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      ( Continued from our Sixth page . ) gjea , sad I am not the person against -whom your virtuous indigestion should be directed . I shall ai * - ttncUy prove aa alibi , and will show you that I could sot have been in the street when the -witnesses said I vu ; and there tu , 7011 -will observe , a good deal of erasjon in their answen as to my identity . You will Temember , Gentlemen , that Iras stranger in this part of the country , and that It must kaw been difficult it that hoar of the night to swear to my identity . Gen-Semen , there i * another source of prejudice which Bay enter your minds , arising frem the commarts of the press , in coupling my name with these transactions . I can only speak as to what I saw in the Morning Chronicle , and I dont know whether you would be likely to be swayed by

      these reHjaris or not , —I rewember reading in the 2 foTxingChrottic ? e , t * o 4 ay « af : er the 15 th . August , a lengthened leader , in ¦ which my name occurs six or aeven times , and where I am called " the incendiary Cooper , " and that"" these things hsd not occurred until he bad entered the Potteries . " Now in the same paper , » -week previously , there Is an account of an outbreak ai Burslein Gentlemen , I trust the learned Judge ¦ will allow me to tell you the Te&soni ol ' the prejudice existing against me in the mind of the proprietor of the Horning Chrxmde . who represents Leicester . Poor and humble as 1 am , I contended against him there as the Universal Stiffrege candidate , and I happened to hare the show of hands against him . This was likely to create a sore in his mind . Bet this was not all Daring the time I resided at I ^ iceater , I hava

      endea-Tourtd to give i .-strceSon to the Chartists , and haTe had five hundred men present -whom I have been instructing in reading and writing . X hare lectured them on geography , history , phrenology , geology , and ether sciences . I have endeavoured to humanize and civilize them ; I never saw a gun , pike , 01 -dagger among the Leicester Chartists . I never had arsis of my own , and never let eff a- pistol in my life , nor do I think I oonld do so . I have recommended Chartism until at one time there were " from two to three thousand persons calling themselves Chartists . It began to spread among the electors , who called themselves Complete Suffrage men . The spreading of those pried piss caased Sir John Eastbopa to give up the registration of electors , and abandon the . idea of erer being returned for Leicester again- He neYer can

      ie returned again , and he mart get into the House ion tEewkesbury , or some other small borough . He knows that the humble Chartist Cooper has done this , and the Honourable Baronet , with purity on his lips , while spending tfrmwrp dn in corrupting . the electors of . Leicester , has for this called me an incendiary , and denounced me . I , therefore , Gentlemen , call on you to -fligrmsa from jgut minds all comments which you may haTe seen in the public papers with regard to me . I ¦ hail now , Gentlemen , narrate to you briefly the events of my bumble life . I was born at Leicester , and jny mother was in her windowhood when I had attained a very early sge . She retired to her native county , an 4 by the labour of her own hands mpported me . I have known her , Gentlemen , -to give me the last bit of bread she had that The here

      I mis ^ t EOt starve . [ prisoner appeared to be much affected ] I have frequently known what it is to go without shoes , to wear ragged clothing , ynri sometimes to want bread , Sly constitution was enfeebled from illness , and this , prebably not from any peculiar turn of mind , it was that induced me to turn my attention to reading and drawing . My mother encouraged me , and has frequently given me her last penny to buy a sheet of paper , or a black lead pencil I had also a strong attachment for music and read ¦ everything that came before me . I was afterwards sen : to lsam the trade of a shoemaker , and worked at the last . I rwnaintd there till I was twenty-three years old , and during that time I read a memoir of Samuel lee , professor of Eebrew in the TJniversity . of Cambridge , by which I was animated to prosecute my

      studies with increased ardour . I commenced learning latin and Greek , and made a resolution to commit to memory Milton ' s Paradise Lost , and the seven best plays of Shakspeare . TJnfortunafceiy , amongst mj other leading , I happened to read the works of Paine , Voltaire , and Bosseau , by which I became imbued with < Jei £ tical principles . Aly best friend , John fiaugh , who is since dead , gave me good books to read , which were of infinite service to me in re-establishing religious principles . Tfle prisoner then proceed to detail , at joDe length , the course of his studies . He learned latin , Greek , Hebrew , and French—studied the evi--dences of Christianity , and read Scott's and Byron ' s Works . He never earned more fh » Ti- 101 . a week at his trade , and his poor mother died at the advanced age of seventy . After bis working hours , during the

      winter , he pursued his studies , and read the works of Varburton , Hooker , Benttey , and Bishop Hall , and became acquainted 'with some of the most gigantic ^ ninds the country had ever produced . He feared he Was tiring them , but be wished to shew to the Jury that he had not turned his mind at any time to acts of violence , and was sot likely Io recommend such pro-. eeedixgs . He subsequently went to Gainsborough , after & severe ff ^ aw , and established ft school , an& bore testimony to the Hnij and Christian cenduet of the curate , ¦ who gave him many good books to read ; among others the life of Henry Martyn and Paley's Evidences , by which be was recovered from Deism , axd bad never sices then doubted the great truths of Christianity . He then went to Lincoln , and set up a school there , and became acquainted with one or twoperonswhoproposed

      the establishment of a choral society , of which b 6 was secretary for three years . He became enthusiastically devoted to the strains of Handel , Beethoven , and Mozart , and opened classes at the ilechanics' Institute of Lincoln , of which Lord Yarborough was patron . He sub-¦ equently furnished a report of seme lectures on chemistry to the Stamford Meicury , and became connected with that paper as Reporter , at a salary from £ 20 to £ i 0 , £ 60 and ultimately £ 100 per annum , He then Went to London , relying upon the promises of a literary Baronet connected with Lincoln , and remained there without employment seven weeki He feared the literary B&ronet had told him a fearful falsehood .. After suffering many privations he obtained some employment from Mr . Lumley , the bookseller , of Chancery-lane , who employed him in making extracts from

      Works in the British Museum . He also wrote occationaKy for the magazines , but was badly paid , receiving soni 9 times only one sovereign when . he Tiad earned five pounds . He lived in that manner in London until all was spent , but then again ha was rescued unexpectedly . He got an offer of a situation as Editor of the Greenwich Mercury , at a salary of £ 3 a week . He had given notice to leave that situation , when a letter was sent to him stating that a reporter was wanting for the Leicester Mercury . He went there , having had an attachment for the place of his birth , snd very naturally . He reported for that paper until the iBOLth of February , 1811 , from the previous November . He then first heard a Chartist lecturer in bis capacity of a reporter . He approved of those principles , and wrote awhile in favcur of them . Then

      first he bsgan to learn the circumstances and extreme poverty of the people , and ob « erve > 3 the great contrast between them and the people of the agricultural districts of Lincolnshire ; then he began to see the straggle between the people and tkeir masters , the one ground down to the earth in poverty , asd buffering , and -oppression , while the others built large factories and mills , and amassed large fortunes : 11 was that whkh strengthened his feelings in favour of the rights of the people . The prisoner then detailed some instances of extreme poverty and distress that bad come toi h ; s knowledge , and concluded as follows -. —My Lord , and Gentlemen of the Jury , I do not tb : nk it necessary to

      occupy your time further . I protest to yon most solemnly that I was never out of the George and Dragon ail twelve o ' clock , oz a little after it , that night ; and may the thunders of heaven consume me at this moment , and that is a solemn oath , if I was . I am incecsnt , so help me God , of being in the street , of having any notion or intention of recommending acts of violence or of having seen spark , smoke , or flame that Bight , end I cannot help thinking , that wh 6 n the witnesses are prodnced to establish the alibi , men like yourselves cannot find me guiity npon both the counts of the indictment , although , perhaps , if you find me guilty ot one , it is no more than I can expect .

      Mr . Lxe here rose and said that the prisoner was under a mistake , supposing that he was Iniiicted for a liot as well as for the demolition of the house . The prisoner then proceeded—Gentlemen , any felonious intent I had not , and never entertained . I had ao wicked intention . I had no malicious intention . I could not have it ^? y whole life was opposed to such ideas and intentions . I never recommended violence , —I could not do so . It bo happens , however , that when men indiscreetly mix themselves up with these transactions , thty do not feel the danger to which they szs exposing thans-Ares ; asd although I do not tell jou that I shall cease to be a ChdrtiBt , I tell you that I shall take care , if God Almighty , by his providence , delivers me from this danger , and that I remain in this country , which I loBg hope to so , I shall take care never to be fouid under circumstances where violence is enacted , or likely to take place . I

      have rot wilfully or wickedly counselled violence ; and how then can I be said to have wickedly an > felonioasly assisted at the riot , or advised the destruction Of property . This I am told is the charge , and of this I am not guilty . Gtatlemen , I trust I shall have your verdict of not guilty , because there is nothing to ah » w that I committed any riot or recommended it Having said this much , I shall leave myself in your hands , feeling assured that you will act like honest Ban , like oosseienticas men , like men 0 / feeling ¦ ad humanity ; and , although you may feel the Wrongest indignation against the destroyers of propaty , remember that I did sot destroy , I am not the ' person who incited them to destroy ; but , on toe contrary , advised them not I now leave my-• Elfin jour hands , and in the hands of his lordship , sad i thnnfc you for your kind and patient attention .

      Tbs public nay form some judgment of the astounding-effect of each an address . His acquittal proves it . His friends tope that be will be bailed to-morrow . Mr Mullin , from London , an 4 I think Mr . Be&sely , from Leicester , both wealthy gentlemen , are expected here to-morrow for tfeat purpose . A great uproar and alarm Wen created last night , amongst the friends of the Chartists sentenced to transportation , in consequence of a number of transports having been suddenly cadered dova to the railway station to be conveyed to London . It was supposed by the friend * of Mr

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      Ellis , and the others , that they were the transports thus so suddenly ordered ofE But , happily , such was not the case . The transports that were conveyed to London lait night were men sentenced st the last aasitas . ( From the limes )

      LIVERPOOL-THURSDAY . Oct . 13 . { Before Lord Abinger . ) On the opening of the Court , The Attoeket-General replied in the case of Dyson Townley , and others , indicted yesterday for conspiracy to stop workmen from pursuing their lawful occupations , contending that the witnesses for the prosecution could not be mistaken as to the identity of the prisoners . Lord Abihger , in summing up , observed , that an attempt bad been made tc make out a case of alibi , but an alibi must be proved strictly and have no suspicion about it ; and he left it to the Jury to say whether they were satisfied with the evidence that had been produced . The Jury after rt tiring for a short time to consider their verdicf , found the whole of the prisoners Guilty , but recommended James Taylor to mercy on account of the good character he had received .

      The A TTOBXET-General said , he was disposed to extend to James Taylor the utmost leniency , and would be satisfied with his own recognizances to appear when called upon to keep the peace . Lord Abisger said , the prisoners had been fonnd guilty of a conspiracy . They had assembled with others in vast multitudes , in order to tarn out all workmen engaged in their lawful occupations . That the country should be exposed , even for a single dayto such unheard-of tyranny , was almost without example . They might feel some compassion for workmen who , oh the invention of new machinery , endeavoured to take vengeance on what they supposed to be the cause of the less of their labour . People might feel compassion for these persons , though , they acted undoubtedly , with great culpability ; but that workmen should conspire together , march through the country , and suspend all labour , was a thing altogether new ; and how any men of common understanding and feeling ecnld lend themselves to such

      proceeding , it was not easy to conceive . He had reason to believe from his experience in that and a neighbouring cosnty , that many unfortunate workmen had been misled by designing men . Tno sentence of the Court on David Taylor , Dyson , and James Smith , was , that they be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one year . With respect to Townley , the defence he made tended to aggravate his crime , but considering bis youth , and thinking that that defence had been concocted not by himself , he was disposed to pass a more lenient sentence on him than he otherwise should . The sentence on him was , that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for tea months . With respect to Jame 3 Taylor , as he had received a good character from the prosecutor , wco bad also described his intellect as not very strong , the Court would treat him with great leniency , and he would be discharged on entering into his own recognizances to the amount of £ 100 to appear for judgement when called on .

      John Bell , A . Sheerer , George Grimshaw , E . Williams , A . Brand , William ForeEt , John Tooial , Thomas Hodges , Edward Boardman , and John Eccles , prisoners who had previously pleaded guilty , were placed at the bar . Lord Abinger said , the prisoners had been inr dieted for conspiracy and riot , and had pleaded guilty to the indictment . He was willing to accept that plea a 3 a token of their contrition for the offence they had committed . Under these circumstances , and prompted by the suggestion of Her Majesty ' s Attorney-General , he had thonght it his duty to examine the circumstances of these particular cased ,

      with a disposition on his part to make , as far as he could do se consistently with what was doe to public justice and the peace of the country , some mitigation in the punishment of their offences . The sentence on the prisoners Tootal and Forest wan , that they be imprisoned for nine months in the House of Correction and at the expiration of that time that they enter into Eureties to keep the peace for two years , themselves in £ 100 , and two sureties for £ 25 each . The sentence on the prisoners Sheerer , Bell , Hodges , Williams , Eccles , and Grimshaw , was that they be imprisoned for six months , and enter into the like sureties , and continue in prison until the sureties were found .

      The Attorney-General here intimated that he would not pray for judgment on Brand and Boardman , if they entered into recognizances to appear for judgment when called upon . Lord Asikges said , the course taken on the part of the Crown was one of great leniency , and he trusted the prisoners would conduct themselves henoeforth as good and peaceable subjects . Should they break the peace , or commit any offence like that for which they had been apprehended , they would be brought up and receive judgment on the present indictment . They would now be discharged on entering into recognizanoe 3 of £ 100 , and two sureties of £ 25 each , to appear for judgment when called on . Thomas Holt , aged 35 , was charged with conspiring io stop the working of mills in the parish of Rochdale , on the 18 th of August .

      The AnoRNi-T-General stated the particulars of the case , which were fully borne out by the evidence . The prisoner was among a lawless mob , which went about stopping mills , and had struck a magistrate who endeavoured to disperse the mob a severe blow with a stone on the forehead . This was the reason , the Attorney-General observed , why this caso was singled out , but had there been any disposition to press the case against the prisoner , he might have been indicted for felony . The object in all these prosecation 3 had been to exercise the greatest leniency consistent with public jostice , and to prosecute the worst individuals in each district . From the number who had been engaged in these lawless transactions , it was quite impossible to do more than generally to vindicate the law ; and let it be thoroughly understood that excesses of this desoription could not be repeated with impunity . The prisoner being found Guilty ,

      Lord Abixger sentenced him to imprisonment and hard labour for two years . Jokn Ward was charged , with others not in custody , with conspiring , on the 10 th of August , to prevent workmen pursuing their lawful avocations and for riot . I t tnrned cut , in the course of the evidence , that the prisoner had been mistaken for another person of the same name , and he was consequently discharged ; but the circumstances of the case are worth stating , as showing the regular system in which some of the turn-out 3 carried on their proceedings .

      The Atiobnet-Genebal said , the present case was distinguished by some peculiar features . After the mob had established its authority throughout a great part of the country , a sort of committee of public safely was established , which took on itself to moderate the laws of the mob , and to grant permission to persons to work under certain circums * acce 3 . He thought the species of concert and order and government in these arrangements presented a feature of an alarming kind , which nad induced the law advisers of the Crown to present this czse to the attention of the Jury . It would be clearly proved , that a person of the name of Ward was concerned in riots which took place about the 7 th of August , and down to the period when a sort of committee of public safety was established in the

      neighbourhood of Stalybridge . A witness of the name of Jamieson , a ta il or , carrying on business at Stalybridge , wonld prove that he had his men turned out , but , being desirous of having some men to make up a suit of mourning , he applied to the committee of public safety , which dispensed these indalgencies and permitted , under special circumstances , that the dictates of the mob might be violated for a short time ; allowing persons , under the authority of a written warrant , to pursue their lawful callings for a limited time . The certificate granted in the present case had been either lost or destroyed ; but he should be able to prove that it was to this effect : — ' " " August 11—This is to certify that Peter Jamieson ' s men shall have liberty to make some clothes for mourning . The Operative Committee . " After

      granting this certificate there arose , it appears some suspicion , that under the pretext of making clothes for mourning , Jamieson was carrying on his regular business , and several persons came to his shop and wanted to see what he was doing . Jamieson resisted , stating he had the authority of the Operative Committee to work . They said that was nothing to them ; and as he would not permit his premises to be searched in order that it might be ascertained whether he was making mourning or not , a mob came again about noon and insisted on seeing that he acted in obedience to his licence , and only made mourning clothes . He ( the Attorney-General ) confessed that he did not think open violence so alarming as thi 3 species of order and arrangement , this

      affectation of the rules of regular authority in granting dispensations . He considered it far more dangerous than mere tumult , which did its micchief , passed away , and subsided . There was evidence that a person of the name of of "Ward had been engaged in riotous assemblies , and was 8 party to the granting ol these licences , ft was very difficult to conceive thai an offence of this sort fell much short of the highest crime vrhioh the law knew , » nd undoubtedly the exercise of authority , coupled with any act of violence at the time , would scarcely hare left say choice to the law offioers of the Crown ts to the character of the offence they must have presented to the Grand Evidence was gjren of the fact of the prisoner beiiig concerned in » riotous assembly , ia the county of Chester . . . " _

      Peter Jamieson deposed—He first saw the prisoner on the 9 th of August . He came with forty or sixty persons , who wanted to know whether witness's men were at work , and wanted to have them out . Witness reasoned with the mob , amd they went away . They csme again on the morning of the 10 th of August . The prisoner was with them ; and with seven or eight persons entered witness ' s shop and wanted to have the men out . They said they would not allow witness's men or any men to work until the Charter became the law of the laad . Witness turned

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      his men ontfor fear . His men were satisfied with their wages , and could earn from 203 . to 24 a . a-week . Witness ' s house was in Chester . Witness remembered getting » certificate to allow him to work . The prisoner had nothing to do with that i it was another Ward . The Atiornet-Geneiui here said that , in consequence of what had just fallen from the witness , he could carry the case no further . Lord Abisger directed the Jury to acquit the prisoner , as neither offence with which he was ohar * ed could not be sustained , all the rioting having occurred in the county of Chester . There was another indictment against the prisoner for a similar offence , which could not be sustained , and the prisoner was Acquitted . Savers ! other prisoners pleaded guilty , and were ordered to enter into reoognizaaoes to appear for judgement when called on .

      When all the cases in this court had been disposed of , Lord Abinqer , addressing the common Jury , said he was nappy to inform them that they were now discharged . He expressed himself satisfied with the patient attention they had given to the several oases , and concurred in the propriety of all their verdiots . It must have given them great pain to witness the delusion which had prevailed among some of the industrious classes ; and he could not conclude without saying , that , though the Crown was under the necessity , for the sake of the public safety , of bringing the unfortunate offenders to justice ,. the prosecutions had been conducted with as much leniency and forbearance as possible , consistent with public justice .

      CROWN COTJBT . ( Before Baron Alder son . ) Twenty or thirty prisoners , previonsly convicted of riot , conspiracy , and attending unlawful meetings , were this day put forward to receive sentence . Mr . Baron Alderson , in passing sentence on them , said , you have all been convicted , on very clear evidence , of having been engaged in riotous attacks upon pro ? ~ rty in the town of Manchester ; and undoubtedly the offence which yon , and others like yon , have been guilty of , is one of a very serious nature ; Involving consequences of the greatest possible alarm towards those who are possessed of property , fent involving much more serious consequences as regards those who are not possessed of any property save that of labour . These things were not for the first time beard of in the world ,

      and if people would but attend to what has previously taken place , and see what consequences follow , and have followed in former instances , all attempts qt this kind , even when partially successful , they would see that the working classes do themselves the greatest injury by entering into combinations and conspiracies which end in those riots of which we have had so many cases here Let us 1 Jok a little to the history of matters of this nature . In a neighbouring country , not many years ago , there was an insurrection precisely like the recent one here ; I mean in the manufacturing town of Lyons , in the kingdom » f Prance . In the year 1831 a large body of workmen in that town insisted upon getting particular wages , which it was impossible in the opinions of the masters to give . They published what they called a tariff of wages . They were successful j what was

      the effect ? Read , mark , learn , and inwardly digest ! The working classes in 1831 at Lyons , resolved upon a general turn-ont , in order to obtain a uniform scale ot prices for their labour , and before three years were passed their " tariff' proved to have been lea ? than the improved state of trade enabled the masters to offer ; but it was hardly promulgated , when the leading houses in Lyons finding it impossible to pay the prices , came to a resolution to stop their work , —the consequence was , that thousands of looms were left without employment . What then follows ? Bitterness , anger , strife , resentment , and insurrection , in the year 1834 ! Those who bad begun this state of things by the succsssful tariff of the workmen in 1831 , ended it in open insurrection in the streets of Lyons , in which the authorities were put tonight ; the Prefect ( whoheld a similar office to the

      mayers of this country ) was taken prisoner ; 10 , 060 troops were brought into the town ; the mob were successful , they beat the soldiers back—and what was the end ? Within one week after the principal insurgents were begging for work ; the leaders quitted Lyons , leaving their families to starve ; all parties concurred in replacing the authorities : and this was the end of all the miseries which began with the " tariff" of 1831 ; it ended in a successful insurrection in 1834 , leaving the parties who originated it the most miserable of all the rest All this would happen if you were permitted to be successful in this country—worse , indeed , would happen in this country , for the population , where we are more confined together and thicker , and therefore they would suffer much greater privation and ruiiery . It becomes necessary , under these circumstances , fur the sake of yourselves and persons like you , that the law should interpose a remedy , in order that , by the

      weapons of reason and authority , as well as by the terrors and severity of punishment , we may endeavour to Buppress those Crimea of which you stand convicted on the present occasion . His Lordship here proceeded to comment npon the enormity of the several offences of which the prisoners had been found guilty , sentencing WillLun Lee and James Sheridan for an attack on the police station , the former to fifteen months imprisonment and bard labour , and tbt > latter to twelve months ; and the latter having been found guilty upon another indictment was sentenced to an extra six months' imprisonment . George Turner and Joseph Shaw for turning out workpeople , received nine months each and hard labour . Richard Stacey , John Abbott , John Smith , and John Sutcliffe , were also sentenced to nine months imprisonment and hard labour ; and Hill , GiUibrand , Walker , and Johnson , were sentenced to fifteen months and hard labour .

      SENTENCE ON THE SECRETARY OP THE DYERS

      UNION . John Tear , the Secretary to the Drossers * and Dyers Union of Manchester , was next brought up , and his Lordship , addressing him , sai d- ^ As to you , John Tear , 1 have reserved yonr sentence to the last , because yours was incomparably the worst case of the whole . You have been convicted twice for having led on a mob , and yen did not r » Tmni »* t your offence by the nature of the defence you set up , because , though I am willing to believe your witnesses may have mistaken the day , snd given their evidence under the impression that they were speaking of the right day , yet I cannot acquit you of a design to deceive the Court But it is to the nature of your defence that I desire to look more particularly . You were the Secretary for a Trades' Union , a body congregated for a particular purpose , and in that capacity you purpose - to regulate the business of trade . You published a placard which pretends to speak of "Peace , law , and order . " I say " pretends , " because , looking at the time at which it was published , as well

      as the circumstances , it is childish to suppose tkat those Who pretended to wish others t * keep the peace were animated by any other motive than that of rank hypocrisy . Why do jou begin with saying " Union is strength , " at a time when the people were using their strength for the destruction of the property around them ? Why begin to tell them of their strength at such a time 7 Cm any man deny that it was to induce them not to be afraid ? To publish &uch a placard at such a time shews tbat you did it in wickedness , and under the contemptible mock of hypocrisy . You cannot deceive the world by such tricks as these . Neither the people to whom you addressed the placard nor the persons to whom it came cau for a moment be deceived , neither did you intend that they should be . The Learned Judge , after these observations , sentenced the prisoner to two years' imprisonment and hard labour , and at the expiration of the term of his imprisonment , to find two sureties in £ 59 each , to keep the peace for two years , and himself in £ 100 .

      His Lokdship next sentenced Morris Burns to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen calendar months ; Lynch , Scott , Berks , the two Ktarnans , and Fitcb , to imprisonment and hard labour for twelve months ; and Campbell and Collins to imprisonment and bard labour for six months , for being concerned in riotous proceedings at Oranby-row , Manchester . He sentenced James Matier , convicted of having been concerned in a riot at Hindley , to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour ; and Tootle and Birch , the former to four and the latter to six calendar months ' imprisonment and hard labour , for having been concerned in a riot at Entwisla fie concluded by expressing a hope that all the prisoners would remember that the law was strong , that good sense must ultimately prevai l , and that the things they were endeavouring to do could be productive of no good , and must be productive of the greatest possible evil to every one , and especially to themselves .

      John Hunt , Thomas Wild , and Robert Whitebead , pleaded " Guilty" to a charge of conspiracy and riot at Manchester , and were discharged on their entering into their own recognizances to keep the peace . Richard Hrt ^"""' pleaded Guilty to a charge of riot and conspiracy at Rochdale , and was discharged on entering into his own recognizances . James Hardaber , Thomas Bottomley , Alfred Batterworth , David Minns , Abel Duke , and Henry Hindley , also pleaded Guilty to charges of riot and conspiracy , and weie discharged on entering into their own recogxlzancea . James Jones , William Bell , Ambrose Hunt , and Samuel Yardley pleaded Guilty to a charge of riot and conspiracy , and were ordered to be imprisoned at Kirkdale for six calendar mouths , and at the « piratiou of that time to enter into their own recognimnces in £ 100 , and two snret es in £ 25 each , to be of the peace and good behaviour for two years .

      This being the last of the eases fox trial before Baron Alderson , his Lordship discharged the Jury , and left the Court at twelve o ' clock .

      MAGISTRATES' ROOM . ( Be / or * Mr . Justice CresswelL ) Joseph Hitchens , Joseph Mills , Ralph Wolfenden , and Jehn Wright , were indicted for » riot and conspiracy at a place called High Crom pton , near Oldham . The Jury found the prisoners guilty , but in consequence of the previous good character o ! Wolfenden and Wright , they were allowed to enier into recognisances to appear when called on . Kitchen was severely admonished by bis Lordship , who observed , that it was in consequence of individuals of a meddling and turbulent disposition , each as the . prisoner , thai

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      suoh disastrous consequences ensued as had taken place doring ^ thelatetiota i and he should betray hiadutyto the pabltoif he passed his offence over lightly -, and as to the prisoner Mills , he had shown himself to be a willing tool in the hands of designing men . The sentence was , that both prisoners should be imprisoned twelve . months , and that Hitchens be bound over to to ep the peace for two . years after , the terminatipn of bia imprisonment . Johnjtfareroft was Indicted for being present at a riot atButterworth ' amill , in Spotland , on the 18 th ot August last . It appeared the prisoner , together with a number of other persons , went to the mill in queutton to get the hands turned out , but the employers at the mill , from previous information which they had received , stopped their works . The mob , however , Insisted on being admitted . Marcroft was at the place , and appeared to be exciting the rioters , and was beard to call out— "Break open the gates . " He waa soon afterward s apprehended .

      The Jury immediately found the prisoner guilty , and be was sentenced to six months' imprisonment . IeaaoHoyle , William Booth , Thomas Ogden , John Chisenhall , aad John Wolstencvoft , were charged with unlawfully conspiring together to impede , by threats and intimidation , the carrying on of the trade and manufactures of the country . Cbi 8 enhaH and Wolstencroft pleaded guilty , and the rest not guilty . Mr . Worslky conducted the prosecution , and Mr . Matthews the defence . Mr . Worxley said , the three prisoners were Indicted for conspiring together , with other persons , one of whom was indicted for a mere serious offence—for conspiring together to effect some purpose of their own , either for procuring the Charter , or some other alteration in the laws of the country , and preventing others from following their lawful employment Evidence having been called for the prosecution ,

      Mr . Matthews addressed the jury for the prisoners , contending that the great object which the parties had in view in the present caso waa not to prevent the people from working , but the obtaining the Chatter . It may have > been a good or a bad measure—that had nothing whatever to do with it —; tbat was not the question which they had to try . The only question for them to consider was , whether the object which the prisoners had in view was the turning out of the hands . His Lordship summed up the evidence , and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty .

      The Learned Judge , addressing the prisoners , said , they had been found guilty of a most dangerous conspiracy , and whether they had intended to involve themselves in one of a still wore dangerous description it was not for him to say . There could not be anything in the ordinary scale of offences so disastrous to the community aa the one of which they had been fonnd guilty , as they had been the means of causing many honest , industrious , and striving men to quit their occupations , as well as inducing them to give their savings to the advancement of their illegal designs . He hoped the ignorant people whom they had succeeded in deluding would take warning by the example which the prisoners had afforded them . The sentence was , that they be imprisoned for eighteen months , and at the expiration of that time 6 nter into sureties , themselves In £ 25 , and two other in £ 50 each , to keep the peace for two yeart after the term of their imprisonment had expired . '

      Chisenhall and Wolstencroft were allowed to enter into recognizances to appear when called upon . Thomas Ashcroft , Thomas Marshall , and Joseph Fletcher , charged with riot and conspiracy at Asbtonunder-Lyne , were then brought up , and bis Lordship having examined a witness as to their character , and being of opinion that they Had hot been volunteers originally iu the unlawful assembly , with which they had been charged , sentenced them to six months' imprisonment and bard labour . His Lordship then thanked the jury for their attendance , and hoped they would not have to meet again on a similar occasion . The court then broke up at threo o ' clock . The above cases concluded the business of the special commission , the interest of which was very much diminished In consequence of the postponement of the trials of O'Connor and the other leaders , who have traversed .

      RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSION . THE SENTENGES . Fifteen Years' Transportation . —Ed . Walsh , Patrick Mooney , Patrick Feons , Thomsa TLnan , John Galvert Seven Years ' TraNsportation—Rowland Davies , William Cash , Jeremiah M'Cormick , William Reed , John Platt , Edward Knowles . Eighteen Months' Imprisonment . —Jas . Sheridan , Morris Burns , James Ashley , Isaac Hoyle , Win . Booth , Thomas Ogden . Fifteen Months' Imprisonment . —William Lee

      One Year's Imprisonment . —James Kelly , James Dolan , John Manley , George Edge , another James Solan , John MCann , Giles Pater Hardman , James Hardman , James Gorton , William . Hill , Joseph GiUibrand , William Walker , Frederick Johnson , James Mather , John Hickey , Hugh Cavannab , Matthew Dalton , James Tweedale , George Thornton , Joseph Webb , James Melbourne , Jehn Cannon , Joseph Harrington , George Hunter , Joseph Mills , Joseph Hitchen , Abel Matley , John Ingham , Thomas Morris , John Hague , John Leyland , Thomas Ashcroft , Thomas Marshall , Joseph Fletcher , Joseph Bowers , James Harrison , Richard Sterndale , Joseph Andrews , Robert Allen , Joseph Thomas , John Oldhum , John Edwards , Edward Hall , James Richardson , Michael Clarke , John Lever , John Holmes , John Hoyle , Robert Tayler , William Marsland , John Travfs , Rowland Beatley , William Gartside , Robert Watburton , Michael Lynch , Thomas Scott , Jab Barks , Bryan Koarnan , Francis Kearnan , John Fitch , Thomas Dyson , David Taylor , James Smith .

      Ten Months' Imprisonment . —Thomas Townley . Nine Months * Imprisonment . —George Turner , Joseph Shaw , Richard Stacey , John Abbott , John Smith . John Sutclifft ., Samuel Sigley , William Harretfc , John Tootal , William Forrest Six Months' Imprisonment . —Thomas Asheroft , Thomas Marshall , Joseph Fletcher , Aaron Thorpe , James Robinson , James Jones , William Bell , Ambrose Hunt , Samuel Yardley , Richard Warwick , Patrick O'Brien , James Hayley , Joseph Webb , Thomas Whitehead , John Stones , Jehu Fallon , ISIward Mitchell , Barry Collins , John Campbell , John Collins , Jabez Birch , Andrew Shearer , John Bell , Thomas Hodges , Edward Williams , John Marcroft , John Eccles , Geo . Grimshaw . Four Months . —William Tootal . Three Months' Imprisonment . —Wm . Hughes , Jamas Ssxton , John Clegg , Joseph Turner , Thomas Clegg . - , ¦' ¦ ..

      Acquitted . —Jane Carney , James Dunn , John Dobson , William Fairmough , John Crowther , Thomas Jones , Joseph LBVenB , John Rylands , John Barden , William Walrasley , Richard Warwick , John Ward . Discharged upon Recognizances . —Ralph Wolfenden , John Chisenhall , John Wolstencroft , John Wright , Israel Crook , John Galvln , John Hunt , Thoa . Wild , Robert Wbitehead , Richard Hardman , James Hardaker , Thomas Bottomley , Alfred Butterwoith , David Morris , Ab 9 l Dake , Henry Hinde , Charles Turner , Alexander Hutchinson , Patrick Agnew , Joseph Bailey . William Collins , James Pitfield , Alexander Brair , Leonard Boardman , James Taylor , John Brieriey , Robert Foden , Thomas Cheetbam .

      Traversed to the next Assizes . —Feargus O'Connor , the Rev . James Scaolefleld , the Rev . Mr Hill , Bernard Macartney , James Leach , Christopher Dojle , John Carapbell , Richard Otley , George Julian Harney , Robert Brook , John Thornton , Thomas Brown Smith , John Allinson , Samuel Parke , Thomas Railtaa , William Scholefleld , ( son of the Rev . J . Scholefield , ) Richard Pilling , John Darham , James Fenton , Wm . Stephenson , John Cressloy , Albert Woolverden , George Inman , Thomas Storer , William Woodruff , Thomas Pitt , Frederick Augustus Taylor , John Massey , and John Wilde .

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      If ye knew now close their uusoiihiattc&twi feaiings cling to the spot where they have lived , mvved , and had thair being , " the play-place of their early days "the sphere tf their lives—if ye knew these things , ye could not endure Jhat they should be torn like a tree from their native land , every fibre clasping the soil which nourished it , unwilling to be forced from their mother-earth and transplanted into a foreign soil , where they must perforce exist repugnantly , if they do not untimely wither and die . 'Richard Robinson is no un common nor aggravated instance . How many hardworking farmers . 'by unequal burdens have been

      rendered unable to procure bread , though the earth yields her increase in due season ; a largo family too depending upon them ; perhaps paraljBed by age , disease , or : atcident . Alas , the best suffer the worst ; the most deserving are the least requited . But snail thiB state of things eontinne ? shall tho wearied son of toil be incapacitated by anxiety from takiag needful rest ? shall virtue be made the victim of Jaw ? all human ties be turned tt > tortures , because an ansfere Government reaps ¦ where it has * not sown 1 ' Must Eeftlaiul lio barren , and Englishmen find their oto country a monster ready to destroy them unless tbey escape across the Atlantic ?

      Vainly should I endeavour to impart to others the feelings that racked tbe old farmer ' s- yearning * heart , when the time of bis departure anived . Had the reader beheld ' him , —the plainness of bis ancient attire denoting the simplicity of his manners—his frame bent with toil—his- weather-beaten features expressive of integrity and benevolence—his prey locks floattng In the wind—had ho beheld him dash away * tear from his honest eye , as-if- resolved to be resigned—swallowing the emotions- which row to suffocate him —he would have acknowledged that it was q , piteerta sight , and lamented the fetal policy that cooderaDed ench a one to unmerited grief . All the past rushed into the present and overcharged bis heart with feeling . There was the pathway to school—the lovers' walk where he had courted his wife , a neighbouring : farmer ' s danahter .

      He Bpote not , for his-heart aim cat choked him with its swelling—every beat of hia wateh made it throb in union . It seemed as- though he ¦ would have to be forced from his hold of a decayed tree upon which he had carved his name when a bi > y , and with which he could fain at this time have identified himself . He silently bade farewell to every inanimate wellknown ohjecfc , as . though they were friends wbem be was never more to see . All tlae way as ho went he tent constantly turning to look at tho deserted cot , as if he expected it would follow him , but on the contrary , it seemed to recede like one that turns away to weep . When he reached tho last point of view ho paused—the rays of the setting sun were peacefully resting like God ' s blessing on the scene —and must he go ?—his heart Wed—he gave such a look—but you should have seen him .

      Our emigrants were shewn their tbip by a wealthy stock- jobber who wasnotashamcrt to enjoy histax-fed and claas-law luxuries the momvnt after—nas the idea that part of a starving population were leaving the conntry added zsst to his enjoyments . An idle profligate passed hisjoke upon them , and Richard constrained himself to answer , but bis ineffectual attempt at mirth cnlf made his misery more apparent . " It ' s plain , " he said , " thafc they do not consider us worth curing for ; but you , poor thJDBB ! I care for y » u . " Several attempts were made to extort money from him by imposition which his unsuspecting nature rendered too successful . His aching heart might have been spared these additional throbs ; but the unfeeling make the feeling feel .

      The vessel that bore the rural virtues from tbe land made a gallant show and proudly breasted the wa ^ es as though Bhe were invincible to their migbtist assaults . I prayed that her inmates might so surmount the troubles that had beset them in their passage through this stormy life nnd arrive safe in tbe haven of heaven at last None cheered tbe disconsolate emigrants , Ashosa hearts sunk aa tho land receded from tbeir earnest goze , and a wild waste of waters received them . In an element and way of life totally repugnant to that they , have always been 'habituated to , how will their sensations be inverted by novel dn-ad and eickneas—and after their perilous voyape Is past ¦ where shall they ssek comfort if they find it not in the land of their promise—if they who have been ruined hero and are

      deceived there ? Remember , Americans , that your fathers were strangers in tbe land , and even fcr the sake of their memories receive the exiles with hospitality . Ricbard ' a farm was immediately let to a new tenant —at an increase ratber than a decrease of rent—for new comers are always hopeful and never take warning from those who have gone before . The new tenant has a great reliance upon hia better luck asd superior skill , till experience have taught him a different Ksson ; hut the Mge for taking farms In those who have been bred farmers nnd know not tthat else to take , serves greatly to allay the fears of landlords that their fat ma will not let , or that a reduction of rent > . iust tako jihice . In the meantime the land is cropped to exhr . uetion and English soil is becoming as poor as those thut till it .

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      BAIL FOR THE VICTIMS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Seeing in our paper of yesterday , that Mr . John West ia a prisoner in Derby Gaol for want of sureties , I sit down forthwith to stata that I am free , able , and willing to serve him and tho peoplo by giving bail to the ' amount of- £ 50 . If three others can be procured to act in concert with myself ; and if my presence is required there I will endeavour to attend . I have been confined in our county gaol three months in last year because I had not bail . * God ouly knows what length our base oppresses are to tus . I fancy we shall have them give up trade shortly . Well knowing the desperate means they had re . coursa to , so aa to arrest the advocates of truth , and most unxiona to have them at liberty , I hereby promise to assiut any other advocate , should our friend , Mr . Wist , have found sufficient friends . I am , Sir , A Chartist , and a lover of tlie name , ¦ Yours respectfully , William Cooper .

      Weedon , Northamptonshire , Oct . 1 . 6 th , 1842 . [* We have omitted a line or two from our conespondent ' s letter ; the publication o . f which might have subjected us to two distinct actions for libel—Ed . A . 5 . 3

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      Lord Stanley is to bo elevated to the Peerage before the meeting of Parliament , to take the ministerial lead in that House . Manchester "Squanders . "—Now , I say , there never was a greater abuse of any word in the English language than the word " bank . " We have had in this town the " Northern and Central" squander we have had the" Imperial" squander ; we have had the " Commercial" squander ; we have had the "Manchester and Liverpool" squander ; and , as if the town had not been sufficiently disgraced , we are called together this day to testify to the " Manchester" squander , which , though last , ia , I am sorry to say , not the least . —Mr . Grefg ' s speeoh at the Bank of Manchester meeting .

      Offended Dignity . —We have received several versions of the afiair of which Lord Kimbolton , of the Grenadier Guards is the hero . It appears that a recruit , out in , his uniform , for the first time , on Sunday , the 25 th ultimo , was looking at the wild fowl in St . James ' s Park , when that hardly more experienced soldier , Lord Kimbolton , passed , and , aa the poor man had not eyes in . his back , was unsaluted . For this offence his Lordship hsd him starched a prisoner to the barracks of the Foot Guards , when he was after wards removed to hia own barracks in custody . It was not , however , convenient to Lord Kimbolton to prefer hia complaint until the poor recruit had been in custody three davs . when

      he attended to vindicate hia dignity . As , however , he pleaded ignorance . of the presence of so distinguished an officer , he was released . We wish that officers of Lord Kimbolton ' a rank and temperament would remember , in vindicating their own dignity , not to forget that of the sernor to which they belong . Had the oversight of which he complained been committed to his Colonel , instead of to himself , a mild reproof , if reproof were called for , accompanied by an injunction to be more careful another time , would have been all the punishment inflicted . It is sot the persons who are moat deeerring respect who are usually most fastidious in resenting & supposed \? ant of respect on the . part of theii inferiors , - ~ United Service Gazette ,

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      Xi U . ES WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE "NORTHERN STAR . " BY CHAKTIDS . NO . III . THE EMIGRANTS . —Pabt 11 , Time was when Richard Robinson rose early and worked cheerfully , in the assured hope of receiving the pleasure th . it springs from profit ; now he slept to avoid the burthen of tbe day . Hia wife's good cheer was wont to refratii his spirits ; but now her liveliest efforts failed to animate him . With heartfelt satisfaction be had observed taJa children clever and good ; but now he grieved as much tor the absence of the one as he felt pained at tbe disgraceful presence of the other . His old mother was unconsoiou * of these evils , but she was no less an object of pity . Ihe only being that seemed to enjoy itself was his faithful dog ; and * if ever Riehatd forgot bis griefs it was while receiving the grateful caresses of this attached domestic .

      Times were Indeed sadly altered ; Richard now sat down to sign ,-when he should have risen to work Every exertion bad become a treuble to him , end every trouble entirely unntenned him . The great crosses that had happened to him seemed to have passed from bis memory ; but any little thwarting circumstance made him weep in very vexation of spirit Groi * n petulant and Irritable , he regarded all things as conspiring against his peace . He seldom spoke , -and did his work doggedly , muttering to himself . He was careless in his bargains , as if he did not care what way things went ; and whereas formerly he bad been kind to all , be vras now ill-natured , even to his good dame . This did not last long : the heart must either brtak or bend , and Richard ' s harshness gradually gave way to melancholy , which Softened his temper , bat at the same time so weakened it , that he became incapable of resolution .

      Those moody thoughts that might have maddened him seemed to have been exorcised from his mind , but they had left a vacancy there which apparently nought else could fill , and be was in danger of sinking into more fatal apathy . Sometimes , however , tbe genial delights of returning Spring had their usual influence over his reanimated frame , and at such times he would cheerfully acknowledge the goodness of God , that made him not think of the evil man had done to him . But at other times a supernatural gloom overclouded hfa spirits ; tbe world appeared to him a scene of " chimeras dire , " and life a thing of fear and pain , entwisted by some demon enchantment . He felt the darkness-without the dullness of mortality . When under the ir / fluecce of these dismal dreams , be was tempted to self-destruction ; but nature recoiled , and' he resolved to fortify his mind against the recurrence of each impulses , Jest they should grow too strong to be resisted .

      The natural effects of Richard s hypochondria soon became visible . The crop on his farm failed through lack of management ; the stock decreased for want of due attendance !; and apprehensions of poverty , those fearful apprehensions that rouse the most heedless , awoke tbe despairing farmer to a last consideration of his circumstances . With anxious and bewildered gezs he saw tbe earth was becoming a wilderness to him , and his fellow-citizsns aliens . Though he cared little for his individual self , yet , when be looked at his family , and thought that they too must become victims , then the tender ties of relationship thai bad wound round his heart like its own strings tugged with violent energy as if to rend it piecemeal .

      What was to be done ? Richard's small stock of money had been expend d in the vain endeavour of procuring his son ' s release ; the depression of his spirits co-operating with the pressure of the limes was unfitting him to turn bis farming stock to account . He had hitherto always paid his way , &nd was scrupulously exuet upon this point . The dues of his parish in particular , and of the country in . general , ha had discharged without much murmuring . They were like drops of sweat , produced by hard labour , which bad not exhausted him in healthful prosperity ; but now he felt them like an effusion of blood that weakens the vitals . When paying tbe highway cess , he would exclaim against tbe injustice of having to bear such a disproportionate part of the expense of repairing the toads . " The gentry , " he would say , " who drive their carriages far luxurious pastime are rouch lighter charged than I who drive my cart for a-livelihood . '" When paying the ' poor-rate , he would say , "I shall be

      beggared with keeping the poor , and then you'il hare to keep me . I labour to . keap myself off the . pariah ; let those who do not labour keep them that are on . " But the payment of tithe grieved him most . In tbe v . xation of his honest heart , he would attribute all the evils that had befallen him to the parson . ¦ " What signify , " said he , "his mystical words that no one understands ; they neither produce good works in himself nor in others . He seldom preaches ' good will to man , ' and never sets the example , or he would not , as magistrate , have committed my poor lad to prison . He never preaches against seduction , or my silly lass might not have been ruined . He never prt aches thafc tbe poor should be fed , or surely tbe rich who make them poor would not send them empty to me . He never preaches against war , or such . as I would not have to bear the burthen it has brought upon tbe country . He ' s rich , but I'm poor . I'll pay him his tithe , however ; but I'll ' not goto hear his mockery . ''

      To Kicnard ' s independent mind , the dread of debt was worse than death—the loss of credit was like losing life to one of bis upright standing . He had toiled like » slave but still be was free—loss of personal liberty seemed to him equivalent to being given up to the tormentors . Were he in debt his meat wonld do him no good ; he knew his conscience would not let him enjoy the things that belonged to another , and terrible to hiB idea was the fact that then his very raiment , bed and food , would be stolen goods . Should he keep out of debt and a prison , he must beg or enter the workhsuse . To wander furth a prey to cold , disease , and hunger—to be constantly tantalized with the sight of plenty , yet not be allowed to touch it—to behold wasteful extravagance and to feel the want of the commonest necessaries —to implore the smallest pittance as the greatest boun , and to be denied or given to the charge of a policaman —to herd with the vilest wretches in the lowest misery —old age coming on and such a prospect before

      himno , no 1 he shut his eyes and his heart ached bitterly . But if he could not bear the idea when singly contemplated , how were his pangs multiplied when ho considered his family as exposed to similar privatio' s . Witb haggard eyes be viewed bis aged parent thoughtlessly doting on the comforts he had carefully surrounded her with—he turned to bis wife , who was always striving to make bad better—be marked his daughter , nursing tbe babe of her disgrace , and though he deemed distress would be but retribution for her sin , yet the infant that was artlessly smiling on her lap—oh ! the sight of that unconscious innocent marked his tendfirest feelings , and then it was he most keenly acknowledged the hard doom of being cursed with poverty . As for himself hd was thankful that so much of his journey through life vss past , but . this guileless thing was just entering on tho rugged road , and excruciating was the thought that evils ' would grow , with its growth , and strengthen with its strength .

      Yes , poverty 1 thou art "Kehama ' s" curse—all comforts , all conveniences , every requisite of life see thc-e and know thee and fly thee , and thou < art doomed to wander forth in an atmosphere of plague , pestilence , and famine—without defence , without shelter , without succour , without pity . Thou art the demon that tempted Job and made him doubt Providence . Richard saw that there waa no longer any living for him in the land that gave him life . How must he avoid the workhouse—that union of all evils ? An acquaintance advised him to open a shop of small ware , but his

      line of life had unsuited him for that kind of business , and it waa too late to learn . Besides he had fait aa aversion to it ever since a respectable tradesman who had cheated him in a bargain for some cheeses , had told him that it was impossible in these times to live and be honest Neither could our farmer stoop to any servile occupation—he possessed an independent spirit , and if he must descend , it should be in another country where his pride would not be hurt by the fall . Accordingly he resolved to sell his stock and emigrate to America , where if he should rot meet with prosperity he would at least not be scorned for adversity .

      The indignant pride of a martyr strengthened Richard ' s painful resolution cf self-exile , and while preparing for his departure he evinctd more alacrity than he had for a long time been accustomed to . The sale of his stock brought him a sura sufficient to clear the wny for a settlement ; as for his passage , Government had offered a free one , just m it freely pays the passage of all convicts to Bot 3 ny Bny . Tho light of hopo again shone upon Richard and made his heart revive . Oh ! if it were not for that never-setiing star which leads us through this world and lures ub to a batter , we should 8 it down in the darkness of our despair and perish miserably . But all Richard ' s new-found fortitude forsook him when the hour of his departure drew nigh . He sumyed the little farm where he had lived , and

      where he wished to die—every cook he knew—there waB not a spot free from his labour , and most his tasks , his improvements , all his wishes , and his feelings go for nought 1 He entered the quiet cottage in which he bad been born—his aged mother , with the Bid of spectacles , was poring over the large letters cf her Bible—the eight smote bim with sadden pain—it would be like taking bee out of her grave—and the baby , too , that was to be cast oat like a foundling , to the mercy of the winds and waves—hia own hard endeavours £ 02 a honest livelihood rendered vain by conscious ir < justice —after performing far so many yiars the part of 8 useful citizen to be neglected at last when he most needed protection—not Buffered to remain and have his bones laid beside hia father ' s—where else Could they rest in peace ? ¦¦ ¦ ' " ¦ * " (

      Ah ! ye landlords , who live Mlybn the labour of you tenant * , but win not let them livo- ^ ye capitalists , who are so well supported by the farmer thai he cannot rapport blmwlf—ye ¦ portsmen , who had rather wildfowl subsisted on the land than your fellow-countrymen —ye men of all daises , wbeTare fed tad clothed by those that starve ? we beseech yon one aad all to promote your own Interests sod the-interests of oar country by promoting the interests of the hrabsnrrman . let not a generous borse be overloaded becjfloe It is willing to work beyond its strength . Ye legislators , who assemble after dinner and dessert te make a down-dinner of your country ' s distresses , if ye felt the grievances which ye pretend to deplore , yon would encourage tbe pitriotio efforts of bonest industry , and would not let these men who , a * fellow-creatures , as enbjeota , and as labourers , axe the best , the most loyal , and tho most useful , be driven away by toe ignominious scourge of oppression .

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      NOTTINGHAM , Mopdatc , Oct . 17 . ( From our Correspondent . ) Tho work of Justices * justice has commenced here , before Colonel Rolleston , M . P ., Thomas Nixon , Esq ., J . Sherwin , Esq ., Rev . R . Rowe , W . H . Bwrow , Esq . , W . F . Norton , Esq ., and Capt . Sairacndy . Tbe following were sworn for the Grand Jury : — John Marshall , ' foreman j Thomas Butler , JoBhua Mein , R . Barker Barker , William Sanday , Thomas Smith , RicliorJ Greonhal / fb , Revert Sutton , G- H . Cole , Wm . Maltby , Thomas Wolstenholm , Anthony V / eod , Thos . Gascoigne , Henry Houghton , Francis Bta . Uey , W . S . Diggins , William Fox , William Marshall , Henry Hebb , Daniel Jepaon , and John Allcock .

      Colonel Rolleston , in addressing tbe Grand Jury , after remarking u ^ on some of the cases of felony , nnd making a few remarks upon the new Constabulary Act , eaW that he wished to raakesom 6 observations in rtfc-ri ^ ce to tbat class of prisoners who were committed fo ? the laio disturbances ; and tbongh he regretted that they had taken place , it vvos a matter of congratulation that in these parts thero had not been such < ie perata acts committed as bail taken place in soroo other parts , though wa had been visited by itinerant agitators , who promote feweb scenes for the luttht-. anco o £ their own objucts . And , as aivcays bupptua . tha most active have oadtavoured to escape tbo penalty s which attend such conduct ; but though it has not Lven so violent , yet it was suea as to call for interference , and he hoped they would perform tttir duly with steadiness

      and firniaess . It appenre t to him fi-oiu the depositions thut V . m evidence was c ' . far , and that they vrouM bav © little difficulty ; but he wouid yive a short outline . On the l&tii cf August there was 3 v ; eetm !> of ptrsona called Chartists , and a resolution was j . issed for a total cessation from labour ; that meeting wus adjourned till " five o'clock the ntxt morning , and the magistrates thought it ntcefsaay to d . spc-rs 8 it ; but thoUih it was dispersed , it was not final , for they went up Toll House Hill in large bodies , and , as would appear , tLey proceeded with great violence acd threats to tuvii oct tbe hands from factories ; they then pi-octeded to Baaford , Biddlo , Bitkens , and other fcicteries . . Oa Saturday they again assembled at tho samo place , and prcesfciled ' to tbe cplJiaries wilh like intentions , and it was found necessary to Uike effectual measures to

      suppress them . On Monday they went to Arnold , and on Tuesday assembled in larger numberathan ever , and were joined by other large bodies from the cout try , and the whole proceeded tbrough different pwts of the county in a most lawless and riotous mailer ; aDd it might be better for him to state , that all those who were there were equally guilty in the . eyen tf the law , even though they Iiad not taken any active pott , but they had made a' selection of tbofce who wi ? o most active ; and though it waslegal for persons to assembloto consider either their grievances or imn ^ lnary grievances , yet it was rret lawful fer them to proceed to other plaeea than where th * y were assembled . It vrss ceitainly a blessiBg that this faction bad not effected greater mistt weald have

      chief , for "if death bad taken place , : ey been trkd for a very serious offence ; " but either on account of returning good sense , or the « mo ! ent inears that was taken to suppress them , this baa not been tne caae , and he concluded by again reminding tfccm that in disturbances all who we present ara prrcrfpais , though they had not committed any act cf violence , for U one person only committed violence , yet they were aU . considered . -. guilty , unless they could show that the y were innocent . ^ » . To partiea acquainted with these occurrences , BncQ an exaggerated account would : have appeared rather ludicToM , if it bad not tern , for the *««| j irll j * » might nava upon a . csunixyiury i tor thsre was not a pane of glass broken , tue leatt injury done to property , ¦

      or violence offered ta persons . , _ . Half-fast Six o Clock .. —True bUla ate found againataUtUe twtnty . ninfe i risonew . r

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      Longevit y in "Man iiro ; BEAST . " --M : rV Hill , farmer , pf Cheddar , aged maety , a . t ^ ded the lat e fair , riding a mare thirty-six yeare old \ tne unitea ace of tho man slid liotse amounted : TtfwytttB ICambrian .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 22, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1183/page/7/