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NOTICE . ; i ALL Persons having any demand for goods fnr . nisbed , or work done , by order of the Magi ; . trates , daring the late disturbances , are reques ted ( if they have not already done so ) to send in theij accounts to Mr . Barr , Clerk to the Magistrates , ot > or before the 14 th instant . BY ORDER OF THE MAGISTRATES . Court House , Leeds , Sept . 7 , 1812 .
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TO THE EDITOR 6 F THE NORTHERN STAR . Lees , near Manchester , Sept . 8 th , 1842 . ^ Dear Sir , —By giving the following a place a your valuable paper , you will oblige , Your's respectfully , Jambs Pawson . Mr . Williams , of Lees who is ont of ikt way , in consequence of a warrant being granted for his apprehension : he having a wife and three children , they have been obliged to apply io the parish for relief . The authorities' have removed her and her children to the parish thi Mrs . Williams belonged to previous to her marrisjti , If Mr . Williams Rhould be in the country , tl » above will inform him what is the condition of ta family . ' «
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More Apprehensions . —Mr . James Mitchell hiring recently delivered a Chartist lecture in the nil room of a miller , at a small village called Nonh Meols , near Soutbport , Lancashire . On Sunday last , he and hia host were both arrested . Milchellia committed to Kirkdale , and the miller bound over to appear aa a witness against him . We are sla informed that a fine of £ 5 was ififlicled on tli miller , but know not upon what charge .
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Lom > . s . —Behmo > -dset . —The mc-jibers of this locality meat at the Ship Tavern Long-lane , on Monday next . Tower Hamlets . —A public nveeting will be held Hex-: Sunday evening , M the Carpenter ' s Arms , Brick Lane . A Lecture will be delivered at' the Clock-honse , Ca * tle-stre « t , Leicester-square , on Sunday evening , by Mr . Anderwm .
WoRsnfG Mcs ' s Hall , 29 J , Mile Ekd Road . — Mr . K K . Phiip , will lecture here on Sunday Evening , Mr . Frailer on Monday , a pv . blic meeting of members and the Council on Tnr ? i . ij , Mr . Anderson -williecture on Wednesday > -: mg , Mr . Balls on Tbsr .= day evening , and on every evening during the "week iecrnres will be delivered ; a committee media e "will take place on Sunday moruing ten o'clock . A C ( tt 3 cekt ah ) Ball for the bcneSi of Airs . Xing ( die wife of one of our London victims ) will take place on Wednesday , Sept . 22 nd , at the splendid rooms of Mr . Hemminsrway , King ' s Arms , Mile End Road , tickets 6 d . each , can be procured of Mr . Shaw , undertaker , 24 , Gloster-street-, Commercial-Toad , East . . King is now ljing in Newgate .
Mr . J . Cahpbell , the Secretary of the Executive , will lecture at the Working Men's Hall , 5 , Circus-ft reef , Marylebone , oa Sanday evening , Sept . 11 th , at half-past seven o ' clock . A Special General Meeting will take place on "Wednesday evening , the 14 : h of September , of the Hatters' Charter Association , held at the Brown Bear , Southwark Bridge Road , on important business . At their weekly meetins , on Wednesday night , they sent ten shilling to Feargas O'Connor , Esq ., for tue Victim and Defence Fund , and 7 s . 6 d . to ihe Executive . Hcddessfield . —Mr . D . Ros 3 is to lecture at Hndder&field , on Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday evenings ; a * Kirkheawm , on Thursday ; Almondbury on Friday ; Houley , Saturday ; and Holmanh , on Sanday .
Rochdale . —Mr . Isaac Barrow , of Bolton , ¦ preaches in the Chartist room , Yorkshire-street , on Sunday , the 18-ii , at half-past one , -and at half-past six o'clock . Mb Dean Taylor will visit the following places durng the next , fortnight : —Monday I 2 ih , a : Hull ; Tuesday 13 th , and Wednesday l 4 : h , at Beverley ; Thnrsd&y 15 : h , at Holme ; Friday 16 th . and Saturday 17 ib , at Pocklington ; Monday ihe 19 th , at Maiton ; Tuesday and Wednesday , 20 th and 21 > t . at Scaroro ; Thursday 22 ad , at Maiton ; Friday 23 rd , at Yvrk ; Saturday 24 ih , atSelby , and Monday 26 th at HulL Mb . J . H . R . Batestow , member of the Executive ¦ will commence his services in the East and Korth Riding di £ Uict , on Monday , the 3 rd of October , at
Leeds . Stockton . —The camp meeting announced before will be held here , on Sunday nexr , at , Thornaby Green , at half-past ten o ' clock in the forenoc / a . Wigan . —A public meeting will be held in the Chwust Room , Mill Gate , on Sunday evening , at seven o'clock , when it is requested that every lover of liberty will attend . Oldham —A sermon will be preached in the Chartist room , io-morrow evening , &i six o ' clock . The Soxtth La > cashikb Delegate Meeting will be held in the Charts Room , Brown-s : reet , Mauehesiex , on Sunday , ( to-morrow ) when business of of importance will be laid before tke delegates .
Mb . Frazes of Leed =, will lecture in the following places during the ensuing week , Birstal , Saturday evening ( to nighf ) ; Dewsbury , Sunday ( to morrow ) afternoon and night ; Barnsley , Motiday , Se-pt . 12 ; Hothtrham , Tuesday , Sept . 13 ; Sheffield , ( Fig-treelane ) , Wednesday , Sept . 14 ; Sheffield Political In-EtituDe , Thursday , Sep . - . 15 ; Chesterfield , Friday , Sept . 16 ; Alfre ; on , Saturday , Sept . 17 ; Belper , Sanday , Sept . 18 . Bihstal , —Mr . Fraser , from Leeds , will deliver a lecture in the large room over the Co-operative Stores , en Saturday , ( this evening . ) at half-past seven o'clock . A collection will be made at the close of the lecture for the defence of Mr . Dewhirst .
Dewsbcst . —Mr . Fraser , from Leeds , will deliver two lectures on Sunday , ( to-morrow , ) in the large room over the Co-operative Stores , at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon , and at six o ' clock in the evening . Collections will be made at the close of each lecture , towards defraying the expense attending the defence of Sir . Dswhirst ... The depositions taken before the magistrates against Mr . Dewhirst , "Will be read at the close of each lecture . DiwsBUBT . —A general meeticg of this district will be held on Sunday next , tt half-past one o'clcck in the afternoon , in the large room over the Co-operative Stores , Dewsbury , when all parties holding subscriptions for Dewhirst ' s Defence Fund are rcquested . to attend and hand over . the same .
Bausslet . —A public meeting of the Chartists "will be held in the School-room , under the Odd-Fellows' Hall , on Monday « vening , at seven o'clock precisely , for the transaction of very important business . Leeds—Mr . T . B- Smith will" preach a sermon to-morrow evening , at halfrpast eix o ' clock , in the Chartist roc-m , Cheapside . Mr . Ch-ables Coxkor will lecture in the Chartist room on Tuesday night , at eight o'clock . He will also lecture in the Cnartist room , Holbeck , on Wednesday night , at eight o ' clock . Central Municipal Election Committee , —This committee will meet to-morrow afternoon at two o ' clock , in the Room , Cheapside , where every member is earnestly requested to attend .
Holbeck . —Mr . Wilson of Leeds , will preach a « raon in the Association room , Holbeck-bridgt , on Sunday evening ( to-morrow ); a good attendance is -earnestly intited . Htjddebspield . —A course of three lectures will be delivered in the Philosophical Hall , Ramsdenstreet , by Mr David Ross , of Manchester , on the evenings of Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday next , the 12 tk , 13 : h , and 14 th days -of September . Chair to be taken each evening at seven o ' clock . Tickets of admission , one penny each , to be had at the
room . Mb , Roes will also lecture at Kirkheaion , on Thursday evening , the chair to be taken at half-past seven o'clock ; at Almondbury , on Friday evening , the chair to ba taken at half-past seven o ' clock ; at Honley , on Saturday evening , the chair to be taken at . seven o ' c oek ; and at the Cliffs End , on Sunday , to commeuoe at half-past two o'clock in . the afternoon .
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BURY . The tura-outs are relieved with five pounds of potatoes each daily . There is an expectation of an agreement being come to this week betwixt the working people and the employers .
BRADFORD . Since the turn-out all has been very quiet , and everything is going on as usual . A very brisk trade is now driving on , particularly in figured goods ; but notwithstanding the brisk demand , there is no adranee of wages , though all acknowledge they may afford to give a very liberal advance . Mr . Baines , of Manningham , worsted spinner , has been very active in trying to get the men an advance of wages , and has set an example to the rest of the Masters by advancing the wages of his woolcombers one penny per pound on some sorts , and one halfpenny on others . Some few masters have followed the example ; thus good has come out of evil .
MANCHESTER . Mo . YDAY . The weavers are still out ; it was expected that many of them wonld resume work this morning ; but the masters opened their mills in vain . The bells rang , but no odo answered . The females formed ib procession , from four to five hundred in number , and paraded Great Aneoats-street , Stonestreet , and that neighbourhood . They were met in Stone-street by a body of the police fore *; but they did not interfere with them , but let them proceed quietly on their route . They held a meeting in the Large Room , in Brownstreet , at eight o ' clock , which was numerously attended—hundreds having to go away thai could not get admittance . The prevailing opinion amongst them was , that they- had stood a month without support , and therefore , if they got a small amount of assistance they could stud for a longer period .
Tpbsdat . The hands of one or two mills which had gone in at the advance , again turned ost this morningthe employers having broken faith with them . Placards hive been issued , advertising -for weavers . A small numBer obtained employment in one of the mills in qnestion , bat the feeling was bo strong against them , thai it was thought necessary to guard them bj a strong escort of police , both while walking to and from meals . As the knobsticks working in the Mill-street mill
left work Has evening , they were met by a large number of the torn-outs , who commenced hooting them , when a general fight took place , the knobs gettag the worst of the battle . One man , who had two daughters working in the mill , came armed with a large cudgel to protect them , which he used to the utmost of bis ability , but was taken for his kindness by the police to the station , and locked up for the night . We understand that they have all stopped from work this day ( Wednesday ) , with the exception of two ; the mill is , however , going . Daring the night the windows of a house in Spencer-street were broken is pieces , by some parties unknown . It is
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supposed that it is the work of the turn-outs , as one of * the knobsticks called there on her way home , and it is thought that some one had watched her , and thought that that was her residence , which is not the case . Wednesday . This morning the knob Bticka who were at work at Waterhouae's mi'l , have all come out , and declared that they will not commence again until they get tho advaooe agreed upon by the delegates . At shortly after eight o ' clock thus morning , a large number of the turn-outs went to Stone-street
mill , wlure there are some knobs at work ; there were a few of the police on duty , bat they considered it to be the wisest plan to save their bacon by a retreat , and therefore left the turn-outs in possession oi the field ; but there was no damage done to the in-11 . They contented themselves by hooting and diouting ** knobsticks , " In a short time the police returned with a reinforcement , amounting te from 200 iu 300 , headed by Sawley and Beswick . The people , when they saw them coming , dispersed in a orderly manner , so that when they arrived at the mill there was nothing tor them to do .
There has been a strong body of police and specials guarding the mill ever since . If we are to judge from appearances , the weavers are more determined than they were the first day of the strike . They have- adopted the plan of testing the rey . gentlemen of the town , who have professed sympathy for the poor , by requesting them to preach sermons , and make collections in their behalf . They do not expect that they will grant their request ; but this ib a test for the gents , of the cloth . The power-loom weavers belonging to the Stonestreet Mill , got the advance at noon to-day , and commenced working , and it is confidently expected that many of the masters will give- the advance this week . It is rumoured that tho Chief Magistrate has sent word to the manufacturers , either to give the advance , or shut up their miils altogether ; for as long as they allow things to continue m the present stale , the town is in danger .
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ASHTON-UNDER-LYXE . BRUTAL ASD COWARDLY ATTACK ON THE PEOPLE BY AN INFURIATED & DRUNKEN SOLDIERY . This town has been the scene of the most brutal and dastardly aEsanlts on an untffending and defenceless people that is on record Biuce the never-tobe for ^ otteu Peterloo , by a soldiery , that it is evident were made- drunk for the purpose . The particulars are as follows :-r News was brought into town , on Thursday last , that it wa 3 the intention of the Poynton colliers to come and hold a meeting in this town , on that day ; no sooner did the authorities get to know this , than n threw them intc » the greatest alarm , thinking , no doubt , that they were coming to chastise them for
their tyrannical canduct to tho people oa former occasions . But , poor things , they need not have alarmed themselves , for they had no such intention . They only m . ant to meet their fellow-workmen of this town , and to discuss their grievances . After doing which , if they bad been allowed , they would have gone peaceabiy home . Buc no ; our wiseacre magistrates were determined that they should not come into the towu ; and therefore dtterinined to go acd meet them , and drive them back at the point of the sabre , and for this purpose two troops of the fir 3 t dragoon guards , which are laying here were immediately sent on the road to meet them , Mr . James Lord , magistrate .
accumpanying them . The foot soldiers , alse amounting to three or four companies , with about five or six hundred special constables , were sent on another road ; and now they Thought they were a match for this formidable body of working men , amounting to nearly two hundred men , and about a score of them armed with walking sticks I But , alas ! they weie disappointed , for the colliers came another road , by the canal side ; and thcrtfore these sage gentlemen were obliged to come back as they went ; without without shedding one drop of blood , and with a good drenching in the raiu ; while the collkrs , of whom they had been in search , were comfortably seated in the Chartist Room , which had been kindly granted them .
The authorities were so exasperated at being foiled that they determined to be revenged , and resolved to make an attack on the Chartist room ; and for this purpose they assembled all their forces , viz ., the dragoons , infantry , and four or five hundred special constables , each party taking different roads , and as is generally the case , each party followed by a large crcwd of women and children . No sooner did they get in front of the buiidiDg , which is an old factory , than the specials , headed by Mr . Owen , late deputy constable , entered it , and at this moment Mr . Lord commenced reading the riot act , although there was not ihe least signs of any breach of the peace , and before he had hardly done , the dragoons , without the least notice commenced sabreing and riding over the people who had followed them , and the majority of whom weie women and children .
And now a scene took place that baffles description . The people were cut and rode over in ihe moat wanton manner , and many have received most serious injuries wich they never will get over ; indeed so blood-thirsty were the rascals that they cut at people who were standing at their own doors . One woman , who had just come from Manchester had got inside her door , when a cowardly monster made a blow at her ; his sword stuck in the door , or she must have been killed . One of the Dragoons saw a man go into a house for refuge : he rode ap to it and threatened to fire into the house if they did not turn him out . I could enumerate numbers of instances of the brutality of these butchers , but it would be taking up too much of your space ; suffice it to say , that a more cold-blooded , cowardly , and murderous transaction is not on record .
But now for the specials 3 As soon as they got in the room , they found about eighty of the colliers ( the rest having gone to another part of the town ) resting themselves , and getting something to eat , which they had brought with them . They were instantly surrounded and made prisoners without the least resistance * They were examined , and nothing could be brought against them : but still they must be punished ; and , therefore , were " remanded until Friday , when they were all discharged but fifteen ; and they were put back until Monday , in order that they might get up some charge against them , whieh I believe they failed in . It appears that the authorities are enraged at the people being determined to keep the peace , for they have had recourse to all plans to aggravate them to revenge . . . . .
So di-gusted were two of the specials at the above conduct , that they threw down their truncheons and swore they would not be a party to such cowardly conduct . All is still at a stand here : not one mill going , or any likelihood of starting . The people say they will die in tho street ? sooner than starve in the factories . Where it will end God only knows . The Chartists are still being apprehended ; and it is only necessary to be a Chartist , and you are apprehended and committed to take your trial for being one .
One of the men that were wounded at Shepley's mill the other day was taken out of the Infirmary at Manchester last Sunday night , and conveyed to the New Bailey . This is justice ! I wonder if Mr . Shepley is in the Bailey : he is the only party that ought to bo there . If a working man had done what he did he would be tried for murder . —Correspondent .
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* BASNSIiEV . —A requisition was got up in this town and very respectfully signed and presented to the constables , calling on them to call a public moeting for the pnrpose of a ? pointing a delegate to attend the ] Conference to be holden at Birmingham ; but they refused . The rtquisitors then proceeded to call the meeting thtmselves , and took the manuscript to the printer , who , by the by , was one of the requiaitors , for publication ; but the magistrates forbade the printing of it , Btating that th y would not allow a meeting of any kind ; however called , wherever held , or fur whatever purpose , to be held . Three of the requisitors visited one of the magistrates , and the Lord Lieutenant of the county ; but all to no purpose . We have arived at a fine pass .
XJ 3 EDS . —Mr . Frazer delivered a very able lecture iu the Room , Cheapside , on Sunday night . The place was crowded to excess . Many of the middle classes were present . Several new members were enrolled at the conclusion . At the Council Meeting , in the morning , after the regular business was gone through , it was intimated that Mr . Frazer , in consequence of being thrown out of employment for being a Chartist , was about leaving Leeds for a time , on a lecturing tonr through the principal parts of the country . The following resolution was come to by the Council : — " That we , from long watchfulness of the conduct of Mr . Frazer , can cosfidently recommend him to eur Chartist friends in other parts ef the country as every way qualified to promulgate the glorious principles of Chartism .
OLDBAXC—Mr . Brophy preached an excellent sermon on total abstinence , on Sanday evening . BURTON-ON-TBEKT . —We wish to call the attention of oar Chartist brethren to the call now made upon ub , to defend those that have so long and nobly advocated the rights of all men . We , the Chartists of Barton , have determined to exert ourselves -to the very utmost in our power to make the fund for tteir defence what it ought to be . We hope our breuiren will to a man do their duty , and not let any time be lost , bat to the work , and collect all they can , and at the same time we hope the wives and families will not be forgot .
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ZlEEDS . — It is our painful duty to record the death of Mr . Wainhouse , of Belle Vue , whioh took place on Saturday last , under most distressing circumstances . The deceased gentleman had engaged in speculations , by which he lost considerable property ; and this so preyed on his mind that his reason was affected , and he swallowed a dose of prussic acid . An inquest has been held on the body , and the Jury , after a careful review of all the circumstances , without hesitation returned a verdict" That deceased destroyed himself whilst labouring under temporary deraugement . " The unfortunate geutletuan had been married scarcely three months to a lady residing at Bradford . The Grand Jury , prior to their discharge , left in the hand 6 of Mr . Noble , the gaoler , the sum of £ 212 i 6 d ., for the discharge or reliof of poor debtors .
WARWICK-The Warwick Reform Birthright Society met at the White Horso Inn , on Thursday evening , Mr . Watts in the chair . While the Chairman was speaking , he was interrupted by a person who informed the meeting that a number of colliers were outside and solicited assistance from the society ; upon which Mr . Donaldson , a Chartist member , ordered the landlord to supply tho colJiers with refreshment , and requested permission to address the meeting on their behalf . The proposition was received with loud cheers , and the meeting expressed the most intense interest on the subject during Mr . Donaldson ' s address . The members subscribed Beven ' shillings , which was given to the men . Several toasts and sentiments were given , and the meeting separated highly gratified .
SKIFTON . —The Independent Order of the Golden Fleece , B . U . A . Lodge , of the above Order , was opened on Saturday last , at tho house of Mr . John Scale , Woodman Inn , Skipton . RATCLIFFE BRIDGE . —Accident at the Races . —On Monday afternoon , as the horses were ruuuing , the grand stand , which was but a tempo rary erection , wa 3 so crowded that it gave way , and came down with a tremendous crash , and the people upon it were thrown in all directions . We are happy to say that no lives were lost ; but a great number have been injured , and some of them seriously . One man ' s leg is fractured in three places ; other two got their legs broken , and another has his shoulder dislocated and collar-bone fractured . Many are the broken shins and cracked crowns , with other slight wounds and bruises , received by this accident . Tho wounded are all in a fair way of recovery , with tho exception of the poor fellow whose leg is broken in so many places ; the Burgeon thinks it will have to be amputated .
BLACKBURN . —[ The following ; traa received too late for insertion in our lost nuoiberj—MR . EDITOB , — You must excuse me writing so late , but the case in question bu only been decided late this afternoon . The following are the principal particulars of the arrest of a priDter , and two others , who were waiting for some resolutions being printed that had bsen passed at a public mt * tlug . The following is a copy of the placards that were struck off , when a strong-armed force of police and special constables lay in ambush , ( through being informed by a spy , one who pretended to be one of our friends , ) waiting on the parties coming out of the printing-office , which was rather late at night , partly owing to the meeting being held bo late , together with the printer being otherwise engaged , so that it was after ten at night before he went te press .
The Placard . —At a meeting held in the Musichall , Blackburn , August 24 th , 1842 , for the purpose of bringing the present strike to a speedy and profitable close , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —1 . That this meeting is of opinion that the unequalled amount of distress that prevails in this nation , calls for the sympathies of every philanthropist and lover of his country . 2 . That this meeting is of opinion that the cause of tbe present distress is In consequence of bad laws having a tendency of cramping the energies and enterprise of the British , and thereby
diminishing the value of our labour , and destroying the homb trade . 3 . That this meeting is of opinion , that we can never experience happiness and prosperity in this country until the people have a voice in making those laws by which their Hvea and property are to be regulated . At the close of the meeting it was proposed that all hands ( meaning those who had Btruck work ) return to work on Thursday morning , ( that was the next day , ) which was lost by every band being held up against it . —W . and R . Holt , printers , Penny-street , Blackburn .
The parties who were arrested are Robert Holt , printer , Jonathan Qibaon , Secretary to the Chartist Association , and George Wilson , a pcwer-loom weaver . After their arrest ( which was about two o ' clock on Thursday morning ) the police were dispatched ta Jonathan Gibson's , to search and ransack bis house for the purpose of finding some communications belonging the Chartists , it having been rumoured that an armed fores was expected in the town at night . However they were disappointed , for they found nothing but a few private letters of his own , a small memorandum book belonging to the Chartists , ( of no value , ) a teetotal card , and a medal of Feargus O Connor . They were brought before the magistrates on Thursday , and pat back fot further examination , and removed to Preston House of Correction , from whence they were brought back en Wednesday . After a week's confinement they were
brought up again , when no charge could be brought to bear against them . Wilson , the young man , was discharged , and the other bound over to keep the peace and discharged , on condition to appear again when called upon . During their confinement Gibson was repeatedly asked to stand up and walk across the room to exhibit hiniaelf ( he was then laid down to rest ) to the several g = nts and special c&nstables who were regularly coming in to look what kind of an auiiual this Chartist Secretary was ; bnt he neremptorily refused to comply with their request . On their discharge Gibson got all his papers and other articles returned to him again , except the medal , which they hold j and the snperintendant of police says the magistrates ordered him not to give it up . The magistrates cautioned several persons connected with Gibson to be aware ef him . as he was a Chartist
The licenso of Mr . James Brlggs , of the Fle 6 ce Inn , in Penny-street , baa been suspended , for suffering FeargUB O'Connor to stay at his house , when in Blackburn , at our demonstration . I wonder whether the magistrates of Preston will suspend the license of the Bull Hotel , because Fe&rguu O'Connor puts up there ? The Chartists of Blackburn have narrowly escaped being drawn into a snare by a Bpy , who pretended being one of our friends . He is a townsman , and has ever spouted Chartism . He was lucfeily discovered , and his plot too : had it not been , he would have got a great number either killed or transported . You shall have the particulars hereafter . —CorreiponclenL
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English Opera Housb . —Encounter bctweeh Carter akd his Lion . —On Saturday an encounter took place between the Kentuckian professor and the king of the forest ; it arose from a quarrel between the lion and tiger . Carter went between them , quelled the latter , but had a , terrific skirmish with the former ; he was bitten in the arm and thigh , but ultimately beat the beast to a stand still . A surgeon reported that Mr . Carter was severely injured in the biceps and sartorUms muscles ; he was , however , enabled to appear on Monday , and it is not apprehended that the lion will again rebel .
Reported Death of thb Kihg of Hanover . — We have just received intelligence of the death of Ernest , King of Hanover , from a gentleman who reached London yesterday afternoon direct from Dusseldorf . His Majesty attended a review on Saturday last at that place , and appeared in perfect health during the day ; bat having taken some ice , or other refreshments , was suddenly seized with illness , and died either on Saturday night or early on Sunday morning . The fact was matter of common conversation at Cologne . —London Papers . — [ The report has been contradicted . ]
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Mr . Owen and ths Press . —We are requested by the Central Board of tbe Rational Society , to give our unqualified contradiction to a statement which is now ** going the round , " to the effect , that the experiment at Tytherly has failed , and is given up , and that Mr . Owen has absconded . Ths whole is a pure fabrication . Father Mathew . —On Monday , the 29 th ult ., Bishop Murdoch received a letter from Father Mathew , containing an order for £ 10 , wUh directions to give £ 5 to the parents of tho young man accidentally killed in Graham's-equare while he was administeaiog the pledge there ; and to divide the other £ 5 equally between the two boya hurt on the same occasion . —Glasgow Argus .
Alarming Thunder Storm , in London . —At about seven o'clock on Wednesday evening , a few faint flashes of lightning , with a heavily clouded sky , gave earnest of a storm , which gradually reared , and ultimately became very violent . The lightning was awfully vivid , and of a dazzling blue colour , flash succeeding flash in terrible rapidity , while the thunder was prolonged , and of a deep tone , suggesting the idea of having resulted from the concentration of matter which could not explode itself . At about half-past seven there was a heavy ehower , which began with a few large drops , and after a succession of lightning flashes , poured down in torrents . The storm soon attained its height , and nothing more splendid as a speotacle can be imagined . The lightning was almost incessant , and when the thunder was rolling , there seemed to be a rumbling in the earth . Viewed by the side of the river , the scene was magnificent
in the extreme , the whole atmosphere playing in blue fire , which was reflected on the water . We have this morning witnessed a few of the results of the storm . It appears that the fluid entered a house situate in Sheppetton-street , Islington , through the chimney , whence it passed in an oblique direction towards the door of the front kitchen , bursting it open ; after doing which it wound its way to a cellar , the door of which it also shattered , ripping off the fastenings and other iron work . A man who was crossing the bridge close to Canonbury House was knocked down but , farther than the shock and the fright consequent thereon , received no injury . A little before nine , a horse , which was drawing a cart along the Holloway Road , became unmanageable ; breaking fremthe shafts and throwing the rider . At about a quarter past nine the storm abated , and by [[ half-past ten was at an end ; though the atmosphere continued very hot , and the sky was etiil clouded . —Evening Star .
Murder at Quadring , near Spalding , Lincoln-« hire . —On Friday morning last the inhabitants of this village were thrown into a state of alarm by the report that Miss Mary Spencer waB murdered . The particulars are as follow : —Mary Spencer kept a day-school in Q / iadring , and resided in a email cottage left by her father , consisting of two rooms on the ground floor , the smaller room being her sleeping-room , and the other one the school-room . Three children went as usual on Friday morning at nine o ' clock to the deceased ' s house , and on opening the door saw her lying across a form in the school-room , dressed only in her night-olothes , and a quantity of blood upon the floor ; they immediately ran away in terror , and told a neighbour what they had seen .
The person on going to the spot saw Mary Spencer lying across a form as described . On Mr . Morris , surgeon , of Gosberton , being called in , he found a wound from the right ear , under the throat to the chest , about nine inches in length , and dividing the carotid artery , and pronounced that she must have bled to death . Ou examining the house , it appeared that a back window adjoining the bed had Jbeeu broken open , and that the murderer had made an entrance . It is supposed that the deceased , in attempting to escape , got near to the street door , but was pulled back by the monster , and stabbed as described . It is supposed that he was alarmed , and thon made off . A man named Wm . Howett , a labourer , was apprehended on Friday night on suspicion , under the following singular circumstances .
On the day of the discovery Mr . Loughland , a lami surveyor , whilst measuring some laad , met a neighbour , and talking about this tragical event , a labourer ( the father of Howett ) , who was sitting by taking some refreshment and listening to the conversation , exclaimed . ** ¦ I wonder what Bill's been up to , he was out all night , and came home all over blood . " Mr . Loughland immediately informed a constable at Dornington , who took Howett into custody . The inquest was held at the Red Cow Inn , at Quadring , on Saturday , and was adjourned till Thursday . No doubt is entertained as to the guilt of the prisoner . We hear that a clasp-knife was found upon him with blood upon it ; he is deaf and dumb , though quite sane , and is about 26 yean ? of age . and much respeoted .
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WEST BROMWICH . Wednesday Evening . This morning a meeting of iron and coal-masters , called by Mr . Salter , was held at the Dartmouth Arms , to meet a deputation of men from the various pits , with a view to an amicable settlement of the difference between tbe masters and men . Amongst those present were Mr . Eaton , Mr . J . Nock , Mr . T . Whxtehouse , Mr . Hood , and Mr . Fisher , coal and iron-masters ; agents were also present from the works of Messrs . Spittle and Heines , Messrs . Guest , Wood , and Salter . Several gentlemen SS ^ JfeL * Lament _ ™? ato preBent ,
» uu «""« " £ = >< mwu were ur . Booth , W . Chance , Esq ., Mr . Burgess , Commissioner of the Birmingham police , J . Meredith , Esq ., Captain Baldwin ? and others . Wm . Chancb , Esq ., a magistrate and manufacturer of Birmingham , felt bound to say he cen-Bidered the present strike one of more than ordinary importance , the effects of which were daily being felt ^ throughout the country . The qneBtion was one which had assumed a national importance , and m which every man might be said to be in terested ^ He had In his factory sir hundred men one hundred women and boys , to whom not less £ 700 a week wa 8 paid in wages . There were not less than two thousand , five hundred individuals depending upon the above amount of wages ,
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and he certainly felt that he had a deep interest in their welfare and whatever affected them . He had been three weeks ago within a very short time of stopping all his works , owing to tbe want of coal . He had been obliged to got coal from Derby , and every other place he could , at a very considerable loss and inconvenience . He did not complain of that loss , but he looked at the present strike as one deeply affecting the interests of the country generally . They had not muob coal in Birmingham , and the scarcity must be felt in other plaoes . He and Dr . Booth had received a deputation from the colliers , consisting of about thirty men , and he must say he never met a body of men with better feelings towards their masters , or men who , if [ they told the truth , had stronger grounds of complaint against persons who had the employment of them . '
Dr . Booth next addressed the meeting in explanation of the motives which induced him to come forward on that occasion . He and the magistrates of Birmingham , in common with those throughout the connty , had had a good deal of anxiety in preserving the peace , and now that tranquility was perfectly restored , they were most anxious to retain it , and they felt that nothing would more effectually tend to restore complete order , than the restoration of the colliers to the pits . He felt bound to corroborate Mr . Chance in the character he had given of the colliers . He had met the deputation of miners , with a very unfavourable impression respecting them ; but he was really bound to say he had been most agreeably surprised at their conduct . He had never met a better behaved body of working men in his life , and he should never feel any difficulty in meeting onethousand of them .
Mr . Salter said he had every reason to believe that all the masters in that part of the count ; would remove the abuses of which the men had reason to complain . He thought they might now safely close that inquiry . Some men said they were afraid to complain , because they would be discharged . Several agents said the men might rely upon it the masters would not refuse to listen to any proper complaint , nor would they allow any man to be put away by the butties for complaining . Dr . Booth then addressed the men , and advised them to go at once to their masters and avail themselves of the present favourable feeling . They had no right to doubt the sincerity of the masters , who had expressed their determination not to allow any more oppression upon their men .
Lord Dartmouth said he hoped things would now take a favourable turn , and that they would soon be all at work . During the course of tbe meeting it was stated that nearly all the-pits had been set on to work during the last two days at the old prices—the proposed reduction having been abandoned by some masters . The other proportion , it is hoped , will soon follow . It is , therefore , to be hoped that the whole dutrict will immediately resume labour , so far as consumption will allow , and that the admitted evils of which the men have to complain may never be repeated , nor the peace of society threatened by such a mass of discontent being thrown upon it . —Sun . '
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Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Sew . 6 . —Tie supply of Grain to this day ' s market is rather smaller than last week , but a good show of New Wheat from vessels near at hand . There has been fair demand for New Wheat , and fine fresh Old , it 2 s . per quarter advance . The inferior Old continw in very limited demand . Old Oats a half-penny pa stone higher ; New ones , no alteratiop . tkw rather dearer . Since Thursday the weather has baa fine .
THB AVERAGE PRTCES OF WHEAT FOR THS WES ENDING SEPT . 6 , 1842 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . 'Beans . Pin Qra . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qxs . 0 * 2755 16 485 211 3 « £ a . d . £ b . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ a . d . £ s . 2 11 3 16 4 | 11 11 £ 1 13 10 J 1 131 Leeds Cloth Market . —There was onlyaveiy limited demand for goods at the Cloth Halls « Tuesday ; on Saturday there was a pretty good market . In the warehouses there is considerably more business doing , and great quantities of goodi are being sent off .
Bradford Markets , Thursday , Sept . 8 th .-Wool . —Since our last report there is little or m ohange in this article , either as regards prices or stocks on band . The supply is an average , but the sales during the week are limited . —Yarn . —That continues to be a fair demand for general using numbers , but fine Yarns continue to be neglected . In pirces no alteration . —Piece . —The wetness of the day has greatly tended to retard business operations , and we hear that less than an average has been done . Prices , if anything , a shade in favour of tho buyer .
Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Sek . 3 —At our market this morning an advance of 3 < L pa 701 bs . must be made on the currency of this a * f se ' nnight for all descriptions of Wheat , and , with * steady inquiry from consumers , barrel Flour iru sold at 6 d . to Is . above the previous currency . Ola sack Flour was likewise in better request , and sftir parcels of Norfolk mew realised the rates obtained during the week , say 42 s . households , and 45 i »* whites . Oatmeal has become scarce , and theses made were at an improvement of Is . per load : «* new there was a very general inquiry from the litf ' i but few samples appeared . In the value of Oik ^ Beans no alteration can be noted .
State of Trade—There was not so muohanim ^ in the market on Tuesday , as on the two preeedmX weeks . The immediate wants which brought bnjej * to market at those times , having been now general supplied , few parties seem disposed to buy at tM present rates , and the demand both for gowj and yarn is very limited ; and , in some eases , ntha lower prices have been accepted . This is pp * cularly the case with respect to 40-inoh shittinft suitable for the India market—the overland mp
having brought unfavourable accounts of the w ™ of that description of cloth . Very light goods , !* " - able for that market , are , however , in good dem «* at improving prices . In yarn there is no change w prices , excepting in Etme descriptions of w >* r > twist , which are quoted from ^ d . to ^ d . lowering last week . On the whole , the market was decider heavy , and very little calculated to induoe the sp ^ ners and manufacturers to give the advanced wK demanded by their workpeople . —Manchester C « ir dian of Wednesday ,
Newcastle Corn Market , Sep . 3 . —We h »* very short supply of wheat from the country atB » £ ket this morning , and only a few samples of the new crop , the most of which were in very indifferent w dition , but from their scarcity they brougW njSj comparative prices . The old wheat may be quo ^ Is to 2 s . per quarter higher , and tho same adnaj * was got on foreign , at which a good deal of bufl ^ was done . Rye is a dull sale . In barley , beans peas , there is nothing doing . In malt no earn The show of oats here to day was very n' ^ jlj ! whioh met buyers at last week's prices . The *" vals of flour this week are very small , and the *' more brisk at Is per sack advance—Arrivals n this week -. —English , 107 qrs . wheat , 102 qra . "" Xj 180 qrs . oats , and 170 sacks of flour . Fore ign , W qrs . wheat , 110 qrs oats , and 590 qre . peas .
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . Friday , Sept . 9 . —We have a Igrge suppl / . Wheat to-day . * The disposition to bayeX ^ Z ' was checked by the advance demanded at tbe v > mencement , but ultimately a good extent of cn ^ j , was done , at an advance of Is . to 2 a . per or . . ¦ the rates of this day se ' nnight . Barley ¦ « # * £ Oats and Shelling fully as dear . Beans sell re * " *' at former rates . Other articles as before . ^
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IWANCHEST JBB .-Carpknters' Hall .-Mt . David Robs lecture A in the above hall on Sunday afternoon , to a Tf > ry respectable audience . In the evening ot the eavae day the hall was orowded with a dense mass -an- xioua to hear Mr . James Leach , but from some v . n ^ orseen cirsumstances he could not attend ; his . r > iaoe was therefore supplied by Mr . Wm . Dixon . and Mr . D . Ross , who occupied the attention of the audience for upwards of three hours . Several persons joined the association , and a collection was ' made on behalf of the victims . '
SHET FIELD— General Defence Fund . —At a meetio g of the members of the council , on Tuesday eveni ' jg last , it was unanimously resolved : — " That thre ' j days , namely , Saturday 10 th , Sunday Uth , an £ Monday 12 th , of September , be set apart for collecting the subscriptions of the members and friends of the Chartist body assembling in the room , FigtTee-lane , in aid of tbe General Defence Fund . " Collectors will wait upon the members and friends , and the council earnestly hope that upon this occasion every lover of liberty will do his duty by giving hi 3 pecuniary aid to save ( if possible ) from the dungeon tortures of tyranny , the good and true , struck down by oppression ' s iron arm . Subscriptions received by Mr . George Julian Harney , No . 11 , Hartshead .
HOLBECK . —An excellent sermon was delivered here on Sunday evening last , by Mr . Barron , of Leeds . There was a goodly attendance , and the greatest attention was paid to the able discourse . Council Meeting . —On Monday evening last , the regular Council meeting took place , when it was resolved to accept Mr . Wilson ' s services on Sunday next . The Becond monthly Bubsoription of 2 s . was ordered to be transmitted to the 5 / ar-offioe , for Mason ' s Defence Fund . Messrs . Hall and Whitley were delegated to attend the district meeting on Sunday next ; the delegates were instructed to pres 9 upon the meeting the importance of securing the services of an able district lecturer . Mr . T . B . Smith was spoken of as a person well qualified to fill that important office .
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TO TUB EDITOR OF TUB NORTHERN STAR . Edinburgh , Sep . 6 , 1842 . Sir , —The following resolution was adopted this evening at a Committee Meeting of the Edinburgh Chartist Association , and you will oblige the Committee by giving it a piaoe in the Star of this week if possible . Thos . Blackie , Sec .
Resolved— " T'hat this Committee return their sincere thanks to the Editors of the Northern Star and British Statesman for their able and long continued services in the cause of the people . But the Committee are of opinion that ncnv , when the sufferings of the people are so intense , and tyranny rides rampant over the land , setting the laws at defiance and trampling on the Constitution , that we
need all the talent , virtue and power we possess in our ranks , to resist tyranny and relieve the suffering . Therefore without pretending to decide on the right or wrong of either of the above gentlemen , wo implore them in the name of Democracy and a suffering people , that whatever cause of ill-feeling or quarrel they may have with each other , that they would sacrifice these feelings for the good of the cause , and no longer directly or indirectly allow them to appear in their columns , whioh are at present alienating our friends , and consequently , strengthening our enemies ; but to give us the whole power of the press uader their concroul , to aid that holy public cause whioh their papers were established to support . Signed in name of the oommittee ,
Thomas Blackie , Secretary . [ We thank our Edinburgh friends for their good opinion . We trust that they have never yet found us wanting in our duty to the people and their cause . We trust they never will do so . But we should be grievously wanting in it , did we hesitate to tear the mask from off the visage of a traitor when we see him deliberately striving to destroy our movement , and to hand over the people neck and crop to the flesh merchants ; living upon the people , while he omits no opportunity of playing into the enemy ' s hands . We have long known him to be , as a man , unworthy of respect or esteem ; but we did not permit that knowledge to prevent us from according him our warmest support so long as wo thought him honest in the people ' s cause . Our Edinburgh friends speak of our " long continued services" —they have therefore been readers of the Star for . some , . length of time ; and must know that we have laboured incessantly to enhance the interests , and uphold the popularity of that man . We did so because , though we knew him in other respects , we thought him honest as a politician . We believed him to be "devoted to the people ' s cause . " We were slack and slow in admitting the conviction which we now hold , that he is one whose patriotism vanishes immediately that it comes in contact with the bad propensities of his own nature . Once satisfied of this , it became our duty to the people to unmask him . We have done bo ; they now see him as he is ; and they will take their own course with him ! We have done with him . Our friends will see from an observation elsewhere , that we do not purpose to occupy further time or space with him . We have now only to request that no person will hereafter send to this office any communications having any reference to him or his paper ; as we shall not print them . Lee as many as choose to read his paper do so ; let him say what he likes in it ; only let us Rot be further annoyed with or about it . —Ed . JV . . S . I
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GEORGE WHITE . We have , by this morning ' s post , received from Mr . White the following : — Warwick County Gaol . Dear Mr . Hill , — From letters which I have received since I have been here , it appears that the authorities have adopted a new plan ; instead of refusing bail altogether , they have placed it at £ 100 , and a proviso that the party off ering himself shall not be a Chartist . —There ! If that is not Justioe ' s justice with a vengeance ! Where is the man that will now be so stupid as to talk of law ?
I understand that as soon as any person sends [ his name to the magistrates , as willing to be one of my sureties , one of the police runners is dispatched , not to enquire whether he has the necessary qualification , but to know whether he be a Chartist , and in that oase he is rejected ! I find that there are three indictments against me instead of two , as stated in my last . Tw ^ of them will be brought forward at Birmingham , and one at Warwick . I feel great " . y annoyed by my letters being with held , on account of their containing accounts of public meetings , « &c . ; and I think it would be well for my friends to abstain from making any Buch statements in future . Yours , truly , Gborgb Whitb . Rev . Wm . Hill .
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MORE APPREHENSIONS . ., Back Brook-street , Todmorden . Dear Hiit , —On Monday , about one o ' clock , Mr . Heap , constable , and Harrison , one of the police , came to our house with a warrant for my apprehension , and to search the house . They got possession of books , a number of letters , and other papers . I was committed on a charge of conspiracy , I was bailed out , myself in £ 200 , and two sureties in £ 100 each . Three witnesses swore to me having taken part in two meetings , and used exciting language . The witnesses acknowledged having been employed
to take notes . Mr . Crossley , magistrate , blustered very much , he said I had given him a great deal of trouble with writing to the Northern Star , but he had got hold of me now , and he would pay me off for all . I simply told him that I had nothing to thank him for . He refused to take the bail that was offered , for being Chartists . He said he would not take a Chartist for a bondsman ; the two bondsmen are county voters , one a freeholder and the other a leaseholder ; but Mr . —— a Government officer , prevailed upon him to take the bail offered . Yours , & . ? . R . Brook *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 10, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct447/page/8/
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