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      ineDnaness of flie s * Assize commenced on tttuonin tke >< isi Pntu Court , tad Mr . Baron arney in the Crown Court . The ca lendar contsinRd in all 42 prisoners , of 10 m 18-www charged with no-hing . The Learned tdge entered the Court about eleven o ' clock , when a attaadaaee of spectatBre wu very considerable , rter tneosHal preKminarie * were gone through ebraad Jury were sworn , of whom Sir Richard rooke , of Norton Priory , was foreman . George ilbraham , Esq ., M . P . for Sooth Cheshire , was , mmpn <> d a » a jaror , bnt was excused on the plea . having Parliamentary duties to attend to . C&pt , arkf , magistrate of Hyde , was a ' ao anmmoaed , * . ***» likewise excised , the Lsarned Judge atiag tiutt b © knew he bad important fctliinesa to > tam him else where . The Learned Judge in charging the Grand Jarr id— -i « a kappy to « ee so nwneroaa aa attendance -gentBJMK . to tene as Grand Jorymen in this port ItM tlwijs dwinible that jendemrn , ia rar sitoaaan of Km , should 'be prompt " and ready ¦ assist ia me » djainistratia » of justice , more parjularly at the present moment , it was indispensably jceasary . The labours of the magistrate * in p ? ttv ssioiui haw considerably reduced the number of ¦ v oner * , who would otherwise hav * appeared bere this eonrt for trial . The Calendar in much savier than utnaL bat in it there ar e hut trro

      asues of cas ? s that will require a single observation , ae description which comprehends three distinct 3 d different esses , is that ef felonious violence to male * , { In reference to this charge the Learned adge stated tkat it was aore than evr necessary tat , if tke evidence warranted it . a hill should be and for tke whole offence , because if that wure ot prored , the Coort by a recent act of Parliament , id the power of poaisMng for that , he thea ad-» rtei to a ease of lorgerj in which two of the name * ere real signature * , bat the third wan a forgery , and le crime was as great as it -would have been even A le forged name had not been associated with the two ? al names . Referring to the case of the rioters the / eirned Jcdge continned—It if with great pain J

      &ve to address you on a class of eases of a very iSerest description . There are nearly twenty eraon * contained in the calendar far hiring riotously s * embled . bnt the depositions which hare b = » en reirned to me , carry the cases much farther that vose of ordinary cases of riots . Thej disclose the j barious naackinatious of « rii minded men to infnse Ucontent into the mind * of the ma *» of the opera-Tea , and indeed of the labouring classesin general , y teaching them that the higher and middling i&ttes are their' trraats and oppressors , that taey he working peopie , ) an miserable , abject , de ^ ra-£ & . * luet , in a fctate of wretchedness sad of misery ; lat it was not intended by the providence of God lat wealth should be to unequally distributed a * it ¦

      , and that if th «* y will exert themselves all this will e at an end . The means th * y propose to do this is > provide themselves with arm * , under the pretence f defending themselves ; to abstain from labour unng a given time ; to take frem the rich th * t hich . they had acquired by fair means , and at last > aweiable a National Contention . It is lamentable iat men should be fWni so wicked as to attempt sch delusions , and it is no lets lamentable to s e len so credulous as to beHere them . What goor aan , in this country , * suffers oppression ? "What ich man , if he had the will , has the power to intiict t ? If any case of individual wrong occurs , the eurts of justiee are open , and the poorest man in he land will readDr find assistance to com ? inro

      curt , and nerer are the ears either of a Jn ' ge or 'taj deaf to toe claims of the poorest m % n for osttce . That property should be unequally d " t » i ribated is absolutely necessary . If all men were ¦ q ua } to-day , they would be nneqial to-morrow , and nen . of industry and frugality would loose all they tad ever possessed by tha folly and extravagance el pthers . If the wealth of the most opulent maaufacnrers of this country were to be equalised- and tivided , and the humblest man in the land put upon in equality with the richest , manufacture * mnst top , and the stream which gives support to hundreds it thousands , mast cease to flow . No » anufactun \ V 3 commerce , can be carried on without capital . hare reason to beliere from the lepoeitions ,

      raich I hare read , that bills of indictment will be > referres to yon , charging some with riotously a » - lembHng , some with using seditious word * , Ai > thers with an unlawful conspiracy . To constitute i riotoos assemblage , yea must hare three persons . The deposition * state that those assemblies hare taken place at sjiseasTnable hours , and under cir--nmstances which would necessarily produce terror among' Che peaceable and well-disposed part of iho jonuntmity . The depositions also state the Ianraage to be of the most seditious descrip ' . ios , renlinf iht Government and the law * , of which ail men , if they speak in public at all , ought to speak with rsspect ; adTisiDg the procurement of arms unler the pretence of seb-de fence , but clearly for

      carrying these designs into execution , aad proposing the iormation of a National ConTention . When ? uch meedegs are proved , such language employed , and rach arms procured in consequence , all this is eridence of « m * p iracy . In a conspiracy , as you well know , it i » not necessary , nor is it eren potable , that all the parties should do one and the same tiling . A conspiracy is carried into execution by different person * , in different places , doing different tiiojs , afi conducing to the acco-Dplisbment of the design in whiek tliey are engaged . Some T-ould call meetings ; others would pre * id «; other * fpe ik , in-Ftruct , and inflame ; others woula go about prirately to stir up ; others distribute publications explanatory of the obj ^ ts to be obtained , and the mean s to manufacture aad

      procure them ; others would arm * , other * obtain their disposal . For the purpose of making a conspiracy , it is not necessary that they should all hare known of it ; but if , by means of these speeches and peblications , they are induced to act . though * t » distance from each other , in the execation of the same plan , they are still conspirators ; the act of one is the act of all ; an act done in tV < ia county for the furtherance of the common design is an act for whieb they are all answerable , even though the parties should neT « have designed it ; and though they should reside m another country , thoy may be properly charged in one and the same indictment . The arrest aad pro secution of those persons in this stage of the proceedings is an act of mercy to them- It is but too apparent that if allowed to go on unchecked , thej wmbe nndonb redly inrolrad in a eh&rga of treason ; that

      but to prevent these practices , it is necessary tie 8 tronge * t arm of toe law should interfere . The aiders and abettor * of « nch acts will find the law too strong for them , and the most rigorous punishment will be inflicted on those that are found gu ^ ty- * know we may confidently rely upon the good sense and peaceable disposition of the great mass of the population . They o « ght to have the full enjoyment of their privileges , while no countenance ought to fcs gireo to these malicious desiyeers . Gentlemen , it is oar daty to protect thpm in the enjoyment oi the blecsingn with which their industry has been crowned ; to protect , as far as we can , the institutions of our country by a temperate and just adm rtration of l » w ; to gire due consi ieran ' on to ertrj ease which » ay be brought before us , and to t » ach all t * " » t ? in a court of postice , the guilty , and the ruilty only , will be punished . The jury then retired , sad ha-nng returned gome bills , business w proceeded with .

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      BIBidNGE AM . —SUNDAY . ( From the Sun . ) The deepest interest has been excited amongst all classes of our fell aw-tewtigmen in the fate of the three unhappy men , Bnrell , Robert * , and Jones , who low lit inder sentence of death in -W arinck gaol , for their alleged participation is the late not * Ld lucendiarinn in rbis town . This feeling u coasdwably heightened by a Teport which is generally circulated and believedthat a project is on foot for

      , earrring the extreme penalty of the law into effect in the Bull Ring or Market-place , the scene of the late difer&eeful riots—a reeommendauoD wbic& » said » hare originated wirh certain military ana official personages ; but for the saie of humanity , » ad for the honour of the British army , we trust mat saeft a statement has no foundation in truth . ine rumour is , however , in circulation , and generally beliered in Birmingham . Tbe dreadful sentence DMsed upon the prisoBers seems to have been

      altogether unexpected here , and by none more so tnan tie ictiaiate friendi of the prisoners , and other * who ooold hare giren gtroug eridenee in their faTour .

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      As a proof of thi . j , I may mention that Roberta ' s master , a respectable iren-merchint of the town , refrained from going to Warwick during the trials to speak to the general character of the prisoner , under the conviction that the unfortunate nun would have been acquitted , haYing understood from his friends that he did Dot take tbe slightest part in the transactions of the nigh : of the 15 th of July , for which he ha * been condemned to die . From the * ame feeling other wi nesses H- ^ iecud to attend and give evidence is faveur of Roberts an-1 tbe other men ; but in order a remedy , &s far as human power can do , the fatal error of which they have been guilty , these parnen

      are , I nnders ^ and , engaged in collecting a Strong body of avidecoe , ' which mil be transmitted to th « Seerstary of State , and I have no doubt , from ito nature , and the circumstances of the effenee wiia which the prisoners are charged , ( not a single life having been lost ) that it will be taken into JaTOHrable ceMideration . It may be wppoied by many , that if any evidence had existed w to tiieWectnoe of the pri « mere , that it would have been brought forward in their faToor . Upon this I would merely remark thar , in the first place , no one anticipated that they would have been lound guilty , still lew was it expected that they would have been sentenced

      to die . I would , ia connection with thi * subject , refer to aa ob ^ rratfon made by M . D . Hiti , E > q ., the Recorder for th « Borough , in his ckarge to the jury on the occa » iou of opening the first Court of Qaarter Sessions in Birmingham , in the beginning of the last month . Oa that occasion he remarked , > l It seems necessary , in order to rem » Te all ob stadea to the course of juiiitt ; , that the seat of justice should be nigh at hand to the irjired parlies . Nor wtu this the les ? necessary for tbe due administration o'justice a < regarded the accused , for it had oittn failen to bis lot to hear a prisoner on his trial a ? ked "&Y the Court if he hdJ

      asy witneestt ! to prdduce , and his ear had been painfully struct by the answer too frequently given — semt-time * , perhaps , v . oi vrith trctb , but ofttntimes , it ccula not be doubted , founded on truth' I have witnewes who could » peak in my behalf , but 1 h&Te not the mears of bringing them before you ; ' aid when they coatideTcd fiat tbe greater nsmber of prisoners were from the labouring clas .-en of >» ociety , nothing wds more probable than that "ometirBes there was a failure of justice from the circumstance , th ^ t the labouring man had not the power of payirg the expenses of hi * vri'neweg , they keing fixed to the » pot by the same poverty , which prevented him brinpng then into Court" I deeply regret to ssy that tbe onse .-vations here quoted were borne out with melaDchrly truth ia the ca *« of at least oEe of tbe unfortunate men- Howell , I believe , whose brothers weat to Warwick with tne view of

      giving important testimony in fcw behalf hut being poor men , after remaining two riaya at the assizes , in the hop « that tbe trial would have come on , finding that iheir neasi of support were exhausted , and oeiDg without money or friend , they were obliged to reiurn to Birmingham , and leave the uufortunate man te his fit « . A mcraorial , Pxten * iTely . < jfned , has already been forwarded b » the Secretary of Sate , praying for a enmrnutation of the dreadful sentence , at the bead of which are , I nndemand , tbe oaraej nf mo « r , if Dot all , of the individual * who hare suffered most in the Joss of property by the late riot * , prayiBg tbit tbe disgraceful proceecirjp « nay cot be reDd-red still more afeborreot to public feeling and tbe growing opinion of tbe country , by th ? shedding of blood . rj ^ j-j-j- ^ i m ^^^^^ m -, r i- r r r r i ¦

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      Deputation from thb Preston Chartists TO 1 HE ilAVOR OF THAT BoHOUGH . — On Friday lw , ifter the business vr&s over at the Town Hall , two respectable per * orui , John Blinkbora and James Dackwcnb , waited on tbe Mayor , on ihe part of tbe Chartist Association , te present a requisition , de- «; ing him to eosveue a public meetinj { for Monday next , to take into consideration the propriety of memorializing the Queer , praying her ro dismiss her present Mmitten , and to call such mrn to her Connci' ^ a « would support aad rasintain ; he causi of Universal Suffrage , tbe Ballot , &c . The two representative of the rrqji < itioni » 't 8 bad a long interview with the Mayor and G . Jackson ,

      E ^ q . They » ta ' ed in tbe s'r-r ; geat term < of a . s . < araace , that the idea of a Sacred Mon-. h wm at aD end ; and that the idrooai-y of vioJenca , JauJt- 'aneiw , and exrremc measDre « , was corjlist-d to a very few of their body , and by no means with their genera ! ynpa'by or sanction . They folemnly disclaimed aDy intention or wish to break tbe laws , and protected that all their objects were directed to improve the Jawp , &ni sot to violate them ; tkat if a breach of ibe law * sheuld be attempted , ucder any circum-« tiDce » , tbey , so far from eoun ten arcing saeh an attempt , would moft readily and zealously oSzr their rrflsfance to it . The Ttiijor inomated , that he should not feel himself josrified in acceding to the request embodied in tbe reqn : sition .

      Friday Moriiixg . . August 16 th . This momiEjf ' g post ha < = brought ua a full report o ! tbe trial and conviction of George Thompson , James Mitchell , Charle * Davies . and Timothy Wfh yins . for conspiracy , at the Chester Assize * , on Wednesday . The crowded ^ tate of our colnmns , praverjts us from doing more now than merely announcing the fact—in our uex - t ' ue case shall appear a % it ha * teen srnt to us ; and tbe public may tben judge what chance any one ha * of obtaining ^ " M */ ice in aey of oar courts or' ' Liw , " if he be accused of Chartism .

      BOLTOMT . APPSEHENSION AND COMMITTAL OF

      ANOTHER DELEGATE . At fix o ' clock en Monday morning , tbe 12 th «« y of August , the Chartists assembled in the New Market Place ; and , having been addressed by George Lloyd , one of their leaders , proceeded through the town about six abreast ; aBd , on their return te the New Mwket Place , after a few observations frem one of tbeir gpeaiert , agreed to meet at half-past ten o ' clock at the same place . Tber accordingly met ; and a man named Gillespie , another of tbe leader * , briefly addressed them , observing taat the time for speaking w *» gone past . He tben advised them to hare " anetber grand moral demonstration , " and walk through toe town

      four abreast . They proceeded , accoidiug to advk ? , tkrough the principal street * . On their return tbey agreed to meet at four o ' clock , at which time they appeared to have gaioed oonsiderabry In numbers . Lloyd again addressed them , and advised them to take a walk as far as Astley Bridge . They did si ; and on their return , John Warden , the delegate to tbe Convention , advi * ed them to retire peaceably to their homes , and to muster again on the following morning at five o'clock , regardlew of the snpercil : ous sneers of tbosein actherity . The crowd , which had now become immense , obeyed his injunction — so far aa retiring from the meeting went—and

      dispersed into » mall bodies , walking up and dovrn the streets , -which presented an unusual appearance from tbe vast numbers of persons of both sexe * perambulating them ; and tne shops were closed , business tben being ( half-past six o'clock ) completely at an end . The borough justices had taken the precaorion to issceplacards , requiring til public-booses to be closed at seven o ' clock ; and , in order that the injunction might be obeyed , the Mayor , acenspanied by a police officer , went rouBd at the stated time to carry the order into effect . In the early part

      of the meroing , a troop of tbe 6 th Carbineer > arrived from Manchester , and remained in reaaine ? s daring the whole of the d « y , as also did the detachment of tbe 96- h , uiiaer the command ofLieuUnaat Cairneross , now stationed there ; but their servioe * were not required . A great number of special constables had been sworn in last week ; and they met oh Monday morning to divide thermelvei into * ecHon » , and appoint capains and * ergeantt ; but having no weapons of defence , and being of various grades of opinion regarding the present local management of the town , tbey were of little er ac lae .

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      Tussday . —On Tuesday morning , about five o ' clock , the new police force was deepatched to the Market Plaoe , for the purpose of arresting the three principal leaders , John Warden , ( delegate to the Convention ) , George Lloyd , and Gilkopie Brad-. ¦» h aw \ Anew officer went up to Lloyd and Warden , in Old Hall-street ; and having told them bis erraad , they proceeded quietly along with the police , until they arrived at Back Acres , when th « crowd which had followed , attempted a redone , and at length succeeded in bearing their leade r * back again for a short distance ; but other officers came up , and the prisoners were re-taken . The crowd , on . arrWing near the police

      office , assailed ifce constables with a To'ley of « one . * , mveral of them hitting , but not so aB to do any vtry great damsge . The two prisoners were lodged in the office ; and , ine ^ aatqaeuceftf , the tumultuou * , proceedings goitg forward outside , the mayor wad . the Biot Act , and the ¦ rilitary were called out ^ Tiis h * d the effect of keepi « g the Chartiitf quiet ; and , at half-put sine o ' clock , the prisoner * were ' brought- »* p for examinatien . Jcbn Taylor , E « q ., the borough ooroner , appeared for tbe proterniion . Tbe prinoner * defended themselves . Tbe magistrates upon the bench were the Mayor , and Messrs . Htywood , E . A # hworth , A . Knowlee , T . Cullen , and It . WaUh .

      Mr . Taylor stated the case . The prisoners were charged with having endeavoured to persuade a great numb « r of other peti < on > - , to the amount of 2 , 000 or mere , to assemble and gather , in order to make great noise , riot , and dis' . urbaEOe . This of fenoe was iodietable at common iaw , and would clearly oome under the statute , that , " if three or more meet to mutually agaisi esch ocher in opposing , &o , to the manifest terror of tbe people , and although they afterwards depart vitlmut doing any thing , dtill tbe offence is the same . " He would show by evidence that the conduct of thw crowd was » uch as to come within tbe trua meaning of tbe ( tatae ; and they ( tbe prisoner * - ) appearing amongst them as leaders , it was for the Bench to say whether or not they were clearly indietaVle .

      Mr . Warden—Before any witness in examined , I have te request that the others will leave the cfturt . The Mayor raid it wa « very proper it should be » e , and ordered them out of court . Hiram Simp ! on wam then examined . — I am su > perintendrnt of police . On the 12 . h August inst ., about live e ' clock in the morning , I weut inta the New Market Place , and perceived a great crowd . At that time , I met with two noldiers who were seeking billet ? . I directed tbtm towards the

      Policeoffice ; and as we passed along , tbe crowd hooted them , some calling out , " You bave got them there rerj soon . " 1 do not recollect tavirjg seen tbe pri-> oner « there at tbat-tiree , I saw Lloyd repeatedly there yesterday , * nd beard him address the mob in the Market Place , advising them to be peaceable and orderly , and to behav « themselv ^ . Some of tbe people hurrahed and cheered . I heard him speaking a ten , four , and six o ' clock . The pri-* sner Lloyd told them , if interfered with , to resist ueaceablv .

      Lloyd—I don ' t nnderstand that ; it ie a contradiction ib term * . Mr . Simpton—I could not understand it myself . Lloyd—I « aid th « ry inunt conduct themselves peaceably . To talk of rwiiunee and peace wcuJd be nousense . Mr . Simpton—It seemed strange to me . There - ? etntd a difpomtion among # t tbe crowd to riot . Th « y formed a procesHon , acti proceeded in order tnrough the itree ' e . I heard Lloyd speak about * ix o ' clock in ihe morning ; but , being

      at tke outside of the crewd , I could set tell what he said . At the meeting at ten o ' clock , Lloyd was aleo there . There were four or five hundred , or froai that to a thousand persons pre < enr then . About four o ' clock they assembled again in * till greater nnrnbtrc ; and I could not then hear Lloyd addre ** ing them , in conpequencv of tbe crowd . After that they perambulated tbe street * , and the town w * s in an excited state , the fehopn beiog closed , k-rA the streets crowded . After the procession returned , GiHespie ( who i 8 not in custody , ) addressed them : and Warden anrnjared tt > b » addressed them ; and Warden appeared to be

      prompting him . "Gillespie desired they would meet agsirj . Warden al .-o » poke , and said he hoped they would be there to a man at five o'clock in the morning . Gillegpie said that he hoped no one would interfere with them ia their right to meet ; but , it they did , be would be the first to break the peace . I consider that the language used had a tendency to excite tbe crowd . I think that tbe people bad occasion to be alarmed . Tbey were closing the shops in all directions . The witness was crops-examined very closely by Lloyd , but without eliciting anything of

      consequeDce . John Bradsiavr , a Police Officer , c ^ ve similar

      tesiiinony . In defence , Mr . Nainby wa . « called , and f tated that ke had eeen all tbe procession * , and beard most of the ipeakers . He had lived in the New Market Place sixteen ytarr- , and did not , oa this occanion , feel the lea * t alarm ; as be had , on several occasions , sees meetings twice aid three times a * large , and more exciting . They did not evince anything like riotous disposition . He Raw the last meeting when di * per « ing , and the people left peaceably . He went througk the stret-t about nine o ' clock , and he could n » t recollect ever haviBg seen it quieter on the market day . His decided opinion was , tfeat there was no disposition to create a riot .

      Y * arden , in defence , adverted to the disadvantage he laboured under in not having a professional adviser . He then adverted to tbe witnesses , who , he said , mu * t be prejudiced ; as it was natural for a police officer to worm hinuelf into the good graces of hi « employer ?; aitd again , he depended entirely for his celebrity on ihe number of convictions that he could make . Why were not men brought who were living iu the neighbourhood of tbe Market Place ? There were plenty in court . But no ; it was sufficient to have the testimony of police officers , whieh he thought they

      ought to receive with caution . He would submit that Mr . Taylor had failed to make out a caie against them ; and if tbey were committed , they were committed simply for the advocacy aud demand of those legal righu tke geBtlemen on the bench were compelled to admit the justice of . He would assure them , that , although they migh ' . imprison him , they could pot put down the rising spirit of the people . It had originated with tbe persons in power ; and although tfaey might arrest and blndge » n them—although they might meet the people with tbe bayonet , still all would fail . Lloyd made & similar defence .

      Th « magistrates rerired , and , having consulted together for about half an hour , eommited both prisoners to take their trial at tbe Assizes at Liverpool . Immediately after their committal , they were removed in a post chaife , escorted by the troop of the old Carbineers stationed there , to Liverpool . As they left the town , the soldiers were assailed by tbe mob with stones , a number of which struck them ; but tbey rode on at a rattling pace , and ia a very short time were out of sight . Immediately

      afterwaid » , the police office was attacked , and a number of windows broken . The crowd then proceeded to a cumber of the different workshop * and milL « , asd caused tbe hands to cease their employment , where they had had the good genie to return to their work . A number of windows were broken at different places ; all the shops remained clo ? ed ; and ultimately , towards night , the soldiers and constables commenced clearing tbe streets , which they effected in a few minutes . The ppecial constables , finding that tbe peace of the t <* wn was at stake , rendered every assiiranoe in their power .

      Seven o'clock . —The streets appear pretty clear , and tqo funber disturbance is expected . — Manchester Guardian ,

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      TO MR . O'CONNOR . [ We give the following letter « Mth * readiest mode of communicating its contents to Mr . O'Connor , whose exact address we don ' t happen to have . — Eds . ] . "We , the acting Committee of Mansfield , Nottinghamshire , are under the most tyrannical system that ever befell man—that is , r ^ p-cting the Holiday . On Monday last , we held a meeting iu Manmned , and Sutton-in-Ashfield joined ns in prosession , wh * u the Magistrates : called out th » military and polio * , aad proceeded directly to arrest a Urge number of our member *" , without reading the Riot Act ; but more particularly Henjy De Courcy , of M&nsfieli , and Wa ** , ot Sattou-iu-A » afield , aad others connected v » itb > tb © prQieoutwn for training and drilling , at Woodhpuw— % t owe you conducted . " ' \ '" ' ' . ' . ; ¦ " Ourmeotiin f was held at tha Black $ * aa , and we 4 wMni ; flw OdrttM , W > er . l ^ « % :. -v We . then wax tMk

      wnenxia . aapawion . ^ anBfpf-menuonea piaco . Snyihe ^ r *»^ m the ' m » jrL ) tra . te * aw acting a ^ der ts ^ a tiomfek of all law , far they are trying theae men as being in military order , which th > y were not ; for they were in three * and fours , and fives ; and a more peaceable procession we never paw . As it is the mott earnest wish of Mr . Henry De Courcy that if you possibly can oome to conduct this cane ; if not , they are all sacrifi » # d , for tb fy wjll not allow any one to ro intoCourt bnt their own ' party ; they aro now remanded til ] next Saturday . If you can conv > , or send some one to oar asjiiitance , as there is no one here to defend as , you will much oblige you . Tr , tStc , 41 Thb Committbe of Mahsfield a « h Sutton . Mansfield , Aug . 14 , 1839 . " ¦ ii . —

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      FURTHER ARRESTS OF CHARTISTS . Earjy on Saturday morning , August 3 . Henry Lacy « nd Joseph Witts , of Wottton Undaredw , were arrested by a special warrant , and conveyeiJto Durak-y , and underwent a private Px&minatioD before a fuU Bench of Magistrates , the witnesses having previous ]} undergone a private examination , and the depositions takyn down in writing . ' Altogether it vnu an unfair proceeding , as the cro ^ sexamination was not allowed to be taken down , and if any one of the witnesses filtered in hU statements , the Magistrates assisted his memory by reading to kirn his written depositions which he had previously sworn to . TbeyonDgmep , togetherwith Vincent , who was included ip tbe indictment- were charged with uttering sMiiiooe laugwage , » oti exciting ( he people

      to discontent and disaffection towards her Majesty and her Government , and with inciting the lower orders against the Wgher . They were bailed out to eppear at Gloucester Assizes on the ensuing Toe « - day , te Uk <) their trial , when the Grand Jury found a true bill against Henry Vincen * . H-nry Lacy , and Joseph Witt * , for conspiracy and sedition . 6 y the advice of their attorney , Mr . Roberts , of Bath " , the parties traversed the Court , and were bound over to appear at the next March Amjz ? s , themselves in one hundred pounds each , and two sureties for each in fifty pc \ und »» pieee . The greatest excitement prevailed doring the whole of Saturday , and the authorities , previous to the arrest , had ordered tiro companies ef soldiers

      to be in attendance , who remained under arms during tht whole ef the day . The best spirit has been fhown here by the people , for by Monday enough ¦ ubscriptiens wet * raised to oorer the expecsa of tr » r « rsing , aad they aro now sabscribing towards the trial . W « have alto received » ub . aoriptioDn from Strong , Cirencwter , and Stanley , with a promise of mom . The aotheritiM thooghf , by the arrest of thttie two young men , to atop the progress of Chartism , bat tne effect produced has been quite the nontrary . I wili only add , that the . <» ecial » , who were sworn in great numbers on the Saturday afternoon , were kept in a state of half intoxication , and remained drinking to a Kte hour , not going home till midnight , long after the Chartists were wrapped in the arms of Somnos .

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      A WORD AGAINST JUDICIAL MURDER . To tke Editor of the Sun . SiB , —I bef ( ty sutmiit , through the medium of your Jonrnsl , eight re « 8 onii | w > y the three unfortunate men , now under ¦ entpnee of death ia Warwick prlton , ought not to be exa euted : — 1 . Because it was not proved , at the trial , that they actnally to « k part in the destruction of th » propoftr at Birmingh « ia . 3 . Hec » n » e , by » n ovenight of those who , a few yearn ago , rcvUed and mitigated the horrible English penal code , thn offence of " demolUhing , or beginning to demolish" a building , remaioo ) capital , alihongh mnch graver crimes were excey . ed from the extreme penalty of the law . 3 . BecaiMe the punisbinent of Death , except for murder , \ a repugnant to the opinions and feelings o ( the great majority of ( Vi « nation .

      4 . Because ( hose wh « tent blatfgeon-nsen to riolenttv duperae a peaceable noeting at Birmingham ware the originator * of the popular cxaxperation that eventuall y manifested itself by incendiarum , % ai destruction of property . 5 . BftcaasMj , by banging theia men , the destroyed property would not be restored ; and society would lo * e three pertonB , who ( supposing , for an'instant , that they are incen diaries ) might be reformed , and be rendered useful ami peaceable citizens of the Stale . 6 . Because , if th-ni rictims of political injustice are executed , there U every reason to apprehend , considering the excited Htate of tbe locality , fresh tHinnlta and greater deatraction of property , in spite of the presence of the soldiery and police . 7 . Beoan . w too much blood has already recently bren « n . o < 3 in support of bad institntions , in those parts of the British dominions called Canada .

      8 . Becauso the Government of Loais Philippe , although notoriously bloodthirsty , did not execute on of the insurgr-nts of the 12 tU of May ; and , althongh the Whiga are awrlully unpopular , they ought not , for their own $ ak-.- » , to exhibit the Government of their "lovely maiden Queen " as morn vindictive and sanguinary than that el In Box del miimit ' edet . ' Yoar obedient Servant , JAS . H . LORYMBR . Aagoit 13 , 1839 .

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      [ From a Correspondent of the Sun . ] WEnNE 8 DAY EVENING . The military were moft actively engaged thronRhout yesterday Cin dispersing the Chartists who had assembled from the villages in the neighbourhood oi this town in great strength . One of the Magistrates , in the evening , wag severely pelted with stones . At night all was tranqnil . This morning ( Wednesday ) , Woodhqnse , the Delegate , was arrested , and in just going to be examined . WednendaV , Evening . I this morning sent you a short account bv the Brilliant of the arrest of Mr . Woodbouse , the Delegate , and hasten to lay the particulars since Monday evening before you . On Tuesday moraine the people again assembled in great numbers ,

      and paraded round tbe town , afterwards proceeding to the Forest , where several thousands were present , but no speaking took place , on account of the military all being read y at a short distance to disperse such meeting if it was held . After staying * for about an hoar an adjournment was made to a large piece of land in the lower part of the town , called Lees ' s Close , where a vast crowd again met . The Mayor , hearing of this , followed tbem on horseback , and read the Riot Act , accompanied by about fifty of tho police force , which was afterwards reinforced by almost a hundred more , and another Magistrate . Tha crowds , both at this place " and others , were afterwards dispersed by the constables and military , wi hout resistance , »> ni during the evening the Riflemen and Dragoon j parad'd the streets . At two o'clock , Woodhouse , the delegate , was brought before the Magistrates oi a charge of tumnltuously and riotously assembling witb

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      others , dec . He made a long 9 peech ; jastifying his conduct , and , after some consultation among the Magistrate * , he was remanded till Tuesday . The three days' holiday concludes this evening ; groupi of jeopla ar ^ congregated at this moment , but as the coach starts at half-past eight , and it is now that time , I cannot say more . Too much praise cannot be given to all parties , in their endeavours to quell the disturbance—^ caused , we are led to believe , iiot by hard-working , indrstrious men , bnt by low , idle scoundrels , who itjure erary caose they undertake ; Whether we view the conduct of thomagiBtrates , the military , or die police , all are alike praiseworthy . The indefatigable exertions of Mr . W . Barnw , High Constable , merit the tbaolM of Mi Tellow-towaiiien . P . S . —At Macclesfield upwards of twenty Chartints have been arrested . The Duke of Rutland « ra * one of the Magistrates who heard-their cases . They are all remanded .. A petition is beiog aumerttti « iy | untid in Nottisghan ) to ^ be Qaoeo , in faTour of ^ toWlrtifltecoanoted ^ Warwick v ; s : /

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      BiOT AT BOLTON . Manchester , Wednesday Horning . A desperate riot has taken place during tke night , and an attempt has bean made to tire tke town . The military have been called out , the Riot Act reni , aad the streets , altar an attempt to clear them at the point of the bayonet , hare bran the scene of a desperate struggle between the soldiers and the people . It is reported here that two men were killed aad a number wounded . The shops of Little Bolton , I . believe , were , first attacked by the populace , and mme o ( them are said to . be gutted . A special railway train arrived here about three tUs momiag , bringing with it two magistrates and sixteen of the rioters . The latter , underwent an pxamination beforo the Magistrates at the New

      Bailey immediately on their arrivd , and have all been sent to Liverpool b y the half-past seven o ' clock lrvin this morning , to take their trial at the pending assizes . I have not been able yet to ascertain their names , but shall take an early opportunity of forwarding you information of the whole particulars . A great number of other rioter * have ken taken into custody . A man was caught in the Council Chamber of the Town-hall , Little Bolton , during tbe riot , by special comtable YVallrortb , with a torch in his hand , attempting to fire it . The corstable sprung at him , and knocked him dengeltg * , but whether the fpllotr had accomplished his object first , I am not yet able to state , it is sai < J , howevrr , that the Hall has been nearly destroyed . —Correspondent of the Times .

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      AZrBZOV ^ BUBV . Thb Chartists . —The Chartists of this place commenced their three days holiday by aaserabljpg very numerously at the top of Aliaondbory Baal , early on the morning of the 12 th imt ,, from thence they adjourned th ^ ir meeting to four o ' clock in the afternoon , when another meeting more numerously attended was held in Upper Fold , which is nearly in the centre of the village . Mr . W . Sykes , fancy weaver , was uaaximously called to the chair . The chairman opened the business of the meeting by Tequenitig all present to be peaceable , and give every speaker an impartial hearing , tbe request was promptly obeyed throughout the proceeding ! . Air .

      6 . Beaumont , moved , Mr . S . Thwaite , and Mr . S . Dickinson , supported the following resolution . " That we the Chartists of the village of Almond bury in public meeting assembled , this 12 th day o ( August , 18 . 19 , do pledge our'elve ' d , by a show of hand " , sot to use any threat * , intimidations , or even coaxing , for the purpose of causing any individual , or individuals , to cease labour . That we the CJfartists tf the aforesaid village do further pledge ourselves , not to insult , or assault , by word or deed , any individual , or individuals , rich or poor , who may differ from ua tbe Chartist * of this place in their political tenets . " The Resolution , was put from the chair and unaotmoufily carried . Mr . J . Moss , moved , Mr . J . Crofsley sesonded , and Mr . J . Eckewley , supported the second resolution .

      ' That it is tfce opinion of this meeting , that , in order to peaceably work out our political regeneration , it i * absolutely necessary , that all icdividuils belonging to the productive classes , as well aa Friendly Societies , having monies in the Saving *' Bank or other Banks , do immediately withdraw such monies from those Bank . * , and aJso abstain as much aa possible from all exciseable articles . " This reielution was alao put ard carried unanimously . It was ascertained , through a fair and honest inspection , that noc more chan one loom out of every ten in this village was at work . Thanks were voted to the Chairman for hi * conduct in the chair , and the people separated praceably and in good humour . Throughout the evening this populous village was more than naually quiet .

      DEWSBURV . TO THE EDITORS OF THB NORTHERN STAR . Gentlemen , —The Chartiste of Dewgbun assembled this morning ( Sunday ) , to proceed to the Church , andfuch wan the number of people gathered together , that it completely astonished the opponents of the people ' s cauxe . They proceeded to Church with the greatpst order and decorum . The Vicar preached from St . Mark , chap . viii . v . 36 .

      Monday , Auoust 12 . This being the day when it was expeeted by the Council of the General Convention that the working people would cea * e froin labour , in accordance with that request the people of Dewabnry and its vicinity obeyed their orders . Earl y in the morning the cap of liberty was plaDted on the weathercock at the top of the Market Cros *; and as early as five o ' clock bands of music paraded the different -village * , and at nine o ' clock the various processions began to arrive in Dewsbury . After the proces-ions had

      arrived , they were addressed by MeMrs . Moorhouse , HoUingswortb , and "W'ilb y , and exhorted te " peace , law , and order . " The dense mass of people then began to mov <* onward to Batley , in regular order ; and then to Birstal , Gomersal , Liversedge , Heckmondwike , and back to Dewsbury . At each place they were addressed by Meier * . Wilby , Hollingsworth , Moorhouse , and Bairstow , who exhorted the masses to disperse to their respective homes , which they did with tbe greatest propriety and good order . The shop * and puhlic-houses were shut , and thus much drunkenness and dissipation prevented .

      Tuesday , August 13 . This morning the Chartists assembled in thousands , headed by three bands of music , and at eleven o ' clock the multitude moved off to Earlsheaton , Chickenley , Ossett , Horbury , Middles ' own , Thornhill , and then back to Dewsbury , where they met in the Market Place . The oldest inhabitants of the town do not remember anything equal to it ; indeed , when Hairy Brougham waafiritin Dewsbury , the number of people was estimated by the Whig or Reform , press at 20 , 000 ; and it is acknowledged by all parties that this day ' s meeting was by far tbe largest ever seen in Dewsbury , indeed it was truly imposing .

      "Wednesday , August 14 . This day , at one o ' clock , the Chartista of Dewsbury and surrounding districts began to move . The Hanging Heaton band arrived , next came Batley Carr Band , next came Chicfcenley Land , aest came Heckmondwike band , then the whole procession moved to Vicar ' u Croft , where a large and imposing meeting was held . Mr . Samuel Allatt was called to the chair , and opened the meeting in a Tery able manner , after which Mr . William "Wilby , ef DewBbury , proposed the first resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Abraham Hallingswerth , of Gawthorpe , and supported in a very able manner b y Mr . Bairstow , of Queenabead .

      Mr . Francis Law , of Dewsbury , moved an Address to her Majesty , praying the royal clemeacy towards the sentenced prisoners at Warwick , which was seconded by Mt . Benjamin Bromley , of Batley , and supported by Mr . Joh > Arran , of Bradford , in a moat able ahd manly speech .

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      It was then moved and seconded that Earl'Stanhope be requested to present the address , to her Majesty . / ' -.. . ' ' '¦ . ' - . ¦ ' : The fallowing are the resolutions : — Int . That it is" the opinion of thi < meeting that tht present . straggle for the political emancipation of the distressed millions of this country ' - hias been gteatly -retarded . by the hostility engendered- betwixt the middle and lower clauses , we , therefore , do most cordially implore the assistance of the nrddie classes iu this most important struggle for freedom . Moved by Mr . Wm . WiLBT , and laaandeihy Mr . A . HoiiLINOSTTOBTH . 2 nd . That tbe above address be adopted , and immediately transmitted to Earl Stanhope for presentation to her Majesty on -tb * earliest oceasion . \ .

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      - MAJ » X 3 «» E 3 * Em . . CHABTI 8 ^ j ? WJC ^ EiyiNeSs-WHIG * PERSECtriTfOir . " On W « 8 nfe » dayj at the Borough Court . Jame $ Leech , / fin . Harvey , and John Fletcher , were remanded again until the next day , for having three guns in their possession . The two last named priso ners came from Bury , and Leech , is a resident of Manchester . —On the Bame day Richard Ball waa place *} , at the bar of the . New Bailey . A' Policeman said , that on searching' the prisoner ' d house , in Salford , he found 49 bullet '' , a quantity of powder and .. ball-. cartridge . I a the uext hoage he found-a gun which belonged to the pnaonen : Mr . Masds—Do yon connect ihe prisoner witb any meetings ? itneBs dui i ine

      w ^—no , can laennry gun . Prisoner—How cap you identily it ¦? Witness—I saw it inV yonr honse a fortnight since , vrhea I went to distrain for rent . Prisoner—Can you swear to it ? Witness— Yes , by the lockl Priwmer- ^ That i * singular . Mr . Maude—Wimrhaveyoa to say ? Prisoner—Nothing more . 1 han , yesterday , I had the gUD to shoot at a target . Mr . Maude ;—Then ycu must find two sureties to ket > p the peace . Ptisoner—That I can ' t do . Mr . Mande—Then we mtst commityou to prison . Priuoner—You might as wrll have done bo at first . He was then commuted for three months . Oa Tbnrsday , at the Bjrough Cowrt , Leech , Harvey , and Fletcher , were again examined .

      The In-door Superintendent said , that he had sent to Bury , and could not obtain any evidence against * the prisoner * . . , Thir wa » very clear , for it afterwards appeared that the . evidence which had been obtained was decidedly in their favour . Joha Taylor , Esq ., the leading attorney in tbe Court , ably defended Harvey and Fletcher , but Ms solid and cogent arguaieats had little effect on tho Whig magistracy , who appeared to have made up thc-ir minds either to imprison or banish from the laua of their fathers , all tne Chartists they can lay hold of at " one fell swoop . " They were alj committed to Kirkdale Gaol , and bail wat rtfused , although the father of Harvey , an old man with silvery locfcs ^ who taid that he fought for his country , % nith tears in his eves implored the magistrat e * to tuke bail !!

      At the Now Bailey , on tho same day , a man named Boat A was cLarged with intimidating the workmen at the Ardvrick Spinning Works . There was evidence to prova that he bore an irreproachable character , and was earning ' So * , a week . Mr . Maude said that nearly all the Chartists that had been brought up were men of excellent character apart from their }* lttkal errors . He was committed to the Akbiz- 'S . John Barilett waa charged with having a loaded pistol , and some bullet-, in his popxession . ' A man named Owen came forward , and swore that the prisoner kad said that he was casting bullets all Sunday night , and that ho would fire at the first policeman that insulted him . A policeman stated that he had aeon him at several Chirtist gReetinge * where violent language was used . Witnesses proved that the prisoner bore an excellent character , and was a good workman . He was committed to take his trial .

      John Threadwall waa next examined . He waa charged with having a dagger and some powder in hi * possession , on Motdaj night . Mr . Maude—What account do you give of the dagger ? Prisoner—I had it to protect myself . Mr . Mande—Why , who do yon think was going to hurt yon r Prisoner—I do not know ; bat the town was in an unsettled state on Monday . He was ordered to tiud soreties to keep the peace , or be imprisoned for three months .

      A man-named Ed < ard Pollock was charged with having a gun in his possession , in Ancoata ' -street , on Monday night , which he stated he was taking to be prepared . A witness wad called to give him , a good character , and he was discharged .

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      OldHA ^ E .-On Friday evening , the Chartists of Oldbniii held a meeting in the Socialists' Boom , Grosvenor-Htreet , " for the purpoue of taking proceedings to organise the working classes , in order to secure a Radical representation of the people . " Mr . Richard Haslam , an operative , was chairman , ilr . James Mills , delegate for Oldhara , to the National Convention , and Mr . B'DJamia Haigh , Betrerender , addressed the meeting in terms of disapproval of the projectof " a National Htliday . " They commented on tbe propriety of peaceable agitation , as the mo « t rational means of securing what they deemed the rights of the people . Resolution ?; declaring the National Holiday unnecessary , and pltdging the operatives of Oidbam not to sbserve it , were passed without opposition .

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      NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That t > e Justices of the Peace for the Borough of Leeds will hold their GENEBAL ANNUAL MEETING for the Licensing of Persona keeping , or about to keep Inn ? , Alehouses , and Victualling House ? , within tbe said Borough , at the Court House , in Leeds , o » Monday , the 2 nd Day of September next , at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoen , when and where all such Persons ate required to attend . AH persons having given the requisite Notices of

      Application for New Licenses , must for'hwi : b Deliver , at the Offices of Messrs . Barr , Lofthouse , and Nelson , No . 1 , Park-Row , Leeds , Certificate * of Character , Situation of the Premise * , Convenience , &C , and must attend Personally at tbe Court House , on Thursday the Twentyninth day of August Instant , at ten o'Clock in the Forenoon , when the Justices will take such Applications into Consideration . By Order , ROBERT BARR , Clerk to the Justices : Leeds , Aug . 16 th , 1839 .

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      BREWERY AND MALTIMS , NBAB . fcONBOK . MR , MASON is inrtrnoted fey the Proprietors retiring from Business to sell by Private Treaty , aaoW established and highly respectable Brewery , with Mailings , Residence , an * a number of wellselected oonfined Houses , averaging a tra& ? upwards of' 14 , 000 Barrel of Strong Beer per Annum . The Premises are in very Complete and Substantial Repair , and held on Lease for a long term at a trifling Ground Bent . The Plant and Utensils are . upon the moet Improved Principle , with numeTeus Store Vats , Refrigerator , Stearo-Eugiae , aud Machinery , equal to Wetting of Fifty Quarters , and otherwise possessing capacity for s very enlarged Trade .

      The present favourable opportunity of Purchasing an Establishment , possessing many local advantage * entirely exclusive to it , is afforded under peouli&n circumstances which will be explained , to any Party who can ooinniand from £ 25 , 000 to £ 30 , ^ For Particulars applicants addressing Letters to Mr . Maso » , 19 , Castle-Street , Falcon -Square ,,, London , will meet with attention . .

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      NOTTIWOHAIVI .

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      BBSWSTEB SB SIOM 8 .

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      SEIZURE OP ARMS . Chester , Tuesday Evening . Thia morning , in consequence of information , tho High Constable ef the H unbred of Wirral seized 273 chest ? , containing 5 , 460 stand of arm . « , at the warehouse of the Chester and Elmsmere Canal Company ; which had been directed to bo left at the warehouse till further orders . The cbests kad been forwarded by a person named Scott from B > minghara , and from the circumstance that the guns were somewhat similar in appearance to those recently seized from Mr . Thomson , of Birmingham , many people foolishly set out a report that the arms were intended for the use of the Chartist ? . The arms were , by order of the Magistrate ? , lodged in the armoury of tho Castle .

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      Yf ) l L TT ¥ n QO PiUCB POJRPBNCE UAttfiGiiNT - vu-. 11 . Jo . _ j 8 . SATURDAY , AUGUST 17 , 1839 . « . «¦* £ , « ., —

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct531/page/1/