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      PROVDCCIAI . AGITATION

      Gosforth , Nokthumbb * lasd . —A meeting rf this branch of the Northern Union was beld oh Friday ev « ninjr , the 7 th irat . Mr . Harney attended , gsd in * lengthy aad forcible speech exphiaed the « Manifesto" of the Convention to ais aaditore : th « rpeaker ra listened to throughout with breathless ataatiaa . At the eeaeluaoB of ais address a vote ti tkinks , with three hearty cheers , wu given for jfceir true representative , and Mr . Harney baring mother meeting to attend that evening , left the vilkge amid the repeated prayers and pledges of sapport of those who had heard him .

      " rTgSTMOOB . —From Gorfbrth Mr . Harney preceded to this place , and although the hour wa * late , a very numerous meeting was found assembled , Mr . Barney , in one of the best speeehe * we haw heard Me maie , riTetted the attention of his auditors by pointing out the atrocious evils of the present c&nniisl system , amid repeated marls of approbation froai tie meeting . A very considerable number of tfce fair sex wsre present , and who enthusiastically responded to the eloquent appeals of the speaker . After Mr . Harnev g address , and its visible effect tponhe women of this district , we venture to preiiet , with certain truth , that however apathetic the Ben Bay have hitherto been , they ( the women ) will take care that W&stmoor shall no longer be found keeping .

      v > iklatoh . —A meeting was held at this patrio-6 e village on Saturday last : it having been ansouacec that Julias Haraey would be present , an nnsssal prepantion for his reception was saoa txlibited . About seven o ' clock Mr . HaxEey arrived , tad was met st the entrance of the vill&ga by a rcmerous procession , accompanied by tbe band , with haacers . Sec . & . c . Tho mottos were of the real eesorrratic port : the loilewinR are specimen * : — * fie Hat hath ne sword , let him sell hi * garment and bey-cBe ; " - 'They take the house from tbe fatherless , asd the shed from the hungry ; " " My ktosts shall be drnni with biood , asd ' my sword ti&ll devour flesh ; " " War in each breast , asd

      freedon on each brow ; " " If they « bey not , they shall perish by the sword , " &c . &c . Mr . "Wilkinson was called to tke chair , and having briefly opened the koines * , introduced Dr . Hume , of Newcastle , who k an eloquent and impressive speech moved the first resolution , to the effect— " That the men of Wialiren were determines to obtain the Charter without delay , ' peaceably if they could , bat forcibly if th « y urn . ' " The resolution being seconded , was carried tnaaimously . The Chairman then introduced Mr . Harney to the meeting . Mr . Harnej ' s appearance

      wa ? ereetea wita cater * lond and long-continufd . : ke entered ax great lecgtb into tia subject of hi * ondast in the Convention , and aftw pointing oat the social changes to be effected only by and through tie Peopk ' s charter , proeeeced to discuss the questions contained in the " Manifesto . " After a * doq-ent appeal to the fair sex , he concluded by propping a resolution to the effect of forming a Female Political Union , and fat dow « amiist entba * iutic ieeriug . Tbe resolution being seconded , was carried ntanimooslv . Mr , Charlton moved the third

      r esoianoa— " That haring the most unbounded con-£ itnM ia George Julian Harney , we hereby retcrs km as our representative to the Convention , pledgkg ourselves to support him by all pecuniary and jwral means , aad by oar right arras , if necessary . " Ib * reBojaoopbang seconded , wan earned nnani Bously . " firVffariey ' ^ ffff r tpBed i aa » proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which was given with three cheers . Three cheers were then given for Julian Harney , thre * for the Convention , tbret for the Wial&ton hand , and tbe meeting then epiraied .

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      COUBT OF QUEEN ' S BENCH , Saturday , JUNB 8 . ( Sitting ! in Banco . ) THB CHKBW * . FROST ASD AKOTHEB . Tae ATTOiSBT-GESBRAi begged , although h was not a motion day , to b « allowed to move for leave to file a criminal information against John Frwt asd John Partridge for publishing a placard eonuiniBg , a libel reflect : ug on Mr . Tbemas Philli p * , jun .. 2 aajor ai the borough uf Newport ,

      Monmoa : ajnirt , ami a magistrate of that eoonty . From the affidavits it would appear that there aad been serious disturbances at Newport , in which persons calling themselves C -. artists were concerned . Several of the ringleaders were taken into custody ad brooght before the magistrates , among whoot »** Mr . i * failhps , and other measares were adopted to prevent other such meetings . Upon these pro-• etcings caking place , a placard was posted up which wu signed by Froar ^ aad of which Parbidgt ? u the printer . Tbe parts ol the plaeard to which ke wished t « call attectiea were these : — " One of

      toe most noisy brawlers for Befarm was Thomas Pai . upi , the mayor of Monmonth , and this insolent Elan , sprung from what he is pleased to call the lower orders , ii now the most Bitter persecutor of those who advocau a real Re ; orm of the Hon * e ef Coamons . " In another part Frost said , " Od Siairday , when tbc ^ were broaght before this Biajorj I informed km that I was ready to prove that tkej -were innocent , aad t- » ld him that be had eoniemaed them wicfloat bearing eridecee in their f » - W . I said tkat tneir witnesses were refused admission into the room when the examination was foisg on . He , ia a mo * t impudent manner , refused to examine them ; he rtquired bail to a large

      aaoaut lor tneir appearance at tbe quarter » e » - ¦ 02 s , and alio to be of good behaviour , aai if bail had Bot bten procured , these innocent * ea would tave been sent to gaai . '" The most ^ jecnonable part of the placard , however , was th- foiiowing : — "The men oi ths Nori of Englaad use language of this sort . "We say they seek fc jasriee for oarselves and OHrfamilies ; in doiugso »« t ^ ep wi thin the limits of the law ; if others exc *« the limit * , if our iead-. ng men be imprisomed , 2 » violence hanng been eofflmitted , why then we ¦ fioald consider that a coal-pit is qsite as safe a ? ' iice for a tyrannical peraecutor , as a gaol for an iasocent Chartist . " He would submit that this

      ]* n contained a direct incentive tt violence , because i&sre was taore thaa a sc ^ rgeBtion to thro w tbe ma * pstrates into a coal pit , of which there were many is skat part of the country . The placard then pro-6 i * as < i : — ' The Moamoath siagiaff * res threaten w ^ is licenses from public-houses if Chartist neetlfig » be held in those hooses . Here is a pretty te « ricy for tbe public : threaten to deprive a man ° f his livelihood if he ia in favour of Reform in tbe Hsuse of Commons!—Countrymen , —This is a r *' . e of slavery which cannot be longer home ; bt fca , » e peaceable , and our righteotu cause wi ; l oetf-ed . " This placard WMsigmed by Frost . The * % iaal had been seen ia the possession of

      Parfciige , the manuscript was in tbe handwriting of Srost , and it was sworn that Partridge was the FJBter . He ( the Attorney-General ) treated that « had shown sufficient to induce the Court to grant fc = application . Lord Dekman —Take a rule .

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      ARREST , EXAMINATION , AND COMMITMENT OF DR . M'DOUALL , MEMBER OF THE CONTENTION , AND OF JOHN BRADLEY , OF BYDE . The bloody "Whi gs are pursuing their bloody career as hard as they can drive . Dr . M'Douall , of Ramsbottom , and a simple honest man , named John Bradley , a clogger , of Hyde , have both been arrested ^ examined , and committed , at tbe instance of the Wnig Magirtrates of that district , ob a charge of addressing an illegal meeting , at Hyde , and of using inflimmatory language . The meeting in qaestion was convened on the 22 nd of April , at the Vforking Men ' s Institution , a procession having matched from Ashton with Mr . M'Douall . This

      jpesbng was atteaded by Gatiey , th * spy , in character of deputy constable of Hyde , and two subor-« iinate spiw , his assistants , whe made depositions before Capt . Clarke aed J . Turner , m consequence of which a warrant was issued for the apprebensioa of M'Douall and Bradlty . Strange to say , howeTer , although the warrant was issued immediately aftt-r the preeeedings of tbe meeting had been communicated to tbe Magistrates , it was never executed until Saturday night last , whea Mr . J . S . Barratt , the Special High Constable for the Stockport Division of Cheshire , went over t » RamsDott-m , near to Bury , and apprehended Mr . M'Douall at hit residence . The fact ef Mr . M'Dauall having Deen taken into custody was soon made known to hii

      friends , and on Monday Hjoruing they vrent in eon-^ iderable numbers from Ashton , Stockport , N « wton , &c- to Hyde , to hear tbe examination . Tbe prisoners were conveyed from Stockport to the Commercial Inn , Hyde , in one of Messrs . Broraley and Newton ' s omnibuses , in custody of Barratt , and were escorted by a squadron ef Dragoons , and about 200 nf the g 6 di Light Infantry . "When they arrived at Hjde the town was in a state of c « n » ide ' rable ex . cite m ^ it , - » ast multitude * of people assembling from all quarters . When they arriTed at the Inn the cavalr y were placed in front of tbe house for its protfction ' . About 200 of the 86 th Foot weru plated on the right of the Inn , aad about fifty of the 10 h occupied sobs di » tanee from the houne ' on the left .

      Immediately below the last-mentioned soldien was a fine , green slope , deasely cohered with men , women , and children , who sat down upon the grass with the ' greatest possible wrap ; .- *;; re , ihe stillne <« being only interrupted by occasional cheers for the soldiers . Tbe liae of road in front of tbe houxe atid beyond the soldiers wa * also covered with people , all aaxiossly waiting to hear the result of the examination . Tne Court was crammed te excexs ; and it was cot without considerable citnouirv , acd repeated r « fii * ale of admission , that our reporter made his way info the room where the prisoners were beiDg-examined . Tb » room was but a small ene , capable ot holding about 200 pwple . At one end of it sat , = at a tab . e , tbe magistrates—Cspt . Clarke

      and J . Turner , E * q . ; also thtir clerk afeil hi * partner ; also I * aae Hodgson , E « q ., tbr Rex . Mr . Atken , Minister of the Church at Hyde , Mr . Edward Clarke , « o * of Captain Clarke , and Mr . Tnrr * r , surgeon , besides two or thrre military officers . We give , below , a full account of the proceedings a * they occurred , only remarking en the strangeness and injustice , as well , perbapn , as the illegality , at all events , of the uncommon practice of bringing witnesses into Court t » swear to depositions against the prmnier * which were taken in writing some months ago . There wan ne evidence given » fmr w » hr *• witwsw * , Tfeeir deposition were simply read over to th * m , atid they were a * ked whether the statements contained in these

      documents Were true . There was , therefore , no fair opportunity for anything like cro ** -exa < ninatioB . What i « Mill more strange , we know for a certainty that I 1 CH WITNESS HAS A COPT OP HIS DEPOSITIONS 1 » o that he may have hisstory thoroughly nff i > y heart when he come * to give evidence at the trial . In proof of thi * , tb « very depositions jjiren below are taken from a copy in po * sei > ion of the witEe ^ e * , tbe magistrates and their clerk * having ' refused to allew asy of the reporters * eTen to see the deposition * ' which were read in Cout :, and which were rambles over in such a manner a * evidently with the intention of precluding both cross examination , and the reporters from takieg anything like accurate notes of what the witnesses testified . To

      uus , as ^ ll seen , Mr . Cobbett , who defended Mr . M'Douall , very properly objected , bnt his objectiess were overruled by the Magi « tra'e * . The warrant sets forth , that u John Gatiey . of Hyde , constable , has made infermation and complniat npon oath before ns the nud ? rsigned . two of her Majesty ' s justices nf the p ^ ace for the said county ( Chester ) , mat Pettr M'Donall , of Ramsbottom , in the cocBTy of Lancaster . snr ^ eoD , and John Bradley , of Hyde , aforesaid , dogger , and divers other evil-disposed per «> ns unknown , with fire-arms , flags , banners , and bands of nansi :. on

      the night ol Monday , the 22 nd day of . April instant , at Hyde , aforesaid , unlawfully , riotously , and tuxnnltuopfly , did assemble and meet together , te tha great disturbance and terror ef her Majesty ' s lieg <» subject ^ , and in breach of the peac ? , and did also then and there , whilst so assembled as aforesaid , confederate and conspire togetLer , by means ol seditions and inflammatory speeches to excite disccBten : and disaffection amongst her Majesty ' s < abj-- cts , and to bring the Government as by law established iut- ' > hatred and contempt , against the pe&c ? of-our Lady Queen , her crown and dignirv . " : .

      The prisoners were then brought into court ; and Mr . HiDbert , of the firm of Chorlton and Hibbm , wlicitcrs , Hyde , stated the nature of the charge against the prisoners . He -laii thii was an informatioa laid igaiast Peter M'Dcnall and John Bradlt-y . eharg'ng them with haring attended an anlaw . ful meeting held in the township of Hyde , on the night ! of the 22 ad of April . The magistrates were doubtless aware , that meerings bad been held at Hvde , and the towns in the neighbourhood , of large bodies of working people . It was far from his ( Mr . Hibbertfs ) iotention to « ay . that they bad no right , to attend public meetings for the purpose of discussing political o ^ uestioBs , k > long as t&ey observed and kept within the bonads pre ^ nibed by the law . He waa sorry to say , that , in the case

      now before the Bench , it would appear , that , under preten . ee of holding a meeting for a legal purpose , the conduct of the parties then before the court was of the most alarming character , and the tendency of their speeches was to alarm the public , and prthlae * a breaeh of the peace ; and their conduct , and ihe general character of the meeting , was that of . anunlawful Mjsanbly . Themeeting took place on the evening of the 22 nd April , about nine o ' elock ; but , before it commenced , a considerable body et people , met together in the town of Hyde , and proceeded ftience on the read to Ashton , and , upon their return , were accompanied by M 'Douall . They afterwards held a meeting , of which Bradley acted as chairman , and the other prisoner ( M'Douall ) made s speech , the tendency of which wad clearly ille £ al .

      Mr . Hibbert then called John Gatiey , the deputy constable , end was shout to read over the deposition made by Gatiey , prior to the issuing of the warrant , when Mr . Cobdett objected to the depositions being read , aud submitted that the witness must give his evideaoe vica v&ce , which must be taken down in the presence of the prisoners . Mr . Hibbert said the law was clear that the magistrates had the power to take down a deposition when they issued their warrant ; and if they were satisfied teat there waa a complete case against the parties , then they were jus titled in acting upon that deposition . All that was requisite was to read over the depoaitioH , and then tie defendant was at liberty , by himself or his legal adviser , t » crossexamine the witness . Ths Magistrates over-ruled Mr . Cobbett s objection , and Mr . Gatley ' d deposition was read . It waa to the foflowing effect : —

      - « John Gatiey , deputy -constable of Hyde , said , about half-part seven o ' clock on Monday nijffet , the 22 nd day of April insU a large number ot p . T *> ns calling ihtMewes Chartists inet at ihe WorkiEjt Maa's Institution in Hyde , and formed themselves in procession . They tnen proceeded towards the Cotion Tree , in NoWton , with a band of munt , and banner * , bavirg inscribed en them . " Eqp-1 . ia ** aad equal rights , " ' No property quannoatioiv " Universal Safirage , " and other inscriptions which

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      I tould not distinctly read . The proceggioa returned to Hyde , with Peter M'Doaall , a little after nine o ' clock , and the numbers had then greatly increased , and would amount , I should think , to between three and four thousand . They had then two bands of music with them , and h * Id the meeting by the side of the Working Men ' s Institution , and Mr . M'Donall addressed the meeting from the outside of one of the windows of the institution . The first expressions 1 heard him we were ia allusion to jjovernment , whom he condemned for prosecuting Stephens , and he called them a blood-thirsty set of Whigs . He Raid , " I advise the men , women , and children of Hyde to do an they are doing all ever the kingdom—to get arms , and be ready for th « great

      strugf le . " He said he had been to all parts of the country to enlighten the people , the « ame as he had done in this part of the country . He said the Chartbts could eurily take po »« asion of tha Tower ia LondoB , with ita 200 , 000 stand of arms : and there wwe plenty of gunsmiths * shops whure they could get many thousand ureas , by a person going and kicking his foot through the door . He said fifty d ¦ termmed men conld arm all London , and that London Chartists would be ready to naeet the people of this part of the country on three days ' notice . The people sheuted * We are ready . ' and some one fireu off a pistol . M'Uouall further said , —If the People ' s Charter was refused , he hoped to be with them at the great day of struggle ; and after

      a shen pau ? e , he said , 'But 1 wiil be with you , and stand and fight with you to the last . ' He said , if the noldiern came down , he would advise them not to go a few together , for the soldier * would fire on them if they did * , but the people should all go in a body , with swords , pistole , and pikes , and face the soldiers face to face , and then th « soldiers would not fire on them . Mr . M'Donall said they dare not try Stephens ; ' and again advi » e < l the people all to be ready ; and said it w * s eo crime to enter a gunsmith ' s * hop , any mire than it was to enter a cotton factory . He said those who could not get arms should get lucifer matches , ar . d have them on their finger ends , for hmfer raatch >* s were Tery cheap . He said he had

      been to Locrion , Chatham , Sheernes ? , and other psru of the kir gd om , and that five out of seven of ihe officers , both in the army and navy , wero in the people ' s favour ; and that the soldiers were gettirg petitions in favour of the Charter signed au » ongst ihemselve * , so that there was nothing to fear front t h * soldi ' rs . Al'Douall said he understood that Colonel Sibthorp wanted to know what the pikes were for . He said he could soon let him know what they were for , if i ^ ey re ! us « i 3 granting the people ' s Charter , He said about thiny ge-od stout-hearted farmem' sons , with bill-honks , would do a deal of execution in a good cause like theirs . He said one

      stout inaB , with a bill-hook , in a good cause , would do mora than & scamping fellow in a red jacket hired for tenpence a day , with either gun , sword , or pistol . He spoke much about rockets , mortar * , clap * , and other coinbustiblos , and slid they would be very useful . The neeting was addressed by Iwo other individual * , whom I did not know , wh » spoke rn&chin the same strain as M'Douall ; but as several putols were then discharged , and much noise prevailed , 1 eould not catch the wholf of any sentence which thosi speakeiB uttered . John Bradley , o { Rjde , took the chair . Tae meeting brok * up near eleven o ' clock .

      Gatiey was then a-ked whether the above statement was true . He replied in the affirmative . Mr . Cobbett said that , under the circumstances , he should decline asking any questions . The deposition » f Georg * N'ichol ' s , of Hyde , constable , was next road . It stated that , " on the evening of the 22 nd April , he saw a great number of pe'ple assembled at the Working Men ' s Association—a large building at Hyde . That was about half past tern o ' clock . They formed a procMtdon and marched away . About nine o ' clock he saw a large body of meu coming from towards Newton to Hyde , by Flowery Field , and were accompanied by two bands of msric , Witness followed the party to ihe Working Men ' s Association , where the

      prisoner , John Bradley , was addressing the crowd from the window place—the window having been taken out . Bradley wai the chairman . He told tho people to be qaiet , for Mr . M'Douall was going to address them . Mr . M'Douall was the person . He came forward , and * aid the reason why the Charter had been kept back was , that tae people in London had been kept back . He said h- > had not advised the people to buy arms in London , because there were 200 . 000 si and ot arms in the Tower , and they nrghi get arms by kicking open the doors of the guxsmithV shop * , and then tney might get the

      Charter at three day * ' notice . Amongst other remarks , ke said , ' 1 wi ' . l be with you to the last 'and several pistols were fired . He said that thirty farmers' sons would be able te do a good deal of execution , and said that the people had only to seize on the arms in the gunsmiths' shop * , and return them again whea they had done wiih them . He mentioned Colonel Sihthorp , and said tbev conld let him know what thvy got the pike * for . A man named Priest made a short speech , and at the latter pirt of the meeting a collection was made to deiend Stephen * , and ia support of tha Charter . ' '

      Nicholls swore that hit deposition was substantially correct . Mr . CeBBETT declined asking him any questions . The depositions of Isaac Bradshaw , another constable of Hyde , were next read . They corresponded , is substance , with the depositionspf the previous witnesses , with the exception that the witnessdidnot precisely hear whether the number of arms in the Tower of London were two huadred or two hundred thousand . This was the case for the prosecution . The examinntion of tte several witnessed being finished , or rather the depositions being read , for it could hardly be said to be an examination ,

      Mr . Cbbbett rose and said thnt he had only to say , on beLaH of his client , that he must now decline entering upon any defence whatever . He was induced to decline any defence on the grounds he had already stated , aud on further considering the manner ia which the whole case had been got up and conducted . This was tbe course which , in justice te his client , and with a view to the interest of his ca * e , he felt bound to pursue . Capt . Clarke ( without appearing to consult for a moment with his brother Magistrate ) said—We shall purnne the course marked out for us by law . and by the evidence given in this case . We shall send tne parties to another Court for trial . Mr , Cobbett—I suppose you will liberate the prisoners on bail ? Capt . Clarke—Certainly , if sufficient bail be produced .

      Mr . CHonLTes—Perhaps this is a case of sufficient importance to require the custemsry notice that enquiry may be made as to the respectability of the bondsmen . Capt . Clarke—If the parties are knows to he responsible per » oni > , we snail not deem any aotiee to be requisite ; but if they are not known , of course we shall require the usual netice . Dr . M'Douall then intimated his desire to address the Court on the nat&re of the case , and on the evidence by which that ca » e was supported . Mr . Chorlton ( to Mr . M'Donall)—If you have any thing to say , it must be said in such a manner

      tbat it may be taken down in writing , and inay be produced as evidence against you at your trial . 1 suppese you are aware that it must be taken down . Mr . Cobbett—If my client wishes to address the court on this ca « e , 1 do not see that he is under any obligation to state what he has got to say in such a manner that it m « y be taken down in writing . 1 gra&t that a speech as taken here is evidence , and may be produced as evidence on tha trial . I have not seen my client for a long time before I saw him here this mcrning . My _ advice to him is , tbat he should say nothing , considering the present state of the case .

      Mr . Chorlton—It appears to me that the MaKistrute 8 cannot hear any adcirtffcs urg-t ^ mentum ad hominnu unless they are determined to oommit such address , or such statements to . writing . He then proceeded to quota the law of the case relative to persons commuted for felony . Mr . Cobbett eaid this was not a case of felony , and therefore the law could Hot be applicable . Mr . Chorlton—It was a case of misdemeanour , and the law was equally applicable in either case . ( To the > la | istrate *)—If he declines to acswer this charge , it appears to me , that you , a * magistrate ? , cannot allow him to addrefg the Court . Capt . Clakke—If he chooses to address anything to the Court i-t must be Uken down in writing . Mr . Cborlto . n—It appears to m ? . that before

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      the prisoner addresses anything to the court , he must determine upon its being reduced te writing . Capt . CiARKK—If yon say anything , are too agreeable to speak ia such a way as it may betakes down in writing ? ' Mr . Connerr—I confess I don't quite understand the doctrine of tho learned Cleric to the Magistrates . I never heard before that a prisoner wm not at liberty to . address a Conn in any of these casps ia hu own defence , ia any way he might choose j and I have seen a good many ca * es before the Magistrates . , 1 refer particularly te the case of Mr . Stephen * , which was h-ard at the New Bailer only the other day . What I said u th«—that I wish , " him to b *» aware that if he should say anything to the Court ifmay be adduce *

      at evidence against him on Jus trial . ' Mr . CAorlton—Or for Km Mr ^ CeBBETT—Certainljr ji ' oti It cannot b « Her him : it ny ^ ftbe again st him . I never y « t knew a prisoner give evidence in bis owu ease . * '¦ •' & >< Mr . Chorlton * -If you wish , for lair upon that point , I wul jjife « you . Mr . Cobbett said that Mr . M'Douall nright not be capable of speaking soslowiy that what he might say might be taken down in writing , except by a professional shorthand writer . As hi » legal adviser , however , I shall advise him to say nothing ; bot if he does , he certainly is not bound to speak » o a * to suit the convenience of a person Who may have to write what b . e mny have to say . Mr . Chorlton—Yon , as Magistrate * , are bound to hear all he kas to Bav .

      Capt . Clarke said that there could be no objection to hear what the prisoner had to say . Such parts of his statement as might be considered material might be takea down . Mr . Chorlton thought tbat coarse waa hardly legal , and might detain the court a long lime , as the pnsoner would probably introduce a variety of topics which were irrelevant to the case . Mr . Cobbett—If he did , no the magistrates conld ? beck him . It would » o . t , perhaps , be expected that he should counne himself altogether to the statement of the witnesses . There was of course a discretion in tbe magistrates to stop the prisoner if they considered his statement did uot bear upon the evidence . At the same time a great deal depended upon a man ' s ingenuity in conducting a defence , and in determining in his bwk mind what was relevant and what was not

      Capt . Cl * hke—Yes ; it must of course b « with the ducretien of tbe ceurt . Mr . Chorlton—On , rererrins ; to tha Aet itself , I see the words are , that two justice * of Ihe peacw before they shall admit to bni ) , and before thej shall commit to prison for misdemeaaour , shall take the examinations , and shall pal / the same or a * much thereof as may be material into writing . When the prisoner made any statement which might appear to the magistrates to be material , the magistrates aught check him , in order that it might be put down . Capt . Clarkb—It is quite adviinble that whatever may be said should apply to tbe ease now before us .

      Mr . Turner —( The other magistrate)—Ik is quite impessiUe w « can allow , any address unless u be spoken no slowly tbat it may be taken down . Mr . Choklton thought that the prisoner was net to be confined ; bnt be certainly must speik with that deliberation and slowness to enable the magistrates to take down what he said . Mr . M'Douall was certainly not well versed in law ; but from all tbat he hat seen of the practice wf courts , he did not think that he war under any obligation to ( . peak so as to suit the convenience of those who might wish to-take down what he said . Mr . Choblton—Could you divide yonr subject into compartments , so that we might take down tbe bawls ? - i "t Mr M'Donall—I never divide mynubjeett beforehand .

      Mr . Chorltok—I mean could yon not divide it s Clergyman do their sermons . If you could separate such pnrt » as are material to this case , and then speak et those point * that are not material it would do . Mr . M'Douall—I certainly may sot have the power of arrangement like you—at any rate such in not my practice . Mr . Chorlton then proposed that Mr . M'Donall should engage some ef the reporters to take down what be laid ; and in thut case it would be uoneoessary for him to be checked by tbe Magistrates . Mr . Cobbett said that Mr . M'Donall wa * under no obligation to engage a reporter « r to furnish the Magistrate * with a copy of anything hemigbt have to sav .

      Mr . Chorlton observed that there were several reporters present ai ) d perhaps some of them would furnish it gratuitously . ( Laughter and shaking of heads ameng the reporters . ) ' Or perhaps the Court would engage one or » fie gentlemen to take down what the prisoner had to say . The Court then assented to the proposal , bnt on application being made to the reporter * they all » oemed disposed to decline the employment . Capt , CLARK » said that it would perhaps * be better not to deviate from die usual custom , aud that tbe Clerk should take down what was said from the pnsoner . Mr . M'Douall—1 wish to know whether I am to address tha Court or aot ? Whether ! am to be allowed to purs-e my own course in anything I may have to say ? Whether I may be allowed to speak upon thin sa » e and the evidence by which it ia supported as I please ?

      Mr . Turner—Certainly , if you speak so as the Clerk may take it down . Are you disposed , ( addressing himself to Mr . M'Douall ) to speak so that the Clerk can take down what you have to say ? Mr . M'Douall—For Fome time I will . He then made the foiiowing statement : ' * I consider that the extraordinary manner ia which the business of this Court is condncted , being in my opinion avialation of all justice and law , and at the same time seeing that I am denied the privilege ot speaking upon this case , in the manner and at the speed which 1 should consider proper to be placed before the world ; also perceiving that the opinions of

      tne magistrates are already made up , and the course of their proceedings decided upon , I hereby decline making aRy further remarks . " John Bradley , the other priwmer , was then called npon for his defence , and ssid , " I do not see that there w any charge against me , therefore I have nothing to say . " Mr . Choklton ( to the magistrates )—You have determined upon holding them to bail ? Captain Clarke—Yes ; the sureties we shall require in the case of Mr . M'Douall are—himself in £ 500 and two sureties of £ 250 each ; and in that of the other prisoner , himself in £ 60 and two sureties in £ 30 each .

      The prisoners were then committed to take their trial at the next Cheshire Assizes . Isaac Bottomley and John Oluham gave bail for Bradley , which was accepted ., Abel Williamson , shopkeeper , Ashton , and Robt . Seel , auctioueer , Dukintield , were announced as bail for Mr . M'Douall . The Court waited nearly an hour for the bondsmen in Mr . M'Douall ' a case , and messengers were sent in different directions to find them . After much exertion and anxiety on the part of tbe friends of the prisoner , the parties could not be fonnd , which , however , arose from some misunderstanding among thems * lves as to the time when their presence would be required . The consequence was that the Court determined upon sending Mr . M'Douall back to Stockport , the magistrates stating that they would go to Stockport themselves on the following morning , and release the prisoner at twelve o ' clock if sufficient bail waa produced .

      Mr . M'Douall , after shaking hands with some of bis friends in court , waa taken out aad placed in an omnibus , for the purpose of being conveyed to Stockport . All being ready , the dragoons dre * theirj | words as if abbut to commence action . This was viewed wfth ' some apprehension by some of the women in the crowd , wno indicated their fears by a shriek . They theu wheeled to the right-about , and trotted off in front of the omnibus amid the lond cheew of the people , which caused considerable prancing of the hewes . The infantry , with , fixed bayonets followed , and after them a considerable concourse of people paraded the town , headed by the Ashton band . A great number of people soon after assembled at tbe Working Men ' s Association— a bnildins capable of holding nearly 2 , 000 persons , where they w « -re addressed by Bradiey , the prisoner who had been released on bail . ' We have nut hrurd of auy disturbance occuniag in Hyde affr r these procreiiLgs .

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      KTSE . —After the examination of the two prisoner * M'Douall and BradWy , th « town of Hyde was more thap ever in a state of excitement , on account of the promised bail aot being therp in time ; the consequence was the little Dr . had to be again escorted to th « Stockport Bailey by some naif dozen constables and a troo p of Dragoon *; the peaceful inhabitants seeing this began to assemble in thousands round the Working Men ' s Institution , when Samuel Royse , corresponding Secretary to the Working Men ' * Association , went and addressed them for a short time , and then moved an adjournment to the open air , when not lew than 15 , 000 men , women , and children assembled together to hear the proceedings of the Court , which wax riven

      by Mr . Bottomley , amid the cheew and groans ol the assembled multitude . Tbe meeting was afterwards ° addressed by gentlemen from Ashton and from Stockport , in the moot determined manner , one and all of the speaker * aitr ? eiug together , that ( b » Conveation oaght imnustiatrty tabev called together to devise seme plan for thu people whereby they might pnt a stop to the arrests that was taking place all over tie country , they tho people thinking that something elso ought to be done instead of talking . They had beeu praying and talking till they began to bt tired of it , and had now begun to think ot working , when Mr . Bradley , who having been liberated on bail , came forward to address tbe meeting amid tbe most tremendous cheering , which rent the air . He spoke to the followiag effect : — Ladies aad Gentlemen of Hyde , for what cause

      have they arrested me r is it because I have beon more determined than yon ? or is it because 1 have displayed more talent than you ? Ne , my friends , it is because they wanted to show to the world , that it was not only M'Douall they wanted , but any one who addressed public meetings ; but the fact was they knew that Dr . M'Douall dwelt in the hearts of the people , and they wanted to take him from them . ( Hear , henr , aad loud cheers . ) Why , my friends , am I the first Chairman tkat has been arrested ? The reason is , my friends , rh I tald you before , because they wanted the Dr . ; but think net that my being arrested will silence me . No , I will never rest satisfied till we have those rights which the God of Nature intended we should have ; you ought not to have H keep so many idlers . But him tbat would not work , neither should he eat . An present we have to say with the poit

      Shelly—The need we spw another reaps , 1 be wetUh u e get another heap *; Tha ololh wn weave another wean , Tho arms we forga Mother beam . After some other few remarks , Mt . Bradley retired amid three tinvis three , and one cheer mare . It was announced that a public moetiug womld be beld at tbe Working Man ' s Institution at eight o ' clock ; the meeting then quietly dispersed . At eight o ' clock , tbe doors of tbe Institution were opened , and in a few mianle * the room was crowde * almost to suffocation . Mr . Evan Thomas , a Welahman was ealled to the chair , and opened the meeting in a most masterly style . The meeting was afterwards addressed by the following gentlemen Messrs . Lancaster , Co « k , Bottomley , Royse , Goodfellow , and Bradley , who spoke much in the same

      strain an in the afternoon . After a vote of thank * was given to the chairman , and three cheers for M'Douall and Bradley , the meeting with credit to themselves peaceably separated . On Tuesday morning , the door * of the Working Men ' s Institution had to be opened again at nine o ' clock , « b account of tbe colliers refusing to work at tbe same place where Nioholls worked—one of the witnesses against M'Douall and Bradley , thinking themselves not safe to work with a man who wonld swear away the live * of hisfellow-cooatrymeB . Much to their credit , they ene and all determined lipr one day to bate no intoxicating drink , and go in procession , with the flags of the Radical Associstien and a baad of music , to Stockport , and escort Dr . M'Douall back t « r Hyde—it having been announced that he would be set at liberty at twelve o ' clook .

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      —^ STRANGE AND FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MANCHESTER AND BOLTON RAILWAY . On Monday morning last , an accident , resulting fatally , occurred on tbe Manchester and Bolton Railway , near the tunnel at Halshaw Meor . The a « ual nine-o ' clock morning train from Bolton was drawn by the fyoolton , a new engine , which has worked on the liue between two and three months , made by Mr . Wm . Fairbaim , and consisted , beside * the tender , of two second class carriages , two h ' rotdasj carriages , and a goods waggon . There were twenty-eight passengers in the train , About three hundred yards on the Bolten side of th » tunnel , on a portion of the line in the township of Kersleythe

      , guard heard a grinding noise , for which he could not aeoatmt , and he examined , as well aa he was able , daring the running of the train , but waa unable to perceive any thing wrong about the wheel * or axles of the carriages . He next perceived that the speed ef the train was slackened ; and on re ascending to bis seat to ascertain the cause of this , at a place which was no stopping station , he perceived the engine was turned upside down , and immediitelj at forward ? , the concussion reaching the carriage on which he sat , he was harled from his s « eat , and fell upon the engine , fortunately without receiving any serious injury . Having ascertained that a > l the passenger * were safe , thoagh , of ceurse . much fri g htened and shaken , some © f them having

      also received contusions from the shook , he found th * t neither the engineer . Richard Purdie , nor the fireman , Daniel Cavanagh , were visible . Search was mad » for them in the tunnel , and the engineer was found on the spot wlieru he had been thrown when the engine was overturned , at a distance of about fifteen yards from it , his thigh having beeu broke * in the fall . He wa * taken up in grwat agony , » nd nearly insensible , and was promptly removed to Boltaa , to hi * lodgings , where he sow lies , under the care of Mr . Hampien , surgeoa , who set the fractured limb ; and we are glad to learn , that up to last evening ha was doing well . At first , the poor fireman , Cavanagh , could not be found ; but at length the tender , which had been overturned ,

      was raised , and his body was found l ying across the rail lite being quite extinct ; and the fatal injury having been apparently inflicted by the tender falling upon him . The body was conveyed to the St . Jehu * Tavern ( usually called the Church Inn ) , Halsbaw Moor , a short distance from the line , to await the coroner ' s inquest . There being no one in front of the train but the two unfortunate men , one of whom was killed , and the other so severely lBJnred , as to ba utterly unable to give auy account ot the fatal occurrence J the cause of the overthrow of the engine is as yet but partially ascertained . It seems tlmt there is a shunt , a few yards from the entrance to the tunnel , on the Bolton side , which was placed there temporarily , far the convenience of

      removing rubbish , by means of the sidings . This use of it having ceased for tho last three weeks , the toagufl of the shunt ( the moveable pioce of iron , about a yard in length , which effects the shifting or gBiding of a train from the sidings to the regular line , and free versa ) was locked in such a position as to render it impossible that it could move , or that the wheels of carriages on that line of rails could come nearer to it than about three inches . Almost immediately after the aceident , the tongue of this shunt was found loose , and lying in a sloping direction across the rail ; the bolt which passed through the tongue , near its centre , having been broken . The tongue exhibited the marks on its edges of the wheels of tho train having passed across it , and tbere is little doubt that its position across the rail was the immediate cause of the engine being thrown off ; bnt there does not appear any thing to account tor the bolt having been broken ,

      without which the tongue of the shunt could not have been at all displaced , much less placed across the rail . The breaking of this , bolt , in the nature of things , could not have been effected but by the application of considerable force to that part of the tongue which locks into the point of the rails ; and there is nothing in the passage of a train that could supply such a force in that direction , or even ghe any force in contact with any part of the tongue . One circumstance is stated which , if true , will set at rest any doubt as to the bolt having been broken by the train—viz ., that the engineer was aaid to have stated yesterday , to some of the men , that he saw the tongue lying across the rail , and that this made Uim turn joff the steam in order to slacken the speed . The distance at which the inquest was teld ( three miles ) irom where he is lyirg , prevented this report biing inquired iato . We should state thai , be-idea the personal injuries sustained , the engine , which raumto a rut or sough , aud wus first turned round

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      smd then thrown over , was very touch damaged . The first carriage in the train ( one of the second class ) which contained thr « e passengers , was thrown upwards , struck against the roof of the tunnel , and was broken ; but , as we have already stnted , none of tho pattseagers received any material injury . ¦ An inquest was held on the body of Cavanagh on Tuesday afternoon , at five o ' clock , at the Chmreh Inn , Halshaw Moor , before Mr . Rutter anl a Jury from the neighbourhood , of whom Mr . Edwd . Turner was foreman . Having viewed the body of the deceased , and examined witnesses , the inquest was adjourned for the purpose ef taking the engineer ' s evidence at hi * bedside .

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      Manchester , Tuesday Evening . The waigbt * -for ft * Uverpo « V Trmde . Cnpwere mute public thu morning , •** mum nther bmrp engacemmita were go » e into at neon , and have been followed no . bj ethew during the afternoon . At th » evcaiog , Cardinal Cuff wu backed at 160 to 8 , then 9 , and Mfteni&g aownto 100 to 10 , which was accepted ; it w »» , however , afterwards offered . At the aarae time Lfcneteost was in str « ng force—100 to 5 Mng taken in one ban * fire tints over ; the grntleme * supporting the horse would willingly have doubled the engagement , bnt the luyata at that &gar < i hung fire . The same party bore op for one of the Irkh division , called Magpie , willingly putting down 5 * 0 to 2 « , with an anxiety to proceed . t

      , ord ttglinirten ' s fear were belhid againot at 1001 » 10 ; and afterward * 8 to 1 tigainst" all tbe Sainta" waa launched . Mr . Bowes ' t Jogger wm inquired after at 1 * 0 to 3 , and afterward * aupported at o » t quotation . 2 * t « 1 was offered freely against St . Andrew . The same fignre has been accepted this afteraoon on the Duke of Cleveland ' s Aliira . Compensation was baeked at 20 to 1 this morning ; and an offer made to take 2 to I he toftta my thing in thtrac * . Mr . Ferguson , we should imaginu , will , by theweight ( list . 21 b . ) Tsestowed npon Harkaway , disposed to withdraw his prstojiaions . THE BtfXTOK C » P—There has seen veTy little dene on thi * race of Thursday , next . King C ° le may be considered nr «» farowUe at 3 " to 1 , ( off ) wi » h offers to back the field agaiBst any two .

      THE LITBBPOOL J « XY CWP . —p . P . 10 to 1 agst Cardinal Puff-off 15 to 1 „ LaneTcost—Uke 16 100 to 5 „ Alrira—Uken 100 to 5 ,,, Compemtation—token 100 to 3 J „ Jagger— taken 500 te 20 „ Magpie—taken 100 to 4 „ Opera—taken 100 to 1 „ H » rkaway—off Offers numerous this morning t * bask the field against an ? ten ; and since , twelve hare been given for aeveral auron , and finally one Ism to " a pony . " Ten would yet be given with x « st . It is comatdertd to be % handicap likely te lurawha good boHingraee . ' *

      THH 000 DW » 0 » CUP . 6 to 1 agat Beeeptus—taken this e-teninm 6 to 1 « Bloe » i . bHry- » 4 : ! t » l „ Barkaway TUB DdNCASTBR ST . LBOKR . to 1 agst Commedere—* ff this evening . 1 » to 1 „ Provo«»— laktm this evening S to I on tha Field .

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      CniPPBNHAH . — . —In conwquwaee of the late severe frosts having jwt off the early crop of potatoes , they have advanced 2 s . per sack in the towa and neighbourhood of Ckippraham . SIBAM-PaCKET COILISIOH ON THB RlVKU . —On Taesday morning , shortly after niae o ' e oek , the ste » ra- « hi p WaterwHeA , Captain Gibson , sailed fr « m the St . Katharine sttam packet wbarf , for Hull , with a considerable Bumber of passengers . About the same , time the Diamond Company ' s steam-packet Gem took her departure from Londonbridge wharf , for travwend , also crowded with passengers . When the WattmiUh reached opposite to Downe ' s wharf , Lower East Smithfi ? ld , she toot the ground . ' in ' consequence of being heavily

      laden , and the tide remarkably low and remained faat . The Germ , which wsj following in her track oloae astern , befor * her speed could be checked , struck the Waterwitch on tbe starboard quarter , and did some damage . The G # *» had her side covering boards « n the larboard-paddle floats completely carried away , the / greatest alarm prevailed , particularly among the female passeBgers , whose screams were heard at a great distance . Several watermen immediately put off to the steamers , and several oftbepa 8 sengers , iB ' ore frightened tbaa thereat , on board the Gem , oame » n shore . Fortunately no person received injury , aid afwr a short delay , Viotk vessels proceeded down the river . The tfollisioa was purely accidental .

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      NOW Publishing at l ^ d . each , Nob . 1 , 2 ^ 3 , 4 , and 8 , of the-POLITICAL CHRISTIAN PULPIT , or SERMONS , by the Bev . J . R . Stkphhms . No . 6 , is jost outsat One Penny . Ne . 7 , will be published on Saturday , June 22 d and it and the sucowding No '* , will be only One Penay each . These Sermons are all uniformly , for Binding together . When completed , they will form a Volume which ought to grace the shelves of every Poor Man ' s Dwelling in t o * Kingdom . Leeds , J . Hobson , ' Slur ' . Office ; Manchester , A . Hey wood ; Loadon / J . Cleave .

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      BULL A 3 STD LONDON STEAMERS , TO AND FROM CUSTOM-HOUSE QUAY , LONDON . ^^^ Ssbbbb ^^^ bbbbbbbbbP ^ bC ^^ V ^^ M '^^ BBBSBBbB rBLVI BBSS . ^ LsssstsssssssssBS ^ S rn HE favenrite SIEA ^ MER , GAZELLE , having JL new Boilers , aDd rnnch increased Sp « ed , will leave HULL en Fridat Afternoons , at Four o'Clock , enabling Passengers to leave Sheffield , Leeds , York , and those Districts on Friday Mornings , and to reach London on Saturday Evenings . Sailing Days until further Notice . FROM HULL . The GAZELLE , on Friday Afternoons at Four o'Clock . The LONDON on Tuesday Mornings at Eight 'Clock . The MONARCH on Wednesday Mornings at Eight o'Clock .

      FBOM CUSTOM HOUSE QUAY , LONDON . The GAZELLE On Tuesdays . „ LONDON Friday . „ MONARCH ... ^ Saturday * . Each Morning at Eight o'Clock . FARES . Best Cabin , 7 s . —^ B « ls , if taken , Is . —Fore Cabin , . 2 s . 6 d .

      Freights ; very low . BROWNLOW & PEARSON , Hull ; W . J . HALL and Co ., Custom House Quay tt ii T Londen . Hull , June 8 , 1839 . N . B . —The Victoria , having received her new Boilers , will be placed on the Station in a Week or Two , and is iitended te leave Hull every Monday Afternoon after the River Steamers , and will be folly advertised . *

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      BLINDNESS . MR . CHILD begs to . announce hi » Intention of tj « agajn ? isiting the following Towns : —vit B J"dford ' , mite Sw 8 D > Monday , Tuesday , June iJb , 18 th . Halifax , Boar's Head , Wednesday , rhursday , June 19 th , 20 th . Huddersfield , Plougk Inn , Friday , Saturday , June 21 st . 22 nd . From thence to Manchester by the way of Roohaale . Mr . Child will renew his rWts every eight weeks . Advice Gratis , Horira of attendance from Ten t » Four . ¦ - Mr . Child , Sen . having taken up his permanent residence in Birmingham may be consulted there ever } - day from Tea to Five , at 44 . Paradise Street , N ear Town Halli .

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      Setter . —This excellent comedian was onee in ^ race with tie andienee , in conaeqoence of irre-?^» ritie 8 : they demanded an apology . SbHter was ^ aeirhat Urdy , and a Lsiy was going on with her {^ 5 tet the au dience eilling « mt " Shnter , " Shnier , " the arch comedian peeped from behind ^ can ain , and 8 » d , * ' Pray , do not " shootber , ' rj . l « d y ia innacent , the fault is entirely my own . ' ' ¦^ put the house in good homoor , aad Sbuter was ^ ived with applause . Ths Cb-oybos Railboad was opened en ^ "aay to the public . At one o ' clock , the Lord r ^ Jor and a large parry accompanied the directors 7 ** Q trains to Croydon . The distance was pcr-^ fcedin twenty minutes ; tbe fare is to he 151 , > * ° f whk-b , for each passenger , is to be paid to tt-t fetors ef tfee Grtecwieh raliwav for the use madr f Sirt a / that ro&d .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 15, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1061/page/1/