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      EXAMINATION OF PRI 5 ONERS FOR RIOTjjfG IN LEEDS AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD . taring Saturday , Sunday , and Monday last , several - ^ , 088 , wke ware known to have taken part in the S ^ obi proceedings in the borough of Leeds , on Wed-•^ day in last week , was apprehended on warrants a ^ b the borough Magistrates ;¦ and cm Monday morning J kywer * brought before Griffith WrJ £ it , Esq ., and ^ aony Kfley , £ * q , in the Council Boom at tbeCourt So&SB . - " - : jtofog the proceedings , Wm . Pawaon , Esq ., ( the jUjoi , ) Ralph Markland , Esq ., John Clapham , Esq ., ginwr Staasfeld , Esq ., James Musgrave , Esq ., and , ^ of the other Ma gistrates of the borough were pre-| entf « r »« i » ortSme ' ' Th « following was the evidence adduced , aid a list of » » prisoners win be found appended : —

      William Crooks Goodall , printer , aid , that on Wednesday afternoon , the 17 th instant , I was near Messrs . jillsy and Tatham ' s mill , in Waler-lane , Holbeck ; and BY the prisoner Peter Hardwiek , endeavouring to stop j £ t Ghwlsy from taking a man into custody for having jtspped Messrs . TiUey and Tatham ' s mill . He was in tbe mill yard ; perhaps adoran yards from the boiler . I KB quite sore the prisoner is the m ^ n , There were a gteV somber of persons there . Serjeant Kell , of the polios force , Leeds—I was on duty on Wednesday in last week , in Waterlane , and B v the prisoner in company with a man named Davis , wso has since "been taken into custody , and committed for frMri . I apprehended the prisoner yesterday at his own house . Royal Oak Yard , Kirkgate .

      Samuel Wade , aerjaant m the . police , said he was on duty on Wednesday in last week- I saw the prisoner sear the Court House about nine o ' clock in the morning , ( tanding amongst a crowd of people . I next saw him on the road to Armley , between twelve and one o ' clock . I saw him in Water-lane in the afternoon , josh after Messrs . Ifttley and Tatham ' s mill was stopped ; he was with Joseph Davis , near to a lamp-post in front ofthe Clarendon Inn . Davis was there taken into custody , and the prisoner was there and poshed against the police . I knew him , and told Mm" he eoght to be ashamed of

      bjmself . Hatton Hamer Stansfeld , Esq . —I was a special constable , and was present at the disturbance on Wednesday in Water-lane and Meadow-lane . I assisted in apprehending , on Saturday last , the prisoners William Gibson , Richard Sampson , and John Peel . Gibson was apprehended at his own bouse , Carter ' s Houses , near Beestoa HilL Sampson was arrested standing near his own house , near Millshay . John Peel was brought by his father oat of Hz . Wa 3 ker "» mill at Millshay . Qibsonsaidhe was not at Royd * s mill when it was stopped Richard Sanpson « aid he was there , but took no part in the riotous proceedings . John Feel said he went from their mill at Mfli « h * y when it was stopped ; he went

      with the crowd to Royd ' s mill , but took no part in the proceedings . None of the prisoners made the least reaiBi&nce , or offered to escape . Mr . Augustus ~ ffAim ^ T » of Morley . —I occupy part of Boyd ' B Mill , Beeston , in this Borough . The mill is worked by steam for the manufacture of eleth . Mr . John Oddy oocupies part of the mill with part of steam power , iar the same purpose . The mill was stopped on Wednesday afternoon last week . About half-part fire , & body of men came to the mill ; they came in two companies ; there were upwards of 140 of them altogether . They came in the same . 'direction ; the second party came about half an boor * fter the Srat . When sbefixst party came , Mr . Oddy and I were standing

      near the fire place . The men appeared to be colliers , sad I asked them what they wanted with us . They replied they were coming to . stop us from work ; and were come to demand wage for working . I told them thai thefcs being & separate trade from oars , they had no right to interfere with us . They then said they were determined to make all alike . I said that I believed every man on our premises was satisfied with the wage he was receiving ; and , in order that they ( &e colliers ) might be satisfied that what I said was correct , I would allow two of them to go round and make the inquiry . Just at that tame the second party came up , and inquired what the first intended to do . I said if they could find any person on the premises who was not satisfied , I would allow them to stop the

      works till the party working for me received satia&ofian . As soon as the second party came np , some of them said it was no use standing dallying there , and they would go to work , and draw the plugs . They then forced themselves into the firing place , and drew the plugs of the boiler , and so stopped the whole of the mill , and the hands , about 100 , were obliged to be tamed out . They then left the premiss , after having prea me notice that if I started again , I might abide by the consequences . We resumed work on Friday Borning . I know most of the faces of the prisoners present now , bat can only swear to George Peart and Rieaard Sampson . The ; ware present amongst those wbo came to stop the mill , but I cannot say what part they took .

      Wm . Best , of Holbeek , engine tenter—I am in the service of Mr . Francis Sowiy , at Wortley , sear Leeds , who has two mills—one to grind cem and the other to ipin flax . We have two engines and I attend to both . About two o ' clock on the afternoon of Wednesday in last week , we heard that the people were coming ; and my master e&id if they came I was to stop the engine . The crowd , from 400 to 500 persons came . Some fourteen or fifteen came into the yard ; and I told them it was no ue them coming , I -was going to stop the engine They

      however cams into the fire-bale , and said they would hsve the plug oat They asked me to pull it out for them , and I said I had something else to do , and one of them opened the fire-hole door , and commenced kcocking the plug out I went into the engine house to stop the engine . I was absent abont a minute , and when I came back they had got the plug out of the flax BdH mginfl . The nob then went away . I saw the prisoners Hardaere and Bell there . Sell opened the firehole door ; Hard acre was the last man there , and threw down the fire poker .

      Wm . Rhodes , £ Wottliy , in the employ of Mr . Bentley , who occspiea Mr . Sowr y * flax mill at Wortley , gave similar evidence to the last witness , and fully identified Bell and Hardaere as two of the parties present in the mill yard . John Handle / , one of the police inspectors—I apprehended Ben at Holbect , snd told Mm he was charged with pulling -&b ping ant at Sowry * s milL He said he did aot poll it out , for the engineer polled it rat himself . I also apprehended Hardaere ; to said he was at the mill , but did nothing at alL Wm . Fowler , Millshay , I am a clothdresser , employed at Rojd " s mill . A crowd came on Wednesday , polled the plug out of the engine and stopped the mill , I aw them out of the room window where * I was at TO& . 1 can identify James Gomerall , James Batter-£ dd , and Richard Sampson , as parties who were in the mob , but I cannot say what they did ,

      James Thackwray , Seeston , gave similar evidenee to the kit witness , and identified Joseph Heaton , Benj . Goodison , James Taylor , and Matthew Bedford , as four of those who went to Boyd's vAWJohn Tflford , Beeston Boyds . —I am in the service of Mr . Holman , at Boyd's mill . I went with coals to the mill on "Wednesday , about five o ' clock in the afternoon . Ihsre was a great crowd there at the time , and some ef the crowd went into the fire-place , and stopped the milL The prisoners James Hep worth , James Lister , and Richard Sampson , were three of the party . James Greenwood , whe has part of the Bieam power at Boyd ' s mill , identified George Peart , Richard Sampson , and James Lister , as parties in the transaction ea Wednesday last , at that milL Joseph Bann , of Baeston Royds , in the employ of Hi . Holman , identified Joseph Riddlesdin , but could not say vrh&t part he took in the proceedings .

      Joseph Sayner , of Millshay , one of the men employed at Royd ' s mill , identified Francis Oxley as one of the crowd who took part ia the transactions on Wednesday . Robert Brethwiek , of Millshay , another of the men employed at Boyd'B mill , identified George Peart and Joseph Biddlesden , as the parties who were in the eowd ; and he said that the prisoner John Peel was there , but that he went first to announce that the crowd were going there . Samuel Verity was also one of theerowp . John Peel ( the prisoner mentioned by the last witless ) was admitted as a witness , and said that he lived at MQlflhay ; and that he first announced at Royd ' s mill that the crowd was going there . He also said that Jas . GomersaB , Richard Sampson , and James Buttetfield ¦ Were three of the crowd .

      Peter Robinson , in the service of Mr . Ripley , of Bolbeck , said he saw wmiam Bell go into the yard of Mr . Sowry ' B Trni | frith the crowd on Wednesday in last week .. The depositions were then read over , and the prisonfin were all remanded until the following morning . Two of the prisoners ( James Hepworth and Richard Sampson ) identified as having token part in the onlawfcl proceedings at Royd's mill , were also concerned in Hie disturbances at Messrs . Bedford and Son's colliery , fed were taken before the West Riding Magistrates , sad committed for trial on the Utter charge .

      TUESDAY . The examination of the prisoners brought np on Monday was rammed this morning before Griffith Wright , Esq ., at the Court House . Ralph Markland , * sq ., J . R . Atkinson , Esq ., and George Goodman , -tfcQv , three of the Borongn Magistrates , were also pre-« ent during part of the proceediBgB Several witnesses » ere called , who identified the different prisoners as Parties who had been present amongst the crowd at ttefcao ' . Amon 8 5 t * fr » witnesses examined were Br 2 ^» & ? f en « « a * B ° yd * mm , said he was ft ^ L ^ S ?* People visited the mill on Wednesday , ( SSn ^ £ Ideistifiea Samnel DiWion , Benjamin . SSS ^ S ^ -y a . parties who went t o iaa

      ^^ J twick , assistant bailiff , said he was in ^«^ of tie premises ppositeSowery ' smfll , a » d Zax ^ JT ^ S ^ ** *^ , and psrticulsrly Wm , ff ^ ft ? ° ^?» « ft <* ae 7 « d when tte ^ team mi being J ** -J- Helman said—The prisons Terifr is one of SSmI ^ / 5 f 6 * iattwP » tytoRejid '» mm . He fe »^ nSL 0 < My * me , if we would give them a b ? tZ 3 ? 1 ^ -wooid let the mill work that erm-\ &J * / ° Oddy t * * condemned anything of ^ K ^ aad w gaTeth . em nothing . ^^^

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      The Beveral prisonera were then asked if they had anything to « ay , and were cautioned that if they did say anything , it might be brought in evidence against them . Ten of them—namely , Joseph Riddlesdin , Wm . Bell , Charles Hardftero , Jamei Bntterfield , James Lister , Joseph Heaton , Matthew Bedford , Win . Gibson , Samuel Dawson , and Peter Hardwick , said nothing . The others made statements to show that they , were not at Boyd ' s mill during the time of the disturbance there ; and the following : witnesses ware called to prove an alibi on behalf of James Taylor and Matthew Bedford : — -

      Abraham Hall , collier , Beeston , said—On Wednesday last , James Taylor came into our house about twenty minutes past five o ' clock , and he stopped there tmtal nearly six . He then went out and sat on ft wall alongside of John Thomas . I « id , " Why bast thon not been among the mob ? " : And he answered , " have been heeling my shoe , and thought I was better away . " John Thomas , collier , Beeston , confirmed the evidence of the previous witness , and gave other evidence to prove that James Taylor remained sitting on the wall alluded to from a quarter to six until halfpast six . Jacob Thornton , collier , Beeston , said that he saw Bedford coming from his work about five o ' clock , and he remained with him until near mix o ' clock at his brother ' s house . Bedford said he had been tamed off work . - - .

      Martha . Hudson , wife of William Hudson , collier , Beeston—I saw Matthew Bedford coming from his work , about twenty minutes past five . I spoke to him . The Magistrates retired for a short time in order to look over Ihe depositions . Having returned , Mr . Wright said they had resolved to discharge the prisoners Gibson and Dawson , on condition that they would keep out of riotous assemblies for the future . Thezest of the prisoners would be committed for trial strfork . Samuel Dawson and William Gibson made the required promise and were discharged . The other fourteen prisoners were then committed to York Castle for trial at the awny , ^ . The following is a list of the prisoners : — Benjamin Gooodison , 40 , collier , Beeston . Joseph Beaton , 23 , collier , Beeston . George Peart , 23 , cloth-dresser , Morley . James Gomenall , 18 , collier , ChurwelL ' Joseph Riddlesdin , 24 , weaver , Morley . Charles Hardaere , 19 , mechanic , Holbeck . William Bell , 22 , smith , Brewery Field . Peter Haxdwick , 42 , shoemaker , Kirkgate . James Batterleld , 21 , collier , Charwell . James Lister , 23 , collier , Gildersome . James Taylor , collier , Beeston . Matthew Bedford / collier , Beeston , Francis Oxley , collier , Reeston . - Samuel Verity , collier , Beeston . Sanraal Dawson , coWer , . Beeston . William Gibson , coUie »^ Beeston .

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      three parts of the people before me , and I sat down when I got to a cut log of wood , and then I got a bit of ' baoca , and I went no farther until after , the place was stopped . ' " : ¦¦ ¦' ; ¦'¦ ' ; " - ¦ ¦ '" . ¦ . ' . - ¦ " : •¦ ' ¦¦ - . ' " ' - ¦ ' ¦ ' . . ¦ : Sunpson . —I have nothingto aay I was there . The three prisoners we ^^^^ committed to Terk Castle for triaL An IntlniH 8 n ?^ however , was given that bail would be taken for their appsarance .

      - . ; _ - "' . - " .. - . . - "" - ;¦ - ¦ r- : ' ;¦ v ¦•' - . ¦ . ¦' . ¦' ..- . ' . TOBSPAT . -: ' - ' The West-Riding Magistrates met at ten o ' clock . Mr . Rhodes again presided . ; George Sykes , of Armley , Alexander Sykes , of Gildersome , and James Ramsden , of Dxighlington , were first examined . They were charged with havixigi oa Wednesday last , taken an active part in tha riotous proceediaga at Mr . Cro Winer ' s mill , at Char well-laneaide . ; "¦ - ¦¦ ' ¦' : ¦ ¦ - . _ ' - .: "" . . -- "¦ ' - ¦ - , . ¦ . "• . ' ' ; Jeremiah Gledhill said—I live at Churwell , and am a cloth miller . I work at Mr . Crowthert mill ; and was there on Wednesday afternoon , about two o ' clock . There was a great crowd of people came into the mill yard ; several of them said they were come to stop

      the mill . I went towards the prisoner Ramsden ; I told him they had no business to stop us . More than one of them made answer that they would 1 st us ase what bosiness they had . Kauuden had tue coal-rake in his hand ; he was attempting to unplug the boiler . The ; crowd then unplugged the boiler , but I cant say whether Ramsden or some one else did it . The works were stopped , and I saw no more . The orders of tie mob were given without any rioting , or injuring any of the property . I cannot identify any of the other prisoners . In answer to questions from the prisoners , the -witness said he had seen George Sykes in the mill yard , but did not . see him do any thing .

      Benjamin Hurst , of Morley , doth dresser , said—I work at Mr . Crowther'a m » L On Wednesday last , I saw . the crowd in the mill yard ; they went on the back side of the mill to the coal pit ; they then went to the fire-hole ; I went there also , and saw the prisoner , George Sykes , attempting to unplug one of the boilers ; he had a coal . rake , and was prising the ping up . I saw another man , but did-not know who he was , trying to unplug the other boiler ; 1 aaw water running oat of both plug-holes . The crowd then went np the yard , and Bexeral of . the work-people , as George Sykes was passing by , pointed him out as the person who had unplugged one of the boilers ; he must have heard 11 , but be made no reply . I cannot say I saw any of the other prisoners there .

      William Gledhill , cloth-miller , Churwell—I work at Mr . Croirther's , a&d was there on Wednesday afternoon . I saw the crowd come down the mill yard , and procfted to , the back of the mill to a coal pit ; they returned back , and went to the fireman . I heard one of the crowd ask him where they were to go to let the steam off . The fireman was going to let the steam off , and I told hi m not to do it , but let them do it themselves if they were determined to stop us . They then went into the boiler-house , and some one got hold of the cord attached to the valve , and let the steam off ; others knocked out the plugs . The prisoner , George Sjkes , had a coal-raka in his hand , and knocked oat the plug of the far boiler . Both boilers were unplugged , and all the water ran oat The crowd stopped a few minutes in the yard , and then went away . I heard one of them say they wanted a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s labour , and they could get it , and would have it . . " -

      Elliot Hiachliffe , slabber , Morley—I work at Mr . Crowtber ' s mill , and was there on Wednesday last , when the crowd came . I left my work and went down stairs ; they were then at the fore side of the mill , but afterwards went to the back .. I went to the fire-place and stopped there . Part of the men went to the coalpit , and part went to the fire-place . They began to unplug the boilers ; one of the men opened the door , and put in either the poker or coal-rake to priss up the ping . I took hold of his arm , and said to him I thought one boiler was sufficient to unplug . The answer which be or one of his companions gave was , that if they did not unplug that boiler we should put a fire underneath and commence work again . I cannot identify any of the prisoners as the men who drew the plugs , but I saw the prisoners , Alexander Sykes and George Sykes , in the mill yard amongst the

      mob-Robert Hartley , police constable , Leeds , apprehended , Ramsden , who admitted he was there , bnt said that he only looked on . Alexander Sykes was apprehended by the constable of Morley , Mr . Hollings ; he , however , had no evidence to give except that the man denied having taken aay active part The prisoners declined to make any statement , and were all committed to take their trials at York . Bail it was announced would be taken for their appearance . Joshua Peart , deth weaver , of Morley , John Brwi thaw , miner Wasp nest , Drigblington , and Ambrose Riddlesdin , 56 , of Morley , clothier , were next charged with having on Wednesday last , visited along with others , the collieries of Messrs . Tottie and Gaunt , at Churwell , in order to Btop the works and turn out the men . ¦

      Mr . Thos . Dibb , agent to Messrs . Tottie and Gaunt , of Cburwell Colliery . I was at the colliery on Wednesday afternoon last , at nearly three o ' clock : 1 had notice given that the people were at Crowther ' s mill A man came to oar middle pit , and asked if we had called our men « ut ; he said if they were not out directly they would compel them t » come pot I asked him if he -mwat th « leader cf vtm iuut > , be said be was , and in about three or four minntea after the crowd came and were very clamorous about the men coming out of the pit , and w isbed them to come np immediately . A carve of coal was brought np , which they wished to prevent being banked . I told them it should be banked , and after some altercation it was banked . An empty corve was then placed in the " cage , " and I gave the signal to the engine

      man to let me down into the pit Some ef them swore I should not go down , but I ultimately went In two minntea after I came up , the whole of the workmen were out of the pit , except one , and because he did not come ont with the [ rest , a great number of the crowd called out " D—n him , let him stay in , and we will fill up the pit" I then asked the mob if they bad any other work to do , and they called out they had the . boiler to unplug , npon which from forty to fifty went to the boiler to unplug it I remonstrated with them , and told them it should not be unplugged , because there were several ponies in the pit which we could not attend to , except the water was in the boiler . The boiler was unplugged directly , and the works stopped . I cannot say by whom the plugs were drawn . I then

      desired those of the crowd who had come for the purpose of stopping our works to go below the pit hill , and I would ask them a few questions ; a great portion of them went down , I judge about a hundred , armed with sticks and bludgeons . There were a considerable number of men , women , and children , who had come as mere spectators . I then addressed a few observations to them , as to the illegality of their couduet . I asked them what their object was in coming to stop our works , and a many of them cried out that they wanted the Charter , others that they wanted higher wages , and a many of them that they wanted something to ear . After making a few remarks to them , that their present proceedings were not likely to get them higher wages , a person on the pit hill held

      forth to the mob , and when he begun to speak I went to another part of the pit MIL I inquired his name , and was told it was Ambrose Reddlesdin ; that person ia now here . The crowd then began to disperse , and I went soon afterwards to my own bonse ; 'when I got to the door I found it bolted . I called ont to have it opened , and when I got into the back yard there was a man there cutting up a loaf of bread . The prisoner Brad , shaw was that man . My wife told me he had come and asked for bread and beer ; she through fear told the servant to fetch him wbat he wanted . I asked him what he was doing in the yard , and he replied that he was getting some bread . I then took the knife from

      mm and said I would break his head . He then took up part of the bread and went outside and joined the crowd , to whom he gave some of the bread . I saw Bradshaw on the pit hill among the crowd with a stick in his hand He was active about the top of the pit , wishing the men to come euU I cannot say whether it was Bradshaw or some ether person who threatened to throw the banksman down the pit I cannot say that I saw the prisoner Peart In answer to « question from Riddlesdin , the witness said he had not seen him amoDgst the mob , but amongst the spectators ; headdressed-the mob from amongst the spectators—he considered him as one of the spectators , not one of the mob .

      J . Bell wood , of Morley , cosl miner , said— On Wednesday afternoon last , I was at Messrs . Tottie and Gaunt ' s middle pit , when the crowd came ; th < -y wanted the men oat , and seemed very impatient . When Mr . Dibb went down the shaft , they said it was not allowed , and made more noise . I saw the prisoner Bradshaw there ; he had a stick in bis hand , and swore and made a great noise , became the men did not come out of the pit I saw Riddlesdin on the pit hill : he addressed the crowd , and as far as I understood him , told them that they were not proceeding in a right way ; he was not backing them so far as I am able to judge ; be said he thonght the working man ought to be protected . Mr . Rhodes , the Magistrate : — «• And I think so too . " ] Thomas WeBterby , of Morley , banksman , said—I am

      a banksman at Messrs . Tottie and Gaunt ' s middle pit ; I was there on Wednesday afternoon , when the people came ; we shouted to the hands below and told them to come ont directly . A man came on to the pit hill , and asked if we had called them oat . I told him we had . The crowd then rushed to the pit top , and I told them the men were coming np if they would be quiet [ He then corroborated the evidence of Mr . Dibb as to the particulars of their conduct ] I saw the prisoner Bradehaw oa the pit hill ; be was making a great noise . Riddlesdin . addressed the people ; he told them that the men ' s labour wanted protecting ; that they wanted the Charter , and the Charter they must have His address seemed to be spoken with a desire rather to allay the crowd than to excite them . I dont remember that he said anything else . Ihm mob then dispersed . I did not see the prisoner Peart there at alL

      Sarah Ann Butter , servant to Mr . Dibb , said , on Wednesday afternoon last , a person like the prisoner Bradshaw came to our door and asked for bread ; he knocked at the door , and when I opened it he walked in ; ho said "I want seme bread . " Mrs . Dibb told me to get him some , which I did ; he then came In and fastened the door , and asked for a sharp knife to cut it with . He cat some off and pat it into his pocket , saying be would take cue of himself . He then said " give

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      WATKINS' LEaACY , Tft THE GHAJMPISTS ' INTRODUCIQRX I ^ CTURE TO CHARTISM BEING THE SIXTH AND LAST , WBICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRST OP THE ! ;¦¦ - SERIESV ^ ¦ : ; . ;; ;¦ ' ; ' ; : ^ . . ;¦ ¦ ¦ : ; > y : > ,- ); V : ; : ;^ . ^ - « M would we were all of one mind and one mind gO 0 d . ' ^ SHAK 8 ? BAaR ¦ ¦ . : ; , / - ' :-. ¦ - ; - " , ; . : ; . , . ¦/ ' " -U ' - The Charter , in iu present pointed form , was the offspring of » Workingmen ' B Association in London—of a few Radicals of the old school , who , not bontent with the Reform Bill , wishM fo * a more effective ^ measure , The Members of ttds Association were somewhat select ; they nursed the infant Charter fondly and fearfully as though they wera afraid that it would grow too strong for them . O Connor saw that the bantling wanted fresh air ; and free exercise—that the roles and regulations which swaddled it were too light and in danger of making ; it rickelty—he saw th ^ t under Its praient nurses it was more likely to prave a lnbber or a

      cockney" than aHewules , and , therefere , he took it into the country with Wm , where it soon grew i giant In the land . What was intended to be kept local , be made national—what had else been made the tool of a party , he gave to mankind . The marveUous deeda done by Chartism have rendered it an object of fear to the aristocracy—of dislike to the middle clasaes , but of admiration to the working men , the millions . We propose in this present essay to make it an object of inquiry , of recommendation . First , wewill ask , IwhatisCaartism ? ; Secondly , What is the Chattel ? an * Thirdly , who are the ChattUts ? : / Perhaps the most comprehensive answer that we can give to the first quesUon is , that Chartism is political

      Christianity . ; It la in direct oppositien to that worldly spirit of monopoly—that engrossing and exclusive spirit of usurpation and tyranny which Is fast unohristianizlDg the nation , and turning men into fiends . Christianity was meant to cure these evils by throwing the world open to all and by opening all men ' s hearts and minds to each other . But class-legislation , with abominable selfishness and cruelty , has contracted them again ; and hardened them—class legislation is the fruitful parent of sin and sorrow—its victims are the useful , the good , the innocent Chartism , like St .: George , would kill this dragon , this monster of oppression and insult Chartism U the champion of England . There is no selfishness in Chartlam—if it have any self-love it Is of that disinterested kind which Pope speaks of , —

      " For true self-love and social are the same , &o . " : Yes , our England was fast growing stagnant with corruption , when Chartlam . . ; '

      " Its talisman threw in and woke the tide , And spread its trembling circles wide . " Never will the moved waters settle into a calm again until the Charter be gained . , Chartism will obtain for every man his right—a power to prevent the evil doings of others , a power to do himself good . It will give to every one his liberty . At present some men have too much liberty , others too little—benca , tyrants and slaves . Laws that should regulate the balance of justice have filled it with false weights . Chartiem will adjust the scales and give to all men Hieasure for measure . Legislators now partial will be compelled to be equitable . The golden rale will come in practice—that triangle whose music will cause the conflicting swarms of society that now moves

      " upwards and downwards , thwarting and convolving " in furious competition—to settle in peace and work harmoniously , all for each and eaoh for all , in the great social hive . Chartism is an emanation of the great Fint Cause—a univewsl principle founded , not only on nature , not only on justice , not only on truth , not only on Christianity , but upon the very constitution of England—it is part and parcel of it—it is more , —it is our constitution itself . AH Governments when first formed are comparatively perfect ; great men are engaged in the task ; men not the creatures of circumstancea , but the creators of them ; men who can come out of themselves , who can consider the interests of their

      country or countrymen as their own—who make the law of God the law of man . Bat little-minded men come after them—things who make expediency their rule of right , whose innovations are made precedents , their precedents laws—hence the abuses and corruptions that creep into , the state , and mate Injustice and Inhumanity reign by aid of the very power that should keep them down . Our ancient constitution is burled , but not destroyed—it is hid beneath a heap of rubbish , the accumulations of ages and the excresoences of insectmen—Chartism will clear it out—will f arbisb it anew —will restore it to the day—will make it a temple of liberty for freemen to worship in . . \ -:

      " A time there wag , ere England ' s griefs began , When every rood of ground maintained its man . " That was in Saxon times—in the days of the great Alfred , who was the only British monarch worthy to be called the great 1 for he was the only one that ruled righteously . If men could be excused for trusting a man with absolute power the subjects of King Alfred had the excuse ; for he had saved his country by arms , had civilized it by arts and had secured it by laws—yet he had no power bat to do good—he wanted no other . He could trust his people with untold gold , and when he died he left them fr « e as thought . Modern kings and legislators , the reverse of Alfred , have revised

      his laws ; : though not worthy to possess the most limited power , they have been ' trusted with absolute power , and we feel the consequences . Chartism will . restore the days of the great Alfred—lik « Christianity it seeks to save th ^ twhlob is lost , our loat constitution , —it will purge the land to a " sound and pristine health . " The Chartists are the only true constitutionalists or Conservatives—the Tories are but the conservators of Whig innovations and perversions , which at the time of making they vehemently opposed as ruinous , though when made they moBt inconsutently adopt arid defend them . The Tories do but conserve the abusea and corruptions of the constitution—the Chartists would conserve the constitatlon itself , free and unimpaired .

      Univebsal Suffrage : will restore to man the right which his feUow-man unjustly deprived him ofa right which our forefathers enjojred ^ -the birthright of Britons—the right to vote--to have a voice in the making of those laws by ; which we ^ are governed—the right of representation ! Universal Suffrage will emancipate slaves , will abeliah slavery- ^ th . e franchise will make that freedom real which is now bnt a name , a mockery . Seme men . seem to think that the power of voting , in the choice of nembbrs of Pariiament , is a power not worth possessing—not so think the members themselves , they wish to keep that power in as few hands as possible , and sometimes give aa much as £ 100 for a vote . Some men seem to think that it is no

      matter whom we vot « fpr ^ -iwhethw / WUg . . _ or .. Toryi ^ true ! but surely it matters whether our laws are made by knaves or fools , or by hbhest and wise nien . The present unparalleled distress in the country ( universally attributed to bad Government , and which nothing but Universal Suffrage can cure)—a diatresa which , though public , affects almost every individual interest—this national distress sufliciehtly proves the importance of rescuing the affairs of this country from the hands of peculators and ignoramnses . But setting aside these considerations , Universal- Suffrage Is our dae—we san have no self-respect till we have it ; nor , until we have it , shall we ever be respected by others . For , "without it , we are slaves , and what are slaves but beasts ?

      Vote by 3 allox , though the second point of the Charter , is the least essential—It la , indeed a weak and worthless point . I for one will never vote by ballot I shall always take as much pains as possible to let it be known for whom I vote , that T may influence as many as possible . Vote by Ballot * though expedient under the present system , will not be requisite under a better system . He who votes by ballot acts a lie , and must tell a lie to support it . Secret voting will always lie under suspicion . Open voting , with all its conaequences , is preferable . ; V : ; ^

      Annual PARLiAMENTis will keep men honest , or give an opportunity to eject those who are not so . They . will be the best preventativea of bribery and . ¦ corruption / : for , by them , a seat in Parlfarnent will . be rendered worth only a year ' s purchase , and corrupt members will become annuals . Instead of being magnetised by the metal of an attractive court , our representatives will be every year retouched by the loadstone of the people , and forced per force to point true . An acquaintance to be renewed only once in seven years is in great danger of being forgotten all that time . Even marriage is counted dissolved if husband and wife have not consortsd of seven years . Duty is to » apt to be neglected , even if we are constantly reminded of it , and surely we cannot be too often reminded of a representative duty—too closely held in pledge to de it Other offices are determined by annual rotation—but

      this , you say , is the moat important—why . then , it is done of all the more important that proper officers be chosen to fulfil it Important measures require time to mature them . Yes , and a year would be found ample time by men of business—the more important the measure ^ he more needful it is that it should be quickly brought into © peratlon . Session after ¦ session now passes away , and nothing is done except what requires to be undone ; nothing is , but what should not be ; the time is spent in mere dawdling , in helping one another to do nothing , er what is worse than nothing . It was Parliament itself that prolonged its own sittings to their present unreasonable date , without the people ' s will ; bat it is not for the Bervanta of the people to dictate , but to obey ; they should not be suffered to make terms for themselves . ¦ ¦¦¦ - . ¦' / .. ¦ ¦ " . . ¦' . /¦'' " ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦' : '¦¦ '' - ::-- "'¦ ¦ - i'V ., ' - '¦¦' ¦ ¦

      N © Property Qualification . —An invidioua distinction at present obtains in favour of money—a distinction on the wrong ; side ; for surely merit should be more regarded than meney . But the People ' s Charter proposes that neither money nor merit be ex-

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      dusively regarded er preferred . A free choice is left to free choosers . Landed property to the amount of £ 600 a yew U the present cotmty qualification , which gives a partial preponderenoe to the landed Interest ; a proper ty qualification of any kind Is bat a preminm to usury , avarice , and J ail that evU of whioh a love of monayis thenrat . Property . instead of giving a nun quallfieationi much less an exclusive quallfiaation , to be a legislator , should rather operate the contrary way ; for , in general , property is acquired by the basest means , and , indeed , under the present system , it is impossible to acquire it honestly . A property qualification is like a certificate to pursue game , and most members enter Parliament : for no other purpose . Away then with a property qualification 1

      Patmeni op Mbmbbrs—I would that there were no need of this clause . I would that men of independent fortunes could be found who , doplsing pecuniar j reward , or any reward bnt that of a good conscience , would oome forward and serve their country gratui tously ; but we find that men of the greatest fortunes are the most eager to become members in order to get more ; for Parliament is a mart like o Jewish synagogue , where , ander pretence of serving God or their country , men serve Ahemselves and worship the molten idoL Would it not be better that men should be pa'd directly and net indirectly—by rate rather than out of

      the taxes— -by those who send them instead of by the Lords of the Treasury ? for of those that pay them , they become their servants . Some object to this clause from an Idea that the pay will come out of their pockets , as if It did not so now ; and who would rattier not pay a servant that saved him the means to do it , than a usurper that robbed him ? Who would not rather salary a steward and pocket the savings of his estate , than let the steward have power to waste and pay himself ? Volunteer members aw privateers who have a roving commission—they are pirates . This clause is a necessary consequent to the preceding one . " ¦ . \ v-.. ' . ' - ; .- '¦ ¦ ' ' '' ¦ ' . ¦"¦ ¦"'¦ ¦ : ¦ ' :. ? - ;

      These are the five points of the People * Charter ; but we sometimes hear of a sixth point ; namely , — electoral districts—which , fin fact , is no point at all , but a mere matter of arrangement for the convenience of voting : for Universal Suffrage will require thai the people be apportioned in equal lots , wiU call for a numbering of the tribes , a separation of them , or . rather a segngatiOQ : of them in districts , just as the country is divided into counties for the more convenient dispatch of business , an £ ours will be a new division of the country , only more equally , and both for assize and election bnsLneu—an ar » angeme » t worthy of the Great Alfred who first divided England into counties . . -. " . ¦ ¦' ; "¦ : ¦ ¦¦ ¦ "'" ( l ! 6 be ( miitai £ A . j K-: .: ' --- - -: .

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      TO THE EDIXOB OF THB NOB 1 HK » N STAB . MR . CLANGEY AND IiIS SLANDERER , Deae Sir , —Having seen what I consider a very unjust attack upon that sterling democrat , Mr . Clancy , in the British Statesman , and being acqnainted with the Whole of the circumstances attending his late visit to this town , I can testify to the truth , and every siheexe Chartist here will agree with me , that never could any man labour more hard to effect a reconciliation . For five successive evenings he exerted himself with all his power for that purpose , and , although grossly insalted by some pretended Chartists , h > received an unanimoaa vote of thanks for his exertions ; and base indeed must be that fellow , who would either wr ite or print such scurrilous language of so good a man . : < - :- ¦' .. ¦; - ¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦ . - . - ^ :: [ .. ¦ ' / " ¦¦ . ¦ > ' ¦ ¦ . - .. - •;¦ : ¦ '" .: ' ... " ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' :. - .. - . -

      There has not been one number of that paper , under its present editor , but what I have been honoured with its abuse , and I have no objection to as much more as the parties like . That Will not affect me ; but when I see a man coming forward to use his influence to try to establish that brotherly respect among Chartists that ought to exist ; it does betray a depraved heart indeed , in the indivldnals who would try to injure snch a man , and Clancey must bear in mind he does not stand alone , for every man who stands firm against the " hew move" humbugs , shares the same fate . In the critical state of the country , it Is the duty of Chartists to remain firm as rocks , and with God for our guidance , we will not only smash to atoms Whigs and Tories , but all the " new move" traitors , deserters , and humbugs in England . ¦'¦' ' . ¦ ' . '¦ ... ' ¦ ' - ¦ . ¦ ¦ :: ¦ ' - ' : . ? . ¦; ¦ ¦¦ . ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ; . ' : ' - ¦ : ¦ ¦ : '¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ; " :-. ' . v ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ . " /\/] . y ' ' . - . . ¦ v < , - - :: ' . J . ALLEN .- ¦ Brighton , August 15 th , 1842 . ;

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      TO JAMES O ' BniEN , PART PBOPJtIBTOB OF THE . ; -.. ¦ ¦ ¦ ,:, . "BiiiTiSH statesmanj" ; ' v ¦ . : ¦' . ; . ¦" :: v London , August 15 th , 1842 ; 11 Who . steals iriy parse steals trash ; But he who filches from me my good name Bobs meipf that which not enriches him , V But makes mepoor indeed . "—SflAKSPERE . In your paper of the 6 th instant you have , as you are aware , introduced me / sans ceremoniej in the following exquisite fanfaronade : — . , " We have heard of Clancy ' s dotogs a * . Brighton ; but the fellow is not worth notice , the fact of his being obliged to have recourse to plotting and private slander is at ence a proof of the inherent weakness of the gang , and of the villanous spirit that actuates them . "

      It is a consolation to me to fenow , at all events , that these are not the words of an Englishman . It is also a consolation to me to know that ; neither Ireland nor Irishmen ; owe a debt of gratitude to the name ef O'Brien . It is an ominous name in the history of my unhappy country , in her struggle for freedom . And it is a singular Coincidence , that a James O'Brien should now complain of private slandering , who has been recently going about the country slandering : and firing paper pellets at Mr . O'Connor ; that a fellow of the same name , vide , Jemmy O'Brien , a pretended patriot and an informer ; who Was hanged at Newgate for murdering one Hoey , should some forty years : ago have fired a

      Arther O'Connor , the . Exile of Erin I 4 fter your introduction of me tb your friends , I think they will readily admit I owe you but little courteBy , and most aasuredly , O Brien , you shall have but little at my hands . I will therefore reply to your farrago in language beat suited to tho Billingaate diction which you have recently indulged in—premising if I am to take last week ' a Statesman as a sample of your new-fangled sackl as a . literary specimen of your improved voca ' bulary ! 1 as an unequivocal proof that the Schoolmaster is really abroad ; and that your pupils will give you credit for even common courteous langnsgaJJ i if they do , to them I . say that I pity ' . : ¦¦ -, . / :

      •• Such simpleton sages , and reasoning fools . " Now as to the fact , mini you have said fact , of me having recourse to plotting and private slander , is it a fact because you state that you have been told bo by some anonymous Brighton friend ! I have heard that you are a renegade ! is that a fact 1 time will tell , and frost will try the potatoes i this is Irish , no doubt you'll understana it . ' What right have you to presume a fact on ah exparie '' statement' ? ' this presumption alone would unfit you . in ' . ' the mind of any unprejudiced man forholding the balance of a free press , which should be poised equally for all , and particularly ; . at ' . ar-time ^ when it ought to : be your duty to heal , not to wound ; to apply instead of withdrawing the cataplasm from the deep-wounded body of Chartism ! What have I done to you , O'Brien , that you should thus malign me ? Have I not enemies enough to contend with without you ?¦ But if yph ' : - ' . ' w ill ' . -draw ' - ' youif " . bow ' , I » tooi

      have an arrow in xny quiver for you What right hiva you as a public ^ journalist to assume the judgment seat , and pronounce your reckless verdict on me without even a notice of tiial I . Was I not worthy of even the chance that is given to the felon or the assassin ? . Who ever talked more loud of individual denunciation in the Star tt * n you did ? Who sooner took advantage of your ill-gotten power to wield it against Individual character ? Is not your paper teeming weekly with the filth of personal spleen and irritable vindictiveneas ? but mook nothonest Chartism with yous Whole-fcog ' prh ^ plesi wheayoutbink you have got a sow by the ear ? For I tell you , O'Brieu ,, I fling your inquisitorial Terdiot in your teeth » public opinion will class it with the rest of your Whg-like threats and frothy bombast 1 . which , like the shade of the paper ypn controul , haying ; no ; substautive , ; Will linger put a few days , and then as a w «« d iu the desert depart without offending any one with its-stink . -

      ^ AstoyimrJlJBnaMgaiJg , ' 1 would Miointo-beMmgto any gang ; I make you a present of the p hrafta . When I go to '" aohool to you 1 ^ -. yrlll aak you its tueaniog . I asked a manthe other day , and hetold ; melinnst ask Q'Bnen , O'CpnneU & C *^ Toar Bneer ^ at the Chartists of Brighton meeting in a beersapp , comes with IndeCentiaate , bad grace , and worse judgment ; inyour > ind ^ otije rancour you forget that you were . insulting your . acknowledged friends , as well asyour disc arded ;« n « ij for I Velieye they meet in the very house where they . of ten entertained you ; be this as it may . I believe any of them would

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      rather make ; a" rostrum in a beer shop , than make « dram-shop of a public platform ! Had they the money which they gave you , and which has procured- foi you the * means of insulting them , they would have bid ample means of paying for a private room . Thus your ingratitude seems to be as unbounded as your irrational diBposiaotttoanarlwithevi ^ bbdy . ' ,: V- \ - --- ' Nnw , as your "f [ lying ] notice" could not " take wing" without your favourite splash terms , " roguea and dupes , " I most remind you that the former are generally the first to cry " Stop , thief ! " and the latter

      may be known by following the 'Siamese ghost of two defunct papers 1 . 1 wonder , when you went about coupling my name with the destruction of your present paper , that you did not couple It with the des ^ uetlon of the Operative , ice .: your conclusion would have been just as much at home ; for I can assure you that I would not destroy a ltae of it . It WiU destroy itself ; and if every true democrat was as much convinced M Z am of the injury your " squib" is doing the cause , by "firing every camp , " they would leaveit where you would have it leave os , " all alone In ita glory . "

      I know your object has been to drag me into a quarrel with the Chartists of Brighton ; but your flint won't strike flre . 7 : ; ' '¦ ¦ . ¦" ; ' -.. ; , ' - ; - ' v ¦ ' ¦ / I have the pleasure to be , An enemy to all political trafficker ^ ..: ' ¦ " - ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ v ¦¦ ¦ ' >; . : ¦ : ¦ L . T . Clancy .

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      MB . 0 'CONNEI . I . AND THE IRISH FNIYERSAL fiiUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION . V Moved by Mr . William O'Toole , and seconded by Mr . PatrickpCtmnell— v ¦ ¦¦ : y : - - - ' . - ¦; Resolved—" That it affords us unfeigned pleasure to see , by a speech of Daniel O'Coonell , Esq ., M . P ., and Lord Mayor of Dublin , delivered In the Corn Exchonge , on Monday last , that he at length openly and unequivocally gives in hia adhesion to the six points of the document called the " People ' s ^ Charter , " and adopts the doctrine of Universal Suffrage in predflely the sense in which we hold it , aa set forth by the printed papers of this Association ¦ since the year 1839 , viz . —the extension of the Suffrage to every male of twenty-one years of agemr . d upwards , of sane mind ,

      and unconyloted of felonious offence . That , however difficult to reconcile the conclusion to which the Llberato * ' has now arrived with the incessant and rancorous abuse to which Chartism in England and our Association here have been subjected , we do not hesitate to merge every feeling In that of sincere satisfaction , that owing to whatever ciase the leader of thfr Repealers of Ireland now stands publicly pledged to the political creed of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association . That , as Mr . OConnell , In the same speech , states that onr meetings are held in * a back parlour in North Anne-street , we cannot close this notice with out andeoeiving him « n the point The wore-roomsta which we assemble ^ ^ are larger than those of Mr . Coyne , the bookseller in Capel-street , where the old Catholic

      Association met , and the only difference between them and the Corn Exchange rooms , is , that they are free to all , and that there is no distinction made between the poor and more wealthy man—all standing on the sam « democratic level . The principles advocated there are , that the tithe " rent charge cannot be abolished ; that the ministers' money cannot be got rid of ; and , above all , that the Repeal of the Union cannot be carried by tke present conatitaencies of Ireland , nor until the Suffrage is extended as universally as we all along contended , and as Mr . O'Connell now contends it should be . " "' .- ^ : h ' ' v ¦•' ¦ ' . ' '; - -X- -v ' - / . ' : :-. '''•¦;'¦ . ¦ ^ Patkick O'HiGGlNS , President : :: '" V ¦ . " " .. ;' - - - . '• ¦ ¦'¦ . ' W . H . DY 0 XT , Secretary . ' No . 14 , North Anne-street , Mbablln , Aug . 17 th , 1842 . ;

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      • TO THE CHARTISTS o ? - -: TBR UNITED ¦¦ : " .. ' .. \ - ; : ' : * : "' : ? KINGDOM . ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦/¦ , ^>> ' : ' . . \ - The late Convention haying decided upon the propriety of presenting a memorial to the Queen upon the 19 th of September , and accompanying it with a prooession , we beg seriously to direct your attention to this subject ; your ; remonstrance to the Houfie of Commons has been treated with the greatest contempt—your servants have decided that yon can only approach them in the attitude of prayer ; the remonstrance to the Queen la your last resource ; should this fail you will then be juBtifled in taking such other steps as the exigencies of the case and your character as men will admit of ; but in order to avert ; if possible , any ulterior measures , let this demonstration be efficient—let each locality

      throughout the erapirer immediately remit to J . Cleave , 1 , Shoelane , London ; the snm of 5 s . or more , specifying tha purpose , and , if possible , ; a delegate from each locality be sent to accompany the memorial . Banners , < fcc will also be acceptablei This is the suggestion of . the ExecuUve , and it meets with oar cordial approbation . London ia now deeply in debt for the last demonstration , but act upon this suggestion , and we pledge ourselvea to get up a demonstration worthy of our causeworthy to be called a national demonstration--one compared to whichaU previotia ones will sink into compara > tive insignificance ; but to Insure this , steps mast be immediately taken ; the localities will , therefore , see the neoessity of ^^ promptly ^^ carrying out this recommen . datlon . . ¦ •" :. . ' . ¦• . ' . "' : ¦ ¦¦' : .. ; : ' •"¦¦ . ' . " . ' : - - [ .. ^ - . ¦;¦ ¦/ ,- ' .- '¦' . ¦¦ ' ¦ ' : ' . ' , ' . '¦¦ ' Yours , ¦ ¦• . ¦ ¦ r ' ¦ ' '¦ ' . , ¦ ' ¦' . ' . "¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ¦ " .. - ¦ : l : - \ . The Members of the Metrspolitan Delegate Meeting , JamesSvHeatii JameaHavieB Thomas Lucas James Christopher WilHamSmith JohnDebeli William C ^ royer William Daveo Benjamin "Newley James E . Nagle : ¦ ¦' ¦; ' — - Smith ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦? - ¦ ' ¦•¦•¦ . '¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ . " Abel-Cook . ' : , "' . ¦ " /¦ ¦ .: ' : '¦' ' ; : Edward Pickersgin William Humphreys . William Girdiner John Q > Dron ; George Wyatt ^ John Maynard John Dowllng y - ^ Rpse , ¦ .. : ¦ - ' ] William Dalibar Thomas Beaden : John Simpson John Walkerdine Richard John' JamesEhigat / Charles Qrahajn Samuel Squires ; Edward Langwith : Henry Wilkins ——Jones ' . ' .. " ¦ Thomas M . WijEfiLEii , Vfm . Cuffay - ' J ; Secretary .

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      Execution ax Nenagh . —The extreme sentence of the law was carried into effect on Saturday , between the hours of twelve and one o ' clock , on James Shea , aKas ' SiBiyt ^^ -wto ; waa = found ; - " jgEuHty ' ' > t the last Nenagh AssizeB of the inhuman and most barbaroHS murder of Rody Kennedy , at Loughane . . MtiM ) EE op a Woman . —an inquest was held on Wednesday last , at Lattera , by Mr . James Carroll , ooroner , on the body of Ellen Murphy , who oame by her death as follows : —The first witness examined was July Hayes , who stated , that on Sunday , the 3 rd of July mat , she went to the house of John Murphy , the husbajid of deceased " . Johu Murphy was sitting on a titpbl \ in . / tibe- ; : cprfier , 'J ' . Mrs <'' 'Marphy , the deceased , then came in from the yard , and

      passed into the innnor room , and brought out some Doilei potatoes for the fowls in the yard . Denis Murphy followed deceased out to the yard , au « l Bitra . liluiphy returned almost ; immediately to the kitchen and sat down by the fire ; she was followed by Denis , who kissed both his hands , and went to the dre 3 ser and kissed it also .: Mxsr Murphy called out to him . " You omedearn irauri you are more rogue than fooL" * ' Bay that again , " , he ¦ -said , and she repeated the expression . Denis then walked into the room inside the kitchen , and Mrs . Murphy followed him , calling but "What are you doing there 1 " He answered , " What need yon care 1 " Witness then called to John , the husband of deceased , and the father of Penis by ai former

      marriage , to go into the room , for tear he \ meamng Denis ) should say or do anything to her , John , as quickly as possible , got up and followed them into the room ; the father remonstrated with deceased for arguing with Dehia , and desired her to leave hint trusting to himself . w Why don't you correct him I " she said . John answered , "There oould be no satisfaction got of him , whatever he was to do . " Deceased took a looking-glass from Denis in the room , and he pushed the door after her as she was coming out , and shs pushed it again ; she then Drought the looking-gla « 8 to to the kitchen , and went to the dresser , and appeared to threaten Denis with the Iopking-glas 3 ; but did not strike him . She came > aok to the middle of the floor , and her husband was

      etill advising her to let him alone , ana to trust to himself , the father , &ud not to mind him . Before they were aware of it , Dennis got hold of a spade , and knoci ^ d the deceiasfld down by a Wow dn the fihoulder , and broke the spade on her . Ho then ran out , with the ^ handle ^ of the spade in his hand . Decoased then got up , and took up the iron of the Spade from the floor , and said , ^ W I ^ was npt a strong woman , that blow would have Billed me . " W ; itnesa then called to the deceased not to go out , but she followed Denis into the yard ^ Immediately after witnete heard : the soand of blows she ran ouVand saw deceased on the ^ ground bleeding from the head , and saw Denis MurnhV running away with the Bpade-hahdle ,

      passing the window towards the potato held , j frevwus to this , in the mdrning , witness was talking to deceased , who said Denis was going on withjBa . tantrums , and that he had raised a stool over her head and killed a pullet on her } witness akd visited deceased several times since ehe was struck , ana found her up about the house , and also saw Denis one day sitting by the fire in the kitchen . Mary Madden , daughter of deceased by a former marriage , was also examined , and said , that her mother told her that Denis Murphy struck her , and was the cause of her death . j The evidencerot tha medical gentleman in attendance was that there was a longitudinal wound of three

      inches on the right side of the head , on the parietal ) one ; another at an angle from that near ; the drown of the Jiead , the scalp mnoh tbipkene , d , and frontal bone fractured i there was inflammation and suppuraiioi on the brain , wbich caused death ; the right shoulder was discoloured from ^ e effects of a Wow . The following Texdiot was found : — « Deceased came b y her death in consequence ^ f one mortal wound on the forehead , inflicted by Deius M « ir ^ phV . on the 3 rd day of July laat ,. watb * tyM * iaiale % rwhich ^ Bhe ^ la ^ s ^ tiU ^ Tu ^ day , the 16 th day of Augost insW and then died at Latteta /? The coroner s warrant was iBsued on Thursday morning , and in the course of the eame day Dema Murphy was arrested and lodged in the county gaol of the North iUdinfc-r-iWwwA Guardian . ; ; d

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      PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE WEST RIDING MAGISTRATES . On Monday last , several persons charged with having been coneemed in the stoppage of Messrs Tottie and Gaunt ' s eolliery at Churwell , Messrs . Bedford and Son ' s colliery at Drighlington , and the mill of Messrs , Crowther , at the former place , were brought up at the Cenrt House , Xrf » ed& , before the following West Riding Magistrates : —William Rhodes , Esq ., ( chairman ) Eirkett Hall ; W . N . Nicholson , Esq ., Roundbay ; John Wilson , Esq ., Seacroft Hall ; J . W . Rhodes , Esq ., Faraley Hall ; and John G&tt , Esq ., Wyther HalL Before the examination of the persona charged with riot was proceeded with .

      Caleb Peart , 31 , weaver , Gildersome , was brought up under the following drcomstanees : —On Sunday sight , Inspector Child went to the prisoner ' s house to apprehend his brother , ( George Peart ) on a charge of rioting , and in searching the house , he found a quantity of bebbins and other materials , for the possession of which the prisoner could give no satisfactory account . There was no charge of rioting against him , and as the charge of having stolen the bobbins , &c , was not ready to be gona into , the case iraa adjoarnsd aatll Wednesday the Slst instant , and the prisoner was discharged on his own recognizances to appear on that day . The property found in the possession of the prisoner , it was stated , was supposed to belong to Mr . Stead , of Gildersome , In whose employ he had been .

      Alexander Sykes , 24 , -woollen-mOler , Gildenome ; James Bamsdale , 21 , collier , Drighlington ; and George Sykes , 21 , labourer , Armley , were brought np charged with having , on Wednesday , the 17 th instant , drawn the plugs from the boilers at Messrs . Crowther ' s mill at Churwell , and also at Messrs . Tottie and Gaunfs colliery , at the" same place , and on the same day . No evidence was gone into , and the prisoners were remanded until the following day . Ambrose Riddlesdin , 52 , weaver , Morley , and Joshua Peart , 28 , weaver , Morley , were remanded till next day , no evidence being gone into , on a charge of having been engaged in the riot at il tsars . Tottie and Gaunt'a eolliery on the 17 th inst John Bradshaw , ot Wasp Nest , near Drighlington , who was stated to have been concerned with the prisoners Sjkes and Ramsdale , was also remanded until next day .

      Joshua Spurr , 40 , Gildersome , James Hepworih , 31 , Churwel l , Snd Richard Sampson , 55 , MiUshay , all colliers , were charged with having gone to the colliery of Messrs . Bedford and Sons , at Drighlington , on the 17 th instant , and taken an active part in stopping the worka , Mr . Wm Bedford , of Gildersome , coalmaster , said , on Wednesday morning , about ten o ' clock , three men came and gave oar workmen notice to stop . The prisoner Hepworth was one of those men , but I do not know the names of the other two . Hepworth came to me and saidl" You most pull the men out immediately . " I told him that we should sot pull them oat . Hepwortb then said " We will bring a force of men that'will soon mate you . " They then went away , and in about ten

      minutes a crowd of about 500 came to the pit-hill of the colliery . When they came up , the prisoner * Spnrr and Sampson were amongst the number . Some of the crowd stopped the banksmen from patting the empty corves into the " cage . " There was a great deal of shouting and noise , but I saw no sticks carried by ths people . We had to give up pulling . Some of the crowd said , "If you do not let , the men come quietly , we will throw yon down the pit , " and four men seized me . I said you may do what the devil you please , I shall not let them come out" Spnrr , Hepwortb , and Sampson , were there all the time . They then brought a person to me , who , they said was an engineer , and should pull the men ont of the pit . I told them nobody should pall them ont They then cried out , "Throw him down the pit ,

      throw him down the pit" The cowd then went to the water-engine , which is abeut thirty yards from the coalengine , and one of them , named Broadbe&t , began to rake the fire out The prisoners were present at that time . Several persons tried to empty the boUeis , bnt tney did not succeed , the steam being too strong for them . When they found they could not stop the water-engine , they went back to step the coal-engine , and declared that they would have the men out The prisoners Sampson and Spnrr , with several other persons , then went and seized the rope and took it off the dram , by which the connection with the engine was cut off . ffhey then started t » pnll the men out of the pit by hand , shouting to the men below to get into the corve . When the corve came to the mouth of the pit , there was no person in it My father , Thomas Bedford , and my son James , then suggested that we

      should put on the ropes , and pull the men up with the engine , for fear of an accident , as the pit was 100 yards deep . We put the rope on the drum , and pulled the whole of the men and boys out Spun snd Sampson were two of the men who took hold of the rope . When all the men had been got up , I saw another man , named Elijah Broadbead , attempting to knock out the plug of the boiler with a piece of iron ; he is not in custody . Iaaked him if they were going to start a robbing and plundering ; and the crowd very shortly afterwards dispersed . The prisoners went away at the same time . I have no doabfe whatever that the three prisoners were amongst the crowd . I had known them all previously . Sampson , about nine years ago , worked for us ; he worked for us for five or Biz years . The engine was stopped for five or six days , and the men then could not work on account of the water having got into the pit .

      In answer to a qaesnen from Sparr , Mr . Bedford said , "I saw you pull the empty eorve with the rope taken from the drum . " i Hepworth inquired if Mr . Bedford had ever spoken to him in his life . Mr . Bedford . —Yes at the top of the pit-hill at Drighlington . Hepworth . —Can you say that I came to your pit-hill with the other [ men ? Mr . Bedford . —Tes , you did . Hepworth . —Where was 11 Mr . Bedford . —By the side of the cabin ; betwixt that and the head-gdar . Hepworth . —How is it you know-mesowell ? Bedford . —I have seen you several times before . ~ In answer to a question from the Bench , Mr . Bedford said—The crowd was large enough te alarm any reasonable person . My father and son were very much alarmed ! I was not alarmed ; I got vexed , but had no

      James Child , of Leeds , Inspector of Police , deposed as follows ;—I bad a warrant last night to apprehend several persons . This morning about five o ' clock , I apprehended Hepworth at his own house , at ChurwelL I charged him with having been at Mr . Bedford ' s colliery on the Weinesday previous , and told him I had a warrant for his apprehension . He said , " I will not lie for anybody ; I was there and at many other places , bat did nothing . " ThlsVas the whole of the evidence against the

      prisoners .. . . -.. . - - The Chaikkan then asked the prisoners if they had anything to say , and cautioned each of them , that if they did « ay anything it -would be taken down in writing and might be produced against them . ' Spurr said—I hare only to say that I was npon the spot when the ropes were off I never lifted my hand to do any damage . I never opened my lips to Mr . Bedford . Hapworth said—I have never spoken to Mr . Bedford In my life before this morning . I was at Mr . Bedford ' s pit , bat I believe , u near as I can guess , there were about

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sin ., —I sent the following letter to the Statesman for insertion , in reply to his wanton and unprovoked attack upon my conduct while recently in Brighton , but this honourable " whole hog ; Chartist "—this brawler for fair play—this trumpeter of a " clear stage and no favour" has actually dwindled down to the poltroon practice of the bloody old Tory school , who , not content with condemning me , without even an accusation , refuses me all appeal against Jaia Pandemonium seat in Fleet-street ! If tbis be the democratic spirit that the sehoolmaster is to imbibe in us , through his illustrious Statesman , no wonder that we are opposed by the bludgeon and the bayonet ! to

      prevent the spread of Chartism t Besotted as the Dublin Register and Pilot are , they did not retaae me a reply , when their Editors impugned the motives of Englishmen in 1839 ; but it was reserved for the Statesman to outshoot even the shooting reeommendatlon of the Tory lYj / tts , by setting the example of shooting at the character , as well as the &ody , believing that mine ^ will keep more by his pickling than his praise ; but as he has endeavoured to hold a false minor of me V up to nature , " while he dare not look at hla own shadow in the Statesman , allow me . Sir , to show his admirers *» hat a pretty figure he cuts in th * Star . : ' . " '" ^ -V - -.. 'V Iam , Sir , ; ' ' ' ¦¦' - ' . ¦ ' .- ' ¦ . ' '• .. ' i- AnBiaemy to the " Foxes , " v . : ' \ . . ¦ ¦;¦ ^ : ) : .- '¦ as well as the Cobs , ¦ ¦ : ' .: ¦ ' . " ¦ ¦ : . ' ¦ . ;¦ ¦¦ ¦ : . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' .. . ¦ . : ¦ - . ' . ¦¦ : : ' - / . " i ' " ^ L . % Gh&nc ? . London , : Aug . 22 , 1842 . . ••¦'¦ ' - ' :: [ ' . "¦< ' ' V-,:.- "¦ ¦ . ; . ¦ .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 27, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct445/page/7/