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      trunk sinca Ms arret , for the purpose of betog proved against him in evidence . , Toe Attorney General reeipKnf . fed all the evidence relating to tbe putm-metm which ha < « lr « J been much commmted on in tha course of die trial . He ^ tended that then was presumptive . evidence to show StAe pottmsntcan remained fa the same state as wtYn deposed by the prisoner to Cadiel . nnaeper . Stf ^ noMible al atated by Mr Whiteside , to introduce ^ Eiacri ^ U nitHre into itdaring theperiod itwMont of Mr O'Briea '* possession , but that was a nation purely for the decWon of the jury . *^ , irf ja-tfee Blsckbume aaid : What obsemtloa * ateht b 3 made on the evidence of this document Saving ; been in Ae possession of Mr O'Brien , we are of opinion that ft . c » nnot Oa exclaied froai tho cob . , ¦ Sderaucn of the jary . l

      Mr Wnitesfds—Tcea , my lord , I must apply for the whole contenta of the portmanteau feeing stated to the s _ ine aothorltU * . promised to give up the eontents of the portmsHtaaa to Mr Smith O'Brien , and th » y broke thtir word . I have the letter to Mr O ' Brien now in my pteesalon . Cbitf Jostics Bieekbnrne—The court cannot— . The Attorney General—I can only * sy on the part oftheC-own Chief Justice Blackburne ( to the Attornej General)—We cannot go into this ; we are upon the question of sea paper and wa must keep to tt . thenread theletter of

      The Clerk cf tbe Crown , , , Mr Oisrlei Gavan Daffy , found in the portmanteau of Mr Smith O'Brien . He was then proceeding to re » d a letter of Mr Meagher ' * , likewise found in the portmsntcan when he wee interrupted by Mr Whiteside , wh » e * jec : ed to its being read , urIms it appeared that it jebt-d to the purpose of the alleged conspiracy , and he submitted to tha eourt that it was bound to sea whether it so related to the conspiracy . Having pera * d the Utter , the Chief Justice decided that it should bo read . Attorney Grneral—I bave another document , m $ lord , to submit to the eaurt . Chief Jnaace—What it it « Attorney General—K fa * letter roan J on the purson of Mr Smith O'Brien by General M'Donald , when he waa arrested ; it purports to be frem Aatrica .

      Mr Smith O'Brien . edaresaing the court , aaid—I think R right , my lords , in juitiee to myself to say that I have been in the habit ef keeping aboit me all unanswered communications , till I had time and opportunity to reply to them , aud therefore I consider it the height of ir-jdfuce to nuke me responsible for those caper * , hecmuse they chance to be found on my person . ita address bom Bhilmdelpbia to Smith O'Brien , dated the 10 th of May , 1818 . signed Robert Tyler , wu next read in evidence . Tee address frem tht Repealers of Eanlseorthy to Mr Smith O'Brien , referred to in tbe speech ef the Attorney Geceral , was next gives in evidence . The Attorney General—The rn xt documents we mean to give in evidence are those balloting papers which have been proved .

      Mr Whiteside mat suuraltted that aa tha documents found in the portmanteau , from which onfavoarahle deductions in reference to the case of bis client might be drawn , had been received to evidence , tha rest of the papers fonnd in the trunk ought to be read . He asked far a list ofthe papers aa a matter of justice en the put of the Attorney General . Attorney General—If at present the Crown Solicitor has such a document , I will give it , If it be not here , 1 will send this eight to Dublin for every paper of every deseriptien found . Mr Whiteside—That ought to have been done before . I had a latter from the tecretaty that he would do it , Mr ffBrien ' a deeds , and books , and family papers , have ever since been kept from him , though there was a protube to restore them . Attorney General—Every effort ia my power will be seed for the purpsse of giving then t » Mr Whiteside .

      The At ' . oreey General then proposed to examine Mr Hoiges , the government reporter , aa to a speech delivered by Mr Meagher , which ha h « d been prevented from giving at first because he had not then sufficiently identified Mr Meagher with the subsequent proceedings . Mr Whiteside objected , on the ground that Mr Smith O'Brien was not to ha affected by Mr Meagher ' s speeches . -The Attorney General woali not press the speech . He only asked for it because he had alluded to it in his Opening statement .

      The application was then withdrawn , and the case for the Crown was closed . The court then adjourned at half-past six .

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      CONCLUSION OF THE POWELL PLOT . TRIALS AT THE OLD BAILEY ( From vox Third Edition of last week . ) Frtdiy , Sept 29 th . —The Court g at again this morning at ten o ' clock . Tha prisoners were placed at the bar at that time , and the following evidence was adduced for the defence . Daniel Burn said—In consequence of something that a man named Bryant said , 1 west to see Powell in the latter end of May . He showed me the Buxces of two pisto ! s . and tald me that he was pre * pared , and that waa ha object in showing ma the pistols . He waa alwajsasklng me if I waa prepared , and he remarked that the pistols were the things , and

      he wished to see all the police assassinated , and some good fires in London . By the Attorney General —I asn a Chartist I agree with the six points , but not with the vfewsagjjested by the press . I am opposed to violence , and I do not go te the meetings to hear violent language , bat to hear the principles ofthe Charter expounded . I was at the meeting at Kennington , aedknow that some of those who went there were armed , but on being told it wsa against the regulations they gave them np . lam an ' nnenrolled' Chartist and I do not belong to any locality at present , bat formerly I belonged te the Data-street locality .. I had no class-leader . I iaaw nothing about class-leaders , bat I hare heard there are such persons connected with the Chartists . I belong to the Land Company also .

      Attorney General—When do yoa expect to get your share of the land ? Witness—Oh ! lam quite satisfied with the Laud Scheme . It has been raceo misrepresented by the press I entered for a five acre share , and have paid 30 s . I said 1 would never attend another meeting at Kenniagton Common , because I was stopped by the police when I wanted to go home over Blackfriars Bridge , and I said I would never be caught in each a trap again . Attorney General—Sneh a trap as tte bridges , yon mean ? Witness—Yes ; I don't mean to be caught ia that way again . ( A laugh . )

      By the Court—I always knew Powell by that name until the meeting in Milton-street Theatre , when I heard that his name was Johnson . I never heard him answer to any other name than Powell before that time , and then I heard Mullins call him by the name of Johnson . When I cautioned the people about him , MulliHs said "Fhatis not Powell , it i * Johnson . ' William Gardner said—I am a carpenter . I am sot a Chartist , or a member of any Chartist association . I know Thomas Powell , and have done so for six or seven years . I certainly should not believe him on hia oath .

      By the Attorney General—I know nothing more of him except occasionally meeting him in the street and walking with him . I never heard him examined on his oath . I used to work with him six years ago , and he was generally considered a notorious liar , and I have heard him express his disbelief in a future state and that the Bible waa a tissue of falsehoods . He said thla while I worked with him at his brother-in-law ' s , Mr Smith ' s . Be-examined—Powell used to be called ' Lying Tom , ' in the shop , openly to his face . I have heard the apprentice say to him , 'Nontense , lying Tom , I wont believe it ' Henry Watson said—1 am a bricklayer . I have known Thomas Powell from Ms boyhood , and went to school with him , aud have known him ever since , except about fourteen years ago I lost sight of him for two years . From his reputation , I would not believe him on his oath .

      By the Attorney General—I never heard him make a statement on his oath . I have heard Mm say he should like to pull his —• old father out of his grave , and slue his bones about for not leaving him any money . I have heard him say ' Oh , here ' s news , Lord Joha Russell have cut hia throat by— . ' Another time he said the Duke of Wellington was dead . Upon another occasion he told a woman that her husband had dropped dawn dead , and he laughed at what bar surprise would be when she got home . Another time he asked him if he was not going to the meeting at Kennington Common , and advised him te grind a knife up sharp , and if a policeman interfered with him , to give him a stab with it in the belly , and he said he would not want a second .

      Gnarles Goodfellow said—I am a tailor . I am not connected with the Chartist Association , but from conviction am a ' Chartist ; but lam not enrolled , aad have not besn a member of any association for five years . I have known Powell since 1839 , when ho was active in the Chartist agitation . I saw him en the night of the 14 th August , at the Coach and Horses , High Holbom . He nodded to me and asked if I had got any work . I told him I had not . He then asked ma if I would make him a coat ; he wanted some clothes made , for he and another were going to Australia . I agreed to make the clothes

      and he gave me half-a-crown , and told me to go to tha Orange Tree , Orange street , on Wednesday evening , the 16 th of August , between five and six o'clock , to measure him and receive the mosey for the cloth . I went accordingly , abeut half . past five o'clock , and saw the police running across the square . By the Attorney General—I could see tha Orange Tree at the time , and should have gone ia but tho police ware there before me , and shut the door , and wooldnot : allow anyone to enter . I waited about twenty minutes , and saw some men taken away by tii « : police , but 1 did not know what it waa

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      | or . The same evening I went to the Chartist meeting in Dean-atreet , and I there heard them talkieg about tomo people biiog taken np . I went to my own lodging , and left a paper there atatwg bow an attempt had been made to entrap me . I wrote this letter in order to explain my conduct in caselshould be taken into oustady . I destroyed this paper thenext day because I thought I would have nothing to do with the matter ; but when I found I wasi wanted Isaid I would rather come forward than that the men shonld be sacrificed . I was at the

      Kennington Common meeting , but I did not go to the meeting at Clerkenwell , when the people marched round the town . I have attended other public meet , ings , the Anti-Corn Law League , & o . I was present at a meeting at Cartwright ' a about three weeks before the 16 th of August , when I refused to have anything to do vrith violent proceedings , but I was cried down' by the patties , and Powell said « I was * - — -moral force coward . ' They cried me down when I proposed peaceable measures . This meeting was on Sunday , the 3 rd of July , and about one hundred persons were present .

      William John Garrett said—I am a Chartist . I know a man named Barrett . He wanted me to go to a meeting on the 7 th of August at the Seven Dials . At thesame time he showed me a pistol , and at the same time said that he had been engaged all day in making ball cartridges . Sy Mr Clarkson . —I have been a Chartist for thirty years . I attended the meeting on Kennington Common the 10 th of April . I went with a man named New . I only know the prisoner Cuffay . I

      am one of those who were stopped by the police at the bridge on my return from the meeting at Kennington Common . Several thousand persons were present at the meeting , and I wanted to hear the result ofthe nation petition . Wis walked four abreast to Kennington Common , with onr arms linked together . I had seen large printed bills forbidding this meeting before I attended it , bnt I determined to go notwithstanding . I did not see any persons with arms at the meeting ; I had a class leader . Mr Clarkson . —What was his name ?

      Witness . —Am I obliged , my lord , to answer that question ? Baron Platt . —Yes ; answer the question . Witness . —I think it was a man named Tapprell , aud I believe nine men were under his control . I did not see him at the meeting on the 10 th ; I fell in with the procession in Holborn . That was the place appointed lor our locality te join it . I don ' t know who gave this direction . An order was issued also that wa were net to go armed to the meeting , and this order may have been issued by the class leader . The witness Davis was then recalled , and cross-examined by Mr Ballantine . He said—1 have sold two guns within the last six months . I have not sold any pikes or pistols . I know John Stanton ,

      formerly a policeman of the R division . 1 never persuaded him to join the Wat Tyler locality of Chartists at Greenwich . 1 never offered to sell him a pike , and never had a pike in my possession . I never offered him a brace of pistols , bat I had a pair to sell for twelve shillings . They were not my own property . I don't remember offering to sell them to Stanton . lam a general dealer , and sell old books , furnitare , hoots and shoes , or any thing else . I attend sales , and bought these guns at one . I never told Stanton or anybody else that I could supply them with powder and bullets . At the time I offered these things for sale I was at tending the Chartist meetings . I never told Stanton that it was the intention of the police to arrest

      all the Chartists , and advised him to get a pike and protect himself . I swear I never showed a quantity of firearms to any person , and I never said I wished we had a place where we could practice tbem in , sa that we might serve out those —— blue devils . I know a person named Joseph Munday , and he may have been present when I offered to sell a musket to an Irishman named Shady , bat I don't remember that he advised Shady not to buy it . I offered the musket in the way of my business , and I would of course have sold it to any one . I offered to sell Munday a pair of pistols for sixteen shillings . I knew him to be a Chartist and a Confederate when I made this offer . I swear that I did not say they were good ones to fire , or that I wished I had the —¦ old Duke of Wellington before me to try them .

      I was always a friend to the Duke of Wellington and have advocated his generalship , and proved that he was not a coward . ( A laugh . ) I know a person named Heath at Greenwich . I swear I did not ask him to assist in getting np a Chartist Club at Greenwich . The olub was already formed , and 2 may hare asked him to attend one of the meetings for the benefit ot the landlord . I may have asked as many asa hundred and fifty to come for the same purpose , but I will swear I have not asked as many as five hundred . I took an interest in getting business tothe house . I remember Looney and Daley , and some other members oi tbe Confederates , coming to Greenwich , and havin g a private room at this house , and I secreted ay self in an adjoining room and heard their

      oonversatisn , and reported what their intentions were to the superintendent of police ( Mr Malatieo ) , and ha said the meetings might go oa , and he would send a policemaa to attend them . After this I advised people to go to the meetings , and the hcdlord used to give me half a sovereign , or five shillings , now and then , in return for my friendship . I think I met a man named Parris on Blackheath Hill , on the 16 A August asd that I said to him , 'this is the night on which the blow is to be struck . ' I swear I did not ask him to go up to London , bnt I did tell him to go to the Druid ' s Arms at Greenwich , to keep him out of mischief . I swear I did not pnt my hand to my breastand say 'lam ready . ' I never offered a man named Robinson a pair of pistols to

      take np to London with him to the meeting that was to be held on Whit Monday . I used to carry the pistols about with me loaded , and I offered to sell them to several people , but I did not do so because I could net get my price . I was once a witness in the county court at Greenwich , bnt I swear I did not say to Robinson , in reference to that transaction , that I would have sworn any mortal thing to have got the better of those wretches ; I never said to a man named Ward that physical force was the only thing , aud I swear that I never advised him to go armed to the meeting at Bonner ' s Fields . I did try to raffia the pistols , but I could only get one

      member . I won't be certain , but I suppose I did tell Ward that there was to be an outbreak in London , and I advised him to keep away . I did not say that I was going to London to reconnoitre , and see which were to be the points of attack ; but I did say I was going to London early in the morning to see if there was any likelihood ot a riot taking place , and , if there was , I should get out of danger as soon as I could . I remember Ward and Robinson making a proposition todissolve the Greenwich association , and I opposed it . Mr Ballantine — Why did you oppose the dissolation of an association which you believed to be illegal ?

      Witness—Because I thought it would injure the landlord . ' Cross-examination continued—I thiak I called them cowards at the same time , bat I did not poll out my pistols and say that if any one attempted to arrest me I would have blown their brains ont . I don't think I made use of such an expression . I don't remember it . It is possible I made use ofthe expression ; if I did , it was only to throw them off their guard , and I may have said so and forgotten it . By the Attorney General—I communicated from time to time what occurred at tbe Druid ' s Arms and other places to Inspector Marks , and he reduced my statements to writing , and I signed it , I purchased the gun and the pistols at a sale , and they were hung up in the shop for sale .

      John Staunton—I am a labouring man , and formeriybeloDged tothe R division of police . I have known Dayis twoyears . I remember his asking meto join the Wat Tyler brigade of Chartists at Greenwich about three months ago . He also offered to sell me a pike head f 0 r 2 ,. gd ., and a handle for 3 « . 6 d ., and 8 fl ii tnat would nofc do ne had plenty of powder and bullets and pistols . He was to get the pike from London , and he said I might pay for it by instalmeats at ray own convenience , as 1 was out of work . He likewise said that I had better have something to protect myself , as he expected the police might drop in at some of their meetings . He also told me that he could supply me with powder and shot , and he added that he wished he had some place to practice firing ia , as he wished to serve out those blue devils . I once saw him coming eutof the Blackheath police station , and he ran away like a deg with a kettle to his tail . ( A laugh . )

      By the Attorney General . —The witness was my classjeader as they termed it . I was five years and a half in the police , and I resigned to take a situation on the Greenwich Railway . I am a married man , and my wife has five children . I swear I was not discharged for taking improper liberties with the wife of another constable . I have been a Chartist ever since Mr Davis asked me to join them , wnich is about five months ago . He made ns so many promises , and said we were to become rich men all of a sudden , that I was induced in consequence to join the Chartists ' He showed me the pistols in his own shop , and I also saw three guns in his shop . I never attended a Chartist meeting in London , . but I have been present at meetings at Blaokheatb , where I have heard Sharp , Vernon , Ernest Jones , aad Looney make speeches . Re-examined—I left the police because I could get better wages on the railway .

      Henry John Steek said—Between six and seven years ago Davis lodged in my house . Aboat six months ago he asked me to join a Chartist club at Greenwich . I remember npon one occasion that he showed me some pistols , which he said he had purchased in London , and intended to take to the Druid ' s Arms . I said no sensible man would talk about arming . He said he was in the habit of going to London to buy arms to supply the Chartists with . He advised me to go to the Druid ' s Arms , where he Slid I should hear someargumenta that would satisfy

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      me as to the propriety of arming . When the last ohildof her Majesty was born , he made use of a very offensiveexpression towards the royal infant and her Majesty ; asd shortly before the 16 th of August , he said to me , ' You will soon see what we shall do ; we are nearly ready . ' Davis always fold me he was a Chartist . I am not a Chartist , aad when he wanted me to join the Chartists I only ridiculed him . JosephDunn said—I reside at 128 , London Wall , and am a net manufacturer . I am a Chartist , and have been a member ofthe National Chartist Association . I have sot belonged to it since August , 1816 . The card produced is similar to the one issued bv the Association in that year . The plan of

      the Association has been somevrhat revised since tbat period ; but there has been no material alteration made in it . I had been a membsr from the eimrnenoement to 1846 , and took an active share in the proceedings . I acted as president and treasurer of the City of London Branch , and I always understood the object ofthe Association was to obtain , the Charter by legal and constitutional meats , or else I should ' not have joined it I never witnessed any secret proceedings , By the Court . —There were delegates at that time ; but the plan ef having class leaders was not at that time acted up to . Mr Parry proposed to ask the witness whether the class leaders were not appointed upon the same principle as in the Wesleyan connexion .

      Mr Baron Platt said he was of opinion such a question could not legally be asked . It had nothing to do with the question . Mr W . Dixon said—I am one of the directors ot the National Land Company , and a Chartist by political sentiment . I know an association called the National Charter Association . I am a member , and have been so for eight or nine years . The card produced is a member ' s card . I always considered tbe object of the association to be to obtain the Charter by peaceable and legal means . To my . knowledge there is aothing connected with the association illegal , unconstitutional , or otherwise than peaceable , and I know of nothing secret about it . Any one can be admitted who signs his name and subscribes to the rules of the association . It was not founded to hold secret correspondence with other soci « ties , or to raise , rebellion and insurrection in this country . It had no object but to obtain tite Charter by legal and constitutional

      means . Mr W . G . Chinery , clerk to the attorney for the defence , was then called to prove that he had endavoured to subpoena four other witnesses from Greenwich to contradict the evidence of Davis ; bat the Court ruled that such evidence was inadmis * sible . Mr Dixon was re-called , and he stated that the banner which had been produced belonged to the National Land Company , and was first used at a demonstration at O'Connorville , in Hertfordshire , one of the National Land Company ' s estate . This wasthe ease for the defence .

      THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REPLY . . The Attorney General then proceeded to reply . He feared that the result must inevitably be , when they considered tbe circumstances under , which the charge was preferred , that they would feel compelled to find all the prisoners guilty of the crime with whioh they were charged . It appeared to him that the counsel for the defendants bad misstated the effect of the law nnder whioh this charge was preferred , bnt , at all events , the complaints they bad made against the statute ought not to have any effect . That statute had been passed by the almost unanimous consent of all classes of the people ' s representatives , and it was now the law of the land , and they were bound to obey it whether it

      , was good or bad . He then proceeded to describe the character of the charge , arid said that he was not there as the apologist of the spy system , but what he said was this , that if such persans existed , and were bold enough to brave public opinion by communicating to tbe Government the existence of any treasonable or dangerous conspiracy , he considered that the Government would neglect their duty if they did not aot upon it . Did they believe that a rising was intended ? If so , and he apprehended the circumstances left no doubt of the fact , what would have been said of the Government if they had permitted the thirteen desperate men under the command of Richie to have consummated their guilty purpose ? If they were not to aot npon

      testimony of thisdesoription . it would be impossible to obtain uncontaminated evidence in such a case nntil the metropolis was actually in a blaze . The Attorney General then went on to comment upon the evidence given by Powell , and he said it was part of his case tbat , having determined to aot so as to obtain information , it was necessary that he should play a part , and if he had not acted as the others did—if he had not exhibited arms when tbe others were determined to resort to violence—if he had appeared to be peaceable—they would have suspected hira directly , and would have placed no confidence in him , and his mission would have failed . Was it true there was an organisation to carry out some object by violence ? Had Powell anything to do with the meeting of the armed men under the command of Richie at the Orange Tree' ? Had he anything to do with the others who were " meeting at the Angel ? Had he engaged the room for the

      ' committee meeting at the Black Jack ?' ' Was it proved that he had ever incited either of the prisoners to any acts of violence ? No such thing ; the evidence showed they were willing enough to carry out the guilty aot that was intended . He would now advert to the subject of the National Charter Association , as it was termed , and he would meet the challenge of Mr Parry upon that point , and would broadly state , and he wished it would have tbe effect of disabusing the minds of those people npon tho subject , that this association was an illegal association , and every person joining it was liable to punishment . What were the rules of this association ? The whole country was divided into districts placed under leaders ; wardens were appointed , having the command of a certain number of men ; there were officers who had certain duties to perform , an executive , and other circumstances whioh , in his opinion , clearly brought the association within the scope ofthe Combination Act .

      Mr Parry—If this association is illegal , the Anti-Corn Law League was also illegal . The Attorney General—He did not say it was not . What he nrged wa , that all such associations as the one he had described were illegal , and be hoped that public statement would have the effect of deterring persons from continuing a connexion with an association whioh was dearly illegal , and , according to his opinion , of the most dangerous character . The question , in the first place , was , did the jury believe there was an intention to rise in insurrection on the night in question ? Of that

      fact he did not think there could be any doubt , and the only question was whether the prisoners were proved by competent testimony to have been " con * corned in that guilty intention . The Attorney General then proceeded to go through the whole of the evidence , and concluded by expressing a confident opinion that they wonld do their duty firmly , and decide the important question that would be submitted to them solely upon the evidence , and that they would not be actuated by any prejudice in favour of the Crown or against the prisoners atthe bar . At six o ' clock the case was again adjourned ..

      Saturdat , Sept , 30 . —Mr Baron Platt and Mr Justice Williams took their seats en the bench at ten o ' clock . Mr Baron Platt then proceeded to sum up the evidence , and to direct the jury . When an Act of the Legislature changed the name of a , crime . in the nature of its punishment , it was their duty to see tbat it was carried - out wisely and properly , and to bring to the consideration of the entire case minds wholly unbiassed by any prejudice . If they believed from the evidenea that - the prisoners intended to subvert the constitution as by law established , they must find them guilty of the heinous offence imputed to them .- The learned Baron then read the evidence adduced during . the trial , commenting upon portions as he went along , The task occupied , as may be imagined , a considerable time . With respect to the part played by Powell , he said it wasnot likely that he was a silent member

      ^ of thecompuacy ; he took upon hi mself a task , to sustain which , it was obvious , tbat he was obliged to S ? - 2 «? ?? ' l th m w « ds «> d deeoYin order to blind the othermembers . Their own experience in miTn ' nM * T $ " * ¥ " f" 9 » ^ Se which a man would naturally adopt nnder such circumstances . He did not ask them to look at that person ' s evidence without distrust , but if his story was corroborated by other and independent testimony , so as to leave no doubt tbat it was not onlv probable , but strictiy true , it Would C 2 ti 2 pa l 1 v iT nqe t 0 fiod tho P riaone ra guilt ™ He did ^ 'Si- 'f ^^^ ^' ^^ w ^ iHngthemselves of his testimony , and he did not think the prisoners could compla a ofit . It did not to low becauae a person was m the habit of lyine amone his shopmates that his testimony was Srthy of belief when given on oath i . t a court ofiusticethe mor e especially since he had no oH «* Twain

      bf coming there to deceive them . This led him tocalltheatautionoftheju ^^ ^ of the witnesses-one of Powell ' s shopmates-gave his testimony . He gave his evidence with much flippancy , and repeated the blasphemous expressions said to be used by Powell with a smiling face , whereas no person of well regulated mind could re ' peat such imprecations except with a feeling of shame and disgust . The learned baron concluded reading the evidence athajf-past three . There was one portion of the evidence upon whioh he had aot heard any discredit thrown . He meaut the evidence showmg that the streets at the proposed meeting places and the coffee-houses were crowded on the evening of the 10 th . If they had an ? tZ sonable doubt , of course they would give the benefit ? wth „ Sf ?{; 180 ne " , V b , i th otn « I « na \ if they thought them guilty , he was satiafiftil tw » nnU

      not hesitate to discharge that duty-aduty important alike to themselves and to their country . The learned judge concluded his address at a few minutes to four .

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      Mr Kehealey , in the courseI of the , summing up , the jury haying retired for the piirpoie of taking some refreshment , applied to the court to reserve the points he had raised in the course of Dawling ' s trial , upon the subject of the challenging ofthe jury , and the inadmissibility of a portion ofthe evidence . He founded his application upon the recent statute for the more effectual administration of the criminal law . Baroa Platt said , he really did not see how the court could entertain such an application , made by a learned counsel two or three days after a trial before another , learned judge .

      Mr Kenealey said , he apprehended this was the very object for which the act was passed , and it expressly used the words ' after trial . ' ¦ Baron Platt did not think the aot intended that such an application should be made to another judge who knew nothing of the case . He understood that Mr Justice Erie had heard the points argued , and overruled them , Mr Kenealey . —Am I to understand yonr lordships refuse my application ?

      Baron Platt . —Certainly . Before the jury retired , Cuffay addressed the court , and said , ' My lord , it was said in coarse of the case that my son was present when Tilden came to my house , and tbat he ought to have been called . Now I beg to say , I never had a son , and , therefore , I ottld not call him . ' The jury retired at five minutes to four o ' clock , and at fire minutes to five they again came into court , aud the prisoners Outlay , Lacey , and Fay were placed at the bar .

      The names of the jary having been called over , and Mr Straight having inquired if they had agreed upon their verdict , The foreman gave a verdict of GUILTY against all the prisoners upon the whole charge . The prisoners did not appear at all surprised at the verdict , and did not manifest the least emotion . Baron Platt then ordered Dowling , who was convicted on Monday , to be sent for , and he was placed by the side of the other prisoners . Cuffay said he wished to have his property restored ; he meant the banner . It did not belong to him , bat he wished it to be given to the person whose property it wits . Baron Platt told the prisoner that his conviction hilt Hiwaatoit him nt oil nwinartv . FT * tVlfllffifflrfl . HnvuiT nililvl j ^ -aw ¦— -- — —

      . « anu w »» ,. v , » v »»« , - -, could not make any claim to the banner , bat he had ho donbt if it belonged to any other person it wonld begivehup . . ¦ - < .. Cuffay next applied to have his letters delivered up , as he said they might be usefal to his wife . Baron Platt said . he had no doubt there would be no objection to this being done * Mr Straight then called npon the prisoners , in tbe usual form , to state whether they had anything to urge why judgment should not be passed npon them according to law ? Fay . —It most be evident to everybody that Powell was committing perjury in all he stated . It is useless to say any more . Dowling . —I only desire to repel the charge that was made against me of acting with duplicity towards the Chartists when I joined them . It : is not true ,

      and I never concealed my real opinions , and had no desire to use them for my own purposes , aa waa stated by the Attorney General . I was not influenced by any . desire for martyrdom or . notoriety , and I onl y sought the good of my country , and was actuated by a feeling of patriotism . Tyrants may declare patriotism to be felony , but they cannot make it felony . I have nothing more to say . Having delivered this address , Dowling leant his back against the side of the dock apparently indifferent to the subsequent proceedings ' Lacey then addressed the court . He said—AIthough I certainly approved of the six points of the

      Charter , I never had the slightest intention to carry them ont by violence , and it is well known that I frequently expressed the opinion that the Charter would not hare any good result un ' ess it was accompanied by other social and moral reforms , Cuffay then addressed the court , He said—I say yoa have no right to sentence me . Although the trial has lasted a long time , it has not been a fair trial , and my request to have a fair trial , to be tried by my equals , has not been complied with . Everything has been done to raise a prejudice against me ; and the press of this country , and I believe other countries , too , hare done all in their power to smother me with ridicule . I ask no pity—I ask no

      meroy . Fay , in a violent tone , and striking the front of the dock . —No more do I . Cuffay told his fellow prisoner to be quiet ; he would only increase his troubles by violence . He then proceeded : I expected to be convicted , and I didn't think anything else , but I don't want any pity —no , I pity the government , and I pity the Attorney General for convicting me by means of such base characters . The Attorney General onght to be called the Spy General , and using such men is a disgrace . to the government , but they only exist by such means . I am quite innocent —my locality never sent any delegates at all , and I had nothins to do with the luminaries . I have a

      right to complain of the other spy , . Daris , being kept back till the last moment . As to my having a loaded pistol , I only carried it lor my own protection , as my life bad been threatened . This , however , is what I have always expected . I always thought it would come to something like this . I am not anxious for martyrdom , but after what I have endured this week , I feel that I could bear any punishment proudly —even to the scaffold . This new Aot of Parliament is disgraceful , and I am proud to be the first victim of it , after the glorious Mitchel . Every good act was set aside in Parliament—everything that was likely to do any good to the working classes was either thrown out or postponed , but a measure to restrain their liberties would be passed in a few hours . I have nothing more to say .

      Baron Platt ; Prisoners at the bar , William Dowling . Wiliitm Lacey ,. Thomas Fay , and Will / am Cuffay , you hare been tried by two juries of yonr country—you , William Dowling , by one , aud the other prisoners by another ; and they hare arrived at the only conclusion that could be come to by twelve upright and reasonable gentlemen npon the evidence that had been adduced before them—that you were guilty of the offences with whioh you were charged , There can be no doubt—it is quite clearthat you intended to levy war against the Queen , to compel her by force and arms to alter her counsels ; and , with regard to you , William Dowling , it is evident that your object in joining with the others was to dismember the empire , and ' separate Ireland , by

      force and arms , from this country ; What right bad you to set up your understanding against the experience of mankind , and the result of ancient wisdom ? You have chosen to call that whioh the constitution of the country has branded as felony—patriotism . Was it patriotism for a number of people to conspire in secret and endeavour to carry out the misery , wretchedness , and spoil projected by them at their meeting oa the 15 th of August ? Gould it be said that devoting a peaceful city to flames , destroying innocent oitizsqs , taking possession ef the govern ' ment by force and bloodshed , jvas patriotism % The law said that such acts were acts of felony , and nothing could be mere dear than thatthey were so . It is lamentable to find that persona of education ,

      apparently possessing feelings of manly energy and independence , should hare Tent themselves to such proceedings with such a desperate object . The jury have found that you were guilty of the crime laid to your charge , and no one who has heard the evidence can doubt , after the proceedings at the meeting on the 15 th of Augmt , that you intended on the following day , when the shades of night descended upon this metropolis , that a scene of murder , firing , and rob bery , should hare filled this unhappy city , and that you intended to hare assumed the government of the countr y , and have governed it as you pleased . You hare been convicted of this most daring defiance of the law ; and the court would not be doing its duty

      either to the law or to the country , if , wh e n such an offtnoe was clearly established , it did not make a moat ^ Bevero example of all thO : e who were brought within the pale ef the law . i therefore feel it my duty to order that you ba severally transported beyond the seas , to saoh place as her Majesty , by the advice of her Privy Council , shall direct and appoint , for the term of your naturalises . When the sentence was pronounced , Fay exclaimed in a loud voice , 'This is the baptism of felony in England , ' and he then looked up to the gallery and called , ' Good-bye , ' my flowers ; good-bye , fellowcountrymen . ' The other prisoners made no observation ,

      The court then adjourned until Monday morning at ten o'clock . Monday . —Mr Baron Platt , accompanied by Mr Justice Williams , took his seat on the bench this morning at ten o ' clock , for the purpose of disposing of the remaining ohargei against the Chartist prisoners . John Shaw , who was convicted before Mr Justice Erie of sedition , was brought up to receive sentence . The Defendant said that before sentence was passed , he had to request the Court would make an order that he should be placed among the first-class misdemeanants . At present , he said , he was treated as a felon , and was kept in solitary confinement , and was not allowed the u : e of pen or paper . Baron Platt told the defendant that after he was sentenced he would bo removed to another custody .

      Mr Cope , the governor of Newgate , inf ormed the Court , that as it was a City case , the offence being committed within that jurisdiction , the defendant would remain where he was after sentence . Mr Parry begged to be allowed to remicd the Court , that in a case of a serious character , tried before the Recorder , a charge of misdemeanor , in obtaining money under false pretences , a similar ap . phoition was successful . This offonoa was not a more serious one than the one in question ; and he , therefore , submitted that the application might be granted . BaronPiatt observed that there oauld not be a more serious misdemeanor than the one of whioh the KSSLW B 8 oonvi ° ted- I * was the seditious and violent speeches made on this and other occasions , that led to the necessity of tho inquiry which

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      had occupied them during the past week . He would , however , consider the application ^ and make some inquiries with regard to tho prison rules in such cases . Shaw wm then removed . > i The following prisoners were then placed at the bar . *—Joseph'Ritchie . 42 , bricklayer ; Alfred Awe . 23 , porter ; William Gurney , 42 , shoemaker ; John Sheppard , 34 , tailor ; James Snowball , 32 , joiner ; James Richardson , SO , joiner ; George Greenalade , 80 , shoemaker ; Henry Small , 31 , joiner ; Edward Scaddihg ! 28 , brass turner ; William Burn , 44 , shoemaker ; Philip Martin , 45 . newsman ; Thomas Jones , 89 , shoemaker ; Charles Young , 38 , ditto ; and Henry Arguei 23 , ditto . The whole of the prisoners immediately in their torn , held a consultation with their counsel , Messrs Ballantine , Parry , and Huddlestone ; and , after a

      short delay , the prisoner Ritchie was called upon to plead to the indictment for felony . He pleaded Guilty . Mr Ballantine said this course was taken with his sanction , as , after the very long inquiries that had just concluded , and entertaining an opinion that it wonld be hopeless to attempt to struggle against a conviction , he thought it useless to occupy the time of the Court unnecessarily . He must leave the prioner in the hands of their lordships , and he could only say that he trusted the course he had adopted might be a benefit to the other prisoners , whose cases differed from his in some material respects . The Attorney General said as this course had been taken by Ritchie , and , With the exception of Mullinswhose trial had been postponed to the next

      , session , justice had overtaken . all the parties who appeared to hare acted principals in the matter , he should now propose , although perhaps in strictness of law the others might also be connoted of felony , yet as there were some ciroumstances in their cases which were farourable , he should only call npon them to plead to the indictment for misdemeanor . ' ¦ •' . „ „ , ¦ , , , The prisoners were then called upon to plead to the indictment , and the following pleaded Gmlty :-Scadding , Snowball Martin , Jones , Argue . Gurney , and Young . The remaining prisoners—Sheppard , Richardson , Groenslade , Burn , and Small-pleaded Not Guilty . . ¦¦ . « . ¦ j ... with to

      The Attorney General said , that , regard those prisoners who had pleaded gmlty , het did not propose to put them on their trial , but should be satisfied if they would enter into a recognisance to appear and take their trial if they were called . upon . With regard to Sheppard and Richardson , it had been ascertained that they bore a good character , and were engaged at their work nearly up to ttw very moment of their apprehension ; and Burn and Greeensiade , immediately after their apprehension , communicated with the gorernment , and gave infor mation which justified the present course . Tht prisoner Small , it appeared , had also gone to the house where he was apprehended nnder the impression that he waa to hear » lecture , and , he believed , was not

      aware of what was going on . , . Mr Parry begged to be allowed to explain , on be * half of Barn and Greenslade , that the information alluded to by the Attorney General waa solely in reference to their own movements . With regard to the alleged conspiracy , they had always denied all knowledge ©! it . ., . , ... , The Attorney General said that was the case , and was what he intended to state . . Mr Parry . —They have always strongly denied having anything to do do with the proceedings of the conspiracy . , _ , .,,. L . The Attorney General , —I admit that isi " *

      The remainder ofthe prisoners were then placed atthe bar . They consisted of the following persons : -Charles Taylor , 32 , labourer ; George Cox , 43 , shoemaker ; WiUiamPoole , 38 , ditto ; Charles Gibbs , 88 , ditto ; Thomas Herbert , 21 , tanner ; William winspere , 26 , labourer ; Thomas Irons , 33 , ditto ; James Prowton , 29 , ditto ; Hugh Conway , 27 . typefounder ; Alexander Harley , 29 , shoe-makcr ; James John Norton , 30 , Smith ; Samuel Harley , 29 , shoe , maker ; and Samuel Morgan , 22 , cigar-maker . Of this number Poole , Herbert , Winspere , Irons . Prowton , Conway , and Morgan , pleaded Guilty , and the remainder Not Guilty . .... The Attorney General said he proposed to take

      the same course with regard to those ^ prisoners who had just pjeaded not guilty he did with the others —namely , require them to enter into their own recognisances to appear and take their trial if they shonld be required to do so . There were various reasons whioh it would ba unnecessary for him to allude to whioh , he considered , justified him in taking this course ; but he would observe with regard to oae of the prisoners Cox , that it had been ascertained upon inquiry that he had no intention to mix himself up with the proceedings ot the others , and he merely went to the place where he was apprehended for the laudable object of preventing his son from joining in the conspiracy .

      Mr Ballantine said he felt himself called upon to state that when he had ascertained this was the fact respecting this poor man , and he had communicated it to the Attorney General , he immediately teek steps to satisfy himself of the truth , and as immediately acted upon it . ¦ ::-The prisoners were then removed , and the conn was adjourned for a couple of hours , in order to give thejadges an opportunity of looking over the depositions , and considering what sentence ought to be passed , and at the expiration . of that period the judges again took their seats on the bench . The prisoner Ritchie was first placed at the bar , and on his being called upon to state if he had anything to nrge why sentence shonld not be passed , he made no answer .

      Baron Platt addressed him as follows -.-Joseph . Ritchie , you hare pleaded guilty to an indictment charging you with one of the most serious crimes that can possibly be committed by a member of society or a subject of her Majesty , You devised and intended by force of arms to overthrow the government in order to obtain that which you were too impatient to wait to obtain by legal and constitutional means , supposing that such a measure ought to be granted at all ; and in order to attain your object you constituted yourself the leader of aoowardly and savage set of men , calling themselves the 'fire brigade' irhose object and intention was to cause

      fire , robbery , murder , and every infamy which it was possible to commit . It is impossible that the man who took upon himself the leadership ot such men should pass from the bar of a court of justice without receiving the severest sentence of the law . Four of your fellow-prisoners have been already sentenced to expatriation for their lives , for their share in this guilty proceeding , and it is impossible that any other sentence can be awarded to you , who are equally if not mere guilty than they . The prisoner was then sentenced to ba transported for life . He appeared quite unmoved when the sentence was delivered , and he walked away ; from the bar without uttering a word .

      The other prisoners , Able , Gurney , Snowball , Soadding , Martin , Winspere , Prowton , Conwa y , Morgan , Youn g , Jones , Argue , Poole , Herbert , and Irons ' , who had pleaded guilty to the indictment lor misdemeanor , were next brought up for judgment . Baron Platt , addressing the defendants , said they had pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal conspiracy , and ho considered the Crown bad acted very mercifully towards them by allowing them to adopt that course ; for , undoubtedly , it any of them had been convicted of felony , although possibly they might not have been transported for their lives , yet most certainly asentenoe of transportation must have followed the conviction . The Crown , however , bed exercised a very proper discretion , probably thinking they were

      the instruments of more wicked men behind , and that they might have been misled -. aud although they mast hare been aware of the illegality of their proceedings , yet that possibly they might have been misled , and were , therefore , fit subjects for a more lenient punishment ; and he thought they had exercised a wise discretion in accepting the meroy of the Crown and pleading guilty . That indictment to whioh they had so pleaded charged them with conspiring together to raise riots , tumults and insurrections , and with providing arms , and assembling in arms to carry out these objects , and a more dangerous conspiracy than this it was hardly possible to conceive , and it was impossible that they could expect to be dealt with leniently for such an offence . There were some

      distinctions in their guilt , and his learned brother and himself had looked most carefully and anxiously through the depositions , in order to discover their different degrees of guilt , and they could only find a distinction—and that a very slight one—in the cases of Herbert , Irons , and Poole . The whole of the other prisoners were proved to hare met , the one body headed by Guraey , at the Orange Tree , all armed and ready for the desperate purpose that was intended , of devoting the city to conflagration and plunder . All this party stood in exactly the same predicament ; and while upon this subject he would remark that he had yet to learn that the witness who had been called the tailor , and who had pretended that he had gone there to take a measure for a sui *;

      of clothes , and who afterwards wrote out a statemen to clear himself , did not also intend to have bean w of the guilty parties , although he did not happen to arrive until after the door waa shut . The defendant Jones waa taken on the night of the intended outbreak , armed , and evidently prepared to take at hare in it , Argue was taken at a late hour , carrying a gun concealed under his coat , and whioh , as a proof of his guilty knowledge , he stated to be an umbrella . Young waa also taken in possession of a pike , which he took an opportunity to throw away at the moment of his apprehension ; and he evidently also was

      prepared to take his share in the insurrection . Some of the remaining prisoners were taken at the Angel in Webber-street , Winspere having on a breast-plate , and being armed with a pike head ; Prowton with a dagger ; Conway also having a pike head ; and in the same room was also found a large quantity of ammunition . All these prisoners , therefore , the Court considered to stand in the same position ; and the only circumstance in favour of Poole , Irons , and Herbert was that they had no arms in their possession-, and this was the only reason why a distinction was made in their case . These being the circumstances which had led to the trial , and to tbe confession of

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      g ailt , it now became the duty of the Court ^ biil 'he sentence bf the Jaw , which they trusted Would ] operate as an example , and would deter others from committing the like offence . Thelearhed judge then ' sentenced Able , Gurney , Snowball , Soadding , Mar- ' tin , Winspere , Prowton , Conway , Morgan , Yono'V Jones , and Coyne to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years , and , in addition , to pay a fine cf £ 10 to the Queen , and to enter into their own reoor > nisances in the sum of £ 100 , withitwosurtties in £ 5 each , to keep the peace fer five years , and to be for * tber imprisoned until the fines . were paid and the sureties entered into . The other prisoners , Poole , - Herbert , and Irons , were sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment , with the same fine and sureties . ' '

      One of the defendants , before he left the bar , exclaimed , ' Do you call that mercy , my lord V Baren Platt . —Yes , as much as you deserve . John Shaw was then again placed at the bar . Hej renewed his application to be placed among the first * class misdemeanants . He urged , in support of hia application , that he wished to be allowed to com * municate with his wife and to be permitted to write , in order that hej might keep his business together , which was all that his wife and six children had to de « pend upon for subsistence . He also had an aged father and mother , [ and brothers and sisters , to whom ha should wish to communicate by letter ; and on these grounds he prayed the court to grant his request . He added , that he had never been a member of any secret society , and the speech for whioh he bad bees convicted of sedition was the only violent speech he had ever made , as the j [ witnesses against him . he said , would have proved , if they had been allowed to do so .

      Baron Platt in passing sentence said , it was with extreme pain the court was called npon to pass sen * tence upon a man who appeared to have filled * respectable position in society , and who had a wife and a large family depeident upon him . It was with regret they saw such a man place himself in the pssition of a fomenter of sedition , and endeavouring to set society by the ears , and exciting passions which aimed at the destruction of all society and all order . His object was perfectly dear—at a period when re * bellion was raging in the sister country he had endeavoured to incite the Irish and the English to join in that attempt , and te assist the movement of the disaffected in Ireland , by a rising in this country * The wretched men who had just left the bar , the shrieks of whose wires and children were still ringing

      in the ears ot the court , were probably among the victims of his wicked proceedings , and that they had been worked up to the commission ofthe aot for which they suffered by his misguided eloquence . He therefore stood in a position to demand a severe sentence , and the station he occupied was a very great aggraration of his offence , and it appeared to the court most clearly that he and 8 ) me others had been the cause of the dangerous movement intended on the 16 th of August , but whioh , fortunately for the peace of the country , had been prevented from arriving at a consummation . He had applied to the court to allow him certain privileges during his imprisonment , but how could the court grant such as application ? In that court no distinction should be

      made between the rich and the poor , or if there was , the man of education and one occupying a respect * able position , and who was aware of his duties , ought to be considered deserving of more severe pun * ishmentthan a man who was peor and ignorant . Bezer , a poor man who got his living by hawking fish about the streets , who was convicted for a seditious speech atthe same meeting , had not been allowed any of the privileges which he now sought ; for , and he therefore felt that he could not interfere with regard to his application . He was informed that by the rules he would be permitted to write every day , if he allowed his letters to be inspected , and that he could also see his wife three times a week , and he had no donbt the aldermen who were visiting justices would grant him any reasonable facility . He had asked for mercy on account of hif wife aud six children and his aged parents , but in the name of God why did he did not think of his family

      before he committed such an offence ? If he did not himself think of those who ought to have been dear to him , and pause before he rushed into such a dac « geroua course , it was impossible that the court should bs swayed from performing its duty to the public by auoa . consideration * . The defendant was then ordered to be imprisoned for two years , to pay ft fine of £ 50 , and to enter into recognisances , himself in £ 100 , with two sureties in £ 50 each , to keep the peace for five years , and , as in the other cases , to be further imprisoned until the fine was paid and the sureties entered into . The remaining defendants , Sheppard , Richardson , Greenslade , Burn , Taylor , Cox , Gibbs , Alexander , and Samuel Harby , Martin , and Small , were then brought up , and having entered into their own recognisances in the sum ot £ 50 to appear and take their trial if called upon to do so , they were discharged from custody . The whole of the business being thus concluded , the court adjourned to Monday , Oct . 23 rd .

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      CORK . Makk lane , Monday . —Tbia morning the show of samplesfresh up from the home counties was small of wheat , and of Spring corn also limited . The trade for wheat opened dull , but the millers bought the English samples at about tbe rates of this day week , while foreign was held steadily without much business doing . In barley there is no alteration to notice . The oat trade 6 a , cheaper . Beans steady . White peas for English kinds were the turn better . In flour or malt there is no change from last week . GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORNi For the Week ended October 5 , 1818 , made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wiles per Imperial Quarter . "J

      Wheat I Barley I Oats I Rye I Beans I Peas " PRICE j 62 s Sd j 33 a 3 d j 21 a Id j 31 b 9 d \ 36 s Id J 39 s 8 d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN . Wheat | Barley I Oats | Rye I Beans I Peas is Od I 2 s Od | Is 6 d I 2 a Od | 2 s Od | 2 s Od Paica op Bbbad is thb Mmropolis . —The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 8 d to 8 } d ; of household ditto , 7 d to 7 £ d . Some bakers are selling from 6 d to 6 Jd ; and League Bread Company ' s , 7 d per ilb loat ; weighed on delivery .

      CATTLE . SJOTHFrsiiD , Monday , —The arrivals of continental cattle and sheep into the port of London during the past week have been unusually numerous . The return gives no less than 1 , 13 s © sen , 620 cows , 448 calves , 5 , 7 » i sheep , and sixty swine , making a total of 7 , 82 i head . A general improvement took place to . day in the tone of trade at Smithfield . Business was more active , and the price of beef and mutton improved by 2 d per stone . The number of boasts on offer was rather large , but found a good sale , at 4 s for scots , 8 s 8 d for middling beef , and 3 s 4 d for tea ferior , per stone . The supply of mutton was short , num . bering only 19 , 000 hsad of sheep . The demand was good , and an active trade ruled throughout the day * at a rise of 2 d per Stone . Downs realised 5 s 2 d ; half . breds , 4 s lOd ; and polled 8 * eep from 4 s 4 d . A very good husiness was likewise done in both veal and pork , at the same quotations as on last market-day .

      8 d b d s d sdsd slid Beef .. 3 4 3 8 4 6 Teal ., 4 o 4 10 Lamb 0 o 0 S Mutton ! 4 4 10 5 2 Pork -. 3 64 . Beasts 4 , 0761 Calves „ 128 Sheep and Lambs .., 19 , 600 1 Pigs 38 S N £ w < ute and Leadenhat , ! ,, Monday . —To-dny the sup . plies are moderate , but trade is generally better . Mere business is doing , and higher . prices are obtainable . The chief feature , however , is a rise of id per stone on mutton , arising from the limited supply of this description of meat , both at these markets and at Smithfield . The current rates are from 3 s 4 d to 4 s 4 d . Inferior beef is 2 d higher , but other qualities unaltered . Lamb is also a good and active trade , at an advance of 4 d . Small young porkers [ fetch Jd per stone more money . Inferior beef 2 s JOd te 3 s , middling ditto 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d , prime ditto 8 s 6 dto 3 s 8 d , inferior mutton 3 s 4 d to 3 s 6 d , middling ditto 3 s lCd to 4 s , prime ditto 4 s 2 d to 4 s 4 d , veal 2 s Sd to 4 b , lamb 4 s to 4 s 4 d , large pork 4 s 4 d to 4 s Sd , small pork 5 s te 5 s 4 dper 81 bs by tbe carcase . POTATOES .

      Bobouoh and SrimriELDS . —Trade at these markets is at present dull , while prices are high in comparison with the price of bread . There have been some foreign arrivals at the waterside , as will be seen from the follow ing quotations :-Regents from £ 6 to £ 7 , Shaws £ 5 10 b ' o £ S Ss , kidneys £ S 10 to £ 6 lfls , French £ S to £ 5 IPs Belgian £ 4 10 s to £ 5 the ton .

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      ( From the Oawtteof Tuesday , October 3 , ) BANKRUPTS . Thomas Ives , Wakeaeld , Yorkshire , dyer-Alexander M'Alley , Romsey-terrace , Westminster , builder-John Maddock , Liverpool , tallow chandler—Robert Neal , Wandswortli-common , Surrey , nurseryman-James Noble and Richard Eaton - Noble , Down-street , Piccadilly , plumbers-WUIiam Price , Strand , merchant-William Rees and Evan Roberts , Liverpool , joiners-John Robinsou , Letghton , Cheshire , cheese factor-John Augustus Gustavus Smith , Manchester , auctioneer — Edward Snowdon , South Shields , Durham , grocer-Henry Marsh Wells , Ramsgate , bread baker .

      INSOLVENT PETITIONERS . S Almoad , Liverpool , licensed | vlctualler-J Bes * , ' Weston , Somersetshire , wheelwright-A Campbell , Liver , pool , book-keeper—C Duck . Bath , baker-J Hiad , Stock ; ton . upon . Tees , Durham , plumber—C Holtom , Birmingham , retail brewer—M Lacey , Shelton , Staffordshire , assistant to a tin plate worker—W Nicholl , Stockton-upon-Tees , Durham , innkeeper—J Quincy , Breedon , Worcestershire , horse braaker—R Richardson , Bishop Wearmouth , Durham — M . Roberts , Everton , Lancashire , grocer—W Savage , Liverpool , journeyman ship painter—W Tidmarsh , Aston , Warwickshire , curpenter —J Tyler , Ledbury , Herefordshire , t » ilor-J D Walker , jun ., Liverpool , assistant to a chemist-S Whitford , Birmingham , die sinker—T Wills , Durrants , Southampton , labourer—W Wilson , Somersham , Huntingdonshire , baker .

      SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . Thomas Bcswell , Coal-hill , Leith , spirit dealer—DugaW Paterson , Mnry-hill , Glasgow , baker .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 7, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07101848/page/8/