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      conspiracy to break open Stafford g aol , and liberate the prisoners . Yesterday a letter was handed to Mr . Brntton , the Governor of the Gaol , informing him that a conspiracy ¦ was entered into by the prisoners to break g&ol and free themselves . As soon as he received the information , he communicated it to Earl Talbot aid the magistrates , who immediately assembled , and ordered that eTery preparation Ehonld be made to resist the intended attempt to break the Gaol . Acting nnder these instructions , Mr . Brutton ( the GoTernor ) double barred all the doors of the gaol , on the wing where the conspirators are kept , and added fresh iron doors and likewise increased the guards . The information came from a prisoner named Neale , who having been led into the secret , communicated it to the governor . From his statement it appears that Ellis , who has been conTicted of burning the Bev . Dr . Tale ' s house , was at the

      head of the conspiracy . The plan was as follows : — It was agreed that upon a certain day , and at a certain hour , they would seize upon the ward ' sttan as they entered the day-room . They would there take from him the key of the armoury , which he always carries with him . Having placed the ward ' s-man in a place of safe keeping , they would furnish themselves with the arms , which consist of a stand of sixty-nine guns , and thus equipped would hasten to the liberation of their fellow-prisoners . The whole body would then rush out , and if resisted oppose force to force . If this plan had succeeded it is impossible to guess te what results it might have led . The gaol is , however , now well guarded against any sueh attempt by an increase of . men on duty within , and the double securing of all the gates and doors . Amongst other precautions , there were four pieces of cannon within the gaol , and the infantry and csTalry were kept in readinsss to act On a minute's notice .

      It is expected that Capper , Richards , Cooper , and Ellis , will be tried for a conspiracy on Friday or Saturday . This day , a fellow named John Masser , an attorney by profsssion , was brought before Mr . Baron Paike charged with having received £ 2 . 03 . for the defence of Hannah Boon , but which he neglected to do , leaving the poor woman who was put ob her trial this day uncefended . The fellow acknowledged having received the money , and in litigation of his offence said , that he was not furnished with the money to fee counsel . In answer to Mr . Baron Parke , he said that he had not prepared a brief . John Taylor , an old man , the father , of the prisoner , who had not a coat on his back , declared that the fellow had received from him £ 1 . 15 s ., and promised to defend his daughter for it . On yesterday , he demanded a further sum of 10 s . which was paid him , yet he left his daughter , then at the bar , undefended .

      Mr . Baron Pahkje immediately ordered the fellow lo refund the money , and that if he did net do that , his Lordship should be informed of it the next day . A Barrister said , that the" fellow ought to be inriieied . The fellow Eneaked out of Court , promising to obej the orders of the judge . In answer to a question from Mr . Baron Parke , he said that he was an attorney on the rolls , but not qualified to act .

      LIVERPOOL . KISI'PRIUS COURT , TnsDAT , Oct . 11 . CBefore Lord Abinger . ) CHASGE OT INTIMIDATIOS . Sis Lordship took his seat on the bench at a qmrter-past nine , when Joan Dunn was placed at ttie bar , charged with intimidating persons from going to work . Before the case was proceeded with , the prisoner requested that ths witnesses against him might be admitted into the Court separately . His request was complied with . The evidence against the prisoner coasisted in his having gone to a house in Peter-street , Manchester , occupied by & young woman , named Harroway , and threatened that if she returned to her work , at the mlQ of Messrs , Waterhouse and Co ., Temple-street , Eaak Top , he would " nuke the bed-stocks into Ere-wood . "

      After the evidence had been gone through , the warned Judge intimated to the Attorney-General , that . he did not think the allegations in tha indiet-Sient had been sustained ; and , under the direction ofhi 3 LordEhip , the Jury found a verdict of hot Gwlty . The Attoentt-Gexebai . then applied to havethe prisoner detained , in 01 der that an . indictment might be preferred against him for an assault upon a weaver named Henry Houghton , with the intention to intimidate him from going to his work , The prisoner was detained accordingly .

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      STEALING BREAD . James Dodan , Frederick Johnson , Aaron Thorpe , William Hughes , James Robinson , John Manley and George Edge , were charged with having , on the 10 th of August , entered the shop of Joseph Howarth , provision dealer , Princess-street , Manchester , and stolen ten loaves of bread . The first witness called in support of the prosecution was John Stocks Tnrner Greene , Esq ^ barrister , ot Manchester . The learned gentleman stated , that between half-past twelve and one o'clock on the day mentioned in the indictment , he was passing along Princess-street , when he saw a mob of personsamounting to be--

      , tween 40 and 50 , coming from the direction of Poolstreet into Princess-street . Ha heard some person call ont , " Here is a shop f and immediately a rush was made to Mr . Howarth ' s premises . Among the mob he recognized Dolan and Manley ; the former ot whom appeared to be the ringleader , and was the first to approach the shop . Mr . Greene stated , that he saw three or four loaves thrown out of the shop , which were torn in pieces by the mob , and carried off . On seeing this , he ordered the police officers to be sent for , when the mob directed a number of violent expressions against him , which , however , they did not put in force . On the arrival of the officers , Dolan and Manley were taken into custody ,

      The next witness called was Mr . Howarth , who said , that a mob of persons appeared in front of hia shop , between twelve and one o'clock , on the 10 th of August , and seeing loaves in the window , they called out , " Hand OHt that bread . " Mr . Howarth did so , and the mob gave him several cheers , and walked on . In reply to questions by the Judge , the witness stated , that when the mob came to the shop the door was open , and that none of them entered the premises , though he laboured under the apprehension that if he had not given them the bread , they would have taken it by force . On this reply , his lordship expressed his opinion that the charge of robbery fell to the ground , as it was clear that the prisoners did not enter the ehop , and that the apprehension of violence by Mr . Howarth was mere matter of conjecture , which might have been realized or not .

      After this intimation , the Attornc y- General said he should not press the charge ; and the jury , in accordance with the directions of his lordship , returned a verdict of 720 / gvilly . The prisoners were subsequently arraigned on a charge of misdemeanour , in support of which a number of police officers were called to prove that the prisoners formed part of the mob who went to Mr . Hewarth ' s Ehop , and that they were subsequntly seen with bread in their hands . . Mr . Howarth was re-called ; and , in answer to a question by his Lordship , he said , that it was the number of the mob , and the terror and alarm which they inspired in his mind , that induced him to give the bread . He added that if there had only been one or two persons , he should have refused complying with their demand .

      Johnson , Thorpe , and Manley were undefended ; and witnesses were called to prove their general good conduct and propriety of demeanour . The father of Johnson , who is a Quaker , and a man advanced in years , gave his son an excellent character . He said that he was the most affectionate lad imaginable , and everything he could wish him to be . His Lokdship , in summing up , explained the law with reference to riotous assemblies . He remarked , that , in cases of this description , charaoter could have but little influence ; though he must say , that the manner in which the father of Johnson had spoken of his son had created an impression in his mind favourable to the prisoner .

      At the conclusion of his Lordship's observations , the Foreman of the Jury inquired whether they might be allowed to see a testimonial in favour of Johnson ' s character , which the Jury understood could be produced from his master . The Learned Jtoge replied in the negative , observing , that such a testimonial could not be received as legal evidence ; but it might possibly have influence on the sentence . The Jury consulted together ; and after a few minutes' deliberation , the Foreman intimated a wish on the part of his fellows to retire . His LoHDSHip asked whether their object in doing so had particular reference to the prisoner Johnson ? To which the Foreman replied , they had doubts about other of the prisoners besides Johnson .

      They then retired ; and , after an absence of half an hour , returned with a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners , with the exception of Johnson . They accompanied their verdict with a recommendation to mercy on behalf of Thorpe and Robinson , on the ground of their previous good character .

      SENTENCE . After the above case had been disposed , the following prisoners were placed at the bar to receive Eentence : — Rowland Davie 3 , William Reed , Jeremiah M'Cormick , John Platt , and William Cash , convicted of a larceny in the shop of Mr . Shipman , of Manchester . - His Lobd 3 Hip , after addressing the prisoners in similar language to that applied to Kelly and another , on the previous day , sentenced them to be transported for the term of seven years . The moment the sentence wa 3 uttered , the mothers of the unfortunate young men uttered the most piercing shrieks , and earnestly implored hi 3 Lordship for mercy , in which the prisoners joined , BayiBg they had neTer been guilty of any offence before . They were then removed from the dock , but it was some time before order was restored in the court .

      ATTACK OX MB . MOKSIS S MILL , AT SALFORD . John M'Cann , Giles Peter Hardman , John Hardman , and James Gorton , were charged with having , on the 27 th of August , unlawfully and tumultuously assembled together , and conspired to make an attack upon the mill of Mr . William Morris , at Salford , with a view to compel the men employed there to leave their work . The attack upon this mill will be quite fresh in the recollection of our readers , it being the one in which s man , named John Lyons , lost his life . Several witnesses were called to prove , that the prisoners were among the mob , and that they took either a more or less active part in the attack .

      In addition to this testimony , Mr . Morris was examined . He stated , that his mill had been attacked three times on the day mentioned in the indictment ; and , as he anticipated a fourth , he watched the premises from four o ' clock in the morning . During the time he was so watching , he observed the whole of the prisoners pass the mill several times , not in a body , but , at one time , alone ; and at others , two together . This was for the purpose of " picquetting . " The prisoners were apprehended shortly after the attack had been made . The two Hardmans and Gorton were defended by Dr . Brown , who called three witnesses , for the pirpose of proving an alibi . One of these , a man named Driver , in the employ of Messrs . J . A . Turner and Co ., Booth-street , and who was acting as a special constable at the time of the attack , stated that he saw the mob pass his house , and he was quite certain that neither of the Hardmans or

      Gorton were among them . He admitted , however , that there were several other roads to the mill , along which others of the rioters passed ; but , as these parties were engaged in throwing stones , he did not go sufficiently near to be enabled to identify any of them . The other two witnesses occupied fruit stalls in the Flat Iron Market , Salford , and both distinctly swore to the fact of their having seen the three prisoners alluded to in the market , at the very time the attack was going on upon the mill . The mob were not dispersed till half-past twelve , and the witnesses would not take upon themselves to say that they saw the prisoners in the market , from eleven o'clock , the period at which the attack commenced , up to half-past twelve o'clock , when it ceased . After the evidence on both sides had been gone through , the Learned Judge ordered Mr . Morris to be recalled , when his Lordship put the following questions : —

      Have any redactions been recently made in your mill ! Not since 1835 . What kind of a nvll is tout ' s I Spinning and manufacturing . "What are the actual number of hands employed by you ! In the mill which was attacked 238 , and in another mill , in which I am concerned , nearly 500 . Yr hat is the amount of wages paid by you to each individual per week 1 That depends upon the number of looms they have , and ( be kind of work upon which they aie employed . Some of them have broad work , and others narrow . Those who have two looms get from 103 .

      to 12 s . per week , according to the description of work they have . Those having three looms , get from 15 s . to 18 s . per week ; and those having four looms get from 18 s . to £ 1 and upwards , after deducting what is paid to the helpers . I may state , that , last year , I paid £ 500 more in wages than all the rest of the mills engaged in the same description of work in Salford ; and , this year , I am paying 20 per cent , more than any other firm in the same trade . Can yon state the average amount of wages paid to each individual in your employ 1 Yes ; taking the whole number of persons , men , women , and children , the average is thirteen' shillings and fourpenoe .

      Were your hands willing to remain at work ! Yes ; they Baid they would not be turned ont , and that , if they were , they would return the next day . Lord Abisseb—I think your answers are of great importance . His LoKDSEiP then proceeded to Bum np the evidence ; and with reference to the alibi set up he remarked , that it was entisely a question of credibility as between the two sets of witnesses , and it would be for the Jury to say which they would believe . The Jury retired , and were absent upwards of half an hour . They returned into Court with a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners ,

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      The Learned Judge immediately passed sentence ; and , after commenting upon the liberal waxes paid by Mr . Morris , and the fact of there having been no reduction jb wages for seven years past , and the farther fact that the men employed by him were unwilling to leave their employment , ordered each of them to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one year . The following prisoners ware also respectively sentenoed as follows :-James Dolan , George Edge , and John Manley , to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one year ; Aaron Thorpe and James Robinson , to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for Biz months ; William Hughes to be imprisoned three months . BOBBEKY AT THE MANCHESTER , BOLTON , AND BUSY . .

      BAILWAY . Edward Knowles was charged with feloniously entering the premises of the above company , and stealing a quantity of wood , which was afterwards converted into bludg . ins , for the purDose of arming the turn-outs . The evidence in this case was very short . The charge was clearly brought home to the prisoner ; and , the Jury having returned a verdict of guilty , his Lordship sentenced him to be transported for seven years . At this stage of the proceedings , the Grand Jury came into court with a true bill against Mr . F . O'Connor , Rev . W . Hill , editor of the Northern Star , Rev . James Scholefield , Peter Murray M'Douall , and fifty-eight others , for a consDiracv .

      With reference to the above , Mr . Wiikiks rose , and , addressing the Judge , said , —Your Lordship is probably aware that Mr . Feargus O'Connor , against whom a true bill has been returned for a misdeamonour , was originally brought before Mr . Hall , at the Bow-street office , London , and there held to bail to answer any charge that might be preferred against him . My application to your Lordship is to allow Mr . O'Connor to plead by proxy , which would obviate all inconvenience . If this is not consented to , I must trouble your Lordship with affidavits as to the state of Mr . O'Connor ' s health , which is so bad , that it would be impossible to remove him from London , without imminent risk , and , in fact , danger to his life .

      Lord Abinceb—This is only done in cases where the parties are in the Court of Queen ' s Bench . Mr . Wilkins—It is frequently done at quarter sessions , my Lord ; but I don't quote that as a precedent for your Lordship ' s guidance . Lord Abingkk— -The question is , whether the Attorney-General will consent that Mr . O'Connor should plead either guilty or not guilty ; and , if so , whether Mr . O'Connor would be bound by it afterward . The Attobnby-Genkbal—I shall be quite satisfied with my Learned Friend ' s undertaking . Lord Abingeb—Then , for the purpose , I shall consider Mr . O'Connor as being present

      The Attobnet-Genebal—I have seen the affidavits referred to t > y my Learned Friend , and I have no doubt that if his application be acceded to , it will obviate much inconvenience . I understand that Mr . O'Connor intends to traverse , as well as several of the other defendants . Lord ABiXGBR—Very well ; if you have no objection , I have none . His Lordship then took another case of a party charged with riot , which possessed no features of interest whatever . The Court adjourned at tea minutes before six o ' clock .

      CROWN COURT . Baron Alderson took his seat on the bench thia morning at nine o ' clock .

      TURNING OUT WORKPEOPLE . Richard Stacey and John Tear ( secretary of the dyers' and dressers' union , ) were indicted for having formed part of a riotous and tumultuous assembly , turning out the workmen employed at Messrs . Segar and Dewhurst's dyeworks , Salford , on the 12 th . of August last . Mr . Sebgeant Atcherley and Mr . Hilliakd appeared for the prosecution . Mr . Cobbett and Mr . Whigham defended Tear ; the other prisoner had no advocate . It appeared from the evidence , that , on Friday the

      12 th of August , a mob of about 2 , 000 persons went to the dyeworks in question , and broke upwards of 200 squares of glass , and committed other damages , amounting , altogether , to about £ 80 . Both the prisoners were sworn to as having been among the rioters . Stacey was an apprentice employed at the works vhere the outrage was committed , and had received , within the last 14 or 15 months , upwards of £ 40 in wages . When arrested , he denied having been among the mob ; but afterwards said he would sooner be transported than continue any longer to work as a block printer .

      Mr . Cobbett called two witnesses for the defence , who endeavoured to prove an alibi . The prisoners were convicted . Sentence deferred .

      WEDNESDAY , Oct . 12 . { Before Lord Abinger . ) SENTENCES OP PR 1 SONEBS . John Hickey , Hugh Cavannah , Mathew Dalton , James Tweedale , and James Saxtou , were brought up to receive sentence , having been convicted on Monday of an attack on the mill of Messrs . Stirling and Beck ton , at Manchester . Saxton was sentenced to three months' imprisonment , and the rest to twelve months' imprisonment in Kukdale Gaol .

      THE CONSPIBACY CHAEGE . Immediately after the passing of sentence on the above prisoners , the " great gun" of the Government , which is to blow Chartism out of the water , was adjusted and cleared out , by the arraignment on a charge of sedition , conspiracy , and a host of formidable et ceteras , of Feargus O'Connor , Peter Murray M'Donall , James Scholefield , James Leach , Christopher Doyle , Barnard M'Cariney , James Arthur , David Ross , Richard Otley , George Julian Harney , James Cartledge , Thomas Cooper , William Hill , Robert Brook , James Taylor , John Hoey , John Thornton , ——

      Norman , William Fletcher , Thomas Brown Smith , Thomas Frazer , John Allanson , James Grasby , William Beesley , James Chippendale , Samuel Parkes , Thomas Raillon , Robert Ramsden , Mooney , Mahon , John Leech , John Morrison , John Lomax , John Arran , John Skevington , Wm . Scholefield . Richard Pilling , Win . Aitken , Carrington , George Candelek , John Durham , James Fenton , Wm . Stephenson , John Crossley , Albert Woolfenden , Geo . Inman , John Bell , John Massey Jonathan Bf irstow , John Campbell , Robert Lee , John Lewin , George Johnson , Thomas Storer , Wm . Booth , Frederick Augustus Taylor , Thomas Pitt , Peter M . Brophy , John Wild , William Woodruffe , and Clarke .

      Of these , the parties whose names are printed in italics answered , pleaded , and traversed ; ( Mr . Wilkins answering for Mr . O'Connor ;) the rest are not in custody , but bench warrants are issued for their apprehension . They were ordered to find bail , themselves in £ 200 , and two sureties in £ 50 each , to appear at the next assizes , and to keep the peace in the meantime . EIOT AT ECCLES . John Bell , Andrew Pearson , William Forrest , Alex . Braid , John Tootle , Leonard Boardma-n , Geo . Grimshaw , Edward Williams , Thomas Hodges , and John Eccles , pleaded guilty to a riot at Eccles , and are to be sentenced this morning .

      ASSAULT . James Dunn was placed at the bar and acquitted on the charge of assault . The prisoner was tried on Monday on another charge , and acquitted , and the Attorney-General declined to offer any evidence in this case .

      FEINTING A SEDITIOUS PLACARD . Thomas Turner pleaded guilty to publishing a seditious placard at Manchester , and expressed his contrition for so doing . He was to be brought up during the day . PUBLISHING A SEDITIOUS PLACABD . Richard Warwick was charged with having , at Oldham , wickkdly , seditiously , and maliciously pubi lisbed certain false , seditious , malicious , and scandalous libels and placards . From the statement of the Attorney-General and the evidence , it appeared that on the 16 th of August , the prisoner exhibited oa a board at his door , the address of " the Executive Committee of the National Chartist Association" to the Chartist , and that on being requested to take it down by the chief constable he refused to do so .

      The Attorney-General read over the placard , and at some length commented upon the evil tendency of its contents . Joseph Wild , the head constable of Oldham , stated that he saw the placard at defendant ' s door , where there was a great crowd assembled . Defendant refused at first to pull the placard down , but nltimately allowed it to be taken to the magistrate . He had seen the placard on the 19 th and 20 th at defendant ' s door , and it was not taken down till the 22 nd .

      Mr . Irvin , of the Manchester police , and others , gave evidence of the progress of the riots , about the time of the riots , and the object of the rioters . His Lordship summed np the case at great length , and the Jury almost immediately found the prisoner Guilty . He was sentenced to fix months' imprisonment . Richard Warwick and William Walmslty Warwick , bis son , were then arraigned on another charge of publishing a seditions libel , but the Attokkey-Gbnebal refused to prosecute , and they were acquitted . ....

      Alexander Hutchinson pleaded Guilty te publishing a seditious libel at Manchester , and on the application of Mr . Wilkins , approved of by the Attorney-Genebal , he was held to bail , himself in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 20 each , to appear to receive judgment when called oa , and to keep the peace and be of gcod behaviour foe two years ,

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      . BIOXIN G AT ECCHDALK . Thonjas © y « on , D&vid Taylor , Jamea Taylor , James Smith , and Thomas Townley were charged with noting , and attempting to force parties to quit their work . . .. ,.. Dyson pleaded guilty , v It appeared that the priaonew formed part of a mob which went to the mill of Mr , Hudson , at Kochdale , and demanded that the men fhould torn ont . Mr . Hudson told them that if they . topped the men it would cause him great expense , art he asked permission to remain at work until ten VWock . They said that would not do for them . H * still remonstrated , and at last , one of the crowd soggested that they enould have some money , Mr . Hudson cave them a sovereign , and they then went away . Thev

      had previously been at a coal-worka , for the purpose of taking the plug out of the boiler , bat thev were prevented . " Mr . Wilkins , who appeared for the two Taylors and Townley , addressed the jury , and concluded by stating that he should ca'l witnesses to prow an a / 161 , on behalf of J . Townley . A number of witnesses were then called , who stated that they were playing at pitching with Townley all the morning , till about five minutes past one , at James Clegg ' a beer-house . He came back again before two , and remained till nearly seven , Witnesses were called , who stated that they went with David Taylor to Oldham at eight in the morning of the 12 th August , and remained there until three or four 0 clock . The Attorney- Genebal rose to replywhen

      , His Lordship intimated that it would be better to take the rest of the case in the morning , and the court adjourned at six .

      ( Before Baron Alderson . ) RIOT AT MANCHESTER . Richard Malloy , Miohael Lynch , Thomas Scott Job Berks , Bryant Kearnan , Francis Kearnan , Morns Burns , John Fitch , John Campbell , John Collins , and Francis Sheridan , were charged with having , on the 11 th of August last , been concerned in certain riotous proceedings in Granby-row-fields and Canal-street , Manchester . Mr . Sergeant Atcherley and Mr . Hilliard conducted the case for the prosecution ; and Mr . Whigham appeared on behalf of the prisoner Collins .

      The first count in the indictment oharged the prisoners with conspiracy , the second charged them having incited persons to quit their work , and the third and fourth with having been present at an unlawful assemply , Mr . Sergeant Atcherley said the prisoners were charged with having been , on the forenoon of the 11 th of August last , engaged in a riot at Manchester . The mob was vary large aRd violent , and when they were attacked by the police , they attacked them in turn , and had a conflict with them and the spacial constables for he believed , nearly two hours . One police-officer had been seriously injured , and was carried off the ground to the hospital . This was the general charaoter of the transaction ; the particulars would transpire in the course of the evidenoe . With

      regard to nine of the prisoners they were apprehended on the spot . A number of witnesses were called , some of whom were casual spectators of the riot ; others were constables and special constables . It appeared that on the morning of the 11 th of August , at half-past eleven o ' clock , a large mob had assembled in the streets adjacent to the mill of the Oxford-road Twist Company , to which great damage had been done on the preceding day . Charles-street , Back Charlesstrep' , Oanal-street , Garratt-road , and Granby-rowfields were completely filled by them , andthey behaved withgreat violence . Inone place aparty of them were seen with their shoulders to the door of a private house , endeavouring to break it open . At length a party of special constables came up , and advancing upon the mob from Oxford-road into Charles-street , attempted to drive them baok . They succeeded at first , but at length the mob betook themselves to stones , and , rushing on the specials drove them back .

      They turned towards Druid-street , bat the mob drove them forward , and when they arrived at Canalstreet , the mob found stones in Granby-row , and attacked them with great violence , using large brickbats and other missiles . At length , Superintendent Stevenson appeared with a party of the regular police , upon which the mob retired to a heap of gravel , which furnished them with abundant ammunition , and made a violent attack on the officers and specials . One policeman , Abraham Lee , was very severely injured , having received eight wounds on his head . He was carried off the ground in an insensible state . A young man , named Joseph Grimshaw , an assistant to a surgeon , created some amusement in describing this part of the case . After establishing the important point that not one of the prisoners was the person who struck Lee , he said he was sure it was an Irishman who behaved so brutally . It was , " repeated he , " a tall Irishman : I am sure it was . "

      Baron Alderson- —Why do you think he was an Irishman 1 Grimshaw—I don't know : he had a sort of glazed hat on . ( Laughter . ) Oh ! he was a fierce ill-looking fellow , with whiskers . Oh ! I am sure he was an Irishman . ( Renewed laughter . ) Baron Alderson—Do you think every man who wears a glazed hat aud looks fkree is an Irishman 1 Laughter . ) Grimshaw—Oh , he was a very ill-looking fellow—I am sure he was an Irishman . ( Laughter . ) Baron Alderson ( laughing)—Wei ] , I perceive you think it impossible that an Englishman could have been guilty of so cowardly an act . GrimBhaw—Yes , my Lord .

      The prisoner Burns accused this witness of having kicked him after he had been in custody . The witness said he might have struck him , "For , ( said he ) when I saw the policeman knocked down , I rushed in amongst the crowd whether or not . I struck about me with my stick on all sides whether or not . When I saw the officer so hurt I could not help it , so I rushed in and struck about me whether or not . " The witness identified all the prisoners as present on the occasion , and some of them aotive participators . Lynch was stated to have been throwing stones , and one of the first who mounted the gravel heap . Malloy ( a mere boy ) was seen in the crowd . Hugh Campbell , one of the Manchester police , said he was struck with a stone from behind ; and , on turning round , he saw Bryant Kearnan , whom he took into custody .

      James Dent identified Fitch and Bryant Kearnan . The latter , he said , threw stones at the police-officers . " One was a very peculiar stone—a very strange stone indeed 1 " Sergeant Atcherley—How was it peculiar ; Witness—Why , it was very peculiar . I don't know how—it were neither round nor square—a gravel stone—as big as myn ' st : it it was no shape like—a sort of ' hoblong . ' Mr . Gawthorpe , who acted as a special constable , stated that he saw Fitch throwing stones , and that he apprehended him with a stone in his hand . Mr . Whigham addressed the Jury on behalf of his client .

      The other prisoners having severally spoken in their defence , denying their participation in the proceedings . His Lordship summed up very minutely . The Jury retired at a quarter before two o'clook They returned at twenty minutes past two , and found a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners .

      CONSPIRACY AND RIOT AT SALFORD . Thomas Ward , 21 , was given in charge for having been concerned in a conspiracy and riot at Salford . It appeared from the statement of Counsel and the evidence of the witnesses , that the transaction had occurred on Wednesday , the 12 th of August , at Salford , upon which occasion a mob of 2 , 000 persons assembled and attacked works belonging to Wilson and Co . The prisoner took an active part in the attack , and , after the mob had effected their purpose at Wilson ' s , the prisoner directed them to proceed to the concerns of Mr . Langworthy , Mr . James , and Mr . Greatrix , whither they went aud directed the lands to be turned out .

      The prisoner was found guilty on both the counts of riot and conspiracy . Mr . Sergeant Atcherley informed the Court that the prisoner had been convicted on a former occasion on a charge of having been aotively engaged in drilling the Chartists , and that he w ? . s then sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment . He had been convicted in that very court ( the Crown Court of Liverpool ) , and he had undergone the punishment . The prisoner said he did not deny the fact of his former conviction .

      His Lordship then sentenced the prisoner . He said he had been convicted on the clearest evidence ; and he asked what right the prisoner had to stop the works of any man!—what injury the people in employment had done him 1-yor why they should be prevented from earning bread for their families 1 If suoh acts as those of which the prisoner had been convioted were done by the force of a despotic monarch—the Grand . Turk for instance—all mankind would lift up their hands and say , " what a tyranny do the people endure under such a monarch ; " and that the prisoner * who pretended to be for freedom and liberty , should exercise such a despotism and tyranny—an insupportable tyranny—over his fellow-men , would be marvellous

      if it were not true . He had been convicted before on a charge of being engaged in drilling the ChartiBts , doubtless with some ulterior view ; and , therefore , he should now abide by a severe sentence . Undoubtedly the best way for the country would be to send such a person out of it ; but the law did not visit his offence with transportation . All it imposed was imprisonment . Perhaps that law would require revision ; for , if dangerous acts of the present kind should continue to be perpetrated , it would be for the Legislature to enhance the punishment , in which case , the prisoner w < vuld inflict another calamity on the public , by subjecting them to a heavier punishment tn&a they would i otherwise have to endure . The sentence of the Court

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      was , that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour fortwoyetrs . : The prisoner , as he retired from the bar . said . "As soon aa I come out , I'll start again . " RIOT AT WEaT , LEIGH . * \ Bold Ratcliffe and William Gorton were given in charge for having been concerned in a riot at West Leigh , and pulling out the firea from under certain bo . vlers in that town . . It appeared from the evidence that the transaction took . place on Thursday , the 1 lth of Au « ust , and that the ares were pulled out in the works of Messrs . Issue wood and Hayes . The prisoners were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for three calendar months .

      RIOT AT HINDLEY . JaMes Mather was given in oharge for having been concerned in a riot at Hindley , near Wigan . It appeared fiota the evidenoe that on Monday , the 15 th ofAugust , a mob of several thousand people stopped the mills at Hindley , and abstracted provisions from different places , and that the prisoner , who was a stranger in the neighbourhoooVwas heard to cry out— " I have done the job . " The prisoner was convicted .

      RIOT AT ENTW 1 STLE . Jabez Birch , William Tootal , and Wm . Bridge , were given in charge for having been concerned in a riot at Entwistle , near Bolton-le-Moore . It appeared from the evidence that on Saturday , the 13 th of August , the mills of Messrs . Roxborough and Bust were attacked by a large mob , armed with sticks and bludgeons , and that the prisoner Birch , was the person who took the weights of the safety-valve and Jet off the steam . The jury acquitted Bridge and convicted the other two prisoners , recommending them to mercy . The Court adjourned at a quarter after six o ' clock to nine this morning . .

      ( Before Mr . Justice Cresswell . J 8 ENTENCES ON THE CONVICTED PRISONERS . George Thornton , Joseph Webb , James Mel bourne , and Patrick O'Brien , convicted of haviH # , at Manchester , feloniously begun to demolish the mill and premises of John Preston , were first put forward . His Lordship passed sentence upon thom in an address of considerable length . He said the prisoners were without exfiusefor their conduot , even if they alleged that they had been led on to commit their atrocities by men more wioked than themselves . It was quite impossible that any state would be worth liviDg in , that any country would be fit for the residence of peaceable and orderly men , or that life itself would be worth having , if the towns were

      to be subjeot to the scenes in which the prisoners had recently taken a part . It undoubtedly appeared that rainy persons had quitted their -woik y&ty lately in this and other counties . Whether they were dissatisfied with the wages they were receiving or not , there was no evidence to show ; but so far as the inquiry had gone it would appear that they had no pretence to be dissatisfied with their wages . It was true that for some time before much distress had been experienced , and persons were without employ ; but it was a very remarkable feature in the present disgraceful transactions that a single criminal had not been brought before the court who was himself Buffering from privations , or driven to the excesses by either want of employment or waut of the means of

      subsistence . It was those who had been at workthose who had the means of subsistence , that had chosen to become the most active in creating and fomenting the disturbances . The conduct of the prisoners had been particularly bad . Not content with leaving their employment and aggravating the appearance of the tumult by joining a crowd which excited alarm in the minds of the orderly , they had joined others for the purpose of exercising one of the most cruel and abominable species of tyranny that could well be conceived . Every man had a right to judge for himself whether he would work or not , but if , being able to work , he refused to labour , he had no right to expect that he should be maintained at the expense of others . If he chose to remain idle

      he should take the consequences . If some were orderly , peaceable , industrious , and contented to labour for an honest living , they should not be dictated to , interfered with , and told to quit their occupation , and to take the chances of starvation upon pain of having personal violence exercised upon them . It was impossible that such a state of things should be suffered to exist , While those who thus sought to break the laws and to exeroise tyrannical influence would find the law too strong for them . The sentence of the Court waB , that Thornton , Webb , and Melbourne should be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for twelve calendar months , and that O'Brien should be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six calendar months .

      His Lordship next sentenoed John Cannon , Geo . Thornton , James Harrington , Edward Mitchell , and Barney Collins , who had been convicted of being present , forming part of an unlawful assembly , and assisting in creating a riot at Manchester . His Lordship said that Thornton appeared to have been a ringleader on the occasion , a practised instigator of the disturbances , one who exercised control , commanded silence , urged the parties on when he pleased j and , in short , atted as the leader and exciter of the tumult . Some of the others were also very active , while more of them appeared not to have taken any share in the transaction beyond the fact of their having been present . A distinction might , therefore , be made between the several cases . For such a grave otfence , Cannon , Thornton , and Harrington Bhould be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months , and all the others should be confined for six calendar months .

      His Lordship next sentenced Joseph Thomas , John Oldham , John Edwards , EUis Hall , John Lever , John Holmes , and Michael Clarke , convicted of being members of an unlawful assembly , and creating a serious riot at the Mill of Messrs . Birley and Co ., of Manchester . His Lordship said it appeared from the evidence that the prisoners had proceeded in a very large body to the place , determined to put a stop to the honest labour which was going on within , and that they had committed great havoc and devastation . There was evidence against every one of the prisoners that they had been active members of the assembly , and that each had taken a forward part ia creating the riot . There was no question in the case as to the motive which had led any of them to the mill , except perhaps as to one .

      All the others appeared to have been seen taking a distinct , although separate , share in the transaction . The prisoner , Thomas was said to be a person of weak mind , but he appeared fully capable of taking care of himself and exercising a most mischievous mind , because he was prepared for any act of violence , and , not content with breaking windows , had absolutely inflicted a personal injury on Mr . Birley himself . Another , and the oldest of the party , Richardson * appeared not to have taken any manual part , but to have been exceedingly mischievous in fancyiag himself acquainted with the laws of the land , assuming to instruct the unfortunate men in the outrage , and preventing them from taking their departure from the scene of their misconduct . It was to the ignorant meddling person , who fancied he had some knowledge of the law , that many of the misfortunes into which the

      humbleminded and ignorant people were often led , had to be asoribed ; and , although Richardson had not taken any manual part , yet he was the very worst of the whole set there assembled . All the rest had taken a share with their own hands , and there was every reason to suppose that this had not been the first part of the riot in which they were engaged , because they bad previously pono from place to place . Clegg , however , stood in a different predicament , he having been an apprentice , and driven from his work by the tyrannical mob ; and , therefore , in his favour an exception would bo made in the measure of punishment . The gentence of the Court was , that all of them , except Clegg , should be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for twelve calendar months , and that Clegg should be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three calendar months .

      His Lordship next sentenced Abel Matley , James Ingham , William Hughes , Thomas Morris , Thomas Leyland , Jamea Harrison , Jamas Ashley , Saiiinel Sigley , and William Harret , who had been convicted of being engaged in a riot at Ashton-under-Lyne . His Lordship said that the species of tyranny which , this case had exhibited , was not to be endured , and : that it should be put down bj exemplary punishment . The honest and industrious were entitled to "know that themselves and their properties would , ke protected , aad others should be made awaie that if they broke the law , condign punishment would follow . In the present instance the prisoners had stopped the wo » ks at a mill in Asiuon ; they bad set about putting out the fires and . taking the plug ? from the boilers } and then some « tf them thought , they could withstand the force wiuoh had arrived and was arrayed upon the side o £ the law . Thes had found » howeveT » that the law was-too strong for them ; and it was . to . be hoped that others would

      ta b * warning by thwr fate . What have the prisoners gotten by joining these disturbances ? They had abandoned their labour ; their swaey , if they had had any , was spent ; many of tken ^ who had no money before , had endured privations ; they found that whereas the ; had gained nothing during the tunraltB , so , when they were ended * they had to receive punishment . The sentence ; of the Court was , that Sieley and Barret fihovW be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for nine calendar months * and that all the others should be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar montht . His Lordship " next sentenced Edward Walsh , Patriok Mooney , Patrick Feins , Thomas Tiuanand John Calvert , who bad been convicted of having stolen 53 . from Thomas Snibson , at Manchester . In doing bo , he said they had been convicted of a robbery committed ia company , under ciicumsta&ces of very great aggravation . It w * s , unfortunately too well known to the Judges who bad tQ take a part

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      in administering the justice of the country , that most unhappy and disastrous circumstances had takes place ia Manchester recently—circumstances disastrous to the town as well as to the men who allowed themselves to be led into them . Whether the prisoners were participators in the general disturbances the court knew not . There- was no e \ idence on this subject ; but one of two things wn plain—either they had participated in the generrl eehemeto put a " stop to all honest labour , and then , going beyond their fellows in wickedness , had proceeded to acts of outrage and robbery , which were no part of the general soheme , or else , not being mingled in the general design , they had taken advantage of the confusion to plunder the shopkeepers in the town . Thia was one of the purposes turbnlenea

      was 1 generally converted into ; and no sensible man could doubt that if large masses quitted their employment , and became turbulent , whatever might be their pretence for quitting their work , thenatarr * result woold . be that they would soon begin to prey on those who possessed property , and that neither persons nor property would , in such case , be secure It was , therefore , especially important that such excesseB shoald be put down by great severity of punishment . ¦ " The Lefpalzture had taken such a view of the aubjuot ; for , by a statute passed not long ago , a great distinction was made between robberies commitied by one and robberies by twe or more persons . The latter was an aggravated offence ; and , if this were the ease in ordinary times , more especially was it necesthat

      sary the severity 6 f the law ; should be felt in times suoh as those that had existed of late . He Cms Lordship ) had no doubt about the guilt of any of the prisoners . He found no-difference in the circumstance 3 in which they were engaged . One of them appeared , at » former period of his life , to have served his country ,, and it was-very painful to the Coart to have to pass sentence en a man who had been a member of the army , aid who had quitted the service mauy years- ago * What hi 3 conduct had since been , the . Courfc . knew not ; : all that was known was , that he had participated in the present very heinous crime . He should , therefore , share the lot of the others . Tbo prisoner , Feras , had made aa appeal on behalf of hw wife ,. but it should be known that this was a circumstance which the Court was not at liberty to take into consideration . Men , who had wives and

      ; families , were supposed to have given hostages to the public that they would not become violators of the law ; but , if neither a regard for their duty as subjects , nor a-regard for their f ' amilies » served to restrain thair turbulent dispositions , were they not worse than those who had no such tie I HJovr then could the Court make a distinction in their favour ! , The law had pronounced against such an offence as the prisoner ' s tho punishment of transportation for life , or any term not less than 151 years , or imprisonment in England . He ( his Lordship ) would not be justified in sentencing the prisoners to imprisonment in this country . Ho felt bound to dismiss them from this land . The sentence of the Court was , that they be severally transported beyond the seaa , to such place as her Majesty , by direetion of her Privy Council , might direct , for tha term of 16 years .

      James Ashley and John Hoyle were indicted for a riot and conspiracy at Todmorden . Mr . Wortley said the prisoner Ashley was a Chartist lecturer , and had been instrumental ia creating a riot at Todmorden , and the rioters had gone to the , mill of Messrs . Hardman and stopped the works . Hoyle had also knocked out the plug from the engine at the time the riot took place . * The prisoners were both found guilty and sentenced—Ach ley to 18 months , and Boyle to 12 montha imprisonment . Patrick Agnew stood charged with being present at an illegal assembly , but as no serious consequence had ensued , - he was bound over ia recognizances to > appear when called on . John Woqlstencroft and Joseph Bailey pleaded gailty to an indictment charging them with a riot at Manchester . They were also allowed to enter into recoguizanoes to appear when ca-lled upon .

      Joseph Turner was indicted for an illegal assembly at Dawhurst ' s mill , in Manchester , and with causing the hands to leave their work . He was found guilty » and sentenced to three months' imprisonmrnt . Israel Crook , pleaded guilty to an indictment , charging him with being present at a riot in Manchester , and was bound over to a , ppear when called upon . William Collins , who also pleaded guilty to a similar charge , entered into recognizince to appear when calied upon . Robert Taylor , William Marsland , John Travis , Rowland Beatley * William Gartside , and Robert Warburton , were indicted for assembling , along with other persons , at Hartley's mills , in Oldham , and breaking the windows , as well as endeavouring to force the bands to leave their work .

      Gartside and Beatley were acquitted . The others were found guilty and sentenced to twelve months ' imprisonment . Jamea Pitfield pleaded guilty to an indictment , oharging him with riotous assembly , at Manchester , in August last , and he was allowed to enter into recognizances to make his appearanoe when called on . ' The court lose at five o ' clock .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAH . Sir , —In ' my lecturing through the country I consider it my duty to make myself acquainted with facts of daily occurrence , and not only so , but to give ell through the medium of the press , to the aIl-flearch Dg eye of an impartial public . Then , Sir , ' for the benefit : of the Lancashire tapecheck cotton weaver , I have seen bleached tape-checks sell at the rate of twenty shillings per piece , that is twenty-four yards Baton-le-Moors fifty reed coua ffl thirty-seven inches wide in cloth . I should like some one of the Bolton correspondents to communicate to tha Star the real coat of tha above twenty-four yards

      piece , in order ' that the workpeople may see the amount of retail profit realised by their labour . The above is the retail price of the cloth , that is , lOd . par yard . Again , I saw soother piece of cloth sold at 7 J . a yard retail . It wa » & thirty-four reed , Bolton's counts , twenty-nine inches wide , weft under forty ' s count , and the reed ya * d in proportion . The cloth was printsd , or say , printed calico . I should like some one to become acquainted with the net cost of the cloth last stated , communicate it to the Star , so that tha people may la the better able to measure the sympathy of the middle class- by a true standard , that is , by a standard of pounds , shillings , and pence , in order that the people may become intellectual Chartists .

      In this town there are about twelve masters employing about 900 frame-work knitters , that is , seventy-five to each master , the gross weekly average income is about 9 s . to htzh . frame-work-knitter ; allowing each frame-work-knitter to paj only Is . per week for frame rent , ( and there are in this town who pay 2 s . ptr week for frame rent , ) , the workman will be subject to an expense of at lesat 2 a . Id . per week , iDciuding a many items , so that there is only left as a net income for a working man , 6 s . lid . to proyida for himself and family . And now for the cost of a frame . It is acknowledged by men in the trade , that the original cost of a frame is about £ 12 , and repaira about £ 3 , making £ l& ,- which £ 15 frame will continue fa good service-for at lepst nine years . New , suppose a £ 15 frame contluues in good service for nine years , and supposing the workman pays no more than Is . per week for frame rent , what will the amount of profit be in nine years , to be realized by the application of £ 15 as capital ? I say £ » 8 a . or £ 15 per frame , aud £ 22 8 s . pe » frame-rent .

      Now , each master has seventy-five hands or frames employed , consequently , he must realiz j a profit for the use of seventyrave frames , oot less than £ 630 2 b . in nine years , or say , £ 1 , 125 . per seventy-flve frames , and £ 1 , 754 per rent of seventy-frames , therefore , the whole ot the profita derived for the use of 800 frames for nine years , is £ 540 , 150 , whoUy absorbed by twenty individuals , out . of 900 slaves , letting alone tha amount of profits derived from labour . Tha anti-monopolists , here are carrying on another foul . practice ; that is , anyone going to engage work must submit to . mastei ' a ttrma , and such terms aie as follews : —If a working man has a frame cf bis own , heaiust sell such frame to his master for any price pzepoBed by such master , or not be employed . Therefore , let a man be eve ? so frugal in his- domestic circle , ti > save the price 08 a frame , in order So reap the profit masters will not

      £ his own capital , bo mast not do so , allow him , . No , n »! working wen . must give up cmploying a little capital of their owa , and give at least £ 8 Is , every nine years , besides the profits of their labour , for basing the privilege of labouring for a paltry existence , and yet these masters are very pious ; they go to the Estaldished Kirk aad the dissenting cti&pel , and the man in the tub will " cry aloud and spare not , " " My pes * brethren , be patient , be humble ,, submit yonrselws m under the mighty hand of G » d , for those whorake lovtth he chasteneth ; he does sot -willingly grieva or aflJict the children of men . IJd ! the gospel is pwacned to the poor , and he has chw # n them to be rich , in faith , and heirs of salvation , therefore , my dearij belpved brethren , if you be pcieequte / l here , God wiil abundantly reward you in h&-world to come" .

      , , Qodsave the people from such surpliced ruffians , is ttapxayerof Youja , Peter Rigby , from Chorley . Hawick . in Scotland , Oct . , 1842 .

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      On Sunday Hst , aged 38 sears , Mary , the beloved wife of Mr . John Ripley , cordwniner , of this town . On Sunday , the 9 th inst ., in ' the 59 th year of bis ace , Mrv Joseph Wade , of Keynsbam , Somersetshire , father of Mr . George Wade , of Leeds . Qu Saturday , the 8 Sh inst ., William Lister Fenton Scott , Eta ., ot WooUhall , iu this county , and registrar of deeds for tisa West Riding , in the C 2 ud jeai of his age . TT Same day , aged 70 , at his residence , Hammersmith-road , John Walker , Eaq . of Mew Inn , Laiv don . solicitor , brother to Mr . T . Walker , of York .

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      jjjg following « the substance of Mr . Cooper ' s jefewe :- " 111 man ' s general character is a scale -which should ha eonBfiered when be is charged with criminality .- II u ? g tenonr of his life nave been such aa to give a ^ L jjsble donbt of the folly or inhumanity of the S ^ T then the accused is entitled to that donbt The ^ jgaaer before you is charged irith arson—a crime of | r" ^ j the blackest dje , inTolvirjg the destruction , not Z gj 2 y of property , bat frequently that of life itaelf . I oil upon Jnjjaiges to estimate the character of my f —

      i fe to the present moment . I call their attention to the nkto re of my studies and occupations—the dispojQp n which I have ever evinced in behalf of my fellow —aa , I ask if it be natural for a man who has for Tesjz stoated to promote the happiness ot mankind , to l eek tor the incarceration and banishment ot those fer -horn be had struggled ? I am not so ignorant of law / jr of the benefits rwniaug fron > peace and order in -o ^ gty , ss for one moment to entertain the thought of l ^ . ' nor am I so nnealenlating aad excitable as to 1 jed » v » y by the' will o"the wisp' of the moment jto eoamit crime . " 8 ttenbon of the to that

      n 1 call the Jury portion of the evidence arainst yoni prisoner , ¦ which relates Ja $£ meetings where fee addressed the people at Zjjons times at the Crown Bank . I ask of the jury toireigb well that evidence—to sift-it thoroughly . If ^ LrtbiBg sedition *—if anything eriminal- ^ be the result of the investigation , let the axe fall upon the prisoner ' s v gad - but if , on the contrary , a * I am sure yon trill fiBoit , the n&tnre of tho evidence is contradictory d ' of it tends to show that the views of the pri-¦ oner have been peaceable , yon -will respect your oaths * nd the v ^ ice of your country , and acquit him of crimtnaKtv 1 am , it ia trne , a Chartist . In that faith I ri g y ' yed—in that faith will I die . Chartism makes known the oppression and tyranny of the rieh orer the t ^« t and seeks 3 peaeaaWe redress tor grievances , lhare

      tpjead and will con tone to spread those principles for the vgnefit of the oppressed masses . In Lincolnshire I have Been wealth snstaiBieg poverty—in Leicestershire I have seen a sad contrast—painrol to the heart of ; every feeling man . In toe latter place trade flonriabes , i Trials starvation and death seize those who give the j life-blood to its success . It was to relieve the suffering j many that he bad toiled—and surely a Jury having the j dithtest siark of phC&Btbropy would acquit him of ; any desire io injure any man's life or property . I shall leave my case to yen , gentlemen , - with a hangbty con- ' fidenee in the supremacy and mercy of justice . I am innBcent af the charge brosgbt against me . If I am ; sot , let heaven pour out the vials of its wrath with j nghteous indignation on my perjured' soul ^ I am irmocrtit ! Kevei in my Bf e have I encouraged ¦ or even countenanced violence , nor do I wish to obtain the Charter by any bnt peaceable » eana . I . not 3

      ^ mnot I wiQ By that I "win give np agitation ' for tte Charter , for it is based upon sound principles I _ tbe soundest of the sound . I know the length to which I niay go , and that length I will work in , I j irill 3 Toid anything like violence , but I will maiatain i the faith which is in me . Meetings cs ' cnlated to break i the pe&ce , I win avoid as Ij have ever done—but I will Bianstain the right of discussion and I will fiimmnn fully and freely , and discant energetically and manfully npon the benefits which I think will result from the adoption j

      of the Charter . As honest and conscientious men , I fcnst the Jury will look to the evidence . It is a sound principle of law if there be any doubt of a prisoner ' s guilt , the prisoner is entitled to the benefit of that doubt . This great principle of law had lately been overlooked . The Jury will be charged upon that point , » nd wUl , I hope , return that verdict which alone is JEst , and which alone is trn 3 , that the prisoner' is not guilty— as he regrets the transaction , in which it has been falsely said he had participated , and which he from his soul condemned . "

      Mr . Cooper then called two most respectable witnesses , who proved that he was at the George and Dragon , and afterwards on his way to Bnrslem , where he was arrested , at the time that he was accused of having been near the scene of outrage . The Solicitob-Gekeeal replied , and for one hour and twenty-five minutes laboured hard , but in vain , to destroy the alibi so satisfactorily proved by Mr . Cooper . The Lord Chief Justice summed up the evidence with great clearness and with his usual ability ' His Lordship completely frittered away the baseless fabric raised by her Majesty ' s Solicitor-Genera } -, and told the Jury that they should confine themselves wiftin the limits of the law , and return a verdict of Not Guilty , unless they were satisfied that the prisoner ' s language and the burnings were bo identified that they could not be separated , that they were a part and parcel of the same thing , and that he was near the spot when the burning took place . His Lordship was engaged upwards of two hours in his summing np . The Jnry , after five minutes deliberation , returned a verdict of Not Guilty .

      Mr . Cooper said you are right gentlemen ; I am perfectly innocent of the charge . I was always a man of peace , and alwayB preached peace . I beg to apologize to the Learned Judge for the interruptions which , from the fervour of the moment I gave to his Lordship . I thank the Jury for their patient investigation of my case . I thank the Conn-Eel and Solicitor who defended , and I tTm-nfc- all my friends for their kindness towards me . Mr . Cooper was then removed in custody . ^ as an indictment for sedition has been laid against him . It is also reported that a third indictment will be preferred againt him for a conspiracy .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . - ¦ ' ' -: , - ¦ ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ . ., n

      Deaths.

      DEATHS .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 15, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct452/page/5/