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      -THE NEWPORT RIOTS . ( Fromihe Morning Herald . ) Newport , Thursday Night : _ The examination . - of the prisoners has been con tiarcJ throughout the day , v . ¦ . DtTBiTLiBT" ixri Annrrcrnox- -. - , THB ' •^ wrORT HIOTS . - _ _ : _ .

      Thomas Edwards . Josepli Coles , Job Harris , John Llewellyn , and Evan Jones , -were charged -with Irarrlariously / entering a house ,. and taking away a person against Ma wiiL . - - John Wallex 3 , acoal cutter , swore that on Snnday » ignx ; the 2 nd of November , after having been called upth'by svoice outside his door to come ' out , " to "which he made no answer , the door " of his room ; winch Jiad been locked , -was ibreed open and the bol $ fell npon the floor . Some men then told him he mus go along "with them , which lie refused to do , Baying , " "What do yon want to do V They replied that he should know at Newbridge , but go " he must . ( Ike witness identified all the prisoners as having Ireen amoag 5 tr thebody of men , with the exception of Evan Jones , to whom he could not cosuivelv

      swe ^ r . " ) A man -who had a gum at the time was , however ,-very like him . The prisoner Coles had-a spear or pike m his hand , -which be preset ted at the witness and said , ** Walters , look at this . ' The ma ;> who nad the gun had presented it at him pre-Tioisly , and said , "What is your life better thau ours- ! They all ^ aid he must go with . ihein . He declared Upon his soul that he would not go out of his bouse that night ; ihai , besides , he had no money , and It would be nseless to travel without it . A m .-a of lie name of George Beach then presented him a shilling , and said he should not want mouev . The ¦ wit - ess said" Go : I -will not , if you kill me ; " kill me here ; I am sare-if I go alor-gwith you , killed I sfc »* 2 te ; it wilLbe less trqnble to my frie ^ &s to tak e me" to be buried from here , than from ai : v- other place . " They then hnrried him out , and forced him

      to £ 0 with them . He had neither coat nor hat ou-ui the-time . A son of his , aged twenty , was there thai uieh-t . Gould not say that he was Forced bv the Chutists logo , but he was along wish themV 1 := gol ^ g along £ he road , witness sprained bis leg . airi Be arent into a turnpike-gate house , where there ¦ we * e about a dozen men , the rest going ou along the roai towards Newbridge , in the direction ot Sew xwri . Some ore called out from the out-id , " Come-, Wilt ^ rs , " come . " The witness said he bad sprained Hi iegi and could not go any further , and after iome abusive language , they went on , leaving him and his son behind . The witness acknowledged himself to ¦ fee ^ Qdebtedforhislife to Job Harris , who said that moving should happen him . It was between six ani seven Vdock in the evening when the men case . ' --. " - ' -- " ¦ - ' . ¦ " - -..-. - "'

      The witness / was cross-examined by all the prisinexBv with the exception of Jonee , bnt he adie > -ed to ihe statements he had made , respecting the par * taken by each of them . In- answer to questions from the Rev . Mr . Coles , ia % witness said there were twenty men ivithin Ms house . He could not tell how many : were outside . A ^ great number of the men were armed . Fiem wiii * he saw and heard lie considered that his Hie would have been in . danger if he bad not accompanied the men .. _ The night was very wet , and as dark as it could be . . - _ . . _ :, Elizabeth Walters , the wife of the last witness—r On the night-of SuHday , the 8 ih of November , I htard iha women erying about the neighbourhood ,

      and I went out and heard them saying that their hnsbands'HadgOEe off that evening . ~ On my return to Bay house , I heard a tram coming down the iroad , and I thought it was the Chartists coming < Io > vn from Txedegar . The tram stopped behind a hoTJse , and I ran up the steps of the house with a liirlited candle in my hand , and I then saw the road filisd with armed men . 1 called out and sa ^ d , "All ifi : oen that are here ran into your houses . " 1 then "W-c-il towards home , aad i said to amaawhian 1 met on the " way , ** Themen are all in arms to-night . ' The man asked me , * Where Is ilr . "Waiters ! "' and I -epn ' ed , ** He is in the house . " He then said , " 1 ie : ^ inmend yoa to go in and tell Mr . Walters to go * o ^ bedj and lock the door . " 1 asked him if be was

      going -along Trim them , and he said , " 2 \ o ^ l shiil gt / ib t > ed . " "" I then weut into-my house . It was d&k at that time . In a few minutes after I had lotied the door , the mea came to the house , and a ¦ voice among them called out , "There is a man in tb- house whom we must . have ; -he-will not have to . make " fun . . at our wives thai we are all gone and-he is " aere . " The men then called ont ** Walters , Walters / ' and said , * If yon do not open the door , * w > - shall break it open . " Orders were then given to hi- < ik open the door , and it was foree-J opeu . A grsat many people then , came into tLe house , and ^•> se <) jitaae tol d iliemto tring him ont . ( The witness identified all the prisoners , with the excspiian of Jones , as having been amongst those who entered

      ihe house . ) There was a man with a gun , and he psit it agamst iny husband ' s breast . The Prisoner -OSes had a pike . Llewellyn whispered io the man irHii the ' eun , "Out with him , out with him . " 1 turned to LleweDyn , and told him to hold his tongue , -as it was only three weeks since he had besc there bef ire makiDg ^ noise . , Coles held ont tte p : ke and said , = Lookai this . Do you see this Mr . Waiters *' Mj husband held the chair upon which h « wa . - arring ^ MLd ^ said to { be men that tie might as well be iiled there as go to Newport to be killed . Job Hsjris appeared to be afiraia of die men . - He said ^ ^ Coaie , come pn Walters . " But he said this in " = a

      erring tone . They then foreed my husbaiid oaiof ¦ fie house . It was raining very severely . Mysog went -with hi 3 father . Aft « r eome time my son Tctnrned , and I said to him , "I was afraid thfiy ¦ wo uld Mil ^ yon . " He said , . ** No , J was not afraid of that , as Job Harris was among them . " There being no evidence against Evan Jones , he -was discharged with a caution as to his future ccixdnct . - ¦ The prisoner Llewellyn said ia his defence that he had been compelled to go into the house by a man of the name of John Biach , who threatened to out . a L-Ike inio his heart if he aid not . -.- - ¦ - " ~ ..

      The Chairman , addressing the four prisoueK , said "&- ; Bench had paid great attention to the case , and ¦» more gross instance of burglary had never come before them , to break into a poor man ' s house in the dark night , and to force him away with them ; The prisoner , -Job Harris , seemed to have behaved kindly to Walters , and no docbt the Juigt before whom t ! ey would be tried , woald attend to that circumstance in his favour . The prisoners were now t-om imited to Monaiouth Gaol , to be tried oa the charge of burelarv- - - .

      . . XJD 1 DX 1 SXZSISC XTSLAWTtlL- OATHS . John Lewis , a blocker , and James Wall , a labborer , werephiced at the bar , on a charge of adiniaisteringTinlawfbl oaths , and the evidence against them , » hich . had been partially entered upon xesterday , was resumed . - . Darid Evans , a- hoTlier j employed at the Castle brewery , in Newport , said—I lodged in the pri Boner ' s house at Jfillgwenlly , near Newport . On ilia evening of Sunday , the 3 rd of November , having been at Jvewport , 1 returned home abotit rixje o'ckrckjfind saw the prisoner sitting ia his own loom , with his "wife and a-woman of . the name of Palmer . He hung down his head , and seemed in hail spirits . . I asked him what , was the matterand

      , when Mrs . Palmer left the room , he said "Good God , David , I doubt the night is come / ' I laughed at him , and the prisoner then raised his hand at me , aid desired me to keep silence , and not say a word against the Chartists . Shortly afterwards Lewi 3 went np state with his wife , ^ md came down again alone . After I had had my supper , I went down stairs and m-i another loOgerj whose name was William , bnt of his other name 1 am not sure , coming in . He desired me not to go away . I weiit up stairs after him , and saw him a ^ d Lewis standing by the window ,-the man waspidling some balls tthey looked like leaden balls ) , and powder ont of Ms pocket . He then fetched two guns that were in the house ^ andplaced-them beside Lewis , who

      anpeaa ^ d downhearted -ail the time , and said nothing , although he was asked several otiestiDns . Lewis and WiUlanf loaded a gun each , with powder and bails , and William put iheTCmainder of the balls ia his pocket . I saw him give Lewis some of the balls , A man sained Jonathan Palmer and eome -others , - whom 1 do netkeow , came into the room afterwards , and Palmer came , across the room iome with a Bible in his hand , and said , "It is ofnocon-Bequ 2 nce ^ 3 ]^ vy ,-bDt merely a matter of form for jon * o swear ; only that yon may take no bribe from any one else . " Hetheaputths Bible into my hand and 1 took it and kissed it . Pahn ' er then went across thejoom to a young woman , and said to her aiearly ^ he-same words which he had SDoken to -niP

      -ana . she kissed the b * roi . The prisoner Lewis was about thedoor . They all soon after left the room , andLewiB . toofcthegun whhhim . An elderly man was left m the house . As Palmer was turning out " Be s ^ dto me , Ihonop . JO 11 j r > avy ou stay ii ^ the house ; I respect old age . " I didjioi po out that ' ^¦ ^¦ ^ r ^^ - * ' thew , juid had ^ jsiick m . his hand . He went but with Lewis TKere fare persons with pikes among them . I did xd \ Eee ^ yal ] I sworn . It was . about half past ten « xtockat night when they went oat , and very wet : WiUiajn came to bed about half-past six the next morning . > 1 asked him where no had been all ni ^ ht . fie , said he hardly ^ knew , and on jny asking him iiuat

      uo uau w ^ u uuuig , U . O ctklU K Otning , De" can 8 aae « mipany ; did not meet . " What was said in my room could be heard by Lewis in hisjoom . When fiie men / went out the night Defore , Lewis raid , ^ Keep a jgodd fire j I shan t be long before 1 shall be hack . " ' Ialiis cross-examination by ifr . Clarke , thetnisonefs jsolidtor , the witness said he was not sure whether it was the man . . William or / the prisoner t f Lewi ^ ho brought the guns , but they were krought . v . v *" M ** jp 8 men went . away , ; the tritoess remained np » , t till ^ p ^ o ? clock in the morning . ? : . ^ Ite ^ aanmed— -He remained up in Lewis ' s room s \ ^ flt | hiiefriromen and a man , and he did not see . . j ^^ S ^ ji njjnorB thai ^ iight . He might , however , ^ 13 ^ C §* t # to fli 6 hoaSe whhoat the witness seeing ^ 4- ^ s ^ ' i ^ " . ¦ ' . - ¦" " . - - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

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      _ 0 n the ' application , of Mt . Phelpa tho prisoner Wall was discharged , and admitted to give evidence on the part of the Crown against Lewis . He said , I am a kbourer . I was in Mr . Palmer ' s room in Lewis s honse o ^ the night of Snnday the 3 rd of November . I saw Lewis at the bottom of the stairs about a ^ uarter past ten o ' clock . I didnot see any thing with him . He said . * Lord have mercy upon us ! whatever shall we dor I went out after him , and went up the tram-road to endeavour to make my escape . There were about ttwenty persons with Lewisi and they bad long sticks " with something like xron on them . The witness then proceeded to give cvrfence of the men having compelled him to get out of his bed and accompany them to Palmer ' s room _ On . ^'¦ &Vti % ^ <^ Jti& *

      who asked him whether he had a gun , but did not tell him what for . He replied in the negative . Palmer then put a Bible in his hand , and told him he must " ° t be bribed by any man , and desired him to kiss the book . He had not seen the prisoner in Palmer ' s room until he saw him at the bottom of the stairs , that night . Edward Harris , a special constable , said ^ -Subsequeutly to the riots I went to the prisoner ' s house , and 1 there told him that there was a charge against him ; that a ' . man named Pollock had been illegally s ^ o rn there , that a man of the name ofPahner , a Chartist , was living there , and that I wished him to explain if he knew anything of what had taken place oa the evening of the 3 rd of November . He said he was no Chartist himself , that he was out the

      wiiole of the day until eleven o ' clock at night , at the honse of ^ Thomas Ha-rwood ^ Llvswyrry , Sat'he then came home and went to bed , and knew nothing of what had taken place respecting the riots until the following Monday morning . Nothing was found in his honse . When I afterwards went to summon him to jnve evidence , he said , without any inducement , that what he had before told me respecting his being at Llyswyrry was false , that he was at home on the Sunday night , that there were several persons Bworn in in his house , that a party of from twenty to thirty had left his house with pikes , hooks * Bd sticks , for the purpose of goicgirp to the tunnel at the ilaibhes turnpike , and that was all hek- - -ew aoout it . He did not say whether he was with them or for what purpose they went . Mr , Phelps having intimated that he would carry the case no arther , . .

      Tas Cfaainaan said to the prisoner , John Lewis , yr-uiavehad a vary narrow escase , and I haoe it will be a warnins that you never will forget . Wha * oiis-asis had you zo be leading your gun on Sunday iu-iht , aniadmuusteriDg unlawful oaths ? I wishi ya ^ aiid every man in ina Court aad in the cguhtry , ? o ^ nJersrana vhat it is a . great mistake to suppose that " ibey-van take tho B | bie , and put that sacred cock to their lip * , to swear whatever any scoundrel icay dictato to them . Any man who ao ' mini .=. ters an unlawful oath is liable to . be punished with death .

      Any one wno takes an illegal oath is punishable in fome cases with transportation , and in . others with death . 1 am sorry to see a respectable man . as you ougnt to he , living in the-hoxise of sueh a fellow as -faUner . You have all had a very narrow escape . I should not nave made tnese remarks if yon had beex seiit to your trial , but we think it our duty to say that your conduct has been very reprehensible Go h- me and attend to your business , and take care how you conduct-yourselves in mture . juewis Rowland was charged with high treason and sedition . ¦ ' - " - . -

      Jafioi ThomaB , a fehoskeeper in the town of Bedwyssj ^ id the prisoner was clerk to a Chartist lod ^ e held at the Angel beer-house . I did ' not join the lodge , but I paid some money towards it . I was at a meeting held there on the Friday before the riots : ontheTfst of November I think it was . The prisoner was writi 7 g there . [ The witness , who found great crfficnltv in speaking English , was allowed to give his evidence in Welsh , which was interpreted . ] He said the prisoner said in Welsh that he had neard hewa the day before , and he wished everybody to prpvi 4 e themselves with arms , -something liks arms maTiariis , or tae handlea of maidrils , or anythi g iike that . I asked him before the others what they wanted with arms . He said . "That- every person m * y face his enemy . " I said that such things were not warned&nd lor them to be

      , peaceable . ' Then he said , a ' -diessing nimseli to me , lVSuch things are waited to meet-others , and such like you . If a poor mia wa 5 to . get £ 5 worth of goods from you you'd iure ^ t him immediately , unless he paid you " I then got ' up from the place where 1 was sitting , and weni np stairs . He « aid it was only -for them to come down here ( to Newport ) , and the soldier * seeiDg the multitude , would -give up their aims cuietiy . He wished every parson who was willing to come down to give his name . I said I'd never totce . " " I told them perfectly to nnderstand what I 5 V £ s isea aaying , tha * I never Would go with them the lengtnof my foot for any such purpose . Tnen I wen * , down stairs , aad went towards home . He did not idl us when the people were to" go to Newport . He said he knew himself .

      Lewis Lewis , a blacksmith , deposed to having seen the prisoner writing in bdok 3 at the lodge in the Angel beer-bouse , on Friday , the 1 st of November , and that he called upon every one who was willine to go down to Newport to hold up their ha » dfl " I told him , "' said the witness , '" that I shoidd never eosne down at yard with them—that I would be killed ac heme . before 1 would come down . " This witness also swore to the prisoner ' s injunction to all present to provide wme ku « i ol aims—guns or anythingto show-thefaselrescaniirthat the Deoole wniilri h «

      a ^ udifa ^ oodlot came down , and that he thonght j » - ^ iscbME 5 i > aldl »© doaS »* s « ie soldiers would all give th € ir ;« effls . np .. « i ^ wea |^ to a very bad passion with him , " continued the witness , " and said Ishould not go a yard widi him , and I then went home " V / hen I first went to the lodge I paid 5 d ., and the prisoner asked ; me mr name , and I then saw him -write in a book . On Monday , the 4 th of November , I saw the prisoner about ten ; o ' clock at night ; he passed me « n the road going back , as I supposed Irom Newport . I had heard they were all going to . Newport . .

      The prisoner said nothing in his defence , and as the oeneh did not conceive that the evidence was suinc - . ent to sustain the charge of high treason , the prisoner was committed on the minor charge of sedition . The Court adjourned about seven o ' clock . ( Frvm the Morning Chronicle . ) Newport , Saturday Night . I send you the examinations of yesterday and up to the close to-night . There were several prisoners discharged to-day , and we may begin to hope that this long investigation is drawing to a close . The magistraifcj were , however , this morning engaged before the court opened in taking depositions against persons not now hi custody , so that some fresh arrests may be expected .

      In some of the papers yesterday there is a statement that fresh outbreaks are expected iu the country . I have it from the very ^ est authority that there is not the least appearance of anything of the kind . The only thing that keep 3 up the least excitement amongst the men is the fear of their being apprehended . -

      THE EXAMINATIONS . Teidat . —The Court sat at eleven o ' clock this morning , when the following magistrates were present : —The Mayor ( J . Mawkins , Esq ., ) the Kev . James Cole 3 , G . Hall , O . Morgan , W . Brewer , and T . Futhergill , Esqrs . " Professional gentlemen present—Messrs . Phelps , T . J .: PhiUip 5 , andW .: F . Geach . .- . "" , : Mr . Tiielp 3 conducted the prosecutions , and Mr . Geach defended the prisoifirs . - The first prisoner charged-was Edward Tippins , but as there was only one witness present to prove his treason , and the law requires the evidence of two witnesses to the same overt act , the magistrates discharged him .. ' . '' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' -..-Henry Harris was then placed at-the bar , charged with high . treason anS sedition , but the evidence not being sufficiently strong ,: he was discharged with an admonition from the bench . » .-f : John Q wen . was next placed ^ at . the bar , charged with high treason and sedition . / . : ¦"• -. ;

      John Thomas , sworn- —T am aminer at the Beanfort works . I remember the Sqnday before the riots . I know the prisoner , I kniw David Jones / the shoemaker / 1 went with him' id Llanfynder . We were informed' the Chartists were going to rise , and we ran awayfrom them on that night . We went to chapel before we-went to . 'llaafrnder , - We went , to abeer-honse caSled the Lion . I savr the prisoner there . He is a blacksmith .- He had before him a table , on which-were drawn three forms of Chartist pikes . David Jones asked Mm whatthat was . The pr isoner 3 aid it Tras" the form of the Chartistr pikes , and that ho had made three of them , which he hau taken np to the Easal-lodge , and had a shilling each for them . . 'David Joiies asked him how he could

      have the conscience to make such things . The pri-Eoneriaid he was fqrcedfefc& ' it , and he should do very well ^ if fhe CharSEts gained the Tictory at Brecon , as he could rnn his pike into a Bheep , and get some blood on it , andihow that'he had . been with them . 1 did not get home tall the Monday morning . David Jones , a shoemaker , having been sworn , confirmed the statemeats-of the last witness . / " William Davis- sworn—I am a constable of Tredegar . 1 know the prisoner . " He lives in the parish of Aberystwith , in Monmouthshire . His shop ' his near bis own house . 1 took him into custody . Tho prisoner ' s wife asked me who ordered me to do so . I said , I had a warrant from Mr .-Homfiray , The wifeiSMd . " They -want to oatch tou becanse tou

      ina ^ those things ; but , nevermind , nobody saw yon malkthem . We had enough of trouble about the UianistsTnthoutthis . " The prisoner said he was notguiltyof beingwitiithe / Chsrtists . / The prisoner , in his defence , made the following statement : — "I am perfectly free from the charge , forwhich I thsmk my God . I had dranka great deal of beer on that day , and one and the other kept questioning me , and 1 might have said some things loput them on their guard as well as myself It was on Saturday that I first heard the Chartists intended to rise . On the Sunday I went to my brother ' s house to learn whether it was true or not , and

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      STOCKPORT . V PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CHARTISTS .

      VISIT OF FEAKGCS OCOS . N 0 R , ESQ . —THE DEFENCE OF JOHN FROST , ESQ ., OF . NEWPORT . Oa Friday night last , a . public meeting : of the Chartists of this borough was called , and held in the Working Men ' s Association Rooms , Bomber ' s BroWj for the purpose of hearing Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., the unilincbing . and uncompromising , tbampion of toe people ' s rightB . The room , which is a very large one , was excessively crowded , a considerable naniber being females ; although an admission of 2 d . each was charged , as well for the exclusion of boys , as for the purpose of assisting the fund in favonr of Mitchell and Davies ( at present confined in Cheste- Castle for advocating the principles of the Ghartery . after the incidental expeuses of the meet ing had been deducted therefrom . ; About half-past eight Mr . O'Connor , accompanied by a band ofpoliticaladherents ^ faithful and true , '' entered the room amidst the defeaning applause of a delighted congregation ^ /

      Mr . W . Griffin , oh beiog unanimously called to the chair , opened the meeting with a few observations . He thanked them for the honour conferred upon him by electing him to preside over an assembly like that . He could not , however , but remark that there were others , his senio > g , in that room much morequalified than himself but he would not yield to either old or young in the sincerity of jjis proceedings . ( Hear . ) ludeed , that his heart and soul were identified with the cause , he need only refer to his exertions in favour of the Charter for the last three or four months—in fact , Mr . Cpckup ( for that was his name ) had told him that very day that if he did not mind , he ( Mr . C . ) would send him after his fellow-townsmen , Mitchell and Davies . ( Shame . )

      Hie did not care' for that ; for sooner than have his steps watched as they were by the police , althougl he had never been brought before-the magistrates for any charge , nor on . mtspicion df any , ofien ' ce , he would prefer the present situation of iMitenell and Davies . Nay , death would be more welcome'than to be haunted- hy those vagabond' poBoe - ' onicers ' . ( Hear . ) He thought he had been persecuted enough already ; fox ' one night , whilst returning homo from a , meeting like the present , he found " that Tory influence had broken up his . house and taken his goods away , although he did hot owe one single halfpenny of rent-- ( shame •)—an < L to Anake " bad worse , he was , without any ^ violent wdrd » bet Ween them , deserted by his w-fe . Thus situated , ho could

      have retired for a short time to . ; lodge at Mrs . Mitchell ' s ; but lest the circumstance should be takeh advantage of , in poor MitcheH ' s absence , to the injury of Mrs . Mitchell , he had put up at Mi . Partington's , the Garrick ' s Head ; but ^ ^ S- — - 's influenco , as a public officer , with-Partingtoninad been the means of turning him ( Grifini ) mto the street , ; and all because lie had taken an active part in the cause of the people . He had nothing : to say against Mr , Partington . Never was there a public man who advocated / the rights of the people , but it was a sure token that all the envenomed ahafts of fche tyrant and the oppressor would be arrayed against him . _ He did not care ; the" base ; . conduct oi Ma enemies would only stimulate him the more . .-His pistol andhis dagger , hiagun andhispike , should be his pen ; andhe would take his aim at the tvrants

      of btockport , and he did not think he should miss the mark very far when he oncestarted ^ ( Hear . ) He went to one of , the Town Council , Mr * George , Henshall , on the snbj&Et of the Court Room , hut the reply of thi 3 opce friend was that he did not wist to identify : himself ^ with : the . Chartists . ( Shame . ) And , in spsakmg to a Daniel Bagshaw ( whoLtalksso largely ; about reform ) , on the same" subject , that a large concourse mi ght "have aii opportunity of hearing Mr . O'Connor ^ he said if he wal ini power he would not lend us the Court Room for . any such a purpose- ; and concluded by making some reflections on the character of , Mt .. O'Connor . The Mayor , & 3 a public officer , also refused them the nse of the Court Room , towards "which every burgess in the borough pavB , and referred them to the Town Clerk . Ou asking Mr , Coppock the like question , he said it Tvas not m his power to lend it ; but if It was , he

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      would not do so ^ ( Shame . ) Now , then ^ take that a 8 a proof- of the feeling with whiph the Whigg < soateiijplated the pepplie ; Did \ the workttg classea' belieyothem wheiiftheysaid if thei people" yrouldi help them to get a repeal 6 i' Jibe > Corn Laws , that they Xthe ¦ : Whigs ) ' ytwli ia ^ ei wardaf h > lp : ; them to ; the Charter , when they ' would' not even lend them their Court House !; : ( No , ) . , ^ th ^ y . indeed /"; Le ^ them not place any confidence in the sly , canting'VVliigsthey ¦ ¦ were : knaves .. -- ; A / Tory came' up boldly arid openly to you , telling you that he was going to stabbed anhe did but the WdttWnoidb S ^ ^ fihaiia

      you ^ d j Whig—the treacherous Whig , ; can » e up Bmiilng to ; kiB $ the ^^ cheek , and stats youbehindypiir . back ; ( Hear , ) Bothiactidnswere bad s he : admitted { therefore , .-. ' . the' only thing ' that remained , for the > people , wa 8 the advice that Sir Robert Peel gave , to tak * their ^ i ^ irk intp theit own hands . And , iii conclusion , he begged to Bay ¦*»* H * t 0 Pt itasayeryhigh ^^ hpiipur to ^ iiitroduceto the-notice of ^ thp meeting , . iihe vboW , ;; the faithful , the honest , the disinterested , and praiseworthy advocate of the peopled rights—Feargus O'Connor , Estfl ( Much cheering . ) " / - .: ' ¦ . ' - . •"

      , M / v / 0 G p i " « on -rising , was ; received ^ with deafening applause . In the course of his spoech he said he could not forgiet that Stockborfrwraithe first tovra in England wherein he established a ' Radical Apsowatioh ; and had the period from that time bee « failed up with proper ^ organisation ^ and co-dperatipn of the people , they would i ere this , have destroyed both the Whigattd Tory factions ; but he never could have believed that they woald ever have thought of destroying moral prganisationby an arrayof physical foroe ^^ hea ^ T-no .- could he have expected that the Whigs themselves , wh > aro / such advocates tot freedom , Would ever have brought themselves to the condition of putting down the free expression bf public opinion bypbysical force . XHear . ) Haviriff ;

      watched the progress of events as attentively as any man , he had hot as yet beeu able to ¦ discover any difference bet \ yJBeii the two political factions in . tho state ;; Tho only lino of , demarcatibn ; : was the Ireasury , < Hear ^ and laughtpf . ) ^ The people had upthiug to hope from either of . them . Therefore he was sorry that any peraou ; pxofessipg ^ Radicalism should thiiik of discussing exclnsirely ^ he qiialifiqations of the Whiga ; leaving the-charkqters df the rories untouched ; for they inight deperia upon it that the people ' s rights were uot one whit the more secure in tho posseBsibn of tho Vono party / than tile other . He supgoBeclr that the meeting were partially aware of the principal object of liismissipn amongst them that oyoninir . Since Wediiesdav wpa ^ i hn

      had been present at arid addtessed ten public meet " - iugs in ^^^ tho same cause ^ pt which tlireoweireafrLoeds , one at Darlington , Sunderland i ' Nowcastle-upbn-Tyne , and Hyde and Stalybridge last night He was ; with them that night , ind the next ( Saturday ) ho-Vi&ould'vaddreWthoV Carpenter ' s Hall . They had now a greater battle to fight than the peoplei wer « r ever ^^ callediipon to decide befpi * . i Taey knew th 6 diligew < ie and malighity With which prosecutions were iustituted iii the present day . < ( Hear . ) / Ho ( Mr ; 0 C . ) h ^ d just overcome one , aud six ; ni , 6 re ; huyg over him . ( Heaj-. ) - lie only mentioned this as a pissing observation , not for the purpose of exoiting their symp ' athy ,,. He did 'nptwant'n . ; . v . H 6 'kiieW ihat . inany : 'who '' lieatd ' *' hiin

      were alsp singled out for persecution ; nor did he cate tor that . either-T ^ let them sulferifbr , a little while . Ifiey d not take much harm . ( Laughter- ) H 6 did not ^ ^ intend to turn to them , untjl he saw that ^' . a-man ' s life in danger was put otV danger . ( HearO-He had had some conversation with theso sufferers in this town ; au ^/ he had told thoin , ag ; ije had told other Chartists elsewhere , that . they ne ^ d not . expect a single word from him ¦ until , the case of John Frost was disposed of . ( A pplause . ) " Sufficient : for the day is the evil therepf ; ^ and after Frost had been poperly attended to , he ( Mr . Q'C . ) would give them ten public meetings to raise fu :. ds for their defeiice . ( Hear . ); . If , they . could not devise means for sparing the life , of one innocent maii ^ -for innocent inis nation

      ne was— was not wprth living for , mu (? h less dying for .: There / never was ; such gross cases committed for trial as had taken place at Newriortone % an having [ actually bepu cpmniittedfor harbouV U > g traitors , without first knowin g or proving that thev had been guilty of the « harges imputed to them —thereby conviotingparticj . bo |[ tJBe they were tried ( Hear . ) Hehad that day had a lettei *; from Mr , Frost 8 step-son , filatii . g that ho had procu ed the discharge of two men j Who wero in custodyi ' oir high treason ; and that ^^ upyvarda '' of ! pO-more vvoiild be sot ajtliberty . / See what alittio lawwouljil do , an ' d / by one jnan . ; . The ; ^ Irishinan , eating ; apple ; jiiej whiph pleased his palate , asked what was in it , to

      - if ; one ( guinea ^ m ^ kes . it 8 p devilish gpod , what must it'io if the pierwereaU guineas JVUtaughter . ) So , 'if one lawyer could get all these men off ? Vhat could the highest legal knowledge ^ in the / same ; causel ( Hear . ); Now / that was his object . The , Attorney-General of course , would bo paid t he highest fee allowed to the profession in conducting cases of high treason ; and . he would in addition procure the talent of the bar against Frost . The defence : would be proportionably expensive : The question then was , was Mr . Frost to be defended by the people or not , or would he be sacrificed for want of couusel ? The Radicals need not expect any favour from Mr . Justice Williams , ; for he was

      tho judge appointed to try FTost , and that was the man who- transported the Porchestet ¦ . labourers ; ( Hear ; arid shame . ) A Whig Judge then was to be sent ddwn to tr - y Frost , tjiererwas \ % / Whig-Attorney General to cohduct ^ he case of a \ Vhig prosecution ; before a Whig Jury , and ; a sneakiiig treacherous Whig preia would remain quiescent while the ?' bloody old Times" ( as Cobbett called it ) poisoned and" perverted the minds Of that jury against the prisoners . What must bedpriel Ho regi-etted that iie coiUd not ; plead for the defenco in CoiirtV because he was not allowed that priyilege ; Before he left thebar his income exceeded £ 3 , 000 a " year :, and although . others used to tell-him that he had iio pretensions , yet the income was a pretty cood nroof

      that somebody thoughtsomething about himi Well ; but in spite of this , he Was not allowed , to practice in this county . ; A combination had taken place amougst the members of tho / English and ' Welsh ; barristers against Irishi barristers practising iri their Courts , so that He was not allowed to plead for John Frost . ( Shame . ) This was 4 , combination with a vengeance ; and yet -the working classes were not permitted to combinoin ; suppprt of their interests . But he could be useful soniewhere , and lie would exert himself in the cause of John Frost ; arid byethe-bye he would like to know ; . where the men ' were who had ustil latel y bcou so loud in their cries arid professions of t > eir love of liberty 1 ( Hear . ) Were they so prepared in their : determiEation to do as

      much in the great cause of Radicalism ? for he ( Mr . ¦ O'C . ) declared that he had r-ot ^ lept six hours in any one night iBhice John : i > oat had been arrested . He ; was well aware that riiaoy ; arrests had also taken place ia Stpckport ; btit ho did riot care for that—he did not carp if there had been as many more aJi-ested ^ XliughteiO—becautb liberty rieVfer can bo better served , and more easily gained , than by manyrdom . If theChaiter could not be obtained by any other means ; they Would ( from all trie prospects he at present saw . arouiid lvim ) be j&uchiiiore comfortable in their prisons ¦ ¦ than in ; their streots ; vHear . ) Money ^ was wanted ; and ke knew the peo ^ plp ^ would furnish it . for such' ai cause . Thep&secution would soon cost ; upwards or t : iO . OOO ; : ; and lth

      surey e working classes cpuld : find' £ 1000 for the detencei - . He did ; not miiari fe excite the feelings 01 the meeting { rhewafloniy . epeaking ia good homely language which all-might uiiderstarid If a proper organizition existed amongst the pepple , the money would be forthcoiriirig in no : timo ;; but lie found that the more beneficial organization was : interrupted , by the existence of a sort of aristocracy amongst them for there were degrees even iu the Avorking classes . Ilie man earning his forty ; ehilliiujs a weckw looked With as much contempt npon his fellow with his . twenty shillings ; a" wpp-k , as a landlprd ^ would look U . ?^ ? tenant ; whUst thi laspuror earning ten sbjUinga ^ pe ?^^ week was content with his ; lot , becausB he . saw those : beneath ftiin recoiving but five shillings

      a ^ week . But he wanreu £ 1000 tor ' the defence ? f ? ro 8 ( ijja , ad he ^^ believed the . people w % ld find it . ^ Mr . V v » nnortherideveropedhisp r aufprM ^ singthem ' oii « v and continued ; If he had £ 10 , 000 ho would advanpS ^ U for svxsh national purposes , without rcquirinir any better 8 ecu , rity than tliat of tho vrorkittg claBEpaiof England . If every bank failod ; ho could depend upon their H npnour--ihoarj )^ but tAougltrS&nison ^ Wasa ' stroDgman , and Solomon was aiwisp ^^ man , yetthev tJI-W- — * ^ ^ rtl ^ lia ( i ' itriotVXLauehter . ) It had been ; Well observed tliat aniridiscree ' tW bve ?' zealous / friend may do moro ^ arm than atf open enemr ; and that what he hadj , airea'iyi sjtid' mi ^ ht jOBBibly by some secret foa bo consteued ; arid carbed lutomotivesWhich might aggravateihe sent fi ifc * #

      convicted ; and forthisvyjeked parppse . be ' ore tomorrowjometraitor - B ^ garbled ^ riotes , gleariingfrom recdlleohonv . and perverted by iaolinatiori ,- would be laid before tanaflby . H « did not car / wnat wW ^ ent ^ ftp flon ^ Ofice , ; if ^ for m that week ' s ^ air his Lbi-dshiE » might read * Iio hoMUff hiskuotiye lettprada ^ ossid ; ^ him , bfhSri ( Mt > O'ftY He fthwrged the Whig Goverrinient with nospunishmg Bradshaw , R (» y ' , ^^ d € ! ol !^ h 1 wnas ibrla . nguage uttered by thosei Tories at public din-SS ^ V ^ Mx . O' ^ had said ae much , ; he , a Ratucal ,. would ^ havo . walked Mrie ^ feet sciuare agam ^ indeod he would have been hanged , ririiess'th-n pepple ; satd . hoshbuld ri 6 t . v ( Heau and lauS . ¦ K-S ? - *^ m ? li ^ t ^ h > y had « beenv persecuted ' by theWhigs , and forthwith , speak in favor of the lU !\

      «< auua » proeeavite was . not desirable * because at was acting only upon wounded feelings arid not . upon honourable principles . ' The Whigs had also prospcutodhim ^ -bnt the Tories would ha ? e donp just the same if they had beea in power . The S diflference was ; that ^ nefactiori was in power and tliP other : was « ut . 1 'he Whigs were / devils : and the Xones were devila iri hell ^( laughter ) : ^ but ririlesl something was done for the country , pthe ^ thart bte ^^^ 4 ^ , the people Would haveS , W ^™* W $ e ?^ K <> Mtemen coming before them with their sehedule in their Iiarid 3 ioft * riri-tp oxchangoat fora ticket ^ io the Cha tist Assoc a 5 on The ^ peakeri having intrPduced several SSS of falhug ; trade , and the feeling of comS

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      cial men ; towards deniocra ^/ prpoiEJeded ! to ^ diptf that there never Wfluld be a fair remuneration for the tradesman until the ^ bon ^ r ( wa §* epreg 9 ntedV ; ^ t present it was only ^ the ^ lw ^ e bapltalist-whd could "do any busipessat all ; , bpcatfse M wrentinto thewatket ai } dswallpwod up the little vmt : just-asriMc ; fish swallpweditip theUittl ^> ones /; Tl % said that nirietenths of the advocates « f liniyeireatSuflrage were mere rabble ; but there would aooribe a rabble of the middle-classes , ' arid theri they wduldfirid outto thett cost the triithof Jthe tbast whiqh , they often giv © but neyer / s ^ a ^ pw-pthat the pepple were the soutce and fbuhdatioii of all we ^ th a ^ the authors of all ^ b ^ inventions aW ^ iients ^ and i o Vn ^^«^ I ^ . ^ ji ^ ZZi

      r ( , W ^^ means ^ pfjwhoiri , tyrants amass wealth and - ¦ bpcpjme , their / enemies . > He- ^ worildi think npthing [ easierv-tfi ^ ni ' - ; . ]^' : ^ r ^ vfe " - ^ " ^^^ - "thp ; laboarmg- classois worild make betterilaws for thegqreirnment of this ; c ( iuntry , than ; were ^ eu ^ ted ibycthe ^ present Legislature . He would uiidertakft blindfolded'to take twetity members put of / that assppiatidn , arid pit them / against twenty of the JJouse of Lords siini--larly , chpsen ; arid he wpiild be '¦ b'bunU to say thai thiBSP / men would do justice ; toi thbso ; lords , whilst the lords , on the other harid , would tot / be / fbnnd to do justice" to themi because the ¦ irieri protectiiig labour would be defending capital . sinc ' e wealth is dbperidaiit upon lavbour—brit , if capital alone were to be legislated for , as in the preseit day , justice could not be done to the interests of the community at large . The

      evils of the present system were- too palpable in the state ' of the cPinmercial market : ; wprkirig had been continued atiiich a rate— and speculatiba had been carried pii at ? uch ; hazardH- tliat " ' tlie ' whPl ^ market was so overstocked with goods , that the mariufactu ' - rers already djd not know / what to do with- ' th ' em > ' There were ri ; osr . les—no fprfiign / tradp . ^^ Thpfect was , ; JonajUaiii had done Jpliu / Bull again * He had . ; got all' the . corrii the gold , and , the cotton / JWhat was the corise ^ ueiicpT The . ' . middle men , feeling the effects of these things , complained / that the tilt was empj ^ -Qri ;< the ; £ ^ jtfday . ; ^ constituent body of thisi country ; and uppnlthemoviirts jvu tut lie

      , cm auu iesuuiiBiuuiiy .- ..: xney were the' meri who . always voted for Tdriesr-who supported distinc , tipns-- -yet . rievervoted ^^ fprthe ^ people . ( Hears ) He wasupt the man to exult at any riiari ' sntisforturie , but / really , yrhcri they ( the middle classes ) wore the authors ; of their ^ ovvn sufferings , ; arid those of the wprking-claasesj ; he couldriptpity them . Yet amidst all these distresses hei . did certainly , pity ^ hemanufac-r turers ( tyrants asi . they . were ) more than , tlie'laridlorcfe bcc awe ^ . t'h ' e'y ' . - -T ' ari" ; mpre ' 't ; sk- ; ' \ bUfeo . ^ e ' -w 6 . a d ^ 'l ^ Te tlforii both to v their fate .: Let them * eat each other Hjce Kilkenny cats ; and the people would come , in the / day aTter . / The reasp ; whythe'rich men ; Weliington ^ Peely arid the fiarings ,. would-not take pfflc 3 was because thev wished tho Whies so far tn A islmnt

      the cPiiritry ; tliat , when they retired from office , in favpur / pf the , yTbries , the Tories would be ; . be | t < ij : prepared : to /^ aTry put their bloody plans tpxbercP the people . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Thefirst thing they would do \ ypuldbe to select some eniittencesrin different parts of the cbunlryi ^^ 6 n whioli . '' to erect cannons , thus working by artulery . for she . purpose of forcing their measures against / the interests : pf the ; : pepple . / Tho firily difference . inthe ^ punishment to b . e put ' -into ixecritipn byboth the iactipns was wKether the peopleiWeretb be / hung / or . strangled ; v ( Hear , ^ , hear . V ^ 'hat Was : .- ;•• tho -j : . distinction ; : in / the r Government of the ; Whig ? ' - ami that ,-of the Tories . . ' Kotwitlistanding tho evils under the Poor Law-Act , the

      t / orn Laws , ; pr / other unjust-laws , ; rhe wpjild not retreat ; back upon any pt" thbseiriieasures tp relinquish the : grand , question of UniYersal Suffrage ^ -ifc wassuper ior to them all ; and therefore lipiad n » ye " r taken ; tap oiie , of these baits for the purpose of annoying thevWhigs , or from : " aStwound » iifpejiags ; ^ othing short . of Universal Suffrage wpuld satisfy him—nothing [ less than Universar SuffrageCwpuld beneffc / the . people . -Uncler : the existing state / of things they would not / be bettier " off if ^ ^ a shower otgdld were to : be sprit upon Me datth ^ because . there : W 0 Uld always be plenty k ) f speaial constables assembled to : take care ; of it . ( Hear , arid laughter . ) . The tepeal of the Corn Laws was now the great

      qviestiOri . 6 f the midd'o . miri , and the tnahiifaDturers and 6 a pitalis t Si ^ -LefrHliem bq ware of the' delusion , . Ihe ^ lppkod at it as a question of poxinda , shillirigs . and P ? nceVaud in the way of trade ; and lUthow far it would practi « aUy advantage , the . iabourer . He took tlie latter . portion , / aii ( l ; . opposWd ^ ^ Us . repeal for the preseotj be ^ ud&l ' , xhb '' jC apitalist' ; and uot the laboiiter would be the gairier , WDiistthe ' country w « uld be tholoseristudj-nv ; truih , the question stood ; aa it were , ^ hus : ^ £ 20 i 00 D ^ 00 ; of goods ! : to thef poor ; in tho-rednbed price bf provisions , arid £ 150 , 000 , 000 lost to them in the ? price / of labour ! ( Hear ;) ; The dufereuce would come outi > f the prico of wages h , nd «» , » ntp the , pockets of ithe manufacturer . ) Their ? J ect- . they said ,, was to encourage iiade ¦ fwhilst

      , rt 7 * as a fact that there ^ ere , at the , present time , as manyvgoeds . on . hand ; a »; would ^ stocfc the whiae world jaud . withthoir present estapliEhmeritsithey ^ e . enabled to supply all ; the posBibie demanda that our foreign markets ' cduld ' absorb . Good . Gpd ! at the ^ ratethey thought bf goingon , aftei ; the repeal ot . the ^ qorn , Lawa , they would bo able - W supply not only our demanasi but all the worlds in the fiir > nlament . -y .. ( Laughter . ) They \ wouM next get all theirstorehquses fuliat a chftap rate' ; and then ' the wprkore would be turned out , which- would be inevjj ^ Wy foliowe < jl by , *;/ bloody ; revolution , . fThe question isj aad haa , ; beenj , raapr 6 periy discussed as one of fanancial economy , and for the encoui-aeemeiit ot

      ; oar continental markets ,- and the foreign" corn growers , which would be imported to this country c ? P ? « heaPj Now , these pepple forget to reckon that ; when the foreigneta < saw We were dependent upon them for corn , that tliey would take advantage ot your situationy and increase the price of grain a , ud " . 0- could not compel them to : xeduce it , whibjt wp : would be left to nianufactiire pur coat ? , clothing , hats , shoes ; &c ; . < fec ; The foreigners could do without ; our coats , : if they take' it into their ^ ads / to wear them so . much Ibngnr but we ' couldno ^ do witljout / their corn , because our Wants must be Bupphed . _ We should then be at the mercy of foreign foes . ( Hear . ) After ^ a few other forcible /¦ arm .

      ments , Mr ^ O'Connor proceeded tb ; allude'to , flie JN owport affairv , He didinot think there Was a single ?/ Ji who , 9 uWkiU another in cold biopd for the saTce of the Charter ; / nor- did they / e * rir take ari / artive part only until roused in self-defence : Itwas proved bptpror the magistrates at Newport that ilie ''' . peppie ' K if ^ ; ^ ^ sert ^ fr 01 ai ¦ ' *• regimeiiVwho filed the frst shot ; and that the people had bberi deluded . ; Tho sotdwrs fired upon them , arid although the people retreated , thoy kept firing upbn themin v t th 6 y we ) re butchered as they fled .-The w ^ b ^ a mess ^ a ^ hig trick . ; Thoy bnrried Npttuigham ^ and Bristol , all to gain their Reform S ^ AS tllen th ey tuvned ; upon tho Dbrchester labourersand f ^ lI

      , transported them for being members ^ J ^ T ^™ ^ rliment , 1 o th ? Ho " , S ?^ t ^^ V'SPS this . ca « e ; before M ^^ fef 1 ? ^ ^^ cated the case V of . the RevV JSfcMSf ( f ^ hough He ; disapproved of his principles ) -and other persons , became those exertions were in the cauae . oc terseeution . - He had now . on the ^ ame prin ciple , been called on to commence the W * ' ™' i ^ i cii wluHo party he was proud ¦ S ^ w Pf N-t H « ' * ' >» W always be reao " y to co ^ foyward for liberty ^ sake /; arid atthe pro ^ aT ^ o Z ^ ca *?? Pevseeutiori , he ^ ould do as much for . them . ( Hear , atid applause ;) § M W \ ii ) ned them -, against traitors iand S feE ^ ^^" - « WW * ho ^ weregoW aoput f ? iiiaco

      """! w . o , u ; . enaeavourihg , by falsifviiie the preparedness of Certain towns , to fr WtSSfonS agamet them > .. . Let the people be aware : of srich Slvr 1 ^^ ^ 1111 ' ^^ having ian ^ seS wh wouW entitlo-them to a ; sirigle ' day ^ } n 1 a £ i $ ? hi § ' ? ^ would couivtenance ; anything bf iht ^ w ; aud , V rer * moment he heard of such a thing , he . would come before , public meetihi- and ^^ the . secret out ,, / He ; piedged- himself toSohis best for a cause , in : which ho had been engaged for eighteen ; . years , and ; Would ; put himself iri cPmmuniyatipii wuh . parUes ; in ; all pavta of- < thte ^ ngdom ; * W % P ^ tajn . pepons i : instead lof wrmhf ^ rid abusing him ; i . a ' the CAdmpioa : - \ ould feoirie forward : pld , 2

      m ? 1 w £ r ^ ~ \ 0 ^^^^ 0 wards ;; Frbst ' adfefeiwo < u () : ¦ W *^ : <> M > nt ! 0 r ) , would declare a truce ; ( Cheers . ) Now was ; the ^ imo tp / provetiien ' s sincerity . ; FrPst was a man after / the people's own hearts-nohest ^ operi , a ^ ju ^^^ hongh ^ hl t ^ A ? taSS W > uWe topubhsh / adetteriwrittenlbyFroSt some * in ? e bapk , repre 3 ontiyg his opinions :-on ^ ^ public lands y ^ i ^^ f ^ i eudeavpurccL . tpbe shown thai Wf ^^ wanted thp ^^ people to , steal the land , aa . if we could , put luls . ^ ud- ; mbun ^ ns : iri xmr ^ ocke ^ Otpunor ^ concluded uri . iutw : estiHf ; addw 38 ; amMst JrW ^" ^ PP . « i ? o . ; 4 ttelr whieff tie retirod ^ S the'worn , amidst the icongratjijktibha of , the coW ^^^ y ^^ W : ^^ M ^ : ^ / : If ; was then . on ' the motion 'rtFM ^ ibsii . : ^ u- / : jj :

      Thatthw ^ ieetingf dof % mpathisei with JoiS ? 0 s ¥ E 8 q ^ ; Ne ^ po « who -is now in ^ rcprated ^ S therefor pleage ^ tself H ^ tot ^ Sxk ? h& ^ mmmm ^^ ^ s ^ m ^ m ^ Mm ^ nany ^ etsons ' crbwainWrito , JlS'iSM- - ? 8 *

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      ^ : ,: p-: ur ,. iWi ^ :-.. ;* : ^ - J-- ^' .:-i- ;^' . ^ :- ' ^ - ^ CPJ ^ &Kf ^ wi ^ ' ^ V-. * - ^ . ^ ' :: ' " : ' ¦ ' ' : -yn ?* & f ^ icw » 8 ^ ' 0 $ . People ; at this ptaCe " * Lhar tist ^ eermon on the evening bf Sundav lasf £ the ;^ n £ jHalL , There ^ rSbpiSSmldrS present . This address ; was founded . ¦ upon ^ that dm ? Ubn ; df KtiPs d ^ eric ^ MaiorriPt ? -iia& ' most noble Testus , ; but Bpeak forth the words of truth and jpberness ^ ¦ ;;] f \ y ' ;;? : ¦; v ;/ : ^' - ^ ; .. ; : ¦ . " . ™' ^ ^ iuv < --We h ad a iijeetjii ^ JMi Monday eveniBff in . the JVIasoa ; s Hall ,, to hear My . AwDuncan fi ^^§ 95 ^ nlte ^ WBasnres ^ thpX ^ pnvention ^ afldof thejesplutipn the / fiam . ebotjw&opteA ia Feb W * i » f « iPUde to the Chartista ntwvii th « Anti . f ! h « i irt ^ hS ^^ .. :: ^ w . ,, _ -. _— - , , ^ H

      W agination . This ^ meet % caused a good deal ofexciteinentrJnDunfermlirie . Ittdeedfthiswaais be expected ,.,. Both of these acte > & ^^ 8 Goriv ntiott V ? a n / condemned at ^ publicmeetirigsiiefpre ; and Mr * A , Halleyvx > ur Iate ; delegate totheiConvention . has ^ yerjsuice his return gitenVthebody a very bad character ; ; Another reason ihat made Jthis lrieetiriff of somerinterestcwas , vtbatjMr Thomas Morrison gave , ** out . that he ^/ would ; put ; to : flight FeaS ^ Gonnor / or-any twenty :. ; . af ; the late tCohven&a upon the ulterior-measuresi or thp resblution upon the agitation 6 { ithe Gbin ^ Laws , v We ^ believe Mr Uuncanjs object was to givean bppprtuiity to these gentlemen to make good their boasting before a Wunierinlme aridiehce : : ' ? . , ' . - .-: ' ; - ; *

      ; . Mr . / Archibaitd Callen having ( been wiled to the chair , hevintrpauced Mr-Dun ^ aii tb the ^ meetin ? y ^^^ mm ^ ^^ ss ; ^ ridjcatedthe nieasurS of th « Convention ; : Duringliis ^ peecrilie waTS onterru pted b y the nngentlemanly conduct of Mr J WorTi ^ lMng ttoonncilloS IJunfermhne . ; . To this annoyance Mr ; D . admihistered . some well-timed rebukes ; * ut although these ^ ere ; approved pf ^ by m ^ udience ^ t h ^ hi ^ no other effect npon Mr . Morrison than-to make him phingfedeeper into hiacliildish f pUy . / -r ;/ r * T ^ *}?* ' £ ¦ W ^? *^ ^ PPed forwardarid claimed their attention in reply , to the observations of Mr . 'Wn ? a » v Mk -remarkghad&riaeir pbjeeJ io brine dwered ^ t u pon the , ConveritionVaiidit 8 j » aders .

      - 3 dr » \ Thomas Morrison i also- time forward but ra received [ with a % 5 wef of hisses ; * He ; said ' tnat he wpuld now take = up Mr : DmcM upon the GPrn Laws ; but hie was isure Mit *> D ^>« buld not do justice to his side of the q ^ Stion . : ( Hisses ^ He meant Mr . _ D . cQuld-ribt do it justice from the exhausted state he was in ; fr 6 m ; the length of time ha had spoken . ;; < H < Mu \) ; v | : -: ° S ; - ~" o ; Miv Duncan said -it ^ was now past « teveri o ' clock but he ' . 'left it with the meeti ng t © 4 &a $ e , ' ¦ / . It waa ultimately agreed to discuss the subject ; the nexteveningm the Majgate ^ Chayel ; " / - /

      • • .. ; IujESDAt . T--At . the hour 9 f : meetirigj- ^ he Maygato Church ; ^ ras / Qrpwded' to ^ : flxces 3 fc ; - >^ lri Es kins Bevenge , . one ; of thfli ui ^ fltrat ^ Vbfvflun ^ nnliie , ;* a ^ J calle d fto ; thas chair- ¦ : ? iritaiinje > ihe chair , he stated that he did so ipon the ujw ^ sjtanding that they / . would ; preserve order . ! MifeChur , ch had been granted uponiihia condition ' , ' ^ hey ^ ^ would hear the subjeci discussed , and . ^ " close they could then decide for themseJ . ^ - C ^^^ J ^ Hp : now called . upon Mr . Dunc * 11 ^ address them first *) / -

      . 1 MivDunf * ' ! , after a ^ powerful ad ^ ess ^ moved a resolu */ on founded upon the followidg one , which had ojeeri proposed invaihe Conventipn by James 5 ! 0 hterM ; p 3 rien ^^ ' - / , i . v / - > v : ^ w , \ r /; ¦ -.- ¦ ¦; ; . :-: / "That this ! ekmyentiori , cpimncsd ^ ib at at the present eyfiiitfulcrisisy : it is ; iridispeinsaW sary to thef success of the-NatipriarPetiiibn ; that the peoplp ss ; undividpd atteritibri ; : shbuld * be ebneeritrated' upbti ' that ° ' ^ ue ' Bti 0 id-- *^ ih ' « A . 0 xeiaiEd 6 tt of all oth&rs not- auxiliary to ; the satee- ^ aiid ; being ;' -con- - vinced . that the present agitatipn-fbrVJthe repeal of taoCpm -Laws w ^ iriteri ^ d : ^ rid ^ p ^ actually tend ¦ to direct the working classes froiit ^ bat paramount object , pid bfeing farther ^ : o ; fA ^ piriionjithat , snoh an uncpnditioriai repeal as ; would ; : ^ alone-rbe likely to receive

      the ; sanction . pf the Corp .. Law agitators would be rather ; injurious : thanirpWejcwiBe to the mtercsts of the ppprer / clfea ^ We ^ flie delegates of the Cbnveniion ,: db , ^ therefpreV mos t earnestly recommend our ; constituents in particular , and the urirepresertted jclasejes iri ^ gerierai \ to deprecate and oppose " all an , d any agitatiori for a jpepeal of the Corn Laiws , uritil ^ thefate of ^ htf-Katipnat ^ Petitipn and the People ' srGharter BhalVhaveiieea deterained so far aa : the ; legislature- is cbmpeteBt to determine it / ~ - / . : / ,. . , ;; ; :-: \ .: V /;;/;'' ^ u : ^ .,- ' . ' : y ' - ' - / -. ' - ' :, Aft ** * n ^ animated ^^ ^ ^ discussioriit ^ respbjtibii was put to the vote , wheii the Chairman declared it past by a-good ^ ajbrity ;; ¦ : ' ;*/ ' ; . /¦ /;; V ; ' ; i ; -hoi' : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ''' ¦ : ^ l li ;^ PuncauiHeri / ^ m seconded , avpte " , pf thankstP '^ the Ghair aian , arid the ; meeU ? g . brpke up .: ' - /^ / ;; :: : ' : . ; - ' / v / v . , »/¦//¦ . - ¦ : ¦ :

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      ^ r ^ ' ^^ w ^ f& ^ tbe ^ .. ;; THEiHjSUNiiJD ; JBfousB ^ I ^ wiU be ^ the recbUM tioji « f . maay of our Yreaders that a lew years ago the greatest-possible excitenierit : was occasioned in urefetiwichhy a mysterious ringirigrof Cbells in the . apartments' helongiug to Lieutenant ? Rivera , in Jr ^ Bwch Hospital , the cause ofvwhich nobody could detect , altbougk it continued for eeveril days , * ud ; was carried tp : such an extent that Lieutenant Rivera s family were . obliged to iquit the residence . / , P ^ ™ or , Eieutenant-Gpvernpr , the Secretary , the Spljcitor of the Inetiiulibn , and hundreds of other acute ¦ persons , ViMted the anartments---it , hfi ^ iAlln

      rungjiu their presence , and no solution to themystery could be , x > btained ; at / length brie of the feiriale servants who had been Iefkin . charge o £ * he apartments confessed herself tpv bethe : ^^ authbr ^ of ' the trick that hadbeeniplayedi Ay like / circumstance is at this moment . occasioning-thegreatestconBteinationin the town of Dover . This haa ^ beeri the fall-absorbing topic of ^ Conversation ; , and is certainly a most e 2 ? traordinary circumstance . ; # avirig / earefully iriquired . intp : the matter ; we : aretenabled to ; lay tn ;^ djetaih fully before , our Teadera ^ eaving them to judge of the case as they may think proper . On t « ffi ;^ fc r *!«> pisses Keys , dacghters of Mr K ^? Keys , pilot , iu ; Limekijn ^ treet ^ soori after

      W& * u ' heaT ? , a" knocking ^ t their chamber door .. It commenced ;' with a gentle tapping , as though some one ^ wasTat tho dpor ^ appirig-vvith their knuckles wishing to come ^ in . ^ The npjso increased lter fad louder , untili % became ^ as brie knocking with all- his mighty when , it left ; pffi- Ever since that tame the same noise has been heard in various parts of tho house . At one time it- appears in the cellar ; at another time under theiflopry from thence i ^ tlvexhambers ; and at other tiri » esinl the parlour or sitting ^ oora , / Neither is- the ^ oAse cprifined to ume , lor it is heard at various tiri fefiii ttied " ayaswell as in the njgliL and ; by ; any : person ^ Hq , visits the apartments , . Sometimes the .. ¦ •' noiso " will leave lha

      npuse lora wholeday , and retuniat night ; at other time ^ nothing ishe ard all nightjbnt . Returns with the rising sun . It always commences iri the same way-a ^ gentle tapping , as with the knueklesijantil it becomes , of a most violent desdriptidn . " A few days since iticame while a party was sitting iurtlte parlour i When the door : waa a little wiy open ; the rappifg . then appeared to be . onthp top of the door , arid When it ¦ increased , to . tho highest , pitch the dpot went , to and fro as though spnie one was shakinc it in ; a very -vehement manner ^ Several scores of persons who haye visited / the hbuse' declare tho npise to bfe most awfalt arid many / who nave eorie to the house langhingat the folly arid subersti « oi , fl « f

      those who havepreviously visited ,: ; h ? tve returned trembling . As to the cause of -this ^ extraordinary altair various , are the conjectures ; softie ascribe ft to natural , others . to a supernatural a % ency ; somo have supposed « to proceed ftbnifhe" water works near th ^ sppt ^ nd othei ^^ idi ^ ifle ^ hich stands but a fow rods ^ fi ' ^ Som ^ ajbitt ihayl ^ verrediS t ™ A "P " " ,, ^ ' * : Probably process from "S SSl ^ v ^ pkinri t ^ abl ^^ riay -he sinking Wou ^^» othii » g /» ppc ^ rs ^ bear out the su ppH wJLv ' ? f ^ nave suggest odthai ^^ it probably Sf $ * d - * om ^ b » raikoady thinking itofbt u ^ UKUy _ thar a . subterraneoris ! passageway proceed gS ^\^^* ff % house d which conveyS S i ^ h « l ^ anx ^ f these sripppsitions have any cw ^ m ; tfti general credericei wei . flariaojt , at present deoide ^ but if SD ; , whv ^ lbea thfi nm « A !^ w » . & < . n ™ a

      W *^ ame sofb . and . gontle mariner ^ Mnd wliy not S ^^ ^ m ^ Wger / perwd / of time V The house {^ J ^^ he iPossessipa ;^ this family for many ygars past ^ neither ha « , a ^^ ing « ver > b > enlieard tiU U 'OtthoJimie afeoTie stated . ; : a ; he effect ptodaced by ^ W cumstanco ; . ofcihe / feniil y ^ ' andi many others ^ r » aHo ^ 8 « ed , jhasaeenexceeding 3 y great ; ^ rid *^? yonn ^ ladies , can ^ putno ; iftc ^ unt ;;^ JO * sleep , in jthe ^ hpuse , h Thp ' floor * have ; alf been laKeu ; upland evemsearch imaginable has been ; SSfc' ^ iM ^ ttaWfctfpos sibl ^ tha teil « ause ; but V ^ ff <> ; iJthjQii : / pxertipns / haye prby ^ i unavailing . ; w nat ^ vermay ^ the cause of this singular phenbme-^ P ^ watrust . itwill ^^ speedily be btoughlt to light , not : W ^^ e * 8 iit i | actiwj ) f the publi c ^ rbut for the peace ^ o jF mijaia ^ thehiamilyi

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      . There was a- diepiprable exbibititibri ^ Pf crime arid depravity ; at , the , sessions just concluded at Lewes , ^ Jgnt meni Werd ^ ciiarged , on no less than 19 mdiettaents ,. with feh ' eep-stealing arid ; other felonies . One oUh es ^ wneaeHeasman , whomadefBefirstdisclo-^^ f tKat-led ^ Ofthe app rehBhiipn vof thegaug , was v ul ¦ ' ¦** . '¦ toi ' sevidence , ; aridthe ' coolcesswith which he narrated-the 1 ciMumataricestfiat criminated Uia co mpanions , evidericed ^ -a . fearful state of moral turpitudes / The * amount of ; property which he had tbreo

      oeen concern Miin-destroying during the last or tour , yearsf it would not be easy tp calculate . » vp undeijstanji tliat he bixA cprifessed to : the comniittal of betweeii 20 and . 30 differentieloriies ^ aaai ^ accprdiD to his own evidence , he seems to nave proceedea ^ boutthemas if : prdinary affairs of busipe ^ s . The wliolia eight lived ; at : Barcpmbe , arid ebineliad borne previous : gopd characters . : Mpst of them were ^ in the receipt pf good wagesvand brie , at tho time of his apprehien sion , had / £ 10 O ^ in cash in his houso , besides owning a / cpttage ^ Br / aA / on Herald . 5 ¦ ^

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      I asked nim if he and my ' other hfbttlere would go with me to Llangyinthan to prevint th $ ! Chartists from forcing us along with them . . >; I and my brothers , and three other men , wiantoff at three o ' clock on the Snnday . evening , arid I kne ^ r nothing at all about it till last night . I . never ; have' been in any lodge , and I was never asked to make arms for them . The prisoper was fully committed to take his trial on thei capital charge . The Court thea adjourned till to-morrow .. l a ^ ed heMd

      ( From the Morning Herald . ) . There are / seven prisoners remainiug ia custody awaiting their examination . Of thesej three are persons who were wounded in the conflict , and one of-ih * other , four is a man of tiie name of Gibby Who was apprehended in this townibout two o ' clock this morning , on a warrant fbrhigt treason . The particular offence which is expected to be substantiated against him is , ; it is understbod i the manufacture pf pikes , pr other offengiye weapons , for the use oi the Chartists . Wm . Davis , the young man who was arrested at Cauterbury , is ako one of those waiting for examination , his case having been , in the course of the day , further postponed from Monday to Wednesday .

      . It is beieved to be ; the intention of the Crown riot to proceed with tho evidence against Mother parties , unless such as appear to have taken a leading part ki- the recent , disturbances , or the cpmbination ^ which have led to them , trusting rather to the effect which a wholesome example , held out in the perAoris of some of the ringleaders , will have upon the deluded dupes of . the . Chartist confederation . '' : "• ¦' The magistrates did not sit until a later hour than usual to-day , and it appears that they were engaged during the early part of the forenoon in deliberating upon information , which had reached them resnflnt ; -

      ing some parties not yet in custody , . and .-not before known to have been implicated in the late treasonable desigps , but against , whpm it is now believed that evidence can be . produced to show their deep participation in the secret ;; plans and machinatipris by which the receut attack upon Newport was so nearly brought to that point of , success whiqli was intended to be a signal for a geueral rising of the Chartists in other parts of the country . It is also stated , I know not with what truthi ; that some secret meetiugs of Chartist lodges have been / held in the district even since the late outbreak .

      A placard has been issued by order of the magistrates , offering a reward of i" 20 each for the apprehension and conviction of two men , Williain-Jewell and Jonathan Palmer , stone-masons , charged with high treason- and sedition ; Very exaggerated rumours have been spread by the lorers of the marvellous , as to threatened Or apprehended dangers in the district , and every mbvementiof the military is supposed tt > . be connected with some fresh source of alarm . Those , however , who are more competent to form a judgment upon such matters , are confident

      that the number of troops now in this neighbourhood , and the precaution adopted by the authorities , are amply sufficient to guard against any attempt to disturb the public peace or secHrity . That this opinion has the sanction of ; tbef most experienced persoos is proved by the cir « um » tance that somo addition having been yesterday made to thepiiiitafy force at Bristol , and Colonel Coosidine having been asked whether he would wish to have anyjportion of the men despatched to Newport , declined any addition to his present complement , considering it fully adequate to the present or any probable

      circumstances . ' :, ' . : "•¦ It is said that , in consequence of fresh rofornia tion obtained by the magistrates , a newwftrranthas been issued against Henry , the sori of Mr . Frost , for high treason , but that the officers have riot yet suc ^ ceeded in discovering his place of concealment .

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      FURTHER EXAMINATION OF PRISONERS . Satcbday .- —The . magistrates commenced their sittings at half-past one o ' clock . ' - . --- \ V The prosecutions were conducted by Mr . Phelps . Griffith Evans , John Williams , and John Fisher , were placed at the bar on the charge of high treason . Some immaterial evidence having been brought forward , . / / . ' :-. " •' ilr . Phelps said he did not think the eviderice sufficiently strong against the prisoner John Williams : he should therefore withdraw the charge against him , but before he didL . Bb he would state that he was secretary of one of the Chartist lodees . ' ' ¦/¦ ; .

      _ The magistrates , after advising hfrii to withdraw himself from the secretaryship , discharged him . . " Mr . Phelpa stated that the charge of treasori could not be sustained against the prisoner John Fisher , there being but one . witness who . could prove his being with the mob . armed . He : should therefore make afresh charge against him for conspiracy . The prisoner was then bound over in the sum of £ 50 to answer any charge that may be brought against Mm at the nest gaol delivery . ¦ ¦¦ The prisoner GrifBth Evans was then removed for two hours for further examination . -

      Johri Batten was charged with being armed for an illegal purpose , being with persoas armed vjor an illegal purpose , and creating a riot . -, The evidence was uninteresting . "Being-unprovided with bail , he was committed to prison for trial . The following prisoners were then severally brought up , and there being no evidence aeainst them , they were discharged : —Edward Davies ' John Hemming , Abraham Lewis , William Smith , David Edwards , George Cooper , Samuel Beecher , James Williams , William Williams , John Williams . Griffith Evans , who was this day remanded , was again remanded in consequence of thei absence of witnesses until Wednesday nest . ; : The Court then adjourned until Wednesday aiext .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1839, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1086/page/6/