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THE i\ T OPvTHE£J^ STAE. SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1842.
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OPEN A 1 B MEETING AT THE GREAT "WESTERN RAILWAY TATION , TAVDTNGtOXThis meeting was held , pursuant to adjournment from tte previous Monday evening , and was" -well aitendet ! - Ml . Payne having been called to the cbair , brieflyopened the proceeding ? . - Mr . LrcAs moved the following resolution : — " That this meeting view with alarm and apprehension the vast amount of distress existing in the cosntry , and are of opinion , that it can only be efidctaaliy removed by ensuring to the ¦ working classes that jnst . stare of political power -which , is embodied in the document called the People * Charter *
He -was unused to public speaking , but he felt that , at ¦ the present critical period , it was the bonnden duty of ¦ every man to txert himself to procure a remedy for the awful distress existing in the country ; ii would be HEeltES in him to dilate tin that distress , they ¦ were too ¦ well acquainted "with its existence ; it "was impossible te deny that it was undermining every institution of society . He wished them also to be acquainted , with the remedy ; he did not wish to force it on them ; but hs wished them to examine it for tlitmselves , and not to view it through the prejudices of others * Those who neglected to apply a remedy to the present miserably degraded posture of afEiirs must ba callous to
evtjy duty they owed to themselves , to society and to G : > & ; he called upon them to throw off their apathy , to exsrt the powers of their bodies , the energies of their minds in circulating the principles which were founded ¦ on justice , hemanity , and Christianity to unite ' with one heart , to look not at the men who were advocating tte principles , but at tte principles themselves , which ¦ Were calculated to promote the welfare of every man , womsn , and child in the empire . They had too long been deficient in sympathy for their suffering brethren , bat this clond of disgrace was now fast passing B- * &y - and thsy were beginning rightly to estimate tile value and aevntagvs of political power as a means to ensure pro 5 peri ' -7 to all .
Mr . ilvi > GS had great pieasare in seconding the resoluticD . winch not only declared that distress existed , but likewise poi&tsd their attention to thetrue remedy . TTbty were wV-Il aware that destitution End misery pre-¦ va ilea vtroughwit fte length and breadth of the land to a ceirrte unparaildtd in the past history pf the country ; if they were not acquainted with this fact , . they ought to be ; every day it spoke londer and louder to their Endeistacdings ; every hour it approached Dearer to thtir bonus ; let tbeia look around the great metropolis in which they lired , aad they / would see thousands in a S-ats of the most horribledestitution . aad jet London had cot feltaqaaita cf the . distress which prevailed in the manufacturing districts ,. and though thi 3 sirtress had net apprcacLed his own fioor , cr the doors
perhaps of uiary of his hearers , yet they knew not how iocs i' might arrive . 1- was painful to think that Ei ^ IL-Lnren were reduced to such-a state as to be glad to It-ed on nrri-jn , on cows , &t which had died of diseare . Was tfci 3 a srate in which life wss worth presernrsr ? Coaltl tfiey as . men much longer groan under such an accumulation of miserj ? The clonds sf misery "Which rnciicled their brethren in the north were comine v . e-rer and nearer , and shades were growing darter and darker , and yet , alas , they would not arouse from their torpor until it came np ^ n them like a th "" ef : n the night , end all were involved in one gi ^ ani ie ruin- The-only sur e means of re moving"this distresi -wsj by obtaining political powtr . Class legis-* a < i ,-. r had TiiseJ np a class of tyrants who . by enacting
tsd 1-i-ws , had brought the ¦ working classes to tlifehjtcecet potion . Tcey had obeyed tie lawa of those men ; ' . Ley bad submitted to their caprices until further iul-mission would be a crime ; for these men bad they toiled and wasUd through the weary summer ' s day ; for them had they fought and bled ; and * now they were rewarded by insult and oppression . Would they longer er . dure this ? "Would they longer remain < pt ' it under their wrongs ? He knew that they-would not Tte raiebty multitude would rise and put down by the strong voice of pnb . ic indignation . their heartless opprt&sors , and wouid neTer cease tbfcir exerti" :: 3 until they were in possession of the pdwtr ¦ which "wr-nld be conferred upon them by tbe adoption of the People's Ciiarter as the law of the land -i cheers . )
Mr . Coopeb ., of Manchester , said it was his pleasing duty to support the resolution ; and he wished them to iecp in mind the lines of the poet Byron , " They who Wi . uld be free , themselves must strike the blow . " It wss now admitted throughout the length 2 nd breadth of the British Empire , that a Wow of some description ¦ must he street , 2 nd that It must be struek soon . The 1 DC 5 I fnrportar . r question was , how sbonld the blow be struck to fmanripate themselves from their present thraldom ? AH parties in the state . Whig , Tory , and H&nieal . a . - ' aitthat a change must take place , and that Is must tome ere long . It was a fact that was admitted by the most ii \ telligfcst men of England and of other couctiks , that as the power of producing wealth had
increased , £ 0 had increased the poTeriy of the producers . This showed bt-yond contradiction that there mo * t be scrr . fcth . iTi : ; radically wrote in society , or these means -which ^ gbt to increase the happiness and wealth of the p * oj-ie . wru'd nbver have increased their misery , ¦ rice , £ 2 O neJtituiion . He hod travelled , during the eomsB o ! the sassaer , thronch a portion of Scotland , the X crib ff Errand , and tile intervening counties , fcctwttn there and the Metropolis , and he could bear siE f i- testimony thai tbe distress of the people was OYerwhcJming . Wherever he went be was assailed with tbe cry of ' -Bread , bread , bread—Jnstice , justice , TOi ^ ce . " Everywhere they complained c-f poverty and
tyranny ; and so loi > g as tyranny existed so long would poverty , £ 3 a necessary consequence , be found amoDg those who were tyrannised over . The only true policy to remove the cans ? of poverty was to strike at . th 9 root of tyranny , and thereby remove the -vice , misery , " and < lestitatun which it created- If they -were even to remain in trtir present position , better would it be to return to a state ef Eature—to go again to their hollow cats for a rnde shelter—to ream again ss pafnted svaces in the wilds of the forest , than to die of star-Tstion and disease . What did it benefit the working man that he had built qur manufacturing towns ; that lie had erected splendid machinery ; that he had built out vessels , which
" Walk , the waters like a thing cf life" ? yThsh staii wan it to the men of London that they had -erected splendid palaces for royalty and aristocracy ? He lovkea wound , and he saw feeanteous mansions in gTery direction ; and those who erected them , he saw wiE ^ ericgin the streets , fcoustles ? and penniless Tfcey were fc / 13 tiii 3 always tad been tbe case , and it always "woul-i . It was true that vice and poverty had ever been faUEd is eslit but it was because tyranny existed ; but it < 3 : d ret io ' iloT ? ihat they ever should exist He defied ar > y nion to point out , in the history of the werld , c jiatirn eaduriEg distress from the same cause which cmitfed the distress in this courtrj . They h 2 d heard of distress in ancient times ; but it had feeen crented- by ¦ carcity of food producing famine , by war , or other
similar causes ; but did the-y ever hear of a nation steeped in distress fcecause it had produced too Hiuch wealth ; yet th . s was the actual causa of thu pre-BbDi distress , iab ^ ur was the only property ' of the working man , and in proportion as ttiere was a demand for thai la > x > or wonld be be profperons or impoTerished . But we had now creattd so much wealth th&t there was no demand for labour until that wa ? sold , -Being no demand for labour , the working mtn having no wages , c >> u'd not buy , and the home market is destroyed , and distress is the natural const qaence . The population of . Britain wa 3 about twenty-seven million ; many ef these were actually starrins far Ivod , and yet the laad wonld grow suasient to rapport in plenty l £ 0 minions of inhabitants . Our power of producing wealth was equal
to that of 600 millions ol men . Oar shops and our warehouses were full , and y 6 t the men who produced tfcess articles were destitute of hats , shoes , and every article cf decent clothing ; houses were being erected ty working men arcand him in every direction , yet hzmdredB were forced at night ; to take shelter in Hyde ~ Pzrk , having no roof to shelter tbeir heads . The Bake of Wellington had said , that in England alone . trf all the countries of the" world , a working . man could do well , if it was not his- own fault , and that he ccnld provide the means ef subsistence , and a 6 unicier . cy for an independence in bis oi > i E ? e- He "was not actuated by any spirit of i-evenee towards him or any oihtT man , but lie ihoulfl like to see him exchange piacts with one of ths poor
lasd-ic-cm weavers of the north , and he would give him a good salary to begin with ; and if be did not speedily raise himieif to independence , according to his own ecctriue , it wonld bs his own fanlt . Tbe Duke of TTeinneton was mighty in physical force , though small in intellect ; but place him in one of the nauseous Cellars of Mai-chester or Liverpool ; let him be surrounded by thosa who would call him father , and look np to him for sup&oit—let him see th » wife of- his bosom gradually pining away before his eyes—let naught ¦ meet his gazj but the damp and barren walls of his miserable abode , and though at Waterloo he experienced trouble , and looking at bis watch , exclaimed , - Wouldto Qjd ihe Prussians were ceme ! " there he wonld find himself in a worse condition , and would
than exclaim , " Would to God death or justice would come !* ' ( Cheer ? . ) It had been asserted in the House oi Commons , and echoed and re-echoed through the pulpits of the land , that the distress was the result of » -divine providence , and so long &s they could get the people to belie-re this , the villains who created it would escape , and father their iniquity upon the God of creation . Did they ever B 3 e the earth refuse to bring forth its traits ? Did it not teem with wealth and plenty ; the man that could assert th&t God was the originator of tiia present distress , was the greatest of infidels ; the JBistop of Exeter had asserted in the House of Lords thai the wbxki&f man fcadno hops ¦ whatever to better
tia coBdition tut "wtsi rested in he&Ten ; and when fe&heard his childreQ crying for bread ; when he saw tbe misery aronna him , and was looking to God for Telfcf , he that would come to disturb his ^ uiet with the fallacies cf politics bettering bis condition , must be one of tte wickedest of men . The Bishop of Exeter , or any othtr man Who ccnld preach such doctrines to tbs ^ people ought to be made to exchange positions "with them . It wss a shame to tbe peeple of this nation—the most enlightened , the most powerful in the world—that they had so long endured this bondage—that they bad so long followed the priests ' mvdm of " Shut yonr eyes and open your mouib and
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see what God will send you . " He trusted they would open tbeir eyes to some purpose , and discover the Gharter as the true remedy for their condition , and that they would also epen their mouths , and declare tbe glad tidings to their fellow men . Mr . Cooper conticusd addressing the assembly in a similar manner for a lengthened "period , and was frequently greeted with loud applause , The resolution was pub and carried unanimously . Mr . Nagle moved , and Mr . Anderson seconded , in excellent speeches , an adjournment of the meeting until that day fortnight : this was unanimously agreed to , and the meeting dispersed with cheers for the Charter , Star , &c . _ - -. ' .
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BROOKE THE NORTHALLERTON VICTIM . Beothke Chabtists , — -We , the Committee of patriot Brooke ' s Victim Fund , lay before the public the decision of the Bench of Magistrates . They refuse him being taken upon our resources , it beiDg contrary to Nortballerton prison discipline . They will allow him pen ink , paper , and books , and exempt him from labour , providing we pay for his prison diet . He is at present in ihe Hospital , and lives as well as he possibly can do ; imb he being convalescent , we expect hi 3 discharge immediately , auto the prison diet , consequently we commence paying in order to render his dreary abode as little irksome as possible . We therefore appeal to the # reat Chartist body on his behalf , and publish our balance sheet to shew oar
INCOME—PRESENT RESOUBCES , ad July 7 , By cash from a friend , Dundee ... 1 0 15 , Ditto from a friend , Islington ... 2 6 18 , Ditto from Thoraley Chartists ... 5 0 20 , Ditto from Darlington ditto ... 5 0 23 , Ditto from Trowbridge ditto ... 3 24 , Ditto from Abergavenny ' 6 0 Aug . 7 , Ditto from ten poor hand-loom weavers , Chartists , Spotland-feld ... ... 5 0 Ditto from Brompton and Northallerton ... ... ... ... C U
£ \ 11 U Expenditure ... ... ... 1 2 Total Cash in hand ... £ 1 9 Jlf KXPEKDITCRE . July 7 , Letter from Dundee ... ... 0 1 10 , Ditto to Bradford ... ... ... 0 1 14 , DiUo from Brighton ,.. ... 0 1 15 , Ditto from Islington ... ... 0 1 20 , Ditto from Darlington ... ... 0 1 Ditto from Thornley 0 1
22 , Ditto to Brighton ... 0 1 23 , Ditto to Bradford 0 1 Ditto from Trowbridge 0 1 A . vg . 7 , Pitto from Spctland-fo 3 d ... , „ 0 1 8 , Ditto to Bradford 0 1 Paper , &c ... 0 3
1 2 Isaac Wilson , Secretary , To whom all monies must be directed BromptoB , Aug . 9 th , 1842 .
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THE TURN OUT . Most earnestly do we call the attention of every reader of ihe Star to the accounts we this day present him with of the proceedings consequent upon the Turn-Out to resist the reductions now again attempted to be made in the already-Btarvati on-wages of the labourer . Those reductions axe the result of a eon spiracy on tbe part of the " great " employers to drive the working people to madness , lhat out of the Et&te of terror and alarm , consequent on the phreDzy thus engendered , they may
wring from the Minister their darling scheme of " Corn Law Repeal , " so as to enable them for yet a little while loDger to realise a per centage upon their ''large capitals , " by driving labour still lower and loirer in the scale of comfort and well-beiDg . The " Conference" has not Eat for nothing ! The threats to close the mills . have not been all wind ! The attempt on the part of the confederated masters to prove that general djstkess exists has not been without its purpose 1 The whole of the efforts made by this party have been , cne and all , directed to the end of raising capital upon the ruins of Labocs !
We repeat , that the reductions now attempted to be made in the price of labour , are the result of a conspiracy on the part of a class to overawe the Government , and to accomplish their own selfish ends at the expence of the community at large . Look well at the parties who offer these reductions I Who , and what are tbey ? Members of the Anti-Corn Law League ! " Extension of Commerce "
advocates ! Bawlers out for " Cheap Bread . ' The very men who have been for the last twelve months dinning in our ears loud and wordy expressions of "SYMPATHY"for the distresses and privations endured bj the working portion of the popula * tion !! These are the men who try to alleviate the distress they so feelingly deplore , by reducing the uaacs of the men they employ ! !!
The partial darelopment of their confederated plans affords some slight explanation of other sundry threats and talkings the " Conference " indulged id . We now see how the " riotings" and " risings" that Mr . Tacmon , of Coventry , recommended , are to be brought about ! The " great " Anti-Corn Law Masters are to reduce the wages of their workmen , until they drive them into acts of outrage and riot ; and then they are to go to Sir Robeet Peel and say to him : " Didn ' t we tell you
this would happen ? Give us the Repeal' to quiet the alarming stale of the country , and afford the starving people ' cheap bread . ' " Having , by these means , forced their measure from the Minister , they will turn-round upon the people themselves , and put them down . They will join in yeomanry bands , in special constable bands , and in jury bands ; and they will bludgeon , sabre , shoot , hang , transport , and Imprison the yery men who have done ihe Leaguer ' s work by '' rising" and " rioting" !
And will the working people be such ninnies as to aid the Leagues in this their hell-begotten scheme Will tbey thus furnish weapons to be used against themselves by the most deadly and inveterate enemies they have to contend with ! Will they be thus played with , and used ? Will they do that for the enemies of Laboub which they cannot do for themselves ? Will they be instrumental in forgiDg and in binding on the chain that will link them fast to Capital ' s car , to be dragged through the mire and over the rough , at the will and bidding of tbe drivers ?
If the working people intend to do these things , tb > y have only to " rise" and " riot" ! If they intend to do these things , they nave only to meet in crowds , to attack persons and property ; to destroy life and wealth ; to murder , burn , and destroy ! Bat if they intend to frustrate one of the most horrible schemes ever hatched to subjugate labonr ; if they intend to defeat the wiles and stratagems of
their deadliest foes ; if they intend to advance their own cause of ri ^ ht , and acquire unto themselves power to establish the right of justice , they will be peaceable !! They will leave the " risings" and the * ' riotings" to the " Extension mea" themselves ; and they will instantly pnt down , suppress , all and every attempt to force or beguile them into acts © f outrage or collision with the constituted
autho-. We offer no opinion as to the prudence or desirability of the Turn-out . That is a matter to be determined upon by the people themselves . Those to whom reduced wages are offered have a right to say whether they will acoept them or not They have a right to refuse them , if they think proper . They have a right to try to penuade others to follow their determination and example . But
they have no nght to compel others to join them . They hare no right to destroy property . Against these acts we earnestfully and warningly caution t hemJ He is a bad soldier who fights against himself ! He is a bad general who quits a safe position , and takes one whence he is sure of being dislodged ! So long as the people are peaceable and refrain from acts of outrrge , they axe B&fe : the momett they resort to them , they destroy their
own power . We offer these observations in all earnestness and sincerity of friendship boti to the factory workers
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of Lancashire and to the miners of Scotland , Staffordshire , and Warmokahire . , The miners are an ill-used and industrious people . Their avocation is such a « incessantly endangers limb and life—for half their mortal carreer they are entombed alive—shut out from the light of day and from the joys of social lifer-their means of mental improvement are contracted—their inducements to tread the paths of vice are continually multipliedtheir zest for tbe pleasures of domestic comfort diminished , in fact the system to whioh they are
inured , completely unmans them , and they gradually degenerate from the human to the brute species , if not in form , yet in habit . And yet , notwithstanding all this , the base profit-hunters would lay still heavier burdens upon them and add starvation to their other grievances , by robbing them of their hire . Base wretohes i but we trust they will be foiled in the attempt . We trust the workmen will be enabled to compel them to pay some regard to honesty , however unwillingly . And that they may do so we implore them to be peaceable . ¦
We are glad the miners , like other trades , have hoisted the banner of the Charter . In the principles of that invaluable document must centre all their hopes . Towards that prize they most vigorously press , and relax not a single tousole until the gem of freedom sparkles on Britannia ' s brow . Trades' Unions , in times past , were deemed the enly panacea for the complicated evils endured by the operative classes—the specific was tried , but its virtues were undiscovered , or practically unknown . Politics were then discarded , and the leaders of
those unions were ever ready to impugn the motives of the Radicals , who never failed to direot the sufferers to the primary cause of the , evil—class legislation ; secondary causes were all that oould be descried by the " pioneers" of the Trades , but now the mist has been dispelled , and each workie is enabled to see the real cause , without the aid of borrowed spectacles . This is certainly a consummation long and devoutly desired by every ; trii ^ . lo . y ^ r of his country ' s weal , and we trust it will be found a swift and sure harbinger of that perfect freedom which is the inalienable right of man .
. Your ' cause , miners , is just . Let your shield be caution . Give the enemy no cause to let slip the dogs of war . The cowards may pounee apoa you , without cause given by you . Should it be bo , let them abide tbe issue of the contest . Nothing is too despicable for the iron-hearted iron masters and the black-hearted coal masters ; but be circumspect , discreet , and watchful , and they will be worsted . In conclusion , we caution yoa against political pedlars . Know your men , ere you trust them . Tho wolves aro on the prowJ , but you may compel them to retreat to their hiding-holes . Snakes will be in the grass , but take heed where you tread .
Every succeeding day furnishes additional proof of the villany inherent in the despicable middle classes ; of their hostility to the interests of the masses ; of their hatred of justice , and , consequently , of the absurdity of the doctrines propounded by the defunct "New Movers" and the expiring League , who profess to desire an amalgamation of the middle and working classes .
The man who preaches up . this unnatural union after perusing the accounts of the tyranny of tho masters towards the employed , which is given in our columns of this day , must be either a fool or a knave , and as such ought to be scouted from all society into which he may intrude . Sach characters , thank God , have now no chance of stultifying the workies with their poisonous nostrums . The political empirics havs had their day , and must either retire from the arena of politics or become honest men .
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THE NATIONAL DELEGATE MEETING ; THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ; AND THE LEICESTERSHIRE DELEGATE MEETING . We have rery little information as to what pro * gresa is being made in the necessary arrangements for the " National Conference" summoned by the Executive for Tuesday next , in Manchester . We apprehend that most likely very few
delegates will be appointed ; but we trust that every place which does send a delegates will take care to do it rightly ; that all things may be done safely . We hope , also , that every delegate will ceme fully and thoroughly instructed by his constituents ; as far as they have the means of anticipating the businsss of the meeting ; that the opinions of the people may be as fairly represented a ? is possible under the circumstance ? .
The recent charges of the Leicestershire Delegate against the Executive Committee and the manner n which those charges have been met by the Committee—haughtily refusing to acknowledge the slightest responsibility to the great body of the Chartists , but pointing to " the officers of the Association" at this meeting as the parties , to whom they will give whatever explanations may be required—have invested this meeting with an
importance not to be easily over-rated . An importance which we hope will not be assumed by any seotional assemblage , for the gratification of any clique or the serving of any individual or knot of individuals . The cause of Chartism is too pure and too holy to be trifled with ; its escutcheon must ; be kept free from blots ; no rust must be permitted to eat into its Bubstance ; and if mire be cast upon its surface it must be instantly cleansed .
That we may aid as far as possible such as may need information on the matter , we suggest the following , as a form of the credentials to be given by the Chairman of every public meeting where a delegate is elected , to the said delegate : — " To all whom it may concern . " I hereby certify that , at a public and open meeting of the inhabitants of held at on the day of 1842 > Mr . was elected by a majority of ihe persons then and there present , as their delegate to a meeting of delegates to be holden at Manchester , on the 16 th day of August now next , to consider the best means of enhancing and sustaining the interests and well being « f the National Charter Association .
Chairman . Aug . 1842 . " Of course the blanks must be filled up as ciroum fctsntas may require .
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The important news from the "disturbed districts" has shut out several articles of comment which we had prepared—amongst the rest our promised commentary on the National organization .
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B . C . asks : ~ If a lecture be delivered in an unlicensed room , and if admission be made by tickets atone penny for each ticket , will the chairman at such lecture be liable to be prosecuted ?" Fes . " It has been slated by a Chartist lecturer that there ought to be an election of the General Council once in every three montfis ; but seeing that the plan for organizing the Chartist body says they shall be elected every twelve months ^ I wish to know whether any change has taken place-which justified this lecturer in making : the above statement V No . " Have the Chartists of any locality power to vote the General Council residing in the same locality null and void , and to elect a new one before the term specified in the plan of organization has expired ? No . ¦¦ -. - ¦'
L . T . Cxamct . —The attack upon him in ifo Statesman is a sufficiently blackguard affair : he could expect nothing else . However—though we think his present letter richly merited—it sfioilld fa Wit to the paper in which the Billingsgate to which it refers appeared . We could not % in accordance with our tisual practice ^ insert it until after it may have been refused insertion by the Statesman . - ¦ ¦ '¦¦ ; : ¦ ¦ . ; . ¦ , '¦ . . ¦ .-, ' . , ..:.,. : ; v . C . G . Ball . —We see no good purpose to be served by again reverting te the ** new move" correspondence with Lovett and Collins , Several letters passed between those parlies and the editor , of this paper . The meaning of the Chillern Hundreds we have explained so often that we are almost tired of the task . It is a nominal office under Government , by the acceptance of which a Member vacates his seat .
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Mb , Editor , — ¦/ beg your indulgence while I correct an error which appeared in your paper of last week , under the head—•• The Working Classes at Oldham ? . It U true that prospectuses are being issiiedfor the erection of a Working Man ' s Hall , —notm 3 QQ , liut in 500 sharea tat £ \ each * payable by instalments of threepence per week , or upwords . The edifice * as stated to accommodate 500 persons , is intended to accommodate 14500 persons . The shares are being very rapidly taken up ; and a good spirit exuts , and it is expected . that operations tvill commence m a very short ' - timei . ;¦ ¦¦ - ¦¦ / ' . ' ¦ . ' " "¦ ¦ ' ] . . ; . . " ¦¦ . . _ ¦ ¦' ; . ' . ' - .. ¦ ¦ ' ,., ' . ' ¦'• - ' " ¦ B y inserting the above in your next week ' s paper , , you will much oblige , -.. " ¦ ¦ ¦/ ' Yours , &c ., ¦ ; "'' ¦" - ' ¦ -W-M . - HaaiisS ;" Caboltne Maeia WiLLiAMS;—Her letter was received , and was noticed in the Answers to
Correspondents of last week . Wawbr Sai ^ sbury . —We know nnolhxng about the - Wesleyan Conference . : Wif , ; ir 4 CKs 6 Nf . P . OM ' - ^ & ,. ^ n / 9 : 7 ^ rones / r 02 and ; prays earnestly for $% xi-light , ChristophseDoyle— The Stockport Chartists 'Appeal to their brethren of the County of Chester generally , that juitice may be done to this gentleman , ) whose valuable exertions have much served the cause , and who > is ¦ ndut , through these exerr lions , in great pecuniary difficulties , the sum of £ 3 13 s ; : being now due to him fr&in the : Charr tisfsof ike County ofChester , for ' wages when member of the late Convention , the Chartists of Stockport request , that every toujn in Cheshire
which has riot paid its due proportion will send the same without delay to Mr ; John Walker ; shopkeeper , Park-street , Stockport . Mr . Wm . Bell requests us to say , that as his engagement as South , Lancashire missionary does not expire until Saturday , the I 9 ih t he cannot commence in the Huddeivfield district UntilMonday , the 2 \ st , instead oj : Monday , the \ ith . 1 .-Mr . Editoh , —Please iq announce in your Notice to Correspondents , that , as I shall be disengaged from businessin the month of September , I purpose to take a taut . Those places , who may wish me to' visit then 1 will [ please'to direct to John Skevington \ stfuw-bonnetwarehouse , Swan-street , Loughborough . :
Wm . Tytlee . -- We have not room for Ms letter this week [ : it shall appear in our next , J .. W , ? ajui KB .- — We had a notice ' of ' the death of George in type before hisarrived . Hugh St . Duncan — -No-room . : ; W . H . DyottV- "Tis impossible to find room fot his ' letter this week ¦¦' ¦ : next week we will try . J . Dawsoic Norwich . —No room . Mr . G . J . Habney has received for Mrs . Hplberry , from the Chartists of Newton Heath , 12 s .- ; from the Chartists of Cheltenham , collected after <*?» address by Mr , Bdmtow % £ \ Is , ; from the Ra * HonalUts of Newcastle'upon-Tyne , subscribedin consideration of the kindness of the Chartists of Cheltenham to Mr . Holyottke , 12 s . ¦ ' ¦ 'Mrs .
Hoiberry returns her grateful thanks to ad her kind friends ; ¦ ' . / ' ¦¦ . . . - ' .:-. . - ¦ ¦ . . .. .. ' ' ; . ' ¦¦ ' . ' ¦' . ¦ ¦ ¦ Mb . Peter Rjgbv desires us to inform the Shaksperean Chartists of Leicester that he shall be with them on Sunday , and wilt be at their service for a whole week . ; . : ; ; , J . C . GitiDY , French Park , County Roscommon , Ire-A land , complains that he is riearly deserted by his English friends , receives ? iow only two Stars i and earnestly requests for more Star ^ lightfor th $ Rescommoners . He will be thankful to hear from Messrs ; Orr , Northampton ; ( 7 . Lane , London ; W * Uainbrulgei Darlington ; and W . Dawson , Chorley . James Kane , block ? printer , formerly ( oj'Httddersfield , is desired to write to him to wliom he sent his
Star at Christmas . John Foster . — We thank him for his good opinion , and his ftank , warm-hearted expression of it . We are guile willing to trust the good sense of the people , for whorriy and to whose interests , more than half of our life has been devoted . The people are not now to be- quite so easily gulled and cheated by adventuring political pedlars crying out for their pence as they were a few years ago . They are now pretty generally able [ to estimate , at somewhere about their worth , the vagabonds wliase wide throats can swallow all their former avowed doctrines and opinions as soon as the bolus can he gilded with a little of the pay dnd patronage of that middle class whom erst they designated as possessing all quail * ties but lovely ones . The " Cess Fool , '' as he very wittily styles a pretended Chartist Journal ^ is aoinn on finely \ it ' is raising a stink that is
even absolutely intolerable in the nostrils of its best frietids , and becomes pffeiisive to the rank organs of its newly acquired patrons . It would be a pity to put an , additional spoon in the pudding : we could not think : of such a thing . As for the letter of the animal referred to , it is a much belter answer to itself than any that we or any one else could write to it . The odour of human dung upon aJoOlpath may be offensive to the passengers ; but AJ we happen to see it there we seldom stop to pick it up , and demonstrate , by the tearing of it to pieces , th&t it is dung : we paston , andleave \ 'ii ' toafford itsou > n nastyrevidenceto as many asf ' moji chance to see it , without taking the pains of particularly directing attention to it . —Several other Correspondents who write in reference to the same , or like matters i miist take this as their answer . T . C . Inobasi , Auergavenny . —Fo « need no license .
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. : ¦ - ' ¦ . . : — .: m , — ¦ ¦¦ .., - ¦ - William Pickvawce , Bolton . — --r-Has the Agent ordered them ? If he bas not let him do GO , and he will get them . Mr . Guest has Specimens for Mr . White , Mr . Chance , and Mr . Watts . ; T . Self should have said the money was for Mr . Atwell's Paper . He will oblige by Bending nine poststamps for the tw « Papers he haa received . John Campbell , HbLLiNGWoRtH . —Newspapers can be forwarded , ef any date , to Ireland and Scotland , 6 *; . to the Isles of Man , Guernsey , and Jersey ; but to all other places they must be posted within seven days of their publication . A . Constant Subscriber , Eettebinq . —Yes . R . Dunn . Liverpool . —Will enclose them with the
Plates for any of the Agents in Xrrerpool , if be will Bay which .: D . Haines , Coventry . —Say the best way of sending them , and they will ba forwarded . John Wakeeield , CiRENCEStER . —Say how the parcel is to be forwarded . Mr . A . Heywooiv 60 , Oldham-street , Manchester , has Specimens for the following Agents : —¦ Edward Hobaon , Asfaton ; T . Bicbards , Burnley ; James Heaton , Clitheroe ; Henry Woodburn and William Pitneld , Chorley ; Mr . Cooke , Dackinfleld ; MiBS Buckley , Old bam ; Mr . Liddle and Mr . Halton , Preston ; Mr . Blackshuw , Stockport ; and Mr . Woodcocki Stalybridge . JOHN Stein , Alva . —Suppose the 6 id in carriage Messrs . Pat on and Love had to pay " for the parceL
NATIONAL TRIBUTE TO THE EXECUTIVE . ¦ : . :. -v- ' - ¦ ¦¦¦ : ; - ¦ ¦; : - ' ¦ £ > d . From Sandbach * per J . Armitage ... 0 1 10 FOR MASON ANi > OTHERS , STAFFORDSHIRE . From Holbeck Chartists ... ... 0 2 0 „ the Chartists of Mansfield ... 0 4 0 „ the flaxdreaserB of Broadford Works . Aberdeeni .. ... 0 3 2
POR MIIS . HOLBERUY ; From the Committee at Sheffield ... 3 18 0 ¦ j . the Chartists of Carlisle ... 0 6 0 ditto Stockfcin ... 0 16 3 „ ditto Aberdeen ... 0 10 fl ^ ditto Thoraley , collected after b sermon by Mr . Richmond ... ... 0 10 0 „ the Chartists of Chowbenfe , collected after a aermon by Isaac Barrow ... * .. 0 9 C „ Armleyi collected after a
funeral serinbnw ; .. ... O S 8 „ the Chartista of Mansfield ... 0 4 0 ' ^ Bishop Auckland , per Charles Connor ... ... ... 6 fi 9 „ a friend at Bishop Auckland 0 2 „ the fl w-dresserjr of Broadford Works * Aberdieen ... ;• - '¦ -.. ; 0 8 1 „ the females tOhartistB ) of Aberdeen ... ... ... 0 5 0 „ a few friendfl to liberty , at Marple , near Stockport v .. 0 10 FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHABTISTS . From the Chartists of Littletown , Liversedge v ... .... ... 0 2 6
FOR MR . R , pASTLEB . From a few friends to liberty , at Marple , near Stockport ... 0 9 0
FOB HUNT ' S MONUMENT . From a few friends t » liberty , at Marple , near Stocktwrt ... 0 10
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Cbow ahd Tybheltl ' s Brkakfast Powdek . —Thei proceeds due to the Executive from the sale or Messrs . Crow ; and Tyrrell ' s Breakfast Powder , for tho week ending August the 6 th : — " :. - / .. - . Sk ¦ ¦ pys-:: ^ i-:-tni v- iyXih :. ^' : !; -. "• ' . £ B A Mr . James Leach , Oak-afceet ^ Manohester , . and wholesale agent for Lancashire ... 3 0 0 Mr . Simeon , Bristol , wholesale a « ent for the VVeBt ; ... . uv - ... ^ ... 0 6 0 Mr . G . J . Barney , Sheffield W ' .-:... ... 0 6 0
Mr . Mom , Dawley , and wholesale agent rforSbJopahire , w i » . r ; ; ..: ; .. 0 6 ; 0 Mr . Legge , Aberdeen ^ .. i ... ... 0 3 0 Mr . Barnetfc . Kennerby ¦ -. . ; ... ... .. ; 0 1 6 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham ... ; .. ... 0 1 6 Mra . Smith , ditto ... ... ... 0 16 Mr . Jones , Northampton ... . ^ ... 0 1 6 Mr . Robiason , Derby ... ... ... 0 1 6 Mr . Cavill , Melton Mowbray ^ .. ... 0 0 9 : - , V- ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ '; .: ' " . - ' ' ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ . ii 9 3
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; . . . ¦ ¦ . . "¦ ¦ ; , ' NPT 1 CB . ¦ ' ¦¦ ; \ :. The Star of Saturday next will contain , a full Report of the Important Proceed jugs in Manchester on the 16 thi > f August , conneoted with the ' -fifonainert tp Henry ^ Hr ^ fTi and also the Sittings of the Ghartist Conference on the 17 th , 18 th , and subsequent days . To give doe effect to the ¦ anniversary of an ever-memorable day , and to do justice to the memory , of the Poor Man ' s Advocate , we have , at great expence , procured an Erigravine of
HUNT'S MQHtUTftEVrT , which will be given in the Star * along with the Report . We have also , at greater expence procured an Engraving of the horrible
MANCHESTER MASSACRE , on the 16 ch August ; 1819 ! This We shall also give in ; the Star of Saturday next , accompanied with a detailed account of the atrocities of that bloody day ; a list of the names of the Manchester Yeomanry , who dyed their drunken hands in the blood of an unarmed people ; and the awful judgements of God on the actors" and abettors of those deeds , a $ evidenced in the horrid end of
CASTLEREAGH , the death of Canning , and the " visitation" on ¦ SiDMOura J . ¦ : . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . / . ¦¦ ¦' ¦ . ' . ' ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ .. - ' : ' ... Agents will please to give their orders in . time . Both engravings will be given next week .
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TO THE READERS OF THE " STAR . " My Beloved rRiENDsi---I feel imperatively called upon to direct your attention to the following leader which appeared in the British Statesman of last Week . It runs thus i- ^ -
"THE 'STAR' AND THE EXECUTIVE . '*« The Northern star '' . has ,. ; we see , opened another masked battery on the -EatecutiTe .: Cooper and bis myrmidons are the instramerits made use of , this time , by the Star-chamber . The 1 attack will not only fail , hut recoil / with Pignol effect , on the aggressbrSi If Jt does not . tt will be the fault of the Executive Committee themselves . Arid if they fail in this case , to make front ( as they ought ) against an arrogant dictatorship , which
seeks to prostrate at its feet every thing good and valuable iu the Movement , they will richly deserve the fate that awaits them . If they exhibit either compromise or cowardice on this occasion , they are gone—irrevocably gone ! And no wan will , because no main ought , to pity them . But w 6 believe better of them—we believe they will do both justice to themselves and their duty to the Chartist public ; of a large proportion of whom they are the accredited servants . . ., .... ' . ' . ¦ -
"As to the alleged expense of these Conferences—so much harped upon— -the argument comes ¦ with a singularly bad grace from parties who have put the country te heaps of useless expense for demonstrations , triumphal cars , and the like trumpery nonsense , which could serve no useful purposawhateyer . The projected Conferences may be of use—the other affairs could be of none . For more ob this aubject , we refer our readers to a very sensible letter from Waiter Mason , of Harieston , -which we publish amongst our correspondence . As for Cooper and his accomplices , they are beneath contempt . "
As the latter paragraph relects upon me individually , I beg very calmly to submit a word of comment upon it . The only "triumphal car" in connection with our movement , was the one used on the occasion of my liberation from York Castle ; and when I was informed that tho ' York Chartists' intended to have one , and when I heard of the expence , I paid ten pounds towards it . The attack is a censure upon the gallant Chanists of Yorki and those who sent delegates , and have got up demonstrations . I have invariably recommended that no expence should be gone to for the purpose of distinguishing me . I have counselled you against holding expensive demonstrations , but I have atteaded them in compliance with , your will . I have worked the flesh off my bones for now nearly a whole year
sinoe I was liberated . I have expended above £ 1 , 000 in traversing the country by night and by day , endeavouring to improve your minds , aud to replenish your empty exchequers , leaving to eabh Association , from my own exertions , from £ 8 to £ 60 , to enable them to prosecute the people's cause ; and , as that course does not appear to have merited public approbation , I think I had better , in future , pocke * the pence myself , as " proffered service Stinks . " But until I learn from those whom I will stand by to the last , th&t I am censurable for obeying the public will , even though opposed to my own interest and conscience , I shall go onward In my old course , mindful ' 6 f the resolution proposed by ^ Mr . O'Brien and seconded by Mr . O'Connor , at the close of the late Convention ' s proceedings .
I shall be at Manchester on Tuesday , at Oldham on Wednesday and Thursday ; at Bury oil Saturday , when I hope that those who coin my sweat into gold will not mock me for my acquiescence . ¦ My Friends , an attempt is made to mix me up with the Leicester resolutions , and to condemn the Star for having published them ; while , had the Editor refused to do 80 , well indeed might the whole press of England complain of dictatorship ! And yet their publication is " another masked battery on the Executive !" . I am , Your faithful Friend , Feabods 6 'Connob .
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A SPECIJIEN OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF \ jk . " CHARTIST ORGAN" ! We give the following morsel from the British Statesman of the latest date : ¦—• . '••¦ TO THE EDITOR OF TE ! E BRIIISU STATESMAN . "My Deae . P'BRtEN , — -I am truly delighted ;* . th ' at you are once more where you onght to be , and doing what you ought to do ; you being eminently qualified to fulfil the duties of a public teacher ; and which should nevor have been suspended for a moment in times like ours . To teach the ignorant is man ' s highest duty , and : when performed under the influence of just motives , bis greatest glory . Go on , then , under the impreBsion —• the truth-inspiring impression , that the diffusion of knowledge is the renovotion of the world ; and great is your reward . / -v
"I am happy to perceive that you aro determined to avoid that course of conduct which some teaAers have 80 l « ug pursued— « ia / io « ai teachers- ^ -rcecrisnd teachers . What a libel on Caristianity—on humanity -r-on common -Bense , is such teaching I What a concentration of the quintessence of evil , Bead Romans < 3 d , 13 th , 18 ib ) . But when the tree is notoriously corrnpti the fruit may be predicated . " My deajfSir . ^ I hope the Middle Classes will no longer stand aloof , but embrace at once the principles , of tbe Charter . When they shall have known that Joseph Sturge , and many kindred spirits of tbeir order , have adopted them , as the only means of saving the country from ruin and desolation , let them not
fear . The teeth of the would-be patriots haye beea drawn , and the " Lion ' s" roar is no Ienger formidable . — The poison of" reverend isrs" is neutraliaed , and there ia no poison like unto reverend ¦ poison . Many persons express their wonder that bo few of the middle classes have hitherto joined the Charter Association ; the fact is , they were not wanted . Knowledge was repudiated ; it would have spoiled the trade ; " fustian jackets , blistered hands , unshorn chins , " were wanted ; the idol of Juggernaut , who wanted a Convention of men " without shoes and stockings , " could not have
been glorified by the middle classes . They would neither have drawn the car , nor fallen beneath its wheelB , amid the huzzas of the shoeless and stockingless multitude . The middle classes are now wanted ; invite them , Sir , to join the Complete Suffrage Association , ( assuring them of exemption from the contumely of patriotic demagogues and reverend scribblers , ) and take that lead in the present Movement which will crown them-with lasting honour . : V ; .. ' - ¦ ; ' . ' ¦ ¦¦ ' '¦ ' " - ' • yours trulyi ; : '• • '¦ . ¦ . ' :. " '¦ ' . ¦ ' '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' . ' -: . ' ¦ " ' - " ' : " ' "" - ¦ . ' W . CJ . Burns . Hall , July 24 , 1842 , ;
[ We offer no remark for the present , further than to ask if this is the same Mr . W . G . Barns who appUedto Mr . O'Connor for aloanof £ 40 , and who , upon being refused , commenced his first beastly attack upon the V caged Mori T' ]
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Mason ' s Defence Fond anp vo& the Famimks . The undermentioned sums have been received for the above object since August 3 rd , by Mr . Samuel Cook , of Dudley : ^ : ; " . ; '' "> : ' - " --V ; v . ' . ; - - y ' j- ' - - ,: ¦ , / : " ' " - ) : \ :: . : ; " - ' / ' - ; '' ; . '¦ ' . - . ¦ ¦ ¦ y : :-: ¦ : ¦ :: ¦; .. ' . ' : '' 8 , 'rd . - . _ : Great Bridge ... ... ; . ; 1 3 ; Simon Watts . ; . ; - ••• «» ; . « i ''' l -0 Collectedrby Mr . Bankin .. V ... 0 7 ¦ ¦ 'Walsall :... ... ' ...... 3 6-EttiiishaJWaae ... \ .. .., 1 0 -... JohnCaswell . ¦ .. «• ¦ ... .: ^ ... ; 5 ' 0 ¦' Wednesbury ... -.. '< : ... ... 3 0 Journeymen Hinge-makers , Wplver-¦ '¦\ hampton ... ... ; •»• ••• 3 () Bilston •«• ... . i . 2 6 . ; John Bradley . ' . .. ; ... ; ... 0 6 ° William Jones ; ... > . * .. » 1 0 ' Ship , Steelhouse-lane , Birmingham ... 10 0 . Saint Johns , Worcester . » ... 3 0
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- •— ¦ . .. . ¦ ¦ ¦ . .. ¦— . - ¦ - - ¦ .- « - — -= ? a » . : ¦ . ¦ ; .: ; STAEEORD * ^ 0 r ¦ ¦ ; ; ( Fromaur own'Corespondents ) I ait down , to write yoa word what is going on here . The publio are already informed that the colliers in North and South ? Staffordshire are on strike against a redaction of wages . , .. Whether it would be just in them to ; accept rfiiuoE reduction I leave all those to answer Who have read the recently published report of the CommiBaionera appointed to inquire Into the condition , of y those iwho work iij inines . What is really going on ia North and South Staffordshire I do not know , but report says they ; are rioting ! This I do know , that a riot has taken
place in the Potteries ^ , and that fwty > fiye persons were brought to Stafford gaol on Saturday last ? forty-seven oh Tuesday ; and ; upwatdsrof fifty on Wednesday ! The authorities of Stafford apprehend a junction meeting of the . disa ^ ted ^ parties at Stafford , some time to-nightXWednesdayJi to attack the gaol and liberate their opnfined comrides . The Yeomanry Cavalry are all out , and stationed in the confines of the gaol . Two troops of regulars are expected to arrive very soon , and the town is in a complete uproar . Howi it willjen ^ I flanriot tell . If any thing morehappens I will T ^ ifrejOtt ^ ^ word time enough forydur second edition * ,, i ? fl / I
¦ ¦ - ¦ : : ¦ . ¦' . .: ¦ " : —— ' ., 3 ^ H ' -v " - - . STAFFORDSHIRE , PpTTEjaES . ( From . mrCorrej > ojidenkr ) p ; In my last 1 intimated ; that tns aj ^ ifs of ihe colliers in these .. districtsiwereionlysettled in appearance , and fully has that opinion been verified . On Saturday , about noon , the colliers began again to assemble here , aad about three o ' clock , p . m ., proceeded to Norton CoUiery ,. where ihey had got information that jsome-jnen from a distance were working , the agent ; , en ^ byini&ifltra ng eip , and dismissing his old workmen . Finding the report to be correct , the men proceeded to tumrthese men out , and one man , a stranger fronj the Shropshire mines , was ducked two or three times , in order io convince
Him ot tn . e lmpropftety or ^ lacondupt ., "i . 'hus has the collierB * tnrn- <) u { again been reytye d ^ aTia , as far as I can peroeiye , with ( tore , aspefii jihu ^ s ^ r . During the ' tiiiie ' . ' | hafc . ; the me ^' w « nii | to Nortonle-Moors ' . -acircumstance occurred ^^ urslem which I must narratei mq ^ e in detaiU . JXJnhnJj ' iliie turn-out it has been the custom of " the * miifera to go round to the diflEereat townships , Tby , twoa ©^ . threes , with boxes with a slit in the -cen'tre of the top ' , $ r lid of the box , and Which lid or lever is screwediJown ; and to prevent frauds being practised . ^ thfli , screw head 3 are sealed , and the men so employed . carry credentials from the Committee . On Saturday afternoon three of the colliers went with their box to ; Burslem ,
in hope of receiving the contributions of those who were disposed to afisisfc them . In the coors © of their labours they solicited a son of the landlord of the Cock and Barrel , who no sooner saw the men than he instantly kicked the box out of the man's hand who carried it , and shewed his sympathy to those men who bad supported him ' by kicking the box into the street , and cau 6 Jnf ( the three cblleotors to be apprehended under the Vagrant Act j thus giving a practical lesson to all the foolish drinkers who , by the purchase of his beer or epLrits , have raised him something- Higher than themselves , of the kindness and sympathetic feeling of these rad-hot sous of the ale cask , : The news of
this reached Hanley just as the men were returning from Norton , and the sons of the mine with all the promptness belonging to their-order , determined to release the men from the lock-up . A Way they went : for Burslem ( distant from Hanley about two miles ) cheering all the way . On arriving at ftarsiem , the liberation of the prisoners was but the work of a moment . The door was split to shivers , and not only the three men were liberated , but ' every other prisoner . The men being infuriated , paid a visit to the sb ' n ' of the barrel , and Buch waB the fury of the
populace that not one square of glass was left him . The Town-hall ( the place of the magistrates' meeting ) was served iu like manner , and the clock was damaged so much that it stopped . I also hear that the head of the police came in for his ; sharej hi 3 windows being shiTered to pieces , and . the glass all broken , the shutter being forced into the shop . Other persons who had rendered themselves obnoxious to the workmen were paid iu the loss of their Windows for the part they had taken against the colliers . : ' . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦¦¦;¦•¦ . ¦ ¦ : v . ¦ ' . .- .-. "¦ ..: ¦ " . ¦ - ' - ' ..
On Monday , a middle-class man charged me and my brother Chartists with being the authors and abettors pf this , ; the colliers' turn-out , saying that the magistrates knew all about it , and that they had known it some months ago . Ah ! Mr . Editor , if you can belieyb ! such nonsense , it will -be strange indeed . What 1 the magistracy know all about it , alid yet leave a townf with at least twelve thousand inhabitants , with a police force of five or six hun * dred . ^^ Faugh ; not tney indeed . ^ Besides , if they knew and did not preyent them , are they not accessaries before the fact ? But enough of this ; we know that the magistrates and the middle-class would be happy could they prove that the torn-out was either originated or abetted by the Chartists , if thev cduld turn that knowledge to our disadvantage .
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¦ T flAis ^^^ i ^^ A ^^ si ^ DE $ TRVCTION OP PROPERTY AND LOSS OF ^¦ . ¦/¦ ¦ . : V" - . ;^; - ' : :: . - ^^ V . .: ^; -. v Xiiifj ^ .- ; f-i : ;; ; J : r ; V- ; . ^ . - : * .: " . -.- " ¦ . / " :-.- ¦ : . ¦;' Manchester and the adjacent towns have this week been the scene of some important and instructive proceedings . Nearly the whole'xtf the producers of wealth in thar district have laid down their implements of labow ; i and-have resolved to 41 work no morej" unless 'the ? wages given in the beginning of 1840 are again accorded them . The immediate canse of this step on the part of the workpeople jb a reduction of wages' by thei Blasters , par * ticularly that portion of them attached to the Anti-Corn-Law League . Below is an account of these proceedings , furnished by our own Correspondent : —
STAiTBaiDGE . r ^ The conduct : 6 f eome of the manufacturers of ; this place have dnveh fhe people to the necessity .. © X ' endeavouring to protect iheir wa ^ es by union , and by that union to obtain political power On Thuredayv the 4 th ult ; , the weavers and others in the employ of Bailey and Co ., at this place , turned out , in consequence of that firm offering a reduction in wages of twenfcyrfive per cent , below the amount paid by any other master in tHc town . ; As is usual on such occasions , a meeting was convened . The result of that meeting was that the wholer of the hands in the mills in the town should cease to work , and that ou aggregate meeting should be held on Monday , the 8 th , at five o ' clock ; in the morning . At the time appointed , nearly fourteen thousand
people had assembled . Mr . S . Challenger was called to the Chair , and he opened the business of the meeting by exhorting them to peacei law , and order The meeting was severally addressed ; by Messrs . Derham , Crossley , SiephensonV Fenton , and P . M . Brophy , when it adjourned until nine-o ' clock ; at which hour the numbers were greater . than before Several speakers addressed the meeting , and a resolution was passed , to the effect th ? tt ; the person 3 assembled should form themselves ^ into a procession , and go through jPuckenfieidi thence to Ashton-under-Lyne , to induce the labourers ia the latter towns to co-operate with thenij '; As soon aB the Staiybridge turnouts made their appearance near to any of the factories in their route , those inside
dressed themselves and turned out ; Every factory hand in Duckenfield having joined in the procession , they moved on to Ash ton and HiirsK By two o ' clock there was not a factory at work in any of tha towns above-mentioned , and the greatest conaterna * tion prevailed . In the mean time arrangements had been made , that a meeting of the whole 8 hooldba held in the Market-place of Ashton f but so great were the numbers that it was ' deemed expedient to adjourn to a piece of ground near Thaeker ' s foundrj . By thieo ; & * clocfc all arrangements were-made ; and never was there such a eight seen in Ashton before More than 40 , 000 peaceable halfTStarved ill-clad men , women , ' and children , assembled and redolved either to die bv the sword or obtain ** a fair daV ? s wages for
afair day's work . " 'Mr Brophy exhorted them to be peaceable , but at the same time determined ; and not Allow themseiyes to be made the tool of any party He was aware that a threat , was held o , nt in the House of Commons that if the Corn Laws were not repealed all the mills would be ; stopped . Are . you , " sud Mr * Brophy , ^' comeout ;^ a . 'b ^ loafV or to . get higher wages' than those which ' ypii have ? " Here thousands of voices cried oat , ' 5 the Masters that have reduced us most are ihQse . ! &ho are calling out for ' cheap food . ' We -want proteetipn for our labour , and we tyill have it toj >;" , "Tefy well . said the speaker , " you now ^ rfeotly inderstana tne natnre of the struggle ; arid yott * todw ' who are tne axithnra of it . " Mr . VWYihir ' atiAlbAVikrkl ntheT 3 8 a *
dressed the meeting , after which ' a-ye 3 oluuon was pa 8 sed , ' * Tbat ^ the people if A $ ht > bn'sdrto Oldham ; and those of Stalybridffe and DuckeoSeld to Hy de ; and that the people of Stalybridgefl > u'c 6 enfie ] d , ana Hyde , meet in Ashton to ^ morroWaVoroing , Tuesd » 7 i at seven p ' plook . ^ At tha « honi '^ ne& mornio |[» dense mass of people had assemW « i ?^^ manD »^ turer was called to the chair , and % * 6 so % tion paiaei u That the people now tnraM-daf ^ lWit retura to then ?^ v / ork until the masted "gi ¥# im&xmo P " ? for vreaving , spinning , caidin ^ i& 6 I 7 = ^» t they p ««
m 1 W , " ' A resoiattofl tWfctnenrjawsrind carm » " That tae ^^ meeting fortf i » w ^ aK& T an 4 marcfl intp-JHta ^ ertei :. ^ ' ^ - ^ : > n r ^ . r : ft ! if-i . » irr .. , / . .. ¦ . - In accordance with the- isst ^ ae ^ rminatioD , the yaat assemblage move * 1 i J t 6 Waid § tM&lfl 6 hester . BX ten o ' clock the ^ ^ pmession ii ^ iwd ^^ the end oi Pollard-street ; Anodats ^ at which place parfie ^ ot tho Rifle Brigade and the Ifiih-Bragoons were stationed , under the command of GotoHetiWyiness . At this time theraitt fell iu torrents . Ska Shaw and W *• latobs" were io attendanoe , * lsa / M ^ : Ma ade , tne magistrate , who advised the . peopteto jjeturh home , but they plainly told hint iheywauliiaot ; tnat mmight order the soidieris-to fiw on =, | hem if he wmiia , for that they might as well die by the sword as nave the means of their subsistence taken &om wem Dy
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 13, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct901/page/4/
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