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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1842.
    • TO THE IMPERIAL CILARTISTJS.;
    • ¦ RECEIPTS OF THE EXECUTIVE FROM , ; AUGUST THE ?th TO THE 23rd, INCLU. ; "' ;.SIVE; - ; ; :yy ' -ryy ¦ ¦: . ;;¦:¦ " y ' : ; V VJ-, - : \- ¦' <¦.. ¦ ¦¦
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      THE CAPETOF GOOD HOPE . _ DEFEAT OF THE BRITISH TROOPS AT * POET NATAL . C-rpeof Good Hope papera of the 18 th of June arrived on Tuesday . They Efcate that the troops sent from the Cape to subdue the Boors at Port Natal had been defeated . The commander , C&pt . Smith , thus announces the erect in hia report to tip Government on the tubjecfc : — "Poke Natal , Mat 25 . " Sir , —It is with feelings of deep regret that I have the honour to communicate to you the disastrous result of an attack made by the force - « nder my command on the emigrant farmers concrf . srated at the Congella camp at this place .

      "In my last despatch I detailed the various steps taken by the farmers to annoy the troops , and my determination to abstain , if possible , from hostiliites if it could be done wiihout detriment 10 the h ' ononr of the serrlee , in the -rain hope of conciliating these misguided people , and smoothing the way to the quiri settlement of their ionjj-disinrbed position as regards the Government of the Cape , But the receipt of an insolent letter , demanding that the force I commanded should instantly quit Natal , followed up by tho removal by armed men of a quantity of csttls belonging to tho troops , rendered it absolutely jiecessary that some . 8 tep 3 should ba tafen in order to prevent the repetition of such outrages .

      ** I therefore determined , after mature consideration , to march a force and attack their camp at the Congella ( a place about three miles from our position , "where they have been for some time collecting ) , aud set apart the night of the 23 rd instaHt tor that object . As the road leading to the Congella from the post the troops now occupy lies for the most part through thick bush , I thought it besi to cross the sands at low watery as , by this means , J could avoid annoyanee from the farmers until within a short distance of their station " , Fitticg a howitzer , therefore , in a boat , under the superintendence or

      Lieutenant Wyatt , of the Rojal Artillery , and leaving it under the charge of a sergeant of the same corps , I gave him directions to drop down the channel to within 500 yards of Coagelli / and await the troops , in : order that they Jjaight-. 'fbgta under the cover of its fire , aided by thaVof twoax-pounders , which accompanied the force I took with me . This consisted of one subaltern , and seventeen privates , Art'llery ; one subaltern , one sergeant , and two privius , Royal Sappers } two captains , two subalterns , five sergeants , and ICO rank and file , 27 th "R-siment ; and two mounted orderlies of the Cape Rifles . ¦ • - . .

      •* Having previon ? ly seat ont a . picket to feel the skirts of the wood in front of enr position , in order to prevent our movements being discovered , I put the whole party in moiion at eleven p . m . ( H being bright moonlight ) end arrived without molestation till within nearly eight hundred yards of the place I proposed to attack . To my great moniScation J found the boat had not dropped down the Channel according to my instructions , but as I considered it imprudent to wait the chance of ber ' arrival , I was forced to make the attack without the valuable

      assistance a discharge of shells and shot from the howi ' . zer would have afforded me . Giving the order to advance , therefore , the troops had jyst moved to where the termination of a range of mangrove bush opened to a level svzc ? . in front of the Congella , when a heavy and well-directed fire from the bush was poured on them ; upon which they immediately formed , and commenced & fire in reiarn , while the sx-pouciere were loading . * Unfortunately , one of the dranght oxen being shot caused some interruption , but this being soon got over , a destructive fire from our guns silenced for a while onr opponents ; but several more of the oxen being wounded , on escaping ont of their traces , ru ? hed among the troops , and caused much delav and confusion in the ranks . This

      circumstance agstn favoured the Boors , who , taking advantage of it , opened s renewed firo with their long pieces ( much more destructive thsn a musket ) , aad a scrtre loss among the troops was the consequence . ** Finding , then , that I was not likely to accomplish the purpose for which I had put the detachment in motion-, and that the men were falling fast , I thought it expedient to retire j effictsng this object after some delay , ihe partial rising of the tide rerdering tie road difficult . The troops , however , reached tha camp about , two o ' clock in tolerable order , leaving behind them , I regret to say , the gun =, which the death of the oxen rendered is" impossible to remove .

      ** Thinking it probable this partial success of the farmers might induce them to make an immediate attack on tee camp , I made such preparations as I though * necessary , and found my suspicions realised rhoTil ? after by a large body of them opening a heavy fire os tnree sides of ii . This was met "b y a spirited resistance on our part , bu ; they did not finally jsiire until about an hour before daybreak . Such , I regret to inform you , has been the result

      of this aU 2 <* . and tae consequent I 053 ha 3 been te-Terc , the total in both skirmishes being such as detailed in tho enclosed return . One great cause of failure I attributed-to the mismanagement of . the best , in which I had placed the howiiz ^ r , by the shells of which I had hoped the farmers vronld have bsen thrown into confusion , but she dropped down too late to be of any nse , aad even then took up a position too distant for her 10 fire to produce much effect .

      ' ¦ ArnDa ? the many matters connected with the Fubject of this report ,, asu awaktniu ^ the deepest T *^ T * . v , is the * -death , of lAtulenvni "W jatt , of the Rjjal Artillery , who for ihe two previous days had exerted himself much in making the necessary ar-Tzagemeuis . He was killed early in the action . Of the Z ^ aJoss fzsrtioas of Captain L ^ nsdale and X . ien-1 enans Lmmard , of the " 27 th Regiment , I was also deprived , hath thr * o tfSec-rs being severely wounded . In fact , under the trying circumstances in which the deiatDhaent was placed , I have only to regret that , with such wiiiiuxness 10 perform the d-ty asssicned to . tiscv sae r ^ -stilt sii-suld have been eo uufortuaate .

      " Ibt loss en the part of the Boors it is difficult to estimate , bat I ass to ! J it ha 3 been severe . The whok of his day xhc-y have made no movement , but 1 have to give ikem the eredis of treating- such ot the wounded aa fell va ' . o their haeds with gTcat Ininaijity . These , with the bodies of thess who fell , "they £ &nvto the ca ¦ pin the course of the afternoon , and to-morrow ths sad duty of interring ourdeparrfd comrades will take place . ** Whit st * ps the fanners may take I cannot at

      iais mointht Kurmise Tri .-h any degree of e-: r . a : nty , though I thick ic prcbible th y Will agaiu dtniaud that I quit the territory ihey call their own within a certain lime . I shall , of course , Go what I can to Emntain myself in my present position ; but considcrinjir the nsmbsr ef the disaffected , and the means they possess of molestiag tho troops , I beg to urge the lucc-sUy of a tpsedy reinforcement , as I BSzrcely consider the troops at presses stsr'ioned here sufficient for the performance of the duly to which they have been assigned . - " I have the honour to be , Sir , your mist obedient , hnmbie servant , "J . C . Smith . " Captain , ' 27 . h Regiment , commanding . "His Hovo : ir Color . ;! Hare , C . B . and K . H ., L- ' euic-iiant-Governor , &c . "

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      THE WIDOW HOLBERRY . Brother Democrats , —I hope you will excuse me intruding on year patience at this important crisis , but the remains ot the murdered Holberry demand justice . Come out , then , individually , and exert yourselves in behalf of his disconsolate widow . According to the returns made by your energetic and patriotic Secretary , Mr . J . Campbell , dated June the 21 st , four hundred localities-were enrolled in our Association . Well , then , my friends , for the plaa : Four hundred towns are

      enrolled ; I call upon one workiDg democrat to come out individually in each , purchase a memorandum book and pendl , state the case cf the widow of your murdered brother , and yon niay depend ; yon will succeed . For my psrt , I have tried it in York , Chesterfield , and teday in Hull , and I bive collected eleven shilllnga and one penny , from thirty-eight individual ! , for 'which I return my sincere thanks on behalf of the widew of my deceased friend and she friend of toiling millions . There is no excuse . To work , then , and send your monies to Mr . Josnna Hobson , General Treasurer .

      Mr . Editor , hoping foa will find room for the above few remarks , And yon will oblige , Yours in the csuee of the distressed , WALSIKGHAM MlKTIN . No . 10 , Seargant-square , Manor-street , Hull , August Slat , 1842 . £ We have received a like communication from Mr . J . Barrett , Whittall-street , BirmiDgham , stating that he has , " on kis own responsibility , '' collected for the trWow £ , 2 . 18 s . 2 S . It is impossible for us to give the items in these cases . The contributors cannot expect it ]

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHEHN STAU . Sia ,, —I beg leare t * inc ' . ose a copy of a tetter -which . I have reeeivad from Mr . Dancombe ^ M . P , As tMs gentleman has done sorauch for the working classes , and for the promotion of the sacred cause in which so many of the latter are embarked , 1 would suggest to our various localities the expediency of thanking Mr . Itaneombe for bis Parliamentary as well as his Eao £ ctal services on our behalf , lam , sir . Yours respectfully , J . B . SMIT .

      / COPT . ) " Ths Albany , August 15 th , 1842 . " Dear Sta . —A press of business has prevented me scoDw replying to your letter of the 25 th nit , and thanking you and the Chaitists of Leamington for the bind and flattering manner in -which you and they are pleased to express themselves in approbation of my humble services in Parliament , in defence of the rights of the working classes . 1 beg that you will assure them that no exerlionB shall be spared on my part to promote their welfare and protect their liberty . "I remain , " Daar Sir , " Yours faithfully , " Thos . Doscombe . " " Mr . J . B . Smith , Leaminston . "

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      THE " STRIKE ^ MOVEMENT . Another week has passed over , and the country is yet far from having resumed anything like its wonted appearance of regularity . The strike still continues ; and that Bame spirit which incites drowning men to catch at BtrawB , working in the minds of the oppressed people throughout tbo whole country , induces , very naturally , a disposition to extend it , in the desperate hope that something good may come out of it . As , however , the succession of events pass in review before us , we have yet seen no reason to recal the opinions which we first formed and expressed concerning it . It is the wasting overflow of

      a corrupt fountain ; for the purifying and guiding of which , to any good and sanatory purpose , the people did not possess sufficient me&ns . There wag no element of nationality , and , consequently , no element of snocesa , in it . Regarded as a political movement , it has gone on from that time to ihh , Blowly and gradually extending itself from one place to another ; beginning in one place just as it is subsiding in another , and so opposing merely sectional , —and that , too , a greatly divided sectional , —moral power of resistance to all the means ef attack combined in the monied , municipal , civil ,

      and military resources of those against whose aggressions upon right its aim was pointed . We saw that this would be its character . We saw it from the very first ; aad hence our dee p regret that the misguided zsal of the people shonld have been induced , by a fow hot-headed and short-Eighted men , to seize upon it as a lever wherewith to lift the incubus of faction from off their shoulders . We felt certain that the weapon -would ba wrested from their hands , and turned fearfully again st them . The event has verified our fears . The prisons are crammed full with

      victims . Arrests are yet being continually made . Honest and good men , whose only fault is that they have more z » al than prudence , are compelled , in many places , to leave their homes and families , and skulk about in holes and corners , fearing to be seen . Throughout Lancashire it will be seen , by reference to our reports , that many of the workmen have already given is ; while of those who do remain out , the greater part do so on the terms only on whioh the strike began , —thetcs ^ es question ) while of those who have gone in we believe that a considerable number

      Jrjve had to snbinit to lower wages than they had before . In all probability next week will bring a general resumption of labour in those districts where the Steiee has raged most fiercely , by allpartiea who can get labour ; and the vauntings about never resuming labour until the Charter should become law will be matter of amusement for the enemy ; and this , too , at the moment when the northern districts of Eng l and and tho western districts of Scotland are about beginning to consider whether they shall join in the Steikb or not J

      The people will now see upon whom of their friends and counsellors They may best places reliance . Upon those whose eagerness to advance blinds them to impossibilities and makes them reckless of consequences ; or those who survey the whole battle-field , and reconnoitre carefully the outposts of the enemy before they make an onslaught . The Strike has failed ! So far as the effortB to give it a political character and to make

      it an engine for the carrying tho Cujlrtkr have been concerned , it has entirely and signally failed ! It was always sure to do bo ; and none but fools could , from its first complexion and appearance , have anticipated any other result . Deeply a 3 we regretted the first intimation we received that efforts were making by a few influential Chartists to relievo the League of all the odium and responsibility of this bye-blow of corruption , by making it the fosterchild of Chartism , our regret is not lessened , by the knowledge that its oonatqaesces have been mischievous to some of its mo 3 t strenuous upholders . But

      let the people take heart of courage . A veteran army with good generals , will extract even from defeat the means of aiding and sustaining farther operatioBs . Every misfortune is , by the wise man , turned to his advantage , and compelled to administer some comfort , even from the cup of sorrow . What , though the Sthikb has not proenred the Chabteb ! Has ii done nothing for us ! Has it furnished no means of advancement in onr progress towards honest legislation ! O yes ! it has done much , and will yet do much more ! It will be the people ' s own fault , if

      out of this great evil they derive not much good . It has done much for the extension of onr principles . It has brought the discussion of them home to the minds of thousands upon thousands who had never before thought seriously of them . Our principles need only to be known ; cut only be understood , to be rewired and cherished . It has shewn the Trades and Trades'Societies wherein rests their only safe resort for ihe protection of their labour The diBenssion of Chartist principles by their delegates in Conference at Manchester . t&e noble reso-

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      lutions come to by tlAi » i the previous discussions among the Trades separately , that their delegates might be instructed , and the after discussions by the several Tradea , have made almost every Trades ' Society throughout that immense distriot a compact body of wen-reasoning intellectual politicians , satisfied that labour will be always at the beck and in the power of capital , until able to protect itself by legislative power . The helping forward of our Charter movement , then , in the mere impetus derived from the extension of onr principles , is one advantage , and no mean one either , arising but of this movement . But the Strike has done more than this . It has done more towards effecting and cementing a union between the honest of the middling classes and the people than anything that has before

      occurred . The great bugbear of the middle classes has been " Chartist violence . " Their fear has been that under the domination of the working classes '' property" would be unsafe . Not all the argument and reasoning in the world could Have bo effectually convinced them of the converse as the proceedings of the last ten days in all those distriots where the Strike received a Chartist character . With all power in their hands to spread anarchy , and discord , aud confusion , and destroy property—in all those districts , with every temptation i and every provocation , to excess , no excesses were committed ; property was respected ; peace was preserved , in spite of continuous efforts for its violation by others ; order was kept , and the law was much more rigorouBly and carefully observed by the people than even by the authorities themselves .

      Such , therefore , of the middle classes as may honestly desire a union with the people now perceive that the barrier existed only in their own imaginations , and that property , peaoe , law , order , and the quiet of society are never so safe as when under Chartist guidance and protection . But the Strike has done another thing for us . It has shown the pcoplo the necessity of instantly repairing past oversighfcj by insisting on the full carrying out of < rar national organisation . It has shown them where their hands were weak . They now see that had the organisation been attended to aa it ought to have been , they would have been ready to do that effectually which has been abortively attempted . As proof that the people do see this , we give the following from our Trowbridge friends , sent to us in the report of their proceedings : —

      " The general complaint is , that there is no public body sitting , either ia London or Manchester , to direct the movement ; by gathering correct information as to the Strike , and communicating it to the various localities , so that the people may know how to act . The men of this place are ready to strike , but they are in want of information as to whether those on strike intend to bold out , and whether others intend to strike . " From various other parts wo have like intimations . This , then , is a great good done . The

      people see where they have missed it ; and they will let the time past suffice to have been caught napping . " They . will now perfect their organization , and prepare themselves to be always hereafter on the watch-tower and prepared . Let the people , then , take courage . Our movement has Buffered nothing . On the contrary , it has gained much . And we shall abundantly make up in increased numbers , wisdom , energy , and watchfulness , for any deleterious effect of this untoward matter . " . - ' ' ' - - ¦ V ' ::- ' --: " . '¦ ' .. . "¦ .

      To the Trades' delegates of Manchester , too much honour can never bo paid by the people . Their conduct in this business has been , at once , that of patriots and of statesmen . They declared that the strike was worthless unless for the Charter , and when , after mature deliberation , they perceived its fatility for the attainment of that object , they not less nobly than prudently resolved to give it up . There is a silly kind of people who having once determined on a > thing ,

      fear to find out that they are mistaken , lest the relinquishing of their position should subject them to a charge of cowardice . " This is most absurd . The greatest of all cowards is he who needlessly assumes or retains a fake position for fear of being called a coward . The Manchester Delegates have exhibited none of this folly . Their last addres 3 does honour to them . We give it here as the best commentary on the whole matter of the Strike that can be given to our readers . Let it be read by " . all : —

      u We have carefully collected and calmly deliberated upon the evidence adduced by the assembled Delegates , as to the state of public feeling evinced by their respective constituents ; and we find that the labourer and the artizan haying , for a series of years , vainly struggled to maintain a standard of wages which would enable them to obtain even the commonest necessaries of life , are of opinion that the repeated frustrations of their efforts arc to be solely attributed to their political disfranchisement .

      "Experience having proved the correctness of these opinions , we turned our attention to thi best means of remedying the evil ; and having maturely considered the subject iu all Us bearings , we come to the conclusion that the only means by which the labour of the producing classes of this country can be fairly remunerated and properly protected , and themselves eventually raised from , the depths of degradation to which they are at present reduced , is by the legislative enaotaaent of the document known as the People ' s Charter . " And we recommended nationar cessation from

      labour until the arrival ofthis period . Owing tothe occurrence of the late civil commotions , of which we had not the slightest anticipation , and which we exceedingly regret , we found that the carrying out of this resolution would for tho present be impracticable . But we dissolve with the firm determination that as soon as our organisation is sufficient for , and our resources adequate to , the commencement of a national cessation from labour until the Charter becomes the law of the land , we shall do so legally and constitutionally , and we fear not but the result will crown our cause with victory . "

      This is the right view of the subject . Let the organisation and the resources of the people be looked to : these minded , and their will is law .

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      members—should have prudence as well as zeal ; or their services ^ however well intended , can be but mischievous ; Entertaining this feeling , we direct atjtentipn ; to addresses eisewhere inserted from Mr . Campbell and from Dr . M'Dodai . Lj to whioh the people wilt do well to give no heed i so far as they irelate to thei Strike , ? at leasti Mr , Campbell is for still upholdinR and extending the Strike , thpngn he innst know , as well as the Manchester delegates , that itis at present utterly pdwerless for good , as a political

      weapon ; and must also know , that if powerless tor good , Jt 8 effects for evil would The Doctor ' a whole document breathes a wild strain of rooklesBhesa , mosjt dangerous to the cause , if it should have any weight with the people . He , too , would have the Strike to go ont but without any specific object ; in the mere hazaid that . * . ' Bomething » nay come oilt of it ; '' Poubtlcss if upheld under present circuntstances " spmething " would come -out " of it , That spmcrtiin ^ would be an increase of misery , destitution , and slavery ; imprisonments , pnnishmeuts , burnings of mills and

      factories ; conflicts between the people and the military , shootings v sabreings , and tramplings under foot ; transportings , hangings ; belieadiDgs , and . quarterings ; an attenoipt at a bloody revolution ; the failure of the attempt to dp anything bat mischief , and the ; fastening round us of- ' the bondsi of slavery more firmly than we have even ; yet felt '¦ : thein . - -. :. This is the only tornething that could come ont of it ; and we : are very unwilling to suppose that any Chartist leader could coolly contemplate ^ the arousing of ift storm like this , to reap only th © remnant Of the whirlwind as the reward of patriotism !

      Let the people take rather the wise advice , and follow the dignified and manly example , of the Trades' Delegates of Manchester . Let Ihem retire from a hopeless contest to reoruifc their strength * Let them perfect their organisation , replenish their resources , impoverish the enemy , by adopting the Doctor ' s advice in reference to the " gold" business and then j when they are prepared for the struggle ' see what will come out of ; it . V ; v

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      OUR UNJUST AGGRESS IONS AG AIN REPRESSEI ) iVS TJEIEY 1 ) E ^ ERVE , Elsewhere pur readers will find the official dispatch of Captain Smith ; from which they will learo that injustice , aggression ; arid attempted oppression on the part of Great Britain , "the land of the brave and the free '' ! has been : again met as it deserved ; and that the blows and ihe injuries have been , Of coufao , as they always are , borne by the people , who had no prospect pf benefit from the exactions to have been perpetrated . Certain emigrants had settled down ; at the Cape of Good Hope ; they were cultivating the land and getting a living

      from it I the genius of British loye of freedom could not bear the sight , and a cold-blooded murderous attack upon the peaceful settlers in ihe middle of the night was projected and actually executed by Englishmen ^ The ; honest and brave Farmers , however , showed that they could fight as well as dig , and bur * brave > troops" were well whacked , and sent scampering back to their quarters . The Captain has written home for reinforcements . Thanks to the League , he is very likely to get them ,.-. very .., ! We have , and are likely to haye , enough of work for our 4 I brave troops' ^ to cut up their peaceful and unarmed brethren at home . : '

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      THE COMPLETE SUFFRAGE UNION NATIONAL CONFERENCE . When ^^ the Birmingham Sxdrgb Conference was called , a few months ago , we advised the people to have nothing to do with it . We did so because it was a mere sectional , sectarian , and party matter . It was to be composed only of men who had signed Mr . Sturge ' s declaration ; they were to be voted for only by persons who had signed that declaration ; and w& deemed that declaration a most vague , indefinite , and unsatisfactory affair ; It i 9 clear that a Conference so constituted could be no adequate representative of publip sentiment . Wo saw ihit only a middle class movement from beginning to end ; we had no faith in the aonosty of the middle classes ( nor have we yet ); and therefore we advised the people to have nothing to do with the Birmingham 'Stuuge Conference . And when that Conference

      came to the resolution of adopting our , principles , and of yet refusing to co-operate with usi we advised the people to "leave them alone in their iittlencss" and to go on their own way without minding them . We have always deprecated iho offering of opposition to the Sturge men ; we have always censured it as absurd and unfair to oppose thorn , so long as they uphold our principles ; but we have always cautioned the people to have nothing to dp with them as a party . We have more : than- once given our reasons for this advice , and we have yet seen no reason to withdraw it . On the contrary , we repeat

      it now .: With the Complete Suffrage Union as a body , the Chartists caBnoi ; consistently hold any other intercourse than that of gustaining them in all publicfttruggleaagainst the ^^ common enemy—tnefactiona . This it is their dut y to do on all occasions . To act ofherwige wouM be to degrade ourselves to the rank of a mere faction , looking for the ascendancy , not of principle , ^ but of party , The Complete Suffrage Union ^ are now ^ again upon the move . They seem desirous , in the present troubled state of things , to oa > t oil upon the waters ' . Of strife , and to make it serve also for the piling of the

      wheels of agitation . : . }' . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ :- ¦ - . - . ¦ : ¦ ¦'¦ ; : ; '¦' ¦ ¦ ' "X ' -t .: y :: ; They have put forth an addreEs of which the following are extracts , and to whioh we call earnestly tho attention of bur readers : — /; ; S ADDRESS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ( iOitfPLETE fiUFFBAGE UNION TO IHE WOBKINO AND DNENFBANCHISED CLASSES OF THEIR COONTRYMErf , : > ' ,- ' * FELLowCovNTRYMEN . -r Your circumstances de--mand our deepest syinpathy . la : the : inidst of the exciting events which surround iis , we have wet to consider what steps can bo taken te relieve your

      distress , and to promote your political freedom . We are assured that nothing short of an effectual reform in Parliament will secure the happiness and prosr perity of the people . ' - ^ v 'W "We have resolved to convene a Conference of Delegates ; to he elected at pubUc meetings iu the various towns and districts of the kingdom , which Conference is to be held at Birmingham , ou the 7 th of next teonth , for the purpose of devising a specific course of conduct to be pursued by the friends of the people ' s rights , under the peculiar crisis in which the country is now placed /'

      Now , we presume , from the terms of ; this notice that it is intended to make this a fair , national , and open Conference . That it is to be , in Mr . Sti / hge ' s ravpuritp phrase , " a full ;; fe | r and free representatioh '' of the opinions and sentiments pf the working and unenfranchised classes generally , expressed at public : arid open meetings of the people . Here , then , -at this Conference , the people have a fair opportanity pf testing the leaders of the Complete Seffrage Movemeni— they had no stich opportunity before ; it will now * if the people do their duty , be seen whether they are disposed to co-operate

      «* fully , fairly , arid freely" with the people to whom they have appealed for the carrying put of th own avowed purppaes . We ; are' glad therefore that this Conference is to be held , we hail its being caJled by the Council of the Complete Suffra ge Union as a happy omen ; we regard it as an indication that the Council of that Association are disposed to consult the people as to the best means of oarryiiig out their own principles and entymointf ^^^ t ^ ^ mire this disposition ; in the Council of the Complete Suffrage Union ; their readiness in times of peril and anxiety like this to lay down their own —perhaps too hastily assumed—party distinction ,

      land consult ; and co-operate with their brethren , Of like ; principles' * ^ ?; : friends of the people ' s ri ^ htB ^^ -ras to what can be done for the securing of thoser Vrigiifc ; We ; trosfc that this gdodt feeling will be reciprocated by the Chartists ; and that this Conference may afford an opportunity of amalgamating in one solid and oompact body , all the true "friends of the People ' s Rights , " whether of the middle or the working classes . This may be done if the people do their duty ; and take care that the Conference is oonatituted m accordanoo with the convening notice . Thii ? , leiifc be : bprnel in ^ mind , is not a STtrKGB Conference ; not * Complete Suffrage Conference ; it is

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      a- ;? National * ' ( JonjEerenca ; a Conference . of ^ "tne friendBof the People ' s rights" of all ranks , classes , and opinions . Such are the terms of the notice before as t and it will be the people ' s own fault if such be not the character of the Conference . We are perfectly aware that this Conference might be a twin ^ brotheif of thP * Striked ; it mf ^ i d ^ a part Of the free trading League Ploti its obfeel might be to take advantage of the disturbed and ongettled state of things created by { ha "Strike" Movement , for the purpose of establishing the Complete Suffrage Unioa upon tho ruins of the Charter organisation , and so of nUimatoly bringing round the people to a point at whioh they could be sold neck and crop to the "Free Trade"

      gentry . We can see very clearly how all this might be ; but we have 1 no disposition to believe that it is so meant . Had the Conference been confined to members of the Complete Suffrage Union , we should have no hesitation in believing that Buch was its purpose , and such the intention of its conveners ; but we receive the fact of its being constituted , hot of ^ Xk ) mplete Sufftagista' ? only , but of "the friends of the people ' s rights ' generally , ; as sufficient indication that its osteneible , is its real purpose , and that its conveners mean to gather fairly into One focus the intelligence and wisdom of the "friends of ^ the people ' s rights" witi 1 a ^ view to the devising of the boat " speciBo course of conduct to be pursued under the ' peculiar crisis in which the coun try is now placed .

      At all etents , whatever the intention may be , we repeat that it must be the people ' s own fault if this be not the character of the Conference . Let the Charlists , then , be up and at their duty ! Let them meet the : Complete Suffrage men in kindly and brotherly consultation . Let them show them that these are not times for the indulgence of party differences or sectional disputes , or nonsensical fastid ' ousness about names , and leadership , and shadows ,

      while the substance of our few remaining liberties is melting away , under the hot gun of despotism , before pureyes . Let the effort be fairly made to induce the Complete Suffragists to form with us one patriotic phalanx , whiclii shallj by its firmnpss , its peacefulriess , its intelligeiice , and its determmatipn , ofi ^ r an impenetrable front to the rude hordes of faotion , whilo it marches steadily and successfully onward to the attainment of our Charter .

      To this end ; let the Conference , whether so intended or not , be made what ^ it purports to tq , " a Conference of the Fbiends of the Peoplb ' s Rights , from the various towns and districts of the kingdom ; for the purpose of devising a specific course of conduct to be pursued under the peculiar crisis in which the country is now placed . The Conference meet oh Wednesday ^ Sept . 7 th ; this very near ; there 10 , therefore , no time to lose . About the work at once 1 W ^ 1 wish . that another week had been allowed the people to deliberate upon the merita and qualifications of the parties to be sent ; but , inasmuch as the time is fixed , we say " about it at once"t Let public meetings be

      called in every town , and every distriot where the " reign of terror '' and the despotism of military law has not gagged the public voice > Let all these meetings be called % a % : respect the laws . Let . nu commotion or disturbance exist in any place , on account of them ; remember the business is one of grave importance ; national interests—your own interests are deeply involved in it ; leave 6 quabbling and fracas to the . robber classes , while you preserve , and , as far as possible , enforce , order and decorum . That ; order ,: in all its forms , may be observed , let every meeting ; for the election of » delegate , bo called by requisition ; of which the following may be the iprm : ~ ' ¦ ¦¦ "¦ "To •; - " ; : ; ¦ ,:: : ¦ ¦ y :, ' - : T-: : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : Zr \

      " We , tho Undersigned , inhabitant householders of : ¦ : ' , "¦ ; ; .-. ; ' , do request you to call , at an early day , a meeting of the inhabitants of ; . ' ; . ' - '' , " for the purpose of electing a delegate to a conference of delegates , to be holden at Birmingham ; on the 7 th day of September , 1842 , for the purpose of devising a specific course of conduct , to be pursued by the friends of the people ' s rights , under the peculiar crisis in which the cpuntry is now placed . " ;

      Lefc this requisition be signed by seven or more inhabitant householders , each giyiog thereon his name , trade , and residence ; let it ba presented to the Mayor , Chief Constable , or other principal authority of the place ; and if he refuse to call ; the meeting , let the requisitors then call it on their own reeponsibility ; and , above all things , let every euch meeting be conducted with as much order and decorum as the service of a parish church . ,

      The next matter for consideration will be the character of the delegates to be sent to this Conference The people should consider deeply the importance of the deliberations to come before that assembly ^ Do not let it be deluged with ginger beer , bottles ; with mere spouting , frothy ; speech makers , —dedaimers uson general prihciples ; who can bring down the cheers of an audience , but who look no further ; let them recollect that this Conference is "for the purpose of devising a specific course of conduct to be pursued ; and , that therefore , shewed , cool-headed , men—men of stern sense and solid

      judgment-men not easily gulled or blinded , and yet open ; to conviction from fair argument , and not bull-headed and ball-neoked , are the men they want—men who Underatand the Charter , not only as to its principles ,. but as to its detaiis--who are thoroughly acquainted with the organisation ^ of thb National Charter Association , and of the Compiete Suffrage union—who understand the whole merits of the question of an union with the middle classes , —who are proof against all the sophistry of the Free-traders and Extension men , and ready with

      plain common sense answers to all their fallacious statements , and yet men void of factious dispositions - ^¦ read y to ^^ hear reason and to give reason its due weight by whomsoever urged . Let them in every place look out for such a man—no inatter whether he be a ; " leading '' man or not ; ho matter whether he be a speaker or not , if Euch a man can be found send , him to this Conference , and we have great hope that if England now : do its duty , a firm and indissoluble Union may be effected between the honest and good of all parties , for the prosecution , by the best means , of our righteous ciuse . ;

      When the delegate is elected , let his credentials be made out , and signed by the Chairman of the public meeting at whioh he was elected , in . the following form : — ; ,.: v- " . -: ¦; •; " ¦ . ¦ .- ¦ /¦ ¦ "; ;;;;;; . ; " .. - . ; . ¦ ¦ . ^ To all whom it may concern , " 1 hereby certify that , at a public and open meeting of the inhabitants of ¦ , ljteld this ¦ ¦ —; -.. ; '¦ , 4 ayof ¦¦¦ > 1842 , ; at ¦ ; :: ' > ^ ' ;;• , ; iMr .- — - ——was duly elected , by a majority of the persons then and there present , as their delegate to a conference of delegates , to be holden at Birmingham , on Wednesday , the 7 th day of September now next , for the purpose of devising a epecifio course of conduct , to be pursued , by the friends of the pepple'la rights , under the peculiar crisis in which the cpuntry is now , placed . ; ; ' ¦¦';¦ . - ; : .. ' . : ' ,, " . ¦; ' :. ;'" / '¦ : . ' / ' ; - . •¦' . ' • . "¦ ' - ; .-. ¦;¦"" "Witness my hand , this day of ^ 1842 ^ ¦ . ;¦" , ; -V ; ¦ ¦ ' . /¦ ¦ ¦ : - ^ . ^ :-:: i- ^/~ - ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ : > :. . c " - •¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : - ¦ , '¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ .. ; . - u -- ¦ - - ¦ - ; ¦ ¦ - ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦; : ¦ ,. .. .. ¦ ¦ - ¦ '¦ : ¦ .

      ; " Chairman of the said meeting . " Let the exertion be made generallj and rationally Let every place which can sead a delegate send hiin . Let every place which cannot send a delegate call its public meeting and appoint a Committee of wise and discreet men to consider the great question before the Conference , and to express upon it in brief , clear terms , their sentiments in writing , and let this be sent on their behalf , to the Chairman of the Conference , for reading to the body . But we repeat—let every j place that cm , send a delegate . Let means be instantly taken for providing the oecessary funds . We know the people are poor and that these national delegations are expensive ; but this is a great matter—a matter worth making an effort for , and the people must make it

      If , after all , the military despotiEm under which we live prevent the people from exercising their legal power and constitutional right of electing delegates , every place bo prevented from sending delegate * must write to the Chairman of the Conference , stating the fact . This most not be omitted in ; any One instance ; and we have then no doubt that Mr . Sturge ' s good senBe and patriotism will show him and those who act with him . that , inasmuch as the Conference is

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      not a national one—does not fully and fairly represent the people ; if « a ^ JPO ^^^^ y do nothing in the w « r ; pf V adopting , ; or eren devising national ^ plan 3 of conduct to be pursued under circumstances like those m which we are now placed ; It most tfieh take info consideration only ^ tKe means by wnioh onr rconstitiitional rights can be so far secured as to enable us •' nationally" to confer . But let not the people be deterred by the anarchifits- ^ the wretches who have established among us a " reign of terror > for callinir ; their ; meetings and froni

      holding their meetings in every piacey Only if they are interrupted by the ' authorities , " let thenii instantly disperse and write to the Conference , that they are thus prev « ntea from having a delega < e present . We repeat ; . let thia be ^^ dorie in every place . Let the people bestir them , and send , aa if permitted , as many good men and trite to this Conference , as shall seem to make it a fair representation of their ppinions---if no 6 permitted , let snoh notice of oppression ' s pranks be

      given to those who do attend , aa shall shew them their exact positipn . And let every place which is prevented by the authorities from Bending a delegate send us a cop ; of the letter they forward to the chair * man of the Conference . -It woald be ^ vell also if wo had copies of all letters sent to the Conference . We should then be able to know whether these letters were read to the Conference , and what steps were taken on them . The people must not slack bn one INCH OP THBItt ENERGY WOW . THS TIMES : NOW

      ItFQtJIBE MORE Mf AN XSCAL EXBRTIONi AMD IT MUST BiB MADE . ; ; - ; " «;;^ ; ' - ; ¦ \ c : ^ - \/ ' . ¦¦"¦;'' ¦; ' : ' ¦ ' " :-- •¦ ¦' ; Remember that the time is near . The occasion is pressing and important . / About the work at once ! Prudence and energy in combined operation can do great . things . ; : ; / ; : >¦; "¦ V-: '¦' : ' :- ' - : . - '"' : ; ' ^ ¦¦'¦ ¦ : ¦ "¦ ' . ' ¦• •

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      RATHEI 1 EXPEKSiyEP ^ ACE ! We ^ are at peace I The turn-out is p ^ r ^ as far as Leeds is concerned . All the Mills are at work . The Specials are ( temporarily diwharged . The town wears its ordinary appearance . The streets are a }! quiet . Nobody stirring , All minding their owa business . ;¦ .. ¦ . . ' - ; "¦ . . . ¦ . ¦; "; ;; , ' ; v . v -, /¦;; ¦ ¦' ¦ "¦¦ : ' ' : - ., - . . ; , ; Butwhile this is the outward appearance , what is there below the surface ! Judge from the foliowing : ¦¦ ¦ - ' / ¦¦ ¦ . ;¦ - ; " '•' . ' ;; ,. ; . ¦ . " ¦ ¦ . ; . : ¦ ; ¦ ' - ' .:: ' : ' .,.-: _ ' : ¦'¦ - . ¦ ¦' - . ' , .

      "At the Council meeting held on Wednesday , it was resolved to add 100 men to the police force , for the next seven months . ; The cost of which additioa will amount to £ 4200 , the estimated amount of the expense of prosecutions at the York Assizes is £ 1 , 200 , and the sum voted for the clothes of the hew force , and other , incidental expences , amounted to £ 165 , msking a total Of £ 5 , 565 j which is to be raised by a Borough rate of three-pence half-penny in the pound . " ' . -y . . . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ '' ¦ :- ' y '~ : \ .. y :. i ¦'¦ ; ' . ' ¦ ' . ~ : ' ; - \ : ' . ;_ Rare newf , ye shopkeepers without customers ! Only 35 ' di in the pound ! This will help the Income Tax J If , £ 5 , 565 for Peace 1 What would War cost 1 If Peace ia so very expensive , what in heaven ' s name would war cost !

      Let the shopkeepers of Leeds just ask themselves this question ' i ; " wonld it not be ; better if we had » systeiii ; that would ensure goodwagea / to the workman , to be spent with us , instead of that one which reduces him to starvation , and then taxes us to the extent of £ 5 , 565 to keep him quiet ! Would hot the £ 5 , 565 be much better applied if added to the Weekly incomes of the labouring man , and thus made / to contribute to our incomes , instead of being dragged from our savings and our capitals , to pay for the keep of a set of idle , lazy mischiefmakers 1 " Let the Leeds shopkeepers ask

      themselves these questions ; and then let them bother their brains to find out the most effective n ^ ans to accomplish his tobject ! One -thing let them rest satisfied with : it never can be accomplished vhile yve have £ 60 , 000 , 000 la ^ ar taxation to pay j and while the present "extended" commercial system prevails . And let them also be eaMsfiad : that while we have that ; £ 60 ^ 000 , 000 a-year to pay , and while that commercial Bystenv does obtain , this £ 5 , 565 is not the last nor the least sum ihey will have to pay to keep down the ¦ : " j ^ sifig" spirit of a starving people ii ' ' ¦ " : y ;' . ; - ' - - '' ¦ ¦" :: ¦ ¦ : > ' ¦/' . ' ¦ - ¦" ' ¦; ' . ¦ ; V ;> . " ; : - ^ v- ¦ ' . -

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      , y / A . IX&ILY PAPER FOR THE ^ PEOPLE . From the- ; 27 th No . of the Evening S / ar , published on Monday last , and forwarded to this office , we extract the following short address from Feabgtjs O'Connob , to the PeopleT : —• ; ; ^ THB JBYENIN Cr STaRV " a DAJIiT WIPER , —PB . ICE tHBEEPE ^ CS . '? "Mi FHiENDSi—The : Toriesi have attempted to suppress public opinion . I was silent for a time , but not idle ; and at length I have succeeded ia in getting under my constant management and

      controul , a daily paper , which shall speak for you until the muzzle is once , more taken from , off your lips . "The y jEvenXngy Star , " un der my management , . shall advocate : all the principles of the Charter , name and all ; and with your support , it shall give to those principles an impetus whioh otherwise it would be vain to hope for . I do not ask you , already too poor , to buy this paper , but I do astjou to push it into every resort of the Working Classea . A servile Daily Press has damned us i a virtuouB Paper may be our salvation I

      RALLT , THEN . AEOOND \ : ; ; r" T H J EVE N ; rN ; G :. B T A ; I ^ ' 3 ; V ; "¦'¦ ' [ ' ^ / " " ? E CHABTEB , . ' . ' . '¦ - - ¦ ' ' ¦ , / . '' . ;; V ;; ¦' ; - ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ .-. '" , ¦ ¦ •¦^ I * v ' " : a ; s . i »;; '' ; ii " i ' b ' b-bt * . '¦ . ' . ; : ¦ : ; v- :. ; ;/' ¦ ; . y _ y " Fbabgtjs O'Cgnnob . " The Evening Star may be huA of all JSfews Agents . ; - . ;;;^ . ' ; - •¦ . : '¦ ¦ , ' ¦' ¦ : ' . ¦' . '¦ ¦'¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ >; . : ; ' ¦ - ] ,- : r ' :: v

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      ' : ;•¦;;•¦; - ¦ . ; . /; -x , ' -z ¦ - ' ^ ; . r ; - : ¦; .-: £ ¦ s . ;; 4-London Rock locality ; ... ... ... 0 4 6 Ditto , per Mr . Wheeler ... .., ... 1 6 8 Halifax district v . ^ . ... ; . ; . . ,. 1 9 0 Manchester , perMr . Kynastoa ...: ; ,.. 1 0 0 Ditto , Carpenter ' s Hall . ; . ... ... ; 4 12 8 Star Omco . v . ; ... ... ... ... 6 12 H Lewes , per Mr . Morling .. ; .... ; ,. ¦; . 0 ; 4 6 ; London Carpenter ' s Arma , per Mrs . Newby 0 , 5 .: 2 Oakenshaw ; : >•• ; .-. . ;* ¦ -. ¦' *•• . 0 8 4 ; Manchester Painters , ; . ... ... 0 3 4 Salford ... ... ... ... ... 0 ^ 4

      Newton Heath 1 ... ''' ¦ . > , ;¦'¦; .. . ' ' . . ' : ¦ . ' : ¦ ..- . ' 0 ^ 3 4 Hebden Bridge ... ... ... ... 0 ^ 5 0 Shefiield , per IfcHarhey ... ... V 5 0 Chelsei V .. > .. ... ; . ;; :. » 0 10 0 Bronipton .,. ... ; ,.. v , v j . « 0 5 0 Bermpndaey ¦ ; .. ... ... » . 0 1 f Mbrley - ... . ; . ... ... •» ° | ^ Tredegar ; ... .. ^ ... ; ... ;;• , © 7 v Salidbury ;;/ ... .... ... ...: 0 5 0 Merihyt TydviL ... ... ... ¦¦• 2 13 A Londpn , Camberwellj per Mr . Parker .. * 0 13 OJ Wisbeach , per Mi . Anderson ... ... 0 18 8 Bridport ; ... ' v .. > ... ' ,, > ... y Q \ 8 » ¦ ¦ ¦ -, v . - ' ¦ - '¦ ¦ ¦ ' \\ : y ^ y-l : ^ . ^ -: : £ 2 iyiM

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      My dkab Faismsr-The eironmstances wfaeJ « are now paesiDg will teach the people of these ««»* tries a very important Iesspri . It will teach W «* this fact : that if the people are rekdy to len * themselves as toola to aiii faction , t ^ iat faetiof ^ whose service they enlist ^ will goad them on into furioua and headlong agitaiion , only sto ppmg snort at that point which threatens danger to thefflWTM > but the moment the people MonsetheniselTesjor uw assertion 6 l then own ifi&hiB ; th& momenfyw grades of fabtfon unite ffop CtiietjporpoBerof P *?* " * themdowtt ;!; ^ ..:- W * & -h& ^ Vi ¦¦ ^ f ^" -: Sappose , i&r iastaade ^ thai tbeieeenKfi « te « e »* aioned by the diaboUcal attempt |? M ? & ^ 5 *^ had been turned ^ nfo a moo ^ B ^^^ Mj ^ mP of th * . Com Laws , and the restoration of the " J 5 »« tical" Whig Ministry into ofiioe . Jjbtti&bPWF * 3 ample fujids , would have been at yowdispeW ^ urged on by the inflamat 07 h > rangues orj (« 5 mtsters , —doubly secure in their own personBt - ^ wov * wonld have been 8 h « l as in ml 832 , and prope « J woaldbAVO been extensively destroyed ; but « J ° ^ disdained their invitatipn ^ ^ ^;^ tolntioii , jflto » oT ^ ment has been ( JomparativeJy TOaoefttL Isaywf ?^ tera have a double security . riratly , they cankeWyJJ of Bight , merely pnlline the : ' y ^ es that mote . >^ puppets ; and , secondly ,: ffifey aM ^ Beeore lrow the cirottmstancei"bfpnisi . o ' r ^^^ mpreof t ^ *™ V * £ ~ , co- <» nfi 8 cator 8 , bdngempanneUed upon their jar /' Odium , of conrge , wiir > etbiowii ^ upon your friends . I nave been made thesubjaw *

      The Northern Star. Saturday, August 27, 1842.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , AUGUST 27 , 1842 .

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      RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHARTIST BODY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ACT OF ITS MEMBERS . As might have been expected , the vile factious press , and especially that vilcBt portion of it , the Queen Groaner ' s oracle , has laboured hard to affix on the Chartist body the whole blame and responsibility of all ^ the " riots , " "risings , " and excesses perpetrated by the getters-up and originators of

      the League "Strike" plot . These efforts have been bnt too much aided' by individuals among the Chartists , who , from whatever motive , have certainly done what might be to damage the cause , by conduct which , to regard it in its best light , is highly indiscreet . We are glad to see that in this we are by no means singular in our opinions ^ We have been requested to publish tho following from the Huddersfield Councillors , in whioh the same view of the matter is taken : —

      " That we , the uudersigned members of the General Council of the National Charter Association , resident in Huddersfield , feel imperatively called npon , in justice to ourselves and the body of which we form & part , to repel with the utmost scorn and indignation the accusation emanating from Rome portion of the public press , that the recent riots and disturbances originated with the Chartists . Wa have every reason to b « lieve that the accusation prooeedB from the very originators" themselves , who impudently presume to speak of the said riotsaa a "Chartist Insurrection , " in the hope of diverting publio attention from the real authors of them , and to inflame and direct public prejudice against the

      Chartist , with a view to secure " verdicts of Guilty" against the numerous parties who have been apprehended , and committed to ibe several gaols , charged with heavy crimes on very slender evidence . The riots neither originated with , nor have they been participated in , by the associated body of Chartists , whatever may have been the conduct of a few individuals bearing the name ; and , while we deeply sympathise with those of our brethren who have rendered themselves liable to , and who maybe visited with , tbe legal consequences of their own acts , we must strongly condemn all and every effort to connect us , or the Association of which wd are officers , with either the aots themselves or their consequences . ' * ;

      We believe these tlgjjbe the sentimento of all the reflecting of the wholTchartist body ; and we hope sincerely that they will be universally responded to ; Members of our body—and especially influential

      To The Imperial Cilartistjs.;

      TO THE IMPERIAL CILARTISTJS . ;

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      Return of Killed , ~ Woundcd , and Misiivg t lelongi- 'g to ihe Deia&nexi under C-jmmand of Cap ' din . J . C . Stciih , ^ 1 'h Refi ' nr . cnl ^ on the night of the ' 23 rJ and morning of the 2 i : h of May , £ [ o , - Royal AriiJlcry . —XiTed— Lirutenan : Wyait ; jrunnir ? tSprin ^ hoil , Speed , and Hzwk . s . Severely ¦ wcnr . ded— boEbardkr Sadbrok . Siixhtiy wounded , gu « r . sr Stnbb ? . - ' Rvval Sippcrs . ^—SL ^ btly wounded—Privates Baril ^ ire ind i-t-bb =.

      27 th UesiiiuM :. —KHkd-Pr ^ ate ? A . CaLWhan , J F ' r . zpatrjek . S . Grte-on , J Gr ' Sa . W . Grime , Hobert Kerr . W . livme ^ zrid J . Bywne . Is : and 2 ad Companies . —Diu s eTOu ^ lj -wotreded—Hayock , J . Fr . zoatrick , and Jiaie 3 F ,: ^ uar . rick . Siigh-ly woTinjJed—II . Siusj t , J . Baker , J . Gkney , acd W . Gs'Iashau . —Severely wouudtd—D . I ) oaoioe , Jamef Ktlly , and G . Siliivan . - ~ ' _ 3 rd End" 4-th Companies . —Severely wounded—Captain Lonscale . Sergeant Cjted , Privates J . Carroll , J . Ford , J . Kane , and Dohexty . Dangerously wounded—Privates Kerbtrry , H . Coyne , T . Hiirtln ? , and J . JIuIvey . Sightly wounded—Sergeass Arnisirong , Cogaa , J . ford , J . Kane , and J . iitaves . - ' Aiksing—J . Bresden , 2 nd Company .

      AMERICA . The 73 r ? fsa Qseen Belgian steamer , Captain TSckholt , has arrived st Cowes , from New Ycrk , -which she left on the 7 th icsk , and has brought letters and papers to that date inclusive . - Although nothing official has transpired respecting tbe arrangements conclnded , and in progress between Lord Ashburton and the American Govern ment in their present negotiation , yet it is well known tha : everything is on the eve of being amicably . settled . The negotiation is conducted en the part of the American Government ^ y , the Secretary for Foreign Affairs ,- Mr .

      Webster j and on the part of the British Government by Lord Ashburton , who . have both full powers to settle every point , and who are both instructed by their respective Governments to bring file matter to a peaceful conclusion . With this pre-< iet € rmmi *! on on each side to terminate the affair jMBicably , ti ^ ere . will ba very little difficulty to surfBionnt . Tbe Korth-Eastern Boundary question is already arranged / to the satisfaction of both parties . 3 S » CrMlfr case ' ris also Eettied , and the case of the Caroline is bow b&tX discussed a » d ja the Cpsrse of Acjustmeut . It 13 rjuaoured thai the right of esarch question has also bees amicably disposed ot

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      The North-Western Boundary question will not bs entered into in the present negotiation , as the necessary Burveys will be a long time before they are tompleted . - •"• - . K is understood in New York that the questions are to besabmhted to the Senate separately , but thiB is not the ease ¦; tha whole of the questions will be first arranged , and then submitted to the Senate simultaneously , and it is fully expected that they , as a whole , will net meet -with any opposition , as the majority of that body is also predisposed to terminate the matter amicably if possible .

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      -4 . ' ' ' "'" . ' V : - . . -. - . ' ; ¦ " :: - : ' -- - ¦ the ' y ^^

      ¦ Receipts Of The Executive From , ; August The ?Th To The 23rd, Inclu. ; "' ;.Sive; - ; ; :Yy ' -Ryy ¦ ¦: . ;;¦:¦ " Y ' : ; V Vj-, - : \- ¦' &Lt;¦.. ¦ ¦¦

      ¦ RECEIPTS OF THE EXECUTIVE FROM , ; AUGUST THE ? th TO THE 23 rd , INCLU . ; "' ; . SIVE ; - ; : yy ' -ryy ¦ ¦ : . ;;¦ : ¦ " y ' : ; VJ-, - \ - ¦' <¦ .. ¦ ¦¦

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 27, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct445/page/4/