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      ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SMALL FAEMS ; Giving fall Instructions respecting Rotation of Crops , Management of Cattle , Culture , &o . BV FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., FARMER AND BARRISTER . Nos . 1 and 2 , constantly on hand . No . 4 will be ready in a few days . Also , on Sale , in Two Numbers , at Fourpence each , THE "STATE OF IRELAND , " Written in 1798 , by AaXHUB O'CONNOB . A compendium of Irish History , and a mord correct Account of the Grievances of that Country , than any that has appeared upon the subject . Cleave , London ; Hey wood , Manchester ; Hobsoo , Leeds .

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      THE PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF IRELAND . ON SATURDAY , 9 th September next , will be published , Price Three-pence , ( to be continued every succeeding Saturday fill finished , ) No . I . © fa HISTORY OF IRELAND AND THE IRISH PEOPLE , under tbe Government of England . To be published also in Monthly Parts , Price One Shilling . The whole to be concluded in about Twenty-four Numbers . The Work will embrace an account of the means by which Ireland was brought under subjection to the English Government , and of the legislative and other cruelties systematically inflicted on the Irish People . It will also include a History of the Civil and Religious Wars of Ireland ,, the dreadful perse * CHtions of the Catholic People , their struggle for Emancipation , and the means by which they ultimately succeeded . The deeply interesting proceedings and transactions connected with the Irish Volunteers , the United Irishmen , the Rebellion of 1798 , the Union between Ireland and England , and the infamous means by which it was accomplished ; and finally , the Great Repeal Movement will be fully and circumstantially described in The People ' s History of Ireland . In connection with the latter movement , the Life and Career of the Irish Liberator , O'Connell , will be faithfully delineated . ' The object of the Work is to depict the sufferings of the Irish people from cruel misgovernment—to show what the country has been , what it now ig , and what it is capable of becoming under a better system ; with a view of exciting in the mind of the reader aa honest and cordial sympathy for the wrongs of the Irish people . The aim of the Author will be to give , in the smallest possible compass , a concise , yet comprehensive narrative of Irish History , stated with boldness , firmness . and impartiality ; and while he is willing to please all , he trusts that when the conclusion of his labour has been reached , it will be found that he has sacrificed the cause of truth and justice to no one . London : published by W . Strange , Paternosterrow ; Dublin : D . O'Brien , Abbey-street . Sold by Smith , Scotland-place , Liverpool ; Heywood , Manchester ; Mann , Leeds ; and all Booksellers . May be had of tho Agents of this paper .

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      VOLTAIRE'S PHILOSPHICAL DICTIONARY . Part 29 , price 4 d ., is published this dayand Part 30 , completing the Work * will be issued next Saturday . With the last Number and Part will be given an excellent full-length Likeness of Voltaire in his 70 th year , with a Critical Memoir of his Life and Writings . This is the cheapest book ever offered to the liberal public . For neatness and correctness it is unrivalled . May be had bound in Volumes 53-6 d . each . Also , VOLTAIRE'S ROMANCES , commencing with Candid , Zadig , &c ., will be proceeded with more rapidly now the Diotiondry is completed . Part I is now ready . Part II next week . DEVIL'S PULPIT , by the Rev . Robert Taylor , may be had in Two Volumes , Price 4 s . 6 d . eaoh ; or , Forty-eight Numbers , at 2 d . each . All the Numbers are now in print , having been reprinted s& a great expense . piEGESIS ; being a Discovery of the Origin , Evidences , and early History of Christianity ; by the same Author . In Penny Numbers , and Fourpenny Parts . THE MANUAL OF FREEMASONRY isbeinr reprinted in the Mirror of Romanoe * Twopence each Number , with which is given a most Splendid Engraving from the French . All the Numbers and Parts may be had-W . Dugdale , Publisher , 16 , Holywell Street , Strand .

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      MANCHESTER MASSACRE ! p ONTAINING also a Memoir of that Untiring V and Unswerving Advocate of the Rights of Labour , Henry Hunt ; with Full Particulars of of the " Deeds of the Murderers'' on the Field of Peterloo ; the names of the Bloody Monsters ; the names of the Killed ; land the Trial , Conviction , and Sentence of Mr . HujfT . It also details the means employed by the Governmental Spies to entrap him < the famous Spa Fields' Meetings ; the Election of Mr . Huht as M . P . | br Preaton ; his conduct in Parliament ; his just estimate of the humbug Reform Bill ; his communingiwith tbe Working People on that measure ; and his lamented Death . The Sheet also contains a VIEW OF THE MONUMENT erected , to perpetuate his Memory , by the Working Classes . Published , for the Hunt's Monument Committee , ( the Proceeds to go towards the Completion of the Monument , ) by J . Hobson , Northern Star Office . May be had of Cleave , ] London ; Hey wood and Leach , Manchester ; Hobson , Hudderefield ; andPatonand Love , Glasgow . )

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      WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . ADJOURNMENT OF THE MIDSUMMER SESSIONS FOR THE TRIAL OF FELONS , &C NO TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the Midsummer General Quabter Sessions of the Peace , for the West Riding of the County of York , will be holden by Adjournment , at Wakbfikid , on Monday , the Fourth day of September next , at Ten p'Clook in the Forenoon , and by further Adjournment from thence will be holden at Sheffield , on Thdbsdav , jibe Serenth Day of the same Month of SkpiembeR , at Half-past Ten o'Clook in the Forenoon / for thetTRIAL OF IELONS ANp PERSONS INDICTED FOR MISDEMEANORS , when all Jurors , Suitiora , Persons who stand upon Recognizance , and others having business , at the said Sessions , are required to attend the Court . , Prosecutors and witnesses in cases of Felony tad Misdemeanor from the Wapontakes efStiinoliffe and EworoeB , Glaro , the Ainsty , Agbrigg andMorley , Skyrack and Barkatonaah , must attend the Sessions at Wakepield ; and thosefrom the Wapontakes of Strafforth aid Tickhill , Oagoldcross and Staincross , being the remainder of the West Riding , must attend at tbe Sessions at Shefpikid . A Second Court will be appointed which will proceed With the Trial of Felons , as soon as a eufiroient number of Indictments heve been brought into °° art' C . H . ELSLEY , Clerk of the Peace . Clerk of tbe Peace ' s Office , Wakefield , 17 th August , 1843 .

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      THE ^ EBECC&" MOVEMENT SOUTH WALES . & » ASiHA . —The mutton is up a penny a pound ! and veQ i ~ jnsy j Sat _ we 2 uyra this morning been favoured ¦ with acotber impartataon of 200 xed-co&tB , ^' " ^ "g » lthu * einie barrels of amujutaontema » more tangTy-Jiie lot you never air . The ; look u tbongh they vonld devour np every 4 gsen . thing . - Tfcfe Ipcnsts of Egyps were cstainly Mnojing ; -iat iEgypt -was a favoured land In being only afflicted -wiSi JocBrts ofoae iicd ; bntinSwarae * atpreBent Swy are -pedetOy aw 3 rnii 2 ? , " an 3 as varied in their genera as Terndn can he . We have foot locusts and iorae locusts—locusts in bins coats and locusts' in red—patrolling locusts and yicQTiBtin ^—nmllocnats and urban—all appointed sn& Tnaiclained lor Hjb express purpose ol carrying

      terror ta t&e Tery aonls cf Coppennen , CaamstE Reoecca anther eangbtea . Bnt the Goppermenarestubborn . Toey -will Tieither bend nor break . They are daily fcolaiire rteir meetings in quietness and peaca On Irldiy li ? t they held a -very numerous gathering at Xara&amlst , where the ; again agreed to" stand £ im , smi after wards -w » lked in proeeraion , to the Bumle * « f 3 t » £ H ) , UiroBghthetowii of if . eath . The report to-day is , that ilr . Benson has given in , and tfcsfctliB men in Ms employment T = tnrn to their -wetk at the old priets 1 cannot Touch ior the truth of fins , bat shall give yon farther particulars in my next . If it be true , it only confirms the prediction I made in your columns iBst Tyesrk , that in conseqnance of the serious ifcjury done to copper -works by a stoppage , the master * would come

      off "second best" In the straggle . A person of the same cf G . 3 . Poyntoa , following in the bain of John Jentira , M . A , addressed a second manifesto io the Copper--trorkeia , "in the same of the lord Jeans CkriM , " charging them -with a "breach of contract in sot appointing a deputation to Trait upon him according to promise . He infited them to a Conference in the BechatStB Boom , and thither your correspondent repaired , but only five persons zespondsd to hii invitation ; and these -were completely disgusted \ sitb . tie tvaddlaio which he gsra nttersnee . 1 £ ?? £ y *» n a sample and from thai yon xnay _ judge of the ssj £ l r —• •¦ Ton have done -wrong in ceasing to " srotfc ; far the !• # ]¦ & hath said that jon are to be diligent in boaDfcrss jrsd ferrent in spirit , and He -will punish you

      for disobeying his commands 1 " Sere one of the men xemaried that is tbougbV it would be more in accordance -with the Bm ? e character to punish the masters for : lowering theii wages , This was aposarl bo off 3 ir . < j . 3 . Poynton wt » on another tack : — " I am * ent by the lord Jesus Christ to command you to letarn xo yonr -work ; I am not employed by the masters , so help me God 2 bat the means of redress is in your own hands ,, and that- means of redress is payer . jfoay TiitiioHi ceasing , if you pray and pr * y aright , you vIB even be able to pray the queen ftnn the thront , ' 4 e . "Ha Las iarned a pamphlet in the same incoherent strain , a copy of which I enclose . -Is there nowayef getting this gentleman takes care of by Ms IrienAa ? ¦

      The Gharfasis Tssre , good man and trae , save neither Connection with Bebeeca . : nor her daughters , bni are lesolrtd that our own agitation shall not so to the Van . They consequently determined that the present © ppormaily abcnld sot pass -sithout the People ' s Chsitsr being held forth - « the only remedy tax ISntain ' a snoop . For that purposes deputationwaited * on the person who has the" letting cf the "Trades' Hall , in order to procure that place of meeting for the pro * jsed lecture . He agreed : at once ; Q » bargain -wm atmck ; sndthe bills were issued . But he is a Stnr ^ dte , Titwgnpr . and anythrng-arian ; and eaas& ~ quenliyno faithis tobe fcspi with Chartists .- Accordingly , on Friday erening , "we receirea a soto , stating that a iesjority of the proprietors vonld sot allow the Sail to » e naed lot such an -unholy purpose . The postponement of »>>» lecture -was cona&qaently an-1 JHHiEcsd . But Chartism is a hardy plant ; it thrives in , spite of plots and counterplots ; so a third handbill has i ^ en agreed to , of-which tbe folio wing is a copy : —

      " Oer Bights ! ssi > ~ ws ttili , mats tbsxj—ST ^ ypxn feiwR f lwi , ^ pTf } gi ^ T » g < vK'Kl p » ja >» TTnj mmmtmtM &e the ueople togtthei , to inculcate the doctrines of an mccindltional EobmlBnon to aTaxke and injustice , the tonraa of anthority is sQents but -when the Toice of trctii dEinands to be heard , proclaiming the wrongs of an eppresaed people , then the iron arm cf faction is zai £ o ^ , in the Tsin liope ^ jf crnsfaing principlea-which » he ectct can ,-which she Derer « ball , » ubdne . Tme , she say cvarswe the timid * so that , is flagrant Tiolstlsn of their plighted -word , they say break through very engagement they have formed , and zeruse the

      Wma » cf freedom 4 place wherein to ssaemble ; but £ » can neithfir deprrro them of the earth for a plat , form , sor of the -vault of beafen fora canopy . ThBre lore , Trcrlnmj inen , show byyoui numbers and your firm , but peaceful demeanour , jour ardent attachment to She cause oLliberty ; sad let him -who "would counsel ¦ esrecy -ot -riolence , be forthwith branded as a foe to your cause- A pubHe meeQng-win > b lieid on Tuesday 8 Tening across the riTer , for Ihe purpose of considering * the -jrrocgB < tl the woriing dasaes , sod fhe means bow 4 heee -wrongs may bs righted . * The place of Tnwting to fee marked out by the Union Jack , aad the ^ 3 tw » liaSS-past » " •*• pr ^ nBt 3 yi *"

      There is great excitement among the people in cobeo > ^ aenee ^ Tf being " diddled" « ui of UieHall , and it is expected Jhst a numerous assemblage iriD muster on Inegfia ^ ^ reninz , under

      ** The fl ^ 5 Siat braTed , a thousand years , Tht battle and the breeze , " is order tc beax the -words « f truth and aobemesa . Bebecca . has l > e « n taking a iap this week . She is bnalj £ ggagedin securing her hay ; -and ^ consequently the yfrptnan eojoy a littie hrealMn ^ Ttame . The trath 3 s . there sxe not a great nniubcr of gates ififtto remoTe . But udb or two i » Te been taken down ; and that , tojetber-KiitshootangataiUgiatratc—aye , and hitting ijim—Euairp ier exploto thisweek , As 3 sm the only person ,-wbobas lately figured in your coicsnis from **** quarter of the -world , a word TrbL a > c , l--i refereiiceto tiw attscl OB Mr . O'Connor in ^>\ d 14-tbeT Grnntex . may psbaps be cscused . The Times rtj-orter mnsl certainly haTe been labouring nodes the " sLarx&tion of intellect" "wbieb seems of Sate to ka-re afflicted the -whole establishment , in conjuring up ghosfiy -riaons -of justice ^ retribution , and O Connor It matters mot-wnara Walter or bis satellites may be

      located , &e champion of the people seems to haunt foem in their Tery dreams ; and they gire Tent to their stamb ^ rlag phan \* sie 3 with as grare a grace as if they -were indeed realities . Tax my own part , although I ann a cfrrespomaent otthB Slar , 2 am no correspondent cSMz . O'Gomattort . In common "with thouzxnds more I admire his i&leBts , bis consistency , ^ " ^ W « nohle ^ eTDUcn tothecanse of the people . But if I am the party to -whom the reporter alludes , I beg most candidly toaxgare Wtti BB t . tbsi for 2 bare sruch tod greai a xepxd fas my night ' s leal to allow it to be abridseri LyattendmKanyilfcbec < amustei ; Eiul « Hv&llmxzbeeB . in Wales , I hare been Enngly ensconced is the sheets , at my present address , scmewhere a , bont fen . x eieran o ' clock . But Tnaniaca * raTings are sound == £ se , -whan esmpared with the ranting -which ^ salyeicssxteB from . Enniii ^ Hons& * gnsre ; and a » only ironder Is that parties are foolish enough to pay for ths mbblpib

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      BELBAS OP WILLIAM SMITH , OP COLKE , FBOil WAKEFIELD GAOL . ' The ( Siartista of Coins and Ticinity iaTe not a little ¦ hnTron is nans of the middle class tyrants by the splendid reception which they hare given to thia ionest asd "" fthtfWT | g -old democrat on his return from twelre months captivity , under the tender mercies of the heslni-destzoyiog and brutal silent system . He -R 33 released on Sattrrday morning , at cine

      O'clock . ssidiecelTSo ! by Mr-Abraham Greenwood , -who Was Oelegated to escort him iome . They arriTed by the eleven o ' clock train at Todmorden ^ and from thence icde t-j Bumlej , where they were met by old Commodore Head , of Birmingham , and Mr . J . B . H . Bairstow , sad others . 32 »^ y proeesded oowehI to title SfclBon inn , Harsden , Trhere thBy -were " met by a magnificent brass iand and splendid white banner from Bnrrowfard -with a numerous body of people from the StTrroucding districts .

      a « soon as the mnsiciaiiB had been Tefreshed , tfce mnnHTona proce « 3 oa formed . Tiie Watez ^ de Band and ftree bassara -preceded ths car in whMi -were seated Jfcls Ticem of middle-class oppreajdonj Mr . James Mooney , rf Colue , Mi Bairstow , Jfa . Mead , and-two of Mr . SmiUA sons ; another l » nd and sereral banners irfiMgiw np tbejear . tctie ToaS » as litoally crowded by the assembled thonsanas , -nrnO erincedtiie -warmest regard to their honeat feUo-w-to-waxman , and the outlying principles for TsM&hM has snfeiBd .

      < a » rt « misnotaEaai 2 Jo , m >; it cannot , win neTer fife ! « tteiahnnedma » "heart of hearts" of the S * - ? SL - ? ^* ^ « ^ «» P ^^ ^^ t wS ^ S *^ ° ^ ^ "P ^ enc to the fnrsnehtangblood-siMaceM . it-WM ioaiietjughi- aaa tins -was a txmtidentbla barrier to the piogrSrVf iie jttoceBnon Imt ouT < aa * neJiQ waa well rewarded bi file entilmaasac grasp of iundTeds of friendly banda and the sightof thousands ol smDing fs * es , ioi the tern porary » ielay .

      ! Qje procession at length Tesehed aieCShaTtMtBoonj » t -wSjdy % ok , and fee people were fcrkfly addressed I % y TAr . Bri& . iwho 3 s urucb . « ebiB ^ d md lowT Messrs . Hplgsle , Mead , and Bairstow , nbentiiejietitedi lopidenreirBppse ^ com thek fat 3 gues , and the toils « f Bis -week , ^ the bosom of ^ fir-d Batares sweet legtarer , bahuy sleep . " There -were upwards of s ooo persons in the proaessioa . < ^ sx \ cxxr atssxxsQj Jcsa- ? aktt , job somix . ttiSBaqiy , aflmp ^ Si ^ . gnrbeia iq ? on Qrlndle . stone Bhrjt . The , ! meet 3 ng -was ji l « g » one ; the day « a ? B * 5 t&e ah bearing balm j U « spot a perbct I i

      TiT"jf '** ' »»^ . "M ^ Tng ^ ^ " *^*^* ! Mooney ,- lbbot » cBi , " of Sraaford . 3 Je »^ bSS ^ w , aad Smith each addrested tbfi " si » ena ) lsd thonssnas . ' The -ataoBt aaention prerafled . ~ Ihe ordar , decorum , ani eathuiastic faelil * erincedmuBt conTiace the most dogged oppo-3 asi& to Chartism . of the " toperixhable nature -of our p ^ nciptea .: After tbi meeBng , about a hundr&i sax down to teain tits Ciuortiatiooin , -wMtli -was tsstferally decotatedfor fliB occasion . The Toands wb « excellent , and " ¦ lie arraagenfents admirable . In the evening a soiree took place , irhen Mr . Holgate was again called to file chair s 11 » ioH !» nx » g senBmena "werejrtsponded to

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      ¦ II—I t « 1 — a a strata oT ^ eaK ^ n ^ eWg t T ^ u ^ nti ^« uch"fis " ^ A 8 seldoBi bees -triteeaswl in mctitpga of tnla nature . 1 . " A speedy diswlutioa of the Church from the State . " ; f Besponded to by Mr . Mead , mho gne the clergy a well merited sndseTerecasUgatiou . 2 .- "^ I 2 > e jigkt *« f'wonHm- ~ i i * Besponded to by Mr . Moomr , who gave a rational and spirited exhibition ol the abstract right of woman to protection . ; ¦ 3 . " May brotherly love continue . " Bresponded to by Mz . Ibbotson , of Bradford , in a manner Trhich did credit to hia head and heart * . - A speedy downfall to class legislation , ana success to the People ' s Charter . " , Itesporded to by Mr . Baixstq-w , in a length ; and splendid speech . :

      ' -.. MOWOAT BVESIHGiS SOIBSE . Mr . James Holgaie in the chair . ThB band af voeal asd instrumental performers , who had kindly Tolttnteered their services for the occasion , oommenced the entertainment by a plece ' from the . Oratorio of Judas Maccabees , " Sound the Alarm , " in fine style . TheCHAXRMiS then rose to propose the first sentiment , "The Peeple / lbe only soTerelgn power . * Responded to by Mr . James 31 oonbt , in a neat but short address . : Second sentiment : — >* The immortal memory of the patriot dead ; the honour of the living entombed martyrs of liberty in this and all countries . " Responded te by Commodore Mead in an engergctic speech . : After ¦ which , the thorns ol * Our Father , " by the professionals . Third sentiment : — "The health of our respected , honest , patriotic townsman , Mr . Willam Smith . "

      Betponded to by Mr . Joshua "Watson-y who spoke to the Jong estebiiabed , consistent , and honourable conduct of Mr . "William Smith , and appealed to the nnlrenal testimony which the public bad ; borne to his character on the two previous days , as a proof of his assertions . j Mr . Smith rose to thank his fellow democrats , and gaYe a toncbing and sotd-barrowing narrative of his mental and bodily Bufferings ( made ten ] times more affecting * bj the tremulous , enervated , I a&d shortbreathed condition of the speaker ) . His expression of rigid determination to pursue the same line of conduct that he had ever pursued , bad an electric effect upon the meeting . Mr . Smith sat down utterly exhausted , and wss shortly afterwards obliged to retire . Chorus—* ' Arm ye brave , " performed j in glorious style by the vocal and instrumental perfermers .

      Mr . B . 0 ZGA 7 E then said , Friends , I riie to propose the last sentiment —? ' The democratic press , " and called upon Mr . J . H . Sairstow to respond . 1 Mr , BajsstoW went pretty fully , and with Mb usual energy into the subject , and elicited reiterated rounds cf enthusiastic applause . ' Chorus bj the professionals— " We with redoubled ras « . " j ThB room was cleared for dancing at eleven o'clock Songs , recitations , and tripping it on the light fantastic toe was carried on with the utmost spirit and hilisrity

      until two o ' clock next morning . Commodore Mead gave us his own songs , " Loud roared the people ' s thunder , " and "The lad with the carroty poll ; " and he convulsed the audience with laughter by bis recitationa of " Job and the barrel of beer" "The Vicar and Moses , " 4 a Mr . Henry Boys sang " The Ocean Child , " and JI The scarlet flower of Bonnie Ellerslie" in a soulthrilling a&d mastfirly Tnannpf . other songs and amnapmeate filled up the intervals . Upon the whole such a spirit of reaction is excited which we hope will have a glorious efiact apon Ote public mind .

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      i Gbk « Riot ahd Loss bp Lerb in Canada , t oon I THE AHJHTEESAS . T QT THX BaIILB OF THB SOTHS . 1 —There was a Dot ,, attended Jm& . loa of life , at &n ^ wn , GanadXb » fte / 12 AioItimo , ontuaoocasoa . of tne annitersary of the Boyne . During the ^ y . aungsgeneiiUjvreiequiei . Abontnineo ' olock m too eveiiin ^ tie oniircai oominenoe ^ . 1 Thtmili-Urjwerecdlediipon fte-jtround- Th » e ^ persons were inrtantlj lolled bj shots fired from theSofers . The aopenlt , grew put « f the Xeeling ofldstiliiy ' t £ * U * £ * Wtoia - -rt fl » orangemei Inese laiter abandoned' all publie iprooeision TtiS ?!^* ^ ^^ * ° ^ SsSS TiS ^ iv ^ K " ^ - !*™ & # *»«* together TJxeanMto ofihewptalerBwere principaDyoonfined to ihe 6 e roomB . Some fourteen or fifteen of the nowrs were arrested , and now await their trials .

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      THE NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY THB NECESSITY , ADVANTAGES , VAULTS , AND INEFFICIENCIES OP TfiADE SOCIETIES . TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC . Stbugglikg Brothers fob the Rights of Labour , —When the master mechanic and mere employer of labourers , arose among our class , the divided interest of the two classes became so apparent as to suggest the neces » Hy of establishing a society of each trade , to check encroachments on oar daily bread ; and to take advantage of a rise in prices of manafactaies and provisions , to obtain for tho producer a fair share of the increase ;! and , aa these Trade Establishments became larger , the increasing encroachments rendered the preventatiye societies more necessary , and their duties the more arduous .

      Among the struggles against the wealthier and wealth-seeking ela « , those of travle societies have been the most Importan t Often have they attempted to increase the Wages of labour ; oftener have they struggled with the over-reaching employer , Whose avarice led him to seek riches by " withholding the Ure of the labourer ;** in other words , cut down wages Often have they , in their endeavours to obtain and maintain a " fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work , " been obliged to strike work , with a view to induce the oppressor to forego his wicked purpose ; and but too often have they , for the want of some substantial property to fall back upon , been obliged to return to their laborious occupations worse slaves than they came out ! ;

      These were , however , only the more prominent attempts of Trades Unions . They have many and equally praiseworthy functions . Their existence have been one continued struggle against the numerona attempts of the employer to reduce prices . In < M trade * have they : often saved their respective members or particular shops , from suffering reductions , by taking out the individual on -whom redaction was attempted , and allowing him weekly payment * according to the sisa of his family } till he could get employment elsewhere . This indeed is one of their chief benefits ; the chief object for which they are associated . . When a member is obliged to leave a town through want of employment , he is furnished with a travelling card , on which lie is relieved in all towns -where there is fluch a

      society , accept London , They also award a certain sum at the death of a member 6 t wife to decently inter them ; and in Bome bodies they insure their members' tools against loss by fire , which they can do at a much cheaper rate than the members could do it individually . All these advantages accrued to members and trades under the old plan of local bodies ; but as the local bodies -were frequently unable to maintain strikes without appealing to other local bodies for pecuniary aid , the idea suggested itself of consolidating all the local bodies of a trade int » one national body . Several trades attended this , in various ways ; but the nearest approach to a perfect system of national trade society , I tuinfe , is the Manchester Union of Operative Cabinet Makers ; the plan of which was drawn up bv a meeting of delegates from various townB , and amended by a

      second delegate meeting . These have made great improvements on ordinary trade societies , to wit , the establishing ofa universal system of relief foi their tramps at one penny per mile , and the equalizing ail t&e expences according to the number of members * But this body , through faults that have been removed and faults that still exiat , has been mncb reduced . And it is to be lamented that when theit xulea set forth the simple way in which all faults may be rectified , many lodges should nave withdrawn without taking advantage of the rules and their own right to seek amendment' . However , several lodges still remain In Union ; and others are gradually falling Id . being , by dear experience , bronght to see that " the Union , " with all its faults , confers greater benefits than any local body can do . I

      Some of the most prominent faults of these bodies are the nneB for non-attendance on certain lodge nights and committees ; fines for refusing to Berve on committees , and other offices- ; fines tor neglecting to clear the books on certain nights ; fines for being in arrears ; fines to go to 'the secretary for summoning to pay arrears 1 thereby increasing a paor man ' s arrears , instead of devising some means to prevent arrears , or some cheap and easy method to get them in ; and lastly , when you leave them and wish to return , fines for re-entering . iThe primary fault of these bodies has been , that they ] have not been sufficiently brotherly although , in meeting , "brother" has been continually on their lips . ^ Although they had great and good objects in view , their plans Were not sufficiently extensive to effectlieir desires .

      The trades , then , have established local bodies , and proved them Inefficient ; seeing that they could nob get a anfficiant number of their . brother ' operatives into thin to make a su # ceaafnl stand against encroschaieat They have tried ' national bodies ; and though they have Improved on the old pl ^ ns , they are still inefficient j seeing they are not suffldentiy . adapted ;/ io the want * , wishes , and feeUngs of the numeious and various operations In their nap * ctire tndw . Iney all need great amendations , irin to such ameudations let as turn-one

      attention , and proceed to sheWt : byargumentfrpin " » ound premises , what alterations and . additions are necassary ^ .: That these ' sodetiea haye done a great amount of good , in that they have prevented so rapid a reductian of the jorlce of labdnr , las the employeri sought to effect ; and in that " they have relieved a great many « f their fellows from the heavy scourge of tyranny and poyer ^ r , is a pleasing * fact ; and goes to shew the much greater amount of good ' that could be done by an extensive association and a larger sphere of action . Most Members of trade societies argue : " if every man knew his own

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      interest ; if all or the tiade would unite with us , we shonW beable to maintain the price of labour . " This obseryation is true , yet those , who thus argue seem not to have Uie inoUnation or ability to investigate , and ascertain" whether the real fault is not more fn the constitution of their own society than in the individuals who keep out of it For instance : there is the ' ? entrance ipo * Ilknow it for ce * tM& | hs *^ thelD » DiHty to flaw evens , five shillings " entrance fee" hav » been the only thing that has kept some men out of a . society they desired to join . ' Other men may say that such men would' be no good in any * society . I have had good opportunity of knowing to the opntrary . I have known p oor members who could ; not save a shilling from their families ; yet the best members of societies to which ! they and I have belonged . They have worked hard for it ; stinted themselves of pence , and subscribed freely' and willingly ; but : shillings they COuld not rf ™ . S

      It is almost suipriBtng that with such noble , generous precepts as we have before us continually , and witb such apparent desire to form- Associations for the benefit of the working classes ; with such professions of Brotherhood" on our lips and invitation to union ; living amongst euf order , and witnessing their privations , jand feeling oecasionallr the pinch of poverty our-Belves / we should so far forget all these things as to enact such restrictions as the terms of Association . Come , Brother Operatives , let a new light dawn npon us . lift these «• old things !' passaway . " Let us begin the -work anew . Away with all restrictions , except those that are necessary to the maintenance of order . Depend on'fc if an " entrance fee" or " fines" keeps a good brother from your Association , you lose the

      amount of his weekly subscriptions ; and if the removal of tbe" { *' entrance fee" will admit more members , you will gain the amount of their weekly or monthly subscriptions , and the services and brotherly bonds of the men . tDepend on it , too , that he who needs a " fine " to be held as a rod over him to keep him to bis duty , will never make a good servant ; neither will he who is forced iinto office to avoid a fine . Every man is not fit for office ; and it is the height of folly to force men into offices for which they are unfit . No wonder your business is sometimes HI done or neglected , when ye set " pressed * ' men to do it In future let it be our rule to " pick ? our officers , not" preBe" them . Brother Chartists and operatives , in conclusion , I would draw your attention to the following facts -.

      —If the Trade Societies , With all their faults , have benefited to so great an extent the working class ; if , in tbeir narrowed spheres , they have done bo great an amount of good , ot stayed to much evil ; bow greatly may their benefits be extended by larger associati « ns , and more extensive spheres of action . If local trade bodies have done good to their trades and members ; if a " union" of Beveral localities under one eleotedjhead extends and increases the benefits ; what an incalculable amount of advantage would be derived from a consolidation of all trades and occupations , with their separate committees to arrange their own particular business ; - with one elected council at the head , to execute the general business ; what immense advantage would accrue from ; the consolidation of their funds , to make purchase of property , and employ the

      hands that may be called out on strike , or thrown oat of employ from any other cause . Thus would be saved to the members the vast sums of money that now annually go for strikes and tramps . Consider too , that the turnout and ; tramp would be placed in immediate comfort and independence . In time , we could gradually raise Wages and prices to an equal ; remuneration with what we could get in our own establishments . Our practical knowledge ill our several businesses , would produce ultimately a general preference to our productions , and ensure to us a large share of the home market ; and if we felt inclined to seek it , of the foreign market also . And have we not a right to . all these things ? Shall ¦ we not seek by such a union a part of the advantages I have enumerated ? Is it not worth our while to attempt such a union ?

      What we want now is a plan embracing all these points . ] We could not bring tbe whole into operation immediately , but-we may by " little and by little , " as tbe society increases and the funds admit . We should , however , have the whole road marked out clear , that we may commence the journey knowing tne end thereof . In anxious longing , I remain your devoted Gracchus .

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      THE ASHTON TURNOUT . From the Manchester Guardian of Wednesday we give the following particulars of the Ashton turn out . Of course the reader will bear in mind the source from which the information is derived , and know how to Interpret the bias so very perceptible in it : — The turn-out in thid town and neighbourhood still continues , contrary to the expectation of many per * sons . It was generally believed that Monday morning would have seen most of the operatives at their usual employment ; but , in consequence of the determined spirit manifested by the turn-out committee , this waB prevented . The following is a summary of the proceedings since our last : —On Saturday , various ahop-meetings were held ; for the purpose of talking over the course that should bo adopted to compel the masters to pay the wages which were due to

      those of the turn-outs who had left any work in the warehouse , previously to turning out . It was arranged that the hands of the various mills should go in a body to their masters and endeavour to obtain payment . For this purpose , several of the mills were visited , and in one or two instances the hands succeeded in obtaining their wages . Some little disturbance was created on Saturday afternoon by the workpeople in the employ of Mr . Rayner , in consequence of that gentleman telling them , that he would not pay their wages until they returned to their employment . On receiving this answer , the hands , to the number of about 200 , surrounded the gates of the mill , and expressed their determination to follow him home ; he consequently sent for the

      police , who on arriving at tbe mill , drove the people back , and prevented them following him through the streets { they afterwards quietly dispersed . On Saturday evening , about seven o ' clock , the tnra-outs assembled at tho usual place of meeting , when " ! General Lee" was called upon to preside . He introduced Pilling to the meeting , who said , that he | wished them to pay attention while he read over the names of those masters who had aoted like men by paying the wag « s of those who were in their employ . ] He said that some ; of the masters were endeavouring to drive them into work by keeping their wages from them ^ - ( ories of " They shan ' t" ) , — but he trusted they would be disappointed . He begged to call their attention to a statement which

      had been put forth to the 'world by the London Times . 'That paper , in giving a report of the turnout had ; said , that the magistrates were preparing for the worst , and it was expected that 200 or 300 special constables were about to be sworn in ; that two troops of soldiers were coming into the town , &c . He hoped they would pay no attention to tuch lying reports , but act peaceably together . He concluded by correcting a statement which ho had made in some former speech . Wolfendeu next spoke , and eulogised the press for the assistance it had rendered them , and he closed the business by saying that he should preach a sermon on that ground on Sunday evening at six o ' clock , and he trusted they would bring their hymn bookB , and that there would be a good meeting .

      On Sunday morning , the trains from Manchester brought an influx of visitors into the town , consisting principally of factory operatives , who , during the day , jm ght > be seen strolling through the streets , anxiously waiting for the evening ' s meeting . In the evening / about six o ' clock , the place of meeting was ] crowded with persons from various parts of the county , in addition to the turn-outs . At the time appointed for the meeting to commence , Lee got ] into a cart , and gave out four verses ol the hymn commencing " O for a thousand tongues to sing , " which was sung . He afterwards offered up a prayer , in winch he implored tbe Almighty to bless j their undertakings , and destroy all tyrants , &o . His then asked for a Bible ; on one being

      handed to him , he directed their attention to the third chapter of Malachi , and the fifth verse— "And I will come near to you to judgment ; and I will be a swift witness * * against those that oppreBB the hireling in his wages . " He dwelt at length on the passage , and called upon his hearers to consider well what had been said to them . On closing j the book , he began to enumerate those millowners who , he said , oppressed the hireling in bis wages , and concluded by ; repeating some scraps of poetry denouncing the faotory system . — 'Wolf * enden moved the adjournment of the meeting to Monday ; morning , at five o ' clock ; after which they separated . ; On Monday morning , between four and five , the little piecers met and formed in procession , near to

      the usual place of meeting ; j about twelve or fourteen were provided with penny whistles and a few with fifes ; these headed the procession , and wont ) laying through the streets ;| they returned in about lalf an hour to the new square , where the turn-outs were assembled . A considerable number of police were inj attendance to watch the proceedings . The speakers not thinking it prudent to address them in that place , they returned it © Thacker ' s ground , where filling , Lee , and Wolfenden entered the cart . Lee commenced the proceedings by expressing his unbounded satisfaction at the manner in which the ; hatl acU-d that morning .-. Me endeavoured to cheer them on to their purpose ^ and extolled the manner ia which they had coriduoted

      theirmovements . that morning .. , Wolfenden addressed , , the meeting ; on . the princiiple of unity ; after , which , Pilling wa * called upon , who , on preseHting himself , was cheered . He sajd : they , had acted wisely that morning by keeping awav , fr ; oBi the mm «; heaaid a great many masters bad started their engines that morning , but he was happyi to ^ jay ^ thej liad been already [ cheated for once . He wonld adwae them , as it was Donton wakes , to go there , anaVcnjoy themselvea during the day . -j He said Stockport and other places had met , and [ they were determined not to beguiled any longer ; for , as soon as they had obtained what they asked for in Ashton , the other towns would come out also . If they would only be | united , he knew they would be tioforioug . The meeting was then adjourned till Tuesday mornin& at five o ' olook .

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      In consequence of a rumour that Beveral of Mr . Abel Buckley ' s hands had gone in to work during the day , the Committee , sitting on behalf of the turnouts , sent the bellman round to call another meeting at six o ' clock in the evening ., At this meeting Mullig was appointed Chairman ; and , in opening the meeting , said that a deputation had waited upon Mr . Rayner during the day , to ask him if he would pay the wages to his hands , when he replied , that if theyweuld be ledjby such a man as Pilling , they must goto him for their wages . The deputation replied , that if the men were satisfied , neither Pilling nor any onejelse could bring them from their work . Pilling , in addressing the meeting , said that several of the masters had agreed that day to give the list price . He exhorted them to unity of action . Lee and Wolfenden afterwards spoke in the same strain , and said , [ that the report about Buckleys hands was untrue ; after which the meeting

      separated . | On Tuesday morning the meeting , which consisted of 1 , 500 persons , assembled about fifteen minutes past four , when at cotton spinner , named Samuel Wolstencroft , was called te the chair , and he introduced Lee to the meeting as the first speaker . Lee , on coming forward ! , was received with cheers . He said , he had to inform them , that several of the masters had Bent in to the committee to say , that they were quite willing to give the Hat price ; and the total number of masters who had agreed to it was twenty . He wished to impress upon them , that they did not want an advance , but an equalization of wages ; for if some masters were allowed to pay something like ten } per cent , under others , they

      would never do-any ; good . He then read the names of several parties to the meeting , who , it was said , had gone in to work ! Wolfenden said , that the Stockport hands had met upon that question , and were looking up to them for something decisive . Ho hoped they would be true one towards another , until they had settled their grievances . Pilling next spoke , and said , that the hands in the employ of Mr . Abel Buckley and Messrs . Mellorbad agreed , although paid the best ia the town , that they would not go to work until all the others went . He then read some calculations , which he said that he had made , relative to the factory system . He referred

      them to the mill of Messrs . Whitakers ' , of Hirst , an <* said , that the amount of cloth produced at that establishment daily ' , would , if switched together , reach twenty-six miles in length . He beggoct of them to support a bill for shortening the hours of labour , saying that it was working such long hours in the factories that had ruined this country . He said , that if they were determined to standby each other , they had better hold up their hands . —( A great many hands were held up amidst cheers ) . He was glad to see that feeling amongst them ; it told him that they would be victorious . The meeting was then adjourned till five ia the evening .

      From our Manchester correpondent , or rather from the kind friend who officiates for Mr . Dixon during his illness , we have received the following : — j Tuesday , Aug . 15 . The turn-out at Aahton-under-Lyne still continues . The operatives keep assembling in . great numbers j and all evince the utmost determination to remain out till their demands are complied with . A large meeting was held yesterday morning ( Monday ) at which upwards of ; 20 , 000 persons were present . Not the slightest breach a ( the peace has yet ooourred . There are scores of police men ia disguise perambulating the town andlnelghbourhood . Wednesday , Aug . 16 .

      Nothing of importance has transpired relative to the Ashton turn-outs since I last wrote . The same determination is evinced by the . operatives that has characterised them [ from he commencement of the strike . I had a conversation last night with two very intelligent females from DukenEeld , and they told mo that thirty-six mills are entirely at a stand . Neither masters nor operatives seem disposed to give way ; so that it is impossible to foretell what will be the result . At present all ia peaceable . The strike has not yet extended ! to Staley-bridge , but it is likely to do so ; as great dissatisfaction exists amongst the factory operatives inj that town .

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      subscriptions received by mr . ' cleave . 1 ~~ FOR VICTIMS . j £ . e . d . Greenwich and Deptford 0 10 0 Mr . T . Hammersloyi Bilston 0 0 6 Mr . Bigrave , Watfdrd 0 5 -6 Sutton-iu-Athfield A . ... 0 5 0 FOB m ' bOUALL . Proceeds of a Concert , Golden Lion Locality ... . 1 ... 0 12 6 Proceeds of a Ball at the Political Institute , Sheffield L - . 1 12 0 A Friend , Brington . L 0 1 0 Mr . George AshweJl | Davontry 0 16 Mr . Harris , do . . ' ..- 0 1 0 Jdr . Webb , do . . ] . 0 0 6 Mr . Lawson do . 1 0 o ' 6 Mr . Wilson , Northampton 0 0 6

      The Army . —Cdbiods Circumstance—On Monday week , the last division of the 64 th depot marched from the barracks of [ this town ( Tralee ) en route for Manchester . The excellent temperance band of the Caatle-street rooms inarched at their head , playing them out of town as ' far as Ballyseedy , a distance of about three miles and a half . As the band passed along the column on [ their return home , the soldiers took off their caps and heartily cheered the musical civilians . This looks like " something in the wind " —¦ don ' t it t On the division entering Killarney their band struck up M Patrick ' s Day" amidst a vast assemblage of the people which accompanied them into

      towu . —Keriy Examiner . Dreadful End .-tCaction to Drinkers . —On Sunday last , Jameij Holt , a farmer of Longfield , near Todmorden , wa ^ drinking nearly all the day . In the evening , he was at the Spinners' Arms , a beerhouse at Knowlwood ; he went into the back yard , and there fell from a wall , a distance of some twelve or fourteen feet ; and then rolled forward , and fell down " a scar , " a perpendicular descent of some fifty or sixty feet . His back was broken , and bis skull fractured . It is needless to say he died immediately . It is said that at the time he had a quart of gin in him , a' quantity of other spirits , and lots of ale 1

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      DBRBY . —The Chartists of this town heldthei nsual weekly meeting on Sunday evening , the 14 th instant . The Bubject [ of the Conference was brought forward . It vraa agreed that the 5 th of September wonld be the most proper time , and Birmingham the most convenient place . '

      Just Published, Price Threepence, Handsomely Printed) On A Large Royal Sheet' Fitted To Adorn The Labourer's Cottage, A Faithful And Spirited Representation Of The Bloody

      Just Published , Price Threepence , Handsomely Printed ) on a Large Royal Sheet ' fitted to adorn the Labourer ' s Cottage , a Faithful and Spirited Representation of the Bloody

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      Novel Scene at Cuthbbob . —A Conqbegation Deserting a Chapel . —Notice was given , that My MThail , would preach , two sermons , in the Printftive Methodist Chapel , Lowergate , onSnndajafternoon and evening . . At the appointed time in tod afternoon , Mr . M * Phaii , accompanied by hia friends , entered the chapel , and took a seat near the pnlpit . Immediately , on » Mr . 0 —~ n , thetrAVellinginiai 8 t « f for that body , entered the ohapel , and yfent straightway into the pulpit , and commenced to give out a hymn . A member of the congregation then moved that Mr . M ^ Phaii should adjourn over Shaw

      Bridge . The congregationItbofc np their bats , and left the place . Only four persons remained in the chapel . The congregation proceeded to an opett space of ground singing a hymn ; . and on their arrival , their numbers were considerftbly augmented . Mr . M'Phail selected the 22 nd verse of the cightfe chapter of the Romans , as his text . He exposed , at considerable length , tho apostacy and dehnquency of the ministers of the present day _ , from the true gospel , as laid down by Jesus Christ , in the New Testament ; aad he gave our oppressors their "due meed" for the injustice and cruelty tbat the ; practice upon mankind .

      , Suicide at Bristol . —On Tuesday , about five o'clock in the afternoon , Mr . Heynes , residing at Jamea ' s-parade , James's Charon-yard , committed self-destructisu by failing on a chisel which he had fixed upright . He had first attempted to cut his throat , but did not do it effectually . The deceased wag about fifty year ? of age ; had been a master tailor , and accumulated a considerable property . Lately he has lost tbe chief of his substance in Jaw . This is supposed to hare been the cause of his com * muting the rash act .

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      Leeds Woollen Markets . —Though there has not been quite so great a demand in the Coloured Halls this week as the last , there have yet been two pretty fair markets . In the White Hall there is much more doing . In wool and oil , also , there is more firmness ., and trade , altogether , ia better than it has been foe some time . It mast be understood , however , that tbe business done in . both cloths and wools , consists of goods of low price , and of inferior quality . Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Ado . 15 .-r-The supply of Wheat to this day ' s market ia considerably smaller than last week , other kinds of grain moderate . The lower accounts from Mark Lane have caused the millers to purchase Wheat very sparingly at a decline of 2 s per qr . Oats and Beans continue in very limited demand and are rather lower . Last Wednesday was very wet , eiflce very fiae , till early this morning , we have rain , with an appearance of it oomiiuing . ¦ « ,..

      Newcastle Corn Market , Satd-kdat , Aug . 12 —The weather 5 during the week has been very favourable tor the crops , which are improving progressively . To-day it is bright and hot . We had a good supply of wheat from the country to-day , which sold heavily at a decline of full 4 a per qr , with some portion remaining unsold at the close of the market . In foreign wheat we did not hear of any transactions taking place- Flour is dull sale , and even the best marks are offered Is per sack lower , middling mirks are procureable at an abatement of 2 s ; ¦ whites have declined in the same proportion ; Rye , barley , beans , and peas upon a very limited demand , have a tendency down wards . . Being uhonly supplied { wito oats , fine fresh corn about supported last week'srates , but all other descriptions were easier to-day .

      York Corn Market , Satpbdat , Aitg . 12 . —Wa are well supplied with Wheat to-day , and the trade rales dull at a decline of 23 per qr . Of Oats , the quantity offering is not great , but , sellers are forced to submit to lower priceB . In Being but litUe alteration ; Barley nominal . Flour Mper-sack' .. Idfrah : Witb the exception of Wednesday , when we had * heavy rain , the weather has been fine , especially yesterday and to-day . " M ' Attoii . Cobn Mabj ^ et , Saiusdat , ^^ 13 . — There was a very Umitedjauintity of grain offefinjj at this o ! ay ' s market . —Wh ^ tr 6 i 33-to 64 s per qr . Barley 32 s to 33 i per qr . / Oats , 12 d per stone . -

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      Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at nlf Frtn * ing pffibei , No * 12 and 13 , Market * toeet ; Brig 0 * j t ' and Publiabid hy the ndd '¦ JOBnt ^" ^( Md ^ ( for tiie aaid F « AKGD 8 P' (^ NNO ^) a ^ liag-hou « e ^ No . 6 , # * r , ket- » treet , Briggafce f aa internal Communication « xbting betireen tbesiid No . S , M « tetrBtreet , and the Wd Nba . " . 12 and 13 , Martet-ateeefc . Brig | Srte , ; tntui " |? 6 iaiats |^ th « whole of the aid Printing and Pablishing Qffloe one Premises . All Communications must be addressed , Post-paid , ta Mr . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds ( Saturday . August 19 , 1813 . )

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      THE SHEFP 1 ELD CAST IRON KNIVES . Who could hare thongbt thai the exposure made tj the Trades of Sheield , relative to the extensive practice of foisting npon the world cast-metal knives and other cast metal hardware as gennine steel , would have led tosuch important practical results ! Yet so it is . The authorities have found put , as set forth oy tho Trades , that the practice of making cast-metal cutlery with the marks of genuine cutlery , is expressly contrary to an Act of Parliament ; and they have had two manufacturera before them , and convicted them , one in the penalty of £ 1 , 395 ! and another In the penalty of £ il 7 10 s _ , besides the forfeiiure of the goods seized . . ; Now thia is rather a strange . proceeding in these

      a Free Trade" times 1 11 Uiara be aaj ; irath in "free Trade " , these eonvicUon 3 are manifestly unjust ! Free trade means free trade ; not a trade hampered with pains and penalties . The Act of Parliament under which these convictions have taken place , was-passed for the PBOTECfiON of the trade of Sheffield . A protected trade cannot be 2 . free one ; therefore these convictions are glaringly unjust ! True , there was fraud . Trae , there was cheatery . Tme , there was roguery . But what of that ? What has these things to do with 1 the question 1 Is there more fraud than in the use of shoddy and Devil ' s Dust 1 And are not our manufacturers

      ** free" to use these materials , and Bell them as good wool ? Is there more fraud in selling east-metal knives than in daubing calico with paste , and finishing it bo as to look like , andsell for , Irish linen" ? And are not our cotton lords ** free" to do that ! Monstrous interference with " freedom" of trade , for the Sheffield magistrates to fine & man £ 1 , 395 for surely cheating a-bit 1 And more monstrous still that there should be an Act oi Pariiment to enable them to do so ! By all means let Joe . Hume look to this . If he permits this act to remain on the statute book one hour after this decision , without strenuons exertions to get it repealed , he is a traitor to his principles !!

      The cast-metal knives have sot only been seized , but destroyed . The following is the account furnished by our own correspondent of the destruction : —Early on Saturday morning the following placard was extensively postednpon thevrallsof the town : — " Destruction of Cutlbbt . — -Seized under the 59 . Oeo . lll , c 7 , entitled an act to regulate the Cutlery Trade in England . ; " The Magistrates having requested me to cause iiie spmions cnllery forfeited by their order on Tnes-4 ay last to be destroyed , I hereby give notice that the same will be publicly broken up in iParadisesquare , on Monday next , the 14 th instant , ; at twelve o ' clock . ] " W . Bboadbztbsz , Master * Caller . Westfield Terrace , August 12 ih , 1843 . *'

      The interest excited on this occasion amongBt the " blistered hands" was immense ; and within half an hour of the time of ** destruction , " thousands of the workies were to be seen wending their wa j to the destined spot with smiling countenances . At twelve o ' clock a body of the police appeared , and after having cleared the steps , a cart drew up containing the forfeited goods . A number of menwith hammers and anvils were in attendance . The Master Cutler thenascended the platform . and silence being obtained , proceeded as follows s— *• Gentlemen , I now appear on a painful occasion to declare in the presence of this multitude , that spurious marked articles have been stamped in this town . Such proceedings as these axe destined to ruin the trade of the'best town in the world . Sheffield stood pre-eminent for its

      cutlery ; but if finch goods as yon will seel destroyed this da ; in the presence of thousands are suffered to be exported , we cannot expect to support ourselves at home , or sustain our trade abroad . England has always been famed for its commercial pursuits ; but if Sheffield persists in the manufacture ^ of 'Sow metal , the world at large will ho longer give that celebrated town credit for its manufactures : " Cheers followed this address of the Master Cutler ; and on thq appearance of the baskets containing the spurious articles , the cheering was immense . The _ hammers went to work . An immense quantity of carving knives were broken to pieces ; one man snapping them with his hands as though the blades were glass , whilst & number of men were employed in the cart breaking np pen and pocket blades . . 1

      The work of demolition being completed Mr . Edwin Gill and a few Chartist , friends ascended | the steps , when Mr . Joseph Cartledge , -was unanimously called to tbe chair . The chairman opened the business of ibe meeting by some very appropriate remarks , and was followed by Mr . George Gillamore and Mr . J . Sowell , the latter moving a vote of thanks to the Mast « Cutler and tbe Cutlers' Company for the justice done that day to the arUza . ns of Sheffield . Mr . Edwin Gill followed , and laid the depression ot the trade of Sheffield to its manufacturers , ( the drocatea of free-trade , ) whoibj their fswindling propensities had destroyed the markets abroad , by tnilina ihe foreigners ; and as ihej shad Been

      ! their goods were of jio value at hornet lie then alluded to the reduction of Mr . Cobden ' s workmen s wates at Clithero , ; to the strike a * Ashton i and the copper makers in Wales , He exhorted the meeting to b&nd themselves together as one man for the destruction of all monopoBes ^ he first of jniich was dass legislation . In oonclnsion , he moved the following resolution j— " That it is ihe opinion of this meeting that the present depression of i trade can never bo alleviated ; until labour is ftfllyj and fairly represented in the Commons House of Parliament . " This was seconded bj Mr .-Bichard Branch , and earned unanimously .. Thanks being voted to the chairman , the meeting dispersed .. It is estimated thai there were eight thousand persons present . ! - — ; L

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      TO IHB EDITOB . O ? THR 29 OBTHSBN STAB , ; Sia—The ftte of Zjpbaniah ^ Williams cannot fail to have drawn'S | igh front ever ; breait ; especially where the principiea with which he and his compatriots had identified themadves * w known . ¦ What direful suffering must that be which can produce HuchBreckleM disregard of life aa evinced in his unhappy cms f * Why , In toe name of heaven , ahonld it be infiioted or endured T Over and over agnin , these ( ales of misery reach our ears—time after time the steh of

      aoffaring la borne across-the extended ocean ; no one dares to deny tbe amount of wret « hedne » therein conveyed j and yet nothing 1 b done to reseue human beings —onr fellow creatnre»—onr countrymen ~ frdm its horrors t Why ¦ vfas tender compwaion and fellow feeling implanted | in onr nature , if not on occasions like these to manifest themselves ? No pestilential scourge produoea thw snffinrlng , nor lack of returning seasons with ihelr fcnito . The cause of the evil man may remove ; for he himself gave birth thereto , and what he creates be can destroy .

      Hear what an eye witness says of the Bufferings endured at Port Arthur and Marquarrie Harbour" The InqtOsiacins In Spain were nothing in atrodL ^ and diabolical wcrjfice of Jbuman life to these earthly hells . The prayers and groans of the djing creatures are drowned inthe bustle of renewed tortures , and the rattling of chains attached to their unfortunate companions . Some wreak their vengeance on the instruments of belli «» as to be executed in Hobarfrtown , hoping then to have $ n opportunity of disclosing the sickening cruelttes practised towarda them . This is , however , denied them ;! the clergyman frequently . putting his hand to the month of the dying man to prevent the assembled mnltitude from hearing his last words ; and making the signal to the executioner many seconds before the appointed tlmei lest one word Should escape from the Hps of the murdered ^ victim . "

      A writer inj the Colonial Magazine , after detailing the sufferings of eight run-av » ay convicts , who , having beuken themselves to the bush , had been forced to eat each other , in order to sustain life , till only one remained , exclaims , " Can mortal acffdrlngs—mortal debasement—be presented in more abject , more heartrending colours : ? * A run-a-way convict—a felon murderer—forced to support life by cannibalism—hopeless to preserve it by flight—nsy , even unable to offer It in atonement of an uncontemplated offence . Suoh was the awful position of Pearse . ' the man who alone out of the eight remained 1 She writer goes on to state that Peane was after-wards taken by some Bnsh-ranger » , to whom his melancholy adventures being unknown , he was merely sent back to Marquarrie Harbour t from

      which , notwithstanding all that he had endured , such was the horrors of his situation , he again fled ; urged thereto by a pexaon of tbe name of Cox , and induced by the powerful apprehension of corporal punishment tor the loss of a shiit which had been stolen from him ; the horrors of tke bush being less than his dread of remaining where he was . The same dreadful hunger was again endured , to which Cox fell a victim , and Pearse was shortly after wards arrested , sent to Hobart Town , &nd executed . Murder , we are Informed , in the above-named publication , is of frequent occurrence at the penal settlements ; and the perpetrators have almost invariably declared that " they committed the deed , in order that they might be rid of a hopeless life . " ;

      Countrymen , is it not enough to banish a man for ever from his home withontiollowing him to the distant land to which he is exiled , there to persecute and render life thus ] unbearably -wretched ? Wonld a wise and good parent thus treat his offspring , howaver ¦ wayward and abandoned they bad shown themselves ? But do our rulers ever act like just and wise parents , either at home or abroad ? Few » were they to do this , wonld ever stand in need of banishment for their crimes ! and how different would be their conduct towards these vrho were so driven f " We have . ''

      they would say , ; *• exiled you for your crimes ; with your banishment the law ii s&tisfied ; this strange land is now « before you , make tbe most which nature will afford yon here : ¦ cultivate it ; erect your own dwellings ; be honeat and industrious , and we will protect you from rapine and plunder j But instead of such noble bearing towards unfortunate beings sent , see our rulers dividing tbe Land eut of which every necessary and comfort of life hath to be made amongst their own prbfligate tribe ;! and dooming all who ate banished , or forced by poverty to emigrate , Xo a life of slavery and unrequited heartstrickaning toil j

      Bestir yourselves , then , fellow workmen ; remember that it is your own class which thus suffer—thus endure these grievKneas , Boul-bebasing -wrongs —» nd sweat by all that ' s sacred , ; that they shall be known and felt no lenger . Yours , ic , Richard Mahsden .

      Now On Sale, Price Sixpence, No. 111. Of A Practical Work

      Now on Sale , Price Sixpence , No . 111 . of a PRACTICAL WORK

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      ^ THE NORTHERN STA ^ .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 19, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct664/page/8/