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      ¦ - . ; ; ¦ ' . ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦ sroTiCB . . ¦ ¦;\ . ; ;; ; ; . ; ; ¦ The Star of Saturday next will contain a full Report of the Important Proceedings in Manchester on the 16 th of August , connected with the aionumeDt to Henry IIunt ; and also the Sittings of the Chaitiet Conference on the 17 th , 18 th , and subsequent days . To give doe ^ eflfeot to the anniversary of an ever-memorable day , and to do jusHoe to the memory of the Poor Man ' s Advocate , we have , at great espence , procured an Engraving of ' - ' : ¦'; > ' ' / - ¦ ¦ . ';• ¦ HIWT'S IttOOTMENT , whioh wiirbe given in the 5 / ar , along with the ; Report . We hare also , at greater ^ expenoe * procured an Engraving of the horrible MANCHESTEK MASSACRE , onithe 16 th August , 1819 ! This we shall also give in the Star of Saturday next , accompanied with a detailed account of the atrocities of that bloody day ; a list of the names of the Manchester Yeomanry , who dyed their drunken hands in the blood of an unarmed people ; and the awful judgements of God oil the actors and abettors of those deedsja 3 eyidenced in the horrid end of CASTLERBAGH , the death of Canning , and the " visitation" on SlDMOUXH 1 Agents will please to give their orders in time . Both engravings will be given next week .

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      OPEN AIR MEETING AT THE GREAT WESTERN BAILWAT TATION , PADDING rOTf-This meeting was held , pursuant to adjournment Ercm the previous Monday evening , and _ was well ittendei ? . ' Mr . Patse having been called to the chair , briefly apened the proceedlnge . Mr . LCCAs moved . tlis following resolution : — " That this meeting -view with alarm and apprehen-? ion the fast amount of distress existing in t ! ie Bosntry , and are of opinion , that it can only be effectually remoTed by ensuring to the 'working classes that just share of political power "which is embodied in the document called the People's Charter . " Hs -was unused to pnblic speaking , bat Be felt that , at

      tlia present critical period , it wsb the bonndexi duty of every man to exert himself to procure a remedy for tbe awful distress existing in the country ; it ¦ would be nsfcl * Es in him to dilate on that distress , they were too ¦ well acquainted ¦ with its existence ; it was impossible te denj that it -was -undermining every institution of society . He wished them also to be acquainted -with tbe remedy ; he did not ¦ wish to force it on them ; but he ¦ wisted them to examine it for themselves , and not to Tiew it through the prejudices of others . Those who segiixted to apply a remedy to the present miserably deijraded posture of affairs niust be callous to every duty they owed to themselves , to society and to

      Gsd ; he called upon them to throw off tbeir apathy , to tXrrt the powers of their bodies , tbe energies of their minds in circulating the principles / which ¦ were founded on justice , hcminity , and Christianity to nnit& with cue hrart , to look not at the men who were advocating the pTiceiplts , but at tbe principles themselves , which were calculated to promote the -welfare of every man , vomsn , and , child in tbe empire . They had too long been deficient in sympathy for their saffering brethren , but this cloud of disgrace wa 8 now fast passing away , Red they were beginning xsghily- to estimate tbe .-ralne and ad \ intagrt of political power as a means to ensure prespfcTiTr to all .

      Mr . Mudge had great pleasure in rewinding the resolnt ' tn , -R-bich Dctonly declared that distress existed , but likewise pointed tbeir atfcsstion to the true remedy . They -were w $ U aware that destitution eb # . misery prrvsiied throughout the length and breadth of the . land to a decree unptrtllcled in the last history of the eonatry ; if they -sfcie not acquainted witb tbia-Tact , they ooght to be ; every day it spoke louder and louder to their understandings ; eray houi it approached Bearer to their homes ; let them look -aronnd the great metropolis ic vrhich they lived , andthes aoxid see thousands in a stele of the mosthorribiedestitution . and yeiLoudori had . noi felt a Qnaitai ti ihe distress -tthicii prevailed in lbs mauufaituiing districts , and though this distress bsd not apjrcaehed his own fioor , cr the doors perhaps of aiany of his bearsre , yet they knew . Dot bow soon it mitht arrive . It was paiuful to think that

      Englisiimen were reduced to Fncira state as to ba glad to feed en carrion , on cotrs , &c which had ^ iied of disease . Was this a state in which life was worth pre-Bervirs ; I Could tbey as men mnch longer irroan tinder Ench an -ccGmalation of misery ? The clouds « f misery WB ^ eh encircled their brethren in tbe north were coming rearer and nearer , and shades -were growing dari « = r and darker , and yet ,- ' alas , tbey would not arocse frcaj their torpor HEtil it C 2 me up ^ n them like a thitf in the night , and all -wers iavolvod in one gigantic ruin . The only sure meins cf removing this distress wss by obtaining political power . Class legislation had raised up a class of tyrants who , by enacting bad laws , hid brought tbe workinjf classes to their prefect pcritioa . They bad obeyed" tae laws of ttuss men ; itey hs . A submitted to tbeir caprices until further submission would be a crime ; for these men had

      they iov !^ d wasU d through weary summers day ; for them bad they fought and bled ; and now they "Were rewarded by insult and oppression . "Would they longer endure this ? Would "they longer remain qiick nnder their -btobjjs ? He faew tiat tfcey wonld not The migbty mnltitude ¦ would rise and pat down by tbe strong voice of pab . ic indignation tbeir heartless oppressors , and would never cease their exertions cutil they were in possession of the power ¦ which -w n'd be conferred upon them by the adoption of tbe People ' s Charter a 3 the law of the land ; cheers-1 Mr . CO 0 PE 5 ., of Manchester , said it was his pleasing dnty to support the resolution ; and he wished them to ketxi in mind the lines of tlie poet Byron , TLey vfso vould be free , themselves must strike tiia blow . "

      It was now admitted throughout the length and breadth of the British Empire , that a Wow of soroe description most be struct , and that it must beftrngk soon . The most iixpoTtsnt question -was . , low sfcoald the blow be struck to enianripale thimselves from their present thraldom ? AH parties in the state , Whig , Tory , and RidkaL aomit that a change must tsie place , and that it must come ere long . It was a fact that was admitted by the laost intelligent men of England and of other countries , that as the power of prodnciug wealth had increased , so bad increased the poverty of the producers . Th s showed beyend contradiction that there mutt be scniethiE ; rscically -wrong in society , or theso mesas ¦ which cngbt to increase tbe happiness and wealth of the people , wcu'd Ecvsi have increased their misery , Ticer and destitution . He bad travelled , during the cenrse o ? the suamer , through a portion cf Scotland , the North cf EnsjiEd , and the intervening counties ,

      !> etw ^ en tbere * "iri the Metropo-is , and QB could bear aiBpli 1 ttsiimosy thai tbe distress of tte people was overvrhe-ming . Wherever Tie went he was assailed ¦ with the cry of '' Bread , bread , bread—Justice , justice , justice . " * Everywhere tbey complained of poverty and tTTanny ; and so lorg as tyrsnDy existed so long would poverty , as a necessary consequence , be found among those "ciio -were tyranjiised over . The only true policy to TfeEDOTc tbe canse of poverty was to xinkc at tbe root of tyranny , and thereby remove the vice , misery , and destitution whieb it created . If they were even" to remain in tbeir present position , better wou ! d it he to letum to a state t > f nature—to go again to their hollow caks for a rude shelter—to roam again es painted savages in tbe -wiids of * he forest , than to ait of star--r&lion cud disease . What did it benefit the working man that he had built our manufacturing towns ; that lie hj . d erected splendid girsrninery ; that he had built oet Tcsscls , wiiicb

      " "Walk the -watera like a thing cf life" ? TThat avail was it to the men of London that they had erected splendid palaces for royalty and aristocracy ? He jLikei around , and he saw beauteous mansions in every direction ; and those who erected them he saw ¦ waDderisz in the streets , honstless and penniless . They -were toU tiiis always bad been the case , and it always -would . It vas trufi that vice and poverty had ever been f ; uiid te exiit but it was because tyranny existed ; but it did cct foilow that they ever should ex ? st He defied ar > y man to point out , in the history of the ¦ world , n nation enduring distress from the same cause which creited the distress in this country . Tfcey had heard of distress in ancient times ; but ix had feeen created l ) y a&lTC Aj 01 f 03 d producing famine , by war , or other

      similar causes ; bnt did they ever hear of a nation steeped ia distress because it had produced too Eiueh wealti ; yet this was the actual causa of the present distress . Labour was the oc ' . y property cf the ¦ working man , and in proportion as there was a demand for that la v mur wonld he be p ^ isperous cr impovtrisbed . But we tad now created so much wealth that there was DO demBEd for labour until that ¦» 33 sold , Being no demand , for labour , the worticg men having no wages , cvnid not buy , aad the borne market is debU'oyed , and dutrees ia the natural const quenee . The population of JBritain was about twenty-seven million ; many of these ¦ were actually starving for food , and yet the land would grow scflslent to support in plenty ISO millions of in-EAbitants . Our power of producing wealth was equal

      to that of 800 millions of xaeu . Oar shops and cor -warehouses were full , and ytt the men trjio produced tfcese aiticles vrere destitute of hats , shoes , asd every article of decent clothing ; homts were being erected iy working men aroi ^ nd him in every direction , yet husdreds were forced at night to take shelter in Hyde Fxrk , hsTing . r ^ o roof to sheker their Leads . The Uuie of Wellington bad said , that in England alone , of all the countries of tbe world , a working man coujd do well , if it was not Ms own fault , jtxai tfcit he could provide the Ktans tj euhsistscce , a ^ d u . sufficiency for . an independtsnea in his c ) d srt . He -was noz actuited by any spirit of isv ^ Dce U ;~ ar ds him or asy o : tcr man , Lttt te bhculd like to 5 t-2 him exchanra places with one of the poor

      haud-luom vrcavfers of the north , and ce would give Urn a good siiary to be ^ in with ; and if he did not Ef-iediiy raise timseif to independence , according to hia o « u uoetrL-e , it would bs hia own fanlt . The Dake oi "VVeiHr ^ ton wss migbty In pbysieal forcf , though small in iiiiSiicct ; but piaca him in one of the nanseou ccliara of Manchester or Xiverpool ; let him be surrounded by thos 9 who would call him father , and looi np to him for tuppoit—let him see the wife of hii bosom gradually pining * wsy btfore his eyes—let naughi EJttt his g&zj but the damp ar . d banes walls of hii miserable abode , and though at Waterloo he axpe ritncod trouble , and looting ^ at his watch , exclaimed " Vfonld u > Gr ^ tbe PnffisianB wtre c » me V tntre h < vould end himself in & worse condition , and wouk

      then exclaim , *• Wonld to God deatk or jmtice woul > eciue ! { Cbeen > . ) It had been asserted in the Hous oi Commons , aad echoed and re-echoed through tb pulpits cf the land , that the distress -was the result o a divine providence , and so k > ng as they coald get tb j > eople to believe this , tae villains -wbo crealed it wool escape , and : tictwr tneir iniquity upon tbe Qoi t cnaxioa . Did tbey erer tad tbe earth refuse to brin f orth iU fruits ? Did it net teem -with wealth and plenty the man that could assert that God was the originate of tha present distress , was tbe greatest of infidels ; th BUbop of Exeter had asserted in the House of Lord tbst t&e work&fc nan hid no h « pe vrbatevti to betts

      iis condition but what rested in hea . Ten ; and -wiei He teaid bis «^ ldren crying for b read ; whea he sav tie misery atoaai bM , taiS . was looking to Gad to Tdkf , he tb 3 t ironld corns to distarblds quiet wit ] the fsllficies cf polities bettering Sis condition , must b one of the wickedest-of men . The Bishop of Exeter -or any otn . tr mut-ftbo could preach such iaetriaea V the people ought to be made to exchange position ¦ with tfcem . It -was a jBhaaoe to ti » pewple Of thi S&ticn—th& llumJ ^ nli ^ hUoed , the most powerful il tbe world—that they had so long endured this bon dage—that tbey had so long followed tbe priest mvsiia of " Shut your eyes and opan year mouth an <

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      eee what God will send yon . " He trusted they woold open their eyes to some purpose , and discover the Charter as the true Temedy for tbeir condition , and that they would also epen their mouths , and declare the glad tidings to tnelr fellow men . Mr . Cooper contirued addressing the assembly in a similar manner for a lengthened period , and was frequently greeted with loud applause . The resolution was put and carried unanimously . ' Hr . Nagle moved , and Mr . Anderson seconded , in excellent speeches , an adjournment of the meeting until that day fortnight : this was unanimously agreed to , and tbe meeting dispersed with cheers for tie Charter , Star , &c .

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      BBOOKE THE NORTHALLERTON VICTIM . Beothbb Chabtists , —— "We , the Committee of patriot Brooke ' B Victim Fund , lay before the public the decision of the Bench of Magistrates . They refuse him being taken npon onr resources , it being contrary to Northallerton prison discipline . They will allow him pen , ink , paper , and books , and exempt him from laboorj providing we pay for his prison diet . Ha is at present in tbe Hospital , and lives as well as he possibly can do ; but he being convalescent , we expect his discharge immediately , aato the prison diet , consequently we commence paying in order to render his dreary abode as little irksome S 3 possible . We therefore appeal to the great Chartist body on his behalf , and publish our balance sheet to shew our

      IKCOMK— PRESENT B . ESOUBCES . s d July 7 , B y cash from a friend , Dundee ... 1 0 15 , Ditto from a friend , Islington ... 2 6 18 , Ditto from Thornley Chartists ... 5 0 20 , Ditto from Darlington ditto ... 5 0 23 , Ditto from Trowbridge ditto ... 3 24 , Ditto from Abergavenny 3 0 Aug . 7 , Ditto from ten poor hand-loom weavers , Chartists , Spotland-feld 5 0 Ditto from Brompton and Northallerton ... 6 1 $ £ 1 11 1 J Expenditure ... ... .. 1 2 Total Cash in band ... ^ 1 9 11 %

      EXPESDIIUKE . July 7 , Letter from Dundee ... ... 0 1 -10 , Ditto to Bradford 0 1 14 . Ditto from Brighton ... ... 0 1 15 , Ditto from Islington ... ... 0 1 20 , Ditto from DarliDffton ... ... 0 2 Ditto from Tbarnley 0 1 22 , Ditto to Brighton ... 0 1 23 , Ditto to Bradford 0 1 Ditto from Trowbridge 0 1 Aug . 7 , Ditto from Spotland-fold ... ... 0 1 8 , Ditto to Bradford 0 1 Paper , &c 0 3 1 2 Isaac Vfiisos , Sscrerary , To whom all monies must be directed BromDton , Aug . 9 tb , 1842 .

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      THE TURN OUT . Most earnestly do we call the attention of every reader of the Star to the accounts we this day present him with of the proceedings consequent upon the Turn-Out to resist the reductions now again attempted to be made in the already-starvation-wages of the labourer . Those reductions are the Tesult of a con spiracy on the part of the " great " employers to drive the working people to madness , lhat out of the state of terror and alarm , consequent on the phrenzy thus engendered , they may wring from the Minister their darling scheme of

      u Corn Law Repeal , " so as to enable them for yet a little while loDger to realise a per centage upon their * ' large capitals , " by driving labour still lower aDd lower in ihe scale of . comfort and well-being . The " Conference" has not fat for nothing ; The threats to close the mills have not been all wind . ' The attempt on the part of the confederated masters to prove that ge . \ eelal distress exists has not been without its purpose ! The whole of the efforts . made by this party have been , one and all , directed to tbe end of raisiDg capital upon the ruin 3 of Laboub !*

      We repeat , that the reductions now attempted to be made in the price of labour , are the result of a conspiracy on the part of a class to overawe the Government , and to accomplish their own selfish eud 3 at the expence of the community at large . Look well at the parties who offer these reductions 3 Who , and what are they ? Members of the Anti-Corn Law League ! "Extension of Commerce "

      advocates ! Bawlers out for " Cheap Bread . " The very men who have been for the last twelve months dinning in our ears loud and wordy expressions of "SYMPATHY" for the distresses and privations endured by the working portion of the population !! These are the men who try to ALLEViATE the distress they bo feelingly deplore , by reducing the tcages of the men they employ ! ! 1

      The partial dsvelopment of their confederated plan 3 affords some slight explanation of other sundry threats and talkings the " Conference " indulged in . We now see how the "riotings" and " risings ' that Mr . Taukton , of Coventry , recommended , are to be brought about ! The " great " Anti-Corn Law Masters are to reduce the wages of their workmen , until they drive them into acts of onirage " and riot ; and then they are to go to Sir Robebt Peel and say to him : " Didn ' t we tell you

      this would happen ? Give us the * Repeal * to quiet the alarming state of the country , and afford the star ? ing people' cheap bread . ' " Having , by these means , forced their measure from the Minister , they will turn-round upon the people themselves , and put them doven . They will join in yeomanry bands , in special constable bands , and in jury bands ; and they will bludgeon , sabre , shoot , hang , transport , and imprison the very men who have done ihe Leaguer ' s work by '" rising" and " rioting" !

      And will the working people be snchDinnies as to aTd theXeaguers in this their hell-begotten scheme Will they thus furnish weapons to be used against themselves by the most deadly and inveterate enemies they have to contend with ! Will they be thus played with , and used ? Will they do that for tbe enemies of Iabopb which they cannot do for themselves I Will they be instrumental in forging and in binding on the chain that will link them fast to Capital ' s car , to be dragged through the mire and over the rough , at the will and bidding of the drivers !

      If the working people intend to do these things , they have only to " rise" and * riot" ! If they intend to do these things , they have only to meet in crowds , to attack persons and property ; to destroy life sad wealth ; to murder , burn , and destroy 1 But if they intend to frustrate one of the most horrible schemes ever hatched to subjugate labour ; if they intend to defeat the wiles and stratagems of

      their deadliest foes ; if they intend to advance their own cause of right , and acquire unto themselves power to establish the right of justice , they will be peaceable J ! They will leave the M risings" and the * ' riotings" to the " Extension men" themselves ; and they will instantly pnt down , suppress , all and every attempt to force or beguile them into acts © f outrage or collision with the constituted

      authorities . We offer no opinion as to the prudence or desirability of the Tces-odt . That is a matter to be determined upon by the people themselves . Those to whom reduced wages are offered have a right to say whether they will accept them or not-They have a right to refuse them , if they think proper . They have a right to try to persuade others to follow their determination and example . Bat

      they have no right to compel others to join them . They have no right to destroy property . Against these acts we earnestfully and warningly caution t hem ! He is a bad soldier who fights against himself . ' He is a bad general who quits a safe position , and takes oae whence he is sure of being dislodgea ! So long as the people are peaceable and refrain from acts of outrrge , they are safe : th © moiaeiit thBy resort to them , they destroy their own power . We offer these observations in all earnestness and sincerity . of friendship both to the factory workers

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      of Lancashire and to the miners of Scotland , Staffordshire , and Warwickshire . The miners are an ill-used and industrious people . Their avocation is such as incessantly endangers limb and life—for half their mortal carreer they ; are entombed alive—shut out from the light of day and from the joys of social life—their means of mental improvement are contracted—their inducements to tread the paths of vice are continually multiplied— - their zest for the pleasures of domestic comfort diminished , in fact the system to which they are

      inured , completely unmans them , and they gradually degenerate from the human to the brute species , if not in form , yet in habit . And yet , notwithstanding all this , the ba 3 e profit-hunters would lay still heavier burdens upon them and add starvation to their other grievances , by robbing them of their hire . Base wretches ! but we trust they will be foiled in the attempt . Wo trust the workmea will be enabled to compel them to pay some regard to honesty , however unwillingly . And that they may do so we implore them to be peaceable .

      We are glad the miners , like other trades , have hoisted the banner of the Charter . In the principles of that invaluable document must centre sdl their hopes . Towards that prize they most vigorously press , and relax not a single muscle until the gem of freedom sparkles on Britannia ' s brow . Trades' Unions , in times past , were deemed the nly panacea for the complicated evils endured , by the operative classes—the specific web tried , but its virtues were undiscovered , or practically unknown . Politics were then discarded , arid the leaders of

      those unions were ever ready to impugn the motives of the Radicals , who never failed to direct the sufferers to the primary cause of the evil—class legislation ;¦ secondary causes were all that could be descried by the " pioneers" of the Trades , but now the mist has been dispelled , and each workie is enabled to see ttie real cause , without the aid of borrowed spectacles . This is certainly a consummation Joag and devoutly desired by every true lover Of his country ' a weal , and we trust it will be found a swift and sure harbinger of that perfeot freedom which is the inalienable right of man .

      Your cause , miners , is just . Let your shield be caution . Give the enemy no cause to let slip the dogs of war . The cowards may pounce upon you , without cause given by you . Should it be so , let them abide the issue of the contest . Nothing ia too despicable for the iron-bear ted iron masters and tne black-hearted coal masters ; but be circumspect , discreet , and watchful , and they will bo worsted . In conclusion , we caution yoa against political pedlars . Know your men , ere you trust them . Th » wolves are on the prowl , but you may compel them to retreat to their hiding-holes . Snakes will be in the grass , but take heed where you tread .

      Every succeeding day furnishes additional proof of the villany inherent in the despicable middle classes ; of tbeir hostility to the interests of the masses ; of their hatred of justice , and , consequently , of the absurdity of the doctrines propounded by the defunct "New Movers" and the expiring League , who profess to desire an amalgamation of the middle and working classes .

      The man who preaches up this unnatural union after perusing the accounts of the tyranny of the masters towards the employed , which is given in our columns of this day , must be either a fool or a knave , and as such ought to be scouted from all society into which he may intrude . Such characters , thank God , have now no chance of stultifyiDg the workies with their poisonous nostrums . The political empirics havj had their day , and must either retire from the arena of politics or become honest men .

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      THE NATIONAL DELEGATE MEETING ; THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ; AND THE LEICESTERSHIRE DELEGATE MEETING .

      We have very little information as to what pro gress is being made in the necessary arrangements for the "National Conference" summoned by the Executive for Tuesday next , in Manchester . We apprehend that most likely very few

      deltgatea will be appointed ; but we trust that every place which does send a delegates will take care to do it rightly ; that all things may be done safely . We hope , also , that every delegate will ceme fully and thoroughly instructed by his constituents ; as far as they have the means of anticipating the business of the meeting ; that the opinions of the people may be as fairly represented n is possible under the circumstance ? .

      Tbe recent chargeB of the Leicestershire Delegate against-the Executive Committee and the manner n which those charges have been met by the Committee—haughtily refusing to acknowledge the slightest responsibility to the great body of the Chartists , but pointing to " the officers of the Association" at this meeting as the parties , to whom they will give whatever explanations may be required—have invested this meeting with an

      importance not to be easily over-rated . An importance which we hope will not be assumed by any sectional assemblage , for the gratification of any clique or the serving of any individual or knot of individuals . The cause of Charjism is too pure and too holy to be trifled with ; its escutcheon must be kept free from blots ; no rust must be permitted to eat into its substance ; and if mire be cast upon its surface it mu&i be instantly cleansed .

      That we may aid as far as possible such as may need information on the matter , we Buggest the following , as a form of the credentials to be given by the Chairman of ever ; public meeting where a delegate is elected , to the said delegate : — " To all whom it may concern . " I hereby certify that , at & public and open meeting of the inhabitants of held at on the day of 1142 , Mr . Was elected by a majority of the persona then and there present , as their delegate to a meeting of delegates to be holden at Manchester , on the 16 th day of August now next , to consider the best means of enhancing and sustaining the interests and well being ef the National Chatter Association .

      Chairman . Aug . 1842 . " Of course the blanks must be filled up as ciroum ttinosa may Tt quire .

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      The important news from the "disturbed districts" has shut out several articles of comment which we had prepared—amongst the rest our promised commentary on the National organization .

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      B « C . asks : — " Jf a lecture be delivered in an unlicensed room , and if admission be made by tickets at me penny for each ticket , will the chairman at such lecture be liable to be prosecuted ? " Yes . u It has been staled by a Chartist lecturer that there ought to be an election of the General Council once in every three months ; but seeing that the plan for organizing the Chartist body says they shall be elected every twelvemonths , I wish to knoio whether any change has taken place which justified this lecturer in making the

      a&et > e statement V No . " Have the Chartists of any locality power to vote the General Council residing in the same locality null and void , and to elect a new one before the term specified in the plan of organization has expired ? " No . L . T . Clancy . —The attack upon him in the Statesman is a sufficiently blackguard aff air : he could expect nothing else . However—though we think his present letter richly merited—it should be sent to the paper in which the Billingsgate to which it refers appeared . We could not , in accordance with our usual practice , insert it until after it may have been refused insertion by the

      States-C . G . Ball . —We see no good purpose to be served by again reverting to the " new move" correspondence teith Lovett and Collins . Several letters passed between those parlies and the editor of this , paper . The meaning cf the Chiltern Hundreds we have explained so often that we ar e almost tired of the task . It is a nominal office under Government , by the acceptance of which a Member vacates his seat . ¦

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      Mb . Editobj—I beg your indulgence while I correct an error which appeared in your paper of last ¦ ¦ ¦ : week , Under theifeadrr * The Working Classes at Otdhath . ' His true that prospectuses are being issued for the erection of a Working Man ' s Halt , — - not in 300 , butinSOO shares * at £ 1 each , payable by instalments of threepence per week , or upwords . -The edifice , as stated to accommodate 5001-persons ,. ' .. ist intended to accommodate l , S 00 persons . The shares are being very rapidly taken up ; and a _ good spirit exists , and it is expected that operations wilt commence in a very short ¦ \ _ - - t ' ¦ " ' . ' ^ '^ - ^ - - ' ' " . -n mi ¦_ - — . .

      : ¦ •¦ . time . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ -. - ; . ' - ¦ ¦ - ;¦• .. ¦ ¦ > ' : ¦¦ ' ¦ •• : ¦ ¦ ¦ . v By inserting the above m your next week \ paper , you will much oblige , ¦ : ¦ . ¦ ¦ - - ¦" -:- . . /¦ .- ; ¦ *> ydurs , &c : , ; ¦ ¦ ¦ " ' ' - ¦' . '¦' : ¦¦ ? ¦ " WM . HaMER . ' * Caboltne Maria WiLtiAMS . —fler letter was received , and was noticed in the Answers to Correspondents of last week . : Walter Sainsbury . —We know nnothing abeut the Wesleyan Conference , v Wm . ' "Jackson . P . O ., Rock , County Tyrone , Ireland , prays earnestly for Sfax'ligkt . OB-BisTo ? BBE'OoYbB ' r-The Slocftport CharHsis Appeal to their brethren of the County of Chester generally , that justice may be done to this gentleman , whose valuable exertions h&ve much served

      the cause , and who ' is nom through these exertions , in great pecuniary difficulties . The sum of £ 3 Ids ; being now due to him from the Chartists of ( he County of Chester , for wages when member \ Df \ ' -the /^ te ' r (^ veiitim ih ^/ Char . ti 8 hiof Siockport request that every town in Cheshire which has not paid Us due proportion ; will send the same without delay to Mr . John Walkery shopkeeper , Park-street , Stockport . , Mb . Wm . Bell requests us to&ay , that as his engagement'asSouth Lancashire missionary docs not expire until Saturday , the 19 lh he cannot commence in ihe Hudder . < Jield distriot until Monday , the 2 \ st , instead < if ' Monday , the Hth . l * Me . Editor ,- ^ Please to announce in your Notice

      to Correspondents , that , as 1 shall be disengaged from business iii the month of September , I pur-¦ : pose to take a tour . Those places who may wish me to visit them will please to direct to John ; Skevingcoh , straw-bonnet warehouse } Swan-sireet t Loughborough . Wm . Tytler . —We have not room for his letter this week „• it shall appear in our next . 3 . W , Pabker .- ^ -We had : < a notice of the death of George in type before his arrived , Huoh St . Duncan —JVbjroojre . W . H . Dyott . —' TYs impossible io find room for his letter this week : next week we will try . J . ^ Dawson , Norwich . r--ZV 5 o room . Ma . G . J . Harvey has ¦ received'for'Mrs- Ilolberrif

      . fromjthe Gtiariists of Newton Heath , 12 s , ; from the' Charlisiir . qj ' CAeltenham , collected after an address by Mr . Bairstow , £ ) . Is , ; from the Rationalists of NewcasUe-upon-Tyne , subscribed in consideration of the kindness of the Chartists of Cheltenham to Mr . Holt / oaks , \ Qs . Mrs . Holberry returns her grateful thanks to all her kind '¦ ' friends . ¦ -: .. ¦"" - ¦ ''' ¦ . ' . / . ¦ . ¦' . . / ; , . ¦ ¦' ; ' ¦/' .. Mb . Peter Rigby desires Ms to inform the Shaksperean Chartists of Leicester that he shall be with them on Sunday , andwill be at their service for ' - ¦ ' a whole week . "' . \ '¦ ., ..- ' : ; '' , _ .. ¦''¦'¦"¦' .,.: '¦¦ ' , ' . ' . ¦ , ; : ¦ ¦ •¦ J . C . GRADY ^ -PrinchPtir ^ -Count ^ Rof ^ m ^ ntlrer land , complains that he is nearly deserted by his English friends , receives now onlyivro Stars ,

      and earnestly requests for friore Star-light for th * Rescommoners . He will be thankful to hear from Messrs , Orf , Northampton ; C . Lane , London ; W . Dainbridge , Darlington ; and W . Dawso » , Chorley . JAMKS Kane , block-printer , formerly of Huddersfield , is desired to write to him to wliomhe sent his StaratChristmas . John Foster — We thank him for his good opinion , and his frank , warm-hearted expression of it . We are quite willing to trust the good sense of the people , for whom , and to whose interests , more than half of our life has been devoted . The people are not now to be quite so easily gulled and cheated by adventuring ^ political pedlar ?

      crying put for their pence as they were a few years ago . They are now pretty generally able to estimate , at somewhere about their worlh , ihe vagabonds whose wide throats can swallow all their former avdwed doctrines and opinions as soetias the bolxts can be gilded with a little of the pay and patronage of that middle class whom erst they designated as possessing all qualities but lovely ones . The " Cess Pool , " as he very wittily styles a pretended Chartist journal , is going on finely ; it is raising a stink that is even absolutely intolerable in the nostrils of its best friends , and becomes offensive to the rank organs of its newly acquired patrons * It would be a pity to put an additional spoon in the

      pudding .: we could riot think of such a thing . As for the letter of the animal referred to , it is , a much better answer to itself than any that we or any one else could write to it . The odour of human dung upon ajootpath may be offensive to the passengers ; but if we happen to see it there we seldom stop to pick it up , dud demonstrate ^ by the tearing of it to pieces , thai it is dung ; we pass oil , and leave it to afford Us own nasty evir dence to as many as fnay chance to see it , without taking the pains of particularlydirecting ' attention to it . —¦ Several other Cnrrespondenls who write in reference to the same , or tike matters , must lake this as their answer . T . C . Ingham , Abekgavenny . —r < m need no license .

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      William PicKVANCE , BoLTON .-- —Ha 8 the Agent ordered them ? If he b » 3 not let him do so , and he will get them , Mr . Gukst has Specimens tor Mr . White , Mr . Chance , ¦ ' anfl Mr . Watte . ' ¦ ¦ "¦/• : . . ^ ' : ' <; . . ; -. ¦ - ' . T . Self should have said the money waa for Mr . Atwell's Paper . He will oblige by sending nine poststamps for the two Papers he baa received . John Campbell , hoi > lingworth .- « Newspapers can be forwarded , ef any date , to Ireland and Scotland , or to the Isles of Man , Guernsey , and Jersey ; but to all other places they must be posted within seven days of their publication . A Constant Subscriber , Kettebing . —Yes . R . Dunn , Liverpool . —Will enclose them with the

      Plates for any of the Agents in LWeipooi , u he willsay which . \ D , HAiffES , Coventry . —Say the best way of sending them , and they will ba forwarded . John WAKEFiELD . CiREKCESTEB . ^ Say how the parcel is to be forwarded . Mh A . Hbtwood , 60 , Oldhaji-street , Manchester , has Specimens for tue following Agents : — Edward Hobson , Aahton ; T . Rickords , Burnley ; Jamog Heaton , CUtberce ; Henry Woodburn and William Pitfield , Chorley ; Mr . Cooke , Ducklnfleld ; Miss Buckley , Oldhara ; Mr . Liddle and Mr . Halton , Preston ; Mr . Blackshaw , Stockport ; and Mr . Woodcock , Stalybridge . : ; ' . John Stein , Alva .- —Suppose the 6 £ d in carriage Messrs ; Paton and Love had to pay for the parcel .

      NATIONAL TRIBUTE TO THE EXECUTIVE ; ¦ - - ¦ ,. - . ; ¦' . : '¦ . -: ¦ ¦ ; ¦ - ¦ ; . " . :: \ - , - £ a . a , ¦ From Sandbach , pei J . Armitag © ... 0 l io FOR MASON AND OTHERS , STAFFORDSHIRE . From Holbeek- Chartists ... ... 02 0 ~ the Chartists of Mansfield ... 0 4 0 ~ the flaxdressers of Broadford Works . Aberdeen ... ... 0 3 2

      FOB MRS . HOLBERRY . From the Committee » t Sheffield ... 3 18 0 „ the Chartists of Carlisle ... 0 5 0 „ ditto Stockton ... o 16 3 ¦ " ' * . ditto Aberdeen ... 6 10 0 ditto Thornley , collected after a sermon by Mr . Richmond ... ... 0 10 0 „ the Chartists of Chowbent , collected ; after a sermon by ¦" . IsaacBariow ... ... 0 9 0 „ Armley , collected after a fu- . ..

      neral aeimon ... ... o 3 8 „ the Chartists of Mansfield ... 0 4 0 „ Bishop Auckland , per Charles Connor ,. v . ; , .., d 5 9 * - ' a friend at Bishop Auckland 0 2 „ the nix-dressers of Broadford Worts . Aberdeen ... : .... 0 8 . 1 « the females ( Chartiata ) of Aberdeen ¦ " ; ... ; ,,, ; ¦ : ... 0 5 6 „ a few friends to liberty , at Marple , neat Stockport ... 0 l 0 FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHABTISTS . From the Chartists of Littletown , Ldversedge . ^ . ; .. ... 0 2 6

      FOR MR , K . OASTLER . From a few friends to liberty ^ at Marple , near Sbcwkport ... 0 9 0 FOB HUNT'S MONDMENT . From ft few friends to liberty , at Marple , near Stockport y ,. 0 10

      Xireakiast Crow And Tyrrkll's Breakfast Powder.—The Proceeds Due To The Executive From The Sale Or

      xireaKiast Crow and Tyrrkll ' s Breakfast Powder . —The proceeds due to the Executive from the sale or

      Messrs . UfOW ana xjrreirs rowaer , ior the week ending August the 6 th : — . -y- ¦ ¦ ' /' ¦ :- ¦; . ¦' . ; : ¦ ¦ . ;/ : - ^¦¦ ¦^ . ¦ V : ' . v ; :- £ b d Mr . James Leaph , Oak-street , Manchester , and wholesale agent for Lancashire ... 3 0 0 Mr . Simeon , Bristol , wholesale agent for the West : ,.. . « , ... , « , 0 6 0 Mr . G . J . Harney , Sheffield . ... v .. v 0 6 0 Mr . Mogg , Dawley , and wholesale agent for Stoopahire ... ; .. ... ... 0 6 0 Mr . Leggej Aberdeen ... ... ... 0 3 0 Mr . Barnett , Keniierby- ... ... ... 0 1 6 Mr ; Sweet , Wottipgbam ... ... .. ; o I 6 Mrs . Smith , ditto ... ... ... 0 1 6 Mr . Jones , Northampton ... . „ ... 0 1 6 Mr . Robinson , Derby ... ... ... 0 16 Mr , Cavill , Melton Mowbray ... ... 0 0 9 : [ - ' ¦ ; - ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦ . •¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ * e 4 9 3

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      TO THE READERS OF THE "STAR . " Mv Beloved Friends . - ^ I feel imperatively called upon to direct your attention to the following leader which appeared In the British Statesman of last week , it runs thus : —

      11 THE * STAR' AND THE EXECUTIVE . " The Northern Star has , we see , opened another masked battery on the : Executive . Cooper and Bis myrmidons are the instruments made use of , this time ; by the Star , ckamber . The attack Will not only fail , but recoil , with signal effect , on the aggressors . If it does not , it will be the fault of the Executive Committee themselves . And if they fail Id this case , to make front ( as they ought ) against an arrogant dictatorship , which

      seeks to prostrate at its feet everything good and valuable in the Movement , they will richly deserve the fate that awaits them . If they exhibit either compromise or cowardice on this occasion , they are gone—irrevocably gone t And no wan will , because no man ought , to ptty them . But we believe 'bettet of them— -we believe they will do both justice to themselves and their dnty to the Chartist public ; of a large proportion of Whom they are the accredited servantB .

      "As to the alleged expense of these Conferences—so much harped upon—the argument comes with a singularly bad grace from parties who have put the conntry t » heaps of useless expense for demonstrations , triuni . pha ! cara , and the like trampery nonsenae , which could serve no useful purposa whatever . The projected Conferences may be of use—the other affairs coald be of none . For more on this subject , we refer our readers to a very sensible letter from Walter , Mason , of Harleston , which we publish amongst our correspondence . As for Cooper and his accomplices , they are beneath contempt ; . " ,

      As the Jafcter paragraph relectsuppo me individually , I beg very calmly to submit a word of comment upon it . The only " triumphal car" in connection with our movement , was the one used on the occasion of my liberation from York Castle ; and when I was informed that the York Chartists intended to have otiei and when I heaid of the expence , T paid ten pounds towards it . The attack ia a censure upon the gaUant Chartists of York , and those who sent delegates , and have got up demonstrations . I have invariably recommended that no expence should be gone to for the purpose of distinguishingxoq . I have counselled you against holding expensive demonstrations , but I have attended them in compliance with your will . I have worked the flesh off my bones for now nearly a whole year

      since I was liberated . I have expended above £ 1 , 000 in traversing the country by night and by day , endeavouring to improve your minds , and to replenish your empty exchequers , Xe&v ' mgt < i each Association , from my own exertions , from £ 8 to £ 60 , to enable them to prosecute the people ' s cause ; and , as that course does not appear to have merited public approbation , I think I had better , in future , pocke * the pence myself , as " proffered service stinks . " Bat until I learn from those Whom I will stand . by to the last , thit I am censurable for obeying the public will , even though opposed to my own interest and conscience , I Bhall go onward in my old course , mindful of the resolution proposed by Mr . O'Brien and seconded by Mr . O'Connor , at the close of the late Convention ' s proceedings . ^

      I shall be at Manchester on Tuesday , at Oldham on Wednesday and Thursday ; at Bury on Saturday , when I hope that those who coin my sweat into gold will not mock me for my acquiescence . My Friends , an attempt is made to mix me up with the Leicester resolutions , and to condemn the Star for haying published them f while , had the Editor refused to do so , well indeed might the whole press of England complain of dictatorship ! And yet their publication is " another masked battery on the Executive !" I am , Your faithful Friend * Fbabqus O'Connor .

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      A SPECIMEN OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF A " CHARTIST ORGANS I We give the following morsel from the British Statesman of the latest date : — "TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRiriSH STATESMAN . " My Dear O'Brien ,--I am truly delighted that yon are once more where yon ought to be , and doing what you ought to do ; yoa being eminently qualified to fulfil the duties of a public teacher ; and which should sever have been suspended for a moment in times like ours . To teach the ignorant is man ' s highest duty , and when performed under the influence of just motives , bis greatest glory . Go on , then , under the impression—the ttutn-inspiring impression , that the diffusion of knowledge is the renovotion of the world , and great ia your reward . ;

      " I am happy to perceive that you are determined to avoid that course of conduct which some teachers have bo lang pursued—wait onoZ teachers—reverend teachers . What a libel on Christianity—on humanity —on common sense , is such teaching ! What a concentration of the quintessence of evil , Read Romans < 3 d , lstb , 18 th ) . Bat when the tree is notoriously corrupt , the fomtmay be predicated . My dear Sir , — -I hope the Middle Classes will no longer stand aloof , but embrace at once the principles of the Charter . When they shall have known that Joseph Sturge , and many kindred spirits of their order , have adopted them , as the only means of saving the country from ruin and desolation , Jefc them not fear . The teeth of the would-be patriots have been drawn , and the " Lion ' s" roar is no lenger formidable . — The poison of " reverend asps" Us neutralised , and

      there is no poison like unto reverend poison . Many : persons express their wonder that bo few of the middle classes bave hitherto joined the Charter Association ; the faot is , they were not wanted . Knowledge was repudiated ; it would have spoiled the trade ; " fustian jackets , blistered hands , unshorn chins , " were wanted ; the idol of Juggernaut , -who wanted a Convention of men " without shoes and stockings , " could not bave been glorified by the middle classes . They would neither bave drawn the car , nor fallen beneath its wheels , amid the huzzas of the shoeless and stockingless multitude . The middle classes are now wanted ; invite them , Sir , to join tb © Complete Suffrage Association , ( assuripg them : of exemption from the contumely of patriotic deniagogves and reverend scribblers , ) and take that lead In the present Movement Which wi | l crown them with lasting bonour . : * Yours truly , '¦ .: ' . .

      W . G . Bdrns . Hall , July 24 , 1842 . [ We offer no remark for the present , further than toask if this is the same Mr . W . G . Bums wbo applied to Mr . ^^ O'Connor Tor a loan of ' £ 40 , and who , upon being refused , commenced bis first beastly attack upon the " caged lion !'¦] .-.. - - .- . ^^^/^^^^ y ^^^^^^^^^^ J ^ fcMS ^^^ Mmiiii . ii \* W >> i ^ aiw - . " . ' ¦ - ¦ ;"

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      Masow ' sDepsncb Fund and fob the Families . The undermentioned sums have been received for the above object Bince August 3 rd , by Mr . Samuel Cook . ofDadle ^; : — : Great Bridge ... ... ... 13 Simon WattB ... ... .. ; ... 1 0 Collected by Mr . Rankin ... ... 0 7 ¦ ftlsall . * ¦ .. .. ... , . ¦ .... \ * i » - 3 o . ¦¦ - ' * EttinshaU-Iane ... ... ... 1 0 ; v JohnCaswell , . .. ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• ' . ¦ - ' . '• . ' w .- ' - 'S ^/ O : / ,. Wednesbury ... v ... ; ¦ . t . .. ^ 3 0 ' Journeymen Hinge-makerSj Wolverhampton ... ... ^ .. ; . > 3 0 Bilston ... ... ... ,.. * 2 6 John Bradley ... ... , ¦ ¦ . ¦ .-. 0 6 Williani Jones ... ... ; .. 1 0 Ship , Steelhouee-lane , Birmingham ... 10 0 Saint Johns , Woroester ... ... 3 0

      The A T 0b,Thern Stae. Saturday, August 13, 1842.

      THE A 0 B , THERN STAE . SATURDAY , AUGUST 13 , 1842 .

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      TURN-OUT IF L 1 NGASIHRE fiESTRVCTIOJI OE PW > PEi * TY AND LOSS OF : - ¦ ¦(' : yy ' ) ; . •; " ; '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - , life .:- ' . ¦ : ' : ''" -: \ : ' . v YK --v- - ^ Manchester and the adjacent towns have this week been the scene of some important and instructive proceedings . Nearly the whole of . the pro- _ ducera of wealth in that district have laid down their implements of labour , and have resolved , to ** , work ho more , " unless the wagesYgivenjm ^ fbA beginning of 1840 are . again accorded them . The immediate cauge of thia step on tbe part of the work ^ people is a reduction of wages by the masters , par-. ticularly that portion of them attached to the Aoti-Corn-Law -League . Below is an account of thosa

      proceedings , furnished by our own Correspondent :- — Staltbridge . —The conduct of some of the mann' - faoturers of this place have driven the people to the necessity of endeavouring to protect their wa ^ es by uuion , and by that union to Obtain political power . Oa Thursday , the 4 th ult . « the weavers and others in the employ of Bailey and Co ., at this place ; turned out , in consequence of that firm offering a reduction in wages of twenty-five per cent , below the amount paid by any other master in the town . As is usual on such occasions , a meeting was convened . The result of that meeting was that the whole of the hands in the mills in the town should cease to work , and that an aggregate meeting should be held

      on Monday , the 8 th , at five o ' clock in the morning . At the time appointed , nearly fourteen thousand people bad assembled . Mr . S . Challenger was called to the chair , and he opened the business of the meeting by exhorting them to peace , law , and order . The meeting was severally addressed by Messrs . Derham , Crossley , Stephenson , Penton , and P . Mv Brophy . when it adjourned until nine o ' clock ; at which hour the numbers were greater than before Several speakers addressed the meeting / and a " .. ' . resolution , was passed , to the effect that the persons assembled should form themselves into a prbcession ,. and go through Duokenfield , thence to-Ashton-under-Lyne , to induce the labourers in the

      latter towns to cp-operate with them . As soon aS the Stalybridge turnouts made their appearance near to any of the factories in their route , those inside dressed themselves and turned put . Every factory hand in Duckenfield having joined in the procession , they moved on to Ashton and Hurst . By twoo ' clock there was not a factory at work in any of -the towns above-montioued , and the greatest consternation prevailed . In the mean time arrangements had been made , that a meeting of the whole should be held in the Market-place of Aahton : but so great were the numbers that it was deemed expedient ta adjourn to a piece of ground near Thacker * 8 foundry By three o ' clock all arrangements were made 1 wi .

      never was there such a sight seen m Ashton before i More than 40 . 000 peaceable haK-starved ill-clad men , women , and children , assembled and resolved either to die by the bword or obtain a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work . ' ^ Mr itrophy coJiortedlthein to be peaceable , but at the same time determined ; and not allow themselves to be made the tool of any party . He was aware that a threat was held out in the House of Commons that if the Corn Laws were not repealed all the mills would be stopped ; u : ATe youi" said Mr . Brophy , " come out for a , * biglpaf , ' or to get 'higher wages' tbaa those which you : have ?'' Her ^ thousands of voices cried oat , - *• The masters thq& have reduced us most are those who art calling out

      for * cheap food . ' We want protection for out labour , and we will have it too . " "Very well , " said the speaker , " you now perfectly understand the nature of the struggle , and you know who are the : authors of it . " Mr . Pilling and several others ad «? - dressed the meeting , after which a resolmion was passed , "That the people «> f Ashtoago to Oldham f - and those of Stalybridge and Duckenfield to Hyde j and that the people of Stalybridge , l ^ uckenfi eld ^ and Hyde , meet in Ashtou to-morrow morning , Tuesdajj at seven pVloek . " At that hour next morning m ^ 7 c } ^ dense mass of people harfi aaaembled . A imannfluj * - ; turer was called to the chair , and a resolution paasea ^^ -isix M That the people now turned out do not return ' -ta . n ; - f their ^ work : nnW the mv ^ t ^ ^^^ PP ?^^ ^ tor we » via « . aDianinjf . oarding , &o ., that tbey paul ; : . % y . b ?^

      in 1840 ^ A resolution was then moved andisacn € 4 : ** "That the meeting form a procesaioa and mascfi - - ^ ihto : Manohester . "' - ¦ ' ¦ . V .., ¦ ¦ < ¦ ¦ ,-: ; - ^ : - ± m ¦* & * & *? ¦ In accordance with the last determination , the p- "¦ vast asaemblage moved towards Mancheatex . - By = ^ l ;; : ten p ' olOfk the ^ procession arrived at ? the end > i « - ' v ^ X Pollard-street , Anooats , at which ^ place- partifiarpf- ; * >? ?¦'¦ % : tne Rifle Brigade and the 15 tb Dragoona were sta- ^ tioned , under the command of Colonel Wyiness . At ; ' this time the rain fell in torrents . Sir C . Shaw and hia ¦ * lambs" were in attendance , also Mr . Maiidej Uvb ^ :- : ¦> ¦ " ^ magistrate , who advised the people to return home ; ui : ^ but they plainly ¦' told him they ^ % Ouldn pt ptMt he ' ; r might order the soldiers to fire on them if he would , .. - ' for that they might as well die by the sword as have >¦ the means of their subsistence taken from them by

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      • ; : ¦ : . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ - ; ' '¦ ¦ ' STAPPORD . . % ) :.::,: \ i ,, ; - - ( From ourown Correspondent . )^ ^ - ; " ' ¦ - ' • . ' . . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - -: '¦ '¦ ¦ ' '¦¦ . -: ¦ " " ' ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦' . ¦¦'¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦^¦¦^ i \ - : •; ' ; i : s i ! . '' - 'J 3 S I sit down to write you word what is going oahere . The public are already informed that the ' colliers in North and South Staffordshire ate on strike against a reduction of wages . Whether ifc wotdd be just in them to accept such reduction I k lea-ve all those to answer who have read the recently published report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the condition of those who work ia ¦ mines . What is really going on in North and Soutll Staffordshira I dd not know , but reuortB& 5 s they

      are noting ! This I dokflbw , that a riot has taken place in the Potteries , and that forty-fiyie persons were brought to Stafford gaol on Saturday jast ; forty-seven on Tuesday ; and upwards of ' fifty on Wednesday ! The authorities of Stafford apprehend a junction meeting pf the disaffected parties JA Stafford , some time to-night ( Wednesday ) to attack the gaol and liberate their conflnai comrades . The Yeomanry Cavalry are all out , and stationed in that confines of the ' gaol . -. Two troopBof regulars are expected to arrive very soon , and : tbe town isin a complete uproar . How it will end I cannot tell . If any thing more happens I will write you word time enough for your second edition . : s : ;' ¦ : :

      STAFFORDSHIRE , POTTERIES . ¦ . ... ' ( From ourCorrepondenLJ , - ¦ ' . _ ' -j ;; ' ;/ . o : ¦¦ , In my last I intimated that the afiairs of thi colliers in these districts were only settled in appear- ' ance , and fully has that opinion been verified . On Saturday , about noon , the colliers began again to . assemble here , and about three o ' clock , p . m ., proceeded to Nortod Colliery , where they had got information that some men from a distance were workingf the agent employing strangers , and dis- ' missing his old workmen . Finding the report to be correct , the men proceeded to turn these men out , and one man , a stranger from the Shropshire mines , was duoked two or three timee , in order to convince him of the impropriety . of his conduct . Tfiu ? hasi the ^ colliers' turn-out again been' revived , and , as fax && Jfc < ± can peroeivbwith more asperity thaa 6 ver . ' y '''¦ '

      , , , v during the time that the men went 'to ' Norton ^; * le-Moors a circumstance occurred at Burslem which I must narrate more in detail . ¦ During the turn-out . * it'has beenthe custom .-. . of the miQerBjto goionnd ' . " . to the different townships , by twos or threes , jwitfi , ' boxes with a alit in the centie of the top , or lid pif tha ' ~ , box , ' and which lid or lever is screwed down "' 4 ' a&i to p > reyent frauds being practised , thg screw ; beads ' are sealed , and the men so employed carry oreden .- J tials from the . Committee . On Saturday afternoon ,, ; i three of the eolliera went with ^ their box . to BurSemiin hope of receiving the contributions of' thdse ^ wKo'iv were disposed to assist them . In the course of their labours they solicited a son of the landlord of the '

      Cock and Barrel , who np sooner saw the men than he instantly kicked the box put of the man ' s hand who carried it , and shewed 'h \ B ¦ sympathy toi those men who : had supportad him by kicking the box into the street , and daunng the three collectors to be apprehended under the Vagrant Act ; thus giviug a practical lessian to all the foolish drinkers who , by the purchase of his beer or spirite , have raised hiin something higher than themselves , of the kindness and sympathetic feeling of these red-hot sons of the ale cask . . The news of this reached Hanley just as the men were returning from Norton , and the sons of the mine with all the promptness belonging to their order , determined to release the men from the lock-up . Away they went for Buralem ( distant from Hanley about two miles >

      cheering all the vray . On arriving at Burslem , the liberation of the prisoners was but the work of a moment . The door was split to shivers , and not only the three men were liberated , but every other prisoner . The men being infuriated , paid a visit to the son of the barrel , and such was the fury of the populace that not one square of glass was left him . The To wn-hall ( the place of the magistrates '; meeting ) was served in like manner , and the clock was damaged so much that it stopped . I also hear that the head of the police came in for his share , . his windows being shivered to pieces , and the glass all broken , the shutter being forced into the shop . Other persons who had rendered themselves obnoxious to the ; workmea were paid ia the loss of their windows for the part they had v taken against the colliers . . ¦' .. " : '• ¦ . .- v- - ¦/ : ¦¦ ¦ ¦• : ... ;' . " : ¦ , : :..

      On Monday , a mtddle-eiass man charged me and my brother Chartists with being the authors and abettors of this , the colliers' turn-out , saying that the magistrates knew all about it , and that they had known it some months ago . Ah I Mr . Editory if you can believe such nonsense , it will be strange indeed ... . What ! the magistracy know all about it * and yet leave a town with at least twelve thousand inhabitants , with a police force of five or six hundred . Faugh ; not they indeed . Besides , if they knew and did not prevent them , are they not accessaries before the fact ? But enough of this ; we know that the magistrates and the middle-class would be happy could they prove that the turn-bat was either originated or abetted by ; the Chartists , if they could turn , that knowledge to our disadvantage .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 13, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1174/page/4/