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TALES WBJTTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE ' N ORTHERN STAR . " BT CHASTIUS . LADT XLICB LISLE . —NO . II . Ve left the unwilling witness , Drum , cluttered out of his sense */ ' by » brew-beating judge , -who , because beeoald no * force him to bear faOi » witness against an hospitable old lady , ordered an information of perjury to be filed against him . Penraddock , the Colonel , who jjsd tasen Lady Lisle , was now called to testify against her . She , knowing him to b « a prejudiced man , for gat her late husband had Bitten in judgment npon bis fctber , as soon as she heard bis name called , said / with joEeitade , — "I . hope , my Loid , I shall not bo condemned unheard . " "No , Godrforbid « Mrs . Lisle , " gsidJeSJdfis , rolling big toagns in his cheek and winMEg B gnlica :. tly at Penrnddock , " that was a practice in jour husband ' s timi ; but , Gred be thanked ! it is not so now . "
One of Penraddock ' s soldiers being called into the fitness-box , " lady Alice protested agains t tn-m being jjeard ; far * he said , he had stolen something ont of her jioase -when he came to BfciK her , and , therefore , he tsb jntaested in procuring her condemnation in order io prevent her from prosecuting him for the theft Jcfiries feok " no notice of this reasonable objection . Donnuow spoke again . Fearing that the Judge would put his threat against him into wtecntlen , and SunXmg the lady- Tronld be conncted anyhow , he though * te save himself by telling all he knew , but nothing could ha tell of an inculpatory nature . Nevertheless , Jeffries Kateaed with Eialieious joy , thinking , Eke Shyiock , that now he should hare the lady " on the hip ; " but being again . disappointed , he affected to pity Dam , prayed that God would forgive him , { what piety . ») and said that all mankind woold hold him in
abhorrence—Qtrhas . for?—big humanity . ) . The jnry ¦ were to&TiBceil thai Dana had told all ; but Jeffries made an hannte of Jhe circumstance , by saying that , as the un > consequential particulars . which hs had tittered , had been wrung : irjjm him with such difficulty , it proved that much remained behind of a more serious nature , and he even weni so far a ? to declare that he knew this to be tiifl case . Thus xiet oenteot witb being Jadge—BOt conTLsint with being ' counsel—ha descended at last to witness against the prisoner—a most eiaajndicial proceeding ! Would not one think that instead of ' the Lord Chief Justice , some vulgar wretch , doubly inflamed by liquor and passion , had usurped bis ae » t on the bench , and that he was sitting in judgment , not on a loyal lady , whose age called for reverence , whose sex daisied compassion , and whose humanity meritedihfi li ^ hest eulogium , but on the vilest of creatures , who should be destroyed at once ?
In her defence , Lady Lisle spoke simple truth , and shed tears of suffering innocence . She declared with solemn earnestness that she had never heard that Hicks hid been in the rebel army ; there had been no proclamation naming Mm ; and that she had harboured him merely as a ^ Nonconformist , -which -was cot penal , iltaough warrants had been issued against him for preaching . That her friends among the nobility in London-could speak to her loyal character ; for although fcer husband bad been a Judge under Cromwell , and hia even satin judgment ' on Charles I ., she had been ever averse to his proceedings , and had wept on hearing of that monarch' s death . She humbly submitted to the consideration of the Court , that she could not be tried for habonring a traitor until he had first been convicted of treason , and said in pr « of of her ignorance of Hicks * implication in treason , she had aimed in the ceontry enly five days before her arrest
Jeffries , reddening with rage at her vindication of herself , instead of being pleased at it , intenupted her by gobbling ont , " I cannot tell -when you came into the country , but it seems you came to harbour rebels . " The old lady was nettled at this misconstruction , End while all the Bpint of her long past youth seemed to re-animate her feeble frame , she replied , that as a proof of her loyalty she bad sent her son to fight for the KiEg . " It was I , " she said , kindling -with enthusiasm , " that bred him up to £ ght for the King . " " Well , tare you done ? " asked Jeffries , sharply . " Yes , I harre , " she replied ; and ehe sat down in the culprit chair with s glow of indignation .
Jzffnes now summed up . He aggravated the horrors of the rebellion—praised King James as became a loyal subject—interlarded Mb speech by many religions professions , proving thereby that " the devil can quote Scripture to serve his purpose "—insinuated that she was btholden to the King ' s clemency for her property , forfeited to the crown by her regicidal husband , and that harbouring traitors was all the gratitude she bad shown—and concluded with A solemn appeal to their consciences , saying that the preservation of the GoTeru-Bient—the life of the King—the safety and honour of religion , and the / welfare of their own . seals depended TOon th 8 verdict they should bring .
Moved by this evident prejudice against her by one to likely to influence her fate , and who , therefore , should have avoided all partial or crimics-tory expressions , the prisoner would have said something ; but JtSHes interrupted her the moment she opened her mouth , by exclaiming ,-with asperity , "Mistress , yon have had your turn- " She gave a quiet look of resignation towards the jury , and remained silent . By way of helping them to a speedy decision , Jeffries told the jury , when they were about to withdraw to eansider their Terdict , that it was all the same in law whether TU ffe * were convicted of treason before or after being harboured . The Jury staid long . In the mean tima , the spectators anxiously whispered each other , or waited in breathless suspense . Jefiries showed his
impatience by fttnoBS and involuntary starts , and at length said audibly enoush to be heard by the whole court , " I -wonder they should bava gone ont at all in so * fe * r a ease . " His impatience at length quite got the better of him . so far that he was about to dispatch s > messenger to inform them that he would adjourn the court and lock them up together all night ; bus their re-appearance saved him this trouble . They came , not to deliver in their verdict however ; but to say that they were in doubt whether the prisoner knew that Hicks had been in the rebel army . Jeffries tutly replied , that he eoald not help their doubts ; that for his part , it was u clear to him &a the ran at noon day ; and he sentiosed some circumstances not adduced by the evidence , but which had come to his
knowledge prrrsteJy ; a piece of hearsay which was to weigh more than the evidence . Tlte Jury again withdrew and returned again to reiterate their doubts ; they said they remembered nothing in the evidence that could convict the prisoner o ? knowingly harbouring a traitor . Exasperated at their honest pertinacy , the Judge reproached them for their bad memories , and sent them back again . The prisoner would have spoken ; but again she was silenced by her unjust Judge . Thfi spectators were convinced from the forions fifmeaaour of Jtffries that he waa determined to victimise tie body , and that the law { wrested from its true intent ) would be used to subvert justice , and to punish humanity ; they si * hf-d and shook their heads . The Jury returned a third time , and now they brought
fai their verdict of " Not Guilty . " A murmur of gratification ran through the Court , which the Judge instantly suppressed . Stamping with his foot , he swore that the case was so clear to him , that if she fcftd been Ms own mother , be would have found her fciliy ;—almost choked with cooler , his faee swola like a drunkard ' s , his eyes sparkling with fury , and his whole frame violent !/ agitated , he told tee jury that if they did not bring her in guilty , he wonld attaint them , all of treason likewise . Overcome by fear they were indneed to reverse their verdict—ehsme on them for ill—shame on their memories . ' bat their memories have perished with them . Had they remained firm they wonld have aved the old lady ' s life , and not have been forsworn—they would have
prevented the Judge from , pronouncing a doom of j murder , and they would have saved the court as J the country from tha insult and injirry of a mock trial and I sa iaiqsitoiis judgment . The £ &&el&loz * looked eknnl- tsueonsly and sympathetically * t the prisoner , to see < how she took ife—but , overcome by the tedium of the trial , nod weak with the infirmities , of age , she heard not the fatal verdict—she w ~ as fast asleep ! Jtffries itraghly awakened her by pronouncing her condemnation .- telling her , at ibe sama time , that the king had left to rita own discretion the time of execution , and be appointed ben to take place that same afternoon . This was . somewhat sudden ; but ehe heard it with
pious-resignation . With her spectacles on , and bible before her , £ hetet like a saint , around whose head the blessing of ^ &od wreathes a perpetual hal o of joy , and peace ^ and Jove . She hid two daughters wiso attended her in court—they felt the ttroke more than aid their aged motheT—it feil and cleft their hearts , but Jeffries was without pity—his conscience tvaB seared by self-interest , far he had been premised the property of the lady , if she were convicted ; and , not content with tha murder of their mother , he robbed the daughters of their patrimony—all under the mask of justice , and with the pitiful pretence of law and loyalty .
'At the intercession of some clergymen , the day of her death was deferred . In the mtsniime , she petitioned the king , not for pardon , ithat fche knew was Tsin , j bui that , as she was related to severs ! of ths most noble families in the kingdom , she might not be bttmt ^ but beheaded , The gracious Monarch , out of the abundance of bis tender mercy , cruelly yielded to her request , and , on a scaffold , in the middle of the market-place , in . W « tomster , or Winchester , ( I forget which ) , the met her fate with the resignation of s Jaartyt . Nct a man who witnessed it , had he been a jnin , irai . woaU have died rather than have sufiered ^» : * n . outege . on humanity to disgrace .. the reeoros of this country . But Jeffrie * had paralysed the minds of the people by the cruelties of assias * * »« , » -.-- — --
mWoedy . ' " ^ rifielflWjfiH ia the kingdom who heard of this ^ al touted , xery warmiy about one particular point wncemng It , and what w&s that ? Was it that we -law of man had been made to counteract -2 ? , f \ :. of - G « d—that a humane nature which Wm-have been honoured * nd rewarded had teeuiBs ^ raeed and punished to the discouragement of * u humanity and the scandal of all justice ? That « antable feeling which should be cherished for tfee hum of all sufferers had in this ease been erueUy con-° « aBed , to please the bard heart of prosperous guilt , « w to minister to its rapacious cupidity . That the i ^ pge had done wrong in doing his best to mat © it Jssmal to reliave distress , for thereby be had inter-^ ttsS hospitality itself , acd interdicted it publicly by tt £ scs cf the law that should protect and favour it .
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That he had made himsel * judge and jary , an accuser and false witness too ; and that it was a poor triumph over a peor old lady worthy of such a judge . Did not the lawyers feel that the Jaw of which they were members , was disgraced by these proceedings , and themselves brought into odium ? Did they not resolve to quit the profession unless such a chief justice was unseated ? Xo ; none of these things occupied their thoughts ; but they wrangled and debated with each other whether it was lawful for the king to alter any part of the sentence after condsmnation passed ; for
said they , the king cannot alter the law , and the sentence is part of the law ; therefore the executioner , said thsy , might have been tried for beheading , Instead of burning the old lady . By thus standing up for the law , did the lawyers prove themselves -worthy limbs of it ! The truth is . few lawyers know anything of law but its perverted practice . By the aid of quirks and quibbles they make the l&w murder justice , and when they have procured the condemnation of the innocent they say , " Not I , but the law did it ! " What kind of a law is it that spares such lawyers ?
£ s 3 y I « tale * 6 case was hard € nough ; but a much harder case occurred shortly after . Mrs . Gaunt , & charitable woman , had given meat and money to a fellow under hiding , who went away and saved his own life by turning King ' s evidence , and swearing away hers . Have these things been done in England ?—have we a law by which religious women can bs pnt to death for their -very charity ? for , say what you wlil , this was done in boih these cases . How many villains the law sugars to go free—nay , rewards , -while it murders the honest and humme ! Mrs . Giunt was convicted by the evidence of a monster who ought to have been punished for his ingratitude to her , more than for the treason that made her generosity to him a crime . " She gave me meat and drink , and lodging and money , " saLl ha . The Jadga told her that he said bo , a n d she replied—'' He waa the more beholden to me . " But he was pardoned , and she was condemned and executed 2
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CASE OP WILLIA . M HOULDING . " 3 am a handloom weaver , and have a wife and four childrtn ; and I have received 2 i per week for the latt nine months from the parish . I owed lid . for a poor ' s rate . I wss summoned befora the magistrates for non-payment of the same . I told them my earnings and that 1 had four day ' s work at weaving , and 23 . from the parish , wbicb the magistrates * clerk considered to amount to Is . per bead per week for us to liva-npon , and then said to the magistrates— " You Bee , gentlemen , he is not able to pay . " He then turned to me , and said— " We have d » ne with you . " I then thought it was settled ; but in a short time after , a person came with a notice , and said if my poor ' s-rate
was not paid , a warrant of distress would come . My wife said . ¦* ' Well , we cannot help it , for We are not able to-pay . " Ntxt came two constables , who epened the door , saying " Where is he V And , although I was laid on the bed at the time of their entrance , they were not able to see me , in consequence of the darkness of the cellar in which I live , bnt my wife , pointing to the bed , said , He is there . " They Baid , " Thou must go with us . " I got up , and begged they would sot handcuff me , as such a thing sever happened me before ; so they took me away , and when we got to the dungeon , they forcibly pushed me in , and locked me up . The following morning , they handcuffed me to a cart , and the other three were chained by the legs .
Thus we started for Lancaster , the rain pouring down bo Tapjd that we were soon wet through to the skin , When we got to Blackburn , we begged they would allow us to go to a fire . The policeman laughed , and « aid , We will tike you to a fire , you shall see !" Thus saying , they thrust ns into a cold , dark hols , in which there was a privy , which Btank so very bad as almost to suffocate us . We were forced to remain there about fo : ty minutes , and were then brought out again , wet and shlTering -with cold . The rain still fell in torrents . In tfeis j > t ; te we were hurried through Preston to Lancaster Ca-stle . The turnkey cried shame on the policemen , for U 3 ing us in the manner they had done ; but when we got within the prison walls , we soon found we had got among the frieuds of humanity .
We could not muster one penny amongst us all ; bat the kind strangers , when they heard what we were , very Tcindly invited us to a fire , and something to eat . There was » ne man in particular , if ever I see him again , I will do all in my power to B ' -rve him . A subscription was entered iate , which paid our rates , and 8 Jd . each , to . come with to Burnley . 1 had been out of w ' ork a short time , bnt I had got work unrfer the Manufacturers 1 Belief Committee , and had -worked three days , when they took me off to prison . I expected my wife to be in labour hourly , and she was delivered of a child in three days afterwards , and was left withont any attendant for two night ?; and , had she been seized with the pains cf labour in the night , she must have perished before any assistance could have reached her . "
CASE OF EMAIfTJEL BEAUilOrtT . , " I am a power-loom weaver , and have only worked three weeks since last Christmas , and those three we&ks were in February last . 1 have lived on charity , and what f could get from the parish , nntil June , when my goods were sold for rent , and at the same time a warrant of distress "was taken out against / ne for non-payment of poor ' s-rat * . I was thns toraed into the street , and the week following I got woik under the
Manufacturers' Relief Committee , and worked about b ' ix wecis , when they took me off to prison . My poor ' slate was Is . lid ., and I have a wife , and two small children ; and my wife was delivered of a third child just before my goods were sold , but the child died in c onseque n c e " of my being unable to procure a doctor to attend her . Therefore , I consider my child was muidered fy the system which mates me poor . I was chained by the itgs , and my treatment on the way to prison was similar to tbafc of William Houlding . "
"I visited William Houlding at his dwelling , and the above £ tatemtnt was made to me and a respectable member of the Methodist connexion , whose name I am at liberty te publish . The cellar contained one poor bed , in which lay the mother and her newly-born babe , and three other small children , which was very annoying to the . mother and her infant ; and how this English- labourer would find a place to rest his head in that nest of Lum&n beings surpasses my comprehension ; but so it is , that six persona must flletp on that
missiable ced . There was also one old chair , which is not worth twopence , one three-legged stool , one mug , one tin cup , and one old tea cheBt , ¦ which was used ns a table . These are all the goods in the thspe of fcrniture and utemsils which this miserable ceil contains ; and , - as regards the characters of the men , let it suffice that Houlding has been a member ef the Methodists ' Society , and a Sunday school teacher , for budj ye .-irs , and at this time he is a class leadsria that body . Banmont is sow , and has been for four years a steady and con sbitnt member of tha Total Abstinence Society . "
Thomas Marquis , BENJaIIIX SuUTHWaKK , ¦ Jahes Metcalfe , The Committee appointed by tha rate-payers of Habergham Eaves , at a public meeting , duly called by the Constable of tbe - parish . Burnley , August , 1 st , 1842 .
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TO THE EDITOB OF THE K 0 fi . lHESN STAR . Sir , —In my last I showed the danger like to befal the movement in Seetland , if not placed nnder the controul of an executive council , elected by , an 4 held responsible to , the people . ' -There are -various indications that the Chartist movement In Scotland is in danger from the opposite evils . The first which shall ba noticed may be said to be a Government plot , originating with the class who fatten upon corruption . In many of the districts in Scotland most noted for their activity in Chartism , there are now to be found men unknown in the district , and unknown to those who have taken the most active part in the movement , going about , talking of what they bare seen and heard In the country , stating that the time for resistance to oppression is now come . Their conversation is carefully marked down ; and there can be bo doubt but these men would be those who would
appear in a witness-box to swear away the liberty or life of those who they hare thus made their victims . Such characters are also found insinuating to the people that the leaders of Chartism have no spirit ; that they are destitute of true courage ; in shert , that they are deceiving the people by talking so long wltbont acting . Such men must be carefully watched ; and it is a duty that all lecturers have to discharge to the peop le , st the close of their discourses , to give no ear or countenanca to such men . The other evil to which I rtferred is one that requires vigilance oa the part of the people , and can only fee successfully combated by an Executive having their authority from the people , to defend and extend lie present organliition of tbsjpeople for the Charter . There ii a considerable portico " cf tb « r middle class of this country who feel it neeewary for many Teasoaa to agitate certain question ! in Parliament affecting
their own interests . Beyond thU , meatnres of importance to the people seldom move them « Ter to act . Since the Chartist agitation began they have been powerless within the walls of Parliament , being destitute of the strength which the multitude gives them from without nils want of confidence on tbe put of the -people enables bar aristocrsfcie Parliament to langh at their efforts , and treat them with , derision , scorn , and contempt . CcnBefeuB of tl > i » , a great portion of -them have adopted the Six Points of the Charter , and employed renegade Chartist Lecturers to break up our organization , and place the whole body of the people at the disposal of these men , to fellow the ignis fatims reforms which their own selfish interests may pro » pt them to de--m&nd , leaving the people , as of old , the victims of class legislation . Let these renegade lecturers pick up the serfs and slaves , and form them into an Association , cieatures who ntver can discover the justness
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of a principle until those who hold the whip at their backs give their nod of-assent . ' Let the people be aware of these political pedlers . Whatever their motives may be , whether good , bad , or Indifferent , the result of their policy would be to destroy tbe most powerful organization ever created in this or any other country , an organ ' zition which laid upon the floor of the House of Commons a petition demanding their rights of the House of Commons of England , Ireland , and Scotland , signed by three Hiilions and a half of the people , which demand will require to be considered before there be any harmony between the name aud the character of the House of Commons . No honest middle class man seeking for justice to the nation but will fael proud to belong to such an organization , ns one who bad a part in rearing thia noble edifice would leave it to build another , except he was actuated by some considerations apart from principle .
A short description of the several districts of Scotland , with the probable success attending this new mov « , will not be uninteresting to the English and Irish Chartists . Glasgow , which Is the centre of the Western district ; it was upon its public green that the National Petition was first adopted in this country ; ever since its citizens have taken a most important part in the movement ; in its progress , however , a number of expediency mongers who formerly enacted a prominent part in what might be called wild msasnres , have now become furious for moderation , timidity , and repose ; but so long as the capital of the West has such men as Moir , Proudfoofc , and Rosh , the integrity of the movement there is upon a sure basis .
In Edinburgh the movement has undergone a variety of phases . Of those who have sowed the seed of Chartism in that city , some haye played curious parts since ; others are standing true to the eauae aa : Ui © aeedle to the pole . The expediency-mongers , who have arisen here , have declared iff , their external character being like the coat of Jacob ' s son . The Committee of Edinburgh , however , ' are wen of integrity and high character , active in extending the organisation throughout their district ; and in connection with the labour of Mr . Lowery , the organisation is too firmly planted to be materially affecteg by the men of soft sawder .
In the West Midland district the first meeting held in the district for the Charter was In the summer of 1 SSS . It was in the town of Alloa , at a large out-door meeting called to hear Mr . 'Abram Duncan expound and explain the principles of political equality . On the succeeding evening he did the same in the town of Alva . Since then Mr . - I > un « sn ' has laboured in every town in this district , and been instrumental in fixing these principles so firmly , that the men of expediency have never attempted to shew tbeir face , or take any part in the movement ; and it may be said with perfect propriety of language , that the Associations and Committees in all tbe towns of this district ( which comprehends all those from Falkirk to Kinross , and from Critff to Alloa ) , know no other way but to march onward for tbe Charter , nnil that they know no way of retreat from their present position .
In the south of Scotland , Dumfries , the queen of that district , the Chartists there have always played a mest important pare . Expediency and faction have often attempted to take the lead , bnt the devotion and integrity of the Chartists of Dumfries have brfH ? d every difficulty and triumphed over all opposition . Under many difficulties they have been successful in extending political information far and wide around them . The North is divided into other two districts , the first comprehends Forfarahlre and part of Perthshire Kenmuir and Forfar once played a most important part , but in these places tha men of expediency have prevailed ; their treachery , however , bas done the factioat no serrice—they have thrown Chartism into a state of inactivity , from which it will soon emerge into its pristine glory .
Dundee and Arbroath now take the lead , and from what appears in their own organ , the Dundee Chronicle , the council in Dundee appear to be sadly embarrassed with the soft sawder and slime of expediency . From the same sonrce we learn that the Association in Arbroath have purged themselves clear of this poisonous root , and that nothing can resist tbe onward progress of this Association , which ho . 'ds two large public meetings every week , tearing up tbe very root of the tree of political corruption . The Political Pedlar will find a small portion of vermin to form an expediency Association there—but it will only be formed to
die-In Aberdeen , the Chartists have long battled with expediency , sometimes for peace sake ; they patched up a uni » n , but they have found it bb impossible to unite expediency and principle , as it is to unite fire and water . The political pedlar is to visit the Northern Metropolis eoon ,- it is nnderito&d that the men of principle there wili permit him to work away among the vermin there , so far as his powers will carry him ; but that if he attempts t « play any tricks up- - -a honest msn , they wilj play him some music to the tune of tae " Rogues ' March , " and make him feel that the honesty aud integrity of Aberdeen , is a more powerful master than the one he serves in the Sjuth .
A few remarks to conclude this address , I w ill r e se r ve for your next publication . Yours affectionately , David Thompson , Secretary to the Alloa Chartist Association .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR . —As one of the Leicestershire delegates at the time when the resolutions in reference to the Executive or rather the late one , were past , you will , perhaps , allow me a Email space in your invaluable paper ; and 1 st In reference to your own observation , that it might have been as well if the delegates had communicated with tae secretary before they bad published their resolutions . To this I would reply , they had not an opportunity so to do , inasmuch ks they were : only chosen for the day on which they sat ; and bes ' . des , they had to complain of what had been made public , and had therefore become public property . 2 nd . As to the remark of our champion , O'Connor , about , a cabal . Of such a thine I know nothing , nor of any
private communication made to him ; nor do I thiufe weaietobe prevented from making obstrvationB respecting the conduct of cur officers , in order to prevent corruption from creeping into our body ; for if so , we may as well submit to present misrule . 3 rd . As to the reselutions themselves , notwithstanding the hauteur of the Executive or tbe Secretary , I think they are deserving the attention not only of that body , but of tte Chartista in general . And here I may remark that tho last published ceconnt of < xpenccs led to tbe passing of the tame . In that account Mr . Phiip appeared to have received his salary every week , and hence arose an ir . quiry what he had done for it ; this led to further investigation , end others were found to be regularly paid , wfcose services were appropriated , if
not altogether , nearly to one locality . TLis was either right or not so , and they were or were not employed in the service of the body . As regards their continuing in cibe after the time specified , as one of the uelegates ¦ when the plan of organization was finally adopted , I had before given my opinion . Had the tutject affected myself alone—had it been even an act of injustice , I wonia bare put np wiJh it for the causa sakfc ? but thinking with others that an inquiry was requited , I sanctioned the resolutions , &nd am -willing to bear my proportion of censure if any is deserved ; at the same time I declare , that I had ns personal . ' eeling on the subject , no ill will to any of the members of tho Executive , nor any improper motive to gratify . JLcaving it , therefore , in the hands of the people , baviLg for myself the satisfaction that I did my duty , I am , yours in the cause of right against might , John Skevingxon .
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THE CAUSE , THE EXECUTIVE , AND « LEEDS CHARTISTS . " TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR . —Every man wbo has paid the least attention to the workings of our Chartist machinery , will have seen defects therein at which tte will manifest little surprise , seeing that plans of Each . vast importance as those which have for their object the peaceful extirpation of one of the most consnmmite systems of tyranny that ever disgraced the annals of any nation , and the firm establishment of the rights of man , cannot be brought to perfection in all their part 3 at once , though
tbe men at the head of tbe movement may be the moss sage , considerate , prudent , honest , and patriotic of their generation . We may conclude that aa improvements have continually been suggested and adopted , so will they , be for a length of time beyond the present struggle ; therefore it is worse than folly for any body of men to preach up their own infallibility , or evince chagrin "When universal consant is refused to their n « tions , as the most prepost « rons dogmas have been frequently interwoven with the mest snblime and palpable truths .
I allude not to tbe refusal of the people to subscribe to the absurdities of the " new move" gentry , the " new new move party , " t h e " Christian Chartists , " the "Teetotal Cfaanisto , " or the " Com . Law league . " No , tbe doctrines taught in such Dame schools are not improvements ; they are harmless missiles , which traitors , renegades , and unprincipled charlatans seiza to hnrl at their betters when their cupidity , tergiversation , and knavery have compelled them to retreat from tha camp of democracy . I allude to tte Executive in the flwfc instance —to men who I am proud to say have never swerved from their avowal of the glorious principles of the Charter , but who most assuredly evince a thin-akinnedness in matters affecting tbeir mode cf conducting tha afi&irs of tho Association , which little comport with their unflinching « aal for the incontrovertible doctrines they propound . ...
-The Leicestershire delegates saw a slovenly wid unaa tisfactory jnethod of keeping the financial accounts of the association—they spoke out In a manner , truly commendable—they asked for explanations—nofe charging tho Executive with dishonesty , either " directly or indirectly—bat such explanation . was refused and that in a manner which shews wounded pride and despotic presumption may worm their way even into hearts wedded to democracy . I am afraid' that pride and egotism is gaining . too great an ascendancy over many of U 3 , and may be more fatal to the cause than we now imagine . However , to say the least , such a reply as the one published by the Executive —the seixanU of the Chartist l > ody—does them no honour , and it requires no extraordinary acumen
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to ^ iscern ^ how cutting ¦ have been the remarks * t th ^ Woe sterahire lads , and to what a poor flimsy sophism the writer or writers ef the reply have been driven . --- . ; ¦¦¦;¦¦•¦' .. ¦ ¦¦ - - -v : ¦ , ' . v >; \ .: :-- , v ¦ ¦' . - ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ / :- '' . ' . v The letter signed "John qinrobeli , Sec . * says , "The } decline britigtng the private affairs of Ike Anaei < ftion ¦ before those who are not , members . " Then why hay « jjiey uniformly published their receipts : and dtabursetJieats , dec , in tae Star ? Were not these private affairs" ? Were not these brought before those who are"' not membera" ? . „• Certainly . then why have done so up to the Tery . moment that explanations , were required ? This mode of procedure must convey to every observer a Btfong impression of something being wronsj , which the executive alone can remove ; and this they must do or lha causa musl suffer in the estimation of every good man . . . ' " . ¦ ¦ ¦; ' . ¦ . "¦¦ \ - " ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ - "¦'; : ¦ : ' , ¦ . - . ' •¦ '
The members of the Exacutive hold a most important ofilce—great reponsibillty " rests . . upon them , aud it behoves them to . take great heed how they discharge the duties of their vicarious power . By strict attention t 3 their aaty , they can do incalculable good—by negligence or the manifestation of a despotic spirit they may inflict immense injury on the cause . Let them not think t&eraselyeB too wise too err , nor too high to rtceive correction . , , : ¦ ' . .: ' . - : ¦ : / - . ' .. ' : " .:-, ' ¦ . ' ' . ' / I shall next call your attention to the proceedings of the "Leeds Chartists" as reported In your last . They seem very angry with the Leicestershire delegates , and in the out-pouiing of this anger , they widen the breach they profess to heal . Admirable physieiaus 1
But why should the resolution condemnatory of the Leicestershire delegates be set forth aa the , opinion of the " LeedB Chartists" ? The Council might recommend ita . adoption , but it does not follow that the reoommendatton > as complied with . The fact .- , JSir ' . is that the cpneoctora ot the resolution are the disciplea of the vaccinating James O'Briehi or as he has named himself , Bronierre O'Brien ; , and of cour 6 e ,: tbey feel very sore on account of the drubbing he received at the hands of Cooper , the ( General of the Leicester " brigade , " aud they sigh for an opportunity to slap the successful antagonist Of their pet politician . Thev taavvnow
had their go at him , while the ^ pona jide Chattista ef Leeds are disgusted at tfce , tripk ; playeu « l £ in -their name . It is true the resolution was agreed to by a majority of those present at the time ; but it is also true that the * majority of thoso who had attended the lecture had departed to their homes , and only a small fraction of the Chartists who frequent the room w ^ re aware- of such resolution being concocted , until they saw it published in your paper , and ka ? li ^ seen it , they do not hesitate to give expression to their disgust at the conduct of the parties who figured in the business . ¦ ''' .. . ' : ' ¦ . r . ¦' . ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ . - .: ' - . ; . ; - -- ' :-v : ¦ ¦•• :-.
You , Sir , are not culpable for giving insertion to the article ; but the individuals , who Bent you the report , ought to be prevented from again foisting their spleen upon the public as the feelings of the ' Chartists of Irfjeds . " ¦ . ' -- . ¦ ¦ - . ¦ ¦ . ' . ¦ . ¦ . " ' ¦¦ -. "¦ . ;¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ .. - . .. ¦ . I trust the Executive , and others , -will profit by reproof , and , in future , allow the will of the mass to bridle their own , in matters affecting the interests of tbe whole , if not , O'Connor , and others , may sacrifice their health and fortunes In vain , and every effort to establish the principles of the Charter will prove
abortive . " I am , Sir . Yours truly , - An Old Radical Leeds , August 10 th , 1842 .
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THE VETERAN OLD RADICAL , GEORGfE . TO THE EDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I beg to Inform you , and , through you , the readers of your paper , that Mr . GeorgA , long known as the advobitw of Republican principles , died this merning . ¦ : ; ¦"¦ . . ¦ ¦ ¦¦' . ¦ ¦ - ¦ '¦¦' ¦ : : ¦ ¦¦ : ' . . - "' ¦ ' A few week ago , an appeal from him to your readers for some little pecuniary assistance appeared in your columns . '• ' " . - ' ... '¦ ¦" ¦¦ - . - . ¦• ¦ •¦ ; - ¦ ¦' . ¦¦ , ' > ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦' . . . : It does not app » ar that it was very profitably or efficiently answered ; for tho poor old man has died in the greatest distress . For several weeks past he has been almost without even common necessaries . Application has been made to me for the means to bury him . It is totally out of tny power to comply with this request ; and tbe only course that I can sea open to his friends on thia occasion is to appeal once more to your readers for assistance .
Mr . G ., whose age was seventy-five , was one of the associates ef . Hardy and Home Tooke in the Corresponding Society , and has ever since remained a firm and consistent advocate of Republican principles . His widow , aged seventy-tour , who is very luflrm , has unfortunately had a bad fail , which has bruised and disabled her . Under these circumstances , I trust that you , Sir , and your readers will do something to enable her to bury ber ^ deceased husband . I am , Sir , your , itc ., . George Huggett . No , 3 , North Place , Lambeth , August 9 , 1842 .
P . S . Mrs George requests that subscriptions may be transmitted to the Lambeth Coffee House , No , 3 , North Place , Lambeth .
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TO THE ESPECIAL NOTICE OF THE LEAGUE . •' . England , I've loved thee ! not as my native soil Alone I ' ve loved thee ; but I sea in thee , Deep-seated mid the struggling world ' s turmoil , A dogged resolution to bu free 1 A stem endurance amid want and toil ; 1 Ignorant impatience' too , to bend the knee To twice five hundred brigand « parytnus , ' Foal refuse remnanto £ the Narman stewa ! " '¦ ¦ .: " - ¦ : '¦ . .. ¦ ¦' .: ' ¦ . - ¦ . ¦ . , - . .. ' ¦ , :: MSS . When the people of England were being deluded , hnmbupged , ' and sold , transft-rred in a mass , like slaves , from one vile faction to ' another still , ( if-possible ) : ' -viler , during the ever memorable period of Reform (? j , his Grace of Wellington coraplainsd , from his seat in
Parliament , that the conduct of the people was marked by by an "ignoratit impatiftnee tf taxation ! " Times are , however , slightly altered , and the forbearance of the people is now landed by Parliament tb the skies ; , while the faction out cf placa , that is , on the wrong side of the Treasury benches , through its chief organ the League , or more truly named the Pia ^ ue , bas been daily pouring forth its hypocritical Jeremiadea for Free Trade in Corn and Extension of Commerce , and showing to the wondering world , from their own IJps , that the members who oompOBa it merit most fully the stigma which the Duke applied ten yeara ago to the people , but would fit most appropriately the cap to the heads of the Whig rump who have lately displayed such an alarming " ignorant iro patience of taxation !"
Gentlemen of the I . tague , now your plaguey ConiFerence is over , and that you have vanished from Palace Yard , ( do moderate your temper , and restrain a little tbe panting tiger -within ypue bosoms , when you go into the country to tell the famishing millions of their injuries , madden the people by > recital of their distreBi-es , cause riots , disturbances , and destruction of property , every where by meone it your emissaries , urge the government to sbM the blood « f the people by calling out the troops and police to massacre them , and then like a parcel of sneaking cowards as ye are enrolling yourselves as special constables , and calling on the yeomanry to Tteep the peace , which your own yillanies might oauee to he broken . : Yott then dream of frightening the Tories to resign , and seizing on the Teina of
government . yourBelyes . These weve youv , objectathese the . solei ' . end and aim of your Com Law agitation , bat yonr rascally projects have signally failed } The good sense of the people have triumphed for once ovei faction , arid the . Intelligence and honesty of their leaders working simultaneously through tho guidance ot the Northern Star , has kept them en the right path for the . attainment of their political and social freedom , in spite of all the sham-friends , all the open enemies , and all the spies , traitors , rcnegadCB , » nd ruffiaua which faction could command . All honour bo to the people . Look not to the right or to the left , but unite among yourselves more firmly than ever- ^ no petty squabbling , it is unworthy of our glorious cause . The factions cannot beat you , but by disu . ion you can beat yourselves .
Remember"To warring sects e ' en mighty Route bowed down , Aud yielded Alarie her triple crown . " ' -- . - .,. - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ :: ¦; ' . ¦ ' >¦' . : ; -- . " ; .. ¦¦ - : - , mss . ;¦ .. ... - .. . The League , in their farewell address to the people , Ba " Your own intelligence , your own virtue , your own energy must deliver you . " They are so far right in their estimate of the people , they baye delivered themselves from you I That , at any rate ,: is a happy deliverance t They have , moreover , the impudence i& state that there is no firm and honest-hearted pilot at the helm . Certainly not ; among their clique we cannot discover any forthcoming > Cromwells , Hampdena , Washingtona , Bolivars , or Esparteros , . among them , bnt some atriking likenesses of a Reynolds , ( the betrayer of Lord Edward Fitzgerald , ) an Arnold , ( the
American traitor , ) Old Glory and hla man , ( Sir John Cam Hobhouse , ) with a few Talleyrands , without the quantum of brains , might , withont much diiBculty , be discovered and traced . Now , we , the Chartists , op ine ttat we do boast of a firm and ; honest-hearted pilot * at the helm , In th » piisob of Feargus O'Connoii besides many others we could name from out oar ranks ; but / which ^ ^ ' wesuppress , frommotives , of delic » ey . ^ W ^ are proud to acknowledge O'Connor as bur guide and leader ^ and we are prouder still ' ; ( to avaw t ^ at he niertta every incft of puicenfldencej He lias gained : a greai moralvictory-raye / . and , a ^ physical ' 6 i 6 , to < H-prer the combined Whig and '¦' Tdry : faxtton it ' . Nottingham—we will throw In their faces the 1 , 801 gallant Voters ,
there , add let them boast such another of their victories , and then we shaU witness the last kick of the donkey ! We have UtUe doubt but gross bribery has been employed by ' ; the Tory « cribbler and tia myrnildoris . Let us discover it . If possible , and unseat him , and our flctory will find no precedent In the annals of history ! The eyes of aU Europe . are upon yon , and ; America , Notth and . South , utters fervent prayers for your doltverance;—a political and social revolution effected by the people tbeinselves ! No page in history can recount such a triumph , they have been made use of hitherto to farther the views of political traders and of iBcfieming factions , and we earnestly implore you not to sully y « ur escutcheon by one false step or blot . While igaor
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t . ¦ . ... i . ~ rant , yon have been enc&alned , aad you * lard * and masters have used what knowledge they possessed to perpetuate that Ignorance . They are now half a eentury . ' behin < sl ;; as . ! - ; . - -: ' , ' v' : •; ¦" > ' : . : ¦ -.-:: < v . / ¦' , '¦; '¦'' , ¦ _ ¦ " A little learning taught them how to win it , Superior skill might wrest it in a minute . " ¦ ¦
¦ . ';; ; - ' ^' ' - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦¦ > . - ' :. -: } yi " ¦ ¦ .. - ¦ ! ¦ : ¦ ¦ , : > ; . ; : ' ' - ) r- 'V a& Go on as at present , and it will be strange if plumpuddini ? and roast-beef , with plenty of the juice of John Barleycorn , does not cheer your Cferistmas firesides , ere we can number the year of oar Lord 1843 , and the skilleegolee of the Union Bastiles go to fatten pigs , inst-a < 3 of starving by lingering deaths the Cliriatlan popu ation of the British isles ! ' :. ]¦¦ - : ' Should Parliament TentuWagala to meet , we say with all oar hearts , oh ! for another Cromwell !!
A . Woolwich Cadet Cbichester , Aug . 8 , 1842 .
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THE COLLIER ? ' TURN-OUT , TO THfi EDITO ? OP THE NORTHERN STAB . Sin , —As . . th « hue and cry has gone abroad , that the coal and iron miners in and around Airdreo , Holly town , ap < l Glasgow have atruck work , and that rioting , robbing potato-fields , stealing sheep , and shop-breaking , has already begun ; the authorities were obliged to bring the military from Glasgow and Edinburgh , to Airdrie , to protect property , &C The above has been circulated to the world by both Tory , Whig , and anti-Whig papers . Part is true I admit , but the greater part Is noti ' ... - . " . : . ' .. ¦¦'¦'¦ . - ¦ ¦ " ¦ . - . ; .. ¦ .. - ; V .... .. ' - "; . '" ¦ : ¦; : " - ;¦ of
Tiiis last ^ eduction wagesbAS d riven both coal and iron miners to that state . of misery and want that any order of society , but a patient and enduring class of beings , such as miners are , would have long ere this , repeiled even in the tetth of all the licensed robbers and murderers bar glorious constitution . can parade . Be it known to the public , thoi the rales and laws made by : 0 ur employers , over which we have ao control , are such , that we must work , when and where they think proper , and that they pay us mucfli or little as Shey think proper ; all they have . to do is to put upon thfeir quke-doors anydenianU they , cho . o ^ -and > t i 8 the law of the land ,. , V That is the rn ) e . of ypuxjernn | oyerawork , aad you must abide by au « h , 'Vrggi sayeth , Sheriff Allison . ; >¦¦ : - ¦ - ' . ' "¦'¦ ' ' " r . ' : > . : ir , ; V .--.,-: . M-JJ .-v .-:- .: ^ ' ' ' ' >¦ '¦ ¦ .
The av « rage wages pf the r ^( ne «! of , coal and . iron , Vflty from ^ la . 7 id . to ; 2 # ,. fyd . for puffing out . one-third of more labour toan they did , one ye § r » go , receive 4 s ^ per day for ; and at said time could . in many instancea , get their money when earned , while now we go to our masters' store and take our , labour in geoia ; or if the employer has not a , store , he , according to his laws , makes us pay onepenDy ,. for / each shilling lifted before pay-day . The original weight , known to be the statute rule , between the employer and ; th ? employed , waa 12 c ^ t . per cart round Glasgow ward , 13 cwfc . for the Markland canal , and High ward , ; this , difference the miners gave into , to make good the in-drink occasioned by boating , waggoning , . to ., which the coal owners , in the Lower ward of the county of Lanark aie not troubled -with , and the original weight , understood to be the statute for tap iron miners' hutch of ¦ stones , was . 7 ^' cwtv I'lie case stands different now , because eviery reduction that the miners' peacefully submitted to , was
attended with ah additional demand by the employers for an increase of weight ; so that now the colliers are obliged to put up 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , and in many places as high as 22 cwt . ef coal passed over a scree , the ribs of which are two and a half inches wide , and oil that passed ( Jo-wn through these ribs : or wires , is called dross , for which the minera do not get a farthing , while their employers retail the eame for * . th 9 use of milla , engines , furnaces , &o . at six shillingB , and : sit shillings and sixpence per waggon of 30 cwt . ; likewise the iron miner is obliged to put oat from 25 cwt . to 19 cwt ., and some works have obliged to put up a ton , wlaich Is nearly two-thirds more than the briginal statute weight ; this , / the ptlblio must know is the cause of the miners making such an immediate' resistance . They cannot Buffer longer , and of course have resolved , that if their employers have a power granted them from a class-legislating faction to starve them , that they will not be wrought to death and starved .
Consequently , at a public meeting , held at Meadowhead ^ East from Airdrie , on Monday last , when Mr Gibson , Chartist leetnrer , and Mr . Lee , delivered able speeches , relating to the present condition cf miners , as well as other labouring people , Mr . John M'Lay moved the following resolution : — " That we , the coal and iron miners , as ; a casa of peaceful artizins , are , by the rapacUy of an overbearing system , of tyranny , borne down to actual Btar ^ atlon , and that we cannot Buffer longer , propeae that a deputation wait on the employers of every coal and iron-stone work , requesting four Shillings per day , and our original weight , payment of our ^ ^ wages in moneys without per centage , and that we meet the Holly town District , and Giasgow District , on Tnesday , at four o ' clock la the afternoon , to hear the report from our employers , and should we . even get our gtieyancea redressed , as a trade , that we never esaae bur agitation till the Charter become tho law of the land . "
The resolution was carried unanimously , and acted up to . ' ' ¦ '¦ . - ¦'"" . • ''¦ ¦ " ¦' . "¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . - ' ¦/ : " ' ¦ ¦ M ; - ' ¦ ' ¦" : ¦ ¦' Accordingly we met ; and gofc the report frora all the delegations , which was to this efFect , that one or two were willing to accede to our wishes , and all the employers , with tho exception of Mr . Wilson , of Dondyvan , ( who browbeatliigly would not hearthern , ) felt for us , and said they were willing to advance if others would / ' . ' . ' . ¦"' . ' ¦ " . .- ' ' ' ,. ¦ •" . '¦ ¦ ' : ' . ' -, ¦ ¦ ¦' . -. - . ¦ ¦ ¦ . '•¦ ' . '¦"¦ ¦ : A meeting of the whole three districts was proposed to be held at Dalmarnocfe , from which a deputation was to be chosen to wait on and present a petitien at the meeting of coal and iron-masters in Glasgow , on Wednesday . : This meeting took place . The deputation went to Glasgow , an 4 found that our employers did not meet as a body , they only met in parties , at different pJaces . ¦ " ¦ . . ' . "¦ ' "' - . - ,, - ¦ ' ]" ' . ' " ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ;¦ "¦
A general meeting of tha whole body of miners met at BaiiiBton , on ThurR < 5 ay , from which all parted peacefully , as they formerly bad done , according to a resolutiun passed to that effect We that evening served' each employer with a printed card , rc ' quesiini ; them to meet &t the * Eagle Inn , in Glasgow , at twelve o ' clock at noon , on Friday , when a petition from the coal and iron miners would be laid on their table , praying them to attend to the same . - Two large meetings wore held on Friday ; one at Govan Iron Works , and the other South from Airdrie . ' : . . ' : ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . - ¦'¦ '¦ ' " ; ' : ¦ ^ ; ' ¦ ' '¦'
A depatotJon waJtea at tho Eagle Inn , antl g ^ ot onr petition folded up Into a blank piece of paper , andno answer . This was repotted to the body of coal and iron miners , who resolved to etahd outi they couid not be worse standing than tbey were working ; but they would petition the " Sheriff "to cau « e an inquiry , over which they wished hitu to preside . A petition was preseuted to him ; but like our ehiplsyers , he thinks we should submit to our superiors , and resume our employment , work \ yarnihgs , ' according "'•' 'to- the rules of out employers worba , -which he considered to be law ;
and . also , says his Lordship , " tha poomt of you spend more in a year , ^ in ardent spirits , than I am out of pocket for wihe ; . sngar , tea , &c , for a year , for my whole faniliy . " Heihust be a lota } abstainer . He ^ could fill the district round '• ' Airdrie [ with . ; horse and foot soldiers ,, at the request of PMboH , a" baillie of aairt towni Besides bis Lordship Baa sent oai a present of thirty-sixjbluebottles full of Sir Jaraes ' Graham's speeific essence of bludgeon law , to fill our bellies . Kind man , he might have k « pt them at heine , we don't want them . C ¦ •' . •¦ ¦"' . " ¦ . '" . ¦ .. ' .... "' ; v-. ' : •'¦ ¦ ¦¦' . ' ¦ :. - ¦; ' .,
• We hay ^ acted ,: as yet , ^ peBcefnlly , and are resolyed toi do so . / . ¦; We ; aro speciilatinj } plang to suppert oureelve ^ , a niore hone ' stiway thad stealing from , either shopsysheep-ifoldsjorpatatoe-fleliis , by for » ing support Gommititeesj , xvho will grapt Bills payaljte ' . three or s ? x months after date , to those who have ' already ¦ offered as much as we chose of yictuils from their ahops on , tho head of such security ; ' '¦¦ , ' ' - - "' . - ¦ : : ; ,, ; : ¦ Likewise we ,: the coal and iron minors , ana our drawers ; have resolved that . \ re ' will' not yield one hour longer under the lash of misrule , should .. th ? , consequences be what they will and should Wilson apprehend every , niaia in hia troploy ; and . cons | gn .: tuem to Bridewell , they will not yield—they catoot W woTse in Bridetrell than iii his aervice . And now that our employers are hatcaing a cockatrice , they never will bring it into eziatence .
We ^ h ave also resolved that as the sheriff has lent a deaf ear to our eupplications , that we memorialize the public , and also petition the various trades , who are ground dowii like ou ' raelves , bellow the : scale of h uman contemp lation , to'loofe into the justice cf our ciaimB , affld if o « u eonduct Is . juBfifiable in their ^ ejes , we supplicatetheir interest ; in ^ ur hehalf , either Buppcrtingu 8 or to come to the field as we are , acd leave the class lagislating villains who suck the sweets of toil , to toil themselves or starve . ' We have toiled too loag for them , experience says , in language too plain and easy understood ! ' ; ¦ , : r ';¦ ¦ ¦•; ; : > ' ]• ¦ ¦' : ¦ : ''¦ . '¦ .. - ¦; . '¦ . ¦
There are ninety seven coal and ironstone pits in tbe Airdrie district out j there are thirty-tiro in tho Holytowo ; district ; forty-three in the Coatbridgo district out , and twenty-eight coal pits in tho Glasgow dUtrict out ; all idle ; about 13 , 000 in the whole ; nor does . it sppexr to end here , tha same commotion appears : about to burst forth . In the East and Midlothian , Fife and Falkiik mining dlstiicts ; so there will be some coursing of cat ^ litf and marching' pf foot sbldiers , and ^ rtiole trftm 8 fiUedwith"Blut ) Lambs < 1 In ft short time ; that ' ft to say , if every place has a BaUleDavigopi as no doubt they will . However , if eretf troop of cavalry lose five , and every regiment of foot lose sixteen in as short a time as these in this qusrter have , by tf ««/^ o ? j , they will tite of marching military ' , into iguartere of our peaceful Isle , to satisfy the capricious whims of any "Bletherio ^ iUe . ^ : ' '¦ H > :-:---.- 'r ' , ; .:: i- " , ¦ : ¦¦ C - ¦ ¦ ¦• ¦
I therefore , asa rtadei ^ and cubscrfberof VbaNoriherh « tor , ainw the first sheet fitared in the'faoe of i tyranny , sincerely wish you to- gite this letter a place in yonr columns of Saturday nert ^ that thereSders of your paper may see tintb . There Is no occaslonfbr military here , and we are proud to see , through- the rfledinm ! -of ^^ the Star , that the iHicers of Staffsrdshlre and other places , have conducted themselves bo pe » cefally > giving the fie te all these fttnotionarits who fatten on the crimes of their country . : ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ' . :- ¦ v , ¦ . '¦' ¦ , ¦ ' : '¦ . - . •¦ ' ¦ ' ¦•¦'¦ ' . - .. ' '¦ ••''¦' . ' ' lam , - .: ¦ - ' : " . ' - '¦' . ' - - " ; ' ' - ;¦ '¦ ¦ : " ¦¦' ;"' -. ¦ A miner , and a lover of liberty , : August 8 tb , 1842 , JoUN M'LAy , Secretaiy .
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The Teial of . the Vitkio ' l Throwbes took place on Friday , at the Cork assizes , when Daniel Loner «» n , John Drew , Diniel SulliTan , and Timothy Heiiihy , ' weie found guilty , t add senteneed t © be trausported for life . A STAPFQHDSBiREr Nailor , at the present » teof work , is obiiged to make a thousand nttils , two inches long , for one shilling and sixpence . ; and a thousand is accounted a- gGcd > day ' s work-. for . the generality of ; workmen . We ehouli like to know the- yalao of the iron before it , is wrought into the na , ile , and tha priceofctbei thousand nails afterwards ., ;¦ ¦ - ; ^; f The Freeholder and copyholders otthe
paxishes of Lcytonstone and WoWford , ha , ve addreteed a communication to the V « rdnrers-ana Lieutenant of Epping , Hainaulfc , and WaltKain-jFoxiBStB , « omplamingot ' various enoroachmentflapon ^ henvaneieiit ri ghts , as well atftihe rjffhts prthe Crown , for Beveral years past , and reo ^ uesticg thexn i as the protcfitora of those privileges , ' to attend ; to ' the etttleiaeBt dT | thi 8 subjeot , ; :- " " ¦\ - / y : ' lt ' - ' - ; - ; ¦ ¦ . ¦'¦ ' ' '^ - . " l ] ' yi ^~ f } A- ' : ' Froi * A ltst of ibe slave-vessels arid number of sia ? cs captured byher Msjeity ' s vegselaot-waron the west coast of A . f r 1 ca and takeato St . Helena for adjiidication , it appears that thirty-two vessels vrtiiiri the last ^ two years have / been seized , having on board at the time of their capture uo less thaa o , I 39 slaveB . . ¦ . '¦'¦ ¦" . . ' . ' -. ' ; - - '; -: - ¦ - - '¦ : ¦ - ' - '" .: v- '" ¦
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TO THE EDIXOS OF THE KOETHEBJS STAB . Sis , —I herewith send you the cases of two paupcra which your last week ' 8 paper referred to , and , by Inssrting ' the same in your valuable journal , you will much oblige Y-ur ' s , The Inhabitants of Houghtox Eates , In Public Meeting Assembled .
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TO THE COAL MINERS OF THE TYNE . Hhe second meeting of the officers and friends of rha Coal Miner ' s Benevolent Society was held , as annoanced in the Noi-item Star of the SO th ultimo , in Mr . Charles Hainas ' a Temperance ; Hotel , :- [ Caaiden-street , North Shields , 'OnSaturdayj . ithe 6 th Angust , 1842 , at two o ' clock , p . m ., when several letters were read from such collieries as could not attend personally , expressive of their approbation of the phjact for : which they had met , showing their consciouaness of its utility , and pledging themselves to come forward , and unite with
them at their nest meeting , and In the meantime remitUng donations for tte furtherance of their causa . It waa unanimously agreed to that they should hold their next meeting in the same place , op . Saturday , the 20 th Augusti at two o'clock in the afternoon , when it is expected that all those colliers who haya not yet joined will at once -come forward ,. and unite on that occasion , and if they who cannot attend da . the dajr appointed for the meeting would be so kind as to state a time most convenient for them , we will feel great pleMure in snHing their accoipnjo *! ation . ¦ Benjamin Pyle , Chairman .
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EXTENSIVE STRIKE AMONGST THE MINERS IN SCOTLAND . ; ' ' . ¦ ' i ( From ^ 6 Glasgow Chronicle ) Yesterday evening iniorniation havinsr reached us of a saiious tarn-out of the coal and ironstone miners in and around this neighbourhood , and of other alarming proceedings on the part of the unemployed ; we despatched a reporter tp the scene of action to aEcertain the particulars . On going out outhe : coacU be observed droves of colliers oh their way to Glasgow to . ' -attend * a large meeting , which was to : be , held today at Dalmarnock-bridge , to decide . : upon the ; terms of 'thei strike . At first they appeared in small patties , and gradually increased in nnmbera as be . neared Coatbridge . They in
wero all clean , BKtl some of tbcm dre ^ ed their byst apparel ^—sill carried sticks , and appeared to be in hiah spirits . On Hiaktng inotuiry he fuund , many o £ the shopkeepers in alarm , and a general excitement prevailing all around the neighbourhood . ¦ It is said that today there is not a coliiery round Airdrie or Coatb : idge in e > npioyriient , and : it is SntlCrpated the ironwdrks want' ingxoal ' wil ^ be ^ unsib ' Te to continue ^ ^ Operations a week To ^ g « f . ' AtT : utidyvan ' tine ' Half-rfthfi'furnacfeB are out , aaia aVGarfsherrie there'Is alBo'Bl 5 t 7 g « i ' nn «« bci fXtin « sul 8 bea . ' last 'nigbt fonr sheep b&V ^ been carried eft from ' one of the flslda iii ; this QuartirV end a field of ¦ potatoes oh the / estate of UrDnirknerhas f > eeh entirely cleared without fcfee aid of the accustomed digging pperation . It is said that one of the overseers , on going
down to the field in question , found up wards of 200 of , tha ^^ workmen busily engaged filling bags with the Crop . : BmIjuj . asked what th « 7 were &W" \ t / some of them jocalirly remarked that they had begun their harvest . ¦ Daring the night tt ? o of the stores of the works ,- one of them at Dundyvan , had been broken Into , and a quantity ef provisions carried off ;' The garden of the Rev . Mr . Stirling , relief minister at Gbatbridge , was also entered , and a quaattty of potatoes and other vegetableatnade away ^^ with . Yesterday a Urge meeting of the miners was held on the banks of the Monkland canal ; they came from all quarters— Airdrie , Holy town , BellshlH , Chaptlhall , &e . Their proceedings at the meeting were v * ry orderly , but , ns they passed through Coatbrldge , to the number of
about 4 , 000 r almost all of them carrying sticks , they cheered vehemently , to the great terror of the shopkeepers and other inhabitants . The farmers all round , of course , are in much tribulation ; ana BWious apprehertBtons stxei entertained that the starving collitrs may take the loan of the provisions and other necessariea of life in their immediate vicinity . At the meeting referredto several propositions were gone into . One or two Epeakers—rthe ' se the more violent—proposed an imme « diate strike , as the only means of bringinj ; matters to a crisis . An ainendhient waa proposed , to . the effect that they Bhoald continne at work fourteen dnys , nntll they had earned a little money , and tbtn turn out . Another resolution was brought ^ forward by one or two of the Chartists amongst them , that tbey should not strike at
all ; but petition their masters for a rise , and also the Government for provisions free of excise duty . Nothing definite , however , was come to , and the meeting' was adjourned till to-d&y . So far we have stated pubiio report and outward appearances . Torn we now to the statements of the colliers themselves , which are not denied by the * master ? . About a year ago tho average wages of colliers in this district were as high as from four to five shillings per day , whictt , allowing them te work four days a week ( and this is conaidesed a fair amount < of labour for an ordinary WOrKing collier ) , gave them from 16 s , to £± per wtefc . They are now paid , and tiaye been for many months , the ironstone miners on ail average of Is . 10 ^ .. to 2 s . a day , the colliers at 2 s . 3 d . to 2 s . 9 ^ 'i . OflF this , supposing them te wo * k an entire week ot five or six days , they have a drawbaefci-for school wages , tho doctor , oil , rent , fcc —of about 4 s ., leaving them ; even wh 6 n in full employment , a miserable pittance to support existence . Add
to this , that few of them have more than thiee dayB ' work , and many of them only had two for a series of weeks , their condition , then , must be deplorable in the extreme . The labourers paid last year at i 2 s . a week aro now piiid at ; 8 s-- They desire to have them bade to 10 s . The . colliers and . minera ask 4 s . a-day , which they icsist their -masters can well afford to pay . The miners are most exasperated against the contractors ; the contractors , on the other hand , Unme the masters . One of these men , who stand between the masters and the Employed ; was waited upon this rooming at his own house by a body of tbe men , when he told tbemit © go to h—11 . When we ' consider that there is not less than about 50 , 000 inhabitants in thit important district , and that the majority of that nuuiaer are employed below ground , it is fearful to think of the consequences of a protracted strike . It is eaid that hundreds of the men to-day departed for the meeting without breakfast
The following is a list of the places and number of the pits stopped work , at all of wnieh the men bnve turned out : ^ -IrohbuckIe , 3 : ; Carnbroe , 3 ; MerrystoDe , 9 ; GjcW , 4 ; . Kipps , 2 ; Rawjatd , 4 ; SUjneiic ? , 7 ; Rosehiilock , 14 ; Govan , Whitefliit , 3 ; Gpyan Whiterigg , 14 ; Burnfoot , 2 ; Holehill , 2 ; Enster Meadowhead , 1 ; Gartlee , 4 ; Airdiiehili . 4 ; Pi-iestrigg , 4 ; Ghspelhall , 2 ; Cairnhill , 3 ; Cliftonhiil . 2 ; Dundyvan , 10 ; MossBeuk , 4 ; DfumcoHlter , 5 ; Watermagftie , 1 ; D / kehead , 2 ; { south Stonericg , 3 j -Toon ' s Pict , Calder , 1 ; Greeneud , 5 ; Gartuck , 1 ; , Redbrig , 1 ; Ballbcbney , 4 ; New Carubroe , 4 ; Gartsheiirie and Gartgili , 15 ; Gartcioss ( ironstone , ) 6 ; Greengairs ,. 2 ; Skeepford Lscka , 2 ; Blackrigg , 2 . In all , 147 . The great body of the collitrs are now cEcaniped tn the bank a little above Dalmarnock-bridge , where they await the aaswer of the deputation .
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THE STRIKE AMONGST THE MINERS , AND TURN-OUT AT AIRD 1 E , AND COATERIDGE ,
IN THE NEIGHOURHOOD OF GLASGOW . ( Front Ihe&asgoic Journal of Thursday ) PROCLAMATION BY THE SHERIFF . The state of this district since the arrival of _ the military last . night , remains quiet . In the mean time , at an early hour this iuorning , the folio vi ' vng proclamation was issuec ! , and extensively pl&cardea throughout the disturbed districts : —v ¦ . ; -. : ' :. " The Shetifi , having received authentic information that a strike , on a very extended scale , has taken place on the part of colliers and iron-workers in and around Airdrie , and that the combined workmen have proceeded to acts of depredatioa and yiolpnce ,. by plnndoring , in large bRnds , fields of potatoes , aid forcibly cnteiinsr shops and dwelling-houses , to obtain provisions
by force ; and . that the resolution toi telp themselves to subsiiitenca has been oyeDly announced , as the principle of their strike , both at public meetings and in private , by mfcmbers of the strikedhefebypublicly declares tfcat such violont proceedings are' directly contrary to law , and " will be repressed with the- atmoat energy by all the constitute d '"' ouibprities , ¦ ' . ; A large jBilitarj' force , cornposed of cavalry arid infahtry , to ba fiuppprtedi if necesaaxy , by artillery , will be forthwith statiunsd at : Airdrie and Qpatbridge ; to support " tha authority of the law ; and all well disposed persons are hereby invited to give immediate information to the sheriff , at Airdrie , of any illegal depvedationa or
assemblages of wo rkmen , with intent to commit the same ; and tha whole combined workrnfcn , and in particular the comRuttee or leaders under whom they act are hereby , in an especial manner , warned that , aa the violetit and illegal ' purposes oi ( the combination have beeu openly declared , and authentib evidence of it obtjined , they are by law responBible for all acts i pf depredation of violence , committed- by tLa coinbined wprkiueu , ' in pursuance of the , common objects and declared purposes of the combination / though not cpmmitted ia their own presence , or by their imnwdiate difectiODS , arid that the law will ba enforced against them accojtdJBgly . . , ; 1 r : " Sheriff Onioe , Glasgow , August 3 , 1842 . ' »
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 13, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct901/page/7/
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