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      ( Continued frm our tirth p * gej parlour , and * nujoDer < rf paper * is bis-houra . I tocnd this paper ( marked P . ) in a small d «» k iu Thompson ' s front parlour , after he was in cuetody . I h * d told bin first abcutbis correspondence with , other parties . I brought him with »• to Stockport , and h « has been committed to Chester to take hi * trial « t the assizes , on a eharge of conspiracy , and o ' poeserainr and disposing of arms for i %£ * l Purposes . The three book * produced ( marked Q . R . S . ) an * those { found . —[ Tfcey were account book * . } Richard Green , head lock-up keeper in Ike Manefcesier borough police—I have seen the prisoner Lroey write . This is his handwriting . —( Mr . Coppock read the followint lettsr i —)

      The superscription of this letter ( marked P . ) " •** Mr . Oorg © Thompson , 31 , WhittaU-street , Birmiigham . ; " and it * contents wers to th * following effect ;—" Manchester , Jsly 23 — £ 8 . 16 s . —Sir , e « cordi » g ta jour direcsoa , bare tent the case a * empty , ? hiea I doubt not has reached you . I thiak this high ia . price , according to the ether *; but be it so . I have sent tiia full aaoBnt , £ 7 . H ' - for th © musk-ts , 15 s lor the fowling piece * , ]* . for ti » macbett , J * . 6 d . for carriage , and it . 6 d . for the stocking of bit gun ; which will make all right . Too will p ]« &M to send acme fuse « a and- pistols . 1 f

      bare a fT'&l demand or fate ** , so , if job caa teed one . I coald like about fonr fowling-pieces . You may aesd a few of those matehetU ! they are ( he tort that will do in this t ^ wn , I haie a &any want * supplying , bat matt want * fusee * and pistols . Jf those halberts are for Nkle , I would take one qWb or two as a trial . Do not forget ths ^ broken put of a lock , which I tent last time . Please to send as quick as you possibly can . My plaeeis established , and they haunt me by dozens , and I have nothing 1 o **> 11 . I sold tie fast ra Sunday . Send a few mould * , a few xaatc&etta , and if it meets , a few of tka fcalberfc * .

      Waiting your * I remain respectfully , ( Signed ) JOHN LlVSEY , 43 , Hanover-street , Sbodehill . P . S . —Do not / all , a * I have promised by Friday * o hare them . " Richard Berwick , head constable of the . borough police : I had a warrant to apprehend and search this prisoner ' s house , which I p » t in execution on Wednesday the 8 th August , at four ia the afternoon . , There was so one in the cellar under No , 43 , Haoo-Her-stre * t , Shudehi ll , and I broke the ioor op-n , and I seized ai the prisoner ' * cellar two fowliuje piece * ( maker ' s name " Thompson" )? two st-ri dots , a battle axe , a bayonet , a sword , nx bulW T » ould # , ' a box of percussion caps , aud a tin flask ol gunpowder , contusinx about IJlb . 5 n weighs and & ramrod for ague . While I was searching , his wifeame , and I took her t 3 tha borough police office :

      and in about three-quarters of an hour afterward ? tie prisoner ease to the borough pcKce effioe , and r » T 3 information of a robbery at nia house- I toH Mm 1 had been leoiicg Tor tara , and I wafl gl&d 10 « e- » him there . He saii he wished his information to be entered , aad these article * ( which then w ^ re Ijixg be-fore h : a ) had bef-n stolen away . I asked torn what acceunt he had to fire of them . He stated he was aa ajcent , and authorised by Mr . Thompson , of Birmingham , to dispose ofthes- * fowling-piece ? and bJlet-monlds for sale , and the other article * for his o » n protection . l ! beDaj > ked if he had anything about Lias , and he took from hi * W « ket t ^ o papers which I prcdoce ( raarkedT . rbI U ) . One i * aa order from ihe Grand Junction Ra ! - ¦ way Coicpviy for a ease of guns directed to M r . -John Lireapy , dat- d Manchester , 23 J July , and th-¦ mher k dh-reted to Mr . Thompson , Birmingham , a » d is for two boxe « .

      Mr . Loppock said , that the prisoner haria ? ftdmitled that the things came from Thompson , t \ & : would shcrten ihu cess considerably , and he would s » tgo irrto any oiherendenee , The prisoner df £ line 4 to &sk any qoestioiu of Bsy of the witaesse ! -. Mr . Coppock applied for hij coaimitul on t » o ^ roxmdB , first that of connpincy , ani tha other for , » he po « a « sioBcf anas illef ally . Mr . Foster—Yen haTe heard what has be ? c stated , prison *?; is there anything yon wuh to * ar r ! Prisoaer— ~ H o , fir . not a word . Mr . Fcwter—Have jou aay witnesses ^ you wish Vc k&a ? Prisoner—Ko , Sir , , IA t . Fc * Ut—Ib the other case connec ted with thi * : i Mr . Coppock—No . Bot z * regards the pcasesrioB of arms . It is & distinct caj »< S .

      Mr . F siiir then ( addressing the prisoner ) svd . there is ia toii case only o » e course we can take . It is-qnite clear the charge ia one of a * eric-u < natnre , and it is scarcely possible that a charge CftD bo of a mor i jeriqci n&t&m than Als is . P ^ : 5 ^^ . e ^ - I am"innocent of it . Mr . Filter—All that we can «* y !» , w ^ are bo- *~ . d to cemmic jou to t * k <* your trial ai the a «> ia ?» . . You will be enutlcd to bah ; an ^ , after we hate heard the other ca # e , we will » ta : e what is the amount oi bail we ihall require in each case . The prisoner was then put down .

      fflliiem Benbow was then placed at the bar . He said b-fore the ease was eone into , kc bad toieque » t that all wiiuesati might oe sent oat of coorc bo . Cione in the box . Mr . Coppock ssii he belitTed he o * d but one wiuitss in tiie ca » i » . Priaoner--I apply that they zaay not be called npon at any iurure period . Mr . Foster—That I cannot say . Prisoner—11 is q-jire a doretail prccsedicg . With thi * 'iombinatL'n «« iog on , there is little chance > or me , and I request ttat the pirtiea who are here , who say give eriienca a | rain » t me , may be ordered to

      wididra ;\ Mr . Copp »> ck—The cow bin anon , I brliere , is tot on the eide for wljjch 1 appear ; ' But I im noi tware tha * there i « any one a « re DQt ths one * ime >> * ho will be examined be-fore thd coa 3 L . But if tbe . e be one accideiiUlly in court , I shall not be precluded in m calling him at the . Assize * , llr . Foiter eip ; a : nttf ibi * to zke pri * oser , » od Mr . Coppocl jwied hiTp hia nuce . Prisoner—By what Dam ad you arrest ma ? I an * wer no quM « rior . is » r . Mt . Coppock—Then I charge him as Willies Benbow .

      Jo-eph Sidler—On Ihe » th June { Sunday ) I « u stame-. tic-g in Stock port , 1 got there about fotr o'clock in ike afttrnoon . It was held in a field adjoiainjr Gre ** l-street . Stcckport . beioogiag to Air . James Dtkin , Stockport ; the field is partly built cpon , rpen to thestrieL There woald be bet » et-t oce and two thousaci , perhaps fiiteen or sixteen handled , people tii £ Te . These misutes 1 look a ' , were mads in the course of the eveiiing . There were preeesit , the prisoner Benbow . the Ker . Wm . Katlfr . and J 4 itch * li » ( both oi whom hz . ve been commuted to Ciiester on these chur ^ es . ) I beard Benbow speaking when I | ot u > the meeting , aboDt people o ; property . He * Bid . tie midiin ^ tH&s ** w > re their ( the meeUEg ' s ) enrmies ; both the ArUtocracy anJ

      people of prKjfirtj were a set of jugglers pickpockets , plunderers and pitiless ** Barke r *; " they were a : l a set of bishops . He » lao said , " 1 should adv ' . se eter , one to get a sharp pik-, six inches lon ^ , and carrr it in bis sid - pocket , 10 defend him * - ! : " Mainst ar . j He of his opprr « ors , or acy psle-cat of a policema . o that migirt attempt to interfere with hilt . " As to &e Na-ticoal Holiday , he sa'd ( looking at a book which he held in his hand , and be appeared to he readinf from it , ) he won-d recom » ei > d the people co leave oil trork , and observe the Natiocal Holiday . He » 2 . id they most provide food , for the n ' r » t ¦ week ; zad , alter that , if tbey wanted food , tbey nr . it go , 10 ihe number cf fif : y , to M » jor Mallard ;* ^ sr = tl . » a : aii re « idtnt ia Caeattie Moseley , aod oue oi the Jiemkn lor tie Bcroorh : and his

      maXiu-Izcn-risg egtab' . ishmsats ares'meof the larf * sl in the Boroagb ) or * oaie otter rich man , and ask for a load of corn . ** d if ha refused , to > e » d 600 , 1 , 000 , 10 ^ 00 , acd if sull re . ' nsed , 50 , 006 must go , and then they wouid be sure to get it . "Sheep and oxen , it you waat them , you most drive to the alangbt » rhevise . " He spoke ia severe terms against tfce GorrnBBent and people of property , and said tuey m < st depend upon themselves nsd tifcht their own battle ? - He was followed bv Mr . Essler , who is » di ** e 3 ting micjster , * ho » aii that vrhea th »»! Nitjona . i Holidty arrived ( refftricg to those who reported lfhil u-e gpeBk&rs said ) , th ^ y shoulc be marked and tried before a jury of th * people , and dealt wid . accordJB ^ ly . iksabow was in s cart , near aper * ov ( Jtmes Mitchell ) who «« selling books called "Thr Niuionai Hoiid * v , by Wm . Beabow . " 1 senl *

      person to purchase cne . _ > Tha Prisoner : U it quite consistent with the nstore ofgood t-ndecce xo t » ie s written account of a jtK- ^ ch of some L-egth- —Mr . Poster s » id , the ruir ; was 'hnt a }; er * cn might take notes immediately afterward * . —Mr . S&dier : I look some notes immediately a-t ^ r ih ? meeting , aad all within iwohonrit Prisoner : How loDg have you been a police cm ^ t \ Nearlv seven yeats .-Bcfore that , what wereyvu : A couon dresser . —Were joum any o ^ heremviojznert at ihe * ame time ? No . —Did yon then kno * how to write ? Yei . before I wa » a cotton dresst-r . — I * that t our own habd-writiBg ? Yct . [ I t was shewn to tbeprisoner . ) Were yan pretent&t tha comsienceaent ef my speech ftt Sawkport I I wm noc-H wm like a s-naon : but you had oot a bible ; you in

      \ ad , bock —i did not take anv method writing down , in aay ord < -r . —I remember you ? pck « of tbr Ari * tocracT , the- Wbig # , the Tories the fftctxns i beaev-. Ik yen lecoilecl my saying the government wa « a matter lo which I should not at all refer in mj discourse ? I do cot . —Do tod recollect my mentioning our Weantiful Qceen ? 1 believe you did meaUOB the Queen . —In connection with tfeis beaubfel Qawu did L aot ** y that one frctioxi , tbe Tories , Sad t *> cv accnj » d of b&rirg a deiign to mor < ler the Qoeea . ' I b ^ ereyoo did . —Then a * to the other facnon did I not ? aj the Tone * accused them , cf similar desigp * : I beKe-w you mace use of words to that effect . —l ox recollect my saying that one duel h * 4 taken piace where one Tory thief had threatened to s ^ oot 6 J joathan Wild of a Whig ? I do oot—Then did i oot say that the Ch * r& 0 * had become tbe ooly loy&l

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      people in the kingdom ? Y « s . —Do you Teoollact I s * id that I had nerur recommended the people to the ass of arms ? Yen did jaot make use ol that express . on whila I was present . —Sprakicf oi the Anstocracy , you a y I said th ^ y were enemies of the people ? \ ea . —Of both , factions ? Ye « . —Dsrins ; this diacourae do you recollect that I 8 ai 4 these factions were the only enemies of the people ? Na . —That there was a power bebini the throae greater than the throne itsell ? I bilier * yoa did . —And thea I dcnouaceU thesrt faction * M being vilp , iafamnu * , rapacious , rilliuna . andia » n- > rt , ike whjle climax of hard words—in short , I don ' t know words I couIj um fctrocg enough ? Yes you did . Do you recollect my asking a question whether the psople thougkt thf factions were disp-sei to grant them their libertie- ? I rec : > llect a bit . —Do you r-collect in

      introducing the holiday , tkat I said it would bS necessary for lhe __ people to take t ' neh affairs into their owu ha ^ js ' : You did . —Do you recollect my urging thn holiday as a measure likely to prodsc-5 pesvc * anri hatpin « s ?—You urged it as a measure fcr procuring your rights —Did I talk about a good old Tory king that give his people six months' holiday ? You quoted the Scriptures . —Did I not ask what goo-i rrasen there was why tha people of England should Uot have a . holiday ? You did . —Do you recollect my s « y ~ ag anjttiDg abDHt select ventne * ? Y ^ s , I dv . — Did I not tell the people they had neglected iheironty in attending select vestrits , lad that there w « j « ample pruvi > ion to s ^ pp ^ rt the people in each parish , if h-. ab&ndedby the select rentrr , which they had neglected . 1 talkwi about maraud r » iu former times , ) n th ^ > hap » of conquerers that h * d yoluatary loanc ? 1 don ' t recollect . —Are there any moTethaa

      one Major Mir » l » u > "l ? 1 know no other Major M * rsland in Stockport . —Do you recollrct my saying that tkere were many liberal geotlem-n iu this neighbourhood , of whom M » jor Marsland wa * one ? Yt-n , I do . —Did I not teU tae p ? op e , when tbey applied to tht- * - > gentlemen , they - * ouid auppiy theic witu m < -aEs <> f support during the national a < liiay ? You t > ld them to ask . —[ In answer to further question * of the prisoner ' s ihe witness stated ] You yud that ' tlio cattle upon a thousand hills aie ihe Lord ' s ' and that theto g- ndem ^ n who had these cn ' . lle * i .-r » the Lord ' s keepers . 1 believe you said , that tut-Lora ' a keepers woald be happy t « seud them ti . iy fat OX-n to the sl&ighU-r-hjiue . Tae meeting , s « far 8 * concermed the behaviour of tii » people , w& »> peaceable . I di < i uot hear the peop ' e sing au livmD , nor a prayer . —Prisoners Th » nl flavetiooe * itj 4 ycu at this lime .

      Tde prit-enT then asked waat tbe ¦ nfttnr- * of thp ch ^ rgi * af ; ' or he was quite at so a as to it . Mr . Fo > ter— Itaris-soutot the substance of yr . vr ^[ -i » cb . which Lad a tend-ncy to excite the p ^ uplo to di ^ oltVcsioa , and to injure personal prop rty . Tbe prison' r that said he never saw E < sler b'for ^ tba : d 3 j ; that he was never trniUy of ct > aspmn >( with any one in his life . He knew the malignaa ; nature of the prosecutor ' s employers , andhs ( B i :-bow ) was prepared for all the conseqBenctfi wkic . ' i be ( vlr . Coppock ; and his employ-rs wi . ^ ued to lay i > po ; j hiia . H <* never coni'p ' red ; all he fiil wa « faiT -iud abjre beard . He said he had no wish to h » vt > laesc obkeiYtUoa * tikeu Jo » o . Ho added , 1 have aoihia ; fu ; thr 7 1 xi&h u >?* j . Ths t'Ximination of Mr . SadUr wai then read or r to the prissner .

      Mr . Fosur ha \ ing cousulted Mr . Norreys ( whi is also a Chrsuire iua . uistratp ) said : la thiBcase , St- ^ baw , it is clear ) jour dutyto commit you u > takx your trial at the Chester a * az- « . You havr been hen * shown to have b . ea taking p&rt at a rep-ei . i .-jg which w * s af . end-d by a great luany j > erson «; you have been eucouragicg tllop-e partM to a ; in . kccoruiDg to the t-vid-n ;* ' low given ; and it wo » : d appear cl » a : ly . ' or iil-ga . 1 vurpo > es . It is impossible u . t uj se * , that , i tliis is a laithiul statz-m ^ nt wi > ich ' ¦ as be . n given , you hav ^ encurag" !! peopie not

      only to obtain aim * , but t » us . ¦ \ hrm for the unla » r . iul pTiipi : ** of yoisegi ' mg tJirms-ives thereby of thr property of otlers ; and thtr -fore you are not only mold to be iniicted , bur , it this D 3 true , yonr off dc ¦ ia of a very irnous tiod . We have at prcseui only to Uke tiis case « j <* e find it , acd to say wbeiher or iiot weBbajlsend you tor trial . Prissiu-r —1 tiunk i tj'd jou before tiiat I was prepared Icr evt-r « th : ug . [ B-iibow ; V »» -n asked it theTe v \ u not nnoihrr warrtuit xg&iost hijv ; and it t ^ at cisj was uoi al-w to b ^ goii- into now ]

      b \ r . Puslrr—Slid he kue * of no oth ^ r Trarrant ; and it was t-xp ^ ined , that ths prisouhr had b > eu a » r- bended under a warrant u « ued by 6 Colse is < wistr »< e , B ^ iibow vrantrd next to know if that charge w ^ uli nol di , as no oce ¦ pru there to pref .-r it ; out ilr . Foster said it must tike its crdinary coarse . i waaat to know , Sir , ( ccntina--d the prisoucr , ; a ?* th < B *> izf * * ir .: ekso at hand , wh ^ -vh ' r this ca to : mine cdnuot be truverseKi ; aud ai * o the una ^ ut 6 f b-il .

      Mr . Fo » ter ( h » vi 0 g directed Lirs ^ y als ; placed « t t ' ae faarjsiid , thatpioba&Iy the case might be traT .-rjed , it sncti was the priiuner ' s desire-Th-n . aidrf s « ia |{ both prison-Ts , he ssiid , We cousid r boVh ike oae ai ; d ihe » Ui . r of t ese ca > ts t ^ b •• o : a ve y serious n * ture . To ? time lor t .-e as ? J 2--, * clos * < it h » n' ;; and i : is impossible in eitber ciac tiat -ire should require acy other than very heavy b « L , as the object is to secure the trial oi the parti . « upoa offtfcces of * o serious a na ure . We thick , t : at voar cb . « s Brtnbow , is one requiring heavier

      bail t ' - »~> thai agtviust Lit .-w-y ; and we shall Uv-. r - tore make r diffe . enof . You , Lin « ey , mu *' . ea'e : into y ^ ur own ivcoguiiAnc , in £ 300 , and tiud uo sureties in £ 150 each ; and witb respect to you y ^ -n&jw , you mo't eat -r info jour recogziiz&ncd in tOv-O , with t »« s . r lies in £ 250 each ; and 50 U mo » u severally , givoforty-eigh . t uours' nonce of br . il . —Be » ibo » : I am very " proud that there i * a distinction ; 1 declare tuai I am . Bo : h prisoners were th-n rem ^ v . d ; and , w « beli-ve , v . >» r » conv ^ y ^ d br Sadler , or » ou ; e of ihs Stockport officer * , to Vheatsr ' , ou last Saturday .

      APPREHENSION AND COMMITTAL OF A VtTEJIAN SIXTY YEARS OF AGE . HORRID AND UNEXAMPLED CONDUCT . Hariug s- > m ^ reason to b-lieve , from iuformf . ' iou wldca he haxt rec-jivei , that aicau named ' iinwlliy B-joih , had arm * in his p > ssewion , Biawick Bppheo to tue b rough ravmistrsite * ior a . s-arcii- » arraat , vrhica be pliceJ in ihe hands of Superiateadert Ccchra ^ e to ex-cute . The superiutendent , taking with him Inspector B'owq , lock-up keeper Anaitag--, in-door constable M'Mullsu , and two of tke poncemen , proceeded to the dwelling of the bravold bxob , a small house , Nj . 4-J , Jrr = ey- ?* treet , Accoat . < , wfeich taey reached shortly after iw « o ' clock on Saturday morning . Having obtained admittance , the police icand him in bed upmai-s . lie got up , dressed , ani came down ; * nd , in tw presenc , tbey proceedtd to ** a . reh tie hooaf . In a cupboard , iu

      the baci place or kircbeo , oa tbe gr . vnd floor , w oi » " upon the leck . Under b tabl-- ia the stme room w * s found a bag-ful of 1 aden mii » ke :-bEll t »; a : nl in a cupboard , in tbe same loom , M'Muihn lound a tea-caddy , containing seventy muslet-D&lls , and a paper of gunp ^ wit-r , probaDiy about hail apouni . Saperiatend out Cochrace lound upon a tavle , under some newspaper , ; , thirty or forty ba ; J cartridge " , and eert-ral booi > , dec , inc ^ Uuisg a cheap edition of " Colonel Macoron- ' « DcJ ' ecs . ve lnstructic-n ! i for the People . " ^ Altogether , the number of bails lound is newij four hundred .

      Th »» peliee eonlinard tbeir senrch , but found nothing else of consequence , either in the house , or in ttecrllar bi »] ow it , which i * also in f . e occupation o * liocth . Atlength , having conpleted their searcb , th ^ y » roug-. t away iioolb as their priiooer , loget .-. er wiih t ^ e arms ana ammuahion they had found , and reached thu Borjngh P-lice Oifice abaut four o ' elock , where Booth was lodged iu tbe lock-up . Weander-Cdad that liootb , who is about sixty yea-8 of » ge , was in the habit of cleaning stick * or boitit-g collon- He w supposed to be a military pensioner , taongh ha xtouuy denies it at present . ii * is married ; his wife is liring , aud ho hi * a f * miiy .

      XXAUIMAT 1 OX Of THB PBISONBB . Shortly after the opening of the Borough Court , 'he prisoner , Timothy Booth , was brought up for examination ; the sitting Bixgistrates being Thoaja ^ Porr-r , Mayor , ( who presiled , ) Diniel ManJe , \\\ K . CsuleKder , Tnomas CooK « . J . G . Frost , David Price , J- S . Smith , aud C . J . S . W ' aikcr . Beswick beingsworn , gtate-dthat , i 2 comcquenceof nforrt alioc which he hid receirad yesterday , he made applieaiion to the ma | istrates for a warrp . nt to -eann tha honse of the prisoner , Timothy Booth , who lives No . 44 . J-r * ey-strp-t , Ancoaw . Accordingly , fcbeut tait-paat two o ' clock this morninf , he . ^ . > p " * tched SuperiLtt'ndeatCachrane , » nd ctaer officers , to search the house ; and tzey fonnd a largo quantiry of articles , consisting of a musket , a bajou * t , a fowling-yiece , a pistol , a dagger . 24 ball

      carriage * , 102 ? mill lead ballet * , and 262 largo le * a bullets , aud about half a pound 0 ? jjonpowder . [ Be . < - ^ ck procuced these article *! which were placed on the table of the Court . ] Superintendent Cochraoe sworn—I went to the prisoner ' s house this morning about half-past two o ' clock , ia company with these officers . In searching his hou e , iu a cupbsard in the kitchea we found * yi * tol aad a bayonet . I got them , aad asked the prisoner to whom they ttflongad , and he said to h ^ Zon . JPri-oaer— -ia a load voice;—I afflj K . J J *» kr 4 Lim wh&t o » 3 they were for , and he said for urotectiag the house . Is the meantime , Amufage iadM'Mull ui were searching the p&rloar or frontroom , and they found there the musket and fewbugowc : 1 afterward * went into the parlour , and under some clothes on a wrt af chest J found a parcel - ntaminf 24 ball cartridge * . In a front room up -tairs , ia a box which wai in a cupUard , 1 found

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      that box with a huadred balls in it , and several books and cards also I found amongst some papers . Mr . Maude—What is he , do you know ? M'Mullir—He cleans sticks for batting notion . Mr . M aude—D * you know hint any ot you before ? M'Mullin—I know the man by aiVht . Mr . Maude—Do you know his habits of late ? M * Mullin . —Not of my own knowledge ; but 1 hear he ia a great iQ&n amoagst the Chartists . Mr . Mauio—Do you believe ho is connected with these late meetings ? MSMollin—I haw every reason to belieto bo . Th ^ re u one book which Mr . Cochrane fouad . Be «» rick said , that amongst the papers and books were founi «> me printed cards , which , were to vhe following ffect : —

      " Manchester South Lancashire Universal Saffrage As * 3 ci . * tion for the attainment of Uuivorsal Seffwge , Vote bj Ballot , Aanual ParJiam- ^ nls , Ei ^ ual Representation , aad No Property Qualifications . No . 74 . T . Booth , 44 , Jersey-street . — Robert Holm-, Secretary . 1839 . " "Mancheter Chartists' Political Union , No . 1 , Di « tricr , Sal ; er-atreet . William Saagsr . No . 12 . — J . Lornax , Secretary . " ( Another card , sitrdkr to this , only for the present quarter , esdinic 24 th September , 1939 . ) *• "*»* r u Manchester Political Union . —1 hereby certify , that Timothy Booth has dnly enrolled hims'lf a member of this union , and that he hee paid his ? ubscription for the quarter ending 24 th o ( June , 1839 .

      trm . Tiilman , Secretary . No . 12 . " Bewick said , that the Timothy Booth mentioned ou thi caids was tbe prisoner , and the WiJliara Tiilman was now committed to Kirkdftle for trial at the next Assizes , on a Hmitur charge . The book referred to wax a small one , with an engraved frontupitce , containing drawings of pikes , or " foot lKaccg , " and it was entitled " lasiroctions to the people , for tbe fooulancers . " Mr . Maude—Yeg , I know the book . Prisoner , havij you any account to givo oFyourself . Prisoner- What , in rp gard to those articles Caere ? ( Yes . ) I have , sir . I bought those articles to defend my bouse , to prepare myself and my faauly for its defence , while 1 am in Ireland after mr business ; and I consider that , according to

      the laws of the land , that it does not only rt quire but compel me to have * uch thing * to defend raj life aud prop-ity , and the cau « e cf theooantry , and to keep the peace : I bought thes ^ article ! . Be * . . vick—The musket » ad fowluig-pieca are made by Thompson , of BirmingLam , the party who is now in Chester Castle , for trial at the Assizes . There was also in his possession a small paper , addrensed to tbe soldiers . ( This paper was banded up te the bench , a&d is beaded "Sjldiers" in large type , and commences as follows : ;—"Thi foUo-jrihglut' . e p » Tagraphis copied from the Northern Liberator . Read it ; and , alter you have doue » o , ask yourself the following questions : — Must I , at the word ef command , fire aud destroy my fellow . creatures—mor « «< pecial . y when policemen have aggravated th ^ m almost to madness : hire !

      ruffians , at 3 i . 6 d . per day , who eujoy all tha p l ea-* ures of life ; and , I , as a neither , ' at 131 . per day , exposed to all kind * of weather , harras ^ ed almost to tfeavh ia protecting those very policemen who have been the aggressors ? Forbid it , humanity ; forbid it , justice ; forbid it God . " [ The case re / erred to is that of Aon Peacock , aualdier ' s wjJow , of Morpeth , and is regarding the treatment it gta ' . es she received under the provisions of that most accursed Poor Liw Bill ; " and the concluding paragraph is)—" Read ye thi ? , ye so ' . diers , whea the enemies of ta < : people are so aaxious to lrtt loo , «« upon th 'm to -Hence tseir just demands by the bayonet ' s poirf , Hud learn what blessings are in store for your wj . dowii , aftc r you haveFp- » it your days in defending your country , or moio iagloriously reprfssing the Jeraands ibr justice of agrtf * t but horribly depressed people . "

      The prisoner : Should I apptal to the worthy raagi > trate to answer me one qu ? stijB ?—The Mayor : Yes . —Prisoner : Have you to : arms in your pj *«» - »» ioa , sir , to protect your life and property ( Ar . swrer me that , as you are a swora justice to i # . e . p the peace . —Mr . Maude ( holding up the paper a ^ drtwed to *• Soldiers" ) : Whit accjuntdo yon give of thi * ?—Prisoner : Wfeot is that ? Oa ! apprsou g&yaKie it oat > day in the straet , and I put it ia my uocket , the same as any other bill . —( Tataingto the Mayer again ) . But , 1 say , your worship dida ' t giv * > ae an auswur to that que ? tion . I ask you again , H-ive you got any arms in yonr po ? gei-si « ie ? Is yoar worship prepared to giva me au anjiffer ?—The Major : N < , l shali not give y ^ n an answer . Coaduct yaursslf with decencv . —Mr . Maade > : The

      qnestion is , pn-on- 'r , whether you havjarms in your aouse , with a good intenticn or a bad intention ; an i the persons who wiil have to decide that question * ill b « a jury of your country . If yoar iutention was only snch as you haveavo * ed this morning , —it you can convince a jury of your countrymen of that , ¦ Jim you will hare committed no offence at all . Tht » pri- > onur—1 am not inclined to any evil parp : s > wh them ; 1 am inclined witu all my powur to preserve the peace . —Mr . Maudo : Well , you will ii .-. ve to s > iti « fy n jury nf your countrymen of that . — I ' .-isofcer—lam iu termed by the la * sof tho la : id , that it is my duty to do all that lies in my power (¦» protect my property , and to preserve peac . « , aud

      that the laws will protect m ? , although . I am ou ' y a poor working man . —[ Mr . Maude : No donbt ;" the lava wi : l jir ^ t * cc every on " . ] Then , according to the laws , they expressly stave , that the posr are allowed to have * uch things , as well as tbe lords of the ianJ , to defend the laws of the country , and to preserve the pe * ce . —Mr . Maade—Thuro ' is no distinction madt ! by the law . No parson , however fcigh h : s ratk or station , iit allowed to have arms in his poss's-iou for an illegal purpose . It is for ajury to der . i > i « whether you bad them for snch purpose or not . Prisoner : 1 did not have them at the door , only f or ear tbe neighbour * ip ' . ght saj tkat it wu injuring toy neighbours' feeiiug ^ . — Mr . Maude : Well , the ?• xsminations mnst be taken .

      Ttto pnsoner waa removed ; and , when tho « x ? - miauionj had been rtsduced to writing , he vra , Again p ' aoed at the bar , and tha evidence of Baawick , Superintendent Cochrane , and constables ArmitNg * and M'Mullin , were read over to him . —Tee exaimnsaons detailed thteridence , asalrend ; given , find it was added , that 102 of the kad ** n bullets w .-re for pistols , and 262 for gun * , making a total of 36 * 4 Of ii : ** a Cocirn . ua found 100 ; Annitage 194 ; ao i . M'Mullin 70 . Arm ; tage stated that tho prisoner , •^ hen a .-ke-i to whom the gens belonged , said that the xsn « ke . t wai his own , and tuat tha fowlingsiece had be ? n won at a raffls . —M ' . 'Jullin stated that , afver tbe vistol was found , he asked booth ^ he hid any more lire-armj in the hou * e , W . 6 the prisoner replied— You need not trouble yoursell to sewch farther ; you h » va found all the I' ue-aj-mM in tha hooue . "

      Subsa-< juentiy the two gun * were found ; aud the witness a « kt > d the prisoner if he had any bullets or cartridgec , or powder , » ad he « id h » had not , ' and witness a f terwards lODud 70 lead bullets , and about half a pound of powder . * The examination * having been read , the Mayor »* ked the pnsoner if h * hp . d anything further to say . Prisoner : No ; only when be asked roe the qiesdon . 1 told him i hid . —Tin Mayor : Anycaing al « B?—PiwoBer : Am 1 justifiable , according to the Jasrs of the land , to have such articles in my house , to protect rue as well a * others ? The Mayor : A jury of yoor country will tell yon whether you are justified or not . You are committed to Kirkdale , lor tnnl at tho assizes . Toe witnesses were then bound over to appear and giv < fivid

      The Pri . * oner : What bail might be reqn r 8 d ?—TheM * yor : Two sureties in £ 75 each , and yonr own rec gciizanca in £ ir > 0 , and you aiust gir < 3 fortyeigf > t Lours' notice of the bail . The prisoner waj thon removed .

      APPREHENSION OF JOHN DEEGAN AT ROCHDALE . Last night week , a meeting was held at Rochdale , in a place behind the Primitire Methodisu Chapel , in DraVe-street . It is a kind of ! riangularpiot of ground , aad could not coiive&ientlr hold more than ten thousand persons . On this occasion , there vrere probab . y Jrom 5000 to 8000 persoos , Eearly ail of them of tke labouring class . Jamci Taylor , of S , x > tland , lata a member of the National Convention , was called to th » chair , and opened th « meeting in an appropriate speech of much plausibility and moderation . John Deegan , another of the Convention , followed , and s ? oko upwards of an hour and a half . Ha was repeatedly cheered during kis address . Near the hustings , the meeting was closely packed , and was exceediugly a ' . teiit " . V : > , pariieularly when he recommended the commencement of the Sacred Month to commence

      on Moaday . Universal Sullrage was the grand panacea lor all Ihe feofTjrings of the labouring classes ; and the tim ^ was not far distant , when that class * ou ! d know vrhen to stop as well as their employers . H ' . ' advi . * ed thrm to arm , afld urged them to prepare for MeaJay n » xt . O'Sullivnn , a journeyman tailor from Hejwood , folluffed , and declared the inhabitstnts were ready at Hey wood , and wool ! commence the holiday on Wouday . Joseph Taft , ol Kowhdale , thoug ' aS th . ej were scarcely ready at that place . Mr . Taylor , the chairman , expresaed a « iinilar opinion . De > gan then re-urged his previous i-entiajentd ; and a resc-lation was adopie-i , vhat , it othrr town * bfguu the holiday on Monday , th . y wronld bo ready at Rochdale , bot would not be the

      u ' rst to lead iu the affair . The meeting s-par , ited « t near hal > p& ) t ton , and the leaders retired to a public-honse , inown by the giga of ' H « k up to Glory . " when they remained until the arrhal o ) Mr . " Botterworth , the d ^ paty constable , who to » k l > eegau into custody , ou a charge arising from language uttered thnt nigtxt . Butterworta culled Dee / an to the do ? r , nad lororming him he had a warrant against him , D « egan snrrendered without tha least resistance . At t « elvs o ' clock the following day , D ^ egan wabrought befora Messrs . Chadwick , Ash forth , and Kelsnll . at the police office . A crowd of perh » p > 2000 persons attended in the street to watch the comicg of the prisouer . Besides tbe officers , he was attended by James Taylor , of Spotland-bridge ,

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      chairman of the meeting , aiiubf « u « or two otbera . Tho inner office aad the avenues we * e crowded bv g ome score or two of tradesmen and ! jrentlems / i of th « town ; theprwoner i-emed to be Sreuared for the event . BttUarworOt deposed , that ha apprehended him at twelve o clock the night previous , ob Authority © f a warrant granted the same ev « ninK , and reanested that tne prisoaer might Ve remanded until Munday . The luforraatiou charged the prisoner with haviag urged thepeeple to " aym with powder and ball ; for the p wple were goiug to rise , and turn Lord John Rins e ]] and the Government out of thoir ' place . The time of ri « ing was now v .-ry near . " Mr . Hunt appeared for thejmsoner , and r <> i& the terms ot the

      warrant . Mr . ( Jaad wick said toe prisbnar should ba remanded , a » requ-stisd . Mr . Hunii wisi ; e / 3 tokuow if bail would be taken for the prisoner ? T » which Mr . Chadwick replied it would hot Mr . liunt urged the point , and represented the hardship nri / 10 ^ from close iQ ^ risonmRnt BDtil the time . Mr . W 00 Is , the magistrates' clerk , B&id' the charge w-isnot made out , and bail wa * not acceptable until the charge was completed . Mr . Heaton , cl « rk to Messrs . Ashworth aDd K « Jsal ' , said the magistiates I'id not y < Vt know what the chargearaouuted to , - it might be a bailab ' u off .: ace or octierwwe , aad

      bail comd not , iu th « prea nt state of the proceedags , be received . Mr . Hunt applied to have better accommodation allowed to his cheat , whilst iu the lock-ups ; he hoped he would aot bV allowed to sleep on bare boards . Mr . Chadwick said the magistrals had no objection to allowing any reasonable iadalgecca . The prisoner was then rem jrud to the inner office , whtre Le was surround-d by his friend . " ; and , after receiving their consolation , he was removed to the lock-ups , accompanied by Mr . Taylor . Tho crowd in the street cheered most heartily aa Deogan , is custody of the oocstables , parsed .

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      MEETING AT IIUDDERSFIELD , A r «? quisitioB , signed by tweaty-eight inhabitant heuseholdere ot the t ^ wn aud neighbourhood of Huddersfield , was la * t we « k preseated te Jobn Firth . E-q ., calling oa him to coavene a public meeting to take into consideration the present state , of the country , the outrages committed at Birmbgham , the unprotected state of tbe industrious classe * , &o . &o . With tbis most legal , and coostitutionai , ana 1 espectablytsigned requisition the constable reiused to

      comply ; . and the householders who signed it therefore convened tbe meeting themselves for Saturday , the 10 th inst . But tbe authorities of the neighbourhood , not content with throwing every legal aud canstitutional obstacle in the way of tke requisitionibis seem to haro been of opinion that , a little inti midatioB would s « rve their turn much better than the law , and the walla of Hadderxfield were aeoordii gly covered with copies of the followiag extraordinary document : —

      •« V . ft . Whereftfl , Meetings have been held in varioui parta of the countnr , which ara ' aeoitioua and contrary to law , and aa attempt has been made to call a meeting of this description in this district . We , tre undersigned Magistrate ,-, do hereby cau'ioa all persona against attending any such meetiDgH . It giTe » us great eatisfactiou to state that wtul * illegal and riotous assemblies have teken place in other par ti of the country , this district has benu ex ' . remely peaceable : —we therefore confideudy re ' 5 en the good * ense of the people , and that they wiil tint be seduced from the peaceable and orderly course which tbey have hitherto loliovred . Jchn L . L . Kaye , W . W . Battje , Joseph Walker , William Brosk , Joseph Arruitage , Joseph Star key , B . N . R . Batt « , John SuccUffe .

      Huedersfield , 6 th Aegust , 1839 . " Tha day appointed for tbe meeting wan wet and utortuy , aad in consequence of this , and the hour of assembling having been fixed for batf-pasc fiv e , when rery few of the factories were , ol o * ed , there wera but fevf persona on the ground at the time appointed ; their numbers , however , continued to increase op to nearly reven , at which time the chair was taken by llr . Stephen Dickinson . The Chairman then said that he ahnuld content himself with requesting them to be orderly nod peaceable ia their conduct ; and , as tbe hour wax getting late , hejtbougbt they had better proceed at once to busioess . * He would , therefore , call on Mr . George Barker to move the first resolution .

      Mr . Barker said he had come forward with the intention of imploring the men of Hudderofield to carry out to tht letter the measures recommended by the National Canvention . In order to do this , they mint aet upon cc-operative principles ; aod he would advise th-ra to put their 5 s . aad their 10 s . together , and buy articles at wbslesale prices . If they were to keep the . S * er « rd Month , aid work on tbe month following , the , ) could produce three times as much as they could consume , as tbey were the industrious people who produced all the wealth of the country . Ho would not trespass upon their rime any louger , as some strangers were present , whom fnvy would be delighted to hear ; he would , therefore , tnov « tbe following resolution .:

      —' That this meeting views tho reckless conduct , and neglect , of tbe Government , add others in power , with regard to the labouring classes , to be socb , that they have deprived tbeno of all goad aad u * eful laws made for their protection ; and the Hianuer they have treated their petitions and retnons trauce * , from time U time , ia refusing to restore to the people their elective rights , which no man or set of men have any right to deprive them of , the uarepreBeuted labourer has no other alternative left tban to put himself into such a poei ion that hi * future demands will be more heeded , and proper atteuiion paid to his just rights , that man may be come oi more value th-m the machine of wood , iron , and stone . We , therefore , pledge ourselves , both individually and unite *) y , to carry into operation tke ulterior measures as recommended by the General Convention . "

      Mr . James Matthewman , in seconding the resolution , said he highly approved of the recoramendatioa of the Convention , to carry out exclusive dtaling . Tbe working men were too ready to deal with these who oppressed them . They were deprived of the mean * of living by arbitrary laws . As eooa as their oppressors ! took : food from the people , they took from them what tras their common right . Exclusive dealing hao thus begun on their part towards hrf people ; and they , therefore , bad a right t « employ the game means in their turn . But when c ' aey attempted to do tbis they were taken up , and sent ta York C » atle . ( Shams , shame I ) Now be would not get bit in this way ; he would not be

      taken up . ( Laughter ) Let those persons sub . scribe who were their friends ; \ i they were leally their friends they would subscribe ; but let them not carry round either red or black books , or their enemies would catch them and send them to prison . He wan grieved to say that only one society in that town had carried ouc the recommendations of tbe Convention , and if all had done the same there and everywhere else they must hav « been sacceesful . Let them , then , act upon that principle , and no power on earth would b * able to withstand them . Tbey oogbt to take counsel together , and gtt places of their own to assemble in . They had a right to do thi * , and they ought ta place themselven in tbe best po-ition they could take up . Had they oot always teen the middle classes acting agains . ' tbe working men at elections , and ail other

      occamon » when they had the opportunity ? and so long as the people were slaves mentally and bedi ' y , ao long would the middle classes aot upon their pre-»« nt views . A « to withdrawing their money from the back . * , which was another of the measures recommendtd by the Convention , they had aright to agitato that question . Let them do ibis , tbwo , and tbey would ba in a tenfold better position thac they were at present . Let them 1 tiled for a moment on the use made of their money . Societies carried their money to the Savings' Banks . The great manufacturers immediately borrowed it , and aet the workuiR classes at defiance by employing their own money against them . So long as they submitted to a state of things like thi * , so long would tbey be the basest slaves under heaven . He would conclude by seconding the resolution .

      The Chairman then introduced Mr . Martin , of Bradford , to support the resolution - Mr . Martin was received with loud cheering He congratulat-d the mee * in < r on the spirit which bad been shown among the men « f Hudderstield for Universal Suffrage . They had fallen upon timewhen it was tneir du * y to come boldly forward , ana let their tyran < 8 s * e they were as well acquaints with the coascicution of tbe country a « the law-giver ^ themMelve * . The great chaage of 1688 was gainca by a revolution . Jarae < II tnflrd with his people , aad tbe Whig * compelled him te abdicate , anc placed William on the throne in hii * stead . The

      aristocracy took rare on this occasion to secure alt poitoal power to themselves , and gave to the people thv r > ght of petition . Bat it would appear , from tht proceedings of the magistrates , with respeot to thl ' mee'iny , that the Wbigs of the present day w--r * determ ! ned to take away from the people thfcif tiuh to assemUle lor the redress of their grievances . H should be very sorry to urge them on to phyvica orce , ' uch aa the Whigs had made u-e of in 1688 but be thought there could be sot much barm h making use of expressions uttered by the so-calle representative ? ef the people in the House of Commons , Admiral C « drington . in presence of bis rene-

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      gade countryman , O Connell , ( Mr . Martin is at Irwhman , ) had said that if the people of tbk eouatry had no use for a king , they hat a right to farm a republic . ( Loud pbeem . ) N « w , if Admiral Codrington made use ot then * word * , bs thom ^ fat hrnigbr repeat them after him ; and would the autharitieo arrest aft bumble individual like bimself , and not briny the Admiral to justice for making uxeof cucb an expression at this ? It vraa now full time that the viUwfaiok pressed upoa the people shoald be rem « ved . and 'heir wrongs redressed . ( Hear , bear . ) Lord John Run > eli might get a grant of 6 , 000 more Mldiers , and withdraw the same number fr « m Ireland to assist them in their work of blooi ; he raj ght

      get more policemen , and establish that force in every corner of tbe land , but he would be obliged to give way before the rising power aad knowledge of tbe people of this country . ( Cheers . ) Tbe Government might endeavour to destroy the Tesaei of the caiMtiUtittD , Wt they would themselre * sink in that ooean in which they had endeavoured to enguii liberty . They relied tnach on th » police , buf tbe polioe were " RidicaUi thems ^ We-5 . < L » ugfe er . ) It was perfec ^ ljr true ; they were good Radicals ; and they became policemen only because they then regsmsi better pay than when they worked at the loom and tilled the sarth . He had been informed ¦ h at ia London i self the Governmeat could not

      trust the policemen , and that when the trades there , to the number of 300 , 000 , went in procession to wait njjsn Lord Melbourne , they were shut up in thdir sratioa-houses . He had been also informed chat had they not been so confined , hundred * of them had provided thtninelve » with plain clothes , and would have joined the people . ( Cheers ) The leaders of tbe people had been more harshly treated in 1839 than at former periods . Thu Chartirt * were on / y allowed religious books to read , and were denied the use of pen , ink , and paper . He was happy to fiad tho people of tbis country were laying aside their difference oa religious subjects , for ( he purpose of obtaining the ob » great abject of their

      vmhet— -Unmrsal Suffrage . ( Cbetr--. ) When that was ooce gained , tbe people of Eoaland aod Ireland would neither be priest-ridden nor OConnellridden . ( Hear , hear . ) The Spectator newspaper had rightly designated Chanisa as a schW without a schoolmaster , as ths Chartists were all instructing ene another ; and that individual must be base m-> ieed who would not oome forward to assist his follow- countrymen in their present utruggle . They sVould le » rn to estimate at its ju-t value the accusation of their en # miea—tbat thty were an illiterate gnorttntmub , and wished to destroy and appropriate r hv property of others . And if they did wish to rob fj thrru v > f tbeir property ( which was not the cast- )

      hey would not be the first who bad so acted . Let them ask Lord Jobn bow his ancestors became potWc * 9 ed of Wobara Abbey . Cobhetc said taat teat property belonged to the monks . But it wan not so . Tbey merely held it in trust for the bentfic of the people ; so that even if tbe people did » i-h to take Woburn from tbe Eu ^ sell famii y , they only de . sired to have their own a ^ ain ; and when they got it , they would , no doubt , fiad bettter trus ee » than were the moBks . ( Laughter . ) Bat the object of the aristocracy was to keep all the propnrty to themselves , aad reduce the people of England to the «»( ue condition ae they had reduced the Irish . In-ttad of beet and beer tbey wished to feed the

      ptople on wet lumptrs , which were as toft aa a turnip . ( Langbte-r . ) He thought it was no taughipg ma'ter . Tbis waa not a time tu laagb , butto take into theirseriouB coDHideration bow they should proceed to deliver themselves from the eviU which thre * tened them . ( Hear , hear . ) It was a time t * endeavour to obtain their rights by moral force , and , if they could not , then te see whether tkey or the aristocracy were the strongest . ( Great cheering ) The aristocracy were determined not to concede Universal Suffrage , and be believed they would saennoe half the population rather than give , up to him tr . o . < e rights which belonged to the working man . ( Hear , hear , ) The Duke of Richmond received

      no less / baa £ 5 Qy 0 OO a year in raxes on coalg con oumed in the metropolis . ( Shdme , shame . ) Yfon not that a case which cried alnnd for veajieanceP The great Governor of tbe Universe would assi , t them iu overthrowing snen monstrous tyranny , and the will of tbe people would in this ease be the will « f God . It wa * impossible that thin st&'e of tbingn c » uld much longer continue . The people had loop since begun to put tkeir thought * iato words , und the day would fpeediiy arrive when their words would be put into actions . ( Cheer * . ) W « ll then , as thoy were determined to put tacir word ^ into actiono , they would no doubt proceed legally . Billy Pitt said that , in case of invasion , tvt-ry man

      between the agti * of 16 aud 60 bad a tight to arm . The Bill of Iti ^ htH , too , stated that every Protestant bad a right to arm ; and aa they were all de 'tirmiatd to protect their uracioua Qut « o , he thought they should p t tkemsrlves in a condition to do so witheffrot . ( Chsers . ) She waa wiliiog to pro'eet them j at all events when Wellington and Peel tried to net into power she spurned th « n , and recalled the Whigs because she tnought them better , though they ( the psople ) thought them quite as bad . Tne peopie vrere « qualJy oppressed by both parties . Should there be one law for the rich and ano her for the poor ? — ( No , )—and jet that waa tbe case ; anJ the wotks of Cobbett were quite conclusive on the Kubjoct . A poor man of the uame of Cook was hung

      oome time back for Htrikiug a moBey- mocger and aa M . P . on tbabnra of his bat Hs had visited the (! rave of poor Cook , and the virgnsof England had duee honour to his memory by bestrewing it with flower * . Weli , let them leave tbe Krave of poor Cook and go to Bristol , and * ee what happened there . In that city , during the excitement that prevailed when the Wnigfl instigated the working clasnes to shout "the Bill , the whole Bill , aad nothing but the Bill , " a lad of twelve yea r * of age was shot by a Captain Lewi * , but tbe Captain was honourably acquitted by direction of Lord Penman . The Captain was liberated after shooting this poor boy , while a poor labouring man ww hung for striking an aristocrat on the brim of his hat . When such a violation

      ot justice as this took plaoe uut ' er the law , it was an insulting mockery to assert that tke law * protected alike rich and poor . ( Chetrs . ) It was a violation of tbe fundamental principle of good Government to make this distinction . The Government was not employed by the peopie as a rnasrer to domineer over them , but to act as an arbitrator among all classes ; but the aristocracy had shamefully perferted its purposes , and made use of it to plunder the people and enrich them'elves . But let them be cautious hjw they proceeded , and , above all , avoid secret societies ; fdr the Government would he glad of another Cato-street conspiracy to

      send the leaders of tbe Chartists to gaol . L « t them ito on agitating peacefully and constitutionally , and 1 hey might defy the malic * of their enemies . Did they ev-r hear of a whole c . mnty , roan , woman , and child , being sent to gaol ? The thing was ab • urd , and to put down agitation in this country ¦ vaa impossible . If they were t » cease to agitate , be had no cfoubt that Nt-ddy Bainea would preach up Chartism himself . Why , he bad made bis fortune by agitation , aud tha Cbartiets were moderate iu their conduct when compared with his doings during the Reform agitation . There was a friend to follow him who would tell them that

      Scettaud was up to the matk , and ready to come ever tbe border ; not to wage a pony warfare such as that between the Percy and the Douglas , but to support the rights of man throughout tbe length and breadth of the land . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Martin concluded his address by announcing a leccure to be delivered by him the week following in Htddersfield , and retired amid loud cheering . The Chaikman then pat the resolution , which was unanimously carried , Mr . Veters came forward ta move the second

      resolution . He said it gave him great pleasure to see so many persons assembled te advocate the principle of Universal Suffrage—a principle he had advocated for forty years of hin H ' e . H « had bow arrived at the age ef threescore and thr « f » , and had never misaed any meeting ta carry out Uaiver-- < al Suffrage and Tote by Ballot ; and at all these meetings the greatest peace and quiet had been maintained . He was a man « f peace ; and advocated the peaceable enjoyment by every man of hie inalienable rights . Let them be ou their guard , and act as tkey weuhi be acted by ; and then it they did wrong it would be because their enemiem bad driven them to it . The resolution he had to propose waa as follows : —

      ** Ta&t this meeting cannot find language sufficiently strong to oonrey to our fellow couatrymen , hose deep feelings of indignation aud disgust with which our bosoms are fired , nor the extreme bitwrnesa of contempt w « feel towards all those who could to oooliy , cowardly , aud assassin-like , ( at the bidding of traitor * , ) with an hired net of brutal police , comment * go base and bloody an attack upon nor ODoffeudiog countrymen , women , aud children , of Birmingham , and further , w « do most solemnh affirm as EugUahowa . ardently attached to our Qdtite soil , that oar Binds feel a fire of indigna--ioa that will never c * ol , a wounded breast thai ¦? ill never heal , ootil each villain * , trai ore , a ; d < M-a 8 * in 4 , b * brought to oond gn punishment , " Mr . Kenyon Fyttok seconded the resolution

      Mr . Jomathak Baiestow , of Queenshead , was 'hen introduced to speak in support * f tke resolution ; bat he had ecartely « onun « nced when a storm ,

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      * hich had been son . « ime | gachertng , tur « i t » ar the place of sneeiing , dischArgiog iotttott of nim apon th « heads of ' thwe who remained , and , together with the darkness ( for it «*• new nightfall ) res . lering it altogether iropogsible to take c-tes of tto ¦ peaker ' i address . Mr . Baimtow , however , eoii > tJDoed , Botwiibsfcanding the pelting of tbe storm , ill nearly nioe o ' eleck ; and- altdqugh it was f « it « d « rk wbtn he coacluded , a great portion of tita meeting still r&muned , listening to him with tha greatest attention . ' The Chaibmav then put the resolution , whiek w » 8 9 arried snanimovaly . . Mr . Binns moved the third resolution , which waa m follows : —

      M That this meeting oonsiderg ft neeeiwary te confirm the election of the three supplementary dejegsttoc « the Convention , namely , Benjamin RnsbtoB , Thomas Yevera , and Samuel Heatey . to take tit * place of any of our present representatives who saxbe called away . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . Ckossulxb ^ and carried unanimously . A vote ef thanks was then given to the Chain **! , and the meeting dispersed .

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      THE LOVE OF WOMAN . { From the Birmingham Advertiur . ) W CM AN ' S lore is sigbs tiW , tfrettoe * in throbs , smd blooms ia tn »; TV'icbert—wb « n the oue ah ^ pris ^ a Wrecki ( he hope of faiare yetn ; Like tk « » tuittea rose of summer , 'Nemth t « m « » ngr ? , bidog bliMt ; For tke storm * that orcrcoaie b « r Le « v « bo fektOTes ef the put . Wodub ' i love there's no repressing . For the love * and deats oa one j Otu alone reeeive * tor blessing , Krojo tbst heart too tuny won . Fortune » a » ili » g , frowning , aeve » VV » rp * the gp . uud ray of bliss , Wbich em it a its light for ever , Sparkliag ia the cousU&t kin * ,

      'Womaa ' s love , to man onee plishte ^ L In the throb , the tear , tbe nigh , Though that pledge by man be bligfctoi , By tht ¦ hretrd , designing He—Should si ) treisored hopes lie a ifled , Fatnr « vj » ioa » ' rapture * & ¦ ¦ •* , Yet remaiDH her love unritW , Fixed , eh I false one , still oa tkee . Woman ' s lave , oar cares diapelliap . Lights the stonoj fxth we trea 4 Sheds a glvry on the dtvelliofr , Where the bridal feast ia syfewS ; And averts the hi-art when louelj , Krom tbc sorrewH Uiat oppress—Lot # U » dcurly , fondly , only—Wwi till death that love mtfpmm . BAYLBT .

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      HOUSE OP LORDS . —Friday , August * . The Pontage Dstiea Reduction BUI ww re «*« i « third time and passed ; on the motioa of Lord Dancannon . It now only awaita the royal Bisent to become th * law r-f th » land . , LordBROUG HAM presented a peiiri-n from Dr . Taylor , who h * d beeu captored at Birmi ghama ? anoier , when , in fact , ke wm assisting the poSee , sent to Warwick Gaol . aud there etri- 'peil . hisfeair cut , and in other respecM treated like a lelon . His Lvrdsiiio also complained of the harsh tr ^ tmect to-* hi « b . Vincent is subject . He adie ^ , ( hat be did not know whether titia w « s ta be ukea a * a sampla of the manner in which the threat us * d by tha Home Secretary , in tha House of Cctoiaon ? , two nights ago , regarding the administration of justioe , and the right exerc ?« e of the prerogative of merej , w »« to be carried info effect . - *

      Lord MELBOURNE « aii that the case shonld be iuqaired into ; if ta ^ reprenentaiions were porrecfc , there ceruinly appeared wne ground for cemplaiat . The Poor Ln-w Connnissioners' Continuarice Bii was read the first time ; after which their Lerdihi p * adjourned till Monday .

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      Brutal Act . —As Samuel Johnson , an errani boy in the servics of Mrs . Thorn od , dressmaker , 273 , Regent-etrett , was proceeding along Pall Mall on his way homa , about t « n o'clock oa Taarsday night , he was felled to tbe ground by a blow with the batt-end ef a musket , indicted by a soldier boloagiag to the Grenadier Guards , named John Sadler , who was on duty at the time aa ieniiael , at the gates of . Marlborough H * uge , the residftee of her M » je * ty the Qaeen Dowager , in Pall MalL The sole provocation for this brutal act appears to be this : —As Johnson wan passing he cried in a jocular manner , " Qaick march ! " Upon which Sadler immediately grasped tbe-market » nd knocked

      the poor boy down . He was struck on the forehead , bat lackily oot ia a vital part ; had it been on tha frontal bane , instantaneous death must have ensued . Johnson , after he had fallen to tbe ground , ealkd oat " Murder , " as lead as he was able , which brought Police Constable Brett , 130 C , to th& g pot ^ The officer found the unfortunate lad senseless oa the grousd , bleeding profusely from a . wouad on th * head , Sadler , who stood ^ ery composedly looking on , said the boy bad insulted him by exclaiming " Quick march ! " Tbe policeman immediately conveyed kirn to Mr . Giddy ' u , & chemist , ia St . JamesV street , by whom his head was dressed , and be wa » then toktn home . Brett , the Police Constable * then proceeded te the apartments of the omsmaod ' reg

      officer , ia St . James ' s PalaoB , and reported the eircomstauce to him . The Colonel directed that Sadler should be brought before him . H » interrogated him on the ¦ abject . The soldier did not deny knockin * tbe lad down , bat said be considered * himself justified in so doing , aa Johnson ran violently against him while on his post at the Qieen ' a Gates * The policeman said be had no doobt that th » statement was false , for Sadler said nothing about it in tbe first inatance . The commanding officer severel y censured Sadler , who , he sairl , had acted ia a brutal aud oowardly manner . He could not interfere ia the matter , but would reoomBie » d tte lad to apply to a Magistr « te for a warrant agsans Wm . Tbe officer ' s advice was eommuaieated ta Jehnsou , who promised to aot upoa it . :

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday , August 9 . Mr . FRESHFIELD ( the Poor L \ w Comm » - toners' CoaivnuAncrt Bill having been r * A . the xbSii time , ) moved that the folio ^ itg ptovinu be added at the end oi ths Bill , " Tcac it shall not be lawful for the said Coinmi 3 * iouerrf , by any rules or regulation * not already made , to prohibit or limit tke admini stration of reliaf to ablfi-bodisd labourers or their familiei ) out oi tbe workhoust < ol ebj parish or Bsion ;" but after xome coiivt-rsation it was negative wiib . « ofc a division ; the Bill passed , vta . s sent ro thu Lords .

      aud there read tbe fine time . 'Ihe Man : hest ^ r and Bolron Police Bills wer » read the second tun-, after extended conv « -r *» atioD 8 , and some explanations from tho Attomej-General as ta the doubu that had arisen regarding the legal construction of thepbwers under the new charters . T-ebiiLi are to be considered in committee oa Tnesdity morning . Lord J . RUSSELL having moved that the Hobs * rext > lvr > iato committoo on the Birmiugfham Poiica Bin , Mr . Williams proposed , and Mr . T . Attwood seconded the propoHitiou , that it b » committed that day thrtte mouths . That amendment was negatived without a division , la committee Mr . C . BulW propodad that the appointniHiit of the Chief Cammis * iont ( rb « Tested ia the Town Council of Birmingham instead of the Quoea ; but that proposition was negati » -d by 63 tor the origiaal clause , and 20 lor the amendment—majority of 43 against Mr . C . Bailer ' s proposition .

      ( The blank regarding the Commisuqcer ' s salary was filled up with " £ 800 . ") The Metropolis Improvement Bill was read ft third time and passed , after sonu conversation ; aa wan also the Stage Carriages Bill . Thv Slave Trade Suppression ( No 2 ) Bill was read a e «* xond time , confi lered in ccmmittee , and th * report recceived ( the standing orders having been dispensed with ) ; and the bill was ordtied to be engrossed and read a third time , on Monday . Mr . T . OUNCOM BE , on reading the order of th * day tor going into committee of ways aaJ means , moved a long list of redoluiioa ? , amouBtiag , ia & 1 L to twelve , upon the condition of the country , and

      its cause- ! , aud concluding with tho fc-liowng : — ' That , until the spirit and course ef legislation im the Ijdpenal Parliament be changed , and proper regard had to the welfare and wishes of the whola people instead of the interests of predominant clashes , » o lecurity from the recurrences of such disturbances as U e governmeat now demands tha aid of Parliament to repress can be reasonably expected . " Debate earned thereon , in which Lord Joha Russell , Mr . Viiliew , Mr . D . Israeli , Mr . Ewart , Mr . WarbarCoo , &c , took part , after which tha house divided , when the resolutions were loatbya majority ol 22 , the numbers being 51 against , and 29 for . tho motion .

      On the motion of Mr . EWART was ordered a ' . Return of the number ef executions which took jilao ia England and Wales in the five years ending the Sit day of December , 1833 , and in ' " he fivd jean ending the aut day of December , 1833 ; together triththe number of commitments ia each of thos * periods respectively for o& ' aact * wbich wr-ra capital at the commencement of the former period—viz . oa the 1 st day of J anuary , 1829 . "

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      August 17 , 1839 . THE HORTHEBN STAR . j

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct531/page/7/