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      THE ' laTE BIOTS " " "AT BIRMINGrlAJL ] ( FrvmiheBirmingham Jovrnal *} * j Mtmj ^ y September ^ . The examinD ^ Q of witnesses , by the committee of the town council , was resinned this morning . Thomas Redfero , of . Birmingham , merchant , exainjned—lTrasin > iew-street , oa Monday , the 8 th ofi July , about nine o ' clock in the evening , when I satr the London police beating people , in my opinion , in a perfectly nnjastifiable manner , who were passing j peaceably along the street . I saw no acts of violence on the parr of the persons so beaten . I did not even see a angle act of violence on the part of the people . My observation in passing to and fro , -mjuld occnpy * space of half an ho ™ :- The street was more tha 3 a usually busy , but there was no diswdej i T Saw two men walking quickly along , dose " together , thonghnot in company , On ?*** the an-™ d of a ri-pectaHemechanicjthe other ^ _ mgd ~ rav ~ r '^ FXf -D-rrwc ht 'aTavi'KCa ^ AXt ) 111 * . LATE RIOTS AT IJIJiMliNtitiAM . - ( FrvrnmemrmmghamJovrnaL ) 1 . . Xo ^ -sL ^ r ^ "

      tobea very rentable man , v ^ ng a > ood brcad . cloth , coat . 1 saw the mechanic = > t -cfc bj oae of jhe policemen with bis staff upon ^ opj ^ gj . ^ ^ j ow j evidently hnrt Mm Terj much . The other person of \ . ¦ w hom 1 have spoken , 1 saw rubbing his shoulder , i and writhing from pain ^ I spoke to them , andi asked them if they had offered aay provocation , a /] it appeared to me iaey had uot 4 one eo . They most S positively said thsy . had donejioihing to pro-roke the i police , but were quieUv-wsiking home . The better > dressed one said he ^ ad been tat a few daysH before swornin a ^ peeial constable ? that lie was well known to MrV Alston and Mr . Clark , the magistrates , j and that he : shonld certainly lay-a complaint before them on the following day . The oiher man I re-•« mnneaded : to -eeenpiam to the magistrates on the S i I j

      subject . 1 " -asked for their namesand addresses , "Which they inu » ediately gave me , but which 1 i ' avei ¦ since forgotten , 1 saw nothing like disorderly coo- ^ duet -en the pan of skese individuals , and icas strosjgly impressed with the opinion that they werej roost abomaably treated . I wrote to the mayor diel 3 text day , 4 o acquaint-kim with what I had ooserved "aadto - « xpress my disgast at the conduct of the 1 * liee , 1 received , for reply , thai be had received SHnilw-complaints irom other quarters , and that ' laeasmes bad beensaken to pnt a stop t-o-such pro- i eeedings for the feture , and I have seen nothing of j - £ be kiod since . - '" -.- , . - . - ¦ - ; 1 -Johri-BathboBS . of four court , three hease , Sher- lock-Etreet , coach harness plater , examined—On . the ' -evening-of the Bsh of July , about a quarter past ten , 1 -ikss going along AHison-streei , and when near to

      • tte-ead-of tk > veosry-5 treet , l waa knocked down b ' y ¦ ^ several blows-from the staffs of ^ hree * r four of the j London police , and when down , -was much beaten ** pon my-kft-sde , and was disabled from work fer ' , £ ve er six -reeeks . I was not aueaded by a surgeon , j T 3 rere was no crowd in the street , at the time 1 was ; ' s&uck , aaidint very few people abont , and ihese "were generally standing at their doors . I saidj [ aiothing toihe police , nor did 1 even see them , before I I was stmok ; they came behind me . After beating ' jme they Isft me on the ground , and ~ immediatfilv ] after a parry of dragoons passed me . I said to one , I

      ** "His is pxetty ssage , ** to whicli he replied , * 3 Iake the best of your road home , my man . " I told him ' M That was " my direct road home , " which was the i -truth . I-had been into Nova- Scotia-street , and- on my return , came along by the new burial ground , = ¦ dorm Berdesley-sia-eetjand so into Allison-street . 1 ' iad been guilty of no breach of the peace . The ! jplice made no charge against me ; had they done si , aad regoired me to-snrreader , I would have done j so . IbefierB there was a meeting at Hollo wav I Head on the 8 th inst ., but I was no : there . " -1 John Wild , of Ko . 10 , Thomas-street , grocer , examined—On" the evening of the " 35 th of Jdir , ! - - went io the meeting at HoUowav Head . 1 soi tiere

      about ialf-past sevea . The last speaker had almost - ¦ done . When the meering was about to break up , a ; man addressed them , and said that they must walk in " procession on to the Warwick iload , to meet Olfins and another man , whose name I forget , who -were coming from Warwick that night . I followed ' them down iiolloway Head . They were linked -arm ' inarm , and walked in ranks . They were not armed , and had ho stieks . They went along Edgfcaston- \ street , and all that I saw went along St . Martin ' s- ' 2 anejind turned intoDigbeth . I folfowtjd all the ¦ way , as fer . as " Trinity ChapeL When " near the chapel , two men casie np from the direction of the 1 BeII I&is . One of them said , " I conld wMi you to turn back , for Collins will not be home before eleven o'clock , and the police , when they found the anob bad left die Bull JUng , had been cutting and slaughtering all before them . " The people theu i tarned i-onnd , and sevieral of them shook down some . ¦ woouen palisades near . . Some , also , broke up some i

      nght iron bnrdles , and the mob generally armed i &pmfelves with these weapons . One among them , a man with only-one leg , and who walked with a j crutch and stick , picked up a piece of the wooden \ laQs , and held it in the same hand as ids walking stick . I said to him ,- ** Now , my gosd man , be ! persuaded by a fool , and throw that down . " He ; said , " Ko , l will not ; if any one touches me , I will : put it in their guts . " He walked by the side of the i Blob , which returned in the direction of the * Bull 1 Rng . I went by the side of this man , and several j times tried'to persuade him to thrbwT away hisi ¦ weapon , bat to no purpose , Many of the weapona ' - ~ were thrown away , in the conrsa of the progre = ? . j "When they got to the corner of Moor-street , the mob turned up towards the Public Office , and 1 went up j High-street ^ and along Dale End , home . As I went i ak > ng Dale End , I heard St . Martin ' s dock strike ] nine . I saw nothing of the riot or fires .

      Tuesday , Sep . 24 . * IHr . Alderman Sturge in the chair . i James Gill , of 10 Court , 2 house , Holloway Head , brash maker , examined : . I nave not been in the I habit of attending the Chartist meetings , but I was in the Bull Bing on the night of the 4 th of July . I Tras . going to Mr . Arnold's , j > ofk butcher , to inake arpurchase ; it wanted ten narrates t-o nine by Stl ^ Martin ' s dock- There were about 300 or 400 people ' assembled at the usual meeting round the monument . Having made my purchase at 5 lr . Arnold ' s , I crossed from his shop to the monument , as a matter of curi- i csiiy , to hear what they had to say not having been present at any of these meetings previously . A man ' iad icst done ' Tcading a speech of Mr . Francis llovd ,

      si the commissioners meeting . When he had done , another man addressed the meering , saying , "lf tiiere is a horse , gig , or vehicle comes this way , i come close together ; don ' t let them say we obstruct ' Ihe road . They were perfectly peaceable , I then j turned to go away home dawn Spiceal-street , saying ] ± o a man near me , * ?¦ If this is the way they conduct '• busmesa , I don't see much the matter . " Jt now "sranted Ave minutes to nine . I came away conver- * hm with the TiaTi to whom I . made this observation , i and saw and heard nothing more . Thomas Powers , of 3 Court , Thorp-street , brick- 1 layer / examined ^ I am seventy-three years of age , ; and am very asthmatic , and have not been in regular ; employmeni for some time . On Monday , the 8 th j

      July , I had been waiting with my wife and dangh- ] ter ^ and was quietly Tetnrnmg- home along Edgbas- ] ion-street , about half past eight in the evening , arm In arm with my wife . Several London polieemen ian after uSj'a ^ flj'on overtaking t 3 , struck' mei several"bl 5 trs npejo tie head , and'knocke ^ me down . { J . gat r up , and ¦ &ey"knocked jne doivn again . I got . np a second time , and againthey-knocied me down , i : aad as I lay on $ hB »^ iid , they said they'd take j me to the dungeon . " Iliey ^ then took me to the dungeon , and my person was examined by Mr . Redfern . j They found nothing upon me but my tobacco box . ] 1 ^ frzs put into the prison yard , my head bleeding all iightr "The following morning I was taken before j ihe magistrates . One ~ of the policemen who had j

      " been beating mei s 31 " 'that I had drawn his dagger ialf way Oftt / . This was all he said , and I said it was a _ lie . - He' dfi not state" whether the alleged attempt io draw ihe dagger out was before or after :-. ie struck mej ^ ornhdef ^ iat drcumstances it took . jfece . Kie magistrate ^ " in one minute , said I was . leased . I was under medical advice at the time 1 ^ rasIB-treated , ahS'iaTe been erer since .- I had Ki ^ BoiKng to thepoBce nor to anyone else , before ^ & § £ strnck mej nor ha 3 nxv wife or daughter . 1 had - iifit even ! seen "diepoHce . ^ There was no crowd in 1 sfercet : and-scarcely anybody abbnt-7 JTjie witness ' s appearance was that of & yery fee-He old man , evidently labouring under a bad asthma , an < lutterly incapable of offering any resistance . ] |

      . - " . Friday , Sept . Ti . . The committee resumed their enquiries this morn-5 ng . Conncillor Lucas in ihe chair , in the absence of Alderman Sturge . "' - ' ,- _ - Charles Thompson , of 63 , Church-street , examined : * Ou the night of the 15 th of July , abouta quarter before eight , I was passing down Moor-street , in the direction of the Bull Bing , when I saw approaching , in the opposiw direction , two of the |

      Birmingnam streetkeepers , with a man . between I jfliem in enstody . When Ifest saw them , I was -Dear the Woolpack , in Moor-street , and they were coming across the Bull Bing , from towards" SpicealaStreeU There were" at the ticie a good many people scattered over the Bull Bing . The Streetkeepers , ; -Kith , their prisoner , having got to the corner of Sfoor ^ treet , a number of people from i&eBnll "Ring lushed npon them and rescued the prisoner . s"W 3 i | Ist ihis was taking place , ^ even ' or eight of the . limdon pelice , whoml haft just before seen at the " Public Office jEfates , ran past me to assist the shopkeepers . The police commenced beating off the people with their staffs , during which , the prisoner made his escape- I saw hi 3 hat fly off a distance "fiBm . hii g ^ aiid he ran awa-y "without it . I do ztot know exactly the load he took . The people did not letaliatenpon-the police , and the latter were speedilv

      « - •' . « kilAdba = k to the ofiice , whilst in the act of driving ' , ~^ en ? f : ' % he people ; by one of their superiors . Soon ' * . " ¦ / isfter "ihe rescue ,. * iromber of persons came to the ~' -4 £ Sd . of Moor-streVt ,: daring the London poh ' cc to ' ? "V "« 6 me--tHit . I was then passing np Moor Street . I " -wee ; - up Carr ' s-lane , -with the intention of going - home , but itwag a good deal of excitement , I passed ' down High-b" * Ket into the Bull Bing , where " a great - ; H r : " Tiainbei-- -of per «« i 3 had collected , most of them V " annedwifli ^ icks . 5 Hiey went np Moor-street to ' - ' - fee PnbEc-bniee , and . ^ wted for the London police |

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      | t » " ¦> me out . I heard a great crash of clasB ' " . ^ ibHc- ^ ' when this " . took plac - * --ethe . - i .., » . » Hc 'V -.- ¦ - ¦ - » tnfl mob ran away I *'"* - ' * : BtOl ^ ing ,-S 5 if afraid of the police . The police did cot , however , appear ; and the mob rallied and returned . to the Public-office again , daring the police . Pinding t je police did not come out , the moo again came . ir , to the Bull Ring , with shouts of defiance ?^ ainst the police . This was about nine o'clock and up to that time no damage whatever had bp ^ done in the Bull Bing I saw two boys , about Vue ages of thirteen and fifteen respeaively , ses arate themselve 3 from the mob , who were then oDDoaite Bourne ' s hoisb . an- ' ta ^ I a great crash of elas " ' - . S ^ g ^ ce ; when thiftoot plac —* .--,- * the -- ^ ^ ards " " - * - „ . - ~* *»•¦*«* ran •«! ^^^^?^ J

      aboutiwenty-five - ^ ds &om it , and go to Bo < - _ jf ! bouse , saying , ^ e'll fetch the police or ' ^ g&V ^^» piking tho « i « r of BC ^^ ^ tw ^ r ^ r ^ H ^ ^^ donaln the ^ that the police , when they h ^^ fhat T > m , petty was being attacked , jrould ^^ ^ gj £ Sgggtg 3 SS& f J 5 . &T . S - ^ heavy stakes andpie . 4 i ,, diff - ° ^ attw in the shutters ; the pands qmckly - ^ au d- - great many boys and yOTiihs entere . I the shop througg the aperture ^ , and tqssea out t jl 6 stock into the street , which the mob kickP-1 itt ) out . Tne men condnned battering the sboi ^ windows , unt il they were entirely demolished

      ! i 1 I ! Whilst tins was going on , parties of two or three left the mob , and began demolishing other windows up tl * e High-strf « t , A \ ith sticks and missiles . Seeing the mischief growing to an alarming height , ' ! left the Bull Ring , and went to the Public-ofice to see farthe magistratres . They had ' not / yet , however , arrived ; and 1 went np Carr's-Line , and down-High-;? treet , into the Bull Ring , when 1 saw Bournes ' ! and Legaett ' s houses were on fire . I went again to \ the Public-office , where I saw Mr . Walker , the ! magistrate , in conversation with several gentlemen , ] who were Tirging him to order out the police . He j refused to do so , without the ^ sanction of another ; magistratej stating that course had been previously | agreed upon . In a few minutes afterwards , the mili-! tary came down Moor-streetthe police were ordered

      | ¦ , out , and I left and went home . Hannah Heath , of No . 23 , New Church-street , Hospital-street , examined—I am the wife of Wm . Heath , brassfoander . On the night of the 13 th of Jnlv , between twelve and one o ' clock . 1 and my ausband went to bed , leaving my son , wno is twenty years of age , and who resides with ns , down stairs , with his coat-and shoes off , and about to follow us to bed . I had just reached the top of the stairs , when my son asked me if I did nothear horses'feet , at the same time opening the back door , Which opens into a yard . In a moment , I heard some persons sivearing in a tremendous manner , and usiug threatening langaage towards my son . Ho immediately came into the house , and shut the door . I and my hnsband left our room , with the candle in mv hand

      , with the intention of coming down stairsj to see what was the matter . I had only stepped down one stair , when I met four London policemen comiin ' up . My husband was behind me , undressed , except his shirt and trowsers aud one stocking , and the poliee , seeing him , exclaimed , "Here the——is , ' and ordered him to come down . He said , " He had done nothing ; what was he to come for ? '' Thev rushed passed me , and entered the bed-room , where they seized my husband , and dragged him towarJii the siair-case , beating him with their staffs upon the back , shoulders , arms , and knees . I shouted "Murder , " and one of them threatened to blow mv brains out , if I made that noise . Mv husband a ' t first objected to go , bnt finding himselfoverpowered and dreadfully beaten , ! said to him , " Bo so , " anU he nted

      conse , but asked them to let him dress . The policemen refused , and said he should go as he was at the same time dragging him towards the staircase . They dragged him down stairs , and along the entry , into the street . When they were in the street , my son came from our back kitchen , where 1 afterwards understood he had been , a-tf told the polieemen , it was not his father whom they saw , but him . The policemen ordered him back and threatened to beat out his brains , if he spoke ' and he returned into the entry . When we got into the street , a party of dragoons -were-waiting at the eatry end , with Dr . Booth . Dr . Booth asked whv we were up at that hour . My husband said , 1 had been busy , but that we were goiug to bed , and that my sou had opened the door for hi 3 convenience After some remarks from Dr . Booih , the police and soidiers went away , leaving me mid my husband in

      tue middle oi the street . 1 had been very busy that day , and was ironing till twelve o ' clock at Light My husband came home about eleven o ' clock , ami < kd not afterwards leave the house , until the police Wok him . My son returned home from his work , about eight o " clock , and did not gomauy yards from our own door afterwards . There was a ' talk among the neighbours of the disturbances winch had been going on in the town . There had been no crowd in oar street that night , and no disturbance of any kind- tverythmg was very quiet when we went to bed . My husband was mueh injured by the blows from the police . He kept hi s bed several dajs , and was not able to go to his work for ten days after and then worked in considerable pain . Mr . Ryley ' surgeon , of the Old Square , attended him . The ' police at no time made any charge whatever against either my husband or my son .

      William Heaxh— I am tbo husband of the last witness . Tiie evidence she has given , so far as 1 ain concerned , is correct- On the afternoon of the 15 th of July , 1 went on a visit to a friend ' s , in the Bristol iload . 1 lefi there about nine o ' clock , and came down Sinaiibrook-strcet , along EJgba * tun- * treet aud up Spiceal-street , with the intention of goiui ; up Hish-street and Bull-street home . ' When 1 got to the corner of Bell-street . I saw some houses on fire m the Bull Ring . I did not stop iu the Bull Ring 1 was prevented t > y the dragoons fromgoing up Highstreet , and so turned along Bell-street , and -went along Colmore-strect and Queen-street , and up Temple-street . When 1 got to the corner of ^ New-street 1 met my employer Mr . Suffolk , of Ludgate-hili , aad his brother . We all went together up Canstreet street

      non- , Cnerry- , and through the churchyard , and down Church-street . I parted with my employer and his brother at the corner of Great Charies-5 treetj and went straight home . In my road up Little Hampton-street , when near Bond-street , 1 saw a man , whom 1 had previously known , jaamed Havens , bleeding like a pig , from the head . He was not far from his own house , and told me he had been cat by a soldier , oae of a party of dragoons who had just passed up the street . 1 went with Lim to his own house , and 1 saw his wounds dresseti , after which 1 went straight homo , where I arrived about eleven o ' clock , and did not again leave the house , until I was dragged into the street by the police , a = described by my wife . 1 found my son at home when " 1 returned , a-d he did not leave the house , except as described by my wife , just as the police came . When the police had dragged me into the street , they told Dr . Booth they had just s ^ on

      me out . They did not say 1 had been doing or saying anything ; and this was all die charge they made . I denied having been out , and Dr . Booth said if 1 could not give an account of myself he must send me to prison . 1 persisted 1 had not bein out , and that my son had only opened the back door for his " convenience . The officer of the dragoons asked me if I was sure of that ; I said I was , and Dr . Booth then requested the police to be quiet , that he might hear what I had got to say . 1 repeated what 1 had before said , and explained that the reason why we had been up so late was because my ¦ siife had been busy ; and . Dr . Booth then said" Well , my man , I hope you'll go to bed sooner in future , " and they then all left me . The street and neighbourhood , when 1 got home , and up to the time of my being ill-used , was perfectly quiet . I and my son -were quite sober . Some of the police appeared intoxicated . Hie committee , at its rising , adjourned till Saturday at ten o ' clock . ¦ " . .

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      "Mabsiage of her . Mjujesit . ^—The France of j Wednesday asserts that . the British Cabinet has j officially communicated to the French Cabinet the intended marriage of Queen "Victoria with a Prince ; of Coburg . ' j The Consumption of Tea is the Sixtee > "Th !_ a 5 dSeventeexth Centuries . —The first importation 1 of Tea made by the East India Company was—in { 1 CG 9 , two canisters from the " factors at Bantam , j weighing 1431 b . 8 oz ., and in lfeTO , four pots , weigh-! ing 751 b . 6 oz ^ making 222 ib . 15 oz . ; of thi 3 ,-132 ^ 1 b ^ bexng ^ ftaJaagea , was sold ax their sale for 3 s . "id . per lb ., "and ¦ the remainder was consumed by the j Court of Committees . In 1671 ' there were also re-! ceivedirom Bantam , which is stated to . be part of j the Twyam present ^ ipeculs , or 2 Wlb . ; in lb' 73-4 , ! the Company , bought oi" several persons 651 b . 10 oz .

      ( one- of whom was Thomas Garraway , the master of the ; coffee-house that still retains his name ) , some _ of which appears to have been distributed-as -presents , and the rest was consumed by the Court of -Committees . In " -1075-6 and 7 , there were no imports nor any purchases . In 1686 the imports were 651 b ,, 1687 , ditto . from Surat , 49951 b . ; 1688 , aitio from ditto ; - lGSGlb ; W 89 , " ditto Amoy and Madras , 25 / JOOlb . ; 1 C 90 , ditto Surat , 41 , 4 / 1 lb . ; -16 M , ditto Permission Trade , l 3 ; 750 lb ; 1692 , ditto Madras andTermission I ' rade ,. 18 . 3791 b . The j above are taken from the Old East India Company ' s ; books . In 1700 , from Holland , 2351 b ; from the i East Indies , DJ ^ 47 lb . Sach appears to have been j the state of the Tea Trade in Great- Britain at the ' close of the seventeenth century , at which time it . was nearly , if not altogether unknown in the sister TlOnedoms Of Seotln-hd and Ii-oloii , J li I ,.. I ™

      i jj — — — - •— •**•»* a . * w ^ uuui -a . fci xitJkO WvCU I stated on gootf -antherity , that , somewhere about j 1085 , the widow of the unfortunate Duke of Mon-, mouth sent a pound of tea as apreseut to some of her mobl ^ relatives m Scotland ; but having omitted to send the needrul directions for its use , the tea was . boiled , the liquor was thrown away , and the leaves i were served np at table as a vegetable . It is peedless id add , that in this way the raritv was not very highly esteemed . In 1706 , from Holland , -201 b from the East Indies , 137 , 748 lb . ; and from 1708 to 1744 , the average per annum was 1 , 619 , 291 lb ¦

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      TO THE ED 1 T 0 BS OP THB NOIifHEBV STAB T . - Gentlemen , —AHyouhav ¦"«„*; - i j j , -. t / Star my letter to the ™ " ^ erted intheA T or % rn and Mr . 0 Connor' : - » ecretMT-ofvfhe .. CoiiTfliitioiii , usual course o * " ™ Ph ' } I believe , that in the ri"ht to a - . -. newspaper controversies , I have a pect fro- rejoinder . More than this I do not exask . tV " . ^ ^ and Jnore I will hot condescend -to ' " ' .. If . I had been misled by any incorrectness in t »« e reports which Mr . O'Connor insinuates without / Venturing to assert ; or if he had any explanations to offer , as my letter was read to the Convention andfound its way into the Champion as areportj there was an opportunity of correcting mistakes oh either sida before the letter met the eye of the ___

      public . " .. : - , . . " . ' :.= - ¦ .. "'" . " - . ' .. " r . ill . O'Connor begins his statement a day toolatey and it has . evidently been the drift of all his ma-. nccuvres to keep out of sight the proceedings of the heenty-jifthoi ^ July . On that day a committee pat of whichMr . Neesom , Mr . O'Connor , Mr . O'Brien , and myself wero the only inembers present , for the purpose of discovering , and explaining to the country , the meaning of Mr . O'Brien ' s resolutions with regard to the National Holiday . We did not xf ^ wV * " * addres s » the draught of one which Mr . O Lonnor produced , being such a mass of iucomprehensiUle twaddle , that Mr . Neesom and I

      ootn ueclarea that we could not understand it ; " but we did" agree upon ; the appointment of a council , and , m consequence of the conversation I have before detailed , npou the ; payment of their salaries . " As Chairman of that jcommittee , Mr . O'Connor proposed the following resolution , which I copy from the Northern Star of the twenty-seventh of July , as re-P ^ ted by himself , and which passed unanimously : — That iuasmuch as the protracted sittings of the Umventiou have already been expensive to several constituencies , we deein it prudent that a portion of the rent now in hand should be applied ¦' to the disdiarge of ihe tcages of those delegates who havcbeeii appointed as a provisional council . " ;; The

      Committee of the 26 th , to wliich Mr . O'Connor refers , was appointed , as I before stated , to procure counsel for Lovett , and had uo right to interfere with this business . The share I am represented to have taken iu their discussions , is a complete fabrication . I feel very confident that Mr . Jas . Taylor was one of this committee , and if he were , I . am equally confident that he will verify ; that statement in iny former letter , as to the way in which I was made acquainted with their deterniiuation . Mr . O'Connor was not allowed to report , " as to the pujnieut of the missionaries . " His name may probably appear in the minute , as the person who moved that the report be adopted . If he had eo reported , aud the Committee , which he says consisted ^ of Bussey , Smart , and Knox , had afterwards reported "that the Council Ehould be paid the same as the delegates , " there would have been another minute to that effect , and the produc ^ tion of that minute would , at once have settled the

      dispute iu the Council , aud have rendered unnecessary and imnossible the three days discussion in the rump ' Iherewas no n such report , and there is no such minute ; Mr . O'Connor consequently found it necessary , as the best mode of settling the business , to move on the ninth of Seplemler , that the minute of the twenty-sixth of July , by wliich it is ordered that the Council should be paid the same as Hie Delegates , " > now entered upon the books . ' ' Tins was too barefaced , and Mr . Hetlierinirton moved that the word wages in . the miuutes of the Lonveotiou of July , should ha understood to refer to the amount of wages allowed to the Delegates sent ormisrion ?/ meaning that the word wa ^ es in the minutes of the twenty-jifth of Jnly should be understood to refer to the amount allowed to the delegates fjo , na to their homes , by the resolution of the hrentt / -njrth ofJuly . This .-was negative ! , and Air CTConnor's " resolution" is just as accurate in this as in the other instances . ¦

      W ere I to _ interfere with the confusod jumble of facts and fictions , " in which Mr . O'Connor mixes up the statements in my letter with circumstances to which , every person of ordinary penetration will see they had uo reference , it would only assist him to in vstify that which it my interest to make as clear ^ possible . One of his assertions I must notice as a conclusive test of Mr . O'Connor ' s veradty . He < avs that not one ivord I state , " of the altercation in tiio ' council , took Place in his presence . Leaving out of the question those who had a common interest with me in this business , I remind hjjn that Mr Carpenter can prove , and Mr . Wilson the reporter , can . prove , whether such a cohwrp .

      ration did take place . He says there was not one word of " angry dispute . " We did not certainly call each other " liars and blackguard" " as 1 uaderstand was the case in the rump- hxxt the discussion Avas so warm , that Mr . Carpenter , who went away before the affair was finallv disiwJd of asked me next niornin- how our "dispute" had terminated . ? . But Mr . OConuoris generally the -best witness against Mr . OTonnor ; he now says that he was never present at " the least disagreement between the members of the Council ; " where was-it then that " Mr . Pitkethly eudured more than he ever saw a man endure hi resisting this demand » ' >• ¦ See the report in the Sun of the proceedings of Saturday bept . 7 . But this is only a reporVand all the other remarks of Mr . O'Connor to the same enect , are only reported , and doubtless he will denv

      inemaii , tnougliiie considers the large sum " which was expended on the reports in tlie 'Sun , as the most important application of our funds" Mr 0 Connor seems- disposed to insinuate , in niore than one instance , that I dared not attack him m his presence ; would he like to have a statement published of the castigation he received on several occasions from me , and other members 01 the Convention , which was always so carefullv suppressed in the reports ? . ' Mr . O'Connor rakes up tho application for funds during the Birmingham mission , which ho calls my application . He knows 1 had nothing to do with it It was . Mr . Carpenters application , on behalf of the Lirmmgham Committee , and my name was , in mr absence , very unfairly mixed up with ^ he proceedinas of others . Mr . O'Connor knows 1 did" laako \ charge , " and every one , who can refer to the reports ol tbei 7 / n , will find proof of it . Som « of th «\>^

      , ties ^ concerned made a manly apolog \' v " and % r 0 Connor , as was his wont when fairly grappled with , sneaked out of the business . If Mr . O'Coifnor be wise , he will say as little as possible about Birmingham . 1 am glad to hare this opportunity of making public an important fact , suppressed in the report , that out of the £ 10 which stands-in tho baiance-sheet of the Convention , as paid to . me for this mission , wth the exception of my fare to Birmingham and back , I took only 35 s . tor eight days ' tw-ellmg expenses , the remainder being lelt at the disposal of the Birmingham Committee . The vouchers to this effect are in the hands of Mr . Carnes 01 Birmingham . ¦ ¦ "

      e As regards ilr . O'Brien ' s allowance , I simply stated a lact , which was necessary to make out mv case . It would be as impertinent on my part to interlere with the question whether his constituents have f ^ \ f n ^ . S servi f V- «>««¦ proper value , as it is tor Mr . O'Connor to do the same thing , as regards mine ; who , I doubt not rwill take sSme steps to expose the gross incorrectness of his statement On this point . Mr . 0 Connor forgets that I have a " profassion , which did , and will again enable me however humbly , to support myself and family , well as to keep a political coiiscienGe , the expense of winch can scarcely be appreciated by those who have the , ingenuity to make their political consciences ' keep them . Mr . O'Connor has a curious mode of calculatiRc his profit and loss . It is rather difficult to understand whathemeansbythe expense of"twentv times

      eoinptotheConvention , " whne hetakds creditYor the vva ^ el he might have received for attending as others difta its duties . He must mean "twenty times " going to Leeds , which I presume was on the business ot the Northern Star . By the way , lus travelling espensei hear about the same proportion to his estimatefor other delegates , as the Poor Law Commissioner ' s dinner did to the independent labourer ' s . There are spme singular items too ; but I will not carp at them : it is he General Convention , and the causegenerally , of which the Northern Star is so essential a nart It has been said by some who are in the secret , that the profits of the concern are about £ 200 per week . The ^ time Anil be , I think , about thirty weeks-Mr ^ iJConnor isnot-within a . shade , nor am I . To © balance will then stand thus ;—Profits of the Northern Star 6 000 6 0 ' Lost . by "the cause" generally , as > per account , sundries included ..... 707 " 0 6

      £ 5 , 293 0 0 Five thousand , two hundred , and ninety-three pounds ! \ V ho would not be au unpaid agitator and ran unflinching patriot- ? " : ™ ijr ., O'Connor assures us that he is both . The . ^ have proved . If any one doubts the latter , next ^ onday , I think , is Michaelmas Day , and the ^ $ \ e £ } b ^ his doubts will bo removed . What ? ° Hn ^ H v ? ^? " P ° rteads 7 the learned are in doubt ; but three things are certain : —That it is something very awful-that the-day will soon be here—and that Feargus O'Connor won't flinch . - I am , Gentlemen , .. " . "' - \_ Yoar obedient servant , Matthew Fletciiek . Bury , September 24 . 1839 .

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      TO THE EDITORS OP THE NORTHERN STAK . GE > TxpiEN , —I humbly beg of you to give insertion to these lines m order to shew the Conduct of the ^ Magistrates and police of the Borough of Stockport ,, towarda a man who : is guilty of the crime of n ^^ 0 ? ' f ^ no 5 being l ° to defend liimself against falsehood and oppression On , ^ ^ ?» A" ^ ^ th-two men weredrinkuig at the Shakspeare Tavern , which is but a sWt distance from my house . The two men fell out over

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      aBhilling , whiclitejminatedin &fi"ht ; Bow ^ " ^ ^ am t" came np ti : % i tiift ^ ^ ud tnnU £ ^ n- ' away , ' aa the b y standers Vnbugut to tho ^ Nmy Bailey ; but when , they i , ad got a short distahcefroin tho crcvrd they took liis name and let him go agaiu ,: On the 30 th , I ( whoknew nothing of the casrt received a summons . t * appear at the Coiirt tma : on the fflsk 1 went to MjP . Sadler , and ^ old him tha ^ mons waadirected wron ^ and thatJtwas al ! falsehood . Sadler said ^ Brown vl know nothing of the matter , althougli mynamQ ttppears on the summons ; : I then 1 ^ ffc ,, . » ^ -ning I had done with it . On the 3 d ot this mQiithj I received another summons , to which I appeared , thinking that as soon as the police saw . iay face , ihey ( knowing me so long ) would release me aim fiud out their mistake , oi-1 could have taken a score of witnesses to ; pr 6 ve . that itwasnbt . nie , and the mistake arose through my liyirig in tlie same street as Benjamin Brown ; my name being Samuel ¦ Brown : * - •¦¦ ; ¦' ¦¦ ¦ ' - ¦ . ; - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦• ¦ . "' - ' - ; . : . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' .-. ¦ aBhilling , whM ^ rminatedin a fi"ht ; Bow ^ - : ' r £ 3 i ^^^" -- ^ S"T » *' T " i 7 ^ i . •^*

      Mr , ; Goppock . Towti jClerk , read the ; summons , and asked me Whether I remenlbercid being drunk and disorderly on the -24 lh ot' ^ ^ August . I said , ; no Sir ; it is quite Wrong . I had not been in : a public-liouso tliese three months ; , 1 did ' not ; have a pint of ale on the twenty-fourtlv . ult ,, ndT was I afthe' Shaksptjaire on that night .: Mr . Coppockthen called Bowers and Cadmaui , aud aEked . them whether I was tlie man ? Bowers ' then asked nie whoro I lived ? I told him ; in . Hompsliire-iauo . They both sworo I was the individual . I then told Mr Thornill . that I wasas inhoceiit as the dead in tho grave The magistrates consulted for a short time . Then * M p'rhornillsaid j Brown you may pay 3 s . Gd . I said 1 would not \ i' I had . twenty pounds . Ho said

      won ' t you 1 I si ^ idl would not ; . Then said he I must commit you for foui-teen days ; I was then put into the prisoners ? box tillthoinagistratcs . had gone though the other trials , : and when leaving the Bench , Mr . Sadler said hero is Brown , what must 1 do with him ? The magistrates said , Why you know tho pplke have sworn to him , and we can do nothing more thin send him to Knutsfoul . I was then removed tb ; the Black-hole , Which is immediately under tho Court-room , whero I remained for about an hour . From thence I removed to the New Bailey , where I remained until Saturday . On the . Thursday , my brother said ho csluie to inqiiiro M . me , and they , told him that I wasgoheto Kiuitsford ; and to niake short my story , I was dragged off to . prison , and tk « re served fourteen days .

      . Now ; Sir , 1 hope you Will not think me trespassing upon the" poor people ' s friend , while I produce sufficient evideucor to prove iny statement . Joseph Swan , a neiglibour of miiie , said that ho was coming from tlie , marJcet on tho ' 24 th ; and he heard a row at the Shakspearo ;; he saw the poliee take lionj . Bv 6 \\ n towards the Star Inn , HiHgate , and ho is willing to . come forward and swear , that it was not Samuel Btovviu Ho Went to the Shakspeare , and asked the ; landlord , and landlady if it was Samuel Brown' tliat was fighting on the 24 th ; they both said no-r-it was BeiijaininBrown . .. Margaret Bridge said , 1 live in Hemshirelane , and I will swear that Samiiel Brown was at liomo at th # time vyheii the ' row took place at the Shakspeare on tho 54 th of Aueusfc .

      Lucy Warren saidsho wasat the Shakspcare , ohthe 2 (> th of August , which would bo the tbllowj » 6 Monday , and she heard some compaiiy talking iii the taproom about the ro \ Vj and they said that the police had taken Benjamin Ikown as far as tho Star Inn , on Saturday ' u'ig ] it ,. ' -aud took his name and let '• • ' him go again . She likewise saw Benjamin Browni and told him that , Samuel Browu was suitering for what he liaddone , when IJienjamin could not deny it . ; . Now , Sir , allow mo to quote a passage out ) of your paper of thiswoek , under the head" Juatiqe . " •;' ¦ We will not sell , : deuy , or delay to any man , right of Justice . " There , are tew ¦ : ¦ hardships attended by gi eat or injuriee than that Which dobava a inan from claimiiig his : due , because he has no money ; It is true ho' njay sue as a pauper , but how few are willing to tell

      their poverty : to the world ; . and even then expenses will accrue . Our law requires alteration in this respect most undoubtedly ; for now the man with riclies iiiay gain his , suit by .. the-power of keeping his . gioiinid , and taking the case from court to court , while the man without ijtionoy must submit ' . ¦ toV be wronged by his ppporiciit , oi" bt ruined by his ; lawyers . We Will not deny justice , which is thq right of freemen , which we dare not take away . '' 1 Wish ah impavtial public to compare niycaso with that of a rich toau in tlio courts of justice ; and . think of tho oft repeated remarks oi ' Baron Gurney aud Sir John Campbell , namely , that here is the same law for the . poor ., a ^ .. there'la . for ' tliorich . I have lost a fortnight ^ work ; it has injured my character , and 1 have suffered for being joor . : '

      By inserting this , you will greatly oblige and defend me ,. You Will likowiso oblige my neighbours . ¦¦ . " ¦ - ¦' = And I remain , ,. Dcav Sir , Your bumble servant , Samuel Brown . Who has been , and hopes to be , a Constant Reader . { Josn . ; Swann , Witnesses , < Makgauet Biudge , : t Lucy Wauhen . Monday , Sept . 30 th , I « a 9 , lienipshire-laue .

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      TO THE EDITOnS OP THE NORTHERN STAR ; Gentlemen , —Having seen , in the Northern Star of Saturday ,-the i-inU vf ' .-September , 103 y , a statement iu a letter , . gigued " I'cargus O'Connor , " res , peeling-, the amount of money received by Dr . Fletflier , as our representative to the General Cguvention of tho ludustrioiiS Classes ^ and insinuating that he had a pecuiuary interest in attonding the Coiiveniioii , > vc ., the committeo of the Bury liadical Association , feel caliod uponatbheeto deny the trutlv of . both , ' aa being-totally false , and this Wo suspect Mr . O'Connor know at tho time . When we called ou Mr . Fletcher to attend the Convention , Wo knew full well thkt ho Would have to leave his practice art medit-al man , and we also knew that it would take somo timeto brjiig his practice round to that steadiness in wliich ho left it , after he returned home . We , tlierefore , did What we always Wish to dpj i . ; e . f respect talent , honour , and integrity , and encourage honesty iii public ¦ ¦

      men . •• • .- , - . . . .. ... . . . . . ¦ ¦ . - ,. By inserting this in your next Papor , you will much oblige , . Ypursj &c . ' On liehaif of the Comniittee , Thomas Jessov ,, Chairman . David Greenwood , Secretary . Bury , Lancashire ,. Sept . 30 th , l 83 y .

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      ; ,.. '¦ v JDubiui , September Oth , ; lo 3 & Deajj . Sir , —It is my opinion that Mr . ' iLoyri&' mission to Dublin was by iio mea ^ - tiiat whicli tho Whig and Tory news ^ . ors , both here ancl at your side of the Chauiie ^ rGbreseuted it to be—unsuccessful jfbut ^ uit « i ; the contrary , successful far beyond auythUig . thaithe most ; sang People ' s . . Charter , could ; expect , tmder the diadyantageous circumstances by which -he was surrounded aad accompanied . Had Mr . Xowrybeenleft entirely to himself , and had ho cpmo here by . himself , he would-have been still ; move Successful . than he Was . But he was accompanied 6 y , I am bound to jbelieve , a Well-meaniHg Irishman , ; who produced a list- of "Irish patriots ^ " to whoni . he said he Would ; introduce ; Mr . Lowry . But I feltit my duty to Mr . ; r- --.. - ; . i ^ ¦ ; ' < ... . I 3 ubhn , September Oth , ; l 8 ^ .,.- Km opiniou ithat Mr . Lo ^' s

      Lowry , and to ypu as his infirodttcer ^ r-iri fact , to the cause iu which you are . so earnestly eijioatUed—io state at once that' there was buton © -man oiitlie whole of tliia geutlemau ' s list ot patriots" pos . scsscd of oiio single particle of politlcai honesty . Arid lest there mij ; hi be any mistake about the niattor , I mentioned , in the presence : of Mr *; Lowry ; k few of the political crimes of which each of those persons ; ; had : been / guilty ; and also the part they Would be likely ioaii in the event of a public meeting . Cii'CaniSiances very soon occurred Wliich gave Mr . Lowi'y au ample opportunity of ascertaiuirig wliether the character given of those parties , iu the first'intesryi ' eiY . ' with him , was a true one . Besides this , lie was ; in a great measure , led astray I by the of

      exaggerated statenient ^ Rlrw ClancyV published in the Northern Star . I dp believe tliat Mr ; Glanoy meant well ; but ho had no ground , iBXcept his OWu vivid and poetic imagination , tor the statements wliich ho published of tho success of Chartism , ari 4 its rneetings and : wide-spreading principles in Dublin . The placardj too , which Was : publisned contrary to Mr . Lowry ' s views , calling the : meeting in Henry-street , bore tho appearance of clapHrap and deception upon tho very face of it . What would you , or any senaib . le man , tliink of a placard anhounT cing , for the first time , a meeting of the Chartists of Dublin , to be held at a low public-house hi Henrystreet , and headed ^ - " Tlio Repeal of the Union , " when , every citizen knew tliat tho agitatiori of the repeal of" tho Union was placed in abeyance until tho termination of the- present Session of Parliament- ; and ' when it was equally well known that there iveretwo political bodies in thisT city who

      assumed the right to take up that question , aud agitato it , or place it in abovaHce when and at what time they thought proper or " expedient" which two bodies politic are tho National Trades' Political Union and tho Precursors \ Surely the quiet portion of thei citizens , and the labouring classes . Who receive-their politics from one or other of tliese parties must naturally ¦ cpncludothati aa those men who are ostensibly before the publip opposed the movement the Qhartist missionary , ; and tjiose Who acted ; witli hinij had no other object \ n , view : than that of embroiling tho citizens of Dublin in sedition aii'ditrea son . When this , is coupled With the continuous slanders of the English and Irish Whig aud Tory pfess , against Cliaitism and Chartists / and the ^ denunciations hurled on the devoted heads of the "Stephenses and the Oastlors , " and the rest of them , the wonder is that Mr . Lowry was so well received .

      I perceiyo by a report in the 6 ' wi of Thursday the 5 th instant , that Mr . Lowry has fallen into aii error m describing tho gang of drunken , unpriuciplod vaga , bonds who assaulted , him in Henry-street at the first meeting , as a parcel of coal-heavers . Now although lie may think that they wero coal-heavers rtr , aa they arc called here , coalrporters , 1 fee bound , in justice to . that body , to say that there was not a coal-porter at the meeting . -The coal-portera of Dublin are too respectable , and too independent a bod y of men , to be guilty of such infamous conduct as that pursuod by that drunken gang , Jed on as they W'ero , by place-hunters , who felt like -hungry dogs With bones in their mouths , pf which they thought the . •¦ Ghartwt missionary would deprive

      them ; while others , in the hope of getting a bono to pick , wero more ferocious than those who thought they had one . The very -man- who collared Mr . Lowry , has since been appointed to a situation worth £ 400 ; that is to « ay to value the south side of the city . This niah " is " a haberdasher , and is just as lit for the office -as X ' am to be Lord High Chancellor of England ; and ho who commenced the attack was a caudidate fortho . 'Town Clerk-ship of the city under the Municipal JReform Act ( when it passes ) , and solicited my-vpte , which I promised him ( cooditioiially ) long ago . This was the only man with the least . pretension" to character at that meeting . He obtained some notoriety by a duel with OGorman Mahon ; and has ever since

      considered himself a very important personage . But for the lif ' o of me , I cannot help , -when-1 look at him thinking of "I fought Tekell" 'Another furious denouncer of the Chartists at tho meeting in Hcnrysti-eet , and aithe subsequent meetings at the Great Iloonis , CorinSxchaugo , is also a place-hunter ; and is looking for the situation of stbre-keeper to the metropolitan police . Ho wriggled himself into the contract for clothing the police ^ aud that too under the pretence of-giving employment to the ' * Starviu--lailors qf Dublin ; " but mark what this patriot did the moment he obtained tho contract ; he applied to Mr , ; Herbert , of Pall-Mall , to send him all the misfits ;' ¦ ' ¦ on his hands after clothing tho London police , in order to foist them on the citizens of HiVK .

      un clothes tnade here ; and iu a letter dated ° 5 th October ^ 1837 , he says , « I had a letter within to Air . llebbcrtj the London contractor , as I understood ho had a largo stock of the clothes on haud to know if ho would sell them . When my friend waited on him and mentioned his business , he seemed quite surprised that thc . contract shoiildbe given in Dublin aa he expectdd it himself , and had the clothes pteparea , and that he had lost considerably . He also stated that sooner thau sell them tbr , tliat purpose he would throw them hi the river Thames . '' IsW mark the indignation of Mr . Hebbort was exbressed when he-was asked to sell the ready made dothes fortliQ PURPOSlvmind of foistiug them off S clothes made m Dublin , and that tod uiider the pretence of giving to tailors

      employment whom lie desci-ibod aa starving Surely Mr . Lowry -must be proud of being vilified and slandered by a fellow of this sort ; bnttliis is not all ; the fellow has the face to eay . belpve tho public that his sacrifices in promoting liberty of conscience and Catholic Emancipation in time and ^ oney , would have been a fortune for liim , as it he had attended to his business . Why the only sacrifice I evpr know this brazen-faced slanderer to have made , either in time or money , durhur the agitatiou of that great question , Was hi taking up iks postinpublic places ^ and sellingsilk handkexclnefe to tho members of the Catholic Association at a cheap rate , aad jt-very oiton happened that they bought their , own handkerchiefs . A short time prior to this he held the very rospoctablo situation of pdt-bov at tho sign of the Ram : in Watling-gtreet There aresoiue pther httlo motors concerning a treasurershp to the . St . Vincent s Orphan Charity , which I lortSlc nSgeS ^ ^ P ^ ^ uce i im

      """»• " - ' ^ ™ w . « . . uowry s , and the Char--ir ts , and € harigin , is a convicted swindler , of whom M «^» .-Grqonho « ril ^ and- - Ed ( ya * d 3 / of-ai ^ cbSte ? and some of your Jluddersneld neighbours SS > ou a very . interesting . account . I shall say no niorc about them just now , as all these respectable parties ¦ »™ % pubhc hrackuowjedged fi-ieudLnd , up ? orterl of the great Liberator himself , Ayho has reeeutly Zl his . confiding couutrymen to pass a vote of tlikni ^ ii tjiolast session . oi Parliament , his 4-n mot ^ ilbr placing the franchise . "in . Ireland on anequality with ^ t ^ ^ land- I trust that you will prevail on Mi \ Lowry to remove thestisma ^ Which he has , unn W ^ W ^ if'n . suvc , cast upon the coal-porters of Dubhu brattnb y ting to them conduct far worse than S fW- ?^ ? S ^ anb ? thatihad mpuntobank , the Rev . It . IM'Ghee , and his followers . No ! U 0 / im be it from the coal porters , the advocates of afairstand-up : fight to be . guilty of anythh ? sP base , so lpw ^ as to bring false accusations a-aiust any man , . and not only refuse to hear his deTeiico but drag linn about in the most ruffianly manner when ho attempted to speak . The -People ' s Chafer will be pretty well known and . approved in Dublin before , the next meeting of Parliament . : PATRICK Q'HIGGINS , : A Chirtist in Ireland . To Lawrence Pitkethly , London .

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      This . patriotic gentleman , whom we mentioned last Week . ashaving ^ cliyered an address to the ' people of Stockton , has been ^ arrested : The Yindictm S ciles of that . town ; thought the circumstance agood opportunity of jaddhig one more : to theliK their victims j ^ ndeed , the wanton impudenefj these , imbeciles knows no bounds . A correspondent favours us with the foilowiiig particula , rs of Mr . W ;' s VtS"V ^^ s # d ^ etired to rest on Thtirs ' dav night , when he ; was aroused by a loud knocking ™ the-yard-doorofthe haU iiiih i ^ SS ^" ^ ¦

      m > m « r < ¦ : UPon . iiiquiry , he ' was told thaTabbh ' ce Officer from . Stocktdu had come with a Warrant to apprehend him . Ho imui ^ iately arose SedLd surrendered himself .-: Hisi father dn ^ h ^ ^' . ^ ° man io let him rbmai ^ alhSfthS ^^^^ ing ; that ; he ; should , ^ - « AS §* fig ? Sgf but the policeman refused" to cbmnlvr ; T ^ ¦ ? ?' i ^ y Mxr ^ w ^ takeSfh ^^^ S ^ wmmmmi mmmmmm

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      ty& $ jFp «* . ¦¦ . « i « 6 oaih piss by / This > Dory ^ - commeitdaMA ^ ^ ot ipsUipon ' the / Tory map -Tates of Stockton . ' Mr . W . ;\ arriyed at Stockton , about nborij expecting ' 'to be examinod that dayj but the leading magistrate Was : eii | 6 ying . his sport In- the fieWs , and he iroiild npt -give it up for the . sak& pf cutting . short the suspense of .-a ipoor prisonet and big frieiids j thpngh full as respectable as his owii ; : - Tb ^ only friehd / at Stpoktpn who calicd to see Mr , T ^ . ^ kriovy if ^ ^ he could be of any ' , semeei to ^ hi » i ^ was denied admitta , nco . \} Mr . W ,: . was . exabiiiied on Saturday last , in the" prison , no friend -of his ^ being present at the time ^ the proceedings w « re close . ¦ The sitting magistrates were those that had ^ signed the Wirrant , namelyj Marshal Fowler . Esq .. the Rev . John . . . looks , witn ^ d tha , ^ t , ^ W . ™ ^ - ^^ a wmm * $ ^^

      BrewsteK iun ., ; the Rey . James Allen Parkey and William Skinner , jun . Esq . Headersbni the -polioe officer , deposeaj that on the - evening of the 17 « inli ; uci ?» rd that » meeting of ^ the Chartists vrould take pla « e \ jn a school room kept by Mr . Richardson , that he took another oflicer . with / him , « and went and listened under , the windpw ; that he heard Mr . ; W ^ eaiy i 7 ~" ~ ^ for - ' - ^' . ( meaning the Charter ) like heroef -r * lie for ; it like jmartyrs ; '' that he sent the other officer to- note down the \ ybrds , and Applied for a warrant to' apprehenid tho ^ ^ " speaker ; Jthat he apprelended him at Aislaby oii . Tliursday last , and having brought him to Stockton , the prisoner gave ' up his papers , cpnsistjiig of fifty copies of a pamphlet explaining ; the ; five points of the Charter ,: and hij

      ppcketrbpokj which contained a letter and a song t » AJn : . Chapmany MvP . for Whrtby .: . Atkmsojy thd other officer j was then sworn , andcdrroboratedtKa evidence of Headersouv Mr . ^ was thett > ^ k ^ d what he had to say . He answered that thfepbiici : man ha 4 put a forced cpustruction , upon his wordsthat he did npt mean , nor was he understood by iis audience , tomeaii , fight for it in a physical sense , but in a moral sense , as the cPntext aiid Subsequent portion of the senterice : shoWe . That he -used tlie words fight in the sanie seiise -as St ; Paul used it where he says / " I have foughtthdg ood fi ght , ' . ' &c ;; that he would . hardly advise them to die like martyrs , unless' he intended them to fight like Christian heroes only ,, that is , to strive and / resist by moral means alpiie ; that if he had meani them to fight

      in a pnysical sense , he would liaturally have advised them to arm . first ; that the : expression'taken hold of is but & : yeryshprt ^ . ' -. one , and occurs in a pamphlet consisting Pf fort y pages , in which there : art many expressions which denote the author to hay « had peaceable intentions ; that had he meant ' Ptherwise he ; should have said—^ 'Battle for it , " &c .-that there is a distinction iii the nieanihg of the words "fight " and ' > battle'' which makes all the difference ; tnatit ^ is proper to say " -fight ^ a battle , " which else would be absurd tautology , and it is proper to say "fighting for breath ' 5 vvhen any dne is ' using great ? xertioii '¦ to pbtaiu breathj that a . sentence occurring immediately- before theone in question , namely , Take it up , CharteristSii as Christians take ^ up the

      cross , " shows that the author considers the attain ^ men . t of the Charter a Christian object , and to b « proceeded With iii a Christian spirit . -. v Havingfinished hisdefeiice , Mr . W . -was prdered to ; Withdraw ; and the general impression wajs that the utmost duty of ilie Magistratea ^ ^ would to t 6 bind him over to keep ^ the ( peace ; butthey speedily recalled him ,, and told him that they hadfully agreed to commit him for trial , but wo ' ald take bail ^ himself m £ 200 and two sureties iii" £ 100 ; each .- Mr . W said ihat : lite hoped they , had not committed him merely to justify ; their own Warrant ; that though the policemen ^ who were sharp-set spies , had J 9 ut tne harshest construction ,. on Wb words , he had trusted that a more kind and candid one would haive been put by the gentlemen on , the beiich ; that the wiiole . was ah exaggerated aftair ; and that such a

      p aiiitul infliction , ou theVfeelings of his father ' s tamily might ; well have been spared them . The two * *?¦ « r ° , ^ © P ^ 1 and the two Esquires listeued to Mr : w- .,-but neither moved the muscles of their countenaoces nor altered their harsh decision . Mr . Watkins ' s father arrived at Stockton on the Monday foHowing ; but -he-had" beeoadvised by his friends not to sanctioQ Hhe proceeding of the Magistrates by giving bail , and . cousequently Mr ; W . was conveyed the same day to ; Durham Gaol , where lie now lays iii a cell uniform with and immediately above that in which Elh < srt was confined . In the " mean time , his father and ; the liberal gentlemen of Whitby i otend , to lay tho whole case before the Marquis of INormanby . who is noW atMulirravfi rastln . unA + «

      abide by his decsisipn . Mr . W . has always borne a i ? gh- character for liiimainty and moral rectitude , IJIS ..- tlisniterestedness ; . has been proof against all- ? tlie : lufes arid intimidations of the w ?? Id i : M ^ has beon a . series of sen-- sacrifices , ; no great wender that I the lories have made him a mark to shoot their malice at . But it is hoped that this disgraceful instance of lory—and we must not add—of personal spleen will meet . with its deserts ; if not , it Willbe manifest that tlie Whigs ludulge the Tories in their love ofpersecution Ml as much as their Own clan could do , : if in power ; AsMt . W . has always been solicitous to merit , a good name , he very acutel y feels the indignity thus cast upon him in the endeavour io class him with commonfelons . -

      _ Tohy Persecution at STOcKT 6 « -o ^ -TEES .- ^ Mr ^ «^ - J ' ^ ho is not an associated . Chartist , but who offered his room to Mr ; Watkiris out of personal respect to that gentleman , has been visited by the A _ icar of Stockton , and threatened with the '' -loss of ^ T'V ^ 7 icar haying the same room on biindaya for aschool . Theyicar . insisted that Mr . ^ 9 ^ m : Jend ihe V 6 OX& &r a lecture of any gW *™ ' hrst asking his leave ; arid denounced tne Chartists as dangerous andbad men . And ' dan ^ gerous they are , no doubt ; to such mammon worshipners as this . licar , ilr . R ., though not in fortune ) S g 00 ( i , rhopks , is an independent and / singlemmded man ,: replied to the Yicat in proper terms of recrimmation ; ^ ud , ywe : doubtnot , that theTica * in uturwill

      e cease his bray , for Mr . R . has better tnends . than ever the sa , id Vicar has been to him t or Jie might-have , starved before now . * m ^ v B . —TherejS : a Fowler at Stockton noted for makmg gaol-bxrds . ^ He canoot bear to hear their jree notes . :. There is a member , too , 6 f the Skinner ' t company , who lias ( swornto \ fiay _ all the ( C hartists : vSrt ! ' ^ f ° S 7 ^? llC ( i J : *^ warrant to apprehend ^ P ^* ^ o g ^ ' - 'W ,. fe ^ -tl » VF <» r . th , \ ras - n-ft i a . Caartist , but had printed the work in his vocatioh Ki ^^ ^^^ P ? ^^^*^ ^ tter should be wwtteu to / the Magistrates of Whitby , to reprimand , them for not reprimanding Forth . The / fact is , they would have granted a . Warrant but for theexpense , audbecause Whitby is ^ out of their jurisdiction . —Ndrthern Liberator . - "¦ . ¦ • .

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      BDXNBURCfH . . _ Grand Socux Meeting for the Benefit op the * ' « HLtES Op Lovett , ; Collins , Powells , &c—Oh Saturday evening , ; the Edinburgh Universal Suf-^ i ? Association got up , for the above purpose , one or tfte ^ most splendid entertainments which Ve have seen for some timei The Chapel , in which the entertainment took Place , was crowded to suffocation ^ not less than . two hundred having to ga : away , bein ^ unable to procure admission . Mr . Jphri Gregsoi ? Vice President of the Association , in theChair ; Th 6 Lanpn Mill instrumental band gave their services ; gram on the occasion , as also dicTMr . Beiinett : and several other gontlemen gave gome splendid recita--tions and sentimental

      songs iu first rate style" The glee Ringing was excellent ,: and weUnymducted bv ; vlr . Clerk . The haxmony was kept up until a late hour with tho greatest spirit ¦• -and decorum—everv onff seeming ; sensible that while they were enjoying an . hour s instructive simuseinenfc , the small" sum which it . has cost ( only 2 d . each > was to be applied £ , f blo . purpose 3 ... Th ^ . Association ha ?^ r&S tohold similarmeetmgs / every Saturday evening dui ^ t « T *^ ^ ^ Gha ^ v It i i 8 ¦ to' b ^ Sd J ^ Mw ^ ^ ^^^^ - « «»^ out -. ffie'io 5 £ try ^ n t akp a les&pnfronvth e abovefand ^ i ak ^ Seps thu ? S ^ T a & W same principle , and ; uus they will afford inuocont enjoyment to -their m ^ mm ^

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      tl 5 ^ d ^ JZ ^ ¥ ^ ^ ^ Wr ( micIe mentionsit * £ ^^ » l % y « u ns ladjv dftugbter of the SchJf «^' *?^ ct

      bpu tne Lmeraldlsle obsprving this overstrained solicitude , and wishing to enact his humble part as a gppai y squire , . and to accommodate some of the tair visitants , hei With considerable nonchalance , seizedon some wood and trusses which- had been Q sed as scaffoldipg :-for the erection of the ; stands tnese he placed in- juxtappsition to the Pne ^ whicli ^¦ "ne dthe Queen of Beauty ; . Upon this platform raddy called but , ' -Walkup , my darlings , and you ym seethe gallant knights at it tooth and-nailonly a shilling .. . a , pieceto' ^^ be put : pn ^ . - -a par with the H " 5 . 9 Beauty . " Shillings were eaeerlv tendered

      ^ tilt Paddy had admitled upwards of S 00 . The stage being npwehoke full— "Oh ! " says Tadd > v >' take ^ l ypurselves , my honeys , , and lei no more up tyy pome back t when he decamped With upwards 9 Sca ?

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      TO THE ED 1 TOMS OK THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , — -I am not one of those who have over complained of tho newspaper reports , although , perhaps , few have had . more reason to dp so ; nor would I have troublod you with this ^ communication but that a strange misunderstanding , calculated to do much mischief , has arisen bbtween two highly esteemed members of tlie Conyontipu , iiamely Dr Fletcher and Feargus O'Connor . ' The facts Of the case are these : —When the Convention met in August , a committeo was appointed to examine and report upon the proceeditrgs of tho Council . . I had the honour to bo one of tliat committee ; Mr ; Bussey was another ; f forget Who Was tho third- ^ I think Mr , Jackson ; none of Whom had been on the Cou , ricil , and were therefore presumed to be unbiassed . The books and minutes of tho CouncilWhile 1 sat

      , , as well as the minutes of the Convention , under wliich they held their powers were ^ laid before us ; arid from tlteao alono were wo entitled to draw up any report ; : We found no miimtq of Cohvention which authorised the eouiicil to be ^ paid " th * same -salary Which they had from their cpnstftuentsi" but we found in the BHaute 3 ., of Council ; a muiute by . themselves , dated 6 th of AugUBt , to the ellect , that they were to receive ; - , such amounts as' had beau allowed by their constituents . Without entering into the merits of the . question , the Committee simply ¦' -. ¦ reported that the Council had no power by any minute of Coriyentipn . " so , to increase their own salaries from £ 2 , which fead been allowed to all other delegatos , to 5- * if V&M £ 5 per > veek ' claimed . by , and paid to , Dr . Fletcher and : others , aiid it \ i , y with the Convention to ratify these payments or not . T *;

      atterwards appeared that the minutes of the Council oi ; the _ 6 th PtjVugustj upon Which our report Was founded , had ; been inserted by the Secretary "bv mistake , ^ and that Jt , should hayo beou inserted in the minutes ot the tonventionof the 27 th or 28 th of July ; but in the ,.: confusiorf had been forgot as averred by : one party , while others said it never had passed . Jn justico to OCounor , it is due to state that he defended Dr . Fletcher througho ! t the debate against -every : attack ( if ^ the Sf tjS . w " ^ faia . name was such ) : and insisted on i g I . ito ^ bp advised of what was going on . In order thai he might have an ^ oppbrfunity of writing tp ^ explain , or being present vL lieraon , be , Ml . O Connor , actually carried a vote to this effect bv a oi

      luajoruy one , wtacja was afterwards cancelled , as it was evident that the whole question would rest upon the decision as to whether ; the . minute in quest ^ wasammute of the Convention . or- not . : < lne touncil all agreed that it was not a : minute of theirs ; and ^ the' whole mistake occurred in corise-^ nce ^ of ^ conduct ; of the Secretary , in ^ hav ^ inserted it where it hadino right to beAand She Secretary toihe Convention not having inserted it in Sf ^ W ^ ^ en itwas ^ to nSbeei passed : but the Committee who were ordered to report upon tho minutes laid beforo them couW do na ot hers © than theyMid ; and if these miniites weranot correc ^ . the errors lay , with the MembeTs duty better seeing that their Secretary did , his ¦ J have the hpnoui ¦ to be ' . ; ¦ : ¦ - Very truly yours , Aruhdel Club , Strand . J ° HN TayL 0 B -: London , Sep , 30 , 1839 .

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      Arrest 0f;Mr: John Watklns, Of Aislaby Hall, Near Whitby

      ARREST 0 F ; MR : JOHN WATKLNS , OF AISLABY HALL , NEAR WHITBY

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 5, 1839, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1077/page/6/