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NOTTINGHAM . SATU 3 DAT " . ! TbeEoMieTS succeeded in captnring nearly 2 t > 0 jester- j < 5 ay . at R dford . on their way to stop the colliers from j ¦ work . They marched them into the barrack yard ; the ] teen villiEtjiy went 'with them , and "were gU . d of tbo chance . The o Beers supplied the men ¦ with a Lir » : a ] quantity of bread and cheese , forty-two of -whom -were i sent to tbe county g&ol , and -w ? rs remanded for further I examination . Cla .-ke , from Stc-kpoit , and the old commodore , ? 4 ead , bave Trfs us , as there are warrants cut & £ iic 6 t thtia . Mr . J . Wsll is in gaoL 5 I 0 XDATELEVEN A * H
, . Kottinsl-. " : ; still remains in a . > - --: e of quietude , I jsotwithsfcii * -- e ? tba tff-rts End ii- agnations of the j enemy , to it . dc . ee the people to couiir . it tcts of Tio- ] lei ce . TLmgs seem at a stand . The colliers of ] ~ Rsalor& Lave evinced a disposition to turn out . A ; deputat'on from tbtir body thia morning swore thsy < ¦ vronid not -work any mere until they liad a fair day ' s ; ¦ ware for a fair day ' s -work ; and it is generally - under- j stood that the ¦ whole of the colliers in tab district ' ¦» ill be cut in a few days . one o ' clock , p . m .
A . disturbance his just taken place between the people son the autucritks ; iheTesult ¦ was four magistrates , nountsd on horseback , bad to gallop off at full speed ; tiro mea "Were handcuffed to two policemen , tut the men could not gs ; the refill eff or tbey "would hnTe escaped . The people ars getting more determined ; tbty tilk lpud things ? tksj say tfeey "will rot ba fclndgtonea witbou ; rt&asiisg it . They have a- ^ sailed the magistrates tsrics to-day , and drove them iS . - SIX OCLOCK , P M . Xntnbera of persona , to the amount of abcut Bix thousand , istt upon Zlzprt-iiiey Jli ' . L Tbe soldiers and police rittecded . -sitk two or three magistrates . Ten tbouMJid r . re , at this time , parading the . streets . * iE £ iEg ' iJilliorLs be Free , " and ** Spread the Charter . " TCESDA ? , ACG . 23 .
A meeting w = s held &t the Democratic Chapel this ' day , from whence parties to c-ollt-ct coEtribntisES from : the shopkeepers proceeded rru £ . d tba town , SobEerip-j tiota we re liberally dealt cat to them ; and then , according to sgreeintnt , tfce paopte went to Mapperley Hilla to enjoy a quie ; repast . Tbey -wer « prevented from j doing so by a kind and merciful mssbtracy , police , and "V&lisn * soldiery , who hid tfc « cvursv ^ to attack an unarmed njnltitude . peaceably assembled to colebrats Mopperly Feast . ' Qaerj—Will they ttt&tk the cistls on -Thursday \ wbtai tixs Tvrkrs -m tsseiuMed to c = iebrate their orgies ? —We shall see 2 SIS O ' CLOCK .
XcT ; . r was the to ~~ a in ecca a stile of ex : ttciezt . Expressions of i ' .: sg ^ t are evrryjjhcre heard both frem tte iuicd ; e 3 M ! b «¦ -- *¦ clsss , at tbe brulai conduct of thy rBa £ : itr 3 , * . fes and soidU-ry- Tisy sz-i tbe proTisions which ¦ ff ^ -ra colls-lei unl br . i-g coiiveyed fiy caitload ^ , and t " : cB raiie aicor . iSi the crowd , and toc-k abcut ^ 500 prisoners . They s-. euied iau % -h disippoioted at not being able to £ ud £ re Erms , for -siriiich tfcty s- ^ asehad . ^ Tnong ^ t tfce r-. s 5 tLcy haye taXen blind Peter , the Chartia ; criir ; and t-Jtra Tftie about a' . O who 7 oluijtetrrd to go along -witi the oth-. r prisoners , and the military tud iuagis : r : vcy h * d mere trouble to present tHTa than thi-v Lad to tike tLs others .
CARLISLE . I wrote to yen on Mo-day last , August 15 : h , giTing you a 1 ,-rii-f uownnt of the T .: rec > jedii i gs at a larj ; e puislic meeting held for the purpose cf cnosing a ctlejata to aiteBu tue Ccnfrrcnce of the uorkiu ^ closes . I also stated that ilr . Jsiues Arthur tros the person fixed ¦ upon lo E £ t , ts delegate , aad that he protec-i == 3 to Msvachesier the sains evci-ias . In const querxe of this , the 3 nos ; intense unxit ; ty prcvaikd , ii' -d en Wednesday feveniDg there was a puclic niuttu : ; held in Ri ^ -street , C ^ I-j «» "ffite , to hear tie cozanjaaicaticua from taa delc-£ 3 T . There won ' -i tot be fcircr tLaa frera 2 . 000 to 3 GOO pa . sons prestct , sM- of whoTa couaucUd thcraseiTcS in ths most quiet and ordeily msiuier . 2 dr . Join Armstrong presided . L ' .-iteis and otherxomnunieatioas 'were raad to tbe-nietting , grving an siicouiit of ihe aiaraiiDg sU * e of Manchester und the Earrounding dUtrists , -wLich denied to make a deep impression on
tke minds of all present Another public mevtan ? ' tras teld on Thuriday evening ; which "was still more nuiaeronsly attanded than the former . It isgratiiying to bs abie to sti ' . s thit tee utmost , order prevailed , * cd the best advico was giTtn to the imuimiB rauhiiude by taa - \ forious speakers T ? ho addresae ^ i the meeting . Oa Friday eTeri :: g another mrttici ; iocs , place , which "was much larger in point uf uumbera tD any of the former . Ssrersl aorazaersts rf r-ublio JEteJtet wtre lead to-tbe jaestisg , afr ^ r Tarhich Mr . Jjtna » Arthur the delegate , wbohau returned from Manchteter , gave a Tery satisfaatary accour . t of bis mission . Ha &tri > ngiy advised the pecpia to bu penceaMa and net inn into any excess , ¦ wilich weald ccly rcisrd tb =- progre ^ a of the righteous causa in ¦ Ktich they -scare tn ^ actd . The mettiBg \? a' 5 then aijuurce-i nntil « wcn o ' clcck , for the purpose of reading tha yoriAem Star . On Sitardaj eve ^ ir ^ j anuthor ' . iTgo meetinz took place ,
in E . g-streti . Calc = ir-ate , "when thts sadress oi tae ConTeruuce , Lni Ssveral other -jr . c " : es -vie nad OTer to the meeting from the Star , S&i , and Briiitfi Statesman ; ail of ¦ arL ' ch "fire liitcsed to v ? ith ihe grt-attii attention . TLe meeting ¦« r : i 3 then acjeuraed uctil the follo- ^ ir ss evening . I have jast ii ^ ard this ( Sunday ) Korainr , that a large meeting t-T Xhv eptritiTe c-oiion-spinrtrs to . k place list ui ? ht , -B-hua three ceie ^ stta xvei e elected to retreseiit that "; o : iy at a Confere ^ c-e of the vari u us Tiidc-s . . lam tvld that m = ny are disposed to strike , bat I think i : is lot probable tfcat this Trill be the" case cfccsra'Jy , for there is Riuc-ii diTisien tmonz the various Trades themhUU ¦¦
SUNDAY . ^ There ¦ were two meetings held as usual , at the Carpenteis'Hail , a ^ d le ctures ctlivertd .. Ths meeting in ' tbe evening twa very numerous ; and a bold , spirited , . powerful , and argumentative lecture wab < i ^ live ^ fcd . : A resolution -svas passed , at the conclur ' on , that all 1 4 , ha secretaries of tb ? Traies rft tbe namts of all the ; ahopke < . pers irho have been , friendly to the Trades ' ; strike , and have supported them , in order that they , th « Trades , rnijzbt know their friends from their enemits , ' aad d < . s ! -with tbe former .
fc » J TTI 1 - *^ 3 MUVLi VALTkdlV «> l UikiVUb I ^ IIUUC ^ iUUV 4 "rm-Btlves . This : jbes i& a grtat lueasure from the late ef -wages : for thow who are comfortable in this re ? pt ; c 5 seem to haTe little or no sympathy for tfccjr less fur-, ; tunais oii . l pojTtt brt'Jirfen . Tiifcagh grcst excitement j t ^ t ^ preTsi lsd daring the List -week , thera has tot bstn ; the sliehtest breacli cf the peace conmiitttd . - Tee , ' 24 ayor very prudeut ' iy did not allow the police t i-ntttcd the meetings t-f the people , and thus exery chsree of collision was happiiy prevented . Great credit is due to tbe msuibtrs of tfce Council of the Chartist
Asso-Afu-r tbe lecture ¦ was over , the reporters fcr the Guardian , and otfcer papers , caraa end asked your cotrcruondent the names of th ( .- £ e who bad taken part in the meeting ; who , in answer , to ' . d them , that he ccu'd net teli thtra , as be , for his ewn p 5 . rt , had not taken . them down ; and that even if he had , he vrcnld not be the means of getting working men into trouble by fornishin ^ ' evidence egsinst tbtin . T .-: fc parties -were called to the reporters ; but whether tLty obtained their names cr net I am not prepared to
ciation , lor tte Tery -Bholesomg advice they have £ . ven t ^» the people at all their rectat mettiaes ; iudetti , tbe "Whig journal his been applaaiing some of thtni fer their go- ^ d sense . "While this has been Uie . bU . tu cf the to ^ rn on one iiad , on the other , the authorities ars tikisg steps to secure-the peace of the town by giving warlike orders for the yeomanry cr . vairy to bo in re-dlness . tnd f- _ > r r . ins cannon to be niuunted iX Hit Castle . —Correfpoudtni . Since I v-ro ' s jou yesterday ( Sanday ) , a very lan-fc p-aMic m- ^ tirs-sr-as fc-r-ld ia R " : gc street . CiMsvg-iw . ut which tie third edition of the Northern itor -r-s r ^ sA , and- a \ s-i thv second edition cf the Suiu Th 3 meeting took place at six o ' clock in ' the evening , aiid vas v « y nunieronsiy attended . At tfci- close if tbs prowredirsgs tbe mei _ t n ? -wns adjoarstd un-il iJonisy evening .
Oa Monday morning , however . acother . Hi&etine took plac-, s > , -whicii it was agreed that the trades would ttrike for an advance of wr ^ es , and the adoption of the Chsrter . Ths cotton-spicE-. ra cf Messrs . PeTrr D : xon and Scn 3 accordingly left vrork , and en the spinrtrs of Mr . John S ' ator ( another extensive Easter spinner ) returning to their Trork , tiiey -were told by him that he had stopped his mill nntil he saw what was to bs done . Ize spinners of ilessrs . Parker aad Co . have alto left their ¦ w < Jrk- Ttera ure also one or two otbt = r mills ia tbe neighbourhood where labour has been eos-¦ oended . -
While these proceedings are goinjj on , the magistrates Hre Lusijy er . Z 2 £ ~ & in the To-a-n Hail , shearing in spscial c&cFtabies . I have jnst b ? en told tfcat the msg str ^ tes caid a long cotsuitation on S * tun 3 ay evening , and finally aereeO on issnirg tha foilowiug " Caution , " which I c ^ naot but look upon as a susj > cii . sion of the Cosisiitutiun , asd tbe civil rights of Eag-3 isl ; mea j — " Caution . —We , ths undersigner } Magistrates , acting for ths coucty of Cumberland and for the borough of Carlisle , hav . c ^ received inforniaMoa tbat meetivgs have befeD , Jvtd are aboiitto be b'jki in Ca-lisle , or ia tbe neigLbourh- ) cd , dtera it Oit duly iender tbe present ststo of dietiirbaEcea crifjrtanately existing ia otter parts of Ee ^ Iand . ) to ru ^ ke bao v ; n ta the public in
general , that a'ter the pnViieatioii of her Jlaj ^ Ky ' s Proclamation , ell assemblies of ptrsons in -considerable numbers Laving a ic ^ ifcst tsnricr . cy to tnd ^ ngrr the public pfea&a , sid to txjii-2 the fears of her Majet ' peaceable Eubj ^ tts , cro iilegai , TCatever maybe their avo'sred objee :, end wiiercver held , notwithstanding they may nu ; &-, iLz tims be attended trita acts of open ¦ rtolence . And ve declare our intention to preTent tbe same , and to sahjeet any individuals who may be founa aaBiming at such £ tsc-ii » b ] ag * s tw » iie p&< ! es of tbe lfi * r . And -ws fcrib . eE caution all ^ fell-disp-oaed perst-ns from joining ir , or &e £ ng presantat , aay . meetings or processions , as they mil thereby bring themselves into peril tad iniui the csnEsqueccea of any su-isare 3 which may be adopted for the apprehension of its ill-disposed ani tha prcaerva'doa of tiie public peace . -
W . P . JoHXSo . w T . H . Qrahahe . William Wild , Thomas Salkald , J . Fesguso . v , Geoegs SArt , Jonx Dixos , E K . Wilsox , ; Wa . Hougsok , William Kees , Jons HtTsaAM , Johk Slater , GK G . Movxsey , Mayor . " [ Carlisle , August 22 ad , 1842 . *' In constgaence of the aboTe caatlon , and In ordes to ptereol any ooliisioa bstween the authorities asd ths people , the Council of the Carlisle Chartisi Association issued the fouowing address to tha public : —
•* To the public—In constquanoo of & caution * having been , iasyed by the Magistrates of t ' ais district , prodauamg * ail asssmbiic * of persons ia considerable numbers having a zoaaiftst teEdeccy to endanger tKe public pssee , a ^ d io excite Ui 3 fears of ber M 3 jesiy's pewea . blfrEulg * ebs , eto iiiegai , xrhatcTer may ba their avowed otj « j ^ j-3 a » jd wfcerever celd , notwitOEt ^ Jidicg they may no £ ati' ^ u * v . nie be atteuutd "v ? iili acts of open Tloloiee '—it ja ^ feeEiel bigiiiy advisable not toiioid the public meeting ania » a 2 ,- < d fur this eTt-nin ^ , bo that not toe alightesfc colliscu jnayt ^ e plaea between the naHixitiea and tha p&opjs , Joe CkjoccU oi jfee Cnartisi
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Association of Carlisle , beg leave to state , that they feel the deepest sympathy and most intense anxiety for the wretched and degraded condition of the working classes of this once-happy country . " As a strike has , however , partially taken place is Carlisle , the Council ^ vonld strongly sdvise all persons engaged therein , to connuct themselves in a peacsable and orderly manner , asd abo've all , not by any act of theirs to endanger either life ot property , ¦ which would most assuredly lead to a collision with the authorities . Bylbu Council of the Chartist Association of Carlisle , John ATnutroDjr , Chairman . William Blytbe . James Arthur , Treasurer . . JdhnSIoses . Henry Bowman , Secretary . James Ferguson . William Knott Thomas Roney . James Button . James Hurst . J . B . Hanson .
"Cwuncil Rojm , 12 o ^ Clocb , August 22 ud , 1842 . " TUESDAY . After I -wrote you yesterday , there waa a large meeting helcl in Rig-street ; at -whicu several delegates from the various trades attended ; and , as there vraa some apprehension of tha meeting being dispersed by the authoiitf . es , from the " caution "¦ which they issued yesterday . It vyas deemed advisable that no one should address the meeting . After a few words from one of ths aelegateB , the people quiety dispersed . 1 have been informed on gcod authority , that a plot "was laid , to apprehend some of the Chartist leaders , had they attended the meeting . Tbe most vile and slanderous calumnies bave been circulate of a coalition having token place betwten some of the leadiDg Chartists and tbe Tories which havo been clearly circulated fjr the purpose of destroying thai confidence , which the peopla havo hitherto p ' . setd in some of their leaders . I shsll probe this fca ^ d conspiracy to the bottom and fcsposs the villany of the parties , -who , I have litt : e doubt hare iad their pay and instructions from the Lea ^ ua . Attut ten o ' clock last night , a large body of the Yeemanry Cavalry entered tie town , amidst the hootings and hissings-of the people . I believe some stones ¦ vrtre thrown aC tbo Cavalry ; but -without c ' oing much damage . There has b « tn a delegate meeting this morning , and the determination ^ eenis to be , that they wiJl remain cut until they obtain the prices of 1840 , and the adoption of the Charter . Several other trades havo come out , -and enmerons groups are eeen -walking about the Btretts ; but tie utmost order has hitherto prevailed . If anything paruculax occurs I -will -write ycu acain to-morrow .
! ! TR 0 WER 1 DGE . Ths news of the disturbance occasioned by the Strika in the manufacturing districts , has crratsd great excitement here and in the surrounding neighbourhood , {" urir . i ; the present -week . Tke general complaint ia i that there is no public be dy sitting , either in London ' or Manchester , to Oirect the movement ; by gatheripi ? j correct iatorniition ao to the Strike , and comnu ; 1 . ! - . ' citing it to the various localities , so that tbe peop . e : may know how to act . Tbe men of this place ate i reatiy to strike , but they are in want of information * as I to -whether those on strike intend to hold out , ntd ! whether othtis intend to strike . WeaTeall ins ? x '* tty ; here respecting the matter . ! Oa Sundny Rftfrncoa , the Democratic Hall waa ' : crowded "wiih persons anxious to ht : 3 r the news from
tbe disturbed districts , " and to asctrtaw -whtther the object of tha Strike was worthy tbe assistance of tbe Trowbridge people . Mr . Rn 2 y Ridley addressed tho persons present 'with such effect- ; throughout his discourse tho utmost euthusii 5 in pri ; -vail 4 L Another meeting waB held in the evening , at tvhiels ^ after I > Ir . Ridley ' s lecture , a resolathm W 33 passed to the effect that a puWie meeting fchculd be held the next evening ( Monday ) in Charter-£ qui . r 3 , for the purpose ef ascertaining tbo state of p-abilc feeling in tnis place , in regard to the Strike . Tii 3 anneunceraent of this resolntion has caused much txritement . Whether the mrsistrates vpill attempt to prevent * ths meeting it ia impossible to Bay , so secret arc all their proceecincs . You * hall have full pait culars of the meeting Persons are expected frum Bath ; tnt we think the state of that city will call for their services there . "News has just at rived tbat tbe - Welch miners aie out .
LOUGEBOROUGH . ^ MONDAT EVENING , SEVEN O ' CLOCK . We have this day procured bail for tbe brave Skeving ten . All is in the same escited state as yesterday . The authorities h 3 va U . k- ; n six prisoners : three bave been committed for two months and six months' bsil ; three to 2 nd bail for six months in £ 500 . The quarryrcen cf Honntsorrtl have this day struck for the Charter . Quorn Milis have also stopped this day . The constables take every man seen with a stick . All is bustls * nd confusion : the niiiitary are parading the streets , and ali tie shopkee : fc-a and tradesmen are ianjmoned to be s * orn ia as ijj-.-clals , Shcrpshead , Letks , and all the villages are in the siae conait . on ; in fact , ail tre at a stan ^ , and every hour brings fruili intelligence ! of more lura-outa . MANCHESTER .
S ; nce tba Hall hasbem optned . there havebsen no reporters present from tba MEr-ehesttr papers until the S-rike , 'which evidtntly shows tieir ot jtct . 310 NDAT MOB > "iXG , " TEX O'CLOCK . Aocnt five o ' clock this morning the watchmen wko have been in the hibi > of awaking people to attend to their emp ' oymri » t , "were to be seen in various parts of th ' - > tow :: pt-norming their duties . From that time till £ : x o ' c ' ock , tha streets -were crowded a 3 they gentiaily ¦ ¦ rte wbL-ntbe f-sctories were running . Toe children ' s cU >? s ui-ra heard clittericg in evtry street . And at t x M ' ciot-k the beils cf the various establishmcsits rung f >> v t-je i > ujpose of caUing the vrork peopla to resume thtir isb-.-ar . Smoke was setn emanating from neariy aH the long chimnejs , and most of ihe factories started r , t s x o ' cleck ; and thouch many surroundsd tho
wnrasco cf the factories , -which were gncrded by Mliiisrs , police , and ipeciala , yet very few went in , and tho ^ e "aho slid received * hout 3 of execration from tho cy-F . ianaers . No attempt -ffiu made to ctnse a breach of tke t > eace . I uavtrsed the streets till stvtn o'clock , and , of course , p ^ ssd uu : ny factc-rie ? . I perctived that the macbinirry in t-very room was running , but in some roo : * D 3 there was oniy three h 3 i : ds . in others four , and in some not one . So tbat r . ot ^ iihstanding all appeared to be running ti-tre wns ao work being done . Where they <; id comxiei ca work many of them have had to * top bocanse there were not a sufficient narnbsr of haii . is in fc ? try department f vrork , to keep them go : n ; . iua : is , the Fpir . isers , - ; vin 3 e : 3 , uressers , aud weavers had to ceaie ¦ vroik because the cird hands had not come in . The in . ichinery was still kept going even ¦ R fctn the hands had stopoed .
At half-past ei ^ rht o ' clock there were a few others ¦ wen t in , aa < * it is suppessd tbat at one o'clock the number in every factory now running ¦ will be greatly fugrubnte- ? . If this is th- fact , then the few manufacturers who did ni't optn this raornirg , will get up the 8 t « vm and cptn ir . tiem- " * r ; , inj . Had the struggle been confined to the f-. w that ¦ wviit in at tis o ' clock in the mornicg-, tbe factories would bare stopped again , i great many of the other Traces not coquetted with the * aetory have resumed work , and it is generally believed that in consequence tf so many being in the streets out of employment , previous to ths cessation of labour , and who would be glad to take acvantcge of a chance of work , there vrould be a run in th 3 morning for situations . How far this bditf is in accordance Trita truth I mu » fc inform you in my nest communication . MONB ^ y , ¦ FOUR O ' CLOCK .
Since I wrote this morn-fl . ^ , " many of the factories that Were tbt-a ruiinin ^ havj stoppsa agai : ; . Other 3 are still runmeg , and have Lad an accc-ESion of hands to those "who went in the first thing in the morning . Of tfao 3 s that are goinj ; the nnniber is but small , and unkss it is greatly auemented in the morning ( Tuesday ) , it "Will be to tbe interest ot niauufacturera to stop them . Tha town was never moro peaceable . Not a policeman , soldier , or special to be sten on duty with tbe exieption of a few in K'ng-street . I have seen parties from Asbton , Droyhden , HolliEgwood , Failsworth , Oldham , &Kd other places , who iaform me that everything in those places is yet at a stand .
The power-loom weavers held a most numerous meet-Ing this morning and passed a resolution to stand out until they got the -wages of 1830 ; and also if a majority of the Trades stand foi the People ' s Charter , they will do the same . Th « card-grinders and Btrippera have come to a similar resolution . The dyers and dressers sra still out , nor are they likely to come to any arranger&ast with their employers ; tbey being for the most parffitonding for the People ' o CoarUr . A large meeting wza held to-day near TinkerVgardens . It vraa soon known to the authorities tbat such was the case , and a large body of the police and specials marched forth to put a stop to tbe meetin . !; ,. bat there ¦ ware parties on the look out for the constables , and ere they made their appearance , tbe meeting had separated and were in detached bodies , piaytog at cricket . The ceost&bltis went off sorely ebagriaad , and no sooner had they disappeared than tke meeting -went on . There is no spoear&Doa cf t&e miiitary > SB < J 8 tt ia p « fectly 4
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qniet . A placard has been issued by the Trades delegates , signed John Rawson , chairman ; the purport of -which is a deprecation of the conduct of the authorities and police for tiwir unjuHt interference . A magistrate ha 8 been Tery busy all yesterday and to-day , seeking for the Chairman who signed the placard , but as yet it is "nogo . "
TUESDAY NIGHT . A placard was posted on Saturday evening ¦ very numerously , of which the following is a copy — •' Proclamation . —Whereas , many classes « f the working people in this town , and immediate neighbourhood , have resumed labour within the last few days , and it having been made known to us that others have signified their intention to begin "work on Monday morning next , we , the undersigned Magistrates , do hereby declare our determination to protect " them by all the means in our power , and to put <\ own and punish -with all the rigour of the law , every attempt to overawe and intimidate her Majesty ' s subjects in the pursuit of their lawful callings . " Signed by all the connty magistrates , acting within the division of Manchester ; and b y all tbe magistrates of the borough of Manchester . ! The following has also appeared on the walls , in a placard . It was put out on Sunday morning : —
" CONCLUDING ADDRESS OP THE TRADES' DELEGATES TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS . " Fellow Citizens , —Having , despite the difficulties which Eurrounded us , terminated our sittings , and executed the object of our miasion , we deem it our duty ,. ' previous to returning to our respective homoB , to place the result of our deliberations btfore you . ' * We have carefully collected and calmly deliberated upon the evidence adduced by the assembled Delegates , as to the state of public feeling evinced by their respective constituents ; and we find that the labourer and the art zan having , for a series of years , vainly straggled to maintain a standard of wr-gea which would enable tfeem to obtain even the commonest necessaries of life , are of opinion that the . repeated frustrations of their efforts are to be solely attributed to their political diafranchisemenL : "* ¦¦ .. ¦ : ¦ ' . '¦ ¦ .
Expeiienco hftvlng proved the correctness of these opinions , we turned our attention to the beat means of remed-ying the evil ; and ha-ving maturely considered the subject in all its bearings , we came to the conclusion that the only rowins by which the labour of the producing classes of this country can b « fairly remunerated anil properly protected , arul themselves eventually raised from the depths of degradation to which they are ft present reduced , is by the legislutive enactment of the document known as tns People ' s Charter . ¦ ' . * . " And we recommended national cessation from
labour until tbe arrival of this period . Owin-J to the occurrence of the late civil commotions , of which we bad not the slightest anticipation , and which we exceedingly regrtt , we . found that the carrying out of this resolution would for the present he impracticable . But we dissolve -with the firm determination that as soon as cur organiziticn is sufficient for , and out resources adequate to , the commencement .: of . a putiocal Cessation from labour until the ' . 'Charter bpcomes the law of the land , we shall do so legally and constitutionally ; and we fear not but the result will cro"wn t-ur cause ¦ with vif . Vory . ..-. ' .
•• Rxlflngon your irfluence , courage , and perseverance , " We are fellow cifz ^ ns , in the causs of truth . " and justice , " The Traces * Delegates , John Rawson , Chairman . " Saturday evening , August 20 th , 1 S 42 . " Oa Monday afternoon , the town was numerously visited by pejpie from the Burrouniiing towns and villages , namely , Droylsi ' . en , Ashton , Oidham , Rochdale , Stockport , Hyde , Failsworth , Newton-Heath , Golne , & 3 ., 4 : 0- I conversed with all I could upon th 6 state of their localities , and the information I received was tbat all were then at a ccmplete staci ) . A ^ enthman from Stockport infjrm ? d m-j th » t in that town seventeen factories started on Monday Biorning , but were compelled to stop again very shortly , nine persons being the hightst number that Went into tho largest factory in tho district . . v
This morning ( Tui-sday ) many ef the nr . l . s that commenced yesterday did not start again , In constquenco of tbe card hands and grinders standing out for a . better price ; whilst a few of the masters that did not start on Monday msde arrangements with their workpeople , by agreeing to give an advance of wages . In some neighbourhoods , however , thickly studded with factories , there ia not one running . There are but very few weavers gone in . They called a meeting on Monday , in Tinker ' s Gardens , a place adj . ictnt to the town , to take into consideration the best steps to be taken ; but the officials of the town , hearing of this me&ting , despatched a number of police tij disperse it . When the police arrived at the Gardens , the "weavers were engnged in their business ; and the police gave them peremptory orders to disperse . ; This order was complied with forthwith ; and tha weavers then formed into procession , and walked peaceably through various parts of the town ; and thus ended their deliberations for that day .
APPEARANCE IN COURT'CF LEACH , AND THE OTHER CHAKT 1 ST PKISONERS , TUESDAY . New Bailey . —This place -was excessively crowded with a duise muss of ptopie , anxious to hear the t-xaminatiun of tbe prisoners . AH the friends nnd relations of those in custody were allowed to be in Court ; and alsa the gentlemen who . had come prepared to give bail f' > rsuch as Leach , Hutchin 3 on , Turner , Tinktr , and othc-ro . John F . Foster and D . Maude , E ^ qra . entered the Court about eleven o ' clock .
F-iuryoncg nmn werofcrouzbtup ch . ir ? c . 1 with taking part in the disturbances of the wetk before last . The r . anH 8 of the -prisoners were , Jones , Linney ( not Joe cf Biiston ) , Walter , snd Aliwoll . The witnesses against thtmvere members cf the police force . The result was that they were fer und over in £ 20 bonds to keep the peace for six months . Two young girls were also examined , und no very grave chnrge having been brought against them , excepting that of standing in the street , they were dismissed on finding sureties of £ 10 to keep tho peace for six months .
Messrs . Turner ( the printer of the Executive's address ) , Leach , Ticker , and Hutchinson ( the chairman of the Trades' Delegate Meetinc ) were next brought up , Mr Beswick said be was not prepared with the wholo of his evidence , acd wighed them to be remunded till Friday . The solicitors of each plsaded that tbey should be allowed to givo bail ; but it was of do avail . Bail was refused . B-swick ' e request was granted ,, and the prisoners were remanded till Friday . The town is very p ? ace . \ blc . Taero is not a policeman , soldier , or facial to be seen .
Kujj upon-the Banks . —The clubs at Failsworth have all resolved to draw their mcm y from the banks . Tfco female Sick C nb held at Mr . K'rfmt Taylor ' s , aiRn tf the Crown and Cushion , drew Inst week as much , when divided , as amounted to 5 s . per head . The Female Foresters'draw amounted to 5 a . per heiul . The men Foresters drew 53 . per bead , and gave notice to draw ali frum the Savings' Banks . A Sick Club in the tame viilaee drew as much as amounted to £ l per head . The Odd FeiIowa have given notice to draw theirs . Tho Fcmalu Club at the Pack HoTse drew thtir money . The rucmbtra of the Old Sick Club , held at the Church Inu , Newton Heath , drew as mush as lOs . per head , and are going for more this wtek .
M 1 DDLET 0 N , BURY , AND HEY WOOD . MONDAY . All is as in the past week in these placea ; not a feetory at work , nor < io we hear of any tbat axe wishful to enter the milb again . ASHTON . MONDAY . All is out hero , and , as in the past week , a determination t < - > stand out for wo . s ; ea , and for a protection for wages when they get them .
OLDHAM . SATURDAY EVENING . The cosl miners of this town and vicinity having agreed with the coal miners of Kersley , Pointon , an < i Clifton , to hold a meeting on Kersal Moor , the men of OWhatn ( coal miners ) proceeded to the above place ; and . to their great disappointment , the othursdid not attend . They , not being satisfied with this , sot rff in suarch of them , and fonntt them at tbeir - work . They theu commenced stopping them ; the report is , that between fifty and sixty were apprehended . The public meeting on OMhaui Edge was numerously attended , as usual ; and a firm determined spirit is stitl manifested . A resolution was unanimously passed not to go to work until the Charter becomes the law of tho land—not a ingle hand being held up against it . All is peace .
. 60 * 'DAT .-Three meetings took plase on Oldfcam Edge , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon ; at two in the afternoon ; and six in the evening—all numerously attended , particularly Li the evening , when not less than 15 , 000 were present . Mr . Clark and Mr . Smethurst delivered very energetic addresses on the privation and suffering of the labouring classes .
MONDAY . This morniag a numerona meeting took place at the above place , at six o ' clock . There being but few speakers , the meeting soon separated , and proceeded to tbe field behind tbe Albion Inn , and another meeting ¦ was held . Mr . Tar . iley addressed them very energetically . The yeople seem as determined as ever . At twelve , the time I write , groups aro standing in the streets , anxiously waiting to hear freah intelligence from other town * . Rumours of various descriptions are being circulated , but nothing authentic can be relied upon . T 0 ESDAY , AUGUST TWESTY-THIRD .
On Monday evening , a public meeting took place in the field behind tha Albion Inn . It was as numerously attended as any former one , Mr . Yardley , Mr . Miller , and others addressed them . The truck-system resorted to by the masteoi was exposed in ita true colonr * . In the afternoon preparations were made by the masters to start tfeeir mills on Tuesday morning . At the conclusion of the meeting , it was put for all those -who were not for going to work to hold up their bands ; an immenaa quantity were held ap . it was then put to the contrary , but not a single hand was raised . Notice was thea given to meet at six o ' clock tfce next moraing . This morning , the meeting took place at the time appointed . Mr . Tardley , Mr . Wilibais , aad Mr » Wmd
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clelivered very energetic addresses . Their speeches were firm and determined , yet mild . A good spirit seemed to manifest itself in tbo meeting . Inthecourseof the day the turn-outs went to Messrs . Hibbert and Piatta ' a machine works at the bottom of the Moor , where the bauds had been partially at worfe the day before . Mr . Hibbert , the magistrate , the police aud the specials were in attendance , to guard the men to their work ; No breach of the peace up to thia time , ( ten o ' clock , ) has taken place .
HUDDERSFIELD . Friday and Saturday passed over here peaceably . A little excitement was kept up by the ' specials , ' bringing in fresh prisoners from the neighbourhood , and the soldiers escorting them to Cooper Bridge , on their road to York . The number already sent amounts to more thahthirty .: * . ; ' . - .: //; ' .: ;¦ ¦' . ' . ; . ; . ¦ ' ;; ' ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ; ' ¦ ' ' :. ¦' - '¦¦ : " - : J ¦ . ¦* . . ¦; ' ' \ . - . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ? ¦ '"' ¦ : \ ' ¦ ' :- . . . ' ' '' ¦ . * ' ;¦ - "*;' ; ' * : ; ' SUNDAY . ' The specials have been dismissed for the present . ¦; ; " ; ' : ; : ; . v ' : ' : V , ' ' * ¦' ' ' " " . ^ - ' ¦¦ : ¦'¦ * ¦¦¦ ¦' .- ' - —MONDAY .. ' The Yeomanry hive left ^ and a detachnient of ^ ne 73 rd Foot-have entered the town ; aad it appears they are to remain with us some time , as the large warebouse , situate at the bottom of the Halifax Road , has been taken for barracks , and is at present occupied by Boldiers . The mills are all working at present
- : * :-. '; ;* * . :: ; ¦' .. LONDON . ™ : ; . * :-:- ; ' : / * . ¦ ' " ' ' \ . : r - .. v ' ; . ' : ' " ¦'" . ;¦ . ¦;¦ . ¦ . " . "'¦ ¦ . MOK P ' AY - . llORNI-IJiO . / -.. On Friday last , a meeting was announced to ba held on Clerkenwill Green , at seven o ' clock . The magiBtoates , having information of this , assembled a large body of police , and guaurded every avenue to tne Green . A body of troops , were also stationed in the Seaaious House , and the twosittlQg magistrates paraded l the Green with the Riot Act in their bands . Finding it would be difficult to attempt , under those circumstances , to hold an immediate meeting , a small pmty , headed by two Sags , walked inproceBSioa off the Green towards the Tower Hamlets ; intending to muster their forces aiid rptnrn . ¦ The flags , with about twenty persons
accompanying them , were sent to Smithneld , to collect any persons who might have collected in that neighbourhood ; but immediately upon stepping out of the bounds of the city , they were pounced upon by about 100 of the police , and after some slight resistance , during which Inspector Penny fell upon the flags they succeeded in capturing the tvrol anners , and the persons CArryiiig them . An immense crowd had by this time assembled , and forced an entrance to the Green , and continued , in spite of every exertien of the police and ruagiatratesj to parade quietly until a late hour , occa sionally assembling in knots , and cheering for the Charter . About half-past ten o ' clock , a large meeting took place in Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , where a ' large body of police were assembled rafter some little speaking ,
they were dispersed by the police , and proceeded in orderly procession towards Covent Garden Market . At the bottom of Bow-street thoy were attacked in a most brutal manner by a body of ppl be from the Bowstteet station , and iiuen ,. Women , and children indiscriminately bludgeoned . A fdw -stray Btonea btying about , two or three poiicemen were -struck , to the ground , and one st-riousty injured . Three persons were aiptured by the police , and the procession dispersed ; Great excitements existed during tbo remainder of the night , and communications were constantly kept up between all the police stations , the Lord Mayor , and the Home-office ^ Immonse badies of police Were stationed at all the leading thoroughfares , but the night passed without any farther disturbance . ,
Saturday . —The pritfoners taken on Friday evening appeared th ' . a morning , at Bow-&treet . Walter Willey was charged with assaulting the police , and sentenced to one month . Charles Smith and Richard Siansbury , one month each . Walter Prlng , charged with assaulting police constable Swesnoy , was remanded until Tuesday , when it is expected the policeman wil be w * jI 1 enough to attend . George Hall and Gaorge Bentley , Were discharged on finding bail . A great nunibtrof persons w ; o bad been summoned for exposing Chartist placards were discharged upon entering into their own recogntexnees . Wi ; liam Drake , of the Carpenter ' s Aims , lirick-lane , was ordered to find two sureties in £ 20 each , and himself in £ 40 . Many other similar cases will ba disposed of oa Monday . Mr . T . Wall ,
who bad been taken in mistake for the reporter of the Northern Star , was discharged on Fritlay evening . Every Vail , public building , &c . is thickly studded with Proclamations , Cautions , &a emanating from the various authorities , strictly prohibiting public meetings , 4 c . and in many instances they have induced the landlords of the various Chartist meeting places to decline having meetings held on their premises . All our meetings aie attended by police spies , and London may be said to be under police , if r iot under military law . Two large meetings are called for this evening ( Monday ) , and a determination is expressed to hold them in spite of the authorities . iEn masse meetings tf the shoemakers will be held on Monday or Wednesday , and it is confidently expected that they will join in the strike . Every Trado is on the out vive .
Shoemakers . —A meeting cf the above body waa held &t tho Clock House , Castlerstreet , Loicesterequare , on Sunday evening ; Mr . Barrett in the chair . Tue meeting was crowded to excess , and the strik 6 was the all engrossing suhject . The sum of 8 a . lA 1 was collected tuwurds defraying : th « expence of calhoK public meotfngs > . and the meeting , at a , late hour , adjuurned . -- . ¦ ¦ * . ' :, . -- ¦ ¦'¦' . ;• * ¦ . ' ¦; . ' .. ¦ •/¦ - . ¦¦ ' . / " . ' * Metropolitan Delegate Meetino , — -Mr . Wyatt in tho chair . Xha tuiu of : 5 s . was received from Chelsea for tho Djptford Committee ; 2 s . 6 } . from Brompton ; 2 s 6 d . fiom tho Albion ; 2 < 6 d . from Somers Totvu ; 2 s . Gd . from Btuk-street , 4 a . from Clock House . v for use of delegate meeting "; ' 2 s . 6 d . was givtr ' n by Mr . Coraiiij and 2 * . 6 <\ . by Mr . Wilcox ; towards defraying tb . i& expence of calling public meetings . Credentials Were- received from Air . Brecknon , for Ltoehouse ; Mr . Lockettj battera . Brown Bear ; Mr . Bsst , teetotailers . Beak-street ; and Mr . Southie , from Charter Coffee House , Wostminster . Resolved—That the : following form for making out credentials be inserted in tho Northern Star . - — " This is to certify that _ - — , __^ -: waB duly elected at a public meeting , held ou ——— -, at ' . / ' 'V ' . 'to a « t as a delegate to the Metiopqlitan dtlegate ; meeting , held at 55 , Old Bailejr . " — Mr . Dron reported from the Address Committee , and from the Committee for gettiDg up public meetings . Seven persons were added to the public meeting committee . Tue meeting was crowded , and great enthusiasm exhibited . Progress of the Movement . —A raQeting was held on Isliiigton Green on Thursday t-veniag , attended by at least 20 , 000 persons , ontl "would have been much more numerously attended if it had been properly advertised . The boardmen were again arrested , bills torn from the Walls , and about twenty persons «» mpelted to take the placards from their windows , Bnd summoned to Bow-street , to answer for publishing a libellous and { Bflitnatoryplucard ; tho majority of whom
were diacharged upon . ' - * . entering into their own recog-. ntBan ' oe ' s , and sbmefew were compelled to flu'd sureties . Aboiit Beveu 6 'clock , I > r . "VVebb was called to the chair , and addressed the meeting at somo length , and concluded by reading a potition which he bad sent'to her * Majesty , ¦ praying her to tuke the case of her subjects in the N ^ orth into her serious consideration , and adopt moasureB to repress their grievances . Mr . Mantz moved the following resolution , ^ - " That this meeting composed of her '* -Majesty ' s :- ' loyal subjeots , is convened to lament the awful state of distress which prevails in the mannfacturlng nnd mining districts ^ and
to memoralize the Queen to abolish the present system of cliiss leRislatiou j to amend and alter the JaWs which now so grievously oppress and sffiict the poor ; and to pass the People's Charter as th 6 law of the land . " Mr . Parker seconded the resolution , ¦ Which was carried ^ Mr . Ferguson moved the second respiuMen , "That this mcbting are determined to demand equal rights and equal laws" for the who '© , people of these bingdoniB . " Mr . Blackoiore seconded the resolutian , which , after beiu ^ bupported by Mr . Anderson and Mr . Soars , was unauimoueiycarried . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting ad journed to Clerkenwell Green ; where another similar meeting was held .
Stag Tavern , Fulhaji-road . —After tho transaction ot' considerable local business ,: ' on Monday week , Messrs . Guthrie , Dowling , and Kean , ably addressed the meeting . ; Several members were enrolled . Five shillings was voted to theDaptfovd . committea , aad five shillings to the Ssafibrdshire victims . MONDAY , AUGUST 22 ND . It having been announced that the ChartisN intended hoWirig two meetings on Monday evening ,-one at the terminus of the Great' Westem Railway , Pdddington , and another at K ^ nningtori-common during Saturday , Sunday , and Monday , the greatest exertions were made by the authorities . "' tp coneentr&te their ferces ; military and artillery wera brought from Woolwich and 5 ounslow , and laid In ambush near the places of assembly .
Aboutsix o ' clock , several thousands had assembled at tho railway terminus , walkins ? about in the most peaceable manner ;; about a quarter before seven o ' clock , bat ween 5 , 000 and 6 ; 000 persons were present , and others were rapidly arriving . A Chairman had been appointedi and the first resolution was being moved , when an icspector nnd ft horde of police rushed upon the littlo knot eurrounding tha ; Bpeaker , and about ! eighteen or twenty periaons were taken into custody , j and most brutally used at , and on their Way to , the : Sta- j tion-house . It bay iiig been arranged that if any interruption toot place ; the meeting should adjourn to Portland-place , the Committee headed the procession and proceeded thither , expecting to meet the Kenning , ton proeessianj but bearing of the affray at that place , they adjourned to receive further information .
Kennikoton Common Meetin& .- ^ Ab early a » three o ' clock , immense Multitudes had assembled on the Common , and were briefly addressed by Mr . Logan , lecturer on Phrenology , and Mr ^ Clancy , of Dublin . At six o'clock not leu than 40 , 000 persons were present . Mr . Nbdder was caMed to the chair , and Mri , Anderson hod commenced moving the flist resolution , when the mounted police , heacted by Saperintendant Mallalieu , his father-in-law , ' Police Commissioner Mayne , and others , rode fariously iato the crowd , trampHng down men , ( Women , and ; y- ^ iUdren ; , ; and . ' st' ^ 'Uig . A ^ th ' - '' . theili ;' bludgeons in every direction . The ^ Pomrnon was literaliy strewed With perechs who had been eUher rode or knocked down ; and not content with this , the police even followed them into the Btreets arid alleys . One brute of a policeman Was seen to knock ft woman on the head wbo bad b $ en koooked down by the rush of
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the crptfd . The reporter to the Sun new 8 p $ p 8 r was knocked dewn , and shamefully beaten while lying on the ground . We have reeeived information of upwards of 200 individuals who were either olightly or seriously injured on the occasion . It Was reported thai several were dead ; but this is ine pnecti they were pnly stdnned . After clearing the Common and the neighbourhood , and meeting in ispmei instances with xathet a rough reception , the police proceeded to the various bridges , aud took , possession of them , to hinder any junction between the two meetiiMts .: The people , taking advantage of this , again assembled on the Common ,
and were addressed by Beveral speakers , at considerable length . The injuries received by tha p « lioe have not been correctly ascertained , but » everal ; weire knocked from their horsee , and many others iDJdred by the throwing of stone ? . Several gentlemen who live ia the neighbourhood have stated their determination to wait upon Sir James Graham regarding this violent outrage . A great sensation is excited agaiast the police , on account of their brntality . About two o ' clock in the morning , the po lice in divisions of five hunrfred each , were seen returning to the various stations evidently intoxicated ; singing , whistling , and glorying in the wonderfultriuinph they had achieved . "
A meeting was held the same evening at Clerkenwell (^ reen , which was also dispeMed . The soldiers and artillery from Woolwich arid Hounslow , in addition to those of the London Barracks , were under armij the whole of the night ; and to add to the excitement there was a wide-spread rumour that the 3 ank had been set on fire , but we believe this to be incorrect ; it is reported that six hundred of Mr . Cubitt's ( the builder ) men struck work yesterday ,. and others are expected to follow thei * example . ; A large meeting la to ha heW this aventng , at the White Conduit House , Messrs . Duncombe and Wakley are expected to be present . Id corroboration of the above account , furnished by onr own reporter , we give the folio wing from the Sun of Tuesday : — "¦ . /¦ "'¦' . ¦''¦;¦'¦ A / " . ^ :-. ' ' - ' ' 0 . : * . ¦ . - .... ¦ : - SERIOUS DISTUHBANCES ON KENNINGTON COMMON
LAST NIGHT— CONFLICT WITH THE POLICE . ( Fromout ovnReporter *} Placards were extensively issued yesterday , and circulated on the other side of the water , for the purpose of calling a meeting , to be held on Kennington Common , of the Chartists , to discuss the principles ( of the Charter , arid the present distressed state of the country . ' , In consequonce of this plscard , a public notice was immediately issued by Mr . Commissionei : May . ie , cautioning persons not to assemble on Kennington Common , and warning the public , that if a meeting were persisted in the utmost exertions would be madd to : take the persona so ; assembling into custody . These placards , of course , caused thei neighbourhood of Kennington to be in a very excited state . Several divisions of police were
stationed on and near tbe Commop . for the purpose of preserving peacs . Several troops of soldiers Were also in the Vicinity , with . tVo pr : threa pieces . - .-of cannon . By about half-past four o'clock ip the afternoon , the avenues leading to Kenningtou Common showed the same appearance as on the days of the races at Epsom , fxcept that there were no carriages . The . browd ; c 6 ntinHed to increase till about half-pMt five , when , on the Common and : round it , there could not have been less than five or six thousand persons , compriBirig men , women , and children , there being a great number of the latter . The congregation consisted chiffly of working men , with a great number of the ¦ white jackets . At six o ' clock the Common had the appearancd of & fair . * ¦ Thera were those well known
gentlemen who plaice anuflf-boxea on sticks to be thrown at with short sticks "three a , penny . " These gentlemen were there in abundance . On another part of the Common a party was playing at cricket , and everybody seemed in search of amusement rather than the discusslon of politics . At about half-past six o ' clock several of the persons appointed to address the meeting arrived on the ground , and a large table having been procured , was placed in the middle of the Common , and an imniense concourse of persons gathered round it . It Was then moved that Mr . Nortley do take the chair , which , being seconded , the motion .. ¦ . war carried amidst loud cheers . The : Chairman then addressed a . few observations to the assembled multitude , calling upon them to preserve good order to the utmost 6 t their power , and
to show a due submission to the laws . He then called upon . Mr . Ahdersoa to move the firafc resolution , who commenced by saying that meetings like those could be defended upon every principle of liberty . He was proceeding to condemn the conduct of '' the Bluebottles , " 03 he rather aptly term&d the police , when a loud cry was raleed of " Jhe Peelora , the Peelers i " On turning round , it was diecovered , that about a dczsn of tfae horse patrol ; armed with heavy cutlasses , and backed by several divisions of police , were rapidly advancing npon . the erpwd . In . another moment the horse patrol gallopped into the assemblage , knocking down several persons , some of whom were severely injured . The vast multitude was then seen flyint ; in all directions , pursued by the horse
patrol and the other police . The conduct of the polica at this time , we cannot but say , was most injudicious . Persons who were on the Common as mere sptctatprSj were knocked down with their staves without a word . From all parts of the Common , men were seen coming away with , tha blood streaming from their beads . One poor man who said he had attended merely as a spectator , was struck to the ground , and a frightful wound was inflicted upen his head . He . came into the road which runs along the side of the Common , and held up his neckcloth , whi-h was cornplately saturated with blood , and cried out , " Eugiiahmun , look at this ! Is this fisgland that wo live in ? " If any poor fellovy happened to make the slightest resistance , he was knocked down , find then bsaten severely about- the
head . Oar reporter saw , at least / a dcz ^ n instances tf this sort . But this was not all . We regret extremely to be obliged to say that the conduct of the Inspection of police who were on horseback , waa most tin warrantable . One of these individuals who appeared to be "the General . ^ a short tfiick-set man , with a great quantity of silvery hair , and who appeared to be uear sixty years of age , made . "himself culpably conspicuous . Ha walked up and down the street waving hia s . taflF , and crying out to the men in wh te jackets , " Come pu you devils , we are ready for yon . " Some persons in the crowd called but > ' White headed Bob , '' and he turned round and cain , " Let those people come up by my horse , an » l I will soon lay them d 6 wn , " at' the same time flourishing his staff over his head . Several
times he cried eut , " Cunw pn > we are quite ready for you ; " and on ona occasion of his doing so , some one fu the crowd said , . *• ' Wo are not ready now . we ahall be reaay on Wednesday , " arid he replied , "yery well , come when you will we are ready for you . " One of the inspectors came up to this man and said , * . ' Shall We gallop them ttowri ?! ' and he gave him the order to do so , and the man galloped off at full speed across the Common , appearing determined to execute the order to the utmost . The crowd continued to increase tt ! l about nine o ' clock , when ^ the place became li little more tranquil , and by eleven o ' clock , the time at which our
reporter left , the multitude had very considerably decreased . The police were , however , to remain oridaty all night . They continued to take parties into custody whortfused to "move oa , '' and the police station must be crowded with charges . A great number of persons were , of . ' . course ; wounded—many of them seriouslyi We cauDot conclude our account of what took place without expressing bur conviction that if the police had ; not interfered all would have passed off quietly , aa at the beginning of the evening , as we before remarked , the appearance of the place was more like ' a fair than anything else , the people appearing to be in search of amusement . . . : :
CASTLE DONINaTON . TUESDAY , AUG ; TWENTY--rU IRD . A . ' number of Chartists , from Xdng Whattori , came tc * this town , and commenced singing a patriotic song : opposite the MoiiaAvm * , which waB loudly app ' tauded by the populace , who testified their approbation * -i > y vury liberally bestowing relief on the men . They then commenced a Chaitiat Hymn , during the execution of which , and while they were repeating ' ^ Spread , spread the Charter through the land , " an officious churchwarden came and interrupted them , and intimated that unless they left the town in a quarter of an hour , they should all be taken into custody ; at which they set up a . loud hitzzv for the Chartei , and passed along the Birmingham road in procession , singing with entbusiaem— : ^ - ~'' ¦ ' . ¦¦' :: . : - *'*¦'¦ :- ¦' -. ' : y- ' - : . : ±
. ¦ . '" . ' ¦ " .. Well , cheer the caged lion , to freedom restored , - We'll rally around him again and again , " much to the terror of the old ladies and nervous gentle-Bion , who secured their doora and fled into the cellars for safety , imagining that the "Revolution" was coming ; : ; ¦ ; , . * .: ¦ . ¦¦¦¦ : . ,. ' : ' ' .-. : \ ' : " ; ' ' . *¦ - " -v ; ¦ - . ;
¦ ¦ . :.. : ¦ ;• : ¦ . : ¦ . ' .: •; ¦' . ; ASHBTJRTQN . ,:. * ¦ ¦ *¦ . ' , '• ; *• The working classes here are all out of employ . The large wool shops are all closed , and have baen for the last five months past . Manufacturers will riot employ men until they consent to a great reduction of their former wages . Trade is at a dismal stand ; Groups of half-starved art ' ains are walking the Btreets . Tradeainen &re exolaimirig , •« . What Bhall be done ? " The summer la nearly closed and no hopes of any iiaprovemerit ; at * ad discontent prevails amongst the middle and working classes . The oldest tradesman residing here never fcne . v trade so bad . Qod only knows what the result will b ^> Winter ia approacliing , and we fear the consequences . - * ' ¦ '" . '' *'¦ ' . * : . * a '; * V ' . ' * ¦ ' . ' . * ¦' : - : ¦'' - . - " . " ¦ '' .: '¦' ' ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ' . '¦* ¦ ¦¦¦
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Ct ^ NSTABULAEY FORCE . In the little town' / of Ha worth , the authorities Were very busily engaged during the afternoon and evening of Friday , the 19 th 4 nst ., Bwearing In apeeials , ap * parentif with a view »» put down the hitherto qniet and peaceable Inhablta * ts ° ' this place . The mauufacturers have cauted mo . ; * t of ¦ ttfllf warehousemen , overlookers , and other workm cu * # i be sworn in as special constables by the magiatr ** '» wbo were sitting for that purpose at the Black i " * ull Inn , Hawortlh . After being duly enlisted into the A . w-P ^ K- ^ TBgoon regiment , tho aon of a manufacturer was . ' S ° i ? home late in the ey « alnf , when , to his no small t ^ S Tee of terror , he'discoVered a light in a Bmall w « . « d near hia father ' s factory , Pdssessinga somewhat L ^ ely imagination , he fansied tbat the mob , or plug-dragt > ° J were about to set Are to the factory . He tberei ^^ baaiened back with all speed to the above-mentioni . ^ Inn , where be
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had just left a strong body of <* e tegiment to Which he belonged , and gave the alarm . Immediately all were in full order , and , big with ^ ^ importance to their new capacity , they sallied forth . Upon coming near / tha wood , " Hush t hush I softly ! softly ! " were the word » , and tten they -walked slowly and tremblin £ ly ; on , till they came almost to the place -where the light had beenssen . Here , however , their courage failing tiiem , they stood still , fearful of what might be the consequence were they to go forward . Having remabied for Boine time in dreadful suspauae , they were most agreeably relieved from their awful condition by discovering that the cause of all the alarm waa a poop fisherman , along with a tew children , atormingf a wasp neat ThuB ended a fearful and alarming : ; affair , and the brave hearted men sculfeed ofl ^ mnch chagrined with having made so great a fuss about so trifling a oircumstance . —Correspondent .
, ¦ : ¦¦ -. ¦ . : .- : - .. " = DERBr . ¦ : - - . "' .. - ' , ¦ . -. ¦ : ¦ . ¦ : ' ¦ * ¦ ' :.. '¦' "¦' - ¦ C ' - ' . ' . " ' -: ; . '" .. ' ¦ : •/ : ' *'* : ¦ MONDATV A great meeting was to be held on Holbrook-moor , en Monday morning , at six o ' clock . At that hoar . the ground was taken possession of by hundreds of special constables , with the yeomanry and a troop of dragoona . The magistrate declared the meeting illegal , ' and threatened to arrest any person who should attempt to speak . Mr . West and Mr . Vickere wisely abstained from speaking , and at tba same tiaa recommended tha people to be peaceable , which was atriotley observed After foiling the Yeomanry and giving them something to do by marching and countermarching , they , formed in procession , and marched towards Darby , they vreia joined on their "way by large aumbers of colliers and
others , meantime the autaorittes had stationed telegraphs © n horseback , at about half a mile distant froiu each other , and when the procession began to move they soon had information of it . The Duke of Deybushire , ( Lord Lieutenant of the county ) , and tha Magistrates had made great preparations , and imme « diately the town was ia the greatsat commotion , tha soldiera galloppin ^ up and down the streets , and the cavalry iii a fright th 4 t some of them actually fainted ; meantime , the people kept steadily , advancing In beautiful order- Oa entering tho town , they commenced sirigingi " We'll rally around him . " JBach .: entrance into the town was strictly guarded , and a magistrate and a possa of specials made thoir appearance , and com , manded the people to retire , in one unbroken maag
they , howeverj kept steadily advancing . ; Ona man , John Dean , from Belper , cried out " Wo meaii tp , iay& our rights , but at the same time tp be peaceable and quiet . " He was immediately arrested . ; A trpon of cavalry came gallopping . among them at full speed , brandishing theit naked swords , but Btill the people stood firm for , some time and then retreated in good ' order without one drop of blood being ehed , one shilling ' * worth of property injured , aud oaly one ma-p , roada prisoner . Great credit is due to the Chartist leaders for their good advice to the men , and the manner they marshalled their moral " array . " The right of meeting was established , although there was no speaking The Chartists have risen much in public estimation , and many aira now favourable to them , who were formerly hostile . - : "'
. DUNDEE ; - \ , ; - .. ¦ . .. ::-:, ¦ ¦ - , ¦ ¦ ; . ' . . ¦ , '¦'* . *¦¦ * .-. l \ y ^ . - - '¦''¦ : . : ¦ ¦ - ' / : ¦ fbiday eveking > The proceedings at Manchester and other towns of England have been looked to for the last eight days with the utmost anxiety . A large meeting of delegates from the various manufactories , workshops , &o ., was convened this evening by haridbitU , to consider What ; Et 2 p 3 it wero necessary to take at this important crisis , tfhey came to a resolution , after a five hoora discussion , to Stand for the Charter , and thereby giva effect to the appeal made from Lancashire , £ co .
. ¦ : . . - *¦ _ .: : -: . ; . " ; . * ; ; ; ; satd-rdatt ; - The delegates have issued a well written handbill to-day , calling a public meeting of the inhabitants of Dundee aud Locheo , to be held on the Magdalane Yard—a place held sacred by Rafprmera here . AU is terror amongst the middles , aad the paper , is at a discount , ¦ ¦'¦' v ' " ''" ¦ ¦¦'¦ ¦ . ¦ . -. : ' ' . : ¦ ¦ : ' . ;> : - * .... . - '
HALF-PASX SIX OCLOCK . One of the largest meetings ever held in Dundee has been held . There was not less than 14 , 000 present ; Mr . Clark in the chahv ; - '¦'¦ "¦ Mr . John Duncan moved the first rr solution pledg ing the people to stand by the Charter . The resolution was seconded by a working man , in a few brief but pointed remarks . Mr . Thomas Anderson moved the second resolution , It was seconded by Mr . Pryde . ; . . ; ; Mr , John Mitchell moved the third resolution . He said that it would no doubt astonish the middle classes—it being for a strike ; but let them , if tbey
encouraged the soldiers or police to murder the people , while struggling for . their rights , stand to the consequence of such reckless conduct . —( Immense cheering . ) : ¦¦ The mstion was seconded ; when Mr . Peterkin moved an amendment , to the efFect , that such a movement was necessary , but this was not the proper time to make it . . Mr . Miteb . ell replied . ; v \ '"' : Mr . James Lowe then came forward , and spoke at considerable length in support of the resolution . The resolutiona were carried unanimously , except tha last , which waB oppssed by seven inSividuala . The meeting , after a vote of thanks to the chairman , and cheers for the Charter , then separated .
: . .. ; . ; . : . ;¦ ¦ : .- ; - , ¦ - . ; . . - . - . . ;¦ :- . ' . ; . Sunday . To-day , even preaching is at a discount in Scotland . The magistrates have issued a " caution" in the ahape of a handbill . They axe swearing in conatableB , and I amiiiformed have ordered . soldiers fromEdinburgh . I have just seen a letter from Forfar , expressing a wish for DaniJee to move , and stating that the people of that district : wera ready Ife is written by an iatellige&t Working man . ; . - ¦ . ? ¦ : The men of Dundee meet oa the Magdalene Green to-morrow ( Monday ) , at five o ' clock in tha morning .
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POLITICAL MOVEMENT IN THE MINING DISTRICTS . —STRIKE IN AYRSHIRE , &c . ( From th £ Glasgow Chronicle ) Within the last two days matters in the disturbed districts of miners and colliers nave taken a new , and it is to be feared , more formidable aspect than any they have yet assumed . It was generally expected , at the commencement that the question of wages and their own local grievances would alone occupy the attention of the struck miners in the neighbourhood of Airdrie , C ^ wtbrldge , aud Holyt * wn , and that aa soon as their demands were complied withi the workmen would return quietly and at once to their employment . Theresult , however , of large meetings held yesterday and the day previous does not at all favour such expectations .
A public meeting of the coal and iron miners friendly to the causa of democracy was held oa Wednesday in a field on the south sidei of the Chapel-street-road , Airdrie , granted for the purpose by the proprietor , Mr . Adam Prentice . After a stirring address irons Mr Thomas Roberts , delegate from Clackmarinanshire , and a * ; whosa instance we believe * the meeting was got up , it was resolved "that in order to obtain ; tte means of permanently improving their condition , the colliers and miners assembled contend for the People ' s Charter , and that they use every effort to induce other trades , far and near , to strike work on a given day , and cease from producing a far thing ' s worthuotil the Charter is made law . " We give the resolutions as they were read and adopted . At this meeting , it is said that
there were present nearly 3 ; 000 persons . It is deecribed by eye-witnesses as one of the largest meeting * o ! the miners that has yet been held , and one of tbe most orderly and peaceable . From the statements of the delegate from Clackmannanahire , it would seem that a similar resolutioh has been adopted at a great many meetings in that county . : This meeting was held in the forepart of the day , but there was another in the evening at the same place , and a- much larger one , coriipased of different trades and the shopkeeping classes . It was attended by a groat body , of the inhabitants of Airdrie , and it is cbnaderitly stated that it could not contain less than 4 500 persons . Mr . Roberts ( the delegate ) again addressed the assembly , when a similar resolution was put arid
carried , with the addition , that a communication ba opened up with other tewna and villages , calling upon them to do likewise . A committee was appointed to carry this part of the resolution into effect , when the dense mass qnietjy separated at . a late hour , th » meeting Having commenced at seven o ' clock . * * : * Another meeting , held at a place called Pottery Quarry , near Coatbridge , at which 1 , 800 Were present , arid composed &lia « st exclusively of colliars , similar Bentimente : were uttered , and similar resoJutioas adopted . Attbf * meeting also , which was called principally by ths workmen coaaected with , the mines around Dundyvan , terms were proposed on behalf of -Mr Wilson , ot that ; quarter , for the men connected with his works ,, which came up to the nion ' s expectations , with the exsept }" of the matter of a " lying week" In every ¦ flyej wtich the master ibsista upon having as formerly . The nieii will only consent ; to allow him to retiin three days ° f ¦ what is called "lying money '' in the month ' s pay . ti ^ hi
we uaderstanf ., is now the only ground of difftjrenoe . between Mr . Wilson and the workers at Patidyvau f We regret to . state , that the other mastew aid ; their ¦ workmen remain in the same position as before— , the masters expressing a wiUiogness to gtaut a Uiti 9 t arid the men firm and determined to have all their dev mands fulfilled . The military are still stationed at ? Airdrie , Coatbridge , &a , and may Iw seen cfiattingr with the unemployed , going in and out of tbeJwuseag of the inhabitants , and altogether on the best of iaxafcg There are not so many potato depiedatlons , . lipweTflUf although occasional liftings take place at some dis ***? frPm the towns . On Thursday morniag , Mr . J .-Wifi ^ farm ^ Craigwahalan , about a mile andaiall ^ S Airdrie , lost about a rood , of which immediate infooo * - tioni was given to the Sheriff The . depM ^ ons-cifflsi mitted in this w ; sy , it is onderstood , amoa ^ w * farmers , will be defrayed at tha expence of the '» iwV » 3 aad , consequently , they begin to bealittlp more « aW ^? less as to the potato diggers . : v
Ata tillage called Menystpne , we ¦*«« iafonnedtL *^ colliers and their dependents tha other dsy Went ratbtfH merrily abo » t their potato exomralohsi After lading j » 3 supplies , a great number of tijemcane openly o ut »< front of their hoises , aad with their wives and Uttift owe set up the old eoag of ; ^ . '¦ .- '• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . : " "If e * w aye been provided tot , ^ :. v : " . ¦ -: "An ' t ^ mmw « jet . - « ¦ - : - ¦ , . ¦;/ - * . ; ' ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 27, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct903/page/6/
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