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      ( Continued from our Sixth page . ) jjjea , ud I am sot the person against whom your virtuous indigestion should be directed . I shall distinctly prow an alibi , and will show yon that I could sot have been in the street -when the -witnesses said I ir& s ; snd there tu , ? on frill observe , a good deal of evasion in their answers as to my identity . You will remember , Gentlemen , that I ra a stranger in this part of the conntry , and that It must kavt > been difficult it that hour of the ni « ht to swear to ray identity . Gentlemen , tiiere ii another sonrce of prejudice which Bay enter your minds , arising frem the comments of the press , in coupling my came with these transactions . I can only sp- ^ ak as to ¦ wbat I saw in the Morning Chronicle ' , and I dont know whether you would be likely to be swayed by these j-eHiarks or not , —I remember reading in the HoningChrordde . tmo £ ay « af : er the 15 th . August , a lengthened leader , in which my name occurs six or geren times , and where I am called " the incendiary Cooner , " and that"" these things hsd not occurred until

      lie bad entered the Potteries . " Now in the same paper , % -week previously , there is an account of an outbreak ai Barslem Gentlemen , I trust the Learned Judge will allow me to tell yoa the reasons of " the prejudice existing against me in the mind of the proprietor of the Horning Chrottide . who represents Leicester . Poor and humble as 1 am , I contended against him there as the Universal Ssfirage candidate , and I happened to have the show of hands against him . This was likely to create a sore in his mind . Bet this was sot all Daring the time I resided at Leicester , I hays endeavoured to give i . - . strnefion to the Chartists , and h&Te had five hundred men present -whom I have been Instructing in reading and writing . I hare lectured tfeem on geography , history , phrenokgy , geology , and ether sciences . I have endeavoured to humanize and civilize them ; I never saw a gun , pike , or ¦ dagger among the Leicester Clartists . I never hod anns of my otro , and never let eff a- pistol in my life , nor do I think I could do so . I have recommended

      Cfcartian until at one time there were from two to three thousand persons calling themselves " Chartists . It began to spread among the electors , who called themselves Complete Suffrage men . The spreading of those principles caused Sir John Easthope to give op the registration of electors , and abandon the . idea of erer being returned for Leicester again . He never can "be returned again , and he murt get into the Honae for ! Effwkesbary , or some other small borough . He knows that the humble Chartist Cooper has done this , and the Honourable Baronet , with ynriry on his lips , while spending thousands in corrupting . the electors of Xeocfc&ter , has for this called me an incendiary , and de-BOBBcea * me . I , therefore , Ger . tlemen , call on yon to ^ iKTniEa from year minds all comments which you may have seen in the public papers with regard to me . I

      ¦ bail now , Gentlemen , narrate to yon briefly the events of my bnmble life . I was bom at Leicester , and jny mother was in her -windowhood when I had attained a very early age . She retired to her native cocnty , and by the labour of her own hands mpported me . I have known her , Gentlemen , -to give me the last bit of bread she had that I mi § ht cot starve . [ The prisoner here appeared to be much affected ] I have frequently known what it is to go without shoes , to wear ragged clothing , fmrt sometimes to want bread . Hy constitution was enfeebled from illness , and this , probably not from any peculiar turn of mind , it was that indnced me to turn my attention to reading and drawing . My mother encouraged me , and has frequently given me her last penny to buy a sheet of paper , or a black lead pencil

      I had also a strong attachment for music , and read everything that came before me . I was afterwards sent to lsam the trade of a shoemaker , and worked at the last I remained there till I was twenty-three years old , and during that time I read a memoir of Samuel Lee , professor of Hebrew in the University . of Cambridge , by which I was animated to prosecute my studies with increased ardour . I commenced learning latin and Greek , and made a resolution to commit to memory Milton ' s Paradise Lost , and the seven best plays of Shakspeare . Unfortnnately , amongst my other leading , I happaned to read the works of Paine , Voltaire , and Boase&u , by which I became imbued with deifitical principles , Hy best friend , John Haugh , who is since dead , gave me good books to read , which were of infinite service to me in re-establishing religions

      principles . Tae prisoner then proceed to detail , at joiae length , the coarse of his studies . He learned latin , Gretk , Hebrew , and French—studied the evi--dences of Christianity , and read Scott's and Byron ' s works . He never earned more than lOi . a week at bis trade , and his poor mother died at the advanced age of seventy . After his working hoars , during the winter , he pursued his studies , and read the works of Warburton , Hooker , Bentley , and Bishop Hall , and became acquainted with some of the most gigantic minds the conntry had ever produced . He feared he Vas tiling them , but he wished to shew to the Jury that he had not turned his mind at any time to acts of -violence , and was sot likely Lo recommend such proceedings . He subsequently went to Gainsborough , after a severe Illness , and established % Bchool , an * bore

      testimony to the kind and Christian cendnct af the enrate , who gave him many good books to read ; among ethers the life of Henry Martyn and Paley's Evidences , by which he was recovered from Deism , aEd bad never aicce then doubted the great truths of Christianity . He then went to Lincoln , and set cp a school there , and became acquainted with one or fsroperonawhoproposed the establishment of a choral Bcciety , of which be was secretary for three years . He became enthusiastically devoted to the strains of Handel , Beethoven , and Mozart , and opened classes at the Mechanics' Institute of Lincoln , of which Lord Yarborough was patron . He sub-¦ eqnently furnished a report of seme lectures on chemistry to ths Stamford Meiairy , and became connected with that paper as Keporter , at a salary from £ 20 to . £ 40 , £ 60 and ultimately £ 100 per annum . He then

      went to London , relying npon the promises of a literary Baronet connected with Lincoln , and remained there without employment seven weeki He feared the literary Baronet had told him a fearful falsehood .. After suffering many privations he obtained some employment from Mr . Lumley , the bookseller , of Chancery-lane , who employed him in making extracts from works in the British Museum . He also wrote occationaEy for the magazines , but was badly paid , receiving Bonn times only one sovereign when . he liad earned five pounds . He lived in that manner in London until all was spent , bnt then again ha was rescued unexpectedly . He got an offer of a situation as Editor of the Greenwich Mercury , at a salary of £ 3 a week . He had given notice to leave that situation , When a letter was sent to him seating that s reporter

      was wanting for the Leicester Mercury . He went there , having had an attachment for the place of his birth , snd very naturally . He reported for that paper until the month of February , 1841 , from the previous November . He then first heard a Chartist lecturer in bis capacity of a reporter . He approved of those principles , and wrote awhile in fsvcnr of them . Then first he bsgan to learn the circumstances and extreme poverty of the people , and ob ? erveJ the great contrast between them aad the people of the agricultural districts of Lincolnshire ; then he began to see the straggle between the people and tkeir masters , the one ground down to the earth in poverty , aad buffering , and oppression , while the others built large factories and mills , and amassed large fortunes : it was that whi ^ h siren * thened his feelings in favour of the rights of the

      people . The prisoner then detailed some instances of extreme poverty and distress that bad come toi h ; s knowledge , and concluded as follows : —My Lord , and Gentlemen of the Jury , I do not think it necessary to occupy your time further . I protest to you most 8 » lentnly that I was never out of the George and Dragon fill twelve o ' clock , or a little after it , that night ; and may the ttrandera of heaven consume me at this moment , and that is a solemn oath , if I was . I am innocent , sa help me God , of being in the street , of having any notion or intention of recommending acts of violence or of having seen spark , smoke , or flame that night , and I cannot help thinking , that wben the witnesses are produced to establish the alibi , men like yourselves cannot find me guilty npon both the counts of the indictment , although , perhaps , if you find me gnilty of one , it is no more than I can expect .

      Mr . Lbs here rose and said that the prisoner was ender a mistake , supposing that he was iniiicted for a riot as well as for the demolition of the house . The prisoner then proceeded—Gentlemen , any felonious intent I had not , end never entertained . I had so wicked intention . I had no malicious intention . I could not have it ^? y whole life was opposed to each ideas and intentions . I never recommended violence , —I could not do so . It so happens , however , that when men indiscreetly mix themselves up with these transactions , they do not feel the danger to which they are exposing themselves ; and although I do not tell jou that I shall cease to be a Chartist , I tell you that I shall take care , if God Almighty , by his providence , delivers me from this danger , and that I remain in this country , which 1 loBg hope to do , I shall take care never to be foutid under circumstances where violence is enacted , or likely to take pbce . I

      have cot wilfully or wickedly counselled violence ; and bow then can I be said to have wickedly an- \ felonieasly assisted at the riot , or advised the destruction Of property . This I am told is the charge , and of this I am not guilty . Gentlemen , I trust I shall have four verdict of not guilty , because there is nothing to ¦ hsw that I committed any riot or recommended it . Having said this much , I shall leave myself in yonr bands , feeling assured that yoa will act like honest aen , like conscientious men , like men of feeling Sad humanity ; and , although you may feel the ttrongeat indignation against the destroyers of pro-Paty , rsBsember that ] did not destroy , I am sot the person who incited them to destroy ; but , on titt contrary , advised them not . I now leave my-JElfinjour hands , and is the hands of his lordship , aad i thBTifc you fox your kind and patient attention .

      Tfee public may form some judgment of the astoundfag « ffect of such an address . His acquittal proves it . His friends-hope that he will be bailed to-morrow . Mr Kullin , from London , and I think Mr . Beasely , from Leicester , both wealthy gentlemen , are expected here to-morrow for ttat purpose . A great uproar and alarm wwb created last sight , amongst the friends of the CbartJiU sentenced to transportation , in consequence of a number of transports having been suddenly cadered down to the railway ration to be conveyed " to London . It was supposed by the friends of Mr

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      Ellis , and the others , that they were the transports thus so suddenly ordered off . But , happily , such was not the cote . The transport * that were conveyed to London hurt night were men sentenced st the last aasiE 3 S . ( From the Times J

      LIVERPOOL . —THURSDAY . Oct . 13 . ( Before Lord Abinger . J On the opening of the Court , The Attohnet-General replied in the case of Dyson Townley , and others , indicted yesterday for conspiracy to stop workmen from parauing their lawfnl occupations , contending that the witnesses for the prosecution could not be mistaken as to the identity ot the prisoners . Lord Abixger , in summing np , observed , that an attempt bad been made to make eut a case of alibi , bnt an alibi must be proved strictly and have no suspicion about it ; and he left it to the Jury to Bay whether they were satisfied with the evidence that had been produced . The Jury after rt tiring for a short time to consider their verdict , fonnd the whole of the prisoners Guilty , but recommended James Taylor to mercy on account of the good character he had received .

      The Attorney-General said , he was disposed to extend to James Taylor the utmost leniency , and would be satisfied with his own recognizances to appear when called npon to keep the peace . Lord Abikger said , the prisoners had been found guilty of a conspiracy . They had assembled with others in vast multitudes , ia order to tarn out all workmen engaged in their lawful occupations . That the country should be exposed , even for a single dayto such unheard-of tyranny , was almost without example . They might feel some compassion for workmen who , oh the invention of new machinery , endeavoured to take vengeance on what they supposed to be the cause of the less of their labour , People might feel compassion for these persons , though , they acted undoubtedly , with great culpability ; but that workmen should conspire together , march through the country , and suspend all labour , was a thing altogether new ; and how any men of common understanding and feeling ecnld lend themselves to such

      proceeding , it was not easy to conceive . He had reason to believe from his experience in that and a neighbouring cosnty , that many unfortunate workmen had been misled by designing men . Tno sentence of the Court on David Taylor , Dyson , and James Smith , was , that they he imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one year . With respect to Townley , the defence he made tended ; o aggravate bis crime , hut considering his youth , and thinking that that defence had been concocted not by himself , he was disposed to pass a more lenient sentence on him than he otherwise should . The sentence on him was , that he be imprisoned and kepi to hard labour for ten months . With respect to James Taylor , as he had received a good character from the prosecutor , wbo bad also described his intellect as not very strong , the Court would treat him with great leniency , and he would be discharged on entering into his own recognizances to the amount of £ 100 to appear for judgement when called on .

      John Bell , A . Sheerer , George Grimshaw , E . Williams , A . Brand , William Forest , John Too . ' al , Thomas Hodges , Edward Boardman , and John Eccles , prisoners who had previously pleaded guilty , were placed at the bar . Lord Abingeh said , the prisoners had been in-: dieted for conspiracy and riot , and had pleaded guilty to the indictment . He was willing to accept that plea as a token of their contrition for the offence they had committed . Under these circumstances , and prompted by the suggestion of Her Majesty ' s Attorney-General , he had thought it his duty to examine the circumstances of these particular cases ,

      with a disposition on his part to make , as far as he could do se consistently with what was doe to public justice and the peace of the country , some mitigation in the punishment of their offences . The sentence on the prisoners Tootal and Forest was , that they be imprisoned for nine months in the House of Correction and at the expiration of that time that they enter into eureties to keep the peace for two years , themselves in £ 100 , and two sureties for £ 25 each . The sentence on the prisoners Sheerer , Bell , Hodges , Williams , Eccles , and Grimshaw , was that they be imprisoned for six months , and enter into the like sureties , and continue in prison until the sureties were found .

      The Attobnet-General here intimated that he would not pray for judgment on Brand and Boardman , if they entered into recognizances to appear for judgment when called npon . Lord Abingkb said , the course taken on the part of the Crown was one of great leniency , and he trusted the prisoners would conduct themselves henceforth as good and peaceable subjects . Should they break the peace , or commit any offence like that for which they had been apprehended , they would be brought up and receive judgment on the present indictment . They would now be discharged on entering into reco # nizsnoe 3 of £ 100 , and two sureties of £ 25 each , to appear for judgment when called on . Thomas Holt , aged 35 , was charged with conspiring to stop the working of mills in the parish of Rochdale , on the 18 zh of August .

      The Attohnly-Genkral stated the particulars of the case , which were fully borne out by the evidence . The prisoner was among a lawless mob , which went about stopping mills , and had struck a magistrate who endeavoured to disperse the mob a Bevere blow with a stone on the forehead . This was the reason , the Attorney-General observed , why this case was singled out , but had there been any disposition to press the case against the prisoner , he might have been indicted for felony . The object in all these prosecationa had been to exercise the greatest leniency consistent with public justice , and to prosecute the worst individuals in each district . From the number who had been engaged ia these lawless transactions , it was quite impossible to do more than generally to vindicate the law ; and let it be thoroughly understood rhat excesses of this description could not be repeated with impunity . The prisoner being found Guilty ,

      Lord Abikgeb sentenced him to imprisonment and hard labour for two years . Jokn Ward was charged , with others not in custody , with conspiring , on the 10 th of August , to prevent workmen pursuing their lawfnl a ? ocations and for riot . It turned cut , in the course of the evidence , that the prisoner had been mistaken for another person of the same name , and he was consequently discharged ; but the circumstances of the case are worth stating , as showing the regular system in which some of the turn-out 3 carried on their proceedings .

      The Atiobnet-Gekebal said , the present case was distinguished by some peculiar features . After the mob had established its authority throughout a great part of the country , a sort of committee of public safety was established , which took on itself to moderate the laws of the mob , and to grant permission to persons to work under certain circumstances . He thought the species of concert and order and government in these arrangements presented a feature of an alarming kind , which had induced the law advisers of the Crown to present this csse to the attention of the Jury . Ii would be clearly proved , that a person of the name of Ward was concerned in riots which took place about the 7 th of August , and down to the period when a sort of committee of public safety was established in the

      neighbourhood of Stalybridge . A witness of the name of Jamieson , a tailor , carrying on business at Stalybridge , would prove that he had his men turned out , but , being desirous of having some men to make up a suit of mourning , he applied to the committee of public safety , which dispensed these indulgences and permitted , under special circumstances , that the dictates of the mob might be violated for a short time ; allowing persons , under the authority of a written warrant , to pursue their lawful callings for a limited time . The certificate granted in the present case had been either lost or destroyed ; but he should be able to prove that it was to this effect : — " August 11—This is to certify that Peter Jamieson ' s men shall have liberty to make some clothes for mourning . The Operative Committee . " After

      granting this certificate there arose , it appears some suspicion , that under the pretext of making clothes for mourning , Jamieson was carrying on his regular business , and several persons came to bis shop and wanted to see what he was doing . Jamieson resisted , stating he had the authority of the Operative Committee to work . They said that was nothing to them ; and as he would not permit his premises to be searched in order that it might be ascertained whether he was making mourning or not , a mob came again about noon aad insisted on seeing that he acted in obedience to his licence , and only made mourning clothes . He Cthe Attorney-General ) confessed that he did not think open violence so alarming as thi 3 specie 3 of order and arrangement , this

      affectation of the rules of regular authority in granting dispensations . He considered it far more dangerous than mere tumult , which did its mischief , passed away , and subsided . There was evidence that a person of the name of of Ward had been engaged in riotous assemblies , and was a party to the granting of these licences . It was V 6 ry difficult to conceive that an offence of this sort fell much short of the highest crime whiob . the law knew , and undoubtedly the exercise of authority , coupled with any act of violence at the time , would Bcareely hare left say choice to the 2 aw officers of the Crown « to the character of the o&enoe they most have presented to the Grand Jury . Evidence was given of the fact of _ the prisoner being concerned in a , riotous assembly , ia the county of Chester . .

      Peter Jamieson deposed—He first saw the prisoner on the 9 th of August . He camo with forty or sixty persona , who wanted to know whether witness's men were at work , and wanted to have them out . Witness reasoned with the mob , and they went away . They csme again on the morning of tlie 10 th of August . The prisoner was with them ; and with seven or eight persons entered witness's slop and wanted to have the men out . They said they would not allow witness ' s men or any men to work until the Charter became the law of the land . Witness turned

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      hia men out for fear . His men were satisfied with their wages , and could earn from 20 a . to 24 s . a-week Witness ' s house was in Chester . Witness remembered getting » certificate to allow him to work . The prisoner had nothing to do with that j it was another Ward . The AnoRNEY-GENEiui here said that , in consequence of what had just fallen from the witness , be could carry the case no farther . Lord Abikgbb directed the Jury to acquit the prisoner , as neither offence with which he was ohar * ed could not be sustained , all the rioting having ocenrred in the county of Chester . There was another indictment against the prisoner for a similar offence , which could not be sustained , and the prisoner was Acquitted .

      Ssveral other prisoners pleaded guilty , and were ordered to enter into reoogniz&aoes to appear for judgement when called on . When all the cases in this court had been disposed of , Lord Abikger , addressing the common Jury , said he was happy to inform them that they were now discharged . He expressed himself satisfied with the patient attention they had given to the several cases , and concurred in the propriety of all their verdicts . It must have given them great pain to witness the delusion which had prevailed among some of the industrious classes ; and he conld not conclude without saying , that , though the Crown was under the necessity , for the sake of the public safety , of bringing the unfortunate offenders to justice ,. the proaecutions had been conducted with as much leniency and forbearance as possible , consistent with public justice .

      CROWN COTJBT . ( Before Baron Alderson . ) Twenty or thirty prisoners , previously convicted of riot , conspiracy , and attending unlawful meetings , were this day put forward to receive sentence . 2 Vfr . Baron Alderson , in pasting sentence on them , said , you have all been convicted , on very dear evidence , of having been engaged in riotous attacks upon pro ? -rty in the town of Manchester ; and undoubtedly the offence which yon , and others like you , have been guilty of , is one of a tery serious nature ; involving consequences of the greatest possible alarm towards those who are possessed of property , but involving muck more serious consequences as regards those who are not possessed of any property save that of labour . These things were not for the first time heard of in the world ,

      and if people would but attend to what has previously taken place , and see what consequences follow , and have followed in former instances , all attempts of this kind , even when partially successful , they would see that the working classes do themselves the greatest Injury by entering into combinations and conspiracies which end in those riots of which we have had so many cases here Let us 1 Jok a little to the history of matters of this nature . In a neighbouring country , not many years ago , there was an insurrection precisely like the recent one here ; I mean in the manufacturing town of Lyons , in the kingdom if France . In the year 1831 a large body of workmen in that town insisted upou getting particular wages , which it was impossible in the opinions of the masters to give . They published wbat they called a tariff of wages . They were successful ; what was

      the effect ? Read , mark , learn , and inwardly digest ! The working classes in 1831 at Lyons , resolved upon a general turn-out , in order to obtain a uniform scale of prices for their labour , and before three years ware passed their " tariff' proved to have been less than the improved state of trade enabled the masters to offer ; bnt it was hardly promulgated , when the leading bouses in Lyons finding it impossible to pay the prices , came to a resolution to stop their work , —the consequence was , that thousands of looms were left without employment . What then follows ? Bitterness , anger , strife , resentment , and insurrection , in the year 18341 Those who bad begun this state of things by the succsssful tariff of the workmen in 1831 , ended it in open insurrection in the streets of Lyons , in which the authorities were put tonight : the Prefect ( who held a similar office to the

      mayers of this country ) was taken prisoner ; 10 , 060 troops Were brought into the town ; the mob were successful , they beat the soldiers back—and what was the end 1 Within one week after the principal insurgents were begging for work ; the leaders quitted Lyons , leaving their families to starve ; all parties concurred in replacing the authorities : and this was the end of all the miseries which began with the " tariff" of 1831 ; it ended in a successful insurrection in 1834 , leaving the parties who originated it the most miserable of all the rest All this would happen if you were permitted to be successful in this country—worse , indepd , would happen in this country , for the population , where we are more confined together and thicker , and therefore they would suffer much greater privation and ruitery . It becomes necessary , under these circumstances , fur the sake of yourselves and persons like you , that the law should interpose a remedy , in order that , by the

      weapons of reason and authority , as well as by the terrors and severity of punishment , we may endeavour to suppress those crimes of which you stand convicted on the present occasion . His Lordship here proceeded to comment npon the enormity of the several offences of which the prisoners had been fonnd guilty , sentencing William Lee and James Sheridan for an attack on the police station , the former to fifteen months imprisonment aad hard labour , and the latter to twelve months ; and the latter having been found guilty upon another indictment was sentenced to an extra six months' imprisonment . George Turner and Joseph Shaw for turning out workpeople , received nine months each and hard labour . Richard Stacey , John Abbott , John Smith , and John Sutcliffe , were also sentenced to nine months imprisonment and hard labour ; and Hill , GiUibrand , Walker , and Johnson , were sentenced to fifteen months and hard labour .

      SENTENCE ON THE SECHETASY OF THE DrEBS UNION . John Tear , the Secretary to the Drawers * and Dyers Union of Manchester , was next brought np , and his Lordship , addressing him , said—yAs to you , John Tear , 1 have reserved your sentence to the last , because yourB was incomparably tbe worst case of the whole . You have been convicted twice for having led on a mob , and yeu did not niminiith your offence by the nature of the defence you set up , because , though I am willing to believe your witnesses may have mistaken the day , and given their evidence under the impression that they were speaking of the right day , yet I cannot acquit you of a design to deceive the Court But it is to the natnre of your defence that I desire to look more particularly . You were the Secretary for a Trades' "Union , a body congregated for a particular purpose , and in that capacity you purpose - to regulate the business of trade . You published a placard which pretends to speak of "Peace , law , and order . " I say " pretends , " because ,

      looking at the time at which it was published , as well as the circumstances , it is childish to suppose that those who pretended to wish others t * keep the peace were animated by any other motive than that of rank hypocrisy . Why do jou begin with saying "Union ie strength , " at a time when the people were using their strength for the destruction of the property around them 1 Why begin to tell them of their strength at such a time ? Cm any man deny that it was to induce them not to be afraid ? To publish inch a placard at such a time shews tb&t you did it in wickedness , and under the contemptible mock of hypocrisy . You cannot deceive the world by such tricks as these . Neither the people to whom yon addressed the placard nor the persons to whom it came cau for a menient be deceived , neither did you intend that they should be . The Learned Judge , after these observations , sentenced the prisoner to two years' imptisonment and hard labour , and at the expiration of the term of his imprisonment , to find two sureties in £ 56 each , to keep the peace for two years , and himself in £ 100 .

      His Lobdship next sentenced Morris Bums to be imprisoned and kept to bard laboar for eighteen calendar months ; Lynch , Scott , Berks , the two Ktarnans , and Fitch , to imprisonment and hard labour for twelve months ; and Campbell and Collins to imprisonment and bard labour for six months , for being concerned in riotous proceedings at Granby-row , Manchester . He sentenced James Matier , convicted of having been concerned in a riot at Hindley , to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour ; and Tootle and Birch , the former to four and the latter to six calendar month *' imprisonment and hard labour , for having teen concerned in a riot at Entwisle . He concluded by expressing a hope that all the prisoners would remember that the law was strong , that good sense must Ultimately prevail , and that the things they were endeavouring to do could be productive of no good , and must be productive of the greatest possible evil to every one , and especially to themselves .

      John Hunt , Thomas Wild , and Robert Whitehead , pleaded " Guilty" to a charge of conspiracy and riot at Manchester , and were discharged on their entering into their own recognizances to keep the peace . Richard Wft" *"""' pleaded Guilty to a charge of riot and conspiracy at Rochdale , and was discharged on entering into bis own recognizances . James Hardaber , Thomas Bottomley , Alfred Butterworth , David Minns , Abel Duke , and Henry Hindley , also pleaded Guilty to charges of riot and conspiracy , and were discharged on entering into their own recogmizancea . James Jones , William Bell , Ambrose Hunt , and Samuel Yardley pleaded Guilty to a charge of riot and conspiracy , and were ordered to be imprisoned at Kirkdale for six calendar months , and at the expiration of that time to eater into their own recognisinces in £ 100 , and two suret es in £ 25 each , to be of the peace and good behaviour for two years .

      This being the last of the cases for trial before Baron Alderson , his Lordship discharged the Jury , and left the Gout at twelve o ' clock .

      MAGISTRATES' ROOM . ( Be / on Mr . Justice CrtssweXL ) Joseph Hitchens , Joseph Mill * , Ralph WolTesden , and Jehn Wright , were indicted for * riot and conspiracy at a place called High Crompton , near Oldham . The Jury found the prisoners guilty , but in consequence of the previeua good character of Wolfenden and Wright , they were allewed to enlei into recog nisances to appeal when called on . Kitchen was severely admonithed by bis Lordship , wco observed , that it was in consequence of individuals of a meddling and turbulent disposition , such as the prisoner , thai

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      suoh disastrous consequences ensued as had taken place during ^ the lale riots ; and he ehoold betray his duty to the public if he passed his offence over lightly -, and as to the prisoner Mill * , he had shown himself to be a willing tool in the hands of designing men . The sentence was , that both prisoners should be imprisoned twelve months , and that Hitehens be bound over to ke ep the peace for two . years after , the termination of hia imprisonment . . ' Johnjaarcroft was Indicted for being present at a riot atButterworth ' smul , inSpotland , on the 18 th of August last . It appeared the prisoner , together with a number of other persons , went to the mill in questton to get the hands tnrned out , but the employers at the mill , from previous information which they had received , stopped their works . The mob , however , Insisted on being admitted . Marcroft was at the place , and appeared to be exciting the rioters , and was heard to call out—" Break open the gates . " He was soon afterwards apprehended .

      The Jury immediately found the prisoner guilty , and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment . Ieaao Hoyle , William Booth , Thomas Ogden , John ChiBenhall , aud John Wolatencvoft , were charged with unlawfully conspiring together to impede , by threats and intimidation , the carrying on of the trade and manufactures of the country . Cni 8 enhall and Wolstencroft pleaded guilty , and the rest not guilty . Mr . Wobsley conducted the proseoution , and Mr . MATTHEWSthe defence . Mr . Wortlet said , the three prisoners were indicted for conspiring together , with other persons , one of whom was indicted for a mere serious offence—for conspiring together to effect some purpose of their own , either for procuring the Charter , or some other alteration ia tb , e laws of the country , and preventing others from following their lawful employment . Evidence having been called for the prosecution ,

      Mr . Matthews addressed the jury for the prisoners , contending that the great object which the parties had in view in the present case was not to prevent the people from working , but the obtaining the Charter . It may have . been a good or a bad measure—that had nothing -whatever to do with it— : that was not the question which they had to try . The only question for them to consider was , whether the object whiob the prisoners bad in view was the turning out of the hands . His Lordship summed up the evidence , and the jury returned a verdici of Guilty .

      The Learned Judge , addressing the prisoners , said , they had been found guilty of a most dangerous conspiracy , and whether they had intended to involve themselves in one of a still wore dangerous description it was not for him to say . There could not be anything in tbe ordinary scale ot offences so disastrous to the community as the one of which they had been found guilty , as they had been the means of causing many honest , industrious , and striving men . to quit their occupations , as well as inducing them to give their savings to the advancement of their illegal designs . He hoped the ignorant people whom they bad succeeded in deluding would take warning by the example which the prisoners had afforded them . The sentence was , that they be imprisoned for eighteen months , and at the expiration of that time enter into sureties , themselves in £ 25 , and two other in £ 50 each , to keep the peace for two yeafB after the term of their imprisonment had expired .

      Chisenhall and Wolstencroft were allowed to enter into recognizances to appear when called upon . Thomas Asbcroft , Thomas Marshall , and Joseph Fletcher , charged with riot and conspiracy at Ashtonunder-Lyne , were then brought up , and his Lordship having examined a witness as to their character , and being of opinion that they had hot been volunteers originally iu the unlawful assembly , ¦ with which they had been charged , sentenced them to six months'imprisonment and hard labour . His Lordship then thanked the jury for their attendance , and hoped they would not have to meet again on a similar occasion . The court then broke up at threo o'clock . The above cases concluded the business of the special commission , tbe interest of which was very much diminished in consequence of the postponement of the trials of O'Connor and the other leaders , who have traversed .

      RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSION . THE SENTERGES . Fifteen Yeabs' Transpoetation . —Ed . Walsh , Patrick Mooney , Patrick Feons , Thomas Tinan , John Calvert . Seven Years'Transportation—Rowland Davies , William Cash , Jeremiah M-Cormick , William Keed , John Platt , Edward Knowles . Eighteen Months' Ihprisonment . —Jaa . Sheridan , Morris Burns , James Ashley , Isaac Hoyle , Win . Booth , Thomas Ogden . Fifteen Months' Imprisonment . —William Lee

      One Year's Imprisonment . —James Kelly , James Dolan , John Manley , George Edge , another James Dolan , Joha MCann , Giles Peter Hardman , James Hardman , James Gorton , William . Hill , Joseph GiUibrand , William Walker , Frederick Johnson , James Mather , John Hickey , Hugh Cavannah , Matthew Dalton , James Tweedale , George Thornton , Joseph Webb , James Melbourne , Jehn Cannon , Joseph Harrington , George Hunter , Joseph Mills , Joseph Hitchen , Abel Matley , John Ingham , Thomas Morris , John Hague , John Leyland , Thomas Ashcroft , Thomas Marshall , Joseph Fletcher , Joseph Bowers , James Harrison , Richard Sterndale , Joseph Andrews , Robert Allen , Joseph Thomas , John Oldham , John Edwards , Edward Hall , James Richardson , Michael Clarke , John Lever , John Holmes , John Hoyle , Robert Tayler , William Marsland , John Travis , Rowland Beatley , William Gartside , Robert Warburton , Michael Lynch , Thomas Scott , Jab Barks , Bryan K ear nan , Francis Kearnan , John Fitch , Thomas Dyson , Divid Taylor , Jamea Smith .

      Ten Months' Imprisonment . — . Thomas Townley . Nine Months' Imprisonment . —George Turner , Joseph Shaw , Richard Stacey , John Abbott , John Smith . John Sutclifft ., Samuel Sigley , Will iam Harrett , John Tootal , William Forrest Six Months' Imprisonment . —Thomas Asheroft , Thomas Marshall , Joseph Fletcher , Aaron Thorpe , James Robinson , James Jones , William Bell , Ambrose Hunt , Samuel Yardley , Richard Warwick , Patrick O'Brien , James Hayley , Joseph Webb , Thomas Whitehead , John Stones , Jehn Falion , Eilward Mitchell , Barry Collins , John Campbell , John Collins , Jabez Birch , Andrew Shearer , Jahn Bell , Thomas Hodges , Edward Williams , John Maicioft , John Ecclea , Geo . Grimshaw . Four Months . —William Tootal . Three Months' Imprisonment . —Wm . Hughes , James Saxton , John Clegg , Joseph Turner , Thomas Cleg * . - , ¦'¦ ..

      Acquitted . —Jane Carney , James Dunn , John Dobson , William Fairmoufih , John Crowther , Thomas Jones , Joseph Levena , John Rylands , John Barden , William Walrasley , Richard Warwick , John Ward . Discharged upon Recognizances . —Ralph Wolfenden , John Chisenhall , John Wolstencroft , John Wright , Israel Crook , John Galvln , John Hunt , Thoa . Wild , Robert Whitehead , Richard Hardman , James Hardaker , Thomas Bottomley , Alfred Butterwoith , David Morris , Ab 9 l Dake , Henry Hinde , Charles Turner , Alexander Hutchinson , Patrick Agnew , Joseph Bailey . William Collins , Jamea Pitfield , Alexander Brair , Leonard Boardman , James Taylor , John Brierley , Robert Foden , Thomas Cheetham .

      Traversed to the next assizes . —Feargus O'Connor , the Rev . Jamea Scaolefield , the Rev . Mr Hill , Bernard Macartney , James Leach , Christopher Dojle , John Catspbell , Richard Otley , George Julian Harney , Robert Brook , John Thornton , Thomas Brown Smith , John Allinson , Samuel Parke , Thomas BailtoB , William Scholefleld , ( son of the Rev . J . Scholefield , ) Richard Pilling , John Durham , James Fen ton , Wm . Stephenson , John Cressloy , Albert Woolverden , George Inman , Thomas Storer , William Woodruff , Thomas Pitt , Frederick Augustus Taylor , John Massey , and John Wilde .

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      " NORTHERN STAR . " BY . CHARTinS . ' ¦'¦ ¦¦¦¦" . ; ' ¦ NO . III . THE EMIGRANTS . —Part ii . Time was when Richard RaWnson rose early aud worked cheerfully , in the assured hope of receiving the pleasure th . » t springs from profit ; now he slept to avoid the burthen of tbe day . His wife ' s good cheer was wont to refresh his spirits ; but now her liveliest efforts failed to animate him . With heartfelt satisfaction he had observed bjs children clever and good ; but now he grieved as much for the absence of the one as he felt pained at the disgraceful presence ot the other . His old mother was nnconsoiotu of these evils , but she was no less an object of pity . Ihe only being that seemed to enjoy itself was his faitbful dog ; and if ever Riehard forgot his griefs it was while receiving the grateful caresses of this attached domestic .

      Times were indeed sadly altered ; Richard now sat down to sigh , when he should have risen to work Every exertion had become a trssble to Km , and every trouble entirely unntenned him . The great crosses that bad happened to him seemed to have passed from his memory ; bnt any little thwarting circumstance made him weep in very vexation of spirit . Groi « J petulant and irritable , he regarded all things as conspiring against bis peace . He seldom spoke , -and did his work doggedly , muttering to himself . He -was careless in his bargains , as if he did not care wbat way things went ; and whereas formerly he had been kind to all , he was now ill-natured , even to his good dame . This did not last long : the heart must either break or bend , and Richard's harshness gradually gave way to melancholy , which softened his temper , but at the same time so weakened it , that he became incapable of resolution .

      Those moody thoughts that might have maddened him seemed to have been exorcised from his mind , but they had left a vacancy there which apparently nought else could fill , and he was in danger of sinkieg into more fatal apathy . . ' Sometimes , ' however , the genial delights of returning Spring had their usual influence over his reanimated frame , and at such times he would cheerfully acknowledge the goodness of God , that made him not think of the evil man had done to him . But at other times a supernatural gloom overclouded his spirits ; the world appeared to him aecane of " chimeras dire , " and life a thing of fear and pain , entwisted by some demon enchantment . He ftit tne darkness without the dullness of mortality . Wben under the influence of these dismal dreams , be was tempted to self-destruction ; bnt nature recoiled , and'he resolved to fortify his mind against the recurrence of each Impulses , lest they should crow too strong to be resisted .

      The natural effects of Richard s hypochondria soon became visible . The crop on his form failed through lock of management ; the stock decreased for want of due attendance ! - ; and apprehensions of poverty , those fearful apprehensions that rouse the most heedless , awoke the despairing farmer to a lost consideration of his circumstances . With anxious and bewildered gezs he saw the earth was becoming a wilderness to him , and his fellow-citizens aliens . Though he cared little for his individual self , yet , when be looked at his family , and thought that they too must become victims , then the tender ties of relationship that hod wound tound his heart like its own strings tugged with violent energy as if to rend it piecemeal .

      What was to be done ? Richard ' s small stock of money had been expend . d in the vain endeavour of procuring his son ' s release ; the depression of his spirits co-operating with the pressure of the limes was unfitting him to turn his farming stock to account . He had hitherto always paid his way , £ nd was scrupulously exact upou this point . The dues of his parish in particular , and of the country in . general , ha had discharged ¦ without much murmuring . They were like drops of sweat , produced by hard labour , which had not exhausted him in healthful prosperity ; but now he felt them like an effusion of blood that weakens the vitals . When paying tbe highway cess , he would exclaim against the injustice of having to bear such a , diBproportionuble part of tbe expense of repairing tbe roads . " The gentry , " he would say , " who drive their carriages fer luxurious pastime are much lighter charged than I who drive my cart for a-livelihood . '" When paying tbe poor-rate , he would say , " I shall be

      beggared with keeping the poor , and tben you'll have to beep me . I labour to . keep myself off the pariah ; let those who do not labour beep them that are on . " But the payment of tithe grieved him most . In tie vt-xation of his honest heart , he would attribute all the evils that bad befallen him to the parson . "What signify , " said he , "his mystical words that no on& understands ; they neither produce good works in himself nor in others . He seldom preacheB ' good will to man , ' and never sets the example , or he would not , as magistrate , have committed my poor lad to prison . He never preaches against seduction , or my silly lass might not have been rained . He never pit aches that tbe poor should be fed , or surely the rich who make them poor would not send them empty to me . He never preaches against war , or such , as I would not have to bear the burthen it baa brought upon the country . He ' s rich , but I ' m poor . I'll pay him his tithe , however ; but I'll ' not goto hear bis mockery . ''

      To Ricnard ' s independent mind , the dread of debt was worse than death—the loss of credit was like losing life to one ot his upright standing . He had toiled like a slave but still he was free—loss of person . J liberty seemed to him equivalent to being given up to the tormentora . Were he in debt his meat would do him no good ; he knew his conscience would not let him enjoy the things that belonged to another , and terrible to his idea was the fact that then his very raiment , bed and food , would be stolen goods . Should be keep out of debt and a prison , he must beg or esiter the workhouse . To wander forth a prey to cold , disease , and hunger—to be constantly tantalized with the sight of plenty , yet not be allowed to touch it—to behold wasteful extravagance and to feel the want of the commonest necessaries —to implore the smallest pittance as tbe greatest boun , and to be denied or given to the charge of a poiicaman —to herd ¦ with the vilest wretches in the lowest misery —old age coming on and such a prospect before

      himno , no t he shut his eyes and his heart ached bitterly . But if he could not bear the idea when singly contemplated , how were bis pangs multiplied when ho considered his family as exposed to similar privatio' a , With haggard eyes he viewed bis aged parent thoughtlessly doting on the comforts he had carefully surrounded her with—he turned to bis wife , who was always striving to make bad better—he marked his daughter , nursiug the babe of her disgrace , and though he deemed distress would be but retribution for her sin , yet the infant that was artlessly smiling on her lap—oh ! the sight of that unconscious innocent marked his tenderest feelings , and then it was be most keenly acknowledged the hard doom of being cursed with poverty . As for himself he was thankful that eo ranch of his journey through life ves past , but . this guileless thing was just entering on the rugged road , and excruciating was the thought that evils would grow with its growth , and strengthen witbits strength .

      Yes , poverty ! thou art "Kehama ' s" curse—all comforts , all conveniences , every requisite of life see thc-e and know thee aud fly tfcee , and thou -art doomed to wander forth in an atmosphere of plague , pestilence , and famine—without defence , without shelter , without succour , without pity . Thou art ; the demon that tempted Job and made him doubt Providence . Riehard . saw-that'thexe was no longer any living for him in the land that gave him life . How must he avoid the ¦ workhouse—that union of all evils ? An acquaintance advised him to open a shop of small ware , but his

      line of life had unsuited him for that kind of business , and it was too late to learn . Besides he bnd folt an aversion to it ever since a respectable tradesman who had cheated him in a bargain for some cheeses , had told him tbat it was impossible in these times to live and be honest Neither could our farmer stoop to any servile occupation—he possessed an independent spirit , and if he most descend , it should be in another country where hia pride would not be hurt by the fall . Accordingly be resolved to sell his stock and emigrate to America , where if he should rot meet with prosperity he wonld at least not be scorned for adversity .

      The indignant pride of a martyr strengthened Richard ' s painful resolution of self-exile , and whila preparing for his departure he evlnctd more alacrity than he had for a loDg time been accustomed to . Tbe ealo of his stock brought him a sura sufficient to clear the miy for a settlement ; as for bis passage , Government had offered a free one , just m it freely pays the passage of all convicts to Bot 3 ny Bny . The light of hopo again Bhone upon Richard and made hia heart revive . Oh ! if it were not for that never-setting star which leads us through tbis world and lures us to a better , we should eit down in the darkness of our despair and perish miserably . But all Richard ' s new-found fortitude forsook him when the hour of his departure drew nigh . He surveyed the little farm where he had lived , and

      where he wished to die—every cook be knew—there waB not a spot free from his labour , and most hfs tasks , his improvements , all his wishes , and bte feelings go for nought I He entered the quiet cottage in which he bad been born—bis aged mother , with the aid of spectacles , was poring over the large letters cf her Bible—the eight smote him with sudden pain—it would be like taking bee out of her grave—and the baby , too , that was to bo cast out like a foundling , to the mercy of the winds and waves—his own hard endeavours fo ? a honest livelihood rendered vain by conscious ir < justice —after performing for bo many yaars the part of a useful citizen to be neglected at last when he most needed protection—not suffered to remain snd bave hia bones laid beside his father ' s—where else could they rest in peaca ? - i ; j >

      Ah ! ye landlords , who live idry'bn the labour of your tenants , hot will not let them livo- ^ ye capitalists , who are so well supported by the farmer that he cannot support himself—ye sportsmen , who had rather wildfowl subsisted on the land than yonr fellow-countrymen —ye men of si } daises , who * are fed SBd clothed by those that starve J we . beseech yon one aad all to promote your own interest * aad the interests of oar country by promoting tbe interests of thehrabaDiiman . Let not a generous horse be overloaded becamse It is willing to woA beyond its strength . Ye legislators , ^ r t » o assemble after dinner and dessert te make a down-dinner of your country ' s distresses , if ye fel » the grievances ¦ which ye pretend to deplore , yon would encourage the pitriotio efforts of honest Indnstry , and wonld not let these men who , as fellow-creatures , as subjects , and as labourers , are tbe best , the most loyal , and the mosfc useful , be driven away by tbe knominioos scourge of oppression

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      If ye knew cow close their unaoiihiatteattsa feelings cling to the spot where they have lived , maved , and had thair being , " the play-place of their early days" ; tbe sphere if their lives—if ye knew these things , ye could not endure that they should be torn like a tree from their native land , every fibre clasping the soil which nourished it , unwilling to be forced from their mother-earth and transplanted into a foreign soil , where they must perforce exist repugnantly , if they do not untimely wither anddle . Richard Robinson is noun common nor aggravated instance- Sow many hardworking farmers , 'by uniqual burdens have been

      rendered unable to procure bread , though tbo earth yields her increase in due season ; a large family too depending upon them ; perhaps paraljBed by age , disease , or accident . Alas , the best suffer the worst ; the most deserving are the least requited . But shall this state of things eontinus ? shall tho wearied son of toil be incapacitated by anxiety from takiag needful rest ? shall virtue be made the victim of iaw ? all human ties be turned to tortures , because an austere Government reaps where it has . not sown ? ' Must England lio barren , and Englishmen find their owa country a monster ready to 1 destroy them unless taey escape across the Atlantic ?

      Vainly should I endeavour to impart to others the feelings that racJred the old farmer ' s' yearning heart , when the time of h i * departure arrived . Had the reader beheld- 'hijn , —the plainness of Ks ancient attire denoting the simplicity of his manners—his fraino bent with toil—his- weather-beaten fe-. tcres expressive of integrity and benevetarjce—bis prey locks floattng In the wind—hart ho beheld him dash away s tear from his honest eye , as-if- resolved to be resigned—swallowing the emotions- whick row to suffocate him —ho would have acknowledged tbat it was a . piteoas sight , and lamented the fata ! policy tbat condemned ench a one to unmerited grief . All the past rushed into the present snd overcharged his heart with feeling . There was the pathway to school—the fovors' walk where he had coufted hia wife , a neighbouring farmer ' s daughter *

      He spoke not , for hi * heart almost ' choked him with its swelling—every beat of his watch made it { hrob in union . It seemed as- though he would have to be forced from his bold of a decayed tree upo « which he bad carved his name when a boy , and with which ; he could fain at this time have identified himself . He silently bade farewell to every inanimate wellknown object , aa . though they were friends whom ha was never more to see . All tfee -way as ho went he kcD * constantly turning to look at the deserted cot , as if he expected it wouJd follow him , but on the contrary , it seemed to recede like one that turns away to weep . When he reached iho last point of view ho paused—the rays of the setting sun were peacefully resting like Good ' s blsssicg on the scene —and must he -go?—his heart bled—he gave tuch a look—but you should have seen him .

      Our emigrants were shewn their thip by a wealthy stock-jobber who was not ashamed to enjoy histax- fed and class-law luxuries tba moment after—nay the idea that part of a starving population were leaving the conntry added zsst to his enjoyments . An idle profligate passed his joke upon them , and Richard constrained himself to answer , but bis ineffectual attempt at mirth cr . ly made his misery more apparent . " It's plain , " he said , " that they do not consider us worth curing for ; but you , poor thinsB ! I care for y » u . " Several attempts were made to extort money from him by imposition which his unsuspecting nature rendered too successful . His aching heart might have been spared these additional throbs ; but the unfeeling make the feeling feel .

      The vessel that bore the rural virtues from tbe land made a gallant show and proudly breasted the wa ^ es as though she were invinolble to their mightist assaults . I prayed that her inmates might so surmobnt the troubles that had beset them in their passage through this stormy life i » nd arrive safe in tbe haven of heaven at last None cheered tbe disconsolate emigrants , whose hearts sunk as tho land receded from their earnest gaze , and a wild waste of waters received thc-in . In an element snd way of life totally repugnant to that they , have always been habituated to , how will their sensations be inverted by novel dread and eickness—and after their perilous voyape is past where shall they seek comfort if they find it not in the land of their promise—if they who bave been ruined here and are

      deceived there ? Remember , Americans , that your fathers were strangers in tbe land , and even fcr the sake of their memories receive the exiles with hospitality . Richard ' B farm was immediately let to a new tenant —at aa increase rather than a decrease of rent—for new comers are always hopeful aDd never take warning from those who have gone before . The new tenant has a great reliance upon his better luck and superior skill , till experience have tangLt him a different lirssos ; but the rage for taking farms in those who have been bred farmers and know not vrhat else to take , serves t ; rtatly to allay the fears of landlords that their farms will not let , or tbat a reduction of rent Must take place . In the meantime the land is cropped to exbr . uetion and English soil ia becoming as poor as those that tiil it .

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      NOTTINGHAM , MONDAY , OCT . 17 . ( From our Correspondent . J Tho -work of Justices' justice has commenced here , before Colonel Rulleston , M . P ., Thomas Nixon , Esq ., J . Shevvsin , Esq ., Rev . R . Rowe , W . BVBaxxow , Esq . , W . F . Norton , Esq ., and Capt . Saimondy . The following were sworn for the Grand Jnry : — John Marshall , ' foreman j Thomas Butler , JoBhua Mein , R . Barker Barker , William Sanday , Thomas Smith , Ricliord Gseenbal / jh , Robert Button , Q . H . Cole , Wm . Maltby , Thomas Wolstenholm , Anthony V / eod , Thos . Gascoigne ,. Henry Hevigbton , Francis Bea . Hfey , W . S . Diggins , William Fox , William Marshall , Henry Hobb , Daniel Jepson , and John Allcock .

      Colonel Rolleston , in addressing tbe Grand Jury , after remarking upon some of the cases of felony , and making a few remarks upon the new Constabulary Act , eaW that he wished to make some observations in rtferorce to tbat class of prisoners who wero committed fo ? the late disturbances ; and though he regretted that they bad taken place , it was a matter of congratulation , tbat in these parts thero " had not been such de perato acta committed as bau taken place in soroc othey parts , though wa had been visited by itinerant ayihlors , who promote . sucli scenes for the furtherance of their own ohjucts . And , aa always happtus ,- . the most active have endeavoured to escape tbo penalty s which attend such conduct ; tut though it has not Lven bo violent , yet it was suea as to call for interference , and he hoped they would perform tLtir duiywith steadiness it

      and firniaess . It appeared to him fi-om ti . o ( -positions that t ! , e evidence was c ' . far , and that they would bave little difficulty ; but he wouid yive a skort outline . On the 18 tii cf August there was a meeting of persons called Chartists , and a resolution wan > ; ia 3 ed for a total cessation from labour ; that wetting wus adjourned till " five o'clock the ntxt morning , and the magistrates thought it ntcefsajy to dispc-rsa it ; but though it was dispersed , it was not final , for they -went up Toll House Hill in large bodies , and , as would appear , they proceeded with great violence and threats to tuni out the hands from factories ; they then proceeded to Baaford , Biddle , Bitkens , and other fiicterieg . Oa Saturday they again assembled at the saiuo place , and pxcesMied to the cplJizries with like intentions , and it v / as found necessary to tfcke effectual measures to suppress them . On Monday they -went to Arnold , and on Tuesday assembled \ a larger numberatban ever , and were joined by other large bodies from the cout try , and the whole proceeded through different ywls of the aDd it

      county in a most lawless and riotous mamer ; might be better for-him to state , ' that all those who were there were equally guilty in the . eyen cf tbe law , even though they ted not taken any active pott , but they had made a' selection of thofce who wc ? o most active ; and though it waalegal for persons to asserableto consider either their grievances or imaginary grievances , yet it was irofc lawful fer them to proceed to other places than wheie th * y -were assembled . It vtes ceitainlya blessiBg that this faction bad not £ ff = cted greater mischief , for "if death bad taken place , tl : ty weald have been tried for a very serious offence ; " but either on account of wturnlng good sense , ot tee tmcient means that was taken to suppress them , this had . not-been tne caae , ana he concluded by again reminding tfccm tnat in disturbances 8 H who ire present aia pTrcrfpais , though they had not committed any act cf «!» , for U one person only committed violence , yet they were all considered . - . guilty , unless thfey conld show that they were innocent . .

      . _ .. __ To partiea acquainted with these occurrences , such an exaggerated account wonld : navei-appeared rather luulcroul if it bad not been for the *»!* J * 5 * might hava upon 8 . csuntxvjury ; for tbsre was not a pane of glass broken , the least injury done to property , or violence offered to persons . _ Haif-fast Six o'clock . —True mils ate round a « ttUataU ' thet v /« Bty-ninfcirisoneMr . ?

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      ¦ . ¦ LoKGETiif in "Wan ako B £ r fT . "—» lri Hill , farmer , of Cheddar , aged ninety ; a" tei ^ ded the late fair , riding a mare thirty-six yeare old l the united ace of tho man uiid ' aowe amount ^ 'VBHWy *»* s ICambrian .

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      _ THE NORTHERN STAR . 7

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      Lord Stanley is to bo elevated to the Peerage before the meeting of Parliament , to take the ministerial lead in that House . Manchester " Squanders . "—Now , I say , there never was a greater abuse of any word in the English language than the word " bank . " We have had in this town the " Northern and Central" squander ; we have had the " Imperial" squander ; we have had the " Commercial" squander ; we have had the " Manchester and Liverpool" squander ; and , as if the town had not been sufficiently disgraced , we are called together this day to testify to the " Manchester" squander , which , though last , ia , I am sorry to say , not the least . —Mr . Greig ' s speech at the Bank of Manchester meeting .

      Offended Dignity . —We have received several versions of the afiair of which Lord Kimbolton , of the Grenadier Guards is the hero . It appears that a recruit , out iiv his uniform , for the first time , on Sunday , the 25 th ultimo , was looking at tho wild fowl in St . James's Park , when that hardly more experienced soldier , Lord Kimbolton , passed , and , as the poor man had not eyes in . his back , was nnsaluted . For this offence bis Lordship hsd him inarched a prisoner to the barracks of the Foot Guards , when he was after wards removed to his own barracks in ouBtody . It was not , however , convenient to Lord Kimbolton to prefer his complaint nntil the poor recruit had been in custody three days , when

      he attended to vindicate his dignity . As , however , he pleaded ignorance of the presence of . so distinguished an offioer , he was released . We wish that officers of Lord Kimbolton ' fl rank and temperament would remember , in vindicating their , own dignity , not to forget that of the senior to which they belong . Had the oversight of which he complained been committed to his Colonel , instead of to himself , a mild reproof , if reproof were called for , accompanied by an injunction to be more careful another time , would have been all the punishment inflicted . It ia not the persons who are most deserving respect who are usually most fastidious in resenting a supposed want of respect on the . part of their inferiors . •~~ TJnited Service Gazette ,

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      ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ? ¦ BAIL FOR THE VICTIMS . TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Seeing iu our paper of yesterday , that Mr . John West is a prisoner in Derby Gaol for want of BureUes , I sit down forthwith to stato th&t I am free , able , and willing to serve him and tho peoplo by giving bail to tbe ' amount of £ 50 . If three others can be procured to act in concert with myself ; oad if my presence is required there I will endeavour to attend . I have been confined in our county gaol thTee months in lost year because I had not bail . * God oijly knows what length our base oppressors aro to run . I fancy we shall have them give up trade shortly . Well knowing the desperate means they had rec < mrs 3 to , so as to arrest the advocates of truth , and most unxions to have them at liberty , I hereby promise to sssiufc any other advocate , should our friend , Mr . Wist , have found sufficient friends . I am , Sir , A Chartist , and a lover of tlie name , ¦ Yours respectfal'y , William Coopek .

      Weedon , Northamptonshire , Oct . 16 Ui , 1842 . [* We have omitted a line or two from our oonespondent ' s letter ; the publication r . f which might have subj ? ct « d us to two distinct actions for libel Ed . N . S . I

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 22, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct776/page/7/