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    • NOTTINGHAM.—At a meeting on Sunday morning, August 21st, held at the Democratic Chapel,
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      STATE OF THE COUNTRY . ( Prom eur own Correspondents . )

      JBYDE . TUESDAT JJOBKIJfG . Tha magistrates have discharged the specials , tel j ling them that he believed they would not be wanted again ; acd it is generally expected that the masters will come to some conclusion to-day at Manchester market . All is quiet and peaceable to-day in

      PRESTON . WEDNESDAY . The cotton-spinneta , numbering thirteen , who struck work at Mr . Ainswortb ' s mill yesterday , were hroaght before the sitting magistrates , ; Messrs . Mouncsy and German , at the Town Hall this day . There w * : Te about thirty-one spinners , in . the whole , struck work ; asd those who were brought np to-day had been arrested early this morning by warrant , and taken onr of their beds . A copy of printed rules was produced by the manager , which stated that the persons entering the employinfiit of Mr . Ainsworth shall give a month ' s notice in writing when leading their employ , and that the cnmioyer shall be empowered to dismiss his

      workpeople at any tima he thinks proper . Mr . Biaekhurst , attorney on behalf of the men * called witnesses to prove that the men had authorised a deputation to wait upon ihe master , for an advance of wage 3 ; and that the master had stated that if they were not satisfied with their present rate of wages and work , they were at liberty to leafe it . It appeared , upon cross-examination , that this answer hs-d been given a week ago , and that the men had continued at their work op to lasi Tuesday . Tha magistrates urged upon the men the propriety of their going to their work , and serring out their month ' s notice , ortfeeyhadno alternative but committing ineai -o priioa , and lagged they would take it into tbeir most serious consideration .

      After the whole of the other cases had been disposed of , the spinners were again asked how they had eorsidered , when one of them , on behalf of the rest ^ £ iaisd that they would willingly go to their , employment , providing Mr . Ainaworth would consider tueiT situation ; sad he -stated further that it was impossible to live upon tha wages paid : that after a spiuner in Air . Ainsworth ' s employ had worked itirieen honrs per day for a week , the whole amount of his -wages , after the master had deducted tie rent of his house , would only amoant to the paltry sum of 12 s ., and that all they wanted was to be paid Ike same rale of wages as the other millowners in the town were paying . - 3 £ r » Aio ^ worth wonld promise nothing , and the ¦ who le of the men were committed for * month to hard labour in Fie ^ ton House of Correction .

      A portion of the men at Messrs . Smith and Crank-Shaw ' s mill went to their work on Monday morning , and were sent back again , their places being supplied by pitipera from the workhouse . Smith and Ainsworth are Ccrn Law Repealers , and AinBworth is one of the" literal" Poor Law Guardians , and yon will peredie hss an excellent opportunity to fill the mills of Ms own and brother Leaguer's from the in ? mate 3 of the workhouse , or rec ; pient 3 of out-door relief , and if these men should refuse to go to their jniDs at their own prices , of coarse « hey murt quit the workhouse , and their relief ib stopped . Smith has . been heard ; o say that he has plenty of men at his miD , and a ; half price .

      KEIGHLEY . d- OBIOTTs TIGTOST OT £ K THE TUK !* OOTS BT IHE

      MUJTA 3 JY AND SPBCIAIS . Since the temporary stoppage of the factories on Tuesday , ibis neighbourhood has undergone a great variety of changes . Daring the week , rumour , with her thousand tongues , was bu 3 y in conjuring up accounts of bodies of men , aimed and unarmed , advancing from various parts , to repeat their plugdriving operations . After the panic had in some measure fnbsided , the authorities and manufac-. iurers , ( which may be considered one and the same bodj ) , eomxaeneed securing tnemselres aeainsi a second inTaiion of these modern Goths and Vandals . Such , indeed , was the promptitude of all parties in power , from the magistrate to the bum-bailiff , that towards the close of the week , a determined band of

      fire hundred special constables was raised , supported by twenty-one lancers , and forty jeomamycaTalry under the command of B . Ferrand , E ? q , brother to W . B . Ferrand , M . P . This formidable display of civil and military power had the effect of restoring cuuSdence , and hopes were entertained that nothing further would take place to disturb public iritqnillty . Under this impression , the quiet and well-disposed inhabitants had assembled at their respective places of worship on Sunday , morning ; no donbt returning Providence thanks for the suppression of hunger by guns and bludgeo n *; when , { behold the uncertainty of human affairs 1 ) a Constable from a neighbouring village eame running into the town , and infermed the authorities that the

      mob m-5 collecting in large numbers on Lees Mooyi about three miles distant from Keighley . "This alarming intelligence was conveyed to the church , where a great body of the military and police were assembled as -worship . The parson ( good man ) had jost concluded reading the Ten Commandments , amongst other things recommending his htarers sox 10 kill 1 when a report says , the commander of the Yeomanry drt ; w bis sword and ordered his men " to turn out . ' The alarm bell from the steeple had , by this time , commenced ringing , and the church prer seated a scene of indiseribable confusion , Ose . thing very observable was , that , every man appeared ftfS'cied with the palsy , and such ; was the shaking of limbs , that a stranger unacquainted with the

      circamstanee might have taken it for a Shaker's meetiDg .. Tha consternation spread through every chapel , and in the coarse of & few minutes their " plugr * were ail drawn—the people preparing for "battle , and the parsons left to address empty seats . The collecting together of the forces ( what became of the other '' collections " we kcow not ) took place on the Skip ton Road , in frosv of the Court He-use ; and such -was the activity of all the parties to meet danger , tbat they were very soon drawn Hp in battle array , and ready for business . The scene at this time reminded some of the spectator very forcibly of the busy times of the threatened French invasion ; while others of a more roin * Btic turn compared is to the marching ont

      of the Spartan 3 to defend the pass of Thermopy '» . To describe the valour of the heroes would be almost impossible . Some of the specials Were observed to make several attempts to tie the tapes round the arms of their fellows without success , through the palsied state of their hands ; while some of the cavalry were unable to mount without tbs assistance of their friends ; and several poor fellows of the corps were noticed taking an affectionate farewell , reminding their acqaaintance that it might be the last time they would meet on earth . Others again appeared to have forgot the whole of their military ^ knowledge , and inqnired of their comrades how they ongat , 10 do in loading their carbines . The arrangements at length being complete , the order to

      " march" was given , and the whole body moved off towards the camp of the insurgents . The cavalcade consisted of about one hundred specials , armed with trunccsoEs , and the military force before mentioned , the whole beaded by a magistrate , ready to read the Kiot Act and give orders for the onslaught . By this time it ha-d become generally believed that the meeting on the moor was neither more nor less than a Ranters camp-meeting ; bat such -was the military ardour of the troops , that their determination to fight appeared to increase as the report became more conirmed . After terrible fatigue , owing to the heat of the day , and the up-hill nature of the road , the rendezvous ol the " ragged rascals" was gained , but Strance tc telL tha only trace of their camp left on ?

      the ground tv ^ s w old cart J The innocent . Ranters , ¦ who had rause £ the alarm , after singing and praying till navjre called for something more substantial , had reared te dinner , and left the cart on the ground to assist in their afternoon ' s labonrs . The meeting nad etrB 5 i = ! fe 4 of about forty or fifty individuals , who , it is supposed , had retired , on hearing of the formidable force of horse and foot approaching to give them battle . It is reported that twoof them were vary -quietly getting something to eat in a delf hole , and on expressing a wish to convert one of the soldiers , was aaswered by the man of war , with the pettish reply of ** G—d d—n your conversion /' After leaTicg word for the Ranters to discontinue their ccetiags till the country b&came more tran-• aiL the cavalcade commenced their march back

      towards the town by another route , and had the pleasure of seeing every face they passed covered with a bread grin . The ccmmapdiDg officer took leave of the tovrn at the head of his troop , declaring that tbs affair was not altogether to his mind ; but somehow w other it was given out in Bingley that evening , that he had gloriously broken up a Chartist camp meeting , sad taken six prisocers . It bag been suggested by a good many to get up an address to the valiant band who have rendered such signal service to the country , thanking them for their gal-2 « nt capture of the old cart on Lees-moor . Temporary barracks ** e preparing is the town , and about fifty soldiers are now introduced to comptthe morals of the inhabitants , although to all human appearance , nothing of the kind has been necessary

      NEWCASTLE . AU&W 5 T TWMrr . THIBB . The Ciiartistfl of this locality met on Monday evening , as usual ; Mr . Frazer in the chair . The minutes of . the previous meeting having been confirmed , Mr . SmiSi moved , and Mr . S . Binns seconded , the following resolution , which was carried unani ¦ onsly : — - - "Thai , in tha opinion of this meeting , too mnon prawe wnnofc be given to Feargns O'Connor , Esq ., for lua . maalj and straightfonwd eonduet , nTdV som ^ ng the effijrts of that accursed faction the anbKJornJLaw League , who , for selfiak and interested torposes have eadeavoored to create a physical revo-

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      lution , and thns to endanger the lives of thousands of her Majesty ' s peaceable subjects . " The rest of the evening was occupied in making the necessary arrangements for a public meeting to be held in the Forth on Tuesday evening . A pnblio meeting of the inhabitants of Newcastle upon Tyne and environs was held in the Forth , acaccord ' tng to handbill , on Tuesday evening . The onfavourable state of the weather ( being wet ) , prevented many that otherwise would , from attending ; hu" a 3 it wan , there could not be fewer present than 10 , 000 persons . At half-past seven o ' clock , Mr . Stephen Binna waa unanimously called to the chair , who briefly opened the proceedings by reading the placard calling the meeting , and calling upon Mr . Sinclair to move tke first resolution : —

      " That this meeting feels highly indignant at the treatment that our brethren in the Southern counties have received , when asking only for that which the worst enemy of the people cannot deny the justioe of , viz . a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s labour . " The resolution was carried unanimously . Proposed by Mr . LivingBtone , seconded by Mr . K . Robeon : — " That the Secretary of State for the Home Department be respectfully requested to furnish her Majesty ' s loyal subjects in this neighbourhood with 10 , 000 stand of arms at his earliest convenience , for the protection of life and property , but more especially for the purpose of repelling any unconstitutional outrage that may be perpetrated against the liberties of the people . "

      This was also carried unanimously . Proposed by Mr . Frazer , seconded by Mr . Frankland : — , " That her Majesty be memorialised to cause an investigation to be immediately instituted into the causes of the calamitous events which have transpired in Lancashire and other counties in England , where innocent blood has been shed , and outrages of a most diabolical nature have been committed by hired mercenaries , goaded on by the diabolical factions who distract this unhapDy country . " Carried .

      Towards the close of the meeting , two gentlemen from the south gave their names to Mr . Sinolair , one of whom—after the meeting had been assured by Mr . S . that they were no spies , briefly addressed the assembled thousands , and the meeting was adjourned until seven o'clock on Wednesday evening , when the same gentlemen would again address them . The Chartists adjourned to their orra hall , when thev were briefly addressed by Messrs . Cockburn , M'Q / ieen , and Sinclair ; and fiity . three names were enrolled after the meeting .

      CARLISLE . WEDNBSBAY , AUGUST TWBNTT-FOUETH . Since I wrote you , yesterday , there was a meeting of delegates from various trades , when it was re-BOlved , M That a committee be formed , for the purpose of establishing a central and district store , to provide provisions for those on strike ; and to obtain funds to effect a more permanent and complete organization . " . It appeared from the report of a delegate from Dalston , tbat a similar plan was in operation there , and was producing very salutary effects , by keeping the people peaceable . Another meeting was held this

      day ( Wednesday ) , when the arrangements to which the committee bad come were read over to the meeting . Yesterday afternoon , a report reached here that one of the cotton mills was on fire ; on the information reaching the authorities , they instantly dispatched a troop of Cavalry and two omnlbusses loaded with Infantry , but on reaching Dalston , they found all peaceable and no destruction of property going on . The military force Boon returned , but no sooner had they arrived than a similar number were dispatched to Wigton , but for what use I know not , except for the purpose ^ of display , for all was peaceable , as far as I can learn ; and the soldiers returned this morning . About eleven

      o ' clock a very large number of persons walked in procession through the principal streets . On their reaching Botcher-gate , they were met by Mr . Hal ton , one of the firm of Rathmell and Co ., cotton spinners , Mains , whose works are still going ; and who took the alarm , believing that the people were proecedmg to the works , to torn out the men ; he immediately gave information to the authorities , who dispatched the Yeomanry Cavalry and Infantry to the place . This caused great alarm in the streets through which they passed , many persons closing their shops . The people did not go near tie works in questions , but returned up Botcbergate , when they were addressed

      by George Head , Esq ., banker , to the effect , that if they only conducted themselves in an orderly and peaceable manner , he would defy the military or any others to harm them . He said , if they would only be quiet and conduct themselves in a proper and becoming manner , be would do all in his power to serve them . It may be proper to state , that this benevolent gentleman has expended large sums in relieving the distressed operatives in this district , and would be more able to keep the people quiet , under present circumstances than all the magistrates ,

      military , police , and specials pat together ; for he has relieved the people's wants , and they have found him their friend ; while on the other hand they meet those whom they cannot but look upon as their enemies and oppressors . I have just heard there has been some disturbance at Wigion , and that the major of the Infantry and a tnaeii > rate have been jnjnred by stones or brick-bats which were thrown at them . The military then charged the people , and succeeded in arresting eleven prisoners . This affair took place about ten o ' clock last night .

      THORNLEY . The camp meeting held here on Sunday must be regarded as one of the most important meetings held in the County since 1839 . So much alarm did it excite in the minds of the authorities that they despatched their trusty servant , Major Wemyss , commander of the Rurals , with a posse of that body to attend it . They came , too , accompanied by the Editor and Reporter of the Durham Advertiser , bo that nothing was wanting te complete the arrangements for a prosecution , if the needful words , or actions , could only be called forth . They were , however , most completely and most laughably baffled . The morning meeting was ably addressed by

      Mr . Jones , of Durham , and Mr . Embleton , that staunch old veteran . Mr . Embleton having quoted most liberally from the scriptures , was at the close of his address complimented by Msjor Wemyss , for his orthodoxy . In the afternoon , the attendance was much larger ; not less than 1 , 000 persons would be present , including a good sprinkling of gentry . Mr . Chappel led off the meeting b y an address on human brotherhood . He was followed by Mr . Richmond , of Durham , who made some excellent practical applications of the principles developed in

      Mr . Chappell ' s address . Mr . Williams then came forward , to wind up the meeting . He did so in a speech of considerable length , and in such a style , as to make the gallant Major , his force , and their literary friend ; the Advertiser ' s reporter , the subject of great mirth to the people , while he also impressed most seriously upon them , the necessity of the Charter for the national welfare . Major Wemyss listened most attentively , and was apparently highly amused at the manner in which the speakers jockied him oat of a job .

      STBIKB IT THOBNLET COLLIERY . On Monday morning , the men of the colliery stmck work and laid tne entire works in . This , by the authorities , will be attributed to the ChartiBt camp meeting held on the Sunday , bat the strike had no such origin . For a long time it appears the colliery , inEome parts of its workings , has been in a very foul state , and the men have , even in some of the most dangerous parts , been kept at work with candles instead of lamps . By this proceeding , the

      lives of the workmen have been in imminent peril . The men have frequently remonstrated with the masters , bnt to no purpose ; apparently the lives of of the poor pitmen were of no consequence to those wbo were enriched by their labour . The men obtained an order from the magistrates to have a viewer appointed to inspect the pit , and the masters were also required to furnish another . This they have not done ; consequently , the men determined to cease working until their just and proper demands are complied with .

      ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE . On Thursday , after the introduction of the military , Horse , Foot , and Artillery , the police commenced their work of apprehension . On that night they arrested five individuals—two of them , Abel Duke for being chairman , and Henry Hindle , for addressing a public meeting , held on Monday previous , in this town ; at which meeting , according to the eyidenee , the Charter had been spoken of by one of the speakers ; while another had talked about wages ; and one speaker said they would have both the Charter and wages ; and the people were advised , if they had any money in . the Banks , to withdraw it and keep in their own possesaion . when thevwonld

      be aare of it , which they were not , so long as they left it in other people ' s keeping ; on which evidence they "were committed on a charge of consDiracv ( I should hive etated that Hindle is averyTepos sessmgyonng nan , blind , who vras deprived * of his sight in a weaving fiwrtory , with a shuttle , and one who , I believe , would not speak a violent or harsh word if he was to speak a week ) . Two wore committed to the same place for riot , having compelled a bricklayer to leave Mb work . These were quite lads . Tne other was a deaf and dumb man for knocking at a deer , being rather i » liqior at the time * Discharged on promisitg not to repeat the offence . ~ - - ¦ - . . QnFriday , the four that wt . re committed were sent off , which nearly cassed a serious riot . A great maay people folowed the omnibus ; they followed

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      it for about two miles , but could not overtake it . The soldiers and specials were sent after them ; but theirassistanoe was not reqnired . The police having now made a beginning were determined to keep their hands in . On the night after , abant one o ' clock , they arrested four more ; one a shoemaker , from Staleybridge , named Foden , committed for obnspiracy ; tha other three were factory hands , from Hurst . Ono who had a pike in his possession , was committed for carrying unlawful weapons ; the other two were liberated , on entering iato recognizances to keep the peace for three months . Saturday and Sunday passed off without any occurrence taking plaee worthy of notice . On Monday morning a part of the hands employed

      at Mr . Wanklyn-s silk-mill having resumed work , caused a considerable crowd of persons to assemble about the works , on which , the soldiers and speoialB were again called out , and parties of them were kept all day to protect the workh . No disturbance took place , but the hooting of the specials , which they generally took in good part . Tuesday passed ^ away without any particular occurrence . The military and specials at Wanklyn ' s , as yesterday , no other masters attempting to commence working their mills . On Wednesday a report reached here , by a magistrate on horseback , that the people of Oldham had attacked a mill that had gone to work . The police and a number of specials interfered , and the consequence was that they ( the police and

      specials ) got a severe beating , and the magistrate above alluded to came here for some soldiers .- A troop of the 1 st Royal Dragoons and two companies of the 58 th , _ with one piece of artillery left here immediately . This left us very few soldiers , and the rest had not left the town ten minutes before aery was raised by the people , "To Wanklyn ' s mill , my lads . " No sooner said than done ; away they went in thousands , at full speed , and a number of specials , and a company of the 58 th , with four magistrates after them ; the people rushed to the engine-bouse , pulled all the fire from under the boilers , knocked out the plugs , and let all the water escape ; the authorities came up , and some stones were thrown amongst them , but no one seriously injured . All is now calming down .

      SHEFFIELD . As stated in the Star of last Saturday , a-. large public meeting was held in Paradise-square , on Monday evening , the 15 th ; at which a resolution was adopted oalling on the Trades of .-Sheffield to appoint delegates to confer with each other as to the propriety of following the noble example of the men of Manchester . We regret to have to state , that , in general , the Trades' Committees and officers exhibited undisguised hostility to the projeot , while the trades themselves showed an apathy well

      calculated to dishearten those friendly to a turnout ; five trades must ba exoepted—table-blade forgers , pocket-blade forgers , shoemakers , spring-knife cutlcis , and table-knife cutlers * . these partially took up the question , and appointed delegates who met on Wednesday evening , and resolved to call a publio meeting in Paradisesquare , for Monday last . In the meantime large meetings were holden in the Square on the Wednesday and Thursday evenings . At the latter meeting , Mr . Otley , who had returned from Manchester , gave an account of the state of the 'Strike" in that

      quarter . On Friday evening , another large meeting was holden in the Square , which was addressed by Messrs . Harney and Samuel Parkes . On the motion of Mr , Gill , the thanks of the meeting was unanimously voted to Messrs . H . and P . for their services at the Manchester Conference . On Sunday , two meetings were held in the Fig-tree-lane-room , which were addressed br Messrs . Gill and Harney . ' . ' -Monday , * 22 nd . —In accordance with previous announcements , a meeting was held in Paradise Square , at ten o ' clock . At half-past ten , Mr . Geo . Wright , sbofmaker , was called to the chair . At eleven o ' clock , there could not have been less than

      from twelve to fifteen thousand persona present . Mr . Traviss opened the proceedings , and was followed by Mr . Dickenson ( the Manchester Packer ) , who delivered a powerful and eloquent address in defence of the right of the people to the franohise . Messrs . Webster , Saunderson , Cook , Prior , Swilton , Wilson , iHarney , and Parkes successively followed . The following motion was submitted to the meeting : — " At a public meeting assembled , called by the delegates of several of the trades of Sheffield , yiewing with disgust the wicked conduct of the authorities of this country do deem it necessary to double our diligence in agitating for the Charter until it become the law of the

      landseeing , for want of organiixtion , we are not prepared to take it at present . " On this , an amendment was moved to the effect"That the most rational way to obtain the Charter was by an universal cessation from labour . " Another amendment was moved as follows i" That commisserating the condition of our countrymen , plunged into ( liatrccs > ud miaoiy Ky thn operation of cruel class-made laws , and viewing with di .-gust and indignation the atrocious conduct of the Government , in brutally eabreing and shooting the people when only demanding bread and justice , and expressing our deep sympathy with the

      turn-outs of Lancashire and Yorkshire , and seeing the imperative necessity of redoubliug our exertions to obtain the foundation of all good government and social prosperity , viz ., the principles of equal rigtbs embodied in the People's Charter , —this meeting pledges itself to unite as one man , and never to cease its exertions until that document becomes the law of the land '" This last amendment wad carried by an overwhelming majority . A resolution was then put and carried , to the effect ihat the unemployed operatives should parade the town Binging the Chartist anthem . Tnank » having been voted to the chairman , the meeting dissolved . Another large meeting was held in the evening , which was addressed by Messrd . Gill , Harney , Geo . Parkes , and ¦ '

      others . ¦" ¦ ' " .. ' - ¦ " ' " ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ .. "¦' ¦ - / " :- : ; ' : . :: : / On Tuesday evening a large meeting was held on Bo ^ coe-fields . Mr . Wright was called to the chair . Mr . Harney read from the Sun newspaper , an account of the brutal outrage perpetrated by the London police , upon a peaceable and unarmed meeting , and commented in severe terms on this infamous atrocity . It growing dark the meeting adjourned to Fig Tree-lane room , marching en masse throuKhthe streets , singing "Thelion ol ' freedom , " and "Spread the Charter ; " having arrived at the meeting room , but a small number succeeded in getting admission ; these Mr . Harney again addressed at great length , and was followed by Mr . Samuel Parkes . Oa Wednesday evening a crowded meeting was held in the Fig-tree-lane room , whioh-was addressed by Messrs . Gill , Woostoneholme and Harney . TheTe

      was considerable excitement during the latter part and the beginning of the present week , but perfect peace and order have been preserved , and that too by tha people themselves , without t tie assistance of the myrmidons of the law . The Sheffield autkoriues deserve credit for avoiding the folly ( to call it by its mildest name ) committed by the Salons of Leeds and other places , in swearing in specials , calling out the yeomanry and pensioners , and making an insulting parade of the police and military ; these Quixotic prank * our magistrates have not been guilty of , hence the causes which have created so much excitement elsewhere , have not been in operation here , and the peace of the town has been easily preserved . We have had two or three arrivals of military since Sunday , but no attempt has been made at puiting down , or interfering with our meetings .

      STOURBRIDGE . The authorities seemed in the beginning of the week to be horribly alarmed . Placards fof the character usual in other places were issued by them , and the "YeoV called out . However , an overflowing and enthusiastic Chartist meeting was held , on Wednesday evening , in the Sooial Institution . A magistrate , and a snperintendant of police were present , but did not attempt to disperse the . meeting . Several excellent speeches were mode , and a resolution unanimously passed , attributing the distress of the times to class legislation , and pledging the people to the Charter . The "YeoB" wore sent home next day , the magistrates being of opinion that their services were not needed .

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      GREAT MEETING IN LONDON . ( From tfie * Evening Star , " through the " Northern Star" reporter . Agreat pnblic meeting ofthe West End Boot and Shoe Makers , was held on Wednesday afternoon , at the National Association Hall , High Holborn . Upwards of one thousand members of the trade were present . - - ' ^ ; . ' " : ¦ . ¦; .: ' ; :. : - ; . . \ ., . : "¦¦ Mr . M'Vie was called to the chair , and opened the proceedings in a neat address . . Mr . Clark moved the first resolution : — M That the persons composing this meeting , having been combined for the last fifty years under the name of the West End Boot and Shoe Makers ,

      having for tneir object tne securing a fair and just remuneration for their labour , have , in their laudable and peaceful efforts to support their families in comfort , been compelled to submit to redaotioas at home and infringements abroad , until Ions hours , scaaty employment , and a wretched subsistence , have led them to investigate into the causes of ( heir deteriorated condition , " And supported it in an able manner . ; ; Mr . Grover , in an excellent address , seconded the resolution , whioh waa carried unanimously , , Mr . Smith moved , and Mr . Skelton seconded , the resolution in a very eloquent and energetio ^ man-¦

      ner : — . - .. . .-.- ... / . - ¦ - . - . .. . .- ; . -. : - M That ; they are induced to beb ' eve that the great number of competitors in their trade , and the consequent struggle for a subsistence , whioh have led to such a reduction in their prices , are to be attributed to the monopolies , restrictions , and oveiburtheniDg taxation whioh exolusive and oorript legislation have engendered , by which the exertion * of English

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      industry are restricted to a narrow cirole , arid the mass of the people daily , ; goaded and plundered to upholdtherdiDgfetfialaiijBraud extravagance ; and that though their jTraliiUnion has to some extent been effective in pirclteoting them against individual cupidity and injustice , they are satisfied that masters and men are alike the viotims of those political causes which Tender nugatory all their efforts to maintain that remuneration for their labour which their industry merits . " . ; TaeTesolatlon . was unanimously agreed to . : Mr . Hawkins moved , and Mr . Holmes seconded , the followine resolution v- ^

      • MThat there is no hope that even this system of injustice will be remedied , while those who profit by it have thepower . of withholding it . That they wifl ever continue to uphold it , while the franohise is confined to the few , whom they are enabled to bribe and threaten into a compliance with their will , and that the only effective remedy will be the extending of political power to the whole people , according to the provisioua of the People'B Charter . " : Mr . Campbell , in a speech replete with manly eloquence , and inreriarded with facts of the most

      glaring oharaoter , shewed the ineffioacy of Trades ' Uaione , unless backed and supported by political power , and during the whole of his addresB was tremendously applauded , r Mr . Taylor objected to the Charter , on the ground that it would destroy their Trades' Union . Mr . Jeffry , in a long rambling address , which , though not wanting in ability , was anything but to the point , denounced the conduot of the Chartist agitators , stating that they made a living by it , and only wanted to get the money invested in the Trade Societies / 1 ..- ' ' ' .. " -: ' ' - , " '¦ '¦ ¦¦ :. ' . V-: V /; .. ' . ; : ¦ . '' ,-. . VO-x : - ' - ' -- - '

      Mr . Skelton corrected some statements said by the speakerto have been uttered by hiniiy v ¦ .- . - : ; Mr . Philp replied to the objeotiona which had been urged by the previous speakers . / Mr . Williams spoke of the advantages of home colonization , and thought that until they got to that root , all their talking would be of no utility , and moved that the word Home Colonization be inserted inplabeof the Charter . ; : ' This amendment being seconded , and pat from the Chair , was negatived by an immense majority . The original resolution for the Charter was then put , and carried with five diBsehtients . Mr . M'Bain moved the folio wing resolution : ¦ --

      "That this meeting , convinced of the efficacy of that measure of justice , henceforth resolve to use every effort to create and extend an enlightened publio opinion in its favour till it shall become the law of these realms ; and hereby tender our heartfelt thanks to the Trades' Delegates , recently assembled at Manchester , for adopting the People ' s Charter , as the only reasonable means by whioh the evils of class legislation may be removed , and increased trade , good wages , peace , happiness , and prosperity once more bless our land *" Mr . Warner secOhded the resolution .: ; ; The resolution was carried unanimously amid great ' applause . '' ' : ^ . . ¦ ¦ - ¦?¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ "¦ ¦;¦' :. - •' . : ;; - ' -. . ; :. ;; . ; . . '"' ; -.

      Mr . Conly moved , and Mr . M'Bain seconded the following resolution : — v ^ ; ^ " That we now declare ourselves ready to co-operate with all good men of every trade and class who feel desirous of introducing a bettor state of things , and that we do hereby agree to appoint a delegate from each of our divisions , in order that they may organize with the Trades , a system such as shall secure success to the cause lor which we have m ^ t . " Carried unanimously . ; After the discussion of a little trade business , a vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting dissolved , having first given votes of thanks to Messrs . Campbell , Pmlp , and Skelton , for their able services during the day . . , ¦;¦ ;¦';

      Three cheers ware then g iven for the gentlemen , three cheers for the Charter , and threerfor FearguB O'Connor .-: :: - ~ ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ' - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ ¦•¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - -: \ :. : - ' . ¦ ¦ ::: ; - :

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      ' . ' . ' ¦ <\\ --JMdajf-Morningir \ . ' :. ¦; '¦¦ ¦ ; - ^ : : V . : ; .:- . XONDON / ; - ' ^ . ;\^ : v ' ; : /^ ' ;; : ( from our own CorrepondenUJ . \ l ? ever did the Chartists of the metropolis distinguish themselves in the Cause of liberty and right as they have done during the passing week , regardless of the seditious proclamation issued by the ministers and bearing the name of the Queen , they resolved upon not giving , up their right of meeting for the discussion of grievances without astruggle . Meetings of from 5 , 000 to 30 , 000 have been held nightly , which * although dispersed by the savage power of authority , have nevertheless had their tfleet . : ¦' . ¦ .. . ¦ At Kennington Common , on Tuesday ni « ht , the blue rascalsboth horse and foot , made sad havook

      , among the peaceable inhabitants ; from 300 to 400 hava boon moro « r loss injured : "inift desDerately eo ; and one gentleman , a grocer , who was merely crossing the street to his house , waa knocked down and most brutally maltreated by the licensed bloodhounds .. On the samo evening , a large meeting was held at Paddington , where the peaceable people experienced the same savaga treatment , and seventeen were taken prisoners . ¦ ¦• - . ' Oh Wednesday night , hovrever , the friends of liberty had a treat at the Finsbury meetiug , of which yoiir Reporter will , of course , have seat you an account . I wish ; to . direct . your attention more particularly to tbat Dortion of the proceedings

      in which the Chartista felt most interest . It was the speech of Mr . O'Connor , who , upon being loudly called for , came forward and announced his intention of not bein > f frightened by Tory threats or Whig apathy . He said still , though he knew ? that his life was in danger , ha would stand fast and hold fast by the Charter , and although he stood upon a precipice ,- yet if ; his fall Was to expe ^ dite their ' rights , he was prepared ; , but as for the Whigs , whose organs were loudest in abuse of his party , cajoling him into au alliance with no better prospect than the downfall of Toryism and the substitution of Whiggery , it was useless . It is me they seek , my blood for which

      they thirst , eaid iMr . O Connor , because the man who Btands with one foot on the law and the osher upon the constitution , successfully aiming his shafts at tyrannyland abuse , and not the big talker , but yaunt « iug coward , that tyrariia dread . We are now a party , said he , and let those who approve our pnnr ciples join us { but if I stand alone , ! wM stand upon the Six Points of the Charter ana no Surrender I This declaration , or some such , was anxioubly looked for and has given confidence to the * M . oTe ' miaiU party in London , whioh hothing can shake , while tho announcemeht ; that he ( Mr . O'Conaor ) had now a daily paper ac his command , was received with cheers which we have seldom heard equalled ; and never Out-done . ; ¦ ... ¦ ¦ ¦

      All i the boardmeri carrying the address of Mr . O'Connor to the nation Lave been apprehended and brought before the Rsw-screet magistrates , but were instantly dismissed after a severe reprimand to the officious blue devils . : . ' v ; : ¦ ' ¦ ; A proposal for every constituenoy of the metropolis to call a public meeting upon one day is now uuder consideration , and will no doubt be carried out , and will have the effect of restoring the last lost right of the people—vhe riftht of meeting . .

      Mr . O'Connor waa at Kennington Common about , a quarter of an hour before the work of destruction commenced , and intimated his in ention of remaining , and takingpart : in the proceeding ^ ( if the committee thought it advisable , bound over as ho was , and marked as he was sure to be , ) but the couimictee very prudently determined that he had much better not be present , as no doubt the intention ; was to nab him . : ^ ' r- :- ::: ^ - : y ' .:- ' : v . ' -: ' ' '¦' ' ; 'V ^ - - r - ' . .-l ' ¦ / The circamstance of the Evening Star falling into O'Connorfs hands has given our oarty in London great courage , and while 1 write now , three o'clock , the Offlice is literally burat with . ' applicants ' for the coming number . 1 trust the paper will be well supported in the provinces . The London Chartists deserve the best thanka of every man in thekingdom . ;

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      CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AGAINST MR . O'CONNOR'S NEW DAILY PAPJBR , THE ;¦ ¦ : ; . "EVENING ST ^'' - ¦ : , ' ;; . . " U ' ;¦• ; - , f " - ' y ¦>¦ ¦ ¦' From the Evening Star of yesterday , we take the following : — : ;' ; . ,- , : ;¦'¦ ., ¦/ ; : ' ¦ . ,, ; . ?'; .: ' : " Verily thiB Mr . Feargus O'Connor is a most inconvenient commodity to have aBything to do with . It was only on Taesday la « t that we announced onr ; " new birth unto righteousness , " and the fact that oar offspring had been placed under his management and controul , aid behold upon , the very following day our paper is selected as the object of a cbihinal prosbcoxion . Now' this circumstance : taken i n

      connexion with the fact , that the very first number of Mr . O'Connor'fl paper , the Northern Star , was made subject of a Government proaeoation for the very grievous offence of having No . 12 , instead of No . 5 , set forth in the imprint , as the place of publication ; while both numbers constitated a portion of the premisefl , and were connected by an underground passage , can leave ho doubt on the mind of any man that authority means to destroy Feargus O ' Connor , " Per fiu out tufts , " legtlly if we can , tyrannically if tee must . N » doubt the

      vast , nay , the prodigious inorease of oar circulation , sine * the name of O'Connor was announced , has caused alarm at Home . Bnt we beg to assure authority that ye are uot to be bo easily frightened , neither shall the machinations of our enemies separate us from our friends , and cause us to withhold the censure of the press when law is violated , and life placed ia jeopaidj by jodicialJy anthorised policemen , or the folly of rampant wlers . Now , more than eyerti » the press called upon fearlessly to exercise its every function . "

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      , ; .: ¦ : ::- ¦ : ¦ " /¦ i ; - ;/ . - ^ ii ? Eps . : ;;; . ;; v ; : jK- ; ,-: \ ::: ¦ . ' ¦ : Up to this ip ^ # l ^ aa ; is Just » f tranquil as though no Strike had ever been , and as thongh no " yeos ^ ' * WaeV iiwr teyone «; eer # Baa toeea im ? ported and exhibited , or any ^ swing ing bor ^ rate' * provided by the ewnomic" Liberal' ^ Solona of the Town Conclave . The Chartists have been very merciful ; they have not yet eaten nor even champed us . The bells ring and the shops open , and mill tyranny goes on , and those who have any employment go to it , and those who have none starve quietly and patiently in the streets ; and the Chartists keep hoping for and preparing to secure " better times , " just as thongh the ? ladies" of the Town Council and the other " authorities" had suffered no : ala rm . " : v '' . ' . ¦¦ ' : '• : ¦"¦ ¦ ' : ¦' : ¦' ¦ '¦¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ :- .: ''^¦¦ ' : ¦ ' ... ' : ¦¦ '¦ ,-. ' . ¦ : - ¦

      ¦' . ¦ :, . ;; ; : ; - : •¦ ¦ BIRMINGIIAiyf , y \ . : . ¦ ¦ . -: . ; ,: The London papers say that George White is in custody on a charge of conspiracy , but we have no confirmation of it from private sources . : The Christian Chartist church have issued a placard , declaring the' Government : unchristian , and stating their determination to pay no more taxes . It is signed Arthur O'JNeil , and is making a great rout ia the London papers . ; : v '

      j , ; -- ¦ ; . - , ; v ; ,,: ; VMANCHESTEIL -V v ^ . * ¦¦ ¦ .: ¦ ' ¦ f * ; i .-x ' l " . ; . ?] ¦ .: " . ¦ ¦' ; V ¦ : / : ¦ ' : ' . "' ' ' ¦ ¦ . TaCBSDAT EVEmNOi I have just taken a walk round the town for the purpose ot" ascertainidg when the factories stopped lor the day , What number of hands had resumed work at each . From'the numberyot workpeople in the various departments , I concluded that in most of them they had a suffioient number to carry on— -in some , as many as are required . Nearly all tne chimneys appear as thongh they were in full work ; the bells ring in a morning as they usually did before the strike , and to all appearance Manchester will , nnleaa a reaction takes place , be itself again in a short time . A placard appeared on Tuesday morning , certifying that 600 men were wanted on the line of

      Of railway ; another has made its appearance witnih the last half hour , stating that a sufficient number has been obtained . There are some of the : weayors out yet , bat witboai any probability of getting a rise , owing to there being so many : dut previously :, if they do not go in very shortly ^ their peaces will be supplied , and then they will not only lose their struggle for an advance , but their situations likewise . It is expected , by nearly all parties , that on Monday morning every factpry , work 8 hop , &c ., will resume again ; in some iiistances an advance has been givenVbut very few . ; The adaottnte from the Burrounding towns and villages are that everything i 3 still at a stand . ; % /

      There has baen a great run upon the banks by the members of the Trades' IJnions , sipk clubs , and benefit societicp . ¦' : ¦ .. ; . ¦¦ ¦ :: ^; v ' • ' ' ; " ; . - /¦• •• ¦• • ¦' . 'Vv I have just heard that j ^ ds are / getting upin price . Many of the manufacturers have good orders , and that there has been an advance in cot toa , likewise in woollen goods . V ; v Every hour coaches are comiiia into the town , laden with prisoners . The New Bailey is trammed .

      OLDHAM . ¦; . . . ' •; . . : ;' /' - ¦ ' ; : /¦ . ; . ¦ - . ¦ - :. / ' /¦ ¦ ¦' . ' '¦ ' -y ¦ ' .. - . ¦ -Thursday :. noon .. ? The authorfties have commenced their work of arrest . ; Mr . Yardley has been arrested for speaking at the meeting ? , and a person of the name of Peter Taylor for being among the crowd at Mr . Hartley ' s in \ U . These two individuals were put in a . chaise , which proceeded 'towards Manchester ^ guarded by the military . Three more , whose names we did not hear , were arrested in tho dead of night , and taken from their beds , and they ate in search of others . The town is all excitement ; great anxiety prevails ; very little work is going on . The military and specials are guarding the town .

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      J , ARRAN TO HIS FRIENDS IN THE BRADFORD DISTRICT . ^ i Liverpool , Aug . 25 th , 1842 i Mt deab Friends , —This day , I take ship for America . I kaye completely foiled every attempt of the tyrants to take me on my route—tyrants who would crush me , and by crushing 8 uoh men as me , think mo 3 t effectually to crush you also . Let me beseech you , in any futurestruggh with the enemy , never to put your best known ; but moBt hated , men in the front ranks : be careful of them above all

      things . ¦ : ' : ¦¦ ' -- : - - " . ¦ : . '•• ' - . ¦ ¦ ' ' ' :. / : : . ¦ . ¦ ' : : / . . " -. ' -. ' :- ---And now , a few words with respect to my family afiGstirs , I shall leave my family so circumstanced that they will have no neoessity for any pecuniary assistance ( by way of gift ) from you ! if you Willonly attend to the following things : — v ^ 1 . I have to request that you yt ' A ) , as liberally as possible , support the news-agency , which I believe will be continued for my wife's beneiSt . ; 2- 1 have to request you to purchase tea and coffee of her son-in-law , who I expeot will take a house in Bradford , and with whom she will reside .

      3 . I have further to beg that you w « U give her a little support , as a milJiner and dress-niaker . 4 ; All persons who owe me money , will do me an incalculable favour by payhig my wife without delay * ¦ " . - '¦ ¦' ' ¦/ ' ¦¦;¦ . . ¦ . - . y : ; -- :. " . . - .. •'¦ ¦'¦ "• ' . ¦ ¦ ' ' :: ¦ ' . '" ¦/ .: . You ; Will consider this ; plain speaking , but circumstancea render it imperative . : T- \ '¦' ¦¦ : ¦ ' ¦ . ' r > : V ' ¦ ' . " "¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' . :- : ' ^ - ' . '¦¦ ¦ : '¦ ' yj . ARKAX .

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      the following resolution was unanimously : agreed to : '' That the thahkgof this meeting are due and are hereby given to our worthy lecturer , Mr . T . Clarke j from Stockport ; for the able manner in . whioh he has discharged his duties during hia engagement with us ,, and / likewise for the manner in which he has at different times acquitted himself with honour and bravery in battling with the cause of libeirtyl and we do hereby recommend him to the notice of every locality who may be in want of a talented leotnrer . . " :- ] :. - y . ; - ,. y '¦ ;¦ . ; :. > ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦;¦ ; ;> . ¦; / . " v . • • : ¦ : '¦ .. : ,: ' I « Q 9 n > : PN ; M ^ OLp : 'C ^ iiRTl ' ., T 9 in@ti £ T .-T ^ Thehump-baoked youth , Bean , who attempted to fire off a pistol at her Majesty while oh her way from Backingham Palace ; to Whitehall Chapel , was found guilty , and sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment in Newgate . / ¦'" :- "¦ ¦ ;¦''• ¦¦ : . ¦'¦

      WONKWEARMOTJTa .-Gn Taesday eyening last , a good meeting was held here ; Messrs . Dobbie , Chappie , and Williams addressed it . At the close of the meeting arrangements were entered into for a steam trip to Stockton , ori Sunday , for the purpose of holding a Chartist camp meeting .

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      STocKTON .- ^ -On Sunday afternoon , at one o'clock , a camp meeting will be held at this r > laco . Friends from Darlington , Middlesborough , Hartlepool , &c , will be in attendance . ; : SuNDEKLAND . —The friends at this place , who intend going to the Stockton meeting , are requested to beat the Mark % « ay by six o ' clock on tounday morning , where the steamer Will bo found to convey them . ' . ' .- ' -. ' ' . ¦¦;¦ "¦ : '¦• .. ;; ¦ ¦¦ ¦•? . ¦¦ - '¦ :: ' - " ' / ' '¦ " '' ¦ '¦ : ' ' ¦ " ¦' ' : . : : ¦ Rufft RiDtEv's Ro « tb . —The friends of freedom requiring Ttuffy Ridley ' s services are requested to direct to him , previous to Friday , September 2 nd , at Mr . Morgan's , Green Dragon , Cinderford , Forest of Dean , Gloucestershire . L /

      < WESTBCHT . —The County Council will meet on Sunday . September 4 th , at the Chartist Association Room , Warminsterrroad , Westbury . ' : Mr ; PowELt is on hisi route for Exeter , Tiverton , NeWtoh i and Tavistock . :, ; y ^ ¦¦ : '¦ ; ¦ \ yy Mtv Jones , of Liverpool , will visit ; the following places during the next fortnight : —Leicester i on Sunday , Aug . 28 ch ; Nottingham , Monday and Tuesday , 29 th sad 30 th ; Derby , Wednesday and Thursday , 31 st , and Sept . let ; B ' elper , Friday , 2 od ; Matlook Bath , Saturday , 3 rd ; Bakewcll , Sunday , 4 th ; Buxton , Monday , 5 th ; Stockport , Tuesday ,

      6 th j Manchester , W . ednesday , 7 th . MExnB 0 *— -A Delegate Meeting will be held here , on Sunday , September 4 th . The following places are requested to send Delegates : —Sheffield , Rotherham , Barn 8 ley , Doncaater , East Red ford , Gainsborough , Wath , and Swinton . Any of the above named places that cannot make it convenient to send delegates can send a letter so as to be in time for the meeting .- ^ Direct to W . Gilhiden , Mexbro' Glass Works , by Rotherham . ¦ London — -A lecture will be deliverod at 1 , China Walk , on Sunday nest , ; at eight o ' clock .

      Walwoeth—The members residing in this locality are requested to meet at Batten ' s , Anchor and Crown , Cross-Btreet , Elephant and Castle . CiBCus SxaKET . —Mr . Payne , of London , will lecture at the Working Men ' s Hall ; fi , Circus-strefit , New Town , Marylebone , on Sunday evening , Aug . 28 th , at half-past seven . : ¦¦ : . ¦ yy . ¦ \ y ; Ma . Dickenson ( the Manchester Packer ) will be in London on or before Sunday the 29 th . All com munications are requested to be left at Mr . John Cleave's , l , Shoe-lane , Floetstreet * the

      . Mr ;^ De a ^ Ta . ti . ob . will Visit following places daring next meek . viz . ' . —Monday at Hlul , Tuesday at B « verley , Wednesday at Pocklington , Thursday and Friday at Malton , Monday and Tuesday following at Soarbrough . Thb East and Nobth Riwng delegate meeting will take place at half-past ten o ' clock on Sunday morning , at Pocklington , and not at two o ' clock in the afternoon , aa appeared in the Star of lasi week . Delegates must enquire for Mr . John Liddall , Pavement . Each delegate must bring an aovmnt of the number of enrolled members in their respective localities . . . ¦'•¦' .. '¦ >• ¦• ' ¦ .- : :: ' ¦ : ¦ ¦''¦ y ' ¦¦ '¦ ¦ .. i- " ' -- ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ .. - ¦' . y :-

      South Lancashire DjstEGATE Meeting . —The adjourned meeting will be held on Sunday , at eleven o'cloek precisely , in the Browu-street Rooms , Manchester , when all the Chartist Localities in Soath Lancashire are requested to send in their quota of money to support the South Lanoashire Lecturer ' s Fund , aa the treasurer ia ia arreara . :

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      FROM OUR THIRD EDITION OF LASt YfEEM

      v . ^ ;;¦/;¦ - ; / - ' :: - ^ iB ^ s ,: ^; :: /;; ^ ; : ; , ; / ¦/¦ FBJDAT WHJHiy !? EH OtoOCKj Generally epeaking , all has been qniet here today . That is , we have had no ^ rioting 8 , " : no shootings , no sabreings . Bnt it la jather / a-: enrioussign of quietness to see onr streets filled ^ : ^ th " : militiry , and every man , almost by house-row , suttUnoued up to become a special constable * ^ Dn © maj ? i 8 tratea seem to be special-constable-bitten : for , on no other suppositiou can we account for the mania' that evidently possesses them . But we advise the good people of Leeds to - indulge them . Let them bare as many as ever their appetite will take . rt THd more the merrier . " Many of the inhabitanta

      have been for a long : period out of work . Here is a job for them as long as it lasts—Wages three shillings : and sixpence in the day-time ; and four shillings and sixpence at night . Thi 3 will serva to fill many a hungry belly ; Go and get sworn in , ye unemployed ! Nevermind where the money edaxef from i never mind ibat it wili canse a " swingeing borough rate ; " never mind this ; y ou cannot be called upon to pay the rates t You are unable to pay ; and let the shopkeepers , out of whose pockets it must come , quarrel with the reckless spenders of the money when the sober day of reckoning couj ^ s . -All we' say io you is , have your share of the meney flying about . None need

      it so much as you who ' are starring :. Remember , too , thatybowili be constables ; that you will be invested with ¦ •*• oflSoe , " and have to perlbrnl ^ official duties . " You will be sWorn to dp yonr utmost to pifeserro the peace : and it will be your duty to put down any disturbance that may arise , even if it should ba caused by an indiscreet use of the power iny 6 sted in your colleagues ; an ^ occurrence ' - tto * at ailanlikely . Should you see a mad-cap zaalot , big with his own imagined importance , give himself extra-official aira , and try how his staff fits a quiet man ' s head , instantly knock him downj or apprehend him for an assault . You may thus be the means of doing the state some servioe . ; ; ; .. ¦'¦ ¦ , /• : The empty parade and fusa made with these specials is really Bickenihg . It proves how shortsighted the magistracy are . Cool , long-headed men

      Would not so act . Bnt What can we expeot from such men as we have for magistrates ? Men selected on account of party considerations , and hot because of their peculiar fitness for this most important post . We have no hesitation in saying ( and ij * saying so we know- 'that we ^ echo Me sentiments of ninatenths of the ehopkeeping clas 3 ) that more excite , meat has been created in Leeds tnTOUgh the p ^ ctOTwness of the oflliials than by any other caUse .- . Tne p ^ er parations they have made , ' -. ; and ^» ytfei rm they have Exhibitbd , havei been , on ^ a : scale quite largereuough ,. to have met the case had ] it been the intention of a host of cannibals to invade the town for the pnrpdse of eating m aU up ; - 00

      we object to their making arrangements to preserve the peace \ By no means . But we do object to their making these preparations in such a manner , and so conducting their operations , as to create and Sin tend the excitement and ferment they , should allay . As a sample of their prudence and tact take the following :- ^ Mr . Hobson . pur publisher , has during tho week , regularly exhibited at his shop door notices of what has occurred in other towns , for the satisfying of the onriosity and great anxiety of the inhabitants to " learn the news . " This is , what is regularly done . on alii stirring ooaasiohat inch as elections . To-day he bad on a board a notice of the arrest of Mr . Leach , and of the fact reported by

      our London correspondent relative to the committal of a number ; ofsoldiersto-the ^ Tower . "The magistrates hearing of this sent a whole posse of Policemen to apprehend the Board 1 There were eiRhteen policemen drawn up in file , headed by a Serjeant , all with truncheons in hand , and cutlasses by their side , and attended , too , by a number of specials to protect them , to take and capture , and convey to Gaol , this poor unoffending Bill-Board , 18 inches long by 14 inches wide I In this manner did they march from the Court House into Market-street , capture poor Bill Board , and then march backagain with him to quod !! The consequence was , that from this formidable array , formidable reports arose .

      It was over the town in no time , that the Sfai ^ -OrEce had been shut nv ? ' " Mr . Hobson was arrested , ** arid all other sorts of nnljkely things , ¦ Now , how eauy the objectof the magistrates might have been accomplished without all this misohievoas parade and fuss . A simple message that they deemed the exhibition of the paper on the board imprudent , would have been Bbffioient to have ensured its removal : at all events , it was bat right for them to have tried this step first , and , in case of lefusaJ , resort ed to the other step of removing it themselves : though , had they even had to do this , a less number of policemen and specials than ; they sent would have looked quite as seemly , ' and answered their purpose better , if that purpose Was the preservation ofthe ' peaco . :.: ' > : ' ; - "¦ 'f' " ¦? ;¦ ' ; : ' ;;¦ ¦ '' ' ¦ .. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ , >* ¦ ¦' :. ' ¦ ¦' .. ' ¦ '¦ " ¦ ¦ ' : Since the capture of poor Bill Board by the

      eighteen policemen and specials , almost up to this hour , wo have had four policemen parading constantly in front of the Stor office . 'Tis the first time We have been thought worthy of such a guard of honour ! W e have often wished that the senders of pol ; c 8 would send them into Market-street ; for it beingaqTriefc , retiredstroet , i 8 often used by some noisy unruly lads to the great annoyance of all who live in it : yet the presence of tho police could never be obtained before « ow . But now it has came , it has come thick ! We have four of them all to ourselves ! The only supposition we can give for their presence here , just now , is , that the authorities have heard of the intention of some distdrbers' to - cw-piuo our boiler ; and that they have sent these policemen to guard out premises till the > Northern Star be fnlly printed off . If this be the case , we heartily thank them . // :. .. ¦ ¦ : :. ¦ . . ' .: " . ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ' " •¦/ ¦ ¦ ' . - ¦ :- . ¦ ¦ ¦ : /¦ : r - . - - ; ¦ ¦ ¦

      ; • ¦; . ; / . : ¦; ? ' ., . BRIGHOUSE . . •¦ : < y- ,. ;? . < - ¦¦ . ¦ 'yyy ' yy . : yyyy -- - 'y ' x ^^ yriii ^ om . ¦¦ A change has come o'er the spirit of our dream ; we are all now as peaceable here as ever we were known to be ; in fact more so , because the mills are standing , but they are standing only because their owners think proper to keep them so for the Week out . The hands are ready and so are the boilers , and all will be at work again on Monday . The people have borne their sufferings With the greatest resignation . There have been no soldiers , and there has been no rioting ;

      • . ¦;;; .. / - ¦ '¦' ¦ : o nYVE . yyy . -yy'¦ . ' ¦> . - ¦ - . : / - ' .. ' : ' ' ¦ - . ¦ /¦ ¦¦ ' -y- : :. : SATUapAT . About ten this day , a number of specials and the town police , headed by Captain Clark and Thomas Ashton , magistrates , set out ia search of Mr . John Leech , to take him into custody . They had not proceeded far , before a large number of people had collected together , and followed them , shouting and hallowing them . Mr . Little , the head police officer , got hold of a man , and said , "Come , you must go With mei" Hereaid , "Where toV Little said , VTo tho lockups . " The man / said , "Come then , ' * and lifting his hand at the same time , began to beat Mr . Little in style , when a general fight took place be ' . ween the people and the police . The latter took to their heels , as if for life and death , with sticks and stones after them ; some with broken noses , some with bruised heads , &o . &c . Captain Clark is gone to Ashtbn , in Bearch of some soldiers . The police broke Leech's door open last night , but Leech was not at home . He is at large yet .

      SHELTONj SXAFFOBDSHIBS POTTHRIES . We are placed entirely under martial law , and the most absolute despotism is practised npoa us ;

      y-y . y-yy--y ' :: ' ' - . ¦ ¦ ¦ oldhame . ^ ~ - '• . ¦• v . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' " - .. ¦ : .- ' -v . ' :- ' ^ : - ' y- ' - . '¦ " :. ' " ' ¦;" . . rtav /^ wowm ^ . ;^ A large pnblic meeting took place on Oldhiltt Edge . Mr . Bell and others addressed the numerous meeting . A reslution for the Chater to be made the law of the land was ; put and . -eameii nnanimoaaly . In the evening another public meeting was held ia the game place . "'¦ : " . •/• " . ; /;•/ ' ' . ' . '" . ¦ V ' - ; " . yyyy ¦ ¦ ¦' . - ¦ / '"' ¦ ' ¦¦ -y ' . ' r ¦ ¦ ' : }; yy . y . ; - .: ' /_ ' : '; "y ¦' ;/• : ¦ vVySATDHDAT . \ . ' ¦¦ ' . . This morning the publioineetine . wa& larget ' than , the one held yesterday ^^; ' 'Mr : ' 7 ^ . ar dley ? Ani Mr . Miller addressed them in , firm but mild Speaohaa ; it is rumoured that there is an intontioii on tha pari ; of the authorities , to arrest some o ^ the Cba ^ ig ^ s , bu . fi up to this time , ( one o ' clockat n 64 d ) JXO'Aitis ' Qf the sort has taken place . There is nottaejeaist appear * ancoof any breach * of the-peao ' eV / ^ v ^^ ' ^ th ^' meeting separated the people proceeded into the toifa la pro * cession—all appeared in goodI spirits * - ! 1 " "; ¦

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 27, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct445/page/8/