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    • CHESTER ASSIZES.
    • NOTTINGHAM. [From a Correspondent of the Sun.}
    • BREWS r * EB. SB SIONS.
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      NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That ths-Justices of the Peace for tbe Borough of Lte £ . 9 will hold their GENEBAL ANNUAL MEETING for the Licensing of Persons keeping , or abost to keep Inn ? , Alehouses , and Victualling Howw , within the said Borough , at the Court Hoq *" in Leeds , on Monday , the 2 nd Dny of Seplesultr next , at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoen , wfeea a » £ where all such Persons are required to attend . All p ersons having given the requisite Notices ef Application for New Lieensts , must for'bvrirh Deliver at the Offices of Meagre . Barr , Lofthoiwe- and Nelson , No . 1 , Park-Row , Leeds , Certificates of Character , Situation of the Premises * , Confewence , &c ,, and must attend Personally at » b « - Court House , on Thursday the Ttcmit ' gninth day of August Instant , at ten o'Clock i » tk » Forencon , when the Justices will take such Applications into Consideration , Bj Order , ROBERT BARR , Clerk to the Justices 1 , Leeds , Aug . 16 th , 1839 .

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      BREWERY AND MALTIKG 8 ... NBAK , tONEON . MR . MASON is instructed toy tbe Proprietor * retiring from Busin « 83 to gell by Private Treaty , an old established aud bi gbly respectable BrewerV , with Mailings , Benodence , and a number of wr ' h ~ selected confined Houses , averaging a trade upwards of 14 , 000 Barrels of Strong Beer psa Annum . The Premise * are in very Complete a * 4 Substantial Repair , and held on Lease for a l& ^ r term at a trifling Ground Rent . The Plant aaiJ Utensils are upon the most Improved Ptineiy ?* , with Bumereua Store Vats , Refrigerator , Stesrs > - Engine , and Machinery , equal to Wetting of Fi 3 ry Quarters , and otherwise pogaeasing capacity lor a » very nlarged Trade . The present favourable opportunity of Vanbj&nag an Establishment , possessing many ioeal advasraj *** entirely exclusive to it , is afforded unde ? pece&nf circumstances which will be explained , t » vstr * Party who can command from £ 25 , 000 to- £ 3 & , W « & . For Particulars applicants addressing I > ett «» 5 *» - Mr . Masow , 19 , Caatle-Street , Fa ' xenSspaw ^ . London , will meet with attention .

      Chester Assizes.

      CHESTER ASSIZES .

      l fie business of these Assiz-s commenced on Mondiy morning last , at Ch *» t ~ r Castl -, bef ore Mr . Pamson in the Nisi Prius Court , and Mr . Baron Onraey m the Crown Court . The calendar contained in aU 42 prisoners , of whom 1 $ were charged with no-tin 5 . The Learned Judge entered the Court about el- >> n o'doci , when the altendanoe of spectators was very considerable . After the nroal preliminaries were ' gone- through the Grand Jury were sworn , of whom Sir Richard Brooke , of Norton Priory , was foreman . George Wilhraia-m , Esq ., M . P . for Son til Cheshire , was wmmonsd a * a jaror , bnt was excused on the plea of having Parliamentary dnties to attend to . Capt . Clarke , magistrate of Hydewas a ^ so lummon ed .

      , sad was likewise excmsed , the Learned Judge » taUBg that he knew he had important business to detain him elsewhere . The Learned Jcdge in charging the Grand Jury * aid—I am happy to see so nnnierou * an attendance of gentleman to serve as Grand Jurymen in thi « Coart . It is always desirable tiivt gewlem-B , in yoor situation of life , shonld be prompt axid re ± Ar to a *^ . ? t in the administration of iogtice , more pafncnlsrJj at the present moment , it was in 4 iapensa . b ' . y necessary . The labours of the magistrate * in p » tty Sessions hare considerabl y reduced the number oi prisoners , who would oth e rwise hav * appeared before this court for trial . The Calendar is much heavier than usual , but in it there are feut two

      eia * . *^* of cas .-s that will require a single ob * ervari < m . Oae d- ^ cription which comprehend * three dijtine : and different case ? , is that ef feiomon * violence to female ? . ( In reference to ibis charge the L-arne-i Jridee stated tkat it wa _« a ore than err necessary that , if tie evidence warranted it . a bill should be wund for the whole offence , because if that vr-.-re not proved , the Conrt by a recent act of Parliament h . ai the power of pmishinj for that , he then adverted to a case of forgarr in which two o ! tbe Dames were real signa ' . nre * , but the third w&sa forgery , an j ihe crime was as great as it ¦ would have b « en even . i tie forgedn . a . aae hadnotbeen a *> - > ciated with ths two Teai name * . Referring to the case of the rioters the Leimed Jcdee continued—It ig with e : eat pain 1

      hire to address you on a dais 0 : " case * of a very different description . There are nearly twenty persons contained in the calendar for having riotouslV a ^ -mbied . but the depositions which hav ? b ^ en retcmed to sse , carry the case * much farther thai : those of ordinary ca * es of riots . Thej disclose the laborious naacainations of evil minded me-a to infnje disconteDt into the lnind * of ihe mi ? . * of the operatives , and indeed of the labouring classe * in general , by teaching them that the higher and middling ciaaees are their tyrants and oppressors , that tsey ( the working people , ) are miserable , abject , degraded slaves , in a _ ? t ^ te of wretcheinee . * and of misery ; that it was not intended by the providence of Gad that wealth should bs so tLn ? quxHv disaibarad as ii

      i * . and that if th » y -will exert themsalvea all this will be at an eni . Tae Kie&us thsy propose to do this is to provide themselves with arms , under the pretence of defending themselves ; to abstain from labour Guricg a given time ; to take frem the rich that which they had acqaired by fair means , and at ! a * t to assemble a National Contention . It is lamentable that men should be fount so -wicked as U attempt such delusion * , and it is no le * s lamentable to * e men * o credulous as to believe them . What poor man . in this country , go ffers oppression ? What rich man , if he had the will , has the power to intiict it ? If any cast of individual -wrong occur * , the ; ceurts of justice are open , and the poorest man in , the lend will readily find assistance to corns into i ooart , and aerer are the ears either of a Ju . ge ot 1

      Jnxy deaf to the claims of the poorest man for 3 ttsuce . That property should be unequally di * - j tribated ii absolutely Bace . iss . ry . If ail m-n were , equal to-day , they w ' ould be uneqna . to-morrow , and men of industry and fragMir ? would loose all they had ever possessed by the fully and extravagance oi i other * . If the wealth of ths most opulent manufacturers of this countrv were to be equalised and divided , and the humblest man in the land put upoa an equality with the rictf ' t , manufacturer roost stop , and the streaxa which rives « np ^ ort to hundreds of tkou . * aad * , Eitut cease to flow . No manufacture , no commerce , can be carried on without capital . 1 have reajwn to believe from the depo-iii ^ n * . ¦ which I have read , that bill * of indictment will be

      preferred to you , charging some with riotously i > - g embrinx . some with using « - ^ ditious words , aad others witb . an unlawful conspiracy . To constitute a riotous assemblage , you laust have three person * . The depositions state that tho * e assemble s hire taien yface at y . E 3 ? asonable hours , and under circumstances which would necessariJy produce terror among the peaceable and well-disposed part oi the comm-umty . Tfce depositions aLo state the langxaje io be of t > . e most seiiaous description , reviling the Government and the lawn , of weigh aU men . if they jpeak in public at all , ought to speak withrrspect ; advising the procurement of arms under the pretence of » ei :-defenc >» , bat clearly for carrying these d-signs into execution , asd propojing the

      formation of a National Convention . When such meetings are pro-red , such language employed , and ? uch arm * procured in consequence , ali tin * is eridence of conipiracj . In a conip ' racy , u yon well know , it is not iece «* ary , nor is it even possible that aD the parties should " co one and the ? am ? Tiiic ? . A conspiracy is carried into f-xecutjon by different-persons , in flifferent p ' : aces , doing different tkinrs . all condncing to the accoxpiishment of the design in which they are engaged . Some would call meetings ; OLhers wo « ld presid * ; others * pe- > k , innruct . and inflame ; others woula go about privately to stir up ; ctiien dijtribote pnblicanons explanfttorr of the obj : ct » to be obtained , and tha mean * u > procure them ; others woaW manufacture arm * , aad of

      others obtain their d : « po « aL For the pnrpo * e making a coHspiracv , it is not necessary that they honld " ell have known of it ; but if , by meins o ! these speeches and publications , they are induced to acr . though at a distance from each other , in th <* execation of the < ame plaD , they are still conspirators ; the act of one is the act of all ; an act done in this county for the furtherance of the common de-? ign i * an act for which they are ali answerable , even though the parries " should never have designed it ; and though they should reride in another country . th « r may be property charged in one aiid the sa ' me indictment . The arrest aad proseenrion of those persons in this stage of the proceedings is an act of merer to them . It is but too apparent that if allowed to go on nncheckei , they will be undoubtedly iu ^ lTed in a charge of treason ; but to prevent Lhasa practice it is neeeisarr thai The

      tie strongest arm of the law should interfere . aiders and abettor- * of such acts will riad the Jaw too rtrong for them , and the mo > st rigoron * punishment will be inflicted on those that are found guilty . 1 know we may confidently rely npon the good sense and peaceable disposition ' of the great mass of tii ^ population . They onght tu have the full enjoyment of their p rivileges , whila no countenance onght to fe ; given to tbesa malicious designers . Gentlemen , i : is our dary to protect them in the enjoyment o ) ft- blessing * with which thtir industry has been e-owned " : to protect , as far aj we can , the ln ^ ntutbrisof our country by a temperate and just adm : nnnon of law ; to give due coimleration tjewrr cue which may be brought before n » , and to teach all that , in a court of justice , the guilty , and the g-iilrv onlv . will be pnnished . . The jury ' then retired , and having returned some bills , business wxs proceeded with .

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      BIRMINGHAM . —SUNDAi . ( From the Suiu ) The deepest interest has been excited among ' t &V ; classes of our feliow-tewnsmen in the fate o ! toe ttr « unhappy men , Ecncell , Roberts , and Jo nes who low li « under sentence of deatn m Y » ar * nex Eaoi . for their alleged participation is the late not ? aad incecaiariwn ia fbis town . Tcis feeling i « con--derahi y heightened by a report which i > generaiJy circulated and believed , that a project is on foot Jor carrving the uxtrenje penalty of the law into etfect of tne

      ia the Bull Rin ? or Market-place , the gcene late disgraceful " riots—a reeommendation which is said to \ ive orieiBated with certain military and oJlda . 1 personaees ; bat for the sake of haznaP Jtr , « i for tne bo 2 onr of the Brima army , we trust tn'it »^ ta a statement ha * no foundation in truth . 1 ne rumour \» however , in circnlition , and geceraJiy bejeved in Birmingham . The dreadfu l sentence pawed upon the p ri'oEers seems to have been altogether unexpected here , and by none more so than t ' h- intimate friends of the prisoner * , and others who oscid have given strong evidence in their favour .

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      As a proof of tbi- > , I may mention that Roberts ' * master , a Te * peetakle iron-merchant of the town , refrained from going to Vi ' arwick during the trial . * to spe&k t 9 the general chHraetsr of the prisoner , under the conviction tbat the unfortunate m * n « oj ! d have been acquitted , ha ^ iDg undersrood from his friends tbat be did not rake the *! : ghte « : part in the transactions of the night of in- 15 th of Jaly , for which he ha * been c-onderanfd to die . From the same feeling other wit nesses B'glected to attend and sire eriderjee ia favour of Rjb ^ rts wii the other me = ; but in order so remedy , as far as human power can do , the fata ] error of which they hav » been guilty , these parties

      ire , I understand , engaged in collecting a strong body of evidence , which will be transmitted to th » Secretary of State , aDd I hare no doubt , from it * nature , and the eireanmanees of the effence with which the prisoners are charged , ( not a single life having been ! o * t ) that it vrih be taken into favourable tssEsidfra . 'ioD . It ma ? bs « ipp »» ed bv manv , thanf any evidence had esi-ted a ? to thein ' nocerjce of the prisoneiv , that it would hare been brought JorwarJ in tneir favour . U pon taia I would merely remark that , in the first place , no one anticipated that

      thej would ha \ e been lound guilty , still leg * was it exprctpd that th # y would have be « n xentenced : o die . I would , iis connecuoB with this subject , refer to an observation made by if . D . Hill , E ^ q ., the Recorder for tb » Borough , la his ckarge to tba jury on toe occa » ion of optrning the first Court of Qjarter Se ^ ionii in BirminuhRm , in the beginning oi the ] a * t month . Oa that occasion he remarked , ' It « ecms necessary , id order to rerceTe all ob sttcles to the course of ju-uitt ; , that tht ; seat of j : :-tice » hcjld bi- ni jrh m hand to the it > j ired partie- " . Nor wa « mis the less reces-arv for the due * d-

      m-. r :: s : rat : on o : jn * ricv 3- < regarded the accused , for it had oftvn fttjlrn to his lot to hear a prisoner oa bis trial a > ked by the Court if he had asy witnes s es to produce , and his ear had Keen painfully struck by the aD * srer too frequently piren — sometimes perhaps , r . o ; with truth , but * ofrenrirneii , it cnula not be doubted , founded on truth' I have -witce « es who could speak in bit brhalf , bat I have not the mcar . n of brin ^ ics ; the : n before you ; ' aid when they considered t ^ at the greater Dumber of prisoners were from the ubnurintf ciasfen of society , nofhiag was more probable than that omet ' . me . * there waj a failure of ju « r : ce frora rhe t-ircumsLaace , tb ? . t the labouring man had not the

      power of paving th « expense" cf hi * wrne «* e * , they PeiDg fi \ rd to the * pot by the « imf poverty , which prevented him brirjgia , ; theza . into Court . " I deepW regret to * ay that the observations here quoted were bo .-Be out » : tk melancholy Uaih ia the ca » e of £ 1 lea * t one of the unfortunate m * n- Howell , I belieTe , who » e brciDers west to Warwick with tne nnvr of giving impo- ' . aiu testimony in bi * bebalf but beiD ^; poor men , i-fier remaining two riays at the as « iz = 3 , in ; he hop- that the triai would hare come on , finding that ibe : r Bears of support were exhausted

      and being without money er friends , ; tbey were obliged to re ; urn to Birniin « : hara . and leave the unfortanare mac te his fite , A memorial , extensivel y = ' j ? ned , hi . « diready beco forn-arJed t * the Secretary n ! State , pravine for a c- > mrou'ation of the dreaifui . * eDter ; c-e , at the head of which are , I understand , the Eam « of most , if cot ali , of the individu * : * who have suffered H : o * t in the loss of property by the late riote , prayiBg thit the d ' mgraceful proceeclDr * may not be rendered still more abhorrent to public fetiing and the growing opinion of the eoactn- bv : b > - * hedd ) Dg- of b } o

      Depttatiox from tub PRE-iTox Chartists to the Mayor <> r that Borough . — On Friday laxr , after the business wa « over at the Tcwa Hall , two re-p > -crable per < ons , John Biir . kho . 'B and Jam * - * Ductwr .-th , « -aited on the Mayor , on tae part of the Chartist As « oeiarion tv » present a requisition , desiring him lu c-osvete a . public m « e ; - in * f for Monday next , to take into consideration the propriety of memorial . zing the t ^ ueeD , praung her : o aLimiii ? her prestent M-, ui « ter » , and to call such teen to her Connc-ils a- wnulj xupport and maintain : he causs of Univeria ' i Suff-at'P , the Ballot , &c . The two reprecentati v « - « of the rt q-j :-irioni « t « had a Song interview with the ilavor and G . Jackson .

      iL-q . Tney ^ ta ' ed in the s * r-nge * t terra * nf as ^ uraBce , that the idea of a Sacred Morr . h was at an end ; and that the adroescy of ? ioience , ) a » h sane ** , and ex : reme meajsuref * , was co- « : ir : id to a very few of their body , and by « o reeac * with their general "V ; npa : by or « anction . Tbey solemnly disclaimed any intention or wiab . to break the laws , and protested that ali their ebjeets were directed to improve the ' law * , and not to violate them ; Uat if a breach of the laws s ' ftBuld be attempted , under aDy circura" tinces , they , so far from countenancing « ach an artempt , -would most read-ly and 2-aloucly offer tbeir rt » is ! ance to it . The JJayor intrimatcd , that he -hou ' . d not feel himself ju *" iried in acceding to the request embodied in the requisition .

      Friday Morxi .-i ? . .- ]>/ gvst Mh . This morning ' s po ^ t ha > brought us a full report of the trial and conviction of ( jeorge Thompson , James Mitchell . Charle * Uavies , and Timothy } l ) gein * - for consi-iracv , at the Chester As . iizf >« , on \ VeuDe * d 8 . 5 . Tnt ^ cro ^ Jftd staid of our colnmns , preveLts us from duicg more now tban merely announcing the fact—in our nex ; the c ? . ^ shall appear a * it ha * been sent to us ; aiid the public may then jadge . what chance any one ha * of obtain ing Justice in aty of our courts ot " Li ^ , " ii he be accused ol Churlisru .

      BOLTON" . APPREHENSION AND COMMITTAL OF

      ANOTHER DELEGATE . At oil o ' clock en Monday morning , the 12 rh iar of August , the Charting as * embled in the !< t ; w Market Place ; aad , having been addressed by George Lioyd , one of their leader .-, proceeded through the town about 511 abreast ; and , on their return te the New Market Place , after a few observations from one of their speaier * , agreed to meet at balf-p&st tea o ' ciock at the same place . Thev accordingly met ; and a man Bamed G ) llespie , asoiber cf the leader * , briefly addressed them , ob-» erving tiat the time for epeakiDg wai gone past . He then advised thera to haxe " anether grand moral demonstration , " an 3 walk tbroagh tne town

      four abreast . They proceeded , according to advice , tkroagh the principal stre-ts . On their return : hr / agreed to meet at four o ' clock , at which time they appeared to have gained eoc * iderably in numbers . Lioyd again addressed them , and advised them to take a walk as far as Astley Bridge . They did s" > ; and on their Teturo , John Warden , the ' uelegaie to the Convention , advi-ed them to Tetire peaceably to their home * , and to muster again on the following morning at rive o ' clock , fegardlert of ihe supercil'ous ? Deers of

      chose in authority . The cro ^ d , which had now seeome immense , obeyed his injunction — so fir aj retiring from the meeting went—and dispersed into umail bodies , walking up and down the streets , whick presented an unusual appearance from the vast number * vi persons of both = exe * ¦ perambulating them ; » nd the shops were cio-ed , business then being ( balf-p ^ t six o ' clock ) completelj at an end . The borough justices had taken the precau . 'iou to issue placards , requiring ali pHblio-housi ' to b * elo = ed at seven o ' clock : and , in order that the

      injunetisn mig ht be obeyed , the Mayor , act-mpaaied by a police-officer , went roaEd at the stated rime to carry the order into effect . In the early part of the morning , a troop of the 6 th Carbineer .-arrived from Manchester , and remained in readiness during the whole of the d * y , as also did the detacbaent of the 96-h , under the command of Lieuttnant C&iraeross , cow stationed there ; but their terriceg were not required . A great Dumber of spfci& 1 constables bad been sworn in last week ; and they met on Monday morning to divide them selves into sections , and appoint cap ains and f ergeants ; but having no weapocs of defence , and being of various grades of opinion re-La . rdicg the present local management of the towD . ther were of little er no use .

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      Tuesday . — On Tuesday mominp , about fi ^ e o ' clock , the new police force was despatched to the Market Pl&oe , for the purpose 0 ! srrenrinp the thre « principal leader ? , John "Warden , ( delegate to the Convention ) , George Lloyd , and Gilleppie Bradshaw . A rjfw officer went up to Lloyd aud Warder , in Old Hall-street ; and having told them his erratd , they proceeded quietly along with the police , until they arrived at Back Acres , when th * crowd which had followed , attempted & rescue , and at lecgth succeeded in bearing tbeir leaders bsek again for a * hort distance ; but other officers eime up , apd the prisoner . " were re-taken . The crowd , on arriving near the police

      office , assailed the constables with a volley cf s ones , several of them hitting , but not so as to do any ^• ry grea t damage . The two pri * onen > w ere lodged in the offioe ; and , inceaseqaenceof the tumultuous proceedings going forward ouuide , the mayor Kead the Riot Act , aini the miiitan" were called out . This had tbe . effect of ks-ei . inp the Chartiat ? tjuiet ; and , st half- pa * t sine o ' clock , the pri ^ cinera were brought up for examination . Jchn ' Tnylor , E « q ., the borough ooroner , appeared for the prosecution The priuoatr * deftuded tbetn * elves . The magi * , irate . ' upon thebeDc-b were the Mayor , and M « 8 nrs . H . ywood , E . AthwoTtb , A . Kaowle-i , T . CulW and R . Walsh .

      Mr . Taylor stated tee cane . The prisoners were charged with having endeavoured to persuade a ^ reat nnmb « r of other per ^ nni 1 , to the arEOMnt of 2 , 000 or more , to assemble and gather , in order to make great noise , rior , and di ^ turbai ^ -e . This offence was indictable a : common law , and would clearly come under the statute , thtt , "if three or more meet to mutually ai « i « f each other in cpf . o » in > r , & : o , to the manift-ht terror of the j > e .. }>)<• , and althoogh they afterwardx depart without doing any thing , etiii the offence in the name . " He would >> bow by evidence that th- ; conduct cf the crowd wax > uch as to come within the true meaning of the Ftatte ; and they ( the prisoner *) appearing amongst them a < leaders , it was fur the Beech to pay wbetb . tr » r not they wete clearly indictable .

      Mr Warden—Before aay witnesn is Mcamined , I hive t « request that the others will leave tht court . The Mayor said it wa « very proper it should bo » o , and ordered them out of courr . Hiram Siaipfoa wan then examiapd . — I am superintendent of police . On the 1 ' 2 'h Aapv-l inst ., about five ' clock in the trnnnr . j ; , I went inti tb . « New Market Plate , i ^ d percfived a great crowd At that tira * , 1 met with two R « idlfr 8 HflO Were « e > -k . nK billets . I directed them toward * tbe

      Policeoffice ; and a * we passed along , the crowd hooted them , * oiiie calling out , '' You have f : ot tht-m there very soon . " 1 do not recollect tavinir seen the pri-. * oneri there at that tirae . I saw Lloyd rrr * -atedlv there yesterday , and beard him adorees tht mob in tbe Market Place , advitonn them to be peaceable and orderly , and ro benar « thcm' « lvt-H . Some of the people hurrabtd ap . d chftrtd . I heard him speaking a : ten , four , and ox o ' clock . The prisoner Lloyd told th « m , if interfered with , to rosint peaceably . Llovd —I den ' t understand that ; itii * »

      contradic-. Mr . Simptoc—I could not understand it my ? k > lf . Llojd—I said they bjum conduct themselves peaceably- To talk of rerMtanee and peace wt uld be rut-sense . Mr . Simpton—It seemed strange tome . There "ferntd a dicposition amoug ? : ibe crowd to riot . Thky formed a procession , ami y rocetded in order tbrjugh the » trfe - f . I beard Llovd speak about » ix o ' clock in the rcornir . g ; hut , bein > r at tke outside o ; tbe crowd , I iou 4 » et tell what he ga ' . d . At tht meeting at itn o ' clock , Lloyd was a !? o ibere . There were four or five hundred , or fro : n that to a thousand p ersons present then . About four o ' clock tbpy assembled »^ ain in ¦* till greater numbers ' : and 1 could uot then henr

      Liojd addrer ^ icg tnem , in eonnequeactf nf thecrowd . After that they perambulated the ctreetn , and th « r town was in an excited state , the shops being clo > ed , and the Htreeta crowded . Aftt-r the proces < ion returned , Gilleapie ( who i * not in custody , ) addre « . « ed them ; and Warden appeared to be promptina bim . Gillespie desired they would meet again , "W arden al * o f < poke , aud i » aid le hoped t > . ey would be there to a man at five o ' clnck in thw morning . Gillecpie t ^ aid that he hoped no one would interfere with them ia tLeir right to meft ; but , it they did , he would be the rim to break the peace . I conoider that the iangusge used had a tendency to excitB tht ) crowd . I think thai , the people had occasion to be alarmed . They wsre closing the shops in all directions .

      The witness w % » cro ^ s-exarnirjed very cWely by Llnyd , but without eliciting auyt . ' iiD ^ of conse-Ljuence . John Bradshaw , a Police Oilcer , g ^ ve similar tes'imony . In dvfence , Mr . Nai » by w& « called , aud stated that te had feen all ir . e procession '' , acd neard most of the speakers . He bad lived ia the lSew Market Place sixteen y ^ ar * , and did eoi , on tbiH ncca . siou , feel the . lea « t alarm ; a * he had , on several occasions , sees meeting * twice and three times as large , and more exciting . They did not evince anything like riot ^ u * disposition . He saw the last meeting when d ^ perainf ; , and the people left

      peaceaHy . He went through the street about nine o ' clock , and he could n » t recollect ever having seen it qjieter on the market day . Hi » decided opinion was , tfeat there wao no di ^ popitiou to create a riot . Warden , in defence , adverted to the dinadvantage he laboured under in not having a professional adviser . He then adverted to the witnf ^ es , nho , he said , nu » t be prejudiced ; as it was natural for a police officer to worm hm » elf into the good graces of bid employer !*; a % . d again , he d * j ) ei . jed entirely for his celebrity ob ihe number of convictions that he could make . W ' ny were not men brought who were liv ; ng in the neighbourhood of che Market Place" There were plenty in

      court . But no ; it wag sufficient to have the testimony of police officer ? , which he thought they oueht to receive with caution . He would submit that Mr . Taylor had faiUd to make out a cane against them ; and if they were committed , they w « re committed simply for the advocacy and demarjd of those legal righti tie gentlemen on the bench were compelled to admit the justice of . He would a » fure them , that , although they might imprison him , they coulii not put down tbe rising spirit of the people . It had criginated with the persons in power ; and although they might arrest and bladgeon them—although ihey mipht meet the people with tbe bayonet , still all would fail . Lloyd made a similar defence .

      Tbe magistrates retired , and , having consulted together for aoout half an hour , commited both prisoners to take their trial at the Assizes at Liverpool . Immediately after their committal , they were removed in a post chaise , escorted by the troop of the old Carbineers stationed there , to Liverpool . As they left the towD , the soldier * were assailed by tbe mob with atones , a cumber of which struck them ; but they rode on at a rattling pace , and in a very short time were out of sight . Immediately

      afterwa ^ d * , the police office was attacked , and a number of windows broker . Tbe crowd then proceeded to a number of the d . fferent workshop * and mills , and caased the hands to cease their employment , where they had had the good gen » e to return to their work . A number of windows were broken at different place . ' ; all the i-hopi remained closed ; and ulti-[ IiatelV , towards Dight , the rfoldiers and constables enmm-fnoed clearing ibe streets , which they effected in . a few minutes . The special constables , finding tbat tbe peace of tbe Uwn was at stake , rendered every assisrance in their power .

      Sevex o'Clock . —The street * appear pretty clear , and no further disturbance Ls expected . — Manchester Guardian .

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      TO MR . O'CONNOR . [ We give the following let ! er a * th * readiest mode of comniatiiotttinK its content * to Mr . O'Connor , whose exact adJresa we don ' t happen to have . — Eds . ] "We , the acting Committee ofMansh ' -ld , Notringhnmshire , are nnder the most tyrannical system that ever befall man—that in , rrap-cting the Holiday . On Monday last , we hold a meeting in Manafiod , and Suttbn-in-Aslifield joined nil in prosession , wh-n the Magidtratei called ont tha military and police , aad proceeded directly to arrest a targe number of our memlwrs , without reading the Riot Act ; but more particularly Henry D ? Conrcy , ot Mansfield , aud Was * , of Sutton-in-Aahfield , and others connected with the prosecution for training and drilling , at Woodhonse—tho ca . « o 70 a conducted .

      " Our moohinjr was held at th « Black Swan , and we paused the address to her Majertr . ~ We then proceeded to meet onr Sotton fnen < w , as above , T ? &eu the transaction above-mentioned to ° fc plnca . S ' , the system that the magistrates are acting nnder is a violation of all law , for they ar « tryin / j thew men as being in military order , which th * y wer « not ; for they were ia threes and fours , and ' fives ; n . nd a . more peaceable procession we never raw . An it i * tho most earnest wwh of Mr . Henry De Conrcy that if you possibly can come to condact thin ense ; if not , they are all sacrifisad , for th <» y will not allow any one to rq into CoHrt bnt their own party ; they ara now remanded till next Saturday . If yon can cam ** , or send some one to onr asuintance , an there is no one here to defend us , you will much oblige yourc , ifcc .

      " The Committee of Mansfield and Si / tton . Mansfield , Aug . 14 , 1839 . " FURTHER ARRESTS OF CHARTISTS . Early on Saturday morning , Aut ^ st 3 . Henry Lacy and Joseph VVitU , of Wuttton Uiideredire . were arrested by a special warrant , and conveyed to Durslfy , and underwent a private examination before a fall Bench of Magiutrates , the witnesses having previoHslj undergone a private examination , and the depositions tftkvn down in writing . Altogether it » ai an un / air proceeding , as the crossexamination was not allowed to be taken down , and ifanv one of the witnesses faltered in hi . « statements , the Magistrates assisted his memory by reading to him his written depositions which he had previotuly

      sworn to . The young men , together with Vincenr , who wan included in the indictment , were charged with utterirg seditions language , and exciting ihe people to discontent and disaffection towards her !> fnje « ty and her Government , and with inciting the lower order * against the higher * They were bailed ont to appear at Gloucester Assize * on the ensuing Tuesday , to Uki their trial , wheu the Grand Jnry fouud a true bill again « t Henry Vincen * . H-nry Larr , and Joseph Wittd , for conspiracy aad sedition , fiy the advice of their attomev , Mr . Roberts , of Bath , the parties trarersed the Coorf , and were bonnd over to ppearatthe next March Assizes , themaflvfj * in one hundred pounds each , and two sureties for each in fifty pound ? a piece .

      Ibe greatest excitement prevailed during the whole of Sa'urday and the authorities , previous ! to the arrent , had ordered two companies ef soldiers to he in attendance , who remained under arms during tb . t whole » f the day . The beat spirit has been phown here by the people , for b y Monday enough subscriptions were raised t <> cover the expecse of traversing , and they are now subscribing towards tbe trial . We b » re *] to received subscriptions from . Stroud , Cireaeester , » nd Stanley , with a procnisa of more . The authorities thought , by the arre . « t 01 these two ronng men , to stop the p rogress of Chartisio , but the effect prod Deed has been quite the contrary . I will only add , that the Veciala , who were sworn in great numbers on the Saturday afternoon , were kept in a state of half ictoxicntioD , and remained drinking to a late hour , not Koing home till midnight , long after the Chirti ^ tn were wrapped in the arms of Somnoif .

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      SEIZURE OP ARMS . . Chetter , Tuesday Evening This rnornme , in consequence of information , th" High Constable ef tbe Hundred of Wirral seized 273 che . 't . " , containing 5 , 460 stand of arms , at the warehouse of the Chester and CImsmere Canal Company ; which had been directed to bo left at the warehouse till further orders . The chests had be ^ n forwarded by a person named Scott from B . r Tninijharn , and from the circumstance that the guns wero somewhat similar in appearance to those recently seized from Mr . Thomson , of Birmingham , mnnypeople foolishly set out a report that the arm * were intended for the use of the Chartist !' . The arms were , by order of the Magistrates , lodged in the armoury of the Castle .

      A VrOBD AGAINST JUDICIAL MURDER . To the Editor of the Sun . SIR , —I bejj to submit , through the medium of your Journal , eight roajoufwSy the three unfortunate men , now under senlfXice of death in Warwick prison , ought not to be exe cuteJ : — 1 . Bwnuse it was not proved , at the trial , that tbey actnilly toek part in the destruction of the proport r at Birmingham . 2 . Kfcanse , by an oversight of thoso who , a few yearn ago , rvvued ami mitiaated the horribln English penal co ^ . c , th « offence of " drmoliKhing , or beginning to demolish" a build-Ing , runninO'l capital , although lunch vrsver crimes were oxcey . od from the extremo penalty of tho law . 3 . because th « puninhmf . nt < f Death , except for mnrder , is repugnant to the pjiinionn andfeelingi of tho great majority of the uation . 4 . Because those win f gent blaj |( eou-raen to violently disperse a peaceable meeting at Birmingham were the originators of tho popular exasperation that evt-ntually niatiifested itself by incendiariam , and destruction of property .

      5 . Iiec » uso , by hanging the » e men , the doatroyci propi-rty would »» t bo rentured ; and society would low three perminn , who ( suppoxincc , for an instant , that th-y are incen iliaries ) might he relormed , and be rendered uueful and peace&blti citiT . » na of the State . 6- Becaux . ) , if th ;»« victim * of political injustice are executed , there is every reason to apprehend , considering the excited xtate nf the locality , fresh tumaltn and greater destruction of property , in np ' ue of th » presence of the soldiery and police . 7 . Because too much blood has already recently been sho' 1 in supp ' .-rt of b » d iustitntions , in those parts of the British JoruiHioss called Canada .

      b . Bi ) Cau « e the Government of Louta Philippe , although notoriously bloodthirsty , did not execute one of the insur-Rent * oi tho 12 tk of May ; and , ulthongh the Whigs are awtully unpopular , they ought not , for their own Hak . ' ;» , to exhibit the Government of their " lovely maiden Queen' " ns uiore vindictive and sanguinary than that of In Roi des mitrait ' adrs . Yuar obedient Servant , JA 3 . H . LORYMER . August 13 , 1839 .

      Nottingham. [From A Correspondent Of The Sun.}

      NOTTINGHAM . [ From a Correspondent of the Sun . }

      Wepxesday Evening . The military were most actively engaged throughout yesterday Jin diaper-ing the Chartists who had assembled from the villages in the neighbourhood of this town in great strength . One of the Magistrates , in the evening , was severely pelted with stones . At night all was tranq'lil . This morning ( Wednesday ) , Woodhonse , the Delsgat * , was arrested , and 13 jnst going to be examined . Wepne . sd . 4 V , Evening .

      I this morning sent you a 8 h" > rt account bv tbe Brilliant of the arrest of Mr . Woodhouse , the delegate , and hasten to lay the particulars since Monday evening before yon . On Tuesday morning the ' people again ass * mbled in great nnmberg and paraded ronnd the town , afterwards proceeding to the Forest , where several thou * ands were present , bnt no speaking took place , on acconnt of the military all being ready at a nhort distance to disperse Mich meeting if it was held . After staying for about an hoar , an adjournment was made to a large niece of land in the lower Dart of the town , called

      Lees ' s Close , where a vast crowd again met . The Mayor , hearing of this , followed them on horseback , and read ths Riot Act , accompanied by ebont fifty of tho police force , which was afterwards reinforced by almost ft hundred more , and another Magistrate . The cro » ds , both at th » place and others , were afterwards dispersed by the constables and military , wi hont resistance , t > ni during tbe evening the Riflemen and Dragoons parad- d the streets . At two o'clock , Woodhouse , the delegate , was brought before rhe Magistrates oa acharge of tunaultuously and riotously a ^ embling witb

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      others , Ac . He made a long speech , justifying his conduct , acd , after Home consultation among the Magistrates , he wa « remanded till Taesday . The three days' holiday conclude * this evening ; groups of j eo ^ lo ar-i congregated at this moment , but as tbe coach starts at halt-past e ght , and it is now that time , ] cannot sartnore . Too much praise cannot be given to all parties , in their endeavours to quell the disturbance?—caused , we aroled to believe , not by hard-working , jn'lrutrious men , bat by low , idlo scoundrels , who injure every cause they

      undertake . Whether we view the conduct of thu magistrates , the military , or the police , all are alike praise worthy . The indefatigable exertions of Mr . W . Barnes , High Constable , merit the thanks of bis fellow-iownnmen . P . S . —At MaccWfifld opwardi of twenty Charti » tn have been arrested . The Duke of Rutland was one of the Magistrates who heard their cases . They » ire all remanded . A petition i » being owner * ounly signed in Nottiugbana to ihe Queen in fatonr of the Okartistd convicted at Warwick .

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      RIOT AT BOLTON . Manchester ^ Wednesday Morning . A desperate riot has taken place during tfee night , and an attempt has be ; n made to fire tbe town . The military have been called out , the Riot Act rea < l , and the streets , after an attempt to clear them at the point of tho bayonet , have been the scene 0 / a desperate struggle between the soldi * ™ and the people . It is reported here that two men were killed and a number vrnunded . The shops of Little Bolton , I believe , were first attacked by the populace , and nome of them are * aid to be gutted . A special railway train arrived here about three tfcis morning , bringing with it two magistrates and sixteen of the rioters . The latter underwent an exAmiiiation before the Magistrates at the New-Bailey immediately on their arrival , and hare all

      been sent to Liverpool by the half-past seven o ' clock tmn this morning , to take their trial at the pending assizes . I have not been able vet to ascertain their names , but shall take an early opportunity of forwarding you information of the whole particulars . A great nnmber of other rioter * have been taken into custody . A man was caught in the Council Chamber of the Tosrn-h » ll , Little IJoltou , during tbe riot , by special constable Wall worth , with a torch in bu hand , attempting to fire it . The . car stable sprung at hiea , and knocked hjp sensel ess , but whether the fellow had accomplished his object first , I am not yet able to state . It is » ai < 1 , however , that tbe Hall hns been nearly destroyed . —Correspondent of the Times .

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      ALMOWt > BUSY . Thh Chartists . —The Chartists of this place commenced their three days holiday by assembling very numerously at the top of Alruondbury Baik , early on the morning of the 12 ch inst ., from thence they adjourned their meeting to four o ' clock in the afternoon , when another meeting more numerously attended was held in Upper Fold , which 19 nearly in the centre of the village . Mr . YT . Sykes , fancy weaver , \ raa unanimously called to the chair . The chairman opened the business of the meeting by requesting all present to be peaceable , and give every speaker an impartial bearing , the request wai promptly obeyed throughout tbe proceeding * . ,. Mr .

      G . Beaumont , moved , Mr . S . Thwaite , and Mr . S . DickinsoD , supported the following resolution , " That we the Chartists of the village of Almondbury in pnWic meeting assembled , this 12 th day of August , 1839 , do pledge ourselves , by a show of hands , not to use any threat * , intimidations , « r even coaxing , for the purpose of causing any individual , er individuals , to cease labour . That we the Chartists ef the aforeaaid village do further p ledge ourselves , not to insult , or assault , byword or deed , any individual , or individuals , rich or poor , who may differ from us the Chartists of this place in their political tenets . " The Resolution , wa * put from the chair and unanimously carried . Mr . J . Moss , moved , Mr . J . Cross ' . ey sesonded , and Mr . J . Eckeraley , supported the second resolution .

      ' ¦ That it is the opinion of this meeting- , tbat , in order to peaceably work out our political regeneration , it U absolutely necessary , that all iodividmls belonging to tbe productive classes , as well as Friendly Societies , having monies in the Saving "' Bank or other Banks , do immediatel y withdraw such monies from those Banks , and also abstain as much as possible from all exctseable articles . " This re « elution was also put ard carried unanimously . It \ ras ascertained , through a fair and honest inspection , that not more than one loom out of every ten in this village was at vvork . Thanks were voted to the Chairman for his conduct in the chair , and the people separated peaceably and in good humour . Throughout the evening this populous village was moro than usually quiet .

      DEWSBURY . TO THB EBITOItS OF TUB NORTHERN STAB . Gkntlemrn , —The Chartists of Dewsbury assembled this morning ( Sunday ) , to proceed to the Church , and such # a » the number of people gathered together , that it completely astonished the opponents of the people ' s cause . They proceeded to Church with the greatest order and decorum . The Vicar preached from St . Mark , chap . viii . v . 36 .

      Monday , Auoust 12 . This being tho day when it was expeeted by the Council of the General Convention that the working people would ewe from labour , in accordance with ihat request the people of Dewsbury and its vicinirv obeyed their orde r * . Early in the morning the cap ot liberty was planted on the weathercock at the top of the Market Cross ; and as earl y as five o ' clock bands of music- paraded the different villages , and at nine o ' clock the various processions began to arrive in Dewsbury . After the proees-ions bad

      arrived , they were addressed by Mes * i « . Moorhouse , Hollirgsworth , and Wilby , and exhorted te " peace , law , and order . " The dense masa of people then began to move onward to Batley , in regular order ; aud then to Birstal , Gomersal , Liversedge , Heckmondwike , and back to Dewsbury . At each place they were addressed by Messrs . "Wilby , Hollingsworth , Moorhome , and Bairstow who exhorted the ma-ses to disperse to their respective homes , which they did with the greatest propriety and good order . The shops and public-houses were shut , and tb . ua much drunkenness and dissipation prevented .

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

      "Wednesdav , August 14 . This day , at one o ' clock , the Chartists of Dewsbary and purrouading districts began to move . The Hanging Heaton band arrived , next came Batley Carr Band , next came Chiekenley land , aext came Heckmondwike band , then the whole procession moved to Vicar ' s Croft , where a large and imposing meeting was held . Mr . Samuel Allatt was called to the chair , and opened the meeting in a very able manner after which Mr . William Wilby , ef Dewabury , propped the first resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Abraham HolHngsvrerth , of Grawthorpe , and supported in a very able manner b y Mr . Bairstow , oi Queenshead .

      Mr . Francis Law , of Dewsbury . moved an Address to her Maje « ty , praying tbe royal clemeHcy towards the sentenced prisoners at Warwick , which was seconded by Mr . Benjamin Bromley , of Ratley , ind supported by Mr . John Arran , of Bradford , in a moat able and manly speech .

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      It vras then moved and seconded tbat Earl Staishopa be requested to present the address to hrr . Majesty . The following are the resolutions : — 1 st . That it is the opinion of thU meeting tin * tb-i present straggle for the political emancipationnf the distressed millions of this country has be > na greatly retarded by tb « hostility engendered b » - twixt the middle and lower classes ; we , therefe ^ r ^ , do most cordially implore the assistance of the middle classes ia this most important struggle 5 w freedom . Moved by Mr . Wm . Wxlbt , and seconded by Mr . A . HOLLINOSWORTH . 2 ud . That trie above address be adopted , and h » - ¦ aediately transmitted to Earl Stanhope for prt 9 e » - tat : on to her Majesty ob the earliest occasion .

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      ! MAWCfciEfiYEa . CHARTIST PRQCEEDINGS .- "WHI € r PERSECUTION . On Wednesday , at the Borough Court , Jam ? Leech , fl ' m . Harvey , and John Fletcher , were re--manded again until the next day , for having thre «* guns in their possession . The two last named prisoners came from Bury , and Leech is a resident € * 5 Manchester . —On the same day Richard Bali W&B placed at the bar of the New Bailey . A Policeman said , that oix searching the priauner \« house , in Salford , he found 49 ballet * , » quantity of powder and ball cartridge . In the next hoDse he found a gun which belonged to tk

      prisoner . Mr . Marade—Do yon connect the prisoner wiife any meetings ? Witnerfa—No , bnt I can identify the gun . Prisoner—How can you identify it ? Witness—I saw it in yoar house a fortafglzfc since , when I went to distrain for rent . Prisoner—Can you swear to it ? Witness— Yes , by the lock ! Prisoner—That is singular .

      Mr . Maude ^—Whnt have yon to say ? Prisoner—Nothing more than , yesterday , I ha& the gnn to shoot at a target . Mr . Maude—Then yuu must find two snretw * to keep the peace . Prisoner—That I can ' t do . W r . Maude—Then we must commityon to prise © - Prisoner—You mig ht , as well have done so at iir * . Ho wbs then committed for three months . Oa Thursday , at the Bjrough Court , Leerk , Harvey , and Fletcher , Wfre again examined .

      The Ir-door Superintendent said , that he had sent to Bury , and could not obtain any evidenpp against tb . e prisoner ? . This was very clear , for it afterwards appe » T « l that the evidence which had been obtained wcm decidedly in their favour . Joha Taylor , Esq ., the leading attorney in the ? Court , ably defended Harvey and Fletcher , but in * solid and cogent argument * had little effect on &e > VVLig mj ^ istracy , who appeared to have made b > e > tb . Hr minds either to impmon or banisY from the laud of their fathers , all the Chartists they can lay hold of at * one fell swoop . " They were all committed to Kirkdale Gaol , and bail was refused , although tkr father of Harvey , an old man u-ith silvery locks , n !* Haiti thai he fought for his country , with tears ia j » j » eyes implored the muuislrates to take bail ! I

      At the New Bailey , on thu same day , a zovcx named BoClh was charged with intimidating &us workmen at the Ardwick Spinning Works . Tbbr » was evidence to prove that he bore an irreproachable * character , and was earning 35 * . a -week . Mi-Maude « & \ d that nearly all the Chartists that hsA been brought up were vten of excellent character opart from their political errors . He was committed to ii » Assizes . John Bartleit waa charged with having alow ? cd pistol , and some ballet- - , in his possession . x 4 issa named Owen came forward , and tiwore tbat tfcft pji soner fead said that he was casting bullelt * & Q Sunday nighc , and that he would fire at ( he first policeman that insulted him . A policeman stated lent he had seen him at several Chartist xneetiog * ., where violent language wasnsed . Witnesses pro-w < 5 that the prisoner bore an excellent character , raA wa . s a good workman . He was committed to tat » his triai .

      John Threadwall was next examined . He war charged with having a dagger and some powder is . hi * possession on Monday night . Mr . Maude—What account do you give of tiss ? dagger ? c Prisoner—1 had it to protect myself . Mr . Maurie—Why , who do you think was gor » 5 to hurt you ? Prisoner—I do not know ; bet the town wa » ia bis unsettled state on Monday . He was ordered to find sureties to keep the pea « ev or be imprisoned for tbre <» months . A man named Ed ard Polioek was charged -witl * having a gun in his po « ee * sior , in Ancoats' -stje-rl r on Monday night , which , he stated he was taking sc be prepared . A witness was called to give him » good character , and he waa discharged .

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      Oltjham . -On Friday evening , the Chartiara of Oldbarn held a meeting in the Sjciali * tf' Room , GrosvenoNstreet , " for the purpose of taking § r » - oeediogs to organise the working classes in order os > secure a Radical representation of the people . " Mr , Richard Haslam , an operative , was chairman . Mir , James Mills , delegate for Oldham , to the NaticoiJ Convention , and Air . B'nj « min Hai gh , Bews-remlw , addressed the meeting in terms of disapproval cf iW projeetof" a National Hcliday . " They commrBtvd on the propriety of peaceable agitation , as the ntt >* rational means of securing what they deeiosd ifc * rights of the people . Resolution " , declaring Ik * National Holiday unnecessary , and pkdgiog 5 b * operatives of Oldbam not to ebserve it , vrers pss # * £ without opposition .

      Brews R * Eb. Sb Sions.

      BREWS * EB . SB SIONS .

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      —^ - * ° - 9 ^ SATURDAY , AUGUST 17 , 1839 . „„ s ^ -V « . a ™ .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1839, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct690/page/1/