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      ii . Hot , He felt assured that they would look at the bter cater candidly and imoartially , and , nGtwithstandi what what had been said by the Attorney-General in wing ling the case aboat the witness , upon whose ieneeence ho should have to rely , ho moat say that , iis opus opinion , more respectable witnessesmigbt have na obb obUined . Toe question wm a very narrow C < i Coold they relvopon the testimony of that © a ? cceaweeaianiniuchacasB ! and would it ba safe for am to oi to do so ? The case had not been properly JJeouaeottt . Instead of Beading a profession *! short-M m \ i writer , a person who by his profession and poooawoa would be above suspicion , a police constable 11 sent sent to act as a spy , and he professed , out of a eech lech which wasadmitted to have lasted three

      quarii of i of an hour , to pick out these . few sentences , iittinjitting the whole of the rest of the speech , which j jut hjfct have entirely qualified , or altered the sense of exp expreisionB imputed to him , if indeed tbey were eared ared at all . The learned counsel then commented mn tin the nature of the evidence , and said he wished im tern to understand thst he did not impale perjury ihe he policeman , but what he said was , that aocdingding to his own admission of the circumstances Her 4 er which he took the speech , the evidence could ;; b 9 ; be relied npon to convict the dafendant . The mnrernment would never have tbonght of attempting cHttTOonviot aperam like Smith O'Brien , or any other m inn in his position , of sedition , upon the evidence ii pi policeman so obtained ; and he thought they

      » ht » ht not to endeavour to do it in the case of a nan ithe the station of the defendant . The learned coua-, eoi concluded a very energetic and able address by jotespressing an opinion that the jury weuld feel the lie be had not been made oat so clearly as it ought to ive he been , and on that ground the defendant was enlied led to an acquittal . ] rh < rhe Attorney-General replied very briefly . IBatBaron Piatt , in summing up , said he did not think fare are m any pretenoefor applying the term' spy' to is cos constable who had given evidence on thepresent aoascasion . The vocation ef a spy was most edious and qpaepagnant to the feelings of Englishmen , and the

      iimim ought not to have been applied in this case Ihe he question they had to decide was , whether the iianian at the bar had committed , the offence imputed it hi him or not . If they were satisfied from the evl unesnee that he had . they would desert their duty to iiememselvesandthfir country if they did not say so ; : 3 d , 3 d , onthe other hand , they would equally desert iieiaeir duty to the administration of justice if they iid id not give the accused person the benefit of any i xsawouable doubt they might entertain of his guilt . Ti The jury then retired , and were absent more than iroro hours , when they returned a verdict of guilty : : itit » tthe game time expressed their opinion that wt would be better in such cases to have the

      evi-! jnonce of two wi tneises . T The learned judge remarked , that it was no doubt lonere advisable , bnt at the same time such a coarse tau not always practicable . A Ava . 23 . —Jehn James Bessr , 33 , waa indicted for sdfedition . T Tie Attorney- General , Mr Wekby , Mr Bodkin , ndod . Mr Clark appeared for the Crown ; the defenarant had no counsel . T The Attorney-General , in opening the case , said , «« waa very much surprised to hear one of the deenendants who was charged with the jffenoe of sedition o o Friday state tint he could not understand the raw , and that he could not follow the intricacies of HuSe charge . It appeared to him that the law was

      hthpst simple , and the law of sedition , as it was termed , tans the law of common sense ; and that , in point of atact , it said that a person should not make & meetnjng , ostensibly held to discusi any political question , tvmere pretext for disturbing the public peace and jnrlneinf the government of the country into contempt . The Attorney-General then proceeded to fctate that the meeting at which the seditions speech vivas delivered , was held on tha 28 : h of July , at tbe ( Milton-street Theatre , and at which more than 1 , 000 joers ^ ns wera present ; and he reminded tbe jury tKhat on the previous day there had been anun-Eifounied report that a general rising of the people bhad taken place in Ireland ; that the troops were idisaffacted , and had been defeated . The meeting

      vwas convened by a placard headed'Is Ireland npf sand which went on to say that a great public meetling would be held that night at the Milton-street 'Theatre , to take into consideration the present momentous crisis in Ireland . Several talented patriots , lit was said , would attend ; and Englishmen , Irishlinen , and Scotchmen were aLo called npon to be preisent at the meeting . The Attorney-General pro-< ceeded to state that the defendant , who seemed to be : s very clever person , addressed the meeting , and read extracts of a most inflammatory character from one of the New York papers , thinking that by so doing he would evade the law . He was , however , very much mistaken if he supposed this was so , for

      he would find that if the jury believed his intention was to excite his hearers to violence , and to disturb the public pease , he would be just as amenable to the law as though the expressions made use of were delivered aa his own sentiments ; The Attorney-General then read the speech made by the defendant upon the occasion in question . Mr J . White , the government shorthand writer , proved that the spsech in question was made by the defendant at the meeting referred to on the 28 th of July . The Attorney-General then put in the copy of ihe Tikes containing the extract from the American papes and required that the editorial remarks npon it , which had been omitted by the defendant , ' should be read ; and this closed the case for the Crown .

      The defendant then addressed the jury , and said he did not take credit to himself for being so clever as the Attorney-General would have made him out to be . and the fact was he was only a poor man who thought he was labouring under political disadvantages which he was justified in endeavouring to obtain a remedy for , aad that was the only object of his attending the meeting in question . He admitted that he was a Chartist , and said that in his opinion the Charter would curs all the evils under which the country was labouring ; and if the Whig government , which had so often for its own purposes encouraged agitation , thought to put down the expression of the feeling of thewerking populationof the country by such prosecutions as these they were very much

      mistaken , for they might rely on it that the people would biCJme more determined to obSain their rights by that sort o ! treatment . It had been made a ground of complaint against him that he had read an extract from an American paper , to an audience of 1 , 000 peHsas . but they shoald not forget that he was reading frcm a newspaper that had perhaps 30 . 000 subscribers , and if he was to blame for reading it , he thought the Truss ought ah » to be prosecuted for printing it in the first instance , as , if they had not printed it he could not have read it . The defendant then with considerable ingenuity endeavoured to explain away the most objectionable portioisofhis speech , and attempted to show that he had no intention of inducing his hearers to resort to

      physical force . In coaclusion he described the presecntions that had been instituted by the government as merely intended to destroy the right of freedom of speech in thu country , and he called upon the jury , as members of the middle class of society , not to lend themselves to such a proceeding by convicting him upon cbe present charge : . The Attorney-General , in reply , said that the de . fence which had been made by the defendant confirmed the opinion he had originally expressed of the dangerous description of ability which he possessed It was quite clear that he was perfectly master of the art of adapting his address to his hearers ; and it » ould be unnecessary to comment upon the mischief

      that might be created by such a man when he employed his talents to excite persons in his own condition of life to acts of violence and disorder . The manner in which he had artfully read the exciting extract from the American paper , and oaitted the comments anon it , gfriag tbe bine bat omitting the antidote , likewise showed his dangerous ability for mischief , particularly as he expected thereby to escape from punishment . In the course of his farther oh serrations , the Attorney-General said that he considered the Times , ana ail the other papers also with very few exceptions , deserved great praise for the generous and noble manner in which they had all'exerted themselves , during the excited times that had just passed , in the preservation of the publ o

      Baroa Piatt then summed up , and the jury immediately returned s verdict of guilty . The other defendants—Snell , Crowe , andBryson , who hai been convicted of a similar offence , were thereupon ordered to ba placed at tbe bar with the defendant who had been just convicted , to receive sentence . Baron Piatt addresing them said , they had sererauy been found gmlty of the offence of uttering ieditieus speeches for the purpose of disturbing the pnblie peace and exciting the people to insurrection . They had fortunately been stopped in their career for if the government had allowed them to persevere in their guilty object , and they had excited their dopes to resort to arms , they would have been guilty of thecrimsof high treason and their lives might hwemud [ the penalty . It waa a mercy ta them that they tad been stopped , They had in their addteues talked a great deal aboat « the people . ' How eonld t 0

      "? SS'S ? % : ^ T 8 m ? m * ^ selves that they were the people , or tbe representatives of the - S * & P * l ta 8 w ™ y weU that the people really entitled to be so called were competed upon " one sccasion to arm twelves against them , and how quickly their rabble forces were put down by ' jhem ? He did not know what object tharl , ^ ;« ' ^ f- z J 2 ffl' *^&^^^™ £ . nity . or that the ; considered themselves martyrs to the Charter , or that they expected to be supported out af the joint purse of their companions , and mieht be content to suffer punishmemVfor all those objects is connected with their public exhibition ; but whatever their object was , it was clearly the duty of the government to put down such proceedings , and protect toe public from simiitt violations of the public peace . So far , therefore , as the law had power , he yis bound to make ah example , of aooh persons . Men had been convicted at a former session of a similar offence , aad received seatence ; bat as that

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      sentence did not appear to have had the effect of deterring others from similar courses , it was clear that an increase of severity in the punishment must be resorted to . The increase of the punishment would not be very great , bat still there must be some increase on the present occasion . He then sentenced George Snell , Robert Crowe , and Jobn James Beeer to be imprisoned in tbe House of Correction for two years , to pay a fine of £ 10 each to the Queen , and at tho expiration of their imprisonment , to enter into

      their own recognisance in £ 100 , with two sactmties in £ 50 each , to keep the peace for five years . The fourth defendant , Brjson , was sentenced to the same term of imprisonment , and to find the same amount of sureties for fire years , and is addition to pay a fine of £ 20 , and the whole of the defendants were further ordered to be imprisoaed until the sureties were entered into and the fines paid . ' ¦ When the sentence was pronounced Bryson exclaimed to bis companions , ' Never mind , brethe ? Chartists ; come along . ' -

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      LANCASHIRE ASSIZES . Liverpool , August 25 th . —Joseph Cuddy , Edward Murphy , and James O'Brien were indicted for conspiracy , for insurrectionary and other unlawful purpose j , and for having sent 1000 , pikes to ¦ Ireland for the purpose of being used as aforesaid . Tha , prisoners pleaded Not Guilty , and all traversed until the nextassfrM . ' „ Thomas Lees , William Penny , William Hesley , Michael Morris , and James West were charged with conspiracy and riot . The prisoners all pleaded Not Guilty , bat declined to traverse , stating that they wished to be tried at the present assizss . ¦ .- ,.., Francis O'Donnell and Matthew Somen were in * dieted for having transmitted large quantities of arms to Ireland , for the purpose ef being used'for insurrectionary purposes ia that country . - The prisoners pleaded Not Guilty , and traversed to the next : aS « E 2 S . i ... !• : ; -.,.

      John Finn , James Dawney , John Mepney , Daren Gann , and Edward Birch were charged with riot and assault . The prisoners pleaded Not Guilty , having been in custody more than twenty-one days they had not the power to traverse . ' ¦ ' > - ¦ ' : ¦' ¦ •<¦ ' ; '' - ' . ' -- : - Peter Murray M'Dduall was then called npon to plead to an indictment charging him . with . a treason * able conspiracy . He was but on bail , and , did not answer ; but it was intimated that he would surrender in tho cbdree of the day . ' " ¦ '' " . The Attorney-General , Messrs Watson *' , QC , Matthews * Paohett , and Monk , appeared as counsel in the cases .. ¦ ; -. >; .. ;•; :- ! .-, «; ii : •• • ., ! , ¦ ¦ It was stated in the court that about , thirty ether Chartist * , against whom true bills hive been found during the assizes , ' were yesterday lodged in Eirkdale gaol . ''' :

      Two persons , named William Johnson and Charles Gallaher , who were charged with murder , and in whsse cases the grand jury had thrown oat the bills , were then arraigned on 'the coroner ' s inquisitions , and acquitted , no evidence being offered . , William Mackiia , 'Joseph R-ttciiffa , and William Bslton were charged with conspiracy and riot . There were no less than six indictments 'against the ' priso * nets , some of which were similar to thei above , and others charging them with unlawful drilling and tiaining .

      The prisoners pleaded Not Guilty , and traversed until the next assizes . Thomas Rankin , Edward Clark Cropper , Daniel Donovan , Peter Feeny ; James Hoyle , George Webb , Michael M'Donoagh , William Chad wick . ' James Downey , Thomas Roberts , James Flinn ,. John Joseph Finnighan , Thomas Whittaker , Joshua Lemon , Henry Williams , ' Henry Ellis , George Rogers , Michael Carrigan , ' Joseph Spooner , George' Rsmsdeu , Mark Hume , and James Dowlain . were ' all placed at

      the bar on an indictment ch & rgine them with having at Manchester , on the 1 st' of May , and on 'divers other days , between then and the time of taking the present inquisition , falsely , maliciously , seditiously , and riotously , by illegal and seditious means , excited her Majesty ' s subjects to arm themselves , and . being eo armed , to obstruct the laws and government of the realm in their due execution . Other counts charged them with a riot . All the prisoners pleaded Not Guilty , and several of them traversed to the next assizes ..

      The following decided to be tried at the present commission : —Edward C . Cropper , Peter Feeny , William Chad wick , 'James Djwney , J ; J . Finuighan , Henry Williams , George Rogers , Michael Carrigan , Joseph Spooner , and . James Dowlain . 'His Lordship inquired whether Mr , M'Douall answered ? . - The Attorney-General said he had not , bathe was told by M ? M'Douall ' s attorney , that he would certainly appear the next morning to take his trial . That , however , would be the only case in which he would be ready to proceed .

      His Lordship inquired what he proposed to d » respecting the other cases ? The Attorney-General said he would not say it present , but it was not improbable tbat he shoald have to apply to the court to postpone the other cases , as it might be inconvenient to try part and not the whole . The Learned Judge said there were instances in which the judges had refused to try part of the prisoners in one indictment where the other portioa traversed . , Tha prisoners Cuddy , O'Donnell , Somen , Murphy , and Brien , who hid traversed in the early part of the day , were then brought up and withdrew their traverse , so as to take their trial during tbe present assizes .

      ' Acou-t 26 . —Thb Case of M'DauAiL . —The court was crowded for the purpose of hearing the trial , appointed for this morning , of Mr Peter Murray M'DjusII , the Chartist leader , charged with sedition and conspiracy at Ashton-ander-Lyne . Mr M 'Dooal 1 had been ont on bail . On his name being called he failed to appear . Mr Serjeant Wilkins , who had been engaged for M'Douall , rose . He said : My lord , I have to move . . : . : Mr Attorney-General Knowles : Before my friend mores , my lord , I more to estreat the recognisances of Mr M'Douall . I should have done so yesterday , but I waa deterred by his attorney , wbo pleaded that in the escrse of tho . day , Mr M Lfouall would be here toplead .

      Mr Serjeant Wilkins : I am surprised , my lord , to see this opposition . Mr MDoual ) , I am ooaident , will be here shortly , and I beg that he may ba allowed to traverse . Mr Justice Cresswell : He cannot traverse now . Mr Serjeant Wilkins : I think , with all deference , he can , my lord . He is committed for publishing a seditious libel , but he is indicted for another offence : ha is indicted for conspiracy . The Judge : I cannot hear any application for traversing unless the man is before me . Mr Serjeant Wilkins : True , my lord , I cannot resist that . His lordship then , in order to give further tune proceeded to pass sentences on other prisoners . The Attorney-General again moved that therecognisances be estreated :

      The Clerk of the Crown called over the names in the usual manner , and the recognisances of Mr M'Douall , and his sureties were declared estreated . Tbe names of the sureties are William \ tkin . John Williamson , John Woodcock , and Elijah Cavendish Broadbent . In a few minutes afterwards , Mr M'Douall entered the court . The fact was mentioned to Mr Attorney-General Knowles , who declined , however , further to interfere . Seditious CoNSPiBA . cv .-Ia the case of the trial of Rogers , Spooner , Williams , and Carragan , for seditious conspiracy , as application w < s made to the court by Mr Attorney-General Knowles , ionaded upon an affidavit of the solicitor for the prosecution , to the effect that sufficient time or facilities had not been afforded to perfect tba evidence , to have the trial postponed ontill the next assizes . Mr Tindal Atkinson , counsel for the prisoner * , resisted the application .

      After an argument the Judge complied with the request made by the Attorney General , and ordered that Williams and Carragan be discharged upon their own recognisances . A similar application wis made aud complied with in the case of Healy and others . Also in the case of John Flinn aud others , a similar arrangement was come to . Mr M'Doi 7 am . ' s Trial . —About half-past twelve o'clock Mr Serjeant Wilkins applied to his lordship in the case of Mr M'Douall , whose recognisances bad been estreated that morning but who , tho learned serjeant said , was then in court . Mr Justice Cresswell said , before he could listen to any application , Mr M'Douall must surrender . Mr M'Douall immediately did so , and it was under ' stood that the recognisances would be restored .

      An argument of considerable length then took place relative to wte her MrM'Doual should be allowed to traverse , on the ground that tbe warrant of commitment was for publishing a seditious speech , whereas the indictment charged a conspiracy , drafts lordship ruled that the trial should proceed this aB 8 iz 3 , bat granted a postponement until this

      morning . Application wai then made that Mr M'Douall should be restored to liberty until then . Mr Justice Cresswell , after a conference with his brother judge , refused to comply with the request . August 28 . —At the sitting of . the Court this morning it was stated that the prisoners Somen and O'Donnell , who with several others were charged with a seditious conspiracy at Liverpool , had an application to make to the Court . On being placed at the bar O'Djnnell stated he wished to make an application for a copy cf the information against him . He stated he did not know what the charge was ; and as he should not have tbe assistance of counsel , bat should be obliged to conduct his own defence , a copy of the information was necessary to enable him to dago . Somersmade a similar application . ~ Mr Justice Cresswell stated , that if the prisoners had wished to have the indictment read before they

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      pleaded to it it would have been ; dope . It was to be supposed that in so pleading he was aware of the charge . ' He asked if the prisoners wished their trial poitponed till next assizes . '' Somen asked if his Lordship would order him a copy of the indictment , and postpone his trial till tomorrow ? \ .,. Mr Justice Cresaffell . —I cannot do tbat . Somers stated that very unwillingly he would traverse to'the next assizes . He hoped his Lordship would consider the amount of the kii . ¦ >• Mr Justice Cresswell—I shall require you to give such bail as the purposes of justice require . The other prisoners , . who had formerly expressed their intention of proceeding with their trials this morning . ( with the exception of Murphy ) then traversed to tha next assizas . ' ' I

      The AUorney-Generalthen submitted to his Lordship that he should not ba require to proceed a Jainst Murphy only , and that his trial also should be postponed until ho could take his trial with . the other * .

      TRIAL OF DR M'DOUALL . Peter Murray M'Douall wn then put to the bar , charged with sedition , attending an unlawful meeting , and riot . Mr Knewles ( Attorney-General for the county ) , Mr Crompton , and Mr Matthews conducted the preseoution ; the prisoner was defended'by Mr Serjeant Wilkins and Mr Pollock . Mr Knowles proceeded to . state the case for the prosecution . He said , the . prisoner was charged with uttering feditious words and attending an unlawful assembly with intent to excite a spirit of discontent' and oppose the execution of the law . Throughout many parts of the country there had been for some time much agitation set on-foot by

      persons who entertained political opinions which had now acquired i well-known popular name . ° He would not discuss those " opinions . Ia the . present case he would show that the prisoner was the hired' agent of others , paid te disseminate those opinions , ' and therefore not entitled even to the syra patby one-might extend to one expressing conscientious but mistaken opinions . The . prisoner had been a member of what was called the National Convention . He left London before tbat bady broke up , and visited a number of towns in the kingdom pursuant to previous arraagementJ He attended on the 10 th of , JoJy < i meeting in the town of Ashtonj convened by public advertisement . > This advertisement was ; headed with a motto— ••¦

      'Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye bo \ VTas would be free , himself must strike the blow !' and closing— ; 1 Freedom ' s battle onoe begun , Bequeathed from . bleeding aire to son , Though bBfa « doft . i > . ever . ,. ' Tbey met in what is called the Charlestown Meeting-house . A certain seorecy'Wasmaintained , bat he should bs able to give the substance of the proceedings there . It would -appear that many of them were armed and carriedpikes ; that they - ' were addressed by Di ? , M ^ Douall , and the subject of ihil address was advising to take arms .: ; They , broke up about ten o ' clock , and went to the Odd Fellows ' Arms , where M'Douall addressed ; them . . The

      Attorney-General proceeded to read the address of the prisoner , as subsequently proved , commenting on it is he . proceeded . In this address they were advised ' to arm and practice drilling , both with and without arms , in the same aanner as their enemies . ' , Who were the enemies he referred to ? Could there be any doubt of the meaning of these words ? or of his speaking of the government as the enemies against whom tbey were to turn ? But the prisoner then went on to state that which he as an educated man must have known to bs untrue . - ' He : stated tbat the soldiers were with them , that all the military at Woolwich had revolted in one ni * ht , that there

      was a committee sitting at the Horse Guards for the redress of their grievances , and that in a few days a pamphlet would ba published setting forth tbeir determination . Could there be any doubt of the meaning and object of suoh an address ? or that it w » a intended by violence and intimidation to oppose the administration of the law ? It might ba urged , that on ' these occasions much allowance should be made for the warmth of expressions made use of by men speaking under excitement , but he could not make any snob aUowaace for a person of education like the prisoner , the paid agent of others , going about for hire to disseminate the doctrines in which he dealt .

      Robert Newton stated , he was chief constable of Ashton-ander-Lyne . Produced the placard conve ning the meeting on the 10 th of July . Witness went to the < Charlestown meeting-house accordingly . Endeavoured t > get in . It was a little after eight o ' clock at night . A person named James Milligan , who stood at the door , prevented witness getting in . Dr M'Douall was not there when witness was first refused admission . On i second occasion he was . On the second time Milligan said it was not Mr Newton they were preventing going in , but the deputy constable . There were ether officers with witness . When Dr M'Djuall came up , they opened to allow him to pass . Witness , then again attempted to get in , but they got hold ef his wrists aud would not let

      him . He asked why he was not admitted , and received the answers already siated . Cjuld notsee into the room further than the passage . Great numbers went in . Witness remained a considerable time about the place , and then lefthis men to watch the proceedings . Did not hear any expression , of alarm among tbe inhabitants that night . The town seemed to be quite alive . A warrant was aiterwards placed in witness ' s hands for execution against the prisoner . Took him into custody oh the 16 th . Teld him he had a warrant against him for using seditious language , attending an unlawful assembly , and riot . . Took him to the police-office , and read to him

      the warrant . He said he protested against tbe warrant on account of the erasures that were made in it , and insisted he had a right to the possession of it . Witness told him he would take care the same warrant was produced before the magistrates . Foand on his person i memorandum book ; a song called ' the Song of the Soil , from the Irish Fblon ; a letter from Bradford , dated July 14 , and two letters to him ( M'Douall ) , from a person of the name of M'Crae , in London . In the letter of the Hth were some depositions enclosed , which appeared to have been taken before the magistrates . Of the letter from M'Crae , one was dated the 6 th of July , and the other the 14 th .

      Cross-examined by Mr Sergeant Wilkins . —Milligan stated , that Dr M'Douall had said that policeofficers had given such evidence as to language made use of by him at other places he was determined no officer should enter any meeting he was in . Will not swear it was not said that the police-sffieera had given such false statements bsfore that the ; would not be admitted . Believes there is a paper called the SiockpjRT Advertiser . Does not know if there is a shorthand-writer connected with it . Knows several reporters . Did not employ any one to report

      the proceedings in the chapel . Directed the officers to make a rep rt of the proceedings which took place . Dr M'Douall has spoken at several meetings in Ashton , but not lately . Thinks he was himself present at two when he has spoken . There was a teaparty in theTawn Hall since Dr M'Douall was taken , to raise funds to conduct his defence . Believes Mr Tweedle has the letting of the Town Hall ; he is a councillor oi the borough , Mr Sergeant Wilkins . —Dj you not know tbe town council were unanimous in letting him that hall ?

      Mr Justice CreaswelL—What has that to do with this case ? Mr Sergeant Wilkins submitted tbat it was to be presumed that the town council would have the best means of knowing whether these meetings were likely to disturb tbe public peace ; and aa some question had been made whether alarm had not been created , this afforded a fair argument that such alarm did not exist . His Lordship said , there was no pretence for the admission of this evidence . It was nothing to the question , whether Dr M'Djuall had attended an unlawful meeting on the 10 ; h of July , that a member of the town council , or all the town council , had let the Town Hall for the ^ purpose suggested i ' n the end of July or tho beginning of August , some weeks afterwards .

      AbelSwann : Lives at Ashton ; is a tailor and draper . Knows the Charlestown Meeting-house ; has the letting ot it ; it is usad as a chapel on Sundays . Was there on tho 10 th of July at a quarter before eight . Saw Dr M Djuall there . He cama near eight o ' clock . Should think there were about 1 , 000 persons . The generality of the people were allowed to go in The police and reporters were excluded . That was all he saw objected to . Only saw one there—Kertison . Saw him in tho passage . James Taylor was the chairman . _ He sat in tbe rostrum . Thomas Storer was witb him . Richard Pilling and others were with him . M Douall was in the pulpit ; he spoke half an

      hour or more . Took no note of what was said . He spoke with reference to the land ; he said the people mast look to the land when they were thrown out of employment ; he said the parks of the aristocracy must be brought into cultivation and made to produce something . Cannot speak to anything particular . Milligan made an announcementof a meeting to take place on Friday night . The young men ware asked to go to the Chartist room and join the National Guard . The meeting lasted about two hours . Before they broke up , it was announced they should form into pricession to accompany M'Douall to his lodgings . Two or three persons came when the room was let ; West was one .

      Cross-examined : M'Duuall is a rapid speaker . I did not hear him recommend the people not to nave aujthiuRtodowitharma , Waa not present all tbo time . Did not go to hear the lecture at ail , He said that in consequence of the vast increase oi ^ machinery people would at last have to fall back on the land . He said tbat the parks of the aristocracy must be made productive . Cannot say whether he alluded to the increase of population . Does not know if he spoke of anything in connexion with the Land Company . Henry Taylor : Is a police officer at Ashton . Went to the Charlestown Meeting-house on the 10 th of

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      Julv . Went about eight o ' clock . Did not attempt to get in . Did not see if anybody had anything with them They came , ont and formes in ranks , four , fito and aix'abreast . M'Douall was it the head . He had a man on each arm . Three oh $ rs were given . They then moved on . They went up Wellingtonroad down Oldham-road , up Old-street , through UenPy . fquare , Siamford-street , and Cavendish-street , back to Old-street again . They halted opposite , the Odd Fellows' Arms in Old-street . There were' from 300 to 400 at first-sbout 800 or 000 'at last .. The prisoner came to the window and addressed'the crowd . Heard part of what he said . Made a memorandum of it after leaying the place . Ho said , ' I advise vnn to nreanise yourselves , and form yourselves into

      sections and divisions , and practice the same mah ' cew vres as your enemies / not only without arms , but with them . SsVeral regiments have already revolted ; there is no fear from them . The whole of the troops stationed at Woolwich have : in one night revolted . There is a committee sitting at the Horse Guards , be lunging to , the Howe Gauds , to consider their grievance ; and in a few days you will have a pamphlet published with the hews of their decision . I wish they would call out the militia , bat they dare not do that , for then we should : have their guns , bayonets , and cartridges , and we would , then let them see . I tell you there ire paly about 10 , 000 disposable troops , and what are . they to . 5 , 000 , 000 people ? . And I promise youbefore the harvest is in , or very soon after ,

      , you shall have the Six Points ot the Charter , and something morer ? He concluded— ' Organise 1 organise ! organise ! i It would ba about eleven or a quarter-past he left the window . The town was in a very confused state . The crowd gave three cheers , and dispersed hooting and shouting . Cross examined : Dr M'Douall spoke from fifteen to twenty minutes Witness has baen a policeman and constable since February ; 1846 .: Before that he was a sergeant of marines . Was twenty-one years in the service . ¦ ,: Does not write well . -Never reported , any meeting before . The crowd pushed to and fro occasionally . Hai not gat the note of the meeting . Gave it to the inspector the following morning . Has not asked him for it . Dilgleish is the inspector . -

      Mr Sergeant Wilkins then asked the witness to write out a portion of the speech . : His Lordship intimated he doubted much the admissibility of this kind of cross-examination . It was a kind of evidence snost likely to mislead . It wai obviously a different matter writing at home , and still more so , writing in the agitation of an examination ineourt ; and even if the man ' s writing were bad he might still be able to ytrito what he himself could understand . ' He said he would hear Mr Sergeant Wilkins's argument . In the meantime , however , it appearing that Dalgleish waain attendance , he was called in and asked by . Mr Serjeant Wilkins whether he ooald read the notes in question ? ¦ . He said he could .. Mr Serj » nt Wilkins did not then press hia course of cross-examination with the . witness .

      Examination resumed ;—In one part of his speech M'Douall cautioned them against any acts' of violence . r .. >< . ¦ , Gaorge Dalgleish , inspector of police , corroborated Taylor ' s evidence . . , . Cross-examined . —Has been in the police force sixteen or eighteen months . Has not been in tbe habit of reporting speeches . M'Douall spoke aboat twenty minutes . The part taken down was part-of a much longer speech .. The sentences taken down occurred at different parts of . the speech ; hera and there . There are two copies of the portions of , the speech in the note-book .. The second was written out by witness ' s father the same night . Did so because witness was busy and his father was a batter penman . Witness did not compare the copy to see if it was correct .

      Mr Pollock proposed to read to the witness several sentences to try his capacity of reporting them oorrec ' . ly . ' His Lordship said , he did not think there was anything objectionable in principle in that , but it would be a very fallacious test ; < It would depend upon the witness , being in the , same cool state of mind ,, and in a great degree on the naUra of the . topic . Cross-examined . —Will not say positively , ltmiy not have been tha troops at Windsor that were spoken of , and not troops at Woolwich . Did not hear him speak of the organisation-of the Methodists , or of tbe Anti-Corn Law League . Has known him hold meetings at , ! Ashton before , two or . three years back . Was at one which he held two or three

      years back . They were peaceable . The people who formed the proojssion to the Odd Fellows' Arms walked four , five , six , or more abreast . Matthew Maiden , inspector of police , was at the chapel on the 10 th of July . Was prevented from getting in . When witness attempted to get in there was a rush from the inside , and many persons came odt into the lobby to assist those at the door . Two men had some sharp instruments projecting from their , pockets . They seemed to be the points ot pikes . One mau . who was standing at the door , said , if witness went in he would be killed . Witnsss said , 'If you kill me you only kill one ; and if you

      leave me life I shall know some of you . ' The m » n said , reporters and police had ' done such swearing ' in London they were determined not to allow them to go in . lie said , if witness had been ' Matthew Maiden' he might have gone in ; but he was ' Inspector Maiden . ' The witness detailed what , took place up to the time of M'Douall addressing the crowd . His account did not vary materially from that of Ihe other witnesses . Cross-examined . —Made some [ notes in his pocketbook as soon as he dame from the meeting . Is provided with the biok by the authorities . Has been an officer ieven years ; before that served under the

      overseers . , Thomas Hollingsworth . —Is an overlooker in a factory ( Mr Rayner'a ) at Ashtonunder-Lyue . Went to the meeting-house on the 10 th of July . Saw soma constables at the door . Witness was on the doorstep . ' There was a rush to the door . Witness went outside . Saw several of the men going in bad something ia their breast that glittered ; it seemed to be a pike . Witness went home when the meeting broke up . The procession' marched in ranks . Cross-examined . —Did not see anything but the glitter . Has a brother , who is clerk to Mr Hall , the solicitor for the prosecution . '

      , The Attorney-General then tendered in evidence the book found on the person of M'Douall . Several appointments for a series of meetings at various towns were read , including one for Ashton on the 10 < h , running from the beginning of the month to the end . There were other entries of wages , and salary , which it was proposed to read . His Lordship , after looking at the entries , said , he bad some litt ! e ,, doubt respecting their admissibility , from Us not appearing from whom this salary was received . He did not say he would not admit it on argument . The Attorney-General did not press the reception of the evidence . It was then proposed to give in evideace the letters found on the prisoner . , ,

      Mr Sergeant Wilkins objected that these letters referred to past transactions . Eridenceof a similar kind was tendered in Hardy's case , being an account given by one of several conspirators of what occurred at a meeting of a society of which the ^ writer and the prisoner were members ; and there it was rejected as not being an act in furtherance of the common purposp , but a mere account by one of the parties of a pravious transaction . Mr Pollock followed on the same side , and referred his lordship to the contents o < the letters , and submitted that even if they might be evidence had the charge been one of conspiracy , they had no relevancy to the present case , which was one of a specific act on a specific day . His Lordship thought the letters admissible , as tending fo throw a light on the course the prisoner

      was pursuing , The fmt read was one of the 0 th of July , from John M'Crae , enclosing £ 2 , as . they had got iu a little money . It gave an account of the proceedings against tbe persons indicted for sedition in London , stating that Vernon had been convicted , and apprising M'Douall that there were many places in England wanting a visit from him . A second , dated 14 th July , stated tbat tbey were without money , and unable to send him any money at that time . It mentioned that his wages were paid up to that time , and that the wages for the next week would be sent if possible . It stated that Jones had been convicted , praised hh conduct and boldness at the trial , and apprised Dr M'Douall of their hav-\ ne had a meeting at which soeae policemen in plain

      clothes attended , who were put out by tbe neck . A third letter was then tendered , but his lordship expressing a doubt of its admissibility it was not The 'Song of the Soil' found in the prisoner ' spossession , was then tendered . It was objected , that this was not evidence , as not being relative to the question , and as not tending in any way to prove guilt on his part . It might be in the 'possession of the most innocent person in the world . The merefaot of a pen oa having in his possession a printed document of this kind , without any evidence of his adoption « f its sentiments , could have no weight in this inquiry , His Lordship said , he thought the document might tend to show the meaning of the words used by tie

      Tha song was tbon read , as well as a prospectus of a newspaper called the Trushtbllbr , to ba established for the advocacy of the principles of the People ' s Charter . and the tepeal of the union . It was declared that the system of the detective police would meet with its firm oppisitioa ; and the right of the labourer to a maintenance sufficient to provide himself and his children with food , clothing , and education , occupy a prominent place in its co ' umns . Mr Serjeant Wilkins then addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner . He commenced by remarking that so universal was the prejudice now in existence against persons professing the political opinions described by the learned Attorney General—so much bad men ' s fears , and apprehensions , and indignation been excited agaityjfc the men professing those opi-

      Lancashire Assizes. Liverpool, August 25...

      nions , that he declared he almost sickened with apprehension in entering on the discharge of the duty then devolving on him ; and he must say thatsome of the observations made by the Attorney-General did seem to him muchoalculated to rather increase those prejudices , rather to excite that indignation , aad rather to put the judgment of , the jury ; to night , than to enable tbem to come fairly and dispassionately to the investigation of theindiotment upon which the prisoner was then' taking his trial . It was a common-place thing 'with counsel to call upon ajury to discard prejudice , and to invito them to i fair and unprejudiced : inquiry ); but they were little aware of the difficulty of the task- which , they sought to impose oh others ; . Prejudice swayed even the

      wisest of men in uio' c ? dinary , transactions-ef , life ; but how much more strongly must it operate oh the mind in the present oase ' . ' AU olrodmst ' auoes had combined , for many months past , to create such a prejudice , and toje & il forth such feeling ! , as must be most disastrous , to such a man as the prisoner at the bar . He implored the jury , therefore , not , merely for the sake of the prisoner , bat as they valued tbeir own interests , is they set a right estimate on the trial by jury , to exercise all the vigilance of which tbey were capable , and to scrutinise this case with i deep sense of the solemn obligation under which they were placed . s He knew not what might be the political opinions of the jury j bat this be did know , tbat that man did not understand our constitution ,

      nor appreciate oar liberties , who affect ed to frown on others , « v to treat them with disdain , if they held opinionsdjffarent from his own .. He believed that Dr M'DoaaU did entertain those opinions which were commonly known as Chartist opinions ; and he dared to say that if Dr M'DoaaU were called oa , he could assign strong and cogent reasons for having adopted those views . He would not pause to ask whether those views coincided with thois of the jury —whether they were calculated to protect and render liberty permanent , or whether they were calculated to let loose the prejudices . and passions of men ,, for the'deitruotion of all tbit we most valued . What they had to decide on the present occasion was , had the prisoner been guilty of sedition , ' of attending an

      unlawful . meeting , and of doing anything calculated to promote riot . There was . one observation made by the Attorney-General which might well have been , spared . When he talked of the prisoner disseminating poison amongst the working classes , knowing , as he must knew , how prone most men were ' at this moment ; to look with in eye of reproach at the prisoner , he ( the learned sergeant ) thought that that expression might have baen withheld , and tbat the jury might hare been left to determine whether it was poison or not . Than , the Attorney-General broached the strange doctrine , that the prisoner ought to be deprived of all the sympathy usually bestowed on the honest advocate of a causa , because he was i paid lecturer . yfuo not the ministers of the gospel paid for

      their teachings—weio not the men raised to offi . joial position in the law . also paid . for the discharge of their duties ? and . was their integrity on that ' account ; to bs impugned ? If Dr M'Douall was the educated and eloquent man which he was represented to ba , surely it did argue something for his sincerity , when he laboured in the cause for 50 s ; a-week . It might be that the teachings ef tin prisoner were uBpa ! atable , b 8 canse they laid bara the corrupt places' of our constitution , because they called in question the ; expenditure of the public . raoncr , and because they sometimes questioned the sincerity and honesty of those who expended that mosey .. All this might be ao ; bat because a mau was paid for his teachings , let not the

      jury come to the conclusion that he was a mere hireling , ahd'iusincere . Bat , said the Attorney-General , resistance to the Jaw is not to be justified under any circumstances . New he ( Mr Sergeant Wilkins ) entered his solemn protest against such i saying . He was not asserting that we had arrived at the point when resistance to the law bsoarae justifiable ; but never , while he lived , would he give ' the sanction of h < s poor voice and unimportant position ia society to a doctrine so slavish , so un-English , so unconstitutional . Where would the privileges , rights , and immunities of Englishmen have bsen at this lay if our forefathers had not resisted the law ! What was our whole history but & struggle of the people with their rulers ? When this resistance was successful , the

      people engaged in it became heroes ; when unsuccessful , - they were called traitors and rebels . After dwelling on this point with great energy , the learned sergeant betook himself to the facts of the case . Taking tbe Attorney-General'i criterion of an unlawful assemblage , he contended that the meeting of the 10 ; h of Jul / was not unlawful , seeing that it was not at all calculated to excite terror and alarm . The head constable of- Ashton admitted that he heard no expressions of . alarm .. Only one officer saw anything in the shape of arms , and he only saw in the pockets ef two men something bright , which he took for pikes . ' -Another witness saw something glitter in the breasts of one or two men . For aught that tbe witness knew , the glittering light might have been that of bright buttons , or of the tools which workmen ordinarily me , and often carry with them . As to the refusal to aimit the police to the meeting ,

      that was accounted for at the time , Policemen and reporters bad been admitted on previous occasions , and had so perverted what was said—had given such mischievous meanings , to what was innocent and harmless , that they were refused . admittance . The police were sent to the meeting for the very purpose of reporting what was said and done , although Mr Newton knew rspsrters who ware capable of reporting . After tho in-door meeting wai over there was a procession . Why , a precession was a very . ordinary affair in large towns , and what was there in it to excite alarm ? There were certainly three cheers at the close of the proceedings , and then the people went quietly away—not having used any threatening language , nor an expression indicative of a desire to produce mischief ; nay , not a single man used an indecent or improper expression . Then , as to a riot , his learned friend must admit that there was no

      evidence whatever . The learned sergeant proceeded to take a survey of the evidence ef the prosecution . He dwelt principally on the speech alleged to bave been delivered by the prisoner from the windows of the Odd Fellows' Arms , pointing out that the reports of the officers consisted only of detached passages , and tbat the omitted portions might have qualified the meaning given to tbem . He also urged tbat some of the expressions attributable to the prisoner were easily susceptible of an interpretation which rendered them harmless . The learned counsel , too , strongly contended that the reports of tbe speech were not to be trusted . They had been taken by men quite unaccustomed to the task—by men who were standing , at a late hour of the night , in the midst of

      a moving and shouting crowd—by men who , owing to the darkness , were unable to take a single note ; and he asserted that , under such circumstances , the first reporter in England coald not have given a fair and true report . What , then , must ba exoected from the unaided memory of uneducated men ? Bat still , under these difficult circumstances , thera was a strange agreement between the reports of the three policemec—an agreement which was perfectly inexplicable on the . supposition that they bad drawn up their accounts separately and independently . Three men , placed in different parts of the crowd , had so ' eoted oat of a speech of some twenty minutes' duration , the self-same passages , and many of tbe passages were couched in precisely the same words . If three

      men , with the same strength of memory as the celebrated Woodfall , had attempted the same task , would their reports have presented this suspicious agreement even to monosyllables ? The ability of Dalgle » h to report bad been shown in that cow , he having acknowledged his inability to state even the purport of a remarkable p > asage from a speech which had been read to him . But , even though tbe words were correctly given , they were only isolated words , and , therefore , no confidence could be placed in the reports . Tbe learned sergeant next referred to the documents given in evidence , asserting that they had nothing to do with the case , and bad only been intreduoed for the purpose of prejudice , by connecting the prisoner , to seme extent , with the

      Chartists who recently took their trials in London . Perhaps the j ury hated Chartism . Did they wish to disarm it ? Did tbey wish to convict the Chartists of groundless complaint ? Did they wish to show that they had a proper interest for the rights , tbe immunities , and the privileges of their fellow creatures ? But let this be borne in mind , that , however much they might be disregarded at the moment , the wellgrounded complaint of tbe poor was a direct appeal to the King of kings . It might be disregarded—it might be trampled under foot ; but , sooner or later , retribution would come . Every well-grounded

      complaint should be listened to with patience , and with a desire to remove it . Did the jury wish to remove this complaint ? Did they wish to convince the prisoner that the laws were equal in their operationthat there were no suoh things as packed juries , as prejudiced verdicts , and that he might with confi dence rely on them ? It they did , for God Almighty ' s sake let tbem not be led away by prejudice that day . L * t them judge , and think , and act for themselves ; and let them bear in mind tbat the very best men whom this kingdom ever knew , purchased our liberties , and that , though subjected to like trials and prejudices , the good cause triumphed .

      Mr Kaowles availed himself of his privilege to reply , acd in so doing strongly denounced tbe doctrine of the learned sergeant , that resistance to the law was justifiable . He contended that his learned friend bad not read onr history aright , for that tbe cases in which resistance had been resorted toby the people were not oases of resistance to the law , but of resistance to encroachments upon the law . He indignantly noticed tbe insinuation that the jury would show itself to be a packed jury if it did net accede to the wish of the learned sergeant , and acquit the prisoner , stated tbat the jury had been called together in the erdinary manner , and that he had not challenged one of the twelve . Indeed , he believed that the single challenge which had taken place bad been ' on the other side .

      Mr Pollock remarked that Ibis was a mistake . The counsel for the defence had not objected to a single juryman , Wr Knowles : Soaa one did , and it was not me , Having replied to sorae . of the obiemtionaof Ser-

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      geant Wilkins ,, the learned , Attorney-General cons eluded by earnestly calling upon the jury to discard all prejudice , but , at the same time , to do their duty fearless ' yi' ¦ His Lordship summed up . After defining what an unlawful assembly wai , his lordship said that what bad been said about having a right to violate the law was a contradiction in terms . It never could be law * tul to , break ; the law . There were instances in history , where , resistance had been made to the acts of govern * ment , ' and successfully , and there were differences of opinion even in the present day as to the complexion of such acts ; bat those who weald now call the men traitors , who did so called them so because they regarded them is breaking the law ; while those who looked upon tbem as patriots did so

      because they considered the violation of the law was on the side of the government . Both parties appealed to the law , and to speak of its being lawful to violate the law was absurd and unintelligible . , The learned judge ,, after pointing eat the distinction between a fair discussion of a supposed grievance—a legitimate opposition to an individual law—and a resistance to the government by violence , proceeded to examine minutely the evidence for the prosecution , commenting upon it as he proceeded . The jury retired for a few minutes , and returned intocourt with a verdictof Guilty en all the counts of the indictment except those charging conspiracy , on which a nolle prosequi had been entered by the Attorney-General . His lordship , in passing sentence , said the prisoner

      had lent himself for hire to the dissemination of sedition and that he had addressed ignorant and suffering people for the . purpose of exciting tumult , sedition , and armed violence . Is was a mesfc serious offence . In this part of tbe country there had long been evil emissaries abroad , and it was tbe second time the prisoner himselfhad stood it the bar on a charge of seditious practices . It was necessary to pass on him a sentence similar to that which had beea passed on his accomplices in London , in whose fate the letters found on him showed ha took an interest / bat fnm whose fate he had received no warning . He trusted it would be a caution to him at a future time to devote his exertions and the talents which God had given htm . in endeavouring to . obtain as honest , livelihood by ' their exercise . ' . '' . '

      To be imprisoned two years . Tha following ia the conclusion of the proceedings as given in tbe Mancqebhb Exuiikbb : — ' The sentence of tho court wat that he ( M'Douall ) bs imprisoned ia tho gaol of this county for two years , and kept to hard . labour . The Prisoner : Am I to be committed to Lancaster Castle ? ' " The Judge : I have sentenced you to the gaol of this county . The county gaol is Lancaster Castle . ^

      On Tuesday Dr M'Djuall waa again placed at the bar , when His Lordship said—I have sent for you this morning , because I yesterday passed sentence npon yea to undergo yOur term of imprisonment iu the county gaol at Lancaster . I have been told that it will be inconvenient to place you there as a male prisoner , and your place of confinement will therefore be the House of Correction at Kirkdale . The Prisoner . —Will your lordship allew me to make a few observations ? The Judge . —What are they ?

      The Prisoner . —I have spoken to the governor and the gaoler of Kirkdale , and I find that , from the confined state of the Kirkdale Gaol , it will ba impossible for my constitution to bear it . - His Lordship . —You should have considered that before you made yourself amenable to the law . I cannot hear anything of that sort now . Tho prisoner waa then removed .

      The Cholera. A Letter From Aleppo, Publi...

      THE CHOLERA . A letter from Aleppo , published la t ^ ie C » fsiixciionhel gives a frightful account of the ravages of the ohalera morbus in Asia Minor . The number ot deaths increases d «{{ y , and between the 17 th aad 19 eh of July nearly 1 , 000 patients succumbed . Ballef in predestination prevents the tttbometan pare of the population from taking any precautions er resortinr to any remidies . Since the ISA of July the average diurnal number of death , bat amounted to 140 . To aggravate the evil there are only three European physicians in Aleppo , with a population of 80 . 000 . Wiisiw / Aagutt 20 : h .--The cholera hasbroktn out here ; bat , ai yet , few persons have been seized witb it . It is | m . kingr considerable progress in tbe kingdom of Poland . Ia GUUoia it is spreading with great rapidity .

      CoNsrumttoFLR , August 6 . — The cholera has again increased , and so bos tbe ferer . From the provinces , to which numbers bave fl ; d to escape the scoorge , the accounts are very melancholy . At Trebisond , where tbe cholera had ceased , it has broken out afresh . Tbe accounts from Adrianop ! e an j Salonioa state that the inhabitants are suffering from this epidemic , but with ' out exception it is the most appalling at Aleppo . A panic fearhas seized the inhabitants , and all are flying or seeking flight , as more than 100 daily fall victim * . Later accounts from tho East state tbat tbe cholera is raging with increased virulence at Constantinople , Tre . blzond and Smyrna . Tbe deaths in those places being from sixty to eighty a day .

      At Odisss , it is on the decline ; bat some of the neighbouring villages have suffered most awfull y , the deaths amounting to one ^ fifth of the population . In the Tartar villages of the Crimea the disease is also very virulent . At Chisme there have been 300 deaths in 1 , 000 attacks , tbe population being 10 , 000 . At Angora tbe deaths were thirty per diem . Akiolou , Toultcba , Varna , Cioumla , Adrlanople , Sivas , Salonics , Augora , Kutsja , Eaos and Aleppo , are all mere or less sufftring from the scourge . In Eiypt the disease first manifested itself in Solacco and in Old Cairo , and about the same time it attacked and made sad havoc among a caravan of black slaves at Ihi fair of Tanta . In three days 2 , 930 souls wera oar . tied off by it . Tbe survivors fl-d to surronndisg towns and villages , disseminating tho pestilence in every dlrec tion ; aud en the 6 sh August , at Cairo alone , the deaths numbered 800 daily . Running through Lower Egypt , It manifested itself in Alexandria on the 22 ad July , and upwards of 1 , 800 perished in seventeen days .

      Letters from Odessa , oi the 1 st of August , mention that sf the 14 , 000 troops wbo crossed the Froth , full 3 , 000 bave fallen victims to cholera The cholera has also broken out in several parts of Syria , and tbe tonus of Aleppo and Damascus have suffered severely from the epidemic . The Dsvtbcbe Allqexeinb Zsitvso has letters horn Galioia of the 17 th , stating that the cholera was making rapid progress in that province , and had advanced as far as tbe circle of Wadowitch , wbich touches the frontiers of Silesia . In tbelaai-mentiened province some cases have already b en declared . Letters from Stettin of the 19 . h announce twenty-one oases of cholert up to the evening of the 15 tb , whereof nineteen proved fatal . Amengut the victims was Lieu , tenant Colonel Schmidt of the 9 th R giment . Tbe first victim of the disease in Damm was a healthy and robust young man who succumbed after excruciating agonies , which lasted eight hoara .

      Tbe AcasBcaoH Gazette bss letters from St Peters , burgh to tbe 12 th of August , which inform us that the cholera has so subtided that several temporary hospitals and iezirettos have been closed . 163 deaths occurred between the 4 th and 10 ih August . In Moscow and Riga the malady is gradually subsiding , but , en the other band , it rages in Pskow , where , in tbe space of seven days , 111 patients out ol 2 S 4 suwutabed , aud only twentyseven recovered .

      Discoyery'op More Horrible Murders By * ...

      DISCOYERY ' OP MORE HORRIBLE MURDERS BY * POISONING IN ESSEX . Harwich , Saturday . —Another most atrocious murder , by secret poisoning , has within the last two or three days been discovered in tbe neighbourhood of Wit , connected with wbich are some unpleasant statements , implicating one or more fcmalts with other murders , and which have led to the most painful excitement throughout this part of the country . The particulars , as far as we have bean able to collect them , show that tha wretched woman , Mary Hay , who was executed &| Chelmsford ga * I , on Monday week , for tbe murder of her brother , at W x , for his burial fees , urged and advised the commission tf the dreadful crimes , one of which , at least , has been slonrly eatabliihed . Some surprise has been manifested at the course the authorities odoptedin notfnvestlgating other charges of murder in which Mary

      May was said to be implicated , and a general opinion Is held amongst the police that she not only disposed of her former husband by the same horrible moans , but also several of her children ( she had 14 , most of them died suddenly ) . Nothing appe ars to bave been done , however in the matter until Wednesday week last , when Me Raison , inspector of the constabulary stationed in the district , received a warrant from Mr Codd , one of tha coroners for the county , directing the disinterment of the body of Thomas Haw , then lying in the burial-ground of Tendring Church , in the vicinity of Wlx . This party was the husband of a sister of Mary May , whose death took place in April last year . He was a steady , induttrloas men , end bad accumulated a little money ; hit wife , however , was not so frugal , being rather

      irregular in htr conduct . Haw quarrelled about a man named Soutbgate , end soon afterwards he was suddenly at * tacked with sickness , and died in a few hours , There was no inqueat hold , his death , like the other suspected oases , being ngltt 'red as from natural causes . His remains were exhumed on Wednesday . A coroner ' s jury was empanell . don same day , and Messrs Mjnthorp aad ( on were directed to secure the stomach for anolysation by Professor Taylor , who is an em ' . nent lectarer ea chemistry at Guy ' e Hospital . To day the authorities received information from Mr Taylor , to the iffrce that ha had found sufficient arsenic in the intestines to account for death . In consequence of that discovery tbe suspected party has been arrested , and awaits the close of tbe coroaw- ' fl icq-itrr . The police have also received fn « strnclions to exhume othar remains .

      On The 10ih Ult., Mrs Batty, Tho Wife Of...

      On the 10 ih ult ., Mrs Batty , tho wife of a printer , residing in New KenVroad , waa oontiqed of four ohU " dreaat a birth , _« -- ¦»

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 2, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02091848/page/6/