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      TALES WRITTEN EXPSESSLY POB THE " NORTHERN STAB . "

      BT CHABTTCS . LADT ALICE LISLE . —SO . IL We Wl U » unwilling witness . Dnnp , " clattered oat of Mb senses , " by » brew-bestin g judge , who , beerass heeould not ftori him to be » Mae-wtMB « gainrt an hospitable old tody , or dered an information of perjnjry to be filed against him- Penruddock , the Colonel , who STtSSffiylW * was now called to testify against her . She , knowing h ^ tob * a pi ? jttdicednan , foi-? w t ha Me husband hid sltten in judgment upon his Mass , as soon m tbe beard bjs name called , said with uniwtnda . "I hope , niy Lord , I shall not be cod-£ Sd unheard . " - «* o . God forbid ! Mrs . Lisle , " said . Jfefiries , rolling his . tongue in his cheek and winkiag jignigcasay at Penruddock , "that was a practice in your bBsbaad ' B time ; bat , G « d be thanked . ! it is not so no-w . "

      One of Penruddock ' s soldiers being called into the ¦ witness-box , Lady Alice protested against him beiDg beard ; for she said , he hid stolen something out of her bouse when he came to se ^ Z 9 her , and , therefore , be ras interested in procuring her condemnation In order to prevent her from prosecuting him for the theft Jtj&ie * took no notice of this reasonable objection . j > nna now spoke again . FeariDg that the Judge ¦ would put his threat against him into exseutien , and ijjiaking tbe lady -would be convicted anyhow , be thought t « save himself by telling all he knew , hat nothing -could lie tell of an inculpatory nature . Neverth eless , Jeffries listened with malicious joy , thinking , like Sbylock , that sow he should have the lady "on the hip ;"¦ but being again disappointed , be affected to pity Daun , prayed that God would forgive him , twhat piety !) and said that all mankind would hold him in abhorrence—{ -what- for?—bis bnmanity . ) Tae jury were convinced that Dunn-had told all : but-Jeffries Blade tin

      handle of the circumstance , by saying that , as the uneonsequential particulars which he had uttered , had been wrung froin him with such difficulty , it proved that much remained behind of a more serious nature , and he even went so far as to declare that he knew this to be the case . Thus net content with being Judgenot content with being counsel—he descended at last to witness against the prisoner—a most estrajudieial proceeding ! Would sot one think thai instead of the lord Chief Justice , some vulgar wretch , doubly inflamed by liquor and passion , had usurped bis seat on the bench , and that he was sitting in judgment , uot oa a loyal lady , whose age called for reverence , ¦ whose sex claimed compassion , and whose humanity merited ibe . highest enloglum , but on the vilest of creatures , who should be destroyed at once ?

      In her defense , Lady Lisle spoke simple truth , and shed tears of suffering innocence . She declared -with solemn earnestness that she had never heard that Hicks had been in the rebel army ; there had been no proclamation naming him ; and that she had harboured him merely as * . ^ Nonconformist , which waa Dot penal , although warrants had been issued aeainst him for preaduBg , That her friends among the nobility in London could speak to her loyal character ; for although her husband had been a Judge under Cromwell , and hod even sat in judgment on Charles I ., she had been eTer averse to his proceedings , and had wept on hearinff of that monarch ' s death . She humbly submitted to ths consideration of the Court , that she could not be tried for isbonring & traitor unto be had first been convicted cf treason , and said in proof of her ignorance of Hicks * implication in treason , ebe had arrived in the country only five days before her arrest

      Jeffries , reddening with rage at her vindication of herself , instead of being pleased at it , interrupted her by gobbling out , " I cannot tell when you came into the oountry , bnt it seems you came to harbour rebels . " The old lady was nettled at this misconstruction , and while all the spirit of hex long past youth seemed to re-animate her feeble frame , she replied , that as a proof of her loyalty she had sent her son to fight for the King . " It was I , " she said , kindling with enthusiasm , « that bred him up to fight for the King . " Well , have you done V asked" Jeffries , sharply . " Yes , I have , " she replied ; and she sat down in the culprit & * KtT "with a glow of indignation .

      Jeffries now summed up . He aggravated the horrors of the rebellion—praised King James as became a loyal subject—interlarded his speech by many religious professions , proving thereby that " the devil can quote Scripture to serve his purpose "—insinuated that the was beholden to the King ' s clemency for her ^ roperty , forfeited to the crown by her regieidal husband , and that harbouring traitors was all the gratitude she bad shown—and concluded with a solemn appeal to their consciences , saying that the preservation of the Government—the life of the King—the safety and honour of religion , and the welfare of their own souls depended upon the verdict they should bring .

      iloved by this evident prejudice against her by one bo likely to influence her fate , and who , therc&re , should have avoided all partial or criminatory expressions , the prisoner -troold have said something ; bat Jeffries interrupted her the moment she opsoed her mouth , " by exclaiming , with asperity , " 21 istresa , you have had your turn . " She gave a quiet look of resignation towards the jury , and remained silent . By way of helping them to a speedy decision , Jeffries told the jury , when they were about to withdraw to mmrirlpr their verdict , that ifc -was all the same in la'sr irtiether Hicks were conYicted of treason before or after being harboured . The Jury staid long . In the mean time , the spectators anxiously whispered each other , or waited in breathless suspense . Jefiries showed bis

      impatience by furious and involuntary starts , and at length said audibly enoush to be heard by the whole court , " I wonder they should havs gone out at all in SO dear a case . ** T ** " impatience at length qnite got the better of him so fai thai he mu about to dispatch a messenger to inform them that he would adjourn the command lock them up together all nighti but their r&-appearance saved him this troobla They came , not to deliver in their verdict however ; but to say that they were in doubt whether the prisoner knew thai Hicks had best in the rebel army . Jeffries tartly replied , that ha eoald not help their doubts ; that for his part , it was at dear to him as the sun at soon day ; and he mentioned some circnmftaDces not adduced by the evidence , but which had come to his

      knowledge privately ; apiece of hearsay which was to weigh more than the evidence . The Jury again withdrew and returned again to reiterate their doubts ; tteyssud they remembered nothing in the evidence that could conviit the prisoner of knowingly harbouring a fesitor . Exasperated at their honest pertinacy , the Judge reproached them for their bad memories , and tent them back again . The prisoner would have spoken ; but again she was silenced by her unjust Judge . The spectators were convinced from the furious ( jfmmaonr « f Jeffries that he was determined to Tietimise the body , and that the law ( wrested from its true intent ) would be used to subvert justice , and to

      punish humanity ; they sighed and shook their heads . Ihe Jury returned a third time , and now they brought in their verdict of " Not Guilty . " A murmur of gratification ran through the Court , which the Judge instantly suppressed . Stamping with his foot , he iwore that the case was so dear to him , that if she tad been lis own mother , be would have found , her fcBty ;—almost choked -with choler , has face BWOlQ like a drunkard ' s , bis eyes sparkling with fury , ad his whole frame violent / agitated , he told the jnry that if they did not bring her in guilty , he would attaint them all of treason likewise . Overcome by fear they -were induced to reverse their verdict—shame on them foi it «—xhsxae on their memories ! but their

      memories have perished with , them- Had they remained firm they would hate saved the old lady ' s life , and not have been forsworn—they would have prevented the Judge from pronouncing a doom of murder , » nd they would have saved the court and the country from the insult and injury of a moek trial and an iniquitous judgment The spectators looked simnltaneously and sympathetically a ± the prisoner , to see how she took it—but , oTercome by the tedium of the faial , and weak with the infirmities of age , she heard not the fetal verdict—she was fast asleep ! Jeffries roughly awakened her by pronouncing her condemnaticn , te lling her , at the same time , that the king had left to his own discretion the time of execution , and be appointed hers to take place that same afternoon . TMg tfag somewhat sadden : but ska heard it -with

      P « ws resignation . With her spectaelea on , and bible ***« € her , she sat Eke & saint , around whose head tbe blessing of God wreathes a perpetual halo of joy , and Peace , and love . She had two daughters who ^ t ended her in court—they felt the stroke more than &d their . aged mother—it fell and cleft their hearts . tat Jeffries was without pity—his conscience was Bred by self-interest , for he had been promised 3 e property of the lady , if she were convicted ; and , st content with the murder of tbeir mother , he robbed 2 a daughters of their patrimony—all under the mask ti justice , and with the pitiful pretence of law and Vyalty . At the intercession of some clergymen , the day of fca death was deferred . In the meantime , she petiftmed the king , not for pardon , tthat she knew was lain . ) but that , as she was related to several of the

      ttogt noble families in the kingdom , ate might not be " Bait , but beheaded . The graeions Monarch , out of « e abundance of his tender mercy , cruelly yielded to tier request , and , on a scaffold , in the middle of tbe o » rket-plaee , in Westminster , or Winchester , ( 1 forget * fcicb ) , she met her fate with the resignation of a martyr . 2 f ot a man -who -witnessed it , had be been a i sjaa , bnt would nave died ather than have anfBaed ^ cb an outrage on humanity to disgrace the enminal r ^ w rd , ol ms country . But JelHes had EuSS ^ S ? rf tte *<*¦• * *• ™**» * j All the lawyers in the kingdom who heard of this al

      « disputed very warmly about ona particular point ^ cernrng it , and what wU that ? Was Jfc that ™ l « ¦ « f min laa teen made to counteract &Lvt \ 6 <* -tl «* » humane nature which « K * ld hate been honoured and rewarded had ** a disgraced and punished to the discouragement of rj ^ aty and the scandal of all jostiee ? That ^ aoiabie feeling -which should be cherished for tke SL * * r * nSarers had in this case been cruelly conr *» w , to pteaBe the hard heart of prosperous guSt , J ^ to minister to its rapadons cupidity . That the £ "SB tad done wrong in doing Mb best to make it g ^ aal to relieve distress , for thereby he had inter-^ w hospitality itself , and interdicted it publicly by ^* ° » of the law that should protect sad favour i >

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      That he h&d mads himfleF jadge and jary , an accuser and false witness too ; and that it was a poor triumph over a poor old lady worthy of such a judge . Did not the lawyers feel that the law of which they were members , Was disgraced by these proceedings , and themselves bronght Into odium ? Did theynot resolte to quit the profession unless each a chief justice was unseated ? No ; none of these things occupied their thoughts ; - but they wrangled and debated with each ether whether it was lawful for the king to alter any part of the sentence after condemnation passed : for

      B&id they , the king cannot alter the law , and the sentence ia part of the law ; therefore the executioner , said thsy , might have been tried for beheading , instead of burning the old lady . By thus standing np for the law , did the lawyers prove themselves worthy limbs of it ! The truth is , few lawyers know anything of law but" its perverted practice . By the aid of quirks and quibbles they make the law murder justice , and when they have procured the condemnation of the innocent £ hey say , "Not I , but the law did it ! " What kind of a law is it that spares snch lawyers ?

      lady Isle ' s case was hard « nough ; but a much harder case occurred shortly after . Mrs . Gaunt , a tharitable wpman , had given meat and money to a fellow under hiding , who went away and saved his own life by turning King ' s evidence , and swearing away hers . Have these things been done in England ?—have we a law by which religious women san be put to death for their very charity 7 for . Bay what you will , thia was done in both these cases . How many villains the law suff = rs to go free—nay , rewards , while it murders the honest and humane ! Mrs . Gaunt was convicted by the evidence of a monster who ought to have been punished for his ingratitude to her , more than for the treason that made her generosity to him a crime . She gave me meat and drink , and lodging and money , " said he . The Judge told her that tie said so , and She replied— He was the more beholden to me . " Bat be was pardoned , and ahe was condemned and executed !

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      CASE OF WIULIAit HOUliDING . 111 am a handloom weaver , and have a wife and four children ; and I have received 2 s . per week for the last nine months from the parish . I owed lid . for a poor ' s rate . I was summoned before the magistrates for non-payment of the same . I told them my earnings and that 1 had four day's work at weaving , and 2 s . from the parish , which the magistrates' clerk' considered to amount to Is . per head per week / or us to live upon , and then Baid to the magistrates— " Yon see , gentlemen , he is not able to pay . " He then turned to me , and said— " We have dsne with you . " I then thought it was settled ; but in a short time after , a person came with a notice , and said if my peor ' s-rate was not paid , a warrant of distress would come . My

      ¦ wife said , " Well , -we cannot help it , for we are not able to pay . " Next came two constables , -who © pened the door , saying " Where is he 1 " And , although I was laid on the bed at the time of their entrance , they were not able to see ae , in consequence of the darkness of the cellar in which I live , but my wife , pointing to the bed , said , " He is there . " They said , " Thou must go with us . " I got up , and begged they would not handcuff me , as such a thing never happened me before ; so they took me away , and when we got to the dungeon , they forcibly pushed me in , and locked me up . The following morning , they handcuffed me to a cart , and the other three were chained by the legs . Thus we started for Lancaster , the rain pouring down so rapid that we were soon wet through to the skin ,

      When we . got to Blackburn , we begged they would allow us to go to a fire . The policeman laughed , and said , "We "will take you to afire , yon shall see !" Thus saying , they thrust us into a cold , dark hole , in which there was a . privy , -which stank so very bad as almost to suffocate us . We were forced to remain there about forty minutes , and were then brought out again , wet aad shivering with cold . The rain still fell in torrents : In this * tite we were hurried through Preston to Lancaster Castle . The turnkey cried shame on the policemen , fer using us in the manner they had done ; but when we got within the prison wallB , we soon fenod we hid got among the friends of humanity . We could sot muster one penny amongst us all ; but

      the kind strangers , when they heard what we were , very kindly invited us to a fire , and something to eat . Thtre was '« ne man in particular , if ever I see him again . 'I will do all in my power to a » rve him . A . subscription was entered inte , which paid our rates , and 8 id . each , to come with to Burnley . 1 had been out of -work a short time , hut I had got work un ^ er the Manufacturers * Relief Committee , and had worked three days , when they took mo off to prison . I expected my wife to be in labour hourly , and ahe was delivered of a child in three days afterwards , and was left without any attendant for two nigLta ; and , had she been seized with the pains of labour in the night , she must have perished before any assistance could have reached her . "

      CASE OF EMAKUEL BEAUMONT . - " I am a power-loom weaver , and ha ^ e only worked three weeks since last Christmas , and those three weeks were in February last . I have lived on charity , and -what I could get from the parish , until June , when my goods were sold for rent , and at the same time a warrant of distress was taken oat against me for non-payment ef poerVMfca- I was < hu » turned into the street , and the week following I got work under the Manufacturers' Relief Committee , and worked about six weeks , when they took me off to prison . My poor ' srate was Is . lid ., and I have a wife , and two small children ; and my wife was delivered of a third child just before my goods were sold , bat the child , died In consequence of my being usable to procure a doctor to attend her . Therefore , I consider my child was mnrdered by the system which makes me poor . I waa chained by the legs , and my treatment on the way to prison was similar to that of William Houlding . "

      " I visited William Houldm ? at his dwelling , and the above statement was . made to me and a respectable member of the Methodist connexion , whose name I am at liberty te publish . The cellar contained one poor bed , - in which lay the mother and her newly-born babe , and three other small children , -which was very annoying to the mother and her infant ; and how this English labourer would find a place to rest his head in that nest of . human beings surpasses my comprehension ,-bat ao it is , that six persons must sleep on that miserable bed . There was also one old chair , which ia not worth twopence , one three-legged stool , one mug ,

      one tin cup , and one old tea chest , which was used as a table . These are all the goods in tbe shape of furniture and ntensils which this miserable cell contains ; and , as regards the characters of the men , let it suffice that Houlding has been a member ef the Methodists ' Society , and a Sunday school teacher , for many years , and at this time he is a class leader in that body . Bt aumost is now , and has been for four years a steady and con . sistent member of the Total Abstinence S ociety . " Thomas Mabqihs , BE . NJa 34 IJ > SOUTBVTaRK , James Mexcalfe ,

      The Committee appointed by the rate-payers of H&beTgn&rn Eaves , at a public meeting , duly called by the Constable of tbe parish . Burnley , August , 1 st , 1842 .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THB K 0 S 2 HEEK STAB . Sib , —in my last I Etowed tbe danger like to befal the movement in Sc 6 tland , if not placed under the controul of an executive council , elected by , and held responsible to , the people . There are various indications that tke Chartist movement in Scotland is in danger from the opposite evils . The first which shall be noticed may be Baid to fee a Government plot , originating with the class who fatten npon corruption . In many of the districts iQ Scotland most noted for their activity in GoartiBin , there are now to be found men unknown in the district , and unknown to these who have taken the most active part in the mevement , going about , talking of what they

      have seen and heard in the country , stating that tbe time for resistance to oppression is now come . Their conversation is carefully marked down ; and there can be no doubt-but "these men would be those who would appear in . a witness-box to swear away tbe liberty or life of those who they have thus made their victims . Such characters are also found insinuating to the people that the leaders of Chartism have no spirit ; that they are destitute of true courage ; in shsrt , that they are deceiving the people by talking so long without acting . Snch men must be carefully watched ; and it is & duty that all lecturers have to discharge to tbe people , at the close of their discourses , to give no ear or conntenanes to snch men .

      The other evil to which I referred is one that requires vigilance on the part of the people , and can only fee successfully combated by an Executive having their authority from the people , to defend and extend tbe present orgsnitifcion of the people for the Charter . There Is a cvnsiderable portion of tbe middle class of this country who feel it necessary for many reasons to agitate certain questions in Parliament affecting their own interests . Beyond this , measures of importance to the people seldom move them . « ver to act . Since the Chartist agitation began they have been powerless within the walla of Parliament , being destitute of the strength which the multitude gives them

      from without , - £ hls want of confidence on . the put of the people enables our aristocratic Parliament to laugh at . their efforts , and treat them with , deririon , scorn , and contempt Conscleus of this , a great portion of them hate adopted ti » Six- Points of the Charter , and -employed renegade Chartist L cturers to break up our organisation , and place the whole body of the people at the disposal of these men , to fellow the ignis / oIihu Teforms which their own selfish interests - may prompt them to demand , leaving the people , as of old , the victims of class legislation . Let these renegade lecturers pick up the serfs and slaves , and form them into an Association , cifcatuifes who never , can discover tbe justness

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      of a principle until those who hold the whip at thefc backs give their nod of assent . Let the people be aware of these political pedfera . Whatever their motives may be , whether good , bad , or indifferent , the result of their policy would be to destroy the most powerful organization ever created in this or any other country , an organ zatton which laid npon the floor of the House of Commons a petition demanding their rights of the House of Commons of England , Ireland , and Sootl&nd , Bigned by three milions and a half of the people , which demand -will require to be considered before there be any harmony between the name and the character of the House of Commons . No honest middle class man seeking for justice to tbe nation bnt will feel proud to belong to such an organization , no one who had a part in rearing this noble edifice would leave it to build another , except be was actuated by some considerations apart from principle .

      A short description of the several districts of Scotland , with the probable success attending this new move , will not be uninteresting to the English and Irish Chartists . Glasgow , which is the centre of the Western district ; it was upon its public green that the National Petition was first adopted in this country ; ever since its citizens have taken a most Important part in the movement ; in its progress , however a number of expediency mongers who formerly enacted a prominent part in what might be called wild measures , have now become furious for moderation , timidity , and repose ; but so long aa tne capital of the West has such men as Moir , Proudfoot , and Ross , the integrity of the movement there is upon a sure basis .

      In Edinburgh the movement has undergone a variety of phases . Of those who have sowed the seed of Chartism in that city , some have played curious parts since ; others are standing true to the cause aa the needle to the pole . The expedteney-mongew , who have arisen here , have declared off , their external character being like the coat of Jacob ' s son . . The Committee of Bdinburgh , however , are men of Integrity and high character , active in extending the organisation throughout their district ; and in connection with the labour of Mr . Lowery , the organisation is too firmly planted to be materially affected by the men of soft aawder .

      In the West Midland district the first meeting held in the district for the Charier was in the summer of 1838 . It was in the town of AHoa , at a large outdoor meeting called to hear Mr . Abram Duncan expound and explain the principles of political equality . On the succeeding evening ha did the same in the town el Alva . Since then Mr . Duncan has laboured in every town in this district , and been instrumental in fixing these principles so firmly , that the men of expediency have never attempted to shew their face , or take any part in the movement ; and it may be said with perfect propriety of language , that tbe Associations and CommitUes in all the towns of this district ( which comprehends all those from Falkirk to Kinross , and from Crieff to Alloa ) , know no other way but to march onward for the Charter , and that they know no way of retreat from their present position . ;

      In the south of Scotland , Dumfries , the queen of that district , the Chartists there have always played a most important part . Expediency and faction have often attempted to take the lead , but the devotion and integrity of the Chartists of Dumfries have baffled every tiifHoalty and triumphed over all opposition . Under many difficulties they have been successful in extending political information far and wide around them . The North is divided into other two districts , tbe first comprehends Forfarshire and part of Perthshire . Kenmuir and Forfar once played a most important part , but in these places the men of expediency have prevailed ; their treachery , however , has done the faction * no service—they have thrown Chartism into a state of inactivity , from which it will soon emerge into its pristine glory .

      Dundee and Arbroath now take the lead , and from what appears in their own organ , the Dundee Chronicle , the council in Dundee appear to be sadly embarrassed with the soft sawder and slime of expediency . From the same source we learn that the Association in Arbroath have purged themselves clear of this poisonous root , and that nothing can resiBt the onward progress of ihis Association , which hoids two large public meetiDgs every week , tearing ap the very root of tbe tree of political corruption . The Political Pedlar will find a small portion of vermin to form an expediency Association there—but it will only be formed to die .

      In Aberdeen , tbe Chartists have long battled with expediency , sometimes for peace sake ; they patched up a uai » n , but they have found it as itapossible to unite expediency and principle , as it is to unite fire and water . The political pedlar is to visit the Northern Metropolis soon ; it is understood that the men of principle there will permit him to work away among the vermin there , so far as his powers will carry him ; but that if he attempts to play any tricks upon honest men , they will play him some music to the tune of the "Rogues " March , " and make him feel that tbe honesty and integrity of Aberdeen , is a more powerful master than the one he serves in the South .

      A lew remarks to conclude this address , I will reserve for your next publication . Yours affectionately , David Thompson , Secretary to tbe Alloa Chartist Association .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHEnN STAR . SlE , —As one of the Leicestershire delegates at the time when the resolutions in reference to tbe Executive or rather the late one , were past , you will , perhaps , allow me a small apace in your invaluable paper ; and let In reference to your own observation , that it might have been aa well-if the delegates had communicated with the secretary before they had published their resolutions . To this I would reply , they had not an opportunity so to do , inasmuch aa they were only chosen for the day on which they sat ; and besides , they had to complain of what had been made public and had therefore become public property . 2 nd . As to the remark of our champion , O'Connor , about a cabal . Of such a thing I know nothing , nor of any

      private communication made to him ; nor do I think we are to be prevented from making observations respecting tbe conduct of our officers , in order to prevent corruption from creeping into our body ; for if so , we may as well tsubmit to present misrule . 3 rd . As to tbe resolutions themselves , notwithstanding the haatenr of , the Executive or the Secretary , I think they are deserving the attention not only of that body , bnt ef the Chartists in general . And here I may remark that the last published account of txpenceB led to tbe passing of the same . In that account Mr . Philp appeared to have received his salary every week , and hence arose an ii . quiry what he had done for it ; this led- to farther investigation , and others were found to be regularly paid , whose services were appropriated , if

      not altogether , nearly to one locality . This was either right or not so , and they were or were not employed in the service of the body . As regards their continuing in office after tbe time specified , as one of the delegates ween the plan of organization was finally adopted , I had before given my opinion . Had the fcurject affected myself alone—bad it been even an act of injustice , I would have put up with it for tbe cause Baku ? bnt thinking with others that an inquiry was required , I Eanctioned tbe resolutions , and am willing to bear my proportion of censure if any is deserved ; at the same time I declare , that I had no personal feeling on the subject , no ill will to any of the members of the Executive , nor any improper motive to gratify . Leaving it , therefore , in the hands of the people , having for myself tbe satisfaction that I did my duty , I am , yours in tbe cause of right against might , John Skevingion .

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      THE CAUSE , THE EXECUTIVE , AND "LEEDS CHARTISTS . " TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir . —Every man who has paid the least attention to tbe workings of our Chartist machinery , will have seen defects therein at which he will manifest little surprise , seeing that plans of such vast importance as those which have for their object the peaceful extirpation of one of the moat consummate systems of tyranuy that ever disgraced the annals of- any nation , and tbe firm establishment of the rights of man , cannot be brought to perfection in all their parts at once , though

      the men at the head of the movement may be the most sage , considerate , prudent , honest , and patriotic of their generation . We may conclude that as improvements have continually been suggested and adopted , so will they be for a length of time beyond the present struggle ; therefore it is worse than folly for any body of men to preach up tbelr own infallibility , or evince chagrin when universal consent is refused to their notions , as the most preposterous dogmas , have been frequently interwoven with the mest sublime and palpable truths . -

      I allude not to the refusal of the people to subscribe to the absurdities of the " new move" gentry , the " new new move party , " the "Christian Chartists , " the"Teetotal Chartists , " or the "Corn Law League . " No , the doctrines taught in such Daffle schools are not improvements ; they ore harmless missiles ,. which traitors , renegades , and unprincipled charlatans se ? Z 9 , to hurl at their betters when their cupidity , tergiversation , and knavery have compelled them to retreat from the camp of democracy . I allude to the . { Executive In tiie first . instance—to men who I am proud tosayhave never swerved from their avowal of the glorious principles of the Charter , but who moat assuredly evince a thin-skinnedness in matters affecting their mode of conducting the affairs of the Association , which little comport with their unflinching seal for the incontrovertible doctrines they propound .. ¦" - ' , ¦¦ . ' . - .

      The Leicestershire delegates saw a oltfvenly and inuatUfactory method of keeping the financial accounts of the Msodatton—they spoke out in a manner truly commendable—they asked for explanations—not charging the Executive with dishonesty , either directly or indirectly—but such explanation was refused and that in a manner which shews wounded pride and despotic presumption may ; worm their way even into hearts wedded to democracy . I ; am afraid that pride and egotism is gaining too great an ascendancy over many of us , and may be more fatal to the cause than we now imagine . However , to say the least , such a reply as the one published by the Executive the servants ot the Chartist body- —( Joes them no honour , and it requires no extraordinary acumen

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      to discern how cutting tave been the remarks of the Leicestershire lads , and to -what a poor flimsy sopbiatn tllQ Writer at writers at the reply have been driven . . ' ¦; ¦ "¦ . - \ : . "j . r ¦ / - ¦¦ ' ¦ :: ¦ , .: . ¦ .. ¦ " ¦ : .. . ¦ ¦ " ;¦ ¦ •; ••¦ ¦ ¦ TfieIe . tto ; 8 Jgned '" M ' ^ 6 hn- CampWi / &i" - ^» ,- ' ? r ^ dedine bringing the p rivate affairs of'the Association before ihO 96 who are not members . " Then why have they uniformly published their receipts and disbursements , &o ., in the Star ? Were not these " private affairs" ? Were not these bronght before those who are " not members" ? Certainly : then yrtiy have done 80 lip to the very moment that explanations were required ? This mode of procedure must convey to every observer a strong impression of something being wrong , which the executive alone can remove ; and this they niust do or the cause must suffer in the estimation of every good

      man . ¦ ¦ - .. ' - " . . :.: • - ; ; ¦¦ ¦ . - .. . ¦• ¦ - ¦ , - . ; ¦ . - . :. - ¦ . Themembers of the Executive hold a most important office—great reponsibility rests upon them , and it behoves them to take great heed how they discharge the duties of their vicarious power . By strict attention ta their duty , they can do incalculable good—^ by negligence or the manifestation of a despotic spirit they may inflict immense injury on the cause . Let them not think themselves too wise too err , nor too high to receive correction . ' ¦¦' - . ¦ ¦ * ¦ ;;¦; :, v '" : : ; : : ' ¦ ¦'" : ¦ : . /¦; -.: ¦ - ¦ ¦' '¦ ' . - ¦?' ; I shall next call your attention to the proceedings of the " Leeds Chartists" aa reported in your last . They seem very angry with the Leicestershire delegatee , and in tae out-ponring of this anger , they widen the breach they profess to heal . , Admirable physicians f

      But why should the resolution condemnatory of the Leicestershire delegates he set forth as the opicion of the " Leeds ChartistB'V ? The ^ Council might recommend its adoption ; but it does not follow that the recommendation was complied with . The fact , Sir , is that the concoctors of' the resolntion are the disciples of tbe vaccinating James O'Brien , or as he has named himself , Bronierre O'Brien ; and of Coarse , - ; they feel very sore on account of the drubbing he received at the hands of Cooper , the General of the Leicester * ' brignde , " and they sigh for an opportunity to siop the successful antagonist of their pet politician . They hav ? now

      had their go at him , while the bom Me Chattl&ta of Leeds are disgusted at the trick ' played off in their name . It is true the resolution was agreed to by a majority of those present at the time ; but it is also true that the majority of those who had attended the lecture had departed to their homes , and only a small fraction of . the Chartista who frequent the room were aware of such resolution beiiig concocted , until they saw it published in your paper , and having seen it , they do not hesitate to give expression to their disgust at the conduct of the parties who figured in the business . : - } : -.:.: '¦' ¦ , ' ¦ . ¦ . <¦ ¦ . ¦ .-. ¦ . -,

      You , Sir , are not culpable for giving insertion to the article ; but the individuals , who sent you the report , ought to be prevented from again foisting their spleen upoa the public as the feelings of the "Chartists of . Leeds . "" . •/' - ¦ . ' . ¦ . ¦ .- ' .. ¦ v , . - - ' -. : ¦¦¦;¦ : ' - I trust the Executive , and others , will profit by reproof , and , fa future , allow the will of the mass to bridle their own , in matters affecting the interests of the whole , if . not , O'Connor , and others , may sacrifice their health and fortunes in vain , and every effort to establish the principles of the Charter will prove abortive . lam , Sir , Yours truly , An Old Radical . Leeds , August 10 th , 1842 .

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      THE VETERAN OLD RADICAL , GEORGE . TO THE EDITOR' OF THE SOUTHERN STAR . Sin , —I beg to inform yon , and , through yon , the readers of your paper , that Mr . George , long known as the advocita of Republican principles , died this merning . A few week ago , an appeal from him to your readers for some little pecuniary assistance appeared in your columns . It does not appear that it was very profitably or efficiently answered ; for the poor old man has died in the greatest distress . For several weeks past he has been almost without even common necessaries . Application has been made to me for the means to bury him . It is totally out of my power to comply with this request ; and the only course that I can see open to his friends on this occasion is to appeal once more to your readers for assistance .

      Mr . G ., whose age was seventy-five , was one of the associates ef Hardy and Home Tooke in the Corresponding Society , and has ever since remained a arm and consistent advocate of Republican principles . . His widow , aged seventy-four , who is very infirm , has unfortunately had a bad fall , which has bruised and disabled her . : Under these circumstances , I trust that you , Sir , and your readers will do something to enable her to bury her ^ deceased husband . ; \ I am , Sir , your , be , George Huggett . No . 3 , North Place , Lambeth , August 9 , 1842 .

      P . S . Mrs George requests that subscriptions may be transmitted to the Lambeth Coffee House , No . 3 , North Place , Lambetn .

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      TO THE ESPECIAL NOTICE OF THE ¦ . \\ - ' : : - ; ' LEAGUE . ; ' ¦ '¦ ¦' , ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ - " England , I've loved thee 1 / not as my native soil Alone I've loved thee ; but I see in thee , Deep-seated mid ¦' . ¦ t he ^ straggling wo rld ' 8 turmoil , A dogged resolution to be free ! A stern endurance amid want end toil ; < Ignorant impatience' too , to bend the knee To twice five hundred brigand ' parvenus , ' Foul refuse remnant of the Nerman stews !¦' . ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' , ' ¦¦ ' ., ' .. ¦ " ; : ¦ - ¦; - ¦ ¦ . ; . . - ¦ ' MSS . .. When the people of England were feeing deluded , humbugged , and told , ttanattixed in a mass , like slaves , from one vile faction to another still ( if possible ) viler , doriDg the ever memorable period of ^ Reform (?) , hia Grace of Wellington complained , from his seat in Parliament , that the conduct of the people was marked by by an " ignorant impatience of taxation ! 'V Times are ^ however , slfghtty altered , ' and ^ ihbforbearance of the people is now lauded by Parliament to the skies , while

      the faction out ef place , that is , on the wrong side of the Treasury benches , through its chief organ the League , or more truly named the Plague , has been daily pour ing forth its hypocritical Jeremiades for Free Trade in Corn and Extension of Commerce , and showing to the wondering world , from their ' own lips , that the members wbo compose it merit most fujly the stigma which the Duke applied ten years ago to the people , bnt would at most appropriately the cap to the heads of the Whig rump who have lately displayed such an alarming " ignorant impatience of taxation ! " .

      Gentlemen of the League , now your plaguey Conference is over , and that you have , vanished from Palaco Yard , do moderate your temper , and restrain a little the panting tiger within your bosoms , When you go into the country to tell the famishing millions of thefr injuries , madden the people by a recital of their distresses , cause riots , disturbances , aM destruction of property , every where by means of your emissaries , urge the government to shed the blood ef the people by calling out tho troops and police to massacre them , and then like a parcel of sneaking cowards as ye are enrolling yourselves as special constables , and calling on the yeomanry : to keep the peace , which your own villanies might cause to be broken . You then dream of frightening the Tories to resign , and seizing on the reins of

      government yourselves . These were your objectsthese the Bole end and aim of your Coin Law agitation , but your rascally projects" have signally foiled I The good sense of the people have triumphed for once over faction , and the intelligence and honesty of their leaders working simultaneously through the guidance of the Northern Siar , haB kept them « jn : the right path for the attainment of their political and social freedom , in spite of all the sbam-frienda , all the open enemies , and all the spies , traitors , renegades , and ruffians which faction could command . Ail honour be to the people . Look not to the right or to the left , but unite among yourselves more firmly than ever—no petty squabbling , it is unworthy of our glorious cause . Tbe factions cannot heart yon , but by disunion you can beat yoursfclvss . Remember-

      "To warring sects e ' en mighty Rome bowed down , And yielded Alaric her triple crown . " ; : ¦¦ . - _ . - ¦ ¦ . '¦ ' : . ' / . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' . - . ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ .. ¦ . 'Mss . ; .. ¦;¦ ¦ . . '¦ The League , id their farewell addreBS to the people , say— " Your own intelligence , your own virtue , your own energy must deliver you . " They , are so far right la their estimate of the people > they have delivered themselves from you 1 T , hat , at any rate , is ; a happy deliverance I They have , moreover , the impudence te state that there is uoflrm and honest-hearted pilot at the helm . Certainly pot ; among their clique we cannot discover any forthcoming Cromwells , Harhpdens , Waabingtoas , Boliv » ra , or Esparterosj among them , but some striking llkenesaes of a Reynolds , ( the betrayer of Lord Edward Fitzgerald , ) ' » n Arnold ; ( the

      American traitor , ) Old Glory and his man , ( Sir John Cam Hobhouse . ) with a few Talleyranda , without the quantum ot : brains , might , without much difficulty , be discovered and traced ; . ;' ^ oy *; : we -: "&e . ; . Cliajjti 8 tBi opine that' we do ( boast' of a firm and honest-hearted pilot at . the helm in the person of Feargus O'Connor , besides many others we could name from out our ranks , but which we suppress , frommotives of delicacy . We are proud to acknowledge O'Connor as ' our guide and leader ,: and we are prouder still to avow that he meriu every inch of ^ ur ^ nndencel He has gained a great moral victbry ^ aye ,. and a physical one , too— -over the combined WHi ? & ! & To 7 faction at , Nottingham—we will throw in'thetf / acieB the IMI gallant voters ,

      there , and let them boast nuch another of their victories , and then We shall witness ihe last kick of the donkey ! We have little doubt but gross bribery has been employed by theTory scribbler and his myrmidon ? . ; Let us discover it , if possible , and unseat him , and our victory will find no precedent in the annals of history ! Tbe eyes at oil Europe are upon yon , and America , North and South , utters fervent prayers for yonrdisHverance ; — a political and social revolution effected by the people themselves ! No page in history can recouiat such a triumph . they have been made nse of hitherto to farther the views of political traders and of acheming factions , and we earnestly implore yon not to sully your escutchoou by one false step or bloW While igno-

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      rant , you havo been enchained , and your lords and masters Lave U « ed what knowledge they possessed to perpetuate that ignorance . They are now half a century behind us ! ; ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : ; ., . ; . ;;; : ;• ' . ;;¦ . ; -. : -. ' ¦ . •;• - . ; . "A IltUe l ( M « iing tanghfc them how to ^ lfc » : Superior skiU might wiest It In a minute . '' . , - ¦ ¦ : ¦ , - ' . ¦ ¦^^^^• : ¦ . ¦ ¦ ^ ^ ' ¦ . ^ : ^ ¦ ¦; v ^;¦ ¦ ; . ¦ v ¦ ¦ v ^¦ :: ^ : ^ Mgs : : ' ¦ :. . •¦;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . v . ; - ''• - ' ¦• • . ' - :- . : ; ¦ . ¦¦ ;' . ¦ . ' . ¦ : ' - . ' ¦ •¦ ¦ ' : ¦ . -A' " - . ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ : ; ¦ ; ..-.. - Go on as at present , and it will be strarige if plnmpudding and roaat-beef , with plenty of the jiUCO of John Barleycorn , does not cheer your Ckristmas firesideB , ere we can number the year of our Lord 1843 , and the skilleegolee of the Union Bastiles go to fatten pigs , instead of starving by lingering deaths the Christian popn ation of the British isles I , . Should Parliament ventnre agaia to meet , we say with all our hearts , on 1 for another Cromwell !! A WootwiCiH Cadet . Cbichester , Aug , 8 , 1842 ^

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      THE COLLIERS' TDRN-OUTi TO THE EDITOBi OF THE NOETHEBN ? TAB . Sir , — 'As the hue and ciy ' has gone abroad , that the coal and iron miners in and around Airdree ,: Holly town , and Glasgow have struck work , arid that rioting , robbing potato-fields , stealing sheep , and shop-breaking , has already begun ; the authorities were obliged to bring the military from Glasgow and Edinburgh , to Airdrle , to protect property ; &c .. The above has been circulated to the worldby both Tory , Whig , and anti-Whig papers . Part is true I admit , but the greater partis not . : ' ¦ . ¦ - ¦ /¦¦¦ ¦¦ - . ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ¦ '¦ ' ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ; ¦ . ' . ; " : .- ¦ - , --:: ¦

      This last reduction of wagea has driven both coal and iron miners to that state of - ' mlsery . an . 4- want that any order of sopiety , bat a patient and enduring class of beings , such as miners are , would have long ere this , repelled ; even in the teeth of all the licensed robbers and murderers our glorious constitution can parade . Be it : known to the public , that the rules and laws made by bur employers , over which we have no controls-are snch , that we miist work , when and where they think proper , and that they pay us much , or little ob they think proper ; all they hate to do is to put upon their office-doors any demand they chopae , and it la the Jaw , of the land . ; ' ^ That Is the rale of your employers ' work , and you mast abide by Huch . " —So sayoth Sheriff AlHnnn . . ¦¦ ¦ ; . ¦ :- ¦ . ¦ - - . ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ,- ¦ - - ; ¦ - "¦¦ . _ . ¦¦ - . ¦ : - ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ .

      The ayarage : wages of the minera of coal a ^ nd iron , vary from Is . H& to 23 . 5 | ii . for , putting out ; one-third , of more labour than they did , one year stgo , receive 4 b . per day for t and at said time could , in many instances , get their money wjien earned , while now we go to our masters' store and take our labour in g 0 o « 3 s ; or if the employer has not a stoie , he , avoiding to hia tows , makes us pay one penny for each shilling lifted before pay-day . The original -weight , known to be the statute rule , between the employer and the employed , was 12 cwt . per cart round Glasgow ward , 13 cwt for the Markiand canal , and High ward ; thisi difference the miners gave Into , to make good the ih-drink occasioned by boating , waggoning , &c , which the coal owners , in the Lower Ward of the cennty of Lanark aie not troubled with , and the original weighty understood to be the statute for the ivon miners' hutch of stones ,, was 7 ^ ewt The ease stands different now , because every reduction that the miners' peacefully submitted to , was

      attended with an addiUonal demand by the employers for an increase of weight ; so that now the col Hera are obliged to put up 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , and iniiiany places as high as 22 cwt . ef coal passed over a scree , the ribs of which are two and a half inehea wide , and all that passed down through these ribs or wires , is called dross , for which , the miners do not get a farthing , while , their employers retail the same for tho use of mills , engines , furnaces , &c . at six shillings , and six shillings and sixpence per waggon of 30 cwt . ; likewise the iron miner is obliged to put out from 15 cwt . to 19 cwt ., and some works have obliged to put up a ton , which is nearly two-thirds more than the original statute Weight ; this , the public must know is the cause of the miners making such an immediate resistance . They cannot suffer longer , and of course have resolved , that if their employers have a power granted them from ; a class-legislating faotion to starve them , that they will not be wrought to death and -starved . \

      Consequently , at a public meeting , held at Meadowhead , East from Alrdrie , on Monday last , when Mr . Gibson , Chartist lecturer , and Mr . Lee , delivered able speeches ; relating to the present conditioii « f miners , as well as other labouring people ^ : Mr . John M'Lay moved the following resolution ;—¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• ' That we , the coal and iron miners , as a c ass of peaceful aroizans , are > by the rapacity of an oyerbear ; ing system of tyranny , borne down to actual starvation , and that we eannot suffer longer , prbp . ese that a deputation wait on the employers of every coal and iron-stone WorkV requesting four shillings ; per day , and our original wrfghfe , payment of onv wages in money , withoat per centage , and that we rutet the Holly town Districts and Glasgow District , on Tuesday , at four p ' clack in the afternoon , to hear the report , from our employers , and should we even get our grievances redressed , as a trade , that we hover' cease our agitation till the Charter become the law of the land . "

      The resolution was carried unanimously , and acted opto . ¦ ¦" ; ' ¦ , " , '¦' ; - . -:, ¦ ' ' . - ' . , " ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ; - / ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ " ' ¦ ¦ " -V--Accordingly we met , and got the report from all the delegations , which was to this effect , that one or two were willing to accede to our wishes , and all the employers , with the exception of Mr . Wilson , of Dundyvan ^ ( who browbeatingly would not hear them , ) felt for us , and said they were willing to advance if others would . . '" : . : ' •; , ' .. . ;¦ ' •¦ ' / .. ¦¦ ¦ " . ¦ ' -,. " ¦ . '•¦¦ ' A metting of the whole three dlstricis waB proposed to be held at Dalmirnock , from which a deputation was , to be cb 6 s ( jn to wait on and present a petitien at the meeting of coal and iron-maiters in Glasgow , on . Wednesday /'" ; , ' ; ' . '' . - . . . . ' .. '¦ . ¦ . ¦ '¦ . '¦ ¦¦' . ' . . ¦ " ¦ ' ¦ This meeting took place . The deputation went to ( Jlasgow , and . found that our ¦ employers vdid not meet as a body , they only met in parties , at different places . '¦ " : ¦¦ ¦ - ¦ :, •'¦ ¦' . ¦ " ,: '¦' .: ¦ [ ' ¦ - . v ' - ' . .

      A general meeting of the whole body of miners met at BailistoD , on Thursday , from which all parted peacefully , as they formerly bad done , according to a resolution passed to that effect . We that evening served each employer with a printed card , reguesting them to meet at the Eagle Inn , in Glasgow , at twelve o ' clock at noon , on Friday , wh ^ en a petition from the coal and iron miners would be laid on their table , praying them to attend to the same . ¦ Two large meetings were held on Friday ; one at Gbvan Iron Works , and the other South from Airdrie . r ' i ' . '¦" :.: ' ¦' ' : . ' ' ¦'¦ ¦¦ ' , - '¦ / ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ' " .

      A deputation waited at the Eagle Inn , and got our petition folded up into a blank piece of p » por , and no answer . Thisi was reported to the body of coal and Iron miners ; who resolved to sterid out , they could not be worse standing than they were working ; but they would petition the ' " Sheriff" to cause aa inquiry , over which they wished him to preside . A petition was presented to him ; bjai like our employers , he thinks we should submit to ; our suporiors , and resume our employment , work warnings , according to the rules of our employers * works , which he considered to be law ;

      and also , says his Lordship , " the poorest of you spend mere in a year , in ardent spirits , than I am out of pocket for wine , sugar , tea , tc , for a year , for riiy whole famiiy . " He must be a total abstainer . He could fill the district round Airdrie with horse and foot soldiers , at the request of Davison , a baillie of said town . Besides hia Lordship has sent as a . , present o £ thirty-six bluebottles fall of Sir James Graham ' s speeiflc essence of bludgeon law , to nil our bellies . Kind man , be might have kept them at heme , we don't want them . >••/ - ¦ ••• '¦ . '¦ . ' ' . '¦ " '¦' ' ' . - / --i ' : -: . ¦ : ., ' - - ¦

      We have acted , a 8 yet , peacefully , and are resolved to do- so . We are speculating plans to euppert ourselves , a more honest way than stealing from either shops , aheep-folda , or potatoe-flelds , by forcing support Committees , wbe will grant Bills payable three or six months after date , to those who have already offered as much aa we chose of victuals from their shops on the head of such . security ^ . ; ' V Likewise we , the coal and iron miners , and our drawers , have resolved that we will not yield one hpur longer , under the lash of misrule , should the - cohsoquences be what they will ; and should Wilson apprehend every man in Bis employ and consign them to Bridewell , they will not yield—they cannot be worse in Bridewell than in his service ; And now that our employers are batching a cockatrice , they never will bring it inko existence . ; : V

      We have also resolved that as thesherifl'has lent- a deaf ear to our supplications , that we memorialfise the public , and also petition the various trades , who are ground down like ourselves , below tha scale of human : contemplation , to look into the justice of our claims , and if onr epndnct is justifiable in their eyes , we supplicatetheir interest in our behalf , either supporting us or to come to the field as we are , and leave the class legislating villains who suck the ' sweets of toil ' , to toil themsalves or fltatve . We have toiled too long for them , experience say ' s , in language too plain and easy understood . ' : ; ; :-. ¦ - ' : ¦ : ' , > '¦¦ ¦'¦•'¦¦ c v - . - ' : ' ¦ .: !¦ - ; : - ¦;¦ ' ¦; ' ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦

      There are ninety seven coal and ironstone pits in the Airdrie district but ; . there are thirty-two in the Holytown district ; forty-three In ^ thei Coatbridge ^{ strict out , and twenty-efght coal pita in th , e Glasgow difctric | out ; all idle * About 13 , 000 ; Ini ^ wj ipleVnor ^ oes it appear to end herfe , the same comawttpn appears abont to burst forth in the JSaat and y Midl 6 th'ftn ; Fife and Falkirk mining diBtricts 18 a the ^ re will be some ebursing of cavalry and marching of foot BOldiers , and whole trams mied with"Blue Lambs'' In a shoit ; time ; that is to sayj lf " 6 very'prBC «( haB a BaUie . Bafteon , as no doubt they wflL v Howeveir ^ if ev ^ ry ' tro ^ of -08 * 8117 | ose five , and every regindent of foot lose : sixteen ' la ^ short a time as these in this quarter have , by tee' ^ on . they will tiro of marching military in ^ to quartera of our peaceful Isle , to satisfy the capricious whims of any " Bietberin'Bailie . " ; ' ; i ¦ ' - -- ^ i-U : ' -r- ' ' : •' -: ' : '¦ ¦¦ r ' :

      . 1 thereiTorej as a reader ' and ; 8 ubscrili « r of tibe ^ brfll ^« j Stor , since the first sheet stared in the fAce . of tyrsfany , sincerely ^ wish ^ yon ib ^ givevHbis Jetter a pl ^ ce to ' yonr columns of Sattirday nest . that tne ^ eW . CTB » f your paper mayeeetmth . TheieiBnow <^ ibnformiiUaryhefe , Bnd we ate proud to see , through the raediamdftiKe ff ^ ar , that the miners of ^ tafferdshire and other places , * have conducted themselves so pe * cefnl )| r > giving [ the lie to al ? these functionaries wlao fatten on tbe crimes of their country ^ , - ' - . - ' ; - /\; : ; . ' . - ¦' / ¦¦" ' ¦ '; '" ' . i '\ ' -. ' ' '; / . " - , ; : ' ^ r ' ' '¦ '¦' : ' "¦ ¦'¦¦¦ . ¦' . '¦ I am , '¦ . : ¦ . ; ; ' ;¦ ' ' ¦ v : ^' ' - . ; A mfner , and a lover of liberty , August 8 tb , lSi 2 . JoHW M'Iat , Sccretarr .

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      EXTENSIVE STBIKE AMONGST TBE MINERS ' '• ' "¦ ' V ;'' . - / " ' - ¦ - '¦ tN SCOTLAND . ' ' -: '¦ •¦ ; \ v " . ( From the . GlasgowChronicle ) Yesterday eyeniDg information having reached us of a serious turn-out of the coal and ironstone uuntre in and around * this neighbburhood , atd of other alarming proceedings on the part of the unemployed , we despatched a reporter to the scene of action to ascertain the particulars . On going out on the coiiep . be obpcrved droves of collie . rs oa their way to Glasgow to attend a large meeting , which waavto be held to-day at Balmarnqek-bridge , to decide npon the terms of the strike . At first they appeared in small parties , and gradually increased in numbers as he ' neared Contbridge . They were all clean , and some of them dr tssed in their best

      apparel— -all carried sticks , and appeared to be in hign spirits . On . miking inquiry he found many of the shopkeepers in alarm , and a general excitement pveyailing all around the neighbourhood . It Is said that to-day there is not acoilierj round Airdrie or ; Coatbiidge in einployment , iind it is anticipated the ironworks ^ anticg Coal Will be unable toVcontinue operations a week longer . At irunayyan one half if thefumacea areout , and at Gartstieirie ; there is al ^ o a large number extinguished ; Xast nights fbur : sheep havebeen carried off from one of the fields i ^ this quarterv and a fleid of potatoes on the . estate of Drumpeller has been entirely cleared without'tke aid of theaccustbmcd ' diggibg ; operar tlon . It is said that one of the overseers , on going :

      down to the . field in question , found upwards of 200 ' of the workmen b ^ ily engaged J fitjiEg bags witii the crop . Being asked what they were about , soma of them jocularly ' remarked a that : they bad begun their haryest . - During the night two of the stores of the works , one of them at Dandy van , had been broken into , and a , quaatity ef provisions carried off . . The garden of the Rev . Mr . Stirling , relief minister at Coatbridge , was also entered , and a quantity Of potatoes and other vegetables icade ~ a \ ray with . Yesterday a large meeting of the miners was hold on thebariks of the Monkland canal ;¦ they cauie from all quarters—Airdrie , Holytown , BellshlJl , Chapilhall , &e . Their proceetjings . at the meeting were Very orderly , but ,

      as they passed through Coatbridge , to the number of about i i OOO , almost all of them carrying sticks , they cheered vehemently , to the great terror of the shopkeepers and other inhabitants . The farmers all round , of course , are in much tribulation ; and serious apprehenBioDB are entertained that the starving collurs may take the loan of the provisions and other recessanes of life in their immediate vicinity .: At the meeting referred to aeverol propositions were gone into . One or two Speakers—these the more violent—proposed an immediate strike , as the only means of bringinpr matters to a crisis . An amendment was proposed , to the effect that they shoald continue at work fourteen days , until they had earned a little money , and then turn out . Another

      resolution was brought forward by oue . or two of the Chartists amongst ' . them that they sh ( uld eoS strike at all ; but petition their masters for . a rise , and also the Government for provisions free of exciso duty . No ; hing definite , however , was come to , and the meeting waa adjourned till to-day . So far we have stated public report and outward appearances . Turn we now to the statements of the colliers themselves , - which are not denied by the : masters . About a year ago the average wages of colHers in this district were ; as high as from four to five , shillings per day , which , allowing them te # ork four days a weekend this is coBsidered a fair amount of labour for au ordinary working collier ) , gave them from 10 s . to £ 1 per week . They are now

      paid > and have been for many months / the lroristone miners on an average of la . 10 cl . to 2 s . a day , the ooUie * saV 28 . 3 d . toiJs . 9 jd . Off thii ,: supposing them te work an entire week ot five or a \ x days , they have a drawback—for school wages , the doctor , oil , rent , * c . —of about 4 s ., leaving them , even when in full employment , a miserable pittance to support existence ; , Add to this ^ that few of them " have more than three days ' work , and many of thein only had two for a series of weeks , their condition , tb . «? n , must be deplorable in the extreme . The [ labourers paid last year . &t 12 s . a week are now paid at 8 s . They desire to have them back to 10 g . The colliers and miners ask 4 s . a-day ,, which

      they insist their masters can well ' afford- to pay . The miners are most exasp §* ated against the contractors ; the contractors ^ on the ptherband , fclamfl the masters . One of these men , who stand between the masters and the employed , was waited npon this morning atf hia own house by a body of the men , when he told tham to go to h— -ll . When we consider that there is not lees than ^ about 5 f > , 000 inhabitants in this important district , aiad that the majority of that , number are employed below ground , it is fearful to think of the conscquoncea of a protracted strike . It is said that hundreds of the men to-day departed for the meeting without breakfast . - ' - . ;• - ... " ¦ . '¦' ¦ . ' : ¦ ' -: . - ¦¦ ¦ ¦' .: ' ¦ ¦ . "¦ ¦ ' : ' . ' - . ' : - . :

      The following is a lisiof the places and number of the pits stopped work , at all of which the men have turned out : — -Ironbuckle , 3 ; Carnbrpe , 3 ; iviferryatone , 9 ; Gicle , 4 ; Kipps , 2 ; Rawyard , 4 ; Stonerigaf , 7 ; K 6 sehillock v 14 ; Govan , Whittflit , 3 ; Govan Wliiterigg , 14 ' ¦ ; Burnfoot , 2 ; ¦ Holehill , 2 ; Eafcter Meadowhead , 1 ; Gartlee , 4 ; Airdriehill , 4 ; Pliesttigg , 4 ; Chapelhall , 2 ; Cairnhill , 3 ; Cliftonhill . 2 ; Duadjvan , 10 Mos 8 neiik , 4 ; Dtumcoulter , 5 , Watermagjjie , ; 1 j Dykenead , 2 ; South Stonterigg , 3 ; Todd's Pitt , Calder , 1 ; Greenend , 5 j Gartuck , 15 Redbrig , 1 ; Balloehneyy 4 ; Kew Carubrpe , 4 ; Gartsheme and Gartgili , 6 Gartcloss ( ironstone , ) 6 ; Greengairs , 2 ; Sbeepford Lacks , 2 ; Blacfcriggi 2 . la all , 147 . The great , body of the colliers- are now encamped en the bank a little above Dalmarnock-bridge , where they await the answer of the deputation . ; . /; ' '

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      TO IHE EDITOa O ? IHE KOBTHEKN STAB . Sib ., —I herewith Bend yon the cases of two paupers which your last week ' s paptar referred to , and , by inssrtin ? the same in your valuable journal , you will much oblige Tour's , The-Inhabitants of Hoxightoh Ea ^ es , In Public Meeting Assembled .

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      The : Thial of the ViTBioi , ThhOwers took place on Jftii&y , at the Cork assizes , when Daniel Locersan , John Drew , Daniel Sullivan , and Timothy Harlihy , were found guilty , and * sentenced te be . tr ^ n 8 portecl . | orlife .:. i ;/ ' ; - '> -. \ -X : f , '¦¦;/ - " v , U . - . v : A Staffoepshibb Naiior , at the present rate o £ work , is obliged to make a thousand nails , two inches Jong , for one shilling and sixpence : and a thousand is accounted '; a good day ' s yioHf . ftr thegenerality of . workinen . We should" like to inowtlie . value of the iron before it ia wrought into the nails , and tho price of the thoaea ^ i . pails aftetwardfi . t ^ ¦ - ; - ¦ ¦ The EaEEHOLDBRS and odpyholders of the

      pari 3 heiB of teytonBfone . arid Woodford , bare addressed : a communicafcioii to the Vffrdurers atfd Lientensdp - - v of Eppinj ? , Hainaulti and -Waltbjio ^ ests , opnt > ^ - ^; plaining of various encroacbineDti ^ 'npoii their anbisBt ¦ '; , "" - - ¦ '¦ : . ¦ . ¦ rights ,. -Mi . well as the rightB of th&CromtifdrlBeireMl ¦ "¦? . M ; ifeata past j aiid requeE [ tiDgthem , as the prottctOMLW ^^^ those privileges , to attend to . the settlemeat of PQifTllfciiA fiobje ^ : v : ; -v - - ; v . ^/;; : /^; v . ' ; , ^> ,- ; :: v ' ^; - ; : r-- -V ^ \ ;^^ Tp || : ' Ri' ^ . ' ' ¦ Faow a xtsi oftbe slave-w ^ ls -and n ^ slaves captured by ; -. her Majetty ' s vessels of W «* tLTri fl 3 * S ' " 1 the west ooast of AiFrioa , and taken to Sfc ; Hel «^^ J >^ Vs ^^ f adjudication , it appears that thirty ^ wo W ^ B ^ V'J ^ WSl ^ l vv thin the kst two years lmvo beea adzed , ^ k ^^^ j ^ PJj on board at the time of thevr capture uo less ^ @ «?^ St 5 ^ W s * 3 /* ^¦ " vv ^ € ? Mp 8 ' ' ¦ : " ; : ;;; : ^^ ws » a «

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      THE STRIKI ^ AMONGST THE M INER S , AND TURN-OUT AT AlRplE , AND COATER 1 DGE , IN THE-NEIGHOURHOOD OF GLASGOW . ( Trom'lhe Glasgow Jou ? 7 : cU of Thursday j PROCLAMATION BY THE SHERIFF ; The state of this district since the arrival of fc 6 i » military iMt night , remains quiet . In the mean time , at an early hour this morning , the following proclamation was issued , and extensively placarded throughout thedisturbed ! districts i- " ,, : ; : ^ : : / ^ ; " The Sheriff , having received authentic information that a strike , on a very extended scale , has Uken place oh the patt of colliers and iron-workers in and around Airdrie , and that the combined workmen have

      proceeded to acts of depredation and violence , by plundering , in large bands , ; fields of potatoes , and ^^ forcibly enterhig shops and dwelling-houses , to obtain provisions by forces and that- tt © resolution to belp theniBelves to subsistence has been openly announced , as the principle of their strike , both at public meetings and in private , b ? ^^ meni ber s of Uie Btiike—hereby pub licl y ^ declarea that such . violent . proceedings ; are dirwtly contrary to law , and will be repressed with the utmost energy by all ^^ the constituted authorities , ; A large military force , composed of cavalry and infantry , to be supported , if nepeasary ,, by aitillery , -wiil be . forthwith stationed at Airdrie and Coatbridge , to support the atitbontyof the . law ; an ^;^ are hereby invited to give immediate information to the

      sheriflF , at Airdiie , of any illegal depredations or as-Bemblages of workmenVwith intent to commit the same ; and the whole combiied workmen , and in particular the committee or leaders under , whom they act are hereby , ^ in an ^ especial ^^ manner , waraed that , as the violent and illegal purposes of the combinatioa have been openly declared , and authentic evidence of it obtained , they are by law responsible for all acts of depredation of violence comndtted by the : combined workmen , in pursuance of the common objects and declared purposes of the combioatioa , though not committed in their own presence , or by their immediate directions , arid that the law will be enforced against them accordingly . \ . V M ^ lerifF Office , GiasgroWj August 3 , 1842 . " :

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      TO THE 9 OA 1 1 IINERS OF THE TYNE , The second meeting of the officers and friends of tbe Coal Miner'i ? Beneyolent Society was held , as announced in the Northern Star of \ the , 30 th ultimo , in Mr . Charles Haines's Temperance '; Hotel , Caimden-street , North Shields , on Saturday , the « th August , 1842 , at two o ' clock , p . ni ., when , several letters were read from such collieries as could not attend personally , expressive of tneir approbation of the Object lor which they bad met , showing their conisciqusnesa of its utility , aud pledging themselves to come forward , and unite with

      thein at their next meetings and in the meantime remitting donations for the furtherance of their cause . It was unanimously agreed to that they should Uvld their next meeting in the same place , on Saturtby , the 20 th August , ' at two o ' clock in the afternoon , wlienifc ia expectei that all those cp \ liei 8 who have not yet joined will at once come forward , and . unite on that occasion , and if they who cannot attend on the day appointed for the . meeting would be so kind as to state a timemos ' t convenient for . them , we wiil feel gieflt pleasure in suiting their accoaiujocjation . . ' ¦ ¦ ' - ' ; '¦ - ¦ ' : ¦' . ¦¦ . "" '' - '' } ' . Benjamin PytE / Cbairwaa ; .

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      ____ ^ - t THE NQRT HERN ST A R .- : ' . , . . V ; " - -, ;¦ ,, ; .. ^; -. - ;; % ^ . ^ ^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 13, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct443/page/7/