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      Mr . Akroyd ' s mill , and when . betwixt twenty and thirty bad got in , some of the workmen inside , who were armed with staves , and sworn in as special cons tables , closed the mill-door , and secured the gngglexs as prisoners . Previous to this , aaatrack © n the Shades hsring been apprehended , a hole tad been broken through the root , and it had been screed that if the military should be required at fits place , afiagsbonld be pat through this aperture , and a man was placed on the roof of the Northgate jHotel , where the Hussars were stationed , to watch la this signs ! , sad © oauaaaicate to the military . Ab SiOi as the prisoners were secured in the mill , the signal was hoisted , and the Hussars set off at once at a quick pace , and the Infantry at a smart run .

      towards the place . At this time it must be remembered there was no attack upon Akroyd ' s mill , and the oily symptoms of such an attack being contemp lated by the people , was the entrance of the few straggfere , who were secured in the miU , in the Banner we have described , and who were considerably in advance of the main body , who were at that time passinSj ' withont any disturbance , over . North Bridge . ^ W © have heard different statements of the mssiBer in'wiucb . the melancholy occurrences , which in » few Minutes- took place , originated ; but all agree in this , that there was no regular attack upon the mill , and that the people were not causing any farther disterbanoe than must necessarily be caused by ; the passage of so large a multitude alone the

      jtutd . The most probable account seems to be ihe following , which we learned from as eye-witness : — As theBoldieryweri approaching thespot , the cavalry as a naad gallop , and the infantry at a quick run , t ~ ie throng of people m the streets could not get oat of the way with sufficient rapidity , and there WM some crowding and jostling . One man in the Way oSored ^ mintentionally , as we understand , Borne Blight obstruction to the passage of the infantry , trpoB which one of them pricked him with his bayonet , and the man turned round in an exasperated state of mind , and said something oieisrre to - the soldier , who immediately struck lam < Jown witkine butt-endof Ms musket . Adisfetrbaoc * 'amone the " crowd was the consequence ,

      and ^' ftaiBediaiely / afterwaTds , the magistrate in attsiilsBoe f Mr . Hird , of Bradford , ) and the officers of thfe ^ TegiBKnV were obserred consulting together fbr *;* tew « eo < md 8 , and the next moment the soldiery £ red ~ upea Ihe people . The first fire consisted only df straggling shots , but the next fire was a regular Tolley tit Musketry from the whole body of the nriHt * ry . " From Rand ' s Bank , the gronnd rises for a' considerable d istance in towering hills , and Up tbera fc iHa the people fled for their lives , and as toey" fled'the military continued to fire , and some of tbe men dropped wounded upon the grass . We Kent towards the scene of action immediately after tie firing had taken place , and had not proceeded rery far , before we saw an old man , apparently

      betwixt fifty and sixty years of age , borne in the arms of a number of other men * apparently in an insensible state , and we were informed shortly after that he had received a racket ball in the groin ; a few yards further , we saw another man who had been shot in the back , whose head was sustained by other men , and who appeared to be swooning , conveyed along the same road in a cart , &nd both , we believe , together wilh another nan , who was shot in the leg , were taken to the infirmary . At this time the nrlitary were drawn tip along Rand's Bank ; numbers of men were crouching down in the grass , bnt the great bnlk of the multitude were gathered on the utmost Bnmmit 3 of the distant hills , on the verge of the

      lorizon . and far ont of tie reach of the military . Prom all that we can learn of the origin of the affair , we think there "were no circumstances to justify the military in firing upon the people . No attack w& 3 made npon either person or property , and the people were proceeding without disturbance along the road . The soldiery proceeded along the streets , driving a Q the people before them , who fled to escape them into all sorts of avenues and passages . So peremptory were they , that they compelled the people to dose their windows as they passed , and neither men nor women eonld peep ont of any aperture , to obtain asighj of what was gohig on , without having

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

      It is with mingled feelings of shame and indication that we bring before the public an Instance of waston bloodshed—a deliberate attempt npon hnman life ; which we can designate as little , less than mur-< leryon the part of one of the soldiery . Mr . Bingley , the reporter for ihe Zkeds ^ mes , aad Mr . Ball , of ihe lieAs Merewy were eve witnesses of the circumstance , ' sad were ^ within a yard , or at most two yards , of the unfortunate victim of military reckfessneSS i when the occurrence took place . Ths affair took place in Engtstreet , which is in the vicinity of the-banrades and the police office . A small number of tijeBn ^ Jttsiwhd nai been clearing the stieeU , turned-of Hhfbvitibm oT King-street , and , after proceeding a few ySrds ; ^ were filing into a street called Isels ^ -str ^ tf jvhfchTcns out of it : at ihe time that

      ilesKTS ^ BiBgley and Hall were approaching the top -of Kiflg'Street , an'bia ; rnan , named Samuel Cro . wth . er , a naflonakerV was . ' coming , towards lion , apparently to go ufbid ami rpsKeoce . " wMch was only two or thr ^ yardsdistaiit . . At . this period ' there was not tDe ^ giftest ' dfeiuihaikceiBtbefetreets , and indeed thereTv ^ eiiot , it is believed , twenty persons is the space betwixt the top of the street and the soldierv towkrSs ihe bottom , a distance of , probabl y nearly oneliafldTed yards- All the soldiery hid . disappeared along Kelson-street , except one man who paused and lwied in the direction of the persons abovejnentioned , and then levelled his musket , and appeared to take deliberate aim at them . Nat the slights alarm was felt by either Mi . Bingley

      or Mr . Hall , who seeing no cause fox violence , apprehended none , and regarded the action of the soldier amply as a piece of bravado , and looked at him with perfect unconcern . The soldier , how-- ever j fifed , ind immediately the old man staggered 4 nd -Teeled in the direction of hiB own door , but made bo outcry . Mr . Bingley exelaimed— "the mair ' -iirebot , " or some such expression , bnt Mr . Halt - who La 4 ~ previously seen him in a fit , replied thaf irtrtfas only in a fit . la a few moments , however ^ a Tmmber of women rushed ou t of the house excllnmaigijbat the isaa lad bees shot , and en « ntef ^ f ^ ihe ~ bouse , which was crowded with women uttering Joud screams , the old . man was found lying on iss ^ Hicfc . on \ bed op stairs , with & wound in his a&d

      abdomen , his Boirt was saturated with blood , aad be ^ was ^ xt ^ icg with agony . Messrs . B . H . imiBeifitelt . went to procure the attendance of a surgeoD ^^ On ealliBg afterwards , it was understood fiiattbir $ was but little ehanee of his recovery . Thfeft ' men , dangeronsly wounded , were at the iBfifniarj uploTuesday eTening , all o f * whom had received their wounds at the firing which took place near the Shades ISdill ; one of these had a shot in his £ rqin , another in his back , and a third , who wassdeiver Jtom Midgley , had a shot ia his le # , ^ . td tE * ciine eveniiyt . traa obliged to have it ampataudT A ' considerable number were wounded , we bciiereV but only slightly . Tbiity-six prisoners ¦ werrcaptured in or about Skades Mill . Of these pn . ^ ters ' many had received sword wounds ; on © had ' i CQt ' acros Ms hand , another had & cat across the forehead , another on the top of his head , a fourth i

      iad & rrr ) iieiidous "' ga ^ b , three ox four inches lwyi , -on his -fe eadrand ' SiB aknll was fractured , and two or thrte tboie b * d cbhtoaons on their lefcs , caused by blowipf ^ oja sworrfs . In fact , the police-tfiiae was turneHiptb a hpspitaL ThfjhJIl ^ wereo kU stopped on Tuesday , at Elland , {^ p 0 \ 2 til $ g £ * 'Bnghonse , StaiBland , aad Barkis-3 aBd : * V rr C- - - '" -- ' - Irnrnfiamely' ^ evioha to tho Ekirmish at Salterb . etb e , and After the prisoners had left by the train , threats were jnads that the bridge across the railway should beJprilIe 4 , dowjB , > nd it was stated to be their intention , " la Jti ^ qut . ifle . . water in the tanks for the suppij ' of Vhe ' eiypnie ^ at sereralstations . it lrsated thai theturn-onts have entered into a bone cot Id d ^ anage &nj property , and that if any damage were committed oj parties connecting them-EelTfcsVitS them , thej woufii make no effort to protect ur rescue them .

      Duiie « "W-edBesdsy , all coufinued quiet throughout tit caj except jsoiar as aa " exoitement t" by a rtmour ttat , 30 ( K ) -Lan « a 8 hire rioters were on their wtT to the tows armed . tTbe military went towards " -he bortei , " bat of course it was " no go . " Jonatkau iWoih , flfls .-dresser , of Noithowxam , who was Or-e ot tktet : wounded by- the firing at Rand ' s Bank , oifct i mj fi ' flock on Wednesday- ui ^ iit . H f was «• " ' >¦ tiucuga -iha abdomen . Poor Crowther is still *^ wMio is expected to recover . The number of vro uni&i iy , tids mad freak , amounted , so far as coxi \ d be atcaaained , to thirteen , besides numbera of ^• & » to , reedTedalight . wouBdB , and who got them -ert . >^ ; | lfinfiaxest ^ ^ J 8 ghop 3 _ AmeetiDg of mui ^ wjjita Haa held on Wednesday afteraoon , ^ j waa ^ tennined to resume work on ¦ liarsaay morBiag , *

      •; V '" " " : " . xonbon . , / ^ « xcamentresj > eetJng tie movement in the Atrti coB ^ imes to increase . . The troopB on leaving *> b -pa moaday - wer * compelled to charge the p ^ pie at the point of ^ j © bayonet three several Qfct * before . they ; could " effect an entrance to the ^ w » jSt ] fi ( ni , ; 400 policemen were stationed at v . n : « k -Farm to prevent any attempt to destroy the « taiwuiic » uon > x railway . The smothered ashes or ««» ntent are everywhere ehowinft themselvea ; and « Ei Eingfe tyrannical moTenwnt would kindle them ^ a ^^ aamee " Meetings were held on Monday »« Tuesday evanings , on derkenwell Green , very ouaierousl y » y * Tidfta styi Tfisolniioij el ' Bvmpaiky

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      wiw me men of th » North were unanimously agreed to . The meetings then § uietly dispersed . Early on Monday , placards were issued , calling upon the men of London to attend in their thousands on Stepney Green , on Tuesday evening , and express their sentiments upon the conduct of the authorities in violently assaulting and inbnmaalv masscreing men whose only crime was want of food . The meeting was called for half-past six o ' clock about ax o ' clock two boardmea were arrested at Stepnsy Green , and one in the Borough for carrying a seditious libel , and conveyed to the station , aad a letter was sent to the committee , stating that the chairman and speakers would be arrested if

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

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

      " That this meeting views with great apprehension and alarm , the present dire and unprecedented discontent and dissatisfaction which prevails throughout the northern districts , and hereby determine to memorialise her Majesty to withdraw the troops , and endeavour to ameliorate our fellow-brethren ' s condition , by adjusting tbe existing dispute regarding the reduction of wages , and pasting the People ' s Chattel as Vhe law of the land . " Mr . Mantz , in a very eloquent address , seconded the resolution . Daring the time he was speaking , the people were actually flocking up to the meeting by thousands , and covered such an extent of ground that it was difficult for the speakers to make their voices heard by the whole of the vast assemblage . Mr . Parker , in a bold and energetic manner , supported the resolution .

      Mr . Spencer , in a speech which told with great effect upon 1 . is audience , protested , as a rate-payer , against the sending of the soldiers and police to massacre the men of Manchester , and leaving the vast accumulation of wealth and population unprotected . If they wanted soldiers at Manchester let them send abroad for them , and not expose the inhabitants of London to the danger of a successful insurrection . Thfy might tell him that he could be sworn in a 3 a special constable , but he did not feel inclined to . perform that labour and those duties which he paid others to discharge . Mr . Knott , from ABhton-nnder-LyBd , next addressed the meeting , stating that he had bnt recently arrived from the disturbed districts , and detailing the horrible Htat © of distress to which the operatives wtre reduced .

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

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

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

      LIVERSEDGE . AUGUST 1 € . A large body of men , apparently from Dewsbury and its vicinity , have visited Howden-dough , Birstal , Gomersal , LHtletown , Mill bridge , and Heckmosdwike , and have * tapped' the boilers of all the mills they have come to , except corn mills , and have , consequently , thrown the vrbole of the hands idle . The demeanour of the vkitant 3 was perfectly peaceable ; they neither annoyed person nor property , and I have not heard of one millowner who offered any resistance , save one at Heckmaudwike , " who railed in good set terms- " The

      people of this district take neither part nor lot in the matter , and ask with wonderment what is to c me next I SKIPTON . Several thousands visited this quiet town on Tuesday , from Colne and other pans , and stopped the mills . The town remained quiet on Wednesday . On Tuesday , the special constables captured , with the assistance " of a few of the military , six of the turn-outs , who were committed to York . ' Mr . Gar forth ' , one of the magistrates , was , we understand , much injured .

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

      POTTERIES . SHELTON AM ) HAMLKY . TOESDAY , TWELVE O CLOCK . I have jnst heard that the military stationed at Bnrslem cave begun firing on the people , and that two men have been killed , one from Stoke-upon-Trent , and the other from either Macclesfield or Contfeun ; bat reports are so rife at the present hour , that the extent of the loss ef life cannot be told . I also bear that numbers are wounded , but how great a number I cannot say . Thus proving

      that the ruling few are determined , at all hazards , w perpetuate - their rule over the sods of labour . Where these things will end I cannot gay , bnt this I do say , that neither life nor property is now Bafe in these districts . I would just make one remark before I close this , that , as a body , the Chartists have had no hand in the destruction of property th&t has been going on here , nor has the advice oi the Chartist speakers been attended to , for , had that have been the case , I can affirm that QO BUOh thing as loss , either of property or life , coula ever have

      occurred . . ~ ¦ . AtteusT 17 th . I resume my narrative from where I left off in my lepon of yesterday , I perceive that I omitted to state that the residence of the Rev . R . E . Aitkins -p-as set on fire sometime about two o ' clock a . m ., and whatmakeB this worse , the Hev . Gent , was a complete invalid , and report says that the state of excitement into which he was thrown , has terminated fatally ; but this I cannot say that I positively know , nor can I rely on . hearsay tales . I have also to report that the elegant mansion of W . Parker , Esq . has shared the same fate , sod nothing is to be seen but aheap of rains at either of those places . A nnbttfl meetine waa . suddenly called by the m-

      fluentiaiB of Hanley and Shelton , t « devise the best means of wKeving the distresses of the inhabitants Of this onee-flourishb * district . This meeting was addressed by Mr . Moses Simpsoa , W . Ridgway Esq , Mr . John Richards , and Mr . Wm . Ellw , from Burslem . Much good speakis * waa the result , ^ ut just as the meeting was about to come to some definite conclusion , the arrival of a body of military put a stop to any further proceedings j but notbsiore the Chartists bid passed a vote for the whole Charter . MrvKidgwaj earnestly requested the meeting to stand firm , as it was a legal publio meeting , oobducting itself in a peaceable manner , and that the military had no right to interfere . A magistrate was with the B ^ itary , I hear ajRev ., and he ia , true

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      character ordered the meeting to be dispersed , which was done . The Rev . Gentleman then read the Riot Act , and gave strict orders that all persons found in the Btreets Bbould be arrested , I have also omitted to state , that thera are pawnshops in the townships of Hanley and Shelton , and a number of persons of both sexes , bat mostly females , surrounded the pawn-broker * * , demanding the goods which they had pledged , and though several persons addressed them , urging that it would be unjust in them to take back by force what they had pledged unless they paid the money they had had on those goods , yet the women would have no nay ; their clothes they would have , and being emboldened by considerable numbers , forced their way into the pawnshops aad served themselves , getting

      not their own property but any thing that came to their bauds , and taking many thing 9 belonging to other persons ; this morning I witnessed a BpriugoaTtfullof females , guarded by both horse and foot , taken to Newcastle , and some men on foot , between the sections of infantry , were likewise taken to the same place , for examination before the magistrates , and no doubt but most of them will be committed lor trial at the next sessions . In my last I stated that two men were killed at Burelem , it is now certain that one was shot dead , the other , thongh very severely wounded , may still recover ; his name is Jerrold , a bricklayer , at Scokeupon-Trent .

      CHORLEY . AUGUST 17 . Abont 8000 people entared Chorley , yesterday , about eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , principally colliers by trade , and succeeded in stopping all the works in less than two hours . A great number have gone to Preston this morning . All the works are at a stand to-day ; none have dared to start their mills , with the exception of Medcalf , the jjiacager for r-h < - estate of Dobson . A public meeting took place labt night , and a resolution waa passed to have tho Charter the law of the land before they worked again .

      BINGLEY . Several thousands left Bradford early on Tuesday morning , and proceeded towards ShiDley , whertt they stopped all the mills without difficulty , there being no protective force . From rhenee they marched on to Bingley , where they commenced their work of putting a stop to all business . While the Skipton mail was passing through , all persons got on that could find room , and rode on to Kuighley . ¦ . ' :.. . - . . ¦ ¦ - WEDNESDAY ,. Everything is quite at a stand still , aud nothing is to be seen bat the families of the turn-outs who are parading the sweets .

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

      MANCHESTER . The adjourned meeting of the delegates from the various trades of Manchester and the surrounding townB and districts , to the number of 141 , on business connected with the strike , assembled on Tuesday morning , at the Hall of Science , Camp Field , at ten o ' clock . Mr . Hntchinson again took the chair . The Secretary called over the names of the delegates , every one answering to his name .

      The gallery was occupied by parties from tho cou-Btty , who took great interest in the important business for which the meeting had been convened . After the necessary arrangements had been made , The Chairman opened the meeting by reading the address which the Committee of Management issued after the adjournment of the last meeting . He hoped they wonld conduct their proceedings with " - " calmness and caution , bat still with firm determination . He said that the very important position in which they stood , and the state of the district , called upon them to act with wisdom and prudtnee , and to bring their deliberations to a speedy termination , so aa to srive the people instructions how

      to act . He trpjsted they would act calmly , and not come to raah conclusions , as the eyes of all England were upon that day ' s proceedings , and it depended upon the decision to which they should come , how the movement would in future be conducted through the whole country , and more especially the Buccess of such movement ( cheers . ) The middle classes were about to call ameetiog and bad stated that they would be glad to receive a deputation from tbe working classes , in erder that arrangements might be made to work in co-operation with each other , and thus strengthen the movement . For

      his own part he saw a great change in the opinion of the working men of Manchester— mueh that had excited enthusiasm bad abated , and they had begun to aet and speak with reason , judgment , arid reflection . There bad been no feature of relaxation exhibited , nor any symptoms of change of opimen , but they were as earnest as ever , aud appeared to see more than ever the necessity of a great struggle for their political rights . He trusted they would deliberate npon everything brought before thfctn , aud come to such wise conclusions as their very responsible situation demanded .

      Mr . Stott , delegate from the bookbinders , came forward and moved the following resolution : — " That this meeting do Btrongly recommend that all trade societies do from henceforth make political enquiry and discussioa lawful and necessary in tbeir various lodge ' s meetings , and society rooms ; and that they embody in their rules a law for the adoption ol this great principle . " Mr . fligginbottom seconded the resolution . Mr . Morrison could not see the neoes < ity of passing a resolution of that deseription , nor did he think it

      wa 9 at all applicable to tbe subject for which they had assembled . If they were met upon a mere trade question , perhaps it would be in place , but at that juncture , when there was a cessation from labour in that district , and probably would be throughout the Empire , they ought , he thought , to take feigner ground . If they again fell into apathy , and the masters got them back to their employment without a proper understanding , both they and their constituents would be more than ever tyranised over than they had previously been .

      The Chairman then replied 4 o & hint which had been thrown out , to the purport that he , in his opening speech , had made remarks with , a view to damp the energies of the people ; be shewed very clearly that he himself was firm , and emphatically urged them to show a bold front , and declared that they were not men if they adopted any measure that they were not able to carry oat ; on the other hand , they were not men if they did not adopt every measure they could to ensure a triumph and gain their political rights . Mr . M'Cartney agreed to the resolution , inasmuch as it would show that they , as delegates of tho workins classes , were aware of one of the main causes of political ignorance and mental e ? avery , —which causes were that the discussion of politics had been excluded from all sick and benefit societies . He then said there were men in from no fewer than

      twenty places at a great distance , who hard been delegated for the express purpose of ascertaining the decision of that meeting , bo that they , in tbeir localities , might know what steps to take . Mr . Duffy agreed with the resolution , though he must confess it was from tho business of the meeting . Several other delegates saw the utility of suon a rese . ntion being passed , but thought it would be mure in place as the Jast , instead of the first . Tbe resolution was withdrawn , with an unders ending that it would be brought forward at another stage of the proceedings .

      Mr . Duff ; rose and proposed . this resolution" That we view with feelings of . disgnst and indignation the efforts now made by various parties throughout the country to misrepiesent our , position , our objects , and the means we may decide upon a Jopting , in order to carry out our intentions . We have been represented as mere instruments in the hands of designing men of various political parties . ThiB we most emphatically deny . Called together by the spontaneous will of the people , we are determined to conEult their interests alone without

      reference to any part of the country now straggling for political power . The political emancipation of our countrymen is the great primary object for which we are determined to contend at all hazards , uninfluenced by calumny or misrepresentation on the one hand , or the exercise of arbitrary power on the other . We call upon you most emphatically to shbpeud labour , and at once withdraw your money as individuals or collective bodies from the banks , and leave that power which oppresses you to defend its own resources . Stand firm . Do your duty . We will do ours . " ¦ > . ¦ - - ¦ - ¦

      The resolution waa seconded and supported by several delegates . Mr . Robinson moved M That this meeting do not agree with the present resolofion , until we have had a conference with the middlet class . This was seconded by a delegate present . Mr . M'Cartaey supported tbe original resolution with a suggestion that it be printed and posted side by side with those placards which were just out , with a view to cast odium and calumny oh their proceedings . Several delegates said money was not so very plentiful , and what they had was of more value than to be thus spent ; whilst others thought that the address of Monday would be sufficient without an additional placard . Mr . F . Taylor , from Royron , conld do * agree with the resolution .. The wiH- of the people had been ascertained , and therefore tiey ought to take Borne

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      determined step , either the one way or tbe other , for liberty .. Tfle middle classes , aad many of the most taleated rich men of the country were anxious for the decision .. He believed that they , as therepresantatives of the working classes , would a » t be doing their duty if they did not aot with the feelings of their constituents . M&ny of thei delegates here declared that the majority w » e for the Charter , and argued that , as honest men , they ought to , speak out as men mtrnsted , with power , and decide at once , what position they should take , aad whether the movement should be for wages or for a political ODjeOt . . V- - ' - ' . ¦ ¦ ..- ¦¦¦ ¦ : - ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ : ¦ :- . ¦ /• ;¦ :. ¦ ' _ '¦ Mr . Daffy withdrew his resolution

      . Mr . Stott rose and raored ^ " That fromthestatements made before this delegate mtetinftit is evident that a tremendous majority in these great manufacturing districts , are in favour of the People ' s Charter becoming the law of the lind , and in conformity mth that opinion , it is at this stage of the procietediuk-s necessary , that a definite decision should be come to relative to the future course of action to be immediately adopted by the working classw , Btating denniteiy whether labour should be further buspended or resumed . "

      This resolution waa seconded by Mr . ThOB . WMtaker , and Carried by a large majority . i Mr . Joshua Malory" moved the next resolution , "T / iat the people ' s delegates , now assembled , do recommend their constituents to adopt all legal means to carry into effeot the People ' s Charter ; mat they send delegates to every part of the United Kingdom to endeavour te get the co-operation of the middle and labouring classes in carrying out the same , and that they cease work until it becomes the law ef the land . ' * Seconded by'M r . F . Taylor , of Roytoh . The delegate ¦ From ther engravers" moved , as an amendment ; , * Tirat the people forthwith resume work . " ¦ . . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . . ;¦ . ¦ •; :. " ¦"¦ ¦¦ . . ¦• ¦ ;¦ . ¦ ' / .. ¦ . ; ¦ - ••• ¦ .- ¦; Secouded b y a delegate , whose name we did not obtain . ¦ . ' .. ¦ - . " ¦ "' . - . - . : ¦ '¦ ¦ " 'V . ' . ; ' " ; ' ' , ¦' : \ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ., ¦ ¦ . "

      After several delegates had supported the motion , news was brought into the Hall that the public funds were falling . The information emanated from the Mark Lane Express , and was received with loud app lause . ' . ' : ; ' ¦; v - :: :. - ' ¦ < " . v" ¦ . " .: / . '¦¦' ,- ' h - ' / ,: l A discussion arose regarding the means of carrying out the resolution , if adopted , oa which many gave their opinions . Some thought it would be a failure for the want of food aud funds ; whilst others , animated with feelings of enthusiasm and hole ' s of success ,. " said that in the moral revolution of a coiftitry euch things as money and food formed no part of their serious consideration . In one place , said a delegate , the people had already made provision for four months . Both manufacturers and workmen had certified their intention of rendering them support so long an they behaved themselves well . O' > e gen tlemanwi thin a few miles of Manchester , had

      offered to give £ 200 if any other gentleman would contribute £ 100 , The Leigh delegate , on behalf of his constituents , wished them to keep to the wage question alone . The delegate from Glossop district said , that at all the meetings which he had ever seen , and they had been tery numerous , the people had passed resolutions for a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' 8 work , and above all to obtain the People ' s Charter to pro tect such . wages for the future ; and he believed if the working Classes generally , came to such a eoncla&ion , the shopkeepers would render them their support . He thought that if the people stood still for another month there was ample provision made . When the work was well begun every man should put his shoulders to the wheel . The question then was discussed at great length relative ro means to be adopted to provide the people with tqid . ' " :. '¦ . ' ¦ -- ' ¦'' - ) .. ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ,,., ¦" ' . ' : ; . ' . ¦ ' . .. . .. ' ¦;•'¦; M r . Garner moved a resolution to the effect ,

      " That taking off restrictions on commerce would benefit the people , and of course was superior , as a question , to that of the Charter . " : This was the delegate from the Engravers of Mau-. ches er . "' . ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ; : . : , ; - % '• . .. , ''¦ : ; : ' ¦ - '¦ . . . The delegate from Hyde Rupported coming out for the Charter , to get good wages and preserve them . He bad travelled through all parts of the kingdom j aud he found from ex peril noe that the prevailing opinion of the working men ^ enerally was in favour of thes . Chatter , when an opportunity came for obtaining it . There never Was a better chance than the present # ne , and therefore the meeting of Delegates , the Esecutire , and the middle classes , should unite and enbrace it . :

      Mr . Fielding , near Lees , representing the winders , said he tested the meetiug . which elected him , and found it was decidedly in favour of the wage question . Two delegates from ihe same place said that the people generally were for the Charter , because they conceived that if they went in by the inducements of tae manufacturers , the latter would make reductiony before they bad been in one week , and the workbg classes , when the meeting was dissolved , would be turned away , if they professed to have souls of their own . ' /

      Mr . Ndld , delegate from the hittexB near Oldham , seconded the amendment of Mr . Garner ; and did so because Great Britain was dependent upoii for reij > nerg for food : to prove which , he read a statistical account of what amount of corn had been im ported . .. ' '¦"¦ . '"' . ¦ i : ;'"' :: ' " "'¦¦ . '" ¦ . "'¦•" ' . ; '¦ ¦¦' After a discussion on the . merits and demerits of the resume-work amendment , the taking off restrictions on commerce , and the resolution for the Charter , and that no hasty or rash resolution might be come to , it was suggested that the delegates should adjourn for an hour , —which waB immediately done . On re-assembling , Mr . Hutchinson , the chairman , aj ; am opened the proceedings of the meeting by remarking that the two amendments would leave a minority , which , though small , would tend to weaken

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

      " Resolution of a Committee of spinners , manufao turers , maohine-raakers , millwrights , mechanics * printers , dyern , and others , employing workpeople in the boroughs of Manchester and Salford , passed this 15 th day of ' . August , at half-past one o ' clock ; Resolved unanimously— 'That the mills and other public works of Manchester and Sulford be Hot opened for work until the workpeople therein employed signify their desire to resume laboar , '" Mr . Stott said he had been round the town since the adjournment , and ho must candidly declare that he never before saw bo many countrymen in the town as he bad jast seen , and ho took the opportunity of eliciting their opinions , which were in every instance a declaration that the Charter should be made the law of the land . The secretary said that he had just heard that the Chartist Conference had passed a resolution , calling upon the people generally , ia Great Britain , to cease labour .

      Mr . Duffy rose and made a most powerful speech , shewing the evils of class legislation , and broke up the argument of those who would wish to infuse a spirit of apathy amongst the people . It had been asked who would support them , he would assure them that if they made a bold Btand the whole nation would support them . v V v A delegate from Oldham . represonting from 1 , 000 to 1 . 500 operatives , said that his ooustituenta declared emphatically for the Charter . The delegate from the iustian cutters the same . - A delegate rose and asked how many there ; were i . "present who had any onderatanding or securiiy tlat the masters Would advance wages I To which there was no reply \ If they ( said he ) went back without getting higher wages and protection too , they ; would only be laughed at ( hear , hear . ) He and his constituents were for making a , sure job of it while they were about the undertaking . ¦ :. '¦ /" :. ^ . ^ '

      Ihe Delegate from Glogsop said , in answer to a delegate from Stalybridge , that if the masters did reduce wages , and they did come out to resist a reduction , they would never go in again till the People ' s Charter is the law ofthe land . Mr . M'Cartney urged them to weigh well the step they were going to take , in giving in their deoision . Ffteen thousand persons bad sent him to say that they would proceed for the Charter . Yet he wished not for either himself or his constituents to lead

      them to adopt a measure of which they would afterwards repent , bdt do that whioh they were coBVince j ¦ would be for the general good of the community . But if they agreed for a cessation from labour , ' that they ( the delegates ^) would not leave the people , but endeavour to carry it out , and take their proper po 8 ition _ as leaders of the movement . If they came to a decision ior a oessation from labour , both he an bis constituency would stand by the resolution . The Delegate from Broad Bottom said they came out for wages in that district .

      The shoemakers' delegate from Lees said , ho had to inform . them that the working men ol his village were decided itpoa the q deation of wages aud the Charter first to eecure them . Parties bad said that they had not the means of going for the Charter . He would ask them from what s ource they would pro- ^ cure the means of carrying the wage question , because the manufacturers had declared they would not give an advance of wages ! The reason the Lees people had voted fox the wage question : that morning , was , in consequence of the delegates going from the meeting en the day previous , and telling them that if they would stand for the Charter , the middle classes would withdraw their suppoit ftona them . Tne- Delegate from Moesbs argsed strongly in favour of the wage qu jstion * . > The Delegate" from aiaattary afcBoxj , went for the ^ wage question .

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      Mr . Stt * 11 V'as surpri 6 ed to hear men frdin the locality w ) wre the proceedings iSrst commenced ^ say that their oonstituents wished to make it a wage question , t '¦* « thought it vyaa vety dishonest on the part of thost ' who had brought put the honest men Of ManoheSteY V Taey coald not make it a wage question ; his \ ' » wn trade had expended £ 6 , 01 ) 0 , and other trades b * i spent more ia trviag to keep up wages . : ' ^' - -,-X :.: - . ' --. ' - ';• ¦ ¦ •¦ : ¦ V . v ' -- - ^ " . - ¦ : The delegate i > onx the mechanicj of Patncroffc said , on the auth . oritjr , ' pt tbe chairman , that the mechanica had 8 petLt £ S" 4 WO , OO 0 in three years . He

      wanted the trammels sakMt off oo » nj « ro © j be granted to lessen the taxation of She- coaatry , and likewise to have liberty ; he w » " jreceiwng 27 8 hilljag 8 per week , and some of Sir fellow- wotkaea wire receiving more ; but both Insmd they had net conse out for an advance of wajrw ; but were willing to stand oh aia equality with thuaw who were osly receiving seven or eight ahillmg * pvr wesk ^ promdin * the latter would insist upba hsmng poRtical p » wBt in the present strugule . It ytas all Bonsenss to talk about wages when it was equally as easy t ^ obtain the Charier aa an advancerof wages .

      The Delegate from Compstall Bridge said that neither he nor his constituents . had' come out upo « the wage question . They had not left thei ? employment of their owfi accord , but had been foroed out by the people of Hyde . Still , now they were out , they were resolved to have a fair day ' s wage for a fair ^ day ' s work , and » he Charter . A manafaoturer at Compatall Bridge was-quite , willing that his baads should remain out till the employers generally would consent to advance wa ^ eaand had signified his intention to assist them during the turn-out . He gave orders that a cow should be made ready for slaughter , and the butoher was to have cut it . up to hd distributed—and otbter ^ arraHne ments to proyide foou ae beme made , when all of

      a sudden the said jf ? entleman altered hia mind , and gave ordersi that the cow ^ must i » ot be ki ]|| d- ^ gnd on being a > ked what had caused him to give aounter orders , he replied that no heird tbflkt tbe ij « rn-oai was taking a very ; differerit co . urad ^ -it ! ba , d become a political qtfeatidnjtb suppdirit ^^ , wh , ioU ,. jia beggjed to bft excused . The hand ? , nothing dauut $ ^ ,, were willing to keep the political vidw of ^; ' . ^ si ^ b % . | i 6 iwi ' th ' standmg the withdrawals ¦ i The dolegate ; fromPJ&cfidai ^ deela M ^ meetings , and they had been very nuinjjrbus ^ were determined to have nothing less , than , the ' : Charter . Another delegaterose and gafd that hciepresented aiineetiitgof 800 , 9 , wUb inatraeteahm ^ ^^ t ^ they remain put until ihey i ) btained ^^ tbe Cnaxier * ? Thi ! meeting was here interrupted by inteU'eence

      being brought that tho military and the town offic als were at the Hall door . One of the delegates went out to ascertain whether such wasi thecase , ; whoreturned and said that the magistrates , police , military , and special constables had surrounded , the building . ( Loud cheers , and cries of " We hope they will proteot us , as the real representatives of / the people . ? ' ) Mr . James Lowe , door keeper , then came up and said that Mr . Beswick and the magistrates were knocking at the door , and wished to kn ° w through the medium of the Chairman , whether he must ailow them to come in or not I The Chairman , in reply , gave orders to admit them . After a short pause , Mr . Beswick , the head of the police force , came in and advanced , accompanied by Mr .

      Lowe towards the rostrum , when the Chairman accosted him by asking him if he was a delsgate . Mr . Beswick said he was hot , but presumed that the Chairman knew who he was . The Chairman said that was " a : delegate " meeting , and he wished to know whether he was a delegate or not , as he Was a perfect stranger to him . Mr . Beswick then gave his name , aud Mr . ;\ Lowe gave his capacity . The Chairman said that ; was 4 ' strictly legal < meetiug , and wished the business to proceed . He had no objection to his remaining in the room providing he would be peaceableand orderly , and insisted that ' they be allowed to proeeed with the basineaa . He ( Mr . Beswick ) then stated that the Alderman of the Ward had been to the Jfolice Station to lay compl aints against the people assembling around the building mlarge numbers , which alarmed the inhabitants of the neighbourhood . He Came down and

      saw Buch was the case , and after the Proclamation being issued thai all meetings which caused the people to assemble in large numbers were illegal , he did not expect to have found suck a numerous meeting as he then saw before him . . '• ¦ . - . ''¦ ¦ ¦ The Chairman said that every precaution had been taken to make the meeting legal . People were allowed to be in the gallery to listen to what was said ; the reporters of the publio press were also admitted . They had sent out several times to request the people to disperse , which he concciyed was sufficient to convince him , and the authorities , that they wished ; riot to break the law . They would try what they couid do to persuade the people to disperse , aud if they Could npt , they ( meaniag the delegates ) woujd Send for his assistance . Beswicfe then left the room , stating that he would go and tell tbe magistrates . /

      Shortly after , Mr . Beswick came in , with a gentleman of either presumed or legal authority , and surely , if all the world had . belonged to him , ha could not show it more . He had a sirnilar interview with the Chairman ; but to speak as disputants the latter htfc < l ocrt&inly tho bcot , auU , in vat opiuion > proved that they were acting foolish , Without authority , and , therefore , contrary to law . Finding that they could neither frighten noraigue the Chairman and Delegates out of the matter , he returned ; and in a short time came in again , with two magistrates , who thought to awe the Chairman by asking him if he was aware that that waa an illegal meeting ! The Chairman said it was not hia place

      to prove that- ^ he himself believed to the contrary . On hearing this , a young man , with a handwhip in his hand , menaced it before the delegates , and said that he was not going to parley with > hem . He would give them ten minute a ' notice to d perse ; and if they did not they must abide the . onseqaenoe . The authorities then stumbled out of the room , with all the pomp and pride of bloodhounds of despotic and class-made law . The Chairmaa , on their departure , put the amendments , when twelve were shown for one , ; and seventeen for the other . He then put the motion , . when upwards of 120 voted for it ; The meeting was then adjourned to the Sherwood Inn , Tib-atreet , at ten o clock on Wednesday ! ( WS / MV ^ WW ^ MM ^ tofcV ^/ VWviW //^

      Meeting Of Deleaates In " Confer Ence" At Manchester.

      MEETING OF DELEaATES IN " CONFER ENCE" AT MANCHESTER .

      This body was driven , by the " troublous times " from the consideration Of the particular matters and things for which it was summoned . The all absorbing interest of the " Btrike" movement waa forced on the attention of its members as a \ first objeot of consideration , lit being known that the sittingsof this body were to commence on Monday , it wag generally understood and beKeved that they would take up the subject ; and the deoision to which they might come as to the course of action to be commended , wad looked for by hundreds of thousands with an intenBeiness of anxiety perfectly indisoribable .

      The Gonf < . reuce commenced its session on Tuesday , at two , p . m ., and continued , by adjournments , till about seven on Wednesday evening . Their deiiborations were , as might bo expected , most anxioug ; the discussions most animated and earnest ; aud , while " some difference of opinion prevailed on the course to be recommended by the people , one soul and purpose seemed to animate the entire assembly as ko the necessUy of 6 nforoing ,. by eyery means within , their individual and collective power , the observance of Peace , Law , and Order , by and among the people . : ¦ Each member , in the first instanoe , afcated to the Conferedoe , so far as he had the means of knowing it , the state of his own district , and the ppiniona of his constituents in reference to * the strike . " > ; . A general , anxious , and protracted discussion than ensued upon the question of adopting the following

      RESOLUTION ^ THE DELEGAIES . " That whilst the Chartist body did not originate the present cessation from labour , this Conference of Delegates from various parts of England , express ti » 6 Jr , deep sympathy with ttveir coubtituents , the working men now on strike ; and that we strongly approve ' lie exeii ^ sion and continuance of their present struifg ie till the PEOPLES CHARTER becomes a legislative % naetmont , ana decide forthwith to issae an Address to that effect -, and pledge ourselves on our return to oat . reapeo ^ tive localities to give a proper . dUectipn to the ' pebplV ' B erlbrtfl , " ; . ' : . ;¦ : . " : ; : /• ¦ ¦;;¦ ¦ :: . ' . ¦; . ¦> . > ¦;¦ "¦ '¦' : ; : ' : "'; > , ' -V V ' .-: ^ Every speaker . was restricted to five minntesiiud no man allowed to speak twice on the same question . An amendment was proposed , differing froiri tKe resolution in p tiraseplgy , but having the same purport j another amendment was proposed to the effect that ' . ¦• ' ¦• ¦ . '¦ ¦ .. '" : '¦ : ¦¦ : .: " ^ ; ., / ¦ ¦¦¦ .- ¦ ¦' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ " . ' ¦ ' ¦"' - ¦ ¦ - "'' ¦ ' ' '

      "The information laidbefore thisConference by the several delegates of whom it is composed , does not warrant this Conference in now recommending to the people any national strike or holiday , or in any way mixing up the Chartist name and movement with the present strike for wages , subsisting in some districts , and originated , as this Conference believes , by the anti-Corn Law League ; not seeing any means whereby the said strike can be now made a successful effort for the carrying of tho People ' s Charter ; while at the same time this Conference deeply sympathise with their oppressed brethren on strike , and admire the spirit of , energy and patriotism with which the tirade ? of Manchester and at other places , have declared for the People ' s Charter , and express their earnest hopatbat the

      energies of those bodies and of all other bodies of the people will be unceasingly continued with inoreasing ardour and determination until the enactment of that doipament be secured . '' •*¦>; ::. ¦ : *^ - ' \ After almost every member had spoken upon the question , it waif put , and the original resolution carried , by a large majority . It isibut fa ^ io ; fltftfie that a considerable mftjorityof delegates w < are from the districts actually out and ; taking-p * rt ^ jn-tho etra ^ le . After' the' adoptioa WvVtne above resolution , the following , $ & £ jm <^ aS ; »/ pped to netri . cm ; ' the mover . and ; ; supporters of the amendment deeming it both unneceasary and unwise to maintain an opposition , which , from being persisted in when seea to be powerlesg i might justly bjkve been oou 8 iderei&otwaa »]

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      '" . ¦ ¦¦ ~ i AtS € CC T " * ~ ' .. " " * * ' *~^^^*~ ' *~ " U * - » ' ' - ¦• -- " *— ¦ ' - . ¦ _ ¦ ¦ ' - ¦¦ ¦ ' ; ; ¦ . : ¦ " ; London , ;; . . .: ' ¦ . . ' ,.: ' . '' ¦¦ _ ¦ ' ¦/ ' ¦ » a » BSi > AY POUU O * CI , OCK . London still continues to remain in a state of great excitement ; . A large meeting was held last night at Clerkenwell-green , and language of a very determined description Was us ^ d , Thirty soldiers very heavily ironed yye ie , last evening , conveyed to the Tower ; their reported crime being a refusal to fire on the people . All eyes are anxiously directed to

      the Central Meeting , to be held thin evening at Islington Green . The magistrates had declared their determination to put it down , and have again caused the boardmen to be arrested . A CabinetaCoancil , at whioh the Duke of Wellington and the whole of the Ministers in town were present ^ was held last night to decide upon the conduct to be adopted regarding this evening ' s meeting . The result of their deliberation is not at present publioly known ; but it is whispered that tne ^ r have decided upoa not interfering if the meeting is peaceably couducted .

      WEST MIDLAND DISTRICT OF ... v , . ¦ - ¦¦' _ _ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ •¦; : x s ^ itm ^ ,: .. : ¦ : ¦ . .: ¦¦ :.- . After much discussion at various publio meetings , the following : deoi 9 iye resolution was heartily adopted :. " That this meting having come to the full determinatioa to cease workirfg until the People ' s Charter be the law of the land ,- provided that the working population of Great Britain geArally agree to aot on the same determination ; -and Being confident the whole country will join us-B 3 "tidon aa they receive the important intelligence ^ We therefore resolve to allow one week for that purpose , ' in the event ^ of the country generally agreeing to our noble resolution . We firmly resolve tftid'agree entirely to cea ^ ai tom working on or befo re this day week , never again to produce one penny ' s worth of wealth , until ¦ the People !^ Charter be law « " The oolljers and rnvneta form , a great proportion of the whole population , ofithislargeidwtiricfc ' - ' >¦ ¦ ¦ ; ^ ¦ ' $ ¦? " '' , ¦ ¦ & <¦ :. ** ^ " ^ WEWSBUKY . . - . ¦; :: ' " : . - : v : ' " "

      riiV-V , .- ;;\ .. ' ^ .., ; iK"V : «; :. - ' > / « . ; -W £ DKBS » AT ; HIOHT . ¦ ., //^ DlJB I am now writing , th « turn- » ats are just returnedtotown ; there cannot be less than twenty tho , usj ( ad--aU Bober , steadyji straightforward men , — who apparently seem more determined than ever fdr -: the jKeueral stand . They . have been round to © saettiilorbnry ; Healey ^ Middletown , and Thornhill , where they have stopped all hands without the least interruptfoii . ¦ y /; , \ :- ' : . : - ^ - '/ ¦ ^ -. ¦ ¦¦< ¦ • • .-. ¦; . ' .. ; " - The authoritiea have been sitting all day swearing in any body that they could for special constables . The millownera © f Batley Have cornpalled their men to be sworn in as specials , so as they can commence work in the morning : but as far aa I can learn , the assembled turn-outs in the town are determined to resist it .

      The toyvn is completely in thebands of-the turnoats—all peaceable . But I am afraid if any inter- ' ruption be offered it will not be so long , as they appear determined to 'have their object before they return to workywgaiin . ^ --- i ¦ v- ' ¦; - ¦ «; - ; ~

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      " aDDBESS OF THE NATIONAt eOWFBBKSCS TO iTHB ; . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .- '" -v " ; •; . ¦'• . ' chartist pbbuc . ' ¦¦ /> :. ; - ¦' :. ¦ Brother CHA . aTisTs , - ^ Thos < j whof have steeped you la poverty , and accumulated vast incomes by your labour , have tamed upon yon even in youV distress , and would plunge you yet lower in the Kulpn of misery . Failing to purchase yoor aid for * the acccimplishmeut of their orrn sordid ends , they have effdcinaily pat into force the doctrine that " man has a right to do what he likes with Ms ovra •" and , in the hope of starving you into coHsplianca with their will , they have paralised the hand of labour—of the old and the yoong . Yea , infaaey m& old age are alikf * inatiamentB in their bauds for enhancing the . interests of their order .

      Willing still to labour for a bar © pittance and watching events peaeefully whtcb aw ^ ht lead ta the . attainment of your Just ng&By an * thiercby reswSer : iyon independent of ibe oppnssor g wiJJ , you wt * e past upon the wide w ^ rid for sopport . Thanfe )^* < t % erma \ thanh ^ , to the toav © aiai indepeBsdent Tra ^ fey of ftfanche 3 teT Z They s « w theavilv an * nobjy threw tftfe * jjomparastive comfcrt ' : in * miswj ' s scaltei-Thpfha . vei struck , not fcirwageSj . bd ( r forprfnciple ;•; : and yegardl 699 of conseqaences- w ^ themBefves , they ' hate ' . taken the foreground'in < y © ur <* ause . 'fhey have * declared that they will ogase io soil till all labour shall be justly requited ; wfeickj . ia their opinion , cannot be eflfecte * till the eS » rterbe « me lav ? . irust not their names ba , h * nded dewa to posterity aa patrf 9 t 5 ^ sacrificing their own ooavEnisnce and comfort for the attainment cf that of their fellowimenlW ^ o can withhold praise-fromsach men V

      ¦ . You have not a ^ ek-r-yott 1 » to been stricken " . ; but let the stroke recoil upon thei-tfraaiia who- 'have so crnelly arrayed tttemselves aawiist the- inierests of lafcrturtj-V ^ ' "' - !' - " ^' - " ^' : . '' ;' :: ; .- " ., i ' - ' - . \^ ; < ; - " -.- ¦•• ' ^ l ^ o % er ^^ e ^ n ^ pi jt ^^ 4 B $ itet 3 ti / rhe corn is * &j $ > Wexi ht ^;^ l 9 ; yoM viwaiBBs- » ro ' palft ;' .-biit ibpwftrw . ohaai ^ e $$ & ^' tMiim 3 e ., 7 Sv " ear 8 fortunate fidende ^ f ^| at * pv head ? , ;® iey , too . i » v » called upon youv'You- ¦ wil i ;) fe 4 d their address—it toeathea a feolcf aWd xoasl y fiipirU : We ioaid j opt , in tamea like tn * j ^ el ^ , whh | i ^ a cwdjal' s ^ port ^^ V ih ; u . nion ; ' a 3 found , and fronV unanimity ali > ae caa success be ¦

      exfiected , - ; ' , :- \ " '¦ ¦ " : . ' . ¦ . '¦ . ¦'¦ - ;;" . - ; Tjiis is ^ not ¦* w ^ ito , ^ b : oK d ^ ^ lt ^ ilw ftw ^ d *' ^ strjke *^ « f-9 lj | qui"ttfd labour ; £ ^ a » nsi the deminu > a of •* Irl » p ^'» f ¥ fapfyK jr- $ i » V ' ¦^ »' " -ihe i tyrants , bare totted - jm . ^ terflitjv ^ lpp ^ you ;^ of wtf ' o ppess ^ Wi ^ t' ^^ Whtle w « 'h ^ c ' nor . been 0 & \ wiginators > dk « we are-yet bold" ettonghp opfreWors reoiedy , S 0 ]? ki , o ; 4 ^ pa ^; tfean become . tools f ^^ p ^^^ ' fi ^ tt ^ i piiXf ^ :-miff : ^!^ kQham a bit tb spare" alt id ^^ woul ^ . wfusV it to men BtruR glin g . for tKeir- ' r , || nt 3 , 'fe > rth'C ^ ip ^ ' > an ; ger , aud the still niore stinging ' grief of a . ' . cr ^ B ^ o ^ p ' rin ^ : L Brothers , ' 'if- we are wortby ' ot ' yoar confidence ,

      we rnast prove that we merit y ° ur es ' teeoh Heat us then , and mark well pur : adna <> a 5 tion . Det no aot of youta ; take the Jodium from those vriio have goaded you into resistance , a « id who would ? now torture you , because you do resist . Be not deceived ; for ; although the discomfitted Whigs have attempted to rally their scattered forces j under this new pretext , yet "will all of tteir order :-in s «« iety , of whatever shade in politics , join with them , iu . throwing upon you the odium whioh belongs to . yaur oppressora . But heed them not . Our ' s is the battle of Labour against Capital—of Poverty against property- —of Right against IVIig ^ t—of Jaavioe against Injastioe , arid of Knowledge against Bigotsy and intolerance . ' ' ¦ ' :. . ' .. : ¦ ¦ ¦ -. ¦ " ';¦ .- ' ¦ -: ¦' - ' ' ¦ . . - ¦¦ ¦¦"¦ : . ' . : ' ' "' ; This is a holiday , prociaaaed not by nature ; mogfc

      unnaturally proolaimod ; and may the wicked fall into the pit which they have dug ; Let union : and peace be the Chartist watchword . We council you against waging warfare agaiusfc recognized authority , while we believe the moral strength of an united people to be sufticjantly powers ful , when well directed yto overcome all the physical force that tyranny can- summon to Us aid . Th , & blood of your brothers has been shed while peacefully agitating for their rights ; and fche brave delegates of the trades ef Manchester bave been scath tered from their p lace of meefciflgi at tho point or the , bayonet ; yet Will the friends of justice ever find , a refuge so long as nature ' s canopy stands , and sos long as those fo ? whom they stsuggle stand by , them . . ¦ ¦ : '¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' .. ¦ -: ' ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ " . ' . - ¦ - ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ " ' . ' . ; :. '¦ .

      As the people appear to have made the" strike of the Lea goe" for a repeal of the Corn Laws into a * stand for principle and the Charter , we would inorplor © every man"loving JHstiee and baring a shilling at his command to advance it , upon the good under- * fltanding that free labour will ere long repay fcha I 6 &n . } . . ^ . " ¦ ; .. - ¦ - ¦¦; .. : ¦ ' ; ¦" ¦ \ ' ;¦ ' : ¦ - , - ' ¦;; .: ¦' ¦¦/ < . ' < . " . "" Brothers , the Trades ha ' vo issued a noble address . It breathes a spirit worthy of old laws and oid English liberties . This , brothers , is the , tim « - for courage , prudence , caution , Watchfulness , afi 4 ¦ wsolution . - ¦ ¦ ¦" - ¦ ¦ . - .. ; •¦ . "' . ¦ " ¦ . . ; .. ¦ . . : ¦ ; . ; , ; . . ' . -.., ¦; . ; ¦ , ¦ . ¦' . - . ¦ . . In conclusion , brothers , we wouid , abofe all things , oouncil you against the destruction of life or property . .. . . ' . -:. " }'¦ , ¦ .: . ; \ : ., ; . ¦¦" .. ; '¦ ' ; ¦ ¦ . . ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦'¦ . . ' - .. - Remain " : ' -. ' . firm ' to your principles , -which , are to be found in the document entitled ^ he _ . P&odIb ' ft -OliailCi . - ' :- ¦ — -r " —— . ¦ •¦ - ; - ^~ . - ¦ ¦ . " : ¦ . ¦' -..- '¦ ' ¦ ¦ .. ' . ' -

      Men be wise J and do not commit yourselves or youroauBe . Let all your acts be strintly legal and constitutional ; and ere long your enemies will discover that Labour is in trath / the source of all Wealtk and should be . the onlysourcoof Power . ; ; " Immediately aft « ir the adoption of the address , it was resolved unanimously , . ¦ : . - ' . ¦ ¦ ' - '¦ _ • : ¦ ; ¦ : ¦¦¦ .: '¦ ¦ - , ¦;" . " . " . ; . "That the thanks " - -. of the Conference be given to the Executive , for their energetic labours on behalf ofthepeople , " : ¦' .. ¦' ;•; [ ' . ¦¦; ¦ :: " ;¦ : ' . ¦ - ¦' •;¦; , ¦ ¦ , ; ¦ ; , ¦ ¦" And it was then resolved unanimously— " That thiB Gonfeteace do now dissolve **^ ; - v -i 1 And the delegates immedfately dispersed to their several home ' s . " ¦ . '¦ ' .. - ¦ - . ; . - : ' - ;' ' ' . : . . ' . , " ¦ ' : " .: < ' - .:: ' . ; . '¦ . [ By an unfortunate aeoident , in a few copies of our first edition the resolution of thanks ; to the Exq * cutiye was omitted ] i V- ¦

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 20, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct612/page/5/