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    • THE tfOETHERN STAR. SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1842.
    • ABERDEEN.—Formation of the FtAXDEEssEBs
    • TO THE IMPERIAL GHARTIST&o
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      A I > AItY PAPER ^ FOR THE PEOPl ^ Feok tie 27 th 2 ^ o . of the jfoenjngi t ^ f ^ nb Iished on Monday last , and forwarded to fhfs office , we extract the following Cshorfc adi ^^ Dbm FBAnaus O'CoNNOB to the People :-r- ; ; V £ i

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      Return of Killed , Wounded , and Missing , belonging to the Detachment under Command of Captain J . € . Svnth , 27 th Regiment , on the night ofihe 23 rd and morning of the 2 ilh of May , 4 ~ c * " - Royal Artillery . —Killed—Lieutenant Wyatt ; gunners , Springhofl , Speed , and Hawkes . Severely wounded—bombardier Sadbrok . Slightly wounded , gunner Stnbbs . Royal Sappers- —Slightly ¦ wounded—Privates Bnrridee and

      bebbs-27 th Regiment . —Killed—Privates A . Callaglian , J . Fitzpatrick , S . Greeson , J . Griffin , W . Grime , Robert Kerr . W . Bowles , and J . Bowne . 1 st and 2 nd Companies—Dangerously wounded—Haycock , 3 . Fitzpatrick , and James Fitzpatrick . Slightly wonnded—H . Stuait , J . Baker , J . _ Glaney , and W . Gatfaghan . —Severely wounded—1 > . Donohoe , James Kelly , and G . SiUivan . 3 rd and 4 th Companies . —Severely wonnded—Captain Lonsdale . Sergeant Clynn , Privates J . Carroll , 3 . Ford , J . Kane , and Doherty . Dangerously wonnded—Privates Kerberry , H . Coyne , T . HigginB , and J . Mulvey . Slightly wounded—SergeaHt Armstrong , Cogan , J . Ford , Ji Kane , and J . Reaves . Missing—J . Bresdeu , 2 nd Company .

      AMERICA . The Britieh Queen Belgian steamer , Captain Eokholt , has armed at Cowes , from New York , which aha left on the 7 th inet ., and has brongbt letters and papers to that date inclnaTe . . j ^ j ^ mg h / nothing official . has transpired respeetinfr-ike -nirangeHieatB ooncladed , and in progress between Lord Aahburtoa and the American Govern * aoat in their present . negotiation , yet it is well known that everything is oa the eve of being amicably settled * The negotiation is conducted on- the put of the American Government by i tbe > Seeretaiy . for = Foreign . Affairs , Mr .

      Webster , and on the part , oi trie unuan vioverament ; by Lord Ashburton , who have both full powers to settle every point , and who are-both instructed by their respective Governments to bring the matter to a peaceful eonclosion . .. With this predetermination OB each side to terminate the affair amicably , there will be very little difficulty to butttount . The North-Eastern Boundary question is already arranged to the satisfaction of both- parties The Creole case w also settled , and the case of the Caroline is now being discussed" and in the course of adjustment . It is rumoured that the right Of search q «* a * iea naa alw bceu aaio * bly difipoted of »

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      The N orth-Western Boundary question will not bo entered into in the present negotiation , as the necessary surveys will baa long time before they are completed . It is understood in New York thai the questions are to be submitted to the Senate separately , bat this is not the case : the whole of the questions will be first arranged , and then submitted to the Senate simultaneously , and it is fully expected that they , as a whole , will not meet with any opposition , as the majority of that body is also predisposed to terminate the matter amicably if possible .

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      THE WIDOW HOLBBRRY . Brother Democrats , —I hope you will excuse me intruding on your patience at this important crisis , bat the remains of toe murdered Holberry demand justice . Come out , then , individually , and exert yourselves in behalf of bis disconsolate widow . According to the returns made bj your energetic and patriotic Secretary , Mr . J . Campbell , dated June the 21 st , four hundred localities were enrolled in our Association . Well , then , my friends , for the plan : Four hundred towns are enrolled ; I call upon one working democrat to come out individually in each , purchase a memorandum book and pencil , state the case of the widow of your murdered brother , and you may depend yoa will succeed . For my part , I have tried it in York , Chesterfield , and teddy in Hull , and I have collected eleven shillings and one penny , from thirty-eight individuals , for which I return my sincere , thanks on behalf of the widow of my deceased Mend and the friend of toiling millions . There is no excuse . To work , then , and send your monies to Mr . Joshua Hobson , General Treasurer .

      Mr . Editsr , hoping you will find room for the above few remarks And you will oblige , Tours in the cause of the distressed , WALSmaHAM MARTIN . . No . 10 , Seargant-square , Manor-itreet , Hull , August 21 » t , 1842 . [ We have received a like oomniusle » tton from Mr . J . Barratt , WhittaU-Btreet , Birmingham , stating that he has , " on his own responsibility , ' collected for the widow £ 2 . 18 ? . 2 d . It is impossible for us to give the items-in these cases . The contributors cannot expect it ] . .

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      TO THB EDITOR OF THB NORTHERN STAB . Sik , —I beg leave to inclose a copy of a letter which I have received from Mr . Duncombe . M . P . As this gentleman nas done so much for the working classes , and for the promotion of the sacred cause in which so many of tbe latter are embarked , I would suggest to our various localities the expediency of thanking Mr . Duncombe for his Parliamentary as well as his unofficial services on our behatt .. . Jam , sir , Yours respectfully , J . B . Smit .

      ( COPT . ) " The Albany , August 15 th , 1842 . " Dear Sib . —A press of business has prevented me sooner replying to your letter of the 25 th ult ., and thanking you and the Chartists of Leamington for the kind and flattering manner in which you and they are pleased to express themselves in approbation of my bumble services in Parliament , in defence of the rights of the working classes . 1 beg that you will assure them that no exertions shall be spared on my part to promote their welfare and protect their liberty . "I remain , " Dear Sir , " Youra faithfully , f THOS . DUKCOMBE . " " Mr . J . B . Smith , Leamington . "

      The Tfoethern Star. Saturday, August 27, 1842.

      THE tfOETHERN STAR . SATURDAY , AUGUST 27 , 1842 .

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      lutions come to by them , the previous discussions among the Trades separately , that their delegates might be instructed , and the after discussions by the several Trades , have made almost every Trades ' Society throughout that immense district a compact body of « well-reasoning intellectual politicians ^ satisfied thai . labour will be always at the beck and in the power of capHaL , until able to protect itself by legislative power . The helping forward of our Charter movement , then , in the mere impetus derived from the extension of our principles , is one advantage , and no mean one either , arising out of

      this movement . But the Strike has done more than this . It has done more towards effecting and cementing a union between the honest of the middling classes and the people than any thing that has before occurred . The great bugbear of the middle classes has been " Chartist violence . " Their fear has been that under the domination of the working classes " property" would be unsafe . Not all the argument and reasoning in the world could have so effectually convinced them of the converse as the proceedings of

      the last ten days m all those distriots where the Strike received a Chartist character . With all power in their hands to spread anarchy , and discord , aud confusion , and destroy property—in all those districts , with every temptation ; and every provocation , to excess , no excesses were committed ; property was respected ; peace was preserved , in spite of continuous efforts for its violation by others ; order was kept , and the law was much more rigorously and carefully observed by the people than even by the authorities themselves .

      Such , therefore , of the middle classes as may honestly desire a union with' the people now perceive that the barrier existed only in their own imaginations , and that property , peace , law , order , and the quiet of society are never so safe as when under Chartist guidance and protection . But the Strike has done another thing for us . It has shown the people the necessity of instantly repairing past

      oversight , by insisting on the full carrying out of our national organisation . It has shown them where their hands were weak . They now see that had the organisation been attended to as it ought to have been , they would have been ready to do that effectually which has been abortively attempted . As proof that the people do see this , we give the following from our Trowbridge friends , sent to us in the report of their proceedings : — , ::

      " The general complaint is , that there is no public body sitting , either ia London or Manchester , to direct the movement ; by gathering correct information as to the Strike , and communicating it to the various localities , so that the people may know how to act . The men of this place are ready to strike , but they are in want of information as to . whether those on strike intend to hold out , and whether others intend to strike . "

      From various other parts we have liko intimations . This , then , is a great good done . The people see where they have missed it and they will let the time past suffice to have been caught napping . They . will now perfeot their organization , and prepare themselves to be always hereafter on the watch-tower and prepared . Let the people , then , take courage . Our movement has suffered nothing . On the contrary , it has gained much . And we shall abundantly make up in increased numbers , wisdom , energy ,, and watchfulness , for any deleterious effect of this untoward matter . ¦¦ : " " : ¦/ - ¦¦ ..

      To the Trades' delegates of Manchester , too much honour can never be paid by the people . Their conduct in this business has been , at once , that of patriots and of statesmen . They declared that the strike was worthless unless for the Charter , and when , after mature deliberation , they perceived its futility for the attainment of that object , they not less nobly than prudently resolved to give it up . There is a silly kind of people whft having once determined ou a thing ,

      fear to find out that they are mistaken , lest the relinquishing of their position should subject them to a charge of " cowardice . ' * This is most absurd . The greatest of all cowards is he who needlessly assumes or retains a false position for fear of being called a coward . The Manchester Delegates have exhibited none of this folly . Their last address does honour to them . We give it here as the best commentary on the whole matter of the Strike that can be given to our readers . Let it be readbyall : — *

      "We have carefully collected and calmly deliberated upon the evidence adduced by the assembled Delegates , as to the Btate of public feeling evinced by their respective constituents ; and wo find that the labourer and the artizan haying , for a series of years , vainly struggled to maintain a standard of wages which would enable them to obtain even the commonest necessaries of life , arp-of opinion that the repeated frustrations of their efforts are to be solely attributed to their political disfranchtsement . .

      " Experience having proved the correctness of these opinions , we turned our attention to th best means of remedying the evil ; and having maturely considered the subject iu all its bearings , we come to the conclusion that the only means by which the labour of the producing classes of this country can be fairly remunerated and properly protected , aud themselves eventually raised from the depths of degradation to which they are at present reduced , is by the legislative enactment of the document kno \ vn as the People's Charter .

      And we recommended national cessation from labour until the arrival of this period . Owing to the occurrence of the late civil commotions , of which we had not the slightest anticipation , and which we exceedingly regret , we found that the carrying out of this resolution would for the present be impraoticable . But we dissolve with the firm determination that as soon as our organisation is sufficient for , and our resources adequato to , the commencement of a national cessation from labour until the Charter becomes the law of the land , we shall do so legally and constitutionally , and we fear not but the result will crown our cause with victory . "

      This is the right view of the subject . Let the organisation and the resources of the people be looked to : these minded , and their will is law .

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      RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHARTIST BODY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ACT OF ITS MEMBERS . ( ^ As might have been expected , the vile factious press , and especially that vilest portion of it , the Queen Groanefs oraole , has laboured hard to affix on the Chartist body the whole blame and responsibility of all the " riots , " " risinge , " and excesses perpetrated by the getters-up and originators of

      the League " Strike" plot . These efforts have been but too much aided by individuals among the Chartists , who , from whatever motive , have certainly done what might be to damage the cause , by conduct which , to regard it in its best light , is highly indisoreet . We are glad to see that in this we are by no means singular in our opinions . We have been requested to publish the following from the Huddersfield Councillors , in which the same view of the matter is taken : —

      " That we , the uuder signed members of the General Counoil of the National Charter Association , resident in Huddersfield , feel imperatively called upon , in justice to eurselves and the body of which we form a part , to repel with the utmost scorn and Jndignation the accusation emanating from some portion of the public presB , that the recent riots and disr turbances originated with the Chartists . We have every reason to bnlieve that the accusation proceeds from the very " originators" themselves , who impudently presume to speak of the said riots as a '' Chartist Insurrection , " in the hope of diverting public ; attention from tbe real authors of them , and to inflame and direct public prejudice against the

      Chartist a , with a vi « w to secure " verdicts of Guilty" against the numerous parties who have been , apprehended , and committed to the several gaols , charged with heavy crimes on very slender evidence . The riots neither originated with , nor have they been participated in , by the associated body of Chartists , whatever may have been the conduct of a few individuals bearing the name ; and , while we deeply sympathise with those < of our brethren who have rendered themselves liable to , and who may bo visited with , the legal oonsequenoes of their own acts , we must sfrongly condemn all and every effort to connect us , or the Association of which we are officers , with either the aots themselves or their consequences . " ,

      We believe these to be the sentiments of all the reflecting of the whole Chartist body ; and we hope sincerely that they will be universally responded to . Members of our body—aad especially influential

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      members—should have prudence as well as zeal ; or theirservices , however well intended , can be but mfsohievous . Entertaining this feeling , we direct attention to addresses elsewhere inserted from Mr . Campbell and fromjDr . M ^ DouAiii to which the people will do yrell to give no heed ; flp fat aa : they relate to the V Strike ^' at ie& , y .. ilix , y : Cim&sfjL-. fs for etill upholding and extending the Strike ^ though he must know , as well as the Manchester delegates , that it is at present utterly povverless for good , as a political weapon j and must also know ; that if powerless for good , its effects for evil would be fearful . The

      Doctor ' s whole document breathes , a wild strain of recklessness , ; most dangerous to the cause , if it should have any \ veight with the people . He , too , would have the Strike to go ont / but without any specific object ; in the mere hazard that "something ¦ may come out of it . * ' Doubtless if upheld under present circumstahces " something " would come out of it ; That something would be an increase of misery , destitution , and slavery { imprisonments , punishments , burnings of mills and factories ; conflicts between the people and the military ,

      shootings , sabreings , and tramplings under foot ; iransportings , hangings , beheadings , and quarterings ; .- / an attempt at a ; bloody revolution ; the failure of the attempt to do anything but misohiefj and the fastening round us of the bonds of slavery more firmly than we have even yet felt them * This is the only iomething that could come out of it ; and we are very unwilling to suppose that any Chartist leader could coolly contemplate tho arousing of a storm like this , to ; reapI only thio ^ remnant of the whirlwind as the reward of patriotism !

      Let the people take rather the wise advice , and follow the dignified and manly example , of the TrsidesT Delegates of Manchester ^ Let them retire from a hopeless contest to recruit their strength . Let them perfect their organisation , replenish their reBouroe 8 , impoverish the ( enemy by adopting the Doctor ' s advice in reference to the " gold" business and then , ^ when they are prepared for the strugglej see what will come out of it . ¦"¦' ..-: ' : ¦ '" - - ¦¦ : ¦' < - ¦ . ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ ¦ :: .

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      OUR UNJUST AGGRESSIONS AGAIN RE PRESSED AS THEY DESERVE )

      Elsevthere our readers will find the official . dispatchof Captain Smith ; from which , they will learn that inju 8 tioe , aggression , and attempted oppression on tjie part of , Great ^ Britain , the land of the brave and the free" I ¦ has been again met a $ it deserved ; and that the blows and the injuries have been , of course , as they always are | borne by the people , who had no prospect of benefit from the exactions to have been perpetrated . Certain emigrants had settled down at the Cape of Good Hope ; they were cultivating the land and getting a living from it : the genius of British love of freedom could

      not bear the sight , tod a cold-bloods attack upon the peaceful settlers in the middle of the night was projected and actually executed by Englishmen . The honest and brave Farmers , however , showed that they could : fight as well as dig , and our *? , brave troops" were well whacked , and sent scampering back to their quarters . The Cap . tain has written home for reinforcements . Thanks to the League , he is very likely to get them , very We have , aad are likely t «> have , enough of work for our " brave troops" to cut up their peaceful and unarmed brethren at home .

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      THE COMPLETE SUFFRAGE UNION NATIONAL CONFERENCE . When the Birmingham Sturge Conference was called , a few months ago , we advised the people to have nothing to do with it . We did so because it was a mere sectional , sectarian , and party matter . It was to be composed only of men who had signed Mr . Sturgk ' s declaration ; ihejr were to be voted for only by persons , who had signed that declaration ; and we deemed that declaration a most vague , indefinite , and unsatisfactory affair . It is clear that a Conference so constituted could be no adequate

      representative of public sentiment ; We saw in it only a middle class movement from beginning to end ; we had no : faith in the'honesty of the middle classes ( nor have we yet ) , and therefore we advised tho people to have nothing to do with the Birmingham Stuuge Conference . And when that Conference came to the resolution of adopting our principles , and ' -of"yet refusing toco-operate with '' ub ; we advised the people to "leave them alone in their littlehesa" and to go on their own way without minding them . We have always deprecated . the : offering of opppsitiou to the Stoeoe men ; we have always censured it as absurd and unfair to oppose them , so long as they uphold our principles ; but we have always cautioned the people tohavenothing to do with

      them as a party . We have more than once : given our reasons for this advice , and we have yet seen no reason to withdraw it . On the contrary , we repeat it now . With the Complete Suffrage Union as a body , the Chartists cannot consistently , hold any other intercourse than that of sustaining them in all public struggles against the common enemy—the faotions . This it is their duty to do on all occasions . To act otherwise would be to degrade ourselves to the rank of-. a mere faction , looking for the ascendancy , not of principle , but of party , ! The Complete Suffrage Union are now again upon the move . They 6 eem desirous , in the present troubled state of things , tocast oil uponthe waters of strife j and to make it serve also for the oiling of the

      wheels of agitation . They haive put forth an address of whioh the following are extracts ^ and to which we call earnestly the attention of our readers :- — ^ ADDRESS OF THE CpUNCrL OF THE NATIONAL COMPLETE SUFFRAGE UNION TO THE W 0 BK 1 NG AND UNENFRANCHISED CLASSES OF TttEIBCOUSTBTMEN . " . " Fjbllow-Gountrymbn , —Your circumstances demand our deepest sympathy . In the midst of the exciting events which flurrpuiid us , we have met to considev what steDS can be taken to relieve yout

      distress , and to promote your political freedom . VVe are assured that nothinsshort of au effectual reform in Parliament will secure the happiness and prosperity of ihe people . ; - "Wehave resolved fco convene a Conference of Delegates , to be elected at public meetings in the various towns and districts of the kingdom , which Conference is to be held at Birminghaih , ou the 7 th of next month , ¦ ¦ for the purpose of devising a specific course of conduct to be pursued by the friends of the people ' s fights , under the peculiar crisis in which the country is now placed . " . ; , . . . ,

      Now , we presume , from the terms of this notice th ' at . it is intended to make this a fair , national ; and open Conference . That it is to be , in Mr * Sturgf- * s favourite phrase , " a ifulU fair ^ and free representation" of the opinions and sentiments of the working and unenfranchised classes : generally , expressed at public and open meetings of the people . Here , then , at this Conference , the people have a fair opportunity of testing the leaders of the

      Complete Suffrage Movement— -they had no such opportunity before * it will now , if the people do their duty , be seen whether they are disposed to co-operate " fully , fairly , and freely ^ with the people to whom they have appealed for the . carrying out of their own avowed purposes . We are glad . therefore that this "Cohference is to be held , we hail its being cailcd by the Council of the Complete Suffrage Union ag a happy omen ; we regard it as an indication that the Council of that Association

      are disposed to consult ijhe people as to the best means of carrying out their own principles and enhancing the universal weal . We admire this disposition in the Counoil of the Complete Suffrage v Union ; their readiness in times of peril and anxiety like this to lay down their own —perhaps too hastily assumed—party distinction , and consult and ;^ ^ ' co-operate with their brethren , of like pfinoiplesi-- ^ the friends of the people ' s ir ^ hW ^ r-as > in what can be ; done for the flflcariujj of ithose Tight 3 iv We trust that this good feelnijf will be reciprocated by the Chartists ; and that ihis Conference may afford an opportunity of amalgamating in one solid and compact body , all the true " friends of : the People ' s Rights , " whether of the middle or the working |

      olassee . This may be done if the people do their duty r and take care that the Conference is constituted in accordance with the con vening notice . This , letitbebornei in mind ; isloot aSTDHGB C ^ ference ; not a Complete Suffrage Conference ; it ia

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      of Aberdeen into a "Democratic Association . — This body met in the Hal ] , 38 ,: Geor ^ e ' s-street , on the 18 th instant , for the above-named purpose , when Mr . Alexander Horn was called - to the chair . Anumber of rule ^ for- tiie fu rther ¦ goyernme nt of the Association were read and approved ; of , when the meeting proceeded to the election of a Counoa and office-bearers . The foliowingare the office-bearers ¦ e- 'Mr ; John Garrens , presideufc ;^; ' ;( 4 lesmQer Horn , vice-president , Mr . James Watson , treasurer , Mr . William Hunter , secretary , wrth-eight of a Counoil ; The resolutions passed * at ! a public meeting , held in Dundee last week , were ihen read , when it was agreed to call a delegate from tevery trade , to meet on an early day , to take the eaid resolution , into consideration . ¦; : ' / : ;¦¦; ,: '' ¦ ''" . : ¦ : . ¦ H ^ ivAzs

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      My deab , Fbiends , —The ipircturistari ^ ^ hich are now passing will teach the people of these conutries a very important lesson . It will te ^ ph-them this fact : that if the tjeople . are / read ^ Tto * -lead themselves as tools to aid faction , that ; faction in whose service they enlist , will goad them on into furious and headlong agitation , only stopping short at that point which threatens danger .. to themselves ; but the moment the people arouse themselves for the assertion of their own rights , that moment will all grades of faction unite for the purpose of ; putting them down ! : ' :: ¦ , • , ' • ¦ ¦ ' ¦' . < : '¦ ' ' .- ' ¦ . ¦ -: ' ' ' - \ . ¦ ' ; ' '¦ . Suppose , for instance , that the recent Strike

      occasioned by the diabolical' attempt to reduce wages , had been turned into a successful move for a Repeal of the Corn Laws , and the restoration of the , " practical" Whig Ministry into office . In such case , funds , ample funds , would have beenat your disposal ; and urged on by the ipflimatoiT ^ hirangnes oJfiyour masters , — -doubly secure in thei ^ own perspn 8 ,--blo 6 d would have been shed as in in 1832 , and property would have beep extensively destroyed ; but as you disdained their invitation to Revolution , your movement has been : comparatively peaceful . I say . tbe mas * ters have a double security .: Firstly , they can keep out of sight , merely pulling the wires that move the puppets : and * eecbndly , they are secure from

      the circumstance of one or more of their order , and co-oonfiscators , being empannelled upon their jury Odium , of course , will be thrown ; upon you , and upon your friends . I have been made the subject of at tack in every p ? per throughout the Kingdom , and for what 1 For my prudence in noilj ^^ ishiug lewd authority with any justification for mywprehension , and removal from you ! > No ; I hold iL to be the duty of the people ' s leaders to avoid au * chances of purchasing safety by committal to prison . However , it so happens that certain politicians will go vigorously with their partyi so long as the waters are smooth , the cause respectable , and the undertaking not dangerous : but upon the other hand ,

      when alarm spreads , and . danger presents itself , the rashness of their followers furnishes ample pretext for desertion and betrayal . Contumely and abuse is poured by the deserter upon his , old associates , as a justification for his : delinquenby . -They are nice , very nice , about shades ; they would have been faithful and true , had their advice been followed , but consider themselves bound now to express their dissent from the rash course recommended by interested demagogues , and rashly followed by their dupes . Such , my friends , are in general the excuses offered by sham-friends for' deserting the ranks of the people . Now , I offer nonesuch ; but on the contrary , I am prepared to justify the general policy

      of the Chartist body , and to prove to the satisfaction of all , save those who would fatten upjon their slavery , that never ^ was ' . . ' . so much ^^ roisery borne with so much submission or with greater patience . It is easy to denounce a starving people with acts of outrage ; but who ' ¦ ¦ . will travel ; through _ the ; whole labyrinth as I have done , ; and taking a grand view of all ; its mazvs ; who will thei ^ dare to condemn Jou , upon any law , human or diyiiie 1 - Upon'the one and , I see wealth , uiiparra ^ leled profits , unequal and unjust ; unequal , because tHe ' .:, wealthy ^ speculator can overpower and ; destroy the Binaller manufaotarer ; and unjust , fbeC a ^ o'laD ^ is robbed of its share ) while , upon the b ^ Jtieri i ^ s ^ ry ; h ' orrid misery , sauahd misery , shocking misery , presents itself in the

      nakedness , paleness , and unprotepteclness of persons by whose labour , all profit is made . ; Letthe . reviling philosophers look for one moment uppu this side of the picture . ¦ The labpurer while at work sees nothing save indications of wealth and comfort . He beholds the well-furnished mill , the wealthy owner , and the well-paid subordinates , all , one and all , liviDg upon the > fruit of his labour . He feels hunger and distress : his beloved wife and little ones cry to him for food , and their calls must be unheeded ; and the law expects him , as a good and loyal subject , to submit to perish . The law taxes turn , and compels him to pay the taxi but when he and his fellows ask for a million of money , to enable them

      to weather the storm , then want of precedent stands in the way ! He sees warehousea groaning under his handy- works , while his back is cold for . the want of them ! He sees the cook-shop here , the land covered with a golden harvest , all bearing ample testimony of his Creator ' s beneficence ; he hears the parson praying that their "fruits may be preseived to our kindly use , so as in due tim&we may enjoy ; them-r he hears and sees all , but hearing aud seeing is his lot . The kindly fruits are not preserved for his use i though the toil to bring them to maturity for other's use doos fall to his lot . He hears of the distress of all classes , but sees no diminuticD in the comforts of any , save his own . HeiBforbiddettto

      murmur on his own behalf , while he is asked to join in sympathy fpr those who but experience the comparative annoyance arising from a slight stagnation in the market . 0 ! who cac walk t as I have dops through England ' s valleys of smoke and long chimneys , and see the parched inmates emanating from those earthly , hells , and contrast their condition wiU that of their employers , without asking themselve ^ "Is this disparity between man and man the will of anall-dispeBsingProvidenceif oiwherefpte- has tho wish , of the Creatw been thus perverted 1 ! 1 " " I will now , my iriehda ,. direct '? y < lin ?; fcttentioB to the material points connected ; tyrai . the recent Strike . It would not liave teeii - prudent

      for the League to irtop the '; jaMa ; directly , as originally intended , and ¦"¦ it " : ' $$$ . . ' . ^ herefort resolved to adopt an indirectijbut fkS iurt a mo <« of efiRsctiug the object . Wages were feaaced , ana a stand was to be made for ani increase" td » 4 he rates paid in 1840 / jNow , had jmaiitera ;^> JreMined , the mill-ownsrs would doubtless have turned | he Stnse to the accomplish men't of Ja repeal of the Cqfcn -I ?** and their policy would Jiave b ^ en lauded to : skies by their sectiort of " theKfr ^ mS . : "ini ^ BUC 11 , ** eyent , a few murders woiilcth ' ave bee ' 6 , iibthniK , ' " ? every apology would have been d&red'for . the ye ^** indiscretiona of the people doing theii ' biisinesfl ;" * lol the wisest of the wnrkinc mfln seethat ari aaTJBw the

      of wages to-day procured by ai general , risiiyt , mif " * followed by a rip ^ uotion of wa ^ Vs upon c »™» and they proelaim the Charter asithe / means » ° desired end . Not to extract upjust ' oirAinfiirwag ^ but to insure " a fair day ' s Wage for a fair »*?* work , " when at once the originators , WMall . gt aa » of parties , backed bV the' wnole ? pre 89 ^ fills the W * with howlings agaiiist thWmen ;^ hd 1 ia ^ Jtorne <«»» unr ighteous attempt to a mo stMghi « owwrpose . It is truethat I can ap > alto'intiUdnW rf In _ everj one of my speeches forthe itePtowtm&iBiB ban I not cautioned you , councilled jott t ^ tfto re I »« assured you that the day of batifle % «» aldn » me \ m have I not advised »«» /* mT /> MMir &muW . »»

      conflict ceased t and 1 am happy 1 to ^• kW" ° ? mstancra my recommendation fiifiS ^ biM * *^^ But above all things my friends ^ I ^ jBBjttO ^ ^ timidated by those ^ h ^ fwonld ^ ow ^ BSdaeioP ° ? all the eonsequeices of othei toea ' a ^^ & discft » w . . . ^ f ! t teU you plainly ihafe mea ^ s ^ ggMgft' P ° S power should take ^ advantage H M . «* W viw ^ l event to accomplish their m j an # teld £ t « eCwr bods ^ abstained ifromtaking aii ^^ alite ^ S proceedings of the maatera , their ^^^ dB 4 « erea ; -w » )> . would have ^ attributed tfie faflare to ^ sto |© »» ff [ J : Chartist apathy j and thus i ^ er ^ sj > Ut , w <^* TO assnwdly followed . Above t Ot ^^ m ^}^^ of the great and material fact' < ih Inje gemetai »* sioni thatiaot is , that maeiwiery ^^^ ea ^ r ** , land , and th » V ere 3 on& if tfiplw ^ of' * b ? E tive ' a labour is not ^ gulated- in the natnrfti i ^ maiket . V below which men heed no § work w r

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      _ THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . , ' " ¦ - ... DEFEAT O F THE BRITISH TRO O P S AT PORT NATAL . Cape of Good Hope papers of the I 8 th of June Striyed on Tuesday . They state tibat the troops sent from the Cape to subdue the Boors at Port Natal tad been defeated . The commander , Capt . Smith , thus announces the event in his report to tin Government on the subject : — * Poke Natal , May 25 i K Sir , —It is with feelings of deep regret that I iave the honour to commnnicate to you the disastrous result of an attack made by the force under mv command on the emigrant farmers

      congregated at the Congeila camp at this place . " In my last despatch I detailed the various ^ teps taken by the farmers to annoy the troops , and my determination to abstain , if possible , from hostiliites if it could be done without detriment to the honour Df the service , in the vain hope of conciliating these misguided people , and smoothing the way to the quiet settlement of their lone-disturbed position as regards the Government of the Cape . But the receipt of an insolent letter , demanding that the force J commanded should instantly quit Natal , fallowed up by the removal by armed men of a quantity of cattle belonging to the troops , rendered it absolutely necessary that some step 3 should be taken in order to prevent the repetition of such outrages .

      ** I therefore determined , after mature consideration , to march a force and attack their camp at the Congeila ( a place about three miles from our position , where they have been for some time collecting ) , sad set apart the night * of the 23 rd instant lor that object . As tho road leading to the Congeila from the post the troops now occupy lies for the moot part through thick bush , I thought it best , to cross ihe sands at low water , as , by this means , I could avoid annoyance from the farmers until , within a Ehort distance of their station . Fitting a howitzer , iherefore , in a boatj under the superintendence of lieutenant Wyatt , of the R < jval Artillery , and leaving it under the charge of a serceaut of the same

      corps , I gave him directions to drop down the channel to within 500 yards of Cordelia , and await the troops , in order that they "saga * / form under the cover of its fire , sided by that of two six-pounders , which accompanied the force I took with me . 'This consisted of one subaltern , and seventeen privates , Artillery ; one subaltern , one sergeant , and . two privates , Royal Sappers ; two captains , two snbalterns , five sergeants , and 100 rank and file , 27 th J ^ g iment ; and two mounted orderlies of the Cape Bines . •

      " Having previoosly sent out a picket to feel the skirts of the wood in front of our jwsition , in order to prevent our movements beine discovered , I put the whole party in motion &V eleven ? . M . ( it being bright moonlight ) find arrived without molestation till within nearly eight "hundred yards of the place J proposed to attack . To my great mortification I found the boat h&d not dropped down the Channel according to my instructions , but as I considered it imprudent to wait the chance of her arrival , I . was forced to make the attack without the valuable

      assistance a discharge of shells and shot from the howilz = r would have afforded me . Giving the order to advance , therefore , the troops had just moved to where the termination of a range of mangrove bush opened to a level space in front of the Congeila , when a heavy and well-directed fire from the bush was poured on them ; upon which they immediately formed , and commenced a tire in return , while the Eix-pounders were loading . 11 Unfortunately , one of the draught oxen being

      shot caused some interruption , but thi&being soon got over , a destructive fire from our guns , silenced for a while onr opponents ; but several more of the oxen being wounded , on escaping out of . their traces , rushed among the troops , and caused much delay and confusion in the ranks . This circumstance again favoured the Boors , who , taking advantage of it , opened a renewed fire with their long -pieces ( much more destructive than a musket ) and a severe loss among the troops was the

      consequence . " Finding , then , that I was not likely to aeeomplish the purpose for which I had put the detachment in motion , and that the men were filling fast , I thought it expedient to retire ; effecting this object after some delay , the partial rising of the tide rendering the road difficult . The troop _ 3 , however , reached the camp about two o ' clock in tolerable order , leaving behind them , I regret to say , the guns , which the death of the oxen rendered it impossible

      to remove . u Thinking it probable this partial success of the farmers might induce them to make an immediate attack on the camp , I made such preparations as I thought necessary , and found my suspicions " realised shortly after by a large body of them opening a heavy fixe on three side 3 of it . This was . met by a spirited resistance on our part , bus they did not finally retire until about an hour before daybreak .

      Such , I regret to inform you , has been the result of this attack , and the consequent loss has been * severe , the total in both skirmishes being snch as detailed in the enclosed return . One . great cause of failure I attributed to the mismanagement -of the boat , in which I had placed the howitzer , - by the shells of which I had hoped the farmers would have been thrown into confusion , but she dropped down too late to be of any use , and even then took up a position too distant for her to fire to produce mnch effect . " Among tie many milters connected with the subject of tins report , and aw&kenins the deepest

      regret , is the death of Lieutenant Wyatt , of the Royal Artillery , who for the two previous days bad exerted himself much in making the necessary arrangements . He was killed early in the action . Of the zealous exertions of Captain Lansdale and Lieutenant Lunn&rd , of the 27 th Regiment , I was also deprived , both these officers being severely wounded . In fact , under the trying circumstances in which the detatchment was placed , I have only to regret that , ¦ with such willingness to perform the daty asssigned to them , the result should have been bo unfortunate .

      " The loss on the part of the Boors it is difficult to estimate , but I am told it ha 3 been severe . The whole of his day they have made no movement , but I have to give tfeem the eredis of treating such ot the wounded as fell into their hands with great humanity . These , with the bodies of those who fell , they sent to the ea apin the course of ihe afternoon , and to-morrow the sad duty of interring our departed comrades will take place . " What steps the farmers may take I eannot at

      this moment Eurmise with any degree of certainty , though I think it probable they will again demand that 1 quif the territory they call their own within a certain time . I shall , of course , do what I can to maintain " myself in my present position ; bnt considering the namber ef the disaffected / and the means they possess of molesting the troops , I beg to nrge tbe necessity of a speedy reinforcement , as I scarcely consider the troops at present Eta'ioned here sufficient for the performance of the duty to which they have been assigned .

      ** I have the honour to be , Sir , your most obedient , humble servant , "J . C . Smith . u Captain , Q 7 th Regiment , commanding . "His Honour Colonel Hare , C . B . and K . H ., Lieutenant-Governor , &e . "

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      THE " STRIKE" MOVEMENT . Another week has passed over , and the country is yet far from having resnmed anything like its wonted appearance of regularity . The strike still continues ; and that same spirit which incites drowning men to catch at straws , working in the minds of the oppressed people throughout the whole country , induces , very naturally , a disposition to extend it , in the desperate hope that something good may come out of it . As , however , the succession of events pass in review before us , we have yet seen no reason to recal the opinions which we first formed and expressed concerning it . It is the wasting overflow of a corrupt fountain : for the purifying and guiding of

      which , to any good and sanatory purpose , the people did not possess sufficient means . There waa no element of nationality , and , consequently , no element of success , in it . Regarded as a political movement , it has gone on from that time to this , slowly and gradually extending itself from one place to another ; beginning in one place just as it is subsiding in another , and so opposing merely Eectionalj—and that , too , a greatly divided sectional , —moral power of resistance to all themeans © f attack combined in the monied , municipal , civil , and military resources of those againBt whose aggressions upon right its aim was pointed . We saw that this would be its character . We saw it from the

      very first j and hence our deep regret that the misguided zsal of the people should have been induced , by a few hot-headed and short-sighted men , to seize upon it as a lever wherewith to lift the incubus of faction from off their shoulders . We felt certain that

      the weapon would be wrested from their hands , and turned fearfully against them . The event has verified our fears . The prisons are crammed full with victims . Arrests are yet being continually made . Honest aud good men , whose only fault is that they have more zeal than prudence , are compelled , in many places , to leave their homes and families , and skulk about in holes and corners , fearing to be seen . Throughout Lancashire it will be seen , by reference to our reports jthat many of the workmen have already given in ; while of those who do remain out , the greater part do so on the terms only on which the

      strike began , —thetvages question ; while of those who have gone in we believe that a considerable number hgve had to Bubmit to lower wageB than they had before . In all probability next week will bring a general resumption of labour in those districts where the Stkikb has raged most fiercely , by all parties who can get labour ; and the vauntings about never resuming labour until the Charter should become law will be matter of amusement for the enemy ; and thia , too , at the moment when the northern districts of England and the western districts of Scotland are about beginning to consider whether they

      shall join in the Strike or not ! The people will now see upon whom of their friends and counsellors They may best placee reliance . Upon those whose eagerness to advance blinds them to impossibilities ' and makes them reckless of consequences ; or those who survey the whole battle-field , and reconnoitre carefully the outposts of the enemy before they make an onslaught . The Strike has failed ! So far as the efforts to give it a political character and to make it an engine for the carrying the Chabteb have been concerned , it has entirely and signally failed ! It

      was always sure to do so ; and none but fools could , from its first complexion and appearance , have anticipated any other result . Deeply as we regretted the first intimation we received that efforts were making by a few influential Chartists to relieve the League of all the odium and responsibility of this bye-blow of corruption , by makiBg it the fosterchild of Chartism , oar regret is not lessened by the knowledge-that its consequences have been mischie vous to some of its most strenuous upholders . But let the people take heart of courage . A veteran army with cood generals , will extract even from

      defeat the means of aiding and sustaining further operations . Every misfortune is , by the wise man , turned to his advantage , and compelled to administer some comfort , even from the cup of sorrow . What , though the Strike has not procured the Chakcbk Has it done nothing for us ! Has it furnished no means of advancement in our progress towards honest legislation \ O yes ! it has done much , and will yet do much more ! It will be the people ' s own fault , if out of this great evil they derive not much good . It

      has done much for the extension of our principles . It has brought the discussion of them home to the minds of thousands upon thousands who had never before thought seriously of them . Oar principles nfted only to be known ; can only be understood , to be received and cherished . It has shewn the Trades and Trades'Societies wherein rests their only safe resort for the protection of their labour The discussion of Chartist principles by their delegates in Conference at Manchester , the noble reBO-

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      a , •* National" Conference ; a Conference of thp friends of the People ^ rights' * of ^ all ranks , blisses , and opinions . Such are the terms of the notice before us ; and it will be the people ' s own fault if such be not the character of the Conference . We are perfectly aware that this Conference j » yrA / be a twin brother of ; thei '' Sfcike ? j it might be a part of the free trading League Plot ; its objeot might be to take advantage of , the disturbed , and unsettled state of thingsjereated by the * Strike" Movement ^ for the purpose of establishing the Complete Suffrage Umon upon the ruins of the Charter organisation , and so of ultimately bringing round the people to a point at which they could be sold neck and crop to the "Free Trade"

      gentry . We can see very clearly hov all this might be ; but we have n 6 ; disposition to believe that it is so meant . Had the Conference been confined to members of the Complete Suffrage Union , we should have no hesitation in bel ieving that such was its purpose , and such \ the intention of its' . conveners ; but we receive ^ the fact of its being ; constituted , not of"Completet Suffragists '' only , but of " the friends of the people's rights" generally , as sufficient indication that its ostensible , is its real purpose , and that its conveners mean to gather fairly into one focus the intelligence and wisdom of the "friends of thepeople ' s ^^ rights" with a view to the devising of the best " speoifio course of Conduct to be pursued under the peculiar crisis in which the couHtry is now placed . : . ;

      : At aft even ts . whatever the intention may be , we repeai that ii must be the people ' s own fault if this be not the character of the Conference . Let the ; Chartists , then , be up and at their duty ! Let them meet the Complete Suffrage men in kindly and brotherly consultation . Let them show them that these are not times for the indulgence of party differences or Eeotional disputes , or nonsensical fastidiousness about names , and leadership , and shadows ,

      while the substance of our few remaining liberties is melting away , under the hot sun of despotism , before our ; eyes . Let the effort be fairly made to the ( Complete Suffragists to form with us one patriotic phalanx ^ which shall * by its nrmness , its peacefulnessj its intelligence , - ' andits ^ determination , offer an impenetrable front to the rude hordes of faction , while it marches steadily and successfully ohward to the attainment of our Charter . .:

      To this end let the Conference , whether so- intended Or not , be made what it purports to te , " a Conference of the Fbiends of the People ' s Rights , from the various towns and districts of the kingdom ; for the purpose of devising a specific course of conduct to be pursued under the peculiar crisis in which the country is now placed . The Conference meet on Wednesday , Sept . 7 th ; this very near ; there is , therefore , no time to lose . About the work at ; . . onoe : ( ' ^'' We ' -wish : that another week had been allowed the people to deliberate upon the . ; merits and qualifications of the parties to be sent ; but , inasmuch as the time ia fixed , we say " about it at once" ! Let public meetings be

      called in every town , and every district where the" reign of terror"and the despotism of military law has not gagged the public voice . Let all these meetings be called legally ; respect the lavvs . Let no commotion or disturbance exist in any place , on account of them ; remember the business : is one of grave importance ; national interests—your own interests $ re deeply , involved in it ; leave equabbling and fracas to the robber classes , while you preserve , and , as far as possible , enforce , order and decorum . That order , in all its ; forms , may be observed , let every meeting for the election of a delegate , be called by requisition } of which the following may be the form : — V Tq - ; •"• ¦ ¦^ ¦ " : ¦ ¦ : ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ - ¦ < ¦¦¦ :: " '' ¦¦; ; . ' -v - : -

      H We , the undersighed , inhabitant householders of ¦ . ' . . ¦¦ ; ' , ' . ' . : t do request you to call , at an early day , a meeting of the inhabitants of , ¦ ' . ; ' - "" > . for the purpose of electing a delegate to a couference of delegates , to be holden at Birmingham , on the 7 th day of September , 1842 ^ for the purpose of devising a specific course of conduct , to be pursued by the friends of the people ' s rights , under the peculiar crisis in whioh the countryis now placed . "

      Let this requisition be signed by seven or -more inhabitant householders , each giving thereon his name , trade , and residence ; let it b 3 presented to the Mayor , Chief Constable , or other prinoipal authority of the place ; and if he refuse to call the meeting , let the requisitors then call it on their own responsibility ; and , above all things , let every such meeting be conducted with as much order and decorum as the service of a parish church .

      The next matter for consideration will be the character of the delegates to be sent to this Conference The people should consider deeply the importance of the deliberations to come before that assembly . Do not let it be deluged with ginger beer bottles ; with mere spouting , frothy , speech makers , —declaimers upon general principle ? , who can bring down the cheers of an audience , but who look no further ; let them recollect that this Conference is " for the purposd of devising a specific course of conduct to be pursued ; and , ; that therefore ^ shewed , cool-headed , men—men of ; stem sense and solid judgment—^

      men not easily gulled or blinded , and yet open to conviction from fair argument , and not bull-headed and bull-necked , are the men they want-r-meh who understand the Charter , not Only as to its principles , but as to its details—ivho ; are thoroughly acquainted with the organisation of tho National Charter Association , and of the Complete Suffrage union—who understand the whole merits of the question of an union with the middle olassesy—who are proof against all the sophistry of the Free-traders and Extension men , and ready with

      plain common sense answers to all their fallacious statements , and yet men void of factious dispositions ¦ --ready -to . hear ; reason and to give reason its due weight by whomsoever urged ; Let them in every place look out for such a man—no matter whether he be a % i leading" man or not ; no matter whether he be a speaker or not , if Buch a man can be found send him to this Conference , and we have great hope that if England now do its duty , a firm and indissoluble Union may be effected between the honest and good of all parties , for the prosecution , by the best means , of our righteous ciuse .

      When the delegate is elected , let his credentials be made out , and signed by the Chairman of the public meeting at which he was elected , in the following form : — ' - " : ; ' ' . ¦ . ; , : - . ;¦ ; 11 To all whom it may concern , " 1 hereby certify that , at a public and open meeting of the inhabitants of '¦' .. "¦ '' . . ' [" ¦ .. , held this day Of — - — ' -L—\ 1842 , at . S : \ - \ . > S Mr . --- •*

      ---was duly elected , by a majority of the persons then and there present , as their delegate to a conference of delegates , to be holden at Birmiugham , on Wednesday . .. - 'tii » 7 thV ; d . aj .- . of Septeniber now next , for the purppse of devising a specific oourse of conduct , to be pursued by the friends of the people ' s rights , under the peculiar crisis in which the country is now placed . ; ;¦; . ; ¦ . ' . - ' . : '' :. ^ -. : v :: ,: v ¦ ¦¦ ' - ; ' :: /> > ¦¦ - ¦> ' ' * . ;' - ¦¦ . ' .. - ' " Witness my hand , ihis ———day of - ——— ' 1842 / V \ : , . ; ¦ ; . ; ¦ ¦ - . ;; . - ¦ ¦ ¦; K--: ;; - ' ,. ; ¦ / , : ¦ ¦ , \^ : v : . c . > .

      ' * Chairman of the said ineetieg . !' Let the exertion be made generall ) and rationall y . Let every place which dan send a delegate send him . Let every place which cannot send ; a delegate call its publici meeting and appoint a Committee of wise and discreet nien to consider the great question beforethe Conference , and to express upon it in brief , clear terms , their sentiments in writing , and let this be sent on their behalf , to the Chairman Of the Conference , for reading to the body . But we repeat—let every place that can , send a

      delegate . Let means be instantly taken for providing the necessary fandfl . We fenow the people are poor and that these national delegations are expensive but this is a great matteiv--a ^ matter worth making an effort for , and the people must make it . There are many of the middle classes in almost every place favourable to the Complete Suffrage movement , and these would , in all probability , contribute freely towards the expence of carrying out the purpose of this great movement of their Council . .: :. ¦ . ¦ ; ' '¦ : ¦ . '¦ ¦ : '¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' : . ' : : : . ¦'¦ ¦ : -. ' .

      Remember that the time is near . The occasion is pressing and important . About the work at once ! Prudence and energy in combined operation can do great thinga . ¦ ¦ . ^¦; ; ; . ;;¦; . "• ¦ ; -. ¦ . ;¦ : . : ¦ '•' . ; v " - ' < ' ^ ^

      Aberdeen.—Formation Of The Ftaxdeessebs

      ABERDEEN . —Formation of the FtAXDEEssEBs

      To The Imperial Ghartist&O

      TO THE IMPERIAL GHARTIST&o

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 27, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct768/page/4/