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THE-JTOKTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1842.
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T() THE^ JREADERS QF THE M STAR."
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NoiaTBDEVOM.—Mr. Powell, on his way from Tavistpck, lectured at Great Torrineton on Sa*»ur-
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OPEN AIR 3 VEE 7 ING AT THE GREAT ^ WESTERN RAILWAY STATION , PADDINQrON . This meeting vraa held , pursuant to aJjournmtnt ftom the previous Monday evening , and was well attended . Mr . Pi-YSE having bean called to the efc&is , briefly opened the proceeding * . Mr . Ltjcas moTtd the following resolution : — " That this meeting view with alarm and spprenenlion the vast amount of distress existing in the « onr . try , and are of opinion , that It can only be effectually removed by ensuring to the worting classes that yist thare of political power which is embodied in the document called the People's Charter . "
Be was unused to public epeaking , but he felt that , at the uresent critical period , it was the bonnden duty of every man to txert himself to procure a remedy for the aTrful distress existing in the country ; i % wenld be useless in him to dilate on tnat distress , they -were too ¦ well acquainted -with its existence ; it was impossible to denj that it was undermining every institution of tociety . He wished them also to be acquainted with the remedy ; he did not wish to force it on them j but he irisbed them to examine it for themselves , and not to view it through the prejudices of others . Those ¦ who neglected to apply a remedy to . fcbe present mistrablv dcsraded postos of affairs mnst be callous to
every dtty th&y owed to themselves , to society and to € k > d ; he called upon them to throw off their apathy , to « trt the powers of their bodies , the energies of their minus in circulating the principles which were founded « n just ' ee , humanity , and Christianity to ncite with one heart , to look not at the men who were advocating its prineplts . but at the principles themselves , which "Were calculated to promote 8 ie-welfaas of every man , woman , and child in the empire . They had too long been deficient in sympathy fcnr theiT Buffering brethren , but this cloud of disjrace tub bow fast passing a * ay , * xk 1 they wtre begloiring rightly , to . e&tiin&tethe value and adTinlagfcs of political power as a means to . ensure prosperity to all . r . . . .
Mr . iiCDGShad great pleasure in secoiKung the res » - lution , which not only declared that rtistresa existed , tut iikev-Iss pointed their attention to the true ismedy . TTiey were well aware that ^ estivation » ofi misery pre-• vailed throughout , the length and breadfli of the . land to a dec ree ucpaiiueled in the pastbLstorjr of ihtt « buntry ; if tScy were not acquainted vith £ hi » fact , they © aghi to be ; every day it spoke louder and louder to their understandings ; every hour it . ap prbacaei nearer to their homes ; let " them look erouhn the great metropolis in -which they Uve ^' aBd they would see thousands in 3 state of tbemosthorribledestiraiion . acd yet "London iad nos felt a quarter of the Sistras ' whklrprevs . iled Isihe manufacturfB ? districts , ' and thengh this distress ¦ ind not approached his eyn door , cr the doors per-1
baps of many of Msbearers , yet they fensw not bow soon , it might arriva . It -Tras pa ' nfnl to think that Englishmfcn -wete lutaofed to acch a state as to be gl ^ d to fefed on canion , on cows , &c . which had filed cf disease . Was this a *» te in which } ife was worth preeervir . c ? CouM they as men mnch longer groan . under such aa iccoinulation of miserj ? The clouds ef misery which encircled their brethren in the north were -coming nearer and nearer , and shades were growing darter and darker , and yet , alas , they would not aitase from their torpor until it came upan them like * : -e . t ixi th . e mgfct , and all-were involTed in oce gigantic jnin . The-only sura means of rcraori = g this distress was by obtaining political power . Class le « is-Isticn bs . 1 raised up a class of tyrants who , by en&eang
baa laws , had brought the working classes to tDeir present position- They had obeyed the lawa of these men ; ihey fc&d submitted to their caprices until furtbfr rnbinisaon wonld be a crime ; for tliesa men bad ttey toile-1 acvt -wasttd through , the weary summers < Jay * ; for them tad they fought and bled ; and now tfcey wtre iswaided by insult and oppression . Would they longer ecdnre this ? Wonld they longer remain qaeit under theft wrongs ? He knew that they would not The mighty multitude would rise and put down by the strong voice of pnb'ic indignation theii heartless oppressors , and would neTer cease their exerti' -ns Tmtil they -were in . possession of tha power "Which wuuld . be sorierrsd npon them by tba adoption U . the People's Charter a 3 the law of the land , ( cheers . )
ilr- Cooper , of Manchester , aaid it was his pleasing < luty to . support the resolution ; and he -wished them to tttp in minU the lines of the poet Byron , They - who would be free , themselves must strike the blow . "
It was cow sdmUted throughout the length and breadth of the British Empire , that a How of Bome description mast bs struck , sad that it must be straek seen . The jnc * t importer ; : question was , how should the Mow bt struck to emauclp ^ ta themselves from their present ¦ tfcralyom ? AH parties in ttie state . Whig , Tcrf , and Hidieal . zcmli that a charge mnst teie place , and that It meet ccme ere long . It was a fact that was . admitted by tte iasst intslligent men of Eaglacd andofcfcbsr . conntriLS , that as the power of proJncIng wealth , had ir . CTKi ? ed , so Lid increosedihe poveriy of the producers . This slsowed fceyoEd contradiction that there mait be snmethiJL ^ radically Tfies s in scciety , or tiiosa means ¦ w ijich ought to increase whs happfcss and -Wealth of tie j- ^ ofl ? , w ; ilc 1 never have increased their misery , Tfc ? , and cestitn ^ on . Hu had travelled , during the tonrse of tbe sBmtntr , through a portion of Scotland , Gib ^ forh cf Esjdard , Bnd tbe intervening countirs ,
between there sad the Metropolis , and he could bear S £ »? le testiinoay tbat the distress of tbe people was trrerw-ntimin ? . * "m > ereTar he weni he was assailed with tSs rry of "Bread , breid , bread—Justice , justice , 3 U > tioe- " E ? eryvrhere they complained of poverty and tyrsmy ; snd to iusg as tyranny existid so long would poverty , as a necessary consequence , bs found among dose wio were tyrannised over . The only true policy to remove the cause of poverty was to strike at the root of tyrs-Tiny , and thereby remova the vice , misery . & ^ 3 3 esth « ien wnlch it created . If tbey were even to xemaia in taeir present position , better would it he to xetcrn to s , siatfe e ? nature—to go again to their hollow oaks for a rode shelter—to roam s ? sin as painted savages in the wilds of the fore&t , tfcsn to oia of starvation and disease . What did it benefit the working isan that he had baDt our manufactnring towns ; that ke had earfecled- » pleaaid machinery ; that be had built our vessels , wiucli
" Wali the waters lite a thing of life" ? What avail was it to the men of London that they had erected splendid palaces far royalty end aristocracy ? He locks- ;! nound , and he saw beauteous mansions in every direction -, and taose who erected them he saw yandfcKDc in Ihe streets , heusUess and penniless . They , ¦ were tola this alTrsys tad beta the case , and it always ¦ would . 5 t was true thai vice nad poverty had ever been foun-1 ta txiit . bnt it was bacausa tyranny existed ; but it did net follow that they ever fbcnM ex ^ st . He defied say min to piinV out , in tha history of the " werld , a XsiiffB enduting distress from the same cause which created the diittef s in this cocatry . They tnd beard of distresa in ancient , times : b ^ t it Lad feecs created by
. scarcity of ? om 1 ~ j ? rouiiciag fesrae , by war , or Other similar caas = s ; b-iS did th = y ever hear of a nsiJcn siasped is d-firess hfesase it Za . 3 . vicancM too Bmoh wealth ; ytt th ' s was the actunl cause of * Jie present distress . Labour was the enly prepcrty cf the ¦ working mas , arsd in prcx > ortion as there wts a demand for ttat labour vrc ^ ld he be prospfcrcus or impoverished . Bnt we had now created so uinch -sr ^ sith that there was no demar-d for libocr until that vas Bold , Bsing no demand fi > r labour , the worlisg mtn hr . Ting no wages , could not tuj , Er . d the homa market is destroyed , and disa-as is tbe natural ccn « q : enee . The population of . Britain \^ a 3 aboat tw « nty- * cTsn inilMon ; many of these Trere asin'illy starricj {^ r fjod , and yet the laad would « &w scfisle ^ t to sap-oaii jn plenty ISO millions of
inlacitaiit-i . Cor poorer of piofiuci 2 S wealth was . equal to tbst of 600 n . - Jlions of n : sn . 6 nt shops and our ¦ warehorL £ 62 w = re fail , sid ret tae men woo produced these articles wire destitute of hat * , shoes , acn every sriids of dceest dcthicj ;; hon ? ^ were beins erected ty -working men arcand him in every direction , yet buiidre < is were forced at cifbt to take siieiter in Hyde P ^ ik , fcaviag a > roo ! to Efeelter t-beir bead ? . - The Diilw of Wtliin ^ toti fead siid , that In Eagi-JiU alone , cf aii tha countries of tbe "world , a workiog man conM do well , if rt was not his own fault , aad tbsl hs conld praviJe the Eeans ef fnbsistsnee , cad a suSeifncy for an indsptndsr . sa in his cii aga . He -was not aerated by any EpinS of revenge leffirdE tira or airy uther man ; bnt fce sbould
like u > fc = s mm escbsage pl 2 ce 3 with one of tua poor tsm-iocm weavers of the ncith , and he wouid give biza a . good salary to begia with ; and if ha tiid not spsed&j roi ^ himself to iBiiepnulencs , according to hi 8 own ciociri 2 : e , it wonld bs Mb otyn fctlt . TeeUnie of Weiinston "ffss mighty in p-bysie ;! teen , tboughscall in lEis-iii-it- ; tut place him in cne of the nauseous caiiars of > l £ JchEStsr cr Liverpool ; let him be sur-TCTSsd&u by tbc-sd who wonld call hxni father , -and look np to hxss . fcr sniipoit—let him see the wife of his bosom gradually piuinga-way before bis eyes—letcsaght meet his gszi tmi the damp and fcswc- ' : -wiiis of his Eiissniula ab ^ ae , and though at Waterloo be experienced trouble , and looking at his Witch , ^ claimed , *• WoEla Vj G .-d the Prussians weTe cttue ! " there he
¦ wouid iind hiiiisilf in a worse eonoiuon , and would tbta ' excSaini , Weald to God dectfe or iastce would come i ( Chsera . ) It had been asserted in the House oi Commons , uhg echoed and ro-echoed tLroagli the pu *| , as q £ -& 8 . . ] 3 aJ , tliat the d « tre < a was the leauls of a . < iivia © jpro-5-ide--. ee , ar « i so long as they could get the people tol > elibTe this , tha villains who created it would escape , abu liihcr tteir iniqaity upon the God of er . atSoaT " . T > id tbey ever sae tbe earth refuse to bring iorta its Jroit 31 J > id it notieem -with wealth and plenty ; thejjianlffiat cvuid assert that God was the originator of fiia present distress , was the greatest cf infidils ; the Biahci > . of ^ xstsr hid asserted in the Houea of Lords tsatUik worSinK icaa Lid no . hope whatever to better
Jiis MlidlUoa thb what resied in heaven ; and when im ' uziid . Ills children crying for bread ; whe - . he sa-w tfce misfry around liim , and was looking to God for reiitf , he tLat would cotss fo disturb his quiet with the f&lL-vcita of politics bttterins his condition , must be one of the wickedest cf men . The Bishop of Exeter , or any utter- man who could preach such doctrines to the Jfcp le tu ; ht to be made to exchange positions with' ttsuu li ' -trae a stxair . e t 2 the peeple of this natiaa—tUe z » vst ec'fghtecrf , tee mort pawerfnl in the - world— tiist they hz £ ± j long widured fcia bendage ^ - ^ ihat . they had to long foil ^ ed the priests ' jnaxioi w " ShiA } otu eves -ui : d open \ onr mouth sad
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see what God will send yon . " He trusted they would open their eyes to some purpose , and discover the Charter as the true remedy for their condition , and that they would also epen their mouths , and declare the siad tidings to their fellow men , Mr . Cooper contkusd addressing the assembly in a similar manner for & lengthened period , ^ and iras frequently greeted with loud applause . The resolution was put and carried unanimously . - Mr . Kagle moved , and Mr . Anderson . seconded , in excellent speeches , an adjournment of the meeting until that day fortnight : this was unanimously agreed to , and tee meeting dispersed with cheers for the Chartflrt ^ ur , dec .
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THE-JTOKTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , AUGUST 13 , 1842 .
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THE TURN OUT . Most earnestly do we call . the attention of every reader of the Star to the accounts we this day present him with of the proceedings consequent upon the Turn-Oat to resist the reductions now again attempted to be made in the already-starvation-wages of the labourer . Those reductions are the result of a conspiracy on the part of the " great " employers to drive the working people to madness , ih&t out of the state of terror and alarm , consequent on the phrenzy thus engendered , they may wring from the Minister their darling scheme of
11 Corn Law Repeal , " so as to enable them for yet a little -while longer to realise a per centage upon their K large capitals , " by driving labour still lower and hirer in the scale of comfort and well-being . The " Conference" has not safc for nothing ! The threats to close the milk ? have not been all -wind The attempt on the part of the confederated masters to piove that general bisteess exists has not been without its purpose 1 The whole of the efforts made by this party have been , one and all , directed to the end of raising capital upon the ruins of £ a-BOCil - ,. . ..
We repeat , that the redactions now attempted to bo Eade in the price of labour , are the result of a conspiracy on the pait of a class to overawe the Government , aud to accomplish . their own selfish endi at the ezpenca of ihe community at large . Look well &t ihe parties who offer these reductions 1 Who , and what are they ? Members of the Anti-Corn Uaw League 1 " Extension . of Commerce " advocates ! Bawlers out for " Cheap Bread . " The very men who have been for the last twelve months dinniag in our ears loud and wordy expressions of "SYMPATHY" for the distresses and privations endured by the working portion of the population I ! These are the men who try to alleviate the distress they so feelingly deplore , by reducing the vagez of the men they employ ! ' . !
The partial dsvelopment of their confederated p ! an 3 affords some alight explanation of other sundry threats and talkings the " Conference " indnlged in . "We now see how the " riotings" and " risings'' that Jlr . TaUSXOm , of Coventry , recommended , are to be brought about ! The " great " Anti-Corn Law Masters are to reduce the wages of their workmen , until they drive them into acts of outrage and riot ; and then they are to go to Sir Robket Peel and say to him : " Didn't we tell you
tbJB would happen ? Give us the ' Repeal' to quiet the alarming state of the country , and afford the starving people * cheap bread . " Having , by these means , forced their measure from the Minister , they will turn-round upon the people themselves , and put them down . They will join in yeomanry bands , in special constable bands , and in jury bands ; and they will bludgeon , sabre , shoot , hang , transport , and imprison the very men who have done ihe Leaguer ' s work by " rising" and rioting ' !
And will the working people be such ninnies as to aid the Leaguers in this their hell-begotten scheme ? Will tbey thns fhrnisb . weapons to be used againBt themselves by tho most deadly and inveterate enemies they have to contend with ! Will they be thus played with , and csed ? Will they do that for the enemies of Labodx which tbey cannot do for themselves * "Will they be instrumental in forging and in binding on the chain that will link them fast to Capital ' s car , to be dragged through the mire and o ? er the rough , at the will and bidding of the drivers !
If the working people intend to do these things , they have only to " rise" and " riot" ! If they intend to do these things , they have only to meet in crowds , to attack persona and property ; to destroy life and wealth ; to murder , burn , and destroy ! Bat if they intend to frustrate one of the most horrible scbtmes ever hatched to subjugate labour ; if they intend to defeat the wiles and stratagems of their deadliest foes ; if they intend to advance their own cause of right , and acquire unto themselves power to establish the right of justice , thet will be peaceable ! ! They will leave the " risings" and the . '' riotings" to the Extension mea" themselves ; and they will instantly pnt down , suppress , all and every attempt to force or beguile them into acts of outrage or collision with the constituted
authorities . - We offer no opinion as to the prudence or desirability of tbe Ttjbn-oot . That is a matter to be determined upon by the people themselves Those to whom reduced wages are offered hava a right to say whether they will accept them or not * They have a right to refuse them , if they think proper . They haTe a right to try to penuade others to follow their determination and example . But
they have no right to compel others to join them . They have no right to destroy property . Against these acts we earnettfully and warningly caution . hem ! He is a bad soldier who fights against himself 2 He is a bad general who quits a safe position , and takes one whence he is sure of being dislodged ! So long as the people are peaceablO j and refrain from acts of outrrge , they are safe : the moment they resort to them , they destroy their
own power . We offer tbeso observations in all earnestness and sincerity of friendship both to the factory workers of Lancashire and to the miners of Scotland , Staffordshire , and "Warwickshire . The miners are an ill-used and industrious people . Their avocation is such as incessantly endangers licab and life—for half their mortal carreer they are entombed alive—shut out from the light of day and from the joys of social life—their means of mental improvement are contracted—their inducements to tread the paths of vice are continually
multipliedtheir zest for the pleasures of domestic comfort diminished , in fact the system to which they are inured , completely unm&na them , and they gradually degenerate from the human to the brute species , if not in form , yet in habit . And yet , notwithstanding all this , the ba ^ e profit-hunters wonld lay still Lea . vier burdens upon them and add starvation to their other griavances , by robbing them of their hire . Base wretches ! but we trust they will be foiled in the attempt . We trust the workmen will be enabled to compel them to pay some regard to honesty , however unwiliiDgly . And that they may do so we iiaplere them to be peaceable .
We are glad the miners , like other trades , have hoisied the banner of the Charter . In the principles of that invaluable document mnst centre all their hopes . Towards that prize they most vigorously press , and relax not a single muscle until the gem of freedom sparkles on Britannia ' s brow . Trades' Unions , in times past , were deemed the only panacea for the complicated evils endured by the operative classes—the specific was tried , but its virtues were undiscovered , or practically unknown Politics were then discarded , and the leaders of
those unions were ever ready to impugn the motlveB of the Radicals , who never failed to direct the sufferers to the primary cause of the evil—class legislation ; secondary causes were all that oonld be descried by the pioneers" of the Trades , but now the mist has been dispelled , and each workie is enabled to see the real cause , without the aid of borrowed spectacles . This is certainly a consumma tion lOBg and devoutly desired by every trae lover of his country's weal , and we trust it will be found a swift and sure harbinger of that perfect freedom which is the inalienable right of man .
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Your cause , miners , is juBt . Lei your shield be caution . Give the enemy no cause to let Blip the doga of wax . Tha cowards may pounce Hpon you , without cause given by yon . Should it be so , let them abide ihe issue of the contest . Nothing is too despicable for the iron-hearted iron masters and the black-hearted coal masters ; bnt be circumspect , discreet , and watchful , and they will bo worsted . . "¦ - .. - ' - " ¦ ' •; . - . " / . ¦ ¦ ' : ¦¦¦" . " ' " . ' . In conclusion , we caution yon against political pedlars . Know your men , ere you trust them . The wolves are on the prowl , but you may compel them to retreat to their hiding-holes . Snakes will be in the grass , but take heed where yon tread .
Every succeeding day furnishes additional proof of the villany inherent in . the despicable middle classes ; of their hostility to the interests of the masses ; of their hatred of justice , and , consequently , of the absurdity of the dootrines pro * pounded by the defunct New Movers" and the expiring League , who profess to desire an amalgamation of the middle and working classes .
The man who preaches up this unnatural union after perusing tbe accounts of the tyranny of the mastera towards the employed , ¦ which is given in our columns of thia day , must be either a fool or a knave , and as such ought to bo scouted from all society into which he may intrude . Such characters , thank God , have now no chance of stultifying the workiea with their poisonous nostrums . The political empirics have had their day , and must either retire from the arena of politics or become honest men .
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- wvwv wvwwww ^^^ vvvvvvvw ^^ vv /^^/^* " ONE DOWN , AND THE OTHER COME ON . " The Finance Committee , which meets at St ., Stephens , consisting for the most part of 'Heads of families , " and whose especial business it is to quarter their younger brothers , sisters , cousins , ancles , and aunts , and all their poor relations upon the industrious poor , have voted the necessary amount for the aforesaid purposes , for the coming winter , and have adjourned their sittings till the usual period of reassembling in February , if all be well .
As we intend to lay a full length picture of the said Finance Committee meeting before our readers next week , we take leave of the worthies for the present , merely to direct John Bull ' s attention to " the other come on" fraternity . The dealera in human flesh having failed to make foreign corn a legal tender in exchange for English blood and infant sweat , have now , taken the field in earnest . What was refused to petition and bombast , must , in their opinion , be surrendered to fear ! and hence the reptiles have already laid the foundation fora
Revolution in Lancashire and Cheshire , by driving their "hands" to the diro necessity of pining for want or of taking to supply their wants . The League have now capped their pillar with real intentions ! " Bread or blood , ' quoth the Globe . That is : Bread for us , or blood from the people . ' ' But hold , gentlemen ! the good sense of the people will frustrate your foul intention ! or should the tempest of outraged opinion swell , may the hurricane be directed against the real offenders , and may those who have sown the wind reap the whirlwind We trust , however , that the man who saved us
from a Revolution in 1839 , will again interpose his mild power between the people and their oppressors ; and that Col . Wemyss , upon whom much responsibility rests , will ever keep this fact in view , that starving men , willing to work , but who cannot procure it , are not to receive bullets when they ask for bread . Should popular fury burst , our prayer is , that it may burst upon the head of the real offenders . But above all , aud before all , we caution the people not to be induced to enter into covjiict , upon any account , with the soldiers or ihe police . That is the only hope and anxious desire of the moral-force League .
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THE NATIONAL DELEGATE MEETING ; THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ; AND THE LEICESTERSHIRE DELEGATE MEETING . Ws have very little information as to what pro * gresa is being made in . the necessary arrangements for the ¦•* National Conference" Eummonei by the Executive for Tuesday aext , iu Manchester . We apprehend that most likely very few
delegates will be appointed ; bat we trust that ( every place which does send a delegate will take care to do it rightly ; that all things may be done safely . We hope , also , that every delegate will ceme fully and thoroughly instructed by his constituents ; as far as they have the means of anticipating the buBinsBS of the meeting ; that the opinions of the people may be as fairly represented as is possible under the circumstance ? . ¦
Tbe recent charges of the Leicestershire Delegate against the Executive Committee and the manner in which those charges have been met by the Committee—haughtily refusing to acknowledge the slightest responsibility to the great body of the Chartists , but pointing to the officers of the Association" at this meeting as the parties to whom tbey will give whatever explanations may be required—have invested this meeting with an
importance not to be easily over-rated . An importance which we hope ¦ will not be assumed by any sectional assemblage , for tbe gratification of any clique or the serving of any individual or knot of individuals . The cause of Chartism is too pure and too holy to be trifled with ; its escutcheon must bo kept free from blots ; no rust must be permitted to eat into its substance ; and if mire be cast upon its surface it mutt be instantly cleansed .
That we may aid as far as possible such as may need information on the matter , we suggest the following , as a form of tho credentials to be given by the Chairman of every public meeting where a delegate is elected , to the said delegate i"To all whom it may concern . "I hereby certify that , at a public and open meeting of the inhabitants of held at on the day of 1842 , Mr . was elected by a majority of the persons then and there present , as their delegate to a meeting of delegates to be holden at Manchester , on the 16 th day of August now next , to consider the best means of enhancing and sustaining the interests and well being ef the National Charter Association .
Chairman . Aug . 1842 . " Of course the blacks must be filled up as circumstances may require . > WV ^/////^ AMAlS «^^^ vvw ^ ' - — -wvuvw .
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B . C . asks : — " If a lecture be delivered in an unlicensed room , and if admission be made by tickets atone penny for each ticket , will the chairman at such lecture be liable to be prosecuted V Yes . " It has been stated by a Chartist lecturer that there ought to be an election of the General Council once in every three months ; but seeing that the plan for organizing the Chartist body says they shall be elected every twelve months , I tctsh to know whether any change has taken place which justified this lecturer in making the above statement 1 " Wo . " Haw the Chartists o / any locality power to vote the General Council residing in the same locality null and void , and
to elect anew one before the term specified in ihe plan of organization has expired ?"' - / No . : ¦ ' . ¦ - '¦ L . T . Clanc * . —The attack upon him in the Statesman is a sufficiently blackguard affair : he could expect nothing else . However—though toe think his present letter richly merited—it should besmt to the paper in which the Billingsgate to which it refers appeared . We could not , ' in accordance with our usual practice , insert it until after it may have oceu refined insertion by the Statesman . All Com&iunicatioks for Mr . Bernard M'Carlney of Liverpool , must be directed to him , at Mr . James Leach ' s ± 0 , Oak-street , Manchester , until after the YJthAuQusL
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C . Gr « Bail . —We see no good purpose to be served by again reverting to the ** new move ' correspondence with tqvetl and Collins . Several letters passed between those parties and the editor of this ¦ paper . The meaning of the Chitiem Hundreds we have explained so often that we are almost tired of the task * It is a nominal office under Government ^ by the ' acceptance of which a Member vacates'hisseai . i \ ; j Mb . Editor , —/ beg your indulgence while I correct an error which appeared in your paper of last week ) under the head ~ 'The Working Classes at Oldham * It is true that prospectuses are being issuedfor the erection oja Working < Man ' s Halli —not in 300 , but in 500 shares * at £ 1 each , payable by instalments of ' threepence per week , or upwords . The edifice , as stated to accommodate 500 [¦' persons , ; is intended to accommodate 1 , 500 - persons . The shares are being , very rapidly taken up ; and a good spirit exists , and it is expected that operations will commence in a very short ¦ " ¦ ¦ time . .. '¦ •• ::. ¦ ¦¦' '¦ : ' ¦ " : '¦ ' ¦• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' . ' . ¦ ¦ '"' : '¦¦ ' ¦ -r : ¦¦ < ¦ ¦ i : -
" By inserting the above in your next week ' s paper , you will much oblige , : ; ¦ .: :-. . " Yours , &e ., " Wm . Hambb . " Cabojwnb Maria Williams . —Her letter was reoeived , and was noticed in the Answers to Cor * respondents of last week . Walter SAiNSBURY . —We know nnothing about the Wesleyan Conference . ; Wm . Jackson , P . O . i Rock , County Tyrone , Ireland , prays earnestly for Stii- 'light . Chbistophee Doyle —The Slockport Chartists' Appeal to their brethren of the County of Chester generally ^ that justice may be done to this gentleman , whose valuable exertions have much served the cause , and who is now , through these
exertions ^ tn great pecuniary difficulties . The sum of £ 3 13 s : being now due to him from the Char * iuts of the County of Chestery for wages when member of the late Convention , the Chartists of Stockport request that every town in Cheshire which has not paid its due proportion imll send the same without delay to Mr . John Walker shopkeeper i Park'StreetySlockport . Mr . . Wit , Beli , -. requests , ttsio say , that as his engagement as South Lancashire missionary does not expire until Saturdar / i the 19 th , he cannot commence in ^ tfie Huddersfield district until Monday , theiUtyinstead of Monday , the Hth . " Mb . Editor , —Piease -to announce in your Notice to Correspondents , that , as I shall be duengaged
from bminess in ihe month of September , Ipur ~ pose to take a tour . Those phces who may wish me to . pkitthem will'pleaseto direct to John Skevinglon , $ traw'bonnet warehouse , Swan-street , Loughoorouyh . V ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ?; : ; :- : / ¦ ¦ , '¦' Wm . Tytl&rv-t ; We have not room : for his letter this ; weeh ; it shaU appear in ou next . J . W , Pabkbb . —> Vle had' . ' ¦;« notice of the death of George in type before his arrived . Huaa St . ^ DuUcan . —A o room . W . H . - 'P ^ oft . r ~ IT ^ ' -impqsnbUi / -. to / flnd : io ( m / or his letter this week : next week we will try . J . Dawson , Nobwich . —No room . Mb . G . J . HarneY ; has received for Mrs . Holberry , fromtheCtoftistsofNewion \ Heathi \ 2 s . ; fr the Chartists of Cheltenham , collected after an
address by Mr . Bairstow , £ 1 Is . ; from the Rationalisti ; oj' Newcastle-upon ^ tyne , subscribed in consideration of the kindness of the Chartists of Cheltenham to Mr . Halt / oaka ; 12 * . ' Mrs . Holberry returns her grateful thanks to all her kind friends . : - ¦ : . i ' : v : . ' \ . ' , V . ¦ : ¦ ¦ V ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ""¦ ¦ - . : ' ' : : MR . 1 £ TBR RlGBr desires its lo inform the Shdksperean Chartists of Leicester that he shall be with them on Sunday , and will be at their service for awholeweek . J . C . Grady , FrenchPark , County Roscommon , Ireland , complains that he is nearly deserted by his English friends , receives now only two Stars , and earnestly requests for more Stax-Ughtfor the JRsscommoners , He will be thankful to hear
from Messrs * Orr , Northampton ; C . Lane , London ; Wi Bainbridge , Darlington ; and W . Dawson , Chor ley . ' James Kane , block-printer , formerly of Huddersfield , is desired to write to him to whom he sent his Star at Christmas ; ¦ - ;'¦ ., : John Foster . — -We thank himfor his good opinion , and his frank , warm-hearted expression of it , We are quite willing to trust the good sense 6 f the people , for whom , and to whose interestsymore than half of our life has been devoted . The people are riot now to be quite so easily gulled and cheated by adventuring political pedlars crying out for their pence as they were a few years agoi They are now pretty genera l / y able
to estimate , at somewhere about their worth , the vagabonds whose wide throats can swallow all their former avowed doctrines and opinions as som as the bolus can be gilded with a little of the pay and patronage of that middle class whom erst they designated as possessing all qxtalir ties but lovely ones . The "Cess Pool , " as he very wittily styles a pretended Chartist journal , is going on finely ; it is raising a slink that is even absolutely , intolerable in the nostrils of its best friends , and becomes . Offensive to the rank organs , of its newly acquired patrons * It would be d pity to put an additional spoon in the puddihgi we could not think of such a thing . As
for the tetter of the animal referred to ; it is a much better answer to itself than any that we or any one else could write to it . The odour of hitman dung upon a jootpath may be o ffe nsive to the passengers ; but if we happeti to see it there we seldom stop to pick it up , and demonstrate , by the tearing of it to pieces ^ thai itis dung ; we pass on , and leave it to afford its own nasty evidence tods many as may change to see ty without taking the pains of particularly directing attention to it . —Several other Correspondents who write in reference to the same , or like matters , must lake this as their answer . T . C . Ingram , Abergavenny . —You need no license .
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WitxrAM PicKvANCB , Boltqn . — - ^ Has the Agent ' ; ' . ordered them ? If he has not let him do so , and he will get them . -. / . ' .. ¦¦¦'' - ' '¦' : " ¦' - . ¦¦ : ''¦ ¦ -: ' / -.:. Mr . Guest has Specimens for Mr . White , Mr . Chance , '¦ ^ and ' M ^ . WattB . ¦ .: ¦/¦ -: ' v--- ; -: / : ¦'' ¦ ' "' " . ' •¦ ¦ , . ' - v T . Self sbould have said the money was for Mr . At-• well ' a Paper . He-will oblige by sending nine poststampa for the tw « Papart &e has received . JOHN CAMPBELt , HOLLINGWORT ^ .- ^ Newapaperaicafc be forwarded , ef any date , to Ireland and Scotland . ¦ or to the Isles of Man , Guernsey , and Jersey j but to all other places they muat be posted within seven days of their publication . V A Constant Subscriber , Kettebing— . Yes . . R . Dunn , Liverpool . — Will enclose them with the
Plates for any of the Agents in Liverpool , if be ¦ will say which . D . HAiNES . CdVEMRY . —Say the best way of sending them , andlthey will be forwarded . John WAkEFiBLD , Cirei » cestek . —^ Say bow the parcel is to be forwarded . Mr . A . Heywood , 60 , Oldham-street , Manchester , has Specimens for tho following Agents :- — Edward Hobson , Ashton ; T ; Rickards , Burnley ; Jarcoa Heaton , Clttheroe ; Henry Woodbum and William Pitfield , Chprley ; Mr . Cobke , Dackinfteld ; Miss Buckley , Oldham ; , Mr . Liddle arid Mr . Hal ? ton , Preston ; Mr . Blackshaw , Stockport ; and Mr . Woodcock , Staiybrldge . John Stein , AtvA ^ Suppoae the , 6 ^ d in carriage . MessrB . Paton and Love had to pay for the parcel . NATIONAL TRIBUTE TO THE EXECUTIVE . . . . ' ¦ - . .. ¦ ¦ ' .. - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ v , y : r ; - : - : ¦ ¦ :: ¦ : :: '" ¦; £ ¦ . '¦ . ¦ d .-:- - ¦¦ From Sandbacb , per J . Armitage ... o 1 10 FOB' MASON AND OTHERS , STAFFORDSHIRE ,. ; Prom Holbeok OhaitiaU .. ; ... O 2 o ^ t he Chartists of Mansfield ... 0 4 o w the naxdressers of Broadford Works , Aberdeen ... ... 0 3 2 1 FOB MRS . HbLBEBBY . From the Committee at Sheffiold ... 3 18 0 ' ¦" : * the Chartists of Carlisle ... 0 6 0 „ ditto Stockton ... 0 16 3 „ ditto -Aberdeen ... 0 10 " - . 0 ; « , -ditto TJbornley , collected after a sermon by Mr . Kiclunond y .. ' ii . 0 10 0 „ tho Chartista dfv GbOwbehV collected after a sermon by IsaaoBarrow ... ... 0 9 0 ^ Armley , collected after a funeral sermon ... ... 0 3 8 ^ i the Chartists of Mansfield ... 0 4 . 0 „ Bishop Ahckland , per Charles : ¦ ¦¦• ¦ ¦ Co * inor ' ' v " :... ' :: V ' . i .- ' - ¦ ,: >• :... ' , -8 " ' --S ¦ ' » ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ '' . ; ' „ a friend at Bishop Auckland « 2 0 ' ¦ ' ¦ „ : the fl « x-dresser « of Broadford Works , Aberdeen ... :., V 0 8 1 „ the females ( Chartists ) of Aber" '¦" -: . ^ deen V ; ¦;¦ ¦ »; . - . \ :. k .. y ; : ¦ : ... ; o . . ' 5 ' 9 „ a few friends to liberty , at : Marple , new flto « kp ^ rt ... 0 10 FOB THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCAfiCKBATBD CHABTI 8 TS . From the Chaitlsts of Littletown , ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ V ' ; Iirer 8 edge - -. Ai ,., ;;;^^ . ^ .:: ' ; . ; ... " ' a ¦ ¦ : S , 6 "" . ;• " . ¦ -. '¦ ' ' : - , V ; FQB ^ kB . - | u ^ p ^ Ti . E ^ -. ' ;; ;; . ; ' . ' . - ; ' ¦ ' .: : ' ¦ Front » few \ ftis ^ ^ itoett ^ at \ A ' S '; '¦¦ Marple , near Stockport „ , 0 8 0 "' " , ; ' , ¦ . ¦ : :. ¦ : ; :: « o *^»* ts ; m 6 n « mekt . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ From ;' " •• fewfriendi . fe ; j ^ j ^ y , at Mj ^ ple , near Stocibort ' ... 0 10
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day , to arespectable and attentive ^ audience . The good men and trae of that place are organising , and bid tW for ft good Societ y . On Monday LearriYed at Bidtford , and after being obliged to cry the m ^ etiDg himself , addressed a respectable audience , a . f per which we formed an Association . On Tuesday he proceeded to Appledore , cried a meetjng , and delivered JA ^ otner lecture .
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' ; . ; - . ' . JTOTIQE . The $ tar 41 Saliurday next will contain a fall Report of the Important Proceedings in Manchester on the 16 t ] b o ( Au ^ nst , connected with the JVIonament to Henby Hcmi andalao--the ^ Sittings of the Ch ^^ Con ^ subsequent days . To give due effect to the anniversary of an ever-memorable day , and to do josfioe to the wemory of the Poor i / t&n ' a ¦ Advocate , we have , at great expence , procured - ¦ . ¦ van Engraving . 6 r " : ] - r ' . : ; . - . ;•;; . v ; v . " ..- : ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦' ' : ¦ HtJKT' ^ MONUMENT , which will be given in the Star , along with the . Report . We have also , at greater expence , procured an Engraving of the horrible MANCHESTEB MASSACRE , on the 16 th August , 1819 ! i * hiar # o shall also give in the Starof Saturday ' next , accompanied with a detailed account of the atrocities of that bloody day ; a list of the names of the Manchester Yeomanry , who dyed their drunken hands in the blood of an unarmed people ; and the awful judgements of God ^ on the aotors and abettora of those deeds , as evidencea ia the horrideridot CASTLEREAGH , the death pf Canninq , and the "visitation" on . ¦; / SlDlIODTH ! .. ; . .. ' - . ' ¦ •; . . :, ¦¦ ; . ; ' . ¦ ¦ ' ' ' ¦ ¦ ' ; "¦ . ; Agents will please to give their orders ia time . Both engravings will be given next week .
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My Peloved Friends , —X feel imperatively called upon to direct your attention to the fbllovring leader which appeared in the British Statesman of last week . It runs thus : — : > . - ¦ ¦ : ¦
"THi ; 'STAR' AND THE EXECUXIYE . " TheNorthern Star has , we see , opened another masked battery on the Executive . Cooper and bis myrmidons are the instruments made use of , thiB time , by the Star-chamber . The attack will not only fail , but recoil , with tfgnal effect , on the aggressors . If it does not , it will be the fault of the Executive Committee themselves . And if they fail in this case , to make front ( as they ought ) against an arrogant dictatorship , which
seeloi to prostrate at Its feet everything good and valuable in the Movement , they will richly deserve the fate that awaits them . If they exhibit either compromise or cowardice on this occasion , they are gone—irrevocably gone ! And no man will , because no man ought , to pity them . But we believe better of them—we believe they will do both justice to themselves and their duty to the Chartist public : of a large proportion of whom they are the accredited servantB .
v As to the alleged expense of these Conferences--so much harped upon .- —the argument cornea with a singularly bad grace from patties who have put the country ta heaps of useless expense for demonstrations , triumphal cars , and the like trumpary nonsense , which could serve no useful purpose whatever . The projected Conferences may be of UBe—the other affairs could be of none . For more on this subject , we refer our readers to a very sensible letter from Walter Mason , of Harleatori , which we publish amongst our correspondence . As for Cooper and his accomplices , they are beneath contempt" ¦ . . •¦¦¦ . ¦ ¦'¦¦ .... - . -.- ¦¦ '; : ¦ ¦' . '¦¦' . - . .-.. ' > . --
As the latter paragraph reflects upon me indlvidually , I beg very calmly to submit a word of comment upon it ; . Tho only •*• triumphal car" in connection with bur movement , was the one used on the occasion of my liberation from York Castle ; and when I was informed : that the York Chartists intended to have one , and ; when I heard of the expence , I paid ten pounds towards it . The attacjc is a censure upon the gallant Chartists of Yorki and those who sent delegates , arid have got up demonstrations . I have invariably recommended that no expence should be gone to for the" purpose of distinguishing me . I have counselled you against holding expensive demonstrations , but I have attended them in compliance with your will . I have worked the flesh ofl ? my bones for now nearly a whole year
since I was liberated . I hare expended above £ 100 in traversing the country by night and by day , eiideavouring-to improve your minds , a , && to replenish your empty exchequers , leaving to each Association , from my own exertions , from £ 8 to £ 60 , to enable them to prosecute the peoplo ' s cause ; and , as that course does not appear to have merited public ap _ probation , I think I had better , in future , pocket the peace myself , as " proffered service ptiriks . " But until I learn from those whom I will stand . by to the last , thit I am cansurabie for obeying the paWic will , even though opposed to my own interest and conscience , I shall go onward in my old . course , mindful of the resolution proposed by Mr . O'Brien and seconded by ; Mr . O'Connor , at the close of the late Convention ' s proceedings .
My Friends , an attempt is made to mix me Up with the Leicester resolutions , and to condemn the Star for having published them ; while , had the Editor refused to do so , well indeed might the whole press of England complain of dictatorship J And yet their publication is " another masked battery on the Executive ! ' ' . I . am , - . ' " ¦ ¦¦ ; ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . Your faithful Friend , Fbabgus O'COnnob .
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Nantwich . —Mr . James Mitohell lectured here on Monday evening last , in Wood-street , ia the open air . His subject was the existing distress of the couritryiand the remedy for it . ; ; / MasoVs Defence Fund and pqb the FAMitiM . The undermentioned suois have been received for the above object aiart August 3 rd , by Mr . Samuel Cook , of Dudley : — ; [ - . 't ¦¦ : ' ¦ ¦ - — XV 7 ' vV-- ; - ^'/[ ::,: ^ ' [^< ' d . r Great Bridge ... ••• v •«• ' 1 V 3 Simon Watts ... ... > .. ; ... 1 0 Collectedl by Mr > - Ranking ... ... 0 7 .. ' Walsall -. ¦ ¦•• ¦ ¦ ' ; ... ¦ . - . ¦ ¦ ¦••• •¦ •¦ - ;•• . 3 6- . Ettinshall-lane ... . v . .. i 1 Q : John CaswelL ••• ¦•¦ ¦ « .: ¦ ¦ - ' . ¦• ••• S ; . - -. O . . . . ; Wednesbury . ; . ¦¦ .. ? — , ••• 3 0 Journeymen Hinjie-makeriB ,
Wolverhampton ... ... ;*« ... d 0 Bilston .... ; ; ...: ... 2 ^ John Bradley " . ••• 0 6 William Jones »• ••> ... 1 0 Ship , Steelhou ee-lane , Birmingham ... 10 0 Saint Johns , TVorcestcr ... ... 3 0
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STAFFORDSHIRE , POTTERIE ^ - : ( Fromour Correpondent ) :. ; k ^ ds In my last I intimated that the affairs ^ tho colliers in these districts were only Settled in appearance , and fully has that opinion been yerified . Ob . Saturday , about ' noon , ' the colliers began again to asgemble berej and about three o ' clook , p . m ., " proceeded to Norton Colliery , where they had got informatioa that some men from a distance Were working , the agent employing strangers , ! and < Ji £ - missing his old workmen . Fiadmg tQ ^ Xepo ^ t ^ io be correct , the men proceeded to . turn these . men ' . < jut , and one man , a stranger from' the Shrpp § litr % mtties , was ducked two ; or thr ^ t | ia ^; moryer . ^«^ 0 pce him of the impropriety of hjs oonduci . FThSSJ ^ Sihe
colliers' tarn-out again been revved , a ^ d , as fax 4 s I can perceive , with more asperity'ithan . syeJr : 1- . ^ w ' : , : ' ¦ Daring the time ' . that ^ them ^ & <^ fo"Wti 6 nle-Moors a circumstance occurred at Byrslom , WUich I must narrate more in detail . During ^ Q ;^ ft ^ ufc it has been the custom of the miners ' wiS ) j \> und to the different ' Ui . iwnships , byi ;' wosOr ¦ -tnreeafmtli boxes with a slit in the centre of the top pi * lid j ? t ' the box , and which lid or lever ^ s ^ rewed !^( 5 wfiTj ^ id io prevent frauds being practised ' , "the screvfieadg are sealed , and the men so employed < 3 arrjt crfi ^ entialsfrom the Committee . On Saturday afternoon three of the coUiera went with their bp ^ tO' ^ iii ^ liBm , in hope of receiving the ; contributions of ^ tKose who were disposed to assiet them . In the coiitse of their
labours they solicited a son of the landlord , of Jthe Cock and Barrel , who no sooner saw the menthan he instantly kicked the b 6 x out of the man ' s Vhind who carried it , and eliewed his 6 ympa , tliy . ;; to those men who bad suppoztQd him " by kicking the box into the streef , and causing tho three collectors to be apprehciirted under the Vagrant-Act J thu 3 giving a practicul lesson to all the foolish drinkers who , by the purchase of his beer ' or spirits , have raised him something higher than themselves , of the kindness and sympathetic feeling of these red-hot sons of the ale cask . The news of this reached Hanley just as the ^ men were returning from Norton , and the sons of the mine with all the promptness belonging to their order , determined to release the men from the lock-up ., Away thay went for Burslem ( distant from Hanley about two miles )
cheering all the way ; On arriving at Burslem , tha libeiation of the prisoners was but the work of a moment . The door was split to shivers , and not only the three men were liberated , but every other prisoner . The men being infuriated , paid a visit to the son of the barrel , and Buoh was the fury of the . populace that not one Bquare of glass was left him . Tbe Town-hall ( the place of the magistrates' meeting ) waia served in like manner , and the clock was damaged so much that it stopped . I also hear that the head of the police came in for his share , his windows being shivered to pieces , and the glass all broken , the shutter beingforced into the shop . Other persons who had rendered themselvesr obnoxious to the workmen were paid in the loss of . their Windows for the part they had token against the colliers . V ,
On Monday , a middle-class man charged me and my brother Chartibts vcith being the authors and abettors of this , the colliers' turn-out , saying that the magistrates knew all abont it , and that they had known it some months ago . Ah ! Mr . Editor , if you Can believe -such nonsense , it will be strange indeed . What ! the magistracy know all about it , and yet leave a town with at least twelve thousand inhabitants , with a police force of five or six hundred . Faugh ; noit they indeed . Besides , if they knew and did not prevent them ^ are they not accessaries befpro the faot I XBut enough of this ; we know that the magistrates and the middle-class would be happy could they prove that the turn-out was either originated or-abetted by the Chartists , if they could turn that knowledge to our disadvantage *
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TURN-DIJT IN IitNC | SHIRE DESTKTJGTIOIf OE PROPERTY * AND LOSS OF ' ,- ¦ , ¦ V y [¦ " ¦ / :: ;^ ,: ' LIFE . - / v ; v - ^ 'i y ¦ ¦ ¦;¦¦ ¦ ¦ • - . ¦¦; ¦ . Minohester and the adjacent Wwns hate this week been the scene of some imporUint and instructive proceedingB ; Nearly the ^ viraoiej of < the producers of wealth in that district , have Jaid down their implements of labour ,, and , nave ; iresolved to " work no more , ' * unless , tha ' wa ^ e ^ r ^ iven ln ih © beginning of 1840 are again accorded them . The immediate cauBe of this step on the part of the workpeople is a redUc ^ wn ^ wafles by the masters , particularly that portion oi them attached to the Anti-CoKt-Law Le ^ gue > . ; Below is van 'acconiit ; of these proceedings , furnished by our own Correspondent
>—STALVBRiDGB .-rThe conduct of some of the manufacturers of this place have driven the people to the neoessity of endeavouring to protect their wa ^ es by union , and by that union to obtain political poirer Qa Thursday , the 4 th ult ., the weayetB and others in the employ Of Bailey and Co ., at this place , turned out , in consequence of that firm offering a reduction ia wages of twenty-five per cent , below the amount paid by any other master in the town . As is usual on such occasions , a meeting was convened . The result of that meeting was that the whole of the hands in tho mills in the town should cease to work , and that dn . aggregate xneetiiig should beheld on Monday , the 8 A , at five o ' clock in the moraing .: At the timiB appointed , nearly : fourteen thousand
people had assembled . Mr . S . Challenger was called to the chair , aud he opened the business of the mectmg by exhorting them to peace , law , and orden The meeting was severally addressed by Messrs . Derham , Crossley , Scephensqn , Fenton , and P . M . Brophy , when it : adjourned nntil nine o ' clock ; afe which hour the numbers were greater than before Several speakers addressed the meeting , and a resolution was passed , to the effect that the persons assembled should form themselves into a procession , aud go through Ducfcenfield , thence to Ashton-urider-Lyne , to induce the labourers ia the latter towns to co-operate with them . As Boon as the Staly bridge turnouts made their appearance near to any of the factories in their route , those 'inside
dressed themselves and turned out . Every factory hand in Duokenfield having joined in the procossion , they moved on . to Ashton and / Httrst . . By two o ' olock there wa ^ not a factory at work in any of the towns above-mentiosied i and the greatest . cdnst < ernati . otf ¦ : prevailed ; In tho mean timei aTrMtfemetjts had been made , that a meeting of the whole should be held in the -Market-place '¦[ of AShtKM ^ j b ^ t | tfigtisafe were-th ' . e numbers that it wa 9 ' deeniw e ^ e 'd . ient to adjourn to a piece of ground near Ybabkei ^ ioundryi By three o ' olock all arrangemeftfo ^^ ereinade ; and never was there such a sight soen : ra ; ; Asjitotf before I Mote ^ than < 0 . 000 ptaceablehalt-tta ^ edii r ^ tafmen , women , and children , assembled and'resolved " either to die by the sword or obtain ^ tffaii ^ day ' s Wages for wtm
a fair day ' s work . " Mr Brdphy ^ © xhlprtc ^ to be peaceable , but at the same -time detJBrnrined ; and not allow themselves to be m * ide the t ^ oVof any party * He was aware that a threat was held oat in the Hoasa of Commons that if the Corn Lawswere not repealed all the mills would be stopped ; 't Are ' ^ you , " said Mr , Bfophy , " come out for a ^ bigldafj ? or to get higher wages' than those which jaw nave : ? " Herd thousands of voices cried out , ; t * The masters that have reduced us most are those who •¦««' ¦ calling out for * " cheap food ! We want protection for oof labour , and we will have : ifc UoJ * ^ try well /* Bald the speaker , " you now perfectly understand the nature of the struggle , and you know who ; " are the authors of it . " Mr . Pilling and several others
addressed the meeting , after which a resolucion was passetf , " That the people of AshtOtt go to Olduam and those of Stalybridge and Duckenfield to Hyde ; and that the people of Stalybridge , Dttckenfield , and Hyde , meet in Ashton to-morrow mbrniag , ; Tuesday at seven o ' clock . ' * At that bonir ^ aeii Mjbiiwg » dense mass of people had assembled . A" manufac turer wu called to the chair , and a reMTuticTn gassed "That the people now turned out do not feturn to their work until the masters' give the saniJflCprice for weaving , spinning , carding , &c .,- tb ^ they p » if m 1840 . " A ^^ resolutjion was ^^ theni tooted and " earned " . That the meeting fortt a p ' rooeflsito and ' inarca
into Manchester . " . . : vr' : ' r :,. " ; V : .... .... ¦ ¦ In accordance with the last determination , the vast assemblage moved towards . Manchester . By ten o ' clock the procession arrived at the end of Pollard-street , Ancoats , at which place parties of the Rifle Brigade and the 15 th Dragoons were etationed , nnder the command of Colonel WymesS . At this time the * ain fell iu torrents . Sir C ^ Shaw and his M lambs" were in attendance , also Mr * Mande , the magistrate , who advised the people to return home ; but they plainly told him they would not ; that he might order the Boidiers to fire on them if he would , for that they might as well die ; by the sword as hare the means of their subsistence taken from them by
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; , : ¦ . ¦ . : ; . _ . ;¦; , : ¦ ;• , STAFFORD . ; - . :, ; , : ;^ n ,- , ; : / From our own Correspondent ) * : b * '¦ •'" ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ . " ; . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' :. ¦ : ' ¦ ¦• .- ¦ ¦ :. ¦ - •¦ - ¦ . ¦ : ;•¦« -Mi ^ jji ' - - ¦ , I sifc down to write you : word what ia going on here . The public are already informed that- the colliers in North and South Staffordshire are en strike against a reduction Of wages . ¦ •¦ Whe % « r it wonld be just in them to accept such redaction I leave all those to answer who have read the recently published report of the Commissioners appointBd to ina . uire into the condition , ;; . of those who / work in mines . What is really going on in North and South Staffordshire I do not know , bnt report says they are rioting ! This I do know , that a riot has taken
place in the Potteries , and that forty-ftve persons were brought to Stafford gaol on Saturday last ; forty-Eeven on . Tuesday and apwards of fifty on , Wednesday ! The authoritiesofSiafFord ; apprehend a junction meeting of the diHaffected Parties at Stafford ^ some time to-night ( Wednesday ) io / attack the gaol and liberate their confined comrades . ^ The Yeomanry Cavalry ate all out , and stationed in tho confines Of the gaol . Two troops of regulars aje-expected to arrive very soon , and thei towa '&aia » complete uproar . How it will end I cannot'tan . If any thing woro happens I will write you word , tinw enough for your secondedition . •> -V >
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Thb important news from the "disturbed districts" has shnt out Eeveral articles of comment which we had prepared—amongst the rest our promised commentary on the National Organization .
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A SPECIMEN OF THE eORRESPONDENCE OF A " CHARTIST ORGAN' 1 ! We give tbe following morsel frooi the \ British Statesman of the latest date : —r 11 XHK EDITOR OF THE BB . IXISH STATESMAN . " Mt Deak O'Brien-,--I am truly delighted that you are once more where you ought to be , and doing what you ought to do ; yon being eminently qualified to fulfil the duties of a public teacher ; and which should never have been suspended for a moment in times like ours . To teach the ignorant is man ' s highest duty , and when performed under the influence of juat motives , his greatest glory . Go on , then , under the impression—the truth-inspiring impression , that the diffusion cf knowledge is the renovotion of the world , and great is your reward .
"I am happy to perceive that you are determined to avoid that course of conduct which some teachers have so lung pursued- ^ - notional teachers—rererend teachers . What a libel on Christianity—on humanity —on common sense , is such teaching ! What a concentration of the qainteesence of evii , Read Romans ( 3 d , 13 th , 18 th ) . But when the tree is notoriously corrupt , the fruit may be predicated . ¦•¦ • . My dear . Sir ,-r- ^ I hope the Middle Classes will no longer stand aloof , but embrace at once the principles of tbe Charter . When they shall have known that Joseph Sturge , and many kindred spirits of their order , have adopted them , as the only raeana of saving
the country from ruin and desolation , let them not fear . The teeth of the would-be patriots have been drawn , and the ' Lion ' s " roar is no longer formidable . —' The poison of " reverend asps " is neutralised , and there ia no poison like unto reverend ^^ poison . ; Many persons ejtpiess their wonder that so few of the middle classes have hitherto joined the Chartet Association ; the fact is , they were not wanted . Knowledge was repudiated ; it would have spoiled the trade ;* ' fustian jackets ,: blistered hands , unshorn cbins , " were wanted ; the fdo ! of Juggernaut , who wanted a Convention < of
men " without shoes and stockings / ' could not have been glorified by the middle classes . They would neither have , drawn : the car , nor fallen ' beneath : its wheels , amid the huzzw of the suoeleBS and atocKinglesa mnlti * tnde . Tbe middle classes are now wanted ; invite them . Sir , to join the Complete Suffrage Association ^ ( assuring them of exemption from the contumely of patriotic demagogues and reverend scribblers , j and take that lead in the present Movement which will crown them , with lasting Vkonour . : ' U : ¦ ¦¦ . " - , : - '¦ . -- ' ' : - '¦ - , - : . ' -yourstruly , ¦ ''¦ ¦ " : ¦ ¦ ¦ ; v ;¦ ¦'
-: ^ W . Q . BBItNS . Hull , July 24 , 1842 . [ We offer no remark for the present , further than to ask if this"is the same Mr . Wv G . Burns who applied to Mr . O'Connor for a loan of £ 40 , and who , upon being refused , commenced his first beastly attack upon the ' caged lion I'M ;
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Noiatbdevom.—Mr. Powell, On His Way From Tavistpck, Lectured At Great Torrineton On Sa*»Ur-
NoiaTBDEVOM . —Mr . Powell , on his way from Tavistpck , lectured at Great Torrineton on Sa *» ur-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 13, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct443/page/4/
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