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    • THIRD .EDITION.
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    • BARBAROUS TREATMENT OP A COLLIER BOY. NEAR ELLAND.
    • TO XHE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR.
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      ' *" " A SONG OF FREEDOM . ~ , Iotet msy aBg of his lady ' s charms , ^ T ^ d the Bacchanal boast of his Trine , ruddie r may tell of his deeds in anas , 5 sn janobier theme shall fee mine , . % nwg of tbejoys that freedom jiTes , ^ jseier its blessings are seen ; Jl there i 3 not an bonsst heart that lives , ^ at trill join ia ttfi song I -sreen . " ^ y mo r » o for ever , and ever shall be , Sassss to the friends of the fail and the free . tiator may scoff , and the tyrant may worn , " ^ L j ibs lordlin ? may sneer at my lay , _^^ pnra " en shall cbeer the oppress ed ana forlorn , ftrtfl tbe bopes of a happier da / j j ail watea the sla-re to a sense of his TrrongB , iadhis s 0113 £ D 3 a delJ ^ in the strain ? £ aH teB tbs poor bondsman -what to him belongs \ nd teach him t « burst from his chain . 3 jj motto for ever and ever shall be ,

      Saeeess to toe friends oi the fair and the free . Tw 31 uot debase G ^ d ' s imajre on earth , jflMdiDS the cespofs deeds , I sill not praise that as an action of -worth , pa -which commoa humanity bleeps ; . ^ jj ^ aot Ttjoice at fonl japine an-J -war , X » exult o'er the blood that is spilt ; Taster wi *! honour the coaqnerort-car , yor ? lorify that -which is guilt . ' 31 J motio for ever and ever shall be ,

      gacc-ss to tte mencs of the fair and the free , Viang ^ shall praise ihe ^ romoter of peace , liriuH bless the benevolent heart , B ^ all pray that prosperity soon may increase , _ £ b < 3 that strife from the world nwy depart ; jjjjjjfljioaoni tbe roan oT the generous miad , yiisse bosom ¦ with sympathy glows ; nihiQ etei admire the friends of mankind , iBii dsp is 3 their contemptible foes , jdj motto for eTer and ever shall be , Success to th / s fritnds of the fair and the free . vnaie 5 ter . BESJAllDi Stott

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      HaS CHESTES —Calico axd Stcjt Block ffTxisss . —A Pnbiie Meeting of tbe above trades , j 5 fcdd on Friday evening , in the Large Boom of fefairfield Inn , Fairfield-street , for the purpose of jggioiung the Legislature on the evil » ff ess of mae atrj . Tbe large room was wdJ filled with rjiers sad deleaves from twenty conniry districts . £ , Reberi M'Farlane was ca ' . led to the chair . He 5 j 3 Tetters from several membere of Parliament , j ^ 23 ~ , g T . 5 . Doncom ' tw , Esq ., W . B . Tonsil * I l ^ -s ^ " 3 TJ S : auaope , * u < i George Jj ^ fc , Esq-j tne wh- > le « f which promised that i ihej psnuoned ihe Legislature they -would isder ibem 311 tbe assistance ia their power . Ss following resolutions were props ??*! to the aeeane and snanimonsly agreed to : —* - That it is

      2 a opinion of * his meeting that the great di > tress erpeiajaed kj the operative block pri nters is solely to be ^ tniuted toihe unrestricted action of machinery iJbdsJ entirely superseding their labour and depriv-E » dffiin of the means of subsistence . " ** Thai th » oiJyraatdj Jot the xemoTal of l " ne alarciug distress t 21 he a resiriction on printing machines , as a pro-• gsffli 0 ! employment for those -whose labour has Jest superseded bj tha maehiues . " '' That & perils be presented to hoih Honse-- * of Parliameat , EWjiag tie foregoing resohiv . ons i > rjjmg lie Js ^ iable Men&eri to take into their must terioos eesfcranoa car nnparaileled disiresi -wiih a Tiew jjjawTejiemiseries Treatpressu ; endure- " "That LS IhKJConioe , E ^ q , be reqnr ^ sed to present ii to fej fi « 2 se of Commons , and the Honourable Earl Sashope to the House of Lords . "

      i&BJRSLE'Y . —A large public meeting of linen Rjiera resoiiig in this town took place on Monday xca , » adopt mea ? Hres to preTeni an aitempi ai iKssaon of the prices giren ior Tick wearing , by & iain the town . Resolutions to auppori the men tsiaTe toraed oni -svere agreed to . aux o ? Tradb . —Ttis toT ? n has snff ^ red mncb Ensg the pasi -week . Hnndreds hare b ^ en thrown E « f empJojmeLt who -will have to suSct all tbe krais of desiimrion . Tbe fancy drill trade is now hxn cksea for the season .

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      ^ 5 s Fi » za than ax Sres ocenrred in Manchester iray ? lhe past week . la Arrucxsrs at tie Manchester Workhouse S-ii'j weekij more lion than this time lasi je » r . liBaih , a U 53 mb = r of poor men out of employment S endeaTonrmg to obtain a living by ora ^^ ing 3 B 53 , and onermg for sale , waggon ioad 3 or coals . aaeTraggensare chalk ^ tbe words "Coals for fcjfy poor men ont of employ . " IjI'SS there were Dj > J 7 arfl 3 of 200 , 000 persons em-^ fstin t ie operatien of -wool-cdmbinj ; ; in 1825 i't'were Tednced to 98 , 009 combers , and now there -EUHSJaoie than 39 , 000 engaged at ii . T 31 CoiL Pbopexetoks in the neighbourhood of "Riesb are recncin « f their eFtabithmoits , and tbe toTSers tomphin ilsat their condition 33 fast app ^ Mhbjj rothat of tbe band-l oo m wsavera . A Isw Dais ago a Black , pony died at the Sa ; ft ^ e of forij-ibree years at Habnrgh , near BrseBasbj . is Jjthaoxdisjlbt Eab or Imgx . —Tbe largest ^ a cf ins erer n . ade was rolled at the Qyfarthf CED-irtffks , near ilerthyr TydTil , on Saturday last , fiia , ire are informed , for a bonse in Holland . It liable boh , 25 ft in lengtb and 6 in in diameter , » 3 * gel > sai > ous 2 , 4-Oib . The pilafrom which it Strolled was abons 7 ft Jong by 12 in square , aDd ^ hed npwaiQ 3 of 2 , 600 ib . The pils was taken Ba fiie ieatmg furnace and pat at once mto tbe i £ s , ja 3 in the sine manner as they roJ bars of an t&irj Eze . It -was rolled under the abie finperin-^ ace of Mi . Robert Crswshay . ; Sscp Atpzhik . —** Tbe tonic properties contained - * JaBRs LIFE PILLS , inrariably restores the Ksj di to » bealthJy loi-ging for food , or in other

      i ®* , it prcdoces a good appetite , so much enTied , csdkIgobi enjoyed by the invalid ; tbe gentle s Siasin 5 powers it possesses assists the stomach * P ? perlj digest the food it receiTes ; tbe balsamic ^ 3 siVbe > . iow 3 on the system produces that de-^ M fe eling of good spirits so Tery desiraole , and ^ sseiotb mina and body lo bealtby exercise ; J ^ jihg under ia inSaenco soon w ^ js a joyous ^ a , t ed tbe Tarious duties of life are performed T ^^ siia re . It , in addirion ,-contains afine ^ seda-*^ ^ ality , and instead of lon £ and weary nights , ^ K mndand refreshing sleep . K tbe stomach JK bs » eig require it , it acis as tbe mildest aid ^ ss ^ jTBeable pn rgatiTe , and by its eleansiug J ^* totally eradicates a redundancy of bile , asd tR £ ^ J rem o Tesall obsirucuom of the intest inal KaL

      ^ J ClSLOa' 3 JAS 21 AGE TO THB PSISC £ SS OV t eu . —Tea marrisijje was , 21 i 3 well known , loag ? atietapu ; indeed , so long , that many supposed Vnsldioi be acconiplii . bed . Bnt how , ii may be * w . « edd _ Don Carlos , under his peculiar circum-^ » Tisit Portoxalj—more pariicularly as he ™ * TKtini to rbeumaiism , in consequence of ^ sno to ni gbt air during bi 3 military marches ! ip jtta projected was , to reao ^ e tbe Prince ' s Q aatiaa : —bai how ?—* Tb ^ wa s the question !' r ** » lappsued that Ganeral Piiilippo Gervalis vlf !? ; ^ t celebrated preparation called Uol - f ** js Oisvnient . in hia ¦ rzalle- and b" ? appHiEg it to me

      ^ w Jon * tunes Prince ' s joints , a most ~« £ ae cetc -was tff . ci ^ dj and tbe Prince was , of S ^ t tiabied to ir&Tc ] , and to meet his charming £ ** & £ at theplsco of rendezvous- The General T ^ tas Pnsce ' a portrait stt in gold as a tokea w ^ T ^ Sraiuccs ; ana ? be oi ntmert has since that ^ t > 6 ax emplojed ai Northern Spain for the cure . * 5 = it Tsr > ty of diseases ; such as scro , J ^ Coa- ^ rhennn -inn we hare named , ) paraJjsis , ^^ i of all kiacs , &c . It i 3 grauiyiyg to i ^ I \ i QciTcrsii is the employment of ibis ^ - ^ kfe Uinimtnt to all exiernal disorders .

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      THIRD . EDITION .

      Xorihrrn Slar Office , Saturday Aflernoon , Three o ' clock LANCASHIRE ASSIZES . THE CHARTIST TRIALS . FRIDAY—THIRD DA . Y . In consequtnee of Mr . Baron Holfe haTing arranged this nserninj ? to dispose of a charge of murder against a yeung-woman named Alice Greenwood , of Blackburn aliened to hw been committed by her , in the month uf January last , upon the bogy of her illegitimate male ChUd , the resumption of the evidenca in the prosecution of tbB Caartists , did not take place till nearly twaJre o'rfocfc .

      The Terdict in the case of murder traa Not Guilty . The Learned Judge took his seat in the Nisi Prius Court at twelve o ' clock , -when the Jury , in the case of " Tb . B Queen " against Fergus O Connor and others , " ¦ was called oTer . Bafore the eyidenee was resumed , The Attorney-General stated to Mb Lordship , that haying carefully looked over the depositions as affecting John Wild , one r-f the defendants , -who cross-examined the witness Bncklby on tbe previous flay , he had « oaie to the conclusion , in concurrence -with his Learned Friends , not to offer any further evidence against Wild . " A verdict of AcqnUtal -was accordingly taken . The same coursa was adopted - with regard to Thomas Pitt , another of the defendants .

      Tbe Attorney-GsDeral made an application , to the Goort with reference the attendance of the Rev . John Taylor , lncombtnt of DacksntieM , who wished to cff-i evidence as to the character of John Crossley , one oi the defendants . It -would be incoirrenient for the Rev . QenUeman to ba deiaintd in Lanc&st-er o- » er Sunday , and the Leatn > id Gentleman accordingly proposed that the " evidence of Mr . Taylor should then be taken . The Rsv . Gentleman was sworn , and he gave a very favourable opinion of the character of CrosBley , as a peaceable and ordtrly rnnn .

      Mr . Joseph . Hibbert , clerk to the Magistrates at Hyde , examined by the Attorney-General—I remember the disturbances at Hyde , in August last . There ia a lock-up tbtre , b " ut \ X -was not Bale to confine the parties in it , charged with rioting . It wss the duty of Mi . Little , Special High Constable of Hyde , to make daily reports to the Magistrates , as to the state of the town . The book now produced , is the one which has been used for that purpose . I have frtqu-ntly seen Little use if . By Mr . O'Connor—I consider Mr . Little as competent aa authority as any other f > r the discharge of tbe duty . I am clerk to tha 3 Iaspsiru . tes , and I Dever heard that in tbe month of Ansust las ' , a number of the millowners gave notice to their hands to leave work . The Attorney-GrfDeral objected to a -witness btlng asked aa to what he had heard . There would be no end to thfl cafe if such latitude were allowed .

      In reply to a farther question by Mr . O'Connor , the ¦ wimess said that the disturbances in HydB ended about the 20 th of August B / Bchard Otley . defendant—I did not hear of any particular distress in Hvde during the month of August last year . Mr . John Brook examined by the Attorney-General—I am bookkeeper aiid manseer to >* r Pratt , cotton spinner , of Stalybridge . Oa Mon-iay . the 8 th Ancust , I remember a mob coming to the mill , a little before nine o ' clock in the morning . I can ' t tell the Dumber , but the street- wa 3 fulL 1 shonld think there w * ra

      thousands . I was in the miU-yard , and having bad a : ) intimation that tbe mob was there , I . along wjih tha overlooks , get culside , just btfore thty came up . I asked the people what th ^ y wanted ? They Baid thty wanted the bands ont . I asked what for ? Our-hsnds are satisfied "with their wages , and do not want to come out . "' They replied . — " We will have them out : they mmi j ? o with us to get our rights" 1 said , — ** If our haads come out , they will not go with you ; we shall start tbe tngine to-morrow morning , and they wiil come in asain . " Mr . Dandaa objected to this evidence , ioasmnch 3 s he nn-icrstood from the Attorney-General , that the witness could not prove that any of the defendants had had &nythice to do with the these transactions . The Attorney-G&nera ] said that he had certainly made that as > m \ ss \ oa , but he diii not intend it to affect hfa right to cfiWr tbe evidence . Tbe Judge—Proceed .

      " Examination resumed—The people replied " Neither your mill nor any mill shall work agMn , until we get our rights . " I . said "It is very wrong in you to force persons against their will , for onr bands are gettirg more waeea than they weret ^ enty-five years ago . "' The mob said it was a lie , and they jostled me about , to force me to open the door . They said that if the doors were not opened , and the hands turned out they would break the windows . The lares doors were opened from inside , and the mob rushed into the yard . They sent a deputation into each room of tbe raiil , to ascertain that all the hands were turn- d out . They then left the

      premises . Oar weekly peop-e are receiving nnre wages than they were twenty-five years ago . The spinners are paid by the quantity of work they do . There has been no alrerafcioc ior same ye&n except b tr-fl : ng advance . In August laBt , those who worked by piece snffcred a reduction cf ten per cent . A spinner will earn from 22 s . to 36 a . 3 week . The amount varie * according to the quality of tie wor-i and the quantity cf machinery employed . The average is 30 a a week . I do not know that any spinner in our tuill was earning less than 22 a . in August last . If there were any , they won ! d not be producing tbe proper quantity of work . Air . Plntt do « -s not employ any weavers .

      By Mr . Dongas—I do not know that the men in Mi Bailey ' s mill , which i « about three- hundred yards from onr a . Trere , in the mouth of An ^ utiast , order notice ot a reduction of wages amounting to twen ' - y-five per cent . Mr . Bailey ' s mill was closed in the month of August . I can't say positively whether it was stopped for a month or not , bnt 1 tbisk that wonld be about the time . When the people came to Mr . Piatt's mill , they did not do any (" amage to the property . By Mr . O Connor—We have about three hundred hands , and we pay about £ 3 H > per week . We have eight pacers to a " donfela decked mule . " We have five of these , and three of them require eight piecers to atten 4 them , and two of them seven . We have tweaty-Beven pair of single decked mules , and four

      piecera to eacb . We have thirty-five spinners . It was only the thirty-five spinners that received from 22 j . to 36 s . To earn this rats , the spinners work upon a single decked mule , which reqnires four piecera each . A man working a full week aims at £ 6 63 . for tbe fort night . From this there is a deduction of ten per cent ., and gas Htht , 2 a- a wetlt , reducing it to £ a 9 * . 6 d . A man working at a doable decked mule , wiil aim at £ 13 a fortnigfit- From this there is a deduction of 20 rarcert . Tbe £ 310 of which I have spoken as p 3 } ing ¦ feo " the men , is paid every fortnight . Fur a doubied eked njule , there is a dednction of 3 a . a week fur gts . Thc-re are no fines except for spoUed work- 1 can't say what is the lareert amount 0 ? deductions that has been made at any one time . The amount paid to tbe

      men weekly is about £ 155 Oat of that thiity-five of the spinners earn from 22 * . to 36 i a week . This would le-. ve an average of 7 s . 6 d . a verkfir the rcmaiKiiiQ 265 hands . I am not aware that the spinners make any deductions from tbe wages of the piecera It was represented that the distress of the working people in Hyde , in August last , was very grea > , I alao heard that committees of the shopkeepers were appointed in conseqnence . 1 do not know d my owd knowledge that several of the miilowEers gav « - notice that tbe bands sbocid sot have any more work unless they would submit to a considerable reduction of wages . When tee mob came to our mill , they pushed against the deors . but they did not break them open . My master ordered them to be opened from fear . He is not

      here-Bj James Leacb , defendant—The description of tbe ¦ n- £ » iiBt 32 t © wbicS we paid the same wagts as -we did 25 iears ago are as follows : —We hail at that timp 1 cards * 17 a . a week ; a strippar and grinder , 1 at 12 a . and another at lls ; 1 frame tentertr 8 s 6 d . We have

      bow J carder at 19 a ; 2 carders tech 27 s ; 1 grinder , 13 >; 5 ^ rindsrs each 14 s ; strippers now on piecework make from 13 » lo 17 s ; fir-st cl&as ftame tenters , 10 s ; second class , 9 s ; third class Ss 6 d 1 am n «/ t aware of the nmnber of hands in the mal twenty-five years ago . 1 was not in the concern at that tisae . i took the wages I have stated from the books . I W 2 S in the concern 20 years sgo , but oniy as a warehouseman . I doat think there are the same DBHibfcT of hands mskii .: ? tbe same amount of work , because we have altered the principle of the machinery . We are spinning 80 ' s and IPO ' s now . I don" * know what we paid per pound twenty-five years since . I began to p 3 y wages seven jeara aso . 1 c * n't r -member tbe rate we paid at the time . 1 don't know that spmsrrs in St » lyferi- ^ e a re on ' y -arn-ng 12-. a week . T weBiy ytara ago men were spinning on 100 spindles ; ten years ago , on 1 & 00 ; now we have as high as 1648 . I don" rtmemi ^ r bow many spinnsrs we had twenty years age . I think we have thirty-Sve now . Tbe Ja . lge— _ 1 can ' t understaad the meaning of your examination . Defendant- —My object is to show , my Lord , that they are not paying anything like the amouat of ¦ wages no-rf that wiS paid two years ago . Witness—I say that we pay as much in the ? ro 33 amonat , and I will maintain it . Same of the hi .-. ds in our nail lire in houses belon-mg to the farm , and others do not . It is expected that they will do so , bnt nothing particular follow if the expectation is not compUedVita . We have several bouses to let now Tiie rents varv from three Bhilimgs and foar-Se toaoout four sellings weekly . The rents * re Sped when tbe wages are paid , bot not in all SSs When tbe men returned to work after tbe 5 rn " ont we did not stop the rent for the week . Th £ -e £ eromehand 3 in our aft earning from seven to Sht shillings per week , but 1 don ' t know that Sv of ibemlive in these houses , I am not aware Sat we htve a single band earain ^ only seven shilw ^ I-week fromwhonuw fwp a ? """* a 3 three Sd four ^ Lce a- week forreut . I can ' t swear it , but I Sbelieve it . My buMness is to att-nd to SiSiuu .. i * g %% R }™ in > s ?^ ^ nro ^ eS erat ^ - ^^ . I he ^ rd tbe same comp' ^ nt twea- 'y fivs jc ^ s a ^ o . i nave

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      heard them ever since I lived . 1 know that the owners of these houses ar « KramM'aa T , > r \ - m- > c '< about the low rents they are jjetii " . ' "Share are a many houses to let in Stalybrid ^ e . The Attorney General said ho must « al ! y object to this style of examination . He wished to be as forbearing as possible , bufc what they heard had no relevance whatever to the record . The Judge did not see the relevance of tho examin ti 0 Ii at all . He understood bo'h the witness and the defendant to bo correct in their views . Tbe witness hai stated that a man of ordinary skill and mdustiy , working a full week , wonld receive more money than be did twenty-five years ago ; the defendant , on the other hand , maintained that the man gave a larger produce for the amount , and that therefore , in point of fact , he got less .

      Witness—That ia what 1 mf > ant , of coarse taking into account tho alterations of machinery between this period and twenty-five years ago . The Defendant was proceeding with his examination , but his Lordship interposed , and Mr , Leach consequently sat down . Mr . John Bradshaw rexamined by Mr . Hildyard-1 am a mill-owner , at Stockpert . On the Uth of August last , a mob , amounting to several thousands , and armed with sticks , approached the mill 1 s-tood at the lodge door . The mob came up and demanded to be admitted , for the purpose of turning the

      hands ont . 1 refnsed to allow them to enter , on the ground that it was dinner hour , and that very few people were there . They said they must be in . 1 pushed them back , and locked the door . Thpy made an attack upon the lodge gates , and broke the windows . They succeeded in forcing an emranoe into the mill yard . Yery considerable violence was offered to n » e . 1 was surrounded by tbo mob , and so severely beaten with sticks , as te confine me to bed for several days , 1 escaped out of the yard , and met with similar treatment in the street .

      By Mr . O'Connor—1 did not bear of any violence being off-red lo any other millowuer , in Stockport , or any attack upon any other mill . There was very little excitement in Stockport before that day . 1 believe there , has been a great deal of angry discussion at Stockport , between the Chartists and those called Corn Law Repealera . " 1 believe there are some millowners in Stockport , who have taken an active part in such discussions , but 1 don ' t know of my own knowledge that they belong to the anti-Corn Law League . 1 once attended a meeting of this'description , two years ago , and 1 have not attended any since . 1 am not a member of the anti-Corn Law League . By Sir F . Pollock—Mine is the only mill in Stockport at which resistance was offered to the mob . After that resistance , I am not aware that any other mills in Stockport were attacked .

      Mr . Joe Cooper examined by Sir . "Wortley—1 am a cotton spinner , and live in the township of Chiswell , near Glossop . My father is the owner of a mill , and 1 and my brother assist at it . On the 1 lth of August a mob of about 150 persons came to the mil } . They said if we did noc turn the hanrfs out they would rake the fire out . We then stopped tho wcrking . The hands left the mill , and went in various directions . When they turned out , the mob went away . Some of the hands returned , but wo said we did not want them , as the mob had said that if -we started they wonld stop us again . At the reqnest of the hands we resumed operations on tbe 24 ih of August . They came almost every day to see when we started , as they wished to begin again .

      During tbo interval 1 attended a meeting at Glossop . Several hundred persons were there 1 know John Lewis , one of tho defendants . He was at the meeting , and made a speech . He said he had attended Sovrral meetings of the delegates at Manchester . He read a number of papers , and 1 understood that they w * re resolutions and addresses agreed to at Manchester . They were jrinted papers , like a placard . James Coe , not a defendant , made a speech . He said something aboul tho ** three glorious days " in France , where , though all the streets flowed with blooJ , property was respected , and he wanted it to be so in England . He advised the meeting to bo peaceable . On the 24 h , the day after the meeting , a mob of 300 or 400 came to tho mill . 1 saw among

      them several of the same men who had attended the meeting the previous day . My father met thr-m , and asked them what they wanted . ; They said they wanted the hands out , and they would have them out , or they wonld pull the mill down . They i-homed and flourished their sticks . My father began to reason with them , but they rushed past him , and be then ordered the engineman to stop the . mill . Many of thu hands had & ? & tor fear of being injured . Two of the mob wtnt into the mill and made a search . Some men were taken up foT these transactions . On the 29 Jh 1 went before the magistrates . My father , my brother Joseph , Jo "; n Howard , and my uncle , James Cooper , went

      with me . As we were leaving to go home , tho mob go ; between us and she inD . Tney began to slops u-s and we ran . They followed us about a mile s ' ' ms us all tho way . Before that John Howard , being much frightened , had left u « . I and my father , brother , and uncle took refuge in the housa of Mr . Howard , cotton spinner . My brother did not succeed in getting into tbe house . 1 saw him again i hat tremnt ;; he was insensible . It wa « stVtral weeks before he recovered from his wounds . By Mr . Dundas—1 could hear very well what Coe said at the meeting at Glossop . He advised tho people not to molest the special constables , as they must be « worn in .

      By Mr . O ' Connor—I doti ' t remember the following words by Coe : — " He had read tho pages of history , and had looked at the bloody scenes that had occurred at the c ' ose of the last century noon tbe soil of France . He saw that at that time the first cry of the people was , ' Give us bread , and none of your gabble , ' They were led by forms in women ' s puise , but of masculine energy , and callei up in the Court of the TuUtmes for immediate food ; for that they were dying , and , eying , woHld not endure it . " J ddn't remember the luilowing language being used by Cop , — " You must wait , " said Sir Robert , " till February ; you must wait 1 : 11 March ; you must wait till the dog-days of next , gammer , whon , perhaps , yon may have three euch days as you have had in Paris ; but we will have hundreds of thousands of troops to mow you down . " This 1 conceive to ba the policy of the party . I think that is ¦ worse than Coe ' s lauguage .

      Mr . Thomas Rhodes , examined by Mr . Pollock—1 am a cotton mai-ufacturer , and live at Glossop . My mill was at work on the 10 th of August . 1 remember a number ot persons coming ' o the mill on that day , in the direction from Stalybridge . The number -was not very large—perhaps 200 . The mill door was closed wh « -n the people came . When they arrived they demanded ihat the hands should be turned ont . 1 opened tbe door and tbe mob rushed in . They were armed with large sticks . 1 told them lher *> was no necessity to use violence , as we would stop without . Notwithstanding this , they rushed into the mill , and drove the hands forcibly out . ^ hen they saw all the hands out , 1 hoard some of them say , that if the hand 3 attempted to resume work , they would make them incapable of following their employment . After this there were several meetings in the neighbourhood . 1 attended one at Wednesoff-green , on the 17 th of August . A man named Booth was there . 1 believe his Christian

      name is John . Mr . Aiherton here took the opinion of his Lordship , wheiher the simple fact of the surname of two parties being the same was to be taken as proof of identity ? Tne Judge said he coald not at that moment say to what the examination might lead . It might be that Booth had done nothing but what was perfcc | ly legal ; or it might be otherwise . It was necessary , tbf-rc-fore , to know what was eaid at these meetings , in order that thiy might judge of their character .

      Examination resumed—Booth had a piece of pap * r in his hand ; and he told tbe peoplo what expensive a thing monarchy was , and what a quantity of wine tht ! queen drank . He also said that the working c ! as .-. es would never obtain justice from th « magistrates , for the Bench was composed of men from the middle classes of society . They must have men of their own stamp . He then referred to the church , and said if tho Bishops got so much for working one day , how mueh " did they ( tbe working cla ^ seB ) deserve for working six ! It wa 3 discussed whether they should stop tht railway hands , and 1 understood the meeting to decide that they should be stopped . ^ On ItavihZ the grouad they went in the direction of the

      railway . Tnere were two roads to it , and they t : ok the lon £ ?? t . We began work again at our mill on the 2 'Hh of August . We had no difficulty in getting the hands to come . Tho major part had expressed a wish to relurn to work any time we thought pro per . On this day , several hundred persons came to the mi'l , abont twelve o ' clock . The 8 r-t thing 1 saw was a mob ' surrounding the door . The cry raided by . the mob was "turn them out , " " wt'll Lave them out . " We defended the door , and kept the tnob off . There wnra two attacks . Tke first might continue for

      more than aa hour . They dispersed , threatening tha . t they would send a large force . We continued at work till Friday , the 3 Jth . 1 return : d some in the afternoon of the same day . 1 found tho windows of the warehouse destroyed , and those of my own and father-in-law's house . The military -were thero . I know the hand-writing of Joha Lewis . 1 have seen him write his name once . I believe those now produced to be the same . 1 was at a meeting on ilottraai Moor on the 19 th or 20 th of August . A placard was exhibited . There is no doubt that the one now produced { the address of the Executive Committee ) is the same .

      By Mr . Dandas—The placard was given to the chairman , but he did not app . ar to be able to read it , and it was give ; to another to read . I have no doubir this is a eapy . By Mr . Atbcrion—During the last four years there has been a graaual reJuctioa in the rate ot wages . 1 doa ' i know that thu workpeople in the month of Au . ^ is-. hid t&o feeling that a further t-. ouc-uou wculd ba mad-. 1 was giving a farthing

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      a eat more than my neighbours , and I contemplated making a reduction to Jthe standard of others . That is all I can say . I am uoi aware that there was general discontent among tho working classes on the subject of wages . By Mr . WComior- Oi \ the I lth . t-J'h , and 13 h of August , I heard Robert Wild , Samuel Lees , John tairharst , and Gibson speak . At the meeting I attended , it was not made a wage question . Robt . Wild said he was receiving 5 < . a week more than in 1840 . Fairhust stated that the block printers were receiving the same as they had done for eleven years . The meeting of the 11 th and 12 th unanimously resolved that it should not be made a wage 0 'ifiStlon ; that it was the Charter they wanted . Tnat motion was put repeatedly . We opened the doors of the mill on the 26 th , and the men came back .

      Mr . Hibbert recalled and examined by the Attorney General—I produce a placard delivered to me by Little , constable of Hyde . It was given to me about the middle of August , but I can ' t fix the day . It has never been out of my possession since . My writing is at the back of it , but it was only written yesterday . The address of the Executive Committe was here produced , and Little , cons-ahle of Hyde , stated that he ordered one of his constables to pull down the placard from the walls of Hyde , between the 15 th and 19 th of August , He delivered it to Mr . Hibbe ^ t , clerk to the Magistrates . The Attorney-General then put in the address , which was read by the Clerk of the Arraigns . The placard bsre the imprint of " Chales Turner , printer , Turner-street , Manchester , "

      Mr . Geo . Nasymith , examined by Sir G . Lewin—1 am the owner of premises , at Patricroft , in the township of Eccles , called Bridgewater FouiidTy . On the morning of the 1 hh of August , I got up early , and saw a number ot men going in the direction of Eccles . 1 went there , and found a meeting collected . I knew the president , David Morrison , one of the defendants . He spoke a few words , and introduced a man named Bell , who addressed the meeting . 1 was so far off , that 1 could not hear what was said . Morrison submitted a proposition that a deputation should * go to the various mills , and order the hands to turn out . This was not agreed to .

      Another was proposed , that the whole meeting should go , and it was adopted . Within a day or two 1 saw Morrison passing my house , accompanied by a procession . Several of them had sticks of no great Mze . They wore walking four or five abreast , and going in the direction of Patricroft . On the night of the 12 th of August , 1 heard a number of speeches . Tbe speakers recommended peace and order , and to continue that until the Charter had become the law of the land . A piece of white cloth was exhibited having an one aide— " Peace , law , and order , " and on the other " Political equality . " 1 afterwards saw a number of the party enter the gates of a Mr . Tetley , a retired gentleman , near tbe canal .

      By Mr . O Connor—Morrison has worked in my employ for six years . As far as . his conduct in the works is concerned , we had no complaint to make . Nathan Fryer , examined by Mr . Hildyard—I am foreman of the blacksmiths at tho Bridgewater works , near Worsley . On tho morning of the lhh of August , a number of persons assembled at the works . Morrison was there , and spoke to the inspector . Mr . Smith and Mr . Pearson are the managers of tho works . The latter had a communication wish the mob , and he then ordered them off , and said he would t-end tho men b-longing to the works to them . I went to hear what happened . Morrison spoke , and alluded to the distress that was existing , a ; d said that although we might , think ourselves well

      off , tho dibtr -as would ultimately reach us . Ha said it was now our duty to sympathise with them , and he added that if we did not turn out quieily , they would brinn a body of men to compel us . Eccleu also addressed the meeting . He said thoy oame like a c ' ock , and gavti warning before they struck . In couscquoucu o / what passed , our mm were ordered to cease working . The same afternoon I was at a meeting at . Ecclen . It struck me that t ' mob was the same . The meeting was addressed by M'Cartuey , one of the defendants . I don ' t know who the chaiiman was . M'Cartney began by addressing ihem as " f < llow-slaves , " and said , " this is the bt # inuii » g of the end : this is a struggle between rampant capital aud prostrate labour . "

      He informed them that at a meotiu ? of delegates , held at Manchester , it was determined thac they would not identify themselves with any class that were tarued out for an advance of wages . Tho Charter was referred to , and he 6 aid the struggle must be purely political , and that all labour must cease unul the Charter had become the law of the land . He mentioned many places , and said " above all , you hive the mon of Birmingham , who carried tho Hulorni Bill . " Oa Saturday morning , the l 3 . h of August , 1 was at a meeting , at Eccles . Thero was an address read , purporting to be from Mr . Lock , one of the Duke of Bridge water ' s stewards . It was ^ ropo ^ ed to burn this document . Morrison again addressed the mob in terms of encouragement , and they then marched ° ff in procession .

      By Mr . McCartney—1 have stated britflv the substance of what you spoke at the meeting . You urged the people to persevere in their course and ultimately they would be successful . ' 1 am quite positive that you are the man . 1 did hot hear you recommend the people to abotairi from everything that might tend to destroy a ttinglo blade of grass . 1 could not consider the meeting a peaceable one , after what 1 had seen . T / . e presence "f tho men who had stopped our works was a sufficient indication of the character of the meeting . 1 observed a gentleman on horseback out ? ide of the meeting ; he was

      not a magistrate-. 1 did not see a Magistrate present while you were atidressini : the meeting . You approved of tho conduct of the meeting , and therefore J consider you were one of them . 1 did notsre you in WorsJey that day . 1 do not know that gentlemen of property in tho neighbourhood have auppiif d food to those who were on strike . 1 do not know of any attacks upon person or property in the places 1 hive here alluded to , on the lhh . 1 did not hear you urge the meeting loTespect even the opinions of those who differed t ' rom thorn . Ifjou did do so , 1 had loft the meeting .

      George Wroe , examined by Mr . Pollock—In the month of August last , I was in the service of Mr . Greenwood , each proprietor , of Eucles . I remember seeing M'Canney , in the Bull's Head , in Ecclen , on tbe Uth of August . 1 remember his engaging a carriage of my master , to take him to Leigh . He started from Eccles about ten minutes past six in the evening . He said he must be at Leigh a little before eight . The distance is about 8 or 9 miles . I drove him to Leigh . In half an hour afterwards I was coming home , and I saw him about to address a meeting . I didn ' t hear what be said .

      Samuel Turner , examined by Mr . Wortley—1 am a farin-T , and live at Ashton-under-Lyne . On Tuesday morning , tho Skh of August , there was a meeting at Thacker ' a greund , st Ashton . It wan appoiuted to commence at six o ' clock . 1 know Pilling , one of the defendants , lie spoke j and said he wished to go along wnh the b > dy to meet the masters , at the Exchange , at AJanchester , as the musters would not come to meet them . He argued for a fair day ' s wage for a fsir day ' s labour , and said th < y must not resume their work , until they had got the wages

      of 1840 . 1 know a man who goes b y the name of General Lee . He was at the meeting . The mob afterwards moved off to , Manchester , and Lee went with them . 1 got my breakfast , and went also . We passed through Holt Town , arid they stopped two or threo factori ps . 1 Baw one factory where they forced open tho gate . 1 did not see Lee after leaving Ashton . At Manchester a Magistrate met the people ; Mr . Maude was the gentleman . There was another gentleman with him . 1 gaw the military in Stephenson-square . 1 saw Mr . Maude speaking to the mob . 1 nuvor saw Lee in Manchester at all .

      By Mr . Dundas—Tbe reason 1 went to Manchester was thiB : —1 had a lad who followed the mob in the morning , and 1 went after him to got hold of him lest he should get into a scrape . I heard Mr . Maude advise the people not to stop any factories , but to go to the meeting in Granby-row-fields , where they would find everything " right , square , aud comfortablr "—( Laughter . ) The Magistrates escorted the people through the town , and gave them every praise tha . could possibl y be , for being so peaceable . 1 eaw no mob assembled in front of the Exchange at Mftnchcstur . They all seemed in good humour , and 1 saw now't to fait about . —( The witness retired amidst ruueh laughter . )

      Archibald Me . Mullin , examined by Sir G . Lewin—I am oue of the inspectors of police , at Manchester . On the morning of the iJ . h of August a large body of nun entered the town , and when they arrived in Ancoats-street , they divided into bodies . Women were mixed in the procession . Some of them had small sticks . Mr . Maude , the stipendiary magistrate , met teem at the corner oi Pollardstreet . Ho v-poko to them , but 1 could not hear what was said . They then went down Great Ancoats-i-treet . I went to Mr . Murray ' s mill , and I iound a mob of fifty persons there . Taey insisted upon the hands being turned out . About four o ' clock in the afternoor , I wtnt down to the Cotton Twist Company ' s mill , and found the windows broken . The military were there , and they had twelve persons in custody . The hands bad turned out , aud the

      mill was stopped . I then saw the mob attack ; Mr . Burley ' 8 mill , aud break the windows . The gates leading to the yard had been broken . I should think that 3 , 000 or 4 , 000 squares of glass were broken , and the window frames were forced out . From Burley ' s they proceeded to Messrs . Stirling and Beckton ' s . I found the squares broken . The town continued in a state of disturbance for several days . The shopa were shut np , and the mills were staudiug . I know a man named James Leach . He keeps a small book shop . 1 had a warrant to apprahend him . When I got iuto the house I noticed a board , en which w&a a large placard . 1 took it away . This was on the 17 ; h oi August . ( A copy oi the Executive Address was put in . ) At the time 1 went into the shop the p ' aoird was leaned against tho wall .

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      By Mr . O'Connor—V have ? e-ided in Manchester about seventeen year ? . I beli-jve that for that time , there ha * been a proops&um in the town on the 16 th of An * , ' st . I helievr" ij was the intention to have a p' -icassion oa tha last 16 th of August . I bolievo , also , that in coust-quf&ee of the disturbed state ot' the town , the magistrates recommended that the procession should not take pi ace . I am not aware tbat it was in contemplation to have a meeting in a private piece of ground belonging to Mr . Scholefiflld . I do not know of my own knowledge that Mr . Ssholefi ^ Jd gave notice cha t fee would not have a meeting there . I am not aware that there was any breach of the peace in Manchester on the

      16 h of AuKUBt . I never saw so many persons in Manchester . I believe that notices had b- en circulated throughout the whole country for some wetks , to have a procession on ; the 16 ih of August , to open Hunt's Monument . { The notice , abandoning the procession , was a short one : 1 can ' t say whefcer it was in couseqnence of persons in the country not having received their notices , that the influx of persons into the town , on the 16 th , was so large . Tranquillity was not restored for five or six day ? . 1 passed the h'nise of Leach several times in tho afternoon , but 1 did not go in to ascertain whether he was in or not 1 apprehended him at eleven o ' clock at night . 1 don't know how long before that hour Leach was n his house :

      By Sir F . Pollock- The state of the town was extremely alarming . Business was quite : suspended , the chops were shut up , and the military aud special constables were parading in all directions . Mr . Richard Berwick , examined by the Attorney-General—F am the chief superintendent of police in the borough of Manchester . On Wednesday morning , the 10 th of August , tho town of ( Manchester was in a very disturbed state , A few machine shops were at work in the morniDg , but they were stopped during the day , I saw large bodies of persons go and order the millowners to stop their works , or they would break the wimiowa . Some parts of the day , all parts of Manchester were interrupted . I could not form any opinion of the number of

      persons , but I never saw so many . 1 am aware that processions have taken place for many years past on tho 16 th of August . They have been very little attended for some time past . It has riot be . n customary for persons to assemble for six or s yen days beforehand , to bo ready for the : procession . 1 know instances in which bodies of persons went to the shopkeeper ? , and demanded bread . In some cases it was refused , and in others , it was thrown out to them . I remember the meeting in Graubyrow-fluids . Christopher Doyle , one of the defendants , was in the chair . Several thousands were present . Tha Mayor spoke to Dayjp , and the meeting generally , telling them that the town was in a most excited state , and that he could not

      allow tbe meeting to couttuue any longer . 1 believe Doyle wished the meeting to disperse . After a parley of about ten minutes , the people began to walk awiy . On tbe 17 th Lsaw a placard similar to that now produced ( address of the Executive-Committee ) extensively pasted in Manchester . The ; first time I saw it was in the morning of the 17 th . That was the day after the intended procession to Hunt ' s monument . 1 apprehended Turner , \ a printer . Mr . Ewart , in my presence , found a placard on the premises , which he gave to nv , and 1 afterwards marked it . That now produced is the same . To the best of my belief , it is in tbe 8 !> me state as 1 found it . The corrections are in ink . 1 don ' t know the hand writing . I seized a printing pres-i belonging to Turner . Leaob was taken on the niaht

      of the 17 th , and in the morning I had seen tho placard at his door . I found another copy of the placard on Leach ' s counter . ( Produced . ) I also foucd a book . When I first saw the placard at Leach ' s door it was ou a large board six or seven feet high ond several persons in the ) street wens reading it . I remember gi > ing to the Hall of Scienre , Manchester , on the 16 th of August . 1 found several hundred persons there . A majority called themselves delegates . 1 knew Alexander Hutchinson . He ia not a defendant . 1 could not identify any of'them . The Magistrates informed them of the excited state of the town , and gave them ten minutes in which to disperse . At the lapse of that time they did disperse . 1 think M'Cdrtney was there , but 1 can ' t swoar io him . 1 cannot sta : e the n .. moer of military in the town .

      By Mr . Dundas—The people in the Hall of Science dispersed quietly . There werd a t'reat number outside . 1 havo known 5 , 000 or 6 000 persons attend th * i procession in honour of limit's fe&tiyal . 1 don't think there was any procession at all la , st year but om > . Tho last time 1 noticed a procession , 1 think 2 , 000 persons would be present . Tuesft [ processions were always known to the authoriti . s . 1 knew on the 15 ch of August last , that uo procession wouid take place . By Mr . Baines—1 am not exactly clear about the day when 1 first knew of tho warrant against Mr . O'Connor . Tbo Attorney General—My Lord , 1 will just say that . 1 should like to see this warrant produced . Mr . Baines— 1 merely want to fix the recollection of Mr . Beswick , as to the day on which he first saw the warrant .

      Mr . Beswick—1 am mistaken about the warrant as to Mr . O'Connor . Jt was against Dr . M'Douall The Attorney General—1 was so satisfied that no such thing existed , that 1 iiiterposed to save my Learned Friend the trouble of pressing the question . By Mr . Baines—1 am aware that early in the spring of last year the foundation stone of a monumtnt to tho memory of tho lato Mr . Hoary Hunt was laid in the burial ground attached to Mr . Scholefittld ' e chapel . 1 remember an announcement being made that a large procession would assemble to commemorate tho event , at which

      Mr . O'Connor would be present . The procession did take place , and a tea-party was held afterwards . 1 believe it was understood that the monument should bo completed by the last anniversary , on the 16 ch cf August ; when another procession was to take place . 1 believe ; a placard was posted in the town , stating that in consequence of the excitement in the town , the procession would not take place . It did not take place . 1 understood from sotneot the other cons-tables that after tbe proclamation of the Queen , and that of the Magistrates , appeared , » meeting fixed to be held on the premises of the Rev . J . Scholefield , was abandoned .

      We subjoin the substance of each of these placards read by Mr . Baines , which are highly important to the Chartists , as showing the spirit of law aud order by which they were actuated : — The following is tho announcement of the procession : — " Hunt ' s Monument . —Men of { Manchester , Salford , and the surrounding towns and villages , be at your poft >> . In conformity with the announcement of the colhmittee in the placards recently issued , we hereby give instructions to be observed jon the 16 th of August , 1842 , when a grand procession will take place to celebrate the completion of the ] monument in memory of the late Henry Hunt , E-q . Those

      trades who resolve to join the procession are requested to meet the members of the National Charter Association , and other frieads of Henry Hunt , Esq ., in Stevenson's-square , precisely at ' ten o ' clock in the forenoon , where the procession will be formed , and thence maroh in dueorder , headed and conducted by two marshals , through the following streets , namely , Lever-street , Piccadilly , London-road , to Ard wick-green , there to meet the patriot ; O'Connor . " ( Then follows the further programme , and the announcement of a tea , party and ball , in the Carpenter ' s Hall , tho same evening , at which Mr . O'Connor had promised to attend . The placard was dated August ] .

      In the mean time , the disturbances broke out in Manchester , and the Committee for conducting the procession issued the following notice : —' "The Committee for the erection iof Hunt ' s Monument , respectfully inform the public , that in Consequence of the very unexpected excitement of the town of Manchester , and its vicinity , occasioned by tho ' Turn out for an advance of wagss ^ ' they have decided that the procession , as announced in former bills for the 16 t . h of August , 1842 , -wilx . NuT tars place , lest it should give an opportunity to increase the excitement , the odium and consequences of which have been attempted to be fixed on the Chartist body . The meeting will be held on the premises ot the Rev . J . Scholefield , where the monument can be seen . The gates will be open at ten o ' clock , and the meeting will be addressed by Feargas O'Connor , Et-q , and other delegates at eleven o ' clock . "

      In the meantime , the disturbances having assumed a more formidable appearance , and two proclamations having made their appearance , one by the government , in the name of the Qaeen , and the other by the Magistrates of Manchebter , the committee issued another placard , prohibiting the meeting on Mr . Scholefield ' s premises ; alleging as a reason , that given in the preceding notification . By Mr . O'Connor—Mr . Leach ia a newsvender , I am not aware it is a common practice when any printer executes a placard , to send them , to a newsvender . I don't know that I have seen { placards at newsvender ' s doors of a more exciting character than this . . ¦ _ The Attornoy « General objected to this question , which the Learned Judge field to be irregular , and consequently Mr . O'Connor did not press it .

      Examination resumed—1 know * it has been your practice for several years to attend demonstrations at Manchester , on tho 16 th of August , jl have seen you there frequently . Those demonstrations were perfectly well known to the authorities . 1 don ' t know that they were attended by any breach of the peace . 1 should say that the tranquillity of Manchester was restored iu about a formi » ht after the 9 ih of August . 1 was confined iu the jTown Hall , in a great measure , for a month , and , therefore , 1 don ' t know so mach about the town aa others . 1 believe the days on which 1 received the worst reports , were on the Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday , the 10 \ 11 th , and 12 th of August .

      By Mr . Leach . —1 am not awaro that ; it is the custom in Manchester for bill stickers to paste bills on . th" boards which stand at newsv , ntlors doors . 1 i believe you were not at hojae ou ihs day on . which . 1

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      saw the placard in your shop . You were certainly not in the shop for l lo > ked a s 1 passed . 1 had been searching for you during the day . Mr . William Drake was calku to produce a declaration from the offcse of > ir . Seymour Montague , one of the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes , signed by Joshua Hobson , Market-street , Leeds , declaring that ha was the printer and publisher of the Northern Slar , and that Fcargns O'Connor , Esq . of Denham Coctage , Hammersmith , was the sole proprietor . In answer to a question by Mr . Wortley , Mr . Drake stated that the declaration was executed in his presence .

      The Attorney-General read the imprint of tho Northern Star , and was proceeding to read some extracts from a publication of Ia 3 t year , when , at the request of Mr . O'Connor , the Learned Gentleman consented to postpone the reading till the following morning . The Court rose at seven o ' clock . It is not expected that , tho Attorney-General will finish his case before Tuesday , so that it is probable the trial will occupy a great part , if not the whole of nexC week .

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      ( From the Hohfaa Guardian . ) It is this week our painful duty to record one of the most revolting cases of barbarous treatment that it ever fell to our lot to notice . The case affords another illustration of the cruellies practised upon children doomed to slave-labour in a coalmine , and we beg distinctly to observe that we have understated rather thau overstated the treatment of the wretch whose name we saall shortly iutroduce .

      James Whiteley , a poor orphan boy , about seventeen y ^ ars of age , was apprenticed to Joseph Whiter ley , collier , residing at blackiey , near EUand , about seven years ago , aa a hurrier . He was then only about nine years of-age . From the first day of his apprenticeship to his cruel master , he has been the subject of the most severe and harsh treatment . The labour to which he was put in hia mere infancy was th'i veriest drudgery , and when his limbs failed to do their duty , a huge strap , or not unfrequently a thick piece of wood , Was most inhumanely applied to his person . Six o ' clock in the morning was the usual

      hour at which this poor boy was sent into the pit , and at the same hour in the evening—but not unfr qaently eight or nine o ' clock—ho was again submerged , his only subsistence being a muffin , or some other such eatable , a : d the water in the pit . The cruelties practised upon him have been greatly increased since his inhuman ' master was married ( about two years since ) , the woman it appears having taken a disfike to the poor orphan lad . Asa sample of the barbarities which this collier boy has had to undergo , let the punishment he has experienced during the past fortnight suffice .

      It appears that the severe flogging which Whiteley received caused , him once or twice to run away from , his master . A short time ago he was so beat with a hurrier ' s strap , and a heavy piece of wood ( piece of an old cradle ) , tbat ho a ^ ain resolved upon runuing away . He did so , but on Tuesday week he was brought before . the Halifax magistrates by his masfor , charged with disobedience . Through the threats and menaces of the cruel tyrant who had treated him so barbarously , he was stating the whole facts of the case to tho bench . Tae lad had intended showing the various wounds inflicted upon , his person enough , however , was said to induce the nvagvstrates to reprimand tho master , aud the boy was ordered to go back again , aud the master

      warned not to ill treat him iu future . This warning , however , was nfleeted . The same day he administered a most brutal castigation to his victim , which he repeated every day while the lad remained with hica . Our readers may imagine that th . 8 harrowing details which are to follow are tinged with an air of fiction . They are facts . The poor lad went down in the pit , was beat with a stick , and between each stroke tho instrument was dipned in water . The lad ' s back became one mass of sores , and it was impossibio for him to lie in bed , While subjected to , this inhuman treatment , he wa < j allowed taree meals per day of thin water porridse

      only , and in consequence of his brutal treatment boils broke out in all parts of his body . Frequeatly was he sent into tho pit without ; breakfast , and obliged to perform the whole of his drudgery . What made this the more pain ' ul was the fact of his labouring under the effects of a severe wound inflicted upon his right knee some time since . On that occasion while beating him with a hurrier ' s strap , the master took hold of the end opposite the buckle ( which i 3 generally a tolerably large one ) , thus causing a more severe punishment ; in one of the strokes the buckle caught tho poor lad on the right knee and tore away a largo piece of Scsh ! The lad , however , was Still foreed to work .

      On Thursday night week , this monster master ducked the lad ' s head three or four times in a bowl of water , wetting hissbirt all over , and forced him into the cellar , where he was locked up all night , without boU , chair , table , or even a morsel of etr&w ! The same treatment , was about to be practised on Friday nifcht , but he begged so pitifully for mercy that he was allowed to go to bed . Oa Saturday night , however , he was again forced into the cellar , where ho remained all night . On Sunday morning he r / as brought out ; no breakfast was given him ; but , as a further punishment , his master suspended a heavy bag of iron round his neck and forced him to walk up and down tha room under the terror of another flogging . Some

      cold porridge ( which ! : a'l been left the previous day ) was warmed up and offered him , but he could not eat . His master then lift the house , saying he would look out for a good thick stick . The weman shortly after left the bouse for the purpose of fetching some wat * r from a neighbouring well , and the lad being thus for a few moments left alone resolved upon trying once more to escape from a worse than African slavery . With great exertion he managed to looso the bag of iron from his neck , and made bis escape into Grimscar Wood . From thence he stealthily proceeded to the old Copperas Works , where ho remained till night-fall . During his concealment in the Copperas Works he heard his master seeking htm . The lad , when referring to this cironmstance , shudders involuntarily , saying , " I did uemble then . " Fortunately , however , he was

      not discovered . At night , he proceeded to Elland where a charitable woman took him into her house * gave him some coffee , and provided him with a bed . On the Monday he went to one of the constable ' s who took him to Mr . Joshua Dodgson , one of the overseers , who was so etruck at the shocking spectacle which the lad presented , that he resolved upon resuing him from his inhuman master . He was brought before the Magistrates on Tuesday , by the constable , accompenied also by Mr . Dodgson . His back was exhibited and presented from the nape of the neck downwards one continued series of bruises * evidently effected by some solid but thin weapon . His right band was also dreadfully swollen in attempting to parry off the blows . One part of his body presented raiher the appearance of raw , diseased meat than of human flesh and skin ! It was

      at first intended to take out a warrant for assault , but ou conferring with the Magistrate it was thought better to take a summons for ill-treatment , with a view to cancel the indentures and release the lad from the liability to suehcrael treatment . The lad was subsequently removed to the workhouse , where he was put under proper medical treatment , and the most assiduous attention has since been paid to him both by Mr . and Mrs . Dyer . We understand that Joseph Whiteley , the lad ' s master , will be brought up before the Magistrates this day . it may be interesting to know that this unfortunate orphan boy is brother to the girl who figured in a wood-cut which appeared in the Guardian some time ago , illustrative of the cruelties and indecencies practiced iu the coal mines near Elland .

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      Sir , —I have had two interviews with Mr . Daneombt ;; and although be thinks nothing can be done for poor Etlia at present , yet he pledges himself to use every exertion in the pour exile ' s favour as soon as the trials are over , end the political ferment arising out of the trials bas subsided . Mr . Duncombe evinced the deepest sympathy with the undeserved sufferings of Eilia , and listened to my narrative of our conversation in the dungeon with manifest interest . I regret to say that some one bad made an unfavourable impression respecting poor Ellis upoo Mr . Buncombe ' s mind , prior to my eeeing him . Tbat I have removed it , gives me inexpressible satisfaction . My vow , or , at least , the more important part of it , is now fulfilled .

      I address my Sbakspereana , by way ef farewell , twice in tbe Leicester amphitheatre , next Sunday , The following Sunday , I have engaged to deliver two addresses at Wednosbury , where I hope to have the melancholy satisfaction of Beeing Mrs . Ellis ; and tbe next morning I shall be at Stafford , ready to pieBent myself , once more , at tb . e bar . I am , dear Sir , Yours truly , Thomas Cooper London . Fob . 28 th . 1843 .

      P . S . I am sorry to say that I must disappoint tke friends at Gainsborough , Newark , Arnold , &c . I cannot now make them the visit I pxomis « d .

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      LONDON . — THK MeMBEES OP THE SUBKEY Council met , agreeably to adjournment , but , ia consequence of the landlord discovering they were Chartists , denied tha use of the room , giving the people another proof of the neeessity of obtaining places of their own to meet in , The council , accordingly , held a preliminary meeting , at the Star Coffee-house , -when it wag agreed that they meet in . future at the Rotuada , on Sundays , at six o ' clock ia the evening . Mb . Pabry lectured at the Political and Scientific Institution , Turn&gain-lane , on Wednesday evening , for the benefio of the Defence Food , andy , was loudly applauded .

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      rjSI ^ 8 KT £ M ES . Ayiiy&T 1 0 y OF THE LATB 35 R . CARLTtE . £ ** Sa iMptcSun of the body of the late 31 r ^ . " " C ^ iiis , seme peitts of no orjiiuiry interest ^*^ ifcnnfcrl ? tlls TO * 9 * c t of aa attack of paralysis , jj !* s EX 3 E g ,. proved to hi ^ e bet-n caused by T ^ p 111 ® Oi blood into a very ntcsaal situation , * 0 > wwJ X 0 iii ' at tie base of tbt ) bKliE ' This for : n } % & * & * ^ PPsbb in the proportion of nine in four jj ^^ ases , according to tue caica atiocs of Audral . te ^* k l * iitved , by all m&dksl ant&crirfss , tbat j ^ srfc necessaril y fital . " gjj , ~™« s case proved noi only that effusion of ^ Sf * ^ EaSdsraMe quantifies , may bsve bten in tflia ^^^ ^ illi&nt bciBj immrQiattiy fetal ; but "with w ^ 5 * a . &re impunity , Tsitiiont Iobs of « onscionsi ^^ o- Mr . Cariilfi - s brain wekbed Sib- 6 oz . and J ^ Zf ? - Tbs cerebellum amounted to Stz . 5 drs . ^ iS 13 V 6 ^ ht > therefore , tf tbe litter to tie fortf SjTj * to nine and a naif- Ik e measurements ^ J *^ ssioe-jrliat e xceeded tke average European liwf ° * fieaUi -ifus conntciea vn& tb . e state of y ^\ ^ ' nBsl ¥ ~ The former trera in the condition ^• ta . ft atsck of BroBchetes for the most part * & ***?• ^ * somewhat enlarged , and loaded ^ ( SnT ^ ? MEtli -7 *» t ***» tea ^^ ^ JDEtrnctsve ose to the physl-$ 5 £ r » ** EiG ' t be a sonrce of gratification to his Si wr " * ? *» beqasst , an item has been added to awjjy ^ ri icoirt ^ e . fepa ^ vf P ^ ticalzis -were tindly furnished to onr Ba $ JiaL Dt Tnom : - Williams , of SL Thomas *

      Barbarous Treatment Op A Collier Boy. Near Elland.

      BARBAROUS TREATMENT OP A COLLIER BOY . NEAR ELLAND .

      To Xhe Editor Of The Northern Star.

      TO XHE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct978/page/3/