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auoience ,- : North Devok.—Mr. Powell, on his way from Tavifltook, lectured at Great Torrington on Satur-
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THE NORTHERN STAE. SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1842.
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NOTICE . The / Smr of Saturday next will contain a full Keport of the important Proceedings in Manchester on the 16 th of August , connected with the Monument to Henby Hunt ; and also the Sittinga of the Chartist Conference on the 17 th , ] 8 th , and aubsequent daya . To give due e £ Fect to the anniyersary of an ever-memorable day ^ and to do jusfioe to the memory of the Poor Man ' s Advocate , we have , at great expence , procured . an Engraving of ¦' .. •¦ ' ¦ ¦ :. - ¦ ' (•; ' : ' " '" ' ¦'" . ' •¦'¦¦ . ' HUNT'S MONUMENT , which will be given in the Star , along with the Report . We have also ^ at greater expence , procured an Engraving of the horrible mANCHESTEK MASSACEE , on the I 6 ch August , 1813 . ' This we shall also give in the Star of Saturday next , iccompaBied with a detailed account of the atrocities of that bloody day ; a list of the names of the Manchester Yeomcinry yrho dyed their drunken hands in the blood of an unarmed people ; and the avvful judgements of God on the actors and abettors of those deeds , as evidenced in the horrid end of CASTLEREAGH , the death of Cawning , and the " visitatioa" on SlDMOUXH ! Agents will please to give their orders in time . Both engravings will be given next week .
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OPEN' AIR MEETING AT THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY STATION , PADDINGTON . Thia meeting \ ras held , pnrsnant to adjournment from the previous Monday evening , and was -well attended . , Mr . Patse having been called to the chair , briefly opened tfre preoeedings . Mr . Lucas moved the following resolution : — " That this meeting view irith alarm and apprehension the Tiit amount of distress exuting in the eosntry , and ara of opinion , that it can only be efiWctca-ly removed Dy ensuring to the working classes thai jnet is = re of p : lit ; cil power which is embodied in the document called the People ' s Charter . "
He -was raised to public speaking , but be felt that , at the Dresent critical period , it was the boundeu . duty of every man to txert himself to procure s remedy for the aTrfnl distress existing in the country ; it -would be oseltES 5 n Lim to dilate on that distress they were too well iicqnaJnied yntb . Its existence "; it "Was impossible ta denj that it was undermining every institution of society . He trithed them also to be acquainted with the remedy ; he did not wish to force it on them ; but hs "wished them to examine il for thtmselTes , and not to Tiew it through the prejudices of others . Those ; ¦ who neglected to apply , a remedy to the present miserably degraded posture of affairs must be callous to
every duty they owed to themselves , to society and to G > 3 ; he called upon them to throw off their apathy , to tx-n the powers of their bodies , the energies of their minds in circulating the principles which were founded on justice , hnmanity , and Christianity to unite with oce bpart , to look not at the men who were advocating the pricciplcs , but at the principles themselves , -which \ reie calculated to promote the welfare of every man , woman , and child in the empire . They had too lorg been deficient in sympathy for their taffanng brethren , but this clouri of disgrace was now fa * . 'passing away , aiid ibey were beginning lightly to estimate the value and 2-dvsnteges of political power as a means to ensure prosperity to all .
Mr . iiCDGE had great pleasure in seconding the resolution , wt . kh . rot only declared th » t distress existed , but likewise pointed their attention to the traa remedy . Tcey were well aware that destitution tn& misery pro Tailed ifcronehciii the length and brsulth . of the Jaud to a desree ncp ' srallcled in the past history cf Hie country ; If they were not . acquainted with this fact , they ought to {¦© ; every day it spoke louder raid louder to their understandings ; every tout i \ approaches nearer to thtir hom'S ; lei them Ict-k around the great-metropolis in -srh 5 ch they Eved , andtliey wonld see thousands in a state of the meat horrible destitution . and yet London had cot fel ; a quarter of the distress which prevailed in the maanfattoriDg districts , and thengh this distress 2 nd not approached his own doot , or the doors
perhaps tf many of his bearers , yet they knew not how scon it n » ight arrrre . It was pa rful to think that Eaglishcien were reduced f > « : ch a state as to be glad to feed on carrion , on cows , &c- which had died cf dis-. -ease . Was this-a state in wiaicb life was worth pre-Service 1 CodJ they as inen much longer groan under snch an accanialation of misery ? The clones ef misery which encircled their brethren in the north were cam-In ? nearer" and nearer , and Ehadea were growing i darter and darker , and yet , alas , they would not j arocse from their torpor ustil it came up > n them like : a th ' ef ia the night , and all were involved in one gigantic inin- The only sure means of removing this j distress was by obtaining political power . Class legis- j Jatson ba-i raised up a class of tyrante who , by enacth . g j bad Lves , had brongbs tbs woriias classes to their j those
prrser . t position- They bad obeyed the Isttb cf men ; thi-y hid submitted to their caprices until far- j tbtr suV . mission would be a crime ; for these men had < they toiled and wasted through the weary summer ' s ' . dsy ; for them had they fought and bled ; and now j they were rewarded by insult and oppression . Would t they longer endure this ? Would they longer remain qafeit under their -wrongs ? He SueW that they WOttld not The mighty multitude would rise and put down j "by the strong voice of pnb . ic indignation their ; heartless oDprtssors , and would never cease tbeir exer- ' ti >> ns until they were in possession of the power j which would be conferred upon them by the adoption i cf the People ' s Charter as the law of the land ( cheers . \ i Mr . Coofes , cf Manchester , said ifc was his pleasing duty to support the resolution ; and he wished them to j kf tt > in mind the lines of the poet Byron , " \
" They who would be free , themselves must strike ] the blow . " i It was now admitted throughout the length and breadth . of the British Empire , that a Wow of some description mcst . be struck , end that it must bestraek soon . The I jnost important question was , ho" 5 r should the blow be j « trcck to " emancipate themselves from their present \ tbroLJoTu * All parties in the state . Whig , Tory , and Hi iical admit that a change must take place , and that it mart come ere ler . e . It was a fact that was admitted i
by th ? most intelligent men of England sad of other j ceuntrits , that as the power of producing wealth had . increased , so had increased the poverty of the producers . \ This shased beyond ¦ ec-ctradictioa ttat tbere must be j SCTBtthlcg rscicaLy vtuss ia society , cr these means f ¦ wh ich ought to increase the happiness and wealth of the p = O f le , w : u " : d Etver have increased their misery , j t : cs , and de » t tation . He hud travelled , during the ; cenrie of the snmmn , Ihrcnsh a portion of Scotland , \ the Nor'h if Efgland , and the intervening counti < s , i bfclweea there mid the Metropoiis . and he could bear , smplt testimony that tho distress of the people -was oTeriivheimiDZ . "Wherever he went he vras assailed
¦ with the cry of ' -Bread , bread , bread—Just' . ce , justice , ja-tice . " Everywhere they complained of poverty and tyranry ; and m 2 ccg as tyranny exiitid so long would poverty , as a cectFsary consequence , be found amop g those who were tyrannised over . The only true policy to remove the cause of poverty was to strike at the root of tyranny , and thereby remove the vice , mistry , and destitution which it created . If they were even to remain in their pTcsent position , better would it be to return to a state ef nature—to go again to their hoiiow oaki for a rude skelter—to roam a ^ ain ss painted savages in the wilds of the forest , than to die of star-Tation and disease . What did it benefit the working Tmn that iie Ji =-3 built our manufacturing towns ; tbut he hid ertcted splendid machinery ; that lie bad built cm TfeEsda , which
" Walk the * aters like a thing of life" *? "What avail wa * it to the men of London that they had erpetfcd splendid palaces for royalty sad aristocracy f Be locked around , and lie saw beauteous mansions in eTery direction -, and tfcofce who erected them he saw "wandering in the streets , bensdess and penniless . They -wen ; tolJ this always had been the case , and it always ¦ would . It was trut thst vice and poverty had ever been fcnix * . ta txif-t . but it was because tyranny existed ; but it did net foilow that they ever sheuid erst- He defied any man to point out , in the history of the wsrid . a nstirn enduiicg distress from the same czn&e which crated the db-tress in this country . They tad heard : Oi dlitrfess in aBcieat times -, bm it had ^ een created by » ciTc . ty of fcsl producing fan : 5 ae , by war , or other
similar causes ; bat Gil ihty ever hear of a mt- ' oB steeped in distress beeauss it fcaa predeced too such wealth ; Jtt th s -was the actual cauf e of tiie pre-BeBtdistrtis . Labour was the eriy prrperty cf the ¦ w orking n : an , amJ in proportion as uiere was a dtinand for that ia ' -our vrculd he bs prosperous or impoverished . But we had now crrsted sj inuch wealth that there was jk > demaxd *> tt libonr lintU that -was sold , Being no demand frr labour , the woriirg r « a having no wages , cva ' . d not bay , and the hom ^ maikfet is destroyed , and durtrtss is the Batnral cons- q- . enca The population of Br '^ ain -xas about tw £ 3 ty-. «^ vcn mil' . i . jn ; many oi these "were att ^ iaily starTin ; frr f ^ oa , aad yet the land would grew st 9-. ei : t ro tnpp ' jTi . in plenty ISO millions of inhabitants . Our power if prodocics ¦ wealt ' i -was tcnal
to that ., f euo niViliuns oi n . en . Oir aaopa and oar wsrel-oasas were fail , snd yit the Eea who produccti these articles Were destitute of hats , shoes , and every article cf decent clothing ; houits were I > e 5 nr erected by working mea arcuEd hira in every uircLtiOii , yet hundreds were forced at tight tt take shelu r hi Kyde P ^ rfc , having no roof to Ehelter thfcir heads . Tfce Dake cf Welirn ^ ton had eaid , that In England alone , of all ih . 3 countries of the wor'd , a working man cwjid Co well , if it was not bis o » u fault , a = d tt .-ii fee ccuid pr > vi . ie the Eeans tf subsistec&s , - ~ a < i a EcSiriescy for ha icd 2 p 5 ndcrjse in his « 'ld Cije , He was not actuated by any spirit of revenge towards b / . m or ar . y other man , but he liquid likr 11 s-. e him e ^ chasge places witi one of ; be poor
hajui-Iovm wt-avers of the north , and he would give him ^ i § c-osl saJary to begin with ; and if he did not BOefduy raiiu himsfeif to indepecfienee , accordirgxo £ is own ccctrii . e , it would ht his own faiiit . The Bake oi TVeii :: ? ton wss mighty in phrsie ;! fcrce , thuughiinall in intellect - . but p ' aca him in one of the rauset-ni cedars of ilarchestsr or Liverpool ; let him be surrounded by th . jse who wauld call him father , aud loci np to him tor support—lei him fee the vrife of bu bosom gradually pining away before his eves—let nsiufci meet his gzzi but the damp and barren walis of hi : miserabl-j aoocle , and though at Waterloo he experienced tr jvible , and looking at bis watch , exclaimed , ?• Would ti > Gvd tie Prussians were came ! " Ultra ht -would find himself in a -worse conditicn , and woul ^ then exciarm , ' Would to God death or justice would come ! ' * ! Cheer * , j It bad been asserted in the Honsf < n Ccnnmon 3 , aa . sl tchoed and ro-echoed through thi pulpits of the laud , thst the distress was the result ol
a divine providence , and so long as they could get the j people to believe this , the -villain * who created it would i escape , and tiibfx their iniquity upon the God of j tt . ntiun . Bid tfaqr « rer sse tbe earth refuse to bring forth its fruits ? Did it not teem Witt wealth and plenty ; { the man that conid assert that Gad was the originator of tha present distress , was the greatest of infldtls ; the j Bishop of Exeter had asserted in the House of Lords j tiai tie working man bad no hope irhatevtr to better ' his condition bu 5 wtat rested in heaven ; and wfeen j he heard ijisr children trying for bread ; whe 1 he saw j tbe misery arauni hlai , and was looking to God for J relief , he that would coins to disturb Ms quitt with \ the fallacies cf politics bettering his condition , most be 1 one of the wickedest of men . The Bishop of Exeter , i or any other mia who could preach euch tEoetrine * to j the people tujbt to be made to exchange pesitioufli ¦ with them , li wa * & shame to the people of this . nation—tae rn-jst ecUghtece-I , the isoft poirerfal in the world—that they had f o long eodured this bondage—that they bad so Jong fjllowed the priests * jn-iXim of " Shct jour ejes a ^ d opsa jour moutii aud
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Bee what God will send you . " He trusted they would open their eyea 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 s > $ 2 < t tidings to t&eir fellow men . Mr . Cooper contiined addressing the assembly in a similar manner for a lengthened period , aud was frequently greeted with loud' applause ^ The resolution was put and curried unanimously . Mr . Nagle moved , and Mr . Anderson seconded , in excellent speeches , an adjournment of the meeting until that ; day fortnight : this was unanimously agreed to , and the meeting dispersed with cheers for the Charter , Slar , < fc& <
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THE TURN OUT . . Mosi earnestly do we call the attention of every reader of the Stario the accounts we this day present hira with of the proceedings consequent upon the Turn-Out to res : st the reductions now again attempted to be made in the already-starva tion-vrages of the labourer . Those reductions are the Tesnlt of a conspiracy on the part of the " great " employers to drive the working people to madness , that out of the state of terror and alarm , consequent on the phrenzy thus engendered , they may
wring from the Minister their darling scheme of " Corn Law Repeal , " so as to enable them for yet a little while longer to realise a per centage upon their '* large capitals , " by driyiDg labour still lower and lo-rrer in the scale of comfort and well-being . The " Conference" has not sat for nothing ! The threats to close the mills have not been all wind ! The attempt on the part of the confederated masters to prove that generai . distbess exists has not been wUhoat its purpose ! 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 Labocb . !
We repeat , that the reductions now attempted to be made in the price of labour , are the result of a conspiracy on tho pait of a class to overawe the Government , and to sccottplifch their own selfish ends at the espence of the community at large . Look well at the parties who offer these reductions -Who , and what are they ? Members of the Anti-Corn Law League ! M Extension of Commerce "
advocat es I Barriers out for " Cheap Bread . The vexj men who have been for the last twelve months dinning in our ears loud and wordy expressions of " SYMPATHY" for the distresses and privations endnred by the working portion of the population !! These are the men who try to alleviate the distress they so feelingly deplore , by reducing the icdges of the men they employ ' . ' . !
The partial d 3 velopment of their confederated plans affords some slight explanation of other sundry threats and talkinga the " Conference " indulged in . "We now see how the " riotings" and " risings" that Mr . Taukton , of Coventry , recommended , are to be brought about ! The " great " Anti-Corn Lav ? Mastexa are to reduce the wages of their workmen s until they drive them into acts of outrage and riot ; and then they are to go to Sir Robeet Peel and say to him : " Didn't we tell you
this 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 tbeir measure from the Minister , they will turn-round upon the people themselves , and put them doKn . They will join in yeomanry bands , in special constable bands , and in jary bands ; and they will bludgeon , sabre , shoot , hang , transport , and imprison the very men who have done the Leader ' s vrork by " rising" and " rioting" !
And will the working people be such ninnies as to a'd the Leaguers in this their hell-begotten Echtme I Will they thus furnish weapons to be used against themselves by the most deadly and inveterate enemie 3 they have to contend with ? Will they be thus played with , and used ? Will they do that for the enemies of Labour which they 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 over 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 persons and property ; to destroy life and wealth ; to murder , burn , and destroy ! Bat if they intend to frustrate one of the most horrible schemes ever hatched to subjugate labour ; if they intend to defeai 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 , they will be peaceable I 1 They will leave the " riaings" and the '' riotings" to the Extension men" themselves ; and they will instantly put 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 cf the Tckk-ovt . Thai is a matter to be determined upon by the people themselves . Those to whom reduced- wages are offered have a right to say whether they will accept them or not * They ha- ? e a right to refuse them , if they think proper . They have a right to try to persuade others to follow their determination and example . But
they bare no right to compel others to join them . They have no right to destroy property . Against these acts we earnettfully and warningly caution x heia ! He is a bad Eoldier who fights against himself ! He is a bad general who quits a safe position , and takes oho whence he is sure of being dislodgsd ! So l ^ ng as the peopl e are peaceable , and refrain from acts of oumge , they are safe : the moment they resort to them , th ^ y destroy their
own power . We offer these 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 limb and life—for half their mortal carreer they are entombed alive—shut out from the light of day and from the joy 3 of social life—their means of mental improvement are contracted—their inducements to tread the D&tha of vies are continually
multipliedtheir zeit for the pleasures of domestic comfort diminished , in fact the system to which they are inured , completely unmans them , and they gradually degenerate from the human to the brute species , if not in form , yet in habit . And ytt , notwithstanding ail this , the base profit-hunters would lay still heavier burdens upon them and add starvation to tbeir other grievances , by robbing them of their tare . Base wretohes ! 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 unwillingly . And that they may do so we implcre them to be peaceable .
We are glad the miners , like other trade 3 , have hoisted the banner of the Charter . In the principles of that invaluable document must 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- ' a bxow . Trades' Unions , in times past , were deemed the only panacea for the complicated evilB 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 motives of the Radicals , who never failed to direct the sufferers to the primary oanss of the evil—class legislation ; secondary causes were all that could be descried by the " pioneera" 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 eertainly a consummation loBg and devoutly desired by every tine 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 , minerB , is just . Let your shield be caution . Give the enemy no cause to let Blip the dogs of war . The cowards may pounce upon you , without cause given by you . Should it be so , let them abide the issue of the contest . Nothing is too despicable for the iron-hearted iron masters and the black-hearted coal masters ; but be circumspect , discreet , and watchful , and they will bo worsted . In conclusion , wo caution you against political pedlars . Know your men , ere you trust them . Tha wolves are on the prowl , bat you may compel them to retreat to their hiding-holes . Snakes ' Will be . in the but take heed where tread VW V H V #
grass , you . ^» - fD * ¦** . ** » VWP * V ML * W V * If ** W * V J V U VA WfV ^ At ~ " 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 , a&d , consequently , of the absurdity of the doctrines propounded by the defunct New Movers" and the expiring League , who profess to desire an amalgamation of tne middle and working classes .
after perusing the accounts of the tyranny of the masters towards the employed , which is given in our columns of this day , must be either a fool or a knave , and as such ought to be scouted from all society into which he may intrude . Such characters , thank God , have now no chance of stultifying the workies with their poisonous nostrums . The political empirics have'had their day , and must either retire from the arena of politics or beoome honest men .
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" 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 eepeoial business it is to quarter their younger brothers ,-sisters , cousins , u ncles , and aunts , and all their poor relations upon the industrious poor , have voted the necessary amonnt for the aforesaid purposes , for the coming winter , and have adjourned their sittings till the usual period of reassembling ia February , if all be well .
As we intend to lay a full length picture of the said Finance Committee meeting before OUT 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 dealers 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 foundAfcioa for a Revolution in Lancashire and Cheshire ^ by driving their "hands" to the dire 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 wiUfrustrato 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 , and before all , we caution the people not to be induced to enter into conflict , upon any account , tcith the soldiers or the 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 . We have very little information as to what pro * gress is being made in the necessary arrangements for the "National Conference" summoned by the Executive for Tuesday aext , in Manchester . We apprehend that most likely very few
delegates will be appointed ; but 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 hia constituents ; as far as they have the means of anticipating the business of the meeting ; that the opinions of the people may be as fairly represented 13 is possible under the circumstance ? .
The 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 they 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 the 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 be kept free from blots ; no rust must be permitted to eat into its substance ; and if mire be cast upon its surface it must 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 the credentials to be given by the Chairman of every public meeting where a delegate is elected , to the said delegate : — " 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 aud 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 meaDB of enhancing and sustaining the interests and well being ef tae National Charter Association .
Chairman . Aug . 1842 . " Of course the blacks must be filled up as circumstances may require .
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B . C . asks . — If a lecture be delivered in an unlicensed room , and if admission be made by tickets at one penny for each ticket , will the chairman at such lecture be liable to be prosecuted V Yes " It has been slated 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 wish to know whether any change has taken place which justified this lecturer in making the above statement V * No . "Have the Chartists of any locality power to vote the General Council residing in the same locality null and void , and
to elect a new one before the term specified in the plan of organization ftas expired ? Wo . . L . T . Cxanct . —The attack upon him in the Statesman is a sufficiently blackguard affair i he could expect nothing else . However—though we \ think his present letter richly merited—it should be tent to the paper in tehich the Billingsgate to which it refers appeared . We could not , in accordance with our usual practice , insert it unlil after it may have been refused insertion by the Statesman . All Communications for Mr . Bernard APCarlnry of Liverpool , must be directed to him , at Mr . James Leach's 40 , Oak-street , Manchester , until after the 17 th August .
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C . Gr . Ball . —We see nvgood purpose to be served by again reverting to the " new move" correspond dence with Lpvett and Collins , Several letters passed between those parlies and the editor of this paper . The meaning of the Chillern Hundreds we have explained so often that we are almost tiredof ' the ' task . It is a nominal office under Government , by the acceptance of which aMern-1 ber vacates his seai . i 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 . Itis true that prospectuses are being issued for the erection ofa Working Marts Hall , —not in 300 , liutin 500 shares , at £ 1 each , payable bj / instalments of threepence per week , or upwards . The edifice , as stated to accommodate 500 persons , is intended to ' ofccdmmodafe 1 , 500 persons . The shares are being very rapidly taken « p ; and a good spirit exists , and'it is expected that operations will commence in a very short ¦ ¦
. . time . ¦ ¦ _ ¦ ¦• . " - . . :. ;; . ; .. ¦ .. ' ¦; . . '¦ . ' ¦ ¦ n By inserting the above in your next week ' s paper , you will-much oblige , " Yours , iSrc , Wm . Hamer . " Cabohne Maria Williams . —Her letter was re ceived , and was noticed in the Answers to Correspondents of last week . Waltbr Sainsbury . —We know nnothing abeut the Wesley an Conference . Wm . Jackson , P . O ., Rock , County Tyrone , Ireland , prays earnestly for Stir-light . Chbistophbr Doyle — TheStockport Chartists' Appeal to their brethren of the County of ' -Chest . tr generally , . that justice may be done to this gentlevidn , whose valuable exertions have mtich served
the cause , and who is how through those exeftionsiingreat . pecuniaty difficulties . Thesumof £ 3 1 . 3 *; being now due to him from the Chartists of the County of Ctiester : , for wages when member of the late Convention , the Chartists of Stockport reguesl that every town in Cheshire which Has not paid its due proportion tvill send the same without delay to Mr . John Walker j shopkeeper , Park < str eel , Stockporl . Mr . Wm . Bell requests us to say , that as his engagement as Soulh Lancashire missionary does not expire until Saturday , the 19 th , he cannot commence in the Huddenjield district until M ' onday , tfe 2 lst , instead of Alanday , the lAth . "¦ Mr . Editor , —Please to announce in your Notice
to Correspondents , that , as 1 shall be disengaged from business in the month of September , I purpose to take a tour . Those pl'ices who may wish me to visit them will please t& direct to John Skemngtoh , straw-bonnet warehouse , Sioan-street , Lotighborough . : Wm . Tytler . —We have not room for his letter this week : it shall appear in our next . J . W , ' . . Parkeiu— We hud a notice of the death of George in type before his arrived . Hua « St . Ddncan—A ' oroom . W . H . DroTT . — 'Tis impossible to find room for his letter this week ; next week we will try . J . Dxvrsos , Norwich . —No room . Mr . G . J . Hahnf , y has received for Mrs . Holberry ,
from the Chartists of Newton Heath , 12 s . ; from the Char lists of Cheltenham , collected after an address by Mr . Bairstout , £ V 1 jr . , from the Rationalists of Newcasiieupon-Tifne , subscribed in consideration of the kindness of lite Chartists of Cheltenham to Mr . Holyoake , 12 * . Mrs . Hoh berry returns her grateful thanks to all her kind ¦ friends ; ' V . - . ¦ ; '¦' . ' . V ; . : ¦ - Mb . Peter Rigby deaires us to inform the Shaksperean Chartists of Leicester that he s ) tall be with them on Sunday , and will be at their StTVioe for a whole week . JVC . Grady , French Park y County Roscommon , Ireland , complains that he is nearly deserted by his English friends , receives new only two Stars ,
and earnestly requests for mori ; Star- lightforthe Roscommoners . He will be thankful to hear from Messrs , Orr , Northampton ; C . Lane , Lori ' don ; W . Baihbridffe , Darlington ; and W . Daw ' son , Charley , 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 him for his good opinion , and his frank , warm-hear ted expression of it . We are quite wHling to trust the good sense of the people , for whom , and to whose interests , more than half of our life has ieen devoted . The people are not now to be quite so easily gulled and cheated by adventuring political pedlars
crying out for their pence as they were a few years ago . They are now pretty generalily able to estimate , at somewhere about their worth , the vagabonds whose wide throats can swallow all their former avowed doctrines : and opinions as soan as the bolus can be gilded with a little of the pay arid patronage of that middle class whom erst they designated as possessing all qualities but lovely ones . The " Cess Pool , " as he very wittily styles a pretended Chartist journal , is going on finely ; it is raising a stink that is even absolutely intolerable in the nostrils of its best friends , arid becomes offensive lo the rank organs of Us newly acquired pairtins . It would be a pity to put an additional spoon in the
pudding : we could not think of such a thing . As for the letter of the animal referred to , it is a much belter answer to itself than any that we or any one else could write to it . The odour oj human dung upon a Jootpath may be offensive to the passengers ; but if we happen to see il there we seldom stop to pick it up , and demonstrate , by the tearing of it to pieces , that it is dung : we pass on , and leave it to afford its own nasty evidence to as mdny as may chance to see it , without taking the pains of particularly directing attention to iti—Several other Correspondents who write in reference > to the . same , or like matters , must take this as their answer . T . C . Ingram , AuEROAVENNY . T-Founfed no license .
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William Pickyance , Bolton .- ——Has the Agent ordered them ? If be has not let him do so , and he will get them . , Mr . Quest has Specimens for Mr . White , Mr . Chance , ¦ and Mr . WftUu . : : " <¦ '' ¦ - ¦ -:: ¦' ,: ¦' - ' ¦ ¦'¦'¦ " t . Self should have said the money was for Mr . AtweH ' s Paper . He will oblige by sending nine poststamps for the two Papers he baa received . John Campbell , Hollivgworth , —Newspapers can be forwarded , ef any date , to Ireland and Scotland , or to the I « lea of Man , Guernsey , and Jersey ; bat to all other places they must be posted within seven days , of their publication . A Constant Subscriber , Ketiekijtg . —Yes . R . Dunn , Hyeri'OOL . —Will enclose them with the
Plates for any of th « Agents in Liverpool , if he will say which * D . Haines , Coventry . —Say the best way of sending them , and they will be forwarded . John Wake : field , CIRENCESTER .--Say how the parcel is to be forwarded . Mr . A . Heywood , 60 , Qldhah-street , Manchester ., has Specimens for the following Agents : — Edward Hpbson ; Ashton ; T . Rickards , Burnley ; James Heaton , Clitheroe ; Henry Woodburn and William Pitfleld , Chbrley ; Mr . Cdb&e , Duckinfield j Miss Buckley , Oldbam ; Mr . Liddle and Mr . Halton , Preston ; Mr . Blackshaw , Stockport ; and Mr . Woodcock , Stalybridge . John Stei . v , Alva . —Suppose the 6 h& in carriage MessrB . Paton and Love bad to pay for the parcel .
NATIONAL TRIBUTE TO THE EXECUTIVE . ¦ ''! ¦¦¦ ' ¦¦¦ . ¦ . •¦• . - . ¦ ¦"' ¦ ' £ -: b .. A . From Sandbach , per / J . Armitage ... Q 1 10 FOR MASON AND OTHERS , STAFFORDSHIRE . From Holbeck Chattlata ... ... 0 2 0 „ tie Chartists ot Mansfield ... 0 4 0 „ the flaxdressers of Broadford Works . Aberdeen ... ... 0 3 2
FOB MRS . HOLBERRY . From the Committee at Shtffiold ... 3 18 0 „ the Chartists of Carlisle „ . o 6 o ditto Stockton ... 0 16 3 „ ditto Aberdeen ... 0 10 9 ditto Thornley , collected after a sermon by Mr . Richmond ... ... 0 10 0 „ the . ''' ' CbatUsta of Chowbent , collected after a sermon by iBaaoBairow ... ... ° 9 P ^ Armley , collected after a
funeral sermon ... ... 0 3 8 the Chartists of Mansfield ... 0 4 0 Bishop Auckland , per Charles Connor ... ... ... 0 5 9 a friend at Bishop Auckland 9 2 0 the flix-dresacra of Broadford WorkB , Aberdeen ... ... 0 8 1 the females ( Chattfata ) of Aberdeen : ¦ - ¦ . ; .. ¦ ¦ ... ^ .. 0 5 0 a few friends to liberty , at Marple , near Stockport ... 0 1 0
FOR THE / WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHABTI 8 TS . From the Chartteta of iittletdwn , Liversedge ; ; .., - ... . ; .. ; .. 0 2 6 FOB MR . B . OASTLER . From a few / friend * l to liberty , at Marple , near Stockport ; ., 0 9 0 FOR JIUHX ' S MONUMENT . F * om ¦¦» 'few txtonto to ; liberty , at Marple , near ^ tbokport ^; . 0 1 0
Auoience ,- : North Devok.—Mr. Powell, On His Way From Tavifltook, Lectured At Great Torrington On Satur-
auoience ,- : North Devok . —Mr . Powell , on his way from Tavifltook , lectured at Great Torrington on Satur-
u » y hi » respouwauio auu auennve .: xno cood men and true of that place are organising , and bid f « ir for a good Society . On Monday he arrivecl at Bideford , and after being obliged to cry tht > meeting himself , addressed a respectable audience , after which we formed an Association . Gu Tuesday he proceeded to Appledore , cried a meeting , and delivered another lecture .
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My Beloved Friends , —I feel imperatively called upon to direot . your attention to the following leader which appeared in the British Statesman of last week . It runs thus : —
"THE 'STAR' AND THE EXECUTIVE , " . Tfhe Northern Star has * we see , Opened another maaked battery ou ^ the Executive . Cooper and his myrmidons are the instruments made use of , this time , by the Star-chamber , The attack will not only fall , but recoil , with signal 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 bight ) against an arrogant dictatorship , which
seekB to prostrate at its feet everything good and valuable In the Movement , they will richly deserve the fate that awaij * 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 behere they will do both justice to themselves and their duty to the Chartiat public ; of a large proportion of whom thay are the accredited servants . .
" As to the alleged expense of these Conferences—bo ranch harped npon—the argument comes with a singularly bad giace from parties wfco have put the country te heaps of useless expense for demonstratioiia , triumphal cars , and the like trumpery nonsense , which could serve no useful purpora whatever . The jprojected Conferences may be of use—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 Harleston , which ; , we publish : amongst ottr COrreapondencc Ab for Cooper and his accomplices , they are beneath contempt . " >
As the latter paragraph reflects upon me individually , I beg very calmly to submit a word of comment upon it . The Only" triumphal car" in connection with our movement , was the one used on the occasion of my libera tion from York Castle 5 and when I was informed that the York Chartists intended to have one , and wheu I heard of the expence , I paid ten pounds towards it . the attack is a censure upon the gallant Cdartists of York , and those who sent delegates , and have got up demonetrationa . I hav « invariably recommended that no expenco should be gone to for the purpose of distinguishing me . Ihave counselled you against holding expensive demonstrations , but I have attended them in compliance with your will . I have worked the flesh off my bones for now nearly a whole year
since I was liberated . I have expended above £ 1 , 000 in traversing the country by night and by day , endeavouring to improve your minds , and to replenish your empty exchequers , ^ leaving to each Association , from my own exertionsj from £ 8 to £ 60 , to enable them to prosecute the people ' s cause ; and , as that course does not appear to have merited public &p _ probation , I think I had better , in future , pocket the pence myself , as " proffered service stinks . " But until I learn from those whom I will standby to the last , thit I am censurable for obeying the public 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 presa of England complain of dictatorship ! And yet their publication is " another ' masked battery on the Executive !" I am , Your faithful Friend , Peargds O'Connor .
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A SPECIMEN OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF A "CHARTIST ORGAN" 1 We give the following morsel from the British Statesman of the latest date : —
"TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH : STATESMAN . ' MY Dear , OBRIEN , —I am truly delighted that you ate once more wheire you ought to bo , and doing what foa ought to do ; you being eminently qualified to fulfil the duties of a public teacher ; and which should rievVr 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 just motives , his greatest glory . Go on , then , under the impression—the truth-inspiring impression , that the diffusion of knowledge is the renovotion of the world , and jtreat is your reward . :
" I am happy to perceive that you are determined to avoid that course of conduct which some teachers have so lung pursned—national teachers—reverend teachers . What a , libel on Christianity—on humanity —on common sense , is such teaching ! What a concentration of the quintessence of evil , Read Romans ( 3 d , 13 th , 18 th ) . But when the tree is notoriously corrupt , the fruit may be predicated . "M y dear Sir , —1 hope the Middle Classes Will no longer stand aloof , bat embrace at once the principles of the Charter . When they shall have known that Joseph Sturge , and many kindred spirits of their otder , have adopted them , as the only means of saying the country front ruin and desolation ,, let them not fear . The teeth ot the Would-be patriots have been drawn , and the " Lion"a" roar Is no idDger formidable . —^
The poison of " reverend asps" is neutralised , and there is no poison like unto reverend poison . Many persons express their wonder that so few of the middle claSges have hllhetto joined the Charter Association ; the fact is , they were not wanted . Knowledge was repudiated ; it would have spoiled the trade ; " fustian jackets ; blistered hands , unshorn chins , " were wanted ; the idol 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 dniwn the car , nor fallen beneath' its wheels , amid the huzzas of the shoeless and Btockingleaa multitude . The 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 , ) and take that lead in the present Movement which will
crown them with lasting honour . Youtstruly , ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - " : ' : ¦ '¦ .. ' ¦ ¦ : ¦' - ' " : -. '¦' -. ¦ W . G . Burns . Hnll ^ July 24 , 1842 . [ We offer no remark for the present ; further than to ask if this is the same Mr . W . 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 : 'V caged lion ? " ]
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Nahtwich . —Mr . James Mitohell lectured hisre oh Monday evening last , in Wood-street , te the open air . His subject was the existing distress of the country , and the remedy for it . Masow ' s Defence Fund and po ^ the Families . The undermefttioaedsums have been ^ received for the above objeot since August 3 rd , by Mr . Samnel Cook , ofDudley : — Great Bridge ... ••• 1 ^ Simon Watta ... ... . » . 1 0 Collected by Mr . Rankia ... ... 0 7 Walsair •» — - — 3 6 EuinshaU-lane — '" 11 ! JohnCasweU— " 2 5 J
. Weduesbury .. ^ n . . •» a v Journeymea Hinge-makers , WOlverhampton ... ... ... ... 3 Q Bilston v . . ¦ ••• ••• •¦/ * ^ John Bradley ... ¦» ¦•• » William Jonea » . . ••• »• 1 JJ Ship , SteelhouEe-lane , Birmingham ... 10 0 Saint Johns , Woroester ... ... 3 0
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STAFFORDSHIRE , POTTERIES . ( From otirCorrepondenl ; J ?¦ , In my last I intimated that the affairs of the colliers in these districts were only settled in appearance , and fully has that opinion been verified . Oa Saturday , about noon , the colliers began again to assemble here , and about three o'clock , p . m ., proceeded ta Norton Colliery , where they had gdt information that some men from a distance were working , the agent employing strangers , and dismissing iris old workmen . Finding the report to bo correct , the men proceeded to turn these men ontj and one man , a stranger from the Shropshire mine was ducked two or three times , ' in order to convince
him of the impropriety of his conduot . Thus haa this colliers turn-out again been revivedl , and , '; asr % ifWr cian perceive , with more asperity than sver . " -J ^ J , '' During the time that the mea wen , t to ' : NoftWl i f ; le-Moors a circumstance occurred at Burslem * wlich I must narrate more in detaiL Daring the nrrrt ' - ^ ut it has been the custom of the miners to go rpuiio to the different townships , by twos or three ^ 'wfCk boxes with a slit in the centre of the topr bl Kd ; oni ^ fH box , and which lid or lever is soreweddOwfi - -i anil ; to prevent frauds being practised , ihft 8 erew ne »! da are sealed , and the men so employed carry cte ' dedrs tials from the Committee . Oa Saturday a . ft € rnooa three > of ^ hecolliers went -with . ^ ^ their box toi Burslemy
in hope of receiving the contributions of those \ yhtt were disposed to assist them . In the course of thefc labours they solicited a son of the landlord of tho Cock and Barrel , who no sooner saw the men than he instantly kicked the box out of the man's hand who carried it , and shewed his sympathy to those men who had suppoitad him " by kicking the box into the streer , and causing the three collectors to be appreheuded under the Vagrant Act i thus giving a practical lesson to all thefoolisa 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 witfr all the promptness belonging to their order , determined to release the men from the lock-up . A # ay they W 6 Q& for Burslem ( distant from Hanley about two miles ) cheering all the way . On arriving at Burslem , the liberation of the prisoners was but the work of a , moment . The door was split to shiverSj 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 such was the fury of the
populace that not one equate of glass was left him . I ? he Town-ball ( the place of the magistrates' meeting ) was served iu 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 being forced into the shop . Other persons who had rendered themselves obnoxious to the workmen were paid in the loss of their windows for the part they had taken againBt the colliers . - ¦¦ .: ' .: ' - ; - . vV ; v -: . \ .: ^ . " ,. ¦ .-. " ...
; On Monday , a middle-class man charged me and my brother Chartists with being the authors and abettors of this , the colliers' turn-out ,. saying that the magistrates knew all about it , * and that they had ! known it some months ago . Ah I 'Mr / Editor , if you . can believe such , nonsense , it will be strange indeed . / What I the magiatracy 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 ; not they indeed . Besides , if they knew and did not prevent them , are they not accessaries before ; the fact ? But enough of this ; we know that the magistrates and the middle-class would be happy could they prove that the turn-OUt W&B either originated or abetted by the Chartists , if they could turn that knowledge to our disadvantage .
The Northern Stae. Saturday, August 13, 1842.
THE NORTHERN STAE . SATURDAY , AUGUST 13 , 1842 .
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The important news from the " disturbed districts" has Bhut out several articles of comment which we had prepared—amongst the rest our promised commentary on the National Organization .
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¦ . . ; - . STAFFOBD . / : - \ "' / ( Fromoutown Correspondent *}; > ' . . I ait down to ^^ writei you word rwhat Is goiii gJiOn here . The public are already informed that , iho coUiera in North and Sobth Staffordshirei are en strike against a redaction of wages . Whether it would be just in them to accept such' reductioni I leaveall those to answer who ^ ave ' r ^ d th « Y ^ published report of the Commissioners ^ appointed to inquire into the condition of those whij work in mines . What is really going on . in North . and Spnth btaffordshire I dp not know , bnfc report pays they are noting ! This I do know , that a riot ha ? iaken place m the Potteries , and that for ty-fiva persons
were brought to Stafford gaol on Saturday last ; forty-seven on Tuesday ; and upwards of fifty on Wednesday ! The authorities of Stafford apprehend ajunction meeting of the disaffected parties at Stafford , some time to-night ( Wednesday ) to attack the gaol and liberate their confined comrades / The Yeomanry Cavalry are all out , and stationed in the confines of the gaol . Two troops of regulars are expected to arrive -very soon , arid the townisiu i complete uproar . How it will end I cannot teliU If any thing more happens I will write you word time enough for your second edition . " : ' ' ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ , -,
To The Keadejrs Op The •'Stab."
TO THE KEADEJRS OP THE 'STAB . "
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TURN-OUT IN L 4 NGASHIREI DESTRUCTION OF PROPJERTY AND XOSS OE ; ' . . ; " ; . ^! lIFE . ; - ; :- ; : - ' ¦ " : j-: ' ;> ¦; / : '¦ ¦ " ; Manchester and the adjaebnt towns have ¦'; this week been the scene of some important and insiructive proceedings . Nearly the whole of , the producers of wealth in that district have laid down their implements of labour , and hare resolved U > " work no more , " rihlesa ^^ the wag « a '^ give | i in ; . tll 9 beginning of l ? 40 are again accorded tJiem , ; , The immediate cause of this step on the part of the workpeople is a reduciion of wages fey the masters , particularly that portion of . them attached to the And * Corn-Law League . Below is an account of thesa
proceedings , furnished by our own Correspondenti i- — SiAtVBRiDGE . —The conduct of some of the manufacturers of this place have driven the people to the necessity of endeavouring to protect thew wages by union , and by that union to obtain political power On Thursday ; the 4 th ultv , the weavers and others in the-employ of Bailey and Co ., at this places turned out , in consequence of that firm offering a reduction in 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 pf that meeting was that the whole of the hands , in the mills in the town Should cease to work , ' and that an aggregate meeting should be held
pu Monday , the 8 yh , at five o ' clock in the morning * At the time appointed ^ nearly fourteen thousand people had assembled , v Mr ^ S . Challenger was called to the chair , and he opened the business of the meeting by exhorting them to peace , law , and order . The meeting was severally addressed by Messrs . Derham , Crossley , Stephcnson , Fenton , and P ... M . firbphy ,, when it adjourned until nine o ' clock ; at which hour the numbers were greater than before Several speakers addressed the meeting , and a re * solution was passed , to the effect -that the persons assembled should form themselvea into a procession , and go through Duckenfield , thence to Ashtonrunder-Lyne , to induce the labourers ia the
latte ? towns to co-operate with them . AS soon as the Stalybridge turnouts made their appearance near to any of the factories in their route , those inside dressed thsmselves and turned out . Every factory hand in Duckerifield having joined in the procession , they moved on to Ashton and Hurst . By two o ' clock there was not a factory at work in any of thet towns above-mentioiied , ; and tbe greatest consternation prevailed . In the mean time arrangements had . been raade , thai a meeting of the : whole should be held IB the Market-place of Aahtori ; but so great were the numbers that it wa 3 deemed exriedietit to adjourn to a piece of ^ ground near Thacker'a f oundifijtw Bv three o ' clock all afrangementa were made : and
never Vas there such » sight seen in Asht < m : befpre More than 40 . 000 peaceable half-starvedillrcla , diDeB , women , and children , assembled and resolved ehter to die by fchesTvord or obwin " a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' a work . " Mr . Brophy- ' exhorted them to be peaceable , but at the same time determined ; and not allow . themselves to be made the tool of any party He was aware that a threat was held out in the House of Commons that if the Corn Laws were not repealed all the mills would be stopped , " Are you , " said Mr . Brophy , " come out for a 'big loaf / or to get 'higher wages' than those which you have ? " Here thousands of vqibes cried out , *• The masters that have reduced -us most are those who are calling out
for * cheap food ? We waufc protection ; for our labour , arid we will have it too . " "Very well , " said the speaker , " you now perfectly understand . the nature of the struggle , and you know who are the authors of it . " Air . Pilling arid several others ¦* & : ¦ ;• • ' - dressed the meetings after which a resoluuon was passed , "That the people of Ashton go to pidharii ^ ^ and those of Stalybridge and Duckenfield to Hyde ; and that the people of Stalybridge , DuckenfieM , and £ Hyde , meet in Ashton to-morrow morning , l ^ s ^ fiy , £ ,-, ait seven o ' clock . " At that hprir neit ' ¦ ¦' : moaning . * ., :, dense mass of people had assembled . A mannf ^ W- , ,. turer wan called to the chair , and a resolntiori : pasM « . ** That [ the people now turned out do not ic ^ tutOff ¦ . their work until the masters give the feamV pri < $ « 8 ;; ior i
weaving , spinning , carding , ceo ., was wey , fj »« , m 1840 . " A resolution was then Tnoved and c |^^' j "That the meeting form a procession and rilMch '' . into , Manchester . " . . ¦ . V / .: : ¦" ' * * ^' 'I' ^ Wi'M-J' ^ In accordance with the last determiriitiori ^ taa ' . r ; vast assemblage moved towards ; : Manchester ^ ~ Bjl ' ten o ' clock the procession arrived it the * end i ? f ; Pollard-street , Ancoats , at which place paiti 6 g- $ f ^ the Rifle Brigade '/ and the 15 th D » gOOni 9 werdr ^ ti * tioned , under the command of Colonel \ Wymess ; At , - this time the rain fell in torrents . Sir C . Shaw and his " lambs" were in attendance , also Mr . Maude , tha magistrate , who ad vised the people to return home j but they plainly told him / they would not ; that ieL might order the soldiers to fite on them if be would , for that they riiight as well die by the sword a ? have the means of their subsistence taken from' them by
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