000 per annum ; for the keeping at home the vast heaps of wealth we yearly create , to be enjoyed by our own people , instead of being given to the foreigner ; and for the obtaining of the Land to enable our own people to grow their own food Whenever the shopkeepers are ready , and will enter into proper terms and arrangements , we WiLt unite : but not before !

      Shopkeepers ! what say you?—Not readyf—Down with yeur noses to the grindstone . ' —You soon will be ready !

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

      We have been sorry to learn that Mr . Waikins has suffered recently an amount of pecuniary incouc venience greatly exceeding , we are quite sure , anything of which the Chartist public , who owe much to him , have had any conception . Reared in the lap of comparative affluence-, Mr . W . has been excluded the pale of what is called " society , " and cast out even by his own parents , for his attachment to our principles . Mr , Watkins , though himself from the middle classes , has had the merit and the virtue of standing proof , amidst all temptation , against all the various " new moves" which have led off some on whom the people had much reliance , and who , we believe , had less trial of their honesty and clears ; gh tedness than Mr . Watkins has had . We do think that the people are iu duty bound to pay respectful consideration to honest merit struggling With adversity , and to patriotism fighting the battle of liberty without fear of consequences , wherever and in whomsoever it may be exhibited .

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      We still continue to receive gratifying testimonies of the confidence and estimation of the people . This week we have the following from Hawick : — " At a publie meeting held in the Chartist Hall , on Saturday , the . .. 25 th instant , Mr . Richard Pudie in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : "That this meeting , taking into consideratioh the efforcs made to discredit the Editor and Proprietor of that palladium of the people cause

      the Northern Star , and recognising the untrammeled liberty which is due to the surveillance of the public press , desire to express emphatical admiration of tiie matily integrity , unsparing faithfulness , and distinguished energy , so- eminentlycharacteristic of both ; and express unfeigned hope that they will continue the same underrating course till it results in final triumph . " Resolutions of a like gratifying character have been received also , from Paisley , from Tonbridge Jn Kent , from Cheltenham , from Haworth , from Coalbrookdale .

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      A Chartist , Banbury . —The u new move" men know the matter to be a death struggle . They must either destroy the St&vorlhe Star will destroy all the cobwebs by which they hope to catch the people . There is therefore no wonder at their ravings . Let them goon ; ' tis all well . The face never looks more ugly than when unmasked by themselves . James Monarch , Bishop Wearmpulh . —Thanks , for his kindly expressions of conjvlence and esteem . We hope ever to deserve the confidence and esteem of good men . A Chartist and a Contant 'Heaver . — 'Tig not-alone in that locality ^ that the game of petty and maletolent detraction ii going on ; reports of a like character reach us Jrom other places . It is a t / ame at which the players always ' -hs ' e * they never eventually injure any but themselves . As

      to the fact of Mr , HUVs being or not being a member » f the National Charter Association , iJte prating scoundrels must have known themselves to be lyirig ; because the qtiestion has been two et three times answered in the Star already . Mr . Hill was a founder of the present National Charter Association ' . ; and has been a rnember during the whole period of its existence . If our friend had read his last week ' s Star carefully * he would have seen thai Mr . Hill is a member » f the General Council . ¦ Hjt&Bf . •^¦ Lettersfor this place are requested to be addressed to Thomas Briggs , at Mrs . Parry ' s news agent , Cheapside . Lecturers visiting Bromsgrove , are desired to give three days * notice thereof . Will Mb . P . M . Brophy 0 / Dublin , send his address to the Chartists of Warrington as soon as

      possible , as they wish to correspond with him . Messrs . Smart and Skevington— We cannot ¦ , insert their letter . They must tend it . to the paper in which appeared the letter that called ii forth . We have not see ? i that paper , and consequently know nothing cf the letter to which theirs is a reply . Grkenock Chahtist Youths . —We have no rorm . BARNSLET .-r-ZViC Chartists of this pljce respectfully invite Mr . Watkins , in his intended tour , to pay them a visit if possible at the beginning of ja ueeh

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      Georhe AtfDEmox .- ^ -Mr . Hilts Fifteen lessons on Analogy and Syntax" is not out of print . It may be had * P * ce two shilling , from John Cleave , London , through any Bookseller who gets a London parcel . Paton and Love can have it . any week from Mr . Hobson , of Leeds . The other work toe cannot tell him about , not Jcnowingth Publisher , and not having a copy at hand for . reference . ¦ . - ¦ '¦ - ,. ; '' - . ' ; .: ' ;¦;¦ . '; : Bristol ' CjSartist Youths , write us thus : — "It it stated in the Sl&rtthat we did not voleforthe Executive . We polled with the aduUs' fiof Bearlane . We had ho Philpites ; not one "' John Johnson .- —We cannot insert his letter to Mr Joseph Andrew . . - ; xV . Robert Hunt , Nottingham . —Wehavenoiroom for the address he has sent us . •" . '¦ - ' . ¦

      JVC . Grady , near French Park , County Roscom mon , Ireland , would be glad if ihe friends who send him Stars , wouldwrite ' . to Mm . Thomas Briggs , Derby , has received % s . for Jamet Duffy , from Mr . Gorset and men , Du $ eld ; CHARLts Lucas , Newcastle , should have told us what the meeting in the Guild Hall , of which he complains that we have no report , was about , and then we could have made enquiry into it . ArbroATH . — We have a little mollified one of the resolutionSi as we suppose our friends have no great wish tosee us V' mashed up" byagovirn ment prosecution . ( x . M . Shefiield . —It will make no alteration in the

      present system of voting for members of Parliament . " '¦ " " '¦ ¦'¦ - . - ¦¦ . - - " ¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ . ¦ ¦ - - -. 'V ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦• ¦"„ Mb . Griffin wishes toihform the Chartists of South Lancashire , that all letters for the district secretary on business connected with the delegate meeting , must be addressed to him , 8 , Robertstreet , Bank Top , Manchester . Will Mr . Dean Taylor send his address to Mr . Markham , Leicester , without delay , asa letter bearing York post mark is received ^ The BiRMiNGHAM Frost , Williams and Jones' commiilee ' i would feel obliged to Feargus O'Connor Esq ., to state at what time he thinksAt probable the memorials he has in his possession witl be

      forwarded . . J . Smith , Mtlcham . —Thanks . We had previouslg received a notice of the meeting . James Saundehs , Birm ingham . —Better let the matter " . i drop . - .. ¦•' ¦¦ . ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ .. "'"¦ . ¦ . . "¦ ¦• - ¦ ¦ ' 7 :. - , \ -. \ , -- ¦ ' . . ¦ W . C— -His communication is an advertisement . A Irish Chartist . — We should think he and his friends safe enough from any harm on account of the letters-* An O'Brienite , " Brighton . —There were other parties' present upon that occasion , besides those to whom he refers . We know all about the matr ier . The original motion was proposed by Mrt Allen . The ' vote of unqualified confidence in O * Brieii was proposed as an amendment , by Mr . Morlino . The " row" was kept vp for five

      evenings ; every epithet of opprobrium and abuse , ' such as" traitor" " hypocrite . "" villain " and other choice terms was applied , by the little knot of OBrieniles , to every person who attempted to speak in support of the original motion ; Blows were struck by the-0 'Brienitns . Mr . Stephen Burton was struck . On the fifth night the chairman had had enough of the '' row " and he dissolved the meeting without putting any resolution to the vote at all . The sixth nigh * tlierefore was simply a muster of O'Brienites * after the meeting , They sofcourse , had it allthetr own way ; andihere were about fourteen of them to note for their own resolution . We have thes * facts from parlies who were present all the timet and saw it all . " An O ' Brienite" is not to supposethat because we " were not there ? that we have no information of the facts . "W ' shave received the balance sheet of the Executive * and an accompanying address from the Secretary , but are compelled , from the state of ou ^ columns t to reserve them for next week . : A DissiiNTER , Halifax . —The whole amount maybe recovered if not exceeding six years .

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      E . Stallwood—The letter he posted on Monday was not " -pre-paid . " . 7 : . Specimens to Agents . —Specimens of the forthcoming Plate will be sent to maDy of the agents during the next week , and the remainder will receive them as soon as they are completed . Thoaa agents wbo do not balance their accounts immediately , -will not receive any papers on Saturday , July 9 cb . John Walkden , Bury . —SemTaddress to this office . A letter has been returned from the General Port-Offifce , which wis sent to Bary , and the letter-carrier eoald not find bim . PRESCOT . —Mr . Traverse should order . To Acents . —Several Agents have sent light gold this week ; they are all credited with the respec tive amounts the seld weighs .

      FOR THE EXECUTIVE . '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ - - ¦ ¦ 77 . v 7 .. a . d From the Chartists of Mold . Flintshire 2 0

      FOR MR . HINDES . From the Bristol youth .. .. . -. ¦ . ... ... 10 Doncaster Chartists ... ... 2 6 NATIONAL TRIBUTE TO THE EXECUTIVE . From the Ctiartiets of Hooley Hill ... 5 0 R . and G . H . TNorwich ... ... 5 0 FOR DEFENCE OF MASON AND OTHERS AT STAFFORD From j . M ; London ... ... ... 1 0 . FOR JAMES DUPFr . From the Chartists of Ramsbottom ... 1 , 0 rieckmondwike pet Mr . Penny ... 1 0 The Bristol youths ... ... ... 1 0 The Chartists of Sutt » n in Ashfleld 2 6 Pcescofc ... '; ..-..- ... ... 10 Doncaster Chartists ; .. ... 2 6 Nottingham .. i ... ... 1 0 FOR MRS . FRQSTi MRS . WILLIAMS , AND MRS . JONES From this Sbakesperian Association of Leicester Chartists ... ... ... 2 0 0

      FOR MRS . HOLBERRY . From Hull , collected after Mr . Hill ' s sermon ... ... 15 s . id . Chartist funds ... ... 5 s . lid . 0 FOR DEFENCE OF HOLYOAKE . From the Di > ncasttsr Chartists ... 2 9 FOR MR . MASONS DEFENCE . From the Cockermouth Chartists ... 2 6 The Chartists of Somer's Town locality London ... ... ... 3 < J

      WIVES AND FAMILIES . From S . M . London ... ... ... 4 0 F ' OR THE POLITICAL VICTIMS . From the Brpmpton and Kensington locality S . M . Wheeler ... ... 4 0

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      Friends and Brother Democrats , —Now is the time to try men ' s souls—now is the time for action , my friends ; union and perseveranca oh the part of oar leaders , with the united efforts and support of our friends the people ' , must be the order of the day . Another mighty struggle is being made to deceive and entrap ¦ the people , another blow is about to be aimed at our ranks , another attempt to paraIjza onr efifbrta , to swamp our agitation , to lessen the number of our leaders by bribery , intimidation , and persecufioh , has commenced . Mason has been arrested poor Hoi berry has been sacrificed !!! and some of those who a ' short ; time ago were the acknowledged leaders of the people , have ceased to be members of . our Assooiatian . - '¦ ¦ '' ' . - . ¦ ¦ ¦ •'¦ ' . - .. ' - ¦ ' ¦• ' ' . " .-: ; . ' ¦ ¦' ;' . - ¦•¦'¦• ' . ¦ '¦ - -

      The agents otSatan are stalking through the country , and sowing the seeds ot treacbery and deceit in every " Corner Of our land . Where for -the want of a pilot , or a shepherd , eur friends are not able to mention the noble position th 6 y have assumed . 7 7 Wilmslow , Northwich , Middlewioli , Nantwich , Congleton , and . C . ester , where Associations have been formed , are almost politically d « ad for the want of lecturers .- Some of them are broken up altogether , and have suffered ; themselves to be led by ' the hand : to Corn Law meetings , where our opponents have always provided themselves with some one who has gab enonich to cause the timid and tha weakminded to hold up their hands , in favour of their de » ceitfu'l projects .

      Knutsford , Sandbaph . an > i many other places , whero good Associations might be formed , and ihns add numbers to our ranks , nn » lying dead for the want of political information . Six week ' s agitation wonld rouse the whole of them to a sense of their " duty , and would enable them to maintain a lecturer of their own . v - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ " ¦ ¦" ¦ ; ' ; ' ; ¦ - ' ; ¦ ; - - ; ' 7 . . : ¦ ¦ -: /¦ .. A provision most either- be made for these districts , or we must ( five them up as lost to our cause . Men of Stopkport , Ashton , Hyde , Duckenfleld , StaVybridge ^ Ha »^ s ; roTe . Mottram , New Milla , Ghossop , Cpmpstall Bridge , Hooley Hill , Audenshaw , and Mossley , at a delegate meeting held at HaZdlarove on Sa . ; dsy lastj oa which occasion there were delegates from StocVport , Dackenfleld / VMarpIe , Glossop . Hazelgrove and New MiUs , it was agreed that for the better organisation of this county , each of your localities do appoint a debate to me ^ t in the Hyde Chartost ; Riom ,

      on Sunday ,. July the lOtb , when steps will be taken for the foundation of a permanebt onion of this divUioa of the county . It was unanimously agreed , that Mp Mitchell be empowered to draw up the short addrew , which is now before you , and that in the absence « f Mr . Swindlehnn-t , of Maeclcafleld , he be appointed to act as the county secretary , and visit inch district * aft he may deem necessary , until the next general meeting Brother Chartists , let this call be sufficient ; let yotti motto be union and perseverance ; If our Charter is to be gained , it must be gained by union ; if oar principles are to be established iu every town , village , and hamlet of Great Britain , it must be done by perseTeranc ^ e then tally round the standard of organisation , and show to the Goyerninentand to the world , that whilst yon are so thoroughly convinced of the justice of your cause , you know how to ensure its success , by a Tixtuous , a consiatent . and a never-tiring exertion .

      It is requeslefithat you send off your delegates early , as business is to cuminenceat tea o'clock ia the forenoon precisely . ' ' ¦ ' ; . ' ¦ ' . ' ¦" ¦ ¦" ¦ .-, Tours , faithfully , .- . ' 7 . " " : .-- ¦ „ ' - ; . - ¦ ¦¦ - \ „ ¦ . * . * Jamks Mitcubii , Beaton-lane , stockport , Juae 28 , 1842 .

      The Northern Star Saturday, July 2, 1842.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JULY 2 , 1842 .

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      THE ENGLISH CHARTISTS A > : D THE IRISH LABLUHER 5 . irwisn ; rNiYERSAL srF ? RAG 2 as : oc : at : c > CO ~ l-iiTTEZ . Moved bv Mr . H . Osrk ; Fccoucf : Lv Mr . "VWiJwsrJ : —*"• Tnzi iavl : ;^ seen in : hc D : uy Frrei . V . W . fit i ' i .-s-dr = J : 351 a le !" fT > . \\ th- _ 0 : ' . ' ¦ ' ' ' : z I r iSimi 1 - —r-di heu .-icd ' A-iT-: ? : Uem-i . t '— = ^ ned M ^ Tht ^ O"O > K ^ ei ) . in "sbicli an attcicpt , feeble- ii > ms'iiicr , as ii i- Ji :.-a in ( - > A , i * iss-dc to t £ *^ b ! i ? h th : pr ^ pc-= i ; 5 «> ii iha : Insb j ^ boarers ire ijj ~ ur 7 . b j iii-treatid : ; i Hjglaid by p- ^ j ? ods of their r » vra c > a ?« , we have tncrelv to re-mark atoa this rerun ' s Tricki'ii cfio : t to

      fceep aiira t » : c i ; l- ?" eeli ; iir which hi : s- 'ys exiii ? , that he tjt : o : c- ^ uo n-l < HQ 2 of il ! lb :: a' or unk .: ; -, d treatm-nt ' exp-jrieoeed bv bimscif dT ; r ~ : air ine seveatesn jtars ; he resided , frv-m nece . ; . t-y or chci-ee , in the > -i ? ter ! ccuarry ; ilia w ^ re the C'J . O-. O sen who are obliged > to traaspon ik-riaseircs siiJiusily , in order to under- ! ¦ work English iaboarers in th ^ ir own fields , either at- i ta-ckvd orrnuvili * ed m thesiT ^ ge laarj r . er he de ? cribtF , ' tbe newspapers wonld be spt to make a paragraph I or two on ; he eubject . With regard to railroad i rows , we would remind him thi ; " grrirRmages " of ! thsi kind hare faiben p ) s ce in Irelaad itself—witness j the Drogheda Ra-ilroad soms time since . As this i persos tays fee isB « t ijporant ( Hke us ) , per ^ ps he j has seen that the f ? ee city of Ratabnrxh has just refased io allow a eareo of £ o £ ! : ? h wcikisen-ercn to i

      be landed , Sot ? , JEa ^ land , vre f ei esavicced , wil ] > uot resort to snch s display of Tindiativc uatioaality ] towards otr poor CGnna ^ jaen , and nofR-ithstandiag j the great ifj . . O'Ccniielt ' s threat , cr ihe lutle Mr . O'CunseiTs letter , ice w « o aasidus t- > deprecate i ihe _ isiira ] xesalts ofihs iijnner , bm vrefcsr JheJ taihar of the iatter is desiroos of itT . i-T'ir . z in the j wake of Piifc , Ca ~ iL . = rea £ a , and e ~ uj > cb ^ q 3 eu : ; tyrant and irepesenr who has e ?' . abH-. r . ed Ms power j jhd niic-j Ms wallet Ly perp « u . » tLij : L ^ reli x ioDScihzr-jxzs and political i ^ noizne ? o . ihc- pcr . jne . > Pa * £ ick O'ilzGLr . s . PrtJi-m :. ] W . Ii , loorTj Secsvurr . j

      The Star And Its Estimation By The People.

      THE STAR AND ITS ESTIMATION BY THE PEOPLE .

      2to ^A Lsct?J8 Antj Covvcjaiponli^M^^

      2 To ^ a lsct ? j 8 antJ Covvcjaiponli ^ m ^^

      Address Of The North Cheshihb Delegate Meerlng. To The7surrounding Districts Of The Same Division.

      ADDRESS OF THE NORTH CHESHIHB DELEGATE MEErlNG . TO THE 7 SURROUNDING DISTRICTS OF THE SAME DIVISION .

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      HOW MANY MORE VICTIMS 1 Holberry is already dead , and Brook and Peddie , the Bradford victims , now lie in Northailerton and Beverley Gaols , pining away , aud apparently fast sinking into the Victims' Tomb . If we do not . ' -timely'bestir ourselves to effect their liberation , or an amelioration of their treatment , they may soon be beyond the reach of our sympathies and aid . If such an event should happen , could we have the consolation of knowing that we had discharged our duty . Let us do our duty now .

      BrooK ha a wife and a large family ; Peddie has a wife—a most excellent and deserving woman . They have both been steady , and good , and worthy mon . Let memorials for their liberation be immediately got lip from every district , town , and village ; let them be firmly , but yet respectfully worded , and sent to the Secretary of State . Holberrv ' s death may make some impression , even on Government officials . At least , let them be asked whether it is their purpose to make any more such sacrifices .

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

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

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      A , THE NORTHERN STAR . ' ' , . . - . ¦¦¦ ¦ . ; - - . . . ¦ - " / :. . ; : ;¦ ,: ' , . ¦ ¦ - ,. . ; . : --. : : : s ^ ¦;^^ - - - ^ . ¦¦ - -1 r - t r r — -- ^ . iMin- ' i - r ¦ ' , . - .. _ , - ¦ - . ' ., ' . ¦ ;—¦ . —7 - ¦ ¦ ¦ .. - . . . . ' . —; " - ' " ' . "' " * " ; ' _ - ¦' . - ¦¦¦¦•• » __ . _ _ " — : _ ¦ . ¦¦—¦¦¦ ; ^ —^ . - * — - . . . . _ _ — _ ^ —^ ^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 2, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct605/page/4/