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      5 TAFFOSDSKIB , E ASSIZES . 2 J 1 SI PRIUS COURT—Momut , Maech 20 . Before Mr . Justice Erskine . THE La . TE RIOTS IN THE POTTERIES . TBIAL OF COOPER , RICHARDS , AND CAPPUR , FOR CONSPIRACY . THE ijrZX > ' T . CODPXR iJD OTBXKS . \ 5 pecial Ju . rj . ( This tris an indictment for CcaJsr-rr « TT neatest Tfeecsas Cww ? . of Lsicester , Jv ^ R-ri-i' > . of Hani .-v .

      and Joseph Cippor , c-f TonstalL v CsssOst leidf-rs . Csppnr , i ^ a-rne been senter - - tio years imprisonment in the C -nciy Ga r-r bra Special C -anjissicn . t £ s fe * csMt up i- --x 2 y to t * e tr ** -d » d " in-¦ di ctmeiiT . Ti-t .-other t-- > def truants ¦ w ^ re w .. . U . Tfce cast- had btts travt r ,- ^ d troni ike b ^ wiii C ^ vni * - sion . End Lafisg "Hern removed by a wri : of ' certionxri , into the Court of Qascn's Bsseh , canit en fur trial at 2 \ isi Pries this momin ? , at she u eicok .

      Xhe fj . loiri ^ gentlemen ¦ jrere jsuk a Sr-ecisl Jsry , to try tie e ^* : — Jv-Str-h Tarmtt , Esq .. Waiiain Arc ^ n , E ^ q .. John XeTfeU . E-q . Edward Rihone . E = q . i-i ^ iM Purser . ^• q ., J <> cs Tenon FertdsT . E ? q ., John B-jurne , &o ..

      Bsz-ldtie , -E ^ J , Balph teisaafc , £ t ; ., Th-. aias Sncvd , E-q . : 0 r . Sercpsni Talfonrd , 3 £ r . R- T . Richards , Q . C 3 Jx- G ^ cti-a , -Q . C-, aid 33 r . j . tSiii ' . tr app-areu M eoi » ccc-t i >~ vrc »« -cation € ^ r tiiv Cjvwh . Tlie 6 cfendsEts £ ppeaicU in person tu tuaduct thiir ov : n dff ^ uce . The tires defendants teci iL-. ir placw st the h > r-TQSter ' s tible , fcmHHst-slT in iront of the Ju- ^ si-Cooperi ' ii a besi . in T » lurh he ^ Jtyrv ^ i ^ is tock cotes © f tie e-risencft . Biet-ards £ iso it-tit T ^ -te ? . > ix . AlKsa-D ; icr was tb . nt to luiic \ ha counts of tha indictintut tt > ihe Jury , when Coor + rroie . zr . il , addressing feis lordship , said—M ? lord , I oin btro tntii-in auj it-.. * ; assistance rt the present rin-e , and as I understand 1 isiVc been trk-i ant convisi-d it Liuraiter—E ' -S L- ; tu =- > iip—1 can ba" ^ e uciblc ^ to do tritii Trhav i £ 5 laker pbc = in anoiha Cghil

      E- P . CiTl'K-ru-L . t , Esq ., &iwaxii Toiicite E ^ Q . R-charl fenoonts ppn r , E . ie ) , ar » ls , an . i EHisspoh-. and y « u wii ) ( i

      CocprT—i -was about to say ifcii if 1 res . 1 the fifth coral correcilj . I think it predcc < rrtL- pvciiLUirrofnij " trial 21 the preseiit tiiue . Hi ? 3 , vrf 5 bip—As yon hsve ecz L ^ sa st-Elrf-cei I « . n ts £ e so rotlce of i ^ Is" jen bsd tvet : D senitnctu for ? i .- ' S 2 r . e ( Sr . ce trixii Trb-cb JtHi ss i ; i > iy « . br = i ;« - » l . Ji'C Xiitht hs ~ se pies . it'J that yea b > d bkijo ^ tt _ i-uc-m . \ i yea i-a ?* been con-ictcd on tiye r . me -chsrsc th-l vrilj of conrsfc bs tsiss into conadtTsv . uLi hst-sSi ^ i .: it sh ^ xnii be necessirv . Sir . Srrjr ^ nt T ^ Ii ' -or ^—I am Uid h iz z ni ^ take , asu that it is aaotSer prjtfn . Go ;> per—V ? e 3 , J ih ~ ij be rerjaiad ti SnJ that ir i > 2

      onistikr ; bcl 1 find it stated in U ; e ce ^ rtpapci I L ^^ . m jnjiiii-d . Tiso J 3 ^*— I ? it been sc , you « x > Tsl--i = ot bare been iia .-nn-rd of n thrtugh Uh : saedis . n- of a e 5--bsp-per . Mi . Serjsaiit ToifDsrd—1 donjt p ; ed ^ 2 irjjself tha : it is a mistake ; I understand thsr . it is se . > lr . AtXincer then stated , U ~ at the iacictisert 11 Usi 3 c&s ? ctsn-ird that tbc three .. cfrnc ^ ii :. iathe lob cf Aij ; Ei ' , in the -- ^ r j-ear , nzii - -wiulij < -zspiTcC Vj-JtlhcT , TS ; ti Glirrs o * tts' pir ^ o : ^ . to cacK , rcL-e , and Hike rl-cti s _^ d taamitnciis asi ! ia !' - > Ue 3 snsttii . ^ -.. ^ Dd bodits e £ the people , in bc- *^ ch uf "L = pa * i * z ) tac- ' . .. ai to icd-ccc snrn r ^^ ple to rc =: it bj i ^ ics vi anjj the H ^ s cf the Tts ' vni ; arid thai the thTee utf : b ^ v = ; oa the 15 Js of Angtiii . srd c-thtTcsja , at B ^ r ^ if-ia . ia ti .. s county unLiTrfsjT sj ^ jfe to and in **** l . rarj ; : j i ^ - s-ui-i >^ c : i ¦

      of on ? Lidy th ^ Qac = n , ctitoa I— > -.. s ^ c ? n £ -us . sn .-f Eeditieas speech ^ , -B ^ rh ini « Et U > fnrite a : ; I r- -s&a ^ r the p . epic- to disr- ^ t ^ si jrjth . a ^ J hatred , ioc du-. S" c-Kon to the la-ss of this rtahi ., us f-j je « t =-t ^ b ^ Cr-ii . Ihere ¦^ iaajErCsiccin . t , -whish i- - ^ ttd tha : ^ . ii -Lt ^ defendants cainHLncd togttLci , to i-rccorc s ^ d rai ; -e ta 3 sral T » ' 3 s ilotB . 2 i > S seditions u-tmHirf , a ordt ? " to Tesist l = j fcrc ? st : d canse to be rt £ ^ :-C t . j force : i ^ due esccsiripn t-f the lairs . Mt Serg- ^ nt TiiFOTTSD , in c-p ^ slcj ; lie < ns <; f-c tb ' Croirn , =: ij— - ^ -J iJ please yo = r i .-jro ^ ip . t-ctitsaaii cf the jnrr— It i- iay at in tinspLie- in Ojt » , b £ T last , scd wi » i- ; b dr ^ t « io-sj tj j .-. b many Tcf-Ttmsite persocs i&s tail ; zart j := ii » - ^_ iii -. t f felons . ThspifeiEist isdictniEEt is oEfi ths : - ^ s-s f 1 .-0 a * . It- SKcii ? Ckj ^ Edssian a ^^ st ih-s tfciv- dei- E <; a- - . t . It in ; . L ^; -- tD th-m guilt cf a life ic-il Cur-, tb ^ n that of th !* r i * - -5 . rr _ T < ~ ¦ v rh 0 wet- then aay . c . ^ i , *; at I c * . a .: csds =-u fr-jia yea that it impnr s Ip tb-jn rni . t ¦ -f eqm ' . moral atrocity . Th&charge being --ns of ni-s-ie-. &tas ur the defendants ssersiscd their rig ' -t . to : raTCr =- - _ h : ? - ind : ct ~ nent t" > the present ass ^ -s . si ^ . i nr * -. -Is" b ^ - - ? - it is thst ifcst iEGietmexit txoiits t-- ^ r ^ v a f ^ r ; . ^ r jn ? t ard iajpariial decision . Grs ' rairr :. before J rsTert iac : s > irtf-calarly to the natare of tbia d a ; er £ Ed shew yea ^ rtat it is , it w . H l . e -sc-jrii , by v-.-y cf edition , thit I shonid state to you t at trhi ^ h it i- i- . i . In the cr-s / se tf ths 6 Tidecea t a ^ iil"hfc ^ r speeches Jittnontsd to the several defeswlaxu . ia which joa « i . i frd mail * 33 saace cf 2 great po . iuol ciar g = whicb the < 2 t lesdasta proftss to aclTocite . TiccfeT th * aimt of the Pcupl- ' s Charter . &eDtiemiii , I tuinot too foc-a zcqxssii-t 7 c-u \ hat it is not acaisst th _ - prir-ci v ^ ° ' tao ~ wbu

      ces-jre tnat pohtical csante—it is not tgaii e : the pnhiic 2- ^ rocicy of those priaciuS ^ s—it is i . ot CTec against an istenptTatc zeil in thr aiivocacy of the ptincples 15-h ' ch sra xnpposed to i « isvolr—i Dcder lhat aaTue , thst this prosscstion is aimed . It ia perfet-Jy la-srfai for sny cne by -sfriiing , by lectnrijig , ly sT > s-aiing on St snd properr occa « iona , ms-: in 3 teinptiat * mamstr , tj fuze those prinsipies on ths public mind , and to siti to attain their objfcci 'when time shaU hare matnied the raise" of the people of this country for the ent-rr t .-innieEt of thfce principles ; and eveD s = p-Txjsrns th ^ t . in tie « mrE 3 of that advocacy , in the h-= at

      SBd Yha z = sl a »? tfc-2 mc-niSEt , some icieiDperat-e exprtsaons had fallen from thc-ss -who adTccate tnch principles , thil :-Jso is the nature of the charge "which is preferred a £ ais 5 t th £ se defendants . I mzj , indeed , ptrh 3 ps , be i ^ rnikted to obserrs that it might txdte some surprise t ^ ii ssy one , ho ^ eTer cesp ' : y impressed mir the trets . sisd ) - ? dce of -s-bat are c -Ur 3 Cimtlst princpl ^—h-jir £ Tcr fondly belieTing thsr , a tires woola Come Trhca the pablic iniiid vronld bs turned tc rise support of these prinriplta—and haweTti dt-eply im . pressed th ^ -sa piinctpies might be Txpan an hanest mind , —I say it might excite surprise to find it possible for

      any cis pert ^ n , jaagnsg -with serenity of temper , to look srocr-3 at she ststa o ! society in this « -e 3 t country —to s = e the fe 3 H 3 and roots tjj - wkich po—e » is planted in fcs Tarions classes of sockty—to see how , liti iy Dak , the institnfien 3 of the coaniry are attacbed to

      His hearts of th-ise around then ; - —it is diScuit , 1 say . to conceive that say person , eaircly and sertneiy btdie ? - ing those principles to be the principles of truth , coniti hope for any speedy or sudden triumph of tho = e principles by the mere Treapoiis of reasoning and ej . ociect Sot I ttQJ gwnt- thst it is possible tfcat a peri . « a . *> nthnsiaEtically aibachsd to those price : pies , & 2 y . > -ee thr imaginary fature in the icttant—thit ho might think it possible to OTer-leap sH these obs-. adts—and beiieTr that the season had ccme for ti e triumph of thoss principles . And if yon shall find that these defendants have done no more fhqn this : if you find that they only intended to advance their trinsa by rtaion , by psrjrua-Hon , and by elcqcsnca . I ask no -verdict sga : E * t them , IwweYer I mny ^> nr . > than iand yen may think tbemi mistaken ¦ srith lespect t « these principles , or their speedy -rietory . The scene to -which I shaii hsTe tc call your attention is no donbt very familiar to m" 5 t , jf aot to all of you ; it is the Pottery dis ^ rics of this

      county—a cjstnet &f which Tunst-li is at the northern txtremiiy , and lon ^ ton to tbe south , in t ± . e centre - f which is Barslem , Hanley , and Stoka , and t- » the west 2 * e-wcastie . It la a district surronnced by ^ olifcries , the minpr-il wealth of-trhich is grest , and those collerits txtend , in fact , beyond the Pottery -woiks . The Pottery "works hare of late years grown into a mest important part cf nationil induatry , and give employment to maay thousajidB « f hands in a district that is den «! y pocnlons . In the month of Angnst last , unhappily , disputes tad arisen -both among tbs collieni and their masters , and ths pottera ana theil employers . Those iiispntes hRi ^ nothing -srhateTer of s political nature iu their origin . They arose entirely in disputes with Tesp « rt to the -wages ta be paid in the different colleries " and in

      , Borne of tha pottery manufactories . The men had struck for -wages ; and the masters and men -were in that degrea of hostility to each otliei which sucha condition implies . In that there -was nothing illegal . The trcrkmen bad a perfect right to combine , -with ethers , for tha pnrpose of desisting from that labour mjtn tbeir requisition should be complied -with , or a compromise effected ; tfQ . % although Ulit state of things inTolTed no crime , yet It inyolTed a great calamity , because one cannot oonceiTe of any state of things more distressing than tfcat in -which the ties of affaction and regard -which hind tbe higher and middle classes to the lower are turned into hostility , and the families of many "working men left -without tha ordinary means of

      Bobsistence . It -was at such a season that we charge Hie defendants ( and 70 a are to judge by the etidence TPhether it was so ) that they , taking advantage or the Jmbappy state of bostilifcy in -which some of tbe ma » - teajwere placed to their serrants , thought they could employ tiie force of those -who had chosen to leave their employment to do ?* " > - -which -was fiioy j * mA tyran-» ouj—to force others vho -were disposed to work for S&eir-masters to join these -who had struck for an increase of "wages ; that they thonghfctfcat in such a state of things they might tern that -which -was s strike for TOges ( hating first aggrsTated it by force and Tiolence ) into a strike far Qte Charter : that they could assemble the multitude so tamed out from their honest employscent , and combine them into a common cause , so that

      they may strike , by means of these persons , terror and dismay into the heart * of those -who opposed them , fi&d - ihos obtain an fHqfifl advance of those

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      principles ¦ cs tbty had a ptrfrct right legally to advoeata . T ^ o of the persons before you reside in the d » sr \ ct of the Potteries . One of the persons included in the charse , Win . Eiiis , wbo has been coirvic' . ed of XBOthfcT offence , was a potter , at Barslem . Tfce defendant Cappur was a master blacksmith , at TnnstelL Tha defendant , John Richirds , -ktis a Bboemaker , at Sanley ; and they "were all active advocates of -whatare called Cbartist principles . lbs other defendant , Mr . . Cooper , is a stranger to this district He had psfd it a -vis ' : ; before Aui ; nst last twhich you -will find to be important in the investigation of this case ); bathe is . I bdur-re . a person resicSiug at Leicester , and notnvrius ? sny business in , or connection with , the Potteries 1 Ebili sh . w yon that in the month of March precedinc

      the ontbreak in August-of last y--ar , Mr Cooper for the first lime visited the Potttry district , wben he became acquainted -with the other three defendants mentioned in the indictment , E ; lis , Kicnaras , aad Gappur . I shall sbe-w that all four -were together at meetinga of the s 3 ™ ie character , and that at the cl-ise ef thosB meeting- * X 5 i . Copper left , statin ? that he should come ugain at some futura season . Tbe meetings at that time w > -re ht-li at a place cslled the G-serse and Dragon , at Hanley ; asd you -sill find some 01 tbe expressions used at those meetings ( witfe reFpeev to the number ef scMiers in differ- , nt parts of the conn : ry > wllyms ¦ with some of tbe expressions CRrd at mertmjfS Trbich < rero fU ^ seqstn * ly hrid . After Mr . Cwm kad li'ft . avBetings X < - -n % pl 3 cs st TmistsJl a : d B--. n ¦ y . st which the df > -

      £ ad tfcil at tee 01 \ . in& mee ' iii ^ s tbe efe-KiantBtcb'sr ^ s ni = td tsprsssMffl 3 which will be v * ry luutrrial indeed in thv conrsr of this inquiry . He told tfee peop ' s whom he -was a-ldretsing tb-it the army vas withdrawn on fore ' en Eervics , and that li > t-Te w » rt only fi ^ d ot six foidiers to every to ^ rn tkrcugh- 'ut th ? kiiis * "iv .. It is for yon to canceiva ¦ wbtiht-r th-se oi >? ervarior-s b ^ . d a t ^ niJeucy to en attaai upon the au ' hornie" by f- > rc ^ » r whe * . hfT you can apply them to Ibf a * ivocacy of principles by srgDni ^ st a zKl i" -- * i < & . On tht S- ' . b rf -Ju ' v . when tbo public mind id ' -h * Pott « j-Ivs vrai asit-it ^ d on tha suigect of wa ^ r « , Mr . H-ehards speke f » ? eYc-ral persi-Ds aronnd Liin w : th ai-horr . n ^« of the military . He siK'te of b » w be won . ; I trrs : a si > n of bis to Erevrii .

      bis en . is .: ag into tbe anuy ; ani sai ' . l . yoa n * -r . l nut mtn < 1 bail cartridge : \ re wiil have bloort for b-ond , ¦ vehtn tfce tinie for the ou * -break airivis . - stick to jnur p ^ 'Et . BEii W ( shall get -wtai -we Ti-qE're" Oo thr 9 th if Atmnst a n : t > et : ni ; s ?;; s b « -id on the Cro ^ Ti Bank , in the vtrj cejilrt : of the hetxl of the Pottery district ar- < i ¦ sr hi-re thr-re is r < > y jn-at fariiry to 2 r ^ ii ? oodat ^ ? he 23 ii . h * rs ^ ho miaht a& ?» -Ki > -: e in tha * popu ' -aus asi ^ hi- uixiv . od- At tLat uirr - . inj Caj . pur made r . sppech . in v . liirh i-f aliUC < -vi to St » Ui- u i ! lary tac" os t <> T -1 r . r ' cry c ifc _ - I > a < it ; . 1 Wcilirutcn ¦»! -vh , if * n-- < s ^"_ ccr " . sinly u -was n .-t trur ) w . iu . d hiTe t --T < i } Sl ; k > i ; onr-ib ' . e to ! i ! r . t ii . at i-. ' ! -: « , 10 ^ hich Uiis . • . l' . t ? Till be nrier su » .: i p ,. -mi oNigatlon ; & . id he \ l -n » . f > rrr (! t tbe jaUU :-7 t ^ c .: ^ .-which thi V thtUi « -i-tts - wuu : !! hpve t tractive

      C th « 12 'M of Ats > t lti = ir- \ rz * aiio » h » -r ir . f-tiDe bs ? d 02 thr Cruwu Bank , at vihicb h « -lh E-. lis b :. - -. Kicbartir ¦ w&i ^ prr-.-ent . jS ' j -r :, np tc this riir . e tbs d « fend& ^ t

      Cs-j } r t-i'i not appeared ki the Po " t »; ry ai > tcict frow i > c urc- ht was iticre in March . W '^ e believe that he £ 7 ^ t » -iUie ir .: o thr ; ilii-rirt on giiardny , the 13 lfc March , im ' . it .-it siil not be verj icu TlBnt . r . t-caust- hu s ^ -coa-i intr »» d : a ; : ' -n on ibe tccce tuok plac « - on Sur . di-y , tht lith of Aurc . < - t- On that us . v L » wig first oWrstxi r ^ SLC-. az . a prort ^ -jn , which -sens n : oT ? nj ; t * wari 1 s L- ^ C ^ -n fro .: i Han " . cT ; i ^ na : ^; c * ' - - ¦ ' t - with wbvai he « i- : n i ^ isc ^ sswa , nU tc I'M' 12 : cm ! ' r . «¦ ¦ ~ - fueiae Ttr .-s u . a LyaiD tune , c ; j * : . V < 1 ; . t ci' r . " ; : i : tisj caTL- tc _ t , iict of -c-usze ^ ruuui ' . i : L : c * -r , v .-j . r * . In " mounted z siom ( T s at r :-i > .. : -uz . . ¦ . ir- : ;; -R-h . 'Ci hr = r . tire .-i&w lit- je ^ p . c Se si ' jl- Vi . n m ih- Kaae b " . rain sn which tht i » : h » -r ^ i ^ r , .. 3 kV * 1 - : sp ^ -k n Irf ^ f ri wi ; h T-AeTe ^ ct to thr i . HiiL nuuio , ! of s ; l «' - < ri in < = Acb tfsrn . Ke i ^ ia ths .: il . 'z . T : li ^ il br c ; a i-k r . ' . 'uihnrv .-ei !• t ice peop'c to c : j . v ; be » c . 3 ; - 1- * rh- aru . ; . asii tin ?

      cl . n-v a _ --. ' . ^ r . _ -it *¦; : } he v *~ T iaipi" : ; - ; in iflia c « c , he j . < := : ¦ . ' i- tLe C-u : th ; 1 » -j ~ ' .. ^ of : t in ian ^ U ' - ^ e ¦ R"h ? cb I ¦ sriM . , '; t r p * at , ! 1 ¦ . ' . Lt paiL . ii . arl > pu ' nt * -d to the i ourr i-f iLt n-cu = r of Luuk-ton , ^ 3 J U . q : tLe 7 > ct-T h .-ui i- r « £ io" cz £ jix-ayli .- V .: tl-t L " cht onij to hiTe £ ivi or i-i ; i s J ~ ' Hr . sp . ke of tht Lnie wL-cri t :- clurrh ? 1 ¦ rV i . f »^ j i cv . - . ti > 1 thtpt-.-p :-.- hbTtM u ;^ - r ' . ur . -. lj ! > ij . t . ' . ! i " . "JkL ; vb w ^ : '•> •«• sppri'T-rialrri ' . o tl ' r iii : s -. y = 0 / lh = E- ilii ^ Ji-d

      Chcrch T ^ fir . it ti--.: t » tj « ir . p .: U' -t , with r ^ ft r rce to lU- i-ou-ncj' f i . 1 Is i-ivC u : £ -:, Viit !) J > U hci . r ¦ w ^ st wt -. Lt / ru- s > n ttits f 1 -i : * : > jy np > ij th ^ t par :: cu : » r sj - ^< :. H' ta > i tL" .: ( .= Li ' a ' tt : s-t . i 15 i'CO prt » j- ! eat Wt : !; :. burj af -3 " d-y = ¦ sA -- ,-n < i l >~ . t th ~ y Lz- \ c rcrf > a uct- - m- ' -a " . a '¦> i' m .... f : . n t ^ . i tii ' .: i ths Crartr wi ^ - thv ia ^ c f the J- - , oa Lha fk-i : c- » inc Hiornin ; . Accoiduyiy tLat ni * -feting tiuk v ' . t&A at Hi ' . tV , on Vuudr-y tuomii-e . ^ IT ( . ' - > 'vper btii ^; t ? i « price p-J ^ pttiier . He £ -: peari . i tb > . re aiEong a LutnVser ol j > rrsoj : a who tTcrt : phyn . ally struag ; ir . injr wf thee tff-rc Er ^ e < i -sKh-lawre « ti . Ss , Ft m" of thin ) ¦ ft c : er ^ eiinic 2 o ~ the jrTonid w :: L their sticks by tLeir M . 1 ,-,-srhiie oth'rs wnv ElantiT . i ; Ita ^ 'ns u . -i sticks . He b « 5 i .. by si ^ ins * hat hr -wu c . iao to ttrll ih'in ^ Lut hsfl rte . ' i j . nf ; ' : O ' - htT pieces ""• - ^ e > . iina rora la ' x-nr until tb * Chirttr tv-came the i « . st of iLn ' . ac . i : he < ii' 1 not ttll then , to < ... wtat others h-d i ^ jne . « u" he to > i

      tb-Ti what tb ^ v hid d .. r- - an ! i rhaps thty i ' i ? ht \* disp set ! to f l ; .. w th-ir exanip ' e . Ht t . -r , ip it « -f the- tii -etia ? at WedTje *'» nry , winch had L- - -ti . t . <\ e \ r _ -T 15 OO ' . i , init ^ a-J of as he ha = ! rspeCfJ Lj o'K'o ; he > T > jke of the corn ibst tris on tne fc ivnn-i , :-. ¦ " •! hv ) ..-cited thr people to come t" a r soln ' -i > n to de ^ : st ifm Ja ' oc-nr uu'ii tiie CiiA-: eT became the law 1 f the lar < . ' .. He ciia be was ? t-: f ~ . r * -cte 3 Ci . i .: i-.-n u { th- int- « -t u ; .

      and f- ^ e ont tao ^ b- - _ . ii * iful w ^ r-is S ^ cTi ^ tnre , "' Come all y * that are v » tary j > ii < i heavy iajvn . acd 1 will give y < 'B rest ; " and ih- n a * approprk . tr t .- > that t- st . lie propo 5 * d a r-solDtiuD that ail thoulii cease from labour usl : l the Ciarttr btv _ me vhe ia'W of the land . Cooper—ily Lord , 1 don't kn ^ - * whether 1 am in order , but I btiieve the L' arced Srrgtaot will fi :. d , if hi refers U > his brief , that I did not 00 so . T « p Learned Jndije rep'i ^ d that ths Jnry vrtuld of course he only graded l-y ta < = evidence a i < . act < J E > rfore theiiL

      Mr . S-rreant Talf . u : d resumed— G » ntl « -m ^ n , what aw now statin ? b me . e ! y to sir * an outlinetif the cas- ^ for tbe prosication . Of course if I d& not otablbh by cr »;> ble -sntnessts any part of my statement , it is qalte ui-irecea&iry Tor me t j tril y-n that that i 3 to be entirety dir ^ iisse-1 fro : a ; oar aiinda . I am stating it from niaU ^ r vrhTch I taTe r ^ -. s-ct to believts I shall pro ? e ; bnt wLri a cvs * depc-:. d « = -a expressions ro doubt yea "sr ; li "B'itcn the fcVideiiCt with ^ rr-t vigilance , and take c ~ rf tbat nothing is prc-ss-. il as . inst the prisoner ; a . d if jou thoDght that there was any miitak ? as t » hw int-aninij .

      yen wrn ! ? cire him tb ^ benefit of the doubt 1 think ttitre can ix- no i-u i an the tT \< Jn . ce thiit he sought to j sotics th- ia * o 3 hs := in from ! .-bour until th « j Chutltr was tb < - la *? of the Isnd ; i . ut whether be pot that proposition in the form of a resolution , er whetb-r he inu so by inciti-in ^ Dt , is qaite immattriaL It is not at s . 11 necessary for rua ti- - 'n -his part of tha cas-e , to call cpon yon , under m ; Lord s direction , to find that sneb incitement , Mich rcc-innien'iatiors s ^ e in them-. pelves o 8 Wnc * -s aaa ^ n't Mm law , because the present charge s > oes be ? t . i ; 4 \ htm , an . 1 it ia oDly sn irgreditnt in tbe case I ha > r u « Jay b-f ;> rs yon ; feut can one conceive anything ni -rt ; c : si 3 ' r : us than tbe snecess of such a scbemr- ? Cm »! E ^ enceive Bny position of 1 hnman sacirty mrre ^ f-trr ^ ing . !•• wfeich sets of outrage may epriiE up than fur the - * or > - i > g papul-. tion of the country to be placed in a state either cf starvation ortheft , i because it isxjniteimp ^ s-ioic th-t s-u ^ h a Tecommendation ! coiild Isad to any ctfcer rrtfnit- It - * zs a part Of tDG dOCm of enr Bpec . es , at the time -when it W ] from its fir .-t iano cence , that " by the sweat of the brew it ebouid eat bread . " and a part of that doom wa « a merciful part 1 because there is no statt ; in which man car be hi-: il ; hy if in a condition of inaction , unless it be in a sta'e ef

      innocence )—it is . therefor ? , & m-. rcy to fallen man , th-it iudnstry becomes a part of our v-.-ry natnre , a ; ia the duty not only of Ihoss ^ vho are most iaisely , as dist » ^ ' *« iEbed from other classes , rai « 1 the " woriin ? c&ssr « , " ithat is , those -who -work by the lab » ur of their hands . ) bnt it also brc ^ ines tho duty of those fiiiing every station in society—of thoBe ¦ who - work by the severer and more anxious toil of the brain—who haTe the intellect perpetually exercised amidst ar . xifty , toils , ami cares ; and it ia the common lot of man , from the cradle to the grave , tkat in one dVparUaeEt or anvther ha should s ^ rve his famiiy , his coviatry , tnd his Inends by the labour either of his bands or his brain : and he , therefore , -who levtrs a - » h ~ - ! e population from that htalthfnl state to which ProTidenca has called us prepares the seed for the introduction of the wsrst possible consequences—for the triumph of the worst possible passions—for the suffering of the worst possible calamities . Ton will find , however , that the incitement on the Crown Bank was not confined to that Mr .

      Cooper , yon -snll find , used other language then , which I wottid rather you should hear from tbe ¦ 'S'itnessea than from me , and - which had a tendency , ( rather indeed by an artful coTert . ) but still bad the tendency to incite to acts of distinct outrage , and yon will find the consequences were immediate upon tbe incitement being made . The Learned Counsel here proceeded to nairate the riotous proceedings of the mob in Hanley immediately after the breaking up of the meeting on the Crown Bank on Monday , the 15 th of August , in -toe coarse of which he observed that the mob who had tamed out the people at Mr . Hidgway ' a manufactory was heaaed by Yafees , in whose house Cooper then sad ttiat in

      lodged , bis speech Cooper had referred to the Court of Bequests as a specimen of class legislation . Sergeant TaJforal proceeded to describe the destructive -acts of the mob . who attacked the -poiice station at Stoke , and Mr . Boss ' s reside nce at Penkhull , and after describing what took place at F * nton , the Learned CoonseJ obeerred : — " The work of the third division of the mob was still more fearfuL They directed their course to tbe spot from which Mr . Cooper had addressed the people the night before at LoDRton . They first attacked the Town Hall and Police Office , which they partly destroyed ; they thought there were arms in the Hotel and searched it for arms ; they obtained I believe some police staves . "

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      Cooper—Tbo Laarr . wt Serg « iDt must be quite unaware that the multitude thought this . He does not quote bis britf . Tho Judge—He is only giving an abstract of -what hia instructions are-Ceoper—I am not aware it is usasl to inflame the mind of the Jury by telling them what the multitude "thought . " The Judge—Certeinly not , but he can tell them what the mob did , from which tbe Jury may draw their conclasionB . Tint is the effect of what has been statedthat they did such and snch an act . and it is for t !* d Jury to say witn what intent the mob did that act . I don't think yon will find brother Talfourd will state anything improper . Cooper—I make no general complaint , my Lord . The word " thought" struck me at the time .

      Mr . Sergeant Talfourd continued—I am sure if I ' used any word that was unfair—if I said what the parties thought , I stated that which was not strictly cor- ' rect ; bni if the defendant will allow me I will put tbe ; qnestisn on a -fiir footing . I do not state to you that thesa parties went to Longton because Mr . ; Cooper had been speaking there the day before j but I put tb » two facts in juxta-position . and it is for you t ^ draw your conclusion . They went from the Town Hall to the * house of t'e Rector , the Ktv . Dr . Vale , ( thi > . person who had been referred to by Mr . Coopi-r in hia spesch the day befurt . ) tLty burst open the buusc , plundered it completely , n't fire to it in four places , made a pile of furniture in front , which was Bet tiro to ; they fi-anii in the house a qu mtity nf spirits , which ]

      they drank , and this no <;• ubt ii ; flaBHd their fury . Tftpy remained there till f , ; nr in the aftercoou . A fir <~ eneine was brmivht to the spot , but an attpmpt was n-. a « ie to destroy the hose , and that atu-iiiut v ? ,. uM have Ivt-n successful but for the heroic cu ; u 1 uct cf a surc- ^ un narked Davr « " » , -who , when the authorities Ttre quite paralysed , ( for thr--tt appears to have twen do aUein ) . > t niada to int- rfere with the proct-t-din s of th : s mo >> . ) rescued the bo « e of tb ^ engine from those who Wt-re ah . > ct to destroy it , an J ultimately enable ! thvee of Iho inhabitants -R-ho cam ? np , with sonu » soUivrs and police f-mstables , to exnngu ^ -h tL-- fl . mes . A number of mfatn . it ^ d creattnes , who hi-1 become intoxicaffd , were ^ asHy taken into custody l > y the police and soldiers , as t ^^ y lay in a state of helDl ^ gsntss on tho ground .

      VN'bile this was going on Mr . Cooper di'l not sppear ; ' an '' , l state to you in the broadest mann ? r , that tbtrt is i .-o evidence to shew that Mr Coup ^ r ever t <>< -k a part in tbe dtetruction of property , vr pi-rsonal vio-Imce : hut wher * - was h * ( iuriiii ; tho day ? At half-past t . n in the Hicrning , when the attack was n > u e i > i ^¦ r Gibbss housr , and thu Court , of R-. qu-. ^ ts , h < - vna n-. the R ya 1 Oafc . H : ix : ! ey . A witriess , win ix the j- !> 6 e-eof the WuteT Woiks at Haulty , w »> nt to in . ' uim tfc-. ' lundiord of that hotne as to v . ! uit w :. js g ¦ in ^ up ; and it w J ! he an inir > rt : int ciiviun' tinco fcr Turr c >> n-: ; . ! er ; tt ti tbst Mr . Kic ^ rln was in that twirn a !; the tin . e with Mr . Co per . Mr . C . 'oper was ii . fur in ... uf tr ^ at wns pr-vertine : f ^ a * the wiii . ess is ik > i . s ure « h-. bf-r th-- foliowinc i-yn :- ' .-iuiis were u ' . fil by Cm > pt-r '

      K-fo-- or aft' -r he ba \ » nf , < rnieil him of the attach t > n the P- 'lic . - ' ffict : ; .-cd I . therefore , desire , that if ! h < r « bu any ^ ioubt on tlib construction to be put upon th .-st > words yon will give tho hentSt of tho d-U't I' tho it-fen ant . Coopercait ? , " That ' 8 rij ^ ht—tba ^'» th « way tc do it ; " and he ^ iil contend that these > xprt- > -iuns rvrre ti > . ? d , not with rtfrrence t , > th * -se acta . In " , to c ^ > t th ^ y h- >< 1 done in tnrn'ne cut the ha : da ^ y stopj .-i . c 'ha collitry of Lnri G ^ anville , ouJ fcy lurnuii ; > tt tbn h ids at Mr I ? ' fKj's . It thvrt in w . y ilou-it arcn ibn point , tte favuura '>! e Ct ) E » trucf '( . n is 'h .- .. n 5 ; . \ art- Vj « n » l to adopt . 1 v ; i ; l 8 up > i >) se tl : _* . l ) io 3 e > x p- ^ - ^ - ' t > " > h-jti ot refeTeD" < -to thp ou : races of wh'ch Ij < - - ^ i _ is th » n inf ori ; - ;} ; hut sutpIv if ht « wa- : it Il'j * ti'tit

      io-. TUietl of what coarse the people -vert- takn g wr hs . a been &t » f-n inn on his discourse in the m mii ..: ; , JOil Woi ' lti LdV" supp <> s > id to find him en « l * -a * ourii :. ; tj ] ru : c y ' . 'ip to thrt » - firac e iiegs—surely 3 m woui . i i . avu es .-tcCe- ? , if J . is o * 'j ct a . cd desire had iwtn st-im ' hv . % fur diSVrt-iit from that of vhirh be wss a }>| TU « -ii . Uwt he w . juS i h < 7 d at ' tmpttfd to prevent it ; lut h : «)« a r -o appfar i-n the scenb during that d . iy attii the ev -n-114 , when another meeting is he ! i , accor : i : jp t" 11 , - -. ce . That met-iini ; at the Crown Baiik u ol the luu ' . iaii .- . rtacce in the consideration of this cas ^ Jut p ( - w ^ Mit a state thai n « j ? hSourhor > d was in ;¦ . " ¦ . xb-j Ume wi " - » -n the tnKnt'm w&s i »« l « i ! Mr . Kvse ' s buu ^ u 1 m- . l ^ jt .. piiia ^ eii , Dr . V tie ' s Lad been bUzisuj , and the- c . ah ' . ry thi-ju ^ ti'jut whs in terror and ribm ; r . ! Niss ? , if r . t tha * . tinifc he u-ci 1 ihe expressions vrhiifi ar > r at ' . ri' u '<> . 1 t liiia it ii impossible to put any <^ . hf r c-. n . » v :-ucti » n i *; -on iLl-ie bnt that hetxpi-cUd via : Lar \ titei . ;< i . ( . ¦ < . Hf « iid t" tfce pi-oplc . ' . S .-me of ytvu h-ive bt--n ¦ rui < k t .-.-i- . v ; " . : hit was at Dr . Vale " * ) "tirp } ourac- ! vrs p" ^ r—if yea ^ ° t drucs : you are 6 ji < 1 . "' He Ea-Ju tb < m - •¦ j t s ^ T 3 t-3 ytjch , in tr . e firet pliCt-, p : u » i % l V .. & - . ho knew what had tak * -n p ! -j---, suppoaicg > uu c Mild d . 'Uijt that any o ^ e covid he wnhin two milea ai ; tl n ^ : hu . . of it . Cooper—ThP Learned S ?> j"ant cannot b < aware of whit Bis v'iven in eTiderce on the formtr occsion . The Ju i ^ e—I must not luve aiiusious ma U to what took place st a former trial . Cooper—Y < 7 V ! pee , nivl ^ ird , this Is n « t in proof 0 ? anything that had tsk-npiao . Tt . eJnfi ^ e—I cannot t ^ -11 until tbe expressions are proved . At prrs ^ nt brother Taifourd is only s : ; . t : nj ; T * Sat hcfXPfCt- tn prn 7 ( j .

      -Mr . Serj- eay wbtther it vr - * possiblf f . r V \\!\ to hr . ve ci-me tu tin Crown Bak in Hjj . 1- y iv wc \ »* al-out two jujJes fr < i-i Pr . Vale ' s hou-=- *<> nif ^ t Li'ifc : }>! ea < . n th ' . ' . evxr . i ;^ . vrithout htine r , j ; r . z J as in ¦ s ^ f ~ xt had t-ik' -n j ' ac-. I cannot C » ' :: cti >' o it poSH . bif thut ury pcreor . : n b ] nMic capacity , in the cmlru r ' lh-t di . st- ' et , ci-u ' A h-: v « f < in ignorant of whjt hp ' ? - . h-11 place , howevnr hy u : \ bt have d ^ uppr Vcd oi xi : *! act * . Now . it wili b < ifur you to judge of the w- > . ij whi ^ h J have brfore nw , ! . ut I wMl out now state th > i » , 1 c-e--. nsfc it is better , wb ^ n expressions aiet . 'U dtj t . n ' . ied up ^ ii , that T , ; a ? brc !{} hear thvm from tV witr : < 8 Sf £ . If in thn > «» at * - of things the dvfend : ii ! t . Coopi-rduS not dUsuade th > -in not merely fr / -m drunkennt . s but from r . jt « of Virlenee . and if ht addris 3 rri th » r ., in most

      iu-V mp-ratt urms , it is for jou to dra-x tha infer . &i : e with what feelings he regan > d the conduct th ;^ t had tik « -. n place . Tt . e meeting dispersed at the sound of a pi 3 tol \ % tatevtr Mr . Cooper had said at thi \ t meeting , you win find what the partita did to ba incapaMe of any txpia . nati- ; n whateTer . They wer . t fr m Ihrnce to Mr Forrester ' s offices , which they set fire to ; they rtmctned there triumphant until ten or clRVtn o ' clock , and from that time the house was ir : flames . How wan Cooper enjtiged at that time ? Was he doing a : iy ; hin ? ? 1 shall » h-w y < , u by six witness- s that v Lile tbe house of Mr . Forrester was in a biaz-.- , Mr . Cooper was Feen to wrlk down in tbe cro ? fd towards th ^ . t fire : be w ? s rfierwards seen in company w . la live ot tix persons . C ^ pHT— Hnving substantiated an alibi ; . t the Special Comuiis-sicm

      —The JaJge—You mutt not bU ' . ( facts that occurred elsPWht-Tf . At present I czu m- ' y at ' tad to the eTidence to be brought before the C ) urt , acd the C- 'DBse ! mii < t be al'r-vcd to state wh . ' . t La hittucis to prove ; b- will thtn call "vritnessfcs : abd after he ha >^ dvj ) ° so ycu ciu ac ' . j . rts the Jury , and call witiirssss if yMi please iMr . Seri ; e ? . ct Talfourd resnmad— If the defendant is able to &hew tbst he wss elsewhere at th" tiru ^ , wtil and coci ; it will be for you to judge according to the eYi <' .-nee . 1 was mentioning that about a carter past Ven Mr . Cooptr was * eon proceeding in the dir-. clion 1 have iMinrd . Abi .-t a quarter or half-past eleven , t ' ie crowii came from L-. > ra G anvillt's , and went on to ththouse cf Mr . Parker . 3 niakiatftte of the couatv .

      residmi ; xt . Shekon . It will be in evidence bfcfore ym that Mr . Cooper was seen to dttach himself from the mob' comicg from Mr . Forrester ' s , that he way with a prrson wb » waa dr * -ss ? d in wosnen ' s clothes , but who appeared to ths witnesses to be of the other stx ; thEt ho was seen to go towards Mr . Paiker ' s ; an < i that a very short time afte . wards the lining broke out from Mr . Parker ' s hou 9 e . I shall call anothtr witness , who will tell yt . u that he saw Cooper three times walk b ^ ck ' -vard anii forward in front cf tho place where tha * 6 tv was ra ^ inp . Thtse circumstances -will bj \ xii \ bv .-f'iro you for tin .- pnipose of asking you , not on this occasion to Relieve that Air . Cooper actually was a party to thia fire , « r had dirtctly auil

      lromcrliattly txcited tbe peopla to commit iho act ; but for the purpose of ask ; n-. j you , whether yon can eonntct scch conduct &a that with the sp ^ tehes which v * ill be j ; iven in evidence , and then bulieve that Mr . Copper was in the Potterits innoeeiitly and laudably adTocating the principles which he bopud would eventually triumph . Mr . Cooper , according ti tho evidence of the witnesses , was seen to go tfffrom Sceltcn towards Burslem , -where ho was taken into custody , and taken before Mr . Parker , the magistrate , who was at that time in same other house in bei . Mr , Parker did not at that time see any reason to detain him : he was discharged : and that was I believe tha last Units that Mr . Cooper was seen in the PoU&nes .

      Cooper . —The Learned Sergeant is connecting my suppesed appearance at the fire with my speeches , while 1 havg proved an otibi . The Judge . —1 have told you that I know nothing of the facts . The counsel can kuow nothing of them but what proceeds from the witnesses , and therefore you must , allow the case to proceed in the rej ; ulir way . You must not interfere , because I shall not allow it-Cooper —It is intended to compel me to produce my witnesses again , -which I did n # t expect It has already cost me £ 100 . The Judge . —Whatever is evidence in the case 1 must allow to be brought forward—I cannot alter tke law .

      Mr . Sergeant Talfourd again resumed . —I will make no allosion to what passed on the occasion to which Mr . Cooper alludes , as I was not present myself . I am stating , I hope , fciirly the case I am about to lay before you , according to my instructions . I was making the remark for his benefit , that that was the last titne ¦ when he was Been in the Potteries . He was afterwards apprehended in Manchester at some distant time . Cooper . —I was never apprehended at Manchester . Mr . Sergeant Talfourd . —Well , that is quite immaterial It is ; : ot necessary to pursue tha melancholy proceedings of ma nigh * of the 15 uh of August . The

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      mob , af-. t > r attacking Mr . Parker's house , attacked the house of Mr . Aitkena , the Rector of Hanley ; they afterwards broke into the nousa of a solicitor named Griffin , and committed other acts of outrage on which it is not necessary to detain you ; they are matters of history ; but it is necessary to see what the general con duct and acts of tho mob were which tbe defendant Cooper is charged with ex-iting . On tbe following tuormng another meeting was held at the Ccowu Bank . Mr . Cooper was not there , and , thertfore , what took place t&ere cannot peruonally at ach to him . The def . miaat Richards and Mr . Ellis were present ; and agai'i 1 wiil not state to you the language suld to have been used by Richards or Ellis ; but I believe you will find the sanio allusion to the soldiers ( which h ; ut been

      referred to throughout the trantiaction ) again dwelt upon at this meetiug ; and I think you will nut find from one end of the transaction to the oth ' . r , anything like lamentation with respect to tbo ¦ various injuries which bad bean committed . It maybe that Mr . Copper did not intend Hut those injuiies should proceed to the extent t < which thiy iiid It is possible tnat he might havu left ihe county shocked at the extent to which they had proceeded ; but it , is for you to say whether the expressions used at BU . h places could bavn had any oiher ol . ject than that of avo ' using tho passions <> f those who were present to acts and ilet . is of outi <^ , for 1 / ih purpose of striking ( Jisuiciy into tbe hearts of thoao who were diapoBcd to oppuso h < - Charter—whether tb . t was not the scheme ( although

      tke plunder and drunk- nuass might hkVo been without sjhuxiO which the defeuaants bad in view—whether thpy could li . ive had any other object than t > have the P"lice- < ffi ^ -fa attacked ani the law resisted . If they ilii ! tlrtt . t . titn th .- aio guilty of the off-uc chir ^ t-d on Uus rt . c- 'i'l . Af ' . er the in ^ titing on iu .-ainy ninnriJi !; , the crovr . i inc eased . Hiey eail-il <> u . To Burslem ' ED'S hea . Ied tl . trn tu B > uslcm , and there , f . ir th « tirst time thi vuif with tff ccual resistance . C-ptiin Powys , an ac ' . ive iiiu ^ 'Strate of that ilivisioii of the county , hid U £ acm <> i ' ' < l ttetcl- 'iers t > »; -- ! her . The i ; ufi :. t ; ija ft'gnal tif x pistol living tired jitrlttKl tho soltlitrx After Catit . Powys ha t resorted to every other int-ans , ;» f er h « hai rea'l the riot act more than t > nce and inipioi eti the people t <> di-ptrse , or he Bhiml'l bcM / ooipbllccl to r « quedt the

      iffiot .-r in command to order his M > l . liers to tire , that oni ~ r was given , Onu ( if the ns ' , ib fell d ^ ad ; he h < ul a t > luilt ; Oi > n in h ' s h ; in . i , whioh he j . ; raspeci iu death : niMl althuu ^ h at . first tlu-ra was a cry that the soldi- rs ha < l oniy tire . i blanlv cartridge , yet when they found . that onti of tbfir number was actually killed they fl-r ! in al ! « 'irfctioii 3 . aud th" mob tin ) not again assemble . T'loutth indivi ua , tt . a of i < ut . a ^ e > -ere iif erwiir *;) coinnj ' . U'itJ . tlat , one net *> f hravw nmi ( ktjrnun r'l ivsibtai . ee . lir-p rsi . <\ the whol « iu < ib ; and if that c-uhi huve hetu tli . no ; it tirst , the troatest devastatioa w . > uM have l-cen pn-ri-nted . atn ! limny uuhuppj p > : raons who vvt-ru trii d tif-ri- at tliu Spi'ci > il C'lititnisHioii w . iuij havu l « een s < vVcl f-r .- 'ii the pituisiiiiieut v-hioh they Were , no . v uuderKoing . Tlu thuri ;!' , you wwl olmervo , is one of cmi piracy ;

      'in' ! , thereforfc , 10 ordi r to couvc- uoy or all of the < 1 tfi-uuaL .. s , it is n ^ t n > cescary that I shouid ish < -. w you that that persuu bini ^ fif intiivi'hially iliit sme act wfth the ints-nt c > mru-il in th « in-ii .-tineut—th'it ha ni lie sp-Hcbes inriuc : ni { the p-oj > ie to resist the aulb < Ticj' of th < liw , bui 1 must fintfier sh < " 7 yciu , th it th . it wuich ww don- ' vwa- " »( tu : i « in concert with two p < rs - 'its , it le : \ st I * is uo 6 necoBisary that 1 should show y--u that it was di > D '» 1 y two of ihe (! L'f ** u < i : i . MtN . If it was d > uc l > y one uf (' win iu cornier " , with inmiher , not . l . efota you , then ihe oI . 'iirgH in \ un <\ n mit ; but if ^ ou could conct ivu th it i-acn t-f ll . e ^ s < lcl < i .-1-iiits w *» a uot : c ^ 8 > : j ; ly , r < p . ir . 'ito an . ) : ij : E . rt fr >* n uil the otheru — that what he i : ki was Mr ) vii : t cciDC' -r :, plan , or c . » ouct tlun wiia 1 ver , ynu in ' .. ;; , think of Hit : conduct 60 pureilwl hy t ! je : n . ttu-v

      : . 1 ct ku' 11 y uf tliis * cirii'Kn You know that ' . n cas-a in : ; : iy c- ' hpiracy , it is ssarcjly ever p > sainle to . shuw tlv p . irtie * m uclual s > c . et onc . nve by the eviityice of u ^ s 4 * rie ^^ wu ^) ht-ar « . l tho w ^ ivls fall from tbeit lips an « l W : j pr . sal : t WheO t ) i y c / r ^ anioeii tteir phii : it is si'jrceiy ev jr possible tu do th . it , ex « : eptiii ( 4 ill i \ cme wfuro on » u the conspirators bscoiuta penittnt ant t'jraa ^ li-t-na cvidecot , ( in wiiich case his testimony is to ht . rev ^ rtk 1 with th < Rren . t-st Biistiic-vu : or when that Li re * . > rteil to which I am hapw to say was not done in tuis c . se—when ; i spy vws Sent to watch •' . •¦ p r . icfcfi'n ^ ti ; bi cau- 'i ' , nitiiouijh that course vs foiiittiuifca D < cc- , s ^ ry for the pui . 'lie safety , it is attti . ¦ -1 wiLL xurf-. ciuu . f-. r il is tt » o ui ' ttn likely to occur Vlia . t those wb > are sent to watch will ins'itfiiti

      flr s ^ , an . t Letr . 17 iS' r-v . ras H : \ upily for the defun 1-. n : s , wo huve n < it in tl . in ca « e t >< tii a Me t < j look into t ! . L-ir bt rret prjceeiiliJKS . for I aui ttfrai '! . if we Ct uhl , ' . vt-k > .,: ji I place tfi ' . u ou a thrt ** f- / . d u ( fur iiKira uvful Tt- ¦ p iRsii'iiity than now awuita itwui . In tiie first place , } u will huve it pVivvtU th . it . Mr . C-oj ^ r viaiteti the ! : a"u a « a sttinj ( . r in Mutfli , wucn h-- met with the otht r d- ft uiluijU , und pivmiswl that he wi .- uhl return : y in wiil have in BVidencj the course ptmiuxl separately ' 7 lh » other two tKf . nilanta . Air . Cippur and Mr . H ' .-h ^ rda . at Tunstail ; you will attend to the expr * -. * i > mh used by Mr . Hchards , a < ui give them tbe effect '< .-y t !?• serve ; you wili fiu' 1 tfcit on the Very bvh of t ! : » -s .-fs- 'vrful disturbances Mr . Co > per appears ou the Ka-r . ' - on Sunday , the 14 th of A-i-uat—ihis beinv-hia

      tir&i appearance on his second viait ; you will find him , :-. 'Ur ihe Crown Bauk meeting , on . Monday , in the k as !! O . ik , in company with th « deU-n / 'int Richards : 5 'U will find him aictiu whtn he ct ) me 8 to the Crown I ' - , k Le the evenins i i » iuipiny with K ' . c ' aanla ; yuu vr ; . l fitid that on some of luu occusiona tw . ) or three of the dt foii'ldnla are pn &enl , wb > .-n liw of tiiem » j t iks . tin : ( -ther bein ; a coiteei ^ . inK p'irty to what ia Raid ; anil y . _ u * iil find cuiucu ! e ... c- ; 8 in th » s expresatuns used leapi-c'iUy aa to the 8 ' > uiit > iB ) , which will enable you to > ny wbt-tber ) they wtio the resuit of accnieut . The Sni . g ' uf a piuLol is some proof that boiiib personb iu Ki-Kif place ln' 1 KucitUri toijutht )/; and under these circuniftar . ee it will be for you to n ^ y whether you can I'ivk p'ly rea-onablH d-mlit tha-t Uie olj ct of the

      def-iiuaiits was that which ia charge ! u *; ainst them—a tiLMire to 1 xci ' e the people ihiMiug lii . it . inducuu Ihtm tc lurn out ) to : icts of violence and outrage—to resist th « authority of the law—to paralyse tl . e ; . rui of power ! a concluding what t havetosav at present , I will only assure you tbit I , on tt . t-pait of the prosecution , auii th >< sp whuinstriielrne have no desire whatever , excepting that this evid « nt ) 6 should be laid fairly bi-f . ire y ^ u , with tlhjsti observations which naturally arUe upon it I cirnva'ly de .-ire t ) excite no prejudice whatever against Vhe dtfenilant-3 in respt-ct to the principit . 8 of which th y were the advocates on the occasion to which I refer . 1 should address a jury of ChariitM , and present the cose as fairly to any honest men who entertained Ch-irtistprinciples , with tho same fellings I entertain

      in laying tbia cas « before tbe gentltintn whom I have r . o \ 7 the honour of ndtlrcs'ing . I bavu also to entreat 70 a not to let any iuttignfttiou which you may feel towards the actors in the lute outrages to ii flueuce your rcituls flgaitisb thute defendants , who are here to be tried on 0 specific charge . Do not allow any afflcti : > n which you have for those institutk-js which you muy think have bet n in danger—do n t let any feax lest these ( liatuibaucea midht be n-peattd on a future occasion—do not Ut any fee' . iug of pity e ^ = u fdr thosn uiiiber if persons who were c rivicteit htre at the Sp . c'al Commiesiou , and who wire loused into sudden frr-rzy by thy passion of the moment , iiv . luce you to swerve from the course of justice . We are to perform

      i'Ur respective p-. rts . —mine to lay this evidence teui-P"r . itcly , and as far ; is I can f . ittbfuliy btfare you;—> ojis to ju' ' ge of thnt evidence , auu to decide upon it . Events are not ours . We are each of us bound to perform our respective duty , and we have a light to hi-hi vs th ^ t all things are working together for good . Taosa events are in other—they are in E ' erual hands . They are in the hands of Him who will not fortako us and ouis , but so long as we with honest and humble Hearts s-tk the at'ainmout of justice , and 'he advancement of truth , will he protect nnd defend U 3 while we difch ' . r «<> , tuch in our sphere , those duties to which his Provi'itnce his calleil us . On the conclusion of the Learned Seargeant'a eloquent nclil rpsfl .

      Cooper rosa and as-ke ^ A hla Lordahip for some further explanation ab to the proof nLcesgary to prove ennsp-. racy ngaiust either of tbe defendants . His Lorship cave an explanation as to the proof necessary , similar to that gmn by Sergeant Talfourd in his opening address . Cooper then said—It has been asserted that evidence will be given to show that Mr . Richarda was present at ; i meeting at Haniey , in March . Nov . if it can be i-hown th-it my frkod Kiebards was not at that time in Hanley , would that overthrow th « case ?

      Mr Ju .-tice Erakine—Not necessarily . It would be a strung fact in favour of Kicturds to show that he was not th- ro ; but it may be that hu may have said some * tfainq afterwards -vhich may show that , although he was not personally piesint , yet that he had previously combined with you for the pnrpose of producing those disturbances which wero occasioned . It dependB on what , the evidence for tie p-osecution may be . If thby do not intend to show that Kicnards waa there , it is not necessary for him to show that he w ; is not there . Cooper— If witnesses are here to prove that E'Hs was not present in March ; if I show the same as to Richards , ami that Capyur was not present at the meeting in August , I suppose that won"t overthrow the case ?

      Mr . Justice Erskine—Not necessarily . It might have been , that long before these diaturbaucea you may have entered into a conspiracy , and if so , It is wkolly unimportant whether the other defendants were present at those meetings or not ; but if there is no direct pro-of of previous conspiracy , then the fact of their not being there would tend to rebut the presumption that there had been any previous conspiracy . Cooper —> Iy reason for asking the questions , my Lord , was to avoid tbe expense of witnesses . Mr . Justice Erskine—I should be very glad to relieve you . if it wera in my power . Cooper—Shall I ask the favour of counsel saying whether any reply will be given supposing we do not produce witne 8 se »? Mr . Justice Erskine . —The crewn has the right of reply . Cooper—So I understand ; but as a matter of favour I thought it migbt be waived .

      Sergeant Talfourd—It is quite impossible to say what course I should think it my duty to adopt Cooper . —My Lord , I can't see how we can be indicted for conspiracy at Burslem , when I was not at Buralem ? Mr . Justice Erakine—The place is immaterial . If the act was committed within the county , the place is immaterial . Cooper proceeded to say , that he hoped there was no vindictive feeling towards them ; that he had hoped his

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      a ? ed friends ( to sit beside iwhom on such a char $ < j was very painful to him . 1 might have been relieved from the charge of conspiracy , and that he only might have been tried on the charge of sediiion- He hoped his lordship would take care that all due time was allowed for examining the witnesses . He understood there were

      fortyfive witnesses for the prosecution ; and hoped if it were necsssary his lordship would not object to their examination occupying forty-five days . The Ju-ve I shall not ! take any different course on this occasion from what is the usual practice . Whatever time is necsssary for the purposes of justice must bs given , whatever may be the inconvenience . At the aarue time , it must be expected that tb . 9 time of the county sHall not be wasted ; by unnecessary crews-examination of the witnesses . The examination of the witnessas was then proceeded with . ' .

      Andrew Rowley , examined by Mr . R . V . Richards . — I am a potter living at Hanley . In the early part of April I recollect placards being handed about . There was a meeting held afterwards at th" Crown Bank . A meeting took place in August at the G or « e and Dragon . O . i the 10 th of April a meeting t « ok place at the Crown Bj . uk , at which he was in the chair . That was on the lOtti of April . 1 saw Cooper at the Crowa Bunk on the loth of April . Richards w : is there also , und bo was William Ei / is . I was at ? th it time K £ to the * head inn at the PoSU-rk-s . No notice that 1 heard of hati been given of that meeting . When I went up Cooper said a few words ; he talked about t ' ie Qaee 1 and her bastards ; he did not speak long after I went up . A paper was handed about , wbtn trie meeting was

      urawin-- to a closn for any one who liked to . v . gu his name tJ ; th-i p ; wtit-s who Bittnt-tl were to pay a penny u wtek and j iin the C'uanists . I kn 1 ^ a person muu il Cappur ; he lived about three m : lea from tho Crown Bmk ; I d ~ i not &co liii-u at tho meeting . Before the meeting separa t ed cV'jpt-r said he ; sh"iil < i be with tbt-ni a ^ ain , iuid that ha should be is \ it \ to hear tilk of thr : ir going on well . About a furrrji ^ ht after the first meeting another mee . iQg took pla-ie at trie Crown B . ' . nk . Ellis was there , uu-. i some cuIIhts , but nobo'ly else I can name . I a " . « n' ! ed a meeting aftervrartls in August , about the 12 h , as neur jas I can tc i . on a Friday . Notice had b . en given of : that mettiuij in the Marketplace , but in Iwcen six and seven o ' clock at night , it was Kiven out tbaithey wera to meet at tht ; George anri

      Dragon ; tho critr wtnt found to give notice at the time the meeting was ordered to go to the Q or ^« and Dragon ; Cooper vsent aotoss the Marketplace to the George and Diaijon . Ellis was in the Market-pl&si- a . U Kichanis Ahouu 300 pb . sous w . is there . 1 rt ^ i ; i « inbtr anotDer meeting aiior ' . ly af ^ erw . irds at the Crown Bank . That iiieeti'i ^ j was 01 the Sunday , ai . tt Ooupor was there . Th « r ^ w o-s a t . ibio ior the- speakers to rt'iiid up n . It was about two o ' clock in the clay . Cop per addressed the mewling . Notice wag fjivun of sn-crnr meting for » -ij < fct o ' clock vn . Mooiluf nioniii . / . f w » m . ttiur .-. on that day . It v . is h-Jii at the C .-ow . i Bank . There were 100 or 500 ptrsons pitsent . Coper waa there hut n ^ b t . y htrr else triat I kuow of . Cooper address d the nitft tine . I'he purpott i-f what he said was , that

      the limn ivas come when ithe Charter must become the 11 « > , f tlif i-iuii . Many of thi .-bt ; vfhu wert preeent had cudt ;' . ia iu their haniis . The people were excittrt . \ Vh ( . n tl . e meeting dinperscti tne ptwplo went sown to a Mai- , fdcturt-r s and turned Hie v « optu off iheir wiiploy . T ; : « y went to the police-office and turned the people out of the waUh . houso wnu had to go before tti . j magistru . . s iu tho mofuinj { . Ti ket at thrtn . th- ^ y bruRe tbe tl ^ ur opun . 1 iiww the Ciuri if Jit qil eot 8 wris bro-, o ' , pva . and the booh ^ i wtro tf- t- ' » d about . 1 kr . ow Mr . Host s t . m ^ e-: ; it P . i . khull . Tu- h use was broken op ii , and the fus :: iture and win . ' .-j . rs were de"' r- ^ jt-d . -N'othiiit . e . * o t ! ut I suw was d .-ne there . T iey went to Dr . V ; U ' n hpu = n , RtKt it vas broken op « n , set tire to , ! u ; ii vu « windows broken as w-il . I know bn

      Mr . Aheu ' u ; n . 11 vbe vsinri ^ ws wan k-.-n , ami the goods wer « thrown thp / ugb the Windows . Thnre vein a meeting t :.. tt saiiio eyenin ^ about hait-paat seven o ' clocb ; Mr . Cjoptr was there ; it was heid at the Crowu Bnik ; tliera wtro 700 or 800 persona pr ^ stnr . Cooptr -am tri .. t the 'lay ami tbe hour wtre coins when tha C > ^ ir . ti- ui'ist become the law of the land . He Uit-n tolvi th * i-. i that there were not ten soldiers for evury tosn that there * was ; ; iutl toirt tiiem the L-umbtr that were wanted abroad . Tae mettin ;; broke up bstweea eii < ht and nine . a signal was ^ i 7 cu by n pibtjl or a pi ., which went off tWi < W ! aruuni ; tho crowd ; ai > out a quirt « r ot an hour after the uitwtcj ., broke up . I know Loril Gfinvilio s coUiene .-. At ' ir Uae mteciii ? broke up . the mob » ut there ; they Mei tire to t'e tffiti ) . I kiiow Air . b arker ' s

      house ; it im aliiiU ' , two uiinuvi * ' walk from L > rtl ( ii'ariville ' s . foe » lo-. r of Mr . " Parker ' s houw was hroken « p -ii , au < i the mob weiit > iisidK- Tbty ^ es ' -roytd the t' : ii )^ s iijti-i ,-, uu i then if-et tire to it . * ' knovr Mr . ¦ Aiikens ' s hous "; it is aWut forty or fifty _ 'ards from Mr . Parktrs . Wti » n I ta . » it it was aii in fla . ^^ s- Th- ; tirst meeting I uttt . dei ! nt tna Crown B nk w ; ^ on the . loth of April . Cjvper , Richards , aud Ellis wei ' - there , [ in tbe course of t ' ie ' xnmm&inju , Cooper several ti'ues laterrupted , the Lv . r . .. oU Cvun ^ ei by Otj-ctiliij tti tt he wus putting leaoini ; questioi < . " ; but hi * Lvnlshi p ^ ociviod thnt Mr . K'lha . uB minht Itu . 1 to au immatei ^*' I fail as a fuumia' . ivn for whut wjs to f-im * , i , ; j ( i tl . % t he had not liiver ^ uu from the proper and legal mode o f txaminatijii ] C- 'oes-tx . tuinetl by tiie defcniiant Cooper—I am not much in tuu habit of at-ti-triiug Ctaartist m-. etiDsjs . The placards 1 saw on the l"th of Av . il , upon tLe Crown i Uip . k . wurc about hed ^ in ^ out tul tho masters gave tueai Uifeir price . The p . upld t . i-neii out the followii , ^ week , and those who v / i rd out , turned others out . I was not turi ; bd out uf work tb- 1 , ami I cannot txacti ' y say who wcjj . Tdry wtro collars Wuo were turned * out ; I hod only 1 > ird of their b « - > r . « out of work ; I . of !

      ha » l no o . b ^ r meum k ^ owl ^ 'l »; e ; 1 i , o n t know whose colliers tht-y were ; L will swe . r th « p « up ; e wtre turned out ; it was on the paper tliat tti ' ose masteis who would , give the men their pricta s . n- > u ' . d be worked for . and that the people were to auppo . t thus .- men who were out of wort . I did not see your n-uie on the papers ; there was nothing aboutastrik « but something ubout the prices ef labour ; there was n » lh <; g aOout Oi ; artie ! H ; in my judgment you had nothiof < to do with tbe papers ; that was the only meetiuu I aneineii in the month of April ; Richaros waB there ; 1 have seen uiia scores of times ; when I first saw him he was coming up to the meeting . ab > nt twenty yard's fr > rn Jerry Yat s ' s house ; I was there about from ton rninuteo to a r | iartirof an hour . I swear I saw John 'Kichirds in X niiiy ou the

      lOvh of April , and he had breeches n . ul l ^ -.- ^ ings i-n . I tow Eliis at the Crown Bank , ou the Ioin of April ; 1 know his person well . I had know " , i . im about two yeirs , and saw him at th © meetin / i i the 10 : b . of April ; I mean the 10 th of August ; I have p . me to school some times ; I know tue < ' U . reuc-. _ - bttwten Ap / il and August ; Elli 8 was prt-aent both at the meetings in April and Ausust ; 1 win avreiir that I 6 aw Ellis and Richards at the meetims in April and August ; I do not know thnt I am speak pi fatbt ' ioods ; tLe reason I attended the m&eting on the Huh vi April was that there was a funeral close by ; I n . ii n «) ttiirc to do with it , but I went like many othi rs do when they go to see the funeral of la person they have known ; I had only known the decease ! bv sieht ; to tii * best uf fi

      my tnowled ^ e tbat waa the rst Chsrti ; 1 ' yieetinj ; i kad attended ; I waa going no further ; I was going to tha head Inn in the Potteries ; I was merely going by at the time ; I might have come to see you if I had known you were to be there , but I did not know it until I got down ; I came down sooner because there was to be . a funeral ; I bad jnot heard of any notice of meeting having been given ; : I did net f > tt > p mora than five or ten minutes , or fromiten minutes to a quarter of an hour ; the people sung first fur abcu ' , three minutes , and I went into the head inn close by ; I stopped in tha inn two or three hours , ; and cune out afterwards wh 6 n I heard you speaking , Ibut dirt i » t > : op there ; 1 stopped in the inn after the meeting was broke up . The reason I went to the inn was that 1 went to visit

      I a young woman ; I was not in love , nothing at auaboiu it It waa a general thing for nu to go there on a Sunday afternoon . [ The witness ultimately admitted , that he was in love with jthe young woman at the ! time , but " not very deeply . " ] I stopped in the puMic i house about half an hour after the meeting ; I ^ as not ' long with the young womai ? , as she bad not doi . e her i work . She came in and out of the room ; I could not ) tell what yon said -while I was in tbe room ; I did not ' come out of the room with ^ he intention of paying any attentioH to what you were saying ; I came and listened i for five or ten nitnutes , cot with the intention of listen-! ing , but I did listen , though not very particularly ; I ; did not pay close attention to what you said . I can ' t repeat your words , but you were talking about the

      Queen and the Kmga , and the salaries that the Kings had . Yon were talking a ? sout the Qaeen ' s bastards several times . You will have other witnesses in that I will tell you so . I heard the witnesses say so after I heard you say it I have heard them say so since 1 came here , ; tnd therefore I am sure they wiil say it . I I will swear I don't kuow the names of the witnesses 1 whom I have talked to . They were either witnesses ! against you or Cappnr . I am certain you said that the 1 piesent Queen had bastards ; I never heard of such a ! thing being said of the Queen before . I hu . va not heard her character described . I have not heard ; that she is a pattern of virtue , and thai her private ' character ia unimpeachable . I was present at the

      meeting about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour . I ' ¦ was there about tbat time after I came out of the public-house . Tou were talking about the Queen immediately I came up . It was not about King Charles 1 the Second . I am not likely to mistake Queen Victoria for King Charles the Second . 1 am not sure that you did not mention King Charles the Second and his bastards . I was not mistaken about your saying so of the Q'ieen . I had not heard of such a thing before , and I thought it was an unmanly thing for any person to 1 say it \ : Cooper—So should I , if I had heard of it I solemnly sweat that I saw you with Richards In Hanley on the I 2 tb of August , going across tbe Market-1 place , the night that the meeting was held at the ' George and Dragon . You had on a cap , something like the one lying on the table in front of you . I am certain you were in Hanley on that night , and would say bo if ' a hundred persons came into ! this court and swore that , > ou were in Stafford on that night I can ' t sny it was ' the I 2 th of August ; bat it was on the Friday night . \ What I have said is true , j On my oath I repeat that you spoke of the present Queen ' s bastards , and that ) you were in Hanley on the Friday that the meeting , was held . Tbe ri&ao . I went to tbe niettm £ w : is rbat I thought I might as well pass my time at too intt ting as j ¦ !

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      ' anywhere else . I did not go to the meeting because I ha 4 ' heard your observations as to the Queen . I was shocked j enough ai your language on the 10 th of April , but that ' was not the reason . I jfhonnht I might as well go to j the meeting in August as anywhere else . ! The cross-examination of this witness was prolonged

      for five boura . Gro 83-examined by the defendant Richards . —On the ! 10 th of April you were at the Cown Bank at Hanley . You had breeches on ; but I cannot say whether yoa had breeches aad boots , or breeches and ieggings . I did not hear any proposal at the morning meeting oa Monday , the 16 th of August , for a person to be elected as a delegate to go to Manchester . I was not there at tbe close of the meeting . Re-examined by Mr . R . V . Richards . —I am not at all faiigued or exhausted . I saw Jerry Yates on the morning of Monday , the 15 th of August . I believe Coope * lodged with bim- Before the colliers were turned out there had been a strike amongst some of them . Those that gave over turned the others out It was after the 10 th of April .

      Samuel Svcan , examined by Mr , Godson . —I am a policeman , belonging to the Stdffjrd constabulary . I was . last April in the Hanley poiice . L saw Cooper oa the 10 th of April at the Crown Bank , at a meeting there . My house is on the Crowu Bank . There were from 100 to 200 persons there . Cooper was standing on a ctiair . He gave out two versea of a aou £ . Tha third versa was .

      " Men of England , yeu are slaves , Beaten by policemen's staves . " This was sung at the meeting . He then opened a Bible and read a text . Ho only dwelt on the text a few minutes . Ha then said that this D'i '';> n formerly b ? loD » ieil to the Sixons , but that they were robbed of ife an ^ murdeTed , just as they were going to serve tho Chim ' se . Hu then alluded to King John ami the other munurcha of the country . He next » ilke 4 i . f th < - Qieen and the Queen ' s bis ' . ards . I n * xt s : iw him ahout six o ' clock in the evtni g at the Crown Back Richards was there , and 8 'ima hundreds more . Tht . r « was a platform , and the defendants wera on it . I htard John . Richards proposed as a delegate to Marches * .-r . It was not said for what purpose . Cooper spoke . t ? -. ere also ,

      and announced another meeting there at six o ' clock on the foliowiii ^ momius » A niettJng w 3 heir ! on t&Q following morning . It continued till nin-. Someone then cried out , " Now , lads , for BursVm . " Many Were armed with cudgels . There we ; .- f-nm three hundred to five bunded persors present , 'f& . y liberated the prisoners at Hanley watch-house . They cbliarad me . and took me to the locfc-cp t ) look foe oth <* r prihoi . ^ rs . but there were none tubix . They then ' . eft mo avul went to tha effioe , and threw cut a qiantity « f constabl : s' staves a 11 : i rate-books . The slaves th ^ . y tbiow mfo th *» air . Tha b : oks they tore to p cces . Th < . y U . en w ; nt off . an < l I Eaw ¦ o more of them . A boat t'Veivo or one o'clock that eight I saw Mr . Pi . ker ' s house on firti .

      Ci ' i-MS-txMiined by ?< Ir . C ? op- "r—I hav heei a pohcciaan five yearn ; I have not *< ceiveo fu-y riior ^ yon account of my giving evidence b'Te ; I hiVu no " , been proaiiscti to be tn < rde a sergeant ; I tlon ' t remtinher the otlifcr vvofiis of ; h' : wrse which I hvard Jou give out at liu Diectm- ca the loth of April ; I beiitTC lue worda ~ . ? h : ch you hiveuu . y rep « ate 4 " If their force you dare repel , Yours will be lbs felon ' s cell , " ¦ we ' re the w . » n's whicU fol ' owed those which I have

      named ; I did not see any hyriin-bo £ . k in your Lands ; I have senn tLd Primitive Methodists h"U mect .. tgs , and heard liu-rn sin ;; on ' . he same sp - > t f *; r n ;¦ ' : I did uotbf-ir you s ;\ y tbit her pr « 39 ; . t MujtV . y > n i hx-tarda -you talked ch < -ut ' thn Q . iten , and t ' : t Q ic-.- ' - . ' s iiastards ;'" 1 know r . > otht r Oce ? ii but the p > - s-. ut ; I will r ^ t ; wc ; . r tb ° t J""u iit-nnt the pres-.-n-. ( Ji .-n ; I did not f .-e y ^ u at the n ! L-eting oa Tuesday ••;¦ rning , or with the rioters <^ n Monday morning ; thfc p-. - m . g ~ ho c-am i to the vra ' . cb-hnnse came from t ^ . a- 's V .-. < i place of m ^ ftii-g , t'i' I c . iu't swear that Ihtj v .., « ut the mcetii : 2 .

      Cros' » -ex'i'n-nrd by Richarns—I saw Thiip . * Cooper a ; rLe me ; tic . ; of the 10 th rf April , J . -. u' c-k . ly else that is f ere in c art ; I did not see y . u th »; io ; there w -. s a mei-tin , !* «' - the C ; owa Ba : k at Ha : jk-y , on Sunday , the 14 th of Augu .-t ; you were at th < e u ; sting of the I 6 M 1 of August ; I wa 3 not ia bid wt .: i . ' i ^ liieet » ins to ^ k plajw . Rich ^ r ^ a 'wi'h c reat emphasi ?) —N , tv , my good f < -llo ; h ^ v vve not b-en acquainted for a v ; o . i vvaile ? Now on yx-ur < ¦ tb s iy to thi- C > urt , w ? ra JLa 1 . -t in led when that meeting took p ! -ce ? V . 'itatai —I was not .

      Swan fa- ; b > -r sai'l—I di * not Jr-ar you ssy , " Xow , la s , for Burslein : " I cm trust to my mtmny ivr the fxic ' r vj i <\ " fi r r . *>! ¦«> ( ' ays ; if I was i ; ot c -rtiia of the words . I eh'iu ' . 'i not state them at all , but tive th « priso-et the btiii-iit ; I liid not hear any pe . son tn . 1- avour to prevail with the infuriated people at ih-. Hill ' s on the 15 th of Aueu .-. t not to commit dt-predat : .. n ; I don't Irnow that y . u went to Manchester after the meeting on tbit'ia ? Re-examired by Mr . Godson—AV > ut two or three :-7 iinut <» s elapsed betwepn the end of Kichards ' s sneech ard thft wor < is " Now lifls fo : Bursk-ui . ' The men who wect towards Burslem hud cude . ' . ' 3 in their I hnnd ^

      \ William Small wood tXiminsd Ly Mr . A ! xm'lr-r—I ; We at Lonenort now , but in the course of ! .-t summer I [ i vfi . : ' . t Sm'illt ' i ^ rn . I k now a hose oc'a ^ ir . 'ii by VVm p .. pper thure . O ; i a Sunday iu February Ir . st year , , h ,. ut six in the evenin ? . I h' -ard fiome } er ? onssing-R -here . I looked through tbe wintiow ;; nd siw a :- > oi many p-rsons thyr . I saw Joseph Cipner in IVm . Pepper ' s bouse ad'rt-ssin ^ tbe poople . H ^ said , The **> rds of my text must be to-night , To vour

      tents , O Jsrae ! ' Tee meaning of that , is , tc be r-ady in . vcur ' ov ti houses . " He cri ^ i on' - , twice , "Are yoa reviy '" Some of them cried " Yes , yes " He said , " Are you Slire ? c'u ara rtra ' ' v' Have you got your swords , you r s ? uns . and your bayonets ? ' The people laughed at 1 um , and then he went on to say . " I supp- ^> - you th '> rk ul ' ^ Caspar ' s come -with bis physical fnrca acvn 1 "t iR not ft laughing matter Wa shall have a " seve " re 1 ^ « hut il wilt ba but a sncrt one . " He said , " Wh vt ^^ do wben y ° have got the Charter ? ' Nob * **? aaswered b ; in > an ^ he said , "I U-ll you what I sh ould rtcommend you to do : we will

      take the bishops , clergymen , bjpocitical Dissenters , und Hingistrates , % nd P ' the ! u 0 Q bo 2 r < i a *« sel , tramporc tU'ia . * put tham into Affi'iijer , I supposy he nuant "Ah 7 « hanist 3 . n , ' to be mas-ucred and a . « s . ' . ss ? nat > -d amorg t : xe Hindoos . " Afterwaras I saw Cappur aj : iin address ' VBi ? the People on a Sunday eveuing , from the wi ' doWS of a public-house . He spoke " apparently to th 9 women , as there was a good quantity of ;})•?• . « . ar : d sa id ' " y ° cann-it fight , you can toreh , " and I think he mentioned some cities and towns , by the d . struction > » whicii theWL gs carried tliB K firm fv ' iL t

      At the Cv i elusion of Smoi food ' s examini .:.-n . Cappur sat i th .-tt ht had prodnc Q - O"r ^ en witiiefscs at tho f ' pecialC . » nn : ii » sion to disp Tove w ' * ba haJ ftated ; but 1 e had now b en in prison . * is n : ° ntbs , afld he had not knowu that Sm-. Ulwood was Hl to be called as a ¦ wi s-33 . Cr . Jis- « imined by Capper—To- * P ^ ' &e C > arb of K- qunsi 3 for tbe price of a sratt aad l _ TCli 9 ^ ereA to pay the amount by instalments . l aid cc > t say r »\ uid " tif you out for it ; but I sa d > " F P ^ ach Universal S . ffra- ? . I hope you wul Vreaeh , in future , 1 house

      universal honesty . " When I saw you n Pepper .-in February ia < t jt : ir , you « tooJ opposi "* - ^ in'ioiT ; 1 bwcar the curtain of the window \ Tfis EOt l 1 n " ™ r t ' : >_ re is a sni . il ! fr ¦ oe w : 11 in front of the wiadow about thret or four fe-t . high , hut I could see o vr tljat i the w ; -... 'jw-aill is fr .-m three to four feet from ^ 5 e ^ "cnd ; I ilitr not sei d ^ wT : wr ^ t I h' ird from ycu ; D ¦* ^;* 0 ^ . ' ' wjs ex ^ aiino . l nt N ^ c'ls before Mr . AsL ' vrdWise ; what I the sworo w . u taken down in writin . '; C ppur waabtiura tbe lu- ^ is-tra ' . es then ; CuttriM . tf ^ NcWCistie pjl > xj , rtv ^ r told me wh ^ t to swe » r when I wa « th-jre .

      After a cntdbt-r if qasstisins with tie view of s ^ aking the v . iinesa ' s tesfmony . Cippur asked him . '' Ok * you not eay to a certain ptrsjn that you had said 1 uany " a thing th . u Cappur nsversaid , but that the gentlt Vtn of Blirslen- force > i J ' oU ? Witn-ss—Nevor . to any man living . Cipyur— . witk , 8 " t ; it warmth : — Yju shall hive more " saidta you \ t e ^ ei L get o \« of piison . I'll indict you for perjirv . His Lori . ship r .-primr . nded Cappur for his remark . Cross-tx-iminea by Kschards—I d ' . d not Ltar you . recommeiiti the ptuple of Smallthorae to help each other . 1 h .. v < btor , one of the Committee of the Ch . ir : ist A = i > cia ^ : on , bat not when it bore that name ; Wheu I tulonmd to it it was called the Operative K form Association . —Richards put a nusabcr of other qaestioDS . for the purpose of impugning the character of Us witness . SmaJwood denied thechargra implied by the quts'io-as .

      Cross-examined by Cooper—I never saw you in my life at any mect . aii wuu Cippur , Richards , cr Ellis . Cjopi-r pursued the same course of cross-1 summation of this ' witness as of those who had preceJtrt him ; and occasionally received tart veplus . The witnesa was ex dm netl by Cooptr as to his views with respect to an extension of tke franchise , and whether he had not agreed with Richards in promoting the Charter . After ; several questions on this subject had been repeated , His Lsrilship observed that that course of «

      jross-exa' ' j ' 1 ' mination was a very great waste of time , and could i have nothing to do with the question which the jury had to decide . It was very difficult to say how much time he might be allowed to waste ; but the present examination appeared to be a thorough waste of time . ' The witness wa 3 further cross-examined as to the ; to <» ns which he had mentioned before the magistrates I as those which Cappur had alluded to as having been burnt j It being twenty minutes to nine o ' clock , the Court , was adjourned UU nine o'clock on Tuesday morning .

      Tuesday , March 21 . The trial of the defendants was resumed at nine o ' clock this morning . Thomas Firth , examined by > Jr . Serjeant Talfourd—I am a tailor at lunstall ; ou the 24 th of June last I saw some persons coining near the Market-place , about seven In the evening ; I saw Cappur and Ellis heading the people towards che Town-hall ; Cuppur carried a three-legged stool in his hand , which he set down , and tiien stood upon ; there were 200 men present ; Cappur ( Continued in our Seventh page . )

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      K THE NORTHERN S !' A U .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 1, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct644/page/6/