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      SONG FOR THB CHABTISTS . BbitaK ?« ia " s » bn » srisa , arise , AH yonr interest * blend In oae ; yobly fcce your enemies , Hurl injustice from its throne . Freedom ' s banners now nnfold , Bach determine to ba free ; Imitate your Hires of old , The contest is for liberty . y ow a mighty phalanx form , With the brave O'Connor join ; Firmly brave the impending storm , Jot the Charter all combine . Britain ' s sons with courage fight , Esch determine to be free ; Put the factions both to flight , The contest a tot liberty . Britons , tr ill yon still submit

      To eithar Whig or Tory power ; Will yoa cringe beneath theirfeet , Or kneel their faTonrs to implore ? No ! let every Briton cry , We ' re determined to be free ; Or struggling for our Charter die ; The contest is for liberty . H » H . ' nobls CCsnnor . our chieftain , -well greet thee . The foe to the tyrant , and friend to the Blare ; Ibe bold sons of toil in their thousands will meet thee , ind coned Ity name as & patriot brave . - Well flock to thy standard , and in voices of thunder , Proclaim to the world that we yet will be free ; And tear from the tyrants their ill-gotten plunder , Mid shouts o ! ( VConnoi a » d sweet liberty .

      Hark ! tis the voice cf the nation awaking " , And every effort to crush it is vain ; The Charter ' s the watchword while tyrants are quaking Tha millions ate bent apcn breaking the chain . Onr banners are wavinz , each hurricane braying , No danger shall daunt us , we yet shall be free ; The faumpet * are sounding , each heart is rebounding , With 0 Connor , the Charter , and sweet liberty . ? e . j . h .

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      I ^ EDS . Leeds Improvement Act . — Coss ^ ilI > i' ] C ) K cv Skoke . —^ e are g ^^ * ° the sake of the inhabitants of ihis large town , that the powers of the new Improvement Ace , on the subject of the consumption or prevention of smoke from steamengine chimneys , furnaces , Sea ., are somewhat stringent ; not mora so , indeed , than they ought to be , and ¦ we do hope that possessing me power the Council will be determined to compc-1 all proprietors of sie&m engines and furnaces , within their jurisdiction , to adopt such means as will abate the intolerable nuisance to which the inhabitants of Leeds as well as other large manufacturing towns have been so long subjected . Much has been said and written on this top c , and we . ara surprised to find that eTen jet there are parties so stupid , or so wilfully blind to their own interests , as to ar ^ ue teat there are - yet no means' discovered tv which smoke can either be

      prevented or consumed . Various ¦ pldjxs have been brought forward to effect the object , and amongst others by Mr . Williams and Mr . Rodda , who , we belies , haFe fitted their apparatus to several mil ' s in this neighbourhood , that of the latter being highiy spoken of , thoa ^ h we have not yet witnessed its operation , Bnt on Saturday lass , we visited seTeral mills in Leeds , to the steam-engines of which had been attached a recently-patented apparatns , in-Tented by Mr . Prichard , of Buriey Mills , near Leeds ; and if the effect in all c&se 3 would be the same as in those where this apparatus is already in operation—and we sea no reasi-n to donbt that it would be so—it will reflect no credit on the manufacturing community generally , if they wait until they zt ? compelled to remove a nuisance unaer which ail large manufacturing towns have so long suffered , andof "which the inhabitants havs so much reason to complain .

      GLOSsQP . —A correspondent sends n = ; the following ftatement : —Fiftetn persons have been arrested in this neighbourhood , and commuted to take their trials at the forthcoming assize , for offences connected with the recent tnrn-out . Of tins number , four have been liberated on bail ; the remainder are now in the county gaol of Derby . Two boy =, named Samuel Howard and Lot Lawton , together with Boity Lawton , have been committed on a chaise of felony , with intent to commit murder on the person of Joseph Cooper , a stoat young man , about twenty-five years of age , ths son of a factory master residing at H alehouse , in the parish of Glossop . In this case , ths magistrates , George Andrew , Moses Hadficid , Robert AsLton , and George "William Newton , Esqri , refused to accept of-bail .

      Lot Lawion is sixteen years of age , and Betty Lawton , his mother , sixty-two . Immediately after their committal , they vfeie placed upon , and hand-cuffed to , the Sheffield eoach , on their way to Derby , in the charge of Joseph Oates , constable for WhitSela , in the parish , amid the shrieks of the woman ' s children and aged hu .-bjnd , who is very infirm and helpless , and cries o ; " shame ! shame ! " from the spectators . The LaTtons have always borne very respectable characters , and have brought up a funily of thirteen chillren , none of whom , before this event , ertr appeared before a Magistrate , either for offence or crime . Never was more paltry evidence given in a Court of Justice than that which was given on this occasion uainst an evidently innocent boy and his aged

      Bother . A committee has been appointed for the purposes of raising a fund for the defence of the ibove victims , they being poor and not having them-Klves wherewith to employ in their behalf the ser-Tices of gentlemen of the long robe . The walls of this place have been placarded with addresses , calling upon tfee people to come forward and subscribe their mites on this occasion . The committee earnestly call uprn the work-people employed in the factories to subscribe weekly and liberally , in order that , on the day of trial , the neezful may not he wanting , nor the victims sacrificed at the- altar of tyranny and cruelty . The coamitiee meet every evening at the house of Mr . Jatnes Coe , bat ' manufacturer , Howard-town , Glossop , where subscriptions will be thankfully received ..

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      The Tabiff . —American Pork is Hertford . — We are informed that American pork of the first quality is selling in this town atfourpence a pound , naif the pries of English , or something less . —Hertford Reformer . Thb 531 Regiment is to be made a royal regiment , os . viE £ attended her Majesty in Scotland . Mose RsirasED Ejugea ^ is . —The Eutan , from Kew Vcrk , which arrived at Cove on Tuesday , had co _ ] e £ 3 than 250 emigrants onboard , returning to tseir native land , some of whom are in a melancholy sate of destitution . By a letter from Philadelphia , which arrived in town yesterday , we learn that the greates ; distress exists among the emigrants in that eny , as well as in New York , and the writer emphatiea' . ij s . dds , " God only knows how thousands of these poor people will pass through the "winter . ' — Cork Coustituticn .

      Se . \ di 5 g eoc . vd the Hat . "— The beggar ' s usauil petition is u ? hfrod into the columns of the Pilot with a very palpable hint that , very ruccerdkigyear add ^ to the " cogency" of the claim ; and it is further iDiiSed that " to neelec : the collection cf the fund in any parish on this occasion would be treason to the csass m which he ( the first Catholic Lord 3 Jayor ) straggles . " The hat goes ronnd on Sunday , the 30 Ji of October , just one day before Mr . O'Ccnnell's term of the mayoralty , wiih its emoluments , expires . u The people , " say the barefaced trustee ? , are

      prepared for the call , and feel that to neglect it now would be , practically , to coalesce with the enemies of the country . " The people prepared for it ! . Is it po-iib > e that , after the famine of the summer , the alleged ruinous prices of strck at fairs and' markets , with 50 other similar evils , the people , meaning there&y the starving peasantry , are panting for the arrival of a day to disgorge their superfiious earnings into tie exchequer " of Bnrgh-qnay ? If so , there fiest have been missta : emen ! s and exaggerations in ttors quarters tksn cue . —Times Corrcsvondrnt .

      crmcLED Case of Li cedes and Robbeet at Cabdipp . —The nei ^ hbc-urLood of Bute-street and Places adjacent kavs Km grestiy excited , in conseqnenceof the death of Captain Carter , whose body w&s : oucd on Sunday morning last , in an erect posi-« iqb , between the loci gates under the railwayendge , crossing the new-cut at the boitom of Bute-^ fet . The singularity of the position or the body ( pemg nearly midway * between the two'gates , and therefore eeniraJly erected in the ] ockj togetber * itn the finding of apockei-book outside the dock , £ stb rise to reports that the deceased had be ^ n murdered , robbed , and thrown in , Two boataen , the cne named Thomas Davies , and the ptber John Richards , alias John Moss , were taken

      Huo custody under suspicion of knowing something w this tragical event , bat were both discharged on Moad * y , a . t an inquest before Lewis Reece , Esq Ccronsr , held at the Bute Arm 5 , in Bute- « tre « t , on WflBdaj morning . The bod j of the deceased was KMmned , » cd found to be perfectly -free from any * xtern » i bruise 3 or woundB . After the Coroner ' s fcopitulaiion of the evidence , the Jnry retnrned the iw ^ wing yexdict : — " We find , from the evidence « aneed , thftt the unfortunate deceased was drowned c » tiffi juneiUn between the new and old canal , but tow or by what means he csme there we have no l * *« n to adjadgs , otherwise than by accident . We ^ i y concur , howo ^ Ter , in tie mysterious and sus-F'Cious appearances touching the absence of the ffioney kaoini to have been « n tis possession prior to *}» « eath , and consider Mjere is every probability of ffis biTiDe been robbed . "

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      SxaiKE i « BiRHi ? fGHAH . —Tne Birmingham papers state that a general strike for the new prices has taken place among the tin-plate workers of Staffordshire ; and a similar strike exists to a considerable extent in Birmingham . Ho ! iEsry . —Ab Mr . Wright , of Holies-street , Claremarket , was leaving a hno . se which he had occupied for Borne time in Denmark-street , St . Giles's , a few days ago , be allowed a poor man named Williams , a carver and gilder , who has been for upwards of eighteen months out of work and was in the deepest distress , to remove some lumber which appeared to be of no value . The following day , however , Williams called upon his benefactor with a small box containing £ 20 , whioh had been deposited several years since and forgotten among the lumber . We trust that the poor man , whose necessities must have been a powerful temptation to dishonesty , was adequately retrardfid .

      The Botlk Faib . —This fair waa held here io-day . The prices obtained by the few persons who told have proved most disheartening . There was an extensile supply of cattle ; but the prices offered did not generall y amount to the sum paid for the same stock last ^ November or May . The only lot of bullocks which we heard were sold were those belonging to Mr . Denis . This gentleman disposed of twenty ( oat of a lot of thirty ) at £ 10 7 s . 6 d . each , although he refused , on the 4 th of April last , £ 11 5 s . each ior the entire lot . Fat sheep &old at from 353 . to 40 s . ; lambs , from 18 s . to 22 s . ; milch cow 3 , from £ 8 to £ 10 ; fat cows , from £ 8 to £ 9 . A few horses were disposed of at from £ 8 to £ 20 . Pigs were very low . Wool brought 16 s . per Btone . —Boyle Gazette .

      Lisbvrx Faib . —The autumn fair of Lisburn was held last week . The show of horses was greasy inferior to that of other years . There were a few handsome young horses , adapted for saddle or harness , offered for sale , but most of the buyers of the English market having gone to the greai . fair of Balinasloe , very few , even of the lowest description , changed hands . The show of cattle in Smithfield market was rery large . Owing , however , to the curious feeling at present existing between the farmer and dealer , comparatively" trifling sales were effected . Some

      prime springers went off at from £ 10 to £ 12 , Fat heifers were in pretty good demand , and brought fair prices ; but inferior cattle of all descriptions were scarcely looked at , and were disposed of at rery low rates , On the whole , it may be stated that there is more of imagination tbaa reality in the panic which prevails so powerfully at present among the graziers . No foreign grazier can compete with the Irish farmer in producing the highest descriptions of stock , and the prices now offered appear lower than they really are , because of the unnaturally high rates obtained daring the last two or three years .

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      CHESTER SPECIAL COMMISSON . Wkdsesday Evening . —The special commission issued tor the trial of the prisoners charged with the commission of offences in various parts of Cheshire , during the recent turn-out in the manufacturing districts , was opened this afternoon with the customary formalities at the Chester Castle . The judges appointed to try the prisoners are Lord Abinger . Sir E . H . Alderson , and Sir C . Cresswell . They arrived at Chester about foar o ' clock this day , by railway , and having been met by the sheriff , of the county . Mr . E . D . Davenport , proceeded to Chester Castle , and opened the commission , after which the Court was adjourned until half-past ten o'clock on the following day . The whole ceremony did not last longer than five minutes .

      The calendar contains the names of 66 persons , more than half of whom are charged with taking part in an attaok on the Stockport workhouse , and the rest are variously charged with assembling to distnrb the peace , with conspiring to prevent by intimidation and violence other parties from following their lawful occupations , rioting , uttering seditions speeches , and conspiring to excite disaffection and discontent against the laws and government of the realm . Since the printing of the calendar , the number of the prisoners has been increased by fresh committals ; but it is expected , as many of them will be tried at one and the same time , that the whole of

      the cases will be disposed of by Saturday next . The case which will probably excite the greatest interest is that of the three prisoners charged with rioting at Brookfield , near Glossop , and demolishing the mill aDd dwelling-house of Mr . Samuel Sbepley , who , it will be recollected , fired upon the mob who attacked his premises , and wounded these three prisoner . A description is given in the calendar of the different degrees of education which the prisoners have received , and from this statement it appears that about eighteen can neither read nor write , seventeen read imperfectly , twenty-three both read and write , and seven read and write well .

      THURSDAY , OCT . 6 . The Three Learned Judges , Lord Chief Baron AbiKgeb , Sir E . H . Alderson , and Sir C . Cresswell , having attended divine service in the Cathedral , entered the Crown Court at twelve o ' clock this day . There was a large assemblage of persons in and out of the Courts . The usual formalities having been observed , the following gentlemen in the Grand Inquest answered to their namts : —Mr . E J . Loyd . of OldfleWhall , Foreman ; Messrs . H . Main waring , cf Peoverhsll ; R . GK Leycester , of Toft-hall ; R . G . Perryn , of

      Triffard-hall ; J : W . Tatton , of Wittinshaw ; G F . WUbraham , of Delamere-honse ; 8 . Jacscn , of Nowtonbanfe ; J . B . Clegg , of Thurstanton-hall ; C . Ford , of Abbeyfleld ; G J . Shackerley , of Whatcroft ; Sir E . S . Walker , of Chester , Kaight ; J . R . Datntry , of Northroad ; the Hon . C . E . Oust , of Leasowe Caatle ; MesBrs . C . S . Swfcttenham , of Somerford ; T . C . Cbalton , of Chalton-Iodge ; T . Hibbert , of Birtles ; G . C . Antrobus , of Eaton-hall ; J . Tomkinson , of Davenh&m ; C- Stanley , of Dunham ; E . Leigh , of Joddrell-ball ; fair P . TownBend , of Wincham ; and Mr . J . Brocklehurat , of HurdeaSeld , M . P .

      The petty jurymen were chiefly selected from Birkenhead , opposite Liverpool . The Grand Jury being sworn , Lord Abingeb , addressed them v . z follows : —Gsntlemen of tbe Grand Jury , you are assembled at this unusual season to discharge a very painful , but a very important duty . A due regard for the public safety makes it essential that all tumultuous and unlawful assemblies of tbe people should be put down by force , if necessary , and punished with the utmost rigour of the law . At the same time we cannot reflect on Ihe occurrences which have recently taken place in the manufacturing distriets without mixed emotions of compassion , and , if I may say so , indignation—compassion at the weakness and ignorance of those deluded multitudes , who imagined they could effect the purposes they haii in view

      by fore :- and violence , ana who , as they nevi r fail to do , become the victims of their own delusion , and suffer misery and privation , and many of them punishmentindignation at the artful contrivances oE those who , to serve their own private oljects , and their own political ends , had promoted and excited the delusion of the poor and industrious classes by addressing to their minds deceitful arguments , unfounded in reason or in sense , and had then endeavoured to take advantage of the delusion they had caused , in order that they might thereby carry into effect their own objects . I need hardly remind you that it is one of tbe evils incident to a nation of great manufacturing and commercial prosperity , that the country which was flourishing from that prosperity should occasionally be subject to . great reverses , It is the nature and habit of

      industry and enterprise to keep full the channels of supply , sometimes to overflowing , and whenever a check to tbe demand occurs there must follow for a while a suspension of employment , a diminution in the price of manufactured produce and in the wages of labour , and very often , unhappily , distress and misery of the nnr . ufacturing classes . Tbe history of our own country furnishes examples of this kind . A bad harvest either at home or abroad ; the blockade of foreign ports with which we are nccuitomed to traffic ; a war with a nation which tai ' js a large quantity of our manufactured goods ; the disturbance of friendly relations betTfetn this anrt other nations with which we have commercial intercourse ; the uncertainty of the laws which affect trade and commerce ; somttirnes the public agit . ition of the great questions or principles on which commerce

      depends ; sometimes even the opinion that the Government is net wiEe enough to propose , nor strong enough to carry importaut measures for the maintenance and advancement of tha public weal , —all these are circumstances which tend to paralyse industry and the enterprise of commercial men ; and at the same time to snsptnd all those advantages which the country was before gaining from a prosperous condition of trade and commerce . It would be easy , if necessary , to trace many , if not all , of these causes which have in succession or combination produced that distress we have lately witnessed . I stated ju&t now that we cannot view without emotions of compassion the situation of the industrious classes , who , not having a competent knowledge to form a judgment of tLeir own as to the principles or the rights of property , or upon the

      questions on which their own prosperity is involved , imagine that they can by force and violence dictate terms to their masters , and thereby rescue themsolves from a degree of privation and discomfort , against which no Government , however it might be formed , and no law , whatever might be its intention , could effectually secure them . Nevertheless you will find many , in that situation of life to which I have just alluded , and with that infirmity of judgment easily inflamed , when subjects are touched on relating to their own means of existence and their state of discomfort , induced by crafty persons , who excite and mislead them , to imagine that they are the fittest persons to govern themselves , and that they ought to have an equal share , if not a superior share , in the conduct of the Government and in the

      making of laws . I am a ' reid that tbe manufacturing classes have been of late the dupes of this sort of persuasion ; and you will find in the occurrences which have called yon together sundry examples of this delusion . You will find that there is a society of persons who go by the name of Chartists , and who , if they have not excited or fomented those outrages which will be brought under your notice , have , nevercheless , taken advantage of them for their own purposes , have endeavoured to prevent tha unfortunate people from returning to their work , and sought ^ so to direct them that they might be conducive to the attainment of political objects . And what is the object of the Charter , which these men ere seeking ? Wnat are the points of the Charter ? Annual Parliaments . Universal Suffrage , and Vote br Ballot . Yet , Gentlemen , you will find by the

      evidence which will be produced before you , that it has been inculcated up . n raaay misguided persons that the sovereign remedy for all abuses , smd the only means of putting themselves in possession of such a share of power as would enable them to vindicate their own rizhts and secure themselves against oppression , is by the enactment of what they call the People ' s Charter , la what a strange situation this country would be placed i ! those who have no property were to possess a preponderating voice in the making of the laws ! These unhappy men do not consider that the first object of civilized society is the establishment and preservation of property and the security of person . What , then would be the state of any country if multitudes were to make the laws for regulating property , or were permitted to employ physical force to restrain individuals from employing

      their own labour according to their own judgment , or preventing tkeii subsistence ? The foundation of civilized society may be considered to consist in tbe protection ef property and the security of person ; ami if these two objects were removed , society must be dissolved . What a strange tffect , then , would the establishment of a system of Universal Suffrage produce ; for under it every man , though possessing no property , would have a voice ia the choice of the representation of the people . The necessary consequences of this syetem would be , that those who have no property would make laws for those who have property , and the destruction of the monarchy and aristocrat must necessarily ensue . I do not pretend to ju ^ ge the motives of those individuals who entertain such vi 6 ws as I have been alluding to , but they seem to forget that it is impossible to establish a perfectly democratic representative assembly , in the formation of -which every man in the country should have a ¦ voice , without eventually

      destroying tbe monarchy and the influence of property , and leading to the creation of a form of Government which would become in tbe end an odious tyranny . Such is the history of all attempts to establish a democracy in countries where a government consisting of mixed elements formerly existed . There i > a country which cannot be spoken of without respect and attachment , as emanating from oura ^ ves—I allude to America , from which you may eollecfcfipat security for property is afforded by a pure republic In the different states of America there are pure democratic associations elected by Universal Suffrage and Vote by Ballot ; and tome of these states have recently exhibited tbe regard paid to property by democratic assemblies , by having protested against paying tbe public creditor , and disregarded their own obligation to obey their own law made for his security . If such » system of democracy were C 6 tabli » bed in England , the first consequence would be , tost tbt eenrity pf property would be re-

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      moved ; the pnblio creditor apd all commercial accumulations would be destroyed "; and , finally , or perhaps tbe first object aimed at , would be the destruction of property in laud . There would ba a universal agrarian law . The formation of . « uch \ a Gtomnment in a country like this must work universal ruin and distress ; and , after inflicting tne most bitter of all tyranny , than of a ueuiocratio assembly , would terminate in a despotism . But it appears that persona , entertaining a design to establish « nch a form of Government have taken , advantage of , au occasional depression of the commerce and manufactures of the country , and the privations which the labouring classes are Buffering , for the purpose of encouraging them to resist their masters , and to abstain from labour , telling them that this was the only means within their reach

      by which they could obtain the accomplishment of their fiyourite Cnarter . I am glad to ba informed ^ gentlemen , that on some portions of the multitudes to which such topics were addressed they failed to have an effect There wait a certain feeling of common sense , and a remaining attachment to the institutions of the country , which forbade many to listen to the voice of these Chartists . Nevertheless , gentlemen , yon will find by the evidence which will be produced before yon that great pains were taken to incnlcate these doctrines on the minds of the pe , ple , and to encourage them by the force which belongs to assembled Multitudes to carry them into effect . In tha cases which will come before you , gentlemen , you may find persona entertaining these doctrines . I am desirous not to be understood as stating that the mere holding of any abstract opinion

      on political subjects is an offence ; but if these persons who entertained such doctrines aa I have alluded to endeavour t » enforce them by popular tumult , they must be guilty of a grave offence . If yon should find , too , enses satisfactorily proved , where persons have used efforts to prevail on the labouring people not to return to work , er have resorted to measures of tumult and disorder in order to carry into effect their favourite objeets , there can be no doubt that such persons are justly liable t » p unishment ; and you , gentlemen , will doubtless feel it due to your country to bring them before this Court There is another class of offenders who will be brought before you—namely , those who joined in assemblies of the people , the object of which was by ferce to turn others outof employment , or prevent them from continuing at work . This is a species of

      tyranny quite intolerable . What right has any man to dictate to another at what price he should labour ? If the party who labours , or the party employing , is dissatisfied with the terms of the contract , they have nothing to do but to put an end to the contract . I am afraid , for I believe the law has been altered in this respect , that even the combination of a number of workmen for the purpose of dictating terms to masters has ceased to be an indictable offence in itself . But , though this is not an indictable offence , so long as the combination be conducted in a peaceable and quiet manner , yet if they attempt to force others to join them by terror or intimidation , they are guilty of one of the most daring and outrageous acta of tyranny . What would be said , if a government differently constituted from our own , and acting by direct force on the

      people if the powers of snch a government were exercised in a similar manner , in order that- the workmen might not continue at their labour ? Would it not be described as an insupportable tyranny , and as forraiDg a just ground for insurrection ? Yet you will find that theae unhappy men were not content with exercising the privileges which the law allowed them , of agreeing among themselves not to work without &-certain rate of remuneration , bnt they attempted by force to compel others to quit their labour . When a casu of this kiad comes before you , gentlemen ; whan you fiad attempts made by tumult , riot , and 10 ice to Uetach the labourer from his occupation , you will consider them offences of an aggravated character , and in such cases I would recommend you to find the bills . The the third class of offences is in its nature not so aggravated , and jet is not

      to be passed over—namely , where persons have joined in a tumultuous crowd , engaged in some illegal design . You may say , and justly , that though a vast number of persons might assemble togethsr , a few only might be engaged in any criminal design . Still , as the criminal design could only be effected by the terror which a multitude iDBpires , any man who joins the mob beoomts one of the parsons countenancing and furthering the illegal end . If , therefore , a crowd tunmltuously collect together , creating alarm to tbe neighbourhood in whieh it assembles , and assuming a character dangerous to the public peace , every person who juina it becomes an implicated party , and is by law guiity of riot , though the party accused may have done nothing more than merely brought to the mob the sanction of his personal presence . I do not mean to say that a man might not be in a mob

      innocently ; for a person going home might find it necessary to pass by the place where the moo vis assembled , or he might go into the mob for the purpose of inducing another not to join . it , or prevent excess . There might be innocent motives which brought a man in the midst of a mob ; but as by his presence he increased the multitude , the amount of which occasioned terror , it lies upon him to prove his innocence , and to show whether his presence there was voluntary or otherwise . I mention this as a case of simple riot ; and if you find persons joining assemblies which bad illegal ohjeetfl in visw , or which conducted themselves in a tumultuous and riotons manner , yon must bring them before tibia Court ; for if they have any txcuse which may operate in their defence they have no means ot producina it

      before you . The finding of a tree bill against them wili be justified by the evidence of a prima facie case against , them ; and if that caie be proved against them , tbe onus probandi as to their innocence will afterwards be thrown upon them . From the information laid beforo me , I believe that I lrwe now described the general character of the cases which will be submitted to your consideration ; but there ate two other cases which I ought to mention . I have stated that whire a crowd assembled and acted illegally , those facts determined the character of the assembly to be unlawful . You will find that in some cases attempts have been made to extort money or proviflons , and whenever the parties so acting have succeeded in their design through the aid of terror and force , they have been guilty of the offence of robbery . This will probably form a class of the cases

      which will come before you . G-.-ntleisen , you are aware that if any assembly of persons bejin to demolish and pull downany building , thatact constitutes a felony . Whether 'any cases amounting to this offence will come before you , I am not sufficiently informed to say , but I have reason to think that some of the cases may take chat shape . Ail the different classes of offiaees which I have mentioned will probably come under your consideration . If you find auy persons fomenting disturbance , or endeavouring to work out their own particular views by creating a suspension of labour , ruinous not only to the parties themselves , but also to the country , and by forcibly compelling others to cease labour , they are liable to heavy punishment . If you find others seeking to obtain by intimidation money or provisions , or engaged in pulliLg down buildings , these offenders would

      come under a different class , but they would deserve your serions attention . I believe I have now described the character of the different offences , and I am not aware that I could add anything which might direct your inquiries . Still I shall be vary happy to give you , ifnesdiul , every assistance in my power to facilitate your investigations . Nevertheless , I do not think ii probable that gentlemen of your experience and knowledge will require any further information . I cannot conclude without repeating my expression of compassion for the unhappy people who have acted under the delusion 1 have referred to . But , gentlemen , the law takes no account of such delusions ; and if a man commits guilty acts , he ninst be prepared to snbinit to % he consequences of his conduct . It is true that the poorer

      classes of the country have been suffering from great privations ; and I may allude to this subject , as it is matter cf notoriety , and has formed matter of public discussion ; but it is very singular that the time chosen to break out was a pericd when a more settled commercial policy had been adoptnd , when every parson expected a revival of manufacturing prosperity , and when , I believe , every person felt thero was existing a salient point from which commercial prosperity might take its start . ItissingularthatthiaRhculdbethemomunt chosen to foment these disturbances ; and the country has suffered in consequenca of a suspension of that prosperity which might confidently havo been anticipated , and of which , I trust , it is not too late to hope for the return .

      ( Before Lord Ab ' mger , Sir E . H . Alderson , and Sii Cresswdl CresswelL )

      CONSPIRACY William Moorhouse , S , Laes , R . Wild , J . Wild , Stephen Shirt , and John Fairaant , were placed at the bar to answer an indictment charging them with conspiring together , with divers ether persons , at Stockport , in this county , on the 26 th of July last , and subsequent days , and by threats , violence , and intimidation obstructing the cotton trade and manufactures there and then carried on by tne peaceable subjects of our Sjvereign Lady the Qaean . They were also charge A with unlawfully assembling together with a view of effecting , by forca and violence , certain great changes in the constitution of the country . The prisoners were indicted , together with several other persons not in custody , and a person named James Lewes , ont on bail . This individual not appearing , was called upon his recognizances , which were eBtreatid . The prisoners , on beiog asked whether they would traverse , all consented to be tried , with the exception iff James

      Wild . I Wild . The Attorney-General ( Sir Frederick Polldck ) , the Attorney-General for the Palatine ( Mr . Hill ) Mr . Jetvis M . P ., Mr . Welsby , and Mr . Pollock , appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr . Yardley for the defence . Singular as it may appear , these were the only barristers in Chester , one only being left ( Mr . Yardley ) for the defence of tbe prisoners , and as two courts were sitting in the course of the day , prisoners were obliged to be tried undefended . Mr . Pollock having opened tbe indictment , Tbe Attorney-General , instating the cue for ( he prosecution , gave a succinct history of the commence ment and progress of the disturbances in the manufacturing districts , and proceeded at considerable length to point ont the character of the disturbances . He called the fallowing witnesses : —

      William Clayton was the first witness called . —He deposed , I am a constable of Hyde . On the first Wednesday in August I heard a bell ringing in Hyde on that day . I attended & meeting on tiiat day to the

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      extent of about 2000 . I saw William Moorhonse and Robert Wild , and Stephen Shirt . At this meeting a person of the name of Condollet was the chairman . He read a resolution , which was seconded by Moorhouse , that if there was another reduotion would they one and all come oat * and there was a cry of "Yes , yes . " Condolett then proposed a show of hands in favour of it , and he then said . " I hope the people of Hyde will prsve true to one another , and Ire will soon have oar rights , and that will be the Charter , and nothing bnt the Charter . ' * Moorhouse and Leach both , spoke at that meeting , and Condelett announced that on the following Sunday morning a meeting would be held at Mednesham-green , Matham-moor . Cross-examined by Mr . Yaidley . —I am a constable at Hyde . I have selected that part of his speech which Kemed the most striking . The meeting dieparaed quietly . Some of the speakers impressed upon the meeting the . importance of keeping the peace .

      Joseph Little—I was at a meeting on Sunday , the 17 th August , at Mednesham-green . There were about 100 persons present Moorhouse was tbe chairman , and on taking the chair he said , 'My friends and fellowworkmen—lam appointed Chairman of the meeting , and must inform you that we are not met here fora wage question , or a religions question , it is for a national question ; bat I will not . intrude on your tima , as you will be addressed by my brother Chartists from Hyde , Ash ton , and other places , who are more able to address you than I am , aud they will explain to yon that we Chartista are met here for a national question . I will sit down" He called on another person , who came forward to address thorn . I left the meeting , and returned again in half an hour , at which time a person was addressing the meeting , but I did not know him .

      After my return Leach and Condelett addressed the meeting in tbe presence of Moorhonse . He told them the church ( pointing to . Matbam Church ) was bnilt for a good purpose , but now filled by thieves and robbers , the cotton fraternity ; but they would all be parsons and " blue bottles , " if thoy were paid by the Government £ 80 a year , a nice sum for a working man—a man who works only one day out of seven . " But let me teli you , " 8 % M Leach , " the church is an open hell , and filled by the cotton lords and thieves , and good honest people they will not allow to enter ; but let us be true one to another and there is property enough in this plentiful country , and support for us all ; and it you have not the common necessaries of life take them , and who can stand against you ? Now the prisons are full , and in the prisons

      they do not want you . " On the same day , in the afternoou , I attended another meeting on tbe same spot . There might be about 800 or 1 , 000 persona present . Moorhouse was tbe chairman , and I saw Robert Wilde there- He addressed the meeting , but I took no notes of bis speech . He advised them to stand for the Charter . The meeting lasted nearly three hours , iioorhouse also addressed the meeting . He said , " you have been told the evils we labour under , and I am requested also to tell you that a meeting will take place at Stalybridge to-morrow morning , and will proceed from factory to factory and turn them all ont , and when we are out we will 6 tay out until the Chatter , the only guarantee for wages , becomes the law of the land . I hope to meet you all to-morrow morning , at Stalybridge , where we will join hand in hand in this great national turn-out . " A show of hands wan taken , and they agreed to be present at tbf meeting at Stalybridge on Monday , thg

      6 th . I att nded a meeting in the market-place . Hydo , about six odocs in tb « evening . I should think there were fit least time thousand perasns present . The prison , r Moi rhbu © and o : hers addressed the meeting . The gnaral substance uf fe ie speeches was to advisa the peop ' . tt not to go into tcelr work until the Charter became the law of ihe land . On the following morning a meeting was held in the same place , and similar language was used by the speakers . Leech was present , and Bald they intended to go and join the people of Ashton , and from there they would go to the Exchange in Manchester , where they would meet the cotton lords , and he bad no doubt they would soon have the Charter . : I believe he advised them to divide themselves—one part to go to Ashton , and another to Stockport . I attended another meeting on the same day , and it was much longer than the one in the morning .

      Mr . Yardley , for the defence , cross-examiued this witness at some length , but elicited nothing whatever calculated to shake the fairness of his testimony , and the Judge then adjourned the Court until to-morrow ( Friday . ) :

      NISI PRIUS COURT . ( Before Sir E . H . Alderson . ) Joseph Taylor , William Smith , James Kershaw , and William Martin , were placed at the bar , charged with havi'ig feloniously thrown down and destroyed a lock on the Peak Forest Canal , on the 15 'h of August last , for the purpose of putting a stop to the labour of persons employed thereat . Sir E . H , Aldeeson inquired whether the prisoners had eouosel to defend them ? and Mr . VauGHan , a solicitor , stated that though he was instructed to procure the aid of counsel for the benefit of the prisoners , he was unable to do so , as no counsel were present except those employed for the Crown . The Learned Judge then informed Mr . Vaughan that , under these circumstances , he would be permitted to plead on behalf of the prisoners .

      Mr . Vaughan replied that he could not undertaketo do this , as he was already engaged to assist in the defence of other prisoners , at present on trial in the other court . Mr . Hill , the Attorney-General fGr the County Palatine of Chester , described the nature of tho charge agaJnat the prisoners , and called J . imes Couipton , a constable , who detailed the circumstances under which the outrage was committed . The Jury having retired ; returned into court , and brought in a verdict , acquitting Taylor , and finding the otliei- prisoners Gailty . They recommended Ksrshaw £ ¦> rnercy on tho ground of bis previous good character . The same parties were again indicted for riotously assembling at Marple , and conspiring to disturb the public peace , by preventing persons by means of force and intimidation from continuing at their woik . . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ .

      In proof of the charge against the prisoners it was stated , that words of an exciting tendency had been addressed by the prisoner Taylor to a meeting ; aad that among othsr things he advised the people not to return to work until the Charter became the law of the land . It was also stated that a person introduced to the meeting by Taylor had made use of inflammatory language , and had advised the people to act as Lord Kinnaird had said in the House of Lards he would act —namely , that if he wanted food he wonld take it where he could get it . Tha prisoner Taylor , who is a working man , and appeared to pjSEess considerable intelligence , addressed the Court in his own defence . He denied that he had used words of a seditious character , and contended that one or two passages ought not to be selected from the speech he had delivered to the meeting in question , but that the tondency and character of the wfcole of it should be eonsidnred .

      The Learned Judge , in summing np , said that Taylor might have used improper language to the meeting he was addressing , bat intimated that there was no proof of a eonepiracy on his part to force others from their employment . Taylor was responsible for the language used by the person be introduced to the meeting , as he was present while the language was uttered , and did not protest against it . With respect to the words attributed to Lord Kinnaird . it was improbable that they were ever used by the Noble Lord , or the House of Lords weuld no doubt have ¦ noticed them ; - but it was « , regular exhortation to the people , on the part of the person who uttered thtin at the meeting , considering the circumtitanctB under which thoy were uttered at that meeting , to commit robbery . The Jury AcquittRd tha prisoners of a conspiracy , but found them Guilty of attending an unlawful meeting . Both the Courts adjourned , until nine o ' clock nest merning . ¦ ' . '

      FRIDAY , October 7 . This morning , Lord Abinger sat alone in the Crown Conrt ; two other courts having been opened , one at the . Nisi Prius end , and tho other in the Grand Jury room . In the former , Mr . Baron Aiderson presided ; and in the latter , Mr . Justice Cresswell . The trial of the prisoners , arraigned on the previous day , was proceeded with . James Wild , one of the Hollingworth rioters , who , at the opening of the ca 38 , expressed a wibh to traverse to the spring assizes , appeared in the dock , and asked to be tried along with the other prisoners . This request was complied with ; and Mr . Yardley , on the part of the defendant , consented to the arrangement , with the understanding that the evidence given on Thursday should be taken as applying to him , as well as to the rest of the prisoners .

      A witness namud James Buckley , a labourer , was called to prove tha offence ; and his testimony , uich as it wap , was supported by one or two others . Mr . Yabdley addressed the jury for the defence . The Jury returned a verdict of Guiltj" on all the counts against the whole of the prisoners , with the exception of Shirt , who was found guilty on the . second . count only , The prisonera were then ordered to stand down . ... ¦' Several other prisoners were tried dnnng the day for rioting at Rollington , bat no feature of interest was presented .

      SATURDAY , Oct . 8 . Lord Abihgbb presided in the&own Court , Mr . Baron Aldebson in one at the Nisi Friusend , and Mr . Justice Cbesswell in the Grand Jury room . Lord Abirgeb took his Beat ou the bench this morning at a quarter-past nine o ' clock . . w The Atiobnby-Gejibiui . ( witb , whom was Mr . Sergeant JERVis ) conducted the prosecutions 10 this Court throughout the whole of the day . The Jury having beeni sworn , James Thorpe , Samuel Fearns , George Tay ; or , William Wilde , and James Hague , were the first prisoners placed at the bar . Wilde , Thorpe , and Hague , pleaded " Not Guilty , " and Fearna and Taylor pleaded " Guilty . " ' ¦ The Aitobket-Gerbbal stated the case . . Mr . Yabdley addressed the Jury in defence or the prisoners . .. . . , . _ The Axiobmst-Gbnebai . replied briefly .

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      The Learned Judge summed up the evidence , and tho Jury found the prisoners Guilty . James Derbyshire , Martha Baker , William Rocfr Joseph Smith , and Hamer Smith , were all placed in the does , charged with riot and robbery in tha Stockport Union Workhouse , on the 11 th of August last . The whole- of the prisonera pleaded "Not Guilty /' Darbyshire was tried alone , the other prisonera being for the present ordered to sit down . The Learned Judge summed up the evidence , and the Jury immedutrujy found tbe prisoner Guilty . His Lordship then sentenced him to transportation for life . William Turner , Samnel Kaye , and William Robinson , were indicted for having , on the 13 ; h of Aufiust , riotously assembled , and , with many otherSg conspiring togother to stop the process of labour , at Marple , in the county or Chester . Th « y wore ali found Gui'ty .

      John Webb , Martha Baker , William Rock , Joseph Smith , and Hammer Smith , were again brought up and put upon their trial . The Attorney General stated the case . The prisoners were found Guilty , and each sentenced to twelve moutha' imprisonment and hard labour in the Chester House of Correction . ^ This beiug the" last caso that was to come before the cour * , his Lordship ordered the whole of the prisoners who had been found Guilty before him during the three days to be placed in the dock to receive sentence .

      Lord ABiNGER ^ in addressing the prisoners , repeated some of the observations delivered iu hi- charge to the grand jury as to * the illegality of the prisoners ' conduct and the dangerous tendency of their principles , and the course they had adopted to enforce them upon others ; and concluded by pussing en the& tho followingsenteicei : Joseph Buokly , William Moorhonse , Robert Wilde , John Farhurst , and Saoroel Lees , each iwo years' imprisonment with hard labour , in Chester Castle ; Stephen Shirt , eighteen mun ' . hs' imprisonment , with hard labour , in Knutsi ' or . i House of Correction ; James Wilde , Thomas Thorpe , James Hngue , Wm . Turner , Samuel Kay , and J . Robinson , one year ' s imprisonment , with hard labour , ia Chester Castle ; John Buokly , six niomh . 3 j and Oliver Fry , Thomas WinterboMom , and John Smith , the - three prisoners who were wouadod at Mr . Sheplev ' s mill , tho short period of three months only , on account of the injuries they had received .

      The business of the court being ended about three o'olock , his Lordship took his departure from the city immediately .

      ( Before Baron Alderson . J The learned Judge took his se 3 t on tha bonch thfa morning at half-past nine o ' clock , and proceeded with the trials of the prisoners charged with breaking into the Stockport workhouse . The whole of the cases tried to-day in the three Courts were all more or less concerned in the attack on the Stockport workhouse , and as the evidence was in each case substantially the same , it would bo useless to repeat it . Mr . Attorney-General Hill and Mr . Pollock conducted the prosecutions in this Court . The Learned Judge directod the prisoners who were tried before him yesterday and louud guilty of riot to be brought before him . They wore severally sentenced as follows : —Thomas Mords , Charles ) Harrop , Samuel Go 3 ling , and Samuel Shopiey , to 18 months' imprisonment , with hard labaur , ia Chester Castle ; and Joseph Done , one year , in tha same prison .

      The sentences passed upon the prisoners tried today , who were convicted of rioi and felony at the Stookport workhouse , were as follow : —Thomaa Hayes , transported for 14 years ; John Charleaworth , Miflhael Leyfiold , and Thomas Torks , seven years ; William Wright , two years imprisonment , with hard labour in Chester Castle ; Joppph Taylor , sixteen months , with hard labour ; Joseph Torkg , Jatnes Hatton " , John Rhodes , and James Harrop , twalve months , with hard labour , all in Chester Casfcle ; William Sraith , James Kershaw , " and "VVm . Morton , one year , with hard labour , in Knutsford house of correction . The business of this court was concluded at five o ' clock .

      (• Before Mr . Justice Ctesswdl ) In this Court , also , the cases tried were for riofc and felony at tbe Stockport workhouse . Charles Howard , William Soddon , and Thomaa Warhurst , transportation for life ; John Smith , Wm . Miller , James Smith , Joseph Cowan , and John Selby , transportation for ten years ; John Burgess , Edward Walker , William Bar net , Michael Lenard , John Duncalf , William Simmons , Thomas Simmons , Matthew Bradley , Joseph Heaketh , Anthony Duffy Joseph Wright , William Hargrives , John Swan , Thomas Summers , William Stonehewer , Levi Greenhalgh , Ralph Brooks , John Liddell , Stephen Simpson , and Edward Hadfield ,. each to twelve months ' imprisonment , with hard labour in Chester Ca 3 fcle . The business of this Conrt terminated about font o ' clook .

      Thus has ended this miserable mockery of justice on the part of the Crown . Every uufair advantage —every legai technicality which the cunning of-tne Crown counsel could discov . r , have beeu greedily snatched at by vhem , in order to convict the unhappy prisoners . Wo know of nothing in the aunals of history , with the exuaption of the " bloody assizs" of Judge Jefferies , which at all aesimilates to the late unconstitutional proceedings at Chester .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Oct . 7 . BANKRUPTS . John Charles Smith , Woolwich , grocer , . to surrender Oct . 18 , at one , Nov . 18 , at eleven , at the Bantrapt ' a Court Solicitors , Moans . Kiss and Son , Fenchnrchstreet ; official assignee , Mr . Johnson , Basinghallstreet ¦ . . . ; William Matthews , Bushey , Hertfordshire , carpenter , Oct . 12 , at two , Nov . 18 , * t eleven , - at the Bankrupts ' Court ; solicitor , Mr . Stinger , Essex-court , Temple ; and Messrs . Cowley and Son , Watford ; ogiclal assignee , Mr . E ; lwards , Fredericfc's-place , Old Jewry . John M'Connal , Liverpool , tea-dealer , Oct . 18 , Not 18 , at twelve , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool ; solicitors , Mr . Oliver , Old Jewry ; and Mr . Evans , Liverpool .

      Benjamin Holmes , Birmingham , bootmaker , Oct . 17 Nov . 18 . at eleven , at the Waterloo-rooms , Birmingham Solicitors , MesarB . Smith and Atkins , Serjoants ' -inn , Fleet street ; . and Mr . Greatwood , Birmingham . John Burton , Eevenshulme , Lancashire , victualler , Oct . 29 , Nov .. 18 ,, at three , at the Commiasioners ' -rooma , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Gregory , Faulkner , Gregory , and Buurdillon . Bedford-raw ; and Mr . Chew , Manchester .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Leyhnd and Atkin , Liverpool . Dyson and GrimshaW , Leeds , flonr-dttlers . J . K . Huntloy and Co . Liverpool , ship-brokers , J . M'Baln and A . Oliver , Manchester , joiners . Chambers and Munro , Ajbrutb , Lancashire , coach-builders . S . Bonlton and Co . Manchester , shirt Jcg-ninr . ufacturern . H . and Gv Venn , Warrington , Lancashire , eaddlors . G . Hali and J . F «? z » rd , " De , vra bury , Yorkshire , woollen-manufacturers , Kiy , Barlow , and Aston , Manchester , attornies ; so far as regards A Kiy . J . Jones and W . Stephenson , Liverpool , spiri t " merchants . GilHugantf Smith , Thlrsk , Yorkshire , curriers ; so fat as regards J . Smith . Jenkinson and Harding , Manchester , tailors . A . - Scmith , W . TritschleE . and M . Bitterer , Lends and Carlisle , German clockmakes ; so far as regnrds W . Tritschier . Roxburgh and Co . Liverpool , niftrcimnta , Tatlocfc and Love , Manchester , cotton-nizuufacturors . J . Rhodes and Brotheia , Rochdale , Lancashire .

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      From ihe Gazette of Tuesday , Oct . 11 . BANKRUPTS . John Thomas Boor , Lower Thames-street , eatinghouse-keeper , " to surrender Oct . 27 ^ at half-past one , Nov . 22 , at eleven ,- at the Bankrupt * ' C mrt Solicitor , Mr . Wilson ; FurnvcA ' s-inn ; official assignee , Mr . Whit * more , BasintbaH-streat . George Ridley , Gould square , wine-merchant , Oct 20 , at one , Nov . , at eleven , at tbe Bankrupts' Court . Sola , Messrs Baxendale , Tathatn , Upton , and Johnson , Gn-at WiEebejjter-Btreet ;_ official sssignee , Mr . LacWngton , Coleman-Btreet-butldinp . ¦ Tiiomas M'Conkey and Adam Gowle , Lambeg , county of Down , and LaECwhire , bleachers , Oct . 20 , Nov . 22 , it one , at the' Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool . Sois . Mewra , Vincent and Bberwood , Tempts ; and Messrs . Littledale and BwdwcU , Liverpool .

      Samnel Thorp and Thomas Thorp , Manchester , me * chants , Out . 25 , Nov . 22 , at two , at the Commissioners ' - rooms , Manchester . Sols . Mr . Fox , Fmabury-cixcus ; and Mr . Eatie , Manchester . Johni . Tborp , Manchester , merchfint , Oct 25 , Nov . 22 , at one , at the Comnrissioiiers ' -rooms , Manchester . SoJs . Mr . Fox , Finsbtu-y-cireua ; and Mr . Earle , Manchester . ... ¦ -, George Davenport TV . omaf . iWem , 8 bropsbire , grocer , Oct . 28 , JSov . 22 , at eleven , at the Shire-ball , Shrewsbury . Sols . Mr . Coi £ Haif-moon-street , Piccadilly ; and Mr . Barker , Wem . : . Alexander Jacob , Maneherter , mercbaat , Oct . W , Nov . 3 ? , ' at eleven , at the . CommiMionert ' -rooms , Manchester . Sols . Messrs . JohMon , . Son * , nnd Weattwnll , Temple ; and Mr ; Hitcbcock , Mancherter .

      PABTKEE 8 H 1 PS PMSOLVED . T . TJnderweod ar . < l J . Pickton , Manchester , brewers Mnrgatroyd and . Wbitebea ' d , Buelty-roill , Yorkshire , dyers . Dennis asd Simpson , York , dealers in patentmediclnea . O . Taylor , W ., J .. ard M . Todd , Rockdale , woollen-printer * . E . Smith and Co . Liverpool , proprietors of the " Liv . - ; pool Mercury" newspaper W . Ackers and Co ., la ti . ayra , and Ackers , Green > shields , and Co ., Livcipo jI , meichaits .

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      Dewsboky . —Subscriptions received by William Robshaw , for Mr . Dewhirs ; 's Defence Fund : — £ s d Dswsbury 4 7 5 From Doghouse , a place with only about ten houses 15 0 Birstal 1 15 0 Ossett 0 12 0 Horbury .., ... 0 10 1 WakeSeid 0 10 o Batley 0 7 7 Earkheaton 0 6 » Dawjjreen 0 6 0 Mirfield 0 5 0 Po : ovens 0 0 6

      Total received ... £ 10 5 0 ESPE . VCES FOB DEWHISST ' s DEFENCE . £ s d Attorney ' s Bill , and sundry expence 3 ... 18 10 0 Cash received 10 5 0 To pay ... £ 8 5 0 Notice . —The tieasurer , Mr . Robson , will thank tbe friends of justice and humanity and haters of tyranny and oppression , to come forward to the nest council meeting , to be held on Sunday , the 16 th of Oct ., in ihe large room , over the Co-operative Store , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , with their subscriptions , to enable him to settle the above account . Locghbohocgh . —Sum 3 received for the General Defence Fund , by Mr . Skevington : —

      s d Barrow Females ... 2 0 Hathern 5 1 Moantsorrel 10 0 Sheepshead 16 2 Loughborou ^ h , collected by Mrs . Hunt 7 6 Ditto Mr . StevenEon ... 0 11 Ditto Mrs . Renals ... 1 3 Ditto Mr . Skerington ... 9 10 A hater of tyranny 1 0 £ 2 13 9 Order and Postage 0 0 7

      £ 2 13 2 Na-vxwich . —Collected for the Defence Fund , by F . Dunning : — a d From a few Chartist friends ... 6 0 Mr . Wei . Russei ! 2 0 Mr . Shrimpton 1 9 For Mrs . Holbcrry 1 6

      10 6 Chartist Beverage . —The proceeds due to the Executive from the sale of Messr 3 . Crow and Tyrrell ' s Breakfast Powder , from the 24 : h of Sept ., to the 8 ih of Oct ., are as follows : — £ s d Mr . Leach , 40 , Oak-Etreet , Manchester , wholesale agen : for Lancashire 1 10 0 Mr . Arthur , Carlisle 0 6 0 Mr . M'Farian , Northampton 0 3 0 Mr . G . White , Birmingham 0 3 0

      Mr . Leach , Cheltenham 0 3 0 Mr . Horsfield , Accrington 0 3 0 Mr . Brook , Leeds 0 3 0 Mr . Yates , Staffordshire Potteries ... 0 1 6 Mr . Abel , Gloucester . 0 16 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham 0 16 National Charter Association , Hull ... 0 1 6 Mr . Cram . AJford 0 16 Mr . Jones , Northampton 0 1 6 Mr . Barraclough , Nuneaton 0 0 9 Mr . Griffiths , Worcester 0 0 9 Mr . Foster , Exeter 0 0 9

      £ 3 2 3

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      RIOTS AT KEWBURY . Tbe toTn of Keivbury , Berkshire , has been the scene of disturbances , in which property to a serious amount has been wantonly destrojed . The circumstances ¦ which gave rise to the riotous proceedings are briefly as follows : there are wiUiin the borough of "Newbury , two open fields , known as East and West Fields , which are held in severally by the respective owners of the soil , from or about the 8 th of November in each year , until the corn of the ensuing summer is wholly cleared : when for very many years prior and up to the year 1 S 36 , and again to the present time , they were thrown open for the pasturage of all kinds of cattle , not only of the proprietors of those particular lands , but of all freeholders and inhabitant householders

      within the town and parish of Newbnry , without any s : int or distinction whatsoever , and without reference to the possession or occupstion cf land . There were no feccea to prevent the cattle depasturing tiiere frem straying out of the fields into the public reads and streets ; they , consequently , when turned out , acquired the habit of straying , and became restles 3 , rmd frequently impounded . It "was decided upon that these fields should be enclosed , under the provisions of the Common Fields Enclosure Act , of the 6 th and 7 th of William IV ., c 115 . The decision was confirmed at a public meeting of the inhabitants . A large portion of the lower classes declared themselves opposed to the plan , and expressed their intention of resurtice to summary measures for their own defence

      if the enclosure should be persisted in . An opportunity soon occurred . Two horses belonging to one of the townsmen named Aldridge were impounded . The otrner of the horses with a large number of his partisans determined on rescuing them . They proceeded to the plice whither the animals were being led , and committed an unprovoked assault on the man who had them in their possession . Mr . R . Fuller Graham , a idiicitor of the town , put himself in communication with Aldridge , ( who led on the mob to tae attack ) ar . d informed him that if he and his party were contending for what they considered their rights , there wts a plain , straightforward manner in which they should seek te establish them , and that if they would take the coarse which the law pointed out to them ,

      and bring the question before a legal tribunal , he would pay the costs of all parties , be the verdict what it might He failed , however , to satisfy the mob , who received his proposal with contempt , and replied to him by the roost aggravating insults . The numbers soon incrtased to soma hundreds , some of whom were the most dissolute and reckless inhabitants of the town . A laiga portion of Mr . Graham * property vrag destroyed , several bnndVed yards of iron railing , shrubs , * & , being torn np , broVen to pieces , and thrown into the road . A body of eon&Jables 'were Bent out by direction of the Mayor , but tbey vrere speedily withdrawn . In an address to the inhablta'otB ef

      Newbury , issued by Mr . Graham , it is asserti'd thit Aldridge , the ringleader of the lawless sad unprincipled mob , had been in communication with the . 'Her . Br . Binaey , who was appointed to the rectory of Ni > wbnry three or four yesn since by Lord Melbourne . A . roll statement of these outrages is to be placed , withvnt delay , beforethe Home Secretary . [ This ia the con . > equence of an unjust &t : zuie of the common allotment lands of the parish by the Church banking party . Through a similar infamous Act of the present Parliament , the saopocrati have been induced by bribery and corruption to sell tbe rights of non-electors . This same business vae cs Surdsy handled in St . James ' s Park . ]—Events : a Star .

      Isavawuptfi, &C.

      ISavAwuptfi , &c .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 15, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct775/page/3/