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PEEL'S ITARXPP OUT 2 O 2 SSI The 1 coffee tax repealed r ^ M ESSRS . CROW AND TYRELL beg to call the attention of the Chartist Public . tb the BEVERAGE prepared by them , as a Cheap an < I Wholesome substitute for Taxed Gofee . Its nutritions qualities are equalled by none iii the Market ; while its mode of Preparation readers it vastiy superior to the Trash offered for Sale by those who regard not the health of the ConSDmer . As a means of supporting the "Executive Committee of the National , Charter Associatipn , " and as a means Of crippling / the ' Governmental Exchequer , it may be made a ready and powerful weapon in the haudi of the Sons of Toil . ¦''¦'¦ A single Trial will prove its superiority over other Preparations of like pretensions . Prepared and Sold by ; the Proprietors , 81 , Belgrave Gate , Leicester . : ^ The Proprietora have great pleasure in announcing that ; Air . J , HOBSON , Publisher of the Northern Star ,, Ms become General "Whowsaib Agent for the ' Chartist BreakpasxPowpbr , for the District bf < Yorkshire . Hti has now a large quantity in Stejck , both at Leeds and at Huddersfield , from whicb : he is authorised to . supply -the Associations and other Retail ¦ Vendors" at the same Prices as the Proprietors themselves . Orders addressed to him will meet with prom vt Attention .
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TPHE NEW YORK LINE OF PACKETS . X Sail punctually on their regular daya from LIVERPOOL . —Aaft > llows , v 7 z , : PATPRICK HENRY , Delano . 1000 tons , 25 th Aug . SHEFFIELD , Allen ,...:.. ; ..... 6 « 0 tons , \ stSepU N 1 CH . BIDDLB , Truemau ... 778 tons , 5 ( h Sept . ROSCiUSi Collins .............. 1150 tons , l&A Sept . ; ' :- / > \ ¦ , ¦ ¦ : ; : For ^ NEW-: ORLE \ NS . : ;; ¦ " : . I- ;; ¦¦ : GOOIJWIN , bavis ...... ; . ^ -... 700 tons , 30 th Aug . [ These vesgeZg are all first olass , and hava been built expressly for the convenience and acoommodation of Cabin , Second Cabin , and Sxeerags Pas-BehgeTS , who will be treated with every care and attention duriag the passage by the officers of the ships . Fresh water is served out daily . Good convenientapparatus for booking jus provided and ^ every necessary suitable for the yoyaae . As these ships are decided favourites , being celebrated for theirfbrtunate and quick passages hence , to America , it is requested that all persons desirous ^ : of securing good ber ths will deposit , by poai , or * therwise , M each as early as possible , and pasBengers will not require to beio Liverpool more than one day before the day named for ^ sailing . ^ Addresa ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ : /¦ ¦' . P . Wr BYRNES ; 36 , WaterlQo-rbad , Liverpool . SHIPS on for SYDNEY ; CAPE OF GOOD HOPE , and SOUTH AMERICA , for passengers .
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CONVEYANCE OF GOUDS TO ANT > TROM hONOOie BY RAILWAY . TOHN KENV ^ ORTH Y and Co , be * to inform O their-Friends aud the 1 Publiothat , oii theFirst of Septembbb next , they intend to commence Carrying by RAILWAY to and from LONDON , and LEEDS , BRADFORD . H ALIFAX ; HTJDDERSFIELD , DEWSBURY , &o ., ; and hope to merifca share of that support so many years conferred on them « s Carriers by CaoaL ; : / , V ' - Warehouses—Axe Inn , Aldermanbuey , ard Railway Jsiation , Ca ^ iden Town , London . Railway trains to Liverpool , Manchester ^ RqcIit date , ^ c , every Day . ; v .. , ' .. ' ; ; - ; \ j- " - ' --: ALsbi DAILY FLY BOATS between Hudderefield , Manchester , Ruucorn , and Liverpool . The only Canal Conyevance between those Towns without change in theprdprieiaryv ¦' .: '' - - "'' ¦¦ ¦]" .. ' . , August 24 ih . 1 JJ 42 , ' ¦'' ¦' :- "' ::- '' ¦ ; '' ' ' ' ' , ' . : r '~ : _ '¦ ¦' . ' ,.
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attack in every p ? per throughout the Kingdom , and for what 1 For my prudence in not furnishing lewd gothority -with any justification for my apprehension , and removal from you ! No ; I hold it to be the dni y of the people ' s leaders to avoid all chances of pKrehssz&g safety by committ&l to prison . However , it so happens that certain politicians will go vigorously with their party , so long as the waters are smooth , the causa respectable , and the undfir-UMu £ not dangerous ; but spon the other hand , when alarm spreads , and danger presents itself , the rashness of their followers famishes ample pretext for desertion and betrayal . Contumely and abuse is ponred bv the deserter upon his old associates , a 3 a justification for hJ 3 delinquency . They are "
sice , "very nice , about shades ; they would have been f&iflifaland trne , had their advice been followed , but consider themselves bound now to express their dissent from the rash course recommended by interested demagogues , and rashly followed by their dupes . Such , my friends , are in general tEe excuses offered by sham-friends for deserting the ranks of the people . Now , I offer none such ; but on the contrary , I am prepared to justify the general policy of the Chartist body , and to prove to the satisfaction of all , save those who "wonld fatten npon their slavery , that never was so much misery borne with so much submission or with greater patience . It 13 easy to denounce a starving people with acts of onferase ; but who will travel through the whole
labyrinth as I have done , and taking a grand view of all its mszfs ; who will then dare to condemn yen , upon any law . human or divine ? Upon the cn « hand , I eee wealth , nnparralleled profit ? , unequal and unjust > unequa l , because the wealthy speculator can overpower and destroy the smaller manufaetfirer ; and nnjust , because iaooor is robbed of its share ; while , npon the other , misery , horrid misery , squalid misery , shocking misery , presents itself in the nakedness , paleness , and utprotectedness of persons by whose labour all profit is made . I * et the reviling philosophers look for one moment upou this side of the picture . The labourer while at work sees nothing save indications of wealth and comfort . He beholds the well-furnished mill , the wealthy owner .
and the well-paid subordinates , all , one and . all , living npon the fruit of his labour . He feels hunger and distress : his beloved wife and little ones cry to him for food , and their calls most be unheeded ; and the law expects him , as a good and loyal subject , to submit to perish . The law taxes him , and compels him to pay the tax ; but when he and his fellows ask for a million of money , to enable them to weather the storm , then want of precedent stands in the way ! He sees warehouses groaning under his handy-works , while his back is cold for the want of them 1 He sees the cook-shop here , the land covered "With a golden harvest , all bearing ample testimony of Ms Creator ' s beneficence ; ha heirs the parson praying that their "fruits may be preserved to our kindly use , so as in dne time tee may enjoy them ;"
he hears and sees all , but hearing and seeing is his lot . The kindly fruits are not preserved for his use , though the toil to bring them to maturity for other ' s nss does fall to his lot . He hears of the distress of all classes , but see 3 no diminution is . the comforts of any , save his own . He is forbidden to monnor on his own behalf , while he is asked to join in sympathy for those who but experience the comparative annoyance arising from a slight stagnation xa the market . O ! who can walk , as I have done , through England's valleys of smoke and long chimneys , and see the parched inmates emanating from those earthly hells , and contrast their condition with that of their employers , without asking themselves , B Is this disparity between man and man the will of an aD-dispeitsiBg Providence 1 or wherefore has the wish of the Creator been thus perverted 1 " .
I will now , my friends , direct your attention to the material points connected with the recent Strike . It would not have been prudent for the League to stop the mills directly as originally intended , and it was therefore resolved to adopt an indirect , but as sure a mode of effecting the object . Wages were reduced , and a stsT . -a was to be made for an increase to the rates paid in 1840 . Now , had mattera so remained , the mill-ownsrs would doubtless have turned the Strike to the accomplishment of a repeal of the Corn Laws , and their policy would have been lauded to the skies by their Bection of the press . In such an
event , a few murders would have been nothing , w hue every apology would have been offered for the venial indiscretions of the people doing their business ; but lo ! the wisest of the working men see that an advance of wages to-day procured by a general rising , may be followed by a reduction of wages npon the calm ; and they proclaim the Charter as the means to the desired end . Not jo extract nnjust or unfair wages , but to insure ** a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work , " when at once the originators , with all grades of parties , backed by the whole press fills the land with bowlings against the men , who have turned an unrighteous attempt to a most righteous purpose .
It is true that I can appeal to millions . In every one of my speeches for the last four months have I not cautioned you , councilled you T Have I not assured you that the day cf battle would come ? and have I not advised yon to fold pour arms until the conflict ceased 1 and I am happy to say that in most instances my recommendation has been followed . But above afi things , my frieiids , lei us not bs intimidated by those who would now saddle upon us all the consequeLces of other men ' s indiscretion . I tell you plainly that men struggling for political power Bhould cake advantage of every passing event to accomplish their end ; and had the Chartist body abstained from taking any part in the recent proceedings of the masters , their conquered slaves would have attributed the failure to restore wages to
Chartist apathy j and thus a general split would have assuredly-followed- Above all , let us not lose sight of the great aad material fact w the general confu-Hon : that fact is , that machinery will destroy England , and that ere long , if the wages of the operative ' s labour is not regulated in the natural labour market , below which men need not work in the artificial market . The buzz must not frighten us from the cossideration-of who and what are the enemies of labour . Upon the one hand , then , I tell you that , ere long , machinery will make 3 . 000 , 000 an over-population in this country , unless the- great agricultural labour mart be opened as a retail market for the expenditure of labour , and creation and extension of a home market for manufactured produce .
. And now , my friends , as to cheap corn insuring cheap bread , allow me at once to explode that fallacy . I have told yon one thousand times over , that no act of a government to regulate the price of raw material could by possibility insure any _ retail advantage to the small consumer . Now just observe how I support my assertion . Prom the 11 th of July to the 15 ih of August , there has been a reduction of fifteen shflliiigs in the price of the quarter of wheat , irherea 3 . upon the 11 th of July the price of four pounds of bread wasninepence halfpenny , and on the 16 t& of August the price was ninepenee halfpenny : Dot one fraction of a change ! Here then is fifteen shillittg 3 profit npon 208 stone of flour between the railler , flour factor and baker : but not a single
advantage derived by the small consumer 1 Now wi ll any Corn Law Repealer acconnt , or attempt to account , for that anomaly ! . Let me mow direct your attention to the course pursued by the whole of the London press . In the first instance , all importance was attached to the strike by the press of the League ; but the moment that body was frustrated , then , as if by magic , did both parties shakehands . when thebargain was struck that Government should receive the joint assistance of Whig and Tory todestroy ub . Theljingreportsof allmatters calculated to damn us were precisely the same—written by the same hand!—in the same language and spirit Jbr every rough daily journal , whilB the Times has extracted copiously from the Star of last ¦ week , for
fee purpose of saddling all the odium upon my back . ! Ehe Times guarrels wiih the publication of the Barnes of the heroes of Peterloo , on the 16 ih of Angnst , 1819 ; and asserts that in the liBt is t » be found many" names of our morfc respectable mill-Owners . Kespectable indeed J What ! do these who received their Regent ' s and his Minister ' s thanks for their valour in 1819 , blush at the mention of their deeds in 1842 V . I Bat the Times omitted to state that ihe report in lie Star was taken from the Leeds Mercury . However , I may venture to expect that the vigilant gentlemen connected with my office , wil
procure a file of the Times of that date , and by placing the then comments of that virtuous journal in juxta-position with its present notions the world will be enabled to form a just estimate of the consistency of the leading journal of tiie Tory party . My friends , I at first laughed at the postcript appended to O'Brien ' s letter of last week , wherein Aeasseits that all the Chartist leaders are to be assassinated j bnt really , when I eame to read the bloody attacks of the Chronicle upon Cooper , and those of " the Tone * npon M'DonalL . Clarke , Cooper , aad my self , those attacks present strong presumptive evidence in support of O'Brien ' B assertion .
Bat now , for one . moment , let us consider the tnagaaimity of ihesg two leading jonrraJa . Sir John : Eafithope ig 1 LP , for Leicester , and it is known that the yalisjii Cooper , upon the first occasion threatens . himwuh opposition for the representation of that borough ; ud so , like poor Frost , Cooper is to be ^ e ^ wsed toget xid of Mb opposition . And then as WM * . & * € * x * rajtxti < ila upon the general state , Mm w oifrfiisBn to clow with * pbillipie * gsinBt ^ W ^^ P ®* Walter , ; tte proprietor , at Not-JWaia , acd the wretehed eenbb er in last Monday's
fi&i &tevmii , or rather hints at , ;* ae expenditure ** M * Pay * hichr-I had received from Mr . Starge M ^ Z servic e * . - . i ^<^ ay & 3 aidB , IhaT « noeeeret 8 withyou ; ueiaerhave Iwita Mr . Sturee ; and therefore I may iea-you exactly what I did receive from Mr . Storge , * M when yon bear in mind that I spent nearly three weeks , at three different times , in Nottingham and f ^ c ^ . for ft « purpose of aiding in Mr . Stoige ' s * e * srn f jon will say whether or not I have been even paw for my services . What I did receive there was 4 ^ } his s Take nothing from nothing , and receive 3 UBtthadlSWwm «» w - -
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presumed to offer to remunerate me for any attempt to 8 erve _ your cause , I would take it as an insult . So to put a stopper in the gaping mouth of the gaby of the Times , ! will give any man one thousand pounds who will produce the lamest , or most indifferent proof that i received a fraction from Mr . Sturge or from any person on his behalf ; and I farther extend the reward to any penon who will in the lamest way support the assertion . I never in all my life received a fraction of a farthing from either faction , or any agent of theirs . No , no , my loved friends . Thank God , my hands are pure from Whig gold , as the Whigs well know j and , thank God , they are pare from Tory gold , or the Nottingham election would very speedily have let the cat out of the bag , had they been polluted . And I go further , and assure you , that if any mortal had the insolenee to f-ff ^ r me a bribe for an injury to be done to my party , I would kick him down stairs , and expose him to the world .
Let me now lay before you a most important fact . An address , purporting to emanate from the Executive , has appeared in every London paper , I believe without exception ; and comments have been made by many upon the document . Yet has not one single paper pnblished the address unanimously adopted by the Conference ! Is not this an attempt to destroy us by suppression of facts ! However , my friends , as I wish the Slar to be a book of reference for my conduct and your actions , I now come to lay a few plain facts before von . In the first place , then , on my oath , —and you " will believe-even my word , —there never has been any * the slightest , consultation , of my knowledge , or , I believe , with the knowledge of a single leading
Chanist , about the recent Strike ; on the contrary , it came upon us like a shock , and an unwelcome one . Bat now both parties would gladly saddle upon us all the consequence ! Well , we must bear them like men , whatever be the result . But mark the tyranny of suppressing all public meetings , and handing us , to whom they were a protection , bound neck and heel ? , over to the press for destruction . Does not the increased hostility of the Whig press , which is the Anti-Corn Law press , prove that we , the Chartists , have frustrated the Repealers in their endeavonr to make tools of us ! Suppress the expression of public opinion , and of course the popular cause must die ; but , in order to keep it alive , I have succeaded in the fair performance of one man ' s duty . I promised you a daily paper to meet the last session of Parliament . I was disappointed
however , in my endeavours to establish one ; bat now behold , my friends , I have accomplished my object . The Evening Star is now shooting above the horizon ; to it you must look as a substitute for suppressed opinion . Yba will , no doubt , read the address of the proprietors with delight , in whiohyou are informed that the paper is to support the six poin' s of the Charter , name and all , and has taken " No surrender" for its motto , and that its management and entire control is placed in my hands . It is as large aa the Globe or the Sianda-d ' \ it is a Etamped paper , published daily , and sold for threepence . Make it then , my friencs ; the organ of our party . Take it at your clubs ;—your newsrooms , and yonr reading rooms ; and , as the keepers of aristocratic houses are compelled to snit the taste of their readers , do yeu also make " mine host" provide your favourite dish for youi
I lave another word to say about the Strike . Bear in mind that one of the Corn Law Conference relied upon a strike of the colliers as a means of ensuring a repeal of the Corn Laws . Bear in mind , that of all classes the colliers were not Chartists ; and bear in mind , that the colliers were the first to strike ; and that the mining districts have been the head quarters of the League ' s emissiaries . Now , never-loss sight of these facts ; for assuredly we must and will have satisfaction for ths blood that has been shed : and if no other man does . I will
endeavour to have a full , fair , and impartial Parliamentary inquiry into tho cause of the recent Strike , and who the originators were . I can give much evidence myself , and especially as regards Preston , where blood has been shed . Beesley , M'Douall , and Leach will corroborate the fact , that , after my tour in North Lancashire , I apprised them of the machinations of the League , especially at Preston . In strong confirmation of all , on Thursday last , as I was returning from Manchester , a gentleman accosted me , on the platform of the Birmingham Station , and
said"Well , Mh . O'Conxob , i > o too thisk . that this move will frighten slb kobkbt , and gkt the Whigs back again I I replied " No , the masters have caused this Revo * lotion for onr destruction . " " Nat , " Baid be , " kot so , but wb mksn ' t abide the Toby swat for another season . " . Thus , then , my friends , is Chartism pl aced between the two fires ; disappointed Whiggery looking foT office , and Toryism in the plenitude of its power ; but still by our prudence we will stand the double fire and remain unsoorched . Iu order , however , to insure the safety of our party , and to mar the machinations of our enemies , we must not be foolhardy . The leaders must not allow the taunts and
jeers of their open foes and insincere friends to entrap them into any acts of violence . That is just what the Whigs wiEh . Their game is , let but the Tories go on exasperating _ the people , and then , on a choice of evils , they will throw themselves upon us for succour . They , know our terms . I propounded them whilst in York Castle ' . —thirty out-and-out Chartists in the House , to give expression to the popular voice : and away go the Tories , and for ever ! bnt upon no other terms will I ,-for one , join in displacing one party to make room for as bad one . iiy friends , although I would not care one farthing if every letter that I ever received upon public business was placed upon the market-cross , yet I mast complain that all my letters , and they are very few
now , are opened at some post-office . This was done by the Whigs in 1839 , during the sitting of the first Convention , jfhen I received some most seditious epistles , many of them purporting to come from officers , stating that , if once out , tire , soldiers would fight for the people . I invariably sent those letters with my compliments to the Home-Office for a second perusal . This was my protection , and now I would advise every man , who may receive suspicious letters of the nature to which I refer , to transmit them at once open through the post to the place from whence they came , and at every meeting that you can attend pas 3 resolutions , that you will not join in any
secret association , or allow strangers to mix among you , or address yon , for believe me treachery -will be abroad . I rejoice , most heartily do I rejoice , at the statesman-like address with which the Trades delegates of Manchester closed their sittings . That was the way to insure respectand confidence . Would yon battle oppression at fearful odds I Then why refuse to bring judgment to the aid of your'cause ? These men have really proved themselves worthy the character of statesmen , patriots , and legislators and e er lon . g their prudent and magnanimous conduct will cause all the Trades of the empire to rally round their standard .
My friends , when the work of desolation ends then do my troubles begin : and as aforetime , so now . Bear in mind , then , that many , very many , of our poor friends have fallen into tho pit of the enemy ; We most endeavour to rescue them ! the best counsel must . be had for their defence , and for those money is necessary . Once more , then , I ofiVr myself as Treasurer to a Defence Fund—no profitable office to me—and I invite every man , loving justice and a fair trial , to remit his mite without
delay , by post office order , addressed for me at Mr . John Cleave ' s , 1 , Shoe Lane , Fleet street , London . Mind , as in the case of Frost , this cannot be delaved to the last moment . Let it , therefore , be set about at once , for assuredly the victims shall not perish without a defence ; and as meetings are prohibited for a season , each court of ju 3 ti ' ce , as in 1839—40 , will be a Chartist meetinghouse . . I request all good Chartists to communicate anything worthy of publication to the office of the Evening Slar , 252 , Stand , London .
In conclusion , my beloved friends , be united , be sober , be wise , be peaceful , and no power on earth can hold you in bondage . Our disunion , and not their strength , give your enemieB the advantage over you . From henceforth then , and fer ever , let every man who would perpetuate disunion in onr ranks bo scouted from them as traitors . For my part , I shall not even condescend to answer any , the most vituperative attack upon me . I tell you , again and again , that you have Tory spies and Whig mischief-makers among you . Disappoint them , 1
pray you . I trust that my appeal for a Defence Fund will be responded to by all . In London all meetings are put down for the present , > ut public opinion will not long remain under a . bnsheL By all means teach the shopkeepers that they have a direct interest in the well-being and wellpaying of the labourer . I am , Your faithful Friend , Feahqds O'Cohrok . Hammersmith , Aag . 23 , 1842 .
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W . H . Dtoti hat to acknowled ge , wiih itumks , ibe receipt of a large parcel of Stars , through the post-office , from Josiah Ernes , oj Birmingham . He hat similar acknowledgments to make other kind friends ; and to assure all that n $ iie of their favours shall be misapplied . W- * H . —No room . Wx . Bollock , Biggab . —Yes . Mb . J . B , SMrrH .- ^ iVbn * can receive triw more respectfulness than toe are disposed to do the kindly intended reproof of our very excellent friend . We cannot , however , with all due submission , admit that in this instance U w nghtly appiied . The hebdormnal varfare" has been all on one side . It teas commenced ; it has been carried on , and it is continued , in the teeth of all our best efforts lo serve , hy every means in our power , the viper , who , knotting that he owes to us the very means by which to exercise h * s malignity , turns thus upon his benefactor . We have
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taken no part in the warfare" save the occasional statement of facts , and have made no ** allack "; we have never condescended to " recrimation , " nor shall we ever do so . We refer our friend to every number of the Star published since the commencement » f the > Vwarfare * 'for confirmation of this statement . Until the commencement of his unprincipled " attack and viperous ungrateful " warfare" upon us , our only feeling towards the person to whom his note refers was that of admiration , and anxiety to ' seize every possible opportunity of enhancing his interest , because we thought him an ill-used useful man ; our only present feeling towards him is that of unmitigated pity :. neither of these
feelings is capableof supplying us with the disposition for continuous" warfare" wiih him . If he is determined still to bark at us , we can , only hope that our friend will permit him to indulge his very harmless propensity , without being angry with us for being barked at . In reference to the other gentleman alluded to , we can only say , that we have always published whatever notices of their proceedings have been sent to us-Mistichs Sec&ktos , Tubal , Alex . Davie , CyruB , Llewelyn Williams ( who says that his letter must ' appear without fail'J , William M'Farlane , John Jones ( Durham ) , Our Stockton Correspondent , must excuse us—we have no room .
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G . English . —By what conveyance are the Specimens to besent ? Q . Coates . —Will send the Plates as soon as they are ready by the conveyance he mentions . Samuel Clark ( for the United Boot and Shoemakers ) The 5 s , for Mrs . Roberta was never received ! at this office . Where was it sent to ? Thomas Briggs . —The note , with the Heveral sums , for Puffy , is net written Bowerash , neither is it Bromwich ; but it is more like Bromwich than anything else . It should have been written
plainer . A Constant Reader , Reading . — "Write to Mr . John Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , London . : W . Daniels , IiASSWADE . —2 s . JOHN MARKHAH . —Subssribe four months . John Stein . —Enquire : there mast bo some mistake . The difference in carriage would be very great ; as they have previously been enclosed . The last time they were sent ar a parcel . John Henderson , Belfast , will see , on reference to the Star , that persons taking less than twelve are not entitled to Specimens .
NATIONAL TRIBUTE 10 THE EXECUTIVE . £ B . d . From three Sheffield ^ Cutters ' old file money ... ... ... ... 0 16 Collected by A . Lonsdale , Manchester ... ... ... ... ... 7 lo 0 From the Chartists of Skegby , near Mansfield , per 6 . Didsbary ... - d 2 6 From the Caartiats of GalasbielB ... 0 12 0
FOB MRS . HOLBERRY . From a few friends , per Thomas Clarirson , Holbeck ... ... 0 0 6 From the Female Chartifts of Leeds 0 2 6 Collected at the Birmingham Chris . tianCbarttaCnurch ... ... 0 12 9 From Mr . W . N . Yentnor , Isle of Wight ... ... ... ... 0 110 From a f * w frknda of liberty , London ... ... ... ... ... O 4 0 From the Chartists of Arbroath ... 0 10 0 From Batley , after a sermon by E . Clayton _ . ... 4 6 « . Earlaheaton , do . do . | ... 5 0 „ Elland Edge , do . da ... 9 c | „ Berry Srow , per E .
Clayton ... ... l o - ——0 19 6 * From the ChartUta of Norwich ... 0 5 0 „ the bootand shoemakers , Nottingham ... ... ... 0 2 6 .. the Cbartiats ol Atdilsj ... 0 2 ~ - Birmingham . 2 18 2 .. ~ Oxford ... 0 10 0 _ a friend—a tear , and ... ... 0 2 1 From Hull , per W . Martin ... ... 0 11 1 FOB . MASON AND OTHERS , STAFFORDSHIRE . From J . Chapman , Somers Town ,.-. ' London ... ... ... , „ 0 2 6 From Pocklineton ... ... ... 0 3 6 From J . Alsop , toilier , Tipton , per Wm . Martin ... ... , ti 0 1 0 From the Chartist boot and
shoemakers , Nottingham ... ... 0 3 0 From Plymouth , psr J . Rodgers ... 0 10 0 rom CamberwtU , London , per J . Simpaon ... " ... . * . ... 0 7 6 From —— , per Mr . Beesley ... 0 5 0
FOR THE EXECUTIVE . From Mr . Lundy , Hull , being from sale of Pmder ' s blacking . 0 3 0 From the Boston Chartists ... ... 0 5 0 FOR THE MANCHESTER VICTIMS . From the Chartists of Boston ... 0 2 C FOR JAMES D . UFFY . From the Chartists of Boston ... 0 2 6 FOR HINDES , SHOBEHAH . From J . Whilely , per A . Lonsdale 0 0 6 .. Plymouth , per J . Rodgera ... 0 2 0 FOR HUNT ' S MONUMENT . From Plymouth , per J . Rudgeto ... 0 2 0 FOR GEORGE " S FUNERAL From Plymouth , per J . Rodgera ... 0 2 0 FOR WATKINSS TESTIMONIAL . From Plymouth , per J . Rodgers ... 0 2 0 FOR BROOKE , NORTHALLERTO
From Plymouth , per J . Rodgers ... 0 0 FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . From the Chartists of Ketterin * ... 0 2 6
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TO THE MEMBERS OFTHE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Brother Chartists , —The events of the last ten days are known to you . The Conference dissolved , the address of the Executive appeared , and the President of the Association was arrested ; not because any lav bad been violated , but simply because the truth had been told in undisguised language to an exasperated people . It appears that a warrant was iasned against me , and no doubt all the members of the Executive . I did not Bee ranch propriety in quietly submitting to imprisonment , when my services might be required ; and my friends would not allow me to ran the chance ;
therefore I walked round the gaping jacks f * office , and escaped With the utmost ease . I have not been idle . We bave had our encampments in the fastnesses of the mountains , where our enemies could not listen , and dare not come ; where the wild beauties of nature eon-? eyed f rashness and vigour to the understanding ; where we could both in sorrow and safety brood over the affliction of our country , and anxiously study the best means of destroying the tyranny of ages ; and where we were brought nearer to the great spirits of our forefathers who lodged with the moorcock and housed themselves in caves , whilst bravely contending for civil and religious liberty in days of blood , and strife , and battle . Oil ! for the glorious doings of our fathers , for the unconqnered spirits of the dead .
Is this glorious land to be for ever enslaved , and its everlasting doom to be written on the bloody pavement of its cities ? Arouse ye Englishmen , and band in band assist your brethren © f Wales and Scotland , resolve to be free . You need only resolve . What care we about landlord or league sow . Toe Charter is of higher import than the contentious of ancient and modern pluderera . We stand thus—The strike was one for wages—for the repeal of the corn laws . Had we stood idly by we would have served the League . Had we opposed the Strike altogether , we would haved served the landlords . : . ¦ We did neither , we were consistent to oui cause , just to oursel v es , and faithful to our couhtry . We neither bung fire , nor damned with faint praise , ' . but boldly , wisely , and timely determined the strike should yield , what fruits were in the womb of futurity for Chartism . That is the Boie reason of the course I have fallowed , with my colleagues .
Wdo can accuse us ? Who would have accused us had the movement driven the Govern meet to repeal the com laws ? A \ l—because then it would have been said " why not have had the Charter as ^ weJl f" It 1 b true we have had arrests . What of that ? A step further and the only arrest would have been by the bullut or the sword . Bat revolution was not ripe 88 it wasin France . The middle class oppose us still , and the trades are not wholly with ns . Either or both are necessary to the sneeceasof a evolution , therefore I approved of , pnd supported the recommendation of the Conference and Trades for peace , law , and order , not from conviction that injustice demanded peace , robbery , obedience to the' Government , or starvation order amongst the peeple ; not for fear of of the army , of marauders , but
simply because I trembled for a defenceless undisciplined and unarmed people who are too poor to purchase justice , too weak to demand it , and too submissive even to avail themselves of the meats of protection legally afforded ta every man for the defence « f his hsme an * hit liberty ., None complain of a cessation of labour until the Charter shall beoome the law . They know that such » resolution i « merely figurative or else a declaration of war . If the latter , it is the annouBcement of battle , and that would be stone versus bullet , bludgeon versus bayonet According to the observation I have made throughout the country , I cannot recommend that course , or indeed way one which is certain to fail ; not would I advise masses of unarmed men again to parade In face of the military .
J have sure information , even oh Vie top of the moun tain where I write , that the authorities Intend commencing the mills in thesouth of Lancatfoire first , and when they have started them , the tkdstwortht operativjes in them art to be armed ; then the soldiers are to be withdrawn to the north and elsewhere , to force the people to work at the point of the bayonet , and to shew no mercy ( such is the ruthless orde / - of the Lord Lieutenant J to matt , woman , or child . There bow , ye stone-and-bludgeen bearers , what think 70 a of that ? Wtat is England come to 1 What
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have you . been aboat t and what do you Intend to do ? My opinion is uu » hakea as before . It is as follows ? --Firati the people ^ cannot contendagainst the soldiers , and ^ ierefore peace , law , aad order are wise , although degrading ; ¦ ¦ r . : y ..-y . : y- - ¦ :-. : /¦ :, ¦;¦ : - ¦ /• , /¦ .. - . ^ Secondly ; « very engine should be at work to et taust the supplies of ^ the CK > verimwnti by running tor gold , aud iasoingot paper piomises to pay by the Traces , or are societies who withdraw their money from circulation . It must be plain that if it is spent when drawn , Vit goes back to ^^ the old shop again . Take all the gold , and give nothing but promissory notes or old ra ^ to ; the shopkeeper : /
Thirdly , instead of begging , tie shopkeepers and others should be requested to send provisions to a common store few will refuse , as on resuming work exclusiva dealins ; U sure to be tamed against them , if nothing worse befals thein . Trust to their feais and evade the yagrmcy Act . ' Fourthly , the people sh « uld , when deterred from meeting , publicly meiBt in stteets and wards , in the most commodious houses , and discuss the news as well as devise ^^ fresh means of passive resistance . Fifthly , they should have measages exchanged between town , and town and believe no rumour . .
Sixwly . oue resolute motion should be put to all meetings , pledglag them to the Charter , and when so many ears are open , the great truths of Chartism ahould be unsparingly poured in to them . In conclusion , I ijiay remark that I support a continuance of the S trike , chiefly because of my belief that seme event may yet arise which we littlo dreiam of , which may rnn like wildfire through the nation and leave us victorious . The longer the people of the north are out , the chances multiply of London and Birmingham striking , and the whole of the south being made duly acquainted with our movement .
Scotland is shaking herself for the struggle , and the Btrike there is the most extensive that has yet occurred . Ireland takes no part yet Wales is half asleep . " i " The continuance of the ptrike affords time for fate to work her Blow , but certain , web around the tyrant ' s den . The cessation o !' the Strike will not last * because wages will be more and mote reduced ; therefore , we ¦ will lose nothing let the result be either way : but which ever way it ' tends , prepare , prepare , prepared ; , ; : ; .: ; ' ^^ - ' ¦ . . ¦ Th e '; St ^ e . to ¦ one ; eyen ¦ tiVh ^ h /^^•; ¦ \^ ' . ;¦; . ' ' ^ With a flash b ? gins , and ends in smoke . [ Another out of Bnioke brings glorious light , > Au = ifa * t raising expectation higb , Surprises us with dazzling miracles . . ' ¦ ¦' : ¦/; - //\ .-J : ¦ ¦ : ' [ t- M . M'DQUALL ;
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¦ : ' .. . ¦ / , ; ¦ .. ¦ : . ; ¦ ¦ CJHARD—SOMpKSET . :. ¦ . ¦ ; .. ¦ . ; ¦; ¦ ' ¦¦ -v \ The apathetJ C ; Inhabitants of this priest-ridden nelg bbourhoibd received a : visit on Friday last , from the indefatigable Ruffy Ridley . The Mayor , of coursd , refused the Town Hall , and no other room capacious enongh being within the reach of the nhwaahedv a meeting was held in front of the Maiket-place , and a glorious meeting it was too ; the people from the poorest factory slave to the richest [ and moat impudent squire attended , and although we . had but three hoars ' notice , we numbered more th ^ n a thousand persons . A barrel being procured far ajrostrum , Mri R ¦ mounted it , and foe nearly two Hoars jaahed a ? 7 ay in good earnest . , "' ¦' : ' u-y ¦ :- .:.. '¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ - .:-. ¦ •¦ ¦¦ ¦¦' . ; ,- ¦ . ¦• ' . ¦¦ . ¦¦'
I have to state , that yesterday the hands of two of the lace factories struck work here , on account of an attempted reduction in their ' wages ' ; it is expected that otutrs will Boon folloWi No breach of tho peace has yet occurred , bnt the hands are-very , restless , and are at this moment parading the streets . - ; ; ¦ : ¦ -, ,.,- ¦ -. " Since writing the above , a troop , of Sisotch Greys has arrived here , but had scaiecely got from their horses when aa express arrived for them to go , aa I leatn , to Wales . . - - .:.- ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' . : . - ' : ; /' . ^ ¦ •/ -:. ; . ¦ y - ' . :-- . v ' . ; : ¦ - ¦ ¦ •¦ . ¦¦ : . ¦• .. ¦ TROWBRIDaB . ¦
¦¦ , ; . .:. _ . , ¦ .. .:, : ' ; .- . '• : ; : ¦ -- ¦ TUB 8 DA . T . - . The public meeting , of which I spoke in my last , was held last night , in the Cbartei-Bquare , and a glorious : meeting it was , there being present from four to five thousand persona . A number of policemen in diagulse were recognised among the crowd , as were also , many of the ¦ ' . respectables'ef the town . I am Informed upon good authority that the police from all the surrounding nelghboorhobd were stationed at a public house at a short distance from the town , ready for active service in case of need . Sach » case did not occur , however , thanks to the prudence and good temper of the people . ; " Mr . J . Rawllngs , at the appointed time , was nnanimously called to to the chair . After a few appropriate remuks , heintroduced ; : v v V
Mr . WV l > yer , to propose the following resolution : — "That we , the people , of Trowbrldge , in public meeting assembled , do hereby express the deep regret we feel on nceount of too privations and sufferings of our brethren in the manufacturing districts , caused as we beUeve theae privations and BafFeringo to be , by the anti-Corn Law League and the Government ( Seeing the attempts made to overthrow the just and righteous principles set forth in the People ' s Charter , wo do hereby pledge ourselves t » as 3 ist our brethren throughout the country in using all legal means in onr power to OTUse the-said Charter to become'the law of the land . - -7 : . - .. v ' -O " - . ] ¦ ¦ Vy : ¦ . ¦' ¦ . -.. ' "M ^ v , ^ ; ; MrvJ . Rol ^ : tec » adeda . ¦ ;¦; - ;; - \ 7 " > 7 ; v 7 ; > > :
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The Chairman next called upon - : . ;¦ ¦ : v Mr . Ruffy Ridley to support the resolution , which he did in a very able manner . He advised the persons present to be peaceable , but determined . Ho inflicted a aevere but merited castigatlon on the policemen In disguise , and then referredl in a pointed manner , to the present state of the timea . Be concluded an excellent discourse amid much applause . ! ^; -:- ; , y : ' - -- _' .: After paying the nisBal Chattist compliments , the Chairman dissolved the meeting . ; > . v The immense « rowd then slowly and quietly dispersed . V - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ - : ;/ . : ^; ¦ : ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ : ' : '¦¦ - ¦''¦ - v- ;; - . - ¦' ; . - ; .. '¦'¦ : ¦
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V JJIHABmNXa OX JPIWSBDBT . " A pnblio : meeting , oonvened by requisition , was held on Tuesday evening , at White Conduit House , at half-past sixo'clocki The splendid conciert room , the balcony , and every other portion of the building was orowaed to excess ; over the platform was fixed on the wall a banner , containing the motto , "Peace , Law , and Order . " ¦ ¦ :. ' ¦ :-- "' '¦ : ... : - ; / - : ' :, Shortly before seven o ' clock , the Cbmmittee t ac > companied by Thomas Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . and Feargus O'Connor , Esq . made their appearance upon the platform and were greeted with loud and long continued ' cheers ; ; .-: ¦ : . ¦ " ¦ ' - :-. '¦ , ; . /¦ . ¦ ¦"' -.- ' : '¦ ' . ' : '¦ ' -: " : " - -
; Mr . Rogers , having been elected to the chair , com * , menced by fitating that : the present were ticklish times , but that under their banner of " peace , law , and order , " they would be certain to cenquer . The present meeting had been legally convened according to Act of Parliament ; and that no pretence might be left to the authorities to commit the : follies , not to say the outrages , which bad been transacted within the last few days , ho had transmitted a copy of the bill , calling the meeting , with the following note to Sir . James'iGrraham ; : — v .. : .- ; . ' : ; ¦ . ¦ ¦ ::... ¦¦ ¦ '; '¦ .: ¦ ; , ¦ : : ¦' ;_ ¦ " I hereby transmit you a list of Jthe conveners of the FinBbury meetinitf . : r ; " :: , v v * Your obedient servant , '¦ ¦ - ,: ' . '• .. ¦ '• ¦/ ' . ¦ ¦ ' - ¦' . - . ' '¦' •¦¦ - ¦ ¦ . ••\ ' - : -: ' . ' . . '¦ ¦ ¦ .. " Sam . Rogers . "ToSir JamesGraham , Secretary of State , " ¦; , r- - - / ; ' - &C ., & 0 , & 0 . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ • • -: . ' - - [ ..., ¦;¦ - '' - ¦" -:-- ¦ ' .: "¦¦
To that note he had received no answer , and he therefore presumed that the meeting was legal , even ^ in the eatimatidn of the fastidfous Baro net , Mr . Rd / f ^ rs then vtent oB to show that the electors Bhould use the power which the law conferred upon them , for the benefit of th ^ whole community , ; They could gain no fcrue 1 informatiQnor the orig in or progress of the present unhappy state of affairs in the North , ^ frbmthei rascally newspape rs ; of theday ; but they well knew that the cause of them was classlegjelation . The ptople would never be in ;» state ef oontentmeut or piosperity uatil theiir grievances were removed , and the electors and persons of prooertv ought to be the first and not the last to assist
them . The masb of the people had nothing to lose j and if those who had ; property did not look to the interest of the working men , they might , in the confusion which would inevitable ensue , lose that which they now possessed—( chaers . ) ? Mr . Moore read a note from Mr . Wakley , stating that severe indisposition kept him from attending ths taeetipg , but his best w / shes were with them , and he was convinced thai if there was not shortly a Radical Reform of the representative Bystein of the House of Gommons , it would be impossible id retain peace and order , but that the best interests of the nation would be involved in one common confusion and ruin . Class legislation had been the curse of the millions . < : ? v ¦ ¦ ' . Mr . Sava « e rose to move the first resolution ,
but ^^ was interrupted with cries of !' '?¦ Adjourn ; ' biit the ^ Chairman having appealed to them upon the inconvenience ft would create , Mr . S » VMe P ro oeeded by assorting that the present were critical times , and that they needed the assistance of all good ; and patriotic men . It was almost impossible to . delibera . te calmly upon the scenes ooeurring in the North , unless they were at a distance from the scene of aotion . They had not in the North the liberty of meeting as they were then meeting . It almost made the mind shudder to reflect on the scenes which had occurred , but he urged them to persevere in their peaceful agitation until they had achieved a certain remedy . : Mr ^ S . concluded '"' aspeech : which was but . v ery ^ impe-rfectly heard , owing to the repeated calls lor adjournment , by moving the following resolution : — ¦ . ¦•'¦ ¦ '' ' ¦ •• . : . : :- ' : - : } ' . ¦'¦¦ ' ¦ •¦"'" K ^ -i '
• ' That this meeting learns with ; sorrow and dismay , that nearly the whole of the iuanuficturing population have foregone their usual industrial occupations ; that the discontent of the people has in some places broken out into open violence ; that encounters have taken place , accompaaied with loss of life ; that , in fact , civil war is raging thronghout a large portion of Groat Britain , so as to threaten aa effectual destruction of security of property in all parts of the kingdom . " ; . r ;
The cries for an adjournment now became so general , that the immense body tebk possession <> f the gardens attached to the hoaso , and vhe Committee and speakers addressed them front tho balcony . At this period not less than from ten to fifteen thousand persons were in the ground , and many thousands outside unable to procure admiBsion . ! ' Order having been restored , the resolution was put , seconded in an excellent speech by Mr . Walker , and carried unanimously amid loud cheering . : Mr . Watson in an address of considerable ability moved the following resolution : — ;
"That this meeting without pretending to jodge accurately of the immediate cause of this sudden out-break , finds no difficulty in deciding that the remote , all-powerful , and all-producing cause has been class legislation , ' which by promoting class interests at the expense of genera ) interests has at length produced such an extreme exhanstion of the resources of the whole body » that general pressure has prodttced geneial distress ; class haa been set against class , man against man , by sectional and individual endeavours toescape the aeaeral distress . "
H ^ trusted that tbo example set by the elector ? of Finsbury would be followed throughout the empire , and the working men would then be enabled to hold their meetings and express their grievance ;? withont coming into collision withthe authoritiesi . '¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ . Mr . fisher briefly seconded the resolution , which waff unanimously adopted . ; Mr . ¦ ' " West moved , ^ d Mr . Witz seconded the next resolution :-- ¦ . ¦ ; , /; '"' , ¦ y ^ iJ : -. - ' ^ . " .- ' ;¦• ¦ ¦ ' ^ - ' \ u That this meeting have ho hopes of remedy in the measures hitherto pursued—ho hopo of peace in the poor destroying the factories or residences of the rich , because the owners can give no greater wages than the demands of class legislation leave
them the pbwer . of doirig--no ! r do we see any hope , of peace ^^ : in the ^ rioh ooeroing the poor - beoauee th ey endeavgur to avoid starvatipn . Thesd are the means of aggravating the evils , which in the opinion of the meeting , can only be rernedied by removing plass legislation , and they are of an ^ opinion that a petition fouaded on the above resolutions be presented to the ^ , ueen , praying Her Majesty to be graciously pleased immediately to convene Parliament , and take means for . securing to : the people suoh a representation as Will bo in coriforinity with the prayer of rthe petition presented to the House of Commons last session , and which petition was Bigned by Four millions of her Majeaty ' a loyal subjects / ' : ¦¦; . . :. ¦ ¦ ; . : ¦¦ : ¦;¦ ¦ .. ; , ; -,: ¦ ^ y-. y-s- ¦ ' ;¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦<¦ ' ¦]
Carried unanimously , and ordered to be presented by the borough M . P . ' s . r V : v Mr . Savage moved , and Mr . Stembridge seconded , the following resolution : — ^ ¦ " That the thanks of th' i 3 meeting are due , and arc hereby given , to Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , M . P ., for his undeviatieg perseverance in tho cause of the people , and for his readiness at all times to respoud to the call Of his constituents . " ; : Carried amid loud cheers . ;;
Mr . Duncombe then presented himself , and was received with triumphant applause , the Honourable Member thanked the assembly for the manner in which they had responded to the previous resolution , took a brief bufc cutting review , of the Qaeen ' s speech and the acts of the miu istry during the past sosaion , declared his determination to stand by the people until the last hour of his existence , aud retired greeted with the heartfelt applamse of the aMembled thonsah < is .: v ; : ' : ; :,:- . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ : / : ' ¦¦ r--- ^ - ¦'¦"¦ . ¦¦ / ' '¦¦' : ¦ The Ghairmnii then stated the business was concluded , but ioud and repeated cries from all parts of the aasembly for FAargus O'Connor , caused that gentleniaii to appear on the platform , when he was received with tumultuous applause , and stated that by the courtesy of the comajittee , and the wish of M ^ . Duucombe , though not an elector , he would address ^ them ; :: ; ' : ; ;; - ;' : - ; ;;¦¦ - . ¦ : ¦/ '" . ¦ " ¦ . > . / - y : . ' . ' ¦ ¦ .: ¦'¦
¦ ¦ "• : jlr > O'CJonnor then : Bpoke in bis usual impressive and doguent manner , renewing his pledge to stand or fall by the people , entreating them not to give an advantage to their enemies by any acts of violenca , and the success of their cause would be certain . He was happy to inform them that he had made arrangements by whioh he had become proprietor of a daily paper to battle for their interests —( great cheers . ) The Evening Star would now be the advocate of the Six Points of the Charter , and
its motto would be No Surrender . Mr . O'Connor then declared his approbation of the resolution they had passed . The last resolution was the gem of the whole ; it stated that without tho Charter masters were unable to give good wages to their men ; and he implored tho shopkeepers to look wellto their own intereBt , aad they would see the urgent neeessity of assisUBH tl » people in . their struggle for political freedom , and enable them to crush the attempt now being made to suppress pnpo opinioni . ; . , v - .. .. v ^ v ^; Chairmanand
A vote of tbanka was given to the , the meeting qnietly dispersed , Hot withstanding the insulting menaces ofa large bodyof the 1 polioe , , whp , with their bludgeons in their hands , Btopped up the pathsjand endeavoured to exasperate thepeople . Mr . Hall and three superintendents , or inspectors , were parading the streets on horseback , occasioning confusion by the prancing of theirBteeds . aiMi endangering , inaic ^ i of preBetving the ipublw pej * f «! . - The troops from both Hiiiislpw and Woolpch , Srore in readiness to act , and likewise the hoaonrable volunteer company of ArtilliBry . -: > , ; ; ^ v . - v
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Leeds Coaw Mark . et , Tuesday ' - Av 6 vst 23 rd . — The supply of Grain to this day's market is smaller th * H last week . The disturbances in the manufacturing districts have caused , us to . have a tain attendance of millers , and they only purchase for their immediate wants ; the accounts this morning are more favourable , and nearly all the miUs have commenced Running * . Old Wheat has been 2 ^ . to 3 s . per gr . lowVr , some little new at market , Which haa made from 55 M 0 573 . for Red , and White to 60 s . ; but with good supplies prices will be much lower : for the inferior Old Wheat , there is no demand . Oats and Beanslittle alteration . The weather continues as fine as possible , and cutting u quite general . THE AVBRAGfi PRICES OF WHEAT FOB 1 HE WEEK
; ENDING AUG . 23 , 1842 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . 2 iye . Beans . Peas Qrs . Qrs . ; Qrs , < irs . Qrs . Qrs . 137 » 41 45 S 24 215 la £ e . d . V 6 a . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ 3 , d . £ 8 . 2 13 10 | 1 8 7 h 1 6 li ^ 1 13 10 1 16 51 1 Ud Leeds Woollen MAREETs . ^ -The excitement in this district ; having passed over , the market was somewhat better on Tuesday last , confidence being in some- degre ^ restored Thoro 13 not , however , that improvement in the demand for manufactured goods which might have been expeotc& In the warehouses there is a alight improvament for the homa trade , " but we much fear that there is an a * cuniulatiou of stock which it will take some timo to olearoffi - '¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ --: ' - " :- :: " . ¦ r : ' . ; ¦ . " ; ' . '" ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ . ' : ¦ ' . "¦ .,..- '¦ ¦ ¦
:. HuDbERSFiELp Mabket , Tdesdat Aug . 23;—Our market this day wore as glpomy an aspect as last week ' There was scarcely anything , dorie in »»! kind of goods we might as well be without market . Soaroe . any one knows what to do , for what little i » done & confined to a few warehoases . ; LivebpOol Cobn MakkbtV Mosdat . Atio , 22 . — The weather has continued tobe sach as to pnsh forward hatvent operations rapidly , and we have bad another dull week in the Corn trade , with reoeding prices . Wheat has been sold at 2 d . to 3 d . per bnthei , Fibar .-ls . ^ to \ . l ' v 6 . d ^^ p > ir : i > sJf 3 ^ ^ 'Oal 9 >] 4 >^ . ^^• ' ' P ^
DU 8 bel . and uatmeal at o « . to is . per lpaot . Rgiow sue quotatwns of this dax vse ' nnight . Bkcw * ^ ns , and feu "have moved only id retail , though caered on rather lbwejr terms . The whole * o ^ neajli bo , of the Foreign Wheat aad Floor ; in bond itt this port previous . toyeitorjlay . vwas oleMediaitthejrwpecitoTe dutiesbf 83 . peirquarter , and # , - $ | d . per J ^ ugfaJ , ; The rates of impost for the present week are , 9 jk P ^ r « oMterj aod 5 a « M ^ erHrreLfciPfv ^ BrUfeh j i ^ rauii Floor , and Oatmtai ; we have had onljF a flmall HJflux of supply . ; jt » o : o » three smatt lot ?^ inattjMW Oats have appeared , and have sold at Sa . Id ; per 45 Iba ; No new ; Wheat haBiyetcojaaeforward * ;
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STATE OF MB CaUNTRY
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MB . CAMPBELL * TO THE CHARTIST , .- ] : : ¦ , - .: ; . : ; i : - ; PUBLia :: . ¦ : ;¦ ;/ ' : ^ v ' - ^ . " : We have received the following from Mr . Gampbell : — , ¦ ; . ;• : " - . - : - - ¦^¦¦¦/ ' - ' - ,: ;> . . - : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ , . ;? :. ¦ . . ¦ BaoTHKa Pemccrats , ^ -You will pardon me for addressing . you at this important crisis . My reason for so doing is , if possible , to amalgamate afl classes of Reformers to . obtain the one grand object , viz ., the Charter ; and I now crave your most serious consideration to theontents of this letter . The country ia in a most awful condition , brought about solely by clasa legialation ; brought 6 ' n / hotby Whigs , not by Tories , not by millowners , not by parsons , not by landlords , or bftnkers , ; or govdrninenti separately : but by the uuitcd influfcuee of all ihhan
classts , whose sole aim and end is to rob tho masses . Now , mind , I wish to be most distinctly understood , that at a crisis like the present j I will hot attach all the blame of this extensive strike to the Anti-Corn Law League , any more than I would to the landlords . No , no my frieHdS j both are alike guilty ; the laudlords wish to keep up high prices in corn , to enable them to get high ; rents , iind thus rob the people . The Cora Law ; fiepealers wish to have fr « e trade in corn to enable them to rob the people . --Arcades ambpt— -and it matters not to me a Bingle pin , whether the Corn Law Repealers originated the strike or not , it is our duty as Britons , as freemen , as Chartists , to turn this extensive strike to the advantage of the whole people . , ; l
I lament , sincerely lament , there should be any canse for so > formidable a strike ; but in the language of the leading article of the Dispatch of Saturday last , I wish the people to ebntinue to harass the Government with their complaints ; - . V to resist the civil and military power consistent with the peace of society and the safety of property . " For' my own part 1 hope the strike ; will extend to every part of the kingdom . I ^ tt the praduoers of wealth cease to labour aud stand with their arms folded , and look with derision and contempt on those who oppress them . A people so acting would at once obtainjthoir liberty ... . . - . . ... ¦ .:.- : ¦;¦ : ' "V \ ,. / . -,: ' -, --r - ¦ .. - , Everywhere the peaceable meetings of the people have been unjustly interrupted by the minions of Government , and thus the ; general discontent increased . ¦ ¦ ''¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ '¦ ¦ - : - ' " :: ¦ " ¦ . - ¦
I perceive that Mr ; Sturge ' s party is for calling another Conference ; t _ a deliberate on the awful state of the nation . Lot this Conference be a national one —let us have uo denunciation—let us not attribute bad motives to any man or set Of men—let there bo a thousand delegates at that Conference—let the Trades of London , Birmingham , Manchester , and--Glasgow , take this question seriously up—let the Reformers of every grade send doleaates- ^ let thn
watch-word bo , the People ' s Charter . No fiinching now , no backsliding , but let us all be resolved to aot unitedly for tho accomplishment of this one fireat object which alone can save ' -our common country from ruin ; and may execration be the lot of the man , or men , vrho will cause disunion for the future , either by private slander or public denunoiation . Again , I ' say , let the Conference be a great , a powerfnl , and '¦»¦¦; national tne , whidh will adopt the Charter , the whole Charter / and nbthinsr less .
Let me now inform you that I have received word of the arrest of Leach , our long-tried aud worthy champion ; that I have been informed that the harpies of power are after M'DouaU ; and let me also inform you that I have notja shilling to give the worthy Doctor ' s wife ^—that I have hot the means to send Mr . Bairstow ' s wages to him . I at once then say , that , ipstanter , means ought to be devised to look to the families of those men . If ever you had confidence in your Executive ; if you wish to see themselves and families taken care of , bail found ,-. if required , you will ^^ forward , without delay , a eufficient amount to meet such expenoes
as may be incurred . For iny own part my course is straight before me . I will not travel to the right or left out of it , whether in publio or private . Before a jury ^ or in prison , I sh all unflinobingly maintain the principles of the People ' s Charter ; 4 nd I sincerel y hope that her Majesty ' s minieters will advise hsr to convene the Parliament immediately to take steps to remove the present distress , which , in my opinion ^ " can only be remedied by the enactment of the : Pe 6 ijIe ' 8 Charter . Hoping that the strike may extend , that the Conference may be a national one , and that you will forward without delay such monies as may be convenient for you to do for the use of the Executive ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 27, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct613/page/5/
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