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      Mr . Akroyd ' s mill , and whea betwixt twenty and thirty i * d got in , some of the workmen inside , who ¦ were arm » d with stares , and sworn in as special console * , closed the mill-door , and secured the stragglers as prisoners . . PreviooB . tothis . a&attack t > tr " the ^ ShJKi 68 baTin ^ been apprebeEded ^ a hole ba 4 been broken tbxongh the roof , and it had been agreed that it the adltUrj should be required at fts place , a flag should be put through this aperture , and » man was placed on the roof of the Nofthgate Hotel , where the Hussars were stationed , to watch fit tins sgnalj and communicate to the military . As s ? oaasihepnsoiier 8 were secured in the mill , the signal was hoisted , and the HuBsaxa set off at onoe * i a quick pace , and the Infantry at a smart ran .

      towards ibe place .. At this time it must be remembered there , was do > attack upon Akrbyd ' s mill , and iie oclj symptoms of such as attack being contemplated by the people , was the entrance of the few stragglers , who were secured in the mill , in thejnannor we have described , and who were consider Ably in advance of the main body , who were at that fene passing , Tfiihoat any diswrbanoe , over . North Bridge . We have * heard different statements of the manner in which the melancholy occurrences , which in a few minutes took place , originated ; but all agree in this , that there was no tegular attack , upon the mill , and that . the people were not causing any farther disturbance than mast necessarily ba caused It the passage of so large a multitude along the

      road . . The most probable account seems to be the following , which we learned from an eye-witness : — Aa the soldiery wex « approaching the spot , the cavalry as &&wa&&U 9 p , and the infantry , at a quick run , ^' ie throng of people in the streets could not get oat of the way with sufficient rapidity , and there Wis some crowding and-jostlisg . One man in the way offered , unintentionally , as we understand , some slight obstrnctioa to the passage of the infantry , upon which one of them pricked him ¦ mtli his bajonet , aod tha man turned , round is an exasperated state ^ Qf ^ mind and said something cHensrve to the soldier , who immediately Btrnck lim down with the butt-end of his musket , A disturbance among / the . . crowd was the consequence ,

      juid unmedialejy , afterwards , the magistrate in attendance ( Mr » . ffird » of Bradford , ) and the officers &f the rqsjment were observed consulting together for a few seconds , and the next moment the soldiery fired upon the people . The first fire consisted only « f straggling shots , but the next fire wa 3 a regular Tolley of musketry from the whole body of the military . From Sand's Bank , the ground riBes fox a considerable distance in towering hills , and np these hills the people fled for their hv&s , and as taey fled the military continued to fire , and some of the men dropped wounded noon the grass . We Trent towards the scene of action immediately after the firing had taken place , and had not proceeded . Tery far , before we sat * an old man , apparently

      beivsdxt fifty and sixty years of age , borne in the . arms of a number of other men , apparently in an insensible state , and we were informed shortly after that he had received a mmket ball in the jgrbinj a few yards further , we saw another loan . ' who had been shot in the back , whose lead was sustained by Other man , and who appeared W be swooning , conveyed along ihe same road in i » jtart , and both , ire believe , together with another ' -Stan , who was shot in the leg , were taken to the infirmary . At this time the nrlitary were drawn cp along Band ' s Bank ; numbers of men were crouching down in the grass , bnt the great bulk of the multitude were gathered on the utmost eunmits of the distant hills , on the verge of the horizon , and far out of the reach of the miiitary . Prom all that we can learn of the origin of the

      affair , we thick there were no csreomstsaces to Justify the military in firing npon the people . No attack was made npon either person or property . Aud the people were proceeding without disturbance along the road . The soldiery proceeded along tbe streets , driving all the people before tbem , who fled to escape them into all sorts of avennts aad passages .- So peremptory were they , that thej compelled the people to dose their windows as they passed , and neither nen nor women conld - peep ontofanj aperrare , to obtain a sigh } of what was going on , without having a cluster of swords raised and shaken in menace at them . At a places called Garth , opposite the Pine Apple Inn , &t the end of North Bridge , about twenty or thirty people climbed up a wail , and got into a

      garden there , to get out of way of the military , and , as the latter passed by , hooted them , upon which the S&Jdi&ts fired -fifty Of sixty shots abore ibeir heads , « ud produced bo little consternation among them . Amongst the persona wounded was Dr . Bxamley's servant , who received a shot in his ancle . Another nan also , who was stanoing in Northgate when thelafeftrv passed , was stabbed with a bayonet in ^ Be shoulder . He was conveyed to Dr . Holroyd ' s . J ¦ ¦ _ t It is with mingled feelbyjs of shame and indignation that we bring before the public an instance of ¦ wanton bloodshed—a deliberate attempt upon human life , which we can designate as little less tbaa mnr--der , on the part of one of the soldiery . Mr . Bingley . the TeDortri&ribe SLeeda Times * and Mr . Hall , of

      the Leeds Mercury , "were eye witnesses of the circumstance , and were within a yard , or at moBt two yard ? , of tha unfortunate victim of military recklessness , when tie occurrence took place . The affair took place in Jung-street , which is in the ritanitj of the barracks and the police tffi . ee . A email lumber of the Hussars , who bad been clearing the etieets , turned up the bottom of King-street , and , after proceeding a few yards , were filing into a street called Kelson-street , which runs out of it : at the time that Jdessrs . Bi&gley and Hall were approaching tbe top of King-street , an old man , named Samuel Cro Wilier , a . aail-ijaJftr ,, was coming towards them , apparently to go to his own jesideDce , ' which was only two or three yards distant . ; At this period there was not

      the slightest disturbance in the streets , and indeed there were not , it- ib believed , tweet j persons in the £ jmeeketwixVt 3 jet © p-eftn ** Btreet » na the Boldiexv towards the bottom r a distance of probably nearly one handred yards . All the soldiery had disappeared along Nelson-street , except one man who paused and looted ia the iiirectioa of tbe persons abora mentioned , and then levelled his mn&ket , and appeared io take deliberate aim at them . Net th « slightest alarm was feii by either Mr , Bingley or Mr . Hall , who seeing no cause for violence , apprehended none , and regarded the action of the soldier amply as a piece of bravado , and looked at liim with perfeet unconcern . The soldier , however , fired , and immediately tbe old man staggered bat

      - » id reeled in the direction of his own door , made no outcry . Mr . Bingley exclaimed— the man . is shot , " or some such expression , but Mr . Hall , who had previously Been him in a fit , replied that he was only in a fit . In a few moments , however , a number of women rushed out of the house exclaiming that the man bad been shot , and on entering the house , whieh was crowded with women ntteringloud screams , the old man was found f lying on kis back , on % bed np stairs , with a wound in his abdomen , hi 8 shirt was saturated with blowi , and he ms writhing with ago ^ y . Messrs . B . aad H . imroeaiaiely went , to proenrB &e ajttsndaaoce of a surgeon . On calling afterwards , it was understood tbfct there was but little chance of his recovery . Tnreeiuen , dangtronaly wounded , wete at the whom had

      Iiifirnsary np to Tuesday evening , all of received their wounds at the firing which took piace near the Shades Mill ; one of these had a shot in hisfsrom , another m Ms back , and a third , who was a delve * from Midgley , had a shot in his leg , and the same evening waa obliged to have it ampntattd . A considerable ntnnber-were wounded , we btlieve , but only slightly . Thirty-six prisoners "Were captured in or about Shades Mill . Of these pri ^ oiterii . many fcad received sword wounds ; one had u cat across his ^ iand , another had a cut across the fortiead , anotcer on the top of bis head , a fourth had a trtmendous gash , three or four inches kng , on his head , and bis skull was fractured , and two or three more had contusions on thtir legs , eansed by blows from sworrfa . In fact , the poiica-cffiee was turned into a hospital .

      The mill ? were all stopped on Tuesday , at Elland , Cooper Bricge , Brighouse , Stainland , and Baikia-Uv . d . - ' -. ' - lHjmediateJy prericaB to tbo ekirmish at Salterhfcii > : e , lajjd-after tbe prigeisers bad JefVby the Irain , thr « ai £ were-made that the bridge across the railway should be pulled down , and it was stated io be their intentio n- toJet out the water in the tanks fer the supplj of the engine , at eereral stations . It umvtd that ttie tnrn-outs have entered into a T > oeu ecu io damage any property , and that if any dsmage srexe ewnmiitediy parties connecting theoiselves with them , th © y ; irouid jnake bo effort to pro tfcet or rescue them . . - > ^

      During Wednesday , all continued quiet throughoci thtrxJay except so far as an " excitccent , " by a mmowt tizat 3000 lanssshire Tibters were oh their way to-the towD armed . The military went towards " the benJer , 45 bnt of eonrse it was " no go . " Jonathan BeotB . Jax-dresser , of Northowram , who was cce -i > i lkt&t wounded by the firing at Band ' s Bank , dko at ten o'clock on Wednesday bigpt . He was BLotahrangk -the abdomen . Poor Crovfther is still aiive , and r is expected to recover . ' The number of wounaea-by ^ fhiB 4 mad -freak , amonnted . so far as « rald be aseirtamed , to thirteen , besides nuinbers of otbtrs w&o received slight woBKds ^ uid who « o ^ them Crested at the nearest droggiii ' s shops . A meeting of mill «* raerB was ield ^ on Wedne « i « y aftafcoob } ^ tEn ^ it-. war- tiefcmmed to rcsnnia wori on j . £ ! irwayiBoraing .. . u ' -

      : : ^ ' - ' XPNDON . , ; ,. The exetteamt iwpeetlng tie movement in' -the xonh eoBtomesto iaerease . The troopron living wwn oa Monday * ware c ^ npdled to charge the Ptsple at tl » point ot& 6 bayonet three several ^ es befere the ^ joedd-effect an entrance to the S ^ ' ^ -SjatHm , ---ttO policemen were stationed at vn&ifc gum to-prev « i * - » Dy * ttempt to destroy the ec nmuDi « iiOT . jqr'ijtilwajF .- 'Ehe emotbered ashes of j"feoii ! tiitare everywhere Bhowing themselves ; and we single tyrannical movement would kindle them JJ 5 ^ flaae 8 ' Meetings were held on Monday « m . Tuesday evenings , on CSerkeawelJ Green , very «« DeroagJ y * t , t * pd * d - ^ nd resoJatiens of imnpatliy

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      with the men of th « North were unanimously agreed to . The meetings then quietly dispersed . Early on Monday , placards were issued , calling upon the men of London to attend in their thousands on Stepney Green , on Tuesday evening , and express their Bentimenta upon the coaduci of the authorities in violently assaulting aad inhumanlv masscreing men whose only crime was want of food * . The meeting was called Tor "half-past six p * ciock ; about * six o ' clock two boardmen were Arrested at Stepney Green , and one ia the Borou gh ibr carrying a seditious libel , and conveyed to the station , and a letter was sent to the committee , stating that the chairman and speakers would be arrested if they attempted to hold the meeting . Upon hearing

      of the - arrest of the boardmen , Messrs . Drake , Tucker , and Wbe eler , proceed « d to the stationhouse to tender bail ; they were refused admission ; but eventually Mr . Tucker had an audience with Inspector Hatt , who peremptorily refused to accept bail , and the prisoner was immediately taken in a cab to Bow-street . The inspector also waited npon the printer , and obtained from him the name of the party by whom he was employed , thinking by these preparatory steps to intimidate the committee from proceeding with the meeting ; bnt they had mistaken their men . At seven o ' clock , not less that 10 , 090 persona having assembled , Mr . Dron was called to

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

      w That this meeting views with great apprehension asd alarm the present dire aad anprecedented discontent and dissatisfaction which prevails throughout tho northern districts , and hereby determine to memorialise her Majesty to withdraw tbe troop ? , and endeavour to ameliorate our fellow-brethreu ' s condition , by adjasting the bxistiag dispute regarding the reduction of wages , and pa&ing the People ' s Charter as the law of the land . " Mr . Mantz , in a very eloquent address , seconded the resolution . During the time he was speaking , the people were actually flocking np to the meeting by thousands , and covered such an extent of ground that it was difficult for the speakers to make their voices heard by the whole of the vast assemblage . Mr .-Parker , in a bold and energetic manner , supported the resolution .

      Mr . Spencer , in a speech which told wiih great eff < 5 Ct upon lis audience , protested , as a rate-payer , against the seeding of the soldiers and police to massacre the men of Manchester , and leaving the vast accumulation of wealth and population unprotected .. If they wanted eoldiers at Manchester let ihem send abroad for them ,-and not expose the inhabitants of London to the danger of a successful insurrection . -Thty might tell him that heoould be sworn in as a special constabb , but he did not feel inclined to perform that labour and thoBo duties whJch he paid others to discharge . : Mr . . Knott , from Asbton-under-Lyne , next addressed tbe meeting , statiag that he had but recently aTrived from the disiurbed districts , and detailing the horrible state of distress to which the operatives wtre reduced .

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

      cavalry at Knignisbrio ' ge barracks were under arms in the Barrack Yard , from six until past eleven o ' clock ; and the excitement in all parts of the town was intense . Although bail bad been refused for the boardmen , yet , at tbe close of the meeting they were conveyed in a cab back to the East End , and discharged , upon entering into their own recqg nizincesto appear at Bow-street on the following morning . There is no doubt that tho meeting was intended to be dispersed , but the numbers present made it of too terrific a character to be lightly meddled with . Daring the night parties who had attended the meeting continued to perambulate the streets , sieging patriotio songs . On Wednesday morning , the boardmen attended at Bow-street , accompanied by many of the leading Chartists , and were discharged by Mr . Jardine , the

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

      . ¦ . - LIVEKSEDGE . AUGUST 16 . A large body of men , apparently from Dewsbury and its vicinity , have visited Howden-Clongh , Biretal , Gomersal , Lutletown , Milibridge , asd Heckmoadwike , and have ' tapped' the boilers of all the mills they have come to , except corn mills , and have , ' consequently , thrown tbe whole of the hands idle . The demeanour of the visitants was perfectly peaoeablej they neither annoyed person nor property , and I have not heard of one millowner who offered any resistance , save one at Heeknj&n&wike , " who railed is good set terms- " The people of this district take neither part nor lot in the matter , and ask with wonderment what is to eomeiiext !

      SKIPTON . Several thousands visited thia quiet town on Tuesday , from Colne and other parts , and stopped tbe milk . The town remained quiet oa Wednesday . On Tuesday , the special constables captured , with the assistance of a few of the military , six of the turn-outs , who were committed to York . Mr . Gar fonb , ins of the magistrates , was , wo understand , much iDjarea .

      KEIGHLEY . Great excitement prevailed here on Monday . Several thousand turn-outs poured into the town between ten and eleven o ' clock , aad proceeded to stop all the mills . Every precaution wag taken by the magistrates , who issued a proclamation requesting all peaceable inhabitants to keep within doora , and swere in upwards of 400 constables , but for waoss services ih ? ie were not much occasion , not befnjc backed by any militar y * who were all engaged in jbe neighbouring large towns .

      POTTERIES . SHJELTON AM > HAXLKT . TD £ SDAT , IW £ LVJB O ' CLOCK . \ l have just hftard that fa © military stationed at Burslem have began firing on the people , and that two men have been killed , cne from Stoke-upon-Trcnt , and the other from either MacclesSeld or Conjjleton ; but reports are eo rife at tha present hour , that the extent of the loss of life cannot be told . I also hear that numbers are wounded , but how great a numbs * I cannot say . Thus proving that thejrnling few aro determined , at all hazards ¦

      to perpetuate their rule over tbe sonBet labour . Where tkese things will end I cannot eay , but this I do say , that neither life nor property is novr safe in these distriois . 1 would just make one remark before I ciose this , that , as a body , the Chartists bare had bo hand in the destruction of property thai has been going on here , nor has the advice oJ the Chanist speakers been attended to , for , bad that have been the case , I can affirm Lhatno such tiring as loss , either of property or life , eonTd ever have ocenrred .

      Auansi 17 ih . I tegane my narrative from where I left off in my report of yesterday , I perceive that I omitted to slate that the residenee of the Rev . R . E . Aiikins waa set on fixa sometime about two o'clock a jn ^ and what makes this worse , the Rev . Gent , waa a complete invalid , and report says that the state of excitemest into "which 1 b . e was thrown , has terminated fatallji bnt . this I cannot say tb . at I positively know , nor can . I rely 00 hearsay : taiesl i ^* ' * f alw toreport tint the elegant mansioa of TN . Parker , Esq . has shared the same fate , and oothiiig is to be aeea . bnt a hVap of ruins at efther of thpj » pjaoes .. . , A bnblie meetine wbb snddenly called by the

      inflaentialB of Hanley and SheitpB , r . t 9 < tevjsa the best means of r « lieving the diBtresses of the / iBhabitants of this oBce = fl 6 nriBhiB * g district .. Tbjs naeotrng was addressed by . Mr . Moses Simpson , : W . \ Ridgw&y , Esq ., Mr . John RichardB , andifr . rVm . Elhf , from Burslem . Much good speakiug yna the kbuIV bat fast as the meeSng was about to come to some denrife conclusion , the arrival of * body of . m litary put a stop to any further proceediDgs ; but not before the Charrist 3 had passed a vote for the whole Charter . Mr . Ridgway earnestly requested the meeting to stand firm , as it was a legal public meeting , conducting itself in a peaceable manner , and that the military had no right to interfere . A magistrate was with the military , I hear ajRev ., and he ia true

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      character ordered the meeting to be dispersed , which was done . The Rev .. Gentleman' then read tha Riot Act , and Kayestrict orders that all persons found in the streets should be arrested , , ; ; I have also omitted to state , that thera are pawnshops in tbejtpwnships of ; Hanley and Shelton , and surrounded the pawn-broker . * , ' demanding the goods which they had pledged , and though several persons addressed them , urg > ng that ic would ^^ be unjust in them to take back by force what they had pledged unless they paid the money they had had on those

      goods , yet the women would iave no nay ; their clokhe'S they would . have , and beiug emboldened by considerable numbers , forced their ; ¦ . way ipto the pawnshops and served tuemsalvea , % elbiag not their own property but any thing that came # to their hands , and taking many things belonging to other persons ; this morning I witnessed a spring cart full of females , guarded by bsith horse and foot , taken to Newcastle , and some men oto foot , between the sections of infantry , were likewise taken to the same place , for examination before tbe magistrates , and no doubt but most of them will be committed far trial at the next sessions . In my last I stated that two mea were killed at Burslem , it is now certain that one was shot dead , the other , though very ; severely wounded , may still recover ; his name is Jerrold , a bricklayer , at Stoken non _ * PrAn f

      CHORLEY . AUGUST 17 . About 8000 people entered Chorlay , yesterday , aboat eleven o'olock in the forenoon , principally colliers by trade , and succeeded in stopping all the works in less than two houra . A great number have gone to Preston this morning . All tho works aro at a stand to-day ; none hare dared to start tleir mills , with the exception o ? Medc&lf , the aiauager for tha estate of Dobson . A public meeting took placo laot nijght , and a resolution was passed to have tho Charter the law of tho land before they worked again .

      BINGLEY . : ; Several thousands left Bradford early on Tuesday morning , and proceeded tovparda Shioley , where they stopped all tbe mills without difficulty , there being no protective force . From thenee they marched on to Bingley , where they commenced rhcir work of patting a stop to all busines : ? . Whilo the Skip ton mail waa passing through , all perso » s got on that could find room , and rode on to Heighley . . . ¦¦ . . ¦ ¦" ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' ¦ WEnNKSDAY . Everything is quite at a frtand etill , and nothing is to be seen bnt the families oi" tho turn-outs who are parading the streets . STAFFORD .

      WEDNESDAY NIQUr . How matters will terminate h is impossible for one to tell . This part of the country is ia an awful state of excitement . On Monday hst , all the shops ia this town wore shut tip , and areat excitement prevailed in oonsequenco nf a repon that the coliiers ** were coming . " Three hundred additional specials were . immediately sworn in . The 12 th Foot were removed from this town this morning for tho Isle ot France , and were replaced by two troops of the 34 ib . If matters do not assume a different aspect soon , the whole of the Stafford irado will ba at . a stand-still , as u depends entirely on the Pwttery and the northern , districts , indeed many of tbe maiiiU ' aoturerswe already talking of stopping their Bhops ,

      MANCHESTER . The adjourned meeting of tho delegates from the various trades of Manchester and the surrounding towns and districts , to the numbtr of 141 , on business connected with the strike , assembled on Tuesday morsing at the Hall of Science , Camp FieJd , at ten o ' clock . . Mr . Hutehinson again took the chair . The Secretary oaLed over the natnos of tho delegates , every one answering to his name . The gallery was occupied by parties from tho country , who took great interest ia the important business for which the meeting had been convened . After toe necessary arrangements had beon made ,

      The Chairmaa opened the meeting by readinp ; the address which the Committee of Management iesned after the adjournment of the lass meeting . He hoped they would conduct their proceedings with calmness and caution , b n * still with firm determination He said that the very important position in which they stood , and the etaio of the district , called upon them to act with wisaom and prudvnee , and to briug their deliberations to a speedy termination , so as to give the people instractions how to act . He trusted they would act calmly and . act come to rash conclusions , as the eyes of all England were upon thai day ' s prociediugs ^ and it

      depended npon the decision to which they should come , how the movement would in future be conducted through the whole eounvry , and more especially the success of such movement ( cheers . ) The middle classes were about to cu . ll & meeting and had stated that they would be glad to receive a deputation from tbe working classes , in order that arrangements might be aade to work in co-operation wish each other , and thua strengthen the' movement . For hiaown part he saw a great change in the opinion of the working men of Manchester—much that had excited enthusiasm had abated , and they had begun to act and speak with reason , judgment , and reflection . There had been no feature of relaxation

      exhibited , nor any symptoms of change of opiiiieni but they were as earnest as ever , and appeared to see more tbaja over the n > . eessity of a great Btrusglo foi their political rights . He trusted they would deliberate upon everything brought before thim , aud come to Buch wise conclusions as their very responsible situation demanded . Mr . Scott , delegate from the bookbinders , came forward and mored the following resolution : — " That thia meeting do strongly recommend that all trade societies do from henceforth make political ecquiry and discussion lawful and necessary mtlicir various lodge ' s Qct-tr . igs . and society rooms ; and that they embody in their rules a law for the adoption of this great principle . " Mr . Higginbottom seconded the resolution .

      Mr . Morrisoa could not see the necessity of passing a reBolution of that deseription , nor did he think it was at all applicable to the subject for which they had assembled . If they were met npon a mere trade question , perhaps it would be in place , but at that juncture , when there was a cessation from labour in that district , and probably would be throughout the Empire , they onsht , ho thought , to take kigher ground . If they again fell into apathy , and the masters got them back to their employment without a proper understanding , both they and their C ^ nstituunlS would be more than ever tyranised over than they had previously been . The Chairman then replied to a hint which had bean thrown , out , to the purport that he , in hia opening speech , had made remarks wiih a view to damp the energies of tha -people ; he showed

      very clearly that he himself was firm , and emphatically urged them to show a bold front , and declared that they were not men if they adopted any meature that they were not able to carry out ; on the other hand , they were not men if they did not adop ; , every measure they could to ensure a triumph and . gain their political rights . Mr . M'Cartney agreed to ihq resolution , inasmuch as it would show that they , as delegates of the working classes , were aware of one of the main causes of political ignorance and meiital slavery , —which causes were that the discussion of politics had been ^ -xciuded from all sick and benefit societies . He then said there were men in from no fewer than twenty plaees at a great distance , who had been delegated fur the express purpose of ascertaining the decision of that meeting , so that they , in their localities , might knew what step 3 to take .

      Mr . Daffy agreed wirft the resolcr ion , though he mu 3 t contest h was from the bu 3 iueesof the meeting . Several other del elates saw the utility of such a resolution being passed , but thought it would be more In plaoe as the last , instead oi' the fixet . Tbe resolution was vnthdrawn , with an understanding that it wonld be brooght forward at fillOti&dr Stage of the proceedings . Mr . Duffy rcte « nd proposed this resolution"That we vir-w with feelis ^ a of -disgust aud iudigcation the efforts now made 6 y various parties llm / U !< hoat the country to nuerepiesent ; our position , our objects , as ; £ the " tnaaBs we xnsy decide npon alopling , in ordtr to carry out our intentions . We have been reprts , c-nted , as mere instruments in the hands of desUniui ; m&u of various political parties .

      This we ' most trnphatically deay . CalJed together bylhe spontaneous will of the people , we are determined to consult ihoir interests alonewithout reference to any . part of she country now stfnggling for politicalpower . The political emancipation of our countrymen is the fcreat primary object for which we are determined to contend at all haaards , uninfluenced by . calumny or miBrepieseDtation on the one hand , or . tha exeioise-of arbitrary power on the other .. ; We call upon * yoa most emphatically to suspend labo&r , and at once withdraw your money as individuals-or collective bodies from the banks , and l « avc that power which : oppresseaiyqu to . defend its own ' respiirifes . Stand fiim . Do yoor duty . We wiildobura . " ' ,.- < -. . v . - ;; ^ -- '• : ¦ ¦¦ -Y . i

      ^ IFhe re solution waa seconded aud irapborted by several delegates . ¦• • j-h - ^ •« -- w- . r ^ : r ; - . : ¦ ; -Jlr , Robinson moTed « ThsMhfs meeting ' ilo not agree with the present ' resolution , until we have hid a cdnferenba wittrthemiddle « lafe . " ¦* - ^> : * v This was aecoBded by » delegate -pTese&t . " " . ifiir . M'e » TtBey Buppohed ibef' 8 H »? aaf ^ 8 olutidn wiih a suggestion that it be printed and tdsied Hide by side with those placards . whichi f ^ eirt | ja « t ou t , wiih a view to cast odium and calumny on their proceedings . ; 5-V ; ;> r ;¦;¦ - , ' |; - ; ^ v :,. ' Several delegates eaid money was tlbt SO very plfcnt ^ ful , and -what ; they had was df niore' value than to be thus spent ; whilst others thought that the address of Monday would be sufficieni without an additional placard . Mr . F . Taylor , from Royfon , could not agree with the resolution . The will of the people had been ascertained , and therefore they onght to take some

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      determined step , either the ont : Way or the other , for ltbeWf . ,: The middle elasaes , ami mbiiy ot tha moat talented rich men of the country were anxioua fox the ¦ decision . He bbliev-ad that they , as the xepre : sentativea of the working classes ' , would nbt be doing their duty if they did not aot with the feeliags of their constituents ; : Many of th ^ del ^ atea h « r& deolMei that the ttfc > jonw were vfor the Charter , and argued that , as , Hottest . men * they ought to speak bat as men iBtr ? sted . with power , and decide at once . what position they Bbdald take , ani whether the mov « ment sheuld be for wages or for a poUtioal ob jeot . •¦ ; ¦ - , ¦ ; . ¦ . .-. ¦ ' . ¦¦¦ •¦ :-: . . ; . ¦ , ' : - : - ¦ ' ¦ - . . - .. . - . ¦¦ , - .. Mr . Dofff withdrew his resolotidti . v

      Mr . Stott fOBe and mored , * That from ' the statements made before this delegate meeting , jit is eyideiit that a tremendous majority in these great manufacturing districts , are in favour of the People ' s Cha , rter beoommg the law of the land . and in oonformity with that opinion , it is at this stage of theproceedmgs necessftry , that a definite decision should be coma to relative to the fiitare coarse of abtJoi to be immediately adopted by the working olasswi stating aenniteiy whether labour should be further 8 UBpendedojfxesnnjed . " ; This resolution was seconded by Mr . Thoa * Whitaker , and carried by a larare maioritv ^ nu

      ¦ .. mc * ^ * Malary movod the next resolution , That the people ' s delegates , now assembled , do recommend their constituents to adopt' all legal mean ^ w carry into effect the People ' s Charter ; that they send delegates to every part of the United Kingdom to endeayour to get the co'dperatioh of the middle and jabonring classes in carrying out the same , and thatthey cease work uhtilit becomes the law 0 fth ^ : laad ^ ' : '; -Vv : ¦•¦ .. - ¦ ; , v . - \ -. ^ -,,- /? i : ' -: > ..- ^ .. . Seconded by MrVF . Taylor , of Roiyton . The delegate from the eDgnbvere moved , as an amenefmeut , " Tuat the people forthwith xesame work . " : - ^ ¦ :.:..: > -: \ ... ¦ .: . ¦ ¦ -.. - ' . - ' ¦ : . •¦ - . - ¦ - ; - : K : ^ -: ' ,

      Seconded by a delegate \ vhose name ' we did not obtain . , ¦'¦"¦¦ , •¦ ¦ •• . ' . ' : . . :. . ^ v ^ . ^ ; r . \ - ; ¦' ;; -.:. ;• After several delegates had supported the motion , news was brought into the Hall that the public funds wore falling . 4 The information ' emanated from the Mark Lane Express , and was redejyed with ! loud applause .. \ ¦ ' ., ; . . ' . / "¦ . ¦ ; ' ' ¦ :: - ' / .: -. ' ¦ .. ' . . 7 ' • . ;' . ' - :- '"'" .,- ' . ' - ; : ' : '" ¦¦ ' ¦ . - ¦ A discussion arose regarding the means Of carrying out the resolution , if adopted , on which many gave their opinions . Some thought it Would be a failure for the want of food and funds ; whilst others , animated with feelings- of enthusiasm and hopes of success , said that in the moral revolution of a couiitry such things as money aad foodformed no

      part ot their serious consideration ; In one place , said a delegate , the people had already made provision for ; four months . Both manufacturorfi ¦¦'¦ and workmen ' , had cenified their intention of rendering them support so long ab they behaved themselves well One gen tlemanwithin ai ' eiv miles of Manchester , had offered to give £ 2 G 0 if any other gentienian would contribute jfilOO . Tho Leigh delegate , on behalf of his constituents , wished th ^ m io keep to tha wage question alone . Tho delegate ! from Glbssbp district said , that at all tad incetiugs vjrhich he hadever seen , aud they had been very numerous , the "' people ' had

      passed resolutions for a fair day ' s wage for a . fair day ' s work , and abovo all to obtain the People ' s Charter to protect such % ages for the future ji and he believed if the working classes generally , came to such a conclusion , the shopkeepers would render them their support . He thought that if the people stood still for anbtber month there Was ample pro vision made . When the work was well begun every man snould put his shoulders to tho wheei . Tlie question then was discussed . ' at great length relative to meanB to be adopted to provide : the people with' < O 3 'd ; V ' . ' ^ ' .. " ^ : ' y : . ' ¦ ¦ : :- ¦ , . . ¦ : ' . C .. ' - . .- '¦ '' ; . ; v . ''•¦ ¦ v . Mr . Gftmer moved a resolution to thi effdok .

      M That taking off restrictions on commerw would benefii the people , and of ooiirse was superior , as a question , to that of tho Charter , ' * V ; This was the delegate from the Engravers of Man-. che 8 . er .. ;; ' . '¦}¦ . . ¦¦ ¦''¦ ; 1 ' . - .. - - ; .. •;; ; ; - -- ¦ ' . ' ' . ' . ' :. ;;¦ ' .. .. ¦ . . ; . ' ;; ..: " ! -V : ¦ The delegate frond Hyde supported coming out for the Charter , to get good wages ; and preserve them . Ho had travelled through all parts of the kingdoni , aud ho found from experience that the prevailing opiiiion of the working men * enerally was in favour of thy Charter , when an opportunity came ^ for obtaining it . There never was " a better chance than the present one , und therefore the meeting of Dale ^ gates , tho ISxecutive , and the middle classes , Bhbuld uuito and embrace it . ' ' . Mr . Fielding , near Lees , representing the winders ,

      said he tested the meeting whioh elected him , and found it was decidedly ia favour of the wage question . Two delegates-from the same place said that the people generallv were tor the Charter , I because they concoived that if they went in by the inducements of the manufacturers , the latter would make reductions before thoy had been in one week , and the working classes , when the meeting was dissolved , would bo turuod away , if they professed to have souls of their own . '¦¦;¦ . ; ; . . ;¦ . ' ¦ . ¦;;/ " ; - - / ' ; ¦; '' ¦^ ' ' ¦; - Mr . Neild , delegate fe > m the hatters near Oldhatn , seoonded tho aojeadment of Mr . Garner ; and did $ b because Great , Britain was dependent upon to ? reigners for " food : to , prove wiichi he read a Btatistical account 4 t what amount of corn had been imported . - ' - '¦ ¦ ¦; ¦ ; ,. ; - , '¦" ' ¦¦ ¦ , v " . i . i- - -: . ¦ :, '¦ ;¦ ' : ' :. "¦ ¦"' ) ' : - ' -- : ¦ ¦ : '¦ : .. ¦ •• . ' ,-. ¦'

      After a discussion on the merits and demerits of the reauiao-work amendment , the taking off restriotiocs on commercB , and- the resolution for the Char-: ter , and that , bo , haaiy- or rash resolution might be come to , it was eugtjtwted that the delegates should adjoiirn for an Uo ^ ri- ^ -yrhjoh wot immediatcly done . O . i reraasombiing , ; Mr . Hutcliineon , the chairman , again , opined theprcoeedinga pi ' the meeting by remarking that the : twoiamenamentB would leave a minority , whioii , though small , would tend to weaken their measure a : beosmsej on such important quewtions they should by ali means be unanimous . It

      they were not , the consequences would be id jurioua to tha greai body of ^ the working dlasses . A delegate then rose aud said he believed that it was expecud that the delegates would decide the question ! at once , ¦ ither one way or the other , as to whether they must rename work or stand out until the Charter ia obtained . He hoped all delegates would agree to work with the majority , let it be what itmighl .: . - .: ;\ - . V . ' : ¦ . : ;; : . :: '; ¦ ;¦ ;• ¦ ' . ' / .. ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ , . . V ,:. V ¦ ¦' . The Secretary here read the following bill , which had been issued by the manufacturers sitting in King-6 treet;— \ v ¦ . ¦' ; ' . ¦' : [¦ ' ' ; -r ¦ : / : ; V " ¦ ' ' -: . ' ; - ¦¦ :- ^ ;*• Committee Room , King-street , v 15 th AHgust , 1842 .:

      :.. " Resolution of a Committee of spinners , manufac " turcrs , machine-tnakerd , millwrights , meohanica ' printers , dyer ^ , and others , ; eiBpleyinJBr- workpeople in tho boroughs of Man cheater and Salford , passed this 15 : h day of ; August , at h&lF-past one o ' clock . He 3 olved unanimously— - 'That the mills and other pablib works of Manohe 3 t . er and Silfoird bo not openqd for work until the wurkpeoplo triorem en > pfoyed signify their desire ; -. toresuine laboir . " ? . ' -. -- -v ; Mr . Stott said he had been ; roun | i the town suioo the adjournmant , and he must candidly jeolare that ho never before saw so inany countrymen in the town as he bad just seen , and he took the opportunity of eliciting their opmions , which were in every instance a declaration . that the Chartar should be made the law of tbe land . ¦ : ; : The seoretary said that he bad just heard that the Chartist Conference had passed a resolution calling upon the people generally , ' in Qfeat Britain , to cease labour . , - : . ' ' •• v -: " . \ •¦ . . " : " .. ¦ '' ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ y- ¦'¦¦¦ - ¦ .- ''¦¦¦ •; ¦

      Mr . Duffy rose and made a moat powerful speech , shewing the evils of class legislation , and broke up the arMumcBt of those Ayho vrpuld wish to infuse a spirit of apathy amongst the people . . It hud been aeked who woHld support them , he would assure them that if they made a bold stand the whole nation Would support , them- ;~ " ' - "T : \ ¦ '" y ¦ .: ¦ A delegate from Oldham , repre 3 enting from ^ OOO-to 1 , 500 operatives , said that hia constituents declared enipfiaticully for the Charter . The delegate from the fustian cutters the sanao . A delegate rose and asked liow many there were preeent -who had any understanding or securiiy tr at tho maisters would advance vra ^ cs ? To which ifaSQ was no . reply . If they < said he ) vrens back without getting higher wages and protection too , ii ); ey ^ woujdyydnly : be lavished at ( hear , hpar . ) He and hjs coustituents were fvr making a Furojjb of U while th « y were akdtiS tho undertakitiK . /¦ '¦ ; . / .- ' '¦ i ¦ ... ' . \ :-y ,- - -..,. ¦; - .- < : > .: ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦>• .. ' -

      The Delegate ftbm Glosspp said , IQ answer td a delegate front Sulybridge ,. tlia , « it ' AliaEiaBteradid rcduca -wages , and they did coma out to resist a reduction , they would -never go in ( again ^ ^ till the People ' s Charter is the law o ^ tho laad ; . ¦ V Mr . Ai'C ' ariaeyHrged . them to weigh well th ^ sfcsp they were going tb ' tafco , Iti giy ' mg in their d , ^ oi 8 ion . Fft , een ! thousaiid persons had ueat : , him to Bay that they would pr « ceed for the Charter ; ¦' ., Yet he ^ -wished not . fcr either himself or his . constituents to . lead thotn to adopt a measure of whiohthey would ^ afterwards repent , ^ ^ but do 1 that whioh they were coavincoi would be for the geieral ^ obd of the comjaanity But if { Ley . agreed for a cessation fi- ^ ia labour , that they ( the delegates , ) would , not leavei the people , but endeavour to carry }| : out , and jtakeiheir proper position ; as leaders of tho movement . If they came to a fleciBion Hx j& oessation from laboui ^ bothlhe aiii by tUe < i

      his constituency would s ^ aud re 6 olution . > : The Delegate from ^ road BpUQm saji they came out for wa ^ es iri tKaVSisfridti " - ; % : ^ ju ' -vs ^ vt Tfiershoemaferafdefega ^^ oia ffleSjfia ^ i he had to ¦ inform them thai the working men , of his village werediBciaidiipoa ^^ the ' aae « tioi ) i , ofjiWagesvandrtno Cbajrker ? flrit to ^ iure ihem . ^ . Partiea had said that they Wad nottbftmoana of going tar the Charter . He would a ^ them fVoia what source they would pro * cure th ' emea ' ns of can-y ing the wage qaestion ^ beeause the njanuiSdtiirerB hiid declaredi ^ poy would qofcgive an advance bifwages ! The reaspn the Lees people had rdted kr thewage < iueatio 4 that mornings was , in conleanence of the delegates going from the meetr ing en the d » y previovis , and telling them that if they would stand for the Cbarter , tha middle classe 3 would withdraw their support -from ^ hemY The Delegate from Mossley . argued strongly in favour of the wago question . ; : : ' .-v ^ -V . '' The Delegate from » facsarir at Bury ,, went for the wage question . ' : ; ¦ V . r- ¦ ¦' ;• ' ¦ ; ¦ ' •;¦ - v' - ' : ;; .- . ' " ¦;¦ •; ; - "¦ . - ., ' ¦ ,

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      v ^ $ tpm w ^ locality' / ' ^ h ^^^ o ^^ ri ^ i ^ f ^^^ i that their cohstitueats wished to make it a wage question . tHeitkiiU ^ i ^ ir ta ^ e ^ dfelionest on the part of those who had : brdaijht out tha honest men of Manchester . Tfciey could nofc make it a wage qnestion ; bis own trade ^ liad ei ^ Bflded £ 6 , 000 , and other trades had spent oaore in tryiag to keep up -waKeBKvv--: V- -: " : ^ :: ;/ y ^ :: \ ,, - ^ : :. -. ' ;;/ .. ; . .-,. r Ther delegate from the mechanics of Patricroft said , on the authority of the chainoan , that the mechanics had spent £ 3 , 000 , 000 in three years . He

      wanted the trammels takeiiloff oommerce ; ho wanted tolesaen the Uiatioa of the coantry , and likewiso to have ; liberty ; . ; ; .-he " - % a ? xeceiviag 27 sbiUihgfl per week ^ and some of hia : fellow-workmen were receiving more j but both ha and they ha < i not oorae out ; for an advance of waives , but were willing to standoiran equ&Hty wieh those who were . b ' alyx ^* ceiving seven or eight shilliags per week , providinjj the latter would insist npon having political power in thevpreaenV : struggle . "It was all nbaseuse to talk about wages when it wag ; equally as easy to obtain the Charter as an advance 01 ' wages .

      : The Delegate from CoBjpstall Bridge said that neither he nor his constituei ) t 3 had coma out upon the wage question . They had not left their employment of their own accord , bat had been forced out by the people of Hyde . Still , now they were out , they were resolved to have a fair day ' s wage for . a fair day ' s work , and the Charter . ; A manufacturer at CompataU Bridge was quite willing that his haads should remain out till tho employers generally would consent , to advance wa ^ esand had signified his intention to assist them during the turn-out .: He gave ! orders tWat a < sow' should be made ready for alftughter , and the ^ poher , wasto havacut'itnjiilw be'distributed ^ mentB to Drovid « foM lire bein ' e maael when all of

      a sudden the said gcntlemin alxferel' ^^ ind ^ ud gave ordersitHat the bow ' fflust ' ho . t'j ^ ib ^ i ^ 'a ^ ed : Whatchad ; e ! iQ ^ e 4 ^ fmfta gjy ^ ' igou ' nter ordors , ih& replied that he heard that ttto / turnroui ; was taking a very different conTse—it . had become » political queBtion , t o ^^ support wliich 1 he begijed to ^ be eicused . Theifcarids , nothing . daunted , were willing to keep the political viatv of ifte question , nbtwith-Btanding the withdrawal of sachsiippoife . The delegate from Rochdale detslarecl that the meetings , and they had been very numerous , were determined to have nothing less t ^ au . the Charter . Another de'e gato ^^ roseand said tna ^ ierepresented a meeting of 8000 , who instructed ^ h $ i > i to . yoie , ^ hat they remain out until they obtained-the Charter ., . 1

      . Thy : maeting was liere interruptea by inteUlKence being brought that theniilitary und the . to ^ pffic al ? were at tho Hall door . One ot the dele ^ diea . : ' " want out to afccertftiii ^ whether ^ such- was the case , who returned and said , that the magistrates , police ; military , and special constableB had BurrQiinded . thf ) building . ( Loudcheersj and cries . of VW ? hop ? . ^ iay will protect us . a , a trie real represehtai ^ ves < jt - the pedplo . " ) . ) -M . r . . James L « we , door ^^ keeper , then , came up and said that Mr . Beawick and the ; matystrates were . ' '" ' knocking at the doot , and t / ished to ; Kuqw , through the medium of the Chairsia ' n ' , ' , whether . ho must allow ih ^ m to corns in 0 ? not i The Chau * mah » ia reply , gave ordera to a ^ i mitthemi 4 fjera short pause , Mr . Beswick , the head of the police forced

      came in and ; advanced , accompanied by Mr . Lowo towards the rostrum , wheii the Chairman accosted him by asking him : if he was a delegate . Mr , Beswick said he Was not . but Rresutaed that the Ghairaiati knew- who ha wa . 3 . Tiie Chairmaa eaid that was a Jelegate meeting , and he wished tpkhow \ yhether he was a delegate or not , as he was a perfect strangor to him . Mr . Beswick then gave his name , and - . Mr . ' - Lowe gave his capacity . The Chairmiu said that waa a strictly legal maetmg , and wished the business to proceed . He had no objection to hia remaining ia tho rooin providing ho Would be peaceable and orderly , and insisted that they be allowed to proceed with tho busmess . He ( Mr . Beswick ) then stated that the Alderman of the Ward had been to the toiiQQ Station to lay complaints against the people assembling around the building in large numbor ^ which alajrmed the

      inhabitants of the uei ^ hbourJiood- Hfl came down aii d saw such was the case , and afcer the Proclamation being issued that all meetings whioh cauBad the peopletd asse-mble in large nuabera were illegal , he did riot expect to have fouud such a numercua meetiDg aa he then ^ aw before hitn . ; - ¦¦ ' The Chairman said that every precautioii had been . taken . ' : to make the meeting legal . People were allowed to be in the gallery to listen to what was said ; the reporters of the ^ nblic pres )> were also admitted . They had sent out several timesi to request the people to disperse , which he conceived Was 6 ufiloienfc to conyince him , aad the authorities , that they wished not to break the law , Thoy , would try what they cotiid do to psrsaade the people to disperse , and if they could not , they ( meaiiioK the delegates ) would send for his . ' assistance . V . ¦ Beswick then left the room , stating that he would go and tell the magistrates . .: ' ¦¦ - . " ¦¦ ,-.--r . ' - ¦ ¦ .. ¦ : ' -. -: r \\ ' -y-- - ¦ :

      Shortly after , Mr . Beswick came in , with a gentleman of either presumed or legal authority , and surely , if all the world had . belonged ' -. to' him , h « could not-6 how it more . He . had . a similar interview with the Chairman ; but to spe ^ k as dfsput ^ nts th « latter haduertainly the best , atid , in our opinion , proved that they ^ were acting fooliali i without author rity , and , therefore , contrary to law .: ; ; v Finding that they could neithev frighten nor aigue tho Chairman and Delegates ' 6 ° . ^ of the matter , he returned ; and in a short timo came in again ; with two magistrates , who thbagbt to awe the Chairman by asking him if he was aware 1 that thatwasaniHe ^ al meeting ! The Chairman said ; it-i was net his plaoe

      to 1 prove . tnat—ho himself * : believedI to tae contrary . On bearing this , a young man , with a handwlup in his htind , ¦ menaced it before the deleyatea ^ and said that he was not going to parley with them . He . would give them ten minute ' notice tod peise ; and if they did not they must abided the . . onsequenpe . The authorities then stumbled out of the room , with all the pomp and pride ; of bloodhounds of despotic and cljias-made law . The Ghairman , on . their departute , put the amendmente , when twelvo Were shown for one , and seventeen for the otnerv He then put the motion , when upwards of 120 voted for it . The meeting was then adjourned to the Sherwood Inn , Tib-street , at ten o ' clock on Wednesday , :

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      f *? iDDBEsa ' . ' -ib ^ Mk l * ATtoNAi cosm ^ scs ^ ro tub ¦ -- - ¦ V ^ W ' ^^^ v ^ 4 i ^? SW ?^ i . ' y' ' > 'M : ¦' -: :: , Brother CHABxfMsiy ^ ThMa ^ rScr have . ^ epad you in * poverty i and 2 «« iimnlated . vast ; incomes by your labtrari hav ^ - turned opon *' J . QU flren jriXyour distress , and woaJd phtOffi JOtf fpt lortei jp the gulph : 6 f mrsexy . ¦; : Failini ? to pnrcb ^ se ypar aid tor theacpoiaplisViment' of their tnvh ^ sOTtlidonda ^ th ';? have effrfotually put into forcSr the ^ dofcttrine , chafc " nian has a right td do what he ^ ® K 3 wiihbi ? : pwii ;' and , in the hope of statving ypa ! tetp eaoatpiipricj with their wili , they hare paralisfld ? the ban ^ of labour ^ -of the old and the young ; Yea-, ; infaacy . and

      old age are alike instrument in t ' oteif haaw * ft > r ; enhapcins tbBjnteresfoof theirorderi . ^ Willing still to labour for » bare jwt ' siice , ; -. ond ' watcriing o ? ent 8 pejLcefnHy which mk'lil ; lead to " the attainment of your jii 3 t rights , and thereby reader you independent of ; the u 6 ppressor'a ' Will , ^ yDu ; were ^ cast : upon the i -wide world for supppr ^ 1 ? hauka—¦> eternal thauke , to the brave and indepehdeiA Trade 3 of Manchester . -r « Ttiefsavr ( be evil , arict lioblj ^ hrev ? their coiaparative ' doniiy ^ irtto ' m Theyhslvo « m <) k ^»^ t ^ or : wages , but for priiacipje ; andyregatdiesS'of ^ fionseqtliences to themselvesj they ; have taken tbfl'forcjjrduhd in '' -your cause . They have declared that : they will cease to toil till all labour ; shajl be justly reunited ; whicb , iu their opiasoa , canho * Wen ^ c t % djii | th e Charter become law . Must hprth ^ ii' Hatniji be iianded down to ptwtcKuy fei

      03 patrioti , eMrifining thWirown ' ^^ ^ ephvenibneo and . eontfpxt i fo ^ iiliB ^ tahns ^ BS-bP ^ of ; their ft 41 >> wmeh ) WKj > . 'ieai rwjtbhold-pxajsefrom such men ! ""' ' ITpu haWnb ^ trilclj ; - ~ you Aav : e been stricken ; bnt fet-tne " , eWi ' e ' wdqJi . iipqpV ^ i ^ atTXanJS who havejso to $ s )\ j . ar ^ e ^ - ^ eiafie ^ eft egajnat the ; interesUtof 'laMOT ;;/^' . ^ ;;^' - ^;! " ^; . ^ . ^ ; ,.. ^' ^!^ - -: >' . "¦ " ' " ¦ ' ¦ r ^ .-^» fe ih ^ se ara nottimes to hesitate 'The cmti na ^ a . golfle ^ jaue , while your visages are palo : Vflx ^ Ji ope ' forinarigoandI better times . Wearefortm ) : ifa n having an accredited Executive , bearijig tha eiinfidence of all at onr hcad ^ They , too . havacalWd upon you . Ypu will read their address--it breathea a bold and manly spirit . We cou } d not , in tim-js iiko the present , withhold from them , your servants , our cordial support , as in union a ione is security to ba t ' oond , and from unanimity alone cinsacccisa be expected .. --- - - ' "¦ . ' : ¦ : ¦¦ : "¦¦ '¦ ' ' :, '' . ' ¦' - ¦¦¦ ¦ y '¦ ¦' .

      Thisis not a volantary"holiday ! " It-is the foroed " strik ©' - of ill-xequrted labour againdt . the dominion of all-ppwerfu'l jtypital . But as the tyrants iav « forced the ' alierrfatlxe ^ flQn you , adopt it- ^ and out of thetippriis&rhi $ r $ i % leifrs ^ Qia sprinfif . ;^ i ^ ::-y y " ^ . aile \ we , hife .: noi ; . ij ? se »? tfee TdnginatOTa of , we atd ' yeiibpld-iBpopgh ^ iBa ^ oppr ^ r ^(« ni ^ yv stfckio ;! i ^ rat lterithan becoaia tpols for yoaV ^ n , Qip 3 trH 6 tionVa ^ d ? inay a bit to spare ' andfyvaii ] ii asfsBQ il-tontenstrui ^ uKSJ for their ¦¦ ¦ rights ^ fcol the Tgripe of hiiugsr , aud the sjiilmorafitiQgywj ' . gcifgof- ^ erfiog off » prinffj ;¦ ¦ ¦ - 'BroiSerp , ' jCwe are j / tpxlhy of your confideacs , we ; hiust ^ prove / thai we . merit your esteem . Bear us then ,: aiidi maifc wall oar ' admonition . Let no

      act of youra , take- the { odium . from those who hav > goaded yj ) u into xeaistancei and ; who would now tprt-ap yp » ,. becapso you do fesi' 34 . Be not deeoiVui }'; for , althQugh ; th 9 , diset > mfitted Whigs hare attempiea to iralSy their scattered forces , under this new pretext / yet . will ; all of their order in society , of whatevet shade in , politics , join with then in throwing upon you the odium which belongs 1 to you ? oppresgprB ..: fiat ; , heed them not . . Gur ' tJ is the battle of Latonr against Cipitil—of Poverty against ^ ror pcrty—of R'gafc against Might--of J ^ usticd againsi IniuEticeyana of Knowladge agamst Bigotry aiidlni tolerance * / - : '/ -: - ' ; - : ^ '¦ ¦' . : ' y ^ - ' ; ¦ ¦ ¦ /'¦ - r . . ¦ .. '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . '¦ ¦"' ' ¦ ¦" ' . This is a holiday , proclanied noi by nitnra ; m 6 * 6 unaatura-lly proclainae ;}; and may tHe wicked fall into the pit . waich they Hare dil ^ f . ' ; . :

      Let union and peace bo the Chartrst vratch ^ vord . We ctvuncil you againsi Waging warfare against xecpgaizad authority , -while we believe the moral strength of an united people to be sufficiently pcrw ^ rful , when well dirtcted , to oWrcome all the physical force that tyranny can summon to its aid . The blood of / yomvbrotlsera h&a / been s&ei wh ' uti pe&ea ^ fully agitating for . their tighte ; and theMare dele * gates of the 1 trades of Manohester hive been scattered from their place of maetine , -, at the point of

      the baypnet ; yet will the frieiids ot justice ever find a refuge so long as nature's canopy stands , and- so long as those for whom they struggle stand by them .-,. ; ' . . ' :- . y- -.,. ;; ' : - ; ' . " •/" . ' ¦ > : v ; . - ' ry r ' .. ' , . ¦ : ¦ ¦' - ¦ . ¦' . ¦ --- As the people appear to haYO raado tha " strike 1 of the League' * for a repeal of the Cora Laws / into >• stand for principle and the ChaTtcr , wo wOnld . iia ^ plote every ^ ^ maii / iovin V justice ^ and having a ' . -shilling at his command to advance it , upon the good understanding that free labour will ere long repay tha loan . V ' ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ . - ¦ ¦¦• . •¦ . ¦ ^ : y ' ¦ -- .- ' ¦ "" . -: ' ¦ ¦ ¦ -. - ¦¦¦• ''¦;¦ .

      ; Brothers , the Trades havb issued a noblo address . Itbroathe ^ ji . spirit iwbrtny of-old Iaw 3 and old English liberties .. Tbis , brothers , is the time foji !" cPqrage , prudence , caniibn ,: ; watdhfalrjess , and re » soluii p ri ,. ; . .: ;/ , . ; y - y , y .-- - ' -y- ^ ^"" yy ' i ; ! -y " J - '¦¦ ¦ ¦ - '' ¦" - ' In conclusion , brbthors , 'W « ; would , above alt things , council you against tho ^ estiuction of Ut ' o ov property . ¦ •" ¦ , .: ^ : k : ' j , ii : ' ^ hAi ^ . ^^ / : ^ - - '\^''"^' - ' : l ^\ Reiaain . firm to .. yonr ; . pHncfpIeSi' which are to be fouud ia the document lentitlsd the Peoplo'il Charter ... /> ¦ ' - ^ ' / - ¦• , : - ^{ , ;/ -v - ;¦;¦ :. '¦ .. ; - ;/•;^; ' / Men be wise Ivand vdo ? nofc ? co )^ ityotiriei [ ve ? ot your causo . Lefcall-your aeW ^ bs ^ ri'tly Iczal and cdnstitutioDal ; and ere long yipu ' r eheinics ^? ill discover that Labour is in truth th' 6 souirce ^ or " all Wea' jta and ihould |^ the only source of Pbw ( 5 ri ; f ; ; Imcaediately after the adaptioiV : ofth 0 address , it was resolved unanimously , ' -f- -w - ? - : ;

      ; " That the thanks of tho Conference b , 6 given to the Executive , for their energetic JTabdiirs oa . bobalf oftnepeople ' i" ¦ . - . - ¦;¦" ; ¦; . .: ; '¦' : ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦' " ' ¦' : : " . ' . y ' . ' ; : ' : /¦ - ¦ ///¦ ¦ -- - ¦ . " ; - ; And it was then 1 resolved unanimously— " That this Con ferencP do now ; dissofv « . ' ? ; v :. j ; ^ -iy 1 . And the delegates immodiately dispersed to their several- . hptoes .: ;;/ o .: ; - ¦ . .-. - r-... -r \ v .-- i ^\ yi : - < H-- ' -y ' : - -y [ By an unfortunate accident , in a few copies of dnr first edition the resolution of thanks toiho Executive / wasomitted . ] : ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ . .. . . ¦; ' ; / : -

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      • MK ^ Da GUf TA fLok'yfijl ^ i ^^^ o ^ rigiplaoa ^^* during -thia , 'ii « cfc fpxtbigMp ) jif ^ el ^^ r-Maad ^^ mW i >; f ^ iiiiPi ^ 1 ^^ 1 ^^ dav , at ^ Poi eiainKktn- } JMiSJ * 0 IJoImft ^ Saiuifaiwijx !^ ' ^^ ev ^^ fpo ^ da ^ p ^ fatlfeUi ^ piS ^ ^¦ i ^ ' A ^ Afej ^ ffl ^ t ^ fliR ^ Holme ^ Tnnrsday , ¦ 8 ep ^ l ^^^^ Ji ^ i , i *^ o ^^ i ^^^ i t ^^ ^^^^?» P ^»^ ^ ' # f ^ M - ^^ X ^ - ^ f- v ^; -s /< r- -+ 4 ^ bf > i 0 >; a& } , z %$ }; $ ; f $% fr y 't fc&sHfc ^*** - T ^ x ^^ Mir | . g ^ t- H ^ ; Chartist Room , this evening , ( S ^ trijiay ^ >^ « gaC ( o ' clock , » nd again on Mtrnday everiifig ; atr eigh ^ ? o ' olock . Mx . Tayloi wiU very probably preach tw <^ sermouB to-morrow afternoon and evening , ; in thd-Eame place . ' - ' :-y-: : ' : :: ' " \ ' ' "'' ' -: ¦/ . "¦ -. ¦ - ¦ ¦ : ; -- ¦ ¦ ''' - ;¦ Manchesteb . —Caspentbb ' s Hau ,. —Two lectured will be delivered in this Hall oa Sunday ( to-JBorrow >

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      MEETING OP bE ^ eATJeS ^ l ^; ' : >; G 0 NfE'E ^ . . // ' ;\ / : . ENCE "; aT-. / MANCHESTER ' ; ' / : /; .. This body was drivea , by the U troublous times " from the consideration of the particular matters and thingsf or which it was summoned . The all absorbing interest of the " strike" movement was forced on the attention ; of its members as a / first object of consMeratiott , B being known that the sittings of Ihis body were to commence oniMondayji !! was ; generally iiriderstood and belfeved that they , would take up the subject ; ^ and . ihii ^ ^ decision to whichi they might comb as to the course of action td'be comnieiidccl , was looked for ^ by hnndreds of thousands with an

      intenaeness of ^^ anxiety perfectly indisorlbable . Tha Conference commenced its .. / session '¦ oh Tuesday , at two , p . m ., and continued , by adjouvusi ^ ts , till aboiit seven on Wednesday ; evening- " Their . 80 .-liboratibna were , as might be expected ,, ; moat anxious ; the disoussions most animated and earnest ; and , while soine difference of opinion . Qretailad on thpooiiTaa to be recommended by f . he people ^ one soul and purpose seerned ; to animate die entire A 8 f sembly ; as to tbe necessity of enforcing , by every means within their individual and collective , p * werf the observance of Peace , LaW ^ finci Order * by and arnosu the people . . ' ¦ " .. ¦ ' ' : ¦ :: ' . '¦ ¦¦'' : y [ y-, ' ¦ :: ¦ ¦ <¦¦ : : i- ,.

      :-i-s Eaoh member , in the first instanco , stated to the Conference , so far as he had ths means of knpw ^ ig it , the state of his own district , and the opinions , of his constituents inreference to i % the sivike . " ¦¦ ;] C , '" ¦ . •"_' - " . \\ AgeneiAl , anxious , aud protracted discussion then ensued upon the question of adopting the l&llowing

      ' ¦; , ; ' KESOLVX 1 ON OF XHB pEIiEGA ? ES .. < y . I y -i V " That whilst the GhaiiUsfc body aid not origiuate the present cessation front labour , thia Cpnfai » Eoe of Delegates froin various parts of Eoglaad , expreas their deep sytbpathy with their cphsitStaenta ,, tha wOIking men now on strike ; aritl % itnt we sttoBgiy approve / the exeuaiori ond continuance cf their presorit struggle till tho PEOPLES CHARTER becomes a legiaratiWenactnioiit , and decitle forthwith to issue ^ au Address' to- teat eft ' ect ; -Rnrt pledge ourselves pa onr retarn to Lqarifesjiecr tive lofcaiitiea to give ^ ia proper direction , tb the people's effi » tsL >' -- " - ; :--:- :: . ; - ' ;/;¦ ¦; , - ¦¦ : ; - ; :: - ^ . y :: '"'¦/ y ^ y ^ y ::. " Every roeakex \ vas reslricts ^ Idi five mihutos ; arid no man aliowad to speak twice on the eame question ; An aniendment v ^ ag proposed , oh ' ffeiinl ^ from the Xer solution in- ptirasepl ^ y , ^ but ^ htt n&ite ? sfi ^ 'imr port ; a notfler amendment was proposed to tfre elfecc that : /' : ;¦ . ¦' i . /'; ^"; ^ . ; - - ; y : ; - ¦;•' - ¦;/¦ ¦•¦ ¦ = - \ o- ; W- ; .:- ¦' ¦ : ' - '

      "Tho information laid beforefcfci ? : Conference by tho severai delegates of wiom it is / coioaposed , does not warrant this Coufeiehco in now recommending to the people any national striko or holiday , or in . any way mixing pp the Chartist nansa and movement with tHe preseai strjfee fop wages , subsistiug- in some districte , and dxiginated , aa this Cohfewncb be-lieve 8 i by the antbCprn La % Lea ^ ie j not seeing any means whereby ; the said strike cap < be now made a suoceSBful « ffbxtfor the carrying of- ^ JPeop / le GhatteriJ white it trie <; ' sapie ; # W 0 ' t ) U 8 . ppaferoiice deeply sympathise . with" tliejr . ; oppressed brethren on strike , and > admixeZ : the BplJiit / oft energy ^ ind patriotism % ith ' wnieH the / Wef , ^ f J ^ aqhes tox ami at othW / pta ^ Sf have" 00 mM ^;^ ml ^ xneir earnest i

      vnaxcerjaaa express « ww •«»* . « "ou ergiesof thosis bodfes ^ 6 d !' 6 f all otti ^ pp diesof lihe people willbe niM&asinglycoh ^ ued ^ ardoax and determlhafiba . uu > H ^ that doriiineiit * mtfMg : £$ \ $ : * & ^ . &i * ks 4 Aftex almost % ery mfeifbex * fia 4 ^ qaestlbnf » wdS ^ H'aad throxlriBaTi ^ ried , byvalarge Wftjonty . ' It is , butfaWltB Btoba th » t aoon ^ deiwWem ^ rfty ^ aele ^ es vrere from th «» districta actaally out and fetang . part ia . tho 8 trugjile > AfteXJ th * ^ ptipn of 4 ho . above resolutipn , the following : adilre 39 was agreed to item . cw ; y the movex ana , supporters of the amendment deeming it both unaecessary and unwise to maintain an opposition , whioh , from being pereisted in when seen to be powerless , might justly hare beea oonwdered faotioas . j

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      - / : ¦ : .. ; , / : / / ¦/ "' . /¦; : /;; iONpp ^ .- . ; ., :- ; - .. - . [¦¦ : ¦ ; , ; / . ;;; -v ; / ' yyy- .: ~ y ^ y ' - ' \ -THVi ^ iiAY ^ ovft / p ' ciocKi ,:. y' ^ . .. - . Londonetiil cojjiinues toremain in a " stato of great . exoHejnenfc . A large meeting / was held last night at ,, ; Clerkenwell-greeh , and lantiuage of a very detcxmined description was used ^ Th iriy soldiers very ; heavily -ironed ' were , last evening , conveyed ; io the 1 Tower ; theix . reported ; crime being ¦ a refusal to fir © v > on the people . All eyes are ahxionsly directsd ; td ;; : the Central Meeting , to be held thiV evening at / < " /' ¦ . ¦ ' . ¦ " Islington Green ; T ^ 'm ' agistntes'h ' ad . de ' c' ] sxed'th ' eir ' .:. ' ^ ''; : . ' '' ;; . determination ( to put it ^^^ downVandhav 3 agasn caused ., the boardmen to be arrested ^ iA ; CabinetaCouKoi ! , ** ;; i which the ^ Duke of Welliniaitoh ^^ and the whole o f / the 7 J Ministers in io wit ; were preseBt , was field lastni ^ ht / _ i ; ... fo decide upon the conduct to' be adopted re ^ ajdis ^ ' ^^ g ? this everiiiig ' a meeting . The Result of ihoir dttlibcrar , * , ^^ tibn is not at present publicly known ; but ; it is ; ' Whispered that they have decided upb / a not inte ^ lerr " , ihgii the meeUc ^ is peaceably cbaducted , v .-:. ' > OF

      L sWESI MIDLAIS ^' rDI ^ TRlC'l : * V - ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ ¦ - . " ; ' "' '; : /^' . ' 5 C 0 TLAKi ) . ' : v : ;; ,- : ^ -Vv . yi ^ l ' - 'I" '¦ . " ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ - . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ . ¦ ! . ¦ " . ' '¦ " ¦¦ :. ¦ ' ¦¦ ' . ' . ¦ "' 7 ' .. "' . "¦¦' ¦ : ¦ - " . ¦¦ , ¦ "''' : ' , After much discussioQ / at totIpus pubjic nieetings , / the faHowtttg " . decisive ;< re ^ blut : iqn was iisjartiiy : adopted : : ; That this ^ e'ting h ^ lng / i CQffiV to the full dleterjBariaatiipn to bca ' se iV 6 TKing until , the People's : CbiytepdbbJthe / Jayy / of tHe lend , p | bwtef that tfce . working pb ^ ulktibri of preafc / Biitamg ta act ori ^ b s ^» ne / d ^ dfenS the wh 9 f 0 / o ^ intty . willMtt . us jis / sppn as . they = reqei ve the ^ iia ttbrjtanl ; * mtellikeiibe . / - ;^ e " tbereforoi ^ x-esolve to ! aHotfron ©' we ^ k fbr ; that parppse , in . thd ; evjBntiof bhfc ^ country genlraily&jgreejng to our noble-.. resolutidni -W ^ flxnflyi ' esplyea ; rid agree ( entirdyt » . ^ cea ^ efcobi ^^ viirkiiigjonorjefpre this dsy week , neve , r ; asain to produce one penuy ' a / worth ot' wealtb , until the People ' s / Charter be law . ? ' / Tap ppllierjS and rainera form a great proportion of th © whole 6 opu > : lition of this-lar ^ a districi . / : ;

      - . ¦ ; ¦/ .: • ¦ ¦ ,. ¦• - . dewsbury . , //¦ ' ^ ' ¦ ,. ^ -.: / . //;; ::. ¦ : // .: ; ' : ¦; ¦;;¦¦ : /¦ . - " -. ¦"' . ' / . .. '' , , . ^ ; - ' ¦ ' / . " " V / EDNESRAf ; NIG HTi . ; "While 1 I ; am now writing , the turnouts arc ju / sti ¥ retiirhed ; i ; o town ; ihere cannot be , Ies 3 than itwen )> Jf 5 thousaKd- ^ all sober , steady , straightforward men , - ^ 1 / ~ > vrnpv apparently-8 e 3 pm mora * 'deterniined ^ thap . ever j for' the general' stand / "They have been rbundtiij / -. O 8 $ ett , Horburyj Healey ^ Middletown , and Thorn'h ' HT ^ V / v ' where they have stopped all hands without / the' least' ; , interruption , ^ '" j-yy- ' j-- . % ; : ¦' . "¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' : ^ - ; - ' - ; ,- -:- ¦¦' . " .-y- " - ' . ' . ' : '' - . - The authorities haye been ; sitting all dskf ^ wda . rmg ' , ' i ? i any . body thattbey could for special cbristSWssV ' " - ^ VTho millowueTs of Batley haye compiled' / th ^ r ^/; men to he sworn , in aa special ? , eo as theycaii cSm-f - ' si mencpwork in-the morning : bat as farVas ; I / caii ; ' ! ; learn , the < assembled turn-outs in 1 the"town' are « te ^ '; * ; ter ^ nine ' dto reaistfrt * : ¦>¦ . & ¦ * ' ' ¦ ¦ ' / -.. ¦ ' ?? ' ' ""¦ " ¦' : ' * > "; ¦' ;[ ¦•

      ; ; . . - ; " ¦^~ . I " ¦ ^* . ~ ^^ ' ~ T *»»«••«¦ 4 W ¥ . ,- . j --X . .. - . - ¦ . ¦ . .-.. -. ' - . . J » The town is completely in the hands of th ^^ nrn ^ -r ^ oats—all p ^ caablei ^ HBut 1 am % fMd if ? itay / itfsex ^ ' ^ xiiptioiib b& > offiex 6 d it vnll- ms * be-BO ionfc *^ tte 6 ¥ f ^? ' appeMvdeternvned'to'haveilHeix ^^ objecfrifeSoTte-ihex" *"*;;

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 20, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct965/page/5/