Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 15th October 1842, Edition 5 of 5, Page 7

Page 7
Page 7
7 of 8

On this page

  • Text (3)

      Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

    • Untitled Article

      Untitled Article

    • Untitled Article

      Untitled Article

    • Untitled Article

      Untitled Article

  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Untitled Article

      ( Continued from our Sixth page . ¦ William Price pntmfnnd—He to assistant-constable Kino » iafotd oa the 27 th of August There -was ¦ m ssfcWJ w 1 t ^ * ^*^ ** Brodnnore-green . He saw T -Muy tb 616 at the resur ° * ** " Cross ^ y " ' between ^\ n& seven p-m . At that time there were about SflneffoM present Hewas speaking . He said that . VhB fcew he would b » takes , and that he mig ht as _! jJ be taken there as anywhere else . " The Dudley I ^ lry were seen coming , and they said that it would ? Hrhi to tell him that they were owning . Witness ' s rrf ^ jj gtraek with atones flaag by the mob . and ° ^ T towards the cavalry , who were headed by Mr . ? X -who read the Riot Act after great shouting ¦ \ ja hoofr * S 01116 "'rere dispersed by the cavalry , rifcens wodd not go . Wfeen Mr . Badger left the mob flung stone * . ^ tble roborted the

      * £ Whittsier , special consa , cor a last witness ' s eridtnee . On the night of the 27 th of TlUrt , » woman said to Linney , " I heard that you were lost—tint you were in prison . " He rejilied , " . No , T gin come here to-night to be taken . " ( jriffith , special constable , Eaw the prisoner . Linney , e * a meeeSog , fit the Pit-back , on the night of the o-th oJ August Priee was there . He beard Linne ) « y that if th 6 y stuck out for four days lorger , they vovld tare ^^ 'WB « ea- He BsiA ^^ tbey would be there on Wednesday , if he could keep the " reifies . " R'itness did not know what " rufflss" memt . He said jtit he should be there , if he was not taken , but he expected to be taken . James Smith , sergeant-major of the Emley troop of cavalry , was on duty on the 27 th of August , at . Broeknore- Th = rs were 500 persons present He saw the msoner Byrne throwing a stone at the cavalry . Witness told p risoner that if be threw another stone be would shoot him . The prisoner jeered and laughed at

      -jiotti&s Ksddows— Saw Byrne thrsw a stone at the golaieis-Mr . Baites—Heard Linney speak to the colliers before the 3 rd and 2 "ta of August He to 2 d the Goliiers not to go to work , wh&tevei they did . He told them that the jron-masters told them that they would blow out the furnaces , but he would tell them that they dare not do go . Tee witness wbj greatly frightened . He was threatened on the night of the 27 th . by the mob . They said , " Yonr house wants coming down . " The Counsel for the defence addressed the jary . Verdict— Guilty of an unlawful assembly against both prisoners ( Befort Sir 2 V . TindalJ

      SENTENCES OF THE PRISONERS . At the sitting of the court this morning the twenty . * bx prisoners found guilty o ! the attack on and demolition of the BeT . Dr . Tile's house , were placed at the bsr , and having been called upon by the dsrk of the jnaipis in the usual way , to know whether they had say thirg to say why sentence should not be passed cpon them according to law—all the prisoners answered ia tbe negative . The Learned JCDGE fiaid the verdict of an intelligent , patient , and upright jury hafing decided that they were gnilty of the offence charged against them , of riotonsly and tumultuously assembling and demolishing the dwelling-house of the BeT . Dr . Tale , it was bow his duty to award the just measure of punishment to the crime they had committed . It was a fearful

      offence of which they had been found guilty . By day and by night they had spread terror and alann-and dismay among the peaceable and industrious classes of the community . Ko man could say against whom the ungovernable fury of the mob would be directed-, so that all were living in constant terror and uncertainty for their lives , their property , and their families —» conditien more fearful and unhappy than that of death itself . Far an offence like that , depriTing erery one within the reach of the protection of the laws , and robbing them of all the comforts and happiness of social life , —a punishment proportionately severe must be in-Sieted , in order that all persons might learn from their example that if they added to the number of the mob , snd became partakers in their proceedings , they would reader themselves liable to the transgression of the law

      to which others had subjected themselves . Happily for the prisoners , he was saved the pain of passiEg ' senience upon them for a capital offence , and , as there was some doubt , from the wording of the act , whether he could pass sentence of transportation for life , which gone of the cases seemed amply to deserre , looking as csrefoHy and anxiously as he was able at the circumstances of each particular case , he would endeavour to distinguish between those who were present when the house was set on fire , or actively EBgazsd in the act of feeding the names , or endeavouring to prevent their extinguishment , and the others who were not perhaps b » actively engaged . Bearing these obj acts in view , the sentence he should pass upon John H&ines , Richard Wright , George Coldongh , John . Williams , Joseph Whiston , — Cotton ,

      jsd William C&rtiidge was , that they bs transported for 21 years ; that Jervase Phillips be transported for 15 years ; that Thomas Wagstaff , Jos . Saunders , Samuel Whitehouse , Joshua Gilbert , — Bankes , and Edward Smith , be transported for 10 years ; that William Shaw , William Bradbury , John Owen , JohnPowell , Dimmoek , Tort , and Hurst , be imprisoned for 12 months , with hard labour ; that James Millington , Ssmuel Eatoa , and Bichsrd Edge , be imprisoned for four months , with hard labour ; and that James Hunt , who , from his extreme youth , he hoped had been unconsciouslj led into it , be imprisoned for two months , with hard labour . He itould pass no sentence upon James Saunders , because fce bad been since tried before his brother Parke , who TDuld pass sentence upon him . The prisoners were then removed .

      CASE OP ARTHUR ( WEIL . IhsS 0 LiciT 0 S-6 ESSKii . understood thathis Learned Frirsd , Mr . L £ E , had an application to make on behalf of Arthur O'Keil , to traverse to the next session or mzzt , and he wished bis Lordship would than hear the ippiieation . Arthur ONeil having been placed at the bar , Hr . Lee requested that the indietment should be rod , and the officer accordingly read the indietment , vtich ckarged the prisoner with wickedly intending ni combining to bring the law and constitution into

      etstez&pt , and 'Kith combining to obstruct the collection of toe revenue , and induce the liega subjects to ssst the payment of taxes , and to induce large bodies of the workmen to make riots and break-the public peiee . It also charged him with *« smg violent and editions language at Rowley Regis , on the 26 th of August last , to large assemblies of the working iiMes . Mr . Lee submitted that the prisoner was . clearly etitlfcd to traverse to next assizes , on giving proper security and entering into the necessary recogni-REees .

      _ The Laarned Judge said he would take the am " - civits and depositions in trip matter , consult r »» two ksmti brethem , and give bis opinion the following morning .

      TRIAL OF COOPER FOR ARSON . Thomas Cooper , of Leicester , was then placed at the bar , with twelve oihers , charged with having riotously and unlawfully assembled and demolished tie honse of "Mr . Parker , at the parish of Stoke-upon-Tfce prisoner Cooper , a respectable-looking middlei * ed m&n , said he objected to be tried with the other prisoners . The Court nid that objection could not be enter-Uined . . Hr . Iee then Intimated that the prisoners meant to k ^ in their challenges and that it would cane & good deal of inconvenience and delay if they ^ re tried together : the object of his client , Cooper , was » t » Te a fresh Jury , who had not previously tried any of the eases . _^« rs good deal of discussion , the Counsel fer the Crown agreed to take the ease of Thomas Cooper separately , aud the other prisoners were ordered to go down from the bar .

      Ke prisoner challenged every Juror who had served on any previous trial during the Special ComnujRon , Thomas Cooper was then given in charge for the demolition of Hr . Paikert house at Shelton , on the loth of August . Mr . Lee aft £ , e prisoner had resolved to coDdnct his o * n case , and had requested him to give him the benefit Kms assistance upon points of law that might arise ^ wcting the interest * of his client Ht . Yaildi , kt was also retained by the prisoner . The SoLiciTOB-GsXEaAL stated the case as against ¦ i-hamu Cooper , and detailed the cirenmstances under winch the attack took place upon Mr . Parker ' s bousa it would appear that many of the workmen in the collieries and the potteries had struck work , and that prenocsly to the 15 th August they had committed

      T . ?** ^ rta of outrage and riot , but not of the n % ture M tint for which the prisoner -was indicted . On the morning of the 15 th August , a meeting was held at me Crown-bank , Hanley , at which very inflammatory caresses were made to the mob ; and from thence « e ? proceeded to several houses in the Eeigfabourcood , md broke j ^ plundered , and destroyed them . « tte eourse of the day another meeting was held at ™ Crown-bank , and , on the signal of a pistol being «« i , the mob went off to the house of Mr . Forester , » toeu they attacked and burned , and thenoe they went * tfce house of Mr . Parker , which formed the subject « tte present indictment The question the jury *« ad have to try wi , whether the priBoner , Thomas r * £ * h * a » one of tie mob who attacked and cfroyed &e bous « of Mr . Parker ? It was **¦ aeeeesary to show thai it «» Wi hana that

      «* are to the bouse , bat If he eould be shown » i sneh a position -wiSx the mob as to be aiding Z ni ?^ * them to the work of destruction , then be " ™« be guilty of the offence equally with those who 3 "" tted the work of destruction . It would be ' a «<* extraordinary principle of law if-that were not >* case , because the parties who aided and abetted , ? a etatea the mob , -wouW otherwise escape , while war ignorant tools would be subjected to the punish-W ^ Jr ^ other P " 1 ? » « cfcly merited . ' The ^ nied CouEsel thea stated the facts of fha ea « e aa jj ^^^ ds appeared in the evidence , and called -oary Xravis—I > m rimntpVconc * tn M . s » Vi » "«/ His is

      ^ ° =- house called Albion Howe . He is a iS 5 v » rf ^ comity- Mr- P ^ ker left his house " fi" -part elerea on the morning of the 15 th . of

      Untitled Article

      Aueurt . I remained in the honse till sear eleven at night I then left it , being afraid to itay any longer , as I expected the bouse to be attacked . There were & good many persons then about the house . All the servants went away with me , and we left the house quite empty . Mr . Tresley * s house is in the same town , about five minutes' walk from master ' s . We locked two of the doors and bolted the other inside . We also fastened the window-shutters inside . I saw it at eleven o'clock the next morning . The inner wall had fallen in , and it was a mere ahelL The furniture , wine , and everything in the house wh eons .

      Andrew Rowley—I am a potter living at Shelton . On the 15 th of Angust I was close to Mr . Parker ' s house near twelve at night I saw a number of persons standing by Mr . Pa * ker " s door . I turned my head round and saw Turner com 9 by w * th a lighted candle , and bis hat covering the candle to keep it lighted . There were between 200 and 300 persons there . They were shouting and making a noise . They had got np to the door when I first saw them . Tomer Bald , " Hen ' s a lijfht D—n your eyes , get on . " Mr . Lee submitted that the evidence now given couid not be received unless it was shown that Coeper was present , or that he was connected with the mob by some previous acts or declarations . The Solicitor-General apprehended that it would be sufficient to show that the prisoner formed a part of tbe mob . If they could not do so , then all the evidence went for nought

      The Learned Judge overruled the objection . Unless the prisoner was connected with these acts then there was no case against him . Examination resumed—When . Turner said that , others said " the door is broken open . " I think the door was broken open with a hammer . The mob then went in , and among them Turner . I saw him fo into the front room and knock down a clock and other things , and set fire to the room . At least a score went into the house ; and I saw others who had candles lighted inside . A good many stocd round outside who had sticks ; I think cudgels ; but they did not do anything . Many of them then went towards Mr . Aitken's , bnt that was after Mr . Parker ' s bouse bad taken fire . That was about three-quartfcra of an honr after the meb broke in .

      Cross-examined by the prisoner—It was abont twelve o ' clock when I saw Turner . I saw at least a score come out and go towards Mr . Aitken ' s . I saw the roof tumbling in . There were many persons who stood outside looking on out of curiosity . Josiah Mills : I am a painter and gilder of Hanley . Tb * 5 mob had turned out in the month of August , and were compelling the colliers and others to strike . They were holding meetings in different places . I was at the meeting on the morning of the 15 th , about eight o ' clock . It had then commeneedj there were about 1 , 000 present , and many of them had heavy bludgeons in their handB . I saw Thomas Cooper on the Sunday evening preach , or pretending to preach , to the crowd at the Crown Bank . I saw him at the meeting on Monday morning . I heard him say .

      when addressing the mob , that he considered himself the self-elected chairman of that meeting . After that a man come forward and moved a resolution agreeing to stand by the resolution , passed at the Manchester meeting , to cease labour until the Charter became the law of the land . I heard Cooper say it would be an easy matter to get the Charter , for if anly one-tenth part of the population were to come one on a tnven day and hour , and say , " We will have the Charter , " nothing could stop us . He also said , alluding to the strength ot the soldiers , that there vrere not more than ten soldiers for every large town in the kingdom . Alluding to the strike , he said that some people thought the winter time would be the most favourable , but he thought the present time was the most favourable ;

      that it was better to be idle in the fine weather than in the winter ; that it was better to be iale when there was plenty on the ground . He would not advise them to steal , nor would he steal himself , but left them to pnt their own construction upon it . They all rose np and shouted , and then he went towards Lord Granville ' s collieries . Those around the platform appeared to be leading the others . I followed them down , and at the first pit the engine was stopped . After tbe last engine was stopped , they ordered myself and some others who were standing on a bask looking on to come down and join them ; many hail very

      large cndgels . I accompanied them a little distance and got away . I wad present at a meeting in the county at the Crown-bank . The crowd was then greater than in the morning . It was then near seven o ' clock . I had then heard of the oatrage&that had been committed . I saw Cooper going towards tbe George and Dragon , and then he returned towards the Crown-bank , to which the meeting had bean adjourned . He was singing , and had hnndreds following him . I heard him singing in the chorus , "Spread the Charter . " The meeting was opened by singing , Cooper giving oat the lines , and the chorus was spmefcaing respecting O'Connor . I recollect two lines ;—

      " The lion of freedom ' s let loose from his den , And we'll rally round him again and again . " I heard Cooper at the meeting say that be understood man ; of them had got drunk , and that some abou : him then were tipsy ; but they must abstain from drink , or they would be sure to be detected . He alluded to what had taken place daring the day . and said he had heard varions reports—he could net say whether they were true or not . He had been at Jeremiah Yates , the Royal Oak , and the George and Dragon daring the day . I then left while he was speaking .

      Cross-examined by the Prisoner ^—I stopped the meeting in the morning till it was conclnded . I took no cotes of what yon said at any of the meet ings . I only gave those parts of your speeches that particularly struck my attention . I did not listen to ail you said , for 1 felt disgusted at what yon said . I don't now entertain those feelings of disgust towards the man , but at the expressions you used I have no antipathy towards you . I was sorry euch . words should come from any man . I first ga ? e information , ei g ht or nine days after the meeting , to the chief bailiff of Hanley .

      Reuben Greatbeaoh—I am a newspaper reporter , I am connected with the North Staffordshire Mercury . I saw a number of persons at Lord Gr&nville ' s colliery . They had juft succeeded in plugging the boilers . That was between nine and ten in the morning . They then went to the lock-op at Hanley and released three or floor prisoners . They were very noi > y , and beating about with sticks . Many had sticks in their hands . They went to the policeoffice , about 100 yards off . They broke the glass , and some persons came out with constables' staves . They threw out papers , and tore up books , and threw them about the street . The trial had not concluded when our express was despatched .

      ( Bejore Mr . Baron Rolfe . ) Bichard Croxion , John Rattlebone , Edward Wilkinson . John Brnnt , and William Johnston , were indicted with burglariously breaking into the honse of Mr . Griffin , at Cnilton . The trial was proceeding when our report left .

      ( Before Mr . Baron Parke . BURNING OF LORD GRANVILLE'S OFFICESThomas Roberts , William Turner , James Slack , Edward Smith , Joseph Wild , Henry Gibson , and Isaac Colclough , were indicted for a riot , and demolishing by fire the offices , &c . of Lord Grenville on the 15 th of August . Mr . Spooner ( on the part of Colclough ) , and Mr . Neale ( on the part of Slack ) , challenged the Jury to tke fall number of twenty . In consequence of tbe difficulty there was to empannel a Jury .

      The Learned Judge ordered the prisoners to be put aside , with the exception of Thomas Roberts , who was pat upon his trial , and pleaded Not Guilty . Mr . Sergeant Ludlow and Mr . Godson prosecuted Mr . Spooner defended the prisoner . The trial was proceeding when our express left . . ^

      Untitled Article

      LIVERPOOL . —MONDAY , OCT . 10 . The special commission for the trial of the persons in custody in Kirkdale Gaol , and out on bail , on charges connected with the recent disturbances in this county , was opened this morning , in the Nisi Prius Court The three judges specially commissioned to try the prisoners are Lord Abinger , Chief Baron ef the Bxchequer , Baron Aldersou , and Mr . Justice CresswelL Their Lordships arrived in town on Saturday night , and on Sunday morning they attended divine service at St George ' s Church , when a sermon was preached by the Rev . J . B . Moak . After the service , the taree judges rem&intd and received the sacrament During the past week , workmen were employed in making the necessary Alterations in the Session ' s-house . The benches in the Nisi Prius and Crown Courts have been so altered as to alow their Lordships to sit together , if that should be requisite at any time , and a dock has been constructed in the Nisi Prius Court , that the judges may take cases separately . The Magistrates' Boom baa been fitted op as a third court .

      The calendar contains the names of 124 prisoners , six of whom were out on bail . In addition , we believe , there are Feargus O'Connor , the Rev . James Schole-StJd , the Ker . William Hill , editor of tbe Northern Star , James Tuck , and a few others who had not arrived or whose names have not been transmitted to the Governor of the Kirkdale prison . The following is a classification of the offences , with the number of persons for trial : —Riot , 40 ; riot and patting oat fires , 4 ; riot and turning out workmen , 8 ; riot and conspiracy , 18 ; riot and assault , 3 ; riot and beginning to demolish mills , &c 28 ; riot and steeling , 18 ; seditious libel , 2 : riot and plug-drawing , 3 . Of the prisonew , 21 can read imperfectly ; 52 can read and write imperfectly ; 40 can neither read nor write , and 18 can read and write well .

      Tbe three Judges entered the Nisi Prius Court together at a few minutes past eleven o ' clock , and having taken their seata upon the enlarged beach , tie commission was opened with tbe usual formalities . The following is a list of the Grand Jury : —

      Untitled Article

      Thomas Green , Esq ., M . P ., Wittington Hall , fore man . 8 ir Thomas Whitehaad , Kni ght , Upland . Montagu Ainslie , Esq ., Grizsdale . Richard Edward Alison , Esq ., Chamock . William Assheton , Esq ., Downham HalL -Cornelias Bourne , Esq ., HaJmine HalL ' Clarence Braddjce , Esq ., Conishead Priory . William Clayton , Esq . ; Lostoek Hall . William Assheton Cross . Esq ., Red Scan . Pudsey Dawson , Esq . Hornby Castle . Richard Earle , E « j , Eden Hurst .

      William Geltison Bell , Esq ., Melling HalL ChUenhale Cbisehale , Esq , Ariey HalL James Nowell Farrington , Esq ., Worden HalL William Gale , Esq ., Lighburn House . George Martin , Esq , M . P ., Capernuray Hall . John Penny Machell , bEq ., Hollow Oak-John Master , Esq ., Croston . William Moor » , Esq . GromshilL Robert Towuely Parker , Eaq Cuerden HalL John Plumb Tempest , Esq ., TongHalLRobert Henry Welch , Esq , Leek . Her Majesty ' s proclamation against vice and immor ality was then read , after which

      Lord Abinger proceeded ta address the Grand Jury . He said—Gentlemen of the Grand Jury , it is with unaffected pain that I addre 3 a you on tbe present occasion . You are * ware of the disastrous state to which this county baa been lediiced for Beveral weeks of the present summer ; that a lawless , tumultuous multitude of persons have been assembled in varions manufacturing towns of the county , have proceeded to create disturbances , to excite alarm and terror in the minds of her if sjesty ' s peaceable subjects , and have with violence prevented working men from following their daily occupations . Such a scene of lawless violence it is impossible long to endure . Indeed , it would of itself perish by its own infirmity ; but along with it must perish the prosperity and industry of the working classes of this country . It became the duty of the Government ,

      with all expedition , to put down such unlawful and tumultuous assemblies—to preserve tbe peace and property of the subjects of the realm , and to punish , by the rigour of the iaw , the persons engaged in those unlawful proceedings . Gentlemen , you are well aware that occasional reverses in the tide of prosperity in the manufacturing and commercial conoerns of this couatry most occur , and that when they do occur , they must produce , to a greater or less extent , disastrous privations amongst the labouring classes . I presume that the state of tlia country for some months , if not for some years back , may be placed to some of these checks which tbe tide of commercial and manufacturing prosperity has received , and that to the same cause may be attributed the privations to which

      the working classes have been reduced ; and I make no doubt that those privations were considerable , because it cannot be denied that many of the usual channels of our trade had been interrupted , and that there was a general feeling of despondency amongst commercial men aa to the advantages of engaging in commercial enterprise , the result of which was attended with great uncertainty . But at thu same time I am bound to say , from the experience I have had in the history of this insurrection in a neighbouring county , that I believe that distress was greatly exaggerated . It does not appear , from any evidence I have seen or heard , that the people engaged in these excesses either complained of tbe high price of provisions , or the want of labour . What gave use to the immediate occurrence which was the commencement of

      these transactions at present has not been ascertained . Whether it was owing to the imprudence or indisposition of any of the master manufacturers—whether it originated in the scheme of any persons who considered that a general turn-out would be advantageous to their peculiar political object , or whether , when it com . menced , it was not checked as early as it might have been by greater activity in the magistrates—all these are matters at present in obscurity , and that time alone can develope . Bat certain it is , from the information to which I have referred , that the dissatisfaction of the common people , of the labouring classes , does not seem to have originated from aDy voluntary feeling , if I may so express it , of their own , respecting their privations or respecting the high price of provisions . They all seemed to have been sensible that the

      price of wages must depend on the price of provisions , and I therefore think they were prepared to see that those who promised them au increase of wages by the diminution of the price of earn were not the parsons that were to be trusted . But , gentlemen , it appoirs certain that when once these riots began , and when once the people formed themselves inte classes for the purpose of turning out by force the industrious men parsuing their avociiions in other places , there did ariBe a disposition amongst many , and those , too , possessing considerable power and some talent , to make use of that insurrection , to foment it , to perpetuate it , and to direct it on political objects . It seems that a society of persons , recognised by the title of Caartists , mixed themselves with the unhappy masses of the common people , who had been deluded into this insurrection . Having

      more knowledge than them , but deeper designs , they , instead of using their knowledge to point out to the unhappy victims the delusions by which they were actuated—that all attempts of the working men to rise against their masters , and all attempts to dictate the price of wages , most terminate in the disaster of the working clusaan , and , instead of bettering ,, only worsen their condition . Instead of pointing that out , they endeavoured to persuade them that the true remedy for all their grievances was the adoption of what they call the People ' s Charter , which seems principally to aim at a larger reform of P . urliament tkan that which they bad already received , and in despite of the promises , and I make no doubt sincere hopes of those whJ introduced and carried the late measure , that it was to be a final and efficacious

      measure of reform , these infatuated people—fei they also are infatuated—have formed an opinion , gathered from what foundation I know not , tbat a representation by Universal Suffrage , by Vote by Ballot , and by payment of Members of Parliament , will form a panacea for the remedy of all evils , and they endeavoured to inculcate on the assembled multitudes whom they addresed , these doctrines , and to persuade them that by perpetuating that revolution , or by rising against their masters , and by making it universal ., was the best means of obtaining that charter . Gentlemen , they mixed up with their orations , as you will find in the course of the evidence that will be laid before you , many facts recommending them to peace and order ; but you will find this accompanied with false and exaggerated statements of the general feeling of the

      country—that the people of this and the neighbouring counties were told that all England was in arms , that Scotland was pouring out hundreds of thousands , that Ireland was coming to the battle , and that the men of Birmingham , to the number of a hundred thousand , armed with steel , and insensible to the force , of military execution , were ready to join and carry the day . These were circumstances plainly intimated , and they endeavoured to inculcate this opinion on the nation , that their force would become universal , and that they would eijiier carry their object by alarming the Legislature , or imposing this restraint Gentlemen , I must say that if this sort of conspiracy , with such objects , had been made a subject of prosecution by high treason , at present I am at a loss to know the distinction there 1 b be .

      tween a conspiracy to subvert the Government by alarm , ¦ and by imposing force and restraint on all the branches of the legislature , in order to have a particular measure passed into a law , and the crime of high treason . The crime of high treason , by the law of this country , is technically limited to an atttempt upon the life of the Sovereign , or to raising war on the Sovereign ; but the Judges have , from the earliest times , considered that a conspiracy to levy war , to employ force to restrain the will of the Sovereign , is an overt act of high treason , and if satisfactorily proved , is quite sufficient to justify a jury in inferring , in combination with an intention of really imposing restraint ou the Sovereign , that it was a crime of high treason . I do not understand that the Government intend to push the indictments that will be brought before you

      on this occasion to that extent These people , I think , owe it to the lenity of tbe Government that they are not put to a hazwd on which their lives might be the forfeit Bat , however , yoa will have laid before yon indictments for conspiracy , for exciting the people to insurrection , for endeavouring to prevail on those who were not at work to continae in a state of-suspended labeur , and for compelling by force those at work ta leave their avocations , and to persevere in that lawless state of violence , and disorder , and privation , till their favenrite plan of the Charter was carried . If bills of tbat sort are brought before yon , and yoa should feel satisfied , by the evidence , tbat though the great mass of the people were not actually disposed to take part in a conspiracy for that object , yet that there were persons amongst them who were actually instrumental in

      persuading them , you will be justified Is finding charges of conspiracy against them . Independent ef that charge , you will find other cases of conspiracy to prevent the working classes from performing their labour —In other words , to torn oat tbe workmen from the different mills , and not only from the different mills , bat to influence by fear or persuasion the workman of every description engage ! is manual labour to leave their work , and join in this scheme of obtaining this Charter . Gentlemen , the mere conspiracy for the mere purpose of turning oat the workmen , and agreeing together to accomplish tbat object , u criminal . I am bound to tell yoa that , by the law of the land , such persons , if satisfactorily proved to be guilty , an guilty of a crime by law , and you . will be justified in potting them on their trial . There is another class of offences , which , though not deeper in magnitude , is very

      dangerous , and must be punished , where satisfactorily proved , and that is the case of simple riot . A riotous assembly is an assembly either collected together for some illegal object , in which case it is an unlawful assembly , or one which , by Its acts or conduct , shows that it has an improper design , or excites alarm and terror . Such an assembly is a riot , and all participating in it toe prima fade encouraging , by their presence and countenance , whatever objects tbe multitude may have in view , unless they are able to show their innocence and honesty , and have been participating in a misdemeanour . A great deal has been said at different times as to What should 1 ) 6 deemed an unlawful assembly , and I am sorry to Bay that tbe events which have taken place in this county have given rise to a discussion in tbe courts of law and in Parliament One thing is clear , that an assembly , con-

      Untitled Article

      sisting of saoh a multitude as to make all discussion and debate ridiculous and a farce , never can be an assembly for the purpose of debate and calm discussion . Will any man in h's senses say that when he has . the means of ^ assembling together three or four thousand persons , that he does that to form a deliberative assembly to discuss speculative poiuts of law ei coHstitdtional government * On the face of it , it carries its own refu . tation . If an assembly , therefore , consisting of such , a multitude as to render all notion of discussion impossible , is fonnd by violence patting down all attempts to deliberate , if the assembly has for its objects to hear only one aide of a question , it ceases to be an assembly for the pnrpose of deliberation , and they cannot protect themselves under that exemption . Again , any assemblies of such magnitude as would naturally

      tendwith-, out any restraint or authority to put an end to them , and having no one present or person in authority invested by themselves or by the law with the power » f dispersing them—such an assemblage , when consisting of vast multitudes , every one sees must lead to terror , and riot , and disturbance of the peace , and such an assemblage in itself is a riotous and unlawful assembly . It is a riot , if you find hundreds assembled to disturb the peace . If you flnd that individuals amongst them , by their conduct , exhibit tokens of violence and intention to < io mischief , and they are restrained by the multitude , but protected by the countenance of that multitude , it partakes of a riot and unlawful assambly ; but it you find they go further , and that they proceed to the act of committing violence on property , and restraining the persons of their fellow-aubjecta to prevent the fair

      employment of their labour , they became riotous in the worst sense of the word . Those engaged in euch transactions are guilty of riot , and it will be your duty to find the bills against them , If limited to that object Gentlemen , you will have laid before yo n also some cases of violent and inflammatory speeches . Of course , you will exercise your judgment whether speeches vicious speeches—subject the parties making them to punishment . Ton will form a judgment on them when you hear them ; and if the spee ches were made to excite sedition , and insurrection , and riot , it will be your dnty to find the parties guilty of such charges—at least , not to find them guilty , but to pnt them on their trial . There is one other case , I understand , as likely to come before you , and that is acase , of printing a seditions HbeL Whether or no it will come befere you , I am not

      certain , but I am informed it will . I have had an opportunity of seeina what tuat libel is . It purports to : be an exhortation from the Chartists to ail the labouring classes , to whom it la addressed , to continae in the suspension of labour until the Charter is carried . It professes the words , " peace and order , '' bat it reminds the people that they are governed by laws to which they have not been partiesthat they have not made the laws ; and it endeavours to persuade those who raad it tbat they huva no real security for their employment except by an organic alteration in the constitution of the country . Gentlemen , yoa will form your judgment of that paper . I hare had aa opportunity of seeing it , and the impression it made on my mind was that it was full of danger , and particularly at a season when the publication of it might

      be attended with consequences far different { com that of a document in ordinary times ; because when a doeument of that kind is addressed to a multitude who have an opinion that their own force is sufficient t >» effect their object , you may easily . judge that such an exhortation , at such a moment , is far more dangerous , and , therefore , far more criminal . Gentlemen , it seemed that the argument they used , and the argument used by many of those who addressed 6 he multitudes , is , that their object is to get a " fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s labour , " and that nothing will ensure them that , except the giving to the labouring population an equal , if not a prepoderant , voice in the legislature of the country . * For which purpose they propose those changes to which I before referred—the principles of the Charter , tbat is to say , that the labouring classes who

      have no property are to make laws for those who have property , that the labouring classes -who have shown by their recent conduct that they will exercise a tyranny over their fellow subjects , are to make laws for the protection of labour . These persons have never taken into their consideration that the object of law in civilized society is the protection ef property from violence , and the protection of a man ' s person from outrage . They show , by their own conduct , a violation of the law , and bow little calculated they are to compose such a legislature as that of which they aim to form a part Gentlemen , the reasoning of these persons would be unworthy of consideration if their endeavours would not , by a reform in Parliament , lead to the subversion of the monarchy itself , for any man who reflects for a moment will

      know , that when a popular assembly so devoted to democratic principles , and elected by persons who have no property , bnt depend on manual labour for subsistence , such a thing is inconsistent with monarchy and property . The first thing at which such persons would aim would be the putting down of ail property . The exercise of tyranny they would be the first to raise op against it , and then would coma the subversion of the monarchy . Gentlemen , you will excuse me for addressing this langaage to gentlemen of your description , but I cannot help expressing my concern that some of these person ? who propagate those doctrines are persons of sufficient talent to know the conse quences . And yet they persevere in attempts to delude the people for some private ( it muat be ) object of their own , or they must be animated by a sort of malice

      against the successful enterprise of those who have left them at a distance in the competition of honourable industry . Who can say in this county ef Lancaster that labour wants protection from the law ? Who can say that the worktug man , even of the lowest description , if he possesses diligence , talent , application , and fidelity , may not arrive at the highest honours of 4 the state ? How many examples of persons who , in alJ classes of life , not superior to many of those who are the objects of these prosecutions , by their industry and talent , have acquired fortunes , and been themselves the employers of labourers ? How many have acquired honour and distinction ? Gentlemen , the very fabric of the British constitution , which those unhappy men are desirous of destroying , —this constitution is the enly one in the world

      that has ever shown , by repeated examples , that labour is protected—that tbe rights of the poor man , if they are but exercised by him with diligence , and with sense , and with frugality , are sure to lead them to independence , if not to fortune . And yet those individuals would put to hazard all we enjoy under such a constitution , under colour of doing—what ? ander colour of giving laVour a greater inluence than it has now in the formation of the law . Gentlemen , by the law of England labour is protected . Ne doubt it is tbe property of the poor man , and ought to be protected , and I believe the law of England is so framed that if any oppression takes place by tbe master upon the labourer , the law furnishes a remedy—that the law does not prevent any man , at the termination of his civil contract with his employer , from leaving if he feels

      dissatifled with his wages—that the law does not give the master any authority to detain the labourer , that if the labourer thinks fit to leave , tbe law does not prevent him . Tflere is no restraint on the part of the law or labourer . But if the object ef the labourer bad in view waa to pnt a restraint upon the masters , and to say they would lay down laws for themselves , to what a state they would reduce those who possess capital ; and if they were to employ tbat capital , not according to the judgment of the masters , the state of tbe markets , and the varions other causes which influence men of capital , bat in some narrow and limited view that the labourers take of their own interests , what would the result be ? Why , the result would be , that instead , when capital was destroyed property was destroyed , and all mankind were reduced and placed on an equality ,

      all would become labourers , and what would tbe unhappy labourers gain by it ? Why , the market for labour is like every other market The more it is supplied the cheaper it is ; and , if all were labourers , what would be the price of labour ? I think it would be trifling with your time to notice at any farther length the delusion under which they have been acting . It is surprising to me that men of common sense can be led away by such reasoning , and those who inculcate such doctrines must themselves be conscious of their mischief , and , if they should be detected , deserve condign punishment I shall not trouble yon any longer . Yon will hear the cases , and yon need no further information from me aa to the way in which yoa should discharge your duties . Be bo good as to proceed with despatch , in order to get through the arduous business before you .

      The Grand Jary then retired to their room , and , in a short time after , sent some bills into Court

      NISI PRIUS COURT . ( Before Lord Abinger . ) ASSAULT AND EOBBERT . WilMam Cash , Rowland Davies , Jeremiah M'Cormick , William Reed , and John Piatt , were charged with having , at Manchester , on the 10 th of August last , with force and arms , violently assaulted one Thos . Srnpman , and stolen from him fifty loaves of bread , rained at la each . The Attoeney-Gbnebal ( Sir Frederick Pollock ) , and Sir Gregory Lewin appeared on behalf of the Crown . The prisoners were undefended . It appeared tbat , on the 10 th of August last , the prisoners , along with a number of other persons , went to the shop of Mr . Shlpman , taker , Deansgate . Tbe family , op seeing them approach , shut the door ; bnt tbe men , with bludgeons , burst open the door , and with force , and threats , and violence , btalned and marched off with a number of loaves . The youig men , in their defence , said they were not in Deansgate at tbe time alleged . ' ' ' ' l

      Lord Abjugeb briefly rammed up ; and the foreman of the jary said the prisoners were all found guilty , bnt they recommended them to mercy . ¦ The JuDGE-rUpon . what grounds , gentlemen ? A Juror—Upon no grounds . - The foreman has taken upon himself to say so . I do not , for one , coincide with any such recommendation . The Jr / DGE ^ -fiefore I can take notice of any recommendation , I must know tbe grounds of It . If there ie any particular ground' on which , to build a recommendation for mercy . I shall be glad to take notice of it , bat I mart know what it is ; The Foreman—It appeared by the statement of the young men that they were in other places . . i ¦

      Untitled Article

      The Judge said that if they were of opinion they were not then , that waa the ground for a verdict of not guilty , and not for a recommendation to mercy . Avetdictof guilty was then entered . 1 Another indictment for a misdemeanour , against the same prisoners , along with William Bates , was not proceeded with .

      ATTACK ON A MILL . James Kelly , James Dolan , and Andrew Cosgrove , were charged with riot at Manchester , and with having tk-en and there begtm to demolish the mill and premises of Messrs . Sterling and Beckton . The Attorney-General and Sir Gregory Lewin prosecuted on behalf of the Crown , and Mr . Wilkins defended Cosgrove . The Attorney-General , in opening the case , said he would not press the charge against Cosgrove , aa the evidence only rested on a statement he made when standing opposite the milL In the whale . of the proceedings that hud arisen out of the unfortunate offences which had produced so much snffdrinif and calamity , there had been every disposition on the part of those who instructed him to take the most merciful and favourable view of the cases as they were brought before them , and a * the evidence was so slight against Cosgrove , and he had a most excellent character , the case would not be proceeded

      with-Henry Moss , salesman to Messrs . Sterling and Beckton , said , tbat on the 8 th of August a crowd of persons came up to the lodge door , afterwards broke it open , and went into the yard , bat they , were forced out again , and the door fastened . Josiah Lisgrovs said he saw the crowd with a piece of timber seven feet long , which they used as a battering ram In breaking tbe door open . He saw Kelly amongst the number . He had a stick in his hand breaking the windows of tbe boose next to the mill . The attack lasted about half an hoar , and was put an end to by the police , who came up about the time . Samuel Allan Jackson , clerk , said he saw the crowd breaking open the door of the mill with a battering ram . He saw stones thrown and sticks used , but the crowd , generally , had not sticks . He saw Kelly and Dolan there . Heard Kelly calling out " On , boys , on ! " and battering at the door . Did not see D tlaa there .

      Joseph Taylor identified Dolan as being one of the mob who attacked the milL He saw him use the piece of timber ns a battering ram , and beard him cry " get in lads , " to Borne boys who were breaking tbe windows . The men inside the yard ' played water on the crowd with an engine , and the prisoner , with others , ran off , brought small stones and bricks , and threw at the men inside the yard . Charles Christopher Stephens , one of the superintendents of the police , said that when he took the prisoner into castody he said , " I waa there , bat nobody saw me do anything . " Daniel Lipsett , inspector of police , identified Kelly . Kelly , in his defence , said tbat he went to the palicsoffice to state that a young man , a- friend of his , waataken op wrongfully , and then he was kept . Dolan had nothing to say . The Judge briefly summed np , and the Jury found a verdict of guilty against both the prisoners . Of coarse , Cosgrove was acquitted .

      His Lordahlp , after severely reprimanding the prisoners for their conduct , sentenced them to one year ' s imprisonment John Hickey , Hugh Cavannah , Jame 3 Saxtsn , Matthew Dalton , 'Edward Sullivan , and Jimes T weedale , were then indicted for returning on the 10 th of August to the mill of Messrs . Starling and Beckton , and breaking the windows . It appeared that about half-post eight o ' clock on the morning of the 10 th of August , the mob returned and commenced throwing stones and breaking the windows of the mill and the house adjoining . Some of the hands rushed out , seized hold of the prisoners , and gave them into the hands of the police . The case against Sullivan was not made out , and he was acquitted . The rest of the prisoners were found guilty , bat James Saxton , who was only a boy , was recommended to meroy . Sentence deferred . The Court rose at twenty minutes to seven o ' clock .

      - CROWN COURT . , ( Before Mr . Baron Alderson . ) RIOT AT THE MANCHESTER POLICE-STATION . William Lee , 21 , John Sheridan , 18 , and Jane Carney , 11 , were given in charge for having riotonsly assembled at Manchester , and feloniously demolished a station-house of the police establishment at Manchester . Mr . Sergeant Atcherly and Mr . Hillyard conducted the case on the part of the prosecution . The prisoners were undefended . Mr . Sergeant . ATCHBRIEY said he had the honour to attend on the part of the Crown to lay before the court and jury the case against the three prisoners at the bar , who were charged , not with the crime of felony , bat with that of misdemeanour , whieh was a lower description of crime , and subjected the parties to a lesser

      degree of punishment It waa too well known that in this country great tumult and disorder had ariBan in August last , but it was not his duty or intention to detain the jury a moment by [ alluding to any of the causes whiob . produced tbat public disorder . His duty was , he apprehended , simply to lay the facts before them as they would be given in evidence , and then to produce the witnesses , endeavouring as he went along to apply the evidence to the prisoners , with the deuble objSct of enabling the jury to distinguish the cases of the individuals , and also of enabling his Lordship to distinguish . the characters and stations of the party , supposing them guilty . The day on which , the present transaction took took place was on Wednesday the 11 th of August . The place -was Mancheater . Upon that day there was a very neat mob in

      the town , the object of which was to turn oat tue hands at the different mills . Several works were then attacked consisting of some dye-works and a silk factory ; and , lastly , the mob came to the police station , where only one constable happened to be in attendance , and that police station they attacked . They broke open the doors , threw stones , and injured the property in the place . The one man in the place concealed himself In a private part of the premises , and thereby secured his safety . This was the general outline of the transaction , With regard to the prisoners , the jury would find that the two young men were very active—that they ha'i bludgeons , tbat the threats they used were of the most

      awful kind , tbat the young female was active in encouraging the others , and that she was apprehended on the premises . He ( the Learned Counsel ! would only odd this observation , that , as on the part of those who prosecuted , there was no wish at all but tbat the cases should be made out fully , and dealt with leniently and mercifully , « o , on the other hand , the jury would believe that no political feeling ought to have or could have place in that court of justice in which the object ought to be ou behalf of all parties , without turning to the eight hand or ta the left , to seek to administer the law with justice and mercy—in short to execute justice and maintain truth .

      John Allinan was the first witness called and examined . Is a serjeant in the Manchester police force ; about eleven o'clock , on the 10 th August , saw a mob of 3 . 000 persons in Bleakley-street ; a great many of them had clubs and bludgeons ; they passed the police-Btation door ; the prisoners , Lee und Sheridan , were among them ; Sheridan was the first and Lee the third who approached ; Lee haci an iron bar , something like a broken shovel , in his hand : Sheridan bod a club ; the mob approached some dye-works of Clempsou and Vaaghan , and they also went to Rothweli ' s silk establishment ; Lee and Sheridan still continued in front of the mob , who visited a , chemical establish ment , a starch manufactory , and the gas works ; the mob afterwards

      returned to the station-house , close to which is a bridge over the Irwell ; witness was standing at the door , and boih the prisoners flung stones » t him ; witness then fastened the door , took a sword , and retired to the prisoner ' s cell , where he remained about an hour ; witness was the only person at tbe station-house , into which tbe mob entered , and threatened to murder him ; one asked where he was ,. and another said be was down in the cell with a sword ; all the windows and windowframes were smashed , all the beds and bedding ¦ were carried oat , and witness ' s watch waa stolen ; a . large bird and bird-cage in the place were destroyed ; witness saw the female prisoner , Corney , carrying things oat of the place after the mischief had been done .

      Thomas Bridges examined—Is an exciseman in Manchester ; On the 10 th of August Manchester was in a very riotous state . Saw a mob that day at the gaaworks , consisting of about 100 or 500 people ; they commenced battering at the hont of the works , and witness went to the station-house to give information , whither the mob speedily followed . The mob brought oat papers and documents from the etation-hcuse , tore np the men ' s garments , and flung the whole over the bridge into the river Irwell . The prisoner Lee was among them ; Lee battered the hunse , and brought a bird cage , which bs trampled under foot . The prisoner Carney was in the upper room of the bouse engaged in throwing various articles oat of the windows to the mob , who tore them to pieces , and threw them into the river . She was arrested on the premises . Ellen Kelley examined —Was in Manchester on the day In question , and saw the female prisoner throwing brushes and baskets out of the windows of the Stationhouse . Knew h « r before by sight .

      The Jury found aU tbe prisoners guilty of tbe not , and recommended the female prisoner to jnercy on account of her age .. ' Mr . Sergeant Atcherley concurred in the recommendation , and consented to have her liberated . His Lordship accordingly ordered her to be discharged , and delivered np to her parents .

      BIOT AT CBOWTHBR'S MILLS , BLAKELI . Joseph Shaw , 15 , and George Turner , 12 , were given in charge for having' prevented certain' of bez Majesty's subject * from following their lawful . ocenpstions , and compelling them to depart therefrom , at Blakely . Mr . Sergeant Atchbeiet informed the Jury that the place at which the present transaction bad arisen was Blakeley , about four or five miles from Manchester , on Tuesday , the i 5 th of August Upon the 11 th . of the same month , CrowtherV bleach mills at Blakeley had been stopped , aid on . the 16 Oi the bands returned and resumed their work . Tbe resumption of tbe work gave great offence to ^ e rioters , and on ti » same morning a mob came to the premises , raked oat the flresy let OS the water , und stopped tire business in progress . They then went away , and returned again in half an hour , when they prevented tbe hands from returning to their

      Untitled Article

      ¦ »* work . The two prisoners touk part in the transaction . Shaw had a large stick in his hand , and Tamer ha I a dagger-stick found upon him , which , would be produced . Neither of them belonged to B ' akeley ; they were both strangers In the neighbourhood ; and for what pnrpose they bad found their way from where they lived to Blakeley , it would be for the Jury to judge foj themselves . The case was proved by Samuel Crowther , the proprietorofbleach-work 8 atBlakeley ; Joseph Whitebead , in the employ of last witness ; Mr Colt , a special constable ; and Charles C Stepbonson , superintendent of the Manchester police . The jury found both the prisoners guilty of riot .

      riots at Wilson ' s print works , salford . John Tear was given iu charge for having beint ; concerned in a riot at the print works of Messrs . Wilson Brothers fc C <* ., Salford . The prisoner was defended by Messrs Cobbetfc and Wigham . Mr . Ssrgeant Atcherley briefly stated the case . The scene was tbe town ofSnlf . ird , and the transaction took place on Wednesday the 12 th of August A mob of between one and two i housaud persona proc-edti to Salford on that , day , where they turned out the hands of Wilson and Co ., and subsequently tbe hands at Haywood ' s and the Railway Station It would be pravad in evidence tbat the prisoner , who waa secretary to the Dyers * and Dressers' Association , hud been with the mob upon the occasion , and au active leadtr among them .

      Moses Price , an engineer at the print-works of Wilson and Co . in SJalford "; Thomas Nanson , salesman to Wilson and Co . ; and Francis Ellison , a labourer in the employment of Wilson and Co ., were examined for the prosecution . Mr . Cobbett then briefly addressed the jury , and called a number of witnesses to prove an alibi . The jury returned a verdict of guilty , with a recom > mendation te mercy . The court adjourned at twenty minutas to eight o ' clock to nine next morning .

      MAGISTRATES' ROOM . ( Before Mr . Justice Cresswdl . ) In about three quarters of on hour after Lord Abinger bad finished his chares to the Grand Jury , Mr . Justico Cresswell left the bench in the Nisi Prius Court , and took his seat in the Magistrates ' Room . The prisonars first placed at the bar were Gaorge Thornton , Joseph Webb , Patrick O'Brien , and Jitiues Melburn . They were indicted for s conspiracy , for inciting and ; stirring up a great many of her Majesty ' s subjects unlawfully to assemble , armed with Bticks , to disturb the tranquility of the realm , and to prevent ; workmen from folio wing their labour , and with having created a riot The Hon . J . S . Wortley and Mr . Frederick Pollock , Jun ., conducted the prosecution in this court . The prisoners were undefended .

      Mr . Wortlby , after stating the nature ot the indictment , Bald that the particular occasion on -which the occurrences in question took place on the 9 th of August , a day on which , it would appear , a vast body of persons were collected in Manchester , and separating themselves into different portions , went into different parts of the town , and bshaved themselves in a violent and tumultuous manner . About a qoarter-past two on that day , a body of some hundreds of persons went to the mill of Mr . John Preston , machine-mnnufacturer , Ardwick , and some of them were armed with sticks , showing that they were determined to resist interference with their proceedings . The gates of the mill were shut against them , whereupon they became noisy and violent , and endeavoured to foxce open the gates , but , failing in that , they eventually broke open one of

      the windows , so as to let in one of tbe persona in the mob . Melburn was the man who succeeded in getting in at the window , and as this belonged to a room in which tools were deposited , be availed himself of some of them to break away the fastenings of the gate inside , and thus admitted his companions . The party behaved with considerable violence , and Mr . Preston , one of the partners , was . struck by one of the mob . They succeeded , by their intimidation , and the awe which their proceedings created , in turning out every band , although they were reluctant to leave their work . Mr . John Preston , jun ., and other witnesses ware called to substantiate this statement . The Learned Judge allowed the prisoners . to ask the witnesses , through him , any

      question that they chose . Thornton and O'Brien bad nothing to say in their defence . Afefbura said that he was a mere spectator , and Webb called witnesses to prove an alibi . His Lordship , in Bumming up , recited the four counts in thii indictment , and observed that in cases like this it was difficult to prove previous conceit , or the feelings which actuated the parties , so as to make out tbe charge of conspiracy . As to tho second count , "inciting and stirring up a great number of hex Majesty ' s subjects unlawfully to assemble , " &c . there was no evidence of that kind . The two other counts , for riot and unlawfully assembling , he considered had been fully made out , and the only question for the Jury waa , whether all the prisoners were actually present in the midst of the assembly . '

      The Jury , after a short consultation , found all tbe prisoners guilty . Sentence was deferred . John Cannen , George Thornton , James Harrington , James Hesley , Joseph Webb , Thomas Whitehead , Jian Galvin , John Stones , John Fallan , Edward Mitchell , Thomas Barry , and Barney Collins were then placed at the bar , on an'indictment precisely similar to the foregoing . Thornton and Webb were the parties of tbat name who were previously tried . Mr . Wo&tlsy said that after the observations whioh had fallen from his Lordship as to tbe charge of conspiracy , he should abandon that portion of tbe

      indictment , and confiue himself to the charges of rioting And unlawfully assembling . In this case it was proved that at half-post three o ' clock on the afternoon of the 9 th of August , about a thousand persons attacked the Oxford-road Twist Mill , in Manchester , belonging to Messrs . Coates , and by their tiireata and intimidation , succeeded in turning out the whole of the hands , in . number between 800 . and 1 , 000 . Soon after the military arrived , the' mob xan in all directions , and tbe 1 , 'ates of the mill having- been closed , tbe prisoners were confined in the inside and captured . The whole of the prisoners were found guilty . Sentence deferred .

      Joseph Thomas , an idiotic black man , John Oldham , John Edwards , Ellis Hall , James Richardson , Thomas Booth , Michael Clerk , Thomas Clegg , John Lever , Patrick O'Brien , and John Holmes were next placed at the bur , and charged with rioting and unlawfully assembling . The evidence showed that on the afternoon of the 9 th of August , a large body of persons were aeen coming from towards the spot at which a meeting had been held . They first attacked Oxford-road mill ; but having been driven thence by the soldiery , a portion of tbe multitude , about two or three hundred in number , went towards the mill of Messrs . Burley , which was about 100 yards distant In a short time , the crowd in creased to several thousands , and headed by Thomas and others , attacked the mill of Messrs . Burley . The gates were closed , tbe mob attacked it , and , as there were 1100 h tnCa inside , a sally was made , a report havingbeen circulated tbat the police had arrived . The report was unfounded , and the defenders were obliged to retire .

      The mob then threw an immense number of stones , broke sem ; il thousand panes ot glass , and A \ 6 . other damage , to the extent altogether of between £ 300 and £ 400 . The crowd would have forced their entrance ; but a power / nl flre engine was got into play , and a very copious stream of water was directed upon the assailants whenever they approached the gates , and they were thus kept off . Nearly , the whole of tbe prisoners declared that they were only casually present or went to tbe spot after the disturbance bad been quelled , and tbat they uever threw a single stone . As in the former cases , some of tko prisoners had provided themselves with written certificates of character ; but these -weta not received ; the Judge observing that if any one felt an interest in any prisoner , be must attend in person , and give evidence . . For many of tbe prisoners , witnesses did attend , and spoke of them as steady , quic-t , peaceable , and industrious persona All the prisoners , except Thomas Booth and Patrick O'Brion , were found guilty . Sentence deferred .

      John Galvin , who was yesterday tried and convicted , wa 3 allowed to be discharged , on finding a surety for his appearance whenever called upon for judgment He had enlisted since the occurrence of the offence for whioh he was indicted . The Court adjourned shortly after seven o ' clock , until nine next morning .

      Untitled Article

      EEICBSTER . —Mr . John West has been lecturing here the last week with good effect . We bad two glorious out-door meetings on Sunday in the pasture , p . nd preaching in the All Saints Open at night , Mr . West gave general satisfaction . Mrs . Cooper , of Leicester , acknowledges the following sums , which will be duly forwarded to the General Defence Fund , from Deaford , 2 s ., for Mr . Cooper ' s Defence , from Hineley , 4 s . 5 d ., Lileby , ' 4 s . 4 £ d . On Sunday , tbe 9 th , Mr . West preached three sermons ; two in the Pasture , and the other in the Boom , All Saints Open , when the collections amounted to £ 3 1 b . On Monday , he was arrested by the police on a charge of using exciting and seditious language on the 18 th of September , at Swadlincote , in the . county of Derby . He was taken away soon after he was arrested . DEHBT . —A delegate meeting was held at the Chartist Boom . Willow Bow , en Sunday lost , when

      delegates from the different localities in the county were present , and each gave in a report of tbe state of the cause in their respective localities ; from which it appears , tbat Chartism has taken such deep root in tbe hearts of tbe men ot Derbyshire , tbat it defies persecution to uproot it . A number of persons were chosen as local lecturers , and will commence their labours immediately , being determined as one fa knocked down two shall rise up . Tbe following resolutions were carried unanimously : — " That this meeting returns its sincere t ?""» ft « to tbe brave men of London , for having chosen a new Executive at this critical juncture ; and we likewise return our hearty thanks to those gentlemen wto have- so nobly consented to form that Executive for the time being . " That the thanks or tbi « meeting be given to Mr . West , for his able labours as lecturer in this county , and bear testimony to bis talents and abilities . " An address weds agreed to , and 2 , 000 were ordered to be printed and circulated in tke county .

      Untitled Article

      THE NORTHERN STAR . 7

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 15, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct909/page/7/