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      ^ J ^ L . ' - ^ - '' " i ^ m . ii i ( From the Sunday Papers of June 11 th . ) CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION . ORGiKISiTIOK FJR IO-M 3 KBOTT . Notwithstanding the determination of ^ government to put dewn all processions or ° Pen-a £ m (* r ngB , the Chartists on Friday night gaje «*<» «« Utrka their intention to meet in a body tomorrow in Bishop Bonner's Fields . Circular hwe ibsen senfcbj the executive to the paries * U » Chaj bt bfc . bat the . v hy «> gj ^ &'g * £ 5 ^ t- Srafdreo acl , deb ysixo ' clock , H ^ artwsret firsts ¥°$ $ froHi priTate information , the govern-Si ^ n ^ Son of the fact that monstermeet-5 £ i £ totafce place atCroydon and other , parts . SS ^ raSsSn has been made by the authorities to 2 ffS eme ^ ney , either in the metropolis or

      roWrbs . On Friday night 800 soldiers wtremarcnea into the Penitentiary , and are there te remain until after Monday in case any attack should fas made on the -prison . The governmental determined te usa every means in their power to put ft stop to these dtsea Gf excitement , and hare given orders for all the troops to assemble again m Loadon by Sunday night , and we hope that this will bs the last time the military will hare to attend without being called upon to actin a manner wirch will bathe means of putting a dea'h . blow to this lawless sat .

      MoVEUEK ? « TR 00 P 3 .-CHABTBT MkEIBG- OH Koxdat . —Wisdior , Fridat Night . 10 o Clock . —An order hss arrived from the Horse Guards for 200 men of the Royal Horse Guards ( Bine ) to leave the Cavalry Barracks at Spital , to-morrow morning , at seven o * 'c ' . ock , for the metropolis , m order that they may be in readiness to take part with other regiments , which have been ordered np to LoHdon , in c&re their services may be required , m quelling any tumult which may arise on Whit-Monday , by the contemplated assemblages of the Chartists . Portions of this regiment will b 3 quartered at Knigbtsbridge aad ReEent ' s Park Barracks , and more will be quartered at Kecnisfiton . They will march to London nnder the command of Cal . Smith . Col . Bouverie , one of the Equerries in Waiting to Prince Albert , bein ? in

      attendance upon his Royal Hignessm the Isleof Wight . In the event of their presence in the metropolis bsiug required during the ensuing week , the services of th 3 Royal Bucks Yeomanry have been again offered by the Dake of Buckingham , the colonel of the regiment , again to do duty at the cavalry barracks during the absence of the Blues from Windsor . No orders have yet been received from the Horse Guards , by Colonel ilay the officer in command of the 2 ad battalion of thd ColdBtream Guards , in garrison at Windsor , for that regiment to proceed to London . Under any circumstances they will be in readiness to march at a moment ' s notice , and will arrive in London , by means of the Great Western Railway ( two and a half miles from Windsor ) , within an hour and abalfafter receivine criers fram the Commander-in-Chief .

      A special Court of Aldermen wa 3 called yesterday io take into consideration the sngsestions of Mr Harvey , Commissioner of Police , relative to the drilling of the special constables , and the steps to ba adopted for the preservation of the public psace , on Monday . Several aldermen objected to Mr Harvey ' s propositions , and ur ^ ed that the City force , aided by the government and special crast . aW& 3 , was sufficient to repress aay disturbance . The Lord Mayor said that Mr Harvey ' s circular merely contained suggestions , aisd ought not to have been made public . Mr Harvey's proposition was rejected , and the court edjonrned . THH ChABTIST DsUONSTRATIOK , To-KORKOW . — Darin ? the whole of yesterday , the officials of the Home-office were basily engaged perfecting the

      arrangements with the Commissioners of Police , the City authorities , the metropolitan magistrates , and the " Horse Guards , for the preservation of life , properfr , and the public peace , on Manday ; Every public bnilding will be strongly defended , and all the military and civic power quartered within thirty miles of the metropolis , will be in readiness to march to it upon a given signal , Ehould their services be require : ! . The Chabtbt Mebhsq ? . —On Friday new cutlasses and belts were forwarded to each of the police stations in the metropolis for all the constables , in ease ef an emergency . They will bs directed to assemble at the various stations at seven o ' clock on Monday morning , te await any orders that may arrive from the Police Commissioners .

      SUPPRESSION OF CHARTIST MEETINGS . At a late hoar last night the following proclamation was issned from the Metropolitan Police-office , Whitehall : —

      NOTICE . Whereas largemsetings of parsons calling themielves Chartists , have lately been held In the open air , in or near the metropolis , at which seditions aad inflammatory speeefets bsTe been addressed to the persons there as-KdMei . Sack meeting haTe created terror and alarm , end have caused serious disturbance of she pnblic peace , madhare led to acts of tumult , diiorder , end violent resistance to the law ; and whereas certain persons , st v liog themselves msmbers of the Executive Cimmittee of the

      Caartist Association , hare declared their intention to call together other large meetings in or near the metropolis , on Monday , Janel 2 tb ; and whereas apprehension is entertained by the peaceable inhabitants of the metropolis , tiist such meetings will be of the same dangerous character , end will lead to the disturbance of the public peace- Kotica is hereby given , that Buch meetings are Illegal , and tbai all necessary measures will be adopted to prevent any 6 ucb meeting taking place , and all welldi ^ pased persons are hsreby cautioned net to attend , be present at . or fake Fart fn , any suc ^ meeting .

      ( Signed ) C . Rdwah and R Mathe , Camiaissionera of Metropolitan Police Saturday . Jane 10 . 1848 . ITetropclitan ' Poiica Ofiee , Whitehall .

      BE 5 IG 5 ATI 05 OP PuLICEimf . In consequence of the heavy duty imposed on the cSsers of police , on account of the Chartist meetings , we are informed that a great number ( report says 300 ) have tendered their resignation ? , declaring they were incapable of undergoing the fatigue . Many of the men , for several successive days , were on duty eighteen hours out of the twenty . four . ( From the Morning Herald of Monday . )

      THE THREATENED MOB MEETINGS OF TO-DAY . We are enabled to state that the most active and determined measures have been adopted to pat down the slightest attempt that may be made to disturb the pnblic psac ? . All the public buildings will be pub in a similar s . ate of defence to that in which they were on the 10 : h of April . All the military and civil puwer within milas of tha metropolis will be so ¦ brought around it , that in an infant they can be brousht into action , and to its immediate relief . At Chatham , Woolwich , and the several deckyards , every man capable of bearing arms will be ia readiness for action .

      The peEsioaera will bs also under arm ? , and , although the same external appearances of defence that showed themselves lastlO : hof April will not be so prominent to fae eye , yet the arrangements made for any contingency that may arise are not 1633 formidable , nor will they prove less effective than they woald have proved , had they been brought into play , in April . Oa Friday , the Grenadier Guards arrived in London frcm Winchester , and on Saturday the Ray&l Horse Guards ( Blue ) marched up from "Windsor . Government is resolved to put down , with a strong sun , any attempt to disturb the public peace , or interfere with the property or trade of the cit zens

      Yesterday ( Sunday ) afternoon , at one o ' clock , the whole of tha superintendents of the metropolitan pelica met at the chief office , Great Scsthnd-yard , for tie purpose of receiving their final instructions a * t ? the proceedings they are to adopt this day in preventing the inteEded Chartist demonstration ? . The commissioners wera in consultation with the YarionssnperinteadeDt * a considerable time , and the order * given are of such a character that , if any resistance b offered on the part of the mob , the most stringent measures are to be re ? orted to to Buppress the saice . The whole of the mounted force is to be Tinder the command of Mr Superintendent Williani-Eop . of the T division . The authorities having received information that , in all probability , the

      Chartist leaders will conceal , as long as possible , some of the pb . ce 3 at which they intend to hold their maetinos , so that the police should know nothing about them , nntil the proceedings b ; gon , to guard against any proceedine of that nature , provision is made throughoat the metropolis , and , on information being conveyed to the proper quarters , a sufficient force ean ba immediately summoned to pre rent any illegal assemblage . The special coD 3 ' ab ! e 3 will aUo hi placed in Bach quarters as to be able to render 112-tant as-Bhtaac ? . The supeiiateadenta are to support each other with their whole force , if necessary , and a direct communication is to bs kept up bstween tha metropolitan and city commissioners , eo that , in the event of large bodies of people attempting to walk in proee . 'ibn , or creating any disturbance , the services of eaeh force may ba cailed into action , and the military will also ba ready to ass < 3 t . It has previously been announced that S 00 so ! die-3 have been placed

      on duty in the PeniteEtiary , Millback ; since that time 900 Gaards have been quartered in Somerset House , and a similar number will be marched into the City BriderreU this morning . The City Compter and Newgate will 09 well protected by the military , and it is understood that several pieces of cannon are to be placed in various parts of the metropolis . The Greenwich pensioners are also to bs underarms , and S 3 are the Horse Guards ; troops of the latter body are to be stationed in such portions of London that , incase of necessity , the whole fores coujd be qniekly summoned toother . Another admirable precaution on the part of the government is the following : —a number of steam boats have been ordered to ba filled with soldiers , who are to laove off to any part at a mDment'a notice , if their services EhouJd be needed . The Bank sf England , although , not ontwardly fortified as it was on tha 10 th of April , will have a double guard inside , and the Boldiery will B 3 59 sn&nged within the building that erery gsrt of

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      it can be amply protected . Similar precautions have been adopted at the Mint , Custom House , and the various government buildings . At the Houses of Parliament not only is every part well protected , hut a sufficient supply of provisions has been laid in to last the men several days . The docks and Tower of London are also similarly protected , the men in tha employ of the dock companies having been resworn in to act as special constables . The several gas factories in and near Londen are to be well protected by the military and the police , and so are tha London and country stations of the various railways . From the formidable arrangements made by the authorities nothing in the shape of a popular ooai " motion need be anticipated , and it would ba worse than madness for any parties to offer the least resistance at Bonaer ' s-fields .

      THE CHARTISTS . ( From the Daily Ntws of Monday . ) On Saturday placards were issued by the Chartiats , headed 'The ancient Right ef Meeting in Public defended , ' and addressed to Lord Jonn Russell , which commenced thus ; That they Sad read with mucu astonishment and concern a report of his lordship's declaration in tho House of Commons , ' that he did not believe tha people desired the Charter , ' and they had accordingly made arrangement ! to convince his lordship , on Whit-Monday , that his snppssitlon was utterly unfounded . Their intentions were to hold peaceful demonstrations , and tkeir efforts would be employed for t ; . e preservatioa of life and property , They repudiated the violent languaga used at all

      the Clerkenwellmeetings ; in short , they deprecated riotiog ; but they wished to know his lordship ' s inten . tions , after the treatment and murderon » acts of the poliee . They and their associates were the aggreiiorl , the disturbers of peace , and the destroyers of property . They had been fully informed of the atrocious system adopted by the police . They were accompanied night and day by Idle boje , wko infest all meetiags , and break windows or a signal being given by the police , so as to justify an attack upon a portion of a peaceful meeting . They doubted much whether Sir George Grey had been correctly rejortel whea he was represented to havsgaid that it was the intention of the government to pat a stop to all meetings . If such a report was true , it would imply that his lordship wbb afraid of e . pnblic denial belse gfren to the public challenge . They regretted

      that several meetings had not been allowed to disperse without being involved in a conflict with the police , who were kept in ambuak until the greater partion of the people had dispersed , who were then let loose , belf drunk and completely mad , upon the people , and who , in their ferocious onslaught at Eoaner ' s-fieldf , paid no regard and showed 00 mercy either to age , sex , or condition . They trusted that no such disgraceful assaults will be sanctioned by his lordship on Monday , whilst thej are assembled to wpert the reception of their memorial to the Qasen . If such were made , tha people Konld hold his lordship responsible . The bill concludes by 6 tating that they ' trusted his lordship would not force them to defend their right of public meeting . They were asttified that all the Chartists will disperse quietly if unmolested . '

      This doenment is signed by Jame 3 Leach , P . M . M ' Donall , E . JoneH , J . M'Crae , and S . Kydd . The total number of troops to be concentrated in the metropolis and environs will be 10 , 000 horse , infantry , and artillery . They will garrison the banks , public buildings , and . government offices , a portion acting in conjunction with the Royal Artillery Companyfand the reserves being stationed so aa to command the leading thoroughfares , or act in cencert as occasion may require . In the city , at a Court of Aldermen , it was arranged that the alderman of each ward should undertake the arrangemepts of their respectivejurisdiotionsforthe preservation of the public peace . Several meetings were announced to take place yesterday . At two o ' clock crowds of parsons were observed moving in the direction of Bishop Bonner ' a Selds . and it was evident that it was the intention of

      the Chartists among the crowd to get up a meeting , as at that time not a constable was to be seen . Soon after , however , a _ body of 100 men belonging to the K division , with inspectors Home and Smith at their head , arrived , and took possession of the ground . The crowd at this time assembled haying moved off , a great number of the constables were marched into the workhouse close by , and the others without much difficulty kept the largo spaee clear . About four o ' clock Mr Mayne . the police commissioner , and Capt . Hay , the assistant commissioner , arrived on the ground on horseback , and having rode about for nearly an hour , and finding all perfeotly quiet , left . Some curiosity , if not alarm , was manifested among the crowd of idlers , by the presence , at about six o ' clock , of an orderly belonging to the 12 th Lancers , who was the bearer of a despatch from the Homeoffice to Mr Freshfield , tha master of the union

      workhouse . At Paddingfon a great many persons collected , as has been customary for several Sundays , on a plot of ground called Iron Ga ^ e Wharf , in the Harrow-road . The proprietor of the property , though used as a public thorooghfare , it not being strictly a public highway , was compelled to apply to the police for protection , and accordingly a posse of constables of the D division , under the control of an inspector , occupied the ground , kept the people moving ; and though considerable numbers of them continued to pour on to the Bpot , there was no attempt to hold a meeting nor at disturbance . On a tree opposite the cottage , No . 9 , Iron Gate Wharf , from the window of which the Chartist orators delivered their addresses , was fixed a notice , that' in consequence of the blood « hounds being ont , there would be no meeting . '

      GOVERNMENT DE MONSTRATION AGAINST CHARTISM . ( From the Morning Papers of Tuesday , June 13 ihi ) At an early hoar in the morning a strong body of the Royal Horse Artillery , with a couple of field pieces , marched into the Riding-honse , St James ' s Park . The guard at Buckingham Palace was doubled , and a body of mounted police were stationed in adjoining livery Btables . The special constables were calltd out for duty under the command of Lords Arandel and De Grey , and reviewed the men of the metropolitan poliee , who were held in

      reserve . At Marlboreuga street , the magistrates were buBily employed swearing in special constables , amongst whom were the Dake of Leeds , Lerd Vivian , Lord Henry Loftus , Major-GeEeral Sir Win Morrison , Msjpr-General Sutherland , Major Charles Agnew , Captain Charles Ibbotson , Colonel Dundas , &c , &c . It was expected that meetings would be held at Cumberland-market , Regent ' s Park , Johnstreet , Fitzroy-square , and other places in the west end of the metropolis ; but , with the exception of a most abortive attempt to get up a procession of Irish Confederates , in Dean-streei , Soho , headed by placards callin ? fo ? ' Justice to Mitchel . ' and ' Djwb

      with the Whigs / there was _ no other Bymptom of a movement calculated to excite alarm . This demonatration was suddenly put an end to by the appearance of a number of policemen in the street . At Clerkenwell , Finsbury , Islington , and all the other districts announced to be the scene of early meetings during the morning , the most marked tranquillity prevailed . At nine o ' clock , a body of horsemen made their appearance at Bonner ' s field ? . This was & squadron of the 1 st Life Guard ? , under the command of Major Biddulph , who , having ridden past the anticipated scene of action , took up their quarters in Mr Gardner ' s _ farm-yard , situated at the south-east side of Victoria Park , adjoining the bridge which crosses Dnckett ' s Canal . A vast concourse of persons , including a great number of women and children , were

      attracted to this bivouac . At half-paat eleven o ' clock the horse police patrol , amounting to eighty men , under the direction of Superintendant Williamson , of the T division , arrived on the ground , followed by detachments of the M , H , K , N , and other divisions , amounting to 1 , 100 men , headed by Superintendant Evan ? , Marquarde , Medlieott , and Johnson , who were accompanied and assisted by their various inspectors . The entire police force being under the command of Mr Commissioner Mayne and Captain Hay . The number of cutlasses distributed amongst the police was 350 . In addition to this force there was a battalion of pensioners , consisting of four divisions of 400 men , under Captains llolden , Curtain , Ward , and Christie , the entire force bting under the immediate command of Colonel Tulloch . They were marched into Bethnal Green workhouse .

      To retnrn , however , to Bonner ' s Fields . At one o ' clock , or a little after , Be M'Douall , ono of the Chartist leaders , accompanied by several other welldressed persons , said to be associated with him in the management of the demonstration , arrived on the ground in a cab . lie asked whether or not the au thoritiss were really determined to put a stop to the meeting under any circumstances . Of this fact he received Eeveral very Etrong assurances , even from persona in authority , and it waa made known that besides the police beinj considerably out of temper , orders had been given to the military that in the event of their services being called into requisition , they were to act ' effectively . ' Mr M'Douall and hia friend 3 requested that hs might be put in communication with the magistrates in attendance . Mr Arnold , who was at the workhouse ready to read the Riot Act in the event of such an extreme course

      bsconnag nsceasary , was then communicated with , and DrSf'Doaall beinz at length satisfied that no child ' s play was intended by the authorities , he expressed his intention of immediately preventing the assemblage , lie and his friends then left the ground . Daring this period there was a heavy drizzle of rain , which had the effect of chasing tke people beneath the trees for shelter . A bout four o ' clock there came on a dreadful thunder storm , and the rain descended in torrents . Instantly the remaining crowd ran away in ail directions , some seeking shelter in unfi . nished buildings adjoining , and others vainly endeavouring to gain an entrance into the already overchoked taverns in the neighbourhood .

      No demonstration took place either at Clerkenwell Green , Blackheath , or Battersea , ag was anticipated . Officers connected with the Royal Artillery at Woolwich scoured Blackheath , but happily their e rrices were not required . All the raenia the Ar-

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      senal and at the dookyard were tinder arms , fully prepared to meet the exigency of any outbreak . Monday Night 12 o'clock . —At the present time the commissioners of the metropolitan police , as well as Mr D . W . Harvey , the commissioner of the City police , are engaged at their offices , ami a continuous communication is kept up between the two bodie 3 , and also with Sir George Grey , tho Secretary of State . Messengers have just arrived from the K , N , G , L , and D , divisions , announcing that the whole ef their distriots are in a state of perfect quietude . The whole of thn mounted police have beou withdrawn from the quarters Tfbesfe distarbanosa were expected , but they are in reserve , under tho command of Superintendent Williamson , ready to start off at a mo .

      ment ' s notice , should their services be required . The military are still under arms , and squadrons of the Horse Guards are in reserve at Clerkenwell , Mile End , Westminster , and Beyeral other places . The Hon . Artillery Company is likewise under arms at the Armoury inlths City-road , and several hundreds of the Foot Guards are on duty in tho Bridewell , Somerset House , Bank of England , and the Houbos of Parliament . Nearly 200 policemen of tho M division remain in the church at Bishop Bonner's-fields , and are under the control of Superintendent Evans and Inspectors Hornsby , Frond , and Cowlen . Judging from the present appearance of the district , it is not at all likely that their services will be required unless any riot should be attempted when the different indoor meetings break up . About eighty of the Horae

      Guards still remain at Old Ford , Bow , and the pen * sionera in reserve have bad forty rounds of cartridges served out to them in case of emergency . The police belonging to the P , H ( K , and N , divisions are under tae direction of Superintendents Marquarde , Medlicott , and Johnson . The while force is ready to march off at a moment ' s notice ; and the various districts where no meetings have been announced to come off are well protected , not merely by the police , bat also by the military . The several engine-stations belonging to the London establishment have a number of extra hands on duty , and the various depots are well barricaded , in case any attaok should be Hade on the engines . Messengers have arrived from Croydon , Blsckheatb , Battersea , EpsoH , Hampatead , Nottinghill , and Chelsea ; the answer to the commissioners in all cases being , that all was quiet .

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      CHARTIST MEETINGS . LIVERPOOL . ( From the Liverpool Albion . ) A camp or oeen-air meeting of the fraternised Chartists and Young Irelanders was held yesterday afternoon , upon the sea-beach , near Bootle , ' for the purpose , ' according to the placard , 'of testing the opinion of the inhabitants of Liverpool on Lord John Russell ' s declaration that the people do not want reform ; also , to enter a solemn protest against the government prosecution of John Mitohel . ' The placard was headed with the following sentiment , amusingly extracted from the Liverpool Standard , of the 6 th instant : — - ' We must tolerate it no longer ; endurance would be ninful !'

      The meetiBg wa 3 announced on Saturday , and the magistrates lost no time in taking the necessary precautions for repressing any infringement of the publio peace which might take place . Four companies of the S 9 th infantry arrived by special train from Preston , and three troops of cavalry were also brought to town ; happily , however , there was not the least occasion for a display of their power . A spring cart served the purposes of a rostrum , and a little after two o ' clock the parties who were to conduct the proceedings made their appearance , and took up their positions in the cart . Dr Reynolds arrived unexpectedly from Manchester , and was received with a cheer . Mr W . M'Lkan presided , and made a lengthy introductory speeech . He said , wherever a monarchical government was established , war was its trade , plunder and rapine its object .

      ] Mr THOMia Jonks moved the fint resolution . He said the meeting had been called to prove whether or not Lord John Russell was a liar ( loud crie 3 of He ia a liar ! ' \ The resolution was expressive of an opinion that his lordship ' s opinion was false and unfounded ; and that the principal reform required to ameliorate the social and physical condition of the people was the speedy enactment of the Charter The speaker put it to tho meeting whether they SSLS H I Uume » n A £° bden ' «* F-argus O'Connor ( Loudcriesof !

      'O'Connor' ) . He com-P u ? Pu 0 corr « Ption of tho English press : and said he had been told that U he attended the meet-I I . day he ran the chaD ° e ot being transported but . lt the penalty were being taken to the SuSifl the next moment , he would have come . ( Ctoen ) If hepeoplewanted to succeed , they must learn to hate the men who oppres 3 them , and tke «! KL ? 1 T , f ' and till they had that holy and pure hatred' they could never bresk their chain * . ( Applause . ) He WdfoSf " .

      mer or policeman , but by G he could not forgive a spemal ! He strongly exhorted tho people Sit to organise and form classes , and ' said one class had been termed in Liverpool last week , called < The Felon s Brigade . ' He rejoiced to say that he was 5 ll / t v 38 ^ ^ iga h ad interpreted the S ™ \ ? , heved fchat the Passage in the Bible , the poor shall never cease out of tho land , 'had S put in by some knave to humbug the people and per iuadetheai that poverty wasdeetined as their lot . As he had no vete he wa « a slave , and ithe were to continueeneh , he would tako care that himself and others should be discontented . Hestood before them now as the apostle of diecontent . ( Cheers ) When all were discontented , lot all pull at one abb * a 5 therotten fabric would como down . ( Loud cheeTl JUr Henby Smith , the secretary , seconded the resolution , in a speech much more temperate than the The resolution was carried unanimously , Dr Reynolds moved the next resolution . He wn » received with cheering . He began by repudiating

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      all desire for anarchy , and said he adopted the motto of the French , ' Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity . ' Equality , except in rights , did not exist in nature , gv fraternisation , be meant that they should love every man who was a good man ; he did not wish to see clas 3 arrayed againBt class , They were met there that day to tell a tyrannical government that , before this year P asse 3 > tney mu 9 t ces 3 e t 0 b ® governors , or those present must cease to be men . ( Cheers . ) It was no use a man ' s heart being with the present movement unless a band was with it to grasp a , musket or handle a pike . ( Hear , and loud clieera . ) Unless such w& 3 the case , he had better be a thousand miles away than pollute a meeting called in such e time , in such a cause , by his cowardly presence . 1 1 11 1 1 mi i .

      ( Cheers ) Dr Reynolds complained that a polioem » n ' e word was more regarded by a stipendiary than the tsatimony of a thousand honest men . If the people had aa much pluck as a girl in love , they would have a man of their own choice in parliament . Ifc thought common sense might toll those present that they ought to be discontented , and the people of Ireland bad much more cause . He asked how long was Mitohel to be divided from hia coaatry ? ( Cries of ' not long . ') The orator prooeeded . When you gefc the Charter , ; and Ireland Repeal , he will come home . In a few months shall come the anniversary of that day when the God of heaven and earth was horn in the world . In a few months you will cele * brate that festival ; and in a few months , too , you

      will celebrate the day when liberty ehall be born in tho world ; and whether liberty be baptised , hailed by the cheers of the rich , or in the heart's blood of the tyrant , it ehall be baptised . You shall call its name Charter and Repeal , for it shall have two names ; and if you do not rock its cradle aad look over its manhood , and keep it immortal among you , you will be the most cowardly nation which ever disgraced the face of the globe . ( Loud applause . ) Dr Reynolds announced the massacre of the British troops at Lahore , and the announcement ( pitiable to Bay ) was received with cheers . The resolution which he moved was expressive of' disgust * at the proseention of Mitchel , and a pledge to use every exertion to secure his restoration- After some further remarks , Dr Reynolds concluded amidst loud ohee ? a .

      Mr George Lloto , who said ke had already suffered imprisonment for a political offence , seconded the resolution , and after a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting quietly dispersed .

      BIRMINGHAM . ( From the Morning Herald . ) Monday Evening —Yesterday , after the departure of the last day train for London , a meeting of the Chartists of this town was held , on a piece of waste ground adjoining the People a Hall , in Lovedaystreot . The meeting was convened by placards announcing that Mr Kydd , from Glasgow , would attend and address the meeting , and a demonstration made which would show tho world that the people were no longer to be governed by Whig misrule , tyranny , &e The placards , although well posted for some days at the close of the last week , did not command mach attention ; but the novelty of a Sunday mid-day politioal meeting excited a good deal of curiosity and speculation as to the probable result of 83 unusual a display . The mayor and magistrates met on

      Saturday , and decided upon not stopping the meeting , and taking every possible precaution to prevent a breach of the peace in the event of any attempt being made to disturb it . They applied tot and obtained an ad . ditional supply of troops on Sunday morning from Weedon . Colonel Arbuthnot , the commandant of the district , put the whole of the troops of the town under orders for immediate service ; Captain Bamford called out the pensioners , and had them all in readiness ; and Mr Superintendent Stephens , had the whole police force under hia command collected together at an early hour on Sunday ready to proceed with cutlasSea , at a moment ' s notice , to any part of the town where their services might be required . The gentlemen in command of the above forces met at the police station , in Stainforth-street , on Sunday , soon after one o ' clock , and arranged for keeping up

      a constant and instantaneous communication between themselves and their men , who were stationed along the line of streets to the place of meeting . In fact , everything was done to prevent the possibility of surprise . All these precautions were , however , un

      necessary . A working man , named Joseph Nisbett , having been called to the chair , he introduced Mr Kydd , from Scotland , who spoke for nearly two hours upon all the alleged abuses of the state and the grievances of the people . He was , however , exceedingly guarded in his language , having been informed , before the proceedings commenced , that there was a gentleman present to report for tae government . The meeting was then addressed by a man named Mantle , who spoke in strong terms against the government , and abused Lord John Ruesell in unmeasured language , He was followed by a Chartist named Ward , from Staffordshire ; Mills and Brewater , two strangers ; and Goodwin and Green , of this town ; after which the meeting separated , at naif-past Sve o ' clock .

      Mr White attended as a reporter for the government , and tho local authorities had also shorthand writers in attendance . Mr White returned to London by the night mail , and his transcript is no doubt in the hands ef the government . Another meeting of the Cb . art . i 3 t 8 was held last night at seven o ' clock , in the People ' s Hall , and was addressed by some of the above Chartist leaders ; bnt all passed over quietly , asd the authorities wore released at an early hour from their responsibility . This evening , at half-past six o ' clock , another meeting was to be held on the ground occupied yesterday , but , from the state of the weather while I am now writing ! no great muster is likely to take place . It has been raining the last two hours incessantly , and the meeting will , no doubt , be held in the hall , and , I have no doubt , pass off quietly . A good deal of anxiety prevails here relative to the state of London , although none can see any real ground for alarm .

      CAMP MEETING AT BLACK 3 T 0 NE EDGE . ( From the Times . ) Sunoay Evening . —A Chartist camp meeting took place , aa announced , thiB day at Blackstone Edge . The meeting was called for twelve o ' clock , but it was half-past one before the proceedings commenced . Blackstone Edge is a portion of an extensive range of hills separating the counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire , and situate about sixteen miles from Manchester , five miles from Rochda ' e , and ten miles from Halifax , and surrounded by a numerous manufacturing population . The early part of the morning was exceedingly wet , and thia had a tendency materially to lesson tbc nuinbers attending the meeting , which at no period of the proceeding exceeded 6 , 000 .

      Previous to the commencement of the proceedings the people distributed themselves over the ground and began to eat their diticew , thereby presenting the aspect of a _ huge pio-nic party rather than of a meeting having apolitical object . A better conduoted assemblage of working people has seldom been seen ; many well dressed women were present , and appeared to take great interest in the proceedings . The chair wa 3 taken by Mr Taog , a working man frem Bacup , who called upon Mr Shackleton , of Halifax , to move the first resolution— ' That the meeting having heard the declaration of Lord John Russell , that the people of this country do not want the People's Charter , thrsws back the false libel , and declares its firm conviction that no other measure of reform will serve the end sought , or meet with the support of the great body of the people , and pledges itself never to relax its efforts until the Charter jecomes the law of the land . "

      Mr G . J . Clarke seconded the motion , and spoke at some length , Mr G . White , of Bradford , moved the second resolution , whioh was seconded by Mr Ahchdeacon . It was to the effect that the Whig government was violating the constitution in attempting to suppress public opinion , and declared that tho meeting would stand by the rigkt of publio meeting at all hazards ; he exhorted those present to exercise their undoubted right of procuring arms , and said the system would never bo altered until they oould compel it by force , At this stage of the proceedings a collection was made to defray expenses .

      Mr Webster , of Halifax , moved the third resolution , which was seconded by Mr Donovan , of Manchester . Itcondemned the prosecutions instituted by the Whig government as vindictive and disgraceful . The mover ' s speech was of a very inflammatory character , but that of the secondor presented a striking contrast to that of tho mover , whose physical force sentiments were but coldly received . The next resolution was one of condolence with Mrs Mitchel , moved by Mr Roberts in a very tedious speech , and seconded b y Mr Leech , of Manchester , in a comparatively moderate manner . This closed the proceedings .

      A police officBr from Bradford , disguised a 3 a drover , was during the meeting somewhat roughly handled , and had to take refuge in a stable . It required all Mr White ' s exertions to save him from further outrage . The few police present in plain clothes were unnoticed and uncared for , but the indignation of tho people was roused by the man attempting to appear what ho really was not . With this exception , the meeting was of the most orderly character . [ Our correspondent informs us that there were more than 20 , 000 persons present ]

      YORKSHIRE CAMP MEETING . ( From the Daily News . ) The ChartistG of L 98 ds , Bradford , and the adjacent towns and villages had a ' great West Riding demonstration ' in favour of Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity , ' on Toftshaw-moor , about eight miles from Leeds and four miles from Bradford . The plaoards convening the meefciBg announced that the assemblage would b 8 addressed by Ernest Jones Esq ., of London , and others . The day waa fine , and the attendance was proportionably larse , but the numbers did not at any time exceed 12 , 000 . Shortly after the Bradford procession had arrived on thtground , with music and tvicolored and green fla » B Mr Lamplugh Wickbam and Mr John Rand , two of the magistrates , rode upon the ground , and Mr Wickham announced that he had been deputed to inform the promoters of the meeting that , if they

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      would undertake not to leave the ground m procession with flags and musio , their proceedings would not be disturbed or interrupted ; but that it would be the duty of tho magistrates to preserve the public peace if it wag interrupted by these moans . A person on the hustings promised that those conditions should be observed , upon which the magistrates expressed themelves satisfied , and left the ground . The promioe given by the committee wa 3 bo far 6 b 96 rved that within a very few minutes all the flaga in front of the hnstines were furled and removed to the rear 11 t 1 t . f fninm-nth-r J ; - proces-

      or elsewhere , but the four tricolour-flags TThiob floated from the four corners of the substantial platform that had been erected , still remained . Immediately after the magistrates had left the ground two carrier pigeons were started , doubtless to convey the information to the neighbouring towns . The oratorical part of the proceedings commenced by Ut J . Harris , of Leeds , being called to the chair , and addressing the persons present . Others speakers followed , and all conourred in the admiration of tha Charter , and their determination not to ceas * agita » tins until it became the law of the land .

      Three resolutions were adopted : —the firat in favour of the Charter , ' and nothing bnt the Charter ; ' the eecond for a Chartist defence fund ; and the . third in condemnation of the trial , conviction , and punishment of John Mitchel . The Electric Telegraph reports that meot ' ngs were also heldenot Edinburgh , Glasgow , Newcastleon-Tyne , and Nottingham . At Glasgow 600 polioe were stationed in front of the platform ,

      ARREST OF A CONFEDERATE , Mablbobough-btreet . —On Tuesday A . M'Manus a member of the Irish Confederation , was charged with violently assaulting the police . —Mitchell , 25 C , stated that about half-past nine o'clock last nigbt he was sent by his superintendent to No . 83 , Dean-street , where the Irish Confederation hold their meetings . Witness bad been there about twenty mintstea when aery was raued that a policeman was in the room . So me man p ointed witness ou t to th e audien c e , and witness fearing violence from the parties tried to get out of the room . He waa immediately surrounded by a mob , some of whom knocked him down , The prisoner then came up to where he was lying on the floor , seized him by the collar ofhis coat , and dragged

      him to the door , threw him down a flight of stairs . Before witness could recover himself the prisoner came up to him again , and said if that would not do , he would throw him ( witness ) down the other flight . The prisoner then pnshed Mitchell down several other stairs , and he was severely injured across the loins . Witness , as Boon as he could recover himself , got up and ran out of the house . He subsequently procured assistance , and after the meeting was over went up stairs and took the . prisoner into custody . — Sergeant Gray , 10 C , said , last nigbt he waa sent to the above meeting , which , was composed of the lower order of Irish . The chairman was reading from a newspaper , and after he had concluded & voice called out , ' Hero is Gray , do not let him take any

      notes ; keep him out . ' Witness was then standing near the door , and the prisoner pushed him out and shut the doer violently in his face . The gas was then extinguished , and he was then ' bonneted' and thrown down stairs , but could not say by whom . There was a great noise in the street , and the inhabitants were under such terror and alarm that he was obliged to send for several coiiBtablea to cleat the street . — -In reply to the charge the prisoner denied laying a band on either of the constables . Those who committed the violence were neither friends to them nor the Chartists . — Mr Hardwick committed him to take bia trial at the Central Criminal Coust , but agreed la accept ; bail in two responsible housekeepers in £ 40 each , and the prisoner in the sum of £ 80 , with twenty-four hours '

      notice , in order to make the necessary inquiries as to the respectability of the parties proposed . When the prisoner was brought in for the purpose of hearing the depositions read over , a young man came into court , and , addressing Mr Hard wick , said he vas surprised to find that the case had been gono into during his absence . He had witnesses who would have upset all the evidence against the prisoner ; and he thought the magistrate had been too haBty in committing the prisoner without hearing tneee witnesses . —Mr Hardwick had been perfectly satisfied with the evidence that bad been brought before him . If the prisoner bad witnesses to disprove the oharge he could produce them when on his trial . —The prisoner waa then fully committed . The person who made the application was a Mr M'Murrough , who is solicitor to the Irish Confederation .

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      THE CHARTIST TRIALS . CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . The June sessions wera opened on Monday morning , at the Old Bailey , the proceedings being opened by the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , the Recorder , Aldermen Gibbs and Lawrence , the Sheriff , Under-Sheriffs , and the other city authorities . The calendar contains the names of 197 prisoners , twenty-nine of whom are charged with sedition and acts of violence , arising out of the late Chartist meetings . The grand jury having been sworn ,

      The Recdkdeh proceded to address them . He said the calendar as printed eontaiaed a list of about 200 prisoners ; an addition of twenty more had taken place since it was issued from the press , aad they might reasonably expect a further accession during the progress of their labours . He feared , therefore , that their laboura would be far from light . There were five oharges of cutting and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm . There were three charges of manslaughter , two of rape , six oharges of robbery , and twenty three were charged with rioting and with assaulting police-constables intheexeoution of their duty in endeavouring to preserve the public peace . In several oftbecasesthe parties accused were charged with haying uttered seditious words , but , owing to neglect in some quarter , the court had been

      left without the means of commenting on any of the expressions used , and on their tendency and legal effect . Without a knowledge to be obtained from the depositions as to the exact grounds on which the parties to whom he referred had been imprisoned on the charge of uttering BeditiouB words , it waa impos . Bible for him to speak except in general terms , or to what amounted to sedition as expressed in words spoken . _ Still they were not without guides and authorities on the subject , to whom he would briefly refer , to show that the amount oi the malignity of any expression was materially affected by the occasion on which the words were uttered , the parties addressed , theperson 8 incitedbysuchwords , and whether the words were addressed to them for the purpose of

      ioduoing them to tske a part in any present er contemplated outrasre . inoitementtoarm , for instance , for the purpose of effecting by force terror , or excitement any particular illegal purpose . The unlawful use of seditious words was a misdemeanor at common law , bat the offence might amount to felony under given circumstances within the proviai ns ef a recent statute , but if taken in connexion with a treasonable purpose or facts the effence might amount to trea 3 on itself . He had dispatched a Boecial messenger for the depositions taken in the different oases , which ought to have been in the hands of the officers and all the parties concerned on Saturday last ; they had but now been placed in his hands , and he had only bad an opportunity of hastily reading through

      one of them . As he had said , the circumstances under which seditious words wero spoken waB a most important matter for their consideration . They must not , on the one hand , infringe on tho undoubted liberty of the subject to discuss public matters witb decenoy , and with an honest purpose , with a view to the public good , but on the other , parties discussing public matters must not be permitted to aot in a way utterly subversive of that purpose , oaloulated to propoae an evil example to those wh : m they address . It was laid down by Lord Ellenborough , in the case of the King v . Lambert , 2 Campbell ' s Reports , page 308 , on a general proposition , that a man might lawfully discuss and criticise the acts of thejninhters

      and of the Kinpr , but he rau » t do so fairly , temperately , and with decenoy and respect , and without imputing any corrupt or improper motives , and the constitution under which they lived would never have acquired that firm chwacter which it roaaesiei if such a right as this were not conceded to the subeot , but like every other valuable right it was liable to be contravened and abused . And lord Chief Justice Holt , on tha other hand , said it would be one of the greatest libels on publio liberty , if , when men acted with violence towards the state and disturbed the publio peace , they wero not called to account ; and again , in the case of the King against Cobbett . he showed that any one writing , publishing , or utterin " language tending to alienate the affections of the

      people , was guilty of the offence of sedition , laying at tho flame time . great Btress upon the fact that the offence was materially aggravated if the words were published or uttered under circumstances which endowed them with a mischievous and malignant character , and as tending to ' alienate the affeotions Of the people . It would be for the jury to consider , wliea the cases to which he was referring came beore them , whether tho words in question were uttered u the spirit of criticism upon the measurea of government , or whether they were of an iiiilammatory tendency , calculated to produce mischief . If a party , whero a multitude was collected and excited , as they knew multitudes always were when they had collected in great massea , addressed , with others ,

      speeches calculated to move their hearers to acts of violence—if auch an occasion had been sought by previous arrangement to vilify the government—whether it be the legislature , the crown , or tho executive —if language be used with the intention , and be calculated to inflame , especially if the speakers had in view some present or future purpose of mischief , such conduofc partook of the character of sedition . At all events it was of that character and degree of sedition which constituted the unlawful use of seditious words a misdemeanour . A recent Aot , within the provisions of whioh he did not think any of Hie persons charged would be brought , intituled ' An Act for the better Security of the Crown and Goverumentof these Realms , ' , had been passed to meet a veryeerions pablio mischief ; kwas ofsoimper-

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      tant a charactor that it ought to bs made as exten sively known as possible . The Learned Gentleman then recited the third clause of the Aot in question with the provisions of which our readers cannot fail to be familiar . . He also entered into an explanation of the other clauses . ThroHject . no doubt , of fh 9 government in passing this Act was to pnnish those who , in addressing viol . nt language to tumaltuooB assemblies , did more practical mischief than aDy writing in any inflammatory publication . It * as necessary to warn those who might find themselves at meetings of a doubtful character—meetings likeft to be incited to mischief by designing and wicked men—of the consequenoes which might be entailed upon them , as they might thereh * tant acharactor that it ought to ba made as . exten .

      render themselves liable to a charge of felony . $ was necessary , in order to guard sgainat the im perfections of memory , and the difficulty of accuratel y recording expressions rapidly used , that the intor . mations with respeot to inflammatory speeches should be made within si * days , It was well for them to bear in mind that words , coupled with some other aot , might lay the person uttering them open to be charged with an overt aot of treason . The foreigner , who in former days declared that he would come over to assassinate the king of this country , and who actually did come over , was guilty of the overt act . He was , however , anxious to draw their attention to spoken words without any other matter . Mj Justice Foster said , if conspirators met and

      consulted , snd did not fall upon any scheme for carrying out their views , say to compass or imagine the death of the kins , each would be involved in the same danger . The learned gentleman then referred to the riots of 1780 , whioh were fomented by the iuju . dicious calling out of the military , and to those ef more recent date at Bristol . He read newly the entire charge of Chief Justice Tindal , and laid great stress on those portions in which he said that every well-disposed citizen was a servant ef the Crown , and that it was his duty to take up arms in defence of the state when her liberties wero menaoed . That learne'l gentleman reoommended those persons to act rather under a magistrate than on their own anthoritv , except in cases of extreme urgency : and

      with repeat to the preservation of the puDlie peaoa , he could recognise no difference between a soldier and a citizen , He then referred to the Act of tho 1 st of William the Fourth , which authorises any two justices , when thft Ordinary officers were insufficient to repress tumult , to nominate special constables for the preservation of the publio peace , and parties assaulting or interfering with these constables in the execution of their dnty wera as amenable to pimiahment aa if they had assaulted one of the regular force . He dwelt upon the Riot Act , and upon the extreme necessity there existed for all well-disposed persons to leave tumultuous assemblies when the Act was read by the proper officers , as they could not tell to what danger they might be exposed : for all .

      after such proclamation , were liable to be indicted for felony , and might be transported , for the punishment had been altered from imprisonment te expatriation . Thus parties might be punished for an offence which perhaps they never contemplated ; and in a mob they must know how difficult it was to discriminate the innocent from the guilty , aad how easily an innocent person might be punished . He had felt it necessary , as representing the Lord Mayor as chief magistrate of the metropolis , to make these observations , and he begged to remit them to th « ir duties with this remark , that they bring unbiassed minds to the consideration of the different cases , send those for trial who seemed amenable to justice

      and he was certain they would do so with scrupulous Care and anxious fidelity . Mr Parry made an application to the court in behalf of William Henry Vernon , one of the persons committed for using seditious and treasonable language at a Chartist meeting , to reduce the amount of his recognisances which the magistrate had required him to enter into . The present amount was himself in £ 400 , and four sureties in £ 100 each . He was utterly unable , from his position in life , to obtain sureties to that amount , and if it was not reduoed , the effect would be that he muBt remain in gaol until his trial , which he said was a proceeding contrary to the spirit and intention ef the statute in cases of misdemeanour .

      The Recorder declined to entertain the application until notice of it had been given to the solicitor of the Treasury ; On Tuesday Mr Parrt renewed his application on behalf of W . H . Vernon , charged with sedition , with a view to rednoe the amount of the recognisances he was required to enter into . The learned counsel said he should be prepared , in the course of the day , to give the solicitor to the Treasury the names of four persons who would become sureties to the amount of £ 50 each for his appearance to take his trial .

      Mr Bodkin said that on the part of the Crown ho was not instructed to offer any opposition to the application . He had seen the affidavit upon whioh the amount of the recognisances was sought to be reduced ; and taking into consideration the position in life and the circumstances of the defendant , be thought it wa 3 probably not in his power to obtain sureties to the amount originally required , and therefore he should not oppose the application for a reduction of the amount of the recognisances . Of course the bail of respectable sureties would be required . Mr Parry said he was extremely obliged io his learned friend . With regard to the character of the sureties , he was instructed that they were respectable parties , and that no difficulties would arise in this respect .

      The Recorder then directed that the defendant should be liberated on his entering into his own recognisances in £ 200 upon each indictment , and finding four sureties , two upon each indictment , in £ 50 each . Twenty-four hours notice of bail , how . ever , was required . TRUE BILLS FOUND AGAINST THE

      PRISONERS . On Wednesday the Grand Jury , in the coarse of the day , returned true bills for misdemeanour against Ernest Charles Jones , Joseph Williams , William John Vernon , and Joseph Icecteus John Fuesell . Mr Bodkin applied to the court to fix the trials of the defendants on Friday morning . Mr Claukson said he was instructed , en behalf of one of the defendants ( Jones ) to state that he intended to have the assistance of one of her Majesty ' s counsel in his defence , and that he should not be prepared to take his trial on the day mentioned , or , indeed , during the present session . Mr Justice Pattkson said that a formal application mnot then be made to postpone the trial . Mr Curkson said this should be done , Mr Bodkin thought it right to state that it was the intention of the Crown to take the case of Fudsell first on Friday , and the others in their order .

      The Grand Jury during the mornin ? returned true bills' againBt the following twenty-t'vo persons , who are indicted for taking part in the late Chartist meetings . All the parties are prosecuted by Mr Maule , Solicitor to the Treasury : —George Cowling , Dennis Callaghan , Thomas Jones , Henry Winan , William Moston , Henry Whitehead , George Blackburn , John Kingston , Thomas Hayes , Charles B ingley , Jeremiah Connelly , James Hayward , Isaso Mallandsinr Geo . Stratford , Samuel Strapps , R . Yaton , Henry Payne , John Wedge , Charles Maucbee , Rd . Hall , R . Margrie , nnd Joseph Crane . The Times has it that true bills wera found against Mr Ernest Jones , and Messrs Williams , Vernon , and Fussell for felony . The following is from the Morning Chronicle

      —Yesterday ( Wednesday ) afternoon being fixed by Mr Maule , the solicitor to the Treasury , for the preferment of the several indictments against those of the Chartist leaders named Joseph Irecseus FuBsell , Joseph Williams , and Ernest Charks Jones , who stand committed for trial , for unlawfully , in the presence and hearing of divers subjects of our lady the Queen , uttering , pronouncing , and publishing certain scandalous , wicked and seditious words against our Baid lady the Queen and her Government , with in » tent to excite tumult and disorder amongst the liege subjects of our said lady tho Queen . The witnesses , eight in number , assembled at the office of Mr Maule ? Gwydyr House , in the first instance , and from thence to the Sessions house of the Central Criminal Court .

      when , having being sworn , they proceeded to the grand jury room , and there verified their several depositions , being the evidence already given before Mr Henry at Bow-street , and which waa set forth in the bills preferred , the speeohes and acts of the several defendants , being the offence committed previous to the witnesses being called in . Mr Kemmis , jun ., the crown-solicitor of Ireland , who was in attendance with the official proceedings in the case of the Queen v . John Mitehal , was first examined , it being understood that the object of the learned gentleman ' s being called was to prove offioially that John Mitchel had been indicted and found guilty of felony for having spoken , pronounced , and published , certain seditious speeches , with the intent to excite tho liege subjects

      of her Majesty , of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland , to rebellion ; and that the said John Mitohel had been duly put upon his trial , and that he had been properly and lawfully tried and convicted , and sentenced to be transported for the term of fourteen years ; nnd that the said prisonets , Fubsell , Williams , and Jones , had by words uttered , prc ° nouncod , and published , certain malicious acd seditious words , io excite tho liege subjects of the Queen to restore the said John Mitcbel to liberty alter he hae been duly and lawfully convicted . Tke necet * sary proofhaving bsen established relative to the above conviction , the witnesses were then called in , two in number , in each case , who wera shortly exto

      amined as the words used by Fusselland Williams at the meeting hold on the 20 -h of May , at Clerkenwell green ; and the subsequent one at Bonner ' a-field ? , at which Jones spoke . The time occupied by the whole of the witnesses before tho grand jury did not exceed one hour , when the several bills were found . 1 be Attorney . General , theSolicitor-Geceral , Messr ? , Bodkiu , Welsby , and Clerk , and , it is said , aided by one or two Queen ' s counsel , will appear for the trown ; while the ouly gentleman at present known , as retained for the defence , is Mr Parry . The trial of Fussell will first be prooeeded witb , while in addition to Mr Justice Patteaon and Mr Baron Rolfe , the chief of one of tho Courts will also attend on the ooeasion .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR Jche 17 , 1848 . ¦ ' " ' - ^ ¦ "

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      SUPPRESSION OF PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THE COUNTRY . CROYDON . ( From our own Correspondent . ] A meeting having been announced to be held on Duppas-hill , near this town , on Whit-Monday , the most strenuous measures were adopted by tneautnorities to prevent it . About five hundred special constables were sworn and provided with staves , and ball cartridge wa 3 served out to the troopB . A constable was sent to request the attendance of those persons whom the magistrates deemed it advisable to communicate with , with the view of preventing , if possible , a collision between the people and the authorities . Mr Frost accordingly attended at the Town Hall , and had a long conference with the magistrates , who were determined at all hazards to prevent the meeting . A protest was then drawn up by the counciland J . Frost and H . Clark waited upon

      , the magistrates , who had adjourned to the workhouse , and another conference took place , the deputation insisting firmly upoativa tight of . me&tiag , and the magistrates expressing their determination to use all the force at their dispssal to prevent the meeting from taking place . In consequence of this prohibition , and the torrents of rain that fell from three o ' clock until past seven , tha eonneil decided upon nat holding the meeting on Duppas Hill , but a meeting of members enly waa held at the usual place , when a reaolntioH was unanimously adopted condemnatory or the conduct of the magistrates . While the Chartists were thus snugly deliberating upon their future policy , the magistrates , police , and specials , had to endure toe pelting of the pitiless storm upon the bill , where they remained all the evening , the few persons who Biade their appearance being prevented from ejecting together by the police .

      MANCHESTER . ( From the . Jiomin < 7 Chronicle . ) Monday . —The magistrates determined not to allow the meeting announced for this day , and a proclamation to that effect waa issued , signed by the mayor . The special constables , to the number of 10 , 000 , were summoned to be in readiness this day , and arrangements were made with Lieutenant-General Arbuthnot , who was present , that a Btrong bod ; of troops should be posted in the neighbourhood of the place of meeting . On learning this , the Chartists issued a second notice , announcing that the meeting would not ba held , as at first it was intended , in Stephenson ' s-square , but in a large room in Campfield , called the musio hall , a place capable ef holding about 3 , 000 people . In tho second placard the Chartists denounced those who have attempted to disturb the peace as the spies of government , who thus act that the authorities may prevent the people from meeting together .

      A CHARTIST PROCESSION PREVENTED AT LOUGHBOROUGH . ( From the Daily News . ) The proposed demonstration in honour of Mr O'Connor ' s visit to Loughborough on Wednesday was not allowed to take place . The Chartists attempted to set the magistrates' proclamation at defiance , bat by nine o'clock in the morning eeveral hundreds of special constables were on duty . A troop of dragoons were stationed in the Marketp'ace to prevent the assemblage of persons , as waa intended , preparatory to the procession , and by ten o ' clock , the hour the assemblage was to have taken place , a troop of yeomanry cavalry , commanded by Cap * . Farnham , M . P ., were stationed in the

      Ward'send-square , where the open-air meeting was to be held . No procession was allowed to be formed , but upwards of 1 , 000 persons went to the railway station to meet the train , by which Mr O'Connor arrived from Sheffield . The troop of dragoons were then stationed at a short distance from the station , to prevent any procession going into the town , and their previous place was occupied by another troop of yeomanry , under the command of Capt . Storey . On the arrival of Mr O'Connor he was met at the station by several magistrates , who had a private interview with him , after which he mounted a table and read a copy of the proclamation prohibiting the procession . Under these circumstances he considered it would bs best for him to proceed to London by the next train , which he did , and the people dispersed .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 17, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1475/page/6/