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      A 1 C 0 BTHERN / TOUB . ' "XS&Pajilniyebiflda notei , < = ., ¦ - ~ . -ABa , fiiittJ , he'nprentit . " TO THE XBCTOH OP 1 KB BOKTHKRW STAR . JJEAJt SlR , ~ BaYiBg taken » basty run -down . to * be ~ lan « of ^ Sh ^ ttTOBUin and the flood , ** fo * : ibe jwnpoBe of -tMIBi ^ Tfla-ViTes in JtyrsBire , * nd seeing did friends in suck other pirts as -my necessarily liinit ^ time willi on Represent ocmhod , permit me to vM ^ aiid-tbinkmgtbai a letier or -twb , desenp-&reof 43 » s&te ^ Ojartaam'in ins places ibrougn wKehilmay pass-willBe welcome , ^ trouble yon ytJShfM ^ y ^ p&ASxSijyeqa&lSsg ii * insertion . _ I a ^ rSS effieldVat-elerai « «*«* on . ^ nrday snorning , rMaj «^ - _ lhro ^ prvtnree ^ nemtera of ibe WcdejanC 6 nferenee , feens « 2 n « sn Sheffield , were 3 n the sama earriace 5 and consequenuy 4 -Started

      undermost favourable , auspicesiu the . company ^ sa&' ^ KiBratablejuid ^ lonfltfiara ^ ers . ' At ^ forynmtoa , 1 ^ left iham I and ; on changing my seat , foanfl anps ^ in the cofflpany of * Verj differeat chajwter to the " parsons , " via . a professional wit . He appeared 4 o bt » conuberclal trsveller—a little j ? ood looking man , between thirty and forty years of age , and -cultivating a beard and -whiskers which ins firand Turk himself iinghtmiji" He nftered many smart things , anaiep ¥ those around him in a state of / food humour , -which made the journey seem loo short mljis company . ; " We Teaohed Hull at four o ' clock . - = -- ¦ ; .

      I spent that eTemng "with several of my Hull Mena ^ who treated me very iindly . Sunday , August 6 th , I took mj passage on board iheJScDpBe forUewisaaaa . ; W © left Bnll at one o ' clock ; andno "^ aumngaeddents ^ iaanng onr progress , X have notbinaaprth chronicling . So calm ms ^ eTO ^ hia ^ hal ^ B * even * womaa or child ¦ was set : and a more "pleasant passage by sea could : not have been ^ desired , Monday , August 7 th , "we reached Sunderland about eight o'clock , and shortly after nine broughtto , » ireast of North Shields . Itbeing ebbtide . I sot on board one of the small sfceam-packets plying between Shields and 2 iew * asfle ,-whi oh soon brought me to the latter plaeei ' A grand regata or boat race was coming off that-day . at Shields , and the fihore on each ads was-= Jmed with thousands of b ^ day folk 5 ? aitiiig for the Eport . ATnighi I addressed a meeting In the -Ghar&l ah JllCO UUk

      -CUhU , ^ XVXUU , i ^ CtTCASUB . J . UO -idlg WOB - B large ^ one ; and ChaitiaB Ib evidently at a low ebb in Newcastle . ... Tnesday , August 8 th , I visited ^ Sunderland ; and hereleU in -ndtkan old friend from Pondee now leading near Shields . He had come to Sunderland purposely io meet me . . In the evening ! addressed a znt&tingin * ihe Chartist room , v The room is in a Terycbadsituation though , of pretty good size . It WMT ^ lfflledi onJ ^ U -waabiit a small meetine . Therfe were present many of our female Mends , and &e best , ( spirit Tras shewn by all present , 1 was warmly pressed to jretani j- and only got away by promising torepeatlay Tisit on . iny way back irom Scotland . - Jfly 5 onderland friends treated me most iinaiyj intf X'iihalFc « riaihly try to respond to their wishes by paying ft em a second visit , when I antieipale xneeting them in their strength , the way they gatheredin ^ ays ^ one / by . Snnderland only wanterousing ^ - " Her sons , aye and daughters too , wouiaiso * n ~ TaIjy io iheToiee of liberty , and stand forward the—

      -^ 35 r * t brave , and foremost of the free . * Wednesday , Angust 9 ik--I went to SonihSrields . In the eveningaddressed a splendid open-air meeting onihe Lawe , tbe * sea beach opposite ^ Tyitemoutb 03 ie meeting-was large , attenfiYS , and enthusiastic S 3 reralttf the middle elaas , aad a somber of females , were jreaent . Curious enough , a Scotchman presided .. ft ^ ^* a y > ^ jr ^ Tlf ^^» pHfliOi " Tn fntTn < hii ^ Ti g ste jimoTtwo Scotchmen , Mt . Xydd , ibrmedy of Ariroaih * nd Gbiagow , and my Dtmdee fiiend , pro * poeed" the thanks of the meeting to Bie form . - z » ixeB& TIiTb haTing l > eeDQ doafi , two of ay femaic iriends proposed a jeaolntion that 1 should beimited to a public tea on iDyretarn from Scotland , which waa earned by acclamation . My fair Meads wonld Uwke ao ^ aij ^ i bntieturnl must . Thnrsday , Angu ^ _ 10 th .--AnniTersiryof ihfi Be > pahlican instctreetion and detraction t ) f the throne rf thV Capets ; 1792 : and of tlie proclaiming of the

      Stench Democratic Constitution , . 1733 . Glorious was 4 henprian « ofthe Pa ^ 5 fflandeim > eraoj ] Mxg-¦ p ^ fl ^ mrtr t Tia taromph tfwy SB « mTag 6 OPRl y aCDieTed ! Jm * and « ablb »^ ww » igflie : principles of teat Coo-B&ntionj aid wisely planned ware its pnmaoas to jnaintain the prine ^ ea embodied therein 1 It is a "Peop ^ flXSiarter * ' that same constitution , worthy tt the ^ JUBttB . ^ - -rWeEfs ^ inld ; it iar © beert for the laceif the people of Praacehad hadtheinowledge to aporecia ^ andthe Tirtae to maintain , at any cost , its principles " and proTisions ! Bnt , alas for mankmd , the ignorance of the masB of the people , aod ^ he ^ gewmflrefimi of the middle cIkct Wagfed the hopes of "tte philanthropist Miaihetteasnresof the pa&iot 1 and doomed man to be fox a period longer the dape of knaves , and the -victim of tyrants ] "Wbeni O when , wBl-the millionBTiBe in their might and power , aad take that position which ia theas bynaaaal Pjj ^^ gtd their exelnaon from it anontnurenpooiBafaire ' s ^ iiWBl \ - ' -

      I cretarnadio Newcastle , and bidding it farewell , prot 3 ededtomy « ld Bfaro ^ b ^ d , Winlaton . I was i ^ artily Tec ^ red-bymyr ^ ciend& . ' - 'who almost lolled iiaM& ^^ esBkr ^ Mi ^ iresaBg ^ iddresBed a Teryl «^ ineeengs ' Md ' -waa : % K « t < nthnma « tically Tee ^ Te d . Atlhe eondimon ^ a ^ j » ddr « e . yl was ^ fitooceasfonanyfigores ffl VMJjiuveshead-Observer , asj ^ e of the * Ji ^ i ^ -ofiBtepeal ;; a ^ Bke ^ most of thereadeTBOfthat ^ recMiarrag , it-wa / a iaoSt . completecomMamdof-iEnoraiwepand coneSfc ^ He 3 eliof

      tbt ^ fee itsnal-feade idfnmlMise fiie CoartiBts , which -ieiasrrleanied from ib © speeches of Mh jnjpefl t * -MjJ ^^ ^ tL ^ a , ac ** TTi » hv iAna ^ zr The » 31 eg ^ 3 *^ 6 ^« e&a-: ; whIitaiBr Tones *~ physcal force ' rr- 5 axoniatred"of Irels ^ . &e . ie . ^ BB accosed Ma beaiga cf not ' ttympatTimng with Ireland ; aad at tt ^ sanB &aa did Mb best to irritate and 4 isgust them by his abuse and ialsehood . Yon may depend npon it I dresaed Km smartly . Byway of tesfingthemeetinjf beyond doubt , ! proposed two lEwlnfiwa toitoefollownigieSeGt :--1 . "Thatthismeefing expresses Its decided

      con-Ticfion that justice ' willnererbe done to ihe working daBees , nnffl ihey are represented Id the Commona' feranch of theiegisJitnre ; aod this ineetine pledge ^ itself nerBT to cease ibe agtatipn for ihe People ' s Chatter nntQ that measure be enacted the law of the land . " " ~ - -

      2 . ** That wHIb this zseetine stron ^ y denounces the conduct of Ae leaders of the Hepeal morement ia the ffiorts " made by them to keep the enslaved classes _ pf bofli ^ eoimtriea dxiided by the infamous calumnies employed by them against ihe Gharfist body , aad iriiile this meeting ia of opinion , that * a mere . Repeal of ~ the X ^ al&trre Union , unacoompaiu ^ byCh «^ Snfib ^ waibeprodneiiTeaflitae or bo Jeood to thermass of the irish people , still 4 he demand for Eepjeal bemg a just one , and ibis meeting being of opinion that Jreland can nerer by go-Terned but by a domestic Parliament elected by , and therefore TepreprsBenfiaj ? ~ * be yfbole people , pledges Its Bympathy to the T-ripp people fa their Btrnl ^/ orjrighrindjoJBfice .

      These resolutions -were both passed amidst most enthnsiastio > cheeriiyf only one hand-beingraised against ihem and ihat " was the bana oLs . clerk or overjooker of the place where IKNally is cmployea 1 3 kTMaKy himself protested against the resolutions 2 A prmouB Irishman to protest against English sympafty 1 Ah HhQ hombuKs 1 nothing galls ** Hokanna" and Ids tools worse than these expressions of EngliBhsympaihy . I onlj couli ~ jn £ from "Winlaion on siTing my word that I wonld return again , if posdble , on my wayhonw irom Scoilattd . -- : Fr iday ^ Ancnst aith . —left Winlaton lor Car-Hale . Arrirod iaerei I-took np my ooarters with j »

      my old friend Arthnr . At Jii ^ hi I addrsssea large meeting at tb » Market Cross . It wag the Tery worst night of the ^ w ^ k I Tcoold iare been there j the wesTersbemg all onihe push to get their cuts out on . the next morning : yet I had an excellent meetinj ? , aad-was pressed to repeat my sislt . &w » iiyi vAngnst 12 tS . i ^ & ft ^ Carlmle by the canalbnt for Bonws . ^ Hsm&Bn I crossed in ibe Xorerpoo ^^ teijatsp to '^ toBaOl The sxme erening S 2 ^ l ™ ^ Mm ^ J ^ . * Qaeea of ihe Sonth ^ *^ &F& ! && ?* &to * iatia elaSmedifor ltanv ^ W 5 ^** P » * « ai . a ? Maift idmit Ihat the « , ™^ k ^ v ^!^ ^^ * toseflier : mdeBerred i though , likeaH other ^ aeens , thfiisiotalTperfect

      * , « £ ™ Sif » ^ y ^ f ^ nS 1 Athrrting eonfi&m ^ ttjl £ S& 2 ££ 3 g ? & and < 3 » lisle' » -rtsit iB % dnH ^ 1 ? S IlaTS XWaiza ^^ s ^ ay ^^ mte nded Tor . A IdE 'wniea snau anord 10 tne people some hones th * . t W woriang am * yim i-Vttld&tf 4 gS 5 $$ Z ferely neeeasaryr SomeVsneli plant ^ Biust treoede anythlnglike a general xeroal of « w C 3 iartist «« & fion . 3 t l » 4 o ^ T 8 grmed thaflhe Confere ^ ce ja > t be l ^ dm Newcastle ; asl sm ^ ersukdea Jhat lad it beeirlMad ^ tkaw 3 t Trould iaye produted an incalcnlailfiamonntofgood .

      Tie ^ Ga ^^ oTemenJ ^ exe ^ es , as may b « . sop . Posed , TeTy ^ eoeraljinMfist tbjconghpnt . the-jiorau I Tiave hem osxured in several places that a Strike vnU lake place in abquljiixL weeks OTjtea . mcjiihsjfTom tkepresadiujie . "tt ^ l ^ sh& ^ ln ^ maiQjfr trne , the usae tifthe ' struggle mapbejoeTyfafel g- pre&cted In Tsa casK ? 3 HJB J ^ pEi 5 ^ E ^^ EAttQi . AjNI > CO ^ FDSIONto / fe wria » ggig » ; jai ) . THkiB ma ? jbute ^ raj ^ B ^ qBSK / tTHAN . arflE » p ^ e SENT 1 ^ ne ^^ j ^^^^ imnen ^ kni qtSttihe andwffl spare ab means to g ^ lip 6 ne . ^ mens&Gioit I ^^ ej ~ JCt&fynn sli ther d ^ a ^ nd ^ ^ ad a great 4 fcal more ,, jroTided they isojifihtly to ' jfoadc Tsat&ey . xaasfcasTBiOrgamation—anOrgank » tion

      uriiich shall-enibrace tbeiwhole of their- class , from John o'Groftfs to'fte land * End . They mast hare

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      fands , * nd the best legal jpudiuioe ; otherwise , instead of fictory , d ^« o i ! * ffli ail its horrors wiS be their dMm ! . ¦ -- , - ^ i ^ - -T ^ -Auii . r- " i ^ - ii : ?*'' -: .

      I hear thai Hr . Beesley is «* ecting a rast deal of good among fte « ollier 8 . ^ He las b « en working ' in a pit for the J ^ t two OT tbr ^ weeks . In order tp ^ ^^ m ^ himself , practically acqaamted with tho ' mdde of life and sufferings of these / grierously ^ wronged-.- Ass Again Isay : to ffie pit-men ^ LET TflEREl BE NO STRIKE FpR'TiJE BBESENT 4 Th > y > are your worst enemies who » giTe yon any other adTJoe . Gbo . Jtouk Haenet . Dumfries , AugUBt 14 , 1843 . !

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      STATE OF THE NATION . WHAT HAS THE TARIFF DONE ? Thb inquiry " what has the Tariff donef ia now a Tery natural one . It was Pkkl ' s measure of reHef . " It vna his only one i for we presame that eren he will not call the Income Tax an act of relief : and these two measures are the only measures he has introduced at all worthy of consideration . What , then , has the Tariff done % What have , bo far , been its effects ! j

      It was intended to do great things . Peel introduced it to " sare the nation . " There never was a nation ihat took so much " saving" as England . We have had Saviours of all sorts sad sizes ; and so many of them , that their name is legion . Prn , ** heaven-born" Pra , " saved " us from the overwhelming effect of Erench Principles" and u xhe slookt despjOB op Athwtsm . " Pnr e was "the pilot that weathered the storm ; " for he preserved to ns " the Bussed coxfobts of ssueioN . " It coat us a "power of money" for him to do this ; bat , ttnth the money * Prrz was our political Saviour .

      We soon , however , required « saTing ^ again . Though "Erench Pr inciples" bad been annihilated , yet Bdokapjlbte threatened us withdestruction ; -and if Wsixisgtok had not " sayed" us &t Waterloo , all the previous " saving" would not hare been worth a groat , much as it cest . It is true that Wklli » otos ' s" saving" was rather a dear one . It is true that his " splendid victories" cost us so much money as to justify the impression that they had been bought rather than won . It is true that from the year of 1810 to 1815 , both inclusive , the enormous sum of £ 505 , 600 . 000 tuts expended -under the itoo heads of

      Army and Navy alone ! It is true that Welling-T 021 himself was -voted grants and allowances , estates and money , to the value of a million sterling ! It is true all ibis ; but it is equally true that he " saved" us ; aad that for SO doing WO Were told by himself in bis peerage , that the nation "had not the power to reward him sufficientl y ? though he had the generosity to confess that it did its besf Castlereigh , too , was a Saviour . ) He " saved " file nation from the Radicals . By Ms Six Acts and his Manchester Massacre , he "saved" the whole country from otter annihilation , The Radicals

      . "had a design on all property . " Gagging Bills , and Power-of-imprisonment Bills , pnt all things to rights and we ware " aved" once more . It was pity , however , Oat Cashkekagh could not " save" himself ! Saviour of the nation as he was , he could net do but destroy himself . With his own hands he cut his own throat I He Btuck a penknife into iia carotid artery , at North Cray , in Kent j and fell dead , a victim to bis own act . It is now some twenty years ago : bnt the remembrance of the deed will be kept in mind so long as the bloody Massacre which Ira so exoltingly xPTLkWXD , has been unaioned for . ¦ i

      In addition to these Saviours , ~ we bad also "Prosperity-HosixsoH . " "The sadden transition from war to peace" brought on a state of ' things unendurable . When the nation recovered from its drunken joy , it discovered that it was not" saved , " iiotwithstanding all ibe treasnre . it bad erpended " Prosperity-Ronflsoa" tried Ms hand . ; He pat off resumption of caeh-payments . He augmented paper money , by a monstreus issue of One Pound Notes . He " saved" the nation once more : at least , so be said . He boasted loud and long of our * glorious Constitution , DISPENSING ITS BLESSINGS THBACGH THE POBIAXS OP iBlSCIBSI MoNAHCHT . " But he ^ d not " save * us from fte *« panic" of 3825 ! His boasts were thin air ; and his confusion as perfect as thai of any .

      " Saviour or a nation yet wttaved " could be . Pzkl then tried his hand . < One-Pound Notes was all the evil that afflicted us . ; Get rid of those , and we shonld get rid of distress . So Said Peel . Sis BUI waa therefore passed . One-Pound Notes disappeared . The nation was " saved" once again , Strange to say , however , it refused iobelieve it . It talked of distress , and poverty , and ruin , and bankruptcy , untfl Gbst tried iiiB nand at" saving "

      with the Reform Bill . Now here was a perfect Saviour . If all else had failed , this " tmnntf" measure was stare to do the trick .: ** No more distress . No sore poverty . Boast beef and plum-pudding once more . " Alas 1 for the vanity of human hopes J The great " wctn ^ r * ' measure wasno ^ aotin ? " at all 1 and PsELhad to come in 1842 to try hiB hand again . He gave as the Tariff as ibe next measure of salvation ; and we are now going io inquire " What has been its effects" ! '

      The Tariff was s measure of " Free Trade / ' It was hailed by all of that school as the greatest measure of " Free Trade" ever attempted . ! In thus baHingit , the " FreeTraders" werenndoubtedly right It was the greatest—the most extensive application of " Free Trade ' principles ever attempted . It swept away , at once , hundreds of Acts of Parliament ; repealed hundreds of duties ; altered the amounts of hundreds more z and revolutionised oar

      whole commercial code . Great things were promised in its name . It would " cheapen food , and enable the working man to get more for bis money ; and thus stop Mb month , and pot cm end to bis grumbling . " It would revive trade , by causing other nations to bring us their produce , and take back ours in return . " It would "make us prosperous once more 5 and stem the tide of kuijt that had so fearMlyaetm »

      WeE then what hare been its effects 1 Has it " cheapened" food t Faith , and . it hasl It has lowered the price of wheat , of ; beef , of mutton , of butter , of bacon , of milk , of cheese , and of all other staple articles ef food . It laB lowered the price of all manufactured goods , woollen , cotton , linen , and sOk . It has reduced the value of all property ; A ? r »

      IT HAS SEDUCED THB AX 0 T OT OF-WAGES OT laSOTIB . The Tariff has not been without Us tffecU 1 Most certainly i hat cannot be said of it . It has had effect * 3 and most tremendous ones too 1 Bat has it " saved" us ! It certainly has not " saved" Ireland from a " state of Rebellion , " if the LoHD 'Chajtceiloh speaka truth . It certainly has not" saved" ihe Qinrch of Sesiland from / atftn io pieces , presanting tiie most unusual spectacle of Parsons leaxmgihea livings . It certainly has not w saved" Wales from die exactions of Toll-gate

      erectors ; nor has ik ^ pukclpiraf f Rebecca , " who is waging war npon the constituted authorities of the eonniry j BuperBedihg ffie ftajctions of the Executive itself . It <« rfalniy ^ j ^ , w ; 6 ared' » jEiDgland from sum for the cry of di » tress ,- and alarming eymptoms of it , are more rife" than " , ever , f It has not reconciled the ColKeris * to 'EjqHTgsg ^ rsacB a day ; nor the fioii-ma&twel ^ bxtrmu at i £ 5 » ton J

      . It ^ has not put down Ghabxisk j nor hasfit smo thered ihe wafl of the iujerin ^ in ^ jfcte Po % Law Bastiles . Iihai not pSventetl Wmiix % TO < x ^ a daughter from being MpBDE ^ EIVby being pined 4 o death amongst heaps " of ?^ eayj " foo 4 ! ?» or has ^ preven ted ^ aaoifcer rtrik « » . 1 to ^ w 8 hstknd an attempted reduetion of ^ wMes . ^ Tjea ^ lhinga it hati nrt done : and " tterefoxe ^ so i&Tit't ai ' / tiled io "saveihe nation ?* - J

      , , " The HoW' lately bad " tfaV ' - ^ nsHni I or the State of J , he Nation diBcnseea before ft . Vbak JOBS B . VSBXLL introduced it , . aod bore his iesfeinony to ihe diso ^ gaiiis 6 d and alarming condition of the great mass of the people in all lie three owintriesi Job

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      Hums too , ha 4 ^ i « s » y . That say % ^ ery Important . JoikisA ^ H Fre ^ l *» der ^ » J ^ b »^^^ It is through the Fiw-Trade '' Bpecta ^ estbAt Joe . looks «^ every acpestiwn . , : Me ft * in ^^ aii ^ m ^ L Pkh ^ ^ Rri ^ paelitwihafc aa Mh ^ ^^ nt ^ i ^ | He it was , that predicted all Borte of grand reBUlts froni its opa » iaon / " Se H wasi " thj | lu ^ ii ^^ i oU us thai noting but " Free ^ ' Trade ^ trili' benefit ; . us . His testimony therefore , « 3 U ihe C ' iat elffeoto of " FreeTrade" principles Teduced l ^^ ^ practice , is allimportantL That testimony we are now going to have . Joe . shall speak for himself . He shall describe , in his own words , the effects of the greatest

      measure of "Free Trade" ever attempted . He Bhall describe the present condition of the country ; and by cbneequence the effects of Past ' s " Free Trade" measures . During the debate on the State of the Nation , Job . pertinently asked : — " What ; was the situation of the people of ' the this country in July , 1843 , compared with ihe condition of the country in September , 1841 ; when the Bight Hon . Baronet came into office ! The question was , v ) ere ) the people in a belter state now than they were when the Hight Honourable Baronet undertook the Government of the country 1 He ( Mr . Hume ) said no . Profits had decreased , wagss had

      DECREASED , AMD EMFLOYMKUX HAD ALSO DIMINISHED . Judging , from his own observation , and , from the observation of others , he had no hesitation in declaring that ife distress and difficulty which existed in the country were much greater than they had been in any former ly ears . He asked Hon . Members if they ever recollected the . fto \ jntxytobeinBuoha 8 tateasitwa 8 in at thai moment ! Informer times thecomplaint was a want of money—a deficiency of capital . Wowone of the principal grounds of complaint among capitalists was that they had more than . they could usefully employ . ; Ail . ibadk was at jl stj ^ tp sxiti . Tho Right Hon . Baronet , notwithstanding hia large had not

      majority and his great political power , been able Jo improve the condition of anyone trade in the country . He would only refer Hon . Members to the state' of the cotton and the woollen trade . In 1841 these trades were in a very different condition . Look at th » state of Yorkshire—was there not great distress in ! that and in other counties among the labourers ! I If the labourer was in so depressed a condition , in what state most the master be ! Property was being wasted , and capital was daily disappearing from the country . -Manycapitalists were employing labourers at a' great pecuniary' loss : to such a state was trade reduced , . uet Hon . Members look at the shipping interest . It was always customary / or ; Chancellors of the Exchequer to refer

      with exultation to the state of the shipping interest of the country ; but what was the condition of that mach-vaunted interest ! It was most deplorable . The Right Hon . Baronet spoke of the power and energy of the country , and was it not strange that he ( Sir R . Peel ) made no reference to the state of the shipping trade ? The Npble Lord hat ! been accused of entertaining gloomy views of the present posture of ptiblio affairs ; but he ( Mr . JIume ) thought that he hadnot done justice to the lamentable ^ ondirion in . wbioby the . country was situated . Tney talked of a ; decrease in the revenue . That was a proof of the poverty and distress which prevailed . It was a true index of the distress and difficulties with which trade had to contend . "

      Pretty fair this ! Rare effects from " free trade" ! M I > ecreased h prqfits" " Decreased Wages . " "DiminisAed employment ! ' w All trade at a , stand-still"t " No vss pob CAPmi . " Excellent effeots of •• freetrade" ! Glorious Tariff ! Rare " saving of the nation" ! ' And what does the reader think was Job ' s " remedy" for the alarming state of things he but too truly described I What on earth does the reader think ? Josr j prescribed ! He had been describing the effects of one dose of " Free Trade . " He very rightly contrasted the state of the country in July 1843 , withits state in September , 1841 ; for he well

      knew that the Tariff had been passed and brongkt into operation between the two periods . He knew therefore that he was describing the state of the country , after the operation of Free Trade ; and he truly declared that" people were no bettor off "; on the contrary ^ " the distress and difficulty which existed , were greater than they had been in any former years" ! Joet well knew that he was detailing the effects of the " Free-Trade" Tariff ; and what was Aw remedy ! Anothkb and a lahokb dosk ! Mo re " Free-3 ' rodeY Fills ! We were ill because we had not swallowed enow ! More would cure us * What a quack 1 How like the Mobisoi ? "rot-gut

      Bcamps , " with their universal vegetable medicine . Take a moderate dose ; and if you are worse *—and it iB almost impossible but that you will be , —your increased illness and aggravated symptoms arise , not from the deleterious nature of the poison you have swallowed , but because you have not taken enough I They prescribe more : more you take : worse you g « t . StiJl " more"ia the quack ' s prescription ; you follow his adnoe ; and when you are dead ma nail , the fellow has ] the impudence to say you died because you did not shallow " more" \ So with the quack - Free-Trader ^ . " One dose has set " ALL TRADE AT A STAND-STILL "; and get another and a larger dose is the prescription to set it going

      again 111 ; The Tariff ,, then , has had its effeots . It has worked some changes . It has made some revolutions . It has not been wholly inoperative . It has reduced ihe prices of ajl sorts of produce . And it is now beddcino RsNxa 1 God be thanked ! If the Tariff will bring the landlords to their senses , we shall not begrndge the misery it causes to other classes . The landlords have been the scourge of the country They it were , who went to war to pull down " French Principles , " and expended one thousand millions of money 1 They it were that passed the Gagging Bills , and the power-of-Imprisonment-BiUa , to " put

      down" the Radicals , who wanted to prevent the necessity of haying to rob the landlords to pay the fondholder bis interest . They it were that screened the bloody Yeomanry butchers of Manchester from punishment , when they had imbrued their hands in innocent and unoffending blood . They it were that denied all inquiry into the murderous transactions of that day . They it were who have nni . fonnly refused io hearken to the words of warning and advice j and they it is who have now to Reduce their Rents , to enable the farmer to pay the fundholder his dividend 1 Thank God for iti When the Fandlord has swallowed up the Landlord , we shall have him doing battle in gallant style upon the Steam-lord : and * then " Hurrah for the END" J

      The game has begun . Rents are coming down ^ They jnuaf come-down faster and faster . All prices will come down , to a much lower range than the present . As ; prices oome down , Rents must fail too ! That cannot be avoided . Either rents or taxes must give way : and the land-lord knows taat taxes cannot be tfiven up J He knows toe meaning Of "National . Faith" ; so down rents must come . Every reduction on prices will but add to the mess . Every time prices are reduced , the means to pay th « Fandlord diminish j and every reduction of rent must be in an increased ratio . The estates will w > on be swallowed ftp ; and then for the real ba ^ le . l then for the'real fight 1 A short one , and a desperate one 1 and then THE END !

      The game has begun . Read the following three announcements pioked at random from out of aheap of others . .. Read them carefully , and study on the state of things the ; reveal . There is mnoh meaning in them .: more than meets the eye at one glance : — u Lord WiUooghby de Erseby , lord-lieutenant of Carnarvonshire , has -signified his intention to allow » deduction of 12 ^ per cent , to his tenants at the next rent day ; in consideration of the very-low prices of agricultural produce , and the consequent general distresfotthe farmers . '

      » Robert ArkwrijthtvEsq ., of Button Hall , Derbyshire , owing to th 6 depressed Bt&te of-the naaTkets f ^ T agricultural produeej has '^ direefcei 15 per cent ., of the last half year ' s Tent * and 10 per cent , of the previous half year , mating 25 per cent ., to be returned to his tenants ^ " } f . ' .., ¦ ' -: ' ' - ¦ ^ Atlastweek s ' o 6 llectionofrentsupon the Perih estates , we understand that Mr . Kennedy , oh the part , of \ Lord kiai 'Jiidj WmpoghJby : 4 fEwaby , granted to all the ; tenantry , WthoQt difltinction , an abataajpat bf' ^ j pejroent ?; ThisrdedjiQtion * . jrai made according to ! - ^ -T ^^ ) bf ^ p ! m ^ jf ^' I ^ r ship , and acted upon , fo * many ; ye ^ rs , having reference to theaverage price of corn , caftle and wool for , i ^ by-pastseagon ^ : ' \ : > ' " \

      These are butasa ^ drop in the bucket" to what oould be adduced . The readers of the Star will remember the coinmaniiationa of the correspondent of the TiTB ^ irom KRsbkcca-lahb ^ where ho distinctly and repeatedly showed that the great depression in the price of agricultural produce had

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      rendered it impossible for the farmers to pay their fixed thhcB , ; tables , ' ^ d iptti '; - « n ^;^; waongsi oiher things , they demanded a reduction of rents . Yes ! iZffrt <> i

      catohingitoo ! The description appeared in the Times a few days ago : — f A movement of a very extraordinary character baa commenced in the King ' s County , to whioh I am anxious thus early to draw your attention , because itialikely to lead to very important consequences , as regards the social condition of the country , and the rolativepositiou of landlords and tenants . r \* Oh Mqnclay last ^ a ? very numerous meeting of the landholders and occupiers of five baronies of the King ' s County , took place at Raheen , at which Vicars Fisher , Esq ., of JJrney , presid ^ , ; This meeting was rendered yery [ remarkable by the fact , that

      the exteneiTO Protestant landholders of the distriot attended in considerable numbers , to co-operate with the Roman Catholio farmers in demanding a large reduction of their rentsi proportioned to the diminished prices of asricultural produce , and in earnestly calling upon all other parts of the country to follow their example . It was arranged that the resolutions , whioh I subjoin , and which axe very temperately worded , should be introduced by Protestants ana Roman Catholics alternately . ' f Moved by WilliamtPorter , Esq ., Balliniogher , seconded by G . O . R . Delamere , Raheenbeg— ' That

      the ; unexampled competition for laud in this country has been productive of a rental far beyond its intrinsio value , and more than proportioned to the value of those protecting duties under whioh we heretofore received fair prices , and by which prices the landlords measured the reata to which they conceived themiseiyes entitled . . , " ¦ ¦ ^ Moved by Henry F . Odium , Esq ., Gappincur , seoonded by Mr . Richard Mooney , KiJlinmore : — * That ihe decline in the ] quantity of produce for the last five years , and the gradually progressive decrease FOB , THE LAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS IN PARTICULAR , IN

      THE PKICE OF EVBSY KIND OV AGRICULTURAL PKOduce , of at lealt 30 PER cent ., has reduced the Irish agriouliurist to a limentable condition , proved , a f 6 rtiori by the higher class of farmers , heretofore independent , now verging on bankruptcy—as inability to meet their engagements cannot admit of a truer or > milder expression . ' M } Moved by Charles Meredith , Esq ., Coolville , Becondedby Thomas Flood , Esq ., Ballycristal ' . — "That the continuance and operation of the present tariff , FERklNBNT IN ITS PRINCIPLE . CAUSE , AND EFFECT ,

      FULLY DEMONSTRATES TO VS THAT A BTILL FURTHER DETERIORATION IN THE , VaXUE OF AGRICULTURAL HBopucE may bb ExpicTED ^—no aaveutitlous ciroumslance or temporary fluctuation producing this state of our affairs , bnt the steady , fixed , and natural tendency of an enactment carried through Parliament far the sole purpose of cheapening food" Moved by Henry Odium , Esq ., Poriarlington j seconded by Mr . Robert Alexander , Clonveen ' . — That our intimate knowledge of improved farming in all its branches , our persevering industry and attention , have all been fruitlessly expended in struggling against the increasing difficulties which beset us ; hence it is a duty we owb to ourselves and our CHILDESN TO DIRECTLY APPEAL TO

      TUB ! LANDLOBD 3 TO GBANT IN TIMfi A BSDUCTION OF 30 PJEB CENT . IN THE RENTAL OF ODB FABMS , as every orninary contract entered into , between landlord ; aad tenant , previous to the last eighteen months , has entailed frightful loss on the latter . ' "Moved by S Robinaon , Eaq ^ Clara } seconded by Mri Richard Larke , Kilcooney : — ' That it is our unanimous and deliberate opinion , that the tenant , whose economical outlay of capital and information has enhanced the value of his farm , should be allowed for his improvements , it being an admitted fact that nine-tenths of the fenantxy of Irelattd who

      hold ; leases , hold on detorminable ones . Industry and money expended on [ land is the most valuable productive labour within lany country . To leave it unprotected and unremunerated , would be to neglect the most permanent and vital interests of landlord and tenant . ' "Moved by Arthur J : Webb , Esq ., Bloomfieldj seconded by Mt . Richard Larke , Kilcooney' . —' That we earnesly and confidently call on the rest of Ireland j . to imitate the laudable example we now set them , of men of every shade of polittca and religion generously vieing with each other , irrespective of all petty , silly prejudices , in common sense and fellowship , for the attainment of one common object . '"

      Such is the effect of the Tariff upon agriculturists . 11 has decreased the price of their produce at least thirty per cent ; and the Irish movers for a thirty percent reduction of Rents , truly state the nature of that Tariff when they say that " it is permanent in its principle , oause , and effect ; " and thatV still further deterioration in the value of agricultural produce bay be expected . " It is " permanent in its principle . " Further " deterioration of value" will follow .

      It is not alone in agricultural produce that this thirty per cent reduction has taken place . The decrease in the price of Iron is more striking . Bar Iron is now selling for £ 5 & ton . In 1814 it sold for £ 13 93 . 8 d . a ton . That was the average price in that year ! In 1835 it sold for £ 11 153 . 81 . a ton . Now , f as just announced , it is but £ 5 . How does this immense deptesi&ion arise ! To what can this be ascribed ] Certainly not to " foreign competition , ^— the ready answer of every " Free Trader , " when asked the cause of the depreciation of woven fabrics . There is no " foreign competition" in Iron

      worth naming . No country on the face of the earth makeBJenongh of iron for its own use , besides England , excepting Sweden : and there it is made at a cost far exceeding what is it made for with us . Then how does it happen that suoh a monstrous disparity should ! exist between the price of Iron now , and the price in 1814 and 1815 ? One reason is , because of Pkkl ' 8 Bill , which reduced prices of all sorts , except the price of taxes and of tithes ; and the other reason is because of the Tariff , which is doing what the former measure left undone : ruining all , except the tax-eater : and that gentleman will come in for his share before the THING is settled !

      ( ST ' iWe had written thus far , when the report of the meeting of the Spitalfieds silk weavers came to hand . ; That report renders it unnecessary for us to say another word on this occasion , beyond barely referring the reader to it . We look upon that meeting as one of the most important ever held in this country . It is another evidence of the operation of jthat hind amongst the workors which is to i really " save this nation . " ' There was more sound sense , more true philosophy , more judgment , more discrimination , more tracing of effect to cause , at that meeting , in the two or three hours that it was assembled , than hag been evinced by all the ** Saviours" that have hitherto " eaved the country . " To the Report we refer with pride . It will amply repay perusal .

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      "HOW HAPPY GOULD I BE WITH EITHER . " "Heads and tails " , * "head foremost , or feet foremost , if we win , " is the game of the League . For many months we were assured by the "left wing " of that faction , the Sturgites , that they had no connection whatever with the . -main body of " Free Traders " : ; but on the contrary they adopted our principled and eschewed our blasted name for tho

      mere purpose of deluding the simple League into an avowal of those principles . When we saw the front presented ] by those gentlemen at Birmingham ; when we heard the ravinga of the Hkywor ¥ h ' s , the Ritchie ' s , and the Brewstbr > s , if we were before sceptical we then confirmed in our views of the intentions , of .-. the * left wing , ?' ¦ Their protestations wero | loud . and vehement asyti ? , their oneness of purpose . Defeated ,

      however , in the . ; r ? ar of Btr || tegem , they have , now thrown off the cloaV that j covered deception- ; and the tWp parties have united upon the "pom-. plete ^ Suffr ^ e" question . Did we not antioipate ' ^ ehuV ' nf ^* * ew } ll ' * i aa < Dti 6 ni \ P | d ^ not aver that r such would be the arrangements and preparaiibns whereby j impressions might be made upon the constituent body for ihe next general election ! . At the

      commencement of the Sturge move , we gave it aa ^ ur opinion tb ' at STbaoswas too honest for bis party , and , wool ! be gsorifieed to their deoett . Subsequent circumBtances , however , have convinced us that Joseph stood in no danger from the canning of others outstripping his own

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      We then argued the main question as we shall argue it now . j We then contended , as we obntend still , for the necessity of unioa among the Sturgeites , before we hazard our cause by a junction with contending middle class elements . Although tne League are satisfied to go heels foremost" in < K > the House of Commoas , by tb « conversion of j the constituent body to the principles of " Free Trade "; making those of Complete

      Suffrage the test of fitness ; yet we have to ask now , as aforetimev if the head and tail Of this body move in the same dii eotion ! Let us see . Cobden may be considered the head ; and he has emphatically declared , not onli' against the name , but against . the principles of tl io People ' s Charter : while the Complete Suffrage whelps who go through the country barking " Union "; ( hose belonging to the Complete Suffrage partyj profess to support the principles which their head man denounces I

      The appearance of poor Nkesom at Hall , and his feelers for toleration for the principles of " Free Trade , " together with the ravings of Little Habby , who honors Lancashire with his presence , are strong indications of the coming tactics of the labour monopolists . Nkesom , who- received promotion to the rank of Captain , in 1841 , for rioting at "Free Trade" meetings ; who was one of the Convention of 1839 , from whom a resolution emanated " that it was the duty of the Chjartists to oppose the agitation for a Repeal of the Corn Laws" ; he ; this very redoubtable ; this promoted volunteer , has discovered , in 1843 , that " the man who opposes the principles of 1 Free Trade' must be either a fool or a knave . "

      How hasty this new birth onto righteousness of the veteran ! Howl conclusive his potent reasoning ; and what a light has suddenly flashed upon his mind ! We find Little Harby too , ia Lancashire , denouncing in bitterest terms the oppression of the landlords ; while his " eloquent ' little tongue wags no complaint or murmur against the oppressions , the ¦ tyranny , and the obscenities of the factory slavedriver ! j We will tell those M haBty-pudding converts * ' the cause of their failure in this their new crusade .

      It arises from the improved state of public opinion ; a barrwr which the Cobdens and Bbights will find standing between them and their ambitious longing after honours to be conferred upon them by a bamboozled constituency . The Recess is the demagogue's harvest . The "Free Trade" devils have commenced ] their campaign , at Aehton , with a right hearty spirit , and have given to the working classes a foretaste of those disasters to which their uncontrolled power would lead . We find them embracing the moment of revival of trade" as the

      fitting time to reduce the wages of their men ; and if f he first Rleam of their darling principle has that effect , where , we would ask , would the fullness of their power end } For a season the activity of money , at the command of "free trading" capitalists , may gain an ascendancy over the more sluggish land ; and hence the owners of brass may intimidate the owners of land ; but the working classes , anticipating no triumph from the ascendancy of either , will step in and demand for labouh that which belongs to it , but which has been unjustly usurped by both .

      When we were weaker than we are now , we opposed and beat down the wiles of the Complete Suffrage aad the •'| Free-Trade" party ; and in our present strength we are able to meet and to triumph over their united exertions . We may observe that these parties must have but a poor opinion of the classes upon whom they hope to operate , when they endeavour to cajole the working people with something like the following sophistry : "We are aU for your principles . Don't you see ! Isn't that clear ; because we adopt them ? But if we were to take your ugly nam e , don't you see the middle-class boobies would understand what we were I" \

      No , as we don't desire to cajole any party , and as it is by an exposition of our principl es that we hope to win the support of all , we cannot imagine what strength those principles are likely to derive from persons whose ignorance alone is relied upon as a means of insuring their co-operation . The very best answer given to ihose anonymous professors of Chartist faith was that by Dr . Wade , when he told us at Birmingham , not to be cajoled or deceived ; " that it was our principles , and not oiir name ,- that the Sturgists dreaded . * ' This is the fact ; and gl oss their deeds over as | they may , that belief will never be disturbed from ! the minds of the Chartist body .

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      judges . Our duty is to throw the shield of protec tion over them when they : ^ $ ? W ; J ^ f » jameJ ^ when they are wrong ; Md ^ caution them ^ asto their mode of proceedfng . " In tho ^ present instance , however , our duty is limited to giving them such caution as may not only be instrumental in achieving their praiseworthy object , but ; niiy I ^^ nl Ip ^ roteet them from those snares into which unwilling idlers are at all times likely to falJ . The men then must bear ia miud , that so long as they confine their tiifferertceii tpi a mere question of wagesso long wn . i . THB ; opwsindN op theik mas-TBBS BB LIMITED TO THAT ONE POINT . Should they assume the two-fold capacity ofpofffiealanduiage

      agitators , THAT MOMENT WILL THE JIASIEBS ASS 0 HBS THJEIB DODBLE CAPACITT OF EMPLOYERS ANDVJOSTIPBS In the first of these capacifie ^ they vill have unlimited power to reduce ; and ia the second to coerce into an acquiescence in that

      reduction . There is no greater evil , nor one oat of which 80 muoh injustice arises , as the possession of that doable power by factory masters . The seat of justice , of all spots , eh < rald be ^ ure and unblemished : but how can purity sit enthroned , between avarice and injustice ? Even the Government itself will look with a friendly eye upon operatives straggling against the misters' oppression ; whilst the first act that taottld justify magisterial interference , constitutes the masters as the

      exsco-TrVE GOVERNMENT , WITH P 0 WEB INDEPENDENT ; WITS GONTBOOL unlimited . The shopkeepers , who of a 1 classes , are the greatest sufferers from reduced wages , will hesitate before they act as special constables against men merely seeking to raise the price of labour ; while the shopkeepers , themselvea enfranchised , would cheerfully fly , with bludgeon in hand , to the cry of " our privileges are about to be invaded by political' Free Traders , ' Who demand participation with us in the exclusive rights that we enjoy . "

      We have had several strictures upon the value of the exposition of the law purchased at Lancaster at so dear a rate : and we trust thai the benefit of that purchase will not have lost its effect : but that those who heard the law as laid down at Lancaster , will be careful how they pass its limits . The differences between the Ashton operatives and their masters should be confined , wholly and solely , to the question of wages ; and should be wholly and solely discussed by the operatives of Ashton themselves .

      Upon all such occasions there are strangers and eaves-droppers , who , regardless of consequences , would urge the starving people into acts of violence and oppression : and , having led to the verpetration of those ads , WOULD BE THE FIRST TO ABANDON THE field . Against such men we would emphatically caution the men on Strike . What they profess to oontend for is the power to manage their own affair ? . Let their theory be tested by their practice . Shew the world that tho intervention of strangers is not required to arbitrate between worker and employer .

      Confine the employer within the single character of master ; and beware how you you invest Mm wUk a feasible pretext for adding to it that of magii tratel D « not stop to enquire whether the good masters are Anti Free Traders , and whather the bad masters are "Free Traders ' : for the very contrast will let in the discussion of " Free Trade , " in opposition to which the principles of the People ' s Charter may be proposed : and thus would the workmen be incautiously dragged from the consideration of the wage question to angry debates as to the means of preventing recurrence of the evil .

      "There is a time for all things . " The time to agitate the Charter , is when yon are at work ; aad when thn great principle will not appear to require » auut hanger aad starvation as a prop . There should be no demonstrations beyond those meetings necessary for conversing with each other , and hearing of the progress of affairs ; and which meetings , if properly conducted , will be a means of preserving the peace . But no marchings upon Manchester 2 No compulsory turning out of hands !! No perambulating of hungry and enthusiastic thousands , where a few stragglers , by foolish or malicious acts , may make the wandering body amenable to the laws " of routs , nota , tnmnlts . sedition , and conspiracy . "

      In conclusion , again we say , bear in mind the words of the "just Judge . " Let them be read at the opening of every meeting ; and let each speaker confine himself to the subject matter in dispute , and pass not the strict limits of the law .

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      A STEP IN ADVANCE . It wonld appear as if the . underground people were about to read a lesson in practical agitation to those upon the surface of the earth . Heretofore , all the contributions , all the savings , and all the deprivations of the working classes , have but tended to rivet their chains ; to expose their weaknesses ; and to confirm the dominion of the united capitalists . We rejoice , however , to find that past failures have led to increased circumspection , and to a more economical expenditure of those funds , whiob , hoW *

      ever great , have hitherto proved valueless in all contests between labour and capital . For now a long time the colliers have complained , not more of the advantages taken of them under the contract system , than of the petty tyrannies practised by the masters in violation of all contract . The want of ventilation ; the disregard of human life ; the brutal treat * ment by the overseer , have led to increased refleo " tion : while the necessity for their labour , in aland of smoke and fire , has led to a knowledge Of their

      value . The masters have been long struggling fer a Strike But the men have wisely seen that a strike to please the masters , would bb eoin to them ! that It would be , in fact , a commencement " de novo ; and that , after a successful issue of that strike —successful for the masters—that class , without reference to production , would make their terms to correspond with the demand for empl o yment ; reducing wages in proportion as population increased .

      The men , however , appear to have taken the right view of the question . Instead of expending thousands , and hundreds of thousands in a fruitless struggle against their masters , and many thousands more in seeking justice from the law , —thus putting the cart before the horse , —rthey have very wisely resolved this time to put the horse before the carb The working men will learn with pleasure , that the Colliers haw secured the services of Mr . Roberlst as tbeiriegal adviser , at a salary of £ 1000 for the first year , acd £ 500 for every subsequent year . To those who do not understand profit and loss , this

      sum may appear large ; while we have no hesitation in asserting tbafc within any given period the legal hawks weuld have plucked their clients Of more than forty times the amount ; and that ' too without conferring 8 single benefit npon the order . We understand that the colliers have contracted that Mr . Robebtb shall reside at Newcastle ; and in the conditions made , we ^ hink they have evinoed mueh Judgment and wisdom . It is to be hoped that , while Jir . Robebts is amongst them , they will derive the same benefit from his zeal and talent thai the Chartists of the

      South have derived from , his legal ability ; and that - the connection willcontinue so long as it is mutu- - ally advantageous , and no longer . The next step that we shall look to , and with no scmaU aiudoi y ,. ^ . . the holding , above ground , of an open JConTentibnif wherein proper steps may be iabea for ifcbe pt ^ tscs *; - * tion of the body ; while every 'attempt at sec ? ef& $ fa' ~ aitims and private meetings must oeyesUted ^ S . fytw > course in which the improved * mind of thia « counfay s , <;;•' islnow travelling , nraat bo matter of congratuijtioir * rf to every man loving his country , and deBirin ^^ Bee ^^ prosperity secured without the shedding ' of ^ liu ^ ^ blood . ¦ ' - srjji n S ' - - n ^/ VtfWW ^/ vvif

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      ^ . T ^^^^ Vy ^ V ^^ M ^^^ Tr--i ' I M t SitfflDEBLAND . —The Chartists of Sunderland . are- ^ respectfully informed that a lecture will be delivered ^ everv Monday evening at eight o ' clock , Hithe , Char- *' tiet lecture room , Clark ' s-passage , opposite Hobin * ° sou' -lane , High-street . Free admission .

      The H"Oetfler]^ Stafi Satuhday, August 19, 1843.

      THE H " OETflER ]^ STAfi SATUHDAY , AUGUST 19 , 1843 .

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      THE IASHTON STRIKE . We give the following commentary upon the Ashton Strike from the Manchester Guardian of Wednesday last , from whieh it will be learned that notwithstanding the desire of the writer to press hardly upon the operatives , yet , in the endeavour , he is compelled to exhibit th « ir love of justica : — " We give elsewhere the particulars whioh have reached us in reference to the pending turn-out at Ashton-under-Lyne , from whioh it will be seen that the contest remains : unaltered in its leading features .

      The work-people , with one or two trifling exceptions , remain out ; but their example has not been followed in any other quarter . Indeed the fragrant absurdity of the course pursued by the spinners at Ashton ia by no means [ calculated to encourage imitation . Not only have they left their employment in mills where the wages were quite as high as those demanded in their own list ; but in some cases they have turned out , mot for an advance , but for a reduction of way « ; , having aotually required their employers to pay according to a list whioh would

      diminish their wages by about 2 s . a-week ! The fact is , that these very foolish people are led into all sorts of absurd aeigby a small knot of men who prey upon them , and contrive to make a good living out of their follies arid sufferings . If the spinners of Awhton would revert ] to what took place so lately as last year ; if they jwould read over the promises which were at that ) time made them by the very people who are novf mieleading them , and would reet-lleot the misery they endured from a reliance on those promises , —they would surely see the folly of being again deluded in the same manner . "

      The view teken of this subject by the Guardian ib of itself euffioient to demonstrate two things : firstly , that the regulation sought by the men wonld be equally advantageous to the masters as to the operatives ; and , seoendly , that the operatives , so far from seeking toftake advantage of ** improved trade" as ft meaua of , enforcing an advance in their wages , metely look for . an equalization t a . determination which makes working-class justice stand out in bold relief against the aefiahness and cupidity of the employers . }

      We charged Mr . Abel Bccslet last week with being the "Pilot Engine , " started by the masters in their experimental crusade against the men-We now Ieara , however , that we have done that gentleman injustice ; j inasmuch as the step ,, taken by him was forced upon him as a means of rs . omacwon against the more grinding of hit trade . Jkfr . Bucklbt , it appears , was paying higher wages than most other masters ; and however the others might be satisfied with their profits , —profits perhaps wholly arising out of the reduction of wages ; the darling principle of "Free Trade" and of « fair trade" was violated . It would be impossible for Air . BucKi , Br , paying a higher rate of wages than his neighbours to compete with them in the market . Those who attended the trials at Lancaster , or v ? ho have read

      a report of them , will know that several masters who were examined , j s wellas the operatives who defended themselves , described the inequality of wages as one of the greatest grievances endured . The ^ rodnee of all is broHght into the Bame market ;; * ad the profit of those who pay the highest rate is swallowed up by the lower amount at which the reducing masters : . canl dispose of that produce . If this reasoning ( j ^ Knnd and tenable , ; . f « rho can corn , e ^ t 6 other conolfllura than that a" speedy arranjicenient ia as much I the interest of the masters as of the men I

      We' shall offer no opinion as to the prudence of ( he Strike j but we findj a very honourable justification for the men in the article selected from the Manchester Guardian * There are questions of which the working men themselves must be the beet

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      A THE NOBTHJBRN ST ^ R .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 19, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct495/page/4/