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      To The Working Classes. I

      TO THE WORKING CLASSES . I

      M Y Friends , A Great Deal Passes In The...

      M y Friends , A great deal passes in the House of Commons which is Dot reported in the Tress . It IS a kmd of chit-chat , which , however , is often ominous—and there is now a very current roport—eredited bymanyyery Jmowing gentlemen practised in diplomacy—that the Whigs are about to resign , and that Lord StaxleyIs to he Lord John ' s suceeeeorm office . This cannot he effected , however , without a junction of the Peel Party—not of Peki himself , as , of course , he could not hold a suhordinate && ce , once hating oeen Prime Mixistekand , even were it not contrary to eti quette and

      practice , he has too much pride to play second fiddle . But , from the fact of this ' country being governed alternately hy "Whi gs and Tories , the officials of both parties are drilled and disciplined according to then- respective creeds , and all the Tory staff having remained true to Peel , and true to the principles of Toryism—with the single exception of Free Trade—it would he impossible for Lord Stanley to marshal a staff of officials in the House of Commons otherwise than h y the adoption of Peel ' s practised hands . Among these are to he numbered Sir James Grauam , Mr . Goulburx , Lord Lincoln , Mr . Heebkkt , Mr . Gladstone , Mr . Cabdwell , Sir George Clerk , Sir Frederick Thebsiger , and a

      fewyoung aspirants to office ; and it is currently reported and credited that Sir Robert Peel will offer no impediment to such an amalgamation ; and when the "Whigs are on the Opposition benches , you will see an impetus given to the cause of Democracy , based upon patronage and quarter-day , that you never saw before in this country , and Goo send it soon and sudden . Nowr , after what has recently taken place between me and some professing Republican ' s , and beiag confirmed in the belief of the ahsolute necessity of union amongst the Chartist ranks , I should have resigned my office of leader this week , were it not from a belief in the approach of a great struggle .

      If , however , I had resigned my office of acknowled g e d leader , I should not have resi gned my p rinci p les or abated one particle of my ardour in the cause ; but , perhaps , I mig ht then , in my capacity of private soldier , have attended more public meetings , notwithstanding the powers given to the Government b y the Crown and Government Security Bill . And still , my friends , if but a very few kn ow n Chartists , from a very few districts , write respectfully to me—ay , or even insolently—asking m e t o re s i gn my office , I will do so by the next post , as I wUl take care that neither jealousy nor ambition on my part , sh a ll st a nd in the way of that union which is indispensable to the success of the democratic cause .

      During three years that I was an Irish member I represented—and , I think , f a ithfull y—the int er e s t s of the English working cla s ses in Parliament , and on the 18 th of September , 1835 , now nearl y fourteen years ago , I recei v ed my co mmission , on parchment , from the Chartist Executive of that day . Dur ing those years I have passed through a series of trials , which few could contemp late , the magnitude of which none will deny . For now nearly two years I have represented vo u as an Eng lish member , and this w ould he ; . n . "/ . ;• r-r ? r »? alion of mv

      office—: . ..- -. . - v . - ; . ¦ : „ - , . 7 r : iC i " tf ¦ - UKM poll-: \> . : i l : *'" v - l . i-J . uTvl " ¦^ t hl . ' -i V ;; ' " !;; - : ' . •¦ : '¦• : ' . ¦ -: > ¦¦¦ : ¦ ¦"•¦ £ " .. / O- viu ' . -: i » . _ - .-, ' : >•! :., Mi--:- ; ¦ ' . ' f . , ' . ¦ ¦ 'Mlii ' . Cv J- : "• .- . - !¦ _ . . !• ' . !; « ' < - ' ^ - ; ui • - ; ;• . " !> . " .. « .. ' ,. ' ., ' . \ as ? ' ¦ - * t . v ' Y " - : vi .- ' ! . _ . ' : ) . ;¦• : ¦ > : •• : * . . a- ' .. < ., I v ¦' : ¦]¦ -.- •¦ iv iiiw ¦ " . ¦ » ' 1 : 'J :: ; .:: V ' "t v - .. "• . : xi ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ttK i- > chai'ge me with a om ^ le xj -i . - ! . : n * f , gentlemanl y act , or that I have ever lunched from the lion ' s share of duty when danger threatened .

      But , my friends , you must understand that , as with everything else so with politics—the millions l ove no v e l t y and I do not blame them—they like the young and enthusiastic speaker , and so do I—they love a proud spirit , aud so do I , hut they never honour nor appreciate consistency , except hy contrast ; and I think , without vanity , that I may , for consistcucv , place my political life in proud

      comparison with any man who has ever gone before me . Xow do not mistake me ; 1 do not at all censure an oppressed and enthusiastic people for their love of novelty and change . I have told you that we live in new times and that we require men with new ideas to govern us . Perhaps I am not insp ired with those new ideas suited to new circumstances , althoug h I have always fancied that I was in advance

      instead of being in the rear of public o 2 > hiion ; hut the one thing that , under all circumstances , which I have considered indispensable , is a good understanding between leaders and followers , and I would hold that man in the most Utter Contempt who would allow himself to be swayed or operated upon in his op ini o ns h y his altered position . I have a sort of conviction that one day , when you come to review my political life you will consider it rather romantic , and like allotherproniinent political characters , perhaps , may then meet that reward which some from j e a lousy , some from ambition , gome from h a tred , and some from prejudice , would now deny inc .

      For nearl y twelve years I have been the proprietor of the only organ that ever consistently aud uninterruptedly supported the people's cause , and from its establishment to the present moment its columns , even when I was in " York Castle , were never closed against the most vituperative abuse of my bitterest enemies . You know that one great object of mine lias beeu to secure the liberty of the Press ; and now , after a little squabble , let me ask you ii there is any instance upon record of the proprietor of a newspaper allowing to editors and correspondents the same unlimited privilege

      that 1 have allowed to both ? Did you ever , one of you , read a sing le hue in any newspaper reflecting in the most remote degree upon the proprietor of that paper ? NEVER . It is als o m y p ride th a t working men , a nd n o ne but working men , have ever been employed upon the " Star" aud it is yet a greater pride to ho able to appeal to all who have been in my employment since the commencement whether 1 ever spoke an unkind or angry word to one of ihem ? or whether lever stopped a day ' s wages , a we e k ' wages , a month ' s wages , or even a year ' s wages , when men in my employment have been sick aud unable to work ?

      So much for my connexion with your cause as Irish Representative , Eng lish Representative , Journalist Demagogue , and Criminal ; and my only hope is , that your next leader will he able to leave you with as good a character . Let me now convince you of my love of fair play . When 1 saw Mr . Harney ' s announcement in the "Star" of the 17 th hist ,, informing the readers that if the " Star " Traa not " forcibly closed against him " he would reply to my letter , I wrote to tell him that I -would neither

      mutilate , alter , nor amend one single Hue ho wrote . On Thursday night there came into my possession another long letter from my ll e - publican friends of Nottingham ; I took " it t o Mr . ILyhxey , and told him that he was at p e rfect liberty to insert it , and that my answer would be confined to one passage—expressing a hope that Mr . Harne would not ' get the bag . ' To this my reply was to have been—as I told him—that if he did not know when he had ;> good master , I knew when I had a good servant . And I will now put a case to my Nottingham friends .

      t appose , then , that Jonathan Barber was * « c proprietor of the Republican Newspaper ; and sunposc my Friend Sautee was the editor ; and suppose Friend Dexter addressed a letter to Friend Sauter , blowing Tip Friend JBA ] iU £ _ ] iat would Friend Barker say » "t if it had not been shown to him at the

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      office ; but if it had been published at all ? Now let us have , like case , like rule ; and let Us nave a iair declaration from friend Bakbek , -not through the « Star , " but in the dub-as to what his course would be . Then , again , suppose Friend Sautee published a libel which cost Friend Barber over £ 100 , what would Friend Barber say ? while , in such case , Inend Feargus never said one angry word to Friend Harney upon the subject . * I admit th a t the " Star " furnishes a complete

      exception as to the rule by which all other newspapers are governed ; and that is my pride . I also informed the readers , that while they may read it or let it alone , that I will exercise complete , entir e , and exclusive control over its management ; while its value will be distinguished b y its support . My friends , marked W . Norman , and Francis Love , of the Isle of Wight , also appear , and intent i on a ll y , to have misconstrued my letter , as I never did state that forei gn politics should be excluded , or that the letter of "L'Ami du Pjguple "

      should be excluded ; but what I did state was , that foreign politics should not be published to that extent , which would exclude mueh ' valuable domestic intelligence . I have now concluded this matter . I have myself received letters from different parts of England , thanking me for the course I pursued ; but rather than create the sli g htest division , I have withheld the publication of one and all—as , in such matters , I require no support beyond the free expression of my own sentiments .

      Now , then , the Chartists understand that I am not onl y read y , but willing , to receive my discharge as their leader , with the assurrance that I am as read y to fight in the ranks as to command the brigade ; and my reason for editing the " Northern Star" myself , was , a nd is , that I might be responsible under the Gagging Bill for my own acts and deeds , and not for the acts and deeds of others , who would not he held responsible ; and I proudly refer to tho leaders in the " Northern Star" for the last twelve months , for a complete , comprehensive , and unanswerable exposition of the Democratic and Labour

      cause . And , in conclusion , I beg to inform the Chartists , that it is r ay intention to introduce the Charter after Easter ; and , also , to open the whole question relative to the Chartist trials , upon a . ' motion for a committee to inquire into the conduct of the Government aud the Judges ; the credibility of the witnesses ; the sentences passed , and the restrictions imposed upon the Chartist prisoners ; when I undertake to make such a disclosure of consp iracy upon the part of the Government —injustice upon the part of some of the Judges—perjury with regard to some of the witnesses , and unconstitutional practices' aud < . ?< , !; ,- ; ,, ; of r . ri «« i discipline by some of the

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      AND NATIONAL TRADES' JOURNAL ?

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      ; : !* Ml-.. V } . > ,: ;„• .- ! , }¦ ' il ' j . ' . IY . ' > = > V . I- ' . \ . \ V . My Fjuexds , I am not going to address you at any length , hut merely to give you au extract from a letter which I received on Saturday last . The writer says : — Dear . Sir , —It would do your heart good to see Sui t ' s End now , it is a perfect paradise—all well cultivated , but especially Mr . Cullingham ' g allotment which lis the astonishment of every traveller . They all stop to inspect it . He keeps an account of every farthing expended , and every farthing nnule ; and he s . iys---and I believe him—that he will leave friend Sillett far hi the shade . All the allotments are beautiful . Respectfully yours , C . Dotle . I have also heard that Minster Lovel is a paradise—or , rather , Charterrille ; and what will you say when I tell you that one of the allottees is Postmaster—that one of our

      cottages is a post-ofhee—and that the allottees will very shortl y possess the h a lance of loc a l power in thedistrict . The whole estate , I am told , looks most hcuutiful , and , now that the huddhig season has commenced , all are happy and contented , notwithstanding the slime of a wil y devil who has endeavoured to sow the seeds of dissatisfaction and strife ; hut he may depend upon it that ere long he will re a p his just reward , though he little knows that I am aware of his villain-. As with the Charter so with the Land Plan—the men whom I have served most have heen the greatest scoundrels ;

      hut , w ith God 's hlcssing , I'll shortly rid myself of both crops of serpents . And iioav , to t e ll you the truth , I feel like a fish out of -water ; 1 feel out of my element at this seaasou of tho year ; as I much prefer the free air and pleasing employment of provi d i n g homes for the poor , to the ta inted atmo s p here of the House of Commons , and the unprofitable situation of standing alone in that atmosphere ; and as soon as the monster revives again—as revive it shall—I "will abandon tho office of senator for that ol hailiff . Your faithful friend , Ffakgus O'Conxob .

      Further Impartiality Of The Press. On Th...

      FURTHER IMPARTIALITY OF THE PRESS . On Thursday week , Mr . O'COXXOR put the three following rmestions to Sir Geouce Gisey : — " Was it true that John Shaw , now a prisoner in Newgate , had been refused the use of knife and fork at his meals ? " Also" Was it true that John Shaw being a Disseuto r , was denied the use of hooks hy the Ch a pl a in o f the G a ol , whereas b y an Act of Parliament the Chaplain had no right to interfere in such matters C And

      further" Was it true that some of the visiting magistrates had entered in the minute book relaxations as to some restrictions imposed upon the prisoner , which were countermanded hy order of o ther m a g istrates ?" Sir George Grey answered these three q uestions in a very audible tone ; the answers of ministers are always reported by the Press a t fu ll length , but not one word of the Home Secretary ' s repl y appears in the " Times , " the " Ghronivk , " or other leading journals .

      On Wednesday last the Atxoiixey-General introduced a hill * to Parliament to assimilate the Criminal Law in England aud Irelandnot the one to which we have alluded in a leader . Mr . O'CoxxoR opposed the bill most vigorously , spoke several times in Committee , and yet liis name is nevermentioned ; but , perhaps , when he and ~ tir . Walter again stand before their constituents , he may put this and other questions to the conductor of the " Times . " As the law now stands , the depositions of a d ying man , who knows that recovery is beyond

      hope , and who is therefore under a solemn impression to speak nothing but the truth , are , and properly so , admitted as evidence against the accuse d ; while , hy the Bill now passed , a person feigning sickness may have his depositions t a k e n by a magistrate , * those depositions are received as evidence against the accused , a nd counsel for the accused has no power ot cross-examining the witness , who , as Mr . O'Coxxor stated , may have au interest in the case , maybe a suborned witness , or may break down upon cross-examination : and yet , notwithstanding this iinportautcluuigc , which may

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      affect the liberties—nay , the lives—of thousands , not a word upon the subject in the Press . Wo are happy to state , however , that the effect of Mr . O'Ooxxou ' s application as regards John' Shaw , has been to secure him th e use of knife and fork , and considerably to mitigate the rigour of his punishment .

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      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . "We beg to call the attention of our readers to the following admirable letter from one who i s now in exile , but who struggled leng and energetically for the emancipation of the working classes , and it will amp l y repay perusal : — Spring Lake , Mukwonago , January 15 , 1849 . Dear Fiuesd , —A few days ago I received two Northern Stars and a Spirit of the Age . The Star of the 11 th November contains my last letter to you , and that of the following week contains a long letter addressed to me by Mr . Feargus O'Connor . The Spirit , I find , has also inserted my letter with the omission of some closing remarks respecting Mr .

      t eargus O Uonnor . I thank you for the papers you hftvti ^ scnt , and also HuuMesdPvba forwarded the Star , bearing the post-mark "Wigton . • The Star of the 11 th Nor . is invaluable , inasmuch as it contains Feargus O'Connor ' s triumphant refutation of the charges brought against him by certain members of the Land Company . The conduct of these persons is uwxeusablo , except ; on the score of ignorance ; for I cannot believe that they could have knowingly cut their own throats . They have , doubtless , been tampered with by the agents of the governing classes , who are opposed to every measure intended to afford permanent relief to the working clas cs , and more particularly that terrible measure winch would relieve them by putting them

      121 possession of a sufficiency of land to maintain them , a n d thus wi t hdr a w t h em from th o l ab ou r o r slave market . This is no new feeling of theirs ; it manifested itself some years ago when mi attempt was made to introduce the allotment system , for the relief of the miserable agricultural labourers . It was then broadly admitted by some of the p ig-headed landowners and farmers , that their opposition arose from a fear of making the labourers independent of the labour market . Some had no objection to let the labourer have a quarter of an acre ; others would even go to the extent of half an acre ; but an acre would make him almost independent , if not s a ucy , and none could be found to encourage it . B ut F e a rgus O ' Connor ' s plan not only adimts of their having enough of land to make them independent in their circumstances , hut it lias for its avowed object their political emancipation . That the few

      who hold all the land in England should tremble at the thought of the landless obtaining political power is quite natural ; as they well know the tickle nature of the tenure by which they hold their estates . The injustice of it is So flagrant , that one can scarcely conceive how it has been borne so long , when proof of its injustice is almost within the reasoning powers of a child . Dut how surprising it is that this grasping after land hy the rich , which is founded in a deep conviction of its intrinsic value , because every article of consumption , comes directly or indirectly from it , should not have awakened in the mind of the labourer a suspicion that the prize was worth contending for . So far from this being the case , wc find , ev e n a mongst the m-mbers of the Laud Company , individuals ' ignou-. i .-tly ; 'i : iy : >^ i •<¦ - ¦ " - > pie . of the enemy , and ik > h » . '»! , ' : s :: • ' » .. ; vv \ ' v ¦ . ¦ ¦ . t . 'i ? ¦"> . i ! : •;•¦ •; " ¦•!• and otf . ws '

      U '; i .- ' .- l . - ( . "jj ! ;);¦ ¦ ' ' ' ¦ flic » f '" ' !•]> . iii ; r ' .. * l . $ ' i n ; . i ' •• -t . u •> , r ;; } , ( . ¦ rv . ' -v ; ' . nno !! : iu « .- ' i . ? ' ! . " . ; nviv h \ : l '• ¦"' . . ¦( Mr-, 'i-i .-. m \ . \ ¦ UiViUT . vUy - . -,- vi-ydvd iii T-nii .-aiiiiji' ¦ J . ' Stii j-i . -i ,-. ; l < fir m ^ r fri « : t ' . i - , tv iiiiW'iiii ? UH ' .- ' . '•¦••' : V , ll ; il-. ' . ;! . (" . >( ' ! ! ,. ' ' .. ., ; ivi .. . .: S as U > ¦ r } ii motives by which they « vi--. . 'k-p . iWi-i ; So long . ' is the working classes listen to the serpent , the game of " divide and conquer" will couciuue , and they will remain in their present social and political thraldom . I have known this to be the case in

      every important movement in which I have been engaged , and no one has deplored more than I have the suicidal spirit which then so generally pervaded the working classes . My life has been one unceasing effort to secure the independence of all those who live by their labour . 1 have sought it in the workshop—I have sought it at the trades meetings—I have left my country for a foreign land in the hope of showing the way to it ; and now , in the land of the stranger , the same love of my order , tile same feeling for those who compose it ' and the same desire to sec their independence achieved by any upright and honourable means , aud through the instrumentality of any individual or any party , will ever induce nic to seize upon with avidity , and

      follow with enthusiasm , any movement which may have a tendency to promote this important object . Believing that the plan of Feargus 0 ' Connor is a step iu the right direction , and that much present and future good will result therefrom , I fervently hope that the working classes will turn a deaf car to those that would betray them , and recommence the solution of tho groat ' Lubouv miction , involved in the plan of tluTXaUomd Land Com |> any . When I made the few remarks in my last , on the subject of the plan , I was not in possession of so maiiy facts concerning it as I now am , and therefore did not enter so warmly into the subject as you may have expected . The long and very able defence set up by feargus O'Connor , in lii ' s address to th e

      members of the National Land Company , which ajjpears in the Stur of the 11 th 2 vov ., contains a body of facts conclusive of the great value of the plan . "We have had no end of theoretical schemes for improving the condition of the working classes —no end of attempts in practice , which have all proved abortive ; but I am compelled to admit that feargus O'Connor has shown more practical knowledge of the right sort than any other man . It is one thing to say that man has a natural right to the s oil , and another to lead him to it , teaching him the art of productively cultivating it , aud crcctina for him . 1 neat dwelling and other necessary building ? , together with a crop on the ground at the time lie takes possession . This plan may not have attractions for those who aspire to magnificent beginnings in the career of social iinpiotement ; but to any

      one , like myself , who only expects the grand through the petty enbrt , believing that to be tho piuneiple of progress throughout all nature , it must and will forcibly recommend itself . Land and Labour are associated in this plan , while each labourer is independent of every other labourer , notwithstanding the proximity of their locations . The fact of their being thus individualised , is to me a guarantee of the success of the plan ; for , although 1 still believe the associative and common property principle to be the true one , I am thoroughly satisfied that man is not yet prepared for Its adoption . Jlis moral , intellectual , and physical state is too low to enable him to carry out that sublime conception . I fully concur in the opinions put forth by Mr . Frost , in the Star of the l & li of November , as to the Organisation of Labour after the attainment of the Charter . But there is one

      recommendation in Mr . Frost ' s letter , which ought to be introduced into Mr . O'Connor ' s Plan forthwith , and that is , the establishment of Co-operative Stores . Those who take up the allotments , have them at the wholesale cost , and all the materials consumed in the erection of the buildings are purchased at that rate . . To be consistent , then , it seems to mc necessary , as 1 know it would bo advantageous , to have a ' ll fheir future purchases made upon that principle , borne opposition might be shown towards them by the shopkeepers . But what of that ? If they are not in a position to carry out

      the plan without the countenance of the middle classes , the time is not far distant when they will have to " book up . " The idea is net a new one . It was started by Dr . King , of Brighton , several vears ago , when * societies were formed in many parts of England to carry it out . Those societies failed from a want of patience , a misconception of its advantages , and , principally , fi-om the scattered location of Its members . The concentration of the members of the Lund Company will be highly favourable to its introduction , and 1 have not the least doubt it would be attended with beneficial

      results . In my last , I introduced to your notice the principles of the National Land Reformers of this country , which I expressed a desire to see adopted by the * Chartists of England . Mr . O'Connor , in his letter addressed to me , seems to demur to the [ ll'Oposition , the political positions of the two countries bein"' so dissimilar . I am quite aware of this , and should be sorry to see either the Charter or the Land flan retarded hy tho agitation of questions which may without detriment to them be discussed on another occasion . What is meant by '' actual settlers , " is not ^ hat Mr . O'Connor supposesviz " Those who are in actual possession of tracts of lands , whether by grant or conquest ; " but , on the contrary , those who settle on and cultivate the land thev bwn , like those who occupy the allotments under his p lan , as distinguished from such

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      men as the "Duke of Bedford . " It signifies but little to those who are landless , whether the possessors of large tracts of land obtained them by gran ^ conquest , or purchase , they are monopolists in either case , inasmuch as tliey possess more than they can cultivate , while others through that monopoly are deprived ?/„ ' ? It ° ff 18 r- m J «» ' ^^ 0 willing , for he sake ot harmony , that » re should " sticf a pin 1 >\ , < . CobbeW ; wrohl ] lavo said , and proceed with tho " orders jrf tho day , " bein g satisfied that the trutli must ultimatel y prevail , and that it wU lose nothing of its brilliancy in the interval I cannot resist the temptation of drawing vow attention to the following passages from Mr . O'Connor s letter to the members of the Land Company ; -I will now state to this Conference , in presence of the Directors , of several of the overseers , and of carpenters and

      many builders , who have been employed upon the ; estate-wlmt no other employer in Lurope could state-that if we separated , even in hostility not one of them could charge mc with one mean dishonourable , dishonest , or hypocritical act . I could defy them . " This is high groun d to t a k e , which none but a man of superior parts coxrtd venture to occupy , and f 0 P the good of the cause I trust he will coltinuft to maintain that commanding position , m has manfully beaten and dumbfounded his o | t ^ ssaVia ^ ts . May he do equal : execution iipoua'i ^ n-e ^ HHiiiious and dangerous foethe weatwre ' wh »^ w % i aha * flitft ^ s , Jand . hangs upon the garments of almost every man inf power- * - Should sv \ eh a creature come in his way ; for there is more to be feared from them than from those who openly oppose a man . To give way to the former is to abandon cither duty or principle , a & the creature who can flatter has an object to gain inconsistent with th e common goo d , and , ot course , at variance with the duties of tlioso who are selected

      to promote it . To resist the encroachments of these creatures , it requires some degree of firmness , having for its foundation a well-developed conscientiousness . I hope O'Connor will show by his continued Impartial management that he is not to be approached by the tribe of reptiles . lie will then inspire the working classes with confidence , and produce what he appears so ardently to desiretheir harmony and well-being ; which will be ample compensation for such a man , for his past troubles , anxieties , and persecutions . I remain , my dear Friend , Yours in the cause of right , Thomas Ho . vr .

      P . S . —In a former letter I expressed a desire to see " Mr . O'Connor ' s work on Small Farms , " if it could be sent by any one coming into this neig hbourhood ; to this request I would add , that I should like to have the Ground Plan and Elevation of the Buildinsfs on the allotments , if published ; as also , " Sillett ' s Evidence before the Committee . "

      &Auoual %Ano Company.

      & aUoual % ano Company .

      BcTTEiaiSY . —At < i meeting of members of this branch , held at Swanwick , oh Sunday , March 18 th , it was resolved : — " That this meeting is of opinion that no member ought to be excluded till we know whether the Company can be enrolled or not , aud that a general meeting be held at Swanwick , on Sunday , April 1 st , at six o ' clock . " L 0 W 1 IAN " I > 3 , S-VIO'S E . VD , AN'U Moat Estates op niK lunom Land Compast . —At Lowbands , the allottees are working with tho greatest energy . Owing to the favourable state of the weather , their operations are fur in sultancc of what they were this time last year . If no misfortune befall the crops , the coming season ( let produce be ever so low ) , will £ ivc abundant evidence of the practicability of the Land Plan . It is truly delightful to behold the ap-| j (; araii . ; .- ofthe allotments at Snig ' s E n d and the M ' uai—tho ' ¦ -cupants there seem to vie with each

      o ! ior ; u to v .-h < j . < > ? hall he done up with the greatest ;• . ' !!<> . Tht > . ' pc-r . '—vering industry docs infinite erc / JMO tlioui , ;< . ' : d , vtuhout doubt , the result of their everi . > Mis , •>' . ' ' . hy and ' . ;• -, shame those rcvilers who uvv out mains ' , iiv . ' > hn > , mni - » ay it is impossible ior .-wcvM-i ^' dic .. . ' o rea .- 'ily iv-ome agriculturists . It is p ' . 'Vt-: !; ' hi tn . i ... \ tf , :: i- ¦ ¦ . ' . ' .. . i ; -em ;" ne almost unanimous desiio i-.-sisii .-jg a ; :.--wigft thum tfi ' -iid'ng each other . Ou Mnii ' laj . ' .. ' .-or ' thirty of thO ! i ' , ^ - sombled at the copse v .. . iv Alo . it . •' assist Mr . r "ir in removing a number ofstwn . ^ i . ¦'; " : s , v- l . idi * ,- ' debarring fiim from eultivatuig ui- -, vU . . xwu ' . ' >' i > y > they did effectually , with a thousand-fold r-imv ei / cerfulness than if it were a paidjob . In poliL- ' ! matfc" ? the allottees on these estates feel deeply—situaivd a .- , they are at present , it is impossible for them to gi \ - the assistance which thev would wish . Ina ' few

      months they hope to do their duty . SlouiiBKiDOK . —A quarterly meeting of the Land members was held last Monday evening , at the Crown Booms , and after the' usual routine of auditing the books and electing officers , it was unanimously resolved ; - —" ' That the ruin coivtiuvwid m tlic printed circular issued last quarter should be strictly carried out ; and that all members who arc or may be six months in arrears of local levies , would be excluded from this branch , and members thus excluded cannot again join without paving a fine of Is . lid . "

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      National Chahtku Association . —The Executive Committee met at its rooms , HI , High llolborn , on Friday evening , March 2-Jrd . Present—Messrs . G . J . Harney , Stall wood , Grassby , Kydd , Dixon , and M'Grath ! Mr . James Grassby in the chair . On the motion of Messrs . Stallwood and M'G ' ratii , it was resolved , " That in order to elicit the opinions of members of Parliament , and the press , Mr . O'Connor be requested to furnish the committee with the words of his intended motion for leave to bring in a bill for the enactment of the ' People ' s Charter , with a view to their being printed in circular shape , and distributed in tho proper quarters . " Mr . Dixon WftS iqmoiutod a deputation to Mr . O ' Connor for that purpose . A letter was read

      from the Kentish Town locality , apprising the council that they had taken the Teetotal Hall , Wilstoadstreet , Somers To w n , for tho purpose of a public moot ins . and requesting the services of some of the Executive to assist at such meeting . Messrs . M'Grath and Stallwood were appointed . Mr . Kydd delivered in a report of his missionary tour in Lancashire , and gave an awful account of the depressed state of the manufacturing districts , but said that political feeling was gradually getting up , and that the halls were becoming better attended . Mr . Kydd , with the consent ofthe Council , returns to the North to renew his labours , and aid and assist in getting up petitions in that quarter . The Council then adjourned .

      Halifax . —A delegate mooting of this district was held at Xicliollfi ' s Temperance Hotel , Broad-street , for the purpose of devisiii '' the bvsfc means of re-organising the Chartists in the several localities . Mr . Isaac Clissett was appointed to the chair . It was resolved , " That the local lecturers , viz ., Mr . Isaac Clissett , Joseph Greenwood , Alexander Sfcradling , and the veteran Rushton , be appointed to visit the localities in tho district . " It was further resolved , " That localities not represented at the above meeting , requiring tho services of ' thc lecturers , will write to the district secretary , Uriah Ilineliclifte , Parley-street , Halifax , as soon as p ossible , and any localities requiring the services of Mr . S . Kydd will direct as above . " "

      Kk-okcamsattox of Chartism . —A public meeting , convened by the Kentish Town Locality , was held on Tuesday Evening , at the Old Teetotal Hall , "Wilstend-strcet , Somers Town . Mr . Charles Utting was called to the ahaiv , aud \ vxs w < bvvefty opened the proceedings , Mr . Wright stated tlic object of the meeting . After a few words from Mr . Lunn , Mr . Stallwood pointed out the awful coiidition of destitution and misery of the people , which lio traced to class representation and domination , and showed that by a wise system of legislation , by and for the people , our capital , skill , labour , and " land , were ample to make all comfortable and happy , and that we could not expect to obtain the wise system of legislation until all were represented under the principles laid down in the document called the People ' s Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Stallwood concluded by moving the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Arnott , and after a few words

      from Mr . Munden , carried unanimously : — " That this meeting is of opinion that the present so-called representation of the people is n monstrous injustice on the nation at - large , and a violation of ' the British Constitution , embracing , as it docs , only one out of every seven ol the adult male population of these islands , thus leaving the other six-sevenths to be taxed without their will or consent ; this meeting is therefore of opinion , that such a parliamentary reform should immediately take place as will embrace the whole male adult population , who shall be at the time of election of sound mind and not suffering under conviction for crime ; that the property qualification of members should bo abolished : that parliaments should be annual ; that the electoral districts should be equalised " , that elections should be taken by way of ballot , and that members of parliament should be remunerated for their services . " The Chartist petition recommended by the

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      Executive Committee was then read . Mr . Lunn moved its adoption , and Mr . Merry seconded the motion , which was most eloquently supported by Mr . Lewis , a teetotaler , and earned with one dissentient . It was resolved , " That lord Dudley C . Stuart present the petition to the House , and that Y « " . nail , the other member for tho borough of Marylebone , be requested to support its prayer . " It was then resolved , " That another meeting be convened m the above Hall on Tuesday evening , April the 3 rd . " A voce of thanks was given , to thft chairman , and the meeting dissolved . Westmi . vstkk . —At the adjourned meeting of the members at their room , IT , Ryder ' s-conrt , Leicester-square , it was resolved , " That at their next meet i ng , on the 31 st instant , they will take i nto consideration the adoption of the petition for the People ' s Charter , and make arrangements for holding a public meeting . " After the business is disposed of Mr . T . Clark is expected to deliver a lecture on " The Life of Charles the First . "

      : Mr. Beatsou Axd The Sheffield Chartist...

      : MR . BEATSOU AXD THE SHEFFIELD CHARTISTS . TO TH 8 EDITOR OF THE XOBTUKHi : STAB . Sn \— I bolide that you will give me the opportunity Of vindicating ' Tny character before tho public through the columns of yomf widely circulated journal . It is eurroittly . reported'that I am a spy . J : sincercly " declatetha : ilffth ^ % lg ^ cowse of my life I never held intercourse / direct or indirect , with any one in authority . Hoping that my accusers will give me an opportunity of defending myself , I remain , tout ' s respectfull y , Wm . ' Beatsox . TSo . 43 , Xew-strcet , Park , Sheffield . March 27 th , 1840 . 1 \ S . —Lctme have a jury of half-a-dozen intelligent working men and L will answer every charge that can be brought against me . —W . B .

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      TEE STAXFIELD-UALL ML ' RBERS . NORFOLK ASSIZES .-lfonwicn . Thursday . —From , a very early hour this morning the Court-house was besieged at every door by crowds of persons anxious to be present at the trial of the prisoner , James Bloomfielb Rush . The jury having been called took , ttaiv seats in the box . Bakon Rolve entered the court at nine o ' clock , and the prisoner was then placed in the dock . la answer to the usual interrogatories ho pleaded not guilty , He then , with considerable coob ness , proceeded to arrange three bundles of papers , and during the proceedings he took copious notes . On the names of the jury being called over , Rush said he had no objection to the jury , but he trusted that if any gentleman was about to be

      sworn who had expressed any opinion on his character he would retire . The Crown challenged Mr . Field , of Cottcshall , g r o c er , and another gentleman was appointed in his place . The pleadings having been read , Mr . Sergeant Byles proceeded to open the case . The learned sergeant Stated all tho transactions between the prisoner and the deceased , and read copious extracts from- a pamphlet published by Rush , relative to legal proceedings between him and Mr . Jenny , " Several letters were also read . The prisoner frequently interrupted the learned sergeant in his speech , by asking questions which were overruled by the court . Mr . Sergeant Byles spoke about onehour and three quarters .

      'Ihe prisoner here requested that the witnesses should go out of court , and not be allowed to hold communications togetlier , especially Mr . Cairn , attorney . The Court decided that all the witnesses should leave the court . The first witness called

      was Rokert Kerr , who proved the models of Stanfield Hall and Potash farm . James Quay , surveyor , produced plans of Stanfiold-hall Estate and the Farm . Jonx J . Cass , solicitor for the prosecution , proved that , on tho 2 nd of December last , ho ¦ w ent io Potash ITarm , attended by police officers , and in a closet in a parlour of the house a board of the floor was taken up , and a '' fix discovered containing papers , and among ' . ¦ i ! ieri vno agreement dated lUth October , Idid , ili - iiIw ' . ' dated the 21 st of Sovcmber , 1845 , another . !\ e ¦ '< ••>{ of October , 1 S 48 . Found at Felmingham , r .-ii 0 ' ¦ /> th of December . 18-18 . in a carpet bag " which .-.-. ¦ ¦ - . iJitaiiici ' , u an ivon chest , a ilivu ' l . / a let ¦< -.-, i . l' j ; C ' irh A ;¦ ' •;• , . !¦•'¦••¦ % . mii ¦ < \ i-v-i- tVoiii Mr . Uv" : vi > s . -iiCi ! J _; d <>' ' - ' ' l ; - ' .- . .-ic . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ >' h ;< s '> i ' . Triii

      a notice ; .-i !; ivii th . ' i . i . i- .. i ' v . ' uy . - ; . ; , \ („ . ;•„•; , •; . 184- ' .- auciiici- i . jitcd ti .-i : i ' . 'ti' . "' . £ .: ;¦ , [' - ¦ ¦¦ -. ; -. : . id of the 1 i ;! i ' ' ' i-i- ^ or . 1- \ ^ Uuv- ^ -id a -a- ;> vUcuor by . 'i per .-oi- '' i ' :, e nai-ieof : >' i- '" . c .-s . \ --ovo !; " ! . >' i .-m the salne iu the SluUe-, ot ll'l :. I'iv . j / . eiMbcr . '• :.-- ;;; notice dated 23 rd October , lB-iA ; two notices signed by the ]> risoner , and dated in the month of October , ISiS ; and a letter from Reeves to tho prisoner , of the 30 th of September , 184 $ , This witness on being cross-examined by the prisoner , admitted having examined three " witnesses the day after . Prisoner : What did I tell you in confidence , as my solicitor , on the Thursday after the first examination ? The Judge thotigfit that was a question which it would be most improper to have either put or answered . ( To the witness )

      Wore you ever his solicitor ' Witness : Sever . — Hush then put several questions to the witness , endeavouring to extract from him that he was engaged as his solicitor , but which he denied . I never heard the prisoner complain of not being allowed to have a solicitor till after lie was committed , which was on the Mth December . 1 think he complained on the Oth January . On the 1 th December , Mr . Penson , the governor of the castle , asked me if I was acting as solicitor for the prisoner , and I told him I was not . The magistrates sometimes refused to allow the prisoner to put questions directly to Mis ,- ! Sandford . I cannot say that was tlic case at first , or till after his

      violent conduct . Rush complained that Miss Sandford was placed at the examination in sueh a position so that he could not sec her . Witness deposed that prisoner ' s conduct at that time W . TS SO violent that Miss Sandford could not look at him and afterwards fainted . —Cross-examinat'on continued : I first knew I was to be solicitor for the prosecution about seven Of eight weeks ago . I have been three or four times to Bridewell during the last fortnight to examine Miss Sandford as to her evidence . She wrote out a statement of her own accord before she was confined , about the 5 th February . I cannot say I have prepared her evidence according to that written evidence , but it is included .

      James Watso . y , examined by Sergeant Byles : was butler in the service of tlic late Mr . Jenny , at Stiinfield-liall . I came there in May , IMS . I know the prisoner Rush , lie was often at the haii , and came in at the side door ( which lie pointed out in the model ) . There is a boll at tho door , but the prisoner used to come in without ringing , and went into tho servants' hall . He knew the house . Mr . Jcrmy ' s dinner hour was six o ' clock . On the 23 th of November , Mi * , Jenny , Mr . Jermy , jun ., and his wife , were living in the house with Miss Jenny , whose age is about 14 . There was a groom in the service , and six female servants . The name ofthe cook was Reeve . Chestncy was housemaid . On that ni ght there was a lighted lamp , with a

      reflector , on the table of the staircase-hall , and another lump , at the end of the passage leading to my pantry , There were two wax eaiulles in the diningroom . There was no light in the entrance haU . There is a fireplace under the landing of the stairs , which was lighted that night . Mr . Jenny was frevyucViUy in the habit of going to the porch for a short time after dinner , lie went through the porch door . On tho evening of the 2 S ' th November I was in my pantry , about a quarter past eight , when I heard a report in the direction of the outer porch . My pantry window is near the porch on that side of the houa \ When I heard the report I went out of the pantry for five or six feet towards the passage . There is a corner

      where the pantry passage meets the mam passage , aud I was standing at the corner . I could sec the door under the stairs leading into the staircase hall . When standing there , 1 saw a man coming from the direction of the side-door that leads into the servants' hall . He passed about three feet from me . He moved his left elbow towards me . I saw him go to tho door leading into tho staircase hall . I saw young Mr . Jermy open the door . The door opens to the outside . Mr . Jenny Jenny was coining from the staircase hall towards the servants hall . 'Die man was then about three feet iiom the door . or at Mr Jerm

      I saw the man point a ^ un pistol y Jermy . He fired , and Mr . Jermy Jenny tell down backwards into the staircase hall , upon a mat , which was hmdo . I ran back then into my pantry . YY lulc-1 was there I heard a light footstep , as ot a woman , runniu" from the servants' hall towards the lobby . I also heard a woman screaming . I heard two more reports of fire-arms after the screaming . Tho reports were very quick one after the other . On hearing these I went out ofthe pantry towards the staircase hall . I saw Mrs . Jermy go to the back staircase . She was then running . I saw Chestncy lying in tho lobby opposite the staircase door , about two feet

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      froni the wall . There are now on thai wail t !„> marks Irom tho discharges of these lire-arms . 1 removed Chestney to the back skirease in the paswhat door he went out at . Oil Mr . Jrr . nv was Ivi ,,.-m the porch with his head toward * the " d ,,., r . * n « ST «\& ° xr th 0 mat i X 8 aw him 1 ,:, U' •'" '' o ur •• ' * ' •>' the shots . He was then dead . I went out w mv Gore , a farmer in tho neighbourhood , to -ret assi > - tanee . Came back with him and his son , m . d then I found the body of Mr . Jermv lving irt tinporch . He was wounded in tho left side . When the m m came in , I saw him drop two papers in' tin long passage . I saw one picked up . it had a curci like those produced . The man was abort , and stout .

      I did not see huiage , tberrrws somcthinjr over it . There war luj ^ t-enough to Bee the man ' s general appearance , aaif Inehere it was the prisoner Rush . He had a dark cloak on , long enough to cover Ids aims . Two ireaponf ware in his hands like huge [ pistols . I do not renjetobfr ever saying that tho cloak had acapeyaBdIdo . wat . reiiieiuher if it had . 11 did not see any pfcoea of lead p icked up in tin * passage . I wm questioned in Brown ' s pw on : the nigbt of tbe nmrder , bub tgtj Utth wa * said . I saw MS ; John Oann a * the examination or tin * Wednew ^ f ; I don't remember any one else : s ; ijring anything about a maskv I did not . hear any »»» speak of it ; before . I gave evifeictt in presence » f the prisoner . ' I don 't remember saving aiivthins :

      about the man ' s _ ^ legs . I had not been " shown an- * cloaks taken ftom . Potash Farm before I gave myr evidence . I do no ^' sjjaenmer hartog heard of am ' cloaks being foto'J'tbere I d o not r « nem ber ha v'ing - s aid that the man 's turms were under his cloak , but . Idid not see his alps , ThepwBencrwas proceeding to ask . what ho said , before the- Magistrates , when the Jud gftcantione 4 . iim thatifhe-Jprt . thatquestion he mufftr ^ in thf 38 fesitions im evidence , in which Case tM OWUUMd for 1 w crown Will have the right , to have th & l & "Word la reply . Tho prisoner . said he intendedTOggiit in both de | OHitious in his defence . "ThevjHffi ^ You are quite right to do it , it " you wiah . TMajjeJahto advise ^ ou . a-s-ronr counsel . what the ooniftraHM will bo . "Sbn witness ' s

      depositions werB'tMBamawn him , and lie identified his own sigoAtoilS ^^ pdepdutiouit- were tUnn * read by the olerk of tbftotalte . - Eijjsa . , CiM » wmrf"mpifc « £$ , iritn ^ r , ' and her appea ^ t ^ o ^ t ^^ J * 4 ^ N ^ i |^^^ . ^^ l ^ wa * introduced lying * ' ^ p ^ W ^^/^^ lmtM ^ e ^ i > l \ Ucr , whioh was oorne into court upon ^ 'the shoulders of four men , and in o * d &* to afford ei > fllci « it anwumodation , the witness box was removed and the space near it cleared . The side ofthe bed was *<¦ placed that the face of the unfortunate girl was turned towards the prisoner , and , !>_> - » j « iu . 5 « f pillows , obliquely towards the judge . " She was attended by Mr . Niobolls , the surgcriti , who sat by her during the whole examination . Mr . Prenderg ,-ist was the examining counsel ,. and sin- answered all the questions put by him , as well as tin we put by the prisoner , -with treat firmness -Mid K ** ifid » Mw .

      She said , Hive at Stanfield-hall , and wa # maid tvr Mrs . Jermy , On the evening of the SStli ol " November , about eight o ' clock , I wa * in the . servants' ball when I heard the noise of a gun going off , then another , and then a groan . I went , into tho passage leading towards" tlic butlpr ' . i pantry , and there I met Mrs . Jermv . She said " Watson , Watson , Eliza , Eliza , go f « r Mr . Jermy . " I turned round to her , threw my h-t ' r hand round her waist , and with i » j- Yigiu h and I took h e r hand , and exclaimed , " ' . My dear mistress , what ' s the matter . For God ' " * sake don't go . " She did not sprak , bur looked wild , We went down the passage ton-ether towards the staircase hall . He -rot to

      tindoorway ofthe staircase hall , and I there saw young Mr . Jermy dying upon the floor . I next sa w a mail apparently coming from the dinbtg-rtmm < loi > r . lie had in his right hand , up to the right shoulder , what appeared to me to be a shortgun m-a pistol . He levelled it and shot me . I did not fall directly . Another shot followed immediately afti-r , and ' I saw my mistress ' s arm whirling in the -aw . My mistress ran up-stairs and left me . 1 twisted round several times , and then fell down . I gnw three violent shrieks , and said , " I am going " to die . and no one will come to help me . " Watson , the Junior , came to me and said , " Lord have merry upon us , what ' s the matter 1 " I remember no more til ) I awoke at the bottom ofthe staircase . I found in v-

      self seriously wounded in the hip . 1 can form a clear notion of the man who fired the shot . I saw his head and shoulders . The head was thit on the top ; the hair sot out , or bushy , down tin ; face ; and ho had wide shoulders . Iformod a belief at that rime who the man was . I cannot say I ever had any dou b tin my o w n m i n d , either at tli . it time or siuee . —Mr . Prehdergast : Who do you believe it to be ' . ' Witness : That is the man ( pointing to th » s prisoner . * —The witness in continuation said -. I knew the person of tho prisoner , from lming seen him at Stanfield-hall several times , in the passage . I did not observe anything about the matr * divss . [ T )»

      witness at this stage became faint , and a restorative was administered to her . ] When I first saw him he went towards the porch door , which would be rather sideways from me . When lie shot me , ho was standing about a yard from tlui diuiiig-vwin door , and I was in the staircase hall . 1 had then an opportunity , from the position of the man , to see the full form of his head and shoulders . The r ,- ''? nee ! ' ha ? a peculiar way of ran-viM" 'in »' ¦ i- i'ihi ' . TS . i : ; -: l hevi . *) nrh yarn- -1 ' i •• ?• . i-:-r » f _ t-i * >' . • or !• ' . ' per- 'Tt hftviiic the ¦ - .. :: ! ' ii ; i .-: ii :-i ¦ ¦ : ¦ .,. ' , " . ¦ ' ) : •• ' ; . ? . ' ! , f no ' . ' -iini to ¦ * t . s . ; :: \ . Ll * i : >*; . ¦ ' v ..-

      -y .. << . ' -. < ; ' . M '' . -.--.- . , v . . 'i u--i -..- ' dtv ' - ' . msi ' c-k p ' - ' » -MJ s ; -J : ; ..:-i-.- ; . -. ' . vIk . : -i ¦ ¦ ¦ - \ n-- e '¦ - .: . •¦<• . V- 'fl' . ' -i- - ! i ¦' .- ¦ -- 'fiw . : ' t v .. ¦ ; i ' -. -i ! -0 :.-. ' : V i i . ; e \ : tl , ] -, ¦ ¦ . - ¦ . ¦ • . ;]* ' [ v hu » long the time fi . ua , but- . u % •';< . > very .-. inn . The cross-examination was then continued , and tin witness said : I might have said on my Hr-t examination that after tnefirBtahot I heard a jrrnan . hut I was thsain too much agony to reuu-mU-v everything . The servants' hall-door , leading int » the passage , was open at that time ; and perhaps . 1 might have heard any one walk along that passage If I had been listening , unless they walked very li" ! it indeed . I did not hear any one walk : d < iie

      the passage after the first report . Idreerly i heard it I sat quite still , and said " How silly , " thinkim : it had been some of the servants . 1 could not sec along the passage till I got to the door of the servants'hall . The cook was in the servants" hall . I can ' t say how long the other servants had left thf servants' hall before I heard the iii- > t report , but . three were absent . They were llonnor Holmes , Mary Clark , and Maria Leach . Tho first time 1 saw any of tliem after the murder was when I was lyii .---at the foot ofthe stairs , and then I saw Holmes . They all came to me afterwards , but I did not see rheni . I was too blind , though I knew they were there . 1 tir >; met my mistress at tho corner of the passage . The man was not a second in levelling the gun or pistol at me after I first saw him . lie held it up to his right shoulder , but I saw only one hand ro it . I stated to the magistrates T could not see his drcs , as I had not time . My answer to you about a har

      and cap w & 3 , that " You know best as to that . " —The prisoner here request d that the )> : irt of _ the depositions relative to the dross of the man might be read over again . —The Judge assented , hut i . iitscrved , that as the whole had been read through once , it would be inconvenient to have them repeated over and over again . —The clerk having read the passage , the prisoner said * . Now , I a . » k yon solemnly , m the presence of God , as you have said you saw nothing of the man except the shape of his head and the breadth of his shoufdei-:-. whetheryou can state distinctly that I am the man ? The witness replied : Yes . I said I saw the head and shoulders distinctly enough , aud I bat i ~ what i say again . Tho door ofthe dining-room was parti ; . ' Opened , Utld a light was in the room . —Tie- uitlio- * was then removed from court in the cot mi wlih-h she lay , and the prisoner was allowed to retire for few minutes . When he returned to court ,

      M . IUGARHT RkID , the COOk at Sitanlield-liall , was palled next . She said I had been five months in tin ? house before this transaction . On the ssth of November 1 and Eliza Chestncy were in the servants ' hall , when I heard a report ont-idc of tire-arms about halt-past eight . Two other reports wenheard shortly after . Eliza Giiestney left the hall for tho passage . Almost inmiodiaieiy alter 1 heard another report , followed by suiviims' of a fcinah ' and I rushed to the servants' hall door , which opens to a Ion ? straight passage . I saw Miss Jermy

      running towards the servants' hail , serc'iinimr the whole way , "We shall all be murdered . " I the i saw a man coming along the passage , about seven yards behind Miss Jermy . lie had tire-arms in his right hand , and wore a loose garment like a clunk , which had something like a capo , lie was a low stout man . I think the size and carriage were those of Hush , and the moment I saw him my impression was it was Rush . —The prisoner cross-examined this witness , but her statement remained unshaken .

      W . 1 ' . Nichols , surgeon , examined the bodies ot both the Messrs . Jermy on the 28 th of -November . This witness described the wounds which had caused immediate death . On his cross-examination , he said —I think I took ten or twelve pieces of lead from each body . Mr . Tunnally had most of them , but . Mr Hanks got one or two . J . \ . vi ) -: s Tunnally , surgeon at Wymondliam , produced the angular pieces of lead taken from the bodies , wei ghing , each piece , from eleven to chircuou grains , ami numbering about fifteen in all .

      —Crossexamined : More pieces were taken out of the bodies than those nroduced , and mure , I mained in the bodies . EmvAuo Harybx having been called as witness , TllC PniSOKKB Said , ho bad , i ;> r . l ) Vd , * w < for this witness ' s depositions , and " had not plied with them till last night ; he , therefore , that any other witnesses rather might be evening instead . T ) ic Ji'dob , on this ap plication himigma' . immediately adjourned the court at ! KV « u till nine next morning .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 31, 1849, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_31031849/page/1/