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      TALES WRITTEN EXPRESSLY POR THE " NORTHERN STAR , "

      BT CHABTIUS . LADT XLICS JJSLB . —SO . IL We left the unwilling witness , J > aan , " clattered out of ha s enses , " by a brow-besting jndge , who , becansa he could not force him to bear false witness against an hospitable old'lady , ordered an information of perjury to be filed against Mm . Penraddock , the Colonel , who jiad tasen Xady lisle , was now calied to testify against her . Sbe , knowing him to bs a prejudiced man , for that her late husband had Bitten in judgment upon his father , asjoon as the heard his same called , said -with solicitude , — "I hope , my Lord , I shall not be condemned unheard . " "No , God forbid ! Mrs . Lisle / iaid , JeSries , rolling his tongue in his cheek and winkisg significantly at Penraddock , "that was a practice in your husband * time ; bat , &ed be thanked . it i s not so now . "

      One of Penrnddoes ' s soldiers being called into the ¦ witness-box , Lsdy Alice protested against him T > eing beard ; for she said , he had stolen something out of her bonss when he ^ came to serza her , and , therefore , he was interested in procuring her condemnation in order toprerent her from prosecuting liim for the theft Jti&ies took no notice of this reasonable objection . Dunn , now spoke again . Fearing that the Jnase -would put his threat against Mm into txemtl&n , and thinking the l ady would be convicted anyhow , he thought t « save himself by telling all he inew , bnt Bothing could he tell of an inculpatory nature . 2 f everthetess , Jeffries listened with malicious joy , thiniiEg , like Sbylock , that now he should hare the lady " on the hip ; " but being again disappointed , he affected to pity Daun , prayed thai God would forgive him . ( what piety . ' } and said that all mankind would hold him in

      abhorrence —( what for?—bis humanity . ) The jury were convinced that Duos had told all ; but Jtffriesmade an hitTtiYIn of the crrcamstanca , by saying th&tf as the un-Consequentisl particulars which he had uttered , had teen wrung from him with such . difficulty , it proved thai much , remained behind of a more serious Eatare , sod he even went so far as to declare that he knew this to be the ease . Thus n&t centeut with being Judge—TsA content with being counsel—he descended at last to - -witness sgaiiist the prisoner—a most ezixajmUcial proceeding ! "Would sot one think that fa » fr « ri of the Lord Chief Justice , some vulgar wretch , doobly inflamed bj liquor and passion , had usurped his seaics the bench , and that he was sitting in judgment * not on a loyal lady , whose age called for revereEce . 'whose eex claimed compassion , and whose humanity merited the highest ealogium , but on the vilest cf creafcures , wbo should be destroyed atonce ?

      In her defence , Lady Lisle spoke simple truth , and Ehed tears of suffering innocence . She declared with solemn earnestness that she had never heard that Hicks had been in the rebel army ; there had b « en no proclaim tlon raming him ; and that she had harboured him merely as a Nonconformist , which- was not penal , although warrants had been issued against him for preaching . That her friends among the nobility in losdon coald speak to her loyal character ; for although her husband had been a Judge under Cromwell , and h 3 d even satin judgment on CharlesX , she had been ever averse to his proceedings , and bad wept on hearing of that monarch ' s death . She humbly submitted to the consideration of the Court , that she could not be tried for habouring a traitor until he had first been convicted of tresscai , and said In pr » of of her ignorance of Hicks * implication in treason , she had arrived in the country only five days before her arrest .

      Jeffries , reddening with rage at her vindication df herself , instead of being pleased at it , intennpted her by gobbling out , ¦ " I cannot tell when yon came into the country , but it seems you came to harbour rebels . " The old lady was nettled at this misconstruction , and while all the spirit of her long past youth seemed to re-animate her feeble frame , che replied , tint as a proof of her loyalty she tad sent her son to fight for the King . " It was I , " she said , kindling with enthusiasm , " that bred him up to fight for the King . " " Well , have you done ? " asked Jeffries , sharply . " Yes , I have , " she replied ; and she sat down in the culprit chair with & glo-w of iadignatioi :-

      Jef&ies now summed up . Hs aggravated the horrors of the rebellion—praised King James as became a loyal subject—interlarded his speech by many religious professions , proving thereby that " the devil can quote Scripture to serve his purpose "—insinuated that she was beholden to the King ' s clemency for her property , forfeited to the crown by her regicidal husband , and that harbouring traitors was all the gratitude she bad sho-wu—and concluded with a Bolemn appeal to thfeir consciences , saying that toe preservation of the Government—the life of the King—the safety and hoar or of religion , and the "welfare of their own souls depended upon the verdict they should bring .

      . Moved by this evident prejudice against her by one to likely to influence her fate , and who , therefore , should have avoided all psxti&l or criminatory expressions , the prisoner would have said something ; bnt Jeffries interrupted her the moment she opened her mouth ., by txciaiming , with asperity , " Mistress , you have had your turn . " She gave a quiet look of resignation towards the jury , and remained silent . By way of helping them to a speedy decision , Jeffries told the jury , when they were about to withdraw to consider their verdict , that it was all the same in law whether Hicks -were con-ricted of treason before or after being harboured . The Jary staid long . In Sbe mean time , tie spectators anxiously whispered each other , or waited in breathless suspense . Jdines showed his

      impatrecce by furious and involuntary starts , and at length said audibly eaoueh to be heard by the whole court , " I wonder they should hava gone out at all in so dear a case . " His impatience at length quite 5 got the- better of Mm so fai that hs was j abort to dispatch a messenger to inform them that he ! ¦ would adjourn the court and lock them up together all i night ; but their re-appearanee saved him this trouble . ; They came , not to deliver in their verdict however ; ¦ . but to say that they were in doubt whether the prisoner knew that Hicks ha 4 been in the rebel army . Jeffries tartly Kplied , that he could not help their doabts 5 - that for bis part , it was as dear to him fts the £ UQ &t , B&O 9 day ; and he mentioned same circumstances not adduced by the evidence , but -which had come to his I

      knowledge prrotely ; a piece of hearsay which was to ' , weigh more than the evidence . The Jury again with- ; drew and returned again to reit = rate their doubts ; they said they remembered nothing in the evidence that . Could convict the prisoner of kno-Rringly harbouring a . traitor . Exasperated at their honest pertinacy , the Jndge reproached them for their bad memories , and I sent them back again . The prisoner would have spoken ; but again she was silenced by her unjust ; Judge . The spectators were convinced from the furious ; demeanour of Jeffries that he yns determined to ' Tictimise the body , and that the law ( wrested from its ' true intent ) would be used to subvert justice , and to : punish humanity ; they sighed and shook their heads . The Jury returned a third time , and now they brought

      in their vtrdist of " 2 f ot Guilty . " A murmur of gratification ran through the Court , which the Judge instantly suppressed . Stamping with his foot , he swore that the case was so citar to him , that if she had been his own mother , he would have found her guilty ;—almost choked with choler , his face stfoIii lite a drunkard ' s , his eyes -Sparkling with fary , and cis -whole feme violently agitated , he told tbs jary that if they did not bring her in guilty , he would attaint them all of treason likewise . Overcome by fear they were induced to reverse their verdict—shime on them for it !— shame on their memories ! but their memories have perished ¦ with them . Had they remained , firm they ¦ would have saved the Old ladyS life , and not bare been forsworn—they would have

      prevented the Judge from pronouncing a doom cfi murder , and they would have saved the court and the I country from the insult and injury of a mock trial and ! an iniquitous judgment . The spectators looked simnl- j taneo&sly and sympathetically at the prisoner , to see : how she took it—but , overcome by the tedium of the trial , and weak with the infirmities of age , ahe heard 1 not the fatal verdict—she was fast asleep I Jeffries roughly awakened her by pronouncing her condemnation , telling her , at the same lime ,, that the king had left to his own discretion the time of execution , and he : appointed hers to take place that same afternoon . This-was soree-what sadden ; but Ebe heard it with

      pious-resignation , with her epectaeies on ,, and bible before her , Bbe sat like 2 mint , arosnd whose head the blessing of God wreathes a perpetual halo of joy , and \ peace , and love . She had two daughters who ; attended her in courts—they felt the stTcke more than ! did their aged mother—it fell and cltft their hearts ., fcnt Jeffries was -witfceut pity—bis conscience -sras j seared by Eelf-interest , for he nud been promised the property of the lady , if she were convicted ; and , ; not content with the mnrder of their mother , he xobbed i the daughters of their patrinicuy—all under the mask ; of justice , and with the pitiful pretence of law andj l oyalty .

      At the intercession of some clergymen , the day of her desth was deferred . In the meantime , she petitioned the king , not for - pardon , ithat » Ehe knew was T * in , ) fcnt that , as the was related to several of the most noble families in the kingdom , she might not be burnt , but beheaded . The gracious Monarch , out of the abundance of his tender mercy , cruelly yielded to her request , and , on a scaffold , in the middle of the rnartet-ptece , in Westminster , or Wincberter , ( I forget 'Which ) , Ahe met her fate with the resignation of a Eiwtyr . Not a man who -witnessed i \ , had be been a man , but would have died rather than have suffered such an outrage on humanity to disgrace the criminal records of this country . But Jef&ies had PMiyEed the minds of the people by the cruelties of hu — «• - « ---.

      bloedy assiais . - SJa the lawyers in the Hnedom who heard of this t « ai disputed , very warml y about one particular point wncawng it , and what was that ? Was it that uie Jaw of man b&i been made to counteract tie Ism of God—that a humane nature which should- have been honoured and rewarded had «* a disgraced and punished to the discouragement of all humanity and the scandal cf all justice ? That ckar&aWe feeling wMch shonld be cherished ior fee ** e < rf an saBext t had in this case been cruelly conflemned , to pleas * the hard heait of prosperous guilt , and to minister to its rapacious cupidity . That the judge had done viong in doing his best to make it criminal to relieve distress , for thereby ha had interfiieted hospitality itself , and interdicted it publicly by njcai ss cf the law that should protect and favour it

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      That -he had mada himsel judge and jary , an accuser and false witness too ; and that it was a poor triumph over a poor old lady worthy of such a judge . Did not the lawyers feel that the law of which they were members , was disgraced by these proceedings , and themselves brought into odium ? Did they not resolve to quit the profession unless such a chief justice was unseated ? No ; none of these things occupied their thonghto ; bnt they wrangled and debated with each ether whether it was lawful for the king to alter any part of the sentence after condemnation passed : for

      said they , the kin ? cannot alter the law , and the sentence is part of the law ; therefore tbe executioner , said thay , might have been tried for beheading , instead of burning the old lady . By thus standing up for the law , did tha lawyers . prove themselves worthy limbs of it ! The truth is , few lawyers know anything of law but its perverted practice . By the aid of quirks and quibbles they make the law murder justice , and when they have procured the condemnation of the innocent they say , "Not I , but the law did it ! " What kind of a law is it that spares such , lawyers T

      Lady Lisle ' s case was hard snough ; but a much harder case occurred shortly after . Mrs . Gaunt , a charitable woman , had given meat and money to a fellow under hidin ? , who went away and saved his own life ly turning King ' s evidence , and swearing away hers . Have these things been done in England ?—have we a latr hy which religious women can be put to death for their very charity ? for , say what you wi . l , this was done in both these cases . How many villains the law suffers . to go free—nsy , rewards , while it murders the honest and humane ! Mrs . Gaunt was convicted by tbe evidence of a monster who ought to have been punished for his ingradtude to her , more than for the treason that made her generosity to him a crime . " She gave me meat and drink , and lodging and iDODey , " said ha The Judga told her that he said so , and she replied—* ' He was the more beholden to me . " But he was pardoned , and ahe was condemned and executed . '

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Slit , —I herewith send you tbe cases of two pauptrs which . your lai » t week ' s papw referred to , and , by inserting the same in your valuable journal , you will much oblige Tcur ' s , The Inhabitants of Houghton Eaves , In Public Meeting Assembled .

      CASE OF WILLIAM MOULDING . " I am a handloom weaver , and have a ¦ wife and four chndrtrB ; and I have received 2 s . per week for the last nine months from the parish . I owed lid . for a poor ' 8 rate . I was summoned before the magistrates for non-payment i > f the same . I told them my earnings and that 1 had four day ' s work at weaving , and 2 a . from tbe parish , which the magistrates' clerk considered to amount to Is . per head per week for us to live upon , aad then eaid to the magistrates—•• Ton see , gentlemen , he is not able to pay . " He then turned to me , and said— " We have dene with you . " I then thought it was settled ; but in a Bhort time after , a person came with a notice , and said if my poor-rate was not paid , a warrant of distress would come . My wife said , " Well , we' cinnot help it , for we are not aMe to pay . " Next came two constables , who ' epened tbe door , saying ' Where is he ? " And , although I

      ¦ tras laid on the bed at the time of their entrance , they were net able to see me , in consequence of the darkness of the cellar in which I live , but my wife , pointing to the bed , said , "He is there . " They said , " Thou mus ; go with us . " I got up , and begged they would not handcuff me , as such a thing sever happened me before ; so they took me away , and when we got to the dungeon , they forcibly pushed me in , sad locked me up . -The following morning , they handcuffed me to a cart , and the other three were chained by the legs . Thns we started for Lancaster , tbe rain pouriDg down to rapid that we were soon wet through to the skin , When we got to Blackburn , we begged they would allow- us to go to a fire . The policeman laughed , and paid , " We > jrill take yen to a fire , you shall see . ' " Thas saying , they thrust us into a cold , dark hole , in which there was s privy , -which stank so very bad as almost to suffocate us . We were forced to remain

      there about forty minutes , and were then brought out again , W 6 t aad shivering with cold . The rain still feil in torrents . In tiis > tite we were hurried through Preston to Lancaster Castia . The turnkey cried shame on the policemen , fer u > ing us in the manner they Lad done ; out when we got ¦ wi thin the prison walla , we soon found we nsd got among the friends of humanity . We could not muster one penny amongst us all ; but the kind strangers , when they heard what we were , very kindly invited us to a fire , aad soimjihing to ew . There was « ne man in particular , if ever I Bee him

      again , I will do all in my p 3 wer to » .-rve him . A subscription was entered int « , which paid our iates , and S id . each , to come -with to Burnley . I bad been out of work & short time , bnt I had got work uur > er the Manufacturers 1 Reiief Committee , and had worked three ds . ys , when they took mo off to prison . I expected my wife to be in labour hourly , and she wss delivered of a child in three days afterwards , and was left without any attendant for two nights ; and , had she been seized with the pains of labour in the night , she mu&t fcave perished before any assistance could have reached her . "

      CASE OF EilANUEL BEAUMONT . " I am a power-loom weaver , and have only worked three weeks since last Christmas , and those three weeks were in February last I have lived on charity , and what I could get from the parish , until June , when my goods-were sold for rent , and at the same time a warrant of distress was taken oat against me for non-payment ef poer's . r ^ ta . I was ihoa turned into the street , and the week following I got work under the ilanufacturtra * Relief Committee , and worked about ax weefcs , when they took me off to prison . My poor ' Brata -was Is . lid ., and I have & wife , and two small children ; and my wife was delivered of a third child jnst fetfore my goods were sold , but the child died In Ounsequence of my being unable to procure a doctor to attend her . Therefore , I consider my child wjs mnrdered by the sysUm whieh makes me poor . I was chained by the lcgB , and my treatment on the way to prison was timilar to that of Wi . 'liam Houlding . "

      "J visited William Houldin ? at his dwelling , and the above statement was made to me and a respectable member cf the Methodist connexion , whose Hame I am at liberty te publish . The cellar contained one poor bed , in which lay the mother and her newly-born babe , and three other small children , which was very anBoying to tbe mother and her infant ; and how this Ecglish labourer would find a place to rest his head in that ne £ t of human beings surpasses my comprehension ; but so it is , that eix persons must Bleep on tb&t misaiabie bed . Tbere was also one old chair , which is not worth twopence , one three-legged stool , one mng ,

      one tin cup , and oeb old tea chest , which was need as a table . Inese are all the goods in the bbape of fnrnitare ^ nd utensils which this miserable ceil contains ; and , . as regards the characters of tbu men , let it suffice tbat Htulding has been a member ef the . Methodists ' Scxr . ety , and a Sunday Hchcol teacher , for many jeurs , and at this time he is a class Ieadar in that body . B aumclit is now , and . has been for four years a stead } - and con fciiunt Eitmber of the Total Abstinence Society . " Thomas Marquis , Bexjahix Suuthwark , James Metcalfe ,

      The Committee appointed by tbe rate-payers of Habergbam Eaves , at a pnblic meeting , duly called by the Constable of the parish . Burnley , August , 1 st , 1 S 42 ,

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In my last I stowed the danger like to btfeil the movement in Scetland , if not placed under the controul of an txecutWB council , elected by , &n « i held responsible to , the people . There are various indications that the Chartist movement in Scotland is in danger from the opposite evils . The first which shall be noticed may be said to fee a Government plot , originating -with the class "who fatten upon corruption . In many of the districts in Scotland most noted for their activity in Chartism , there are now to be found men unknown ia the district , and unknown to those vrho have taken the most active part in the msvement , going about , talking of what they

      have seen and heard in the country , stating that the time lor resistance to oppression 18 UOW come . Tfieir conversation U carefully marked dowa ; and there can be no dcubt but these men would be tboss who would appear in a witness-box to swear away the liberty or life of those who they have thus made their victims Such characters are also found insinuating to the people that the leaders of Chartiaia have no Bpirit ; that they are destitute of true courage ; in shert , that they are deceiving the people by talfcing so long without acting . Such men must be carefully watched ; acd it is a duty that all lecturers have to discharge to the people , at the close of their discourses , to give no ear or countenance to such men .

      The other evil to which I referred is one that requires vigilance on the part of the people , and can only -be successf ally combated by an Executive having their authority from the people , to defend and extend the present org&oisition of the people for the Charter . 1 bera is & considerable portion of the middle class cf this country who feel it necessary tot many reasons to agitate certain questions in Parliament affecting their own interests . Beyond this , measures of importance to tbe people Mldom move them ever to act Since the Chartist agitation began they have been powerle » within the vralto of Parliament , being destitute of the strength which the multitude gives them

      from without fhis want of confidence on the part of the people enables cur aristocratic Parliament to lacgh at their efforts , and treat them with derision , scorn , aad contempt ConsciBUs of this , a great portion of them hafe adopted the Six Points of the Charter , and employed renegade Chartist Ljctwers to break up our organization , and place the whole body of the people at the disposal of these men , to fellow the i gnis faiuus reforms which their osrn selfish interests may pro » pt them to demand , leaving the people , as of old , the victims of r -i ps- r legislation . x « et these renegade lecturers pick up the serfs and slaves , and form them into an Association , creatures who nbver can discover the jostaess

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      of a principle until thosa who hold the whip at their backs give their nod of assent . Let the people be aware of these political pedlers . Whatever their motives may be , whether good , bad , or indifferent , the result ot their policy would be to destroy the moBt powerful organization ever created in this or any other country , au organization which laid upon the floor of the House of Commoni a petition demanding their rights of the House of Commons of England , Ireland , and Scatiand , signed by three milions and a half of the people , which demand will require to be considered before there be any harmony between the name and tbe character of the House of Commons . No honest middle class man seeking for justice to the nation but will feel proud to belong to such an organization , B 9 one who had a part In rearing this noble edifice would leave it to build another , except he was actuated by soroe considerations apart from principle .

      A short description of the several districts of Scotland , with the probable success attending thia new mo « , will not be uninteresting to the English aad Irish Chartists . Glasgow , which is the centre of the Western district ; it was upon its public green that the National Petition was first adopted in this country ; evei since its citizens have taken a most important part in the movement ; in its progress , however , a number of expediency mongers ¦ w ho formerly enacted a prominent part in What UligBt be called wild meaeures , have now become farious foi moderation , timidity , and repose ; but bo long ' as-. the capital of Vhe West has such men as Moir , Proudfoot , and Ross , the integrity of the movement there is upon a snre basis . ~

      In Edinburgh the movement has undergone a variety of phases . Of those who have sowed the seed of Chartism in that oity , some have played curious parts since ; others are standing trae to the cause as the needle to tbe pole . The expediency-mongers , who have arisen here , . have declared -. ff , their external character being like the coat of Jacob ' s eon . The Committee of Edinburgh , however , are men of integrity and high character , active in extending the organisation throughout their district ; and in connection with the labour of Mr . Lowery , the organisation is too firmly planted to b 8 materially afl-ctesl bytbemenofsoftaawder .

      In the West Midland district' the first meeting heia in the district for the Charter was in tbe summer of 1838 . It was ia the town of AUoa , at a large out-door meeting called to beat Mr . Abram Duncan expound and explain the principles of political equality . On the succeeding evening he did the Bame in the town ef Alva . Since then Mr . -Duncan has laboured in every town iu this district , and been instrumental iu fixing these principles Bo firmly , that the men of expediency have never attempted to shew their face , or take any part in the movement ; and it may be said with perfect propriety of language , that the Associations and Committees in all the towns of this district ( which comprehends all tbose from Falkfrk to Kinross , and from Crkfl to Alloa ) , know no other way but to march onward for the Charter , and that they know no way of retreat from their present poaition .

      In the south of Scotland , Dumfries , the queen of that district , the Chartists there have always played a rimt important part . Expediency and faction have often attempted to take the lead , but the devotion and integrity of the Chartis ' Bof Dumfries have b ; ffl . d every tifBculty and triumphed over all opposition . Under many difficulties they have been successful in extending political information far and wide around them . The North is divided into other two districts , the first comprehends FoTfarsnire and part of Perthshire . Keiimuir and Forfar oncv played a most important part , but in these places the men of expediency have prevailed ; their treachery , however , has done the factions no service—they have thrown Chartism into a state of inactivity , from which it will soon emerge into its pristine glory .

      Dundee and Arbroath now take the lead , and from ¦ what appears in their own organ , the Dundee Chronicle , the council in Dundee appear to be sadly embarrassed with the soft sawder and slime of expediency . From the a&me aource we learn that the Association in Arbroath have purged themselves clear of this poisonous root , acd that nothing can resist the onward progress of this Association , which holds two large public mettings every week , tearing up tbe very root Of . the tree of political corruption . The Political Pedlar will find a small portion of vermin to farm an expediency Association th » ro—but it will only be formed to die .

      In Aberdeen , the Chartists have long battled wath expediency , sometimes for peace sake ; they patched up a unUn , but they have found it as impossible , to unite expediency and principle , as it ia to nnite fire and water . The political pedlur is to visit the Northern Metropolis soon ; it is undeutoed that the men of principle there will permit him to work away among the vermin there , so far as his powers will carry him ; but that if be . attempts to play any tricks upvn honest men , they will play him some music to the tune of the " Roguea " March , " and m ^ ko him feel that the honesty and integrity cf Aberdeen , ia a more powerful master thaa the one he satves in the South .

      A few remarks to conclude thiBaddress , I will reserve for your next publication . Yours affectionately , David Thompson , Secretary to the Alloa Chartist Association .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOnTUEBN STAR . Sib , —As one of the Leicestershire delegates at tbe time when * he resolutions in reference to tbe Executive or rather the late one , were past , you will , perhaps , allow me a small space in your invaluable paper ; and let Inrtference to your own observation , that it might have been as well if the delegates had communicated ¦ with tbe secretary before tfcey had published their resolutions . To this I would reply , they had not an opportunity so to do , Inasmuch as they were only chosen for the day on which th « y sat ; and besides , they had to complain of what bad been made public , and bad therefore become public property . 2 nd . As to the remark of our champion , O'Connor , about a cabal . Of such a thing I know nothing , cor of any

      private communication made to him ; Cur QO I tbluk we are to be prevented from making observations respecting the conduct of our officers , in oider to prevent corruption from creeping into our body ; for if so , we may as well submit to preatnt misrule . 3 rd . As to ' , the . reselutions tbesiselves , notwithstanding the hauteur of the Executive or the Secretary , I thick they are deserving the attention not only of that body , but ef the Ch&rtista in general . And here I may remark that the last pnblished account of ; xpences ltd to the passing of the same . In that account Mr . Phiip appeared to have received his salary every week , and hence aross an i :: qu ! ry what he had done for it ; this led to farther investigation , and others were found to be regularly paid , whose services were appropriated , if

      not altogether , nearly to one locality . This was either right or not so , and they were or were not employed in the service of the body . As regards their continuing in office after the ti ; ne spcciSsd , as one of the uelegatCB when the plan cf organization was finally adopted , I had before given roy opinion . Had the tut ject affected myself alone—had it been even an act of injustice , I would have put up with it for the cause sake ? but thinking with others that an ir-qawy -was required , I sanctioned the resolutions , and am willing to bear my proportion ol cenEure if aDy is deserved ; at the some time I declare , that I had ne personal deling on the subject , no ill will to any of tbe members of the Executive , nor any improper motive to gratify . Leaving it , therefore , in the hands of the people , having for myself the satisfaction that I did my duty ,

      I am , yours in the cause of right against misjhfc , John Skevington

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      THE CAUSE , THE EXECUTIVE , AND " LEEDS

      CHARTISTS . " TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Silt—Every man who has paid the least attention to the workings of our Chartist machinery , will have seen defects therein at which he will manifest little surprise , seeing that plans of such vast importance as those ¦ which have for their object the peaceful extfrpstion of one of the most consummate systems of tyranuy that ever disgraced the annals of any nation , and the firm establishment of the rights of man , cannot be brought to perfection in all their paria at once , though

      the men at the head of the movement may be tbe niosi sage , considerate , prudent , honest , and patriotic of their generation . "We may conclade that as improvements have continnaUy been suggested and adopted , so will they be for a length of time beyond the present fctruggle ; therefore it is worse than fol ' . y for any body of aen to preach up their own infallibility , or evince ch 8 grin when universal consent is refused to their netions , as tbe most preposterous dogmas have been frequently interwoven with the msst sublime and paipable truths .

      I allude not to tbe refusal of the people to subscribe to the absurdities of the " new move" gentry , the " mw new move party , " the "Christian Chartists , " the ' Teetotal Chartists , " or the " Corn Law League . ' No , the doctrines taught in such Dame schools are not improvements ; they are harmless missiles , which traitorB , renegades , and unprincipled charlatans sefza to hurl at their betters when their cupidity , tergiveraa-Won , and knavery have compelled them to retreat from the camp of democracy . I allude to the Executive in the first instance—to men who I am proud to say bave never swerved from their avowal of the glorious principles of the Charter , but who most assuredly evince a thin-skinnedness in matters affecting their mode of conducting the affiurs of the Association , 'which little COID > port with thelf unflinching seal for the Incontrovertible doctrines they propound .

      The Leicestershire delegates Raw a slovenly arid unsatisfactory method of keeping the financial accounts of the association—they tpoke out in a manner truly commendable—they asked for explanations—not charging the Executive with dishonesty , either directly or indirectly—tmt such explanation -was refused and that in a HiWiper which shews wounded pride and despotic presumption may worm their way even into hearts wedded to democracy . I am afraid that pride and egotism ia gaining too great an ascendancy o « r many of us , and may be more fatal to the cause than we now imagine . However , to say the least , such a reply as the one published by the Executive —the senmils of the Cbartiat body —< io ? B them no honour , and it requires no extraordinary acumen

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      to discern how cutting have been the remarks of the Leicestershire lads , and to what a poor flimsy sophism the writer or writers ef the reply have been driven . ¦ , '¦¦' . - . ' . . ' : ¦ ¦ ¦¦)¦ . ¦ ' :. ' . ; - .: ' < -v- ¦"'¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦ ¦ ' " '¦ ¦ - ' ¦ . ¦ :--The letter signed "John -Campbell , $ ec" 8 ay »> "They decline bringing the private affairs .: of the Association before those who are not members . " Then why bav # they uniformly published : their receipts and disbursements , &c , in the Star ? Were ' not these " private affiirs" ? Were not these brought before those who are " not membera" ? Certainly : ; then why have done isb up to the very moment that explanations Were required ? This mode of procedure must convey to every observer a strong impression of something being wrong , whieh the executive alone can remove ; and this they roust do or the cause mua « suffer m the estimation of every good

      man . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ; . - .- . , . ; . - . ¦¦¦ ¦ - - .-- . . ¦ . ¦¦ : ¦ '¦ . ¦'¦ . ¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦ , - . ::. ; ¦ .. ¦ ¦ : \ Themembers ot the Executive hold a most important offlce- ^ -great re-ponsibility . ' tests upon them , aud it behoves them to take great heed how they discharge the duties of their vicarious power .,: By strict attention ts their duty , they can do incalculable good—by negligence or the manifestation of a despotic apiritr they may infliot immense injury on the cause . Let them nob think themselves too wise too err , nor too high to receive correction . ;;¦/ ¦ : ' : ' ' . ¦ ¦ ; . ¦ ¦/ . . '¦ ¦¦'¦ ' .- ' : ; . . -, . ' ¦ . ¦'¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ¦" ' ¦ . . :. ¦ ¦ : v . ' . ' . I shall nexb call your attention to ''¦ ' . the proceedings of the " feeds Chartists" as reported in your last . Tb * y seem ; very angry vrith the Leicestershire delegates , and in the out-pouring of this anger , they widen the breach they profess ' , to-heal . " Admirable physicians !

      But why should the resolution condemnatory of the Leicestershire delegates be set forth as the Opinion of the Leeds Chartista" ? The Council might recommend its adoption , but it does not follow that the recommendation was complied with . The fact , Sir , is tbat the concoctors of the resolution are the disciples of the yaccillating James O'Btien , or aa he has named h i mself , Bronlerri O'Brien ; and of course , they feel very sore on account of the drubbing he received at the bands of Cooper , tho General of the Leicester " brigade , " and they sigh for an opportubity to slap the successful antigonistof their pet politician . ^ They havs now

      had their : go at him , while the bona Me Chartists of Leeds are djfsgasted at the trick played off iii their riarae . It is true the resolution was agreed to by a mDjorlty of thoae present dt the t me ; but it is also true that the majority of those who had attended the lecture had departed to their homes , and only a small fraction of the Chartists who frto , uent the room ¦ s » tre aware of such resolution being concocted , until they saw it published in your paper , - .- " . and having seen it , they do not hesitate to give expression to their disgust at the conduct of the parties who figured ia the business . '' . ' - ¦' . ¦¦ ¦; .- ¦ ,, ¦ ¦ ¦ - ,. - . ' . ;;¦ ' . ¦¦' - '¦ . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' : '

      , Ynat Sir , are not culpable for giving insertion to the article ; feut the individuals , who sent you the report , ought to be ' -prevented from ajjain foisting their sspleen upon the public as the feelings of the " Cuattistsof Leeds . " ¦ ¦ -: . ;" . ... ;¦ . '¦ : ' . .- ; ' I trust . ' the Executive , and others , win profit by reproof , and , in future , allow the will of the mass to bridle their own , in ; matters affecting the interests of the whole , if not , O'Connor , and others , may sacrifice their health and fortunes in vain , and every effort to establish the principles of the Charter will prove abortive . ( :

      I am , Sir , Yours truly , An Old Radical Leeds , August lOtb , 1842 .

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      THE VETERAN OLD RADICAL , GEORGE TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR .

      SlBj ^ -I beg to inform you , and , through you , the readers of your paper , that Mr . George , long known as the advooite of Republican principles , died this maming . ¦ A few week ago , an appeal from him to your readers for some little pecuniary assistance appeared in your columns . ' It does not appear that it was very profitably--or efficiently answered ; for tbo poor old nian has died in the greatest distress . For several wetks past he has been almost without even common necessaries . Application has been made to roe for the means to buiy him . It is totally out of my power to comply with this request ; and the only cbursa ¦ thajt I cau Bee open to his friend 3 on this occasion is to appeal once more to your readers for assistance .

      Mr . G ., whose age ; -was seventy-five , -was one of the associates « f Hardy and Hornei"Tboke in the -Corresponding Society , aud has ever sinco remained a arm and consistent advocate of Republican principles . His widow , aged seventy-four , who is very infirm , has unfortunately had a bad fall , which has bruised and disabled hen Under these circumstances , I trust that you . Sir , and your readers will do something to enable her to bury ber deceased , husband . lam , Sir , youfc &e . i George HUGGETT . No . 3 , North Place , Lambeth , August 9 , 1842 .

      P . S . Mrs George requests that subscriptions may be transmitted to the Lambeth Coffee House , No . 3 , North Place , iambeth . ;

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      TO THE ESPECIAL NOTICE OF THE LEAGUE . " England , I ' ve loved thee ! not as my native soil Alone I've loved thee ; but I see in thee , Deep-seated mid the struggling world ' s turmoil , A dogged resolution to b « free J A stern endurance amSd want and toil ; ' Ignorant impat ' euce' too , to bead the knee To twice five hundred brigand ' parvenus , ' Foul refuse remnant of the Nennah atews ! " - . ' . ¦ / . . *' /¦ ¦ '¦' . ' ¦ ¦ ' . . ' ' . ¦ . ¦ ¦' . ¦ . - ¦ - ' . ¦ . -. mss .. - , : When the people of England were being deluded , humbugged ; and Bol 4 ytransferred inamaBs , like slaves , from pie vile faction to another BtiU ( if possible ) viler , during the ever memorable period of Ruforru (?); his Grace of VVelliugton conjplained , from his seat in

      Parliament , that the oomiuct of the people was marked by by an " ignorant iplpatjlence of taxatiou ! ' Times are , however , slightly altered , and thb / fr / bearance of the people is now laudod fey Parliariient io the skies , while the faction out of place , that is ,, on : the wrong side of tbe Treasury benches , through its chief organ the League , or more truly named tfctf ' . P . tegue , has been daily pouring forth its hypocritical Jereiniadas for Free Trade in Corn and Extension of Commerce ^ and showing to the wondering world , from their own lips , that ; the members who compose it merit moat fully the stigma which the Duke applied ten years ago to the people , but would fit most appropriately the cap to the heads of the Whig rutnp -who have lately displayed each an alarming " ignorant impatience of taxation j "

      Gontlenien of the League , now your plaguey Conference is over , and that you have vanished from Palace Yard ,, do moderate your temper , and restrain a little the panting tiger within your bosoms , when you go into the country to tell the fai » 1 shing .-mU- ' lions of tbeir jr . jurieB , niaadi . n the people by a recital of their distresses , cause riots , disturbances , and destruction of property , every where by means of your emissaries , urge the goyernmtnt to shed the blood ef the people by calling out the troops and police to massacre them , and then like a parcel of sneaking cowards as ye are enrolling yourselves as special constables , aud calling on the yeomanry to keep 1 the peace , which your own villanies might cause to be broken . You then dream , of frightening the Tories to resign , and seizing on the reins of

      government yourselves . These / were your objects—^ - these the sole end and . aim of yout Coin Law agitation / but your rascally projects have signally failed ! The good sense of the people have trSumpbed for once over faction , and the intelligence and honesty , of their leaders working simultaneously through the guidance of the Northern Star , has kept them en the right path for the attainment of their political and social freedom , iu spite of all the sham-friends , all the open enemies , and all the spies , traitors , renegades , ? . nd ruffians which faction could * command . All honour be to the people , took not to the right or to the left , but unite among yourselves more , firmly ' tlian ever—no petty squabbling , it is unworthy of our glorious causa . The factions canDot beat you , but by disfu . ioa you can beat yourselves .

      Romember-" To waning lects e'en mighty Rome bowed down , And yielded Alatio he * triple crowo . " ¦ ¦

      ' ' ¦ ¦; - . -: ¦¦ . . ; - ,. . -: . ; ¦' .. -MSB . . ¦ ; . Tho League , in tbefr farewell addriess to tbe people , say— " Your own intelligence , your own virtue , your own energy must deliver you . ' < They ; are so far : right iu their eatiKiate of the people , they have delivered theruselves from you J That , at any fatp , is ahappy deliverance 1 They have , moreoTer , the impudence te state that there is no'firm and honest-Hearted / pilot at the helm . Certainly not ; among their clique we cannot discover any forthcoming Cromwells , Hampdensj ' Waahlngtons ; Bolivars , or Eaparteros / among them , but some striking Ilkenes 3 es of ; a R 3 ynolds , ( the betrayer of Lord Edward FHzgerald . y an Arnold , \ the American traitor , ) Old Gloryand his mftn , ( Sir John Cam Hobhouse , ) witib . ft few . Talleyiands , ¦ without the

      quantum of brains , might , without much , difficulty , be discovered and traced . Now , we , the Chaitlats , opine that we do boast of a firm and . honest-hearted pilot at the helm in the peTaon of Feargus O'Connor , besides xaany others we could name from out our ranks , but which we suppress , from motives of delicaey . We axe proud to acknowledge O'Connor as our guide and leader , and we are prouder still to avow that he merita eVery inch ot ova cenfldence ! He has gained a great moral victory—aye ^ and a physical one , too---dver the combined Whig and Tory faction at Nottingham— -we will throw in their faces the 1 , 801 gallant voters , there , and ! et them boast such another of their victories ,

      and t&en we shall witness the last kick of the donkey We have little doubt but gross bribery has been em-Jployed by the Tory scribbler and hia mjrrriiidonp . Xet us discpvei ; it , If possible ., an 4 unseat htoi and our victory yiW . fiad no precedent in the annals ot history I The eyes of all Europe are upon you , and America , North ajid South , utters fervent prayers for your delivexunce ;—a political and social revolution effected by the people thejnstiyes ! No page in bJstory can recouat euch a triurupb ., the j haVo bseu tiuvAe ttfia ol hitherto to further the views of political tradeis ; and of scheming factions , and we earnestly implore you not to sully Wur eecutcheoa by one false step or blot . WhiieianO-

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      rant , you have been enchained , and your lords and masters have used what knowledge they possessed to perpetuate that ignorance . They are bow half a century behind us ! ¦ ¦ ¦; ¦¦¦' .. . v . ' - . ; V ¦'¦ ¦¦¦¦ - ¦ ' ¦ " - ' "¦ . ' : . - " . ; ' " "A little learning taught them how to win-it , ' Supetioi ; skill mfght wrest it in a minute . " . > . . " ¦ ¦; ¦ ' - ' : ¦ : '¦ ¦ ' . ¦ :: ; - " - - ^^ : i ^ ^ i ^^ - ^ JS ^ , Go oiv a » at present , and it will 'be itrauge if plrimpudding and roast-beef , wiU » plenty ; of the juice of John Barleycorn , does pot cneei ydtii * Cktiatmaa Sre-Bides , ere we can number the year of our Lord 1843 , and the skaieegolee of the Union Bastiles go to fatten pigs' inst -ftd of starving by lingering deaths the Christlan popuation of the British isles I Should Parliament venture agaia to meet , we say with all oar hearts , oh 1 ! for another ^^ Cromwell ' ,. ' ! : ; -v : ' ' 7 ..- " " :., ' .. ' '' . . ' .- ' A Woolwich Cadbt . Chichester , Aug . 8 , 1842 .

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      THE COLLIERS' TURN-GUT . TO THE EBITOB . OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SlK , —As tho hue and cry has gone abroad , that the coal and iron rninera in and around Airdree , Hollytown , aed Glasgow hav « i atruck work , awii that rioting , robbingpollato-flelds , stealing sheep , and shop-breakingv has already begun ; the authorities were obliged to bring the military from Glasgow and Edinburgh , to Atrdrie , to protect property , &c . The above has been circulated to the wprld by both Tory , Whig , and anti-Whig papers . Part is true I admit , but the greate * part is not '¦ .. ¦ . ' : ¦ ¦ :: - :-: . -- : '¦¦ : - \ ' ¦ : ¦ .- ' ¦ }¦ ¦¦ . : ' :: ¦ ¦ ; . '¦ ¦ '"

      Tuis last teduction of wages has driven both coal and iron miners to that state of misery and want that any order . " of . ' society , 'but ' -a patient and endaring class of beings , such as miners are , would have long ere this , repelled . even in the tetth . of all the licensed robbers and murdercra our glorious constitution can parade . Be it known to the public , that the ^ rules and laws made by our employers , over , which we have bo control , are such , that we must work , when and where they think propeiy and that they pay ua much or little As ' -. tS . ey think , propor ; all they bave to do is to put upon their omoe-doors any demand they choose , and it i& the law of thei land . \ ' ¦ " ... That fa the rale of your empIoyeW work , and you must abide by Buch . "—So eayeth Sheriff Allison .: V ' . - ¦ : ¦ : -i : .- >\> .- / ii-.- > ' -V . _ ¦ : ¦ - / ' -. ¦¦¦ , ' .-

      The average wages of the mluflTS of coal and iron , vary from " Is . lid . to ia , d ^ stw for putting oat one-third of mote latiuv ^ r tbatv tbjey did , one year ago , -receive . 4 a , per day for ; and at said time couW , in many inslances , get their TOoneywhen earned , while now we go to Our masters' store and take our labour in geoels ; or if the employer has not a store , he , according to his laws , makes us pay one penny for each shilling iifted befora pay-day . The original weighty known to ba the statute rule , between the employer and ih « employed , was 12 cwfc per cart round Glasgow ward , 13 CWt . for the Markiand canal , and High ward ;"; thla difference ; tbe miners gave into , to make good the in-drink occasioned by boating , waggoning , &c , which the coal owners , in the Lower ward of the ceunty of Lanark aie not troubled with , and the original weight , understood to be the statute for the iron miners' hutch of stones , was 7 , j cwt . The case stands different now , because eyeiry reduction that the miners * peacefully submitted tOi , was

      ; ittbnded with an additional demand by the employers for an increase of weight ; so that now the colliers are obliged to put up l ( i , 17 , 18 , 19 , and in many places as high as 22 cwt . ef coal passed over a scree , the ribs of which are two and a half inches wide , and all that passed down through these ribs or wires , is called dross , for which the miners do not gel ; a farthing , while their employers retail the same for the use of milts , engines , furnaces , &c . at six shilUnga , and six shillings and sixpence pet waggon of 30 cwt . ; likewise the iron m iner is obliged to put out from 15 cwt ; to 19 cwt ., and some works have obliged to put up a ton , which is nearly two-thirds more than the original statute weight ; this , the public mast ; know ia the cause of the miners making auch au immediate resistance . They caonot suffer longer , and Of course have resolved , that if their employers have a power granted them from a class-legislating faction to starve them , that they will not be wrought to death and starved .

      Consequently , at a public meeting , held at Meadowhead , East from Airdrie , on Monday last , when Mr . Gibson , Chartist lecturer , and -M-r .-Xee ; delivered able speeches , relating to the present condition frf miners , as well as other labouring people , Mr . John M'Lay moved the followingresolution : — " Tliat we , the coal and Iron miners , as a c ass of peaceful artizans , are , by the rftpacity of an overbearing system of tyranoy , borne down to actual starvation , and that we cannot suffer longer , propose that a deputation wait on the employers '" of every coal and iron-stone work , requesting four shillings per day , and our original weight , payment of our wages in niqney , without per centage , and that we meetthe Holly town District , and Glasgow District , on Tuesday , at four o ' cl ^ k id the affeerneon , to b « ar the report from our employers , and should we even get our grievances redressed , as a trade , that wo never coase our agitation till the Charter become the law of the land . "

      The resolution was carried unanimously , and acted Up tO . " - , ¦ .... - ¦ ' .. . "¦¦ ¦' . . ¦ " ¦ . '' ¦ ' : ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ .. - '¦ .. ' ¦' -. ' •• .. Accordingly we met , and got the report from all the delegations , which was to this effect , that one or two were willing to accede to our -wishes , and all the employers , with the exception of Mr . Wilson , of Ddndyvan , ( who browbeatingly would not hear them , ) felt for us , and said they were willing to advance if others would . : . ¦ - ¦ ¦ - ¦ : . ¦ - . ; . . - ' :- - ¦ ' ¦ .- "'¦'¦ '¦' ¦ ¦' ¦ A iuetting of the whole three distticta was proposed to be held at Palinarnock , from which a deputation was to be chosen to wait on and present a petition at the meeting of coal and iron-ma&teiB in Glasgow , on Wednesdayi " . ¦" . ¦ . . ' ' ¦¦¦ ¦•••¦' .. ' ' : ¦¦ ,. ' This lueetiDg took place . The deputation went to Glasgow , and found that oar employers did not meet aa a body , they only met in parties , at different p laces . ¦ ¦ - "¦ ' ¦ ' - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' . .. . . '¦ ' ''¦' . . ' ¦ .

      A general meeting of the whole body of miners met at Bailitton , on Thursday , from which all parted peacefully , as they formerly had done , aceording to a resolution passed to that effect . ? . We that evening served each employer with a printed card , requesting thorn to meet at the Eagle Inn , in Glasgow , at twelve o ' clock at noon , , on Friday , when a petition from the coal and iron miners would be laid on their table , prayipg them to sttend to the same . ; ¦ Two large meetings were held on Friday ; one at Govan Iron Works , and the other Suuth from Airdrie .

      A deputation waited at the Eagle Inn , and got our petition folded up into a blank piece of paper , and no answer . Thia was repotted to the body of coal and iron miners , Who resolved to stand but , they could hot be -worse stand ing than they were working ; but they would petition the ' Sheriff" to cau'i 9 an inquiry ,, over which they wished him to preside . A petition was presented to him ; but like our employers , he thinks we should submit to our supferlors , and resume our empibyment , work warnings / according to the rules of our employers' works , which he considered to be law ;

      and also , says his Lordship , " the poorest of you spend njjire in a year , in ardent spirits , than I am put of pocket for wine , sugar , tea , 4 co , -for ' -a ; year / for ' my whole family . " He must be a total abstainer . JHe ^ could flit : the district round Airdrie with horse and . foot soldiers , at the request of Davis . ™ , a baillie of said town . Besides his Lordship has sent us a present of thirty-six bluebottles full of Sir James Graham ' s apeclBc eiseaceot bludgeon law , to nil our bellies . Kind man , he might have kept them at kerne , we don't want them . ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ . '¦¦; , ¦ ¦ ' . ' . - ' . - " ; '¦ : ' '¦¦¦¦ '" ¦ " '¦ ¦ . : ¦ : ' . ¦

      We have acted , as yet , peBcefulIy , and are resolved to do so . We are speculating plans to snppert ourselves , a mote honest "way than stealing from either BfaopB , 8 heop-fold 8 j or potatoe-flelds , by formirig support 'Committees , whe will grant Bills payable three ' or six montbs after date , to those who nave already offered as much as we chose of victuals from their shops ou the head of such security . ; Likewise we ; the coal and iron miners , and our drawers , have resolved that we will , not yield one : hour longer under the lash of misrule , Bhould the cousequences be wbirt tbey will ; nnd should Wilson apprehend every min in . bis employ and consign them to Bridewell , they will not yield-rthey cannot be worse in Bridewell than ia his service . And now that our employers are hatching a cpcfcitrfce , they never will bring it into existence . :

      We h . iy © also resolved that aa thealierifi has leut a deaf ear to our jsupplications , that we msoi orialjza the public , and also petition tbe , various trades j who ere ground down like ourselves ; below the scale of human contemplation , to look into the justice tf pur claims , and if our conduct is justifiable in theis eyes , we auppHcatetheir interest in our behalf , either supporting us or to come to the field as we are , and leave the class legislating villains who suck the Sweets of toil , to toil themsalves or starve ; We have toiled too long for them , experience gaya , in language too plain and easy understood .

      There are ninety , seven coal and ironstone pits in the AArdtie distiict out ; : there are thirty-two in the Holytown district ; forty-three in the " Coatbridge district out , and twenty-eight ccal pita in tbe Giasgow dittrict Out ; all idle ; about 13 , 000 in the whole ; nor doea : it appear to end here , the same commotion appears about to burst forth In the JEast ; and Midlothian , Fife and Falkirk mining dietricta 4 so there will be some eoursing of cavalry and marching of foot soldiers , and whole trains flllod with "Blue LambB " fn a short time ; that is to say , ";¦ If every place baa . a Bailie Dayteoii , as no doubt they wiU / HoweTW , if eveiy tioop of cavalry lose five , and every regiment of foot lose sixteen in as shortatimea 8 Uiese ^ this quarter have , by rf ^ g / Woft , they wilj tire of marching military into quarters of our peaceful Isle , to satisfy the capricious whims of any "Bletherin Bailie . " / the

      1 therfefpre , as » Kader ^ n ^ Bubeeribw of Ifortherh Star , since the first sheet stared In the face of tyranny , sincerely wish you to give tbia letter aplnco in your coltvams pi Satuxclay nest , that the readeis of y out paper may see tiuth . There is no occasion for milUarv here , and we are proud to gee ,: tbrbugh the medium of the . Star , that the niinerB of Staf&rdshire and other places , have conducted themselVes so peacefotJff-, giving tfie / rc t& all theae fauctzonarica who fatten on the crimes of their countryv ¦' . - ' " - . ' ¦ ¦ . '¦ ¦ : ¦ . ' - ; :- "¦ . ' . ' . ; . ' - : ' : ' ¦ .:: ' - ¦ ' '" . " - .. ' •' ¦ ' I-am , '' . ' ¦ - ' : ¦"' . ¦ . . ; , . . ; •' ¦¦ ' ¦; . ' . "' ' : A miner , 8 nd a loyer of liberty , August Stb , 18 i 2 . Johm , WLAti Secretory .

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      EXTErrSIYE STRIKE AMONGST THE 'MINERS . IN SCOtLAND . ( From the Glasgow Chronicle ) Yesterday evening information taying reached Us of a seiious tarn-oat of the coal and ironstone miners in and around this neighbourhood , and of other alarming proceedings on the part of the uneniployeu , ve despatched a reporter to She scene of action to ascvrtain the particulars . On going out on the coach he observed droves of collierB oh their way to Glitsgow to attend a large jmeeting , which was to be held today at Dali , iar « nock ^ bridge , to decide upon tbe terms of the 6 ti ike . At first they appeared in small parties , and greet daily increased in numbers as be neared Coatbridge . ¦ They

      were all clean , and Borne of them dressed in their best appaiel—all canried sticks , and appeared to be in hi ^ h splrltp . ' " On making-fnquiry he found macy of the sbopkeepers hi alarm , end a general excitement prcx ailing all around the neighbourhood . It is Baid that today there is not a coHi « ry round Airdiie or Coatbiiuge in employment , and it is anticipated the ironworlis wanting coal will be unable to continue operations a week longer .. At Euadyyan one halt ef the furnsceB are out , and at Gartshfeisie theie is also a large number extinguished . Last night fopr sheep have bteij carried <> ff frbin one 1 of the ; fleida in this qUatter , and a fisld of potatoes on tho eetats of biumpeUer has been tntirely cleared ^ without'the ^ aid ^ of tho accustome d digging operation , It is said ; that . one of the overseers , oh Roing

      down to the field ' in question ,, found upwards of 200 of the ; , workniea busily ; © Dgaged , filing bags with the crop . Baithg asked ^ what v tney wtre about , some of them : jocularly , remarked ; that they had begun their harvest . During the night two of the stores of the woika , one of them at Pundyvan , had been broken into , : and a quaatity « f provisions carried off .: The garden of the Rev . Mr . Stirling , relief minister at Coatbridge , was also entered , and a quaatity of potatoea and other vegetables made away ¦ with . Yesterday a large meeting of the minera was held on tbo banks of the Monkland canal ; they came f / om ail quarters—Airdrie , Holjtown , BelishiH , Cbapt lhull , &e . Their proceedings at the meeting were very orderly , but , as they passed through Coatbridge , to the number of

      about 4 . XJ 00 ; almost aU of them carrying tticks , they cheered vehemently / to the great terror of the Bhopkeepersand other inhabitants . The farmers all reuud , of ccurse , are in much tribulation ; and serious ai'preheDsipns are entertained that the fitarying , collitra may tate the loan of the provisions aud other necessaries of life in their immediate viciuity . At the meeting referred to several propositions were gone into . One or two speakers—these the more violent ^ proposed an ihimediate strike , bb the only means of bringing matters to a crisis . An amend men t was proposed , to the effect that they shoald continue at work fourteen days , until they had earned a little money , and then turn out . Another resolution was brought forward by one or two of ' the Ciiartisia smoagst them , that thoyehculd not strike at

      all ; but petition their masters for a rise , and also the Qovernment for provisions free '¦ ¦ of excise duty . Nothing definite , however , waB come to , and the meeting waa adjourned till to-day . So ; far we h . ive stated public report and outward appearances . Turn we now to the statements of the Colliers themselves , -which , ara not denied by the masteTa . About a year ago the average wages of colliers in this district were as high as from four to five shilUngs per day , which , allowing them te work four days a week ( and - this is considered a fair amount of labour for rai ordinary working collier ) , gave them from 16 a . to £ l per week /; They are now paid , and have been for many months , the irobstone minerfl : on an average of ls ^ lOd . to 2 s . ; aday , the collier 8 at 2 s : i 3 drto 2 a . 9 | d . Off this , supposingthem te work ahentire week of fiveor six doya , they have a drawback ^ -for school wages , the d 6 cWr » oil , rent , to . - ^ of about 4 s ., leaving them , even when in full employment , a miserable pittance to support existence . " Add

      to this , that few of them have more than three days work , and many of them only had two for a series of weeks , their condition , then , must be deplorable in the extreme . The labourers paid last year at 12 a . a week are now , paid at 8 s . They dealt © to have them back to 10 s .- The collierB and miners ask 4 s . a-day , which they insiat their masters can well afford to pay . The miners- are most exasperated against the contractors ; the contractors , on the other hand , Wame tbe masters . One of theseimen , who stand between the masterc and the employed , was waited upon this morning at hia own house by a body of the men , when he told tham to go to h— ' Ik When we consWer that there is not less than about 50 , 000 inhabitants in this important distri ct ^ and that the majority of that number are etnpioyed below ground , it is fearful to think of the consequences of a protracted Strike . It is Bavd that hundreds of the msn to-day departed for the meetiiig without breakfast - - : '' ' ¦ ¦ : "• . ' ¦ ¦'¦ ' ¦ '¦ ¦ '¦ . ' ¦• '¦ / : '' ¦ : ¦¦ -. _ : ¦ ¦'

      The foUowing is a list of the places and nurabsr of the pite stopped work , at all of which the men haye turned out : —Ironbuckle , 3 ; Carnbioe , 3 ; Mexijatone , ° ' | : '' GjpIe , ' ¦* ' ; Kipps , 2 ; Rawyaru , 4 ; Stonerigg , 7 ; RosehiHdck , 11 ; Gpyan , ' WhU ^ jflit , 3 ; Govan . ¦ . Whiterigg , 14 ; Burnfoot , 2 ; Holehitl , 2 ; Easter Meadowhead , 1 ; Gatttee , 4 j AirdrifehiU , A-, Piiertrigg , 4 ; Chapfclhall , 2 ; Cairnhill , 3 j C liftprJull . 2 ; Duudyvan , 10 j Mosgoeuk , 4 ; Dcumcoulter , 5 ; Wattrniag ^ ie , 1 ; Dvkehead , 2 ; South Stonerigg , 3 ; TodiVs Pitt , Calder , 1 ; Gfreenend , 5 ; Ctartuck , 1 ; Red brig , 1 ; Ballocbney , 4 ; New CarEbroe , 4 ; : GkrUherrie and ( Jartgili , 6 ; Gartc ' osB ( ironstonei ) 6 ; Groengairs , 2 ; Sheepford Lacki , 2 ; Blackrigg , 2 . In all , 147 . The great body of the colliers are now encamped en the bank a little above Dilimarnock-bridge , where they await the answer of the deputation ; .

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      TO "THE COAL MINERS OF THE TYNE . The second meeting . ot tha officers and friends of the Coal Minert Benevolent Society was held ; as announced in the Northern Star of the SOta ultimo , in Mr . Cnarlea Haines ' s Temperance Hotel , CamdeDrstreet , NoHh Shields , on Saturday ,- tha 6 th August , 1842 , at two o ' clock , p . m ., when seyeral letters were read from eucb . collieries as could . not attend personally , expressive of their approbation of the object for ; Wbieh they had met , 8 tiowing their coniciousnesB of ita utiijty , ana pledging themselves to-come forward , and unite with

      them , at their next meeting , and in the meantime remitting donations for the furtherance of their ' cause .-It was unanimously agreed to that they should hold their next meeting in the aame place , oh Saturday , the 20 th August , at two o ' clock in ; the : afteriioon , -wJ . en it is expected that all those colliers who have not yet joined will at once come forward , and unite « b that occasion ,- and if they who cannot attend ou the day appointed for the meeting wculd be so kind as \ to ttate a time' moBt convenient for them , wb vtill feel great pleasure in suiting their acconiaoiaation . ; '>¦ ; . ' .. Benjamin EYtE , Chairman .

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      THE STRIKE AMONGST THE MINERS , AND TURN-OUT AT AIRDIE . AND COAtBRiPGB , IN THE NEIGHOURHOOD OF GLASGOW . ( 'From ( he Glasgow Journal of Thursday J PROCLAMATION . BT THE SHEBIFF . The state of this district since the arrival of tbe military Jast night , remains quiat . In the mean time , at an early hour this morning , the folio wing proclamation was issued , and extensively placarded throughout the disturbed districts : — "The Sheriff , having received authentic information that a strike , on a very extended scale , has token place on the pait of colliera and iron-workers In and around Airdrie , and that the combined workmen have proceeded td : ficts of depredation and violence , by

      pluaderiiig , in large bands , fieldB pf potatoes , and forcibly entering shops and dwelling-houses , to obtain provisions by force i and that the re&olution to . feeip themselves to subsistence has been openly announced , as the principle of their strike , both at public meetings and in private , by members of the strike—hereby publicly declares that such , violent proceedings are ¦ directly contrary to lB . yfr , and will be repressed with the utniosfc energy ; by alt . the constituted authorities . A lar ^ e miiltar ? force ; composed of cavalry and . infantry , to ba eappovted , if necessary , by artillery , will be forthwith Btati-aned at Airdsle and Cpatbridge , to sapport tha authority of . tho : law ; and all weU diapoaed psrsoaa are hereby invited to give Immediate information to the

      Bherfff , afe Airdrie , of any illegal depredations or assemblages of workmen , with intent to cominit the same ; and the whole combined workmen , and in particular the ; committee or leaders under whom they act are hereby , in an eepecM manner , warned that , as tha violetst and illegal purposes of the corabinatioii have been openly declared , and authentic eyicieuca of it obtained , they are by law responsible for all acts of de-Prodation of vibience committed by' tbe combined workuieD , In pursuance of the common objects and declared purposes of the eombinationi though not corflmitted ia thfeir ; own presence , or by their immediate directions / and that the ; law > will be enforced agaiust them accerdingly . " Sheriff Office . Glasgow , August 3 , 1842 . ' '

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      The Tuut . of the yixRiot Thxioweiis took place on Friday , at the Cork asaizes , when Daniel IiOflorgau , Jobi Drew , DaniiBl Sullivan , atnd Timothy Herlihyi yfere fouad guilty , and sen tenced to bo transported for life . - ¦ ^ ; A STAFroBrDSuiRE NAitoR , at tie present rate of work , is obiiged to make a thousand nails , two inches long , for « ne shilling and sixpence : and a thousand is accounted a ^ cod day ' s work for tho generality of workmen . We should lifeeto'kiiowthe vaJueof

      the iron ; before it is wrought fcio the nails , and tae price of the thbusand nails afterwaTds ; ; / The Fkeeh 6 ltde& 3 and vcbpyhblders of the pari $ heB of Leytonstdne and Woodford ^ have . addre $ sed a comtnUBiication to the yerdurer ? and Lieutenaat of Epping , Hainault , aad Waliham Forests , coaxplainine of various enoroachmentis upon their auciett rights t » s well as the rights cf the Crown , fprfev 6 Kil years past , and requesting theaijas theprotectorsof those priyile ^ e ^ to Attend , to the ,: fi . etdeniejit of thia SUbjeOt ; : : ^ ¦ ' ¦; . -: -.- ; --: ¦ .- ¦ ¦• :- ^ : Ti ; : ^* iii-- ^^ ' . ¦

      From a xist pfthe slayo-veesels and ^ aaiaber ^ f slaves captured by her . Majesty's-vefiBelstoffiWaron the west coast of Africa , and taken to St . Helena for acjadicatioft ,. it appears that thitty » tw « .- vceseiai w shin the last two years hitve been seized , hiving cm board at the tiice of thsir capture uo lets than 5 , 139 slayes . . - : .- - " . '¦ . ¦'¦ . ¦ .: ¦ ¦ :- ¦ - . - , ¦ - ; : . '' : - - ;¦ ¦;¦ ¦ .. ¦¦

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 13, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct766/page/7/