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      KEWCASTI . T 5 . —A delegate meeting for the County of Nor thumberland and adjacent districts of Durham was held in the Chartists' Hal ] , Newcastle , on Sunday last ; Mr . John Hebden , of Onsebarn , presided . ~ = Mr . Sinclair was appointed secretary proton . The Secretary took down the names of the delfgateis , and read several lett ers from districts at a distance , which could not be present by delegation , wherein each declared their willingness to co-operate in the proeeediBgs of that day . The Bereral places at which Mr . O'Connor is to lecture daring his week's visit were then agreed on , and a lengthy discussion took place respecting sending a delegate to Manchester , whieh ended in a negative , on account ef the vast expenee which would be necessarily incurred . Mr . Sinclair read a letter ,

      which be had received in a parcel of Chartist Ctr eulars , from the Host ' s Monument Committee in Manchester , containing a eopy of the Committee ' s address , whereupon the Wflo 2 e of the delegates present were famished with copies of the addrass , and pledged themselves to do what they could for that truly laudable object Mr . S . received 2 s . from L . L . J . H G . S . for that fund , together with several other contributions for the same . Some other local business was transacted , and the meeting adjourned . LONDON . —RlSIKOSDKjOxFOKD-STBBET . STEP . VEy . —Mr- J . Campbell lectured here oh Sunday evening , in his usual effective and brilliant style . Mr . Parker filled the chair , and also addressed iha meeting &t some length . Soxveen members-were esrelled . ovauc ? j . c *^^ vu . » k ^ kt « vu-UKuiwio nwiv tiuvuvu *

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      TO THE 8 HAX 5 PEBEAN BRIGADE OF LEICESIER CHABTISTS . MaJKfeesberi M « adea * s / Tenjf > erviw Hotel , W * dn » day moiBing , Aog . 17 , im Mt 3 Kat , b COHBiflKi , —T left yon on Tqeiday afterccon , the 9 % b instant , 7 and Between tiat date and Qjepresact , < me of the mostlmpor&nt . periods fax . the hiatory of rbe -srorking-inen of -tJns country baa commenced . Of the widely-extended strike Tot labour ' s Wages , which has been pretty generally converted into a stand for the ChMttt , yon will be already aware , by the daily and weekly papers . Whether that widelyspread resolve have entered into your minds and heart * , at tha tlma I am writing this , I feel some anxiety to learn . But 1 must hasten to rehearse some of tha passages of 23 j djverained experience since the Jay I left yon .

      I had a good meeting at Birmingham , in the'Hall of Science , < a -very eommodioBS building belonging to the Socialists ) oa Use Tuesday evening . I fonnd George White to be what 1 bad long beard bite reported : to be —a BcuBd-fctartad , 4 bbrotigb-2 ping democrat I enrolled twenty-fonr at tl » close of the meeting . I bid loag and vary interesting-conversations the next day with Whi ' -a . » nd learned ranch-from him respecting j bs progress of Hbs awventerit-ia air ? , sroend Birmingham , . aad the « anBss why is B ' -rnnegbain itetlf , thing ! for acme fcmt looked leas tfitUfactory than could be wished . At right ( Wednesday ) " we had a good meeting Ofit of aoora , ne » tbe Bailwsy Station , notwithstanding a heaw rain . ¦ - ¦ . "¦ - - ;

      Oa Timrsdsy began a series of excitements , such as I had hitherto been & stranger to . I was set down Et twelve at noon , by toe omnibus , at Wednesbnry . ( called Wedgebury by the nasiveB , ) in the midst of 30 . 000 colliara on strike lax wages . They formed one of the soblest sights I ever witnessed . IAnney , O'Keil . Pearson , and others sqdressed them ; conclusive resolutions , binding the whole assembly to desist altogether from Ubo-ar until t&eir jost demands were complied with , were put and carried unanimously and enthusiastically I then britfly addreoed this immense fathering . of labour ' s sons ; a vast assemblage of human eyes , all railed in expectam intelligence—brave bosoms thrown open , to the " sun and air , and stalwart arms and stout hands held up with instantaneous heartiness , the very ttomect that I pst it to them whether they would all adopt the People's Charter . I shall not lose the Impression zsade upon me by the vew of that meeting as long as I live . I proceeded in Linney " s company to

      Bilston . For two mortal hours I addressed the favourite brigade—the " body guard" ef our brave chief , Fearjus , in the evening . Taere were about 4 , 006 present on a piece of ground form ed like so amphitheatre , when they sat m fixed earnestness reeeivioc my plain remarks , apparently as enthusiastic at the close , as at the Deducing . The view of the massive bands of those brave colliers raised in approval of the Charter , convinced $ na in a twinkling of O'Connor " * shrewdness in seating ttie - •¦ black brigade ef Bilston Chartists" as Ms " body guards . . &od help the poor fellow that provokes a blow from the shonlder-of-mutton fist of a Bilston © oilier ! We enrolled fifty members at the close of tha Bilston meeting . Linsey assured me that the whole region -fras rife -with Caartism : this honest , independent , and brave man has been indefatigable in his labours ainosg this bold and simple-hearud people : there is not a man is the whole movement who , is my judgment , deserves more highly the praise and confidence of bis brother Chartists than Joseph Linn&y .

      On Friday morning , the 12 th , I walked onto Wol-TerhampUm , and addressed another meeting of the hardy toilers of the " black diamonds "— -the whole district , for many miles , having entirely ceased labour , -and nothing being -mom easy than to get an out-door meeting of thousands upon thousands at this time of excitement : the Wolvsrh&mpton colliers , like the assemblages 1 had prerisasly addresed , held up their mighty hands with one accord , and instantly , when I asked them if they wcuid espouse the cause of the Charter . In the afternoon , I got on by railway to Stafford . I found matters in a somewhat critical condition in this Tory-riddfcn borough . Haaon , aod his companions in tribulation , ass aonflned in the gaol here : one hundred and fifty coliiere had been ako lodged in it within the week—troop 3 of soldiers had been marched

      into the town—additional rooms were Doing built to the giol—cannon , itwas said , was to be planted upon the extreme towers—and everything looted so threatening , toa . when the friends here took a bill to the printer , arnoancing my lecture , he did not dare to print it Great fears wsre entertained that I would be apprehended if 2 dared to stand up in the Marketplace , that night However , when seven o ' clock had atracfc , tfctre I was—mounted on a famous long bench , procured by the friends . The superintendent of police thea took bis station close by my risht elbow , tha Tory gantry and ladies threw up their windows to listen and hear the rebel Chatfet commit himself , sad to see him pounced npoa and borne rosy in the dirty claws of the nv lobsters . Sat no ! 2 shewed how excellent it tns to hare &

      ' " Sweet liiUe sHver-voic&d lady , " And pay our million and a quarter yearly to support herself tad her establishment . I demonstrated that loyal Ch-irtists'knew the land would be raised if the " Civil List were n ^ t kept up ? and that working men would all weep their eyes sore if Adelaide were to be beref : of her £ 100 , 000 a-year . I denounced any ragged shoemaker ( Stafford , like Northampton , yon kaow , my brave Shakspeareajis , is a famous sheenialdng town , ) as a stupid fellow if he dared to talk about his aged grandmother being in a bastile and vegetating on skilly , whOe the Dowager had three palaces to live in . The satire completely blunted tha talons of the blue-bottle ; his hard face relaxed , his teeth separated , and at length he grinned outright , while the hest of sbqpmstes burst ttttOlEUghtfel . -

      Well—what was to be done ? I could not be taken up for treason , for zsy words were ulfcra ^ oyal , with a witness I Toree villsnous red-coats , standing in the crowd , soon solved the difficulty : they looked on and listened till tbey were l&ngfeed out of countenance and then turned theii attention , to & couple of Italians who had just brought their music into tha Square . Determined on making a disturbance , one of the red-coats . tX first coaxei , and then dragged one of the foreigners among the crowd , and strove earnestly to incite ths mnslcian to " grind . ** ' Perceiying the scoundrel's intention I called on tiie policeman to witness it ; but saw , from his looks , that he would not budge one inch to put down the annoyance , while he would . gladly seise me as tie primary cause of disturbance , I therefore s ^ id , "I am willing . to go U prison for sptAkia ? truth ; let the chief policeman take

      me , if ns wiU , for speaking truth , but I wilX not- be imprisoned fora dirty row I All you who are of opinion that we adjaorn to the Common , where we can hold a meeting -srthout disturbance , hold up your hands . " The adjournment was carried , and I dismounted in a moment , and off we went , the people following us . Z commenced gaging " Spread the Charter ;* ths bold Crispins ciught the strain , and our processiontothe Common was soon swelled by thousands . . . We had a good meeting ; and when it was well-nigh dark , started again for the town , singing "Spread the Charter . " The pelics veze passed , aad looked aghast at tais novelty . VTb . 8 gnol was reached , the soldiezs turned out guard , aad thought the crowd had come to make an attack ; bus fairly laughed when they heard the singing . Three cheers were given for poer Mason , close under his cell , in srfite of tha bayonets , and the multitude dispersed .

      Tost : ' sight win be a memorable one with the Stafford Crispins , snd I trust they will not neglect t » annoy their enemies with ammunition so easily mustered and so pleasantly expended as a little throat music .. . " Well rally around him , " I should have slid , became a favourite at the places I have already passed , as weU ss ' StsSbrcL . ' . ' . "" . ' .. ; .. Let me just say , ere leaving Stafford , that Peplow , HnnniHi , and bajBr fina young £ ellows , are growing np there , who will soon be able to act an important part fathemovemenV ;; J ^ . ] - - -- ' ' ¦

      . . .. The farther I went , my belorad comrada * , the more " thickiy ' I found excitement kindling . I reached the Potteries cm '" Staafaj afternoon , and fcujad a' spirit I teaQrwiy&P&Jta&A *»• ' \ Ea >« n » had cesaed Mam , also amemrth * ioMea r * nd now , the resolution * o * to labov I found , was taking a decided tarn : ott loere hteKtQnmrk&V * t ' * # * U&'&tj&aZ Anjjgkjbr it rigu *< $ laixmr * mi & ** trie * Wehad meetingi " at Veo . Um . tasd TimWfflrtj " tw ¦ ¥ **' ' * n < if afternoon , Aug . lttti ^ andatri ^ AI vmAttA 4 * x * ^ 13 rtttA « avaoao at

      wadet ^ on * 9 Isage « rt « tHed tS » "Crowa 4 « iar ,-Haaiey . ' . < akiitu * in * **? « mSBg , sai IpiwnoUee titatXwo&Idadirea the oellters on «« k « , out the same ^ oV tt » » xfc worniBf , ** -eight ^ o'clodt . A &rga assembly appeared at tbaMiae ; ti » rewlntfon that oS lopTiwifl mm tea * iaktwr Mfo ^ CkarfrlxcoTMilie toic # fe&a ** , WMputawJBecoaded bywo ? fcingmeB , and . carried trinmphantty , and after a few hearty and sensible wards from old daddy Richards ( wbose heart , ftod bleea Un ! ia as sound aa . an aooa la th * peepte * eiuse ) fits mKttDg diipets ^ d , wltti tin intent , on tto part

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      of the cdUiext , to ask all the workers at the earthenware factories , &o ., to leave tbelr labour . I remained in Eanley duriog the day ; saw the shops closed , and all the town become as lifeless as on a Sunday forenoon } heard ot the mnltitude doing queer things in the town , and alao at Stoke , Pentou , and Lane-end ; but taw none of them . : The soldiers , nearly dropping with fatigue , I nw pass through the town , in the afternoon , pursuing something which , it seemed , they eonld not catch ; but nothing alarmlag eve / came before my own eyes- , . .

      I met the people again at * ix at night . The Square was crowded ; I should say there were 20 . C 00 people there ; Siveral of the gentry , kc , in conversational knots , being on toe verge of the crowd . I protested against the insobriety I sate in the persons of a few , — proclaimed the illegality of destroying property , is . ; but exhorted the people to hold by thair ri « htfal resolves , and to held by them , too , till they had their rights . I felt sure I might be prevented getting ont ef the Potteries , if I did not make an effort to get away privately , and as 1 was bound to attend the Manchester Conference , in quality of delegate from the excited district I was leaving , as well as being your representative , my darling boys , —why I eet out on foot , with two hearty youths as companions , at half-past twelve on Monday night .

      Toe droll adventures of that night I will record in another latter , for I must now be off to the Conference . I am , My brave brigade , Tour faithful " General , " Thomas Cooper . MsradenV Temperance Hotel , Wednesday Wight , Aug . 17 . PS I have scarcely time left to tell you how I got ont of the Potteries .

      Suffice it to eay , —I was seised * taken before a Sob old Jestiee , examined before him as be sat up in bed , told him who I was &ud all about it ; but they dared not keep me ! This was at-Butslexn , at two o ' clock on Tuesday morning . I intended , with the two good lads who carried my bag and cloak , to reach Macclesficld by Beven , in order to take the coach for Manchester ; bnt as we bad been detained by the Burslem authorities so long , we struck down for tfee Cr « we Station , on the Birmingham and Manchester line of railway j and , after losing our way twica , we reached Crewe in time to have a hearty good breakfast before the train started .. = To lay great delight , I got into the carriage containing my teetered Bairstow , Campbell , and Clarke , a young delegate from Boss ,, in Herefordshire . From the Star yon wi 1 leam what was done at the Conference ; I will not , therefore , take up valuable space by saying a word about it .

      Finally , my brave comrades , I am now about to set ont . privately , from Manchester , after having just read the horrid pieca of hypocrisy and cruelty which the Morning Chronicle has chosen to insert against me , in its leaaiug article of to-day . What villains are these scribblers for the Anti-Corn Law League ! In order to clear tnemselTes from the charge of originating the strike , they strive to incite the Tory Government to take my blood , or personal liberty , by pointing me out as an agent for the Tories ! Heaven grant we may be able to turn this strik * to otfrr advantage , and thereby have our revenge on the hypocritical League . When and where I shall see you , my beloved lads . I cannot tell , until the time comes , Ycurs , to the death , TU 6 MAS COO * SB-

      The Northern Star. Saturday, August 20, 1842.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , AUGUST 20 , 1842 .

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      PHOGBE 5 S OF THE STRIKE . By the Pope but the League-men reckoned withont their nostl They little knew what they were about They have raised a devil they will find it difficult to lay !! They have gorten the people opt ! How will they get them in again ! How will they allay the excitement they have caused ? And , above all and before all , how will they compensate for the losa of life and the personal injnrie 3 ; the shootings , and cuttings , and slat-lungs ; ths imprisonments , and the transportiegs that are to follow : how will they compensate for these things , which they , and they alone , have caused !

      We Bay again , that the League-men have caused all this hubbub . Thay are at the bottom of it all . It is a measure they have long had in contemplation . Even since the last General Election means have been constantly used to inflame the publio mind to prepare it for the master stroke . The Globe immediately announced that the battle-cry was to ba

      « BREAD or BLOOD" ! and the most dishonest and infamous use was made by the whole Whig press , of the fact that "incendiarism" had again shown itself in the South . They paraded the fact moat rjrfunin&ntir ; dwelt npon it loud and long ; evidently doing their brat . to cause it to spread , as a me « i 3 of hamperinu the new Ministers , and driving them from office . The Morning Chronicle declared ** the fires resulted from a feeling of . revenge against the bread-taxing landlords ; " and the Globe called them u the beginning of a fearful ORGANIZED SY 5 TEM OFDE . STRUCTION" ! The Morning Chronicle alBO talked of BARRICADES oeing erected to force the adoption of the Whig Budget . Here are his very * ordB : —

      - « France , in 1830 , according to the oracle of Tamworth , by an example of physical force * disturbed the slumbers of the English oligarchy . 1 b not France disturbing ai this moment , the prospective snocess of a Tory Budget % "' We must hare money , ' says M . Hamann . — - Toulonse answers by a barricade . " * We must have money , ' sass Sir Robert Peel . — Maschestbk and Birmingham MAY aksweb any budget bat the Whig one , with a bakbjcapb . ' The Globe followed in the same strain . Here are his words : —

      " Who « verelse may have forgotten , the Duke of Wellington has not ceased to remember the French revolution of 1830 , nor the effect which the three dayi events in Paris had upon the pnblio mind in thiB country . The game causes which accomplished the downfall of the elder branch of the Bourbon family < ffected also the overthrow of the ^ Wellington-Peel administration , by the impulse which they comnmnieattd to the publio mind in favour of legislative reforms .

      " The popular disorders which have broken out in Tonlouse and other towns of France , excited by the attempt of the Government to supply the deficiencies of the state by increased taxation upon the people , akk iiKELT to HAVE A POWERFUL F . FFECT UPON THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY , under the circuwstances in whieh they are at present placed . Nor will the resemblance between the preseDt and the past escape "unobserved by the plain nn-Bophiwieatfcd mind of the Duke of Wellington . " The Examiner , too , had his share in the plot . He gave pretty good hints in the following fashion . —

      ? How soft , how delightful , ms new bed of roses , Should Peel , undisturbed , by the Chartists , or SWING , Find the Captain *—contented wiih all he proposes—To hifl Rodens and Percivals ready to cling !" The Sun published the most ferocious and dastardly article ever penned by a bloody-minded coward against Dr . Hook and the ladies of Leeds , because some one had told him that they had interfered to prevent the return of Brown-Bread JesEPH , as M . P . for the Borough . The miscreant said : —

      - " If any ladies , led by a mistaken party zsaL side , like Dr . Hook and others of the clergy , with the oppressors of the people , they must not be surprised should even their claims to universal homage fail , in a time of excitement , to disarm the haired of savage hunger . "It has happened that ladies' headB have been carried about the streets on poles , or trailed in the dirt ; and it has happened , bufficiently within recollection to SERVE both FOR a warning and AN EXAMPLE , that a piksthood has been compelled to find safety in flight , and those who braved the popular indignation forfeited their lives to their temerity . " These were the teachings of theoaeufs or the League 1 These were the sentiments , the horriblej hellish sentiments , they strove to instil into the public mind ! . -

      Contemporaneously with these atrocious ineendiaiy teachings , were the attempts of the anti-Corn Law mem , Leagued together under the title of the "Daily Bread Sodety , " to induce the people to join them in what they themsehres denominated an "ORGANISED PLAN—TO BREAK THE , LAW . " ! A pamphlet was published in Leeds , in which the plan w * b detailed ^ This pamphlet was reviewed and noticed by nearly all the anti-Corn-Law press . Did they eondemnitt Did they warn the people against joining in the plot ! Did they denounce it ttaillegall No , Bnca thing I They all bat recom mend the plan to be adopted 1 They spoke of it as Captain Bock .

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      " something stabtling condemn it , nor point out the danger to those who might act on it . And yet what were the reoommendations of these Leagued Daily-Bread Men Listen : ; — . ;¦ . ¦ " : ' / : - /¦ ' ¦ * \ ' \_ : ^' ' : ' / . ~ i- ; . V . , V- ¦' 11 NOW THB WAY THE AMERICANS OBTAINED THE supfbaGk , and exemption from heavy taxation , fornishes us with an example wobtht op iiivtXTiov The English landlord said to the Americans , We will impose a tax on yonr tea . * * No , * said the Amerioans , ' we shall not be imposed upon ; we are not represented , and we deny your right to tax us . ' A cargo of tea was sent to one of their sea-ports ( Boston ) , and an exciseman was sent to collect the tax ;

      THE EXCISEMAN WAS TARRED AND FEATHERED by the Americana , and the tea emptied into the ocean , rather than they would submit to pay a tax upon it . Here , - . then , wi see a practical way of abolishing the Corn Laws . " "That the CornLaw could not be imposed without bloodshed , nor continued without bloodshed , was not admitted as a reason why h should not exUt ; for be it recollected there was Corn Law blood ahed in WestminBier in 1815 , and Corn-Law blood ehed at Peterloo in 1819 ; so that even if it were certain that it could not be repealed without bloodshed , it by no means follows that it should be Buffered to exist . England has some noble * Romans' who would willingly lay down their lives ia such a holy cause . : " ¦ ' ¦ ¦ .. ¦" ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ .. : - ; . ;; ¦ ;

      Oh ! she has sons that never , never Will stoop to be the landlord ' s slaves While heaves has light .. ¦ :,. Or earth has graves . " " When Barbarous 6 ent a message to Mer 6 etl | e 3 that they were to send him " . six hundred men who knew how to die , ' the call was quickly lesponded to ; nor would such a call to Manchester be long xnresponded to , though , it is hoped , it may not be necessary ' . !" The "Bloody Old Times" is now hard at work to fix the getting-up of the strike upon the Chartists and he talks loudly of the " violent aadiuoendiary writings in the Northern Star" Will he bei kind

      enough to point out a single paper in England , aye , one which has denounced ail these atrocious attempts to excite tumult and disorder , excepting the Northern Slari He cannot find one ! Tne Star alone has exposed the deep laid villainous schemes of the plotters . The Star alone has shown up the atrocity of the doctrines these parties have tried to inculcate . Tho Star alone " yhas regularly watched the attempts of these men , and sounded the note of warning and alarm . Tag Star alone has done this . It did not wait till now , and then find out that these attempts wore being made . As soon as ever the incendiary articles appeared , the Star called

      public attention to them , and reprobated the doctrines there taught . It is , therefore , a little too bad for the Times and the League papers , Uot they , too , join in the song ) to charge the present state of feeling to the . ** incendiary teachings of the Northern Star . " Had the press of Eng ? and shown a tithe of the watchfulness that we have , and spoken out as became it , the anti-Corn Law L ague would have been shivered to atoms lojg ago ! We have bad to battle them single-handed ; and , single handed , we have procured for them the detestation of every honest son of Labour in the Kingdom ; because , single-handed , we have exposed their villany , and torn off the veil that hid their deformity .

      Proceed we now to j £ r the beginning of this Strike , not upon the Chartists , as the Times and League organs have it , but upon the League men , without mistake or possibility of being gainsaid . There was a " Conference" lately sitting in London , composed of Delegates belonging to the an i-Corn Law League . This " Conference" talked over some queer things . The nature of their talkings and their deliberations will be beat underttood by the following extract from their own organ . It speaks volnmes . It appeared in the Sun only a month ago 1 Read it : —

      " The proceedings yeBterday at the anti-Corn Law Conference speak for themselves . Gentlemen who declared THEY WILL PAY NO TAXES TILL THE CORN LAW BE REPEALED were vociferously cheered . The recital' that workmen have said it was not words * would move Parliament , but force , and they would have it if they , did not change their svsiem , ' was heard with no disapprobation . In the manufacturing districts men declare that ' no good can be done until they riot , ' and in the metropolis

      the information is received with approbation . To-day and to-morrow it will be spread throughout the empire , and the ideas of rising , of rioting , and of refusing to pay taxes , will bo presented at one and the t-ame time to many thousand persouB . The Runctity once br . longing to the law , which prevented such conceptions , is at an endvthe minds of tho people are becoming familiarised with the ; idea of msistakck ; and , if their xuibciy bo not relieved , it will not be long before corresponding DEEDS will EP&ING FROM THE IDSAl !

      . ** In common with many members of the Conference , and with the memorialists from Hinckiey , we hare become convinced that it is useless to ' place before the Parliament and the aristocracy evidence of the sufferings of the people . Politiciaus n joico that the unruly workmen of the manufacturing towns aro tamed into obedience by hanger ; bigots exult that the half pagan , half frethinking townspeople are for their eins visited by a judgment which threatens annihilation . To bigots and poJitioians , pictures of distress in the maaufactniing districts

      are not disagreeable ; and we will not contribute to their pleasure by repeating them . We turn rather to Mr . Taanton ' s speech , who eaJd- * - "' It appeared to him that the time was past for talking : the TIME WAS COME TO DO SOMETHING , apd he would tell them what to do —( cheers . ) lie thought they ought to proceed at once to appoint « committee OP PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE METROPOLIS , and induce every delegate from the country tepour in such facts as would organise such a body of publio opinion as would create the utmost odium against those in power , and COMPEL them to yield . "

      Pretty fair this , was not it Old Bloody V Where were you then ! f Did you denounce the incendiary writing i Did you point it out to the publio , and shew the real nature of the League men , in their base and cowardly attempts to get the working people to" rise" and riot , " while they appeared as "friends of good erderf and , as magistrates , let loose the military upon them , for only doing that to Whioh they had been incited J Did you do this "Old Bloody ? ' No ! you left the task to us ! We did it . We exposed the plot . We denounced the concoctors of it . We cantioned the people against the snare laid for them . We counselled to peace and good order ! And yet the " riots" and the •' risings" are tobe attributed to the " been diary writings in the NorthernStar"U

      While this " Conference" was sitting , Mr . O'Conkoh happened to meet with Acland , the hired tool and lacquey of the anti-Corn Law League ; the man who is paid £ 10 per week for bis services . They met at Halifax . They had a discussion upon the question of tho Corn Law Repeal . After the discussion , Mr . O'CoNMea and Mr . Aclakd had some talk . In the Star of the succeeding week ; that is to say , in the Star of July 16 th , 1842 , Mr . O'Conaok published the foilowing fact , in a letter addressed by him to the Chartist body : — ¦ ¦ " ¦" ' ' : - . ¦¦¦' - ' . - ¦'¦ . ' ¦ ' ; - - : " ¦; . - . . . .

      " One thing which Aclat «> told me , as he said r 5 a confidence , must not be kept back . No , no ; lam not just the man to keep the secrets of the League . Now , let every man pay particular attention to the following disclosure , comiDg from the prinoipal spoHter of the'Plague * . Acland said to me , — "Well , Mr . O'Conhpr ^ we shall either have a Repeal of the Cora Laws , or the Charter in three weeks . 4 fr . O'Connor— "Indeedlhotl ?" Mr . Acland— " Well , I tell you , in confidence , that the object of the League ' s present meeting in London , ia to take into eonnderation the propriety

      OF STOPPING ALL THE MILLS UPON A GIVEN DAY !!! AND THEY WILL DO IT !!!!** " ° " - This was published near a month before the strike . Now , Aoland has never eontradicted it . He darenot do it 11 Even in the" Conference" itself , so lately as the 29 th of July , one of the delegates , Mr . Finch , jun ., from Lirerpool , is reported to have said : ^ -

      " The League and anti-Monqpoly Aasociations , with the assistance qftheCblfieri 0 have the power of compelling the ansiocracy , in lessthim-one month s to abolish . Corn Laws altogether , and to compel them also to grant , the People ' s Charter . Let the Colliers in all parta of tha kingdom cease working for one montB ,-ojuJ ihe thing yt done II They hare only to insist upon these mea * sarorea before they go to work again- Thifl ia ih »; most aimple and efficient' measure that « oold b * adopted to get aS we tognt withoat spilling a drop ^ of blood , or causing a » y coinaiotion of any kind . The city of London would be without fuel , and all other concerns must come to a stand till it was settied . " , -.

      And even to lately as , the 2 nd daytfthMpriis monrt , Mr . Alderman Chap ^ il , at a meeting held in Manohestsr , said—

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      y p the mannfacturers had to resort to at preseht . was . TO STOP THEIR FACTORIES" 1111 ; Is itapparent now who were the concocterBof . ' the STRIKE ? : Is . it apparent now whoi were the moveta to it ? * ' Np , ' -- says the Weekly Chronicle ; -- ' ; ?• Mr . FearsaaQ'Connor may swear Mmself black in the face before we ( give the slightest credence to 4 charge unsupported by any other evidence , and utterly irreconcilable with plain and palpable facts . "

      : J * the oharge " unsupported by ajay other evidence" ! / s it *• utterly irrecohcilabie with plain and palpable ftwsts'M is it irreconoilable with the facts we hire been narrating ? ; 7 i . it irrecbnoilable with the incendiary teachings prthefl' / oo « , Chronicle and Sun ? And , by thebye , talking of inoendiarisrt brings to eur'mind a recpllectioa of the dodges and shifts of Master Weekly Chronicle hiinseif , respecting the Swing incitements in the beginning of the present year . The Weekly Chronicle was . by

      no means , the last in the field at that game . He seemed as if he received a God-send , in the fact of a few fires ; having occurred in the South , apparently the work of ^ incendiariem ; aidt to make the most of it , he ; printed a . huge poster , in which the word SWING was the mo 3 t striking line . With these posters he covered the entire of his shop window in the ^ trand ; scbA the effect upon the ¦ y ^^ ih ^ tnii ' ihe ^ ati ^ rA s iie .: ^^ that the word Swing appeared in something like the following manner : — y y ¦

      " SVVIN < 3 i . SWINQ . SWINCSi svyi ^ iG ^^ ^ SWINC 3 . ^ The rest'of the bill notbeinR readable at that diBtance from the smallness of the print . And while the Weekly was ^ doing this outside the window , he was doing his be- ^ t inside his paper , without committing himself , to point out Swing &s a means of annoying and ¦ harrassing the new Ministers ! ' ¦ ' !' > - ~ ' ...- ' - • ¦¦ ¦ . - " : ¦ : ¦ . ¦ : Vv ; . v ¦;; ¦' \ '' - ^\

      -But cannot the statement of Mr . O'Connor be corroborated J Let us 8 ee . ; While the Weekly Chronicle was thus endeavouring to get his patrons out of the mesa they ' .-havei gotten into , another ^ Organ of their body was letting ' the cat put of the bag , and glorying in the deed I The Sunday Times , of Sunday las % makes tho following avowal : — " Otif rieaders ^ re probably aware tbat the project of SHUTTIN 0 UP ALL THE ML ; LS IN ONE DjlY originate ^ with Ms jpurDai , and that we liave all along persisted ip coiisidering it as the ^ oiilymeans

      bywhich the repeal of the Qoni Laws was likely to be obtained . The ANTI-CORN 1 ^ CONSIDERED THE ^ PRGPOSITibN Again anl > aga i $ ; allusions ^ were from ^ made to it by several Speakers ; but it was generally rejected as a thing that would seem Exceedingly harsh to thei operaiives themselves . " : ; ¦ : " ^ f ^ - ' V ^/ - ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ ^¦ : :: ' - : b : -.

      They rejected the project , after considering it again anaf- a ^ ain , becabSb it would seem harsh to the operatives themselves 1 Not because it : was wicked I riot because it was illegal ; not because it was disorderly ; not because it would lead to " riots " and " risings : " it was rejected npt beca ; u 8 o of these considerations , but beoause it would seem harsh to the operatiYea themselves I In other words , it would be an open deolaratien of war against the operatives , and Would expose mill property to the fury of a ftarying people , —a people made to staxye by the immediate ' and direct acts of the masters

      themselves . There was all the difference in the world between the ^ mMtors ' plosing the mills , " and the workmen doing it of themselves , and foroingithe mastere to comply ! And though thie Anti-Coin-LeasueViyectedf the project in the shape put before them by the Sunday Times ; yet they did not rejaet it ia the other and more feasible Bhape of driving tho workmen by ' . reductions of wages , to do the thing themselTes . They did not '' reject" this " prpjeot ''! No ; they acted on it 1 and the present chaotic and truly awful etato of things is the coritequence' ! : ii :. ¦¦ ¦ ' ; ¦¦' ¦ /¦' . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ : ' - ¦ ; " " . ¦ ' . ::-y .. ' : '' ' -.:

      Let our readers also mark another fact . All the reductions in wages that have been attempted within tho last two months in the manufactories , havebien attempted by Corn-Law-Repealing masters ! Point out a Tory or Conseryativo master whp has attempted any such reduction . We believe it would be impossible . At all events , we bate not beard of any such . ; Thia fact speaks volumes ! ¦ Refer , too , to the letter of our Preston correspondent , detailing the horrible carnage in that town ,

      and the prior proceediags . Look well at tne words there printed in capital /^ ifew / Remember thai it is two delegates from AshtonV ( the town where the strike first commenced . ) to the Preston lads to get them to join in it , who declare , publicly , that "THE MI 0 DLE CLASSES FOUNp THEM THE MEANS' *; to go to Prestonl Note this fact ! and then ask how it is that that the middle classes are now so fond of sraiKES as to pay the delegates to go over all- parts of the pountry to " extend ^' them ! i I ¦?¦ ' ' ¦''¦ " : : " ¦' . ' . ]¦

      The fact 1 is , that the strike did pommence at Ashton , as has been already detailed ; and that the ostensible pause of it was the attempted reductions of wages by the ¦ . ¦ '• Cpm . - Law Repealing Messrs , Bailey ; and another fact is , aaisoon aa it did commence , six persons were , dispatched from , the town of Ashton to the ^ ther towns in Lancashire ; AND THEIR EXPENCES WERE PAID BY MONEY StIBSeRLBED BY FACTORY MASTER $ AND SUOPKEEPERS BELONGING TO TttAT TOWN . V

      And are the League men to suffar no cohBequencea for these apts ? Are the people * the working pe ople ^ whom they have induced to V risd" and " riot ; 'i are these to bear all the shootin « s , iill the cuttings to pieces , all the sabreings , all the tramplings to death , all the woundiug 8 , all tho imprisonments , all the transportinfls , and , possibly , all the hanginjKs are the working people to endure all these things , while the fienditt hatchers of the plot escape soathless and free f ! Iv this to be the Pase ! No } : by heaven I JUSTICE , of some sort or other we will have !!! . - ¦;;' .. ¦ ¦ : . -. " > J .-

      To tae working people we say , bo wise 1 be prudent ! Be not betrayed into collirfonawitR ; the military . Pr « sent niot' yourselveB before them as mark 3 0 to 'be shot at , like so many oarriPn-crpwa , and be laid weltering in the streets . Come not niar them . Keep ^ the peace Do not riot ; Destroy np > -pipperty . Burn no mills . Commit no depredations . Injure np : man ; Be ^ ^ qniet ; be ^ rm : and please ^ yourielveB whether you go to work or stay away ' !••; ; ' : ; ; / >

      Our own opinion of the ' * Strike" and its merits was distinctly registered in last week ^ jS / o f ' , esp « K oially in the two artiples in the third edition , beaded , ^ Progress pf the Shrike , " and 'VPurther-PrPffresa . '" Every event whioh has since transpired has confirmed us in the opmipjai we then held : and we have now therefore only to reiterate ift and to request for it » 11 the attention that thp people think : it worth . By reference to ; the . add » ess ofi ^ the Omferenc * delegatea . and the letter of Mr . O'Connob , it will be seen that he and they hold a di £ P « rent opinion . Time will decide

      speedily whose opinion is moat wiae ^ We ? eBtreatonIy the people will not be diaoparaged it , after * JU » Ting tried the ^ strike aa a Means for ^ ^ oWaMiiDe- HieCharter , they find it to fail of accompbtehujg that objepi , Ve entreat them , in that lease , to remember that they waBtill ^ no 7 ° ?*? 4 W * ^ ^ ms to whicli they befbie J ^^ ii ^ iS ^ ^ i tta ^ pradenpe and determitation , patience and perseverance , firmness and njpral : cd « rage an ihyineibte j that kothiiwcam WITHSTAKD THEIR CONTINUED EXHIBITION and that by the calling into ^ requisition of these qualities « rery wwrw m&IJto in itself made inatter fb > advance ; tne Bnackles must eventuaUv fall from ^» W ® AW ) ^^ B

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      BELPEB . —On Monday night last , Mr . West dolivercd his eccond lecture of his series , " on the evils arising from the misapplication of the powers of production , and the capabilities of the wil under just and proper regulations , to supply the wants of all with abundance , " and was attended with a crowded and an attentive audience . Mr . West enrolled fifty-four members at thp close . Wednesday eveningj Mr . West visited Swanwick , and addressed a large meeting and also oa Thursday at uoou , addressed a large asBembly of colliers ; a number of members w ^ re enrolled at the close of each meeting . : On Thubsday , Mr , West visited : Aahpver ; on Saturday , he waa at Duffield ; and on Sunday , at Edge . . At all these places he proclaimed the Charter , and enrolled members . .-: ¦ .

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      . - ¦ '' ¦ ¦ : ; . ¦ .: I > HALIFAX ; . ' ; , ' . ¦¦;¦¦ ' ; J ¦ ' ¦ ¦• . The distUTbances connected ; with the turn-outs commenced in Halifax oa Monday morning laai . Their arrival from Lancashire had been expeoted for some time , and the magistrates had been active in making preparations to receive them . They had issued placards referring to the disturbances in Lancashire , and calling upon the inhabitants to assist them in the preservation of peace and order . A very large number of special constables were sworn m , and the regular police , and the military , stationed at the barraeks , were under orders to be in readiness toactat a moment ' s notice . The

      military force regularly stationed at Halifax , consisted Of two comDanies of the 61 st Rest , of foot , comprising upwards of 100 inenv and their numbers were etibsequently augmented by tho arrival pf two troops of the 11 th Hussars , one from Leeds , wliere they had passed the previous night on- their road from York , and entered Halifax about eight o'clock on Monday morning , and tbeother from Burnley j Who entered the town about seven o'clock in the evening . With these accessione , the military in the town on JVIonday evenirg , comprised a force of about two hundred men . The immense crowds ot turn-outs , who thronged to excess the streets of the town , produced a state of excitement and commotion almost unprecedented in Halifax , and whioh

      formed ' ample employment tor all the : fprces---both civil and miHtaryr ^ at the disposal of the authorities . So early as five o ' clock in the morning , the people were atitir , and assembled in considerable numbers iu the Market Place ; they were all peaceable , however , and so would haye oontmUad , till their meeting Was over , and then have returned home again in the same good order they had met . But whilst a person was addressing them , the magistrates , acoompanied by the police and about two hundred special constables , came up . Mr . Pollard , one of the magistrates , ddressed the crowd for . nearly half an hour , and remonstrated with them on the danger of assembling in such meetings , and engaging in such schemes , which must result in disastrous consequences to

      themselves . The assembled multitude , however , manifesttd no great alacrity tp leave the spot , and the magistrates having ordered the multitude to disperse , loud shouts vvere : raised amongst them of "Let ' s away to Luddenden Foot , " and this proposition , meeting with seaeral concurrence , the shouts became universal , and tho multitude , arranging themselves into a ^ sort of procession , cleared away and proceeded at once to that place , where a large body of the Lancashire turn-outs were congregated for the purpose of marohing into Halifax . ; Betwixt eleven and twelve o ' clock the turn- outs from Lancashire approached the town in immense numbers . The grand point of junction wa 3 at King Cross , on the Burnley Road . Where the variPus

      bodies , eaoh composed of thousands of men , from Hebden Bridge , Sdwerby Srldge , Luddenden Foot , Todmorden , Rochdale , and other places , united together in oho immense procession , filling tho whole breadth of the road , and stretching to a vast length . W _ hen they got to the North Bridge at HalifarX , the military and police were drawn iip , so as to occupy the whole road , and prevent the passage of the people , the cavalry being ported in front , the infantry next , and behind them the police and special constables . This was above twelve o ' clock . In the precession were great numbers of women , most of whom were placed iii the middle . On their progress being arrested by the military and police , several of the womea went up , and seizine the bridles of the

      oayalry , exclaiming , " You would not hurt a woman , would you ?'' endeavoured to turn them oa one side . One of the women coming up in front shouted to the magistrates and soldiery , "We didn ' t come here for bayonets , we Pame for * bread ; 1 * It' isistated that one woman was stabbed in the breast by One Pf the soldiers with a bayonets thongh not seriously , but lngeneral the soldiers did ? nPt molest them . Soph after aeiroumstanpe occurred which caused a diversion of the military , and opened a passage over the : bridge into the town ; > It . was stated that the inills pf rMeswB . Morris and Liste ^ a « the bottom of Fouudryrstreet , were attacked , and the military and polwaforoegatheredpti the bridge , leaving tfia « spot for the . protection of the mills alluded to ; in a minutes

      feyr the entire prooession had passed into the heart of the town , and by the time : tho military arrived at Messrs . Nprris and Listers' mills , the plugs were drawn * and the men turned out . Almost ^ at the very samei moment that the Lanoashxre processions approached tha ! town ; another procession , also , comprising immense-numbers , from Uie neighbourhood of Bradford ! Hapi proaohed it in another direction . Tno Bradford propessipn was prepeded by & number of the 17 th Laaoera froin' that town , and on the procession reaohmg New Bank withia a short distance of Halifax , the Lancera drew up across the road , and being joiaed here by the Infantry and Hnasars from Halifax ; aucopeded in arresting the progress of the

      tura-oats , along the main road . The prooesfllon ; however , broke up into gronps and proceeding aloajf Rands Bank , and different bye roads , evaded the military and reached the town , when they immediately became amalgamated with the Lancashire people . After thejunotion had taken place , they proceeded to Messrs . Akroyd ' a mill , at Haley Hill , for the purppse of turning out the hands , but when they arrived there , the men had gone todinner , and the mill was consequently already stopped . Mr . Edward Akroyd asked them what they wanted , to which they replied they must have the plqga oat of the boilew , Mr . A . said if that waa what they wanted , they mast pome and do it , ; and accordingly one of them attempted to take ont the plag , but not being able to succeed , the engineer , by Mr .

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      Akroyd ' s orders , pulled itodt for them . It ia stated thit Mr . E . Akrpyd gaky ^ ibor Bovereigns to the men ; and told tKem ^ io buy bread ^ tb . i | tor the womeni Tftey ^ r «» e ^ hMt : ^ % wfcpvbi Mill , and poaimericed ^ mating a p n ^ ng ,, thropgh the mill asin , iuprder to % b ^ the'p ^ rj ^ fheii just while : they were engaged in thi 3 attempt , O . $ military came up , and diflpersed thefii , i « ia ^ j ) p ^ d six of the insnrseiits . About-eleven ; sSldier ^^ r the infantry were detached to escort ; the ; prisonera to tho Pplice , bfBce , and pn i their roiaV w ^ riolipwed : by a large portipa of ; Ap peopte ^ whd jnaae ; . repeated attempts to resoue the prjspners , which lm exas- ^ : perated the sbldiera , that they faioed round , and firod UDon them . A man called ; Wadawpttli : waa ^ we

      understand , wounded in the leg , nd ^ was oarncd off by his comrades . The spirit of the * rp # d ? rail still unsubdued . In Well Lauo . another rushi waa made , and again the soldiery fired , but ; we hava not beard that any injury was done . When they came in the vicinity of tfie Polico-ofliee , the streets jwhich are there very narrow and crooked , were 1 ^* gr eat measure blbaked up by prowds j and before , the Foldiera could force a passage through themithey fired twice , and then charged upon them with their bayonets , wounding a great number , but none of thein seriously . They succeeded : at lpngthialodgirg tbe prisoners in the Police-office . Great apprtihei - s ^ ons were entertained that an attempt would I e made to break open the prison and rescue the

      pris , onevs , aada number of infantry were stationed inside to garrison the place . { r ¦ v ' . ^ f < At , twoo ' cloek ia the afWTOp » n , » meeting ; -of from ten . . . to . fifteen thousand people was held on Skircoat Moor , a tne extensive moor in the immediate neighbourhoo ;; > Halifax . The tone of t ) je ineetingHffas peaceable but firm ; Three resolutions Were ; passed , pledging-. ¦ '• ¦¦ tneetingjnot ? tojteUaai Uf work till . the People's Chir n i •¦ ficampthe law « f the : land ]; ^ ill their wagegw : ' ' ^ advanced to the BtaOdajrd of l § 4 p ; andtill aguwan ^ wai 1 ente ^ 'i ^^ ployers that they shou i be kept np . tp ^ that ; staijdard . In the course of the Siternqp ^^^ pepfuejiavjng gather di » great crowds n- ^ a ¥ ipnS p ] j » c ^^| ni aiore particularly ppposite the North ^)^ ' Mffl ^ i the cavalry charged upon them ,, but the people jSyine in

      terror before them , noYtfinrWWpr $ iWy ^** Wti&T ~ ever the cio wds became at all unmanageable , or were forced upon the soldiers , the infantry made not the least hesitation in pricking them with their , bay onetB , and scores of people in Halifax received in this way Blight bayonet wounds on Monday . One poor fellow , who had got pricked through bis , fustian jacket with a bayonet , we saw go ¦ , writhing down the street , in the midst of a number of commiserating companions . Tbeonly serious wbundwas one which occurred accidentally to a sergeant in one . of the regiments , who , while handling his musket , touched it ' in fiuoh a manner , that the perenssion cap exploded , and the piece went off , and lodged the shot irt one of his arm *? . He was taken , to ^ the

      infirmaryi and it is probable his arm > , wil 4 - be disabled , eren if it should escape amputation . - yl _ the proceedinga commenced oa Tu §» day , with a meeting on Stircoat Moor , at aix o'clock in th ! e morning , at which about 2 , 000 or 3 , 000 peop | e wfireprtfsent The proceedings commenced "by ringing yk ,. hymn , Praise &jd ftom whom all blessing * . Jp ^ , " ,. \ rhiBh was followed by a prayer by one of tiie njen ,, invpkiag the assistance and protection of the AJmfgfity In their enterprise , and praying that peace and order might be preserved . After this a man from Bradford addresied tha meeting . He proposed that delegates should * sent to Todmorden , Bradford , and Huddersfield , to indues the men of those places to march immediately upon Halifax . -In ;' : eomplianoe with the proposlfioD ,

      three delegates were appointed to proceed to each of the places named , and it was resolved that another meeting Bbou ) d be held on the nioor ^ afc oae p " clock at noon , at which it was expected that their numberB would be reinforced by tbe men of Todmorden , Bradford , fjkd Huddergfield . * to lose ho tfine It waa also agreed that those present , at the meeting should immediately . jpro caed to Elland ^ Cooper : Bridge , 'IBrigUbijie ; ^ taialand , andBatfcislandito > top \ all tfemiHH t ^^ , which J t ^ wM thought misht be accdmpHshed before the time of holdirig the next meeting , arid In accordance with thU resolution , the great buik of those present , formed into a sort of procesBlou , and filing across the moor , proceeded on their mission ; : Th ^ s concluded tl * meeting . '" . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ '¦ ' ^ - - . ' [[ f ¦ " '" . '[¦" . "' ¦' : "¦ : ¦ -. ' v ^ -

      . The prisoners captured at Halifax on Monday after noon , at . and subseqaently' to , the affray at' ! Akroyd ' s mill ; eleven in BUtnber , were / Bent pipr ^ Wake ; fietd . Sii Tiiesday forenoon . "' " It was / determined : ^ by the magistrates to wad ? tBeh ? ^« . fdr safety , piwiotis , to jfcheir examination . Th 6 J wewf placed / ta two ^ omnifenses , each drawn by four horses and guarded by a file ef the 11 th Hussars , " ahde *> th ^ i ^ mma ^ W attlimMf ,. and , headed by Mr . Bngjja , ' ^^) a % l ^ lay proce ^ ed atfull gallop to toe railway-Btatidi » i it' EUan ^ - ; ihe people of course had very floon ^ dtlpe ' ofthitt it : bM been ^ anticip ' atea * aha considerabie crpwdB had congregated all down the road on the look out , particularly at Salter-Hebble , were an attempt waa made to stop the road , preparatory to a rescue . This , however .

      was unsuccessful , " tod ' ¦; . ' 4 itdB' 6 ii ' - '" - ; w ;« re / . thrown at the convoy ^ froin the wood / which : skirts the road to Eiland ., At tba ^ tinie they arrived in the station at tbe latter piace , iti * train (^ wardaWakefleld was in waiting , to which the prisoners were at onco transferred ; and the train was quickly at fuli sped . ConaiderabJa numbeis of people had gained access to the station ; and Uie prisoners , on their departure , went cheered by thdr companions , sdttid of / araom told them to keep tbeir spirits up , for they should soon ba liberated . At tbe timethese ttroomnibases and the prisoners arrived ; there was another omnibus in the station , just about to proceed With passengers to 3 alif ^ , ttbni t ^ eha , Maachester > Ac . After leaving the station , it ' w ^ Very isaoa evident that there were ^ very' large httthberstf people in

      all ( iirectiona in * state : ot the 'greatestexcitement , and btrfore the convayanoe 'had' proceeded far , stones in abundance were aeain : ' tirewn ! ftoai ¦ the ^ woodj th ese attuot the - oomibus repeateaiy ^/ ' * . but ¦ ¦ tititr pass ^ ngerd eacapod without injury . OaTO ^ hing ' Saitet-Hebble , however , the danger ' { waff ^ great ^ 'iniprefwe ^ : tor to exasperated ' hfcd fee-people '} BeciiHe ' at J the ^ eatmeht they had received , that l ^ ud threats were uttered that not one should escape . ; 'The passengera , of ' course , could not apply this language to themselves ; they were consoiouf of not having done' any injury ^ and had coafldence that ttie people wpuld ' not lijrilfaliy Inflict darauge upon rwrsons respecttflg whom they could have no cause of complaint } and In this opinion they w « r » strengthened by the fact that , as soon as it became

      known that the omnibus contained only railway pa » sangere , and no " offioiaia , " a aafe passage wasguar&n teed through the thousands who were assembled oa the roadside , and along the rocky heights of Saltet-Hebble—a place of all others calculated for tha pro tection of any party who mi > ht ehboae to ; ayaii ; tt ^ n ? selves of its cover from whence t 9 hara « 3 an enemy .: A man then took the head of the leader-, and , Waving bis hand , all fear of attack from the menacing throng seemed to have vanished , and the vehicle wai slowly aicending the hilL But , on a sudden , a cry was raised that the soldiers were advancing , and as suddenly the apparent calm was succeeded by an overwhelaing tempest ,

      for , in a moment , aa it were , a shower of large stone * Were hurled from all parts of tbe emmenoe among the saldlera who then came up at fall gallop , and on to the heads of the devoted and innocent passengera , who thus suffered severely from the ; accidental circumstance of being . compelled , though only for a faw moments , to be apparently under the protection of the soldiery . With suph direct aim were these missiles burled , that Bcaroely a ' soldier escaped unhurt—some of them received severe Cuts —three of them were . foirly ' / felled from" * thbir horses , ^ ^ the animals aattlng of , and leaving their late riderB to the meroy of the raob . These three are privates in the 11 th Hussars : their names are Alexander

      Frazar . / Jqhn Austin , ; and Tiiomaa Olarfaon .- they / were all more or / lew injured } .- bat stwo of them were for a time made prisoners . Of course , there was a devil of a hijbfenb kicked up now I An express wisr sent to Ha ifax lor the intantry , and the Hussars , after charging with ball , returned , headed by Mr . Bnggs , to the rescue of th « ir companions , which they effected . Daring the affray , Mr . Brjfga rBceJved a wound on the arm fram a stone , which disabled him , and he went 'home ; . ; : /' . Uie . soldiers had previously received orders to fire , and these orders were carried iatp fcffact , we are afraid with a fatal resuit ,-but ot lhls we cannot speak witii certainty . i < up ) tk > Tueaday Weiiing , two of the soldier ' s horsea had not been heard of » the third had been retovered . Return we now to the

      passengers , who had , ia good earnest , Xo endtife the pelting pf a pitiless storm of stonea . These eotisislei of four or five iosida . andaboatthe « am « ntimfe ^ ptiteide . Mr . Barker , repettet ^^ for this paper , was onei t *^ th platter ,, and had a very narrow « scap ©; -his has \ ra « ' cat completely turcugh behind with a large stone , " ' and he received one or two severe wounda and ; several pontnsiens . A young lady ; Miss MaPhln ^ pf / Wfiftslbckstreet , Leeds , who sat ; between Mr ^ iBirfer and the driver , received : a frightful cat in the ^ headJ'SrhfcSi bled profusely . It is fortunate that the waddiag of her bohnet , waa vary thick j : for this dphbileaa had the eflfect of breaking tee force with wWca ; the stone

      had descended ; She waa going ohj / a , y » Ui ! b . to Mr . Cockerham , of Halifax ; and on enquiry there on Tuesday afternoon , we learned that she waa not inaoti worse for her injury . . A gentlem » n , named t » yc « clt , fr « wn Sheffleld , we understand , was very severely out about tha legs and in other part *; he : bled very much , and was obliged to leave the omnibus , and reBtein at a roadside house until surgical aasiatahce coulu be procured . He was attended very speedily by Mr . Holroyd , of Halifax , and after having his wouhd * dreased proceeded on his journey . The other passengers escaped with awre . ali f bMBJuriea . The omnibus was" much injured , andone ^ thetowe » wa » cut £ nthe l «< f by artone . The party afterthlagot « fe to ^ HaUfaxV-- ' * : M- u y- ^•/¦ : ^ -

      ' This affair having subsided / the people again met hi the afternoon , aeoordinK to arrstbgement , on Skircoat Moor . Large number were in ' attendance , andeverything ^ wascondaeted iapea « e ahdperfept prder ^ . ^ After thp meeting broke up , however , large assembhes congregated in the atreetfii and groups of people were seen wending their T » y from alidirectwHB towards North Bridge r oreriWhieh Uithe road l <> M ^ AkroydVmiU . kudwa ^ the BbadeS r wbieh is a power-loom establiahment . , About ^ or th Bridge , t e . lanon B ^ loa ^ i ^ g < Ao& in ihe same direction , aniting together * formed one immense assemblage . Soon after , asmall number of men , who wesl in advance of the main body pt rajsgted one by one into

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      TO X ^ RtlHSPO ?» OBNT 8 AND JFEIBNI ^—^(! feel j ^ i . in . aU parts of Ute Country , if they will take the trouble jo forward to the Office et ^ itingofimpor ? tafice that transpires in thieir respective lf 3 cdHties . eak y ^ xis : jpossibH after the occurrence - From all , ¦ towns vhert the Strike is held out , we s&euld like to /\ : have a letter by every pqst , iringii ^ up the netcs in a sortof ' continuednarrative . Will some friend in ¦ ¦ ' - "' eachplacesee tothisand oblige ml

      Maby Jones , Bristol . —We cannot insert the com municacion gent ; nor would it serveher if ' we did , The . ' informationsher seeks can only be com ' pelUd by law proceedings . / A / Constant Readek , laQxpoXi—Ye' . Mr . Pit' ¦¦ ' : kethly ^; is--gona /^' fAmefiea ^ but-not-ta stay ( here at present . He is gone to" look out' * and to sell his goods . He is inclined to act on the maxim , "iookbeforeyouleap . '' We -understand his intentions are to go over nearly all the States , and to make close observation and inquiry upon the points important to emigrants and settlers . The result of his observations we expert to be the

      means of giving to the toerld : Atywho know Mi . Pitkelhly will pronounce him tobe a fit man for jhepurpose * ¦ .. ;/ / . ' .. - , ¦ ¦/¦' ¦ ' : '¦' ; ' /'" . . ¦ ¦ ''¦ . . ; "¦''¦' A Chahtmhv ¦ Gabiisib , is thanked for the extracts from ¦ ' « . ¦; letter ioriUen : froin Lancaster Castle to AIe : Warden , of Bolion . They but bear oiit whatwebeforekhetodf the ungrateful man who has done his little best to sting the hand thai fed Aim / Perhaps ? a Carlisle Chirtist '' is not / aware of the fact that the man in question would have starved ichile ingaoh had it not been for the unsolicited bounty of Mr . O'Connor ; but we cm tell him that the fact is so : and that the sum of

      SEVENTY-EIGHT PMJNDS was GIVE ?* to him byrMr . O'Connor durvig his imprisonment' ! and , perhaps , * ai Carlisle : Chartist" is not aware that the grateful return made ' )' or this handsome , my , generous , treatment was the writing of letters , such its the one he has sent us , to whisper and insinuate away . the character of the man upon whose free gifts he was existing ! And " a Carlisle ChartisC viay not be further aware that so deep-rooted is the malignity of the unyrateful man , and so bitter is his animosity , that he declared , soon after his liberation , at the dinner-table [ ' - ' of' ojie trf the most stanch O'ConrieUiie ' Whig : R < dica ( &t / . in JEngland , thai ' Mr . O'Connor and the Star people bated him with that / hatred , that had hei or they , but courage , they would run a knife through hie heart ! " We

      . ¦¦ lire aware of , and can tell" a Carlise CkaHisl ' ¦ •¦• ¦ ; . ' ¦ these things ; and therefore we are not : surprised at the character of J the letter he has sent . .. " , ' ¦ As for the request he makes re&peoting the pubt'i-V ; cation of the document alluded to , all we can make ho promise ; we must see it first , ¦ / A Vvbsb , containing a sum of money , waspicjked up at the meeting helda fortnight since [ lastSunday and-is now in the possession of Mr . Isaac Kitchen , BradfordMndr . / > -.:: ;¦>¦ i To / our Readers AMD FniKMbs . —TAe state of our columns this day will be a sufficient apology for our silenct about , and nori ~ insertion of , many articles , b < ith 6 f news and observation , ieceived during the week . Some oj these are in type , but ¦ pbl'ged to be displacedf—the notice of ' . 'Mr * WesCs lecture at Chesterfield amongst them .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 20, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct965/page/4/