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      { Continued from our sixth f * ge . ) Nkrkrtir , and a axnnber of n * pm i » Mshcmse . 1 iorad Oas pap * r ( marked P . ) in a small de * k lu ThomMon ' g Front tArlosr , after he was la « u * tody . I had told hi * first aWthiscorre * p ond * Bee with other partie * . I brought him with as to Siockport , and he Km been committed to Chester to Uke hu trial at the assizes , on a charge of conspiracy , and o ' pwste «* Ini w-. d dispos-ng of arms for illegal purposes . The three books prodnced ( narked Q . R . S ) are thwse I found . —[ TXey were account book * . ] Richard G-een , head lock-np keeper in the M * atkes ' . er borough police—I have » e « en tbe ^ risoaeT Livsey write . This is hii handwriting . —( Mr . Co ^ p ock read the following letter t —} Tbe stp + rscriptioo of this letter ( marked P . ) was R Mr . Grorg » Thompson , 31 , WhkuB-utreet , Birmiif Bam ; " and its contest * were to the following effect;—M Manthtster , Jnly 23— £ 8 . 16 i . —Sir , wcardbg to tout dir «» c&on , have sent the ca * e as empty , which I doubt sot ha * reached you . I thiak thi *

      high is price , according to tie © then ; but be it so . I h&Ts seat the fnVl amount , £ 7 . 14 < for the JBoekFt * , Ibi ior the fowhsg piece * , Is . for tiw machett , )* . 6-i . for carriage . &nd 4 » . 6 d . for the rt ^ ckice of my gun ; whi ch -will make all right . Yoa willple *» to send some fuse ** and pistols . 1 ha *» a . treat demand for fu .-e * e , BO , if yOH cab iwid rox » e . I coild like about four fowling-pieces . You aay tead a few of thos ^ aatcbetts ! they are the sort that will do in this town . I hare a many want * ¦ applying , but most wants fesees sod pistols . If ftose halberts ere for M-le , I would take one doz ?» or two as & trial . Do not forget the broken pan of a leek , winch I fent l * st time . Please to send as qeick at you powibly tin . My plaeeis established , « sd tiey burnt sae by dozen * , and I hare nothing to r-Il . I » o ] d tie } ut ob Sunday . Send a few mould * , a few matcketu , and if it meets , a few of thca halberts .

      W aitmg yours I remain respectfully , ( Signed ) JOHN LiYSEY , 43 , Hanover-etreet , ShodehQl . F . s . —r > o not fail , w I have promised "by Pridaj to hare them . " Richard B «» ick , head constable of the boroark police - . 1 had a ¦ warrant to apprehend and * earcb tfcia prisoner ' s house , which I pat in exeentionon Wednesday fee 8 th Augast , at four in the afternoon . There was no otein the cellar under No . 43 , Hano ver-stre : > t , Shndehill , and I broke tb « ioor op ^ n , and I seized m the prisoner ' s cellar two fowlizn ; pieces ( rr . aker ' s name ** Thompson" ) , two » t-e ! bows , a battle axe , a b&yonet , a sword , rix balW » ocld * , a box of percussion capt , led a tin fU * k o ! gr : Bpo- » cer , contaicinx about ljlb . in weight , and a ramrod for a gun . While I was searching , his wifeaate , and I took her to ths borough police office ;

      ani in about thrte-qu&rters of an hour aft * rirar . i « tin prisanercaae to the borough police « ffice , and jr » T 9 information of a robbery at his house . I told him 1 i ad been looking for him , and I was gl * d to * e- trizH there . He sail he wished his information to b * entered , and these article 4 ( which than were lring before him ) had he * n stoles away . 1 aiktK < him what account he had to give of them . He tinted he was an R ^ nt , and aathori « -d by Mr . Tkompscn , of Birmingham , to di" > poj « e of thes ' - fo- » licg- piece * and bullet-moclds for » % le , and iiw ether articlrg for his o * n protecrinn . I then ai « ked if he htd anything about hkn , and be teok from ids pocket t ^ o papers which 1 urc-dnce ( sr . arked T . ani Uj . One i « an order ! rom ibe Grand Ju-ncdon Rai ! - •» ay Company for a ca # e of guns directed to Mr . Joan Livrsey , dafd Manchester , 233 July , and ihother is dir * -eted to Mr . Thompson , Birmingham , and is for two bese * .

      Mr . Coppoek ; aid , that the prisoner hansg adesitted that the thiEgs csjee frcra Tbx » pi » on , tV . a . j wonJd shr-rten thi « cw considerably , aind he wc . &l < i not fo icto any oibereridenee , Tk « prisoner cc * lioed to ask &Dy questions o ! a » y of tie witaewe * . iir . Coppoek applied for his committal on two grounds , first that of con * piracT , and the other for th * po * 3 fs > ioa of arms ill p gaily . Mr . Fo .-fc ? r—Yob hate heard what has beon stated , priso 2 * r ; is there anything you wish to # *? ? Pri * ocer—No . rir . not a word . Mr . >' ost-r—Hare you aav nitnesses * you wiah to eall ? Pruon ^ r—No , Sir .

      iir . Fcstw—Is the other case connected with this ' : JNlr . Cop pock—No . aj « regards the pessewion of inns . 11 U a diidnct c » ae . ilr . F ? ter tiiea ( addretiing ti >» prisoner ) sa ? d . ihtre is in this case only one course we tea lake . It is qtite clear the charge is one of a sericunature , and it is scarcely possible that a charge can be of a more * eriou . « natere than this is . Prisoner— 1 am innocent ef it-Mr . Filter—Ali tbat » e cia « iy i « , w « ar ^ bonna to commit yon to takeyoiir iri » l at the tLS ^ Jzrv . Y-ju ¦ ffT . l be enntled to bail ; aaa , after we haw heard the other case , we will ftate what is the amount o : "bail we stall require in each case . The prisoner was then-put down .

      fViuwm Benbow was then placed at th& bar . He said b-iore the case wa * gone into , he had to request that all witsewe * might be sent out of ojtxrt bu : tira ? ji , ihe box . . Mr . Coppoek » aii he believed he h ^ i h ot one witarss in tie c *» r-. PriaoLer—1 apply tkat theT may cot be e&lied upoa at any future period . " Mr . Foster—That 1 cannot say . PriMcer—his qniteadoTeUil prvceriiiEg . With tiis ccmbination g- ing on , there i * little chance : or ice , and 1 reqnest that the p * rri ; s wio . are here , ^ fho i ^ ay give eriience against me , may be ordered to

      withdra . Mr . Coppoek—The combination , ! believe . is tot on the side for wLich I appear ; hat I am not eware ta ^ t there i < any one here but the one ¦• itne .-s » ho wL l be examiied before tbe coit ' t . But if tbe . e t > a ose accidpi . tal ! T in court , I * hal not be pr ^ - e ; cded ; rxm c » . llicg cim ac the A « izi *» . Mr . Fo ; ter explained thi * to the prisoner , asd Mr . Coppoci acked him his nsice . Pri * OD ; r—By what can ! - iid -von BiT ' st ma ? I answer no qu ^ rton * , sir 2 > lr . ' Coppock—Then 1 charge bin as WiiHiK Ben bow .

      Jo ^ p h Sadler—On the 9 th Jun ^ ( drmday ) I * a « at a me :-tii : g in Stockport , I got there about four o ' clock in the afternoon . It was he'd in & field » djoiniD ? Grefk-sirtet . S ' . cckport , belonging te Mr . Jaine * D * kiu , Stoc ' spon ; the ii * ld it parily buiJt vpon , open to the stn et . There would be bet * efi cos and two thousand , psriiap * fifteen or * Lxt-ej . hundred , people there . These isicotes I look a .: were made in the course of the eve&ing . There were ¦ pn-aenU the pris . ner R-nbow , the Rev . Win . EsslrT . and ilitchwl , ( boih of whom hare b *? n cominitted to C'aester en the * e ciar ^ e * . ; I heard Benbow if faking whfn 1 got to themeetinf , aboct people o : property . He « aid , the rciddin * clfi * ses w- re ihsii ( ihe meetiiK '!!) enemies : both ihe Aristocracy and

      people of prop jrty were a pet of jurgl > r-s pickpockets , plunderers and pitiless ** Burk-r < s ; " they were ail a set of bishops . He sLw said , " i should acV . ae e > cr > one to set a sharp pike , six iiicbes long , and carry it in bis " sidy pocket , to defend him * L" axaiast arj « e oi hii oppr ,- * sor * , cr acy pole-cat of a policeraan tbat might atienip ; to iuierkre with him . " As to tie iSaticnal Holiday , be * a : d ( lookiug at a book which he beld in his hand , and be appeared to be readir-g from it , ) he wou d reconiiBend the people tj l .-ate off work , and obserre tbe National Hulidsj . He * -zid they most provide food for the fir .-l v-eek ; and , alter that , if they wanted food , tbej a-ii go , to the EBinbercf fifty , to M * jor Man « iaad \ a ferrlcrcan resident in Cueacle Mo « eley , and one cf tbe ilemKr * icr tbe BcroDeh : ai . d Li * n > ai > uof

      ia ^ turirg estab . isbmetts are s : me t-e iargcsl in th « Bonycgk ) or » ome otter rich ma . n , and ask / or a load of ccrr , »« d if he refund , to Mfiid 500 , 1 , OCW , 10 . 000 , and if sull refused , 50 , 009 mu * t go , and thrD they wcuid be sure to get it . " Sheep and oxen , ii you w ^ Bt them , you mu « t driTe to the slaoght ! rhou « e . " He spoke is severe terms agairst tfee Got rumen : and people o ! property , and raid tLey a » st depend upon themselves aBd Sxht tieirowa bittlf * . tie w&i followed by Mr . Easier , who is a di **? 2 : ling icici » ter , - » ho « aid that when theTH&tiOEUl Holiday arriTed ( refarring to th <* e who reported * bat ?¦¦

      tersoa to parcha-e ens , _ , . The Pn- oner : Is it quit * eon ^« tent with the bv rcre of sood c \ iisud to Uie a . - riuen accoant oi a i ? rtth of soffid l , ' » g : h . —Mr . Foster said , the ra •• m th «» a person migh : rake notes lmmediatrl ; afterwards . —Air . Sadier ; I took some notes imm « - diatrW a-t-r th ? meetinf , and sU within twohanr-. Pri * ooi . r : Hob- long bate yon been a police cfc : r : >' earlT teven yeirs .-Bsfow tkat , * bat wereyu ; A cctlun oresser .-Were you inany other •»» J « Jtent at the same time ? No . —Did you then kao * tow io write ? Ye ? , before I wa < « corton drevrls mat lour own hand-writing ? Ye * . [ Itwasshewu to tbei . risoE . er . ] Were you prewot at toe commencefceat of mv speech at Stockport ? 1 wa * not . —ii » m like a Wmon : but you had not a Bible ; you in

      ka-j a bo-k . —1 aid cot take any method writing down , in anr ordfr . —i remember you * pck <^ ot tfie Ar ;* tocTarv , ' tli © Wb = g » , the Tories , the &cacns i be'ie v >\ Bojeu ? ecoiie « t ay saying the govemmttt * as a tatter to which 1 should not at all refer in my i- » coarMJ ? I do not . —Do you reoollect my xamtien-% oar Wea ^ tiful Queen r 1 beJis ^ e yon did n > eat \ on the Q ^ een .- In connectioa with thi * beantifml Qaeen did J uot » ay tbat one faction , the Tories , had bee ? t « u& ? d of harizg a detign to murder the Qaeea : 1 IHie ^ e you did . —Then as to the olher faction dio I Dot ,-ay ih » Tories accused them c f similar desixu * I brii-Tsyon mace use of words to that efface—i oa fteoliect my saying that ona doel had takea pitce * h , ra one Tory tlief bad tLreatened to shoot * J -aathan Wild of a Whif ? I do cot . —TheB did 1 Bot » y Uus the Chartiau h » i become the onJy ioy-si

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      people in the kingdom ? Y »« . —Do you recolloct I snid tbat 1 had ntiTer recommended the p « opla to the uMofmrm » l Yea did sot make use ot that expres-8 on whil < « 1 was prevent . —Speaking of the ArUtocracy , you * j I said tb >> y were enemw of tha people ? 1 e » . —Of both , ketions ? Yf « . —Dsring this discaurse do you recollect that I sai 4 these factions were the only eDeaoea of the people ? N « . ~ That there was a pow ^ r behind the throne greater than the throne it * eli ? I b-lieTe yoi did . —And then I dtnonneed these factions as being vilt * , iafamou * , raf jicioHs , tULuiu . and is » hr . rr , the while climax of tard word' , —in short , 1 don ' t know words I couli us- * » troug enough ? Tea yoa did . Do you recol-1- ct my asking a qaestitfu whether the people thougkt

      tUr factionj were aisp , se > d to grant them their libertie ? 1 recjllect a bit . —Do you recollect ia introducing me holiday , tfcat I » aid it would be necessary for the people to taXe tueir affairs into their own ba-aos ? You did . —Do yoa recollect my urgicg the > holiday a * a measure liki . y to piodcw peAC « and happin ss ?—You ur ^ ed it as a measure fcr procuacg your rights —Did J talk about a good oJd Tory 1 ing that gare his people six m > nlhV holiday ? You quoted the Scnptur .- 'S . —Did 1 not aA what goo : rva * en there waa why th « people of England should not haTe a holidaT / Yon did . —Do yen recollect toy sayng anything p boat select Testriea ? Y «?» I do .--Did 1 not tell the people th « y had neglected iheir cSuty in attending wlect vestri ** , and that there wn * aciple prr > Ti » ion to support the people in each parisb , if h-. sbandedby the select testrv , which they had neglected . I talked about maraud rs in form ?; times , iu tb > * hap > of conqueror * that had voluntary

      loaoii ? 1 don ' t recollect . —Are tbere anr more tbaB ono Major MinIwI ? I know no other Major Marsland in Stockport . —Do yoa recoiled my saying that Uere were iuany liberal geudem-n ia thia ncigbbonrho'd , of whom M ^ jor Maryland wai one ? Wm I do , —Did I not teil toe p « op e , when they Rpplied to the * < gentlemen , they * ould supply them ^ ta m ? an s of support daring the national b . liday : You t- 'ld them to ask . ^[ In answer to fnrthe / questionii o the pri » OEer ' s ihe witnew staled ] You said that ' the catUe upon a thousand hills are the Lord ' s ' and that thece g ntlem ^ n who had th ese cattle vr-r ..-tie Lord's keepers . I belieTe yon said , tha * tn ^ Lora ' s keepers wocld be happy to send them ii- ^ y fj . tox . ~ a to th « sUnghter-h > u » 3 . Toe meeting , s » far a-s concerned th'i behariosr of to ? peop !"* , wa .--ppaceab )? . J dH iot hear the people sing aii hjmis , cor a prayer . —Prisoner : Tbenl have done v , i ^ . yt .-u at this lime .

      Tne prit « n » r then asked what tbe na ^ nr * of tbe chsrge * ss ; ' or he was quite at « ea as to it . Mr . Fo » k .-r—It aris-soat ot' the substance of yevur « pe cb . whici Lad a und-ncy to exci'e tb * people to d ^ saliVcrjoa , and tougore personal prop riy . The prison 1 r thei said he ueYcT sr . w E < sler before thai iia . y ; that h » was uerer piiiiy of causp » nu >; wi : h any one in his life . Ho knew tbe inahKnaiH nature of the prosecLur ' s erupl » yers , acd ha ( B- nbow ) - * as prepared ior 3 ^ 11 the consequence * wbica be (> ir . Copoock ; and his employtrs wished to lay ipori hiia . He never consp'red ; all he ^ ii m& * fnir -Ld ab-, - * e board . He !* a ' . ti be had do wi » h to have ibes <* ob » err * riocji tatea do * rn . He added , I have noihinj fiiitbtr I « i « h to fst . Tae exiiaiaidon of Mr . Sadler was then read ot r to the prisoner .

      Mr . Fc » : er baring consulted Mr . Norreys fwh ) i » al > o a Cbra ^ ire maii ^ lra ' . e ) said : ia thisoti'e , Ht « i ; bo >* . it : » cieariy onr duty to commit yon t >< taK ynwr trial at the Chester asu > 5 i-6 . You havtbeen here shown to have b ^ ea ukitg part at a tspc 1 ! - i- g whic ! w » s a :: en 1-d by'i gri-at nsaDy f , er ^ a *; y- > n have betn enc .-ursgitig tho . « e partiey to iraj . accori : it £ to tbe i vid .-n ^ lost givei '; and it ¦ vrn * : d appear cUa : ly -or ill -j ? il purpose !" , h \ i irapo . « -i v jle a ^ t to se-, that , if \\ At is a iaithfai stat ^ ni-nt wi . icb i-as te-n « : vei < , von Lav-- enc- uratf 4 people cot t thf lor the

      only toobfcdii arm _ s b- ^ t « us - m aa io-/ al pur ^ -x * - of" po'seising thems ^ ivfs tnereby of lh-. properly of otLers : eiid tbrr fore you are not otly ; iibii ej be in . !! cted , be , if rfi : s b = > tra .. ' ^ your i ff nc is of a rery i-rio = s kind . We have at prtnr-ul only to take tcis ca * e as * c fiad it , and tosiiy wheiber ^ r liot we ihsjlsend yon ior trial . Fris : urr —1 thnk 1 to d jou befors tLat I k « prepared : or evrntbug . [ B -Ebo » tVn asked if there was net ano ; h-r warnuit a ^ aiiis : him ; and it ttat csus a was i . oj itlso fo b- < eoa ^ mta cow ]

      Mr . Foster —» -id he kne * of no othT warrnDt ; and it was rxp ' ained , tbat tb » pri . « on-rhad b eu a p- headed uuuer a warrant issued by a Culne iiia » i < -raie . Beabow wanted next to know if that ch * rgf w-uld no ! di , as no one was there to prefer n ; but Mr . Foftf-r said it must tike itscrdin&ry eoors-. 1 want to know , Sir , ( ccntiBU' * d tUe prisnQfr . J Bji th- & *>! z =- » &zs cJ < : 3 ^ at hand , wh r tb > r thi * C < i v o ! mine coai-oi be traversed ; atd ai < i the tinomt of bol .

      Mr . Foster ( baring directed LiTg- > y to b ^ also placed f . \ the b .-ir ; siid , tbatp'obably thj case might be tr&vt-r <^ d . it snc ' i was the prisoner ' s de .-ir- ' . Then . adir- * -in » c both prisDm * rs , he snid , \ W cousid r buth iir iue ar . d the vlh . T of t m ? ci ^ n to i > - o . a ye j ? rr . o 3 j Qiture . Tbj time lo : t * e asrize . « p close it hah ' ; aui : t is inipo-isiblf- in either ct . s-. < ttia-t ~ e shotjli require any other than very heavy b « L ai lie object is lo secure the trial of tbe partirs upoa oSecces of rn ± ? riou * a na u ~ e . We thi ' .. k t at your ca « e , B ub-. < w , is one requiring heavier

      btil f . a-. tbat against L ' . T-. « ey ; ano vre shail tb < r - ! ore mike a diff £ * "t-nc- ' . You , Livspy , must eaw into juar own rrcogijiziiicf , ia £ 300 , and fiui two -urrries in £ 150 cdcj ; and wita recp ^ ct to you ifrtiiyjw , you mu-t eat rintoyo > r T ^ ci'gniz&nci > iu to . O , wiib t *» s r-rie-s in £ 250 each ; anJ tou mu ^ t . sevcraUy , jfiv-fjrty-esg ' it i-oars' notice of bail . — Bei . bo * : lam Tt-ry proud that tkere u a diitiicaju i I deciar , taat ( am . Bo : h pri * oner « wire th- n reiQsTvd ; and , vrr > beii-ve , were c ^ nTf-yrd by S ^ d ^ er , or * on = e cf ih = Stockport officer . , to Chester , on last Saturday .

      APPREHENSION ASD COMMITTAL OF A VLTERAN SIXTY YEARS OF AGE . HORIUD AND UNEXAMPLtD CO . NDUCT . Having » - > ni ^ rea-on to b-lieve , from infonnnioD wricti he hud rec-ived , that a man named Timothy B ^ -h , had ^ rm * in bis p ' - sse ?>* ioE , B ^ s ^ ick applies to tua b-TOU 4-1 Tnaiisir&te * ior a , s-arci-war / anr , * fcich he p ! ic <^ i in ibo haeds of Superinten deE t Cochra-. e to execute . The superintendent , ' . akin ? wi \ h Lini Inspector Bowd , lock-up keeper Anm-: ag % in-door cosstibie M'Mollin , and two ot tke pojicem-D , praceeded to the dwelling of the brav ^ ol-J mas , asmallbou ^ e , No . 44 , Jeroey- < raet , Ancoa . t'S ttfeich t *_ ey re&cSed thoitly a ' ttr two o ' clock on Saturday moniing . Hftriag obtained admitcacce , the police foend niin in bed t-p xrais . Jit ; got np , dreseec ? , and csine dowU ; --md , ia ti * presence , tley to tie

      pr ^ cced'rd * 5 ? &rch house , luacuphoard , Ui ibe bacs place or kitchen , on the gr .-Qnd n » or , wers foi ^ nd a bayonet , a dagger , and a pistol . Booih * as asked i ! he ' cLows to giTe . any account of thes thing " . He Slid he had th « m to deiend bis property , lu ihe front room , a sort of parlour , Armitage found , in a corner , two gnu- " , one of tbem & beouci . 'ul oinamnita . 1 Jovrjing-pi-ce , the other a ciinmon gun , with the came oi " Tt-ompsca" upon the leck . Under a table- in th * inn ? roosa « a « found a bag-ful of 1 wdea inu * ie ; -bBll t «; a . jd in a cupboard , in tbe zatiie rotfm , M'Muihn found a tei-caddy , C ' - ntaioing » eTeEty musket-balls , and a paper of ganpuwdi-r , proba ^ iy about half apouni . Saperiatesdeut Cocbraae iounil upon a tavk " , nnder some neirrpiprrs , tbirtj or forty bail cartridits , and sevoral book ; ., < fcc , iEc !« -iir . g a cheap edition oi " Colonel Maceroil- 's DeieHii-T ^ Jt- ^ t . -ucti-n . ^ for tbo P ' -ople . " A . toj / -ther , the number of bills Jonnd ii nearly lour

      bui died . The pelice continued tbeir search , but found nothing el ? e of coaseqa . 'nc , either in the iou * e , or id tbe cellar below it , wfcich Li s . l * o inf-. e occupation o ! Bootb . A i length , h ^ vin ^ eorsp ' . eted their st-arcb , th-y Wroug-t away Booth as tbeir prisoner , toget . ' iT with t . eitrms aEd amma ^ iiiun they had found , and reached tbe Borjugh Police Office about four o ' ebek , whero Booth was lod ^ d in ttelock-up . We under . tand that Bootb , wbo is about sixty yea-s of sge , was ia tbe habit of cleaning sticks ot ba ; ti : g cotton . He is supposed to be a ruiiUary pe& ^ aer , taoogk hs » toauy denies it at present , liw is married ; his wifo is lirlng , ani he ha ? a family .

      EXAMINATION O 7 THB PKI 50 > BB . Sboriiy after the opening of the Borough Court , : hp prisoner , TimoCy Booth , waa broogiil : uv lor examination ; the « itung Kiagistrates Dt-iug 1 noTl * S P . . t , r , . "VJayor , ( rfho yrtailedj T > imei MaU-C , U . K . Carder , Thomas Couke . J . G . Frost , David Price , J . S . Smith , acd C . J . S . Walker . Beswick being sworn , * tated that , ic consequence of n ora . ition whishhehadreeeiTod yesterday . he made application to the magistrate * for a warrant io tna hou of tbe TimothBojtb

      ^ . e-arci « prUoaer , y , who lires N « . ii , J -rsey-str « tt , Ancoau . AccvjrdiugiT . i » brut ha .:-pa * t two o ' clock this morning , te v ; i » pa . ccaed SuperiLteadeatCocbrace , » nd otker cihceis , \ o * earcu the house ; and taey found a Urg ^ uuantiiy of articles , consisting of a market , a ba > o-^• t , a fo ^ liaj ! -piece , a pistol , a dagger , 24 bali cat-¦ ri'ges , l ' 02 > m * H lead bullets , and 2 G 2 large le % d onllet * , suid about half a pound ol gunpowder . [ Besiick produced tbeso articles , which were placed on die table of the Court . ]

      Superintendent Cochrane sworn—1 went to the pri . ont-r ' s hoi . re this morning about half-past tw-o o ' clock , in company with these officers , in « earcamtr hishou ^ e . in a cupbsard in the kitch « c wa found * pistol and a bayotet . I got them , ani asked the nrwoaer to » bow they bslongod , and he said to nu Ion [ P . i * oner— . 'in a loud roice;— I deny it . J J * , k ' od bim what u « they were for , and he said for protecting the bouse . In the meantime , A ^ a » e iOd WMullin were searching th « wtow or front , room , a ^ d they fouad there tbe market and fowling-3- 1 after ' wzrda went into the parlour , and na' ^ mc clothe on & sort of chert J fouud a par «] fS ? * l 24 bril cartridge . In a front room up s » L > ia « b <»* iici *» * « pbtard , 1 tavui

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      that box with a hundred bulls in it , and several books and c&rds also I found among at Moms papers . Mr . Maude—What is he . do you know ? M'Mnttic—He cleans sticks for bailing ootton . Mr . M ande—Do you know hita any of yon before ? M'MuIlm—I ku 6 w the man by sight . Mr . Maude—Do yon know his habits of late ? M'Mnilin—Not of my own knowledge ; but I hear he is a great man amongst the Chartist * . Mr . Msuje—Do yob believe ho in connected with theee late meetings ? M'Mullin—I hare erery reason to beliey © so . Th-re is one book which Mr . Cochrane found . Be »* ick * sid , that amongst the paper * aud book ' s were found * ome printed cards , which were to ihe following tflFect : —

      " Maachescer South Lancashire UniT » r « al Suffrage Association for the attuinaent of Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Representation , aod No Property Qualifications . No . 74 . T . Booth , 44 , Jersey-street . — Robert Holm- * , Secretary . 1839 . " '' Alancbeter Cbartisu' Poiiucal Union , No . I , District , Sailer-street . William Sdaj ( ar . No . 12 . — J . Lomai , Secretary . " ( Another card , similar to this , only for the present quarter , ending 24 th Sept-mber , 1939 . ) ** Majachtistdr PolitJcal Union . —I hereby certify , that Timoth y Bapih has duly enrolled himself a member of this union , and that he has paid hig subscription for the quarter endinx 24 th oi June . 1839 .

      Wra . 1 lllman , Secretary . No . 12 . " B-swick said , that tbe Timothy Booth mentioned on lh * cards was the prisoner , and the William Tillcaan was bow committed to K . rkdale for trial at the next Assizes , on a similar charge . The book rei ' err-d to wn * a small om \ with an eagrared frontspitse , oomainiugdrawingu of pikes , or "foot lancrs , " and it was entitled '" las \ ruction * to the people , for the foot-lanc «« . " Mr . Maude—Ye * , J know tie book . Prisoner , hava you any account to gi »<> of y our « lf . Prisoner— What , in regard to those articles there ? ( Yes . ) I have , tir . I bought those articles to defend nay house , to prepare myself and

      my laauly for iu defence , while 1 am in Ireland after my business ; and I consider that , according to tbe laws ot the land , that it does not only require but compel me to hare such thing * to defend rar life aad propsity , and the cause v . f theoointry , and tokeep » he peace : I bought them article * . Be * - --ick—The muskec And fowlinij-pieoe aremada by Thompson , of BirminK ;; ain , the party who is now in Chester Castle , for trial at the Assizes . There was also in his possession a small paper , addressed lo tr . e soldiers . ( This paper was bandc d op to the bench , and is Leaded " Soldiers" in large type , and commences as follows : /—4

      'Tha following lut ! e parajrraph ii copied from the Northern Liberator . Read it ; and , alter you have done » o , aok yourself the following questions : — Must I , at the word ef command , fire and destroy my fellow-creatures—morn # » pecial . y wheu policemen have aggravated thtm almost to madness : hirel ruffians , at 3 s . 6 d . per day , who enjoy all th * p ' easures of life ; and , 1 , as a » oldier , at 1 * 1 . perday , exposed to ail kiait of weotber , harr&ssed &imO 8 t to death ia protecting ihose - » ery policemen who have peen the aggregs » ra ? Forbid it , humanity ; forbid it , jusace ; forbid i : God . " [ fhe C 4 « e referred u > is that of Aun Peacock , asoldur ' s widow , of Morp y tb , and is regarding the treaiment it at » : e <* she raceii-ed ¦ ' uader the provisions of tbat most accarand Poor I . » w Bill ; " and tbe concluding paragraph

      isj" Head ye ibis , ye soldiers , wheu the enemies of the people are so anxiovs to let loose * upon th ) tn to -ilence tAeir ju . » t deaaanis by the bnyt-nel ' s poicf , and itarn wbat blessings are in stor « for your wi-• io' */« , afi ^ r you have rp-ji t yoar c ' ayg in defeudinj tout country , or innre ingloriously repressing the J ^ inauds for justi ce of agre * t but horribly depressed peoyle . " Tae prisoner : Should I app ? al to the worthy inagi .-trate to answer me one question ?—Tue Major : Yes . —Pri * mer : Hore you ^ oc arms in your \> * Kr » fik > c , sir , to protect your life aud property ? Auswvr m « that , a * you are a swora justice to ke « p ifte peace . —Mr . Maude ( holding up the paper a ^ dre * iwd to " Soldiers" ) : What acoour . tdo yon give oftli /«?—P .-isouor : W&atis that ? Oh ! a » er # oa

      gave me it oae day in the street , aad I pot it in my r ocket , the oame as any other bill . —( Tunaingto the Mayer sgavj ) . But , 1 »* y , your wor .-hip didu ' t giv » me an answer to that question . 1 ask you again , H-ive yoa got any arms in yonr possessive ? Is yoar worship prepared to g irj me aa an < wer f—The . Ma \ or : No , 1 s : > al . not give yua nn answer . Coadact yjurseif with decency . —Mr . Maado : The question i * , pruon ^ r , whether you baTjarzas in yoar hon * e , with s good intention or a bffi intention ; an i the persons wKo will bare to decide that questiou will be * jury of your country . If your intention wns only such fis you havea » o * ed this morning , —it youcafl cocricceajury of your countrymen of that , lium you * i . l have committed no offdnce at ail . Tbe prisoner—1 am not inclined to any evil psrpes ¦•) with tbein ; I aoi inclined witli all my powsr u pre-serve the peace . —Mr . Maudf . Well , you will of of

      iia < . e to 8 nvi « fy p ^ jviry your coutitTjmen vhat . — t ^ uoijc . — 1 am lulcrait'd by the la *« of the land , ih * t it i « icy duty to do all that Uti in my power to protect my properly , and to preserve peaci , and that thi ; lv « rs will protect inr > , ehhough 1 am only a poor wotVing man .- [ Mr . Maude : No doubt ; the laws wnl ur . 't-ct every on >* . ] Then , according to ihe la we , ttey expressly state , that the poar are allowrd to have i-ucb thiu ^ s , as well as the lords oi the i » mi , fo defena tiie laws of the couutry , and to proffire tht- p- *» .: e . —Mr . Mnwde—Tiiero in no difitiucti . ja raade by the law . N < j person , liowever high his fatk or station , u allowed to have arms in his posi--t . > iou i . ! T a-i illegal purpose . It is Jor a jnry to def . iiv whether jou had them for snch p-irpcse or not . Prisoner : 1 did not have them at ttie door , onlj for ear tue neigbbonrs inight say Uiat it wa * injuring my neighbours' feeling * . —Mr . Maude : Well , the ex-jraiu&tions ma « t be taken .

      Tbe pn soner ¦*!« removed ; and , when the txaraiBitions had bsen reduced to writing , he wa . * Kg sin p ' aoed at the bar , aad thn evidence of Bewick , Superintendent Cochrane , and constables Armiu ge and M'Mnlun , were read over to him . —The examinations detai ' ei tbeevidence , asalreadj given , . iud it was added , that 102 of the lt-ad ^ n buhets w ^ -re for pistils , apA 2 b 2 for guu !« , making a total of 364 . Uf tiiastf Cue . rsaa found 1 O 0 ; Armitzge 194 ; tux-i M'Mullia 70 . Arm ; ta . j , 'e stated tbat the prisoner , whrn a > keJ to wiom the gens belonged , said that

      the mDsket was bis own , aui U . at th * fowbngpisco had been won at a raffle . —M \' ullin stated that , fcfer the pistol was found , he asked Booth if he hid any more n ' re-arms in the house , and the prisoner replied— ' * You need not trouble yourseli to seirch f » nher ; you h * ve Found all the fire-arms Jn th » hOT 198 , " iiUOiBqueutly tbe t « o guns were found ; and the witoeu aj « k-jd tho prisoner if" he had any bullets or cartridgec , or powder , and he said he hid not ; aud witness afterwards loend 70 lead bullets , and about tx&ll a pound of powder .

      The examination * having b&en read , the Mayor *« ked the prisoner if fl « bad anything farther to say . Prisoner : No ; only when ho asked me tke qiesnon . I told him I h * d . —Tha Mayor : Anyr&iztg il ««?—Prisoaer : Am I justifiable , according to tb « laws of the laud , to have such articles ia my house , to protect me as well aa others ? The Mayor : A jury of your coun'ry will tell you whether you are justified or not . You are committed to Kirkdale , ior trial at thp a « sizes . Tfle witnesses wero then bo ani . over to appear and giv ^ evidence . The Prisoner : What bail mieht be requ ' red?—TheMiyor : Two onretu'd in £ 7 i > each , and yonr own rec : giiiz ^ nce in £ 150 , and you mast gird fortyeigt't Iiours' notice of the bail . The prisoner wa » then removed .

      APPREHENSION OF JOHN DEEGAN AT ROCHDALE . Last night week , a meeting was held at Rochdale , iu a place behind the Primitive Melhodisrs' Chapel , in Drake-street . It is a kind of Vri&ngular plot of ground , and could not conveniently ho ) d morn than ten thoasaud persons . On this occasion , there were probably irom 0000 to 8000 persons , nearly all of them of tie labouring class . Jir-ies Taylor , of S ^ otlind , late a member of the National Convention , was called to the chair , and opened th <* meeting in aa appropriate speech of much plan .-ibility and moderation . John Deegan , another of the Conv ^ nttou , folljwed , and s ^ oko up-« rard-j of an hoaT and a hilf . He was rep ^ atetily

      cbeeire-d during his sdJrass . Near the hujtiog * , th » Tneeriuc was closely packed , and fU exceedingly a : tenur-, panicularJy when he recommended the cf > ntEDf » £ cemect of the Sacred Month to commence on Monday . Univ .-rsal Suffrage was tbe grand panucia ior all the anflViags of the labouring classes ; and the tirae was not far distant , when taat class vfoa ' . d know when to stop as well as their employers . H ¦» adwsed theiu to aroi , p . nd urged them to prep ? . re for Monday next . O'Sullivic , a journeyman tailor from Heywo » d , followed , and declared the inhabitintfi vrereready at Heywood , and woallcoxnra-nce \ hc hoiijay on Mouday . Joseph Taft , ol Ro-hdale , tho u ^ ' e . t tbey \» eie scarcely ready at that place . M r , Ta > Icr , the chairmao , exprusatd a similar opinion . Detgan tben re-urged his previciun ^ euti ^ uexits ; and a res lotion was adopte l , that , il

      ntiir-r towns brgan the holiday on Monday , tb > y would be ready at IV . chdaie , bet would not be the Urn to lead in ibe afluir . The meeting 8 -pardted at near hal ' -pwt ton , and the leaders retired to a public-hous *' , known by the sign of ?• Hark up to Glory . " when they remained until the arrhal o ! Mr . Batterwertb , the dapaty constable , who to « k Deegan into custody , on a charge arising frutn language uttered tbat night , Batterwort-. wlied Deejjan to the door , and in . ormiug him he had a warrant against him , Daenan surrendered without th-j least resistance , At twelvtj o ' clock the following day , D ^ fl gaa wa ? hroaiht before Messrs . Chadwick , Ashwortii , and Ke ^ ssil , at the police office . A crowd of pnrh « p » 2 iXV 0 persons attended in the stredt to watch the coming of the prisoner . Besides tbe officers , he was attended by Jaaws Tavlor , of Suotlond-bridge ,

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      chairman of the meetiflK , and by one or two otaera . Th * wiu > er ofhee aad the avenues were crci # ded bv same score or two of tradesmen aad gentiem * n of the town ; the prisoner ij « med to be prupared for theerant . r Butterworth deposad , that he » apprehended him at twelve o clock the night previous , on authority ef a warrant granted the aama evening , aud requeued d »» t the f-ri « oner might be vemaaded until Monday . The mformaUoa charged the prisoner with haviag urged the people to "arm with powder aod ball ; for 3 th » people wera going to rise , and turn Lord John Russell and the Government out of th ^ ir place . The titoeof rising wa ? now very Bear . " Mr . Hunt appeared for thepiisoner , and r ^ ad the terms of the warrant . Mr . Chadwick said the prisoner should b 3 rtmanded , as requ-sted . Mr . Hunt wisteei to know if bail would be takon for the prisoner ? Ta whxh Mr . Chadwick replied it would not .

      Mr . Hnnt urged the point , and repreaeuwd tUe hardship arising from close imprisonment until tho tiaie . Air . Woods , the magistrates' clerk , said the charge wns not made oat , and bail w&s not acceptable until the charge was completed . Mr . Henton , clerk to Messrs . Ashworth and K ^ lsaU , said the magistrates did not yet know whattae chargeamounted to ; it mi *; ht be a bailable offeacfl or otherwise , aud bail could not * ia thft present irtate of the proceediegs , be raceived . Mr . Hunt applied to have better accommodation allowed to hiu cheat , whilst in the lock-ups ; be hoped he would aot bj allowed to sleep on bare boards . Mr . Chadwick naitlthemagiatratrs had no objection to allowing any reasonable indulgence . The prisoner waa then removad to the inner office , whtre be wax surround-d by his friends ; aad , after receiving their condolatiou , he wan removed to the lock-ups , accompanied by Mr . Taylor . Th » crowd in the street cheered moat heartily m Xteegan , in cmtady of tha oonstables , passed .

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      MEETING AT HUDDERSFIELD . A requisition , signed by twenty-eight inhabitant householders ot the town and neighbourhood of HudderBfield , was last we » k presented to John Firth . E-q ., calling on him to convene a public meeting to take into ooueideratioa the present suite of the country , the outrages committed at Birminghtrn , tht unprotected state of the industrious claMe . * , &c . &o . With tkia most legal , and couutitutional , and i upsetably signed rfquisision tbe constable retused to

      comply ; and tbe householders wbe signed it therefore coovened the meeting themselves for Saturday , the 10 th inst . But tbe authorities of the neighbourhood , not content with throwing every legal and constitutional obstacle in tho way of tie requmitiouisrs seem to bara been of opinion that a little inti midation would mve th « ir turn much better than tbe law , and the walls © f Huddwfisld were accordii gly covered with copies of the following extraordinary document : —

      ' « V . R . \ V hereas , Meetings hate be « n held in various parts of the country , which are seditious and contrary to law , and an attempt ha « been made to call a meeting of this description in this district . We , tbe undersigned Magistrate .-, do hereby cau'ioa all person * against at ending any such meetings . I : gives u < great satisfaction to state that while illegal and riotous a »« emblies have taken place in ather parts of the country , thitf district hax be « n ex-remely peaceable : —we therefore confidently rely en the good sense of the people , < tnd that ttey will not be seduced from the peaceable and orderly course which they have hitherto followed . John L . L . Kaye , W . W . Battje , Joseph Walker , "W illiam Bro ' ok , Jo / eph Artnitage , Joseph Starkej , B . N . R . Bait ? , John Sutcliffc .

      Hucde « ficld , 8 th August , 1839 . " The day appointed for the meeting was wet and Atorniy , and in consequence of tbi . * , aad the bear of assembling having been fixed for half-past five , when vrry few of ihe factories were closed , tbertwere but few persons oa the ground at the time appointed ; thtir nuiakxirs , however , continued to increase up to nearly » even , at which time the chair was taken by Mr . Stephen Dickiueon . The Chairman then said that he nh » uld content timself with requesting them to be orderly » cd peaceable in thfir oovduct ; and , as the hour wax fcetting lale , he thought they had better procttd at onee to feun ' inegj . He would , therefore , call on Mr . Georce Barker to move the tket resolution .

      Mr . Barker H « id he had come forward with the intention of imploring the men of Huddersfieid to naTry otst to the If tf-r the measures recommeodeti by the National C « nvention . In order to do this , they mB « t « . ? t upon ca-operative princi ples ; acd he would » dvi « e th * m to put their 03 . aed their 104 t"g «? th « r , and buy articles at wh&leH&le prices . It they were to keep Ihe S * on d Month , a » d work oo tbt- m » uth following , taej could produce three time * as much as tncy could con-mihe , as they were the industrious penp ' . o wh > i produced all tbe wealth of the country . He would not trespass uj » cn their time any longer , as norae Htrangera were prc * ent j whom ttey weald be dtfUnhtad to hear ; We wauld , therefore , move tbe following rwwlucioH : —

      " Thit this meeting views tbo reckless conduct , and neglfet , of the ( rorernnwnr , and others ta power , with regard to the labouring clusses , to be such , ihat they have deprived them of all good and uiiefal lawB made for their protection ; and the manner they have trea-ed their petnioBB and reaiOUS tr » nceH , From time t » time , in refusing to remore to the people their elective rights , which do man or ttt of men have any right to deprive them of , th « unrepresented labourer has uo other alternative left than to put himself into such a posi ion that hi * future demands will be mertj heeded , and proper attention paid to his just rights , that man may be come ot more value th * n the machine of wood , iron , and stone . We , therefore , pledge oui selves , both ineirlduaUy and uniteJly , to carry into operation tke ulterior meatiureg iu recommended by tht ) Geaeral Convention . '

      Mr . James Matthewman , in seconding the resolution , paid be highly approved of the recommendation of the Convention , to carry out exclusive dealing . The working men were too ready to deal with theee who oppressed them . Thty were deprived of tke means of living by arbitrary law * . As MOD Jts tbeir oppressors took food from the people , they took from them what wax their common right . Exelusive dealing had tbua begun on tbeir part towards hi people ; and they , therefore , had a right ta employ the same means in their turn . But when taey attempted to do this they were taken up , and sent te York Custle . ( Shame , shame !) Now be would not get bit in thin way ; he would not be

      taken up . ( Laughter ) Let those persons subscribe who were the . r friends ; if they wero really their friends they wouli subscribe ; but let them not carry round either red or black books , or their enemies would catch them aud send them to prison . He w&h grieved to say that only one society in that town had carried ouc tbe recommendations of tbe Convention , and if all had done the same there and everywhere else they rau * t hare been successful . Let them , then , act upon that principle , and no power ' oh earth would bit able to withstand them . They oogbt to take counsel together , and get places of their own to assemble in . They had it right to do tbi « , and tbey ought ta place themselve * in thw beat position they could take up . Had tbey not always uetn the middle elapses acting again *? tbe workisg men at elections , and aii orker

      occa-*\ ouh when tbey bad the opportunity ? and so long as the people were slaves mentally and bedi ' y , so long would the middle classes act upon their present Tievra . As to withdrawing their mouty from the back * , which was another of the measures recamsnttflurd by the Convention , they had a right to agitate that question . Let tbem do this , thin , and they would be in a tenfold better position thae they were at present . Let them itflect fora moment on the use made of their money . Societies carried their mouey to the Saving * ' Banks . The great manufacturers immediately borrowed it , and set the working clasBes at defiance by employing their own money against them . So long as they submitted to a state of things like thi ' , so long would tbey be tbe barest » lavc « under heaven . He would conclude by S 3 uonding the resolution .

      The Chaikman then mtroducsd Mr . Martin , of Bradford , to support the resolution . Mr . Mautin was receded with loud cheering He congratulat d the meeting on the spirit which bad been shown among tbe men of Huddersfield for Universal Suffrage . They had fallen upon time .-when it was their duty to come boldly forward , ano let their tyrants see they wer « as well acqoaiateo wi'b the constitution of the country as the law-giventhemselves . The great change of 1688 waa gained by a revolution . Jame * II . trifled with his people , and tbe Whigs compelled him to abdicate , ano placed William on the throne in hip » tead . The

      aristocracy took care on this occasion to secure all pollcal power to themsel ves , and gave to the people tbt right of petition . Bat it would appear , from tht proceedings of the magistrate * , with renpeut to ttu oieeinfr , that tbe Wbigg of tbe present day Wrr « i determined to take away from the people their riph to assemble tor the redress of tbeir grievances . H ihoulJ bs very sorry to urge then on to phyvica ' orce , > uch * s the Whi g * had made u . « e of ia 1688 but he thought tbore could be not much harm i < inakiDg use of expressions uttered by tbe so-calle represenrative * of the people in tho House of Comm » aa , Adiuiral Ctdriugton , ia presence of his re&s-

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      « a « l « couutrjman , O Connell , ( Mr . Martin ia at Irishman , ) had said tiut if the people of this country had no iue for a king , they had a right to form a republic . ( Loud eneera . ) N « mr , if Admiral Codrtng . ton made ate of these words , ha thought he ai * ht rep ? at them after him ; aod would the auAoritief . arrest an humble individual lik » himself , and not briny the Admiral to justice for making use of such an # xprexsion u this ? It wa » now full time tbat the evils which pressed upon the people nhoold be

      removed , and'heir wrong * redressed . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord John Ruwell might get a grant of 5 , 000 more soldiers , and wiihdraw the tame number fram Ireland to assist them in their work of blood ; be might get more policemen , aud establish that force in every curner of the land , but he would bo obliged to give way before the rising power and knowledge of tbe people of thin country . ( Cheers . ) The Government taighc endeavour to destroy the vessel of the constitution , bat tbey would themselves 8 jBk in tbat

      ocean m which they had endeavoured ta engulf liberty . They relied much on tha police , bat the police were R » dicAls ibemMelre * . ( L * ukbNit . ) It vr «« perfecly true ; they were good Radicals ; and they became policemen only because tbey tnea received better pay than when they worked at the loom and tilled the earth . He had been ihformed hat in London i self the Government could not trust the policemen , and tb * t when thu tradea there , to the number of 300 , 000 , went in procession to wait up « n Lard Melbourne , they were shut op in ih * ir s'ation-hoHueg . He had be « n also informed that had they not been to confined , hundred * ol them had provided themselves with plain clothes

      , and would have joined the people . ( Cheero . ) The leader * of the people had been more harshly treated in 1839 than at former periods . Th « Chartiste were only allowed religious books to read , and were deni « d tbe use of pen , ink , and paper . He was happy to fiad the people of thin country were laying aside their difference on religious » ubject 8 , for the purpose of obteiaiag the one great enjeet of their wi « he»—Universal Suffrage ( Cheer- " . ) "When that was once gained , the ptople of England aad Ireland would neither be prie * t-ndden nor O'Connellridden . ( Hear , hear . ) The Spectator newspaper

      had rightly designated Chanhim as a sch *» l without a schoolmaster , aa the Chartists were all mnrocting one another ; aad that individual must be base indeed who weuld not come forward to assist hi * f «) . low- countrymen fn their present struggle . Thty Should learn to estimate at itsju » t value the accusation of iheir enemies—that thry were an illiterate gnorant mob , and wuhed to destroy and appropriate the property of others . And if they did wish to rob othrrit of their property ( which wan not the cane ) hey would net be the tirst who had so acted . Let them ask Lord John how hi * ancestor * became

      powewed of Woburn Abbey . Cobbett said that that propery belonged to the monks . But it was net so . They merely held it in truut tor the benefit of the people ; so that even if the people did wish to take Woburn from the Russell family , they only deaired to have their own auain ; and when tbey got it , they would , no doubt , fiad betcter trus ee * than were the moaks . ( Laughter . ) Bui the object of the aristocracy was to keep all the property to themselves , aed reduce the people of England lo tbe » anie condition a * they had reduced the Irish . In-twad of bc «( and beer tbey wirhi-d to feed the p \ ople on wet lumpers , wbicb wereasfoft as a turnip . ( Laughter . ) He thought it waa no l * ugbi&g matter .

      Tbis was not a time to laugh , hut to take into theirserious oowderation how they should proceed todeliver themselves frona the evil * which threatened them . ( Hear , hear ) It was a time t » endeavour to ( ibtaiD their riehts by moral force , and , if they could not , then to * ee whether they or the aristocracy were tbe strongest . ( Great cheering ) The arw'ocracy were determined not to eoncedt * Univerral Suffrage , and he believed they would sacrifice half the population rather than give up to him tio * e rightu which belonged to the working man . ( Heir , hear , ) The Duke of Richmond received ue less than £ 50 , 000 a year in taxes on coals concumed in the metropolis . ( Shame , shame . ) Was

      not that a csse wbicn cried aloud for veogeance ? Fhe great Governor of the Uaivurse would as « i » t them in overthrowing gaca monstrous tyranny , and the will of the people would in tni' < ea < e be tbe will rtf God . It wa « impossible that thin sta * e of things c » uld much longer contiDue . The people bad loa ^ !< ince begun to put tbeir thoughts iato words , * nd the day would ^ peedi'y arrive when their words would be put into actions . ( Cheers . ) W * ll then , ax they were determined to pat thtir word * into action !* , they would no doubt proceed legally . Billy Pitt said that , in ca « e of invasion , every man b-nwmi tbe ag « s of 16 and 60 had a right ro arm , The Bill of Righto , too , stated tbat every P .

      oteetant had a right to arm j and as they were all de : ermitud to protect their graoious Queer ; , he thoirguc they nhould p , t tbemnrlvcg in a condition to do ho vr ithetlVot . ( Cheers . ) She was wiliingr to pro ect ( hem ; at all events whea Wfllington and Prel tried " > K « t into pewer she spurned th * ra , and recalled the Whi g * because she tnougbt them better , though they ( che people ) thought them quite as bad . Toe p-ople were equally « ppre «* ed by both parties . Should there be one law for the rich and aro her for the poorf —( N » , )—andiet tbat was the c « n » e ; and the woiks of Cjbbett were quite conclusive on tbe Hubject . A poor maa of tue name ef Coolt wag hung fomc time back fur striking a moaey . monger aud an

      M . P . on the brim of bis bac Hs bad vinited the \ t rave efpoor Cook , and the virg < n « iof England bad dune honour to his memory by bestrewing it with flowers . v \ et ) , let them leave the grave oi' poor Cook and go to Bristol , and * ee what happened there . In that city , during the excitement tbat prevailed when the W higs instigated the working clashes to shout " the Bill , the whole Bill , amd nothing but tbe Bill , " a lad of twelve yeaT * of age was thot by a Captain Lewi « , but tbe Captain was honourably acquitted by direction of Lord Denman . The Cap-. ain waa liberated after shooting thi * poor boy , while a poor labouring man was hung f « . r . striking an aristocrat on the brim of his hat . Wheu such a violation

      of justice a * this took place nnter tbe law , it was au insultiDg mockery to assert that tke laws protected alike rich and poor . ( Cheers . ) It was a violation of tbe fundamental principle of good Government te make thin distinction . The Government waB not croploy « d by the people as a master to domineer over them , but to act as an arbitrator among all classes ; but the aristocracy bad shamefall ; perverted ita purposes , and made use of it to plunder the people and enrich them-elves . But let them be cautious hi » w they proceeded , and , above all , avoid secret secietitu ; for the Government would he glad of another Cato-st eet conspiracy to sand the leader * of the Chartists to gaol . L « t them go on agitating peacefully and constitutionally , and they might defy the malic * of their enemies . Did they ev-r hear of a whole county , man , woman .

      and child , being sent tn gaol ? The thing was ab » ur < t , and to put down Agitation in thin country ¦ vas impossible . If they were te cease to agitate , he had so doubt that Neddy Balnea would preach up Chartism himself . Why , he had made bid fortune by agitation , and the Cbartisw , were moderate iu their conduct when compared with hm doing * during ths Reform agitation . There wm a friend to follow him who would tell them that Seet-Und was up to the mark , acd ready to como ever the border ; not to wage a puny warfare such as that between the Percy and the Douglas , but to support the rights of mau throughout the length and breadth of the land . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Martin concluded his address by announcing a lecture to be delivered by him the week following in Hudderefield , and retired amid load cheering .

      The Chairman then put the resolution , which was unanimously tarried . Mr . Vetkrs came lorward ta move the second resolution . He said it gave him great pleanure to nee no many persons fttvembled ta advocate tbe principle of Universal Suffrage—a principle he had advocated for forty years of hiu lite . H « had bow arrived at the age ef threescore and three , and bad never misaed any rue * ting to carry out Universal Suffrage and Tote by Ballot ; and at afi the ^ e meetings tbe greatest peace and quiet had been maintained . He was a maa of peace ; aad advocated the peaceable enjoyment by every man or hi * inalienable rights . Let tbem be on their guard , and act as tSey would be acted b y ; and then il they did wrong it would be because their enemies had driven them to it Tha resolution he had to propose was aa follows : —

      • ' That this meeting oanaot find language bmSi ciently strong to convey to our fellow countrymen , -hoae deep feeling * of indignation and dixgust with -vhich our bosoms are firi-d , nor the extreme bitrcra&sa of contempt we feel towards all thost who could rq ooolly , cowardly , aud assassin-like , ( at che bidding of traitor * , ) with as hired net of brutal police , commence so base and bloody an attack upon nur unoffending countrymen , women , and clnldreD , f Birmingham , and further , we do aoet aolemnh atfirm as Englishmen , ardently attached to our aative soil , that oar nvuds feel a fire of indignaion that wiil never c * oi , a wounded breast that vilI never heal , until suoh villainn , traiors , atd ij-assin * , be brought to oond gu jHinishment . " Mr . KtfNTON Fvtton seconded the resolution .

      Mr . Jonathan Bairstow , of Qumwhead , wa * 'hen introduced to speak in support » f tke resolution ; but be had scaredy commeaced whea a storm ,

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      « htch had been Mm * imeggainering , tartt i « tf the plact ) of meeting , discharging torrents of ram ,, upon the heads of tho ^ e who remained , and , together with the darkness ( for it wa ? n « w nightfall ) reBlering it altogether impossible to take aotc » of . tW peaker ' a address . Mr . Sairttow , how »» T « r ,. ear ntmued , aotwitbsrapding the pelting ef the » t » nn , ill nearly sine o ' elock ; and although it was « mt » dark when he coacluded , a great portion # f fbm me-ting gtill rfmtined , listening te him witk ti » greatest attention . The Chairman thep pat the regolation , mbiek was oarried ananimoasly . Mr . Bikns xaored the third resolution ; which wa » as follows : —

      " That this meeting considers it neceBsarj to ewifirm the election of the three supplementary delef « te » the Conyention , namely , Becjamin KoahtoB ^ Thomas Vevers , and Samuel Healey , to take tka place of any ef oar present representative * who m * g be sailed away . " The resolution was seoonded by Mr . CBoesuunr * and carried unanimously . A rote ef thank * was then given to the ChairKas , and the meeting dispersed .

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      THE LOVE OF WOMAN . { From the Birmingham Advertiser J WOMAN ' S love inligbsariaea , Breathe * in throb * , aad blooms in t —m Witbert—when the one » h « ^ rikrs - _ W reeks the hopa of future jeara ; Like the jmitten rose of aawmer , 'Neath i « m « aogry , biting blaatc For the storm * th » t overcome hsr Leave aa feature * of tbe patt . Womu'i love there's no rcprnBtac , For the loves and dnau wow ; On * aloue receives her bleuaiag , Piom Uut heart too easy won . Fortniw auiiliog , frowning , Bevtf Warp * the ^ ai « l ray of bliss , Wbieh emi t * ita light for ev « T , 8 parkliag is the constant ki « a .

      vv omaa ' a love , to man one * plighted , In the throb , the tear , the si ^ a , Though that pledge by man be bl % hM « j | By the shrewd , avtigaiox lu : — GboHla all Oaaaared hoyc « lie » ifl « J , Vature W » ions' rafiurta 0 . ' ? , Yet reroaina her love unrLtt-4 , Fixed , eh ! (» lse one , mill on th * e . Woroan ' * love , osr carea dlipel iie ^ r , Light * the ateriuy path we tte * &—She d * a glory no the dwelling , Where the bridal fe ** t u « i > re * 4 ; And avert * tke he . art when toucij , FroiB tha sorrows that oppress—Lotv » us dearly , fondl y , only—L « v «« till death that love guppret * . BATLWT

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      HOUSE OF LORDS .-Friday , Augtut * . The Postage Daties' Reduction Bill was read fik * Oiird tune and passed , on the motion ef Lord Dancannon . It now only awaits the royal Mtvnt to bocome th * law- of the land . Lord BROUGHAM presented tv pefiti- n from Dr . Taylor , who had been captured at Birmi ghantaa « rioter , » heo , ia fact , hu wan Miming the police , « eot to Warwick Gaol and there stripped , his hair cut , and in other reep > -ct « treated lik « a lelon . His L'Tdsiiio also complained of the barih treatnft « itt » * hich Vincfnt is subject . He ad e < , that he did not know whether thin was to be tiken as a sample oi the manner in which tho threat US .-4 fc * th * H om « Secretary , in tha House of Comrhona , tmm nights ago , resardicg the admiuistration of jn » dov acd the right exercise of the prerogative of XBfircjg waa to be carritMl into effect .

      Lwd MELBOURNE said that the case shotO be inquired into ; U the representations were correct , there certainly appeared some ground for coslplaiat . Tne Poor Law Commissioners' Continuance ffiff was read the firs : time ; after which , their LexdaUgs adjourned till Monday . HOUSE OP CO&iMONS ^/ Wtfiw Augusts . Mr , FRESHFIELD ( the Poor L * w Connnia . * ione « * CoatiiiUiiuc « Bill having been r ad the thirl dice , ) moved that the folio -iiig proviso be added st theeniLo ! the Bill , '' Tbat it shall not be lawful far the naid Commissioners , by any rules or regolatioaat not alreaay made , to prottibit or limit tL » airaini-• cration oi relief to able-bodied labourers or their families out oi tke wc : rkhovise ol aay pMrirh or union ; ' * but after MHnejconvr-rsation it was negidve without ? a division ; the Bill pa ^ ed , wa » sent to the Lords , and tbere rea <( the first time .

      I ho Munches t-r and Bolt on Police Billa wera read the second timf 1 . afrer exsunded canvrreiatios ^ and some explanations from the Auornej-Cieneral *» to the doubu that tad aruea r « g a * ling the legal ponsiructi , u of the po « eri > under the wvt charter T > e hiils are to be considered in committee Oat Tuedday morning . Lord J . RUSSELL having moved tbat the Hooa * rf ^ ojv ^ into committee on the Birmingham Patio * Biu , Mr . Wiiliem )* proposed , and Mr . T . Attwood s-conded the proposition , that it b « committed tbafc day thrwe mouth ? . Tbat amendment vas aogatitei . wichout a divifion . Ja committee Mr . C . Bolter propped that tho appointment of the Chief Commi *» ion « r b « vested in the Town Council of Birmingham instead of t . \ e Queen , ' bac that propo-Bition was negaimd by 63 tor the original clause * and 20 tor the amendment—majority of 43 ogaiaatt Mr . C . Bullet ' s proposition .

      ( The blank regardiag the Commissioner ' * aalarj wa * filled up with " £ 800 . " ) . The Metropolis Improvement Bill was read » third time aad parsed , after soma cunversatioB ^ as wa « also the Stage Carriage . - * Bill . Th » Slave TraieSnppresaoa ( No 2 ) Bill waa read a wcond time , con * t iered in comrjiittee , and tfc » report recct-jved ( the Btacdin ^ ord-rs h aving bees . dispensed witlv ) ; and the bill nu ord-siei tob * engrossed and read a third time on Monday . Mr . T . DUNCOM BE , on reading the order of & day for going into committee ot w&vs aad Eneass ^ moved a loug lint of resolutions , emouutiug , inalL to twelve , upon the condition of the country , anal its cause * , and concluding with th » following : — - " That , until the spirit and course of legislation i » the Ixiperial Parliament be changed , and proper regard had to tbe welfar < * and wishes of the whola * people instead of the interest * of predominant

      clas « ei , eo tecurity iroia the recurrence * of each di « turbance * as tl e governmcHt now demanis tn » aid of Parliament to repress can be reatonablr 'Xiiected . " Debate endued thereon , in which Lord Joha ilQueli , Mr . Viilier , * , Mr . D . Israeli , Mr . E * art ^ Mr . WarburtOD , < fec , took part , after which tfa » bouse divided , wUeu the resolutions were lostbf av majority oi 22 , tbe numbers being 51 agaicut , aad 39 for , the motion . On the motion of Mr . EVVART was ordered & ' * Hetnrn of the number cf execution * woiuhtook filac . " - ia England and Wales in the five year * ending the 3 it day of December , 1833 , and in 'he riveyeaia endinc the 31 st day of December , 1833 ; together « ith the number of commitments iu each , of thea » periodti respectively for oilenceit which were capital : at the commencement of the former period—vix . Oat the 1 st day of January , 1829 . "

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      Brutal Act . —As Samuel Johnson , aa errasft boy in the service of Mrs . Thornron , dre » . « maker , 273 , Regent-strett , waa proceeding along Pall Mall on bid way borne , about tea o ' clock on Thur&day eight , he was felled to the ground by a hlow with the butt-eDd » f a musket , inflicted by a soldier belonging to the Grenadier Gaard « , v . amed Joh& Sadler , who was on duty at the time as s <; n : iael , rt the gates of Marlborough H ^ uge , the residenee of her Majesty the Qaeen Dowager , in Pall KalL . The sole provocation for tiiia brutal act appeaz » t » be this : —Ab Johnson was passing he cried ia * jocular manner , "Quick march ! " Upon whick Sadler immediately grasped the market and knaeJui

      the poor boy down . He was struck on the forehead , but luckily not in a vital part ; had it been on . th * frontal bone , instantaneous death must have ensued Johneoo , afcer he had fallen to the ground , called , out " Murder , " aa leud as he waa able , which brought Police Constable Brett , 130 C , to the spot . The officer found tbe unfortunate lad aenseles » as the ground , Weeding proftsaely from & weuadoa th * head . Sadler , who stood ^ ery composedly looking on , said the boy had insulted him by exelaiousg " Quick march W The policeman immediately ee&-reyt > d fcim to Mr . G . ddy ' u , * . chemist , in St . James ' av street , by whom his head was dressed , and he was then taken home . Brest , the Police Constable , then proceeded to" the apartments of the

      oommodinsorTiwr , in St . James ' a Palace , aad reported theeircuiQ < ttaoc « to him . The Colonel directed tha * Sadler should be brought before htm . H » interrogated him on the subject . The soldier did not deny knocking the lad dowa , but « aid he considered Ua > " elf justified in do doing , as Johnson ran vioUntijagainst him while on his post at the Qieen ' s Gatasw The polioeman said he had no doubt that AK rttatenent was false , for Sadler said nothing abost isV in the first in « tane « . The commanding r > fiifl < T severely censored Sadler , who , bo said , had acted i « : a brutal and cowardly manner . He cool * »* interfere in the matter , but would reconaiaand Him lad tr > apply to » Magistrate for a warrant agaiaifc t > im . The officer ' s advice wu comraanieattd , t » J # an » n , who promised to act upon it .

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      August \ 7 , 1839 . THE NORTHERN STAR . y

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct690/page/7/