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    • 1HE NORTHERN bTAK. SATURDAY. AUGUST 20. 1842.
    • Ca Ms*&tv$ anti Covte^<mt>em0.
    • ¦ ¦ STATE GP THE COUNTRif.
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      NEWCASTXE . —A delegate meeting for the County of Northumberland and adjacent district Of Dnrham was held in the Chartists' Hall , Newcastle , OH Sttaday l&St ; Mr . John Hebden , of Ousebira , presided . Mi . Sinclair was appointed secretary protest . . The Secretary took down the names efthe delegates , and read several letters from districts at a distance , which could not be present bj delegation , wherein each declared their willingness i « co-operate in the proceedings of that day . The several places at which Mr . O'Connor is to lecture daring bis week's visit were then agreed on , and a lengthy discussion took place respecting sending a delegate to Manchester , which ended in a negative , on account © f the va 3 t expenoe which wonld be necessarily incurred . Mr . Sinclair read a letter ,

      which he had received in a parcel of Chartist Circulars , from the Hunt ' s Monument Commutes in Manchester , containing a copy of the Committee ' s address , whereupon the whole of the delegates present were furnished with copies of the address , and pledged themselves to do what they could for that traJy laudable object Mr . 5 . reoevved 2 s . from L . L . J . H . G , 3 . for that fond , together with several other contribntioHS for the same . Some other local business was transacted , and the meeting adjourned . ZONOOar . —RisisGSoit , OxyoBi > -STasET , Stepney . —Mr . J . Campbell lectured here oa Sunday evening , in bis usual effective and brilliant style . Mr . Parker filled the chair , and also addressed the meeting at . some length . Sixteen members were enrolled .

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      TO THE SHAKSPEREAN BRIGADE OF " LEICESTER CHARTISTS . Manchester , Masden ' s Temperance Hotel , ' Wednesday morning , Aug . 17 , 1842 . Mt beaVE Comrades , —I left you on Tuesday afternoon , the 9 th instrnt , and between that date and the present , one of the mc » t important periods in th& history of the working-men of this ; country has com . laeaced . Of the . -widely-extended strike for labour " * 'Wages , which has been pretty generally converted into a stand for the Charter , you will be already aware , by the daily ani weekly papers ^ Whether fiat -widalyspresd Tesohr © have entered into yoor mieds and hearts , at the time I am writing this , I feel some anxiety to learn . But 1 must hasten to rehearse some of tht passages of Eiy diversified experience since the Jay I left yoa .

      I had a good meeting at Birmingham , in the Hall of Science , { a Tery commodious building belonging to the Socialists ) on tfee Tnesday evening . I found George White to be What 1 had long heard him reported to be —a aonnd-hearted , thorough-going democrat J enrolled twenty-fonr " at the close of the meetinjr . I bad long and very interesting conversations ibe next day with White , and Ksjrned much from him . respecting tha ^ progress of the menrement in and around Sinning-, hsm , audthe causes " why in B-rmiD ^ ham itstlf , tfcisga for some time looked less , satisfactory than . could bt wished . At ^ ight { Wednesday ) we had a good meeting out of doors , near ' the Railway Station , notwithstanding a heavy Tain . .-. "' .

      On Thursday began a-series of excitements , such aa I had hitherto been » stranger to . I was set down at twelve at noon , bythe omnibus , at Wedneabury . ( called Wedgeburyty the natives , ) in the midst of 30 OOOoolliarson strike for wages . They formed one of the noblest rights I ever witnessed , linney , O'Neil . Pearson , and others ad tressed them ; candu « ve resolutions , binding the "whole aaseniijiy to . desist altogether from labocrantil their jast demands were complied with , were put and carried unanimously and enthusiastically , I then briefly addreued this fmg ) gr' « p gathering of labour ' s sons ; a vast assemblage of human eyas , all raised in expectant intelligence—brave bosoms thrown open to the son and air , and stalwart arms and stoat bands held up with instantaneous heartiness , the very moment that I put it to them whether they would all adopt the People ' s Charter . I shall not lose the impression made upon me by the v . ew of that meeting as long as I live . I proceeded in Linney'a company to

      Biston . For two mortal hoars I addressed the favourite brigade—the " body guard" ef our brave chief , PoargtiB , in the evening . Taere ware about 4 , 008 present on a piece of ground formed like an amphitheatre , where they sat in fixed earnestness receiving my plain remarks , apparently aa enthusiastic at the close , as at the beginning . The view of the massive hands of those brave colliers raised in approval of title Charter , convinced me in a twinkling of O'Connor ' s shrewdness in selecting the " black brigade ef Bilston Chartists" as his " body gnards . " God help the poor fellow that provokes a blow from the shoulder-of-mutton fist of a Bilston collier . ' We enrolled fifty members at the close of the Bilston meeting . Linaey ssssred me that the whole region was rife with Cusxtism : this honest , independent , and brave man has keen indefatigable in his labours smosg this bold and simple-hearted people : there is not a man in the whole movement who , in " my judgment , deserves more highly the praise and confidence of bis brother Chartists than Joseph Linney . *

      On Friday morning , the 12 th , I walked on to Wolverhampton , and addressed another meeting of the hardy toilers of the " black diamonds" —the whole district , for many miles , having entirely ceased labour , and nothing being more easy than to get an out-door meeting of thousands upon thousands at this time of excitesent : the Wdverhanipton colliers , like the assemblages I had previously addresed , held up their mighty hands with one accord , and instantly , when I asked them if * i » T would PXDftMa the cause of the Charter . In the afternoon , I got on by railway to Stafford . I found matters in a somewhat critical condition ' in this Tory-ridden borough . Mason , and Ms ~ companions in tribulation , are confined in tee gaol here : one hundred and fifty colliers had been also lodged in it within the week—troops of soldiers had been marched

      into the town—additional rooms were being built to the gaol—cannon , it was said , was to be planted upon the extreme townr *—and everything looked so threatening , that when the friends hare took a bill to the printer , announcing my leetere , he did not dare . to print it . Great fears were entertained that I would be apprehended if I dared to stand np in the Marketplace , that night . However , when seven o ' clock had struck , there I was—mounted on a famous long bench , procured by the friends . The snperintenden ; of police then took his station close fey ray right < &bow , the Tory gentry and ladies threw up their windows to listen and hear the rebel Chartist commit himself , aad to see him pounced upon and borne away in the dirty daws of the raw lobsters . Bat no ! 1 shewed how excellent it was to have a

      " 8 we « t liitte saver-voiced lady , " And pay our million and a quarter yearly to support herself and her establishment . I demonstrated that loyal Chartists knew the land would be ruined if the Civil List were not kept up ? and that working men would all weep their eyes sore if Adelaide were to be bereft of ner £ 100 , 000 a-year . I denounced any ragged shoemaker ( Stafford , lite Northampton , yon kaow , my brave Shakspeareans , is a famous sheemaking town , ) as a stupid fellow if he dared to talk about bis aged grandmother being in a bastile and vegetating on skilly , ¦ while the 3 > owager had three palaces to live in . The satire completely blunted the talons of the Wue-bottle ; his hard face relaxed , bis teeth separated , and at length he grinned outright , while the host of ahopmates burst iato laughter .

      Well—what was to be done ? . I could not be taken up for treason , for my words were ultra-loyal , with a witness ! Three villanous red-coats , standing in the crowd , soon solved the difficulty : they looked on and listened till they were laughed out of countenance , and then turned their attention to a couple of Italians who had just brought then- music into the Square . Determined on T" » fri"g a disturbance , one of the Ted-coats at first cosxad , and then dragged one of the foreigners among the crowd , and strove earnestly to incite the musician to " grind- "' Perceiving the scoundrel ' s intention I called on the policeman to witness It ; bat saw , from his looks , that be weald not budge one inch to put down the annoyance , while he would gladly seize me as tb « primary cause of disturbance , I therefore Add , "I am . willing to go ta prison for spaatin ? truth ; let the chief poliesmaa take

      me , if ha will , for speaking troth ,- bat I wiil not bo imprisoned for a dirty raw . ' Ail you who are of opinion that we adjourn to the Common , where we can hold a TPwWg withouv disturbance , hold up your , hands . " The adjournment war carried , and I dismounted in a moment , and off we went , the people following ns . I commence * singing " Spread the Charter ; " the bold Crispins esuglrt the strain , and oar procession to the Commsn was soon swelled by thousands . We had a good meeting ; aafi When it was well-nigh dark , started again for ti » town , singing ° Sp « ad tt » Charter . * The police were passed , and looked aghast at this novelty . The gaol was reached , the soldiers toned out guard , and thought the crowd bad oome to make an attack ; bat fairly lscgbed-wben they beard the singing . 33 iree cheers were given for poor Mason , close imder his cell , in spite of th « toyoneti , and the multitude dispersed .

      That night will be a memorable one with the Stafford Crispins ; and I trust they will not neglect U annoy their enemies with ammunition so easily mustered and so eleasaetiy expended as a little throat musk . " Well rally arosnd Mm , " X should have said , be * « mie a fsvouriteai ttw places X have already passed , as well 8 * Btafford . ¦ Let me ju * t say , ere leaving Stafibrd , that Peplow , Hunnible , and other fins young fellows , are growing up there , who will soon be able to act an important part - * n tiie movement

      2 h « farther 2 went , my beloved comrades , the more thickly I foond excitement kindling . I reached the Potteries on Snnday afternoon , aad found a spirit I TeaHy was not prepared for . Labrar had ceased there , alsoantoBgtbB *» ffia »; aod *» otty the wwlttUon « rf to labour , 1 fooHd , was taking a decided tarn : all were ittitxi on writing KO 9 * r * UU the great ttnyrfe fir tKe rights ^ mxfKrfuui'been irie ^ . We bad meetings at Fentonaridlimeiindr on tbe Sunday afternoon , Aug . 14 th , and at night I preached from " Then ahalt do no « Dder , - < m the large-area « alkdthft " Crown-bank , - at Hauler , Tae time ww Terr extdtinfc and I gave notice that i would address the c » iaers on strike , on the same pot , the next morning , at eight o ' clock . A iarge assembly appeared at that time ; the resolution that C working men ceass labour till the Charter become the Uwtfikehxd , wa « pataa 4 » oao » rtfld by working mfin , and « niad . tritt ¥ iphanav , and after a few hearty aad enslble words from old daddy Blcha » di ( who « 6 heart , God blsBS Us ! is m sound w aa aooza ia the peopte ' s eiuse S » zow ^ ng ^ isposwd , wiJb tti « iattnt , on tb « wut

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      of the colliew , to ask all the workers at the earthenware factories , &C , to leave their labonr . I remained in Eanley duricg the day ; saw the shops dosed , and all the town become as lifeless as on a Sunday forenoon ; heard of the multitude doing queer things in the town , and also at Stoke , Fenton , and Lane-end ; but saw none of them . The soldiers , nearly dropping with fatigue , I saw pass through the town , in the afternoon , pnisning something Which , it seemed , they could not catch ; but nothing alarming eve / cama before my own eyes .

      I met the peeple again at six at night The Square was crowded ; I should Bay there were 29 , 000 people there ; several of the gentry , fcc , in conversational knots , being on the verge of the crowd . I protested against the insobriety I saw in the persons of a few , — proclaimed the illegality of destroying property , 4 c . ; hut exhorted the peopie to hold by their rightful resolves , and to held by them , too , till they had their rights . I felt sure I might be prevented getting ont of the Potteries , if I did not make an effort to get away privately , and as I was bound to attend the Manchester Conference , in quality of delegate from the excited district I was leaving , as well as being your representative , my darling boys , —why I set out on foot , with two hearty yonths as companions , at half-past twelve on Menday night .

      Tne droll adventures of that night I will record in another latter , for I must now be off to the Conference . I am , My brave brigade , Your faithful « ' General , " Thomas Cooper . Manden ' s Temperance Hotel , Wednesday Night , Aug . 17 . PS I have scarcely time left to tell yon how I got ont of tha Potteries .

      Suffice it to say , —I was se . Brd , taken before a Sue old Justice , examined before him as be sat up in bed , told him who J was and all about it ; but th # y dared not keep me ! This was at Huntem . at two o ' clock on Tuesday moraine . I intended , with the two good lads who carried my hag and cloak , to reach Macclesfifld by seven , in order to take the coach for Manchester ; but as we had been detained by the Bursleni authorities so long , we struck down for the Cr&we Station , on the Birmingham and Manchester line of railway : and , after losing our way twice , we reached Crewe In time to have a heart ; good breakfast before the train started . . _ To my great delight , I got into the carriage containing nay beloved Bairatow , Campbell , and Ciarke , a yonnjj delegate from Ross , in Herefordshire . From the Star you wil learn what was done at the Conference ; I will not , tfetreforw , take up valuable space by Baying a word about it .

      Finally , mj brave comrades , 1 am now about to Set ont . priTatB . y . from JlaBehester , after having just read the horrid piece of hypocrisy and cruelty which the Morning Chronide has chosen to insert against me , in ita leaoiog article of to-day . What villains are these scribDlers for the Anti-Corn Law League ! In order to deax tfiernselves from the charge of originating the strike , they htrive to incite the Tory Government to take ms biood , or personal liberty , by pointing me out ai an agent for the Tories ! .- " . Heaven grant we may be able to turn this strike to our advantage , and thereby have our revenge on the hypocritical Ltagne .

      When and where I shall see you , my beloved lads , I cannot tell , until the time comes , Yomrs , to the death , TH 6 MAS COOrEJL

      1he Northern Btak. Saturday. August 20. 1842.

      1 HE NORTHERN bTAK . SATURDAY . AUGUST 20 . 1842 .

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      PROGRESS OF THE STRIKE . By the Pope but the Leagne-men reckoned without their host ! They little knew what they were about-They have raised a devil they will find it difficult to lay !! They have go-ten the people out ! How will they get them in again 1 How will they allay the excitement they hare caused 1 And , above all and before all , how will they compensate for the loss of life and the personal injuries ; the shootings , and cuttings , and slashings ; the imprisonments , and the transporting that are to follow : how will they compensate for these things , which they , and they alone , have cansedi

      We say again , that the League-men have caused all this hubbub . Th 9 y are at the bottom of it all . It is a measure they have long had in contemplation . Even since the last General Election means have been constantly used to inflame the public mind to prepare it for the master stroke . The Globe immediately announced that the battle-cry was to be T - M BREAD or BLOOD" I and the most dishonest aud infamous use was made

      by the whole Whig press , of the fact that " incendiarism" had again shown itself in the South . They paraded the fact most prominently ; dwelt upon it loud and long ; evidently doing their best to cause it to spread , as a means of hampering the new Ministers , and driving them from office . The Morniiig Chronicle declared ** the fires resulted from a feeling of b&vzsqz against the bread-losing landlords ; " and the Globe called them "tie be finning of a fearful . ORGANIZED SYSTEM OF DESTRUCTION "!

      The Morning Chronicle also talked of BARRICADES being erected to force the adoption of the Whig Budget . Here are bis very words : — M France , is 1830 , according to the oracle of Tamworth , by an example of physical force , disturbed the slumbers of the English oligarchy . Is not France disturbing at this moment , the prospective success of a Tory Budget 1 " We must hare money , * Bays M . Humann . — Toulouse answers by a barricade . ** ' We must have money , says Sir Robert Peel . — Manchester ajjd Birmingham MAY answeb any budget but the Whig one , with a barricade . ' The Globe followed in the same strain . Here are 7 iis words : —

      K "Whoever else may have forgotten , the Duke of Wellington has not ceased to remember the French revolution of 1830 , nor the effect which the three days' events in Paris had upon the public mind in this country . - The same causes which accomplished the downfall of the elder branch of the Bourbon family » ffected also the overthrow of the Wellington-Peel administratien , by the impulse which they communicated to the public mind in favour of legislative refonnB .

      " The popular disorders which have broken ont in Toulouse and other towns of France , excited by tbe attempt of the Government to supply the deficiencies -of the state by increased taxation upon the people , asb tittELT to HAVE A POWERFUL EFFECT UPON THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY , under the circumstances in whieh they are at present placed . Nor will the resemblance between the pre-. sent and the past escape unob&erved by the plain tinsophisticated mind of the Duke of Wellington . " The Examiner , too , had his share in the plot . He gave pretty eood hints in the following fashion .-

      —** How soft , how delightful , his new bed of roses , Should Psel , undisturbed , by the Chartists , or SWING , Find the Captain *—contented with all he proposes—To faia Rodenfl and Percivals ready to cling !" The Sun published the most ferocious and dastardly artiele ever penned by a bloody-minded coward against Dr . Hook and the ladies of Leeds , because some one had told him that they had interfered to prevent the return of Brown-Bread Jess ? H , as M . P . for the Borough . The misoreant

      Baid : — " If any ladies , led by a mistaken party zeal , side , like Dr . floek and others of the clergy , with the oppressors of the people , they must not be surprised should even their claims to universal homage fail , in a time of excitement , to disarm the hatred of savage hunger . "It has happened that ladies' heads have been carried about the streets on poles , or trailed in the dirt ; and it has happened , sidEcieatly within recollection to SERVE both FOR a warning and AN EXAMPLE , that a priesthood has been compelled to find safety in flight , aad those who braved the popular indignation forfeited their lives to their temerity . "

      These were the teachings of the OBfiANS OF THE League i These were the sentiments , the horrible , hellish sentiments , they strove to instil into the public mind 5 Contemporaneously with these atrocious inoendiary teachings , were the attempts of the anti-Corn Law mem , Leagued together tinder the title of the "Daily Bread Society , " to induce the people to join them in what they themselves denominated an

      ORGANISED TLAN-TO BREAK THE LAW . " I A pamphlet was published in LeedB , in which the plan was detailed . Thfe pamphlet was reviewed and noticed by nearly all tbe anti-Corn-Law press . Did they condemn it ! Did they warn the people against joining in the plot t Did they denounce it aa illegal ? No such thing I They all bnt recommend the plan to be adopted ! They spoke of it as ¦ Captain Rock .

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      " something Startling and novel ; " but ihey ^ did not condemn it , nor point out the danger to " those who night act on it . And yet what were the recommendations of these Leagued Daily-Bread Men ! Listen : — " Now the way the Americans obtained the suffrage , and exemption from heavy taxation , furnishes us with AN EXAMPLE WOHTHT OP IHITATION * The English landlord said to the Amerioaos , * We will impose a tax on your tea . ' 'No , 'said the Americans , ' we shall not be imposed upon ; we are not represented , and we deny your right to tax us . ' A cargo of tea was sent to one of their sea-ports ( Bosten ) , and an exciseman was sent to collect the tax ;

      THE EXCISEMAN WAS TARRED AND FEATHERLD by the Americana , and the toa emptied into the ocean , rather than they would submit to pay a tax upon it . Here , then , toe see a practical way of abolishing the Corn Laws . " lv That the Corn Law could not be imposed without bloodshed , nor continued without bloodshed , was not admitted as a reason why it should not exiet ; for ba it recollected there was Corn Law blood shed in Westminster in 1815 , and Corn-Law blood shed at Peterioo in 181 *; so that even if it were certain that it could not be repealed without bloodnhed , it by no means follows ' that it should be Buffered to exist . England has some noble ' Romans' who would willingly lay down their lives in such a holy cause .

      Oh ! she has sons that never , never Will stoop to be the landlord ' s slaves While heaven has light Or earth has graves . " "When Barbarous sent a message to Marseillea that they were to send him * six hundred men who knew how to die , ' the call was quickly jeaponded to ; nor would Buch a call to Manchester be long Knresponded to , though , it is hoped , it may not be necessary !!"

      ThQ"BloodgOld Times" is ^ now hard at work . to fix the getting-up of the strike upon the Chartists and he talks loudly of the " violent and inoendi ary writings in the Northern Star . " Will he be kind enough to point out a single paper in England , aye , one which has denounced all these atrocious attempts to excite tumul t and disorder , excepting the Northern Start He cannot find on © ! Tne Star alone has exposed the deep laid villaiaous Bchemes of the plotters . The Star alone has shown up the atrocity of the doctrines these parties have tried to inculcate . The Star alone has regularly watched the attempts of these men , and sounded the note of warning and alarm . Tne Star alone has done this . It did not wait till nou > . and then find out

      that these attempts were being made . As soon as ever tne incendiary articles appeared , the Star called public attention to them , and reprobated the doctrines there taught . It > is , therefore , a little too bad for the Times and the League papers , tf » r they , too , join in the song ) to charge . the present stite of feeling to the "incendiary teachings of the Northern Star . ' - Had the press of England shown a tithe of the watchfulness that we have , and spoken oat as became it , the anti-Corn Law League wtuld have been shivered to atoms lojg ago ! We hsve bad to battle them single-handed ; and , single-hinded , we have procured for them the detestation of every honest son of Labour in the Kingdom j because , single-handed , we have exposed their villany , and torn off the veil that hid their deformity .

      Proceed we now to fir the beginning of this Strike , not upon the ChartistB , as the Times and League organs have it , but upon the League men , without mistake or possibility of being gainsaid . There was a "Conference" lately sitting in London , composed of Delegates belonging to the ani-Corn Law League . This " Conference" talked over some queer things . The nature of their takings and their deliberations will be best understood by the following extract from their own organ . It speaks volumes . It appeared in the Sun onlt a month ago ! Read it : —

      "The proceedings yesterday at the anti-Gorn Law Conference speak for themselves . GkntleieN who declared THEY WILL PAY NO TAXES TILL THE CORN LAW BE REPEALED inert vociferously cheered . The recital' that workmen lave said it was not words would move Parliament , hit force , and they wonld h » ve it if they did not ohange their sysiem , ' was heard with no disapprobation . In the manufacturing districts men declare that ' logood can be done until they riot , ' and in the metropolis

      the information is received with approbation . To-day and tomorrow it will be spread throughout the empire , and the ideas of rising , ~ qf rioting , andoj ' -refusing to pay taxes , will be presented at one aid the tame time to many thousand persons . The sanctity once belonging to the law , which prevented such conceptions , ia at an end ; the minds of the people are becoming familiarised with the idea OF resistance ; and , if their misery be not jelieved , it will not be long before corresponding DEEDS will SPRING FROM THE IBHA !

      " In common with many members of the Conference , and with the memorialists from Hinckley , we have become convinced that it is useless to place before the Parliament and the aristocracy evidence of the sufferings of the people . Politicians rejoice that the unruly workmen of the manufacturing towns are tamed into obedience by hunger ; bigots exult that the half pagan , half free-thinking town ' s-peoplo are for their eins visited by a judgment which threatens annihilation . To bigetB and politicians , piotures of distress in the manufacturing districts

      are not disagreeable ; and . we will not contribute to their pleasure b y repeating them . We turn rather to Mr . Tauuton ' s-speech , who said"' It appeared to him that the time was past for talking : the time Was come TO DO something , and he would tell them what to do—( cheers . ) He thought they ought to proceed at once to appoint a COMMITTEE OF PL'BLIC SAFETY IN THE METROPOLIS , and indUCO every delegate from the country te pour in such facts as would organise such a body of public opinion as would create the utmost odium against those in power , and COMPEL them to yield . "

      Pretty fair this , was not it" Old Bloody ? ' Where were yon then t Did yon denounce the incendiary writing ? Did you point it out to the public , and shew the real nature of the League men , in their base and cowardly attempts to get the working people to " rise" and " riot , " while they appeared as ' * friends of good erder ; " and , as magistrates , let loose the military upon them , for only doing that to which they had been incited ! Did you do this "Old Bloody ? " No ! you left the task to us ! We did it . We exposed the plot . We denounced the eoncoctors of it . We cautioned the people against the snare laid for them . We counselled to peace and good order ! And yet the M riots" and the M risings" are to be attributed to the" incendiary writingBin the Northern Star 1 !}

      While thiB u Conference" was sitting , Mr . O'Connor happened to meet with Acland , the hired tool and lacquey of the anti-Corn Law League ; the man who is paid £ 10 per week for his services . They met at Halifax . They had a discussion upon the question of the Corn Law Repeal . After the discussion , Mr . O'Connsk and Mr . Acland had some talk . In the Star of the succeeding week ; that is to say , in the Star of July 16 th , Ife 2 , Mr . O'Connor published the following fact , in a letter addressed by him to the Chartist body : —

      " One thing -which Acland told me , as he Baid , in confidence , must not be kept back . No , DO , * I am not just the man to keep the secrets of the League . Now , let every man pay particular attention to the following disclosure , coming from the principal sponter of the'Plague ' . Aclaad said to me , — "Well , Mr . O'Connor , we shall either have a Repeal of the Corn Laws , or the Charter in three weeks . Mr . O'Connor— Indeed 1 hov »!" Mr . Acland— *• ¦ Well , 1 tell you , in confidence , that the object of the League ' s present meeting in London , is to take into consideration the propriety OF STOPPING ALL THE MILLS UPON A GIVEN DAY 1 !! AND THEY WILL DO IT !!!!"

      This was published near a month before the strike . Now , Aoland has never contradicted it . He dare not do it ! 1 Even in the Conference" itself , BO lately aa the 29 th of July , one of the delegates , Mr . Finch , jun ., from Liverpool , is reported to have said : — " The League and anti-Monopoly Associations , with the assistance of the Colliers (/) have the power of compelling the aristocracy , in less than one month , to abolish Corn Laws altogether , and to

      compel them also to grant the People ' s Charter . Let the Colliers in all parts of the kingdom cease working for one month , and the thing is done II The ; have only to insist upon these mea-Burares before they go to work again . This is the most Bimple and efficient measnre that oonld be adopted to get all we want without spilling a drop of blood , or causing aay commotion ef any kind . The city of London would be without fuel , and all other concerns must come to a stand till it teas settled . "

      And even so lately as the 2 nd day qf Ih * present month , Mr . Alderman Chafpkll , at a meeting held in Manchestsr , said— *\

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      ** It appeared that the only plan which ibe manufacturers had to resort to at present , was . TO STOP THEIR FACTORIES" i l \! ' y Is it apparent now who were the coneocters of the strike ? Is it apparent noiqyrho were thei movers to it ? . ; :. ** 'No , *' . saya the Weekly ChronieU :- ^ - ¦ M Mr . FeaMas O'Connor may swear him « jlf black in the face before we give the BllKhtest credence to a charge un-upported by any other evidence , and nt ' terly irreconcilable with plain and palpable factsv ' - Is the charge 4 I unsupported by any other evidence" !/« it '' utterly iiteconcilable with plain and palpable facts' * I Is it irreconcilable with the factB wehave been narrating ! Is It imoohoilaWe with the incehdiary teaching ? or the Globe , Chronicle

      and Sun ? And , by the bye , talkipg of incendiarism brings to our mind a recollection of the dodges and shifts of Master Weekly Chronicle himself , respecting the Swing incitements in the beginning of the present year . The Weekly Chronicle was , by no means , the last in ; the field at that game . He seemed as if he received a Ood-send , in the fact of a fevf firea haying occurred in the South , apparently the work of incendiarism ; andi to make the most of it , he printed a huge poster , in which the word SWING was the mo 3 t striking line . With these posters ; he covered the entire of his shop window in the Strand ; and the effect upon the passers-by on the other side was , that the word Swing appeared in something like the following manner : —

      ' ^ : 0 i ^ : ^ H ^^ H SWING . SW | N < 3 SWING , SWING SWING SWlNd " ; ; . ¦ ¦' . '" ' ¦^' •¦( ¦ ¦;¦ ¦ ¦ . ) : ¦ .: ' : ' " ¦ ' ?¦ ;;¦ ' : h ? . i- ; -.-j r -:- - - ¦/•¦¦ ' : ¦ ' The rest of the bill not being readable at that distance from the smallness of the printv A ^ d while the JF <^ window , be w ; as doing bis best inside his paper , without committing himself , to point' Out Switjig as a '' -. .. m > ans of annoying and "harraasing the new Ministers ! >

      But cannot the statement of Mr . O'Connob be corroborated ! Let us see . White the Weekly Chronicle was thus endeavouring to Ret his patrons out of the mess they have gotten into , another organ of their body was let'ing the cat out of the bag , and glorying in the deed ! The Sunday Times , of Sunday las % makes the followin / i ; avowal : — " Ourreaders areprobablyaware that the ; project of SHUTTING W ALL T ? HEi MILLS IN ONE DAY priginated with this journal , arid that we have all along persisted in considering it as the only means by which the repeal of tlie Corn Laws was likely to be obtained . The

      ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE CONSIDERED THE PROPOSITION AGAIN AND A ^ AIN ; allusions were from ^ time to tim e made to it by several speakers ; but it was generally rejected as a thing that would seem exceedingly harsh to the operatrees themselves . "

      They rejected the project , after considering it ag ain and again , because it would seem harsh to the operatives themselves ! Not because it was wicked ; not because it was illegal ; not because it was disorderly ; not because it would lead to " riots " and ¦ ' ¦ risings : " it was rejected not because of these considerations , but because it would imn harsh to the operatives themselves ! In other words , it would be an open declaration of war against the operatives ,: and Wwuld expose mill property to the fury of a ttarving people ,- —a people made to starve by ¦ ' "the immediate and direct acts Of the masters

      themselves , There was all the difference in the world between the masters *• closing the mills , " and the workmen doing it of themselves , and forcing the masters to comply ! And though the Anti-Corn- League rejected the project in the shape put before them . bj ' theSunday Times , yet ^ ^ they did not reject it in the other and more feasible shape of driving the workmen by reductions of Wages , to do th « thing themselves . They did not M reject" this u rojeot" ! , ;_ No ; they acted on it 1 and the present ohtoiio and truly awful atate of things is the cotsequence ! ! I

      uet our readers also mark another fact . All the reductions in wages that have been attempted within the last two months in the manufactories , have been attempted by Corn-Law-Repealing masters t Point out a Tory or Conaervative master who has attempted any puch reduction . We believe it would be impossible . At all events , we have not beard of any such . This fact speaks volumes ! Refer , too , to the letter of our Prestoa correspondent , detailing the horrible carnage in that town , and the prior proceedings . Look Well at the words there printed in capital letters I Remember that it is two delegates from Ashton , ( the town where the stkikb first commenced . ) to the Preston lads to get them to join in it , who declare , publioly , that

      "THE MIDDLE GLASSES FOUND THEM THE MEANS" to go to Preston ! Note this fact ! and then ask how it is that that the middle classes are now bo fond of strikes aa to pay the delegates to go over all parts of the country to " extead " them ! j ! The fact is , that the strike did commence at Ashton , as has been already detailed ; and that the ostensible cause of it was thei attempted reductions of wages by ; the ^ Corn L * w Repealing Messrs . Bailey ; and another fact is , as soon as it did oommenoe , six persons were diepatched from the town of Ashton to the other towns in Lancashire ; AND THEIR EXPENCES WERE PAID BY MONEY SUBSCRIBED BY

      FACTORY MASTERS AND SrlOPKEEPERS BELONGING TO THAT TOWN . And are tho League men to suffer no consequences for these acts ! Are the people , the working people , whom they have induced to " riso" » nd > riot ? ' are these to bear all the shootings , all tho cuttings to pieoeB , all the sabreings , all the tramplings to death , all the woundihgs , -all the imprisonments , all the transportings , and , possibly , all the hangings ; are the working people to endure all these things , while the fiendish hatchers of the plot escape soathless and free I ! I this to be the base 1 No ! by heaven 1 JUSTICE , of some eort or other we will have ill \ . ' - "N '¦ : "¦ : .:-. - ¦ :. ' a .- - ¦ ] -- \\ -- \ : oi '

      To the working people we say , be wise ! be prudent 1 Be not betrayed into collisions with the military . Present not yourselves before them as marks to be shot at , like eo many carrion-crows , and be laid weltering in the Btreets . Come sot near them . Keep the peace Do not riot . : Destroy no property ; ' Burn no mills . Commit no depredations . Injure no man . Be quiet ; be firm : and please ydurseiyeB whether you go to work or stay away J ; v

      Our own opiinion of the ' Strike" and its merits was distinctly registered in last weeltfs Star , especially in the tvfo articles in the third edition , headed , " Progress of the Strike , ' ? and " Further Progress . " Every event whioh has since transpired has confirmed us in tbe opinion we then held : tad we have now therefore only to reiterate it , and to request for it all tbe attention that the people think it worth . By reiereno © to the addresB of the Conference delegates , and the letter of Mr . O'Connor , it will be seen that he and they hold a different opinion Time will speedily decide whose opinion is most wise . We entreat only the neonfe will not h « di « .

      oouraged if , after ajl ; hawng tried the strike as a means for obtaining the Charter , they find it to fail of aocomplisbing Q ^ t ^> bje

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      BEtPER . — . On Monday night last , Mr . West delivered his second lecture of his series , " on the evils arising from the misapplication of the powers of production , and the capabilities of the soil under just and proper regulations , to supply the wants of all with abundance , " and was attended with a crowded and an attentive audience . Mr . West enrolled fifty-fonr members at the cjose . Wednesday -erenrng , " . Mr . West visited Swanwick , and addressed a large meeting , and also on Thursday at noon , addressed a large assembly of colliers ; a number of members w ^ re enrolled at the close of each meeting . On THOBspAY , Mr * West visited Ashdyer ; on Saturdayj he was at Duffield ; and on Sunday , at Edge . At all these places he proclaimed the Charter , and enrolled members .

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      •¦ " ¦ ¦ ' ; ; : Halifax . . ¦¦ . . ; . ¦ ¦ - ,. ' ' , - . - . - The disturbances connected with the turn-outs commenced in Halifax on Monday morning last . Their arrival from Lancashire had been expected for some time , and the magistrates had been active in making preparations to receive them . They had issued placards , referring to the disturbances in Lancashire , and calling upon the inhabitants to assist them in the preservation of peace and order . A very large number of special conatables were sworn in , and the regular police , and the military stationed at the barraeks , were under orders to be in readiaess to act at a moment ' s notice . The military force regularly stationed at Halifax , consisted of two oomBanies of the 61 st Reet ; of foot ,

      comprising upwards of 100 men , and their numbers were subsequently augmented by the arrival of two troops of the 11 th Hussars , one from Leeds , where they had passed the previous night on their road from York , and entered Halifax about eight o ' clock on Monday morning , and the other from Burnley , who entered the town about seven o ' clock in the evening . With these accessions , the military in the town on Monday evening , comprised a force of about two hundred men . The immense crowds of turn-outs , who thronged to excess the streets of the town , produced a state of « xcitement and commotion almost unprecedented in Halifax , and which formed ample employment for all the forces—both civil and military—art the disposal of the authorities .

      So early as five o ' clock in the morning , the people were astir , and assembled in considerable numbers in the Market Place ; they were all peaceable , however , and so would have continued , till their meeting was over , and then have returned home again in the same good order they had met . But whilst a person was addressing them , the magistrates , accompanied by the police and about two hundred special constables , came up . Mr . Pollard , one of the inagistrateH , » ddressed the crowd for nearly half an hour , and remonstrated with them on the danger of a 8 Sembjifi / f in stich meetinga , and engaging in such schemes , which must result in disastrous consequencoa to themselves . The assembled multitude , however , manifested no great alacrity to leave the SDot .

      and the magistrates having ordered the multitude to disperse , loud shouts were raised amongst them of "Let ' s away to Luddenden Foot , " and this proposition , moeting with general concurrence , the shouts became universal , and the multitude , arranging themselves into a sort of procession , cleared away and proceeded at once to that place , where a large body of the Lancashire turn-outs were congregated for the purpose of marching into Halifax . : Betwixt eleven and tyfelve o ' clock the turn-outs from Lancashire approaohed the town in immense numbers . The grand point of junotion was at King Cross , on the Burnley Road , where the various bodies , each composed of thousands of men , from Hebden Bridge . Sowerby Bridge , Luddenden Foot .

      Todmorden , Rochdale , and other places , united together in one immense procession , filling the whole breadth of the road , and stretching to a vast length . When they got to the North Bridge at Halifax , the military and police were drawn up , so as to occupy the whole road , and prevent the passage of the people , the cavalry being ported in front , ; the infantry next , aad behind them the police and special constables . This was above twelve o ' clock . In the precession were great numbers of women , most of whom were placed in the middle . On their progress being arrested by the military and police , several of the women went up , and seiaing the bridles of the cavalry , exclaU | ing , " You would not hurt a woman , would you \ " endeavoured to turh them oh one side .

      One of the women coming up in front shouted to the magistrates and soldiery . We didn't oome here for bayonets , we oamo for bread . " It is stated that one woman was stabbed itt the breast by one of the soldiers with a bayonet , though not seriously , Jbnt in general the soldiers did not molest them . Soon after a circumstance occurred which caused a diversion of the military , and opened a passage over the bridge into the town , It was stated that the mills of Messrs . Norris and Lister , at the bottom of Foundry-street , were attacked , and the military and police ibrce gathered on the bridge , leaving that spot for the . protection of the mills alluded to ; in a few minutes the entire procession had passed into theheart of the town , and by the time the military

      arrived at Messrs . Nprris and Listers' mills , the plugs Were drawn , and the men turned out . Almost at the very same moment that the Lancashire processions / approached the town , another procession , also comprising immense numbers , from the neighbourhood of Bradford , approached it in another direction . The Bradford procession was preceded by a number of the 17 th Laacers from that ; town , and on the . procession reaching New Bank within a sSpri distancei of Halifax , the Lancers drew up across the road , and being joined here by the Infantry an , d Hussars from Halifax , succeeded in arresting the progress of tne turn-outs , along the main road . The procession .

      however , broke up into groups and proceeding along Rands Bankvand different bye roads , eyaded the military and reached the town , when they immediately became amalgamated with the Lancashire people . After the junction had taken pl&cej they proceeded to Messrs . Akroyd ' s mill , at Haley Hill , for the purpose of turning out the hands , but when they arrived there , the men had gone to dinner , and the mill was consequently already stopped . Mr . Edward Akroyd asked them what they wanted , to which they replied they most have the pings ont of the boilers . Mr . A . said if that waa what they wanted , they must oome and do it , and accordingly one of them attempted to take ont the ping , bat not being able to succeed , the engineer , by Mr .

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      Akroyd's orders , pulled it ont for them . It is stated thit Mr . E . Akroyd gave four sovereigns to the men , " and told them to buy bread with it for the women .: They proceeded next to Bowling Dyke Mill , and commenced making a cutting through the mill jam , in order to let off the water ; when just while the ? . were engaged in this attempt , the military came up , and dispersed them , and captured six of . the insurgents ; About eleven , soldiers of the infantry were detached to escort the prisoners to the Ponce-office , and oh their road were followed by a large purtioa of : the people ; who made repeated attempts to rescue the prisoners , whioh 60 exasperated the aoidiera , that they faced roundj and firod upon them . A man called Wadswortli . ; ,, was , we

      understand , wounded in the leg , and j Was , carried off by his comrades . The spirit of the crowd wjs . still unsubdued . In Well Lane , ^ mother nuh wasjmade , and again the soldiery fired , but ^ e , hiTAj not heard that any injury was done . When , theyijame in the vicinity of the Police-office , the streets ,, whiph are there very narrow and crooked , were ; in a gjtoat measure blocked op by crowds ; and . befojre jrfrfie poldiers could force ; a passage througli ythQmLShey fired twice , and then charged upon . ^ hem ^ i&ititair bayonets , wounding a ; great number ,, out . i » nje of them seriously . They succeeded at lengt ] tyWilod « ipg the prisoners in the Police-office . , ^ rre ^ yaf p ikhec * sions were entertained that ant aUempt ;! wottW , made to break open the prison and respa #$ & ¦

      iprisoners , and a number of infanLrj were Jstatjonfid laeitf e to garrison the placed " ;; ; ^ , ; ., ¦ - i ^ v ^ ; -: At two o ' clock in the afternoon , a meeting of from ten to fifteen thousand people was held . on Skireoat Moor , a tneextensiyie moor in $ eimmediateneighbourhooJ » Halitiyt ^ , T % ^ e ofi £ he meeiing , was peaceable but firm . Three resolutions were passed , pledging . ¦ meeting not , to retnjrntQWork : it 411 the People ' s Char ^ i / ecatter the - law ;( pf thej land {^ till their wages vvtr * ' adyance'd ^ the sjtandard of , ( 1840 ; and till a guaran - < w »| entereii :.-ii ^ o ^ t& 9 " employers that they shou t bek ^ pt ^ up to thaMtftudard . In the course of tti& afternopni , ; t ^ ipe ^ le , teirtn ( 5 gather' d i n great crowds : n various places ^ hut more particularly opposite ; the . Nortbgate . . Jiote )^ tbe cavalry cKarged upon them ., bat the peopl&itojne m

      terror before them , no injuries were inflicted . aWhas ever the crowds became at all uumanageah ) e . r 9 erB forced upon the soldiers , the ' infanUyoadk'JWtiJbe leaat hesitation in prioking them with their ba ^ ooet and aoores of people ^^ in . HalifaxreMfed ift thj ( stsr » jr Blight bayonet wounds on Monday . Oae pjpof fifllow , who had got pricked through his fuetian jacket with a bayonet , we saw go writhing- dffwn ^ ho street , in the midst of a number of commiserating companions . Theonly serious wound wasone which occurred accidentally to a Bergesnt in one Of the regiments ; who , while handling bis musket , touched it in such a manner , that the percussion cap exploded , and the piece went off , and lodged the shot in one of his arm * .. He was taken to the infirmary , and it is probable bis arm will be disabled , even if it should escape amputation .

      Tbe proceeatngg coraraenced on Tuesday witb a meeting on Skitcoat Moor , at six o ' clock In the morning , at which about 2 . 004 ot 3 , 040 people were present . Tbe proceedings commenced by singing a hytun ' Praiae Gid from whom all bleBsingsftow , " which was followed by a prayer by one of the men , invoking the assistance and protection of the Almighty in their enterprise , and praying that peace and order might be preserved . After tfeia a man from Bradford addressed the meeting . He proposed that delegates should be sent to todmorden , Bradford , and Hudderefleld , to induce the men of those places to march immediately upon Halifax . Id compliance with tbe proposition , three delegates were appointed to proceed to each of the

      places named , and it waa rea ^ lved that another meeting should be held on the moor , afc one o ' clock at noon , at which it was expected that ; their numbers would be reinforced by the men of Todmorden , Bradford , and Huddersfleid . To lose no time it was also agreed that those present at the meeting should immediately proceed to Elland , Cooper-Bridge , Brighouse , Stainland , and Barkialand , to stop all the mills there , which it waa thought might be acconiplished before the time of holding tbe next meeting ; and in ; accordance witb this rtaolution , tbe great , bulk of thoaa present , formed into a sort of procession , and filing across the moor , proceeded on their : miasion . This concladed U * meeting .. - ; : ' . V ' , ;¦ ¦'¦ ¦ - ^ ¦ . ¦ '•/ '' .. . " . ¦ ¦' .: ; ¦' ... ' ¦ - : ; ' ^ ' ¦•¦ ' ..

      The prisoners captured at Halifax on Monday after noon , at , and subsequently to , the affray at Akroyd ' s mill , eleven in number , were sent off to Wakefleld on Taesday forenoon . ' .. It r waa determined by tne magistrates to send them there for safety , previous to tbetr examination . They were placed In two ^ pmnikuses , each drawn by four horses and guarded by a file ef the llth Hussars , ander the' command of an officer , and , headed by Mr Briggs . a magtotrata , proceeded at full gallop to the railway atation , at Elland . The people of course had very Boon notice of this movement ; in fast it hid been anticipated , and considerable crowds had

      congregated all down the road on the look out , particularly at Salter-Hebble , were an attempt was made to stop the road , preparatory to a » escue . Thia , however , was unsuccessful , and atones were thrown at the convoy , from the wood wMca : Afrto % i . roai to Elland , At the time they arrived is the tUtion at tbe . latter place , the train towards ^ akegeld was in waiting , to which the priaoriera were at once transferred ; and tbe tratn was quickly at full » p ed , Contiderabla numbers of people had gained access to thoatatlon , and tie rJiUonera , on their depflrtnre » were cheered by their companions , somei of I ' wbom t 9 ? d t ^^ ni to keep their spirits np . for they shonld ^ nb ^ Ub ^ fated Atthetime these twoonmibuaesand tiwpJjaoner ^ Mriv ed . therewasanothrtomnibiwuitheBi ^ on . itt ^ ajjontte

      proceed with passengers to Halifax , xromli « ed 8 , S ( lftO ' Chester , &c After leaving the action , tt irfcxary « f on evident that there were very lar ^ e numbers cf oacjpla-iw all directionB in a BUt « of . the : grtt * te 8 i ' e Wlt « ment , and btfore the conveyance had proqeeiled ty , stone / to abundance were' fteain thrown ' from ifae ; w oo ^;^ these struck the omnibus repeatedly , ' buy , tt ^ u pa «» ng « r 3 escaped without injury . On re ^^ lDg Salter rH ^ sbble ^) S ) w-, ever , the danger -was greatly Increased , " , ' : ' lm . i" $ ' exasperated bid the peopie be <» me at' "f ^ e " treatment they had received , that loud threats wiere ' tttterp d ^ that not one should , escape . The passengers , of course , could not apply this language to themselves | they were consclou * of not having done any injury , and had confidence thai the people -would „ opt wilfully Inflict

      damage upon persons respecting whom they could juave no cause of complaint ; and in this opinion they were strengthened by ^ the fact that , as soon as it became known that the omnibus contained only railway passongers , and no " offlcials , " a safe passage was guaranteed through , the thousands who ¦ were assembled o » the roadside , and along the rocky heights of Salter-Hebble—a place of all others calculated for theproF tectlon of any party who mifht eho ' ose to avail themselves of Its cover from whence te harass an enemy . ; A man then took the head of the leader , and ,. "iravtog u his hand , all fear of attack from the menacing thrjewog seemed to have vanished , and the vehicle was ' 8 16 ^ 1 ?^ cending the hill . But , on a sudden ; a cry was rai * &ol , ^ iit - the soldiers were advancing , and as Bnddeniy theappar ,

      rent calm was succeeded by aa overwhelming tempjsst ^ for , in a moment , as it were , a shower of largjej s ^ nea ' , were hurled from all parts of the emmence ' amotig . ine ; , soldiers who then came np at full gaUop , sid ' oni to to ? ' beads of the devoted and innocent passengers , who thiia suffered seTerely from the accidental ctitiiniitance . iot ' , ' being compelled , though only for a few moments , to ' . bV ; apparently under the protection of the soldiery , ' ^ i th such direct aim were these missiles hurled , that scarcety a soldier escaped unhurt—some of them received , Revere , cuts—three of them were feirly fellwt ^ feoni ^ Ji « fif ;/ Horses , the animals setting of , and leaving : their la ^ s riders to the mercy of the r « ob . These threearepri-, ' vates in the 11 tfa Hussars their names are Aiexsnder Fraaar , John Austin , and Thomas Ciarkaon ' ' they

      were ; all more or less injured ; but two of' t ^ em were for a time made prlsonert . Of course , ^ fer * Vas ¦ ' - , a devil of a hubtub kicked up now ! / An eiptfeas ' ' ^ as " , . sent to Ha ifax ror tbe infantry ,: and' thS HuSiar 8 ' , "' after charging with ¦ ball , returned , beaded' by 'itfr . , ' ., Briggs , to the reacue of their companions , whieh ^ bey ; ' effected * Dorinf ; thea ^/ "Mrv-B # ^; r ^ wound on thearro frem astbne , which disaWedhim , and he wait home ; the ^ soldfers ^ l ^ pre ^ aa&L . " received orders to flre , and these ordere were ' caJ ^ ied ' iato bffeet , we are afraid wHh ' aTitaTiresurf , ^ u £ ( if ^ bi 8 ' we cannot speak with c ^ tataty f np-iiTuesdajrEvening , two of the soldier ' s horses had not been heard of , the third bad been covered . R ^ ura Ve no W tiie passengers , who had , in goo 4 earnest , 1 ' ^ td ' etiaiiftf' tie pelUng of a pitiless stom of stones . ' These ' coWHte ' d of

      four oi five inside , and about the same nontber ^ ffauide . iir . Barker , repatteittxt ttitop » per > ^ a 8 on ; eortffe ' l ^ er » and had a very narrow escape f Wtf iotfUiaf ff ^ P « oihpletely ttrdugh behind whh :-. a large ^ ob , ? nd he received one or two severe wounds and several' cuntudons . Ayoung lady / Miss ''^ street ,: Leeds , who Bat betweeniSt . ^^ Barlpef ana ; tke driver , received a frightful cot ia the bead , ' "which bled profusely . It Is fortunate that tho -iaddinj ' ot her bennet , was very thick ; for thia doubtless bad the effect of breaking the force with v which tlie stone had descended . She wa * . going on . ai vUU to M » . Cockerkam , of Halifax ; and on enquiry there on Tues day afternoon , we learned that she . wbb notinttcii Wwse for her injury . A gentleman , named liyoscfcy ftom Sheffield , we undersund , was very Beverelycnti about-Uie legs and in other parts ; he . bled vacy mooh , abd was obliged to leave tbe omnibus , and remain at a w » dsMe bouse until surgical assistance could ; b « Jptoicu > ed .

      He was attended very speedily by Mr . iHolroyd . 'ibf Halifax , and after having bUw < Hmd ^ draased > pTD « a 4 < ll on his journey . The />«»•* r «^"" g ^ "t 'wfttfrd irittt more slight iBJoriea . The omnibni was ^ aiactiarfarwit and one of the horses was cntin thaiwby aetofle . TTha party aiterttb got safe to Halifax . ; . ;^ afe « oaj-.. y , a >*^ This affair having subsided , the people again met in the ^ afternoon , acoording to arrangement , Ott Skircoat Moor . Large nun ^ ere > vfe » -itf « fteiia « ioe ; and everything waa oondtteted -ia peac * W pjiffltit order .. After the meeting broke up , ho ^ oTPrflarge ' assemblies congregated in the- streets , and trroatinW people were seen wending their T ^ fiott ^ HWeotioas towards North Bridge , over whioh is the-rbad to Mr . Akroyd ' s milL knowji as'tbe ShaaesFwiiich iaa ^ tpoweiwloom eetabliahment . 'AMttVNo * ( tfB * iage . tbe yanous groupaw all ^ ing- inthV'Mm ^' dfredfion , amting together , formed one immense assemblage . Soon after , a small numb ^ of merf , who 4 were in adranoe of the maia body ftraggled one by one into

      Ca Ms*&Tv$ Anti Covte^&Lt;Mt&Gt;Em0.

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      To C 0 RUBSP 0 MDBNT 8 XNP FBlENDS-rlfiB shall feel extremely obliged iojaut Correspondents and Friends in oil part *[ tf the CqtmirU , if they will Uxtte the trouble to forward to the Oj ^ every thing of impor tance thai transpires iniheir respective localities , as early as possible after the occurrence . From all towns where the Strike is held out ; wt \ skeiildijketo . have a letter by every post , bringing up the neics in a sort of continued narrative . Will some friaid in each place see to this and oblige us ?

      Mart Jonm , Seistol . — We cannot insert the com munication sent {' ; nor would it serve her if we did . The information she seeks can-only be compelled by law proceedings , . ¦ ¦ ;¦ ¦ ' A CorrsTANT Reader , London . —Ye * . Mr . Pitkeihly is gone to America ^ butnbt to stopthere at present . He is gone to "look out , " and to sell his goods . He is inclined to act on the maxim , " look before you leap . * ' We understand his intentions are to go over nearly all the States , and to make close observation and inquiry upon the points important to emigrants and settlers . The result of his observations we expect to be the

      medns of giving to the world . All who know Mi ,: Pitkethly will pronounce him lo be a fit man for the purpose . .. ' ., [ . \ . '¦ - " ' : ' ¦" . ; . ¦; " .. '¦ . ' . - ¦¦' - ¦ / , .:. A Chartist , Carlisle , is thanked for the extracts from a letter written from Lancaster Castle to Mr . Warden , of Bolton . ; they but bear out what webefore knew of the ungrateful man who has done his little best to sting the hand that fed hint . '' . Perhaps' "a Carlisle Chjrtist '' is not aware of the fact that the man in question would have starved while in gaol , had it not beehfor the unsolicited bounty of Mr . O'Connor ; but we can lellhim that the fact is so : and that the sum of

      3 EVENTY-EIGHT POUNDS was GIVEN to him by Mr .: O'Qonnor during hi * imprisonment I- and , perhaps , " a Carlisle Chartist" is not aware that the grateful return madeJot ' this tiartdsome , ndy , generous , treatment was the wrilijiy of letters , such as the one be has sent us , to whisper and insinuate away the character of the man upon whose free gifts he tods existing ! And * a Carlisle Chartist may not be further aware that so deep-rooted is the Malignity of the unyrateful man , and so bitter is his animosity , that he declared , soon after his liberation , at the dinner-table of one of the most stanch O'Connellite-Whig-jRtidicals in England , that "Mr . O'Connor and the Star : people hated him with that hatred , that had be , or they , BUT COURaGk , they would thh a kuife through his heart ! " We

      are aware of , and cantell-a Carlise Chartist " these things ; and therefore we are not surprised at the character of the letter he has sent . As for the request he makes respecting the publication of the document alluded to , all we can make no < promise : wemust see-itfirst . A PuBSE , containing' a sum of moneyvwds picked up at the meeting held a fortnight since last Sunday , and is now in the possession of Mr . Isaac Kitchen , Bradford Moor . To our Readers and Fbiends . —7 % e state of bur columns this day will be a sufficient apology for our silence about , and nonAnseHion of , many articles , both of news and observation , : i eceived during the week . Some oj these are in type , but obliged to be displaced , —the notice of Mr . West ' s lecture at Chesterfield amongst them .

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      W THE NO R T H E BN STAR ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 20, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1175/page/4/