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      » . — Mr . Akroyd ' s mill , and when . betwixt twenty and ihirty had got in , some of the workmen inside , who ¦ were armed with staves , and sworn in . as special constables , dosed the mill-door , and secured the gir&gglers as prisoners . Previous to this , as » tr » ck © n the Shades bating been apprehended , a hole lrad been broken through the root , and it had been agreed that if the military should be required at ihd place , a Sag should be put ihrongb this aperture , and a man was placed on the roof of the Northgate Hotel , -where the Hussars were stationed , to watch tst this signal , and communicate to the military . As 8 x » as the prisoners were secured in the mil ] , the signal was hoisted , and the Hussars set off at once at a quick pace , and the Infantry at a smart run . a ==========

      towards the place . At this time it must be remembered there was no attack upon Akroyd ' s mill , and the osly symptoms of such an attack being contemplated by the people , was the entrance of the few stragglers , who were secured in the mill , in the manner we have described , and who were considerably ia xdvanee of the main body , who were at that time passing , " without any disturbance , over . North Bridgar--W © Ihitb beard different statements of the Bfflan * r in ¦ which the melancholy occurrences , which in » few ttinnteff took place , originated ; but all agr » e in this , that there was no regular attack upon the mill , and that the people were not causing any farther disturbance than must necessarily be caused by-the passage of so large a multitude alone tht

      tb * o- The most probable account seems to be the following , which we learned from an eye-witness : — As the BddiBry toi approaching the spot , the cavalry a * juiaod gallop , and the infantry at a quick run , tie throng of people m the streets could not get oat of the way with Bnfficient rapidity , and there ¥ Tta sonw crowtfing and jostling . One man in the tr » y offered , unintentionally , as we understand , some slight obstruction to the passage of the mfamtry , TrpdB which one of them pricked him with ids bayonet , and the man turned round in an exasperated state of -mind , and said something OfeflSiTe to' the soldier , who immediately struck tern down , with the butt-end of Ms musket , A disfcsrbanw among the crowd was the consequence , « n 4- 'ifiH 8 euuaely afterwards , the magistrate in ting

      stwsdanoe I Mr . Bird , of Bradford , ) and the officers of thfe ^^ i ^* were observed consul together fttt&i&srv&xmdB y-axrd the next moment the soldiery fired" upeB ihe people . The first fire consisted only « f straggling shots , bnt the next fire was a regular roHey * f Musketry from the whole body of the mKtaty . From Rand ' s Bank , the ground rises for a-considerable distance in towering hills , and Cp tkess WHw the people fled for their lives , and as tney fled'the military continued to fire , and some c ^ tbemeii dropped wounded upon the grass . We Went towards the scene of action immediately after tie firing had taken place , and had not proceeded very far , before we saw an old man , apparently betwixt fifty and sixty Tears of age , borne in the

      arms of a number of other men , apparently in an insensible state , and we were informed shortly after that he had received a mtL-ket ball in the groin ; a few yards further , we saw another man who had been shot in the back , whose head was sustained by other men , and who appeared to be swooning , conveyed along the same road in a cart , sad both , we believe , together wiih another BIMj who was shot in the leg , were taken to the infirmary . At this time the nrlitary were drawn up along Rand ' s Bank ; numbers of men were crouching down in ths grass , bat the great balk of the multitude were gathered on the utmost summit * of the distant bills , on the -rerge of the horizonand far ont of tie reach of the military .

      , Irom all that we can learn of the origin of the affair , we think there "were no circumstances to justify the military in firing upon the people . No attack was made upon either person or property , and the people were proceeding without disturbance along the road . The soldiery proceeded along the streets , driving aS the people before them , who fled to escape them into sJl s < jrts of avenues and passages . So peremptory were they , that they compelled the people to close their windows as they passed , and neither jnen » or ¦ women ecnld peep out of any aperture , to obtain aHghl of what was going on , without having

      & cluster of swords raised and shaken in menace at them . At a place , called Garth , opposite the Pine Apple Inn , at the end of North Bridge , about tweaty or thirty people climbed up a wall , and got into a garden there , to get out of way of the military , and , ssrtbe latter passed by , hooted them , upon which the soldiers fired fifty or sixty shots above their heads , and produced no little consternation among them . Amongst the persons wounded was Dr . Bramley ' s servant , who received a shot in his ancle . Another man also , who was standing in Northgate when the Infantry passed , was stabbed with a bayonet in ih « shoulder . He was conveyed to Dr . Holzoyd ' s .

      It is with mingled feelings of shame and indigDafcion that we bring before the public an instance of wanton bloodshed—s deliberate attempt upon human hi e- , which we can designate as little , less than mur-¦ d er , on the part of one of the soldiery . Mr . Bingley ,, the reporter for ihe LeeSs ^ ttmcs , aad ilr . Ball , of the JLeeds Mereioy ^ ware eye witnesses of the cir--camsumee , ssd were Within a yard , or at most two yards , of the unfoTtunate victim of military recklessBes ? , T » hen the occurrence took place . The affair took place in Engrstreet , which is in the vicinity of tfce-barradcs and the PoEee office . A small snmber of ti » Hus ^ ars ^ wnq ' had bee n clearing the streets , tirrijea-np ^ ft f btn ^ m of King-street , and , after proceeding * few ySrds ,-were filing into a street called out it : the time

      Kels ^ -str ^ t jrhachTtius of at that Me 5 ? rs . ^ Bin ^ ley and Hall w ere approaching the top -of Kittg'Street , an * b ! JLman , named Samuel Crowtner , a nail-Tnskfcr ; wascoming , towards them , apparently to go toTus ovra r ^ sTdence . rwbich was only two or t& ^ yaM&dlkabfc .. At . this period ibere was not thesbgbteit ' disturbance "in the streets , and indeed there w ^ re not , it is believed , twenty persons is the space betwixt the top of the street and the soldierv towards the bottom , a distance of . probably nearly oneBnndTe ^ i yards ^ " " AH the soldiery haa . dis&j > - peare 3 ~ along Nelson stieet . except one man who passed and looked in the direction of the persons aboye jnentioned , and then levelled his musket , and appeared to take deliberate aim at them . Net

      the slightest alarm was feli by either Mr . Bingley or Mr . Hall , who seeing no cause for violence , apprehended none , and regarded the action of the soldier amply as a piece of bravado * and looked at him with perfect unconcern . The soldier , however : fired . ind immediately the old man staggered -aid -reeled in the direction of his own door , but jaade _ no outcry . Mr . Bingley exelaimed—" the aazr-is ^ shot , " or some sach expression , but Mr . Halt -who tad" previously seen him in a fit , replied tha ? h 6 was only in a fit . la a few moments , however , " a "number of women rushed out of the house excIMmin ' x itat the man bad been shot , and on enreriff £ ihe ~ hoDse , which was crowded with women uttering loud screams , the old , man was found lying

      on ksjbiik , on \ bed np stairs , with a wound in his abd 6 fcen * , hi 8 shirt was saturaied with blood , and he "wasTfiitbiDg with , agony . Messrs . B . a&d H . imj aei ? s £ ely , ^ ent to procure the attendance of a surgeoor'iOn eal 2 iflg afterwards , it was understood tbat ' theri was but Httle chance of his recovery . Tclfaft ' men , dangeronsly wounded , were at the Infirmary uptoTuesday evening , all of whom had received their wounds at the firing which took place near the Shades Hill j one of these had a shot in kis' ^ rqin , another in his back , and a third , who wassideiyer / rom Midgley , had a ehot in his leg , -axd t& 4 B ime evening was obliged to have it amputaud ; A ' considerable number were wounded , we believe ; -, but only slightly . Thiity-six prisoners ¦ were- £ sp ^ ured in or about Skades Mill . Of these pnH > Eeis njany had received sword wounds ; one had ' L cat acro ^ bis hand , ax-other bad a cut across

      the fdtfcn ' e * d , aiK > lher on t £ g ^ p of ^ ia Lead , & fourth fcad a . - ij ^ mf cudouB gasli , Itaiee ox four inches ltng , -on his-feeadrand ' SB skull was fractured , and two or tbrte tbgre hid contusions on their legs , caused by bloira ' fioin . swords , la iact , the police-tfiiae was turnett tptb a hospitaL Tb ^ MJk were Jill stopped on Tne sday , at Elland , Coop 0 - JBuSg ^ . ^ Bng&onse , Stainland , aad BarJds-3 aBd :- * V . 'jr ~ ^! - r' 'V . :-...-lmmeoiately " p ^ vious io iho Bkirmish &t Salterhetble , and After the prisoners had left by the train , threatsi . wereJaade that tie bridge across the railway sbould beimBe ^ jdow ^^ nd it was stated to be their mieEiion _ . ta-3 ^~ qiit"ine water in the tanks for the supply of tte ' enginJE . at sereralstations . irii states thai thXturnronta have entered into a bone i 2 ot to danjage any property , and that if any damage were committed by parties connecting themselves Vita them , thej would make no effort to protect or rescue them .

      Buijh « Wednesday , afl ctmSnued quiet through-Obi lit cay except jsoJar as an " eioitement , * ' by a rtmour tuat , SOOO . Lan * ashire rioters were on their *** y k > the towp armed , : Tbe isilitary went towards * -he bordti , " but of eonrseit was ** no go . " Jonatfcau iWoib , flax-dresser , of Nortbowram , who was Oht oi tiftsfe wounded bj the firing a * Band ' s Bank , ait * w teuVclock on Wednesday nigiit . Hs was « r . i > i ija cuga ihe abdomen . Poor Crowther is still ^ rt w . * n 4 is expected to recover . The number of "WM nUfo . Jby . tius mad freak , amounted , so far as could . be Sfcctriained , to adrieen , besides numbers of ^ r & * l » o , teedTeddignt-WOUBd 8 , and who got them V ' " ?« * - * b * aBaresfc ^ u « giw ' s sbop 3 . A meeting * f , ma * . ^« merB » as held on Wednesday afternoon , «?; ' ^ in * determined to resume work on Xkurbday morning .

      ; - - " LONDON . . /^ eTcxcaen ^ ijt xegyeetiDgtiie movement in the WT ' . b . eoit&nnes to increase . . The troopB on leaving oja- fa Monday * rer * compelled to charge the PKpte « tag p ^^ of ^ e bayonet three several "tec * , before f th > j could efiast . an entrance to the « uuway Sti taoV 400 policemen were stationed at vn ^ i iarm to prevent any attempt to destroy the « tmmume » ubn > x railway . The smothered ashes oi Qltsontent are everywhere showing themselves ; and ^ Eingfe tyianukal svoieiawii -wonld kindle them * i % tv ^ k ^ ee * " Meetings were held on Monday ZT Tuesday evBcings , on erkenwell Green , very aumerouBl j »^ nd « a mA resolution * « f snnpatliy

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      with the men of the North were unanimously agreed to . The meetings then quietly dispersed . Early on Monday , placards were issued , calling upon the men of London to attend in their thousands on Stepney Green , on Tuesday evening , and express their sentiments upon the conduct of the authorities in violently assaulting and inhnmaBlv masscreing men whose only crime was want of food . The meeting was called for half-past six o ' clock ; abont mx o ' clock two boardmea were arrested at Stepney Green , and one in the Borough for carrying a seditious libel , and conveyed to the station , and a letter was sent to the oommittee , stating that the chairman and speakers would be arrested if

      they . attempted to hold the meeting . Upon hearing of the arrest of the bo&rdmen , Messrs . Drake , Tucker , and Wheeler , proceeded to the stationhouse to tender bail , they were refused admission ; bnt eventually Mr . Tucker had an audience with Inspector Hatt , who peremptorily refused to accept bar ! , and the prisoner was immediately taken in a cab to'Bow-Btreet . The inspector also waited upon the printer , and obtained from him the name of the pawy by- whom he was employed , thinking by these preparatory steps to intimidate the committee from proceeding with the meeting ; but they had mistaken their men . At seven o ' clock , not less that 10 , 000

      persons having assembled , Mr . Dron was called to the chair , and addressed them in an appropriate manner , explaining the purpose for which the meeting was assembled . Daring Mr . Dron ' s address the people poured into the Green at such a rapid rate , that the number was speedily angmented to at least 20 , 000 persons : all the papers allowing it to be the largest meeting ever held in that . neighbourhood j the road being completely blocked up . Seme little confusion was created by a drunken coalheaver driving his cart furiously among the crowd . Order being restored , Mr . Blackmore , in a speech remarkable for its firm and manly tone , moved the following resolution :

      * That this meeting views with great apprehension and alarm , the present dire and unprecedented discontent and dissatisfaction which prevails throughout the northern districts , and hereby determine to memorialise her Majesty to withdraw the troops , and endeavour to ameliorate our fellow-brethren ' s condition , by adjusting tbe t > xisting dispute regarding the reduction of wages , and passing the People ' s Charter as the law of the land . " Mr . Mantz , in a very eloquent address , seconded the resolution . During the time he was speaking , the people were actually nocking up to the meeting by thousands , and eoTered such an extent of ground that it was difficult for the speakers to make their voices heard by the whole of the vast assemblage . Mr . Parker , in a bold and energetic manner , supported the resolution .

      Mr . Spencer , in a speech whioh told with great effect upon l . is audience , protested , as a rate-payer , against the sending of the Beldiera and police to massacre the men of Manchester , and leaving the vast accumul ation of wealth and population unprotected . If they wanted soldiers at Manchester let them send abroad for them , and not expose the inhabitants of London to the danger of a successful insurrection . Thfy might tell him that he could be Bworn in as a special constable , bnt he did not feel inclined to . perform that labour and those duties which he paid others to discharge . Mr . Knott , from Ashton-under-Lyne , next addressed the meeting , statiag that he had bnt recently arrived from the disturbed districts , and detailing the horrible Hiate of distress to which the Operatives wtra reduced .

      Mr . Brown , in an address which raised the enthusiasm of the assembly to an enormous height , and which for eloquence has Beldom been surpassed , wound up the proceedings of the meeting . The resolution was then pat and carried unanimously . Such a forest of hands as never before was seen in London . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , who briefly acknowledged the same , and the meeting broke up by giving three times three cheers for the " turn-outs , " , which might be heard for miles , cheers for the Charter , 57 ar , &o . While this meeting was being held a oonstant communication was kept up by the Superintendent of the Police with the Home Office : the

      cavalry at Knightsbridge barracks were under arms in the Barrack Yard , from six until past eleven o ' clock ; and the excitement in all parts of the town was intense . Although bail had been refused for the bpardmen , yet , at the close of the meeting they were conveyed in a cab back to the East End , and discharged , upon entering into their own recognizances to-appear at Bow-street on the following morning . There is no donbt that the meeting was intended to be disposed , bat the numbers present made it of too terrific a character to be lightly meddled with . Daring the night parties who had attended the meeting continued to perambulate the streete , singing patriotic songa . On Wednesday morning , the boardmen attended at Bow-sireet , accompanied by many of the leading Chartists , ana were discharged by Mr . Jardine , the

      Bitting Magistrate , upon entering into their own recognizances to be of good behaviour for iwo months . During the proceedings it was given in evidence that the police had orderB from head quirters to arrest every one seen carrying a board , or exposing a bill . The Morning Advertiser refused to insert the advertisement calling the meetiBg , and every effort wss made to hinder it from getting due publicity . Summonses were applied for by the police against several persons , who refuse to take the bills out of their windows ; and they express their determination to put down the meeting , which is to be held ou Thursday evening , at Islington Green . After the meeting on Stepney Green , five or six persons were busily engaged in enrolling members , hundreds anxious to join being unable to procure admission into a spacious bowling-green set apart for that purpose .

      LIVERSEDGE . AUGUST 1 € . A large body of men , apparently from Dewsbury and its vicinity , have visited Howden-Clough , Birstal , Gomersal , L'ttletown , Mi ! Jbridge , and Heckmondwike , and have ' tapped' the boilers of all eke mills they nave come te , except corn mills , and have , consequently , thrown the whole of the bands idle . The demeanour of the vkitant 3 was perfectly peaceable ; they neither annoyed person nor property , and I have not heard of one millowner who offered any resistance , save one at Heckmondwike , " who railed in good set terms . " The people of this district take neither part nor lot in the matter , and ask with wonderment what is to come next !

      SKIPT 0 N . Several thousands visited this quiet town on Tuesday , from Colne and other parts , and stopped the mills . The town remained quiet on Wednesday . On Tnesday , the special constables captured , with the assistance " of a few of the military , six of the turn-outs , who were committed to York . Mr . Gar forth ; one of the magistrates , was , we understand , much injured .

      KEIGHLEY . Great excitement prevailed here on Monday . Several thousand turn-out 8 poured into the town between ten and eleven o ' clock , and proceeded to stop all the mills . Every precaution was taken by the magistrates , who issued a proclamation requesting all peaceable inhabitants to keep within doors , and swore in upwards of 400 constables , but for whose services tiere were not much oocasion , not being backed . by any military , who were all engaged ia the neighbouring large towns .

      POTTERIES . SHSLT 0 K AM ) HASLKT . TUESDAY , TWELVB O ' CLOCK . I have jnst heard that the military stationed at Bnrslem have begun firing on the people , and that two men have been killed , one from Stoke-upon-Trent , and the other from either Macclesfield or ConfileUn ; bat reports are so rife at the present hour , that the extent of the loss ef life cannot be told . I also hear that numbers are wounded , but how great a number I cannot say . Thus proving that the ruling few are determined , at all hazards ,

      to perpetuate -their rule over the sons of labour . Where these tnings will end I cannot say , but this I dosay , that neither life nor property is now safe in these districts . I would just make one remark before I close this , that , as a body , the Chartists have b&d no hand in the destruction of property thai has been going on here , nor has the advice oi the Chartist speakers been attended to , for , bad that have been the case , I can affirm that QO SUOfl thing as losa , either of property or life , coatd ever have occurred .

      . APeusi 17 th . I resume my narrative from where I left off in my report of yesterday , I perceive that I omitted to slate that the residence of the Rev . R . E . Aitkins wss set on fire sometime about two o ' clock a . m ., and what makes this worse , the Rev . Gent , was a complete invalid , and report says that the Btate of excitement into which he was thrown , has terminated fatally ; but this I cannot say that I positively know , nor can I rely on . hearsay tales . I have also to report that the elegant mansion of W . Parker , Esq . has shared the same fate , and nothing is to be seen bnt a heap of ruins at either of those places . . A . nubile meetinz was - suddenly called by the

      influenfials of Hanley and Shelton , t « devise the best means of weving the distresses of the inhabitants of this once-flourishing district . This meeting was addressed by Mr . Moses Simpson , W . Ridgway , Esq ., Mr . John Richards , and Mr . Wm . Ellis , from Burslem . Much good speatoag was the result , but just as the meeting was about to come to some definite conclusion , the arrival of a body of military put a stop io any further proceedings j but not before the Chartists bad passed a vote for the whole Charter . Mr . Kidgway earnestly requested the meetiDg to stand firm , as it was a legal public meeting , conducting itself in a peaceable manner , and that the military had no right to interfere . A magistrate was with the affiUry , I bear ajRev ., and he ia true

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      character ordered the meeting to be dispersed , which was done . The Bev . Gentleman then read the Riot Act , and gave strict orders that all persons found in the streets should be arrested . I have also omitted to state , that thera are pawnshops in the townships of Hanley and Shelton , and a number of persons of both sexes , but mostly females , surrounded the pawn-brokers , demanding the goods which they had pledged , and thoHgh several persons addressed them , urging that it would be unjust in them to take back by force what they had pledged

      unless they paid the money they had had on those goods , yet the women would have no nay ; their clothes they would have , and being emboldened by considerable numbers , forced their way into the pawnshops and served them selves , getting not their own property but any thing that came to their hands , and taking many things belonging to other persons ; this morning I witnessed a spring cart full of females , guarded by both horse and foot , taken to Newcastle , and some men on foot , between the sections of infantry , were likewise taken to the same place , for examination before the magistrates , and no doubt but most of them will be committed for trial at the next sessions .

      In my last I slated that two men were killed at Burslem , it is now certain that one was shot dead , the other , though very severely wounded , may still recover his name is Jerrold , a bricklayer , at Scokeupon-Trent .

      CHORLEY . AUGUST 17 . About 8000 people entsred ChoTley , yesterday , aboHt eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , principally colliers by trade , and succeeded in stopping all the works in less than two hours . A great number have gone to Preston this morning . All the works are at a stand to-day ; none have dared to start their mills , with the exception of Medcalf , the n . aca ^ er for thr estate of Dobson . A publio meeting took place lat > t night , and a resolution was passed to have the Charter the law of the land before they worked again .

      BINGLEY . Several thousands left Bradford early on Tuesday morning , and proceeded towards ShiDley , where they stopped all the mills without difficulty , there being no protective force . From thenee they marched on to Bingley , where they commenced their work of putting a stop to all business . While the Skipton mail was passing through , all persona got on that oould find room , and rode on to Keighley . " . " . - .. . ' . - ; ¦ ; . " . ¦" ¦ . . " .- :

      WEDNESDAY . Everything is quite at a stand still , aud nothing-is to be seen but the families of tho turn-outs who are parading the streete .

      STAFFORD . WEDNESDAY NIGHr . How matters will termmato . it is impossible for one to tell . This part of the country is in an awful state of excitement . On Monday last , all the shops in this town were shut up , and groat excitement prevailed in oonaeqaence of a report that the cpliiefs " were coming . " Three hundred additional specials were immediately sworn in . The 12 th Foot were removed from this town this morning for the Isle of France , aud were replaced by two troopa of the 34 th . If matters do not assume a different aspect Boon , the whole of the Stafford trade will bo at a stand-still , as it depends entirely on the Pottery and the northern districts , indeed many of the manufacturers are already talking of stopping their shops .

      MANCHESTER . The adjourned meeting of the delegates from the various trades of Manchester and the surrounding towns and districts , to the number of 141 , on busiaess connected with the strike , assembled on Tuesday morning , at the Hall of Science , Camp Field , at ten o ' clock . Mr . Hutchiuson again took the chair . The Secretary called over the names of the delegates , every one answering to his name . The gallery was ocoupied by parties from tho country , who took great interest in the important business for which the meeting had been convened . After the necessary arrangements had been made , The Chairman opened the meeting by reading the

      addrets which the Committee of Management issued after the adjournment of the last meeting . He hoped they wonld conduct their proceedings With calmness and caution , bat still with firm determination . He said that the very important position in which they stood , and the state of the district , called upon them to act with wisdom and prudtnee , and to bring their deliberations to a speedy termination , so as to give the people in&tractions how to act . He trusted they would act calmly , and not come to rash conclusions , as the eyes of ail England were upon that day ' s proceedings , and it depended upon the decision to which they should come , how the movement would in future be conducted through the whole country , and more especially the success of such movement ( cheers . ) The

      middle classes were about to call a meeting aud bad stated that they would be glad to receive a deputation from the working classes , in erder that arrangements might be made to work in co-operation with each other , and thus strengthen the movement . For his own part he saw a great change in the opinion of the working men of Manchester— mueh that had excited enthusiasm had abated , and they had begun to act and speak with reason , judgment , and reflection . There had been no feature of relaxation exhibited , nor any symptoms of change of opmien ; but they were as earnest as ever , and appeared to see more than ever the necessity of a great struggle for their political rights . He trusted they would deliberate upon everything brought before them , aud come to such wise conclusions as their very responsible situation demanded .

      Mr . Stott , delegate from the bookbinders , came forward and moved the following resolution : — " That this meeting do strongly recommend that all trade societies do from henceforth make political enquiry and discussion lawful and necessary in tbeir various lodge ' s meetitigs , and society rooms ; and that they embody in their rules a law for the adoption oi this great principle . " Mr . Higginbottom seconded the resolution . Mr . Morrison could not see the necessity of passing a resolution of that deseription , nor did he think it was at all applicable to the subject for which they had assembled . IF they were met upon a mere trade question , perhaps it would be in place , but at that juncture , when there was a cessation from labour in

      that district , and probably woald be throughout the Empire , they ought , he thought , to take kigher ground . If they again fell into apathy , and the masters got them back to their employment without a proper understanding , both they aud their constituents would be more than ever tyranised over than they had previously been . The Chairman then replied to a feint which bad been thrown out , to the purport that he , in his opening speech , had made remarks with a view to damp the energies of the people ; he shewed very clearly that he himself was firm , and emphatically urged them to show a bold front , aud declared that they were not men if they adopted any measure that they were not able to carry oat ; on the other hand , they were not men if they did not adopt , every measure they could to

      ensure a triumph and gain their political rights . Mr . M'Cartney agreed to the resolution , inasmuch as it wonld show that they , as delegates of the working classes , were aware of one of the main causes of political ignorance and mental slavery , —which causes were that the discussion of politics had been excluded from all sick and benefit societies . He then said there were men in from no fewer than twenty places at a great distance , who had been delegated for the express purpose of ascertaining the decision of that meeting , so that they , in their localities , might know what , steps to take . Mr . Duffy agreed with the resolution , though he must confess it was from the business of the meeting . Several other delegates saw the utility of such a res& . ntioa being passed , but thought it would be more In place as the last , instead of the first .

      Tbe reflation wa * withdrawn , with an understanding that it woold be brought forward at another stage of the proceedings . Mr . Doffy rose and proposed this resolution" Tiiat we view with feelings of . disgnst and indignation the efforts now made by various parties throughout tbe country to misrepiesent our , position , our objects , and the means we may decide upon a Jopting , in order to carry out our intentions . We have been represented a ^ mere instruments in the hands of designing men of various political parties . This we most emphatically deny . Called together by the spontaneous will of the people , we are

      determined u > consult their interests alone without reference to any part of the country now struggling for political power . The political emancipation of our countrymen is the great primary object for which we are determined to contend at all hazards , uninfluenced by calumny or misrepresentation on the one band , or the exercise of arbitrary power on the other . We call upon you most emphatically to shspeud labour , and at once withdraw yonr money as individuals or collective bodies from the banks , and leave that power which oppresses you to defend its own resources . Stand firm . Do your duty . We will do ours . " . > . ¦ - ¦'

      The resolution was seconded and supported by several delegates . Mr . Robinson moved " That this meeting do not agree with the present reeolntion , until we have had a conference with the middle class . This was seconded by a delegate present . Mr . M'Cartaey supported tbe original resolution with a suggestion that it be printed and posted Bide by side with those placards which were just put , with a view to cast odium and calumny oh their proceedings .

      Several delegates said money was not so very plentiful , and what they had was of more value than to be thus spent ; whilst others thought that the address of Monday would be sufficient without an additional placard . Mr . F . Taylor , from Royron , conld not agree with the resolution .. The wilr of the people had been ascertained , a&d there / we they ought to take some

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      determmed ^ tep , either the one way or the Other , for « wfe ¦ JS ? . ""^• Vwmb , - ana many tf tb « most taleatedrioh men of the country were awiousfor the decision . ^ He believed that they , as the representatives of ; the . working classes , woald notT be SiXsiS ^ Many of the delegates here declared that the majority were for the Charter , and argued that , an honest men , they ought to . speak out as men iHtrested t # with , power , and decide at once , what position they should take , aad whether the movement should be for wages or for a political Mr . Daffy withdre * his resolution .

      Mr . Stott roseand naored i " That from the statftments made before this delegate meetingjit is evident that a tremendous majority in these great manufacturing districts , are in favour of the People ' s Charter becoming the law " -pf the land , and in conformity with that opinion , it is at this Stage of the proofiedmtrs necessary , that a definite deoisiott should be come to relative to thefuture course of action to be immediately adopted by the working classy , Btating definitely whether labour should T > e further buspended or resumed . " ;;

      This resolution was seconded by Mr . Thofl . Wflitaker , and carriedby a large majority . 3 Mr . Joshua Malary moved the next resolution , u That the people ' s delegates , now assembled , do recommend their constituents to adopt all legal means to carry into effeot the People ' s Charter ; tnat they send delegates to every part of the United Kingdom to endeavour ts get the co-operation of the middle and labouring classes in carrying out the same , and tha . t they cease work until it becomes the lawef the land /* Seconded by I ^ F . Taylor , of Roy ton . The delegate'from the engravers' moved , as an amendment , * Tnat the people forthwith resume work . " ¦ . ' . - . ¦ ¦; . - . v- : ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - ¦/ _ ¦ ¦ .. ; .: - .. ¦ Seconded b y a delegate whose name we did not obtain .

      After several delegates had supported the motion , news was brought into the Hall that the public funds were falling .. The information emanated from the Mark Lane Express , and was received with loud app lause . ' . ' . ;¦; ' . ¦; ; ; v . ' . \ ' ¦• . •¦ : " . ' " ¦ ¦ . V . ¦ : ¦ . ' .: •; .. ' \ ' ^ i : ^ A discussion arose regarding the means of carrying out the resolution , if adopted , on which many gave their opinions . Some thought it would bo a failure for the want of food and funds j whilst others , animated with feelings of enthusiasm and hopes : i > f success , said that in the moral revolution of a ooilhtry such things as money and food formed no part of their serious consideration . In one place , said a delegate , the people had already made provision for four months . Both manufacturers and workmen had certified their intention of rendering rhem support so long an they behaved themselves well . O » e gen tlemanwithin afewjnilea of Manchester , had

      offered to give £ 200 if any other gentleman would contribute jBlOO , The Leigh delegate , on behalf of his constituents , wished them to keep to the wage question alone . The delegate from Glosaop district said , that at all the meetings which he had ever seen , and they had been very numerous , the people had passed resolutions for afair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work , and above all to obtain the People ' s Charter to protect such wages for the future ; and he believed if the workiug classes generally , came to such a eonclufcion , the shopkeepers would render them their support . He thought that if the people stood still for another month there was ample pro rision made . When the work was wejibegun every man should put his shoulders to the wheel . The question then was discussed at great length relative to means to be adopted to provide the people withiqid . ' " ; . ' . ' - ¦ ' ¦' - ) .. - ¦¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ . ¦ '• • • ., ¦ " -. : / . ¦ ¦ . ' " . ' "¦ Mr . Garuer moved a resolution to > the effect ,

      "That taking ¦ . off restrictionson commerce would benefit the people , and of course was superior , as a question , to that of the Charter . " This was the delegate from the Engravers of Man-. ches er . " . ' ;• . ¦ " ' ,. :-v-, .. '• . .. , ''¦ : : ¦ .: ¦' . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' . . . The delegate from Hyde supported coming out for the Charter , to get good wages and preserve them . Me had travelled through all parts of the kingdom ^ aud ho found from experitnde that the prevailing opinion of the working men * enerally was in favour ot thd Charttr , when an opportunity came for obtaining it . There never was a better chance than the present # ne , and therefore the meeting of Delegates , the Executive , and the middle classes , should write and embrace it . : y

      Mr . Field : ng , near Lees , representing the winders , said he tested the meeting which elected him , and found it was decidedly in favour of the wage question . Two delegates from iho same place said that tha peoplegenerally were for the Charter , because they concaved that if they went in by the inducements of tae manufactarers , the latter would make reductions before they had been in one week , and the workug classes , when the meeting was dissolved , would be turned away , if they professed to have eouls of their own .

      Mr . N « tld , delegate from the hatters near Oldham , seconded the amendment of Mr . Garner ; and did so because Great Britain was dependent upon foV reifineh for food : to prove which , ho re&d & statistical account of what amount of corn had been im ported . . ; " '¦ ¦ - . •¦' : ¦"^¦ | -:: i- ' ; ]' - : . - ¦ ¦ - '¦' ¦;¦ . ¦' After a discussion on tho merits and demerits of the resume-work amendment , the takiDg off restrictions ou commerce , and the resolution for the Charter , and that no hasty or rash resolution might be come to , it was suggested that the delegates should adjourn for an hour , —which was immediately done . On re-assembling , Mr . Hutchinson , the chairman , again opened the proceedings of the meeting by remarking that the two amendments would leave a minority , which , though small , would tend to weaken

      their measures : because , pit such important questions they should by all means be unanimous . If they were not , the consequences would be injurious to the great , body of the working classes . A delegate then rose and said he believed that it was expected that the delegates would decide the question at once , < ither one way or the other , as to whether they must resamo work or stand out until the Charter is obtained . He hoped till delegates would agree to work with , the majority , let it : be what it might . > . . . ¦• "¦'¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ .:, ¦ '¦ . ' --, ' r ' .: - ; ; . ; - : --- ¦' . ¦' . ^ : Tae Secretary here read the following bill , which had been issued by the manufacturers sitting iu King-street : — -: ¦ : ' : . . * :.. ;¦; " . ; . \ " ¦• ' ¦¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ¦¦ '' ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ 41 Committee Room , King-street , 15 th August , 1842 .

      . * ' Resolution of a Committee of spinners , manufao " turers , machine-makers , millwrights , mechanics ' printers , dyen , and others , employing workpeople in the boroughs of Manchester and Salford , passed this 15 th day of ' August , at half-paBt one o ' clock . Resolved unanimously— 'That the mills and other public works of Manchester and Sftlford be not opened for work until the workpeople therein employed signify their desirei to resume labour . '" Mr . Stott said he had been round th ? town since the adjournment , and he must candidly declare that he never .. beforev . saw so many oountrymen in the town as he had just seen , and ho took the opportunity of eliciting their opinions , which were in every instance a declaration that the Charter should be made the law of the land . The secretary said that he had just heard that the Chartist Conference had passed a resolution calling upon the people generally , in Great Britain , to cease labour . ¦ ' • • .

      Mr . Duffy rose and made a most powerful sbeech , shewing the evils of class legislation , and broke u p the argument of those who would wish to infuse a spirit of apathy amongst the people . It had been asked who would ' support them , hei would assure them that if they made a bold stand the whole nation would support , them . ^ ¦ v A delegate from Oldhatn . represonting from 1 , 000 to 1 , 500 operatives , said that his constituents declared emphatically for the Charter . The delegate from the iUBtian cutters the same . - A delegate rose and asked how many there ; were present who had any understanding or seouri / y tl-ut the masters would advance wages ? To which there was no reply . If they ( said he ) went back without getting higher wages and protection too , they ; would only be laughed at ( hear , hpar . ) He and his constituents were for making a sure job cf it while they were about the undertaking . / ¦ ' ¦ •' ; - ' . -- '

      Ihe Delegate from Glossop said , in answer to a delegate frcm Stalybridge , that if the masters did reduce wages , and they did come out to resist a reduction , they would never go in again till the People ' s Charter is the law of the land . Mr . M'Cartney arged them to weigh well the step they were going to take , in giving in their decision . Ffteen thousand persons had sent Him to say that they would proceed for tbe Chjarter . Yet he wished not for either himaelf or his constituents to lead them to adopt a measure of which they would afterwards repent , but do that whioa they were coaviucei would be for the general good of the community . But if they agreed for a cessation from labour , ' that they ( the delegatesix would not leave the people , but endeavour to carry it out , and take their proper position as leaders of the movement . If they came to a decision lor a cessation from labour , both he an [ i his constituency would stand by the resolution .

      The Delegate from Broad Bottom said they came out for wages in that district . i The shoemakers' delegate from Lees eaid , ho had to inform . them that the working men of his village were decided upon the question of wagea and the Charter first to secure them . Parties had Baid that they had not the means of going for tbe Charter . He would ask them from what source they would pro * cure the means of carrying the wage question , because the manufacturers had declared they would not give an advance of wagesT The reason tbe Lees people had voted fvr the wage question that morning , was , in conseqnence of the delegates soisg from the Meeting en the day previous , and . telling them tjniat if they would stand for the Charter , the middle classes would withdraw their support from them . The- Delegate from Moesles arg «© i strongly in favour of the wage question . Tha Delegate" from aiiaawjcy aiBwi ^ wuat for the j W&gfl ctuestion .

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      Mr . Sii .. ¦ : > H was surprised to hear men from th locality wi > * 8 the proceedings ^ ^ first coraineticedi say that their constituents wished to make it a wage question . t- > thought it vvas vety dMonesi-pa the part of thost ' who _ had brought oit the honest men of Manchestei V They conld noi make it ; a wa" -e qaestion ; his V ^ wii trade had expended JS 6 , 000 , and other trades h » i spent more in trying to keep uo wages . - " - . ; s :, , v- - .. -, : --. ; - ' ;¦ - ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ :: ¦ * > - -. -.- / - The delegate l . root the mechani qa of Patrlcroft said , on the auth . orit 37 > f the chairnran , that the mechanics had spent ^ o ^ M )( 0 , 000 in three years . He wanted the trammels tak * a off oonnteree ; he vnaited to lessen the taxation of JtaecouBtryv and likewise to have liberty ; he wjw jreceimu 27 ahiltJaaB

      per week , and some of & > fellow- workaea were receiving more ; but both inroad they had oet cou » e out for an advance of waffw-, bnt were willing to stand on au equality with th w who were only receiving seven or eight Bhilliag ^ pVrweek ^ pro ^ dm * the latter would insist upoa framing pofitical pfwsr in the present strug « le . It was all jion&ens * to talk about wages when it was equally as easy t * obtain the Charter as an advanceror' waga . The Delegate from Compstall Bridge said tha * neither he nor his constituents had come out upo » the wage question . They had not left ' -thei ? employment of their own accord , but had been foroed out by the people of Hyde . StiU , now they were out , they were resolved to have a fair day ' s wae » for a

      fair day ? s wprkj andihe Cnarter . A manafaoturer at Compstall Bridge wa& quite willing that his haada should remaia out till the employers generally would consent to advanceswages- — ana had signified his intention to assist them during the turn-out . He gave orders that a cow should be made ready for slaughter , and the butcher was to have cut it up to be distributed—and other arraHgeinents to prpyide foou tf&hewg made , when still of a sudden the said gentleman altered his mind , and gave orders ; thai ^ the cow ^ must tot bo kill « d- ^ and pu being asked what had oauaed hini ' to giye « ouuter orders , he replied that ho heird that the tiirn-ous . was taking a very ; difertirit cpjars | e-U h ^ d boconxe » political qtfestidnj to support , ^ Hi ^ b ; iiebeg ) iBfi lo be : excused . The hand ?; nothing daunfediiwere wjlliiw

      to Keep trie poiuicai view of ttj ^ ujesnon , juotwithatanding the withdrawal of sum iugpijict . ' \ '¦ Thedcl ^ aW r ^ m ^ chda ^ meetings , and they had P *? V very nujnefousi were determined to have nothing less , than . the _ Charter . Another delegate rose and said that hel ' epresented a meeting of 800 , 0 , wK « instructed hw ; to , ypta ' that they remain put until they pbtained tbe ChaTter . Thi ! meeting vas here interrupted by intell'gence being brought that the military and the town offio als were at the Hall door . One of the delegates went out to ascertain whether such was the case , who returned and said that the magistrates , police , military , and special constables had surrounded . , the building , ( Loud cheers , and cries of " We hope they

      will protect us , as the real representatives of the people . ?') ¦ : Mr . James Loyfe , door keeper , then came lip and said that Mr . Beswick and the magistrates were knocking at the door , and wished to know , through the medium of the Chairman , whether he must allow thrm to come in or not ! The Chairman , in reply , gave ordew to admit them . After a short pause , Mr . Beswick , the head of the police force , came in and 1 advanced , accompanied by Mr . Lowe towards the rostrum , when the . Chairman accosted him by asking him if he was a delegate . Mr . Beswick said he was not , but presumed that the Chairmaiv knew who he was . The Chairman said that was a telega te meeting , and fie wished to know whether he Was a delegate or not , as he Was a perfect stranger to him . Mr . Beswick then gave his

      name , aud Mr . Xowe gave his capacity . The Chairman said that was i strictly legal- meeting , and wished the business to proceed . He had no objection to his remaining in the room providing he would be peaceable and orderly , and insisted that they be allowed to proceed with : the " - ' basin ^ sa . He ( Mr . Beswick ) then stated that the Alderman of the Ward had been to the Police Station to lay complaints against the people assembliag around the building in large numbers , which alarmed the inhabitants of the neighbourhood . He Came down and eawsuch was the case , and after the Proclamation being issued that all meetings which caused the people to assemble in large numbers were illegal , he did not expect to have found such a numerous meeting as he then saw before him .

      The Chairman said that every precaution had been taken to make the meeting legal . People were allowed to be in the gallery to listen , to what was said ; the reporters of the public press were also admitted . They had sent out several times to request the people to disperse ^ which he conceived was sufficient ' . to : convince him , and the authorities , that they wished not to break the law . Tiey would try What they couid do to persuade the people to disperse , and if they Could npt , they ( meaning the delegates ) would send for his assistance . Beswick then left the room , stating that he would go and tell the magistrates . ' - -. . .. ; ,. ' - ' . . ¦ ¦ . . ' . ¦ ¦ - ' - . : . '¦• . ; ¦ : ' ¦ ¦' :. ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ; ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Shortly after , Mr . Beswick came in , with a gentleman of either presumed or legal authority , and surely , if all the world had belonged to him , ha could hot show it more . He had a similar interview with the Chairman j but to speak as disputants the latter had oortainly thobcot , auU , iu um D ) ilulon ,

      proved that tney were acting ioolish , without authority , and , therefore , contrary to law . Finding that they could neither frighten nor argue the Chairman and Delegates out ) of the matter , he returned ; and in a short time came ia again , with two magistrates , who thought to awe the Chairman by asking him if he was aware that that was an illegal meeting ! The Chairman said it was not his place to prove that—^ he himself believed to the contrary . On hearing this , a young man , with a hand whip in his hand , menaced it before the delegates , and said that he was not going to parley with > hem . He would give them ten minuteg' notice to d perse ; and if they did not they must abide the . onsequence . The authorities then stumbled out of the room , with all the pomp aud pride of bloodhounds of de&potio and class-made law . The Chairman , on their departure , put the amendments , when twelve were shown for one , and seventeen for the other . He then put the motion , when upwards of 120 voted for it ;

      The meeting was then adjourned to the Sherwood Inn , Tib-street , at ten o ' clock on Wednesday t wvrv ^^^ wv ¦ ^ rv ^^^ vTT ^^ v ^ vr ^^ v ^^^ T w r ~

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      MEETING OF DELEaATES IN M CONFERENCE" AT MANCHESTER . ; This body was driven , by the " troublous times " from the consideration Of the particular matters and things for which it was summoned . The all absorbing interest of the strike" movement was forced on the attention of its members as a i first object of consideration . It being known that the sittings of this body were to commence on Monday , it was generally understoodvandbeKeved that they would take up the subject ; and the decision Jo which they might come as to the course of action to be commended , was looked for by hundreds of thousands with an intenseness of anxiety perfectly indisoribable .

      The Couftfrence commenced its aession on Tuesday , at two , p . m , and continued , by adjournments , till about seven on Wednesday evening . Their deiiboratio&s were , as might be expected , most anxious ; the disoussions most animated and earnest ; aud , whilei some difference of opinion prevailed on the course to be recommended by the people , one soul and purpose seemed to animate the entire assembly as to the necessity of euforotng ,- by every meaus within , their individual and collective power , the observance of Peace , Law , and Order , by and among the-people . : ¦ Each member , in the first instance , stated to the Conference , so far as he had the means of knowing it , the state of his own district , and the ppioions Of his constituents in reference to "the strike . " v V -j : : A genera ] , anxious , and protracted diecussion then ensued Upon the question of adopting the following

      RESOLUTION ^ THE . DELEGATES . " That whilst ; the Chartist body did sot originate the present cessation from labour , thia Conference Of Delegates from various parts of England , express th 6 ir deep sympathy with their constituents , the working . men now on strike ; and that we strongly approye' Qie ' exknslon and continuance of their present struggle till the PEOPLE'S CHARTER becomes a legislative inacimunt , and decide forthwith to issae aa Address to that effect -, and pledge ourselves ou our return to out . respeor tive locaiitiea to give a , proper , dbrectipa to the ' peopWB efforta . ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ " ¦ : ¦ : ¦ . .. ¦ ¦/ - ¦ ¦ - ¦¦¦ :.: ¦ ¦ - }; :. ¦ ¦ ¦<>¦ : - > ' \> r

      Every speaker , was restricted to five minatea , aud no man allowed to speak twice on the same question . An amendment was proposed , differing from tne iresoiutipn in phraseplgy , but having the same purport , - another amendment was proposed to the effect that : ¦• v .. \ , " :-: . ¦ :: .: ¦;¦ < •; . ,, / -: ¦ .,: , ¦ ¦; ; ¦ . ;¦ - '¦; . ¦ . ;;" ¦ _ -. :: ; "The informationlaid before tbia Conference by the sereral delegates of whom it ia composed , does not warrant thiB Conference in now recommending to the people any national strike or holiday , or in any way mixing up the Chartist name and movement with the present strike for wages , subsisting in some districts , and originated , as this Conference believes , by the anti-Corn Law League ; not seeing any means whereby the said strike can be now made a successful effort for the carrying of tho People ' s Charter ; while at the same time this Conference deeply ^^ sympathise with their oppressed brethren on strike , and admire the spirit of energy and

      patriotism with which the trades of Manchester and at other places , have declared for the People ' s Charter , and express their earnest hope tbat the energies of taose bodies and of all other bodies of the people will be unceasingly continued with increasing ardour and determination until the enactment of thatdocument beseourad . '' ^ M ^^ S .-. After almost every member bad spoken vspon the question , it was pat , aud the original resolution carried , by a large majority . It is Sat fair to state that a considerable ; majbriiyof delegates ^ ^ were from tbe districts actually but and ; taking" fett fc ;; jn-tho etru ^ le . After' the ; adopfciott WvVtae i abov e resolution ^ the IplldwJng v i ad $ rg £ 8 ; i < W 9 &i »« reed to Ttern , can ; " ihe miyier . ana ; supporters of the amendment deeming ft both unnecessary and unwisa to maintain an opposition , which , from being persisted in when seen- to be powerless , might justly have beea wnBidereifaotioas . 1

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      ¦ ¦; ¦' - ¦ ¦ ¦ / ;¦ ¦ . : ¦; ¦ Lo ^ poN , ; . ;¦ ; . ^ : ' : ' - ^ ' ' ¦ : TaPBSOAY P 0 U 1 J O ' CIOCK . London still continues to remain in a state of great excitement . A large meeting was held last night at Clerkenwell-green , and language of a very determined description was used , Thirty soldiers very heavily ironed were , last evening , conveyed to the Tower ; their reported crime being a refusal to fire on the people . All eyes are anxiously directed to

      the / Central ; Meeting , to be held thits evening at Islington Green . The magistrates had declared tbeir determination to put it down , and have again caused the boardmen to be arrested . A CabinetaCouncil , at whioh the Duke of Wellington and the whole of the Ministers in town were present , was held last night to decide upon the conduct to be adopted regarding this evening ' s meeting . The result of their deliberation is not at present publicly known ; but it is whispered that they have decided upoa not interfering if the meeting ia pestceably conqucted .

      WEST MIPLATSD DISTRICT OF ... v ' ¦ ;• : jv ' scQiLANi ) ,, ;;^¦ :. I ' -:: . ;; ¦ ¦;; After much discussion at various public meetings , the following -decisive resolution was heartily adopted : " That this metine having come to the full determination to cease worsing 'until the People ' s Charter be the law of the lan ^ i- provided that the working population of Great Britain geArally agree to aot on . the same determination ; -and Weing ' confident the whole country will join us . as Soon as they reoeive the important intelligence : ; We therefore resolve to allow one week for that pBrpPse , ' in the eyent ^ of the country generally iagreeifig tP oar noble resolution . <; We firmly resolve arid-agree entirely to cea ^ e from workin g on or before this day week , never again to produce one penny ' s worth of wealth , Until the PeQple ! 8 ; ; Charteribfl | law . " The colliera' aud miners form » great proportion of the whole popiir latioa : ofifhis large district ; ^ > -

      ^¦¦'¦^ : Vo > fv ^ EWOTJJ » t .: V : ;; .. ; : yC ^ ¦ . . ^ , .-lX . iil . 1 ,.. !; & . -V : " r ^ :. l ' < ^ v , ; iW £ DjBrBSpAY-HIQHI . , , Whilo I » ra now Writing , ih 0 turn-eats-are just returaed to town ; there cannot be less than twenty thouBaad—all sober , steady j straightforward men , —^ who apparently seem more determined than ever for : the general stand . They . have been round to OssettiHorbnry ; Healey ^ MiddletPwn , and Thornhill , where they have stopped all hands without tbe least interraptioo . : v ¦ . ¦;>' . >¦; ¦ ¦ - : . . ¦ - - : ¦¦ : " - The authorities have been sitting all day swearing

      in any body that they could for special constables . The millownets cf Bitley have compeUed their men to be sworn in as specials , so as they Can commence work in the morning : but as far aa I can learn , the assembled turn-outsi in the tovvn are determined to resist ? it . ^ J : The ^ own is completely in the hands ^ of the turnoats—aU peaceable . Bu > I am afraid if any interruption be offered it will not be so long , as they appear determined to 'have their object before they retnra'to : wdrk * gain . ^ " - v ' - \ i . ¦¦• ¦¦ . W' -- > ¦¦;¦} >> ..- - '

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      Mr ; Deak / PftLOE ^ will yiajk . jtbe fojlowin ^ places s- a ; during the nfit . fortnight , " namely irrMondayi at jv Leeds } Tuesday ^ aiid Wedne ^» & ^ YoifcrTtturs- rtjlt ' day , at Pockh ' ngtoniRiday ^ At ^^ lniA ; Saturday , - , . ^ - ¦ at Beyerleyi Monday , ;^ 2 ^ : at |} ull } i |^ a&i » 'iF tho 30 th , at Beyerlef ; : Wednesday , the ilTO **! i <^* Holme ; Thursday , September the l 3 t , a ^ P < wk « a Wjt-li ton * and rada * &e 2 qd , ^^ y *? w # :. s ::. ;;»^< ¥ ^ - ;? ^ - *^ y ^ SiA (^ artist Room , this evming , ( Satnr ^ SBt ^ SfesS o ' clTCk , and M alni cm Mdnday eveAiWff «^ Jjfeti 2 o ' clock' Mr . ^ ylor ^^ ^ fm ^ mS » S ^^^^ W f sermons to-mortow afe « rnoon -wid mtm ^^ mrf ^^^ V same place . v ^^ Hr ! \^* & / Manchesteb . —CAKPHmEa * Hiti ,. —Tv «* l » tw ^ i 4 j k » « si Wt wiU be delivered in tawiiaU on Saadav ( tdftrtcrlwjM ^^^^

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      attainment of your JuetngfctB , an * thereby readter 3 ? oa independent of ttse pppP « ssor 8 r will , you wSjre paet upon , the wide w ^ rld for support . Thanfei ^* e ^ mal thanb » , to the b « we ahJ'indepffltdent Trarffefir of IVranchesteT V- They mw thedwli andnoWy threw Httesr ^ comparsstive comfcrt ' ¦ in *> mis « rj ' 3 ecaiteirhw have struck , not fcrwageSj . but for principle ; : anq ^ jegardlessof conseqaenees wthemsefves , they ' have ^^ tafcen the foreground'in < your « ause . 'Shej havei * eo | ared that they will aease io soil till all labour shail &o jastly reqnited } wiricfev ia their opinion , cannot be e&ctei till the e&krterbeuome law . Jmist not their names be h * nded dewn to posterity as patrfat ? sacrilHiing their- own ooaTenience and comfort forth « aitainment cf that of" their- fellowiinen ? ' W ^ p caa withhold praasefrpm sach men ^'

      " ADDRES 9 OP THE NATIONAL COWBRESCE TO TB 8 ; . ¦' ¦ - ' ¦ - - ' : ; : ¦ ¦'• . CHARTIST PUBLIC . : ;/ - \ i \ t ^ Brpther CHAaTisTs ,--rTho 8 o wh ? have steeped you ia poverty , and ftccurnnlatedyasi incomes by your labour , have turned upon yon « Ven in your distress , and would plunge you yet lower in the fiulph of misery . Failing to purchase yoar aid for the accomplishment of their own sordid ends , they have effectually put into force the doctrine that " man has a right to do what he likes with bis ovra ; and , in the hope of sstarving you into compliancewith their Will , they have paralised the hand of labour—of the oW and the young . Yea , infascy and old age are aiikR iostrameDte in their hands for enhancir ^ the interests qf their order . Willing still to labour for a bars pittance and watching erenta peaeeMlyvrhheh might lead u * vh&

      , . Yo }* V TP npt s ^ efcr ? yottl » v « been stricken ; but let the stroke recoiiupoa th ^ 'tFra njs who-have so crneUy arrayed' fcbemselves against the- interests of laftour ^^ V ^^ . ' ; ' - "''"' - " ' ¦¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ; ^^ JV ' . , ; ,, . ¦¦ : . ; ; ., . .. - ; . ^ p (^ hepi ^^ n ^ gigia ^^^ itet » i / rhe corn lala ^ gPWeji h ^ . ^ jl ^^ pur visages » ra pale ; bu * how fist . change atoid [^ ett ^ iiwafi ^ e erp fortuii ate S- 3 y $$% ^ rW $ &WpZ >< ii beariER ; the confidende ; 2 f ^ I | i ^ p 4 r , heag ^ ;®» y * too . l » ve called vvmyotof ¥ biry ! mf < & . d their ^ aiidress--it 3 are ath « 8- » feoitf afld nraialy SpliHl We coaid jipt , in , 14 a » ea like th Ji !???^ 1 ? $$ ** $$ ft ? , * ¦ ¦ $ & ** £$ ! W setVBBts ^ our cordial' strpport ^ as : ih , ^ . jiuion ; alpfl ^ . ^ gi ^ e cvMrjty to befound , and frpt * lonanimity alwie can success be expected . ¦ : < ' ' . - ¦ "¦ ¦ : ' ¦ " ¦ , -. ' / '¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦" - : •¦ < ¦ ¦ -

      Tliisis Bota ^^ , ? j k * ' ^? ^ wqutte ; ci labour : gainst the dfeminionw ' a 11 ^^ 1 ^ ^ P ^ - r ^^ ^» : < ihai tyrants , have fotcedthe ahercitivifi& ppfi , vb ^ a | o |^ t ^ aad- tju « of ^ m ^^ M ^ MM&pww *^ k Whrie we Wre ; not been ihajwiginatprs Krfy . we are-yet bolrf ' eapughiici Jsavio ^ ijlMe w ^ o adopt , the op ^ ressofsremedy ; '&t ^ klo ^ C ^ b ^ ftban b ^ oma tools fifcryottro ^ ffa . ^ e ^ tWif ipjil ^ MSij M vrko has a bit tb spaf e" sthd . wpijld tefus > it Jo , men st ? UKglin £ for theii- ifghts , ; rel&I'th 6 jEyrjp ^ ci ? . > uriger , and the still niwe stiBgi ^ griijf of- ' a . criafl ^ . pff * pringi : Brothers ; 'if- we are wdrth ' y ot ' ybiir confiienoe .

      we rnust prove that we merit your esteemv Hear us then , and mark well pur : adm < Hution . Let n ^ aot of yours take the Jodiuta rrom those vrfio have goaded you into resistance , aiid who would ? now torture you , because you do resist . Be not deceived ; for ; although thediscomfitted Whigs have atiempted to rally their scattered fprcesj under this new pretext , yet will all of their ; order ^ in ' .., s «« ety , of whatever shade in politics , Jain with them . iu . throwing upon you the odiam which belongs to-. vour oppressors . But heed thein not . Our > is the battl © of Labour against Capitai- ^ of Poverty againstfroperty—of Right against ] V 5 sght--of Jnstioa against InjuBtipe , and of Knowledge against Big . ot % and Intolerance . ' : ' : ¦ .-¦ ' : -. - ¦ : ¦¦;

      This is a holiday , proclamed not by nature ; mosfc unnaturaUy proclaimod ; and may the wicked fall into the pit which they hare dug ; Let unipn : and peace be the Chartist watchword . We council you against waging warfare agaiust recognized authority , wbile we . believe ' .. . the , moraL strength of an u nited people to be aurScianLtly powers ful , when well directcd to pvercome all the physical force that tyranny can ; summon to its aid . Thfr blood of your brpthers has been shed while peacefully agitating for their rights ; and . &he brave delfc-Rates of the trades of Manchester have been scattered from their place of meeting * at the point or the bayonet ; yet will the friends of Justice ever find , a refuge so long as nature ' s canopy staudi , and sos long as those fo ? whom they smuggle stand by , them . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' .: : ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ " . : ¦ ¦ •¦ ' . ' ' - ¦ ¦'¦ :::

      As the people appear to have made the" strike of the League' ^ far a repeal of the £ k > rn Laws into a * stand for principle and the Charter , we would Im < - plor © eveTy man loving justice aad baring a shilliag at his command to advance it , upon the good under- * standing that free labour will era long repay tkhej loan . ; . . " ,. ' ¦"¦ ¦{ . ; -- ¦ -. ¦; . ' : r : ' . ' :- . ' \; :.. - : ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' - ¦ - ¦¦ - ' : ' ) Brothers , the Trades have issued ' a noble adipess . It breathes a spirit worthy of old laws and cid . English libettics ; This , brothers , is the : tiiB « - for courage , pru « ience , caution , watchfulness , and . tc-SOlUtiOll . : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - •¦ „; ¦ . ' ¦' " ... . ¦ . ; : ' ' . ¦ .., ; .: ,: ; .. . In conclusion , brpthers , we would , abqTw all things , eouneil you against the destruction of lit a or proper ty . _;; . ; \ ¦' - ' : [ . "' -: ' ¦;•/; ' - . ; . ¦¦¦" . ' .. ' ¦ ¦ ; . ¦ , '¦¦ . ¦'• . Remain firm to your principles , Iwbich are to be found in the document entitled , the . -P . eODlfl ' 8 ¦ ¦

      -Oliaticti-. y : ~ - ~*~~~ : .- ^ -- r -.. ; - ; ' . . ; . ... _ — .. ; \_ Men be wise J and do not commit yourselves or youroau 8 e . Let all your acts be strintly legal and constitutional ; and ere lone your enemies will discover that Labour is in trath , the source of all Wealth and should be the onlysourcoof Power . ; : / Immediately after the adoption , of the address , it wast resolved unanimously , V ; } . " That the thanks '• ¦ . of the Conference be given to the Executive , for their energelie labours on behalf of the jpeople . " : ' ' . ; ' ;; - ' : . ¦ ¦;' :. ¦ . " . / ' fVr ' . - ' ;¦ . . ¦ ¦ ¦ - , ; : r And it was then resolved unanimously— "That this Conference do now dissolve . " : : ! And the delegates immediately dispersed to their several homes . . ¦ ' .

      [ By an unfortunate aeoident , in a few copies of our first edition the resolution of thanks to the Exe- « cutive was omitted- ] i T / ¦

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      THE NORTHEHN STAR > j ¦) -: ¦ ::: >;^ J ^^ &

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 20, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1175/page/5/