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      lEAEGUSiO'COKKORi ESq , IN BATH . In accoTdauce witi bflls issued bj the Committee ttfiis J ? atioa&T € u&rler . AKomfion of this eiiy I * the citizens of Bath , announcing that a public meeting ; to take into consideration the present * 8 siressed state of the country , -would fee held at Mr . Salisbury ^ Lxrge Room , ^ mEEmead-sqnas * , on Jloiday ^ Tening ,-3 in 3 j 24 . annmber of the * rork-5 niFjclas 5 e 3 , Tritfc » fair sprinkling of the cuddle order atfended ^ tthe thne jsperified—serea o'clock , ihoigh so small , ' -when « onadering-that 4 haA nnflitw ^ lng advocate and noble chatnpraa of the ¦ people's . cause , Pesrgni O'Connor , was to address theineefinfo as-evinced the general apathy so constaaayaiorain « iis « tyiipoB « Ssi ^«« B . As iha « Tfiung * QTa » eed lowered the mnnbeis increased

      , until wevrere gratified ' at seeing the room * which as capable of holding- between ^ M and 2 , 000 , pxettTTraill SS « S * ° 8 t ? e * iearry recepnon lo the jjlorions vindicator © I [ tnerigfcts-ef « an . Mr . CBJSPTOse anud ^ " « eaitmned « heersaiid clappiBgof hands , and said ^ fveSBBlTDg that yon are not iere to listen to me , bat for the potjkisb of he&rine ihejgentlemsn on mj left t $ lr . OXJonnot ) I shall occupy but a short portion of your time . The bfll 1 hold in my hand announcing this meeting , is leaded *; Qtizens of B&tbf' and proceeds , "A public netting to take into consideration the present distrefesed state of the country , -mil be leld at Mr . Salisbury ' s Large Room , 7 , Kingsmead-square , on Monday eveningJuly 24 , the chair to T > e taken at

      , seven o ' clock . " "With a hill like this , announcing & meeting for the purpose of taking -into consideration the present distressed slate of the country—Ihe theme of conversation in every pars . of the land—the Bribject of rdisenssion ' in Parliament , so deep-looted that e * ea the great Peel was Dot able to deal -with it ; ie should hare thought that instead of the scanty Appearance of ( hat room , they 'would hare found it insufficient to contain the people who -would hare-come there , and that crowds ¦ would have congregated in ihe square oatside . He Should Juvve thought iiat the sympathy of which they Trere csnfinuaDy "bearing so much -wonld have shown iteelf upon Bnch an occasion as this . Where waaine sympathy of the rich , of ihe clergy , of the

      middle -crass , Trtnch was ever being picclaimed 5 They saw little of it there that nishfc . And they ¦ would see little of it until the end of the present system 'was come —« stil it was crumbled in the < last , sad tiieir ieethl > egaii to crackle , and their knees lo knock together with fear —( cheers ) . Then irooia appear their - ^ rmp&tby , when they were pinched themselves , and not tiU then . They showed their sympathy at present by taunting the people ¦ with ihe ? cry that they were not educated , whilst they ! oppressed , bore down , and robbed thempf the Trw > sCm of edoe&iRH *—( bear , ^ hear ? ^ And if the people dared io think of "ddierJB ^ their condition , or speijt ygyppt their oppressors , the sword and the hajenet was brought against them . Man ' s history

      ¦ was : war . Every page of listory was a record of therneb opposed to the labonrer , of the aristocracy against the working classes , the opulent and the industrious , ihe greedy monopoliser ' s ^ destroying arfiaence npon all that was BBcml in society—{ cheers ) . He should have thought that a meeting for taking inio consideration tie present distress needed Only to bfrioentioaed io i&ve caB&d forth the energies of every one totherqne&tionof the unfortunate dilemma : so fast approaching—( hear , tear } . Look to Ireland —( cheers ) . The conditioner that country showed -whit men could do when they were banded together—Xhear , hear ) . There was an individual in that country who possessed the affections « tf the united people : and those affections enabled him to

      stand against the Goyenunenl—a Government that would cutliim down , would persecute him , would basolekim , woold rain him , if they could—Chear ) , X « et Ihis stale of thing 3 contimie for a short time , and th » would see oppression and tyranny falling be&re ^ C people who not only willed freedom , bm wtre determined to possess it—( cheers ) . The people of Ireland desired a share in the Government of ibeir « mntry . They trerelanded together for the purpose of obtaining what they desired * _ Tpere ¦ wa s a mutnal sympathy Trith them on this point ; and he wished ihe people of Eagland to mute for the Earoeinrpose . But there were a great number of peoplein flus country who lad not yet Mt the bitter sting of poverty and want . When they began lo

      feel privation then they wonld begin to nnite- He iad hope ^ for Sugljuid , Tfhichhad been the « radle of freedom , was not going to lie its ' gravt—( cheers ) . At no period liad there ever been anything like the present surrlsg movement . If tbey 3 ooked to Wales wnat was the cans © of the present disturbances ^ there I It was distress I They complained of the oppressive nature of the toll 3 . And if there was -anything inimical 4 o the interests -of any class of the people , a virtnous Government would remedy it . Bnt -what was ihe remedy of the present Administration ! Their remedy was to send down barxels of gunpowder , bayonets , pistols , and soldiery—{ hear , and cheenQ . Mr . C . then reverted to the state of thB Gwrch in Scotland ; and contended ,

      thas for the last ten years xhe present distress : had bees . ' progressing , and yet no one coald-5 > e found to tell them how to get rid of it . We Bhonlil offener * OHsnlltogeQieron . this point . The present system of distress destroys both foreign and icmesfie trade 5 ibr the greas majori ^ r ha ^ e not ^ rherewlih-to purchase . The land has got into few hands , and no means have been taken to relieve the consequent -want of employment , distress , and misery . If the Gorerament bad conspired for the purpose of seeing hiow bad they could govern the country , they couM jnbt Lave brought aoout a wo , rse state ibr things—< bear } . They wanted a just and « jniiable Chartist Souse of CbmmonB— ( cheers ) . Bad they think they conld be worse off under such

      than , under the praeent 1 ~? 8 o Government could be -worse . When they -came into office they were allpowerfnl—they iad the power to remove grievances ; bat nowthe evas ^ ere twenty times more than « ver . Instead of lookin ^ Jnto and alleviating the distress of the people , thefitraBe of Commons had been n'ght afi « C night discusai ^—( a -roice—ncmsense)—trifles , aye nonsense , exeepfins ihe pbjaeal force bill for Ireland . Bnt O * Cennelldrd not want phyacal force : He had aiigher class of amunition in store than guns and swords , andlayooBfci ; be « onld meet theGo-TernnJMit rwith no ti 3 iBS , " Tio taxes , no poor ratestcheefs ) . The peeple of Ireland wonld not meet tbem ^ mihiintSjperca ^ Sn caps , or gunpowder , bnt ¦ willi Dockets bntUmed > np—( lond cheers ) . Imagine

      such-atMng as alarmer having ms cattle or stoca brought o « to be sold tj wstJon , for refusing to pay any of those Tents , or tithes , or taxes , and the anctioneerisurroundediry 1100 , 000 men , saying , "Hear gentlemen , is a fine « £ j = or anytmng eke , what do you offer , gentlemen V * What wonJd the reply be think jonJ- ( A "reice , ^ Nothing ''; and cheers ) What Bwessitr then was -there for physical force 1 —( cheers ) . Jnst itaitiiotihSng . Mr . O'Connor had travfiUfid np and -down ihe ^ country , and bad seen JDDch of the distress prevailing 5 could harrow np their feelings with 38 anx"instances of misery aiid wretchedness which had come under his own observarion , and it was nnneeeEsary that he ( Mr . Cn ? p ) should xeeite particnlar instances when distress was

      fo general . This country like every other gene paEt declension , « 3 chibited the extremes of poverty and ^ wealth , luxury and % ant . It had been said thai tcose whom God designs to ruin he first strikes wiib madness ; and be verily believed onr rnltrs weretaad . All classes were desiring a change ; and a change would 4 ake place , and it would come wiih a vengeance too—( cheers } . We had no external resources , and wa were devoid of internal ones . We had nothing to meet the . present distress . Coold It be d ^ na by taxes and f » ah . bnrdensl J ^ o . The mischief jiad been done , axti it was now too late to mead- / Tme , a pariiameni elected by the people might flo something ; and soch a parliament they jnn * t iave-rone representiiBg ^ not a class bnt the people—tflond and long-coatanxed cheers ) .

      Mr . Beiwztt then rose and « poke as follows : — 2 At . Chairman and respecBed fallow oiiizens , I feel that I never appeared before jou ^ with greater diffidence feac on the present occasion . I say it is with ddSdence , i } ecanse I have only to carry my mind back » fBTrjlajs to rembember the arrival of one indmdnal in © nr city and the jmaiber of ¦ persons , a large number of whom were of Ae ^ voriing classes , dr&-st d in tibclr best clothes , w « e -then assembled lo wfeicome 3 ksj ; -white * upon ihe present . OCCagi On ¦ where- a gpfeteet so -vast in xotportance as that for cur consideiation ibis eveoiug is to be discussed , io few , compaiatiyeiy speaking , are tobefountj , who ^ ke an intares ; in it . ( Hear , bear . ? I presume , -however , fxoni Asmaioier 5 a whirii g-on-received the jsentiments

      « pi 5 c = ed by fiie Qiairman , that you ¦ te&everthe ^ issess to be general . I -do -not expect ik f won ^[ Ae atejtted « tter by hex Majesty or Jfti £ ce Albert . Wisstbej pas tnroo ^ i . the country ftej see og lj tkeirj ^ t side of the ^ eaion . Ko ^ doait Ins Boyal ffi ^ aess went back ttf her Majesty last apeek and toid i ? r that the appearance * f the people osspoke hxppiaass , contentmeBt , and prosperity , £ Hear ,: besi 3 ^ ut , O I in this fashionable ety tb » 3 were thea ^ majcgrinothers who , erhen tiieir children . cried for losA ,. ' hs £ L no bread to ^ Tej&fai ( Sear . ) -Such cases are Jwtsolitary ; and it was -ota-Autf tofeaJ and symsakUfiso with the cka-essed . ( Oxeers . ) - 33 iey wereiaetibr flie purpose of taking into ^ onsiderj 4 ion the disircss&d state of the eocn « y Be felt it was unnecessary ie .-shonld cite iiiKaiices of diBteesB , for there waB iiot ^ Qe iff that roo » . > , p wi lh

      lelt . J ^ ped ^ s ^ o - 'SPere sot . ^ goatmed eases whiislHaa comesmder their tBtii . ' ^ iStial notioe , "wkere ther « hiain g blast ^ of poverty iAd worked its d ^ e * lanng eJBeets . ( H ^ o- . > We » thare ione in that room who worked jdthout * &Ja -yepiuneration for iheir labour i Be f ^ ied there » ere * Eflny . Be felt ie had : a dwiy to petfonn , besides ^ ossidering the jdistreasr-itwwio EnfigestaremBdj ^ ^ Hear , hear . ) Some wonld sa ^ Hay watted time t © jtsderstand ; ethers W'iwldjihilosdphiBe ; but ttiej xettst . meet-the pr £ Eent filfficullies openly , and for themselyaa ; for if the / Idfc ii ^ lo p «^ Gtnrergment , that Gowatnment would deceira-thBiB . ( Chess . ) What , ih&Xj js the Temedxf « ihe : preseat Jaistrfi ^ ? There ar /» se-yeral dasses " j > f 5 polificiaiis jnggesiipg their -i £ medi ^ . l ^ rct wunte J rtnlTfgnGfanrdi party , end they suggested aeirs ^ bnt ^ i ifcmld iaTe tbi peoplB Sepend upon it * feft ? . W |^^ " *«" ' CfiiiMk' was a WP * irewlaB . d

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      ch « CEe qaestion . But what was the renredy pro-• 3 s » -d by this party 1 It was to *« rtld more -obnrobes—( iB ^ ghter ) . He was nol disposed to believe in the efficacy of this remedy . Then came the manufacturers ,: and the f remedy they propose iB the Repeal of the Com laws . O , we Bhall then roll in riches- ^ daoghter )! I do not believe the Repeal of the Coin LawB would produce that state of tbingsiso desired , and therefore I donot lhink it » y duty to agitate that question . The Whigs , too , bring their remedy ; and they give us for the xeaoval of-distress anew Poor Law—» bastile—{ laughter ) . Thos they make peoplepoor , and then paaish them for being so . They have also another remedy—taxing thetaxes ; neither of which lemedies meet my approval—( cheers ) . There ib

      another class who hare made war with tnrnpikf gates . "Every one to Ms fancy ; they jhave theirs—I have mine , finvl donot intend adopting their remedy either . I have another ; and { the remedy I suggest , and 1 suggest it in seriousness , and if yon agree with me when 1 propose it , I } demand jqnr oo-opeiation to assist in carrying it out . I desire your assistance to destroy class legislation . This is the evil under which the working and mercantile classes suffer 5 and nntil destroyed ., misery , wretchedness , crime , and starvation would be the inhabitants of oar-country—^ bear ) . He would not oecnpy their time loDger , as they were anxious to hear that noble fnend of the poor man whom they would have the pleasure of bearing that evening . He hoped

      they wonld appreciate what they heard , and come to the determination to unite in carrying out the principles expressed , and in establishing a purely representative government . He would read the resolution he had to propose , which fully embodied his sentiments , and if it met their approval he hoped 10 meet them at the rooms of their Association , ¦ where they met every ; evening for conversation and reading , and social and intellectual improvement . He was sure there was not a man present bnt would desire England to become in reality ^ what she was now falsely called , " The glory of

      surrounding nations , and the admiraiion ot the world . Mr . B . having read the resolution , which was as follows , sat down amidst loud cheering ] : — "That exclusive class legislation is the basis and origin of bad Government , and the real catise of the present distressed state of tradesmen and working men , and all who lire by their labour . That , In the opinion of this meeting , no House of Common ' s will ever do justice to the people until that House is elected under the provisions of the People ' s ? Charter , and thns made fairly , fully , and equally to represent all classes of society . " Mr . Phillips seconded the resolution , and the Chairman introduced :

      FjSjLBGBS ( y CoSSOB , E ? g .. x who , on coming to the front of the platform was received by tremendous cheering , and bursts oT acclamation : When the cheering had . subsided , Mr . O'Connor said—Mr . Chairman , aD , d Working Men of Bath , I might naturally suppose that a resolution such as that yon have just heard read by . Mr . Bolwell wonld be proposed at any meeting which 1 was to address . Although your chairman has lamented that this meeting is not more numerously attended , yet I am not astonished to see so few here . He has spoken of the sympathy of the middle and higher classes , and of their absence to-night . But I am not ) disappointed at that respecting which he has expressed his astonishment . If there were any sectional question

      touching their own interests to have been brought forward that sight , they wonld bave been here nnmeroas enough ; Bnt when any good , for the working classes was to be the subject they were generally not to be found . They knew that he battled aeainst desolation and poverty , of which their chairman so justly complained ^ and against the system which caused it . They knew he exposed their selfishness , and advocated the cause of the working man ; and , therefore , no wonder they were absent , for they ki-ew the greatest compliment they could pay him was to stay awaj—( cheers , and laughter ) . Bat it would be no B 6 eu ) -ta ] fc of sectional distress , for distress was general . It was admitted to be general by not one Whig , or one Tory ;

      but the msjority of the Whigs admitted it , and the strong Government admitted it—( hear ^ hear ) . He was not aiionished either at the many who went to see the panper Prince , whom they bad to enpport , or the manner in which he was received —{ hear , hear , hear ) . He was not astonished that numbfrs of the working classes were there clad in their Sunday clothes ; for he was a kind of pageant for them to gaze at . He was not astonished that they should wish to have a peep at the ; bauble they paid for , —it was all they rectived for what they paid so exceedingly dear . ( Cheera . ) I In proportion as the night advanced so would the popular strength be manifested in that room . EBefore they separated he thought they would see it crammed .

      True there were more persons to see Prince Albert than theiewere to see Feargus O'CoDnor ; bm it did nol necessarily follow that there were more who held the principles of Prince Albert than there were who held the principles he advocated . ( Cheers . ) If ihe principles of himself and the pTmciple of the Prisee were sei in opposition , and the working men had to poll , he thought his would have the firgeBt support . iCheers . ) ! It did not follow that because they gave their presence they gave themselves , or their principlea . ( Hear , hear . ) On the contrary he had seep that the real democratic principle had lennd its way even into the aristocratic city of Bath , and thn working men trow what principles to adopt . ( Cheers . ) Their

      ¦ worthy chairman had referred to Ireland and the union of the Irish . ( Hear . ) He had gives the advantage to the working men of Ireland over the working men of England as regarded : their union . Let them analyse the causes which f gave them the advantage—( hear ) . The nearer men were placed to rely on those who employ them , the ^ greater was the difficulty they had to act for themselves—the greater was the itfinence of those above them—( cheers ) . This greai circumstance arose from the f&ct which their cbairmaja had touched on , ' bnt did not enter into ; namely , the non-distribution of the loud . The working men in Ireland had their larders stored for seven , eight , or nine months in the year ; and supposing it was but poor , that it was devoid of

      Inxury , yet , if they were satisfied to live upon it until they obtain their object , was it not something to arm them to the fight ! They bad amunition for eight or nine months , whilst the working men in England had only from Satnrday to Monday—( cheers ) . They , the workmen of England had only tb / ee rounds of ball cartridge served them ; whilst their fellows in Ireland had ammunition for nine months . Which then were able to EtanJ the fight with oppression ! Although the feod in the larders of his countrymen was lamentable as ia means of subsistence , yet if it vraa to lead to the regeneration of hiseonntiy , he rejoiced that Paddy lived upon potatoes to achieve so great a triumph . Secular wars axe now carried on against varions abuses at the ? auio time . Popular opinion carried the Emancipation Act : popular opinion carried the Reform Bill ,

      but it was not so popular then as it is now . Popular opinion is more powerful against the Government now than ever it was . But why did not popular opinion succeed now as then , you willsay ? It is because the factions knew that the Emancipation Act and the Reform Bill were mere shadows . They did not resist Emancipation , and why ! Because they knew they could stop it at their own doofB . They could mafie the caihocio tenantry pay the tithes , and the s-ystem wonld stand as before . The Whig franchi-e as based on the reform bill , they knew vronld benefit the people Homing ; they knew that by itihey conW resist tne people , having got all the power id to their own hands , This was why they did boot oppose popular opinion then j bnt dow the people were seeking something for themselves , and that was why they w £ re opposed DO ^ &- ( cheers . ) The field of labour « r > -which all lifpd -was the best battle field on

      which to defend their rights —( loud cheers ) . He rejoiced to see the perpetual fire which had been kept up against the Government—( cheeys ) . When Pc « l came into offiee he had the , great Duke of Wellington on his right , and the great Dukts of Buckingham on his left ; and did he not make it his boast of having the military at his back . But this great and powerful Peel has since fallen in repute . He is contemned in Ireland ; he is un-Cbrietia-n in Scotland ; Ms arm has been paralyzed by a ' . Woman in Wales—( cheerF ) . He had been asked what the Chartists bad done amongst all this I I They had not , it was true , made any direct assault . Buthe attached great importance to the Chartist agitation in tke present state of things . Be did not « ay what

      was the exact point they had accomplished . They were Jooking for a more general achievement- They had been silent , qaiescent , and tranquil .-: The people , the great power , had been looking onj whilst the factions were quarrelling ; and they wojilfl be prepared to take advantage of any opportunity which should present itself-of bettering their own concition . Peel had done nothing . He had } bad barkings and howlings at him from all quarters of the House—( hear)— -and jet be was content to remain lolled by a few friends in ifcel House of Commons . He who was all-pbwerfal js powerless ., Ireland hates him with contempt—no , that iB not Iho word ; fearing him , co ; defying fhim , Tio ; there is no word . I can use to show Ireland ' s

      treatsent of him . Ireland snaps her fingers At him—/( loud and Jong-continued cheering ) . Erary different seedon of society was complaining ftnd discontented . The commercial and manttfaeturmg interests , the agriculvorists , the shopkeepers , the -Chjaeh of Seotland i Ireland , and Wales 4- ( cheers ) . ^ interested men , calm and considerate ' ' men , reasoning and thooghtfnl men , I would as £ you how «* s ajGovernment hold together when interests bo « PJK « nte « Te all opposed to itj Mr . Bolwell had sH * enofilie remedies proposed . There were two pet r eme | H « of men at present . Oflefwws the Repeal of tiw Corn Laws , and the other a kind of fcransportatwn . O pe will tell you , yoa must depend SU heJ ° ™ P > sr for trade and sustenance . The other , there is sarpjns population , youmuat emigrate . But are yon content to remain at home to competa vnth , a ** be trampled upon by artificial power Mid at length , when machinery jmd done StTvork 15 . 4 f-pnvmg them of the m , eans © f sMbAsUnos , to be

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      sold to go : t 6 America , to Canada , to New Zealand , to Australia , to New Brunswick , to Prince Edward Island ,-o ?^> th e 4 fTJl if you like . They care not , bo yon are fyem their sigRt . —( cheers ) . The Chartists had kept themselves from assisting either party in tjarryiBg UlSSr crotchets . The Whigs containing some of all these crotchity parties ; the Whig ? , one of themostltreacherons body of meit that ever existed , came forward with their fine professions ; but the Chartists would have nothing to do with them . Whenlrelaiid wanted justice , it iyas found that coercion was required first of all id calm the public mind , and prepare them for the reception of it . The Gomiciliary ^ vetem was adopted in all its tyranny and blackness ; villainous policemen had been

      allowed to enter the houses of the people , and the naked mother ; springing from her bed of straw , was obliged to answer their questions . But the nakedness of suctl women was virtue . They would prefer their straw bed and their nakedness to crawling ti , » nd begging of , those who placed them in their miserable ' condition . Wonld you refuae the hook , when they [ tickle you on the " back I They have stopped the ^ popular voice . They have proposed an Arms' Bill now for Ireland ; they may take from the Bishop ind give to the lower dignitaries ; they may make alterations ; but the people want substantial changes . You must awake . If the present distress is allowed to destroy one portion , it will soon with one fell swoop destroy the whole .

      Macmnery may not yet have crossed your hills and exerted its direfnl influence in your town ; but yet you feel its J effects now , and yo « will feel it more . Men will be driven from the manufacturing districts , and they will come and settle amongst you , and consequently more labourers will be in the market ; , and ; tbe effect will be felt by you . Do not think Bath Will be the one fair spot in the bosom of the country , for it will come evea to the beautiful city of Bath ; its desolation will be universal—( hear , hear ) . But you are moving . Something has been done . We ihare not toiled in vain . A few years ago , if 1 had come among you , you would have met me with " Hufroo , Pat , what brought you here V So opposed was the feeling of Englishmen

      to Irishmen . But the case was altered now ; and Englishmen were as willing to listen to an Irishman as to one born under their own nose . Do we owe nothing to this change of feeling ! I hold now as good & position as any man in the country . I have eradicated the feeling of enmity , and established a mutual feeling in its place between the two countries . Was this nothing to achieve 1 They heard of Repeal .: What did it mean ? It meant a free Pariiameni . ' Not one to interest itself in roads , bill ? , or railroads for England , or English finances , bat to look to the grievances of the people of Ireland . Repeal would be a benefit to Ireland and to England . Bnglaud had a right to demand the Repeal upon English principle , as much as Ireland had to

      demand Repeal upon Irish principle . And why ! Because Ireland at present was a burden upon the English p 2 ople—because the time of their own House of Commons which ought to be looking to their interests , waa all taken np by Ireland ; yes , it occupied their attention six night 9 in the wet k , and they only sat five , and sometimes counted out the House— Daughter ) . Yes , this appeared funny , but it was xhe cafe . They only sat five nights a week , and it took them six nights to look to tbe affairs of Ireland . Was it not then the interest of the English people 16 demand the Repeal of the Union ! Mr . O'C . then referred to the taunts of their enemies that wh < n the Irish had a Parliament they did not derive any benefit from it , and showed that the IriBh

      people never { had a Parliament to represent their interests , but that it waB confined and restricted , and at length when the English Minister poured bia gold into it , and they betrayed their country , it could not be said the people , or the people ' s parliament did it . The charge he had to make against it was , that the Catholics could not send Catholic members to Parliament . That seven-tenths of the people had ' no voice or power in it —( loud cheeri- ) . He was glad to see the progress of intelligence amongst them , intelligence was now on every pasting breeze . The people now felt intelligence to be of more value than gold , and sought it before luxury or ease . ( Hear , hear . ) There was not time to tell of all the injustice which had b + en exorcised towards Ireland . He would ask them

      bowever , which was most guilty , the ignorant man who eommitted Hoarder , or the rich ruffian who would tempt him to do it 1 He should say tbe viliain who tampered witb , and excited the man ' s wicked appetites and passions , and hurried him to the deed . So it was with their Parliament . It was the English Ministry who had wiougbt all the injury towards Ireland . It was said again but England is your right . arm , would you sever yourself from her 1 Tme , England was the right arm ; but then Ireland was the belly . Ireland was the body . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) England was only the arm—a member . The Irish were told of their commerce with England , and of their dependence upon her in that respect . He Bhonld like to see the

      commerce . All the benefit Ireland derived from it was , that she gave England pigs and they gave her parsons ; and who wonld not sooner have one cart load or pigs than a legion of parsons I ( Cheers and laughter . ) He did not wish to excite their laughter . He desired to arrest their attention . He wished to convince them that this question was of equal interest to them as Ireland . It was said , too , that Ireland could not remain an independent state by herself . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) So it was said of Belgium , -when Holland was accustomed to make her a draw-farm for h * r kings and for her aristocracy to enrich themselves upon . But when Belgium awoke , and drew up the Charter of her liberties , and set herself free from her connexion

      with H Hand , from that time she increased in wealth , and has become as she ought to be—a free and independent state , occupying a , place amongst tbe nations . So now their tyrants may declare the funds steady , but they may be assured they were not very steady whilst Ireland was in its present state . It was a sturdy assertion of the Irish Dnke of Wellington' that he would prevent the Repeal of the Union . Bat they must always read such assertions with a rational dictionary , and the qualification he would attach to this was—if the > Irjsh people wonld allow him—( Cheers . ) The Irish people had different laws forced on them to what the English had . Thev had been treated as brutes rather than human beings . ; They had been designated aliens in

      language and in blood —( Cheers . ) The Repeal of ihe Union would not be objected to by the working classes of thtsconntry ; it waa the aristocracy who would be its opposers . He could imagine them losing an epaulette from their arm , or a knee-tie or a shoe-buckle by the Repeal , and he knew how warmly tuey would object to this . He fancied them on the Continent being taunted that they had not been able to govern Ireland , that they had allowed her to proclaim her independence . He could fancy their downcast looks to see in them opposition to the rights of the Irish people—( cheers ) . What had been the result , of the agitation against the Factory Bill and all the other measures brought forward by Government ? Why , that they were all

      gone to the tomb of the Capulets . This bad been the result of popular opiniou ; and now the great question of 'Irish liberty was before them , would they not cry hurrah for Ireland ?—( loud cheers ) . When this great question came before the public , they shewed the real principles of Chartism by remaining inactive—they did not float their ship by the side ot Repeal , but had allowed her to ride openly and engross alone the public mind . They had dene so because their principles Were wrapt up with Repeal . Kepeal would not benefit Ireland ot itself ; be would not have it without an extensive and ( truthful representation for the people . This was the great foundation of the people ' s political rights—a lull , fair , » ndfreeTepreaentaiion— { cheerB ) . The English people were not to he led astray by abstract questions . Their mind had been fixed upon this great question , and who would

      dare to stand agaiost the rushing sfnam of such a public opinion as that of united Englishmen and Irishmen upon this question 1 Or who should be found to show the exact point of measurement where this public opinion should stop in its mutual sympathy 1 What had it done already ? How had it not paralized the strong arm of the Government ? In what a position had it not placed the military Duke , with his won ' t grant Repeal ; or the great Peel , with bis military at his back ; or Lord John Russell , with his final Reforms j or Lord Paimerston , with his " hour not yet arrived" ! What grievances had they to dispel , heart-burnings to allay . Tbe landlords were watching them , aid ft-lt ais-con ! exited , Rebecca ¦ was in arms against tlie turnpike gates . Then there * as the great question between landlord and tenant of ftxity of tenure . ; Then there was the Ghuroh . The landlords were the trustees of the Stale Church .

      It was the Chnrcu that was > he bone of contention in Ireland—( cheew ) . Mr . O'Connor then entered into a warm description of the depopulating system carried on by toe landlords in Ireland , and contended that } the Chartist franchise was the only means which would enable the working classes effectually to : grapple with their oppressors . He then went through the various interests of society , showing the effects of the present distress upon each , and the results to each when labour was high or low . He then ! showed the evils of the present system-of government , and tbe necessity of uniting to btirjg about a ] change . It was for the purpose of unitingihtm that . he had come among them . He had bees for the ; last ten months only a prisoner at

      large . And h was to the clevernees and ingenuity of his friend and their friend , Mr . Roberts , that he was then at liberty . When be saw the power opposed to us , be must Bay that Bath had reaBon to be proud that it owned the first solicitor that was ever able to battles gainst the strong powers of Government and come off bearing the palm of victory . And now that he was jonee more set at liberty from the langB of the Government , he was determined to heal , if possible , any'differences that might have crept in amongst them . To bring all into a state of concord and union . There were sore burdens pressbg all around , and many wero the difficulties and much the opposition they had to contend against . But fee was iet $ Y §< l to bra , YB * hem all—( cheers )

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      Their Organization had been much neglected , and they had lost many opportunities on this account . But ) he was determined to re-organise the movement and i ^ hat was the purpose ) of his present tour . Many were the contentions around them between the varions factions , but he hoped tho Chartists would stand still ; with folded arms and let them fight their own battles —( hear , hear ) . He hoped also when their Plan ; of Organization should be perfected , they would start from the point at ) which their agitation was stopped—not going backward but progressing from thatspoint—and that they would once again take the lead ] in the battle front oil oppression . He was ready to take his position . He had suffered 16 months solitary ; confinement in a felony cell —( shime , ehame )

      His j constitution had been weighed down and broken in upon , but he / was not yet crushed He was ! there after all their efforts to put him down , to dare the Government to its face , and tell them that ! Feargua O'Connor was again their open opponent—( loud cheers ) . They had been taunted as being unwaBhed ; but he would rather spend an evening with them—with those with blistered hands , fustian jackets , and unshorn ohina , than with those who ] taunted them , with all their whiskey-punch , champagne , or claret . He placed more confidence in the honesty of the working classes , than in that of those who were called their betters . He believed

      that ' in Ireland there would not a blow be struck ; but he also believed that if the slightest opportunity was given the Government , they would be ready to let slip the dogs of war / upon the people . Hebelieve'd the people were prepared to defend themselves . His countrymen were quick at resenting injuries , acd [ woe be to that Government or those rulers who should now attempt to destroy the energies of the working classes . He believed Peel was as sick at that ( moment as any sailor that ever went to the 'Bay ; of Biscay . The DuSe of Wellington too , who told the people he would hut let them have Repeal , was not very comfortable he presumed . He would say to him— '

      Look round , unruly boy , Your battle comes enrolled , Feeble wrath , a war of waters ' : Bais'd against the head and front Of necessity and thajpeople . —( Ckeera . ) The Duke ' a were the doting words of a- doting old man ; they would , therefore , take no notice of him . Mr . [ O'Connor then expressed his willingness and determination to cast all differences to the wind which existed between him and other partieB , directly they had come forth in the people ' s cause in a fair manner ; and now that the people ' s money , industry , and confidence was likely to be used in a fair manner , he gave his cordial co-operation . Mr , O'C . then referred to his own advocacy i « f the cause

      for the last twenty years , and his sufferings since that period , which excited feelings of just indignation against his oppressors in the minds of all present . He then showed ; the manner in which the Government had deceived the people of Ireland . Ho also spoke of their own agitation , and said there | were three parts to an agitation : —1 . To collect public opinion : —2 . To organize that opinion : —and 3 . To direct the opinion . Tne two first have been brought about ; and it was now for the people to decide who should lead and direct that organized opinion . They had stood much during the course of their ; agitation , they had gone through the fire of persecution and come out nDsoaiched—( cheers ) . There was the delusive cry of " high wages , plenty

      to do ^ and chea p bread . " ' Mr . GCina most sarcastic ; manner , referred to the meeting of the Dissenting ministers on the subject of the Corn Laws . But the people had not been deluded by their humbug , and why 1 for the same reason that the burnt child idreads the fire . ( Cheers . ) The wounds were still green on the backs of men , and they were ready ! to battle against both parties , Whig as well as Tory . The people had become enlightened , and where waa the power who would now resist the might * of democracy t ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'C . then vindicated the course pursued by the Chartist leaders in directing their agitation , and ably and wittily defended the people from the charge of being [ advocates of physical force and revolution ,

      distributors of property ; &o ,, and turned the charges , settling them in beautiful style upon those who were their accusers . He could not help congratulating the working classes upon the great improvement which" had been wrought in a few years . Judgment had taken the place of passion , and he could with confidence appeal to their reason and common sense . " Knowledge is power , " and ignorance the best title to power . They had learnt to stand still and see their enemies fight like Kilkenny cuts—( hear , and laughter)—and they would ! wait until they had destroyed each other , and then they would come in at the death , and carry off the warment —( cheers , and laughter ) . If they did not receive his words as words of knowledge , he

      hoped ] what he had said would arrest their judgment , and lead to healthful conclusions . It was the working classes that Supported the shopkeepers , Milsom-street was not tupported by Mr . Beekford or any other individual , but by the productive classes . Mr ^ O'Connor then referred with bitter sarcasm to the windy professions of some parties , and showed how the burden of the takes eventually fell upon the shoulders of the working classes , and that it was the intention of the other Glasses to keep them in subjection . That some should live in the extreme of luxury and ease , whilst others were Btarving , was not the will of dispensing Providence . They tthe Tyorking clauses ) were denounced by those above them as cowards , if they would not fight

      with them ; and ruffians if they did . Now , in future they would fiftht , and they would not fight—they would ( fight when they lifeed ; and when they did not , they would not fight ; and when their opponents wished them to fight , they could send them a note , ; and they would determine whether they would fight or not . Mr . O'C . then referred to the noble exertions of Father Mathpw . He was on able occulist . Ireland drunk had become Ireland sober . The film had been removed from the eyes of the people and they had seen that they had been robbed whilst they were drunk ; but now they were sober they had begun to take care they were robbed no more , iMr . O'Connor passed the highest eulogium upon the exertions of Father Mathew , and urged the cause of temperance upon hie hearers with much warmth , shewing the advantage morally ,

      intellectually , i&nd politically , to be derived from temperance b y the working olassep , and how far it would lead to the destruction of the influence of the aristocracy ! . He would refer them to that part of the resolution which denounced class legislation . The Government of this country had been carried on by classes j without the people . They had been the trustees of the people , ' but they had not fulfilled their trusts ;; they had broken their contract , and therefore the people desired that they would hand over the trust into their own keeping . ( Cheers *) When their Organization was completed , he hoped to see them in a position to demand this right , and that they would be able te accomplish a fair and full representation of the whole people . For

      tbis purpose his whole energies would be exerted ; in reorganising their forces , and collecting public opinion —( cheers ) . He was asked what his motives ! and what his principles were . His motive was to lead the working man to work out his own salvation . His principles Were those of extreme democracy . He would not , abate one iota of the princi pka of the Charter .. If one principle was given up , then he should be apked to give up another , and so ou , until he had ( dveri up all , and then what should he get lor it 1 Why he would be laughed at for his weakness , and so he ought . He wished to concentrate such a publio . opinion in favour of Chartism as would make it dangerous for any Government to oppose it . He trusted ho had arrested their thought that evening , and that none would go

      away uriinstructed . He would tell them there was no hope ^ from the Government . Th e House of Commons waa filled with men who would come to them at an election time and spout all kinds of fine promises until he ] got them to assist him into Parliament , and then he I would vote against them and thoir interests —( hear * hear ) . He had endured the taunts , the jeers , the-scoffs , the scorn of all parties , for his advocacy of the People ' s cause . But he had done his duty , he would do his duty , and ho hoped they wouid do theirs , if they were prepared to do so , as he was , th ? time would not bo far distant when he should see them in poBsesBion of those rights they so much desired . And the labour they bestowed in obtaining them he hoped would make them prize the possession more , and they would not bo like him who

      The beautiful toy eo fondly sought , And found ! the beauty gone by being caught . Mr . O'Connor sat down amidst loud , long continued , and enthusiastic cheers . The thanks of the meeting having been given to the Chairman , the meeting separated .

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      not soon be forgotten , be promised to visit them aga'n in Bix weeks ; at tbe-conclusion of which three cheers were given for him by the meeting . Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Roberts then left the rooms amidst tbe warm congratulations of their friends , and the evening was ' afterwards spent in the most social manner , several excellent songs and sentiments bating been rang and given in the course of the evening .

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      to render his removal to a surgeon necessary . The watchmen , however , had an opporthnity of seeing the thieves , and indentified the prisoners as the party , and they were soon afterwards apprehended . The Jury found all the prisoners Guilty . Sentence deferred . The Court rose at half-past seven o ' clock .

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      SUBSIDIARY COURT , Tuesday , July 25 th . ( Before the Hon . J . S . Wortlcy , ft . C ' . ) PEnJV&r xi HUX& . Wm , WriggUsworth . who had been obV on ball , waa charged with haying committed wilful and corrupt per . jury , at tbe borough of Kingston-qpon-Hnil . Mr , Abchbold and Mr . Bain were for the prosecution ; Mr . ASPIN all for the defence . The offence witb Which the prisoner was charged originated in certain proceedings in the Police Court at Hall , to which place Wrigglesvorth , who acted as a common informer , had summoned , several publicans , who had been fined , on bis information , 2 a . 6 d . each . The fines were paid by Mr . Jones , the draper , in Hull , who , on one occasion ,, when the defendant was leaving the Court , said to him , "I

      would recommend you to go home , to read good books , and attend church on a Sunday " . A crowd was collected , and some hooting , and other expressions of popular disapprobation were manifested , and the day following , Wrigglesworth ; before the magistrates at Hull , swore that a Mr . Some , a draper , had offered a sovereign or a guinea , he did not know which , to any four persons , who wonld give him , Wiiggleswoxtb , a "d—i good hiding * " On this information , worn before a raagibtrateat Hull , a summon-¦ was granted against Mr . Jones , and at the bearing of the cose , Mr . Jones was discharged , and Wrigglesworth was ordered to find sureties to appear at the ass'zes to answer to & charge of perjury . Mr . Jones refused now to appear to prosecute the case , and a verdict of N « t Guilty was recorded .

      UTTERING A FORGED ORDER AT IHONNB . Abraham Egarr , 23 , was indicted for having on the 23 d of Jiay last . atThorne , in ther West Riding , nttered , disposed of , and put off a certain forged warrant , order , or request , far the delivery of a watch , witb intent to defraud Thomas Kellitt , well knowing the same to be forged . Mr . Warrek conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr . Aspinal . The prisoner was in the service of Mr . Lee , a farmer , at Thome , and he was charged with having forged Mr . Lee ' s name to an order for a watch , which he obtained of the prosecutor . The Jury found the prisoner Gailty . To be imprisoned until the close of present Ass ; Z-. a .

      HOUSEBREAKING AT LEEDS , William Hewitt , 22 , Henry ralenline , 20 , and John Bfiggs , 26 " , were indicted for having , on the 8 th of June last , at the Borough , of Leeds , feloniously broken and entered the dwelling house of Mr . Joshua Bower , and stolen therefrom one thermometer , two metal teapots , three silver tea-spoons , two silver tablespoons , and several other artfoles . Iiis property . Mr . Hall and Mr . MiDDLETON were tbe counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . WiLitins appeared for the prisoner Briccs . The other two bad no connseL

      The prosecutor , Mr . Joshua Bower , resides at Hunslet , near Leeds . Oa the 7 th of Jane last , prosecutor and bis wife left home , leaving the house in the care of the servants ; and it was made perfectly secure that night . On tbe following morning , about half-past five , the groom got np , and discovered that the bouse bad been broken into . The front door bad been forced open , and also that which leads to tbe cellar . . Search being made , it was found that * secretaire had been broken open , and the contents extracted . Saveral other articles were missing , and amongst them those which are mentioned in the indictment . Mr . Bower was written to ,

      informing him of what had occurred , and he immediately returned borne . Tw » notes were produced , which the prisoners had contrived to get changed , both of which were identified by Mr . Bower as having been in his secretaire , at the time it was broken open . They were belonging banks which had stopped payment during the late wirs . The prisoners were seen together on the night of the robbery , and also at the Green Man Inn , oa the Dewsbary road , early on the morning after the burglary bad been committed . No part of the property except the forged notes was produced , nor bad it been recovered . The only question for the jury was their satisfaction of the identity of the notes .

      The jury retired to consider their verdict , and en their return pronounced ail the prisoners Gailty .

      SACRILEGE AT EAST AROSLEY . William Drake and Samuel Alack waa charged with having , on the 1 st of April , at East Ardaley , broken and entered the Parish Church there situate , and stolen therefrom a quantity of silk velvat and other articles , the property of tbe parishioners ; and Hannah Bannister was charged witb having received some of the property , knowing it to have been stolen . Mr . Wilkins conducted the prosecution ; Mr . Bliss was for the defence . The facts are simply these : —On Saturday evening , the 1 st of April , the sexton of the church left that place as he expected perfectly spfe , and on going there the

      fallowing morning , be found that an entrance bad been effected through one of the windows , and that a quantity of velvet and other articles had been taken away . Information was given of the robbery , and some of tho preperty was found in the possession of the prisoners , who were accordingly apprehended . The jury retired for about three quartera of an hour , and returned into court with a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners . Hannah Bannister and Samuel Alack , had been previously convicted of felony . Th « v were sentenced to be transported for seven years . William Drake to be imprisoned and kepi to hard labour for l& calendar months . The court then broke up .

      WEDNESDAY , July 26 . C Before Mr . Justice CresswelLJ The Learned Judge took his seat on the bench ; this morning at ten o ' clock , for the purpose of passing eenences which had been left over , and which . concluded the Gaol Delivery , and terminated the business of the Crown Court . The following sentences were passed : — William Barker and William Binns , who bad pleaded Guilty w a charge of sacrilege , in the parish of Halifax , after a- previous coaviotion for felony , to be transported for fourteen years .

      William Thornton , Andrew Forbes , Samuel Ha > ffh Joseph flatty , Henry Plaits , and Frederick Foster , tor a burglary in the house of Mr . John Barff , at WakeuVld . " Tnornton and Joseph Piatts pleaded Guilty , and agaiuet ^ norfiton , Forbes , and Haigb , previous convictions tor felony were proved ; these were sentenced to be transported for life , and the other three to be transported for ten years each . Mark Hewitt * Wm Milner , and John MUner convicted of hiyhway robbery , with violence , to be transported for fifteen years . Patrick Burke , for highway robbery at Bradford , to bo transported for ten years . Wm . Blewitt , and Wm . Dghtfoot ^ convicted of an aggravated assault , whilst night poaching , to be imprisoned eighteen calendar months with hard labour .

      Thos . Graham , for stabbing , with intent to do grievous bodily harm , to be imprisoned for eighteen calendar months to hard labour . John Hanson , convicted of sheep stealing , to bo imprisoned lor cine calendar mouths to hard labour

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      Leeds Woollen Market . —There was an average amount of business transacted in our Cioth Halls , on Saturday , but scarcely so much on Tuesday , To © goods disposed of were principally of the coarser kinds , at prices that cannot be remunerating . There has been a fair business done in the warehouses during the week , but nothing to effect any change in pnees . Leed 3 Cobn Market , Tuesday , Jclt 25 . —The arrival of Wheat to ' this day ' s market is larger than last week . There was a fair demand for good fresh Wheat this morning , and 2 s per qr . [ higher , the chamber'd pamples 2 s per qr . higher , but' the market closed rather heavy . Oats and Beans have made more money . The weather has been much colder , and part rain has fallen .

      Richmond Corn Mabket Saturday July' 22 . — We only had a thin Supply of Grain in our market to-day , and Wheat , advanced about 6 s per qr . on last week ' s prices . Wheat Fold from 7 s 6 d to 8 i 6 d . Data 2 * lOd to 3 < 9 J . Barley 3 i fld to 4 s . Beans 4 s 3 d to 4 s 6 * d per bushel .

      WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . Friday , Jul ? 28 : h . —A good arrival of Wheat is reported ; which partly consists of Old Foreign ; fresh thrashed samples are ecaroe , bnt the Millers having purchased freely of late , the trade has been dull ; the finest samples supported their value ; bu stale qualities must bo noted rather lower . Oat Shelling , and Beans , are in less demand than of late but prices remain without any material alteration . %

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      O'CONNOR , Esq . of Hammersmith , County Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at bis Printing Offices , Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Bnggatei and Published by the said Joshua Hobson , ( for the said Fbabgps O'Qonito&i ) afcbte Dwelling-house , No . 5 , Market-street , Briggate ; an Internal Communication existing between tbe said No . 5 , Market-street , and the said Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus constituting the whole of the said Printing and Publishing Office one Premises-All Communications must be addressed , Post-paid , to Mr . Hobson , Northern Star O / Sce , Leeds . ( Saturday , July 20 , 18 * 3 ,

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      • i THE TEA MEETING . On Tuesday evening , another of those BSBembUeS 80 calculated to produce that lnoch-to ^ be-deaired object , " Unionl" was holden at the ' rooms of the National Charter Association , Galloway ' s Buildings . It having been announced in the bills that F . O'Connor , Esq . would attend , as might be expected with such an attraction , all the tickets , issued for the occasion were soon disposed of , and the result ; was a goodly meeting in appearance and numbers . The rooms were decorated with laurel , and the portraits of Iseverol of the leading men of the Chartist cause were hung around the walls , together with several banners and flags with appropriate mottoes Duty having been performed npon those substantial so essential to form one of these pleasing and usefol meatiiigs ^ :

      Mr . Boi / fVELL was voted to the chair , and announced tnat Mr . d'Connor , tpgethe * with Mr . Roberta , would leave them at an early hour , having to address a meeting of their fellow-ChaitistB in From © that evening . He would , ' therefore , call on My . O'Connor to address them , as ) they were , he knew , very anxious to hear him- J : Mr . O'qoNNOB then , in a moat eloquent and Instructive address , explained the reaeonof himself and Mr . Roberts hsTing to leave them so early ; and after giving sneb t 4 tiss waA encowa&mnimi to tfiejCaartiata as will

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      YORKSHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES . CROWN COURT—Mombay , July 24 . ( Before Mr . Justice Cremcell . J SENTENCES . Thomas Beaumont and Joseph Walker , convicted of stealing woollen cloth , at Hudderufleld . To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour , for twelve calendar months . j Charles Goiharty George Mason , and Samuel Kay , convicted of stealing to the amount of more than £ b , in a dwelling house at Ecclesfield , were sentenced to be transported fifteenjyears .

      James Lin ' ey and Joseph Butlerfield , convicted of a burglary in the dwelling house of Mr . John Wilkinaon , at Leeds . To be transport for fifteen years . William Smith , [ convicted of robbing Henry Woolf , at Leeds . To be transported for fifteen years . SHEEP SmSAtlNO AT BARNIKGHAM . Thomas Shaw and John Shaw , father and son , wha had been out on ] bail , were placed at the bar , the former ( the son ) charged with having , on the 17 th of June , stolen two gimmer sheep , the property . of Geo . Craft on , of Bamingham , near breta Bridge ; and . the latter with having received the same , knowing them to have been stolen , j Sir G . LEWl ^ f and Mr . Grainger , conducted the prosecution : Mr . Buss was counsel for Thomas Shaw , and Mr . Wilkiks for John Shaw . The prisoners were highly respectable farmers ; and the case occupied several hours . The prisoners were found not guilty .

      SACRILEGE A I . HALIFAX . William Barker , 27 , and William Binns , 27 , pleaded Guilty to an indictment which charged them with breaking into the parochial chapel at Illlngworth , in the pariah of Halifax , in the month of May last . Tbe prisoner Barber pleaded Guilty to having been previously convicted of felony . j-Sentence was deferred . BURGLARY AT ADDINGHAM . Thomas Cooper , 25 . William Keighley , 35 , and John Bakewell , 45 , were ! indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Mr . James Cockahott . of Adtfingham , in tbe west-Biding , land stealing therefrom flee hats , twenty yards of flannel , and twenty pairs of worsted stockings , his property . Mr . Wasney and Mr . Hardy were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Bliss defended the prisoner Cooper . Keighley and Bakeweil had been previously sentenced at tbe present Assizes to ten years' ttansportation .

      The h-use of the prosecutor , Mr . Cockahott , who is a draper and grocer atjAddingham , was entered by thieves during the night of the 23 rd of May , and the property mentioned was stoles . On the house of Cooper being searched , three batfl | were found , waieh tke prosecutor identified ; and on the other two prisoners being apprehended , the other two hats wero found on their beads , and they were all traced to have boen in the neighbourhood of the prosecutor ' s noose on the night of the robbery . j There was no evidence to prove that the house in which the property was found was Cooper ' s , and there * fore against him the Judge said there was no case ' , and by his direction the- Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty as to him ; and as the other two had already been prosecuted to conviction , no further evidence Was offered . Tuesday , July 25 . ( Before Mr . Justice Cresstuell . J HIGHWAY ROBBER ? AT BRADFORD .

      Thomas Butterfield ^ 26 , and Patrick Burke , 26 , were indicted for having , ! on the 10 th ot July instant , at Bradford , assaulted Robert Turner , sod stolen tram his person a bank of England note for £ 100 , and thirtyfive notes , of £ 6 each , of the Yorkshire Banking Company . Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Pickering were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Bliss defended tbe

      prisoners . . The prosecutor is ] a stuff manufacturer , residing at Horton , neat Bradford . On Saturday , the 8 th of the present month , he went to Doncaster , from whence he returned ou Sunday , jthe Oth . Wh- n be reached Bradford be stopped there some boars , and set off to Horton alone , about one o'cloek on Monday morning ; he bad scarcely got clear of | the houses at Bradford , when he was sea ad by three , men , who after knocking him down , robbed him of his pocket-book , containing cash to tbe amount of abqut £ ilOO , including a Bank of England note for , £ 100 , thirty-five Yorkshire Banking Company's notes , and other money . On Tuesday , the

      11 th , about four o ' clock in the afternoon , tbe two priaoneis were at the shop of Mr . Peter Galley , general dealer , Kirtrgat © , Leeds , where they selected a quantity of goods , in payment of which Burke tendered'a Bank of England £ 100 note , for which be wished change . Mr . GUlley , under pretence of getting change , went out , and gave information to Mr . Road , Chief Constable , wne went and found Barke only in the shop , the other prisoner halving , in the meantime , gone out . Mr . Read inqu . red of Burke if he knew the value of the note , to which be replied that he did j and said he had got it in London Ion the Saturday previous ; it was his own , for he had [ found it in the street He was

      then taken into custody , and the other prisoner was apprehended tbe same night at Bradford . None of the small notes wera recovered , but the identity of the large one was complete . Mr . Bliss made an able defence , and the Jury , without leaving the } box , found a verdict of Guilty against Burke for the highway robbery , acquitting Butterfleld of tnat charge . Tbe latter was ordered to be detained for another charge to be preferred against him at the next assizJa .

      CHARGE OF FORCING A WILL . Anne Peacock , an elderly lady of great respec tabiliiy , was cnar ^ ed with having forged a will , purporting to-be tbe last will and testament of Abigail MUford . I Mr . Pashley , Mr OvEEEfiD , and Mr . Johnston were counsel tor theiprosectiuon ; and Mr . Wilkins and Mr Bliss appeared for the defence . Amass of evidence was adduced , but it so completely broke down , that the counsel for the prosecution abandoned the' case . After the Judge had offered some strong observations on the couduct of ihe prosecutor . j Tne foreman of the jury eaid , —My Lord ^ we are unanimous in our opinion that this is one of Che moat flagrant oases ever brought into a court of

      justice . [ A verdict of Not Guilty was then recorded against the venerable old lady , who was assisted from the dock by several of her relatives ! who had been in attendance upon her during the proceedings . CUTTING AND WQUHDWO AT HVVDEBSTIELD . Rowland Broadbent was charged with , having , on the 12 . h of July inst . Jac HudderxSeld , feloniously cut and wounded wm . Bradley , with intent to do him Bomegnevious bodilylharmjand ThomasHeiisBroadbent , John Thornton , and Ellen , his wife , were charged with aiding and abettiiig in the commission of the said offence , j Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Pickering were counsel for the prosecution ; and Mr . bLiss and Mr . Pashley defended the prisoners .

      It appeared that on the 12 th mst ., tvto warrants were placed in ihe hands ot Mr . Woodson , a bailiff , ? uthorisiu # him to seize the goods of Ellen Breadbent , ( mother to [ all the prisoners , excepting Thornton , who married her daughter ) , lor a sum of £ 17 3 * . 2 d ., and after watching trr manotuvres of the family for some time , they obtained an eutrance into the house , when ] they found the prisoners there who seemed inclined to offer resistance to the officers , and the bailiff * were jtunied oat of possession . A general row ensued , and in attempting to regain admission , the prosecutor was struck with a most formidable instrument under the left eye , which had

      nearly deprived him ] of that organ . Toe weapon with which the injury was it . flicted was a stiok , at the end of which a ^ arge hook was inserted . The whole of the prisoners were sworn to as having n&ed Very violent expressions towards the Daitlffs , and just before the offenco in question was perpetrated , the prisoner Kowlandiwassefcn malting very particular observation of the party at the door . For thfe defence several vyhuelses were called to prove that th& iwjury was inflicted by a person named ** Beesom Jack , " who had ] absconded , and that none oi the prisoners ware a party in the transaction . Not Guiltv , i

      BURGLAKT AT WAKEFIELD . Wm . Thornton , 24 , Joseph Plaits , 23 , Henry Piatts , 24 , Andrew Forbes , 18 , Samuel Maiff / i , 21 , and Frederick Foster . \ 2 ' 2 , were chargea with having , on the 4 ih inst ., at Wjakefield , burglariously entered the dwelling-house of John Barff , and stolen therefrom one coat , two writing desks , two pounds weight Qf sugar , and two silver spoons . The two former prisoners pleaded guilty . Mr . Wilkins and | Mr . PicKERiNa were counsel for the prosecution ; the prisoners were undefended . The prosecutor resides at Si . John ' s Place , in"Waker field , and on the night of the robbery he was from home , having left the house to the caro of two servants . When they retired to rest , the doors , &c ,

      were properly secured , and it appeared that the house Was entered between the hours of one and two in the morning , for on one of the watebmen passing the hpuse about one o ' clock he tried the door , and found all right , but on again visiting the place , he discovered that the front door had been forced open . His ( suspicions were in consequence excited , and } he closed the door , rang the house bell , and sprang his rattle . Assistance immediately came up , | when the party entered tbe house , the former of whom was instantly knocked down by Thornton . $ he prisoner , Joseph Piatts , was taken upon the premises , he having attempted to make his escape from one of the windows , when he was thrown to the ground with buoq violence as

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct812/page/8/