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WAKEFIELD ADJOURNED SESSIONS . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That the Midsummer General Quarter Sessions of the Peace , Jor the West Riding of the County of York , will be held by adjournment in ' the Committee-Room , at the House of Correction , at Wakefield , on Thursday , the Fourteenth day of September next , at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon , for the purpose of inspecting the Riding Prison , ( the 8 aj 4 House of Correction ) and for examining the Accounts of the Keeper of the said House of Correction , making Enquiry into the conduct of the Officers and Servants belonging the same ; and also into the behaviour of the Prisoners , and their Earnings . C . H . ELSLEY , ¦ . Clerk of the Peace . Clerk of the Peace ' s Offic © , Wakefield , August 30 th , 1843 .
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Now on Sale , Price Sixpence , No . III . of a PRACTICAL WORK ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SMALL FARMS ; Giving full Instructions respecting Rotation of Crops , Management of Cattle , Culture , &o . B 7 FEAKGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., FARMER AND BARRISTER . Nos . 1 and 2 , constantly on hand . No . 4 will bfl ready in a few days . Also , on Sale , in Two Numbers , at Fourpence each * THE "STATE OF IRELAND , " Written in 1798 , by Arthur O'Connor . A compendium of Irish History , and a more correct Account of the Grievances of that Country , than any that has appeared upon the subject . Cleave , London ; Hey wood , Manchester ; Hobson , Leeds .
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Just Published , Price Threepence , Handsomely Printed on a Large Royal Sheet * fitted to adorn the Labourer ' s Cottage , a Faith-- ful and Spirited Representation of the Bloody MANCHESTER MASS ACRE ! / CONTAINING also a Memoir of that Untiring U and Unswerving Advocate of the Rights of Labour , Henry Hunt ; with Full Particulars of of the " Deeds of the Murderers" on the Field of Peterloo ; the names of the Bloody Monsters ; the names of the Killed ; and the Trial , Conviction , and Sentence of Mr . Hunt . It also details the means employed by the Governmental Spies to entrap him ; the famous Spa Fields' Meetings ; the Election ot Nfr . Hunt as M . P . for Preston ; his conduct in Parliament ; his just estimate of the humbug Reform Bill ; his communing with the Working People on that measure ; and his lamented Di-ath . ' The Sheet also contains a VIEW OF THE MONUMENT erected , to perpetuate his Memory , by the Working Classes . Published , for the Hunt ' s Monument Committee , ( the Proceeds to go towards the Completion of the : Monument , ) by J . Hobson , Northern Star Office . May be had of Cleave , London ; Hey wood and Leacb , Manchester ; Hobson , Huddersfield ; and Paton and Love , Glasgow .
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Now publishing in Weekly Numbers , Price Ona Penny , rpHE POLITICAL SCOURGE ; a Journal do-JL voted to the Interests of the Masses . We'll put a scourge in every honest hand , To whip the scoundrels naked through the land . In the Presa , SIX LETTERS TO THE NATION " ON THE PROSPECTS OF REVOLUTION . " London : F . G . Southy , 3 , Holywell-street , Strand ; Mr . Joshua Hobson , Leeds ; and all Booksellers .
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TEMPERANCE HOTEL . DRURY-HILL , NOTTINGHAM . W SWANN gratefully acknowledges the kind Support he haa already reoeived , and respectfully informs his Friends and the Public generally , that in future the Business will be carried oa entirely on his own account , and he hopes to be able , with very Moderate Charges , to afford every attention and comfort to all those who may visit his Establishment . W . Swann has ereat pleasure in announcing that Discussions , on all Popular Questions , will take place every Wednesday Evening , as usual , in . the Large Room belonging to the Establishment , When the Attendance of all Parties is respectfully invited . N B . —Well Aired Beds , &c &o .
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CITY OF LONDON POLITICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION , 1 , TURNAGAIN-. LANE , SKINNER-STREET . ON SUNDAY morning , September 3 rd , the following question will be discussed : " Has the Protestant Reformation improved the mental , political , and moral condition of the working class V * i ' o commence at eleven o ' clock . Admission free . — In the evening , at seven o'clock , the Rev . E . Mantz will ltcture on the following subject : Human Progression . " And on Tuesday evening , at eight o'clock , the City Chartists will meet as usual fGr the fransaction of their local business , namely , for reading the minutes of their former weekly meeting , receiving contributions and reports , and for the enrolment of members in the National Charter Association , &c . on . which occasion Mr . J . Watkins will deliver a lecture , admission free . On Wednesday evenings , Singing Classes , and on Thursday and Saturday evenings , Dancing Classes are held . Terms moderate . On Tuesday evening , Sept . 19 in , 1843 , at the Royal Albert Saloon , Standard Tarera and Pleasure Grounds , Shepherdess walk , City-road , a Grand Gala , Concert , and Ball will take place in aid of the Funds of the above Institate . The co-operation of all friends is earnestly requested upon this occasion . Terms : Saloon or Ball Tickets , 6 d . each ; Stalls , Is . Tickets to be had a . t the above Institution . —Shares in the Institute are 5 s ., payable at 6 d . ptr we « k . —Subscriptions are also received to defray the expences of sending delegates to the Conference , and for the Metropolitan Victim Fund Committee . N . B . The Northern Star , Chartist Circular , O'Connor ' s Pamphlets on the State of Ireland , SmaU Farms , and other valuable works can be obtained at the above Institution .
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To . AG 2 > " 35—AH amenta "who fail to transmit the amoT ^ it of theii accounts "with their next -week ' s crUezs iccsi not expect iheir papers , as ianoinstance ¦ win iiiey be ' sentj therefore subscribers and readers ¦ « HI inaw , should disappointment take place , at ¦ whose iloor to place it 2 JUiiL 5 G OPIHE Coxp ^ bssck —As -sre rejoice to learn thst the conntry generally has done-ite duty in the elEctisn of delegates for the Conference , to beholden on Tuesday next , the 5 th inst , It benoves the B'rmingtam Chartists to provide a fit and proper pl £ M for their reception , ail information as to ¦ which £ hr * n 33 be applied for ty strangers at the nsw room tafctn by the diir&ts , No . 37 , Ptck Xane ,
Birming-J -..., -where some person shonld be appointee -to giTs ihanectssiry information . Tbe delegates shonld Stumble at ten o ' clock on Tuesday morning . Jaslls Fox , Dewsburt . —JfOj the notice is not £ iu ' y . njfiicieBt , unless there be a special agreement lo jfive and receive six months notice , given at the th inning of any half-year of the tenancy . If the iar'lord choose to accept the notice , -well and good : lc : mttiiy ieeplag ii , and saying nothing , is not prosf of aaxpUn £ & . IBTe fesi , judging from the case S 3 £ = fcas put it , that the premises must be holden m .. a yLzj again ; and to gst out even then , notice jm .-: be given before the Tent ^ sy in November . J . G- A COKKESPOXDESI SEAS MANCHESTER , "Writes . as follows : —
Sik , —Having seen an article in onr paper of the . 4 ih of > . iTca last , on the Land , and on the means bow to get : r . 1 take tie liberty of sending yon these few lines I to iixj aire if yon could-give me the direction of ihui £ rCTx ~_ sTy of any of iifeose -crabs -who hare embarked ; their capital on the Land , as I am asxioos to know more -b " = ut it ; for the trade or business to -which 1 i iclcas has a great sum of money in the backs and -I with zo s * e ii better engas ^ d than in the hands of our oppressors . . It ipj ^ ara , from the article referred to , that the ] ivr T- ' -y mrn ba- ? e beetn "wise in looking to their own 3 « j « a ; for , instead of only receiving thxea and a I iialf p * -T cent ., they are xeceiFing cent , per cent , -with itierr o'ra labour . I -want to know by what machinery the LsEbley men -work their Land ; "whether the prcfuB ; sriiitg from it is a joint interest , or if every man hss ' . h ~* -plji of Land laid out as he -wishes , and gets the profit ; of alt own labour .
I am desirous of seeirg it more fully carried out ; and l ~ I Intend to bring the subject before onr body ntxt meeting , I -wish you to answer me as soon as possible in j your polices to correspondents , j "We munot give him the information h 9 seefe for ; but isr * printed the letter here , that it may be seen both by the iambley men , and others , who have em- \ plcjed their tranes' monies , and their club monies , in ¦ the xeutsl and -occupation of land ; and they will , no ¦ { knot , be ht > py -to commniilcate the particulars ] TiQaired , that others may " go and do likewise : " We ] shall be happy to hear from them , j l&T- James Heato >" , Clithejlo . —We cannot re- j member any thing vt the report ie speaks of . We ; iave noiecallfcction of it at all ; and think it mustj "have miscarried . " j liais Bagei-ET . —Yes , hB tan have any , or all , ef ' the plates he enumerates , by sending lsl each for < them , and price of postage . j
Johs BoASDJiAX , Waxbisgton . —The announcement tfc . t hs fcas comEesc&d the news-agencj bnsiEtfs , ¦ wcsld be an advertisement-Josbua Watsos , Coije , complains of the conduct cf the Barcley and Padihsm fritEds , in not supportias the decision o ? the district meeting , to send 3 Ir . Marsdai to the CoBference , as representative of the district Ha says : — At the 2 forth Lancashire delegate meeting held in Padihani on Sunday , the 13 tb of August , a delegate frcra Bzmley attended ; and though their members tvi thrto weeks' notice before , he positivtjy slated t ^ at tto onestion of a fit person to represent them in the Birmingham Conference had never been brought 1 - Jott iheir Association , and that he had come with loll -povreta to vote as he thought proper . 1 need sesreeiy sdd tha * lie represented himself aiui the land question . Not being satisfied with the dtcision of a
majority of the delegates then assembled , we have good T ^ ascas for asserting that a one-sided sanvas W 23 set on foot , to reader -the former decision abortive , at the delegate meeting , held at . Ackrin'ton and JBnSsld , on Sunday , the 20 th inst ; for the Burnley delegate positively stated on the road , before the meeting took plase , that if the delegates meant to abWe by the former decision , there would be a split in the district ; sud he positively statedtjrhen the question was before Fie itiegates , th 3 t , if Be stood alone , he wonld not Eutniit to their decision , nor give any support to the man of their choice : a fine specimen of democratic priscipleaJ And thaaa are the prudent and wise men , ¦ wiioic you contend lave a right to special representation , thongh it be in opposition to three-fonrths of the district delegates , as well a 3 the majority of the mtin-1 "ra o ! their different constituents . "We do cot Urm t ' lis nonsense , but call it no sense at alL
"R " e hsve given insertion te this explanation , or rather complaint ; though the spirit in which it is couched !•» far . from being commendable , and is in strikinj ; contrast -with that evinctd by tfce Burnley and Padifcam friends in their resolution inRerted in our last The « , the whole point ot difference ia set forth ia a bouisss-like manner ; and all attempts to make a ie ocntain out of a mole-hill deprecated . What are the It --ts of the case ? That tfee district selected a man for & representative , who JistoriousJy held -opinions , cm a vi ' a qvedum , totally opposed to the opinions of two ipf > st important localities in the district , Bnrnley and Padiham . That the Burnley and Padiham friends tcereupon said : •* if that man goes to represent as , be will not be the bearer of our wants snd wishes ; l > nt will act gnite contrary to them . We , therefore , cannot be parties to sending him ; bnt will send one
of -our own- " ! Now was xiot this right ? will Joshua "WBtson contend that the Burnley and Padiham men ongbt to jay for the sending of a man to oppose that which they deem to be essential to the success of the movement ? Is thai in accordance with " democratic principle * ' ? Dsstjuc * Bepresectation was only proposed vhtre it could ie ogrudtiy aded on : _ i . e . where the district Wts bo muted in feeling and purpose , as to reader it possible for one man to represent the entire feeling . But surely Joshua Wataon ¦ wcnld not desire to fora district representation where It isaot agreeable ? In Mb district there seems to be a difference of feeling on a measure of policy . Will Jeshua WatsoH insisl that those who disagree with his views shall support , both "by votes and pay , those views to which they are wholly opposed ? Ye * H" « ia what Joslina "Watson dees . And because this
flagrant act of injustice is not arqaiesced in , be gets * angry , and writes in a bad spirit respecting those ¦ who only claim Dtat which 1 hey have accorded him . — fall representafion . There are several districts EHiTarly situated to the INorth Lancashire one . Portions of the district are sending special Tepresentative ; and the remaining are Bending others t- > rtprasfcnt them generally . In the West Riding of Yerk this is the case . LeedB , for instance , send two of iise'j . Halifax ; senaB one or two ; and the resi of the localities in the Biding conjoined send two to reprastnt them . The only difference between this J » case snd the iNorih Lancashire one is , that here it is tiaas without quarrel , or even , fault-finding . Acd is not this much better than trying to force a man
down the throita of other people who object to swaliow him ? It is the only sensible course to i ke , wien there are differences of opinion upon matters of policy , which make it impossible for one man to . represent b&th sides of , the question , Mr . "WV-tSisn further says : — As to onr Burnley friends maligning the pnblic chszsc . gr of 3 Ir . Marsden , we have every reason to thirk that the charge is well founded . Bat enough of tiat Mark the glaring inconsistency of their prudent ir-sohtdon j for while it places implicit confidence ic 3 ir . ?* larsaen as a public man , they at the same time cor 5 idtr him unfit to represent the district in the fbrthcom-i-g Goiiference , forsooth , because his views on one parucalar subject does not accord with those of a few
31 Burnley and Padiham . Here is another evidence of the spirit possessing Mr . Watson and his friends . The Burnley friends declare , by resolution , that the only objection they b-jve to Mr . Jlarsden for a representative , is the notorious fact-thai as totally and wholly disagrees ¦ vrkb them in opinion en a matter they deem essential ; sad they repudiate tfc . 3 charge of maligning his public charactfr ; and Mr . Joshua Watson rejoins that te does not believe them . " He has every reason to think the charts is well-founded , " thongh he does net condescend to give say reason at alL ! M p . Watson most lears his lesson rather bitter . It is thia " cr »>< - 1 A" and moSve-mpnUng practice , whenever we can-Bot have our own w * y , tfcat has worked mnch
a- , jnry to our csuse . Is It likely to do auTthinc elst » i ^ ow would Joshua Watson have felt , had the motives and conduct of his friends been impugned in the rough snd unceremonious manntr he has pmsned towards these of his brethren , who are every -whit aslionest as himself , and as desirous to advance the good eauss ? Lst him apply this test to what be writes respecting them infntnre , sad he will not again- erinee suth a « pirit asruns through the whole of his present communication- We trust that the Burnley and Padiham friends will manifest more good sense and right filing than to allow this exhibition of feeling , < m ^ e part of Mr . Watson , to divert them £ tom ^ ete resolve . That resolve was , not to
suffer tha aM * eer to interfere with the general duties of the district Cea ^ e not to act iiitkyonr breUirea . Ton have taken the only wi « e coarse to avoid the 111 consequences of % " split , " by leaving those -who think 2 &z . Marsden " £ t" to represent them at liberty to send Mm ; while yon send a man to represent you , which Hi . Marsden could not da That done , both parties ought to be satisfied . Both are . represented . Both opinions will be present at the Council table ; and when they are duly deliberated on , that winch appears to hsve most fre ^ ht with It , on the grounds cf reason and practice , will become embodied in a plan cf action . S 5 ore , than this , er less than this , no man , or Bet of men , could either desire or fail to accord , U they would be true to " democratic principle . "
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THs Tkuck Ststem . —It was to have been hope < that the result of the exposures made by Mr . Fer rand ' s Track Committee wonld have led to an abate ment of the practice . It seems , however , that this i far from being the case . It abounds in the collierie in Wales , a ^ 3 in the mineral works . The correa pondent of The Times reports that the workmen a the Tin Works , at Cjm Avon , have struck uoii Dot on account of a reduction in wages , but tha they refuse to woriany longer without being paid b money , and not in goods from the shop . Thi truck system is most oppressive . Numberless ar < the cases where the earnings ot the workers an reduced full 20 per cent by its operations alone B . id food , at the highest price , is almost the inva
riable consequence . Nor is the practice confined b Wales . It feas extended almost all over the kingdom particularly in the small out-of-the-way places , wher it can be pursued almost unheard-of by the world We "have " a communication from a friend , alleginj that it is openly and unblnshingly in vogue at Bat Ursea , just in London , where some builders theri insist on their hands spending at their shop at leas itco-tkirds of tfceir week ' s earnings , or they canno have employment It also exists in Sheffield , amongs these who maks cast-ircn razors . There it is ii such extensive practice amongst the *• FreeTraders , ' that the Cutlers * © ompany have felt themselva bound to take up the question , and issue , a publii caution , containing a summary of some of thi
clauses of the Act prohibiting the paymeni of wages in goods . That caution we shal hereiDsert . It Trill be found to be of great use t < all engaged in labour , where the truck system is it vogne , as it will show them the remedy they maj have at any moment they please . Here is th < rmUoa : — Notice as to the law prohibiting the paying o ; wages to workmen otherwise than in money It having been represented to the Cntlers' Company that the practice of paying wages in goods ij now very common , the attention of the public is particularly called to the Act of the 1 st and 2 nd William IV ., cap . 37 , intitnled "An Act to prohibit th « pr-yment in certain trades of wages in goods or other-1
wise than in the current coin of the realm , ' in whJch Avst all our cutlery trades are included . The 4 lb , 7 tb , and 9 th Sections of the Act are particu larly worthy of notice . The 4 th Section enables workmen to recover wages in money notwithstanding payments having been previous ^ made in goods . By the 7 ih section , If a workman -who may have received his wages in goods , or any of his family shall become chargeable to the parish ^ power is give n to the ov . rseers to recover such wages from the man ' s employer , for which goods only shall have been so given within three calendar months . And by the 9 th Section , any employer who shall by
himself or others , directly or indirectly have agreed with any contractors , or made any payment thereby illegal ; tbat is substituting gr-ods for money ) , he shall for the first offence , forfeit a sum not exceeding £ 10 uor less than £ 5 ; for the second offence , < loub 7 e the same penalty ; and fsr the third offeuce . be guilty of a misdemeanour , and liable to be fined £ 100 . These penaltiesare recoverable in a snmmary way befor / 3 the Magistrates , who may award ont * f the penalties any Hum not exceeding £ 20 to an informer . The several members of the Cutler ' s Company are reBolved to aid as much as possible the carrying into effect of the above salutary law . Wm . Bboadhcbst , Msster Cntler .
The wcrtmen especially are informed , that the Cutlers ' Company have appointed a Committee , who will sit every Monday evening , at the Cutlers' Hall , from seven to nine o ' clock , for tte purpose of receiving information and giving assistance to forward prosecutions -under tbe above-mentioned Act If ow this Act affords ample protection , if the men will bnt avail themselves of it . Let the tin-men of Cym Avon , for instance , seek for iheir trapes , instead of striking . Let each one of them prepare an account of the sums he has earned for the last threa mouths , and let him set against that the mo > , ey he has received ; and also the goods he has been forced to take , every item being dtarly set forth . Then let
each one summon his employer bsfore the Justices , for the wages due , over and above the money paid him . The master trill be bound to pay ; and may have to pay a heavy fine into the bargain . He cannot set off the " goods" be has supplied ; nor can he maintain an action to recover for their value . This ccuwe would be much more sensible than striking work . By it you may Tecover back again some of the wages of which y « u have bsen defrauded . As a matter of conrse these hints will apply to every case of truck ; and we strongly advise that they be ffeTitraUy acted on . Jf the action be general , it will be rfeclual . But if only one or two take up the question , they will be victimised- Let all go to the Magistrate together ; and the track system will soon
cease . " F . FEl / TBAJd . London , stronrly calls upon the London Chartists of the Mile-End locality , to attend a special general meeting on Tuesday evening , Sept 5 th , to devise means to retain possession of their valuable place of meeting , the Working Men's HalL He represents the case as m" 3 t tirgt-Dt , and presses it upon toe atteatdon of his brethren . A Fot : b-7 eab Old ChaKtist . Easi > "gto >\—It depends what instrvmcrd you have lent the money upon * whether you can recover tbo arrears or not If you have a promissory note , payable on demand , of course you can recover . US- Geobgb Maesdex , of Manchester , wishes to acknowledge tie receipt of 10 s . 2 d . for the National Tictim Fund , from a few of the Manchester Ckartists .
Mks Dcfft , the wife of the Nerthalerton " victim , " desires to gratefully acknowledge the kindness of the Manchester CbartiFts to her husband during his present very severe affliction . Poor Daffy ia labouring under a Bevere inflammatory attack on the liver and bowels , which his physicians have declared will terminate in death , bis -constitution having been emaciated by the sufferings he endured while . imprisoned . K- Rcssbll . a Bermoxdset Chabtist , pertinently asks : " Will the Bermotdsey Chartists have the kindness to attend to their duty , by taking part in the disenssion of the Com Law qnestion , at the K < ng of Prussia , Tooley-street , next Tuesday evening ? One of the Cobienites has had the impudence to say that Chartism is almost extinct Step VT ; and tell
him he is wrong . " Losdo > " CORBESPONDENiE . —During his temporary absence from London to the Conference , T . M . Wheeler requests that all communications intended for the Northern Star may be sent to Mr . Cowan , 19 , Avlesbury-atreet , Cleikenwell . Alfred ANDREW , So \ 5 TH"WaRK . —We have but one delivery of London letters in a day . The mail starts from Euston-eqnars at sine o ' clock in the evening , and -we have them next morning at a little after seven . Letters posted in London in the morning reach ub no sooner than if posted before " general post
timB" in tfee evening . A Tods Chartist , Portsmouth , writes in a very indignant strain , about the fuss exhibited in that port and tow . n relative to the Queen ' s Bportive visit . He says that the smiths , shipwrights , and painters have been working night and day to get the new steam-ship , the Tictoria and Albert , and the accompanying vessels ready for her Majesty's use . Nay , he avers that THEY HAD TO WORK ON SUNDAT ! Pretty examp ' e this , to be set by " the head of our ( Pnseyite ) Church "J Sne wants to go a-pleasuring ; and to accomplish this , Bcores , perkaps hundred * , have to "break the Sabbath" ! that ( day
which they were commanded to keep holy , by resting from their labours ! R ^ re keeping of the com - mandments thial If the "head of the Church " causes the " Sabbath thus to be broken " , to ministes to her pleasure , how can the Chureh expect the poor to keep holy that day by going to listen to denunciations of vengeance poured out on iheir heads , while net one word of reproof is administered tc the great offender ? The Cosfexebcb . —Several communications , respecting points for deliberation at the Conference : have been sent to us for publication . These w « cannot find room for , but shall , if the writers p ! ease ; hand them to the chairman , when the Conferenc :
assembles . The Colliers' Strike—Anxious to place the pre Bent position of the colliers fairly before their owj body and the country , we are preparing some statia tics which , when completed , will be worthy of con sideration . We are the more anxious upon thi point , in consequence of the machinations now ver ; generally at work to drive the men into a premaiur strike . This ia the work of masters with large stock of coals on hand ; and which , as a matter of cours € would be considerably raised in value by a cessation of labour . The colliers of the south tvouij
BE THE GREATEST Sl ' FPERERS FROM A STR 1 KI AT THE PRESENT MOMENT ; as in a'l thoa districts most immediately in communication witl the Metropolis , there are large , slocks on hand as we shall show , qn'te sufficient to make th < masters independent of their " hands" unti thB present fviids are exhausted , or the " Union ' rendered abortive by a competition among the collier : themselves in districts not yot organized , to teorkfo any wages raShtr than starve . It net nnfrequentl ; happens that parties engaged in a general under taking make their own position the standard o
universal opinion , Nothing can be more dangerou -than such a course ; and no means can so effectuall ; prevent the success of the general object It is bu a few weeks since the great mass of colliers began tn make their first move ; and ardently to desire unioi or thought to ensure a union of action . Bat no soone have they taken the first wise step , than some over salotu portions of the body sheut " tee « re ready I tC ° * ir ? l Jon Bre " " ^ y" to « crifi «> the palna toe troubles aad expenc * that you have incurred , t gratify your employers . STRIKE NOT if you or ? £ * ¦ „ " " Jon strike , youreelves must bear th
th ?™ v w-n ' LoiiD 0 * -TO » cannot 2 nd roo this week . Wm try what the next will do Hamilton G * AT .-Sffll no roonT And We h . rd like the manner « which he pr 6 S £ ma Mr . Swis It might be misuEderstood , and lead to mischiet
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Pauper , Leeds . —The nie ^ ure does evince much kind consideration and forethought To box them neatly up , and speedily , when dead , la very desirable . Leas inquiry there is into the cause of death , the better . Nething like having the " wooden suit " ready . No time is then los f . We fully a < vsord with him in opinion , as to the propriety of a public thanksgiving for the care and attention evln < rd ; and have plep-mre in allowing kirn to state ft for himself : — " , —Our parochial authorities have always Jaboured to be In advance of tbeir neighbours in every good work , particularly when the intrinsic inter" }* - } of the indigent constitntes the work of their clean hands or sajacious' beads . For " piofunlily" of thought they dtand unrivalled . In fact , they can see through the thick veil of futurity as clearly n yon could see a candle in a lanlhorn ; hence , they " take
time by the forelock , " and prepare for every coming event My mind , Sir , Is too obtuse to penetrate through the mist ; yet I feel thankful that thefnnctionaries , to ¦ whose fa ' nd care and keeping I am committod , have Bounded the alarm . They either perceive starvation or Cholera Morbus making advances upon us ; and in the plenitude of their goodness , have prepared , and are preparing , a large quantity of ceffiua of all sorts and sizes , and , like the pedlar ' s barnacles , to " suit all ages . " The comfortable wrappers are piled up in a room in " Panper Hall" to be ready whan called for . Now , sir , I want to ask you if we onght not to present our considerate guardians with some token of our gratitude for thus preparing to put ub to bed with the shovel ? Such superlative kindness in condescending to speculate on our death , is certainly beyond all praise
John Smart , Arebdeen . —The resolution he has Bent wonld assuredly subject us to prosecution for " seditious libel , * ' if Inserted . It " is a " fearful thing" to talk of "falsehood , slander , and absurdity " in a Queen ' s speech ! The Dublin Report did not reach us till Thursday afternoon . We fear room cannot bo found for it . James Laird , Blairgowrie , writes : " Having seen in last week ' s Star , an Bble article on the growth and culture of potatoes , there is one think that I am anxions to know , that is the distance betwixt each plant in the row ? We really cannot tell him . But he does not say whose potatoes he is inquiring after . Are they the Leeds Me } -cury * s ? It so , he should address his query there . Are they Mr . Linton ' a ? If so a letter , addressed to that gentleman , inclosing a postage stamp for answer , will receive due attention .
Jefferson , York —We have not a copy for July 22 . nd . S . Bookham , Nottingham . —Send six shillings and sixpence . VICTIM FUND . £ . s . d . From Astley , Mr . Leigh , per J . Uuswortb ,... 0 8 6 From J . Turner , Leeds , 0 10
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liEEDS . —West Ward . —A numerous meeting of the inhabitants of this Ward took place on Tuesday evening , in the large room of the Washington Inn , Caroline street . The meeting was called to hear an ' explanation from Mr . Jackson , one of the Councillors for the Ward , respecting an assertion he made at a public meeting at the ] Commercial Buildiugsi viz . that " he was no Chartist . " At a little past eight o ' clock , Mr . Simkins was called to the chair . After a few opening remarks , lie chairman called upon Mr . Jack ? on , who said that he was glad of the opportunity afforded him to explain what he really meaat on the occasion referred to . Ho was totally unconscious of having 1
said that "he was no Chartist ; ' but it appeared he had said so , from the reports he had heard . It wag the first time he was Chairman of such a large meeting ; and , not being in the habit of addressing publio meetings , he was so agitated that it was possible he might have used the words attributed to him without intending to do so ; but he could assure the meeting that he was as good a Chartist as ever he was . What he should have said was ; and it was this he thought he had said : — " That ho was no enrolled Chartist . " He had been led to believe that there were something secret in the initiation of persons as members of the Chartist body ; but he had been told quite different by the Secretary of that body : " and now , ' he said , * ' to prove that 1 am a
Chartist , if I can be of the slightest service to the Chartist body , I will become a member . " He further said , that he i \ h great satisfaction at Mr . O'Connor's lecture . He had derived a great amount of information from it ; and he now held a quite different opinion of the manufacturers to what ho did previous to that time . He thought that Mr . O'Connor drew a faithful picture of them . Mr . Marsden then rose and asked several questions , which were answered to the satisfaction of all , with the exception of one : and there Mr . Jackson confessed that he had committed an error , in not seconding Mr . Craven's motion for fixing the Town Clerk ' s salary at £ 350 . But that occasion was his first attending in the council ; and he had not been madttAwaro of the
form 3 . He would always take cardPpF the future , and be on his guard . After ts * few more answers to questions , which were satisfactory , Mr . George Walktr moved and Mr . Boui seconded : — " That the explanation given by Mr . Jackson be received by this meeting , as perfectly satisfactory . " This was put , and carried unanimously . A committee was then appointed to see after ihe election in November . We hope they will commence business immediately . Oae great fault with the Chartists has been , that they never think of preparing for the return of their men , until within a day or two of the election Let this bo remedied this year . If they mean to win , let them commence active exertions now . Form Branch Committees
throughout each ward ; fix upon the men ; and set about a canyass for them . Lectures will soon be delivered in each ward throughout the Borough in aid of this object . Leeds District . —A district meeting was holden on Sunday morning , iu the Chartist Room , Cheapside , to take into consideration the propriety of erecting a Hall for the working classes , and to nominate two persons to attend the Conference at Birmingham . Mr . Squire Farrer was called to the chair . The Secretary then brought forward the business , giving it as his opinion , that a Hall ought to be erected , and that it could be easily accomplished if all would lay their shoulders to the wheel . After a long discussion as
to the way it should be begun , the amount of shares , and how to be paid , a resolution was come to : " That immediate step 3 bo taken for the erection of a Working Man ' s Hall . " A Committee of fifteen persons was appointed to make the necessary arrangements . The Committee met on Wednesday night , and proceeded to the firEt business of appointing officers . Mr . Brown , VVoodhouse , was appointed President ; Mr . Councillor Jack&on Treasurer ; and Mr . Brook , Secretary . A good number of shares were subscribed for ; and j thtre is tvery prospect that the shares will be taken up j in a short time ; We trust the object will be accomplished . The quostion of the delegatesto the Conference was also brought forward at the Sunday district meet- ; ing . Messrs . Brook , Shaw , Squiro FarreD , Joseph i
Jones , Charies Cluderay , and Joshua Hobson , were stverely proposed . Mr . Brook declined to stand on the present occasion ; he was eo situated that he could not leave home , without putting himself to very great inconvenience . The others wero then Ecverally pnt to the meeting , when there appeared for Mr . Shaw , three ; Squire Farrer , eleven ; Joseph Jones , six ; Chas . Cluberay , four ; Joshua Hobson , seven . Mr , Farrer and Mr . Hobson were tbeu declared to be in nomination . A public meeting for their election . will bo hoiden on Wednesday or Thursday evening , in tha Chartist Room , Cheapside . Collecting hooks were issued out for subscriptions to dtfray the delegate ^ ' expenses . After a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting broke up .
BRADFORD . —Oa Sunday afternoon , a camp meeting was hoiden at Idle , near Bradford . Mr . Joseph Aldersou addressed the meeting at considerable length on the present state of the country , and the position of the Church of England ; and strongly exhorted his hearer 3 to take carp and not be eutrapped again as they were last year . Mr . Alderson said his term of bond to keep the peace had just expired . He was charged with attending a meeting on the I 4 thof August , 1842 , at Bradford Moor ; and although he produced moat respectable witnesses that he was several miits from the meeting during the whole of that day , yet ho was bound to keep the peace for twelve months-, after spending three days in a dungeon . The next camp meeting was annonnced to be holdea at Acptrley Bridge .
On Thursday ivsjtiNj , Mr . Ross gave a lecture in Sutton , to a numerous and delighted meeting . This place , which is perhaps one of the first in England for Chartism , according to size , has been generally overlooked through want of a suitable room . It , however , fortuuately happened that the evening was calm and beastiful , and a friend to the cause having kindly granted the yard of his barn for the occasion , Mr . Ross stood within the porch , and addressed a meeting of 600 or 700 of attentive
hearers , who appeared as delighted , whilst standing under the canopy of heaven , as if they had been seated with all the accommodations of a first-rate meeting house . Mr . Ross ' b lecture has had the effect of producing a wish to establish as Association , and there is little doubt but it will succeed . Mr . Ross concluded hie labours in this district on Sunday last , and left in company of a party of Chartists from Hebden Bridge , 118 in number , with twelve carts , who were returning homewards from a visit to Bolton Abbey .
The Woolcombsrs o * Bradford hold district meetings , daiiy , to organize the town ; each locality to consist of eighty or a hundred members , with a delegate from each locality to act as ageueral councillor , a sub-treasurer , and secretary for each district ; to keep record and report according to the division of his district , at vhe council meeting . When the Trho 3 e is organized , the general council to determine on the best means of appropriating the means .
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STOCKPORT . —At a general meeting of members onSunday afternoon , Mr . Wm . Harrop iu the chair ; on the motion of Mr . T . Daries , seconded by Mr . Wm . Mattley , i . t was unanimously resolved : — " That a Sunday School after the fashion of our excellent friends at Manchester be established , and a committee of five chosen to carry it out . " Five persons to be appointed . It was then agreed that a concert and ball be held an Monday . S : pt . 11 th , the proceeds of which to go to the School Fund . It was also resolved " That a public meeting convened by requisition , be held on Tuesday , August 29 th to elect a delegate to the Birmingham Conference .
At the Council Meeting on Thursday evening , a committee of three was appointed in accordance with a resolution of the two last county delegate meetings , to act as a finance commitee ; to whom alimonies for the delegate to the Conference are to be seat . The committee beg the following places to send ia their quotas as early as possible before the 3 rd of September : —Macclesfield , Northwioh , Nantwich , Congleton , Mottram , and Hyde ; All communications to be addressed , pest paid , to Mr . Joseph Carter , Water > street , Portwood , Seockport . On Sunbay evening , Mr . i M . P . Daly , of
Levenshume , delivered a second address , on Chartism and Temperance . The audience was unusually large . The lecturer , in a most masterly maneer , exhibited the absurdity of a drunkard being a real Chartist or a- Christian . He combated , in a peculiar and effective style , the objections taken to the objects and policy of the Chartists ; and gave it as his opinion that no man could be a believer in the beautiful and sublime principles of Christianity , who was not a democrat 1 At the . conclusion , the thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr . Daley , and the sum of 4 s . 2 £ d . collected , and tho business brought to an agreeable close .
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IMPORTANT MEETING . THE REPEAL SCHEME . An adjourned meeting of the Repeal Assocationi took place on Tuesday , at the Corn-Exchange . . Dr . Murphy in the chair . Several sums of money having been handed in from various parts of the country , . Mr . OConnell entered the room , and was received by the meeting with loud cheering . He proceeded to empty his pocket of the cash and communications with which they wero filled , and was occupied for a considerable time in stating the names of the
contributors , and reading their letters . Amongst the latter was one from a priest in the county of Roscommon , enclosing a subscription of fifty-three ladies of his parish , every one of whom , the rev . writer stated , was " ready to become a Maid of Orleans , if necessary . " The Hon . and Learned Gentleman then rose , and said that he would now come to the more immediate business of the day . He had to lay before them his plan for tho mode of the restoration of the Irish Parliament—( cheers ) . He then read the following report : —
tiiN FOB THE HENfWED ACTION OF THE IRISH
PARLIAMENT . 1 . "The Irish people ' recognise , acknowledge , maintain , and will continually preserve and uphold upon the throue of Ireland , her Majesty , Queen Victoria ( whom God protect !) Queen , by undoubted right , and by hereditary descent , of Ireland , and her heirs and successors for ever . The people of Ireland recognise , acknowledge , maintain , and will continually preacivo and uphold , all the prerogatives of her Majesty , and of her heirs and successors belonging to , and inherent in , the Imperial Crown of Ireland ; and they will truo allegiance bear , pure , undivided , and indivisible to her Majesty , her heirs and successors , for ever .
2 . " The people of Ireland acknowledge , and will maintain and preserve for ever , the privileges , hereditary and personal , of the Peers of Ireland , together with the legislative and judicial authority of the Irish House of Lords , and the exercise of the prerogative ia augmenting and limiting the peerage , as the samo did of right exist before the year 1800 . tk 3 . The people of Ireland do firmly insist upon the restoration of the Irish House of Commons consisting of 300 representatives of the Irish people ; and claim , in the presence of their Creator , the right of the people of Ireland to such restoration . They
havo submitted to the Union as bmog binding as a law ; but they declare solemnly that it is not founded on right , or on constitutional principle ; and that it i 8 not obligatory upon conscience . They agree with the Tory Attorney-General Saurin that the only binding power of the Union is the strength of the English domination . They also agree with him that resistance to the Union is iu the abstract a duty , aud the exhibition of that resistance a mere question of prudence . They will therefore resist tho Union by all legal , peaceful , and constitutional means .
u 4 . Tho p 1 an for the restoration of the Irish Parliament is as follows : —1 . That the county members should be increased to 173 in the manner hereinafter specified . 2 . That there should be 127 members returned from citic 3 and towns , in the manner hereinafter mentioned . 3 dly . That the county of Carlow , being the only connty-U ) Ireland with loss than 100 , 000 inhabitants , sh jMJj yjet an inorease of I member , so as to havo ~ $ | HBHntatives ; that every other county having 'JSp ^ a ! 100 ^ 000 inhabitants should get an increase of Siniembers ; that every county ranging above 150 , 000 inhabitants should get an increase of 3 members . " That every county ranging above 250 , 000 inhabitants should get an increase of 4 members . " That the county of Tipperary , having more than 400 , 100 inhabitants , but less than 500 , 000 should get an increase of eight members . '
" That the county of Cork , having more than 700 , 000 inhabitants , should get an increase of ten members . " 5 . With respect to the towns and cities , it is proposed that tho City of Dublin , having more than 200 , 000 inhabitants , should have eight representatives ; four for the parts north of the Liffey , and four for the parts south of tho Liffey . " That the University of Dublin should continue on the basis of its present constituency to send two members .
" It is proposed that the city of Cork , having more than 100 , 000 inhabitants , should have fire members . " That the city of Limerick and town of Belfast , having respectively more than 500 , 000 inhabitants , should send four members each . " It is proposed that the town of Galway and the cities of Waterford and Kilkenny , having respectively more than 200 , 000 inhabitants , should send each three members to Parliament . " That other towns having about 7 , 000 inhabitants should each send two members to Parliament , and that fortymine other towns , next highest in the ratio of population , should send one member eack . " A schedule of the different places to return members to the Irish Parliament will show tbei relative populatiou * , and the nuinbor of members to be assigned io each was thon set forth , and the report proceeded as follows : —
" The population is taken from the returns of 1831 , which having buen made for a different purpose , and without any reference whatever to the Repeal of the Union , furnish a scale of unquestionable impartiality . : " 6 . It is proposed that the right of voting should be what is called * Household Suffrage , requiring six months' residence in the counties ; with the addition in ( tie towns of married men resident for twelve months , whether householders or not . " 7 . It is proposed , that the mode of voting for members of Parliament should certainly be by ballot . " 8 . The Monarch de facto of England at all timc 3 hereafter , whoever he may bo , shall be monarch de jure in Ireland . And so in case of a future regency , the Regent de facto ia England to be Regent de jure in Ireland .
" 9 . The connexion between Great Britain and Ireland by means of the power , authority , and prerogatives , of tho Crown , to be perpetual , and itcapable of chango , or any severance or separation . " The foregoing plan to be carried into effect according to recognized law , and striot constitutioaal principle . " Signed by order , " Daniel O'Conneix , " Chairman of the Committee . "
Mr . O'Gonnell continued to say , that he threw this report abroad for the consideration of the Irish people , for there was no remedy for their wrongs but the .-carrying of that plan into execution . If there was any dissent from it—if any portion of the country complained of partiality—they would adopt any proper amendment submitted to thi m , but they would not lightly change it . Nothing but an overwhelming conviction would make them swerve from it , and h . e trusted it would be unanimously adopted there at iheir meetings . They had now nothing to do but to carry it into effect—( cheers ) . His own
opinion was that the Royal prerogative was sufficient to restore to Ireland her Parliament—( loud cheers ) . It would be remembered that when King James abdicated , the Parliament began by appointing William as King , and then proceeded to enact that all they had done when without a king , during the abdication of James , was legal . All they need do was to adopt a similar course about the Repeal ; if the Queen took the initiative , and called the : Parliament , they could afterward legalise everything—( loud cheers . ) He concluded by moving that the report be adopted , printed , and circulated , which was carried .
Mr . O'Connell eaid they would adjoHrn till tomorrow , to receive the report of the Committee appointed to nominate arbitrators . He believed they had the plan complete by which the people would have courts of their own , and hot be obliged to go to the present magistrates . Ho would also to-morrow move the abolition of the thing called the Catholic oata . They should got rid of everything which even the meanest and basest of humaa beings could call equivocation—( cheers ) . The Association then adjourned until to-morrow .
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I while then we shall be spared the infliction of legisla-\ tonal " cackle . " And bow then for "ith 6 ; Reces 8 . " We shall now have the seo / ioraa / agitators . at work , to "let of the steam . " There will be many cfod ^ ers tried . We shall have Borne prime fun . — - " Wait a w " and we'll drop on their toes .
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . FOB VICTIMS . £ . 8 . i . Long Buckley , near Darentry ... ... 0 11 0 J . F . ( Tower Hamlets ) ... 0 o 6 A Friend 0 0 5 Stroudwater . 090 A Chartist , N&ilswotth 0 0 6 Prooeeds of a Raffle , by Jno . Andrew , Limehoase ... ... 0 8 6 Sutton-in-Ashfield 0 5 0 A . B . C . ( per Ridley ) o 2 S Mr . J . George , ( Do ) 0 2 6 Mr . Chatwin ... ... 0 10 Mr . Deacon 0 0 6 FOE MBS . COOPER . Proceeds of Harmonic meeting , Feathers , Warren-street , St . Pancras ... 0 15 0 FOR MRS . ROBERTS . Mr . Tanner , travelling grinder 0 2 0 " A FJint Woman ' s-man . " 0 0 6
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uum me uays , auu ma ooupied fact that there i 9 more doing both in wool and oil , is proof that trade in this district is much better than it has been for some time back . More goods are being sent off , and in the warehouses employment is now plentiful . Malton Corn Market , Aug . 26 , —The supply of grain at this day ' s market was unusually thin , the farmers being cleared out of Stock ; the few samples which were shown belonged to the factors , and for which more money was demanded , but the millers looked shy and held off , which cawed little business to be transacted . Flour 3 s . per sRk lower . Wheat 61 s to 64 s per quarter . Barley , nominal . Oats , lOd to lOAd per stone .
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PROROGATION ! OF PARLIAMENT . On Thursday , the second Session of the Whigmade Parliament for Tory purposes , was put an end to . [ Only the Session , reader f It is not the Parliament that is put an end to . Ood forbid ! What ever would become of us , were such an event as that to happen X \ The first Session was distinguished for the passing of The Tariff and the Income-Blister ! The present has passed the Irish Arms Bill . Having done that , our female , head ( " would you give the vole to women 1 " ) despatched the legislators home , with the following prattle . The only point in it , is the " Royal pronounbevient" against Repeal . " A FIRH DETERMINATION TQ MAINTAIN INVIOLATE THAT great bond of connection "—the Union . Well ! our paper of this day contains O'Connell ' 8 PLAN OF REPEAL . He says , " he will have it . " Victoria says " he shan't . " Which of them speaks truth ? We shall see ! I Here ia the " pronouncement " : — My Lords and Gentlemen ,
The aate of public business enables me to close this protracted session , and to release you from further attendance of your Parliamentary duties . I thank you for the measures you have adopted for enabling me to five effect to the several treaties which I have concluded with Foreign Powers . I have given my cordial assent to the Bill , which you presented to me for increasing the means of spiritual instruction in populous parishes , by making a portion of the revenues of the Church available for the endowment of additional ministers . I confidently trust that the wise and benevolent intentions of the Legislature will be aided by the zeal and liberality of my subjects , and that betterprovision will thus be made for public worship and for pastoral superintendendence in many districts of the country . j
I view with satisfaction the passing of the Act for removing doubts respecting the jurisdiction of the Church of Scotland in the admission of Alinistery , and tor securing to the jpeople and to the Courts of the Church the full exercise of their respective rights . | It is my earn * st hope ' that this measure will ttud to restore religious peace in Scotland , and to aveit the dangers wnich have threatened a sacred institution of the utmost importance to the happiness and welfare of thac part of my dominions . I continue to receive from all foreign powers assurances of their friendly disposition , and of their earnest desire for the maintenance of peace . Gentlemen of the House of Commons ,
/ thank you for the readiness and liberality with which you have voted the supplies for the current year . It will be my constant object to combine a strict regard to economy with the consideration which is due to the exigencies of the public service . My Lords and Gentlemen , In some districts of Wales the public peace has been interrupted by lawless combinations and disturbances unconnected with political causes . I have adopted the measures which 1 deemed best calculated for the repression of outrage , and for the detection and punishment of the offenders . I have at the same time directed an inquiry to be made into the circumstances which have led to insubordination and violence in a part of the country usually distinguished for good order and willing obedience to the law .
I have observed with the deepest concern the persevering efforts which are made to stir up discontent and disaffection among my subjects in Ireland , and to excito them to demand a repeal of the Legislative Union . i It has been and ever jwill be my earnest desire to administer the Government of that country iu a spirit of strict justice and impartiality , and to cooperate with Parliament in effecting such amendments in the existing laws aa may tend to improve the social condition and to develope the natural resources of Ireland . { From a deep conviction that the Legislative Union is not less essential to the attainment of these objects than to the strength and stability of the empire , it is my firm determination , with your support , and under the blessing of Divine Providence to maintain inviolate that great : bond of connection between the two countries .
1 have forborne from requiring any additional powers for the counteraction of designs hostile to the concord and Welfare of my dominions , as well from my unwillingness to distrust the efficacy of the ordinary law , as from my reliance on the goodeease and patriotism of my people , and on the solemn declarations of Parliament in support of the Legislative Union . I . > I feel assured that those of my faithful subjects who have influence and authority in frol jfcl , will discourage to the utmost of their powfer , JTBygtem of pernicious agitation which disturbs theftratistry and retards the improvement of that country , and excites feelings of mutual distrust and animosity between different classes of my people . The Mouth piece of ; the Ministers having thus spoken , tho " school broke up" the " dame" wanting to go enjoy the s < ja-breeee , and the mischievous " boys" to return b ome io their " m . 6 therp % " For »
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MILITARY VIGILANCE f-MORE OF " REBECCA . " 1 Swansea , Tuesday . Last night , about ten o'clock , a valiant Serjeant of the " blue-bottles , " jwho was posted with his party at a gate which had been destroyed and re-erected , received information that a formidable body of nocturnal " lovelier * " were advancing on his post , beaded by the redoubted " Becca" in person . This worthy functionary , considering that " discretion is the best part of valour , " gave orders to his men to defend their position j as long as they were able , mounted his horse , and came galloping off to Swansea for military aid . But , as example in most cases goeaiarther than precept , "the rurals" considered
that it was much more in consonance with their inclinations to follow the example of their leader than to obey his injunctions . Accordingly the gate was left to j defend itself . The serjeant bad meanwhile arrived ia towa and proceeded to the inn , which the officer in charge of the cavalry has dignified with the title of '" head quarters . " That gentleman was speedily on his legs , and doing his best to find out his Troop Serjeant Major . Bat as it is a well known fact that the bosoms of our bravest are most susceptible of itender feelings , so it is not to be wondered at that the Serjeant Major should have been at that hour more busily engaged with the duties of Cupid than troubling his head about those of Mars . At any rate , he was not forthcoming . The
trumpeter was the Captain ' s next resource ; but , alas ! the juico of John Barleycorn had deprived him of " puff ; " for he was at the moment being " oxtered" to his billet , and " boot and saddle" was left unsounded . The Captain was now in a beautiful mess ; but as no time was to be lost , the next best thing that he could do was to be off in person to the various publicrhouses , and try to find out his warriors himself . He might accordingly be seen running from inn to inn , wringing his hands like Lanoie's cat , and piteously inquiring if any of the soldiers were billeted { there ! With no small difficulty he got four men mounted , and ordered them to proceed with all haste to the gate . They set off at the gallop , followed at intervals of about ten minutes , by ones , two ? , and threes , of their comrades , as the officer could find them . Many had mounted in such a hurry as not to take' time to
button their jackets , which added much to their orderly and military appearance . Moreover , as not a few were engaged in similar pursuits with the seargeantmajor and trumpeter , they could not bo found at all . But when the captain considered he had a sufficient force in the field , and was about to follow in order to assume the command , he found his troops had left the town at the wrong end ; for instead of taking the road to Pumfold , the gate in question , they had pursued an exactly oppositecourse . What was to be done ? Why follow of course , and bring them back ! Spurring his blooded charger after his men , he disappeared from the gaze of the wondering townsfolk , Three quarters of an hour elapsed ; midnight canio ; and quietness was gradually resuming her sway ; when the thundering tread of the coursers again echoed thiough the streets . The cavalry had now found out their mistake ; and were determined to
" Redeem their honour ; charge again ; Cry Maraion toi the rescue . '" But eight dreary miles Still lay between them and the place of their destination -, and I am informed , that long before their arrival , the work was completed and the rioter ' s gone , j The horsemen returned to town , wet aud weary , about four o ' clock this morning , heartily tired with their ride ; and although none of them had fallen in with Rebecca , some of them had obviously fallen in a bog' ! The Strike is fxtending , —I am informed that the whole of the men m the extensive iron works some twelve or fifteen miles in the hills , of which company Dr . BowriDg ia an extensive shareholder , have received notice that their wages are to be again
reduced Ten per Cent . ; and they have given in a counter notice , that if ! the reduction is attempted they will strike . The { proposed reduction follows close upon the heels of another of similar amount , which lately ! took place ; and affords an excellent illustration of l > free-trade" principles ; for at the very moment that this reduction is proposed , a ( meeting of proprietors ia announced , to take into consideration the propriety of opening an additional furnace , as trade is improving , and the demand consequently increasing . The effect of the Copper Workers' Strike around Swansea has been such , that notice was given at the Savings' Bank , last Saturday , that £ 2 , 000 would be withdrawn , as soon as the required notice would allow . :
An important meeting of farmers took place yesterday T among the hills , about twenty miles from this , at which resolutions , eimiliar to those contained in my former letter , was agreed to ; and another meeting was announced for Friday , which it is expected will be the most numerous which has yet been held . ( The Chartists have announced another meeting for Thursday evening , { particulars of which I will forward you . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 2, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct666/page/8/
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