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    • THE NORTHERN STAK SATTRDAY, AUGUST 13, 1842.
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    • TO THE READERS OF THE "STAR."
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      NOTICE . The Star of Saturday next will contain a full Report of the Important Proceedings in Manchester on the 16 th of August , connected with the Monament to Henby Hunt ; and also the Sittings of the Chartist Conference on the 17 th , 18 th , and subsequent days . ¦ To giredne effect to the anniversary of an ever-memorable day , and to do justice to the memory of the Poor Man ' s Advocate , we have , at great expense , procured an . Engraving of 'i'V- 'V /¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ , ' . ¦ .

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      proceeds due to the Executive from the sale or Messrs . Crow and Tyrrell ' s Breakfast Powder , for the week ending August the 6 tbv : —< . - . ¦'¦ ¦ ^ - > - :- ¦; ¦ : ¦¦ . ¦ . ¦! r - - ' : - ' - ' :: . w : ' -:-: : ; . £ b d Mr . James Leach , Oak-street . Manchester , * nd wholesale agent for Lancashire ... 3 0 0 Mr . Simeon , Bristol , wholesale agent for the West : ... .. * ... , W 0 6 0 Mr . G / J . Harney , Sheffield ^ ,.. .. v 0 6 0 Mr . M 6 gg » Dawley , and wholesale agent forShropshire .... v .. ¦ ¦ ¦; .... ... 0 & 0 Mr . LeggejAberdeen . „ ... .. * 0 3 0 Mr . Barnett , Eennerby ; \ ... ... ... 0 1 6 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham ... ... .. 0 l e Mrs . Smith , ditto ... ... ... 0 16 Mr . Jones , Northampton ... . „ ... 0 1 6 Mr . Robinson , Derby .., .,. ... 0 16 Mr . Cavill f Melton Mowbray . „ .. / 0 0 9 " ; ¦ ; ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' / ; ' ¦ :. l / ' ¦¦ : ' .., - ¦ ¦ £ 4 Q 3

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      OPEN A 1 B MEETING AT THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY NATION , PADDINGroif-This meeting was held , pursuant to adjournment from the previous ilouday evening , and was well attendee ? . ¦ Mr . Payee having been called to the chair , briefly opened the proceedings . Mr . LUCAS moTed _ ths following resolution : — " That this meeting view with alarm and apprenen Bion the fait amount of distress existing in tfie country , and are of opinion , that it can only be effectually remored by ensuring to the -working classes that just share of political power -which is embodied in the document called the People ' s Gnaiter . " Ha -was tmrnsed to public speaking , but he felt that , at

      the present critical period , it waB toe bounden dnty of every man to exert himself to procure a remedy for the »* F / nl distress existing in the country ; it would be - (¦ nsfcltEs In him to dilate on that distress , they ^ -ere too »* well acquainted -with its existence ; it was impossible ' te denj that it was undermining every institution of society . He -wished them also to be acquainted -with ; the remedy ; he did not -wish to force it on them ; but he "wisfced them to examine it for themselves , snd not r to view is through the prejudices " of others . Those ¦ who negk-cted to apply a remedy to the present miserably deeded posture of affairs must be callous to every duty they owed to themselves , to society and to

      Gsd ; te called upon them to throw off their spathy , to tx ^ rt the powers of their bodies , the energies of their j minds in circulating the principles ¦ which , ¦ were founded " on jnstice , hemmity , and Christianity to nnite with one arzn , to locfc not at the men who were advecating the priceiplfca , but at the principles themselves , "which were calculated to promote the welfare of every mau , womsn , and . child in the empire . They had too long been deficient in sympathy for their saffering brethren , but this cloud of disgrace wbb now fast passing away , » cd tht 7 were beginning rightly- to estimate the .-ralne and afiTinlagts of political power as a means to ensure ¦ presptriry to all .

      Mr . MUDGEbad great pleasure in seconding the resaluticn , - which net only declared that distress existtd , tut likewii * pointed their attention to lhe true remedy . Taey were n- ^ 11 aware that destitution zn& misery ptt vailed tlirocghont the ieEgth and breadth of the land to a cezr ^ -e unparalleled in the past history of thaeountrjr ; if they were not acquainted with this .. fact , they ought to he ; every day it spoke louder and louder to their understandings ; every houi ft approaches nearer to tbtlT homts ; let them look iroond the great metropolis iu which they lived , andthey would see thousands in a Btite of the most horrible destitution . and yexLoadori had noi felt a qcattar at ibe distress which prevailed in tha maBufat tilling districts , and thengh thia distress h ^ d not approached bis owo tloor , or tha doore

      perhaps of many of hiB bearers , yet they knew not bow foon it mitbt arrive . It -was paiuful to think that Ecclisliinen were reduced to Foch-s state as to be glad to fted en can-ion , on cows , &a -which had died of disease . Was this a state in whieb life was worth pre-BerTirs ? Could tbey as men mnch longer groan-under such an ^ ccmual&tton of misery ? The clouds « f misery K-&ich eacircled their brethren in the north were corning nearer and neartr , and shades -weie gro-wiiig darifr and darter , and yet , ala 3 , they would not aronse from their torpor until it came upan them like a thitf in the night , and ail -wers iavulvcd in one gigantic ruin- The only sure means of removing this distress -ST 28 by obtaicfog political power . Class legislation hid raised up a class of tyrants who , by enacting

      bad lros-s , hid brought the working classes to thtir j ? r ~ se = t -pcritioii . Ttiej liatl obeyed fcae laws of thWs men ; vhev ha . d submitted to their caprices until further Bubnikaion would be a crime ; for thwe men had they toi '^ d and -wa stvd through the -weary summer ' s . day ; for them had they fought and bled ; and now they -ware rewarded by insult and oppression . "Would they longer endure this ? Would " they longer remain ¦ qucit nnder their-wiocgs ? He knew that they -wonltl uot The misbty mnltitude would rise and pat down by the strong voice of pab . ic indignation their heartless oppressors , and would never cease their exertions until they were in possession of the power which w- - < u"d be conferred npon them by the adoption of the People's Charter as the law of the land ; cheers- \

      Mr . Coopes ., of Manchester , said it was his pleasing doty to support the resolution ; and he wished them to ketp in miDd the lines of the poetByrbn , "TLey -wio -would be free , themselves nmst strike the blow . " It was now admitted throughout the length and breadth of the British Empire , that a Wow of some description -lEust be struck , and tint it mnst be struck soon . The most hroorisni question -was , how should the blow be Btrack to tuiaucipa ' . e thtmselves from their pres&nl thraldom ? AH parties in the state , Whig , Tory , and Ridical . acmit that a change must tsie place , and that it must corns ere long . It was a fact that waB admitted by the most intelligtnt men of England and of other coustrii-s . that as the power of producing wealth had

      iccrer-sed , so had increased the poveny of the producers . Th's showed beyond contradiction that there mtut be soraethins rs 55 cally-wrong in society , or thoso means which cngbt to increase tbe happiness and wealth of the people , wen'd never have increased their misery , vicar and destitution . He had travelled , during the course of the summer , through a portion of Scotland , the iT-orlh cf Ecguicd , snd the intervening counties , between there and the Metropolis , M ( l b-B could bear atspl ^ tt& ' -inioEy tiat the distress of the people was overwhelming . "Wherever lie went he was assailed ¦ wi th the cry of ' -Bread , bread , bread—Justice , justice , justice Everywhere they complained of poverty and

      tyranny ; and so long as tyranny existed so long would poverty , as a necessary consequence , be found among those -e-iio -were tyrannised o ^ cr . The onlj trae policy to remote the causa of poverty -was to strike at the root of tyranny , and tb&reby remove the vice , misery , aud « iestitnti .. n whieh it created- If they were even" to remain in tbeir present position , brtter wouJd it he to return to a state ef nature—to go again to their hollow cats for a rude shelter—to roam again es painted savages in the wiids of 'he forest , than to die of star--vttion cjid disease . What did it benefit the working jnan that he had built our manufacturing towns ; that he h ^ d erected splendid machinery ; that lie tad built our Tessals , which

      " "Walk ihe waters like a thing cf life" ? "What avail was it to the men of London that they had a-fcted splendid palaces for royalty and aristocracy ? He ii-vked arennd , and be saw beauteous mansions in every direction ; and those who erected them he saw ¦ wanderiiig in the streets , honstless and penmlefcs . They wer e tola tins always had been the case , and it always would . It was trua that vice and poverty had ever been found to exkt but it was because tyranny existed ; but tt did cct foilow that they ever should ex'st He defied any man to point out , in the history of the wcrld , n nation enduring distress from the same cause which created the dii tress in this country . They had heard of distress in ancient times ; bnt it had feeen created by atircitv of foad producing famine , by wax , or other

      similar causss ; bat did they ever hear of a ration iteep&d ia diBtress because it had produced too much ¦ wealtb ; yet this was the actu 2 l caxue of the present distress . Labour was the oc ] y property of the working man , and in proportion as there was a demand for that la b our wonld he be p ^ sperons or impovtrished . Bat we had now created so much wealth that there was no demand for labour until that -ara . 3 sold , Being no demand for labour , the WGrticg mtn having no wages , c-juid not buy , aad the home market is dsa > troyed , and di&treES ia the natural const quenee . The population of Britain was about twenty-seven million ; many of tbeae ¦ were actually starving for food , and yet the bind would grow scfisient to snpport in plenty ISO millions of inhabitants . Oar power of producing wealth was equal

      to that of 600 m : ! liOEB of men . Our shops and our ¦ warehouses were fail , and ytt the men who produced tfcese articles were destitute of hats , shoes , asd every article of decent clothing ; houses Were being erected by working men aroimd him in every direction , jet hundreds were forced at night to take shelter in Hyde P ^ rk , having x o roof to shelter their Leads . The Ihike of Wellington had said , that in . England alone , of all the countries of the world , a working man CGuid do well , if it was not his own fault , ami thst he could provide the Kerns tf subsistenc- ; , a ^ d u . suSjde ; . cy for . &n indepaodeace in has old = rt . He -was noi actuated by any spirit of revenge tovrards him or any o ' . htr man , tut te ^ bt > nld like t-j st- ; him eichange places with one of the poor

      haud-luuci weavers of the north , and he wonld give lira . -j good siiary to be- ^ in wiih ; ana if ha did not Sf ^ ediiy raise timseif to independence , according to hij o « u doctrL-e , it would bs hi » own fault- The Dnke of " Wellington - « -a 3 mighty in pbysiesl for «> , though SJual ! in iul £ ; ic ; t ; fcttt piaca hina in on © of the EaustOUi cellars of Manchester or Liverpool ; let him be sur rounded by thoss who would call him father , and loo ! np to him for tuppcit—let him see the wifa of bi bosom gradually pining ^ wsy before his eyes—let naugh iDttt his gbzi but the damp and barren walls of hi miserable abode , and though at Waterloo he fexpe rienced tronble , and looking at his watch , exclaimed " Wonld tu G-jd the Prussians wtre c * me V thtre h ( would £ nd himself in a worse condition , and wouli

      thtn exclaim , '" Would to God death or juitice wou come ! ' { Cbeen > . ) It had been asserted in the Hou oi Commons , aact echoed and re-echoed through tl pulpits cf tha land , that the distress was the result i a divine providence , and so Jons as they eonld get tJ people to believe this , tae villains who created it won . escape , » nd cixixr their iniquity upon the Gad elation . Did they erer tee tbfi earth refase to bru forth its fruits ? Did it net teem with wealth and plent ; the man that could assert that Crod was the origioat of tha present distress , was the greatest of infidels ; t ] Bishop of Exeter bad asserted in the House of Lor t&at tee work&ti nata had bo h » pe whatever to bett

      his condition but what rested in heaven ; and -wfci he he ^ rd bis se&ttdren / crying for bread ; whea hs aa t its misery arwmdc him , and waj looking to God i xelitf , he that would corns to distarblds quistwi the fallacies cf' polities - betttaing his condition , must one of the wickedest-cf men . The Bishop of Exetf or any otn&r m «« Who could preach cneh 4 octrinea the people ought to be made to exchange positio ¦ wi th them . It -was ^ t -shame to the pe ^> le of tl nation—the BUSS tnUthleoed , the most powerfal the world—that they had so long endured this bo dage— thai they had so long followed lbs pri « xnvjiia of Shut jx > tr eyes aad open year mouth ai

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      eee what God will send you . " He trusted they would open their eyes to some purpose , and discover the Charter as the true Temedy for their condition , and that tbey would also epen their months , and declare the glad tidings to their fellow men . Mr . Cooper confciruad addressing the assembly in a Bimilar manner for a lengthened period , and was frequently greeted with loud spplauset The resolution was put and carried unanimously . ' Mr . Nsgle moved , and Mi . Anderson seconded , in excellent speeches , an adjournment of the meeting until that day fortnight : this was unanimously agreed to , and the meeting dispersed with cheers fox the Charter , Stor , ifcc

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      BBOOKE THE NORTHALLERTON VICTIM . Beothkr Chahtists , —— "We , the Committee of patriot Brooke ' 9 Victim Fund , lay before the public the decision of the Bench of Magistrates . They refuse him being taken npon onr resources , it being contrary to Nortballerion prison discipline . They will allow him pen , ink , paper , and books , and exempt him from labour , providing we pay for his prison diet . He is at present in the Hospital , and lives as well as he possibly can do ; but he being convalescent , We expect his discharge immediately , aato the prison diet , consequently we commence paying in order to render his dreary abode as little irksome as possible . We therefore appeal to the great Chartist body on his behalf , and publish our balance sheet to shew our

      INCOME—PHESENT RESOUBCESi s d July 7 * By cash from a friend , Dundee ... 1 0 15 , Ditto from a friend , Islington ... 2 6 18 , Ditto from Thornley Chartists ... 5 0 20 , Ditto from Darlington ditto ... 5 0 23 , Ditto from Trowbridge ditto ... 3 24 , Ditto from Abergavenny 3 0 Aug . 7 , Ditto from ten poor hand-loom weavers , ChartiBts , Spotland-feld 5 0 Ditto from Brompton and Northallerton ... 6 lh

      £ 1 11 \ l Expenditure ... ... .. 1 2 - Total Cash in band ... £ 1 9 11 } EXPEKDIUJfiE . July 7 , Letter from Dundee ... ... 0 1 -10 , Ditto to Bradford 0 1 14 . Di uo from Brighton 0 1 15 , Ditto from Islington ... ... 0 1 20 , Ditto from Darlington ... ... 0 1 * Ditto from Thornley 0 1 22 , Ditto to Brighton 0 1 2 Z , Ditto to Bradford 0 1 Ditto from Trowbridge 0 1 Aug . 7 , Ditto from Spotiand-fo ] d 0 1 8 , Ditto to Bradford 0 1 Paper , &c ... ... 0 3

      1 2 Isjuc Wilson , Secretary , To whom all monies must be directed . Brompton , Aug . 9 ih , 1842 .

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      THE TURN OUT . Most earnestly do we call the attention of every reader of the Star to the accounts we this day prestnt him with of the proceedings consequent upon the Turn-Oat to resist the reductions now again attempted to be made in the already-starvation-wages of the labonrer . Those reductions are the Tesult of a con spiracy on the part of the " great " employers to drive the working people to madness , ihat out of the state of terror and alarm , consequent on the phrenzy thus engendered , they may wring from the Minister their darling scheme of

      u Corn Law Repeal , " so as to enable them for yet a little while longer to realise a per centageupon their ' 'large capitals , " by driving labour still lower and lower in ihe scale of . comfort and well-being . The " Conference" has not fat for nothing j The threats to close the mills have not been all wind ! The attempt on the part of the confederated masters io prove that gesbbal distbess exists has not been vrithout its purpose ! The -whole of the efforts made by this party have been , one and all , directed to the end of raising capital npon the ruin 3 of Labour ' *

      We repeat , that the reductions now attempted to be made in the price of labour , are tho result of a conspiracy on the part of a class to overa-we the Government , and to accomplish their own selfish eud 3 at the expence of the community at large . Look , well at the parties who offer these reductions 3 Who , and vrhat are they ? Members of the Anti-Corn Law League I " Extension of Commerce "

      advocates ! Bawlers out for " Cheap Bread . " The very men who hav * been for the last twelve months dinning in our ears loud and wordy expressions of "SYMPATHY" for the distresses and privations endured by the working portion of the population !! These are the men v ? ho try to alleviate the distress they bo feelingly deplore , by reducing the wages of the men thpy employ III

      The partial dsvelopment of their confederated plans affords some slight explanation of other sundry threats and talkings the " Conference " indulged in . "We now see how the "riotings" and " risings" that Mr . Tatoton , of Coventry , recommended , are to be brought about ! The " great " Anti-Corn Law Masters are to reduce the wages of their . workmen , until they drive them into acts of outrage ' and riot ; and then they are to go to Sir Robeet Peel and say to him : " Didn ' t we tell you

      this would happen ? Give as the' Repeal * to quiet the alarming state of ihe coantry , and afford the starving people' cheap bread . ' " Having , by these means , forced their measure from the Minister , they will turn-round upon the people themselves , and put theni down . They will join in yeomanry bands , in special constable bands , and in jury bands ; and they will bludgeon , sabre , shoot , hang , transport , and imprison the very men who have done the Leaguer ' s work by ' ¦ rising" and " rioting" !

      And will the working people be such , ninnies as to a ? d theXeagners in this their hell-begotten schtme ! Will they thus furnish weapons to be used against themselves by the most deadly and inveterate enemies they have to contend with f Will they be thus played with , and used I Will they do that for the enemies of Labour which they cannot do for themselves ! Will they be instrumental in forging and in binding on the chain that will link them fast to Capital ' s car , to be dragged through the mire and over the rough , at the will and bidding of the drivers *

      If the working people intend to do these ihings , they have only to " rise" and rt riot" ! If they intend to do these tbiags , they have only to meet in crowds , to attack persons and property ; to destroy life end wealth ; to murder , bnrn , and destroy ! But if they intend to frustrate one of the most horrible schtmes ever hatched to subjugate labour ; if they iDtend to defeat ihe wiles and stratagems of

      their deadliest foes ; if tuey intend to advance their own cause of right , and acquire unto themselves power to establish the tight of justice , they will be ? eacsable 5 ! They will leave the u risings" and the * ' riotings" to the " Extension mea" themselves ; and they will instantly put down , suppress , all and ervery attempt to force or beguila them into acts of outrage or collision with the constituted

      authorities . We offer no opinion as to the prndenee or desirability of the TcE » -ODT . That is a matter to be determined upon by the people themselves . Those to whom reduced wages are offered have a right to say whether they will accept them or aot-They have a right to refuse them , if they ihink proper . They have a right to try to persuade others to follow their determination and example . Bat

      they have no right to compel others to join them . They have no right to destroy property . Against these acts we earnestfnlly and waraingly caution t hem ! He is a bad soldier who fights against himself ! He is a bad genera } who quits a safe position , and takes oae whence he is sore of being dislodged ! So long as the people are peaceable and refrain from acts of ontrrge , they are safe s the momeut they resort to them , they destroy their own power . We offer these observations in all earnestness and sincerity . of friendship both to the factory workers

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      of Lancashire and to the miners of Scotland , Staffordshire , and Warwickshire . The miners are an ill-used and industrious people . Their avocation is such as incessantly endangers limb and life—for half their mortal carreer they are entombed alive—shut out from the light of day and from the joys of social life—their means of mental improvement are contracted—their inducements to tread the paths of vice are continually multipliedtheir zest for the pleasures of domestic comfort diminished , in fact the system to which they are

      inured , completely unmans them , and they gradually degenerate from the human to the brute species , if not in form , yet in habit . And yet , notwithstanding all this , the ba 3 e profit-hunters wonld jay still heavier burdens upon them and add starvation to their other grievances , by robbing them of their hire . Base wretches ! but we trust they will be foiled in the attempt . We trust the workmen will be enabled to compel them to pay some regard to honesty , however unwillingly . And that they may do so we implore them to be peaceable .

      We are glad the miners , like other trades , have hoisted the banner of the Charter . In the principles of that invaluable document must centre all their hopes . Towards that prize they most vigorously press , and relax not a single muscle until the gem of freedom sparkles on Britannia ' s brow . Trades' Unions , in times past , were deemed the nly panacea for the complicated evils endured , by the operative classes—the specific was tried , but its virtues were undiscovered , or practically unknown . Politics were then discarded , and the leaders of

      those unions were ever ready to impugn tae motives of the Radicals , who never failed to direct the sufferers to the primary cause of the evil—class legislation ; secondary causes were all that could be descried by the " pioneers" of the Trades , but now the mist has been dispelled , and each workie is enabled to see ttie real cause , without the aid of borrowed spectacles . This is certainly a consummation loBg and devoutly desired by every true lover of his country ' s weal , and we trust it will be found a swift and sure harbinger of that perfeot freedom which is the inalienable right of man .

      Your cause , miners , is just . Let your shield be caution . Give the enemy no cause to let slip the dogs of war . The cowards may pounce upon you , without cause given by you . Should it be bo , let them abide the issue of the contest . Nothing is too despicable for the iron-hearted iron masters and the black-hearted coal masters ; but be circumspect , discreet , and watchful , and they will be worsted . In conclusion , we caution yoa against political pedlars . Know your men , ere you trust them . Tha wolves are on the prowl , but you may compel them to retreat to their hiding-holes . Snakes will be in the grass , but take heed where you tread .

      Every succeeding day furnishes additional proof of the villany inherent in the despicable middle classes ; of their hostility to the interests of the masses ; of their hatred of justice , and , consequently , of the absurdity of the doctrines propounded by the defunct "New Movers" and the expiring League , who profess to desire an amalgamation of the middle and working classes . The man who preaches np this unnatural union

      after perusing the accounts of the tyranny of the masters towards the employed , which is given in our columns of this day , must be either a fool or a knave , and as such ought to be scouted from all society into which he may intrude . Such characters , thank God , have now no chance of stultifying the workies with their poisonous nostrums . The political empirics hav « had their day , and must either retire from the arena of politics or become honest men .

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      THE NATIONAL DELEGATE MEETING

      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ; AND THE LEICESTERSHIRE DELEGATE MEETING . We have very little information as to what pro gresB is being made in the necessary arrangements for the " National Conference" summoned by the Executive for Tuesday next , in Manchester . We apprehend that most likely very few

      delegates will be appointed ; but we trust that every place which does send a delegates will take care to do it rightly ; that all things may be done safely . We hope , also , that every delegate will ceme fully and thoroughly instructed by his constituents ; as far as they have the means of anticipating the business of the meeting ; that the opinions of the people may be as fairly represented ai is possible under the circumstance ? .

      The recent charges of the Leicestershire Delegate against-the Executive Committee and the manner n which those charges have been met by the Committee—haughtily refusing to acknowledge the slightest responsibility to the great body of the Chartists , but pointing to " the officers of the Association" at this meeting . as the parties , to whom they will give whatever explanations may be required—have invested this meeting with an

      importance not to be easily over-rated . An importance which we hope will not be assumed by any sectional assemblage , for the gratification of any clique or the serving of any individual or knot of individuals . The cause of Chartism is too pure and too holy to be trifled with ; its escutcheon must be kept free from blots ; no rust must be permitted to eat into its substance ; and if mire be cast upon its surface it mu&t be instantly cleansed .

      That we may aid as far as possible such as may need information on the matter , we suggest the following , as a form of the credentials to be given by the Chairman of every public meeting where a delegate is elected , to the Baid delegate : — " To all whom it may concern . " I hereby certify that , at a public and open meeting of the inhabitants of held at on th « day of 1142 , Mr . was elected by a majority of the persons then and there present , aa their delegate to a meeting of delegates to be holden at Manchester , on the 16 th day of August now next , to consider the best means of enhancing and sustaining the interests and well being ; ef the National Charter Association .

      Chairman . Aug . 1842 . " Of course the blanks must be filled up aa circum fctmoss may require .

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      Thb important sews from the M disturbed districts" has shut out several articles of comment which we had prepared—amongst the rest our promised commentary on the National organization .

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      B . C . asks : — If a lecture be delivered in an unlicensed room ^ and if admission be made by tickets at < me penny for each ticket , will the chairman at such lecture be liable to be prosecuted ? " Yes . "It has been stated by a Chartist lecturer that there ought to be an election of the General Council once in every three months ; but seeing that the plan for organizing the Chartist body says they shall be elected every twelve months , I wish to know whether any change has taken place which justified this lecturer in making ihe

      above statement t" 2 Vo . " Have the Chartists of any locality power to vote the General Council residing in the same locality null and void , and io elect anew one before the term specified in the jplan cf organization has expired ? " ' No . h . T . Clancy . —TA * attack upon him in the Statesman is a sufficiently blackguard affair : he could expect nothing else . However—though tee think his present letter richly merited—it should be tent to the paper in which the Billingsgate to which it refers appeared . We could not , in accordance with our usual practice , insert it until after it may have been refused insertion by the

      States-C . 6 . Ball . —Wig see no good purpose to be served by again reverting to the "new move" correspondence teith Lovett and Collins . Several letters passed between those parlies and tha editor of this paper . The meaning of the Chiltern Hundreds we have explained so often that we are almost tired of the task . It is a nominal office under Government , by the acceptance of which a Member vacates his seat .

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      Mb . Ewtob , —I beg your indulgence while 1 correct an error which appeared in your paper of last ¦ ¦ week , under theheat- ^ The \ V 6 rkihg Classes at Oldham * It is true that prospectuses are being issued for the erection of a Working Man ' s Hall , —not in 300 , but t » SOO shares ^ at £ 1 each , payable by instalments of threepence per week * or upwards . The edifice , ds stated to accommodate 500 persons , is intended to accommodate 1 , 500 persons . The shares are being very rapidly taken up ; and < agood ispiiit exists , and it is expected that operations will commence in a very short ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

      ' time . ¦ ¦ . : ¦ • • ¦¦ . V ' - ¦ ¦• ¦ ;¦ ¦ . ' . ¦ ¦ : •;• : ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ . ¦ , '¦ , ¦' - . . " By inserting the above in your next week \ paper , you will much oblige , ¦ ;¦ . - -. - ¦ ¦ •¦¦— . _ . - ..- ; *! Ydurs , & 6 ., '¦ - ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦• ' ' : ' '¦' ¦ "' : ¦ ¦¦ ; ¦ ^ WM . HaMER . '' Caboline Maeia WiLLrAMS . —Her letter was received , and was noticed in the Answers to Correspondents of last week . Walter Sainsbory . — We know nnothing " qbeut the , ' .: WesleyanConference , : V . WW . JACKSON , P . O ., Rock , County Tyrone , Irelahd , prays earnestly for Sfax'light ; CamsTOPHEB Doris—r / ie Stockpori Chartists ' Appeal to their brethren of the County of Chester generalty \ that juitice may be done io this gentleman , whose valuable exertions have much served

      the carise , and who'is now ; through these' exertions , in great pecuniary difficulties . The sum of £ d Ids : being now due to him from the Chartists of the County of Chester , for wages when member ) of the late Convention ^ the Chartists of Stockpori request that every town in Cheshire which has not petid its due proportion Mil send the same without delay to Mr . John Walkery shopkeeper , Park-street , Stockpori . Mb . Wm . Bell requests us to say , that ' ¦ ¦¦ las his engagement'asSouthLancashire missionary does not expire until Saturday , the 10 th t he catinot commence » u the Huddersjield district until Mon- > ¦ day , the 2 Ut , instead vflMonday , the \ ith . i ' Mr . EbiTOR ,- ^ - Please to announce in your Notice

      to Correspondents , that , as 1 shall be disengaged from business iri the month of September , I pur-¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦¦ pose to take a tour . Those places who may wish me to visit them will please to direct to John Skevingtoh \ straw-Oonnetwarehouse , Swan-sireeti Loughborough . Wm . Tytlerv— We have not rooth for his letter this week : it shall appear i ? t our next . J . W , PABKER .-i-WV A « d a jiotice of the death of George intype beforehis arrived , Hugh St . Duncan , —Noroom . W . H . Dyott . — 'Ttf impossible io find room for his letter this week ; next wetk we will try . J . Dawson , Norwich .: — . # 0 room . Ma . G . 4 . Habney has received for Mrs . Hoiberry

      rfromdthe Gtiarli&ts of NeU'tori Heath ) 12 s , ; from the Chartists of Cheltenham , collected after an address by j \ fr . liairsiow , £ 1 Is . ; from the Rationalists of Newcastle upon-Tyne , subscribed in consideration of the kindness of the Chartists of Cheltenham to Mr . Holybake , 12 s . : ¦' .. . 'Mri . Holberrg returns her grateful thanks to all her kind ¦ ¦ ' friends . ¦ - ;• ., " ''¦ ' ¦/ " ..- . ' . ¦¦ . " . ' . / V . ¦ ¦'¦' ; ' : [ \; Mb . Peter Rioby desires its io inform the Shaksperean Chartists of Leicester that he shall be wiih them on Sunday , and will be at their service for a whole week . "' . [ . ¦ J . C . Grady , French Park , County Roscommon , Ireland , complains that he is / nearly deserted by his English friends , receives n ? w only two Stars ,

      and earnestly requests for piore St&r-lightfor tht Rescommoners . He will be thankful to hear from Messrs . Orf , Northampton ; C . Lane , London ; W . Bainbridge , Darlington ; and W . Dawson , Chorley . JaMES Kane , block-printer , formerly of Hudderafield , is desired to write to him to whom he sent his Star at Christmas . John Foster — We thank him forhis-goodI opinion , and his frank , warm hearted expression of it . We are quite willing to trust the good sense of the people , for whom , and to whose interests , more than half of our life has been devoted . The people are not now to be quite so easily gulled and cheated by adventuririg . political pedlars

      crying out for their pence as they ieerea few years ago . They are now pretty generally able to estimate , at somewhere about their worth , the vagabonds whose wide throats can swallow all their former avowed doctrines and opinions as soon as the bolus can be gilded with a little of the pay and patronage of that middle class whom erst they designated 6 $ possessing all Qualities but lovely ones . The " Cess Fool , " as he very wittily styles a pretended Chartist journal , is going on finel y ¦; it is raising a stink that is even absolutely intolerable in the nostrils of its best friends , and becomes offensive to the rank organs of Us netvly acquired patrons * It would be a pity to put an additional spoon in the

      pudding : we could not ; think ^ of such a . thing . As for the letter of the animal referred to , it ijf a much better answer to itself than any that we or any one else could write to it . The odour of human dung upon ajootpath may be offensive to the passengers ; but if we happen to see it there we seldom slop to pick it up , dud demonstrate ^ by the tearing of it to pieces , that U is dung ; we pass on , and leave it to afford its own nasty evir dence to as many as mayi chance toisee it , without taking the paintfof ' particularly directing attention to it . —Several other Correspondents toho write in reference to the same , or like thaitersy must take this as their answers T . C . Ikgsajt , Abbrgavenny . —You need no license .

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      William Pickvance , Boston . — - —Haa the Agent ordered them ? If he has hot let him do so , and he will get them . Mr . Guest has Specimens for Mr . White , Mr . Chance , ¦ ¦ ' -aDaMr-Watta . ' ' - . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦/¦' ¦ : ¦ : . : V , - ^ . - . . . T . Self should have said the money waa for Mr . Atwell ' s Paper . He will oblige by sending nine poststampa for the two Papers he bas received . John Campbell , Hollingworth .- —Newspapers can be forwarded , ef any date , to Ireland aad Scotland , or to the Isles of Man , Guernsey , and Jersey ; but to ail other places they must be posted within seven days of their publication . A Constant Subscriber , Kettering . —Yea . B . Dunn , Liverpool ^—Will enclose them with the

      Plates for any of the Agents in Liverpool , if he willsay which . \ D . Haines , Coventry . —Say the beat way of sending them , and they will bafoiwatdei . John Wakefibld , Cirekcester . —Say how the parcel ia to be forwarded . Mr . A . Hey wood , 60 , Oldham-street , Manchester , haa Specimens for tbe following Agents : — Edward Hobaon , Aahton ; T . Bickards , Burnley ; James Heaton , Clltherce ; Henry Woodbara and William Pitneld , Chorjey ; Mr . Cooke , DuckinfieW ; Miss Buckley , Oldbara ; Mr . Liddle and Mr . Halton , Preston ; Mr . Blackshaw , Stockport ; and Mr . Woodcock , Stalybridge . ¦ : ; John Stein , Alva . —Suppose the 6 ^ d in carriage . Messrs . Paton and Love bad to pay for the parcel .

      NATIONAL TRIBUTE TO THE EXECUTIVE ; ¦ . .. - . ; ; : •; '¦¦ : ¦ v-- ¦ . ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ , - . ¦ , ¦ ¦ " ' £ ' »• d < From Sandbach , per J . Armltage ... 0 l io FOR MASON AND OTHERS , STAFFORDSHtRE . From Holbeck Chartists ¦; ... ... 02 0 ~ the Chartists of Mansfield ... 04 0 „ the flaxdrefisers of Broadford Works , Aberdeen ... ... 0 3 2

      FOR MRS . HOLBERRY . From the Committee at Sheffield ... 3 18 0 „ the Chartists of Carlisle ... 0 5 0 ditto Stockton ... o 16 3 ,. ditto Aberdeen ... 6 10 0 M ditto Thornley , collected after a sermon by Mr . Richmond ... ... 0 10 0 „ the Chartists of Chowbent , collected : after a sermon by Isaac Barrow ... ... 0 9 0 „ Armley , collected after a fu- .

      neral sermon ... ... o 3 8 „ the Chartists of > faBBfleld ... 0 4 0 „ Bishop Auckland , per Charles Connor ; . ; v . ; , ... © 6 9 ^ ' a friend at Bishop Auckland 0 2 „ the flix-dressers of Broadford Worts , Aberdeen ... >/ . ; . 0 8 1 M the females ( Chartist ^) bfAb eis deen ;; .. .. / .. ; 0 50 - M a few friends to liberty , at Marple , near Stockport ... 0 X 0 rOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . From the Chartista ; of Littletown , Idversedge . „ it . ... 0 2 6

      FOBi MR . K . OASTLER . Fiom a few friends to liberty ^ at Marple , near Stockport ... 0 9 0 FOB HUNT ' S koNDMENT . From a few friends to liberty , at Marplo , near Stpoiport ... 0 1 0

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      ¦ ¦ : ; ; : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' bVAffosd ; ¦ ¦ ; . ; - : ' a / : \^ £ : ( Frm \ ow'ownCorrespondent . ) - ; ^ - I sit down to write you word what is gbmg « mH = here . The public are already informed that the- ^ colliers in North and South Staffordshire are on strike against a reduction of wages . Whether it would be just in them to accept such reduction I ; - leave all those to answer who have read the recently published report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the condition of those who work in mines . What ia really going on in ^ North and Soutb . Staffordshirei I do not know , bat xeport Bifs tbefL Me rioting ! This I do knowtbftt a riot has taken

      ^ , place in the Potteries , aud that forty-fiy ] B persona were brought to Stafford gaol on Saturday | a ^ i 1 forty-seven on Tuesday ; and upwards of tfftjr pa Wednesday ! The authorities of Stafford apprehend a , junction meeting of the disaffected parties Jit Stafford , some time to-nignt ( Wednesday ) to attack tbe gaol ^ nd liberate their confced comrad ^ . -Tto Yeomanry Gayalrv ; are aU out , and stationed in the : confines of the gaol . Two troops of regulars are ex * pected to arrive very soon , and the town is " in a complete uproar . How it will end 1 cannot tell . If any thing more happens I will write yon word tinw enough for your ; second edition . s :. " ¦ :

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      ' 4 THE NORTHERN STAR ; —

      The Northern Stak Sattrday, August 13, 1842.

      THE NORTHERN STAK SATTRDAY , AUGUST 13 , 1842 .

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      To The Readers Of The "Star."

      TO THE READERS OF THE "STAR . "

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      My BjELOVED Friends . - ^ -I feel imperatively called upon to direct your attention to the following leader which appeared in the British Statesman of last week . It runs thus :- ^

      ?' THE > STAR ' AND THE EXECUTIVE . ¦¦' . " The Northern Star has , we iee , opened another masked battery on the Executive , Cooper and Bia myrmidons are the instruments made , use of , this time , by ^ the Star , cliamber . 1 !\ u > attack Will not only fail , but recoil , with signal effect , on the aggressors . If il does not , it will be the fault of the Executive Committee themselves . And if they fail in this case , to make front ( as they oaght ) against an arrogant dictatorship , which

      seeks to prostrate at its feet every thing good and valuable in the Movem ^ nti they will richly deserve the fate that awaits them . If they exhibit either compromlaa or cowardice on this occasion , they are gone—irrevocably gone ! And no man will , because no ' man ought , to pity them . But we believe better of them- —we believe tbey will do both justice to themselves and their duty to the Chartiat public : of a large proportion of whom they are the accredited servants .

      " As to the alleged expense of these Conferences—so much harped npon—the argument comes with a singularly bad grace from parties who have put the country t « heapa ot useless expense for demonstrations , triumphal cars , and the like trumpery nonBense , which could serve no useful purpose whatever , jhe projected Conferences may be of use—the other affairs could be of none . For more on this subject , we refer our readers to a very sensible letter from Walter Mason , of Harleaton , which we publish amongst onr Correspondence . As for Cooper and his-accomplices , they are beneath contempt "

      As the latter paragraph relaois upon me individually , I beg very calmly to submit a word of comment upon it ; The only "triumphal car" in connection with our movement , was the one used on the occasion of my liberation from York Castle ; and When I was informed that the York Chartists intended to have one j and when I heard of the eipence , T paid ten pounds towards it . The attack ia a censure upon the gallant Chartists of York , and those who sent delegates , and have got up demonstratious . I have invariably recommended that no expence should be gone to for the purpose of distinguishing ine . I have counaelled you against holding expensive demonstrations , but I have attended them in compliance with your will . I have worked the flesh off my bones for now nearly a whole year

      since I was liberated . I have expended above £ 1 , 000 in traversing the country by night and by day , endeavouring to improve your minds , and to replenish your empty exchequers , leaving to -ieaoh Aaaooiation , from my own exertions , from £ 8 to £ 60 , to enable them to prosecute the people ' s cause ; and , as that course does not appear to have merited public approbation , I think I had better , in future , pocbe * the pence mvse ) f , * a 3 " proffered service Brinks . " Bat until I learn from those whom I will stand . by to the last , thit I am censurable for obeying the public will , even though opposed to my own interest and conscience , I shall go onward in my old course , mindful of the resolution proposed by Mr . O'Brien and seconded by Mr . O'Connor , at the close of the late Convention ' s proceedings . T :

      I shall be at Manchester on Tuesday , at Oldham on Wednesday and Thursday ; at Bury on Saturday , when I hope that those who coin my sweat into gold will hot mock me for my acquiescence . My Friends , an attempt is made to mix me up with the Leicester resolutions , and to condemn the Star for haying published them j while , had the Editor refused to do so well indeed might the whole press of ISngland complain of dictatorship ! And yet their publication is " another masked battery on the Executive ! ' I am , Your faithful Friend ^ Fearqos O'Connor .

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      A SPECIMEN OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF A " CHARTiST ORGAN ^ ! We give the following morsel from the British Statesman of the latest date : — ' \ ? O THE EDlTon OF TOE BRITISH STATESHA . N . "Mr Dbar ; 0 'Brven ,--I am truly delighted that you are once more where yoa ought to be , and doing what you ought to do ; you being eminently qualified to fulfil the duties of a public teacher ; and which should never have been suspended for a moment in times like ours . To teach the ignorant is man ' s highest ; duty , and when performed under the influence of just motives , his greatest glory . Go on , then , under the impreaaion—the ttutb-inspiring impression , that the dltfuaion of knowledge is the renovotion : of the world , and great is your reward . ' . ; .- ;

      " I am happy to perceive that you are determined to avoid that course of conduct which some teachers have so l » ng pursued—na ^ to « a / teachers—reverend teachers . What a libel on Christianity—on humanity —on common sense , is such , teaching J What a concentration of the quintessence of evil , Bead Romans ( 3 d , 13 th , 18 th ) . But when the tree is notoriously conupt , the fruit may be predicated . "My dear Sir , —I hope the Middle Classes will no longer stand aloof , but embrace at once the principles of the Charter . When they shall have known that Joseph Sturge , and many kindred spirits of their order , have adopted them , as the only means of saving the country from ruin and desolation , let them not fear . The teeth of the would-be patriots have been drawn , and the "Lion ' s" roar is no longer formidable . — The poison of " reverend asps" is / neutralised , and

      there is no poison like unto reverend poison . Many persons express their wonder that so few of the middle classes have hitherto joined the Charter Association ; the fact Is , they were not wanted . Knowledge was repudiated ; it wonld have spoiled the trade ; "fustian jackets , blistered hands , unshorn chins , " were wanted ; the idol of Juggernaut , -who wanted a Convention of men " " withont shoes and stockings , '' could not have been glorified by the middle olusea . They would neither have drawn the car , nor fallen beneath its wheels * amid the huzzas of the shoeless and stockinglesa multitude . The middle classes are now wanted ; invite them , Sir , to join the Complete Suffrage Association , ( assuring them of exemption from the contumely of patriotic demagogues and fewerend scribblers , ) and take that lead in the present Movement which wi | crown them with lasting hono ^^ ; ¦ Yourstrnlf ,

      W . « . Burns . Hall , July 24 , 1842 . [ We offer no remark for the present , further than to ask if this is the same Mr . W . G . Burns who appUed to Mr . O'Connor for a loan of £ 40 , and who , upon being refused , commenced his first beastly attack upon the " csged lion T-l

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      Mason ' s Defence Fund ' and fob the Families . The undermentioned sums have been received for the above object Bince August 3 rd , by Mr . Samuel Cook , of l > adley ^— ¦ " ¦¦ : " ¦ - ¦ - . ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ v . : ¦ - - "; : ¦^¦ V- •• - •• ' . , / :- v' & & Great Bridge ... ... ... 1 : 3 Simon Watts ... ... .. ; ... 1 0 Collected by Mr . Rankin ... ... 0 7 Wataali ... ... ... ... 36 , EttinshaU-lane ... ... ... 10 ; JohnCaswell ... ... ... -5 0 l . Wednesbury ... . * . ? t ^ " ' ¦ ¦— - 3 0-Journeymen Hinge-makers ^ Wolverhampton ... ... ¦ '•'¦ ¦ '¦>« . . ' :: ¦ . - ¦ >•> ' ., 3- - 0 Bilaton ; ... ... ... ,-. * 2 6 John . Bradley . ; . ... v . 0 6 William Jones ; ... ... 1 0 Ship , SteelhouHe-lane , Birmingham ... 10 0 Saint Johns , Worcester ... ... 3 0

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      STAFFORDSHIRE , POTTERIES . ! . ' ( From our CorrepondentJi- [ , : ' . ' ^ ' : y ^; .: ^ , In my last I intimated that the affairs of ii& colliers in these districts were only settled in appearance , and fully has that opinion been verified . On Saturday , about noon , the colliers began again to assemble here , and about three o ' clook , p . m ., proceeded to Norton Colliery , where they had got information that some men from a distance were working , the agent employing strangers , and dismissing his old workmen . Finding the report to be correct , the men proceeded to turn these men out , and one man , a stranger from the Shropshire mines , was duoked twoor three times , in order to ; convinca

      him ' of the impropriety ' . of ^^ his conduot . TBn ^ has / the ^ , colliers' turn-out again been' reviyed vandi ai fir ^ aa . ^ can perceive , with more asperity thansyer . ' , ' ¦ ' J . L : During ; the time that the men went'to' Kor fon- ¦ lo-Moqrs a circumstance occurred at Burslem which I must narrate more in detail . ; During the 1 turii ^ dut . * it has been the custom of the miners to go round ; to the different townships , by twos' or threes , with , ' boxes with a slitin the centre of the top or li < i of thov ' box , ' and which lid or layer is screwed downXaniii . ; to prevent frauds being ^ practisedi th ?^ ^ screw : iijeads ! are sealed , and the men so employed carry oreden . - , ; tials from the . Committee . On Saturday afternOQDj < three of the colliers went with 1 their box to Burslein , ; "

      in hope oi receiving the contributions of those who were disposed to assist them . In the course of their labours they solicited a son of the landlord of the Cock and Barrel , who no sooner saw the men than . he instantly kicked the box out of the man ' s hand who carried it , aud shewed his sympathy toi those men who had supppTtsd him " by kicking the box into the street , and canting the three collectors to be appruhencied under the Vagrant Act j thus gjviug a practical lesson to all the foolish drinkers who , by the purchase of his beer or spirits , have raised him something higher-than themselves , of the kindness and sympathetic feeling of these red-hot sons of the ale cask .: The news ot

      this reached Uanley just as the men were returning from Norton , and the sons of the mine with all the promptness belonging to their order , determined to release the men from the lock-up . Away they went for Burslem ( distant from Hanley about two miles ) cheering all the way . On arriving at Burslem , tho liberation of the prisoners was but the Work of a moment . The door was split to shivers , and hofc only the three men were liberated , but every other prisoner . The men being infuriated , paid a visit to the son of the barrel , ; and such was the furv of the

      populace that not one square of glass was left him . The Tpivn-hall ( the place of the magistrates ' meeting ) was served ia like manner , and the clock was damaged so much that it stopped . . 1 also hear that the head of the police came in foir his share , his wiudows'bcing shivered to pieces , and the glass all broken , the shutter being forced into the shop . Other persons who had rendered themselves ebnoxious to the ; workmen were Paid in the loss of their windows for the part they had taken against the colliers . ¦' :. ' - '¦; . ' - ' : ';¦ ¦ - ;; -- ; - . -: ¦¦ .:. '"' .: ¦ : ' . --

      On Monday , a middle-class maa charged me and my brother Chartists with being the authors and abettors of this , the oolliera' turn-out , saying that the magistrates knew all about it , and that they had known it gome months ago . Ah I Mr . Editorj if you can believe such nonsense , it will be strange indeed , What ! the magistracy know all about % and yet leave a town with at least twelve thousand inhabitants , with a police force of five or bix hundred . Faugh ; iiot they indeed . B ^ sid ^ , if they knew and did hot prevent them , are they not accessaries before the fact 1 " But enough of this ; we know that the magistrates and the middle-class : would be happy could they prove that the turn-out was either ; originated or abetted by the Chartists , if they could » urn that knowledge to our disadvantage .

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      TURN-OUT IN L 1 NGASHIRE fiESTRVCTION OP PROPERTY A 1 TD LOSS OF ¦ -- ¦; ¦ : ; ' :. ' ; . " : ; ; ¦; .. LIFE .: ; - . ¦ ' ¦ _ '' - ' r . / . v Vlr : ¦¦ ¦ - . , ; - r > ; Manchester and the adjacent towns haye this week been the Bcene of some important and instructive proceedings . Nearly the whole i of the pro-, ducera of wealth in that district have laid down their implements of labour , and have resolved to " work no more , " unless the wages ^ irenjiniha : beginning of 1840 are again accorded them . 'Tbe immediate cause of thia step on the part of the work * people is a reduction cf wages by the masters , particularly that portion of them attached to the Aiiti-Corn-Law . League . Below is an account of those

      proceedings , furnished by our own Correspondent : — Stalybridge . —The conduct of some of the manu ^ faoturers of this place have driven the people to the necessity of endeavouring to protect their wapes by union , and by that union to Obtain political power . Oa Thursday , the 4 th ult ., the weavers and others in the employ of Bailey and Co ., at this place ; turned out , in consequence of that firm offering a reduction in wages of tweflty-five per cent , below the amount paid by any other master in the town . As is nsnal on such occasions , a meeting was convened . The result of tha . t meeting was that the whole of the ban da in the mills in the town should cease to work , and that an aggregate meeting should be held

      on Monday , th » 8 ih , at five o ' clock in the morning At the time appointed , nearly fourteen thousand people had assembled . Mr . S . Challenger was called , to the chair , and he opened the business of the meeting by exhorting them to peace , law , and order . The meeting was severally addressed by Messrs . Derham , Crossley , Stephenson , Fenton , and P . M . Broiphy . when it aajourned until nine o ' clock \ aH which hour the nnmbera were greater than before Several speakers addressed the meeting , and a resolutiou was passed , to the effect that the persons assembled should form themselvea into a procession , and go through DuckenfieJd , thence to-Ashton-under-Lyne , to induce the labourers in the

      latter towns to co-operate with them . As soon aB the Stalybridge turnouts made their appearance near to any of the factories in their route , those inside dressed themselves and turned put . Every factory hand in Duckenfield having joined in the procession , they moved on to Ashton and Hurst . By twoo ' clock there was not a factory at work in any of the towns above-mentioned , and the greatest consternation prevailed . In the mean time arrangements had been made , that a meeting of the whole should be held in the Market-place of Ashton : but so great were the numbers that ; it was deemed expedient to . adjourn to a piece of ground near Tbacfeer ' s foundry . By three o ' clock all arrangements were made : an 4

      never was there such a sight seen in Ashton before I More than 40 , 000 peaceable half-starved ill-clad men , women , and children , assembled and resolved eUher todiebv the Bword or obtain a fair day's wages for a ^ fair day ' s vtork . ' * . Mr Brophy exhortedlthein ta be peaceable , but at the same time determined ; and not allow themselves to be made the tool of any party . He was aware that a threat was held out in the House of Commons that if the Corn Laws ^ irere not reiiealed all the mills would be stopped ; " Are yott ^ " said Mr . Brophy , " come out for a * big loaf , ' or to get 'higher wages' than those which you have ? " ! Hero thousands of voices eried ontj ** The masters' th& have reduced us most nre those who art calling oiU

      for -cheap food . ' We want protection for our labour , and we will have it too . " "Very well , " said the speaker , " you now perfectly understand the nature of the struggle , and you know who are , the authors of it . " Mr . Pilling and several others ad *? dressed the maeting , after which a resolmion was - / passed , " That the people of Asbton go to Oldham ; and those , of Stalybridce and Duckenfield to Hyde ? and that the people of Stalybridge , Duckenfield ^ and Hyde , meet in Ashton to-morrow morning , Tuesday ^' at seven o ' clock . " At that hour next morning m- ^" r dense mass of people had assembled . . A manntto i > turer waa called to the chair , and a resolutioa passetl ^^ •* That the people now turned out do i ^ oi return \ at - ; their work natif the maaters give thesame ^ j ? noef ^ , ; o

      foe we » vlag , spiaxdoK , oatding , &o ., that tiSBJ ' pauk > o in 1840 . " A resolution was then moved and caxi « l (>?^ "That the meeting form a procession and mawfi ' into Manchester . " ¦ ¦¦ : r ' - ¦ : .-.., ¦ : ov ; -. ; . ' ^;* di -vr ? i " riy In accordance with the last determination , tha ¦( ' - vast assemblage moved towards Manchester . : ¦ By ^ l ten o ' clock the prqcesBion arrived at the end-of Pollard-street , Ancoats , at which plaeeparties of ' the Riflo Brigade and the 15 tb Dragooa& were staturoed , trade * the oommand of Colonel Wymess . At this time the rain fell in torrents . Sir C . Shaw and hia "lambs" were in attendance , also Mr . Maude , the v magistrate , who advised the people to returaboma ; < but they plainly ^ ^ told him they would not : , thi * he r might order the soldiers to fire on them if he would , _ for that they might as well die by the sword aa have the means of their subsistence taken firoia them by

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 13, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct766/page/4/