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    • FROM OUR SECOND EDITION OF LA ST WEEK. STATE OF THE COUXTBY. (From eur oirn Correspondents. )
    • LOCAL MARKETS. ^
    • Lbeds: —Printed for the Proprietor FEABfi^ 8 O'CONNOB, Esq., of Hammenanittw <****
    • FROM OUR THIRD EDITION OF LAST WEEK. ^
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      RECEIPTS OF THE EXECUTIVE FROM AUGUST 23 ed , TO AUGUST 31 st . IN- ?

      CLUSIYE . £ s Star Office ... ... 8 15 10 Nottingham , per Mr . Sweet — 1 IS 2 London , per Mr . Wheeler ... ... 0 10 0 Ditto , per Mr . Salmon ... ... 0 4 6 Ditto , per Mr . Keene 0 4 0 Ditto , per Mr . Rogers ... ... 0 2 0 Ditto , per Mr . Bird 0 4 0 Rochdale 0 10 0 Milnrow ... ... ... ... 0 4 0

      Colchester ¦•• ••• 0 1 § 0 Bristol ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Leamington ... ... ... ... 0 6 6 Tunstall ... ... ... ... 0 16 8 Northwich ... ... ... ... 0 4 0 Todmorden ... ... ... ... 0 14 0 Daventry ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Richmond ... ... ... ... -0 2 0 Stafford ... 0 5 0 Wellingboro' ... ... ... ... 0 10 0

      Korwich ... ... ... ... 0 15 0 CoTentrv ... ... ... ... 0 16 8 Sunderiand ... ... ... ... 0 15 0 A friend , per Mr . Threader ... ... 0 10 E . T . and others ... ... ... 0 8 0 St . Ann ' s locality , two month ' s subscrip- tions ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 £ 19 13 4 Beothsb Democrats , —Yon at once responded t ° my call , la-t week , and you have enabled me to meet every demand . You have nobly done your duty to your elected serrants . The demand for cards is greater than ever . And now for the assassix attack ( Mr . O'Brien will excuse the expression ) on my character by " An Old Chartist . " Mind , I hold Bronterre responsible for that letter . } Ti 3 his ; or , what is the same , he knows who the writer is , but chooses to take the responsibility on his own shou ders . So be it . I had imagined that Mr . O'Brien

      had more gratitude than thu 3 wantonly stab the reputation of a man who hitherto has stood high before his ChartiEt brethren . I hardly imagined that Bronterre O'Biien would make or father so foul an attack on my character ; had I been his worst and bitterest enemy "he could not haTe treated me worse . I never intend re-Eroachiug him for my folly in endeavouring to serve im . I -will say no more on the subject than this , namely , that if O'Brien had sana mens in sano corpnre , he would not hare sanctioned such a malignam libel , but

      Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit . P . S . I leave both Mr . O'Connor and Dr . M Dousll to square accounts with Mr . O'Brien , satisfied as I am , that the country will judge justly betwixt all parties , and see through the fiendish wish , an attempt of bad men to get good men into prison . I have the honour to be , Your devoted Brother Chartist , John Campbell . London . 180 , Holborn , Aug . 30 ih , 1 JU 2 .

      P . S . —Let Mr . Northman , of Bridport , send me bis address ; aad , as soon as any person receives cards , I would feel obliged if he would answer the receipt of them ; and I hope that far the future such money orders a 3 maybe sent to me will be made payable at the Bloomsbury Post Office . London .

      From Our Second Edition Of La St Week. State Of The Couxtby. (From Eur Oirn Correspondents. )

      FROM OUR SECOND EDITION OF LA ST WEEK . STATE OF THE COUXTBY . ( From eur oirn Correspondents . )

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      PRESTON . ¦ WED > T 3 DAT . The cotton-spinners , numbering thirteen , who struck work at Mr . Ainsworth's mill yesterday , were brought before the sitting magistrates , Messrs . Mouncey and German , at the Town Hail this day . There were about thirty-one Epinners , in the whole , struck work ; and those who were brought up to-day had been arrested early this morning by warrant , and taken ont of their beds . A copy of printed rules was produced by the manager , which stated that the persons entering the employment of Mr . Ainsworth shall give a month's notice in writing when leaving their employ , and that the employer shall be empowered to dismiss his workpeople at any time he thinks proper .

      Mr . BLackhursi , attorney on behalf of the men , called witnesses to prove that the men had authorised a deputation to wait upon the master , for an advance of wages ; and that the master had stated that if they were not satisfied with their present rate of wages and work , they were at liberty to leave it . It appeared , upon cross-examination , that thi 3 answer had been given a week ago , and * that the men had continued at their work up to last Tuesday . The magistrates nrged upon the men the propriety of their going to their work , and serving oui their month ' s notice , or they had no alternative but committing them to prison , and begged they would take it into their most serious consideration .

      After the whole of the other cases had been disposed of , the spinners were again asked how they had considered , when one of them , on behalf of the rest , stated that they would willingly go to their employment , providing Mr . Ainsworth would consider their situation ; and he stated further that it was impossible to live upon ih 6 wages paid : that after a spinner in Mr . Ainsworth ' s employ had worked thirteen hours per day for a week , the ¦ whole amount of his wages , after the master had deducted the rent of his house , would only amount to the paltry sum of 12 s ., and that all they wanted was to be paid the same rate of wages as the other millowners in the town were paying . Mr . Ainsworth would promise nothing , and the whole of the men were committed for a nonth to hard labour in Preston House of Correction . "

      A portion of the men at Messrs . Smith and Crank-Shaw ' s mill went to their work on Monday morning , and were sent back again , their places being Eupplied by paupers from the workhonse . Smith and Ainsworth are Corn Law Repealers , and Ainsworth is one of the " liberal" Poor Law Guardians , and you will perceive has an excellent opportenity to fill the mills of his own and brother Leaguer's from the inmates of the workhou 3 e , or recipients of out-door relief , and if these men should refuse to go to their mills at their own prices , of course they must quit the workhouse , and their relief is stopped . Smith has been heard to say that he has plenty of men at his mill , and at half price .

      EEIGHLEY . * LOE 3 Or 5 VICTOBT OVJEB THE TURNOUTS BT THS MTLITABT A 5 D SPECIALS . Since the temporary stoppage of the factories on Tuesday , this neighbourhood has undergone a great variety of changes . Daring the week , rumour , with her thousand tongues , was busy in conjuring up accounts of bodies of men , armed and unarmed , advancing from Tarious parts , to repeat their plugdriving operations . After the panic had in some measure subsided , the authorities and manufacturers , ( which may be considered one and the same body ) , commenced securing themselves aeain 3 i a second invasion of these modern . Gotbs and Vandals . Such , indeed , rras the promptitude of all parties in power , from ths magistrate to the bum-bailiff , that

      towards the close of the week , a determined band of Eve hundred special constables was raised , supported by twenty-one lancers , and forty yeomamy cavalry , under the coaimand of B . Ferrand , Eiq , brother to W . B . Ferrand , M . P . This formidable display of civil and military power had the effect of restoring confidence , and hopes were entertained that nothing further would take place to disturb pablie trax-quilJcy . Under this impression , the quiet and well-dl 5 posed inhabitants had . assembled at their respective places of worship on Sunday , morning ; no doubt returning Providence thanks for the suppression of hunger by guns and bludgeons ; when , fbehold the uncertainty of human affairs !) a constable from a neighbouring village came running into the town and informed the authorities that the

      mob was collecting in large numbers on Lees Moor , about three miles distant from Keighley . Thi 3 alarmiDg intelligence was conveyed to the church , where a great body of the military and police were assembled at worship . The parson ( good man ) had just concluded reading the Ten Commandments , amongst other things recommending his hearers not to kill 1 when , as report says , the commander of the Yeomanry drew his sword and ordered his men " to turn ont . " The alarm bell from the steeple had , by this time , commenced ringing , and the church presented a scene of indiscribable confusion . One thing Tery observable was , that every man appeared aflicted with the palsy , and such was the shaking of limbs , that a stranger unacquainted with the circumstance might have taken it for a Shaker ' s meeting . The consternation spread through every chapsL and in the course of a few minutes their

      plugs ^ were all drawn—the people " preparing for battle , and the parsons left to address empty seats . The collecting together of the foroes ( what became of the other " collections " we know not ) took place on the Skipton Road , in front of the Court House ; and such was the activity of all the parties to meet danger , that they were Tery booh drawn ap in battle array , and ready far business . The scene at this time reminded some of the spectators very forcibly of the busy times of the threatened French invasion ; while others of a more romantic cum compared it to the marching out of the Spartans to defend the pass of Thermopyla . To describe the valour of the herees would be almost impossible . Some of the specials were observed to stake several attempts to tie the tapes round the arms of their fellows without suocess , through the palsied state of their hands , * while some of the ca-

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      alry were unable to mount without the assistance of their friends ; and several poor fellows of the corps were noticed taking an affectionate farewell , reminding their acquaintance that it might be the last time they would meet on earth . Others again appeared to have forgot the whole of their military knowledge , and inquired of their comrades how they ought to do in loading their carbines . The arrangements at length being complete , the order to " march" was given , and the whole body moved off towards the camp of the insurgents . The cavalcade consisted of about one hundred specials , armed with truncheons , and the military force before mentioned , he whole headed by a magistrate , ready to read the

      Riot Act and give orders for the onslaught . By this time it bad become generally believed that the meeting on the moor was neither more nor less than a Ranter ' s camp-meeting ; but such was the military ardour ef the troops , that their determination to fight appeared to increase as the report became more confirmed . After terrible fatigue , owing to the heat of the day , and the np-hill nature of the road , the rendezvous of the " ragged rascals" was gained , but strange to tell , the only trace of their camp left on the ground was an old cart 1 The innocent Ranters , who had caused the alarm , after singing and praying till nature called for something more substantial , had retired t 8 dinner , and left the cart on the ground

      to assist in their afternoon ' s labours . The meeting had consisted of about forty or fifty individuals , who , it is supposed , had retired , on hearing of the formidable force of horse and foot approaching to give them battle . It is reported that two of them were very quietly getting something to eat in a delf hole , and on expressing a wish to convert one of the soldiers , was answered by the man of war , with the pettish reply of " G—d d—n your conversion . " After leaving word for the Ranters to discontinue their meetings till the country became more tranquil , the cavalcade commenced their march back towards the town by another route , and had the pleasure of seeing every face they passed covered

      with a bread grin . The commanding officer took leave of the town at the head of his troop , declaring that the affair was not altogether to his mind ; but Bomehow or other it was given out in Bingley that evening , that he had gloriously broken np a Chartist camp meeting , and taken six prisoners . It has been suggested by a good many to get up an address to the valiant band who have rendered such signal service to the country , thanking them for their galknt capture of the old cart on Lees-moor . Temporary barracks are preparing in the town , and about ftfty soldiers are now introduced to corrupt the morals of the inhabitants , although to all human appearance , nothing of the kind has been necessary .

      THORNLEY . The camp meeting held here on Sunday must be regarded as one of the most important meetings held in the County since 1839 . So much alarm did it excite in the minds of the authorities that they despatched their trusty servant , Major Wemyss , commander of the Rur&ls , with a posse of that body to attend it . They came , too , accompanied by the Editor and Reporter of the Durham Advertiser , so that nothing was wanting to complete the arrangements for a prosecution , if the needful words , or actions , could only be called forth . They were , however , most completely and most laughably baffled . The morning meetingwas ably addressed by

      Mr . Jones , of Durham , and Mr . Embleton , that staunch old veteran . Mr . Embleton having quoted most liberally from the scriptures , was at the close of his address complimented by Major Wemyss , for his orthodoxy . In the afternoon , the attendance was much larger ; not Ies 3 than 1 , 000 persons would be present , including a good sprinkling of gentry . Mr . Chappel led off the meeting by an address on human brotherhood . He was followed by Mr . Richmond , of Durham , who made some excellent practical applications of the principles developed in

      Mr . Chappell ' s address . Mr . Williams then came forward , to wind up the meeting . He did so in a Epeech of considerable length , and in such a style , as to make the gallant Major , his force , and their literary friend , the Advertiser ' s reporter , the subject of great mirth to the people , while he also impressed most seriously upon them , the necessity of the Charter for the national welfare . Major Wemyss listened most attentively , and was apparently highly amused at the manner in which the speakers jockied him out of a job .

      ST& 1 KB AT THOKNLET COLLIEHY . On Monday morning , the men of the colliery struck work and laid the entire works in . This , by the authorities , will be attributed to the Chartist camp meeting held on the Sunday , but the strike had do such origin . For a long time it appears the colliery , iu some parts of its workings , feas been in a very foul state , and the men have , even in some of the most dangerous parts , been kept at work with candles instead of lamps . By this proceeding , the lives of the workmen have been in imminent peril .

      The men have frequently remonstrated with the masters , but to no purpose ; apparently the lives of of tha poor pitmen were of no consequence to those who were enriched by their labour . The men obtained an order from the magistrates to have a viewer appointed to inspect the pit , and the masters were also required to furnish another . This they have not done ; consequently , the men determined to cease working until their just and proper demands are complied with .

      LONDON . ( Frvn air otvn Correpotidenl ) Never did the Chartists of the metropolis distinguish themselves in the cause of liberty and right as they have done during the passing week , regardless of the seditious proclamation issued by the ministers and bearing the name of the Queen , they resolved upon not giving up their right of meeting for the disenssion of grievances without a struggle . Meetings of from 5 , 000 to 30 , 000 have been held nightly , which , although dispersed by the savage power of authority , have nevertheless had their effect .

      At Kennington Common , on Tnesday night , the blue rascals , both horse and foot , made sad havock among the peaceable inhabitants ; from 300 to 400 hare been more or less injured ; some desperately bo ; and one gentleman , a grocer , who was merely crossing the street to his house , was knocked down and most brutally maltreated by the licensed bloodhounds . On the same evening , a large meeting was held at Paddington , where the peaceable people experienced the same savage treatment , and seventeen were taken prisoners .

      On Wednesday night , however , the friends of liberty had a treat at the Finsbury meeting , of which your Reporter will , of course , have sent you an account . I wish to direct your attention more particularly to that portion of the proceedings in which the Chartists felt most interest . It was the speech of Mr . O'Connor , who , upon being loudly called for , came forward and announced hiB intention of not being frightened by Tory threats or Whig apathy . He said still , though he knew that his life was in danger , he would stand fast and hold fast by the Charter , and although he stood upon a precipice , yet if his fall was to expedite their rights , he wa 9 prepared ; but as for the Whigs , whese organs were loudest in abuse of his party , cajoling him into an alliance with no better prospect than the downfall

      of Toryism and the substitution of Whiggery , it was useless . It is me they seek , my blood for which they thirst , said Mr . O Connor , because the man who stands with one foot on the law and the other upon the constitution , successfully aimiDg hiB shafts at tyranny . ' and abuse , and not the big talker , but vaunting coward , that tyrants dread . We are now a party , said he , and let those who approve our principles join us ; but if I stand alone , I will stand upon the Six PointB of the Charter ana no Surrender This declaration , or some such , was anxiously looked for and has given confidence to the Movement party in London , which nothing can shake , while the announcement , that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had now a daily paper at his commandi was received with cheers which we have seldom heard equalled and never out-done .

      All the boardmen carrying the address of Mr . O'Connor to the nation have been apprehended and brought before the Bew-street magistrates , but were instantly dismissed after a severe reprimand to the officious " blue devils . A proposal for every constituency of the metropolis to call a public meeting upon one day is now under consideration , and will no doubt be carried out , and will have the effect of restoring tho last lost right of the people—the right of meeting . Mr . O'Connor was at Kennington Common about a quarter of an hour before the work of destruction commenced , and intimated his intention of remaining , and taking part in the proceedings , ( if the committee thought it advisable , bound over as he was , and marked as he was sure to be , ) bnt the committee Tery prudently determined that he had much better not be present , as no doubt the intention was to nab him .

      The circumstance of the Evening Star falling into O'Connor's hands has given our party in London great courage , and while I write now , three o'clock , the Ofice is literally burst with applicants for the coming number . I trust the paper will be well supported in the provinces . The London Chartists deserve the best thanks of every man in the kingdom .

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      CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AGAINST MR . O'CONNOR'S NEW DAILY PAPER , THE « EVENING STAR , " From the Evening Star of yesterday , we take the following ;—11 Verily this Mr . Feargns O'Connor ia a most inconvenient commodity to have anything to do with . It was only on Tuesday last that we announced oar "new birth onto righteousness , "

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      and the fact that oar offspring had been placed tinder his management and oontrool , and behold upon the very following day our paper ia selected as the object of a criminal phosecution . Now this circumstance taken in connexion with the fact , that the very first number of Mr . O'Connor ' s paper , the Northern Star , was made subject of a Government prosecution for the very grievous offence of having No . 12 , instead of No . 5 , set forth in tho imprint , as the place of pHb-Hcation ; while both numbers constitated a portion of the premises , and were connected by an underground passage , can leave no doubt on the mind

      ot any man that authority means to destroy Feargus O'Connor , "Per fas aut tufas , " legally if tee can , tyrannically if we must . No doubt the vast , nay , the prodigious increase of our circulation , since the name of O'Connor was announced , has caused alarm at Home . Bnt we beg to assure authority that we are not to be bo easily frightened , neither shall the machinations of onr enemies separate us from our friends , and cause us to withhold the censure of the press when law is violated , and life placed is jeopaidy by judicially authorised policemen , or the folly of rampant rulers . Now , more than ever , is the preBs called upon fearlessly to exercise its every function . "

      LEEDS . Up to this period Leeds is just &a tranquil as though no Strike had ever been , and as though no " yeos , " "blues , " or bayonetteers had been imported and exhibited , or any " swinging borough rate" provided by the economic " Liberal" Solons of the Town Conclave . The Chartists have been very merciful ; they have not yet eaton nor even champed us . The bells ring and the shops open , and mill tyranny goes on , and those who have any employment go to it , and those who have none starve quietly and patiently in the streets , and the Chartists keep hoping for and preparing to secure " better times , " just as though the " ladies" of the Town Council and the other " authorities" had suffered no alarm .

      BIRMINGHAM . The London papers say that Georgo White is in custody on a charge of conspiracy , but we have no confirmation of it from private sources . The Christian Chartist church have issued a placard , declaring the Government unchristian , and stating their determination to pay no more taxes . It is " signed Arthur O'Neil , and is making a great rout in the London papers .

      MANCHESTER . THURSDAY EVBNINO . I have just taken a walk reund the town for the purpose of ascertaining when the factories stopped for the day , what number of hands had resumed work at each . From the number of work people in the various departments , I concluded that in most of them they had a sufficient number to carry on—in some , as many as are required . Nearly all the chimneys appear as though they were in full work ; the bells ring in a morning as they usually did before the strike , and to all appearance Manchester will , unless a reaction takes place , be itself again ia a short time . A placard appeared on Tuesday morning ,

      certifying that 500 men were wanted on the line of of railway ; another has made its appearance within the last half hour , stating that a sufficient number has been obtained . There are some of the weavors out yet , but without any probability of getting a rise , owing to there being 60 many out previously . If they do not go in very shortly , their places will be supplied , and then they will not only lose their struggle for an advance , but their situations likewise . It is expected , by nearly all partieB , that on Monday morning every factory , workshop , Ac , will resume again ; in some iu stances an advance has been given—but very few . The accounts from the surrounding towns and villages are that everything is still at a stand .

      There has been a great run upon the banks by the members of the Trades' Unions , sick clubs , and benefit societies . I have just heard that goods are getting up in price . Many of the manufacturers have good orders , and that there has been an advance in cotton , likewise in woollen goods . Every hour coaches are coming into the town , laden with prisoners . The New Bailey is crammed .

      OLDHAM . THURSDAT NOON . The authorities have commenced their work of arrest . Mr . Yardley has been arrested for speaking at the meetings , and a person of the name of Peter Taylor for being among tbe crowd at Mr . Hartley ' s mill . These two individuals were put in a chaise , which proceeded towards Manchester , guarded by the military . Three more , whOBe nameB we did not hear , were arrested in the dead of nigbt , and taken from their beds , and they are in search of others . The town is all excitement ; great anxiety prevails ; very little work is going oa . The military and specials are guarding the town .

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      J . ARRAN TO HIS FRIENDS IN THE BRADFORD DISTRICT . Liverpool , Aug . 25 tb , 1842 . My dear Friends , —This day , I take ship for America . I have completely foiled every attempt of the tyrants to take me on my route—tyrants who would crush me , and by crushing such men as me , think most effectually to crush you also . Let me beseech you , in any future struggle with tbe enemy , never to put your best known ; but most hated , men in the front ranks : be careful of them above all things . And now , a few words with respect to my family affairs . I shall leave my family so circumstanced that they wiil have no necessity for any pecuniary assistance ( by way of gift ) from you , if you will ouly attend to the following things : —

      1 . I have to request that you will , as liberally as possible , support the news-agency , which I believe will be continued for my wife ' s benefit . 2- I have to request you to purchase tea and coffee of ker son-in-law , who I expect will take a house in Bradford , and with whom she will reside . 3 . I have further to beg that you will give her a little support , as a milliner and dress-maker . 4 . All persons who owe me money , will do me an incalculable favour by paying my wife without delav .

      You will consider this plain speaking , but circum stances render it imperative . J . Arran .

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      Mr . Maude—Do you know that print ? pointing to a copy of the placard . Boy—Yes , Sir . Do you know where it was printed ? Yes . Where 1 42 , Turner-street . By whom ? By Mr . Turner , the printer . When was the order given 1 It came in on the 16 th of August . Who gave the order ?

      Manchester ; Friday Night , Seven o''Clock . NEW BAILEY . This morning , at eleven o ' clock , D . Maude , Esq . J . F . Foster , Esq ., and two other magistrates took their seats on the bench . The first prisoners called for examination were Charles Turner and James Leach , charged with conspiracy , and with publishing a seditious placard . The former for printing and publishing , and the latter for having exhibited a copy of the same pasted on a board at his shop-door , No . 40 , Oak-street * The first witness called was an apprentice of Mr . Turner ' s , named Thomas Sutton . In answer to the Magistrate he stated that he assisted Mr . Turner in his business , at the premises No . 42 , Turnerstreet .

      Three persons came into the shop to give the order ; but I do not know the names of any of them . Did they produce the manuscript from which it was printed 1 Yes , Sir . Did you see the manusciipt ! Yes . Should you know it again if it was to be shewn to you ? Yes , Sir . What orders were given when it was brought in ? I do not know .

      What was said when they brought the order in ? They said they wanted some large bills printed ; they tripd the size of some paper , and the size here was fixed upon . Did they say how many billB they should want 1 Yes , Sir ; they said they wanted 300 ; I do not know whether tney wanted any more or not . Did they say anything more 1 They said if there were any words in the manuscript that we could not make out , Mr . Turner was to send to Mr . Leach ' s .

      All this was said in the shop , was it ! Yes , Sir ; the person who went to Mr . Leach ' s was instructed to ask for Dr . M'Douall . The witness also deposed that there were some words that could not be made out , and that he went to the shop of Mr . James Leach , where he saw a man behind the counter , who told him it was Mr . M'Douall's writing , and he would understand it . Did he say anything else ! Nothing else . Should you know the person if you were to Bee him again ? I do not think that I should . Is the eame person now in court t The witness here looked round for some time , and then said , I cannot say he is . Did your master appear to know any of the en who brought the order 1 I cannot tell .

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      Did yon think , from the manner in which he accosted them , that he knew them ? I don't think he knew one of them . Now , before you printed the whole of it , did anything else ocour 1 The person who left the manuscript said that if we could not make out some of the words we were to go to Mr . Leach ' s . Did you go to Mr . Leach ' s t Yes , Sir . Why ? Because I could not read some of the manuscript . Who did yeu see there % ^ 1 saw three men whom I had first seen in the shop ; a boy was also in the shop . Did you know Mr . Leach 1 No , Sir ; I never saw him before . When you went to Mr . Leach ' s shop , who did you ask for t

      Dr . M'Douall ; and there was a person went up stairs to him . When you asked for M'Douall , did any body come to you ? Yes , Sir . Did he see the manuscript i Yes , Sir ; and he said he had not time to look at it then ; but if we would only send a proof , he would correct what was wrong . Where did you send the proof when it was printed ! We got the type set and got a proof . Dr . M'Douall , with some others , came to look at it about six o ' clock , or so , in the evening . They took away the manuscript with them ' . What became Of it afterwards \ I don't know ; I never saw it again . We struck off 100 copies , and the bill-posters came and took them away .

      Do you know the name of the fellow who came for the bills to post ? No , Sir . Was 100 all that was struck off ? We struck off about 200 the next morning . What became of them f The billposters got them . Then you say the bill-posters took them away ! Yes , Sir . Was it the same man who took them away the night before ? I cannot say . Do you know whether your master look them or not ? I think my master took some down stairs ; he had them folded up ; but I dou't know where he took them to .

      Mr . Cobbetf , solicitor for Mr . Turner , in crossexamination—When was it your master was taktn I Last Wednesday week . Were you taken with your master 1 Yes . Where were you taken ? To the Court Room . Any where else ? Yes ; to the police-office . Who took you there I Th «) policeman . Were you shut up there ? No , 6 ir . Could you have got out if you liked 1 Did not understand that I was at liberty to go .

      Did they tell you to stop \ A person was appointed to look after us . Did they tell you to stop ? No , sir . Would you have rather gone away if you could ? Yes , sir . Did any ene tell you what you were there for 1 They told us that we were kept there as witnesses . Who found you food whilst you were there ? We received it by the orders of Mr . Beswick . Were you taken before any magistrate to be examined ! Yea .

      Do you know the magistrate 1 Yea ; ( pointing to Mr . Maude . ) Do you know as to whether the magistrates made any order for you to be kept there until this morning ? Yes , Sir . , Another boy , btill younger than the last witness , was next sworn , and in answer to questions by Mr . Maude , the Magistrate , s&id he was an apprentice of Mr ., Turner's , the printer at the bar ; and corroborated the other witness as to what passed when the order to print the bill was given , and as to the corrections being made by Mr . M'Douall .

      The Court—What became of the proof ; have you seen it since ? No 5 ir . Mr . Taylor , solioitor for Mr . Leach—Did you ever see Mr . Leach ibout your master's premises ? No , never . Do you know whether the man who brought the copy was either of these men ! ( pointing to the prisoners . ) No sir ; it was neither of them . David Ramsay , an elderly man , was next sworn .

      Magistrate : Do you know Turner , the prisoner ! I have seen him , sir . Magistrate : When ? I saw hi m on the 17 th of August . What did you go to the shop for ! Two bills , What passed betwixt you and Turner 1 I went to his shop and asked for him , but he did not como ; his wife then wont to the bottom of the btaira and called out , "Charles you are wanted .

      Did he come down 1 He did not . Sir . I did not then see him . In about three quarters of an hour I went a second time , and asked for ene or two copies of the bill , and was told by Turner that I could not have them uuless I produced an order from Leach , as he ( Turner ) was only their servant . In about an hour I went to Leach ' s . Who did you see there ! ' I saw a man behind the counter ; but I will not say whether it was Mr . Leach or not . I saw a bill posted on a half door by Mr . Leach ' s shop , whioh caused great exoitement . ¦ Could a person go into the shop without seeing it at the door !

      They could not , because there was a great deal of excitement at the time . Were there any men in the shop ! Yes , from five to eight men . Did you see one of the bills inside the shop ! Yes , I saw ono lying open , as this is , on a kind of a side counter there is in the shop . What then ! I asked for two copies . Did you get them ? No ; the answer was they were all out posting . That was said by some person in the shop , but I could not positively swear who it was . In answer to a question as to what kind of a shop Mr . Leach ' s was , the witness said it was a bookseller's shop , and a very respectable looking one , too .

      Mr . Taylor , solicitor for Leaoh—What do you mean by their servant ? You say " their servant" % Did Mr . Turner make use of the plural number ? He did ; and it was for Mr . Turner himself to explain what he meant by it . You cannot say whether Mr . Leach was there or not ! I cannot . Mr . Cobbett , Solicitor for Turner : —What are you ? A silk weaver . Have you beeu out of work lately ! I have been out of work for three years . Wbo did you work for !

      For Mr . Murry . What did you want these placards for ; had you been sent for them \ I wanted to take one to Sir Charles Shaw ; and if 1 had seen Sir Charles Shaw I should have mentioned it to him . Did Sir Charles Shaw send you for them f I do not know . What ! do not know whether he sent you for them or not ? Ho did not . But then you say you would have given him one ! Yes .- . Now , you say you wanted two ? who was the other for ?

      To send to Glasgow . Have you some friends in the police-force at Glasgow , then 1 No ; but I have some friends there . What made you go to Sir Charles Shaw ! Because I saw there was some bad work going on ; aad I went for no other purpose . Was there nothing else to induce you to go ? No , Sir . Had you no communication from the police respecting it ? No ; I went because I thought they were inflammatory placards . Did you goto prooure the bills in order to inflame your mind t No ; but I thought they were inflaming . How have jyou got your living for the last three years ? Find it out .

      Magistrate—Come , come , answer the question . Witness—Well there are three ways of getting a living ; namely , begging , borrowing , and stealing : and you may take which you like . Coobett—Then I will take the last ; that is stealing : what say you to that ! Come , come ; answer the question . How hare you obtained your living for the last three years ! My daughter works UBinn'a factory . How much does she earn I She formerly got 10 a . per week ; but now she only earns 7 b . id .: my wife gets a trifle besides . Have you three lived on the income of 7 s . 4 d . ! Many have had to live on less . Are you to be paid fox what you hate been doing in this case f

      Nobody has Baid anything about it . How have you Bpent your time for the last nine days f Hare you not been several tines at the Town Hall t

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      Yes ; bnt I am not a special constable . I am aware of that . Had you any agreement about what yon should receive sfor collecting bill or information ? No , I have not . Where do you live I No . 2 , Silk-street . Whereabouts is that ? In the town . Come ; whereabouts in tho town ? , No . 2 , Silk-street . .. „ ., ' . Whereabouts ? what part of the town is Silkstreet in ? Get the Directory of Manchester and see .

      Come , come ; you know where it is . B 8 awick aad witness together : It ia off Oldhamroad . ' ' , A John M'Kenna was next sworn , and was asked by Mr . Maude : Do you know the prisoners ! I know Leaoh . Where did you see him before ? I saw him in his own shop several times . ¦ Did you see him any where else ? I saw him at the Carpenter ' s Hall , on the Saturday after the riot commenced . . At what time in the evening was it ?

      About eight o ' clock . It was in the great room j and it waaiull . What was going on there ? Leach was speaking : and he told them , " if they did not link together like one man , it would throw the cause back fifty years . He told them-to keep the peace ; and not to starve . " There was another porson Bpeaking before Leach , Was Leach in the room at the time the other man was speaking ? I cannot aay . Did Leach get up as soon as the other person sat down ? He came upon tho platform , but cannot say where he came from . How long did Leach speak \ From fifteen to twenty minutes . Was any reference made in the speech made by Leach to the placard now in court ?

      No ; there was no allusion whatever made on that evening to the placard in question , Mr . Taylor , solicitor—Then there was no allusion made to the placard at the meeting , and the language made use of by Leach was to the effect"that ifthey did not link together as ono man , the cause would be thrown back for fifty years ; and that they must keep the peace" ? Yes .. And he spoke for fifteen or twenty minutes 1 Yes . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ And these three lines are all you remember of the twenty minutes' speeoh ! Yes . Did you take the words down in writing ? NO . . :- ¦ : Not even when you got home ? > -No . .. Do you consider the words you remember to have

      been spoken as seditious ? I have no opinion on the subject . But those are all you remember ? Yes . . ' Were you frightened at Leach , advising you to keep the peace ? No ; I went quietly home . Mr . Cobbett : Where do you live ? No . 8 , Arundal-street . Mr . Taylor : How do you get your living ? I am a school master . School master ? then I suppose you were abroad on that day ? Yes . ( Laughter . ) What made you go to that meeting ? Curiosity , to see what was going on . How came you to be here to-day ? I want to see Sir Charles Shaw , to tell him what I heard ; I was so disgusted at it .

      And the three lines you have quoted as having been spoken by Leach were all that you can remember of the sayings ? . Yes . . ' ' ' - ¦ ' . And the main of what you do remember was an exhortation to keep the peace ! Yes , Did you go to Sir Charles Shaw , or did you come lore , without some agreement as to being paid I I went without any reward . Mr . Maude to the same witness : Where did you see the placard similar to the one in court ? On a board at Leach ' s door . Was it a fixed board or a moveable one ! I believe it was a moveable one ; and there was another placard above that one , calling upon the people to run for gold . There were fifty men round the doer discussing the merits of the placards .

      A board was here exhibited to the witness which had been taken from the shop of Mr . Leach , and he was asked , if he could swear to it j To which he answered , that he could not ; but it looked like the one he had seen . Could the parties inside Mr . Leach ' s shop hear what was going on outside ! I cannot Bay . Mr . Beawick , head of the police-force , was next sworn—He said he went to the shop of Mr . Leach , on the 17 th , and arrested him on a warrant issued by the magistrates . He found a copy of the placard , and a book which appeared to belong to the troyisional Executive of the National Charter Association . He also exhibited a bill which had been in

      circulation relative to wages , put out by the Ashton people , and said he found it on the table in Leach ' s shop . From what he had seen of the prisoner ' s hand-writing , and from a comparison with part of that in the book , he had no doubt but that the prisoner , Leach , bad written a part of it . It had the names of persons resident in Leeds , Birmingham , Dawsbury , Rochdale , Liverpool , Stockport , Oldham , &c , &o . He also found a paper in his pocket , on which was written : — " Please to shew us the benefits to be derived from the Charter when we obtain it . " Signed William White . The book be had taken had the prisoner , James Leach ' s , name inside , as president of the Provisional Executive . .

      Mr . Taylor wanted to know if there was not another name in as Secretary . Mr . Beswick—Yes ; Mr . Tillman . Mr . Taylor said the book , he sho uld conceive belonged to the Secretary and not to the President . ' Mr . Leaoh—Do you say that is my hand writing ? Mr . Beswick—A portion of it . Inspector M'Mullen was next sworn . He said he went along with Mr . Beswick to the shop of Mr . Leach about eleven o ' clock in the evening he was arrested . He found a parcel which had been wrapped up to go to London . M'MulIen here opened the parcel which was composed of books and cards of membership of the National Charter Association , which were about being sent , as per order , to one of the London booksellers . Magistrate—Are they printed books ? : Beswick—Yes ; they are Chartist publications .

      Mr . Beawick here again rose , and gave evidence against Turner , which was , that he went to the shop of Turner on the authority of a warrant which was signed by the magistrates , and there found a copy of the . placard which he now produced . He found the form , or type ; and got a piece of blank paper and struck off a copy whilst in the shop ; and found it was the type from which had been printed the placards for which the warrant had been issued . Mr . D . Maude , Magistrate , then asked Mr . Turner what he had to say .

      Mr . Cobbett rose and said that he appeared on behalf of Mr . Turner , and contended that there had not been any evidence produced to make out the charge of conspiracy , which they had brought against his client . He admitted the printing of the placard in the regular course of business ; not knowing that it was illegal : but it appeared in evidence that Mr . Turner , so far from acting in concert with the others , he did not even know the men who brought the order ; and the open manner in which he ( Turner ) had conducted himself through the affair plainly showed that there was not the least appearance of a conspiracy on the part of Turner with any body else . He was astonished at

      tae prosecutor bringing such a charge on such slender evidence ; and the court might rest assured that if better evidence could possibly h » vo been procured , the sort they had had would , have been dispensed with . There was in fact no evidence ,, if they put on one side the extraordinary statements of the man who he was sure the Court could not believe ; the man who had gone to- Sir Charles Shaw ; gone to the printers for two bills for Sir Charles ; spent nine days at the Town Hall in connection with this business ; and had come there that day ; and all without any expectation of pay or reward ! It was impossible for the Magistrates to believe that man : and , put him out of court , where did the case stand t He confidently expeoted they must dismiss the conspiracy part of the charge .

      Mr . Taylor rose and showed how weak and lame the evidence was against Leach , stoutly contending that there was no case at all made out against him . The Magistrates consulted together for a Bhort time ; and then Mr . Mande stated that the case against both prisoners was one which they thought ought to be submitted to a higher Court . It was a very serious offence they were charged with ; and both would stand committed to take their trials at the next assizes . The magistrates had considered the question of bail ; and nad determined to admit of it . The offence charged was , however , of such a nature , that they Bhould require two good , heavy , responsible sureties in £ 250 each ; and the prisoners to enter into their own recognizances of £ 400 each .

      Mr . Cobbett reminded the Benoh that they were but persons a little removed from the rank of working men ; and that it was one of the principles of the Constitution that excessive bail should not be demanded . Mr . Maude hoped the court had not fixed it at an excessive amount .- but he mint rectify an error he had fallen into : the amount of surety determined

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      on for each was £ 200 not £ 250 . Forty-eight hot& notice would be required . In answer to other questions Mr . Maude al » stated that if the required amount of surety could not be found in two , the magistrates if applied ta on Monday would nave no objection fo admit 3 three persons to share the responsibility . The prisoners were therefore removed , and Tinker and —; . Section were next pJaced it the bar . Mr . Beswick stated that a material witness , who could prove that the two prisoners had attended » meeting at the Carpenter ' s Hall , where it was pro . posed to go next morning and stop the Adelphi dy « works ; and that the same two persons were at tha stoppage , and took part , was most unaccoun table

      absent . He had been in court last Tuesday , and h « ( Beswick ) had seen him on the Wednesday ; bat where he then was he could not say ; nor could the persons he lodged with tell where he was gone . He therefore applied for tho further remand of the prisoners . This application was stoutly resisted by the pn ' . soners' attorney , who strongly protested against their continued imprisonment without any evidence whatever . If Mr . Beswick had any thing to adduce against them , why did he not adduce it ? Why had he not gone into this case last Tuesday , when his now much-needed witness was present ! He called for their immediate dismissal . They had been imprisoned thirteen daya . audno charge even attempted to be brought home to them .

      Mr . Maude , for the Court , said that the prisoners must be remanded till Tuesday next , on the understanding that the case , as far as admitting them to bail was concerned , should be decided on , either with or without evidence . The men were therefore taken back to prison . Alexander Hutchinson , the Chairman of the Trades' Delegate Meeting was next placed at the bar , and Mr . Beswick deposed—that he had seen the pri . soner presiding as chairman at a meeting holden in the Hall of Science , which was ordered to be dispersed by the Magistrates , on the ground of illegality . He had apprehended the prisoner on a warrant placed in his hands for that purpose ; and , on searching his house , he had found a

      copy of a placard setting forth some resolution of the Trades' delegates , to which the prisoner ' s name was appended as chairman . This placard formed part of the charge against him . He had also found other placards , particularly a copy of the one for printing and publishing which the two prisoners , Turner and Leach , were committed for trial . He had also found a fowling-piece , a rifle barrel , a brace of pistols , a bullet-mould , a cannister of powder , a belt of shot , and a quantity of percussion caps , all of which he produced . John Dunlevy , a printer , deposed that he was

      applied to by three men , who ; he understood , were Trades ' s delegates , to print a placard , whioh had the name of Alexander Hutchinson appended to it , as Chairman . Hutchinson was not one of the three ; nor was the manuscript in Hutohinson ' s handwriting . Knows Hutchinson ; bnt has had no communication with him of any sort respecting this publication . When he went to get paid for the placardB , Hutchinson did not pay him ; but he was in a room along with some nine others when he was paid . He did not take notice of the act of payment , for he was engaged at the table arranging

      some papers . This was the whole of the evidence against Hutchinson ; and Mr . Bent , solicitor , addressed the Court for more than an hour , in a most fervent and effective manner , on behalf of his client . He shewed that there was not a tittle of evidence to prove that the meeting at the Hall of Science w « an illegal one , nor was there a tittle of evidence to connect Hutchinson with the printing or publication of the placard put in by the prosecution . Hj warned the Bench against attempting to sacrifiw the man then before them , either to gratify party or political objects . He was too good a man to be made a victim of so

      unceremoniously . He was a man whose whole life had been spent in a manner . creditable to himself and honourable to his town . A better disposed , or more thoroughly honest man it was cot possible to fiad . And this man should not be coollj offered up at the altar of petty , paltry , political feeling . For the possession of the weapons so ostentatiously displayed before them he could satisfactorily account ; and the production of these things , in this case , was most shamefully disgraceful . Wluu were they there for ? Had it been attempted to be proved that Hutchinson had them for an illlegal purpose . Had it been attempted to connect them with the charge against him ! No such thi / ig . Tney had beea

      brought as mere garnish , to excite prejudice against him , because the prosecution had nothing better to rely on for his committal . He ( Mr . Bent ) had a right to nave a fowling-piece ; so had Alexander Hutchinson . He had a right to a rifle , and to pistols , and to powder and shot ; aye , and even to a bullet-mould ; ' as good a right to have these things as the members of the Bench itself . Why then had they been paraded there that day ! To excite dislike to the man . Bnt he ( Mr . Bent ) would tell the Court why he had these things . He was not bound to account for them , seeing that he was not charged with an unlawful possession , or for

      aif unlawful purpose ; but the truth siould shame the attempt to excite wrath against their owner there that day . The faot was that he , alojg with some eight or nine others wen contemplating ( and had been for some time ) an emigration expedition ; and it had been an object with them to possess themselves of good useful firearms to use when in the back woods of North America . This was why Hutchinson possessed them : and not for the purpose , as the prosecutor insinuated , but did not dare to say , of overturning tbe Government . In a most fervid and impassioned strain did the advocate meet all the points of tbe very slender case ; and concluded by calling a whole . host of most respectable witnesses to prove

      Hateiinson ' s general disposition as a man of peace and good order . The marked superiority of manner and high order of intelligence evinced by the witnesses called upon , evidently Btruok all present ; and the respeotful , nay , affectionate and earnestful tone in which they spoke of Hutohinson , Buffused many an eye ! Never on this earth was a batter character given to mortal man than that these men of mind and endowments gave to Alexander Hutohinson ! He , indeed , has cause to be proud of the day that drew these public testimonials from his associates and brethren . They bsd marked effect on all present .- even the bearing of " the Court" itself was much altered by them .

      J . F . Fosteb , Esq , in delivering the decision of the Bench , said , that of course the magistrates must confine themselves to the charge brought home bj evidence to the prisoner ; and in their opinion there was sufficient to call upon them to send him to another p lace , where the whole would bepropexlj sifted . They should commit him for trial ; but admit him to find bail , in two sureties of £ 150 each , and himself in £ 300 .

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      Leeds Corn Mabket , Tuesday August 30 th .-The supply of Grain to this day ' s market is larger than last week ; other kinds of Grain moderate The finest Wheat has supported last week ' s prie » > and a fair demand . The secondary qualities cm * tinu 9 in very limited demand . There has been * small quantity of New Wheat at Market , ( tbe wM being contrary ) which has been sold at rather lower prices than last week . Oats and Beans li ^ alteration . There have been a few showers of rain since last Friday , but nothing to do any harm ; J 68 " terday and to-day fine .

      Leeds Woollen Mabkets . '—There has been again rather more business doing at the Cloth Hal" but these places , in faot , form no criterion of «" actual state of trade , the ByBtem of hawking bew * now carried to such an enormous extent as almo ^ entirely to supersede their use as places of business In the warehouses there is not so much doings there might be , but on the whole trade is better tbaa it was a few months ago . The entire absence oi disturbances in this neighbourhood , has in a # 331 degree tended to restore confidence , and a degree of something like animation . The wool market is no * brisk .

      HUDDEBSFIELD , MARKET , AUG . 30- —Out OVW this day was equally bad as any preceding <> . There was little demand for any kind of goods , w ^ deed since the commencement of the campw * against low wages every department of busines s a *? gradually grown worse . Shopkeepers feel it matena 11 oq Liverpool Cattle Market , Mondat , Ago . ft —We have had rather a smaller supply of -w »» at market to-day than last week , and the greats part of second-rate quality . Best quality eagew sought after , and all sorts sold at a little aavafl " in price . Beef 5 * d . to 6 H , Mutton 5 ii . cto ^ Lamb S $ d . to 6 d . per lb . Number of Cattle » market -. —Beasts 1 , 138 , Sheep and lambs 6 , 956 .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 3, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct614/page/8/