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    • WAKEFIELD OCRN MARKET.
    • NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the TownBbip of Leeds
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      { Continued from--our Seventh page . ) I am a Whig , and am for a modification -of the Com laws . Never had anything to do with -either Messrs . Bidgway or Mr . Mason . Wa not Bbodted to heaT the Corn Law Repealere called despotic tyrants . < 2 ¦ was sent into the Potteries to "watch "fee progress of the crowd which came-from leek . Tbe » Ccesbire magistrates had sworn in -420 special -constables , and having the yeomanry "they were determined that the mob "who had stopped the mills at Maeslssfield should not come to Sandb&cb to atop the milk "without a confiict- It "was intimated to magistrates that the Mscclesfield and Congleten people , who h » d gone to Leek , would come from the Potteries , with the colliers from Kidsgrcve , and proceed to Saadbacb and atop the xniils . 1 did not t- ¦ ¦ uj bf the sBthoritiBS in the Potteries of the m ^ i-rcted from Leek .

      George Goldsnw .. . examined by Mr . -Se-reant Tal-Jonrd I am a draper , living ai Shalton . J roeolleei seeing the defendant , Richards , is -Stafford-street , Shelton , between nine and ten o ' cloet on the morning of the 16 th of Augsst . There were-four or Jive working men with him . Bicbards said to them " Now , . my lads , "we have got the parsons * honsea down , and we xrast have the chnichea . If we lose this day , we lose the day for ever . ' * 1 had heard tbst the honses of CDr . Tale and the Rev . 3 * . £ . Aitkens had been burned . In the course of the cross-examination by RicbardB , the deposition of the witness taken before the magistrate was * read , at the request of the defendant , from which it appeared , that on a subsequent part of the day he heard several men in conversatien in Slack ' slane , Hanley , ( one of whom he had seen in company with Bichartis , in StaSord-row , in tee morning , ) in

      ¦ which they spot * of attacking several gentlemen ^ houses in the town , and also the bask , and burning them do » n , if their demands for money were not complied with . The : qen Bteinx that the witness was near to them , one of them said that if he ventured to tell » hst he had heard he -wenJd have his brains blown Cat Cross-examination rammed . 1 -gave no information to the >« -nV i did so to one of the parties whose same 2 had heard ; 1 should have thought the destruction of the bank a great public calamity . Have never doubted that yon were the man ; have never said that as yon were a bloody ChartiBt , 1 wouM transport you if 1 could . 1 did not say bo tither in -the presence of Haddocks or John Cope ; never said that 1 wonld swear as many oaths as days in "the year for us m&py S ^ OIisga . The . Court lose this evening at eight o ' clock .

      P&IDAY , 1 LLRCH 23 . " Mr . £ 3 win Bollard Abingion , examined bf Sergeant Talfonid—1 am an operative chemist , " and reside at Eanley ; 1 recollect the loth of August ; the premises of Mr . Forrister , at Snelton , were on fire on the evening of that day ; 2 recollect being with Mr . Pierce on that occasion , near the premises ; when we were going away " we met the defendant Cooper Bear the Slack Horse ; he "Was goiBgjin a direction to the fire . When 2 first saw him he waB about 200 yards from Mr . Forrister ' a ; the deleudast'toot s short torn to the left , -which tronid take him to the hack of Mi . Forrister'B premises ; defendant turned round and stopped , when 1 lost sight of him ; this was about eleven o ' clock at night ; the defendant Cooper had a fur cap on . l had seen him once before : 2 made a remark to Mr . Pierce before 1 left Em ; 2 afterwards went to my brother's house .

      Cross-examined by Cooper—2 am a Corn Law repealer ; it was nearer eleven o ' clock than ten when 1 rnwTos ; 2 . had seen you once before ; it was on the same evening , between half-past six sod Beven , ithen you were going to the Crown-bank ; 1 observed your features distinctly the first time 2 taw you , which enabled me to positively speak to seeing you near Mr . Porristert ; 2 observed to Mr . Pierce , who was with me , "there is Cooper , the Chartftt lecturer ; " upon Which yon turned yonr head sway . Mi . Pierce nstd some expression , and said he would have a look at you , and peeped under your cap ; yon then went away . 2 Tecolleet a conversation which 1 had with Mr . Pierce prior to your being taken in a car to Newcastle , in which he told me 2 was mistaken as to Cooper ' s

      identity , as the person 2 had shewn him was Mr . Turner , of-the North Staffordshire Infirmary . 1 told SLr- Pierce he was mistaken , for the man 1 lad shewn him wss the man 1 had heard singing in the marketplace . In the next conversation 2 had with Mr . Pierce he said , 2 was perfectly correct in saying it w » s Cooper they hsd seen in the evening of the loth of August , and not Sir . Tamer . There was a good deal of txcitement is the town , and many threats were esed towards persons coming fonrard to give evidence on the part of the crown . This was the reason why 1 did net give evidence before , as 2 thought there w ^ s sufficient evidence withont ma 1 told what 1 had set-n , shortly after it took place in confidence to several persons , amongst whom was a Chartist named Horton . 1 am a

      " Bidgway man . " Horton told me he bad been to Leicester to see you , and- enquired if 2 was going to give evidence against y .- u . 2 have seen Mr Stevenson , and he asked me if 2 had seen yon near Mr . Porr ster " s on the night of the fee , £ nd 1 told Wm it ¦ waa correct . 2 then related to him -crhat 2 had teen . 1 had once greeinot to mention the circumstance of having seen yon near Mr . Purrister ' s on acconnt [ of ftar . 2 was * ome part of the night ntar to Mr . Parker's house when it was on fire , but did not see the figure in the fur cap there . * 2 knew several of the parties who were taking an acirre part in burning , l went to Mr . AilkunB ' s house the ame sight . IMd not fee Cappur or Richards there . 2 taw William EUis at Mr . Aitkens " B house , ¦ when it was on fire . Ellis was at the back of the house in the garden , and threw a brick si me when he saw « w me in the field , spon which 2 ran away . Ellis was not doing anything ¦ when l Baw him . He was very dirty . It was vtry

      light ; the house btBig all in flsmes at the time ; did Hot observe any arms Hi the hands of those at the back of the house , Those armed were stationed at the front of the house . When Blis had thrown at me , 1 said , " it is of bd use Ellis , 1 know tbee . " This is the nme William EUis that 2 understood was transported hj his otvn -witnesses at the Special Con . mission . 1 recollect being one of tie Corn L&w Repeal delegates to London . That meeting waa held at Herbert ' s Hotel . 1 made a speech there . 2 recollect ths time 1 was depnted to go to London , was the time of the colliers turning out ; 2 was there asked if the colliers were poachers or if they were armed . 2 stated that some of them trere poachers , and some Ol them carried arms . 3 . ssid 2 feared that if imch men came in collision with 4 hemhtary , the result would fee fearfnl , or something to that effect . The military 2 alluded to were the yeomanry . There were no refnlar soldiers quartered in Hanley about the time of the riots ,, befoie yon came 3 nto the neighbourhood .

      On Cooper pressing some further questions as to ¦ what resolutions might have been proposed at the AnS-Gom Law conference , an objection was made to them as not being legal . His Lordship told the defendant that the qiestioni lad nothing at all to do with the matter before tha Court ; all that he could croas-exaaine upon in reference to the witness ' s attendance at the conference waa any declaration -which he might have made , Which would tend to shftVn the credibility oi tis testimony . Cooper stated tha ^ hia object in pufting the question ! Was to shew ttet a conspiracy of the members ef the Anti-Corn-Law League had been the cause of the rioti and disturbance * . His Lordskip told him that if he proposed to provi that other parties-caused the disturbances , it must bf Bhewn in another way .

      Cross-examination resumed , —I swear that I neve : publicly or privately heard of a resolution pioposed a ' the meeting of Anti-Gorn-Law ' Delegates , to the effec that the obtaining cf justice was hopeless : that a revo lntion was at handi that the wheels of Govemmen ¦ would be stopped ; and that the Anti-Corn-Law Leagm had ^ rawn th&sword out of the scabbard ; and that i Bever should be sheathed until justice was obtained Was several times at . Herbert ' s 2 iotel for some Ebnr eaefe day ; I was fonr days at the Conference , which to lieia in July , 1842 . — " [ Cooper here read a number o propositions , which he alleged had been passed by th anti-corn law deputation , during the sitting of the con lerence in London , which the witness denied bavin , any knowledge of , " or hearing them proposed at an ; time . 3—I knew James lAvedej , a Chartist , in the Pot teries ; 1 have avoided him as I wonld a plague since i gave evidence at the Special Commission against ;

      ¦ Fitness named ^ Goodwin , who was called for the prc secution in Eilis ' s case ; Livesley asserted that he sai this witness drunk at the fires ; never told Zixeslev tha you ought to be transported for your opposition to th Auti-Coro-L&w Leagne . On the morning of the l * th c August , l met Sale , a Chartist ., and had some confers Jion with him respecting the outbreaks ; it was btfui eleven in the morning when 2 saw hi ™; Saledescribe some acts d violence , and said " thisds your Anti-Cor law League for you . " 1 have been a eallector of c ' mrc rates for Stoke , and once there -was a . -slight deflcienc in ¦ Oie ^ ccountB , which iraB immediately paid , 1 hai i > een « onneoted-irith amnteni concerts ic the distrid ?? ^ J - CTra eka'Sea with pocketinf the receipts Mi . W . Kidgway never said to me before £ came hei 1 ° ^ 6 ^ " ^ ** 7 ° « " > tt * t * ai ° w mm be nabbed . " The witness Wilding told ma ie spph hended violence hy coming to give evidence .

      CiOBS-examhiedby Kchards ~ SeveraI hous « 82 jad be , thrown down and property injured by Lord G « nvill ( mining operations . Had no recollection of jasaiB " basdaaaged the property of otherjH-how does fee li it himself ? 1 made so such remark as " it was « c ] rionj but an awful nght , " and l did not eliw x Be-examined by Mr . SergeaH * Tatfoord . —1 am j » ftientiilMrvant of Mr . Ridgway ^ . The defioien JB . the * ceoHnt » wjls immediately made op : it ¦» . SOtBg to tbeFB Mdjj SO many small rates to collect . 3 » reply to qnestiora put by Cooper , hk Lords ! koldMrjL that ho coold sot call evidence as to any i ji » x » ti « i made by Mm on the 16 th or 27 th of Angui « r « Dy itoe afterwards , relative to what had taken j > la ia ihB Wstteriea , on the 24 th or " l-ith of Augu Cooper iniijasted that the person he intended to ha J ^ lftd was Mr . Peargns O'Connor . " * -Ht Edward Idpyd Pierce , examined by Mr . Kichar

      * -l am a chemist residing , at Shelton ; 2 recolle Vfasftookplaca on the liih of Angast ; 1 know 1 & erarmaal ooliieries ; I am acquainted with the Is " anfiWj- 1 ma with Msi near Mr . Forrisler ' s hou fttSM it TfM on fire ; 1 recollect , when 2

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      Ablngton , a person coming towards ns , about whom Mr . A-bxngton made some remarts ; that person is the de--fendant Cooper ; he was coming down Marsh-street , sxd going In a direction to Lord Granville ' s offices ; qt ' aen he was pointed ont to me , 2 turned roend to get -e-full view of his countenance , upon which -defendant toned his head on one side ; 1 saw him again when in -tae car going to Newcastle , and distinctly TecogDised ¦ him as the same person 1 had seen . Cross-examined by Cooper . —You have a peculiar -countenance , and 2 should know yon amongst a thou--sand ; when 2 saw you it was near eleven o&lock ; on the remark being made by the witness- ^ 11 Here is Cooper , the Chartist lecturer , * ' yon turn » d round to the left ; 2 have made the remark that 2 thought the person pointed out was Mr . Turner ; 2 aaw you in the car going to Newcastle , and felt convinced you were the same pesson 2 had seen near to Mr . Forrister ' B , on the night of the 25 th of of August .

      Samuel Fradley , examined by Mr . GodBon—2 am a policeman , at Hanley ; 1 recollect thenightof tfee 15 th Auguxt 1 saw people gotog backwards and forwards to Mr . Forrister'a . 2 was standing near Mr . SForriBter ' s back gates , and in consequence of some threats held out to me l moved away . 2 n going away 2 saw . fche defendant Cooper , romewhere about * 8 yards from Mr . Forrister'B gates . 2 particularly noticed him as he was passing . 1 had seen him at public meetings , and alBo going to Jerry Yttes . 1 nistinctly saw his face , and from his general appearance 1 believe him to be the same man . The defendant Oooper w » a going towards Mr . Forrister ' s house , 1 saw the defendant at Hanley watch-house in enstody . He Baid " he should not have seen the fires if be had not bad to wait-for Borne money which Jeremiah Yak * had to pay to bin . "

      Cross-examined by Cooper . —I swear that 1 aiad the conversation with you when you were in custody ; jt was when Mr . Yatrs ^ brougbt you your dinner ; i cannot -say the precise time . You bad a thain on both your legs part of th » time you were in the lock-up . 2 do jiot recollect when they wtre taken off This witness ¦ was further examined at great length , hat nothing favourable to Uie case of the defendants was elicited . ¦ Crosa-examined by Capper—I dont remember seeing you at Hanley from the 13 th to the 17 th of August Thomas BreomhaU—1 live at Shelton , and am a labourer ; I know Cooper by sight ; I was at Shelton on Monday , the 25 th of August ; I was in Marsh-street in the evening when Mr . ForriBter's premises were on fire ; I saw Mr- Cooper just below the Black Horse , opposite the Jf ew Hall Gates . He was going towards Mi . Forlister ' s , and was alone , and had on a cap ; I had seen him lecturing on the Crown Bank on Snnday ; 1 never saw him before Sunday .

      Cross-examined by Cooper—I gave the same evidence against you at the Special Assizes which 1 have now given i I am aware that Mrs . Blake , of Shelton , came as a witness and swore certain things against me . but she did not knew me and does not know me now : I went to Aitken ' B heuse when ; on fire , but did not go inside the gates . 2 did not steal two bottles of wine from there ; 1 never had a strait waistcoat on ; 1 did fire two shots accidentally throngh a wiDdow , In discharg ing a pistol on an open space of ground ; 1 loaded tbe pistol for my own protection , on the road from Stafford to Hanley . 1 carried the pistol to defend myself from the Chartists , who it was rumoured would attack and murder the witnesses . Numerous other questions were pnt , when Cooper proposed to put witnesses into the box to prove that the witnesB was nox compos mentis , when his Lordship said it would be for tbe Jury to give that weight to the evidence which they thought it deserved .

      On Mr . Sergeant Talfourd calling the next witness , several of the Jnry represented to his Lordship that matters of importance required their attendance at home to-night , and as some of them bad a long distance to go , they begged that the Court might be adjourned , as they had been in the box from Monday . Mr . Sergeant Talfourd remarked that the evidence in-chief wonld occupy but a fe-w minutes . A Juiym&n But we don't know that the . crots-examination may not last fonr hours , as it has done in ether instances . Tbe Court adjourned at seven o ' clock , until Saturday morning . Satcrpat , March 24 . The trial of Cooper , Biohards , and Capper was resumed ( this , being the sixth day ) this morning . On the opening of the court ,

      Mr . Justice Erskine said it would , perhaps , be for the convenience of the bar and the pablic if he stated , that in consequence of the course which the present trial had taken , it was not his intention , at iis conclusion , to take any other . Of course , it was now out of the question that he Bhould attend the assiaes at Shrewsbury ; but , if it were possible , he feh be ought , if the present buisineEs admitted , to be present at the opening of the commission at Heieford on Tuesday . He ( Mr . Justice Erskine ) thought it proper to make this early announcement , in order to prevent the attendance of Mt . O'Niell and his witnesses , and also the unnecessary attendance of the special jurors and ¦ witnesses , summoned for that person ' s trial . Sir . Serjeant Talfourd . —My Lord , we are to understand , then , that the other indictment in which Cooper is included is postponed until the next assizes ?

      Mr . Justice Erskine . —Certainly . This is the only case < hovr Ions it will last 1 cannot tell ) which 1 can take . Cooper . —My Lord , am I to understand your Lordship only means to take the case of conspiracy ? Mr . Jnstice Erskite . —Yes ; bin allow me to take this opportunity of explaining a fallacy which has gone abroad . It has been reported , I am told , that this commission of af size is limited as to its duration . That is a mistake . I sit here under Her Majesty ' s commission , and that commission remains in force nnti ! it is superseded by another . Let it be understood , then , that I shall Bit and try this case , let the time which it occupies be whatever it may . Cooper . —My Lord , I am obliged by the expression of youT Lordsbio ' s determination . Mr . Justice En-tone . —You owe me no obligation . Let the case go on .

      lEaac Hackney , examined by Mr . Serjeant Talfourd . —1 was on the night of the 15 th of August last a watchman at SheHon . About half-past 11 -O ' clock that night 1 waa standing in tbe entry which leads to my honse , "when a number of persona coining from Forrister ' s fire , halted opposite the house of a person named Salt , There was at that tine a blaze of light from Forrister ' s fire , which enabled me to observe persons . Cooper was at the head of the crowd . 1 had seen him before the same morning , between 10 and 11 o ' clock , when the Police-office was broken open . Cross-examined by Cooper . —I did not say at the last assires that I saw you in the morning , when you were bronght to the watch-boose . I had you in charge from 10 o ' clock at night until 5 o clock the next morning . You said the bolts made your legs swell .

      Major Power Trench , examined by Mr . R . V . Richards . —1 am a Major of the 2 nd Dragoon Guards . 1 was quartered at Burslem on the 16 th of Augnst with my troop . I saw Captain Powys , the magistrate , on the morning ; he requested me to turn out the troop . I did so about about half-past 10 m tbe morning . 1 foand a crowd assembled in the M&iketsqnare . Captain Powys read the Riot Act . The crowd was al that time cansiderable in number . After the Riot Act bad been read I was ordered to clear the square , which I did . The mob came in from the Moorland-road near the town . I can ' t say

      whether tbe crowd from Leek came in that direction . There was music ; a number of them had clobs . A great number of stones were thrown at us by the mob . Captain PowyB told them to disperse . The Riot Act had been read , but the mob still advanced . We had orders to fire , which in my judgment , under those circumstances , was absolutely necessary- We were obliged to charge . Stones were still thrown at us , and had we not done bo my men would have been in very great danger ; it wss an act of necessity . One of the « aob fell , and after we had charged the mob dispersed .

      Cross-examined by Cooper . —I am not an Englishman , I am anjrishman . I am a relative of the Le Poer-Trenehes , who have some share in the church property of Ireland . My family are largely connected with the Irish church property . I am not of the Beresford family . I am a cousin of the present representative peer of the Le Poer family . He is one of the Irish nobility . 1 have held a commission since the year 1824 . I have been abroad as a soldier , but have - been in no engagement or in a skirmish against a foreign enemy . We are Protestants . I have gome relatives in the chnrch ; none of them are dignitaries . One of them is not an Irish bishop . One of them was some years . I never saw human blood snilt before .

      Major Trench , upon furtfcer croB 8-exanjination , gave it as his deliberate opinioa , that under existing circumstances they could do no other for the protection of the town and neighbourhood than fire upon the mob . The witness expressed his deep regret that human life had jbeea lost ; b& £ seeing tbe mobs of people who came from the M « orland and the Hanley roads , whether it regarded himself or his troop , or the pablic . generally , he had jio alternative left but to fire upon the threatening isaltitude . He believed that the course ha then adopted saved a great loss of life sad property in the Potteries .

      Major Trench added ,, that hefead no ! ean $ 9 to regret the extreme means adopted to suppress the riots in the Potteries , and , that , though be had had a considerable military serrie * in Ireland Tie had merer seen so large a multitude aj he saw ia the Potteries on thelSihof August . Mr . Serjeant Ttlfoard Baid that was the case for tha prosecution . Cooper complained that many of fhe witnesses examined at tbe special commission in October , and others on thB hack of the indictment , had not been called . Be wished te ask the Learned Jadge whether or not he himself might call tholfc witnesses !

      Mr . Justice Irsidne . —You may do just as you please . Yon are ftt liberty to call those witnesses , as yon state , tor the defence , but I cannot , unless they are in conrt , compel them to give evidence . Upon the application of Cooper , the court then adjourned for half an hour .

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      Cooper , upon the Court resuming , hoped that the Buddennees of the manner in whioh the inquiry had , on the part of the Crown , been concluded , would not operate to his prejudice . He ( Cooper ) did expect that the case for the Crown would not conclude before that night , and that he should have the enjoyment of a quiet Sunday , to analyse and so arrange the evidence as to save a considerable portion of tbe time of the jury . The prisoner proceeded to detail the circumstances connected with the riots ia the PotterieB on the night of the 15 th of August , and said he should show most distinctly that he wts not , as the witness Hackney had stated , habited is the cloak he had described . The first witnesB , Andrew Rowley , bwow , that ha ( the

      defendant ) , Richards , Ellis , and others , were present at the George and Dragon , Hanley , on the 10 th of April . He admitted that he ( Coopen ) waa present on that occasiou , but he should establish by evidence beyond doubt that neither Richards nor Ellis were present . That was the chief evidence as regarded the conspiracy , and if he ( Cooper ) showed that they ( the defendants ) were not present together on that occasion , he thought the Judge and Jury would agree with him that he had satisfactorily disposed of the charge of conspiracy ; and if the evidence of Andrew Bowley were so decidedly contradicted upon this

      point , what would be said as to his evidence as regarded other statements given in his depositions ! He ( Cooper . ) pledged himself that before he had concluded he would convict the members of the Anti-Corn Law League as the originators of the riots in the Potteries . He ( Cooper ) affirmed , as he had done before Lord Chief Justice Tindal at tho Special Commission , that he had advised the people to strike for the purpose obtaining the Charter ; he again repeated that he had no desire to blink the questiou . The defendant proceeded at great length to comment upon the evidence for the prosecution , and at 6 o ' olook the Court adjourned until Monday morning .

      Monday , March 27 . The defendant Cooper resumed his defence this morning by commenting upon that portion of evidence left untouched on Saturday , the principal parts of which , as it affected himself , he said he should be able entirely to contradict . He then prooeeed to read from tbe Quarterly Review passages from speeehes by Mi . Co ode a and other members of the anti-Corn Law Leagne , and also resolutions of that body agreed to at their conferences , of a violent tendency . He dilated upon these extraots with great energy and fluency , asking the Jury if they could be guilty of the injustice of convicting the three humble individuals before them , whilst the members of Parliament and aldermen still retained

      their seats and their honours after inciting the people to act ' s ot violence and outrage . Those men with whom he combined nover burned houses , or committed any acts of violence ; but he and his friends contended that they had a perfect right , while they denounced all violence , to advise the suspension of labour until the Charter was established as the law of the laud . That was a strictly constitutional mode of proceeding . But there were vipers iu the form of m ^ n—they were the real incendiaries . He ( Cooper ) meant the gents of the anti-Corn Law League . He would establish this by the most incontestible evidence . Was Ridgway to escape—waB Mason to escape—was Cobdeu to escape—waa the Editor of the anti-Corn Law Circular to escape—and

      innocent Chartists like himself , who were the sincere advocates of peace , law , and order , to be convicted 1 Having denounced violence , the defendant said , ho would next stale to the Jury what really were the doctrineB which he entertained , and what in his addresses he had always taught the people at public meetings . The learned Serjeant in his opening address had stated that the present prosecution was not directed against Chartist principles ; he admitted that the people of tbu country had a constitutional right to meet and discuss the expediency of adopting the Charter ; but the Learned Counsel had said , thai a cessation of labour would lead only to theft . If so , then let the real offenders—the rich strainers after wealth , the really guilty parties ,

      be punished , and not the innocent Chartists . VV ho were they who caused a cessation of labour in the Potteries ! Why , these who reduced the poor man ' s waxes—those who when a partial turnout occurred advised the people to make a general holiday—those who , with the object of advancing the views of the League , were desirous of plunging tho country into revolution . He would now tell them what he really had taught in the Potteries or elsewhere . Ho would admit that on the 15 ih of August there was a conspiracy , but that conspiracy was not for seditious purposes , but for the maintenance of " peace , law , and order . " The defendant went oil to show that his sermon delivered on th * 10 th of April was a mere exposition of facts as detailed in English history , and from these he argued tho right ot the people to Annual Parliaments and the other points

      contained in the People ' s Charter . This he did not consider sedition , for it was clearly deducible from the stream of history and the best historical authorities that Annual Parliaments and Universal Suffrage ( the right of every man of twenty-one years of age to vote ) were tho birthrights of Englishmen . The defendant next argued in favour of the other points of the People ' s t harter . This was tho way in which Chartist lecturers advocated their principles , and surely by so doing they were not committing sedition or violating the principles of the British constitution . Then , in the sermon which ho had preached from the text " Thou shall do no murder , " he had dwelt upon the evils and murderous character of war . What said Bishop Forteouflf— " One murder makes a villain , Millions a hero . "

      He ( Cooper ) still maintained the fame opinions . He denounced the profession of that man who wore a peculiarly cut and coloured coat , and carried a sword for the purpose of professionally taking away the lifeofhis fellow-creatures . This , he hoped too , was not preaching sedition . Before concluding , ho begged of them to dismiss from their memoiy any impressions to hiB disadvantage which might have been produced upon their minds by a perusal of the public newspapers . He particularly cautioned them against the attempts made by the Morning Chronicle to injure him in the eyes of tbe public . It was well knows that Sir John Easthope was the proprietor of that journal . Now , it so happened , that at the last general election he ( Cooper ) stood with Sir J . EaBthopo and Mr . W . Ellis as the Anti-Corn Law League candidates . Of course he ( the defendant ) stood beside Sir John on the huntings , and took occasion to make some reference to the Hon . Candidate's

      practices at former elections . Ho ( Cooper ) told the meeting what he kntw to be the fact , that a former election at Leicester cost Sir John Ea&thope not less than £ 16 , 000 . There was tbe proprietor of the A / onning Chronicle , with purity upon his lips , bribing and corrupting the burgesses of Leicester . He ( Cooper ) said such a person had no right to appear as a candidate in Leicester , and that according to the show of hands he ( Cooper ) ought to go to Parliament as their representative . This offe&ded Sir John' East hope , or Sir John Softsoap , as he was called in Leicester , and the consequence was , in the Morning Chronicle he ( Cooper ) was stigmatized as "tho great Leicester incendiary , in the pay of the Tories . " " M- ; paid by the Tories ! " exclaimed Cooper ; " so help me God , I was never feed , was never bought , was never paid by any parly ; much less by the Tories . " He admitted that at the first election for Nottingham he did go into Mr . Walter ' s committee-room .

      The Judge . —I do not see hew a reference to what occurred at Nottingham can have anything to do with this inquiry . Cooper said his object was to dismiss the minds of the jury of any impressions they might have formed from the statements in the public newspapers ; and when he went into Mr . Walter ' s eommitte room ' he told that gentleman , that although he and his friends came to give their support , yet they did not approve of his ( Mr . Walter ' s ) political principles . His expression was , ' * Wo come to assist you , Mr . Walter , in cutting the throats of the Whigs , in order that afterwards we may have the opportunity of cutting tbe throats of yourselves and those of your political friends . " That was what he told Mr .

      Walter ; and now he ( Cooper ) was prosecuted by a Tory Government . " At the time , " said the defendant , " I went to Nottingham 1 thought I was doing right , I now think 1 did wrong , and bo help ine God , I would sooner have this hand cut off than I wonld do again what I did on that occasion . " For the course which ho had pursued he had been persecuted by the Morning Chron \ 9 le , m which paper it was lyingly staled , on the Seventeenth of August , that there were no burnings in the Potteries until he went into that district . Since then , the same paper had expressed ub regret that Ellis and others should be sent over the gea ^ , " whi ' e the real rogues hired by the Tories ( mesniug himself and others ) were allowed to remain in the country . " Had he ( Cooper ) no right to complain of these vile statements and observations , and was he not justified in entreating tbe jury to be careful , lest they should

      be influenced by them . The defendant hoped before he concluded he should be allowed briefly to allude to his personal history , in order that the jury might judge from the details of that history whether he was a person likely to commit the crimes with which he was charged . [ The defendant proceeded to state his " birth , parentage , and education , " as reported in the Times when the prisoner was upon his trial for arson at the Special Commission in October last . ] At one period , when in London , he W » 9 favonred with the notice , and as ho imagined the patronage , cf a literary baronet , the personal friend of the learned Serjeat ( Talfourd ) who conducted tbe present prosecntion . He ( Caoper ) bad assisted the baronet in certain elections for Lincoln , and he took tbe liberty of placing in his bands the manuscript of a romance with a view to its publication . The Hon . Baronet promised to present it to his own publisher , but he ( Cooper )' bad refevm to believe that the Hod . Baronet told a

      falsehood . The Judge again interfered . Cocper begged pardon , bat he mentioned it only as one inoident of his life . When he proved to them that he was not ia the Potteries on tbe 12 & of

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      August , when he showed that although on the 15 th he did conspire , but not to effect violence , but to preserve peace—when they boro in mind the practices of other parties , protected , if not aided and abetted , by the members of the late Governmentwhen they remembered that if the Chartists were guilty of agitating in support of their principles , they were only following in a humble vray the example of others occupying high places in the counry—wh « Q they recollected all these things he could not bring his mind to believe that the Jury would find himself or his aged friends guilty of the offence imputed to them * No , they would never return a verdict of guilty against such humble men , when magistrates , members of Parliament and members of the anti-Corn Law League were allowed to go at large unprosecuted and unpunished—when Gevernment quietly allowed the growth of a gigantic conspiracy , daily beardine Parliament itself , and

      such as before was ne'er allowed to exist in this country . No , whatever their respect might be for Sir Robert Peel and his Government , he did hope , while such lofty , criminals were allowed to go at liberty , the Jury would not feel justified in punishing the humble but honest individuals then upon their trial . Let , however , their verdict be what it might , he should bow with due respect . This , however , he might bo allowed to say , —a verdict of guilty would not subdue the spirit of a Chartist conscious that in all he had dene he had only sought to benefit his fellow-men . It was impossible to put out the light of democratic truth in this country . The defendant concluded an energetic speech of upwards of ten hours' duration by expressing his confidence in a verdict of acquittal . Richards and Capper then addressed the jury in short speeches , principally resting their hopes of a successful defence upon alibis , which they proposed to prove , and character .

      The following witnesses were then called : — Thomas Brandred , iron-founder , of Shelton , gave the defendant Capper a high character as a kindhearted , honest , peaceable , and , as far as he knew , loyal man . VVilliam Thorneycroft , iron-founder , of the Potteries , had known Capper for 25 years , and always thought him a peaceable , quiet , honest , industrious , and loyal man . Edward Jennons , examined by the defendant Cooper . The Judge—Is this witness as to character 1 Cooper—No , my Lord , it is to prove Rickard ' B alibi on the 10 th of April .

      Witness—I keep the Temperance Hotel at Birmingham , and am a teetotaller of nine years standing . Oa the 10 th of April last he dined at my house between one and two o'clock . He had slept at my house on the previous night . I saw him in the morning soon after he got up . This was from eight to nine o'olook . He came to my house la . te in the eiening on the Monday previous . I did not see him after dinner on the 10 th until eleven o ' clook at night . He went away on the Monday morning about nine o ' clock . I understood that he was going to Walsall .

      Cross-examined by Mr . Sergeant Talfourd—I have known Kiohards for about four years . I recollect it was the 10 th of April , as a Conference was hold there at the time . He always comes as a customer , but 1 do not keep any book . I have no memorandum which will assist me as to the time when Richards was at my house . 1 remember that it was the 10 th of April when Richards was at my house , because he was short of money and went away without paying . Anna Jennens , examined by Cooper—Id the wife of the last witness . I know the defendant Richards . He was at our house on tbe 10 th of April . He dined

      with us at one o ' clock . He oame on Monday , the 4 th , of April . I know Richards was at the Temperance Coffee-house on the 10 th of April , because there was a SUrge Conference held at the time . Richards went away without paying , but returned afterwards from Walsall and settled with me . Cross-examined by Mr . Richards—When Richards returned from Walsall he paid me is . id . He slept &t tho houae seyea times , and breakfasted once . The only time be dined was on the 10 th of April . The Sturge Conference finished , I believe , on the Saturday night .

      Edward Preston Mead , examined by Cooper—I am an artist and a Chartist leader , resident in Birmingham for fourteen years . 1 know John Richards , and saw him on the night of the 10 th of April , between seven and nine o ' clock , at the Aston-street looture . I had delivered a sermon previous to Mr . Richards speaking that evoning . 1 had not seen him before that day ; but several times during the week . 1 met him at the Chartist Conference , held at the Red Lion , in Smallbrook-street , to watch the proceedings of the Sturge Conference . 1 know it was the lOih of April , because the sermon I delivered that evening was a funeral sermon for young Frost ; who died three days previously . Cooper—You mean Henry Frost , the son of the exile ! Wituess—Yes .

      Cross-examined by Serjeant Talfourd—The congregation at Aston-street , consisted of about 200 persons . 1 was a member of the Chartist Conference . Richards attended as a delegate . I have always remembered that it was Sunday , the 10 th of April . I cannot tell whether I lectured in Aston-stieet on Sunday , the 3 rd , or on Sunday , the 17 th . The only day 1 can recollect with certainty is the 10 th . Mr . John Drewry , examined by Cooper—I am a printer residing in Stafford , and printed the bill now produced for the defendant Cooper on Friday , the 12 th of August . It ( the bill , which was read ) announced that Cooper would deliver a lecture in the Market-place in Stafford on the night of the 12 th of August last year .

      Cross-examined by Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—Did not see Cooper present at the meeting in the Marketplaco in the evening . ( This evidence was given with a view to show that Cooper was not present in the Potteries on the night of the 12 ch of August , three daya before the business commenced . ) The Court adjourned at eight o ' clook until nine the following morning .

      T . CKSDAT , March 28 . The Court opened this morning at nine o ' clock . Ann Smith , called by Cooper . Mr . Serjeant TalCourd rose and said , this witness he presumed was called to prove that the defendant Cooper was in Stafford on the evening of the 12 th of August , and thus show that the witness Rowley was mistaken . Now , this was perfectly consistent with his ( Mr . Sergeant Talfourd ' a ) instructions and opening . He stated that Cooper did not arrive in the Potteries until Saturday , the 13 th ; and as he ( Mr . Serjeant Talfourd ) believed Cooper was in Stafford on the Friday night in question , he was willing , on tho part of the Crown , to make that admission . The Judge—But in a criminal case I cannot take an admission . The fact must be pioved .

      The witueps Anne Smith then deposed , that she saw Cooper in Stafford , in August last , but could not recollect the precise day . He slept at her house and waa brought there by Mrs . Peplow . William Peplow , examined by Cooper—I am secretary to the Stafford Chartist Association , and remember Beeing the defendant Cooper at Stafford on the 12 th of August . He attended at meetings in the Market-place , and by adjournment on the flat the same evening , i saw him at the meeting on the flat ( or common ) about nine o ' clock . The adjournment took place to the common in consequence of some yeomanry officers giving a number of Italian musicians money to disturb the proceedings in the Market-place . Mr . Sergeant Talfourd—We don't dispute that the defendant could not be at Hanley at the time the meeting was held at Stafford . I Lave no questions to ask Mr . Peplow .

      Cooper thought he had reason to complain of the conduct of the Learned Counsel , as the faot of his being in Stafford on the 12 th was notorious . He ou ^ ht not to be put to the trouble of calling witnesses upon that poin *' . Thomas Lawton , examined by Cooper—I am a shoemaker , residing in Stafford . The Judge—It cannot be necessary to call further witnesses to prove a fact already sufficiently proved and admitted by the prosecution . It is unnecessary to go further on this point .

      William Beddington was then called . —Examined by Mr . Cooper—I am a china painter at Shelton , in the Potteries . I remember the 10 th of April last year , when I saw you ( Cooper ) in the Potteries . I saw you also the Saturday night preceding , about ten o ' clock , at Jeremiah Yates's . He keeps a temperance coffee-house , and sold the Northern Star and Comtnonweallhsman ( which you . publish ) , and other publications . I saw you the next day ( Sunday ) in tho afternoon , at the Crown Bank . You were ia the act of singing , prayer succeeded , and then you took a text . I recollect part of the text . It was taken from the fourth chapter of Isaiah , and the 14 th and 15 th verses . It was about the prvnceB of the people eating up the vineyards and devouring widows' houses . I was very much delighted , because it was an historical subject . There was a

      reference made to the rulers of th 9 earth , and Bome mention made of one of our kings and bastards . < Cooper—King or Queen ! Witness—King . I heard you say vei * y little about the Queen . To the best of my recollection you referred to one of the Charles ' s . Allusion was made to King George IT . I roeolleot you mentioned tbe st&te of . the paor , and what yon had seen . to you own neighbourhood . I saw you again at the Georfi and Dragon room at Hanley , at half-past sir o ' clook the same evening . That was the Charti 5 t room at that time . You was just about taking your text . The sermon related to the death of young Frost . The text was out of James , and the sermon treated of pure and undefiled religion . I can feel the subject now . I saw you again at Jeremiah Yates ' s at half-past tea o ' clock the same evening .

      Cooper—Have you any doubt that this was oa the 10 th Of April ? Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—There is not the least doubt of it , for that is so stated in the oaso for the prosecution .

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      Witness—I have good reason to know it was the 10 th of April , for I had a good deal to do with sending John Richards , the prisoner , off * to Birmingham : Cooper . —Now , to cat the matter short , did you see either Ellis or Richards present at the Crown-bank at the meeting on tbe Sunday after * neoni ! Witness—I did not . Richards could not be there , for he was in Birmingham . I saw you again in Leeds in July , but I cannot toll to the day . I saw you again in the Potteries on Saturday , the 13 th of August . ! I was at the George and Dragon Inn , Hanley , on the Friday night , the 12 th . It was our wake time and there was dancing . I did not see

      Ellis or Richards there . There was no speaking . I am positive Richards was not there . I saw you ( Cooper ) again about one o ' clock on Sunday , the 14 th . Samuel Tomkinson and Joseph Smith were with yon . They were professed Chartists . You told me you were going to Fenton , and I went with you , where you delivered a short address to the people then assembled . Fenton is nearer two miles than one from my house . The discourse was delivered upon a waste piece of ground . I recollect one of the yeomanry cavalry riding past , when two or three young men or lads began to hiss at him ; you turned round and reproved them for it . Your words were , " You are making a bad start , my lads , to get the

      Charter . " You told them the course they should take , that they should be respectful and act kindly . After the discourse , you went to Longton , a mile and a half distant , and commenced with singing- and prayer . ( This Was near the new church , and in your sermon you made reference to the church establishment . I ; recolloct your contrasting the present condition of professing Christians with the primitive state ef Christianity . You mentioned Wesley living upon 428 ; a-year , and giving the rest away . Reference was then made to the clergyman of the church opposite ( Dr . Vale ) , who , you stated , was represented to you as being a good man . I recollect you

      surprised ! me by saying that the Sabbath was not ordained by Jesus Christ , but that you approved of it , and that you would not care if there were two Sundays in the week . You next referred to the bishops riding in splendid gilt coaches , and said if Christ returned upon earth he would not know his own professed followers . I saw you preaching at the Crown-bank tto same night . You repeated your text often ; it was , "Thou shalt do no murder . " You dwelt at great length upon the principles of Christianity , and that they must forgive and forget , and do man an injury . Coeper—Dirt you hear me recommend murder 1

      WitnesB—No , quite to the contrary . I remained until the close of the discourse , and went with you direct from the meeting to Jeremiad Yates ' s house . I left you between ten and eleven o ' clock . I saw you the next morning , the l # h of August , at the Ciown Bank- It was near eight o ' clock . You had commenced talking . I do not think I saw one person armed with a bludgeon . You had none . I never saw you use a stick in my life . I recollect you said you had addressed about 30 , 000 people at Bilston and Wednesbury . You described them as being peaceable and orderly , and that they had turned out for an advance of wages . I never heard you say that morning that the people of Wednesbury had ( s truck work to enforce the Charter . A

      man named George Hemming also addressed the meeting at the Crown Bank , and advised the people to stand out for the Charter . You read a letter from the neighbourhood of Manchester , the purport of which was that " the anti-Corn Law League had turned out the people by reducing wages , and that the Chartists thought it a fitting opportunity of getting the Charter . '' I heard you recommend all people to cease all labour until the Charter became the law of toe land . You said you believed there was no law to compel a man to work , and if he did not become troublesome to his parish , or < njure property , they had . a moral right to stand by each other whilst they got their rights . You said the Whig Government had drained the' country of

      soldiers , bo that there were not more than ten soldiers to each large town in the kingdom . You did not tell the people to fight the soldiers , but that if the people would come oat , and be determined , without guns , or bayonets , or bludgeons , or physical weapons of any kind , and only a tenth part of them declare for the Charter , it would become the law of the land . You then referred to what had taken place at the time of the Reformation in justification of what yqu asserted . Referring to the harvest , you Baid , " 1 « e yeomanry cavalry do that part of the business ; " but I did not hear you , direotly or indirectly , advise the people to go and take vhe corn . I did not [ hear you that morning recommend any violence , nor , from what you eaid , did I expect that any violence would take place that day .

      Cooper-r-As a man and a Chartist , upon your oath , did you expect any violence to take place that day ? Witness—I did not . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—The witness has stated so before .. Witness—I did not see any person leave the meeting armed with bludgeons , but shortly after its termination I saw a number of men break into Harris ' s shop for bread . I seized hold of one or . two of the principal rioters , asked them if that was the way in which ] they expected to carry the Charter , and turned them out of the shop . I returned home , and in consequence of what my wife told me I followed the mob m the direction of Stoke , and saw them do the damage near Mr . Ridgway ' s manufactory at SheHon-bridge , I followed the mob—Mr . Richards , Queen ' s Counsel—The meeting .

      The Judge—Pray don ' t interrupt the witness . You are putting words into the mouth of the witness whioh he never used . Cooper-f-This is not the first time the learned counsel has done so . It is extremely unfair and unhandsome . Witness . —I afterwards gaw the police-office at Stoke destroyed by fire . [ Witness proceeded to detail the ] outrages committed on the night of the liih at Stoke , Feuton , &o . The particulars have already b ^ en given at length in tha Star . ] I reoollect , when at Bailie Rose ' s house at Penkule , I saw tbe witness Edward Abbington , and others , devising some way to avoid being eeen by the soldiers . I did not hear Abbington , however , give any direct encouragement to the parties .

      Cooper .- —Did Abbington appear to applaud or approve of what was going on 1 Witaess . —Yes , he appeared delighted ; and said that was the way to make an impression upon Government . The Judge—In common justice you ought to have questioned Abbington as to this point , as probably or possibly he would have explained it away . Cooper ;—I was not aware that the witness would give sucli evidence , or 1 certainly should have examined him upon the subject . Witness . —I again saw you ( Cooper ) about halfpast four o ' clock that afternoon . You were walking quickly to and fro before Jeremiah Yates ' s . You appeared { much excited . I went with you to the George and Dragon , and from there we sang , " Spread the Charter" to the Crown Bank , where a

      meeting was held the same night . I heard you reproach the people for their conduct , and refuse to shake hands with them for their drunken , riotous behaviour . You requested Whiga and Tories , middle-class people , and all parties , to come and hear what you said . You particularly wished them to hear you . You did not applaud the violence which had taken place . I heard you say , " You have done perfectly right this morning in turning out the hands , " and reprobate their conduct in other respects . You frequently proclaimed the words , " Peace , law , and order . " You said in the morning you bad recommended them to go for the Charter , ja , n . d tkoy Kad missed their way . I believe you laboured uader great fear at the time . Cooper—1 tell you I did not . I do not know what fear is . i

      Witness—I vras at the outskirts of the meeting until its close ; but I was rather restless myself . I followed you on your return to the George and Dragon . This would be about halt-past eight o ' clock , as far asil can remember . I went into the front parlour with you . When you got into that room you seemed feverish with excitement . I went with Tomkinson to John Lloyd ' s to get a spring cart , as , in consequence of prejudice , it was feared you would be annoyed , and unable to get a conveyance . Cooper—Why , did you ever leave my Bide ihat night ?

      Wituess—Never after nine o ' clock , but this was before . I was refused the accommodation of the spring cart . From nine o ' clock I remained in the room with you until as near as possible twelve o'clock . ] I meant to be in the room . I sat by your side . Henry Foster and wife , James Oldham and wife , John Bamford , J . Richards , Tomkinson , Silvester , several females , and many others were in the room . The prisoner , John Richards , left about ten o ' clock . ; I recollect an attorney named Pilcher , of Hanley , coming into the room very frequently . When he once came in the money which Yates had paid you iwaa lying on the table . I will undertake to swear ten thousand times over that you ( Cooper ) was not out of the room at the George and Dragon from nine o ' clock until twelve . I left the room at

      twelve o ' clook . Yon had on a coat and hat which Miss Hale , the landlady lent you . You asked for them to disguise yourself . About fire or six o ' clock we weatjout of the house together . I took you up Market-street , across the fields , past tkeCock saw a policeman there , and went over to near Mr . Riohards ' s door . We then went to Thomas Maher ' s in Upper Hanley . It was a very dark night , and dark all I tbe course we took , except up Marketstreet . ( Witness gave an account of Cooper ' s leaving i u 0 Potteries on the night of the ISth of August . ) He" hadjneve * seen nor corresponded with Cooper from * £ hat time until the present Assizes . Cross-exa saiued by Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—I was at Sheltob during the special assizes . I am quite sure I was ^ at Stafford on that occasion . This 18 the first time I have been in the court during these assizes . Have spoken of being present during a sermon preachsu b y Cooper from a text ouc of ' Isaiah / ' Can't } tell bow long it lasted ; it might

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      be about an hoar . Before that sermon was delivered there was considerable distress in our neighbourhood . Don't recollect seeing a policeman named . Swan present at the serrron . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—I will refresh you * memory . Do you recollect Cooper gave out a hymn commencing

      " Men of England , yon are Blaves , " Beaten by policemen ' s staves !" Witness—I have heard that given out many times , but I can't say that Cooper gavo it out that evening . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—You have frequently heard those lines sung at religious services on tht Sunday , have you not ? Witness—Yes , I have . Cooper—They are frequently snng at Chartist services . The Judge—You have no right to assist thf witness . We must have no more Bttch interrnn . tions . r

      Cross-examination resumed . —The discourse a £ Fenton was delivered about two hundred yardsfron the police office . At the meeting at the Crown-bank on the morning of the 15 th , did not hear Cooper say anything about the Conrt of Requests at Hanley or Leicester . From the time I left the meeting to ths time ! saw the mob breaking into Harris ^ shop was abont an hour . Saw them going in tk * direction of Lord Granyille ' s works , but did not see them go to turn out Ridgway ' s workmen . Heard Cooper say , that the Whig Government had drained the country of troops . It was after that the resolution was carried , to suspend labour until the Charter wag established . Can ' t say that Cooper put the resola . tion , or you should soon have it . I was within sound of his voice , and heard every word hie said . Did not hear him say that the following day , the Uth of August , being the anniversary of P « terloo , thert wore to be meetings all over England . He saw b ?

      his watch that it was nine © clock when he took big seat with Cooper in the parlour of the George and Dragon , and left at twelve o ' clock . Mr . Forrister ' a offices were about half a mile from the George and Dragon . Heard they were on fire about half-past ten o ' clock . We could hear the shouting of th * people in the streets through the window . Mr Parker ' s house was about a quarter of a mile frojQ the George and Dragon . After three o ' clock I sair the houaes of Mr . Aitken and Mr . Parker on fire . I do not know that any of the party at the Georgs and Dragon left the room when we heard of For . riater ' s fire , not even to inquire . I am sure that neither Cooke nor I did . Thomas Mahex ' s house is on his way from Hanloy to Macclesfield . Whea we got to his house he got up , part dressed . T , h * witness was further cross-examined , but nothing par * ticular , in addition to what was stated in his ex . animation in chief , wa 3 elicited .

      Mary Haly , the landlady of the George and Dragon , at Haniey , was next called to corrobo » rate somo portions of the testimony given by th « last witness . She was left under crosa-examinatioi at half-past one o ' clock , when our report waj despatched . ( Continued in our fifth page .

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      Friday , Mar . 81 . —To this day ' s market there is a moderate supply of Wheat ; rather higher pricjj were demanded , but the millers were not disposed to purchase freely at more money than last week . The supply of Barley not being adequate tho demand , the whole was taken off at a further improvement in price ; but Oats , Shelling , and Beans were in limited request without material alteration in value .

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      chargeable to the Rates or Assessments for tha Repairs of the Highways thereof , will be held hi the Vestry of the Parish Church , in Leeds aforesaid , on Thursday , the Sixth day ofi April instant , at Twelve o'clock at Noon , to audit the Accounts of the Board of Surveyors of the said Highways for the Year ending the Twenty fifth day of March last , pursuant to an Act made and passed in tha Sixth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth , intituled "An Act to Conso * lidate and Amend the Laws relating to Highways in that part of Great Britain called England . " Dated at Leeds aforesaid , this First Day of AprQ 1843 .

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      O'CONNOR , Esf . of Hammersmith , Con * Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at bia *** ing Offices , Noe . 13 and 13 , MMkit-street , Bri $ T ud Published by the aald Joshva H 0 » S » ( Tor tha said Feamus O'Cokxob , ) at his P *? liHg-honsa , No . 6 , Market-street , Briggata ; J internal Communication existing between tbe «•* No . 5 , Market-street , and tbe said Nos . 12 «* 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus constituting ** whole of the Baid Printing and Publishing ^ one Premises . AH Communications must be addressed , Poat-p ^ Mr . Hobsok , Ntrihem Star O / Ice , Leedi ( Saturday , April 1 , 18 < 8 . )

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      8 THE NORTHERN STAR .

      Staffordshire Assizes

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      Wakefield Ocrn Market.

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      Notice Is Hereby Given, That A Meeting Of The Inhabitants Of The Townbbip Of Leeds

      NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the TownBbip of Leeds

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 1, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct796/page/8/