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      Parliamentary Review. The Consideration ...

      ^ ibed the f ather-in-law the x »? mier f as v . rinsr been sent on a very peculiar androvlng - . . ^ _ he went to teach politi cs to various Ga ntries . Following Lord Minto ' s career , the f ^ . Member showed that the only result of Y \ i peregrinations and his interference , had tj e ? n to produce precisely the opposite of what such interferenceth

      J , jntended ' jby —e results fcad decidedly been more interesting than suc cessful- He strongly condemned the noni nterfe rence of our Government in the aff airs of Austrian - Italy , at the time ffh en Radetzky and the Austrians were driven from Lombardy ; and now censured in equally severe terms , the mediation of France and Ep . 2 ; land , when Austria has

      succeeded in reconquering her Italian possessions . The whole tone and tendency of Mr Disraeli ' s speech , was what we may call decidedly Pittite . He repudiated any connexion with the Jacobinism of France . It was useless to attempt to act in any affairs of State with a Jacobin party . The name might have passed a way , and the modern designation be different , but fce recognised in them the same features as ofvore—he observed the same character and

      system . It was a system that commenced in f raternity , and ended by assassination—a system which began by preaching universal charity , and concluded b y achieving general spoliation—and whether it was Ledru Rollin , or the man who shook hands with Ledru Rollin , ( meaning , we presume , General Cavaignac ) , he did not recognise in people of this kind the French nation , or any branch of it , with which he should wish to carry on an alliance

      and a cordial understanding . The speech was loudly cheered , and is the first indication we have had in Parliament . yet , of the existence of a war party . It so happens , however , that we Lave had the fortune to possess a Minister who held and acted upon the anti-Jacobin policy , SO eloquently advocated by Mr Disraeli . We are , therefore , not obliged to reason abstractedly as to its practical results . We « an refer to facts , and these we think are the most conclusive reply to the rhetoric and the sophistry by which England is sought to be again deluded into the adoption of so fatal a

      policy . William Pitt carried on his Government on the very principles enunciated by Mr Disraeli . The result we all know . It caused a lengthened and destructive war , and saddled the people of this country with a debt of six hundred millions—the annual interest of which has to he swept from the hard earnings of the industrious classes to this day . There is not a labouring man in the country who does not find the pressure of this omnipresent curse . It stints the dishes on his table , the furniture in his house , the clothing for himself and family , the blankets for his bed . If Mr Disraeli , and those who preach anti-Jacobinism , would pay

      the piper for the wars they cause , there might he the less objection ; but we really must protest against being dragged into such an insane , destructive , and costly war , as that which , during the early part of the present century , devastated Europe , and imposed a galling and unparalleled burden upon the productive classes of this country . For our own part , we do not see why we should interfere with the internal affairs of other countries at all . That system of everlasting meddling , which has been the cause of to many and such heavy burdens , has been at the same time the weakness and the curse of

      British statesmanship . We do not know in what way the country ever has been or ever can be benefitted by it . Let every nation Sght its own battles and manage its own matters . What have we to do with them ? It will be time enough for us to move when they attack us ; in that case defence—bold , ready , and effectual—will never be wanting . If , however , instead of the wise and pacific policy of non-intervention , we are to have intervention , we should certainly prefer that it should be in the direction indicated by Lord Palmerston than that recommended " by Mr Disraeli . If England must be dragged into Continental quarrels we hope it will be in support of constitutional government , not worn out and effete despotism .

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      Ireland Formed The Topic Of An Animated ...

      Ireland formed the topic of an animated debate in the Lords on Monday . A fourth ¦ Coercion Bill , introduced by the Lord Chancellor , furnished the ground-work ; the Earl of Shrewsbury attacked the Irish policy of the Government , and showed what everybody now admits , that it was directly in the teeth of all their former professions . They came into office pledged to govern on remedial and conciliatory principles , and their whole policy has "been one of miserable make-shifts , expensive to the country and useless to Ireland , ending in a series of the most stringent and despotic

      acts of coercion . The Marquis of Lansdowne , in a very warm tone and with much vehemence of manner , replied to the truthful exposition of Lord Shrewsbury . The Lord President was decidedly belligerent in his policy ; the Bill before the House he considered was a remedial measure in its strictest and its largest sense , because no good whatever could be done in Ireland until discontent and insubordination were put down b y the high hand . It was the old story over again , the same reasoning in the vicious circle we have so often commented upon . First remedial measures are promised —the people are great in expectancy of the fulfilment of these promises—then the

      Government and Parliament go to sleep because the people are quiet . After waiting long , "Hope de ferred maketh the heart sick , " and bitter tooand disturbances recommence , and then the Government plead the hacknied apology—hefore anything remedial can be done we must first " put down" insurrection and restore order . Thus runs the story . The Duke of Wellington followed in a speech savouring strongly of drum-head courtwnartial ; and , of courecwith the usual celerity and unanimity , the bill for " putting down" illegal assemblies in Ireland passed their Lordships , and has found its way into the Lower House , where , no doubt , its progress will be equally rapid .

      | S Some Of The Points Elicited In The D...

      | S Some of the points elicited in the discussions on the Miscellaneous Estimates are worth noticing . First with respect to the New Houses of Parliament . They were ori ginally estimated at 720 , 000 / . Twelve months were given to the architect to prepare a detailed estimate from specific data , in order to show that this sum was not a mere guess . At the end of tbat time the Board of Works reported that the p lans and details had been furnished as required ; that no alteration had taken place , and the Board was satisfied . On this assurance the building was commenced

      and carried on . The whole afLir has been , to use one of Col . Sibthorp ' s homely but most expressive terms , " a down-right humbug . " It was not true that no alterations had been made—vast and important changes had been made—and Parliament has gone on voting one sum after another for the perpetuation of this huge job , until Lord Morpeth himself confesses that more than a million sterling has been already spent en the building . Thetotal . cost , it is estimated , will not be far off twe millions , or nearly three times the original estimate . If Mr Hayter , the Chairman of the Select Committee on the Land Company , and Sir B . Hall , the acute and persevering critic of its

      accounts and balance sheets , were to direct their ieen scent to this matter , we think they would find w hat they decidedly missed in their late investigation—all the materials of a rank job , and a . gross and costly imposition on the public The two millions—or , at least , the million and a half—which will be wasted on the tuge monstrosity on the hanks of the Thames , would , at 300 / . a head , have located 5 , 000 families on freehold farms of three acres each , with geod houses and capital to start with . Our legislators might have been very comfortably provided for in a 500 , 000 / . building . But wholesale squandering of the money wrung from the toil of the millions , calls for no reproof or investigation on the part of such immaculate legislators as Sir B . Hall .

      He reserves his Paul Pry propensities only for those plans which promise id jmnrove then condition , and it is wonderful how microscopical , minute , and keen , in hunting for errors , he can then become , The class of legislatorial Pharisees , who strain at gnats and swallow camels , is , unfortunately , too numerous . Another nice little job was detected by the indefatigable and smart Member for Middlesex , Mr B . Osborne , who is evidently a thorn in the side of the Whigs . One item of expenditure theHouse was called upon to sanction , wasthat of 4 , 045 ? ., "for services performed in connexion with the distress in Scotland and

      Ireland . " Nothing could look more natural and unpretending than such an item , especially as Scotland was mentioned first ; and , but for the vigilance of Mr Osborne , the trick would have passed undetected . Scotland was evidently placed first , in order to throw the House off the scent . Mr Osborne , however , gave the House the information , that one mode of relieving this distress was the presenting of 2 , 500 / . out of this item of 4 , 045 / . to Sir C . Trevelyan , in addition to his year ' s salary , and the Order of the Bath ! Pretty fair , we think , for one year ' s services , even if they had been of the pre-eminent nature which his official

      panegyrists state they were . The gentry of Ireland with whom this "Whi g Commissioner came into contact , entertain a very different opinion of his merits and usefulness . But be this as it may , the nature of the proceedings by which his friends sought to smuggle an addition of 2 , 500 / . to his regular salary , was fully indicated by Mr Gladstone when he said , " who could suppose that a single charge to the amount of 2 , 500 / . was included in what appeared to bean aggregate of small items ?" Here is another indication of " the way the money goes , ' * which we recommend to the attention of the honourable baronet the member

      for Marylebone . " Mr Grey and Mr Finlayson should be called upon to overhaul the Government book-keeeping and accounts forthwith . We fear they would have to report upon more than " irregularities . "

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      Notice To Agents.—Those Agents Who Have ...

      Notice to Agents . —Those agents who have neglected to discharge their accounts , rendered on the 2 iih of June , will not receive any further supply of the Northern Star after this notice , unless they remit in full before Thursday next . Mb Pcxveb , Kelso . — Your paper has been regularly posted . £ 5 * Press of matter occasioned by the Chartist arrests and the Irish trials , has compelled the withdrawal of several communications ; including tbe letter of our Irish correspondent . Mr Sweet ' s list is postponed . Mr Joseph Peeks . Needle Manufacturer , Hull or elsewhere . —A short one , 5 s .

      Receipts Of The N&Tlotx&B Land Cobspanv,...

      RECEIPTS OF THE N & TlOTX & b LAND COBSPANV , FOB THB WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , AUGUST 17 . 1818 . PES MR O'CONNOR . fSASES . £ 8 . d . Horninghold .. 0 13 6 Horsley .. 0 3 0 Haswell » 0 7 6 Birmingham , Ship 2 10 0 Newcastle-upon- Manchester .. 3 7 4 Tjne » 8 15 0 Iveston .. 2 16 0 Lambeth « 0 11 9 Mertbyr , Morgan 3 7 5 NottiDgh-mi , Kochdale .. 19 9 Sweet M 0 13 0 Eli Marchant - 0 10 0 Birmingham , Thomas Thorn-Goodwin .. 10 8 berry ., 0 5 0 Salford m 4 11 6 Thomas Moss .. 1 710 Oldham « 0 11 3 Yfilliam . Baillie 0 2 6 £ 33 1 10 EXPENSE FUND . ——¦ Newcastle upon . Manchester M 0 11 2 Tjse « . 15 0 Iveston » . 0 2 8 Nottingham , Kidderminster .. 2 0 0 Sweet .. 0 12 4 Merthjr , Morgan Oil 6 Salford <• 0 7 6 Rochdale « 0 1 0 £ 5 10 6 Land Fund 33 1 10 Expense Fund ... ... ... 5 10 6 Kulei ... ... f .. ... 0 10 38 13 4 Bank ... .. . ... ... 50 1 0 £ 88 14 4 Returned on account of Transfers at Minster Lovel ~ 105 15 0 Returned on account of Aid Money on Twe Three-acre Parma at ditto « . .. .. 45 0 0 Received on account of Home and Ten Acres of Land at Bromsgrove .. .. .. 1000 0 0 Received on account of a Three acre Farm at Lowbands „„ .. .. .. 52 19 0 Ditto , for an Allotment at Snig's End .. 50 0 0 Gift „ „ .. - .. - 50 0 0 £ 1 , 391 19 4 "Wh . Dixoh . Cheibtopheb Doili , Taos . Cum , ( Corres , See . ) Paiiip i £ ' 6 » iTH , ( Pln . Seo . ) FOR FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . BECEITED BT W . BIDES . M . Ball , Mansfield 0 0 6 Chester-le-Street , A Few Females , per M , Robinson 0 4 0 Manchester , per Banbury , per J . E . Johnson .. 0 10 3 Hone .. 0 10 6 Ipswich , per J . Penrith , per H . Cook .. 0 3 7 Sherlicker » 0 2 2 £ 1 I 1 0 THE LIBERTY FUND . For the Fortnight ending Thursday , Aug . 17 th . Deptford Lo- Somers Town , cality .. 0 3 o per Mr Arnott 8 10 0 Washington Sri- Mr Clark .. 6 4 0 gade , per Mr Northwich , per Daniels .. 8 10 0 MrRowe .. 0 4 0 Manchester , per Whittington and DrM'Douall 2 9 0 Cat . per Mr Cheltenham , per Bloomfield * 1 0 10 Mr Glenister .. 0 10 0 Sittingbourne , Devonport , per per Mr Willis 0 2 0 Mr Rogers - 0 5 0 Huddersfield , Bristol , per Mr perMrSykes 113 1 Hyatt .. 0 5 11 Radeliffe . perDr Kidderminster „ 0 5 0 HiDotiall .. 0 10 0 £ 8 2 10 The above are the receipts of a fortnight , and leave the secifcty in debt . We call oa all secretaries holding funds to pay the same immediately , and all localities to enter into subscriptions for the Liberty Fund on the Sunday ana Monday of next week . We are as plain in stating our circumstances as we are free in stating our opinions , and care nothing for the sneers and insults of the press . John M'Cbae , Secretary . RECEIVED BT W . rideb . Star and Garter Locality , Kentish Town « 0 S 0 NOTICE . Mr Harney has kindly offered to receive all letters sent to the Executive . So , in future , all communications must be directed to John M'Cbae , 16 , Great WiadmiHstreet , Haynaarket , London .

      National Land Companx. I Sm Instructed B...

      NATIONAL LAND COMPANX . I sm instructed by the Bsard of Directors to intimate t 9 those branch secretaries who have made remittances during the quarter ending 24 th of June , it is imperative to make an immediate return of the usual quarterly sheet . Thomis Ciabk , Corresponding Secretary .

      South Losdok Chartist Hall.— An Adjourne...

      South Losdok Chartist Hall . — An adjourned meeting of Land members only , will take place on Sunday , Aug . 20 th , at six o ' clock , for the farther consideration of the proposition of Mr O'Connor . Chohlet . —A general meeting of shareholders , will be held on the 20 th mat ., in the Land Company ' s rooms , behind Mr Mansley's , rope maker , Marketstreet , at one o'clock in the afternoon , for the purpose of taking into consideration Mr O'Connor ' s pro

      pO . 'ltiOD . Biacebcrs . —The quarterly meeting oi the Land members will take place on Sunday , in the Old Size House , Chapel-street , at two e ' elock in the afternoon . Members are urgently requested to attend . Dbwsbubt . —An adjourned delegate meeting will be held on Sunday , AugUHt 27 th . Chair to be taken at two o ' clock . Every locality in the district , is requested to send a delegate , and each delegate must bring proper credentials with him . Communications for the district must be sent to the district secretary , and those localities wishing to join must send a delegate to the next meeting .

      Easisoios Lasb . —A general meeting of the Land members will beheld at Mr J . Hunter ' s pnblichouse , on Sunday , AcgaatSOtb , to take into consideration the new plan proposed by F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., to carry out the objects of the National Land Company . It ia hoped that every membw will attend . Birmin'ghah —The members oi the National Land Company , meeting at the Ship luo , are requested to attend a special meeting of the shareholders , on Sunday , August 20 th , to take into consideration the propositions of Mr O'Connor , which appeared in his letter of Saturday last , Chair to be takes at seven o'clock precisely .

      National Victims' Fund Committee. Tqs ^'...

      NATIONAL VICTIMS' FUND COMMITTEE . Tqs ^' aDce sheet of mo nies received tow ard ? <' e frayiug the eXpenie ? f pSSsage and outfit of Mrs bliza Ann Janes , to convey her to her exiled husband , the compatriot of John Frost , August 8 ih , 1848 :-£ . s . A . Bath , S . Chatwin ... o 2 G Messrs Hosklll and Wells " "" 0 2 0 MrHonsB , CsrabsrweJ ' ,,, # > j "' q I 0 Jaraee Bubb , Lincoln ... "' "' 0 8 0 Thomas Potter , Stockton " '" 0 5 0 George Kendall , Ashfleld . '" '" 0 5 0 J jhnGilbertson , Carlisle "" '" 10 0 Female Chartists , Rochdale ' . ' . ' . "' , 0 lo 0 W . N . R ., Manchester ... [ "' 0 0 C Kotherham Chartists ... '" '" 0 18 Mr Chippendale ... "' "" 0 3 4 "' ' '

      P . W . B oio r . . B . ... ... if < ^ oio Mr Gsisley ... ... ^ . 010 Mr aod Mrs Draper , Caaberrrelj " " . ' 0 2 0 Joseph Harrison , Burnley # ll '" 0 3 6 Bristol Chartists ... '" 0 4 0 Ratcliffe Bridge . Wm . Clougn "' . '" . 0 3 0 Hyde Branch of Land Company "" . ... 0 7 6 S . Hobbs , Wycombe ... _ " 0 3 0 Droylsden , John Lsigh '" , '" o i C Mansfield , George Hibbard ... „ . 0 10 Deaa-streeet , Westminster Locality , ' , ' , 10 0 Glasgow , James Bay ... ... ... 0 0 J Dundee , James Graham . ' . . ' , 0 15 7 Camberwell Locality ... \\_ " [ 0 10 0 Ditto , a Few Friends ... .. . ... 0 3 0 John P . Jones ... o 1 0

      Accrington ... ... ... ... o 5 0 Swindon . S . G . Manly ... ... " . 0 3 6 William Jameson ... # >< __ 0 10 Maijletone Locality ... ... ... 0 6 3 From Stafford ... ... ... 0 6 0 WaMngford , C . Phillips ... ... 0 3 3 Few Friends , Vaosball ... ... 0 5 0 Nottingham , Mr Sireet . „ , „ 0 16 Brighton , Wm Flower * ... ... 16 6 Ditto , No . 2 Locality ... ... ... 0 6 2 Paisley Chartists ... ... ... 0 10 9 Leicester , F . Simpson ... ... ... 0 13 0 Robert Paline ... ... ... 0 1 6 Cheltenham , C . Hyett ... ... ... o 10 o Birmingham , James Brewsttr ... ... 0 5 0 James Parker , Camberwell ... ... 0 1 0

      A Mead . ditto ... ... ... 0 2 fi A Friend , ditto ... ... ... 0 2 6 Nottingham , Mr Sweet ... ... ... 0 13 Kilmarnock , Mr G . ilman ... ... 0 2 4 Saaierland ... ... ... ... 0 10 Ratcliffe Bridge , J . Bowkieg ... ... 0 3 6 Washington Brigade and Mr Tolman . ... 0 16 0 Brighton , Wm . Flowers ,., ... 1 1 i Nottingham , John Bodill ... ... 0 2 0 Niwcastle . upon-Tyne , per M Jude ... 0 11 10 Lambeth Locality ... ... ... 10 0 Northsmpten , Mr llunday ... ... 0 6 6 Manchester , per Mr L » cey ... ... 0 5 6 New Ridford , ditt © ... ... ... 0 4 0 £ 17 10 10

      Jambs Grustsy . [ Johs Godwin .

      The M-Douall Defence Fund. A Cigar Dtale...

      THE M-DOUALL DEFENCE FUND . A cigar dtaler , Greenwich 0 5 0 Coventry , per W . Hosier 0 16 Hebden Bridge , per Jas . Mann 0 5 0 Lincoln , per Thos . Sharp 0 5 0 A Liverpool Freeman , P . C . B 0 10 DanielJohn Chesterfield 0 10 Newcastle , per Robert Gardener 0 10 0 Burnley Chartists , per Jas . Wallace 0 5 0 Hasliogdon , per Htnry Green 0 4 4 Weetbromwicb , per Wm , Tnrntr 0 2 6 London , William Shute „ 0 10 Old Shildon , Lard and Chartist members , perJohnParker 0 5 2 Rochdale , per Leigh Gleave 0 7 3 £ 2 13 _ 9 The above is all the money I have received from any place except the Ashton subscriptions , and unless our Chartist friends in the country will bestir themselves and forward subscriptions , I fear we shall not be able to take witnesses down to Liverpool . W . Aitkin , Treasurer . [ The above should have appeared last week , but was omitted for want of space . —Ed . N . s . " ] The following sums have been received up to Taea . day evening , the 16 ' . h inst : — Blackburn , Richard Maiden 2 9 0 Penzance , W . J . Grooott 0 10 0 Colne , Joshna Watson 0 14 0 High Town , W . Wardle 0 10 0 St Andrew ' s , Fifeshvre , T . G . Hnslarde ... 0 5 0 Middleton , a Chartist 0 10 Cheltenham , John Henmein 10 0 Aberdeen , 'Fair Piay ' and others 0 4 0 Sooth Shields , John Ryle 0 7 0 London , per W . Rider 0 3 6 Preston , W . L ' . ddall 10 0 Winchester , Geo . Stnrgess 0 3 0 BeTtr ' . ej , Christopher Yates ... ... 0 6 0 Leicester , W . Goodman 0 9 0 Daventry Geo , Bsale 0 10 0 dd H 6 W . Aitkin . Per W . Rideb . Banbury , per J . Howe ... ... ... 6 4 6 Dalston , per T . Sowerby ... ... 0 S C Traro , per W . Burrldge ... ... 0 5 6 Somtrs Town Chartists , per J . Arnott ... 0 0 0 Congleton , per T . Pickford 0 8 9 1 8 _ 9

      Defence Fund. Received By "Wm. Rumb. £ S...

      DEFENCE FUND . Received by "Wm . Rumb . £ s . d . Amount already published ... ... 311 8 9 Stapleburst , per J . Bristow ... .. 0 4 0 G . Pelrson . Rlverheaa , Kent ... ... 0 0 6 W . Sadler , Carnabr Market ... ... 0 10 J . F , Armstrong , Egtemont ... ... 0 3 0 A . Kobert , Port Hopetowa , Edinburgh ... 0 4 0 Sittingbourne . per S . WIUIb ... ... 0 2 0 Warwick Friend * , per C . French ... 0 3 10 Vincent Camden , per ditto ... ... 8 2 6 A Toll Collector ... ... ... 0 10 Ship lun , Birmingham , per J . NewhOQBB ... 1 10 0 Nottingham , Mr Broxholme , per J . Sweet 0 10 Hanky and Snellen Cbortists , per M . Dealdn 0 10 9 Joiner ' s Square , per ditto ... .. 0 3 3 An Enemy to Oppression ... ... 0 2 0 £ 314 V 7 naMBMBH *

      Alarming State Of The Manufacturing Dist...

      ALARMING STATE OF THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS . ( From the Daily News . ) Very considerable alarm has been created in the manufacturing districts—more particularly in Man-Chester and Ashton-uader-Lyne—by rumours of intended outbreaks by the Chartists and the Irish Confederate clubs . Our correspondent states that he was inclined to treat the matter as an idle rumour , but on application to the police authorities he found the magistrates had been in consultation during almost the whole of Saturday night , several of them being at the town-hall indeed as late as two and three o'clock on Sunday morning . The ground of this alarm to the magistrates was not suffered to

      transpire , but something of an unusual nature is inferred ) from the circumstance that the police 'are enjoined to strict secrecy towards the press , a course vrhich . has not before been adopted . The answeof the police superintendents to the most simpli question is , ' We are not at liberty to answer . ' At Ashton , whither our correspondent went , in consequence of the news from thence being denied at the police office in Manchester , the same secrecy was adopted , but it was there denied that any alarm has been occasioned by any circumstance . From other quarters , however , it was ascertained that some serious grounds of alarm had existed on Saturday night , and that rumours of an intention to barricade the principal streets , and to burn down the factories , in revenge for the . apprehension of O ' Brienhad caused the magistrates and military

      , offic ers to concert steps for the suppression of any outbreak , that all the police were called together , in fact in readiness , and that a strong military picquet , with bayonets fixed , was sent down to the neighbourhood of the Chartist and Confederate meetinghouse en Saturday night , where a meeting was then holding . The Confederates , however , had oeen apprised of the approach of this body , it is Stateo , and extinguished their lights in great precipitation and left the building , having been in secret conclave only a short time . Most alarming stones . were afloat yesterday , also , at Manchester , where U is said a rising was to be effected during the > mght , and the town set or . fire with a view ef _ ae « j » g confusion , which was to betaken a ^ ° ^ ; ° pillage the banks and other depositories of money or

      These rumours may turn out to be nn founded , ! a many equally alarming ones rf a similar J » J ™« been , but there is no question but that , & e mag . ^ trates see some grounds for apprehension , inasnr oen as they have taken steps fer . assembling the vrnwew the police , and keeping them in readiness in > large bodies , ready for an emergency . Capt . » tne chief constable , it ia . stated , had been entfor by express from Bh VasmaU watering place , mere he had goneto / iesiuikMs hftRh *

      ^ Oured Chartist A^Fb; C0npr^^T E Slst??...

      ^ OURED CHARTIST A ^ fB ; C 0 NPR ^^ T E SlST ?? B CE THE MANUFACTURING

      ( From the Morning Herald . ) MANCHESTfcrt , Tuesday , August 15—For several days past rumour has been rife of an outbreak in Manchester and some of the other large towns ia this district ; but the authorities , although in possession of the intended riots , appear to have given orders to maintain silence to the public press . These channels of information having been closed , I did not consider it wise to give publicity to the vague reports which reached me . There is now no doubt , however , but these reports were in some measure well founded . The intended outbreak here was fixed for last night , but it will he seen from the s ubjoined extract from a second edition of the Manchester Examiner that nothing serious occurred : —

      State op Manchester . —No attempt was made last night to disturb the peace of this city , nor was there discovered any indication of the threatened inroad upon it by the Chartists of ne . ghbounngtowns . Probablytheampleprrparations and great vigilance of the magistrates may have had some effect in preventing tbe outbreak which the malcontents , in their madness , are said to have contemplated From the events which took place last night at Ashton and Hyde , it would appear that there was , after all , some truth in the information which was received by our authorities . No doubt

      is entertained here that those events were part of an organised and wide-spread conspiracy . In ewy place however , the authorities feel the utmost confidence that they shall be able to preserve the peace , or promptly to repress any riotous proceedings . Tl e understand that from a late hour last night till daylight this morning , detachments of soldiers and of police patrolled the streets , at various points , so as to coverall the principal entrances to the city from Oldham , Ashton , Stockport , & c . All the Confederate clubs in Manchester met last night , and the rooms were crowded .

      Oldham . —The authorities of Oldham yesterday received ^ information that the Chartists of that locality intended , in common with all the other towns round Manchester , to meet last night , with the view of marching upon Manchester , and taking possession of it . The report brought to the authorities was , that parties would assemble from at least 100 different places , and that they would proceed in a combined body to Manchester . It was understood that the Oldham contingent would leave about half-past II o ' clock ; and the union of the grand army of the ' national guard' was to take place about one . Owing , however , to the rain , or

      to the small number who came forward , the Oldbamites did not leave their room till one o ' clock in the morning . They then sallied forth , from 50 to 60 in number , some of them carrying arms . With the view of exciting less observation they divided into seperate parties on leaving the town . They were watched until they had made their way fairly out of town . The several parties then joined , and nothing more was heard of them . The authorities of Oldham were yesterday in communication with the magistrates of Manchester with respect to the apprehended disturbances . Up till noon to-day no arrests , we believe , had taken place in Oldham .

      Serious Disturbance At Ashton.-A Policem...

      SERIOUS DISTURBANCE AT ASHTON .-A POLICEMAN KILLED . ( From the Manchester Examiner of Tuesday . ) Last evening , about twelve o ' clock , the town of Ashton was thrown into consternation and alarm by a report that the Chartists were intending to rise in insurrection at that hour , and from what occurred it would appear that the report was tot without foundation . At about ten minutea before twelve , pplice constable James Bright was passine down Bentinckstreet , and when about fifty yards below the Chartist room he was shot in the breast by some person at present not known to the authorities , although he must be known to at least fifty persons who were in company with the assassin , most of whom were armed with pikes or guns , and all were more or less armed with warlike weapons of some kind or other . After this act of cold-blooded murder , the Chart ' st party

      pursued two other constables , who succeeded in evading them , and made their way to the Town Hall , from which a messenger was dispatched to the barracks , but on his proceeding about a quarter of a mile on the road he found it occupied by a number of men armed with pikes , who mede him turn back . Another messenger was then dispatched , who succeeded in gaining the barracks by a different route , when the military were immediately got under arms and brought down towards where the mob had assembled . In the meantime the special constables had been called out , and with the borough police and several mounted special constables had attacked the armed mob , whom they put to flight , taking two of them prisoners . 1 hey also found a pike on the road , the shaft of which is about eight feet long , the Wade about twelve inches loni ? .

      With a view to prevent any further outrages , the soldiers were stationed in the Town Hall , while the special constable commenced a diligent search for arms . In their search they found a man who gave the name of William Healey , of Newton Moor , weaver , who had in his possession one pistol loaded , a butcher ' ssteel , powder , slugs , Chartist Manual , shot bag . pike head , wadding purse , s ahter ' s pick sharpened , knile , and ramrod . A man named William Penny , who was in his company , had seme gun caps in his possession ; a third , named Thomas Lees ,

      cotton-spinner , and who lives at Godley , had two boxes of lucifer matches ; a man named William Eden , shoemaker , of Dukinfield , was also seized . He had in his possession one pike handle , two knives , and tm ball tickets . There were also several pikes , pike handles , and other artie ' es , evidently made for tbe purpose of destroying ; life , and of the most formidable description . There were altogether , twenty-two persons apprehended , for various effaces . At about two o ' clock , the mayor arrived at the Town Hall , and bad a conference with Mr Jowett and Mr Lord , assisted by the clerk , Mr H . Hall .

      ( From the Daily News of Wednesday . ) So far as can be ascertained it appears that a number of the Confederates assembled in the evening at their usual meeting house , the Charlestons Chapel , and for once having evaded the surveillance of the police were enabled to arm themselves with pistols , pikes , swords , and other weapons , and march out into the streets , thus armed , at a little before twelve o ' clock , without encountering any immediate opposition . Persons who saw them state tbat there were some thirty or forty pikes carried by them which gleamed in the moonlight , and that several carried drawn swords , and others guns and pistols . Sosn after leaving the meeting house they encountered two policemen , one of whom was shot through the heart with a pistol : and they pursued the other into an

      adjoining street , but he baffled them by running into a cottage , the door of which he locked inside , taking care to extinguish the light as soon as possible . What tho object ol their march was , beyond the assassination of the police , doss not very clearly appear ; but it would seem that for a short time they entertained tbe insane project of holding the town against the military , for on messengers being sent to the barracks tbey encountered this armed force and were turned back—some , indeed , being fired at . It is stated that the rioters were encountered by theee messengers in considerable force , drawn up in lines across tho road to the barracks , but on the military being summoned ( as they were shortly afterwards through the instrumentality of messengers sent in other directions ) it was found that the rioters had moved , and it has since come to the knowledge of the authorities that they had gone forward to Hyde , a town several

      miles distant . A man named Bradshaw , who works for the Meaara Fowler , potters , was pierced through the thigh with a spear . Another man , named George Sbowcross , was shot through the calf of one leg with slugs , and they fired a bullet through the window of Mr Apsland , surgeon , Dukinfield , about two o ' clock , whilst that gentleman was standing at it , but so wide of him as not to have placed him in much peril . On their way through Dukinfield they called at the seat of Mr Charles Hindley , M . P ., and dislodged one of the small cannons placed in front of it , carrying it on \ but ultimately abandoning it , probably on account of its weight . . On arriving at Hyde , it appears they entered several factories and drew the plugs from the boilers , but dispersed without committing other mischief . The name of the policeman shot is James Bright , and his dead body was picked up in Bentinckstreet , Ashton , by Mr Gray , a publican .

      In the morning , within a few hours after the occurrence , the magistrates of Ashton had assembled at the Town-hall , and measures were taken at their suggestion by the police to apprehend suspected persons and upwards of twenty have been taken into custody , some of whom were to undergo an examination last evening . One of these men , named William Penny , had only some gun caps in his possession ; William Eden , snother , had a pike handle . Several had pike heads ; but some of them bad no weapons whatever foond upon tbem . Wm .

      Henley , of Newton-moor , weaver , had in hi » possession a loaded pistol , some powder , slugs , shot bag , a slater ' s pick newly sharpened , and a Chartist Manual . A quantity of ball cartridges were found in a garden belonging to Mr Binna of Dukinfield , which it is supposed the Confederates had left the re to avoid the risk of boing detected with them in their possession . A sword , newly sharpened , and a pike head were found in the yard of the Ta ' . bot Inn early in the morning , About noan , also , a number of pikes were found ia a field neap Dukinfield .

      Hoxioa.-The Chartist Mem Bers Of This Lo...

      Hoxioa .-The Chartist mem bers of this locality are requested to attend at the , Hope Coffee-house , Bridport-plaoo , oa Sunday evening , Apgwt 4 W W-

      The Riot Ak£ Murder At Ashton. (From The...

      THE RIOT AK £ MURDER AT ASHTON . ( From the Daily News . ) The examination of the prisoners taken a * Ashton , iff ' ° l f % implicated in the niun > ous Mot ™ ? , /^ derates mul Chartists , during & 3 iT s ! 1 resulled itt tlie «>™^ oi * three of their number for trial at the assizes . mini ! r T' \ number ' underwent an exa . S ° "?» Tuesday night before the magistrates . James Whitehead was charged with being found near the place where Brightthe murdered

      police-, man was found ; but there iva 5 no evidence to implicate him and he was discharged . James Mawdesl y and Michael Morris were charged with standing sentinel near to Messrs Kenworthy ' s pits , Mossloyroad , and with having , along with 30 or 40 other men , obstructed the road , and prevented Thomas Haigh and another person from going home . Tliev had also threatened to shoot them , Near to where Morris was taken , soon after the outbreak , a pike eight feet in length was found . On this evidence the prisoners were remanded . Jonathan Braithwaite

      and six others , who had been taken on suspicion merely from being found in the streets , were discharged . John Latimer and William Eden , found in the possession of pike-heads , were remanded . Thos . Lees , James West , Wm . Healy , and Wm . Penny , were next examined . John Bradshaw , a police constable , said : I was despatched on horseback for the military about quarter past eleven o ' clock , last night . I saw a man with a large

      bludgeon standing opposite the Swan Inn . When he saw me , he gave a shrill whistle . I rode at him , and he shrieked . I rode up to near the Kennely coal pits , and saw a great number of men armedj with their pikes and guns in a defensive position . I returned , as I could not get by them , and when I got back I heard that Bright vras shot . I went again , about one o clock , in company with the chief canstable and the other constables , and found the road barricaded .

      After the examination of several other witnesses , the prisoners Healy , Penny , and Lees , were committed for trial , and West was remanded . James Horsefield , Benjamin Duke , and Thomas Rhodes , were next examined and discharged , the chairman intimating that if the police found anything further against them , they must be brought up again . This closed the examination .

      Arrests At Manchester. At Manchester The...

      ARRESTS AT MANCHESTER . At Manchester the magistrates , no doubt impelled to more decisive measures by the sanguinary outbreak at Ashton , took steps on Tuesday night , bv a combined movement of the police and military , ' to seize the Chartist and Confederate leaders in their various cluhs , and were successful in laying hold of some of the more notorious . They had been " watched very closely on Monday night , as was stated in the Daily News of Wednesday , hut they separated without any outbreak . It was ascertained , however , that all the clubs were assembled that night , and that some of them held their conferences in the dark , and with arms in their possession , keeping a

      strict watch upon the movements of the police . It was rumoured that , having been intimidated by the police tbat night , they intended to meet again and issue from their clubs on the following night ( Tuesday ) , and make an attack on the mills and principal public buildings , to burn or pillage them . Against some of the persons known to be in their club-rooms , warrants were out from distant towns , and against others informations were sworn on Tuesday , before the Manchester magistrates , connecting them with the Ashton and other clubs , as having one common object in view , and with having possession of arras . The magistrates were assembled on Tuesday night at the Town Hall , to the number of ten or twelve , and soon after ten o ' clock Captain Willis , the chief constable , and Mr Beswick , chief superintendent of the detective force , divided a force of nearly 300

      policemen into five bodies , under the command of Superintendent Sawley , Taylor , Leary , Saynor , and M'Mullin , and despatched them by the most private routes , so as to make a simultaneous attack on the different clubs . At the same time , two bodies of military , consisting of two troops of the 4 th Royal Irish Dragoons and two companies ol the 30 th Infantry , proceeded by other routes , so as to take up a position to aid the civil force in case of need . They succeeded in taking fifteen Chartist and Confederate leaders in all , the greater portion of them being found at Whitaker ' s Temperance Hotel , Aneoats , the principal club-room , and these men they escorted to the lock-ups under the Town Hall , having taken them without any resistance . Mr Daniel Lee , Mr Joseph Peel , and Mr Matthew Kenntdy , three borough magistrates , accompanied the police .

      On Wednesday , at the Borough Court , Manchester , the whole of the fifteen prisoners were , brought up before the following magistrates for examination : — Messrs E . Armitage ( the Mayor ) , D . Maude , F . Hodgson , F . W . Kennedy , W . Jackson , Alderman Waikins , Alderman Walker , R . Gladstone , and J . Kennedy . The names of the prisoners placed at the bar were-J . Leech , T . Wbiiaker , II . Ellis , G . Rogers , H . Williams , G . Webber ( Englishmen ); D . Donovan , J . J . Finnigan , P . Deolin , M . Carrigan , J . Leaman , G . White , J . Dowlan , S . Cairns ( Irishmen ); and T . Rankin ( Scotchman . )

      Mr Pollock , barrister , appeared for the prosecution , about twelve o ' clock , and asked the indulgence of the court for a short time in consequence of not having received his instructions , intimating at the same time that he should probably have to apply for the remand of all the prisoners , without going into evidence . Mr W . P . Roberts , attorney for the prisoners , and who is better known as the miners' attorneygeneral , trusted that the court , before they attended to any such application , would see that there was some charge against the prisoners beyond the mere fact of their being Chartists . Some time having elapsed , during which Mr Pollock was receiving his instructions , he rose and said he should now have to make the application of which he had before given an intimation .

      Mr W . P . Roberts said , the prisoners had all been apprehended at a late hour , just as they were retiring to bed , and they were taken without any crime being alleged , except that they were Chartists . He therefore asked , that the application for a remand be refused . These men stood there on their deliverance , there being no evidence against them , and they having no consciousness of having offended against the law . To say the least , if the magistrates determined on a remand , he hoped they would take bail , and let the prisoners be informed of the charge against them , that they might have some opportunity of being prepared to meet the charge when it did come . He knew there wan & fashion of saying , ' Wait till you meet your judges , ' but he protested against such a course in this case , and contended that it would be most unjustifiable .

      Mr Pollock said the learned gentleman had anticipated him . He had not yet made the application , but he was not sorry to have heard the observations which had just fallen , because the application he had to make would meet one of those observations , and that the principal one , most completely . He applied to have the whole of the prisoners , some of whom had been apprehended with warrants and some without , remanded to some future day , in order that full evidence might be brought before the court with reference to their alleged guilt , and that * in the meantime , he would take care sufficient intimation was given to the prisoners of what the charge would he . The charge on which these men were

      brought before the court did not consist , as he was instructed , in their being Chartists simply ; nor would they have been brought there for any poliiical opinions they might hold , if they had not been guilty of other offences . On a future day he should be able to show tbat these men had been apprehended at a place where a elub was held ,, which was only one of a great number of clubs ; aad with respect to these clubs , they would be ready to prove that they had been organised for a considerable time , and acted together in concert with each other , and with clubs outside the town , and in distant parts of the manufacturing districts , which had COUfl . selled resistance to tbe lawful authorities , and some of which had already come into collision with the

      police—in one instance , as the magistrates were probably aware , with the loss of human life , and under circumstances of a most alarming character . Some of the prisoners had taken an active part in some of the clubs ; had communicated with them by means of pass-words , and some of those passwords and their proceedings had come to the knowledge of the police . So far from this being an attack by mere Chartists , they had reason to hope that the number of those persons sympathising with the prisoners as regarded their determination to attempt obtaining their views by physical force was very small . With regard to the prisoners , they had reasons to know that they and others who might be made amenable to justice , and against vrtiom warrants had been already issued ; bad ts & en

      Arrests At Manchester. At Manchester The...

      such a part as to lead to a fear that they ' - "vpjte their followers , and to disturb inrenoen « iw » . . Vs .. ' : ¦ ' . 1 the peace , and that somo hi tueiii , more ciaiigerous and disaffected than others , u £ u iirried out their designs in a manner which fell very little Short of treason , and would certa nly amount to a very serious charge of sedition ; for they should be able to Sl l » ow that these clubs not only contemplated the

      desu'tid ' " of p roperty and the resistance of aufhority , bi ' . 't even the destruction of human life . The ground oil wh ' ch he applied for a remand was , that not only were the police unable at present to bring forward all the . evidence , but that ( he commission for the Liverpool Assizes was to be opened that day , when many of the principal witnesses were summoned to give evidi > ne 2 in other cases , and in consequence of which the prosecution in this case would be deprived of their services .

      Mr Roberts , on behalf of the prisoners , resisted the application , and said that his clients had been driven to hold their meetings in secrecy and privacy by the stringent and unconstitutional means adopted by the authorities in preventing them meeting in public . If men were not allowed to meet in public , and to urge their complaints openly and fairly , aa free-born Englishmen ought to do , there was reason to suppose that they would meet in private . Hia opinion was that the authorities , by denying them the right of public meeting , were going the right way to destroy that bold independence of character which had been the boast of this countiy , and to convert it into a nation of assassins . But be that

      as it might , let the prisoners have the semblance of justice . Let the evidence they had be taken at on « ie , or if they had none , let the prisoners be discharged . He asked no favour ; he knew they would have none ; he only feared that if they went to trial in the present state of the country , if they were tried , juries would be found too ready to convict them , under the name of Chartists , of any offence . But let the forms of the law be gone through , and let there be at least a jonma / aae case made out before the prisoners were remanded . He was the more anxious to have the policemen ' s evidence taken at once , because it was apt to grow , and that they recollected many things after a lapse of time ? ' which was not in their knowledge on a first examination .

      After a short consultation the magistrates agreed to divide the prisoners into two classes . Those , taken without warrants were dismissed on their own recognisances in £ 20 till next Wednesday , and those taken on warrant were also set at liberty on finding two sureties each in £ 20 to answer the charges against them on the same day .

      Arrest Of Armed Chartists In London. (Fr...

      ARREST OF ARMED CHARTISTS IN LONDON . ( From the Daily Papers of Thursday , Aug . 17 ) Last night a scene of the utmost confusion took place in Webber-street , Blackfriars , which for two or three hours created considerable sensation in the neighbourhood . It appears that from ' private information received by the government , a strong muster of the P division of police was ordered to assemble at the L division in Tower-street . The men were immediately placed in reserve , armed with cutlasses , and were joined by about 150 constables and sergeants of the L division . The men belonging to the M section were also on duty at the Stones-end station , under the direction of Superintendent Evans .

      About half-past nine , on a signal being made , Superintendent Rutt , and Inspectors Carter , Evan ? , Arnold and Rogers , with nearly 300 men , marched to the Angel Tavern , in Webber-street , kept by Mr Smith . Mr Rutt , with a pair of loaded pistols and a cutlass at his side , entered the bouse , accompanied by a strong body of constables , and at the same time upwards of a hundred officers were drawn up in front of the premises under arms . The moment the police entered the tap-room or parlour a general movement took place on the part of the persons assembled there , and Mr Rutt cried out , « If any man offers the least resistance I will

      run him through , ' at the same time showing his drawn cutlass . This had the desired effect , and little or no resistance was attempted , The police then , in a body , seized fourteen men who were in the room , and conveyed them , under a strong guard , to Tower-street , where upon being searched pistols loaded to the muzzle , pikes , three-corner daggers , spear heads , and swords were found upon their persons , and others were found secreted under the seats on which they had been sitting . Some of them wore iron breast plates , and others had gunpowder , shot , and tow balls . Under one man no less than seventy-five rounds of ball cartridge were discovered .

      The prisoners were all placed in front of the lobby , and having been duly charged , their names and addresses were taken , and scarcely a man was brought forward who was not well known to the police as being a prominent Chartist . The whole of the prisoners were locked up at Tower-street under a strong escort of police armed with cutlasses . Soon after Superintendent Ratt and Inspector Russell , from private information

      which they received , proceeded to Blue Anchor-yard , York-street , Westminster , where , it was stated , a gang of armed Chartists were waiting to march out and join the other portions in the event of a procession being formed . On entering the house of a well-known leader , the man and a large pike were found . The whole of the Metropolitan and City police , not on duty in the streets , are to a man ia reserve at the station-houses under aims , incase their services should be required .

      Upon the police pr oceeding to the house of Samuel Morgan , one of the men taken by the L division , the police found the leg of a chair loaded with lead and a number of nails driven in at the extremity It was about the length of a policeman ' s truncheon , aud so heavily laden that a blow on the head with it must have caused instantaneous death . Swords and weapons of various kinds have been found at the residences of the other prisoners . Mr Inspector Carter , with several constables , then proceeded in a body to search the abodes of the other parties captured .

      Yesterday , in consequence of information received at the Home Office that a Chartist demonstration on a large scale was intended to be held at a house in Moor-street , Seven Dials , orders were issued to the superintendents of the various divisions of police at the west-end of the metropolis , to muster all their men , and keep them in reserve till further orders . At four o ' clock a strong body of police , under the direction of Superintendents Pearce and GrimWood , of the E and F divisions , proceeded to the offices of the Mendicity Society , Red Lion-square , where iney were kept in reserve till five o ' clock , when frorh information received by Superiatendent Pearce , ; the latter accompanied by Superintendent Grimwooa

      went to the Orange Tree public house in Orange street , and having satisfied themselves that a number of armed Chartists were in the house proce ' eded with several constables into tbe place , and arrested about eighteen men , armed with pistols , pikes , and blunderbusses- The landlord waa also arrested , and several cabs having been procured , the whole of the prisoners were handcuffed and conveyed to . the police station ia Bow-street . The public house in question is now closed . About eleven o ' clock an alarm waa given that upwards of 60 f > Irish Confederates armed with pikes were about marching from Moor-street to meet the Confederates in Webber-street , and in consequence of the alarm- manifested by the inhabitants , the whole of the C division , fully armed , under tbe- orders of Superintendent Beresford , '

      proceeded to the spot , and found that a number of Irish had assembled at a public-bouse in the strest under the pretence of having a raffle , in order to raise funds to defend the Confederate leaders on their forthcoming trial . Thisjiowever , turned out a mere subterfuge * for on the house being entered , the whole of the persons assembled were found , with arms in their hands . A violent resistance was offered on the part of the Confederates ; but on the police drawing their cutlasses , they speedily threw down their arms , aad ran out of the house . Four who were more violent than the rest were taken into custody . Quiet was not restored to the neighbourhood till a late hour . Upwards of 309 ball-cartridges were found secreted in St James ' s Churchyard , Clerkenwell , by one of the constables on duty , who took possession of them and carried them to the station .

      SEARCHING FOB ARMS . Last night Superintendent Evans , M , received information from a private source , that a quantity of muskets , pikes , and other weapons were concealed at the Rechabite Coffee-house , Great Suffolk-street ; , Southwark . He went to the house with a body cf police , and searched the house without tbe leas * opposition , but no arras were found , except an ohj musket , which , being broken at the lock , was rendered useless . The coffee-shop in question is usefi by a number of secret temperance societies and suspicions have been in soma time attached , to thaiamates .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 19, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19081848/page/5/