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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE . K 1 SI PRTTJ 3 COURT . —CARLISLE , AUGUST 7 . ( Be / on ilr . Baron Bol / eJ - SEDTrcTIO * . —DALTON V . KKBA . SK . S . This "was an action to recover compensation in damages for th 6 seduction by the defendant of the aisto of the plaintiff , who -vras resident in the plaintiff ' s house an : ' i assisted in the management of his household . Mr . Knowlee appeared for the pLuatiiE Mr . Ramahaj eoniicted the defence . •' - ¦ Ksowles , in a brief and impressive address , etaud the case , as subsequently detailed in tha evidence of ::- principal "witness . He concluded by stating that toe amount of damages might fauly be left to tht bot 5 t ; : 1 snd > dispassionate judgment of the Jury themfclV' -a on a calm consideration of the circumstances ol th& ca * e as they "would be detailed by the witnesses . Bcc ' . compensation he asked at their hands as they ¦ would fhinV adequate , bid any of themselves been the tfryrt ^ f so deep a wrong . ASSIZE XNTSLUO&KC 2 .
M&rgsret Daltou , the subject of the present action , ¦ was placed in the witness box , and gave her eTidence with great coolness and self possession . She stated that since her mother's death she had lived until after this occurrence at the house of the plaintiff , htr brother "William , and acted as his housekeeper . In the October o * I " o 5 , she aceamnanied him to Penrith , at which to"wn tbe yeomanry were then assembled . She stopped at the housa of a Mr . Bell , who is married to her eouiia . On the ISth of O : tc-bcr sbe wtnt to a dance at Pc&ritb , with Mr . Bell , Mrs . Bell , and sjaie ether lsc e 3 . She there ract tlis defendant , vrhe was one of the viomanry , and was introduced to him by Mr . BelL She danetd -with him , and during the evening he paid her Ti-ry marked attentions , and after the dsrice accompanied her to Mr . Ball's house . Sir .- went home the
next morning . The following Sue day she saw tie def r . dant at Claybura , the residence of hvr brother , tbf : : siiiti 3 : He hs . d said the night of the ball tint Ik J&--T- = •»•¦* oming , and be accordingly came ou the Sunday -- . U ' j-vring , and stayed about two houre . He toid her he ~ uld come once a month . She saw hiic frequently aft :-: r&rds , sometimc-a at her brother's , sometimes at Po .-. 'iih . He cwne to her brother ' s soiuetiiiit-s once a nif . th , soniijtimes uct so often . Her brother ' s famiiy son i-dines aw kiin . He said be -wished to marry her , as . she offered no objection . In the year 1 S 37 she bcear . ' ^ pre ^ aaat , and was delivered of a clAld in February lb ^ -s . The defooifnt was the father ; he is about fortyfive ur forty-six . Tbe witness is now twenty-sis . Whra her moU-sr died the prop « aty m divided between her and her iTJtoer . Her sUsre ^ fii ^ w ut £ 700 . The defenivjit vas aware of " . Lis . o ^
C-. ^ ss-exammsS .: my mover ' s dtath I lived with my brvthtr William . I Iiv 3 il with him for two-yer . rs un ; il Whitsuntide , 1 S 3 S . 1 -went to live with ny brother Jolm then , about a fiionih after ihe child was "bora . The dance at P ^ nriili was at tha BJ 1 aiid Ba ' . iock . It was a-pubfic-hons :, and any p ? rdon = dancfcd tb ^ re -whj cfcoso to coteo in . Tiere -were tfro iiiicLes . and tlie liqaur used waa druij : in Ike room -sphers fvc d&nced . &me of Ihe ladies sat on the " gentlemen's knees with anus round their -waists . There were ether dances at tbe public-houses in the town , and thi p ^ rtit ¦> mcTed about from one to tha other . I -was at two bouses . Ti . e defendact came into the Bell and Bullock abom eight o ' clock . I did not ? it on anybody ' s knee but his . When he came he aiked me to dance , and we
bad a ji g . Alter the dance wis over Ve sat down together . 1 cannot say if I got on his knee . I did not tit on his knee in the dancing room . He had his arm roTtnd my -waist , » nd sat so about , half an hour . We earn- ; out of the Bell and Bullock , and went t » ilr . BtH " 5 . Thst was about nine o ' clock . We sat th-. re a litUe , aa . i ihm —cut to the Old Crown . We danced there , and hi * sjmetliing to dunk . 1 had a glass . I had a ch > 3 bsfyre . Mr . BJ 1 went with us . I cannot » y if I so . t oe the drfendanfB knee . We stayed at the Old Crown abv-at half an hour , and about " elereu we ¦ wrsit to Mr . Bell ' s , where the defendant supped . Mr . Beii was not sleeping there that night , and Mrs . Dell ¦ weni to bed , leaving me and defendant in the kitehen . TTe aat tliere . He had his sun round me . Thai w- *
tti ; iirst tiiua ha hid eor . nec ^ vn -triih me . I sa-w htm the Ees ; iundiy » t my brother ' s , he came at ten in the « Yc ?> i :-:. s . ud 1 saw hia in tLe krtcLen . The people in the house \ T . re gone to br ; i I let him in . I aw him ts-lzi a > .-a- ; a znortn a : Ur at P , -nriih , at an inn , calle-i the H-j ^ .: Oik . > Ve -sr <; re in a Wd-ivoiu , and stayed about li- if En hour . I saw Lim suuseqnentlv at my bi-jtbcr ' s . Ho usaaliy oiaie about t-n at night , afttr ; be family were in b < -d . Sometimts he was there bcfvje , and my brother used to go to bed and leave us together . I met him frequently at Ptriirith on the Tuesdays , the Trr-. rket days . He tix > k me to Mr . Fo £ tar s . We sai in a bed-ruom upstairs . The door "W&s open . Ocee , in May , 1 S 37 , is sliu 5 the door , and
l 0 Ci . 3 » i it . I told him if he did not open it , it would bs iba worse for him . Xothiag then took place between us I applied to him the week after the cLild vas born , and about half a year after , arid also in February . 1 S 39 , when 1 met him accidentally in Penrith . Wfc sit down in the inn in the . parlour . 1 did not see him again after that . In October , 1839 , I "wrote him a lett * -r . I had not then ordered the action . I did bo a week after . I saw the defendant a few ¦ weeks sgo at my brother ' s . He gaye me £ 5 . It vras not then agreed the action sh » uM be stopped . We did not part on good terms . My brother John sav him tb ^ s . He Trent out aud left us together all the a'ter-Boen , We Bid tea together . He talked about settling . .
On re-examinatlon the witness pointed out the defendant in court She stated he had given the £ 5 to pay for die "writ , and would call the next day to Eec about the costs and damages , which he did not do . She further declared that she misunderstood the questions in crvss examination , and that no impropriety toek pia e previous to April , 1837 . 3 ir . GeOTge Bill stated the circumstiace 3 connected ? ith &e intiwlactioii of the parties . The defendant inquired about Miss Dalfcon and her fortune . Frequency saw him , and on these occasions he always « pote of her . Mr . Jacisc-n , snrgeon , of Penrith , deposed to the deli-very of iliE 3 Dalton . The child -was a female .
Mr . Ramshat addressed the Jury for the defence He couten ied that the lsnanase which had been used by bis Learned Friend , Mr . Knowles , as to tbe injury to the fe- ' ! r-. gB of the ywitig woman and her friends , cctf . i not apply to a case where an acquaintance . w& 3 bejun and continue ! in such a manner as tbe present . Ee submitt-d that the claim on the defendant was of the character of a stale- demand , resulting from tLe doubt la which the young woman was as to the paurfiity of her child ; and th . it , after htr statements on CT-jts-examination as to h . er rtady abandonment A h :-rseif to tlie defendant's fembr- ^ c-3 , on the vtr ? first evening ol ihi . ii acqraiiiumce , and within a few hours if
their firs : introduction in a public-housd , they would plsee little reliance on her declarations in re-examination , -when , with the assistance of her counsel , &he ¦ was endeavouring once more to set the -case for the pUh : tiff upon its legs , and declaring her misunderstanJin ? of a question , on -which misunderstanding -was impossible , an-1 of the meaning of which ths subsequent course of the cross-rxaxninaticn shewed she was perfectly aware . The Learned Counsel proceeded to comment on tbe evidence in . detail , and Kcbciitted that thi ¦ was a miserable attempt to octort money , and that tb « justice of the case would tw amply-m-t by a verdici awarding the smallest coinknoTPn in the realm .
His Lon . Uh . ip , in summing up , after stating the law of the case to th * Jury , observed that much , a 3 to tbe qujntum of damages , would depend upon ibe construe- tion which they put upon the evidence of tbe yoacg j woman , Murgartt Dabon , as to her first acquaintance ¦ witathe dtfenoint If . they were of opinion that the bad , as W 23 contended , abjvndoaed herself to the do- fen ^ ant's tmbrsees on the very first ev-. ning of tLrir * cquiintanoe , tLe damages would be sn-ail in ' . ee-i . If . en the "Z' -. t-T Ur . nd , they cave fall credit lo » tr esp ' .- . a- tion c : i re-examir . ft ^ ion , the damages would be much enhanced by the fact of the def-n Ian : coiuh . g viv > Court , snd with a full knowlrd ; , 'e of the truth of the ease , directing the course o' (" e f enc ^ wh . ch had betn adopted . What was sought in this ic : on was , unions : others , a compensation for the iviu- ; 4 feelings of t : ; e family , and that injury wcuid La incre-isen , and it * nscvasary recompense increat 4 jd i » proporrinn . by th . £ act of sach arpetjions , if nntrov . i > eingthr ;> W ! s . u ; xse the tairtcL . r c-f the young Ti-m . n . Tne Jury letired for soiue lime , - -. n-1 raturi-e'l into Court -with , a vtrdict for the plaintiff , damages i ^ 5 n .
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IU 0 T AT DIL 5 T 0 S . ( T- * m the Corretpone ' enl of ihe Times . ) BJ ^ 'urghum . S . lur . ' ay . The first annual dinner of the B ; iEumOpp * -r » Mv-CoiiA-rv .-tive A- ^ odation was hel-f in tbe 3 Iarket-piace of that town last evening , and , I a :: i sorry to s-f , that the prooe-dinga "were terminated by a serious sni disgraceful not There being do room in the town sufficiently large to accommodate tee company espected . tbe Market-place was eovertrd with canvas , aud by this xueaai con v'jrted into ft npa ? I <> us and elegant marquee .
Mr . S . S . Briaooe occupied the chair , and Mr . VV i : Jiam Baldwin officiated as T . cc-Presd-nt The Pres ' . dent ¦ was fauppDr \« l on bi » rig ' at by Lord - Ingestrie , M . P .. and on his left by Mt Lf . xdals , bsrristo .- ; and amon / st the cl ^ rgi - and gentry , vnio d ' ned on the occasion , were the Rev . J . B . Owen , the Be ? . R . Hill , the Rev J . Dsaocro , Jdj . Tb-orneyjcilt , Mr . Baldwin , Mr . Kiich-U 2 e , Mr . P . " . Viiliams , Mi . S . Wagstaffe , Mr . Phllpo'ts , Ilr . Btf . gor , Mt . Be ^ t , Mr . Lxjb ilr . Foster , and : other inauentiil gentlemen of tte to" < ni and nelghbouihooi TLe dinner party consiited of upnards of £ va hundred , cbiefiy working men .
All tl . i ^* "went on pleasantly until abont half-post nine o ' clock , wben a B ^ oe of indescribable tumult and ¦ violence took place . During the early part of the evaning information was givea to Mr- SBperintendent Ray , of the county peLce , who "was in attendance , that the mob ¦ w ithout the » n » i"g of the Marketplace were in ^ ultlcg ida men , and tha : one of them had been Tiolentl ; struck with a stone . JTothing , howera , occurred to lead to any apBr&easUa of s ^ aioue coaaeqaences xmtU dpsk , irtea ( ktasiorsl grow * irwe beard proceeding from the mob « K-3 re ** ted ia the * : ¦ jaoent streets . Mr . THorney--etvJt * a » tyetWsg ti the time , and at the conclusion of hia iiddress the President arote and said , as there ppeued to be a disposition to create a breach of the p «* c * , L » , Ma xnafirtiate , thou ^ nt it his duty to retire ,
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and he recommended the company to follow his example . Lsrd Ingestrie , the Chairman , and a great portion ef the company , almost immediately left the marquee , and his Lordship , apparently unknown , reached the King ' s Arms Inn without the slightest molestation . Upon the retirement of Mr . Brisooe , tho company remaining called for another Chairman , when Mr . Thomeycroft presented himself , and expressed a hope that they would not be driven away by a noisy mob ; they were met as Englishmen , to express their opinions , and if they cliose to stay , he would officiate as their chairman . This manly ( although , under circumstances , perhaps improdentl declaration , was followed by loud cheers , and Mr . Thorneycroft proceeded with the toasts of the evening . Tbe mob outside , conand he recommended the company to follow his examtA * -t . wi T n ~_ Mo * v ~ ro .. iZ « .. . ~ a . _» . < . «» .
sisting of colliers and padlers , had by this time become so violent that Mr . Superintendent Ray , whe was stationed at the Church-street-gate , said , unless the committee furnished him with additional assistance he should withdraw his force , as the twelve men he had at this time on the spot were quite unable to resist so formidable and determined a uanHilnde . Several gentlemen immediately went to hia assistance , but the violence of the mob in a abort time proved uncontrollable . The first intimation the company without the marquee had of what was to follow was the falling of stones upon the roof , all of which rolled on to the ground without inflicting any damage or personal injury . These premonitory symptoms of a riot were shortly succeeded by a simultaneous and general rush
of the rioters to all the gates of the market-place , and in a few minutes the riotere bad effected an entrance into the marquee . As a matter of course a general fight ensned—tables were upset , chairs broken up for weapons of defence , and for a time the mob succeeded in obtaining possession of the editice . Amongst the gentlemen who acted most boldly and courageously at this critical period were Mr . Best , Mr . P . Williams , and Mr . Hollingsworth , but the number of tie mob increasing , resistance for a short period was unavailing . Mr . Tborceycroft and other gentlemen , cn quitting tie maiQuee , were compelled to fight their -way to the King ' s Arms Inn , where Mr . Briscoe , the Chairman , had previously arrived . Mr . Tborneycroft , one of the largest ironmasters , and i ; o-t
respected gentleman , in the neighbourhood , was severely injured by blows from bludgeons r . nd stones , and is now confined to his bed ; and Mr . Philipotts , tbe son of the Biahop of Exeter , narrowly eacaped with bis hfe . Owing to his ignorance of the locality , he was uuabie to make a safe retreat , and became exposed to a he ivy tbovrer of stones . A policeman v as dangerously cut about the head , and some scores of other j >* -ople ¦ Were s-riously , although not dangerously , wounded . Afttr obtaining possession of tbe marquee , the mob proceeded to demolish the furniture , and , it is said , attempted t <> set are to the awning . They then stripped tue room of its decorations , and tore them , as well as many of thi tabld-c ; othi . s , into shreds . By this time , however , a number of gentlemen had arrived at the King ' s Arms ,
and , being sworn in by Mr . Brlsco as special constables , they returaed , headed by Mr . P . "Williams , the magistrate , and Mr . Suj ^ erintendent R ^ y , and , in tbe course of a few minutes , completely cleared tbe marquee Of th-j rt-fiisjily miscreants . Thirteen of tbe rioters were stcured during the evening , and this day Eiisha Mason and David Jones -were committed by Messrs . Hiil and Mannox , Woiverhampton magistrates , to take thur trials at Stafford for stealing various articles , the property of the parties who supplied tbe dinner ; and James Davies , Thomas Green , William Burnett , Richard Berne , and John Lane , for the riot Many oi the rioltrs must have been severely hurt , but , of course , they do not make their appearance . The police are busily engaged in search of the ringleaders .
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THE BLUDGEON BLACKGUARDS AT DRITRY - LA NE THE A TRE . ( From the Satirist . ) It tbe British people do not make Mr . Eliason shut up his Concerts d'Ete , and Lord Normanby dismiss Mr . Twyford from tbe office of mr ^ istrate , then we say that the populace of London are no longer the men they -were . The Drnry-lane Theatre has been tho Mine of one if the mt . st di 3 j ; r 2 . cef ul and atrocious attacks by a gang of bludgeon men , upon an unannul aud unoffending audience , that was ever heard cf in this country . Whenever the general audituce of a theatre txpress an opinion upon a circumstance which takes place before their ey ^ s , we hold thit that opinion must oi necessity be correct It is public oy . ir . iou , and public opinion of tbe very best kiad , for it is based upon an universal knowledge of the circumstances .
Such was the case in the present instance . Tbe intervals between the parts of tb ^ performanca at Drurylanc trere inconveniently lung . Tho people began to hiss , as people will do , and as they \ rill continue to -io . notwithstanding that policemen may bludgeon them , and Mr . Twyford may Bend thtm to the treadnail for so doing . One uuuj , rather more energetic tkan the rest , called out " Yoicks , telly h ¦ . ! " n t in interruption of the performance , for thei e v . \^ nil j . rrforniance going on , but in order to increase the , c > 0 for the performance -, just as ev * ry play-e : *» - is Afljj ^ ihw ^ l to hear cat-calls from tbe gallery when any uareasa ^ Bble delays occur , and to welcomo them also as a very oseful . althoush certainly not a very elegant , agency of a sort of popular police .
Upon this man , it appears by Eliaaon ' s orders , the bludgeon men pounced , in ord--r to tnrn him out of tho theatre . The audience interfered , an < 1 called out " Let him alone . " This , in a tutwtre , t . ) ou , d have been sufficient ; for the only oiJence that l : u couH Lave committed must have bec-n di--tjrbing the an : iience , tbe © nly pretence for taking him aw . iy must be in onltr to prevent hi 3 discomm-Kiintj them . But ha interrupted no perform- ^ nce , and he did not dis ; urb the audience . The police were no more jnst fied in pouncing upon him than they would be in pouncing upon Eli& 3 on himself . Tbe people around him—the quiot eitizms of London , the rasp-.-: table inhabitants of this metropolisattempted to protect a fellow citizen , whom they saw ill-treated—they attempted to facilituto his escape What were the consequence * ? Tbe bluJgeou men used th .-ir bl-d ^ eons right aud left in tha crowded pit of a tht ^ tre ; knocked men down , frightened women , and carri . d off ail whom they chose as prisoners .
Here » j a pretty scene in a free country ! Here -was a scene which weuid cause a revolution in Austria or Prussia , where people do not pretend to freedom . Talk not to us of the police doing tboir 'iiry , an 1 the public being in the wrong . Such gabble is mere bildtr-( b » sh . The audience of a theatre , upon sue ' ; a subject . cannot be wrong ; they judge with honest ftelir . g . and th-y never take part , except with an iil-ust-d party . Xw , what occurred the ntxt morning ? The police S"t together a few witnesses "Whom tbey COUld truit ; seme pseuJo genteel sort of people , who bavu a great horror of anything like a vukar s * -nnd coming betwetn the air and tbe nobility ; animals w-io alwnys think the police right , and have a natural delight in the crack of a bludgeon upon ani / ther person's head . One of them was a tooth-drawer : —
! | ' i ; I ' i i i "E . T . Harrol , Guildford-streot , a dentist , said he was at Drury Lane Tteatrc . He saw the prisoner interrupting the performances . Tha prisoner Fat in the next seat to witness , and conducted him « elf improperly . He ficrri-sbed his play-biil about Mr . EIia * on addressed the audL ? nce on the propriety of keeping order , and the prisoner wished to address the audience in reply . Witness was about to leave the box , when the poliee can ; e in , and witness a ^ keri them to tnrn him out The puU-emen attempted to take the prisoner into custody . , when he threw himself over the box , and was assisted I b ; . - S' . s-e parsons iiito the pit S ^ fa r as witness could ! judge , ihe police acted -with grtat propriety . " I He fl .-. uris ' - . ed Ir . s ptyy-bill about , did he , Mr . Tooth-: tin . wer ? Whit a terrible crime ! Anil for this crime I you aAed the yoUce to turn him out . did you ? We can i trli you for jour cumf- > r :, that for thL- you are liable to . an action from ti . e poor man who was boill-nted at your j de = iic- ; aid we hv > pe t'j Heaven tLat he ^ vill bring his I act , , a , and tba ^ :: e Jurj- wij give him such damages as i : i ; | I i
Tc r .- uuld if we wera iu tlie 1-ox . TLis is tlia uccoant givaii by one of the bludgeon-men
U . Eii ~ £ elves : — " Anoth *^ -Hicer , 152 A , said that about half-past .-ig ' at last evening , he was at Drury Lane Theatre . He saw t ; ie prL ^ jner ir . the dress circle throwing hi 9 armn ab ; 'Ut as if be were beatiDg time . At about twenty miur . tes to ten tho ; : riaoner began calling out , ' Tally ho ! h jj ' k . away ! ' 8 o : iie people cried out , Turn him out . turn him tat I' whilst others shouted ' No , no ; no , no !' This was -wnilst the ir . usici&ns wero tuning their instruments . A . ' U = r li . ft p ^ rfonnancss -wtre re 8 uiued , Mr . ElvsH&a was oWkeo to sptrak , in consequence of the prisoner c ^ ntinvin ^ his distu rb ance . The peopi e aittin r L < ia . r h , w wer <; wxi-us that be should be expelled . U i . n . fls mntuj .. to the prisoner in the dress circle . j Its Dt :: er policenian was there , trying to persuade him i to be qu'et Witness asked the prisoner to leave
withj - » ut making &ny further disturbance . Prisoner said he I would be if he would . Witness and the sthfer j constable then took hold of him , and endeavoured to j remove him . Prisontr resisted violently , and with the j assistance of » om « persons in the promenade , hejuniped out cf the b > xes into the promenade . Witness followed him and s-ize-. l him , when he struggled violently , and struck him with a constable ' s staff , which he wi-eixhed from ens of the officers . With the assistance of other eon- 'tabks , witness succeeded in getting him to the eud of the promenade , and placed ldm in the staircase le&d&g to the private btotes . Ihe crowd ¦ were not » - !«« » f this , or they -would haxe prevented thd offie-M-3 doing So . Th © crowd took the prisoner ' s part . "
The only nattrikl point of this is , that it distinctly aomiu that the opinion of the audience was altogether opposed to the conduct of tbe police . We think that f-bcLiive of the merit * of the case . Of the other defendant : — " Bonchard denied that he was in liquor . He was certainly excited . He then . said , that he had done all in his power to quell the turafflt , and begged of the police , for the sake of quietness , ' rot to brandish their staffs , as by f doi&g tbey would irritate tbe people . ' He then went on to ray , that 'be bad been treated with the greatest brutality By the poliee whea he got out of the theatre . ' He showed a serious bruise which had been inflicted by the police , and he stated that when be got to the station-house , one of the officers struck him a violent blow on the note . "
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Even Mr . Twyford , we ttoold think , m ' ght canaider this statement , backed , by the onmistakeable evidenceof the bruise , worthy of some inquiry . Again , another defendant—asd mark , these defendants were all men filling a respectable sUilpa in society—another defendant , Mr . Harriot , " Said he was an architect—He denied that he had resisted the police , ' and called a friend of his , who swore to the same effect' The policemen , however , on on their oaths , contradicted him flatly . " Of course they did . They always do . But what was now the duty of tbe magistrate ? What right had he to impute perjury to Mr . Marriott ' s frlond . by refusing to bciieve him ? What right had ho to do anything else than send such a case of conflicting testimony to be decided by a jury ? That was his clear course . But was this what he did ? Refer to the report : — Even Mr . Twyford , we « i ^ d think , m ' ght eon- « m , ~ « , i . . t « fj > n . <» . t Ku . vaa h . ?* . » . . . nuTZv-. i .,-
" The magistrate said he felt satisfied the police had not exceeded their duty , and he should fine the prisoners £ 5 each , or in , default sentence them to one month ' s imprisonment in the House of Correction . " By h ? &ven and hell this makes an Englishman '*) blood boil How long , we ask , how loDg shall the peaceable citizen ., of this country endure to be bludgeoned by ruffianly police , and insulted and imprisoned by police magistrates , who seem little higher in the scale of civilisation than tho bludgeon men themselves ?
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CARLISLE . PUBLIC MEETING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE DESTITUTE CONDITION OF THE HAND-LOOM WEAVERS . On Saturday evening the following bill was placarded through tbe town " : — " Public meeting . In consequence of the Mayor and Borough Magistrates having refused to call a public meeting to enquiro into the dreadful state of suffering aud privation of the hand-loom weavers , a public metting will be held on the Sailils , , on Monday evening , August the 10 th , at E 1 X OVlock ' , when a full statement of their wretched condition will be laid before the meeting . It is hoped that all will aitend who foe ! for tho sufferings of their fellow cruitm-es , au ^ l who would keep property secure . Magistrates , as conser vators of the public peace , are particularly
requested to attend ; also the muster manufacturers , so that any inaccuracies may be corrected . By order of the Committee . " At tho time of meeting very few were ass * niblid , but by th 9 time the business commenced , which was about seven o ' clock , there was & jj&tty largo assemblage ; notwithstanding tbe" imitation , neither magistrates nor master manufacturers attended , at ! ea > t thty took no part in the proceeding ; thus no sympathy is shown by the wealthy classes towards their poorer nui / jhbour * . The following address , which had bevn drawn up by the Committee , will give the reader a f . iint idea of the dreadful suffering which exists , and the annexed table shews , most indisputably , the correetue ;? 3 of the s > atemeuta set forth . On the motion of Jos . Broom Hanson , James WKenzie -was unaniniunijly called upon to preside . The address
was then read : — Address of the Hand-Loom Weavers of ihe City of Carlisle to ihe Public . We , the undersigned , being a committee appointed by the hand-looin weavers of the city of Carlisle , at meetings of that body , held on Saturday evening , the 1 st of August , 1810 , to inquire into thtir present state of sufl ' ering aud deprivation , in the first place it will be proper to state tbeir real condition , and then leave you to judge if such a state of things ougbt to exist in any country , much ltas in one so justly famed for the industry and ingenuity of its inhabitants .
That you may be perfectly satisfied aa to the correctness of our statements , we would beg to refer you to the average earnings of that body , as mdflo out in evidence in June , 1838 , before Mr . Muggeridge , one of the Commissioners appointed by her . Majesty ' s Government , to inquire into the state jpt - tbe hand-loom weavers at that period , and the repojprof wliich commission , to tho eternal shamo and * $ » grace of the Governui ' -nt , has never been brought feifore Parliaiiieut , at lbiist no measure founded on them , although the commission has cost the country some thousands of pounds ; and the afeject and wretched condition of the weavers called aloud for immediate interference .
It then appeared , from the evidence adduced by tbe master mauufacturers and their workm < -n . th » t the average gross * aroints of a hand-loom weaver was 8 « . 6 d . per week , when , after noceusa ? y deduction * , such as loom rent , winding , and other casual expenses , there srould only remain tho miserable pittance of five shillings and sixpence , to support a band-loom weaver , his wife , and children in victuals , clothing , tiring , heuse-rent , education , Ate , for a whole week ! which , you are perfectly aware , U altogether insufficient to obtain even the comruane&t necessaries of lifd— and that under this state of thing * hundreds of poor men , their wive % and children , must
be f ; nt sinking into premature graves . We had thought that such was their wretchedness and misery , that the c » ip of their Buffering had been filled to overflowing , ami that it was utterly impossible , in a Christtau country , that they should have been subjected to additional suffering and deprivation ; but in this we havu been unfortunately mistaken , far since that period there have been further reductions in thsir earnings to a most enormous amount , and thut there may be no ¦ lu-credit thrown on our statements , we have partieularUed a number of cases taken from the ticket ! of the master manufacturers themselves , and which ewes are a fab ? average of the weekly earnings of this fiunir rous body of men .
i Table showing the quality of tcork , and average earnings , of the Hand-Loom Weavers of Carlisle , August 4 , 1840 .
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Vv e now leuve you to judge of the great extent of suffering ihat iuu 3 t exist , wuen we state , that thera are upwards of six 'housand souls in Carlisle and its vicinity dependent on this branch of industry ; moreover , in alditiou to the miserably low prices , work has been very aearce . There are innumerable instances of families not kavicg more than three-halfpence a head , per day , to live on , which is considerably belew paupers' allowance . We earnestly appeal to you iH . tbeir behalf ; trussing that these cases "will be taken into consideration , and immediate seeps taken to ameliorate thtlr wrctchc-d condition , for , when a iarge b ^ dy of mtn are thus tufferiue . very ceneral disco it nt must
n-ces .-arily p ^ -ovail , and a feeling engendered , which must prove subversive of that peace , law , and order , which ought to be strictly observed in all well-reguia-cd states of society , wo , therefore , hope , that the iCHgietnUes , as conecrvatoni of tiio public peace , will take immediate steps to lay the suffering condition of this body before tbe Government , aud devise a speedy remedy for their extreme suffering . We feel apprehensive , if relief in some shape be not instantly granted , that property will not be secure , and many may suffer , who are not at all concerned in the cupidity of tbe master manufacturers , nor the lnaiaiiininisiration of our laws . "
The following resolution was moved by Mr . John Roney and seconded by Mr . James Murphy : — " That the address jpst read be adopted as a true and correct statement of the dreadful state of suffering and privation endured by a numerous body of her Majesty s gnhjects—the hasd-loom weavers—and while this meeting deeply sympathises with them on account of their great suffering , it would strongly recommend their awful condition to a kind and humane public , trusting they will adopt some speedy means of relief , such as emigration , cultivating waste lands , 4 c " Mr . William Blythe then came forward and addressed the meeting in a very feeling and energetic speech , showing the awful suffering of the body $ 6 which he unfortunately belonged , and instanced cases far worse than those enumerated in the table . '
Mr . Joseph Brown Hanson then came forward to move the second resolution . He spoke at considerable length , ccndemnkig the Government for bringing upon the people the horrible sufferings which they were now enduring . He took a rapid but clear and comprehensive review of the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston , whom he denominated as a fool or a traitor , who had long been playing into the hands of Russia—thereby destroying many of our best foreign possessions , and ruining our trade . He strongly urged the people to unite to secure their political right * , as nothing short of their ( nil and tree exercise would
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amend their wretched condition . He then moved the following resolution , which was seconded by John Flanagan : — ,.- ¦ -., . . ¦ - ' . . . . .., ' ; ¦ " That while this meeting deeply deplores the destitute and forlorn condition of tbe band-loom wearers , it cannot but censure , in the Btrougest terms of reproach aad indignation , the reckless conduct of a Government , whose truckling , imbecile , stupid , selfish , and almost idiotio policy , has brought this once happy country into' a state of wretchedness most unbearable ; and , If longer continued , will render property insecure , and engender a feeling of hatred and revenge in the minds of the working classes towards those above them—that they may have no share in the cupidity of tho master manufactures , nor the mal-administration of our laws . " Mr . Mars den was then introduced to the meeting , and was warmly received . amend their wretched condition . He then moved the » .,. j __ „„ , _« - _ _ £ v ~ t ~ " * . •" . "i .
The Weathee , —The weather during the past week has been very favourable . The hay harvest is princibly over , and has been well got The corn is ripening rapidly . We observed some barley cut in the immediate neighbourhood above a week back . The wheat it is said is somewhat spoiled with the mildew . Young O'Connors—There have been several children christened in the name of this noble and sterling patriot , to the great annoyance of the clergy , OC > nnor Flanagin ; O'Connor Freet M'Douall Dawson ; such is the reverence the people have for these men .
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DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY . INQUEST ON THE BODIES . On Saturday morning , the coroner for the county , M . Pearson , Esq ., of Selby , arrived by tho train at the place where the catastrophe occurred , where be was met by C . H . Phillips , Esq ., solicitor to the Hull and Seiby Railway Company , and several of the directors . The three bodies of tho persons killad on the spot bad betn removed into the jurisdiction of Howdcn , to a public-house , called the Railway Tavern , at the Howden station , about half a mils from the place of the accident , it was therefore arranged that the bodies should be brought back into the jurisdiction of Mr . Pearson , and accordingly Mr . Phillips and the other gentlemen in attendance proceoded to make the arrangement , whilst the jury were sworn in at the farmhouse of Mr . Jaaeph . Wilson , of Brind , close to the fatal spot . The following gentlemen wero then called on and sworn ou the jury : —
Leonard Eland , Esq ., of Rowland Hall , Nawsome , foreman . Mr . Thomas WhitSeld , farmer Mr . Joseph Wilaon , ditto Mr . James Banks , ditto Mr . William Dales , ditto Mr . John Clarison , ditto Mr . Whi . Thompson , ditto Mr . George Hutchinson , ditto Mr . Joseph Catton , ditto Mr . Francis Moore , ditto Mr . Peter Steele , ditto Mr . Edward Latham , ditto Mr . Miles Hutchinbon , ditto Mr . George Keighley , ditto .
The above were solemnly sworn to view the bodies of "three persons unknown , " and addressed by the coroner , who said they were called on to Investigate the circumstances of a most awful and lamentable occurrence , by which three fellow creatures had been deprived of life ; and it would be their duty minutely to investigate every part of the evidence tbey could procure , In order to ascertain whether it bad betn the result of negligence and mismanagement , or a mere accident , and give their verdict accordingly . The jury then proceeded to the extremity of Brind , in the pariah ef Wressel , where a small rivulet separates tbe boundaries of the coronerehip of the eagt of Yorkshire and Howdon , where tbey waited on tho railway for the arrival of the three bodies . After
remaining there about an hour , three shells , containing the corpses , arrivtd on & truek , drawn by a horse , when the lida were removed , and the coroJur and jury to « k a view of the bodies . Th-y presented a most awful and territio spectacle , ev < : ry feature being disu ^ ied or obliterated either by wounds or blood ; an < l the bo . ies , especially of the female , almost all cru « beil into atoms . The lids w . re again scrowcl down , and tho truck was drawn back to the inu . The bodies were each dressed as whon taken up from tha fatal spot , and their tattered garments testified how uwful must have the crash , which , in the twinkling of an eye , plunged them into eternity . On , returning to the house witnesses were called to identify the bodies . The first called was
Henry Euuiss Ainsworth . who deposed that ha lived in Worship-street . Hull . tliatbe bad seen and knew the body of Mr . Nicholas Veltman . He was a henernl merchant . Saw him the d . iy before yesterday at his own house in Hull . Had just seen a'l the three bodies , and could positively swear to that of Mr . Velt'oan . John Holmes , auctioneer , Leeds , Bworn—Had seen tbe three bodies , aad Lad some little difficulty in recognising bis cousin ' s ( Mr . Stead ' s ) body , but if he saw tbe papers , < tc , taken from the body he might be able . A messenger was here sent to the station for them , and in the interim the Coroner called for any one who would identify the body of the female to come forward , bat no one answered .
> , Charles Farre , living in Howden , was sworn—Had seen all the bodies , but did not know them . Had taken particulars of the female . She was a short person , and appeared about 35 years of age . She lay about two feet from the north side rail , and was quite dead when he found her . He got females to search her peraon , on which they found tis . 6 d . in the pocket , a silver thimble , some trinket 9 , a penknife , and a white pockethandlcerohief . Sho \ rora a dress of good quality , but not a costly one . and looked like a Larson in a state of
mediocrity . He should have taken her fora housekeeper , or something of that kind . Her gown was brown , and the shawl was nearly the same colour . From the pocket of Mr . Voltman was taken £ 18 . 11 s . 6 d . In gold and silver , in another a cold watch , and four bills of exchange , all of which were given to the police at the station . From Mr . Stead ' s person he took a gold watch and silver guard , which were very mucn crushed , aud tho glass broken , a toothpick and memorandum book , which were giv . n to the poiicaman , No . 1 , on the station .
Jonathan Dunn , police No . 21 , deposed that he was on duty at half-past eight yesterday morning , 500 yards west from the place of the accident . He was on the north Bide , and all was then right . When the train nad passed he went to the south side , and saw something banging over in tbe first carriage next to the tender , called a truck . He noticed this to a man named Blunchard , who was close by repairing the road . He I' . ad no sooner done so than tbey heard a great crash , and they ran to the spot . First saw two people under the waggon , whom they got out alive ; one with hia leg broken . Next , they saw the woman lying on the lino , quite dead ; also two gentlemen betwetn the tails , with an overturned carriage upon them . Seven carriages were all passenger carriage * . When they bad k . otthe bodies out , he saw a large iron casting laid crosscorners on the north and south lino , over wliich the wheels of the carriages had gone . It was the corner over th « north rail of the north line , and was quite sufficient to overturn tbe carriages .
By a Juror—Not one of the three bodies either breathed or stirred . Tue carriage on which the casting was was not thrown over , but all the rest were . He saw a rope over the casting , but no chain . The rope seemed severed and cut into pieces by the friction of the metal . It was hatf an inch in diameter . The articles found on each of the deceased parties were here produced , sealed up , when . Mr . Holmes was recalled , and identified the handwriting of Thomas Stead , in his memorandum-book , Ace The broven eilk purse , containing £ 3 Us . ( id ., could not be identified , but was supposed to bulong to Mr . Stead . The properly of Mr . Veltman was here handed over to his nephew , Mr . Kualing , of Hull ; aud that of Mr . Stead to Mr . Holmes .
The Coroner here inquired if the jury were satisfied that tbe two bodies were those of Stead and Veltman ; iu&being-answered in the affirmative , made out warrants tSt their removal and interment : [ Tin * ropo was here produced which had been used to fasten the casting on the track ; it was evidently nearly worn in two by friction in several places , and had beL'n cut by tbe casting . ] A juryman aaked if the weight of the iron bad been ascertained r A gentleman replied about three tons . Examination continued—Neither tbe engine nor the
tender was thrown off the road , nor the truck upon which the casting was laid . They were all on the road , as was also th * truck on which the casting was laid . Seven carriages next to the truck were all thrown off the tulU and crushed to pieceB . AU were overturned . AU the seven were laid ui > on tbe road , under which the two bodies wore laid . I did not notice many persons upon tho road . The carriage train was only coming at its usual speed . They wore travelling , according to my idei , from 20 to 24 miles an hour .
By — Phillips , Esq . —When you say that the carriage containing the castings was on the rails , do you mean the rails or the road ? Ib was on the rails untiM we took it off . The ropa I hold in my hand is about two inches in circumference . Richard Hesketh—I live at Selby , and am an engine driver on ibe Hull and Solby Railway . Yesterday morning , about seven minutes after eight o ' clock , I started from Selby with the train , I managing the engine . Everything was right kt Selty . I got otf the eugine and examined the coupling , which is the chain tbat attaches the first carriage to the tender . This carriage was the truck upon which the meWl was placed ; I
cannot say whether the casting was either fastened or tied to the truck by chain or rope , or Whether it was not I did not make that observation . The casting was laid fair and level on the truck . It projected a UtiJb over each side , as it was longer than the truck , and overreached about an inch and a half on each side . It did not reach over more on one aide than the other . All was right until we got near to the Howden station , at least , I saw nothing thai ' alarmed mo until the time the accident occurred . I was about half a mile on this side of the Howden Btatlon , when the engine gave a jump . I perceived nothing fall from Gie train before the engine jumped . I had been looking
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forward . The engine after the jerk began to go faster . I then looked back and saw that the engine aad tender and one track were separated from the rest of the train , and that 1 had left the passengers ' carriages behind . The engine mi not off the line at all , but the two bind wheels of the tender were off . All four wheels of tne truck were off the line . Neither engine , tender , nor track were overturned . As soon as I could stop the engine I got off and went to the passenger carriages . They were from sixty to a hundred yards from where I stopped the engine . The hind wheels of the tender were thrown off , in , my opinion , in consequence of my having stopped the engine so suddenly . According to my idea , as near as I can speak , I was going at tbe rate of twenty-three to forward . The enirlne « ft *» th « ¦>«* t »« n t * " »"" *«»• x °° en « u « e alter me jera DegaD to
twenty-five miles au hour . This was about our usual speed . It is customary to let off our speed when approaching the station , but we bad not got to the spot where we usually do so . This was not a dangerous rate to travel at , provided the road had been clear ; it is slower than that at which passenger trains generally travel . I have been employed upwards of seven years as an engine-driver ; first , on the Bolton , Leigh Junction , then on the Liverpool and . Manchesterafterward , in Belgium , for Brussels and Antwerp , and now upon the Hull and Selby . [ Tbe Jury expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with this witness ' s conduct . ]
William Greaves , whose face was severely cut , was next examined . He said—I reside at Leeds . I am a guard in the employ of the Leeds and Selby Railway Company . I was in charge of the train that left Leeds at seven o ' clock on Friday morning . When we arrived ut Selby , the engine was attached to the Selby and York train . The carriages from Leeds , which I had accompanied , wero put the last on tbe train . Before we started for Selby , I went from one end of the train to the other , and ascertained tbat all the " couplings " were safe . I noticed that a truck followed , and was attached to the tender , between it and the passenger train . There were six carriages from York and Selby , and five from Leeds , and one waggon with passengers ' luggage , making eighteen altogether . Evtrything °
appeared to me , as far as I could ses , to be safe and right . I observed nothing calculated to excite any alarm or apprehension of danger . It is my opinion that it would be safer to put trucks , having iron or castings upon them , behind the passenger carriages ; for if anything fell from these trucks they would in tbat case do no harm to the passengers . It ia considered conducive to the safety of those who ' may be passengers to place tbe passengers'carriages at a distance from tbe engine . It is , therefore , usual to place the goods between the engine and the passengers ' carriages , as in case of any accident happening to the
engine it would be safer for the passeDgers that the passengers * carriagss should be placed last . In this case , were the engine to get off the line , the carriages at the greatest distance from the engine would be the most sacure . I have neen this occur , and it is the cause fruin which accidents are most to be apprehended on railways . Before we started from Selby I did not observu whether the canting was fastened to the truck by any npes . This casting had come from Leeds , but not by the train which I arrived by . [ The coroner asked how the casting had come from Leeds to Selby ? One of the company ' s servants answered that it came by the goods tratn . 1
Mr . Clarke , in the company's employ , stated that the speed of the carriages having been slackened , they might have gone over without being overturned . Examination continued—We were travelling , at the time tho accident occurred , at our usual speed . Tbe inquest was then adjourned till nine o ' clock on Tuesday morning , at Loftsome-bridgelun . The table of tho machine , which was the occasion or the accident , now lies at the side of the road , and is a ponderous article , weighing upwards of three tons and a half . In falling ou the south line , from which it rebounded under the carriages , it had penetrated the earth , and actually cut in two a stout sleeper . About one o'clock a hearse arrived from Hull , accompanied by a post-chaise , containing a relative of Mr . Veltman , and at twe the unfortunate gentleman's mortal rtinains were removed for interment to Hull .
What renders this awful catastrophe still more lamentable , is the heart-rending bereavement created in tne young family of Mr . Veltman . His amiable wife was awaiting his return in th « station-house at Hull , when , instead of her eyes being gladdened by his arrival , she was destined to hear the appalling intellieenco of the tragic eveut She is left with three young chiidrtn , and is new enceinte . Mr . Veltman was only thirty-six years of age , was a native of Germany , and has been in an extensive business as a general merchant in this country about fifteen years . The only clue as yet found calculated to lead to the identity of the woman is the following mark on her chemUe : — " E . Lee , No . 3 . " ^ ..
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WILLIAMS AND B 1 NNS . " Why are you virtuous ? Why do people love you ? And wherefore are you gentle , strong , and valiant ? Know you not , to some kind of men Their graces serve them but as enemies ? No more do yours ; your virtues Are sanctifled . and holy traitors to you . ; O , what a world ia this , when what is comely Envenoms him that bears it !" Shakspeare . In this period of- persecution , when an all-abhorred Whig Government m »« s iis mis ; ht to rru * h aud contemn right , and horribly despicable villains drive honest men out of the land , or immure them in the " damp dungeou ' s daylesa gloom , " that they may secure thenir s-lves from reproach , and proceed with iuipunity- ^ in this age of authoritative iniquity , when power is moat
meanly acquired , most basely exercised , we need not wonder that two such men as Williams and Binns , not less eminent for their talents than excellent for their virtues , that these mutual friends , the Damon and Pythias of their day , should be persecuted and put in prison to please the vile prejudices , and to serve the crooked purposes of tyrants and tyrants' slaves . Binns , the younger of these two young men , has been three times seizad , branded , and tortured for his courageous honeaty ; and to requite them for many sacrifices , and Buttl-ringa , and services , on behalf of their fellow-croatures , both have been persecuted from place to place , proscribed , abused , deprived of their living and tbeir liberty . What is there bat life that they have not lost ?—what have they not endured short of death ? Williams is aflliated with a " pining atrophy , " aud , by the tender mercy of a Whig Judge , he is sent to a stona cell for the good ef his health .
I deeply sympathise with all the incarcerated victims of tyrannic pqwer ; but more especially with Williams and Biung , becauso I know them personally . Congeniality Of opinion led them to friendship , and friendship led them to a partnership in business . Williams was originally a confectioner , and Binns a linen-draper ; but they disdained a life that was net useful to * the progress of knowledge , and instead of selling tarts and ribands , they resolved to sell books . Tbey were nrninly instrumental in establishing a Mechanics' Institute and Temperance Society in Sunderlaud ; and , by so
doing , contributed more than all the paid parsons' in that town , to the mental and bodily improvement of their fellow-townsmen . They have been strenuous advocates of tbat great measure of religious and political emancipation , the Charter ; and have spared no efforts in establishing those subordinate means by ' a combination of which the great whole will be carried . They have laboured hard and suffered much , and succeeded so well , that the sphere of tbeir locality ia said to be bettor orgu ^ ised than any other . Brave Binns ! Worthy Williams !
Having done so much good , and continually going about to do more , preaching in th « villages , and teaching in the towns , they have , of course , rendered themselves obnoxious to a fiendish Government and its clerical tools , with the vtrmin and reptiles that fatten under the hideous system which they , too . might have thriven by , bad they not chosen the " better part" of warfare against it Ruined by tho malice of thtir numerous aud powerful enemies , who found it easier to opprea ? than to answer them , they were obliged to close-their accounts as booksellers , which they did honourably ; and Williams * was appointed manager of a Joint Stock Provision Company at Sunderland , while Binns continued as a news' agent . Binus has well earned the public praise of O'Connor , and every reader of the Star must have perceived the deference paid by hia fellow-del « gates at Manchester , to tha goad sense of Williams , who took an active and useful part in drawins np the general plan for a national re-organisation of tbe Chartists .
These noble and disinterested youths have been tried for sedition , and sentenced fc > three months' imprisonment in the Durham House of Correction . Their case was traversed two Assizes , ytt although a vindictive projfccution hung over their heads , thfy sought not t <> mitigate it by ceding their labours ; aud , though tbey wero bound by their own recognizances alone , they did not shrink from the ir trial . The charge trumped up against them was conspiracy as if it wag not lawful for the people to conspire againat a tyrannical Government ; for does not such a Goveminvut conspire against the people ? The counsel for the prostcution said that tl . e peace might have been broken —that Sundcriand might have become a second Newport . It may bo asked , why did not all this liappen ? and it may be answered , because Williams and Binns prevented it . Aad so , for preserving the lives and property of their fellow-townsmen , they were prosecuted . "
But on wbat occasion -was the meeting called ? It W 83 called afier the Govurnmtnt had mocked the people's prayer . And what was the object of the meeting ? It was to thank their Member for supporting that prayer , and to declare their resolution to persevere in a legal demand of justice . How were these objects carried into effect ?—peaceably and morally . And this was called a riotous conspiracy , and Williams and Binns were arrested for uttering what was termed seditious language . Government
might sneer at the petition of the people and provoke their passions with impunity , but a warm expression or two , such as often escape fromfHonouiable Members in the heat of debate , must not be passed by , nor allowed to be qualified by the context , because the speakers were two honest Char tists . Surely the character of such a meeting ought not to have been judged by an isolated sentence or two , but by the resolutions passed at it ; and what wets these f The first waste the tffect , that *• Cbartjsts of England ( Iquitt from an enemy ' s report ) did thereby declare that they sought the People ' s
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Charter by no other than legal means , and they rent dialed , as a vile caUatuty , the charge of entertatntno violent intentions , or of corrupting the people ; at tha same time it was the sacred duty of every maa to be prepared forthe worst The second waa to the effect that they expressed their readines to assist the proper authorities in preserving the peace , and especially t # secure the right of the people to meet and discuss their grievances . The third was to the effect that the meetrh * i *«» h ,, ¦' „/* ,.. «« "L ri « . ^ Charter oy no other than legal means , and Vuiu «~» .
ing seriously urged all friends to peace and order , to enrol themselves as members of the Chartist Association , in order that the true men might be known , and the strength of the people ascertained . Now , I contend that there is no sedition in these resolutions , but the contrary ; and that the passages picked oat for prosecution were justified by the occasion . Williams and Binns uttered no more in the heat of the moment , than Blackstone had coolly written in his closet , as the duty of the people . They did not threaten-they warned /
And , upon whose testimony were they convicted ? Upon that of a Whig Editor , who bad lliillMI " fl ll the views of the Chartbta in order to exctgBxnvand prejudice , and who had calumniated . wBHSb and Binns particularly . This person law ^ Mlended the meeting , and , hearing himself retaliated upon , he had noted down one or two passages that h « thought might be turned toaeeount afterwards In gratifying bis personal spleens He said he felt alarmed , and bis conscience would tell him the reason He also said tbat otliera wtre alarmed ; but it was a needless alarm altogether . It was the alarm of th sheep in CoWper ' s tale on bearing the cry of the hounds that were pursuing the fox . The silly sheep thought
the dogs were in pursuit of them , and not of their enemy , and a verdict of those sheep would have hanged their best friends . Not content with attacking Williams and Binns in his local newspaper , this Editor must needs hound on tbe magistracy and police , and appear at tho trial which he had instigated . ' But the Jury , though composed of etaemles , felt some oompunctiouB visitingsof confidence , and brought in a ver dict as to fact , rather than of guilt , and with a recommendation to mercy . This did not satisfy the Judge , he sent them back , and the waverers returned with a verdict that enabled the Judge to sentence William and Binns to
six months imprisonment . It is plain that the Jury considered their conduct indiscreet , but notiriminal ; and why did the Judge refuse to accept that verdict i Has he some promotion in view , and can't he obtain it with * out such mean arts as this f Is it true that under tbb accursed system oar very judges moat owe their elevation to injustice * Hardcastle , the editor , gained his point and weat back to Sunderlaud triumphantly boasting that he bad done for tbe Chartists . But who is there that would not rather be Williams or Binns in prison , than this Hardcastle , or the Judge , with all tha rewards a WLig Government can bestow upon them »
Williams and Binns , the leading patriots and philanthropists of Sunderland , are condemned to gaze , for six long and dreary months through tne iron-grating of a felon's cell , at the gambols of their f a llow-creatures at liberty . They are prevented from doing good and are suffering for the good they have done . Thejvmuat suffer with those they see suffer . These Howards are themselves imprisoned . Oh , when I was in that cell , I used to hear the heart-breaking sobs of children , and think of the parents that could not hear them—of little children confined In that dismal place and punished there —tbe desolate victims of the intolerable system— " 0 , the cry did nock against my very heart ! " And Williams and Binns are there . " To think of two vir
tuous lads , with hearts as warm in tbeir bodies and as honest as God could make them—the children of honest people , going forth with gallant spirits ( not so much to seek their own fortunes in the world , as to alleviate the misfortunes of others ) and fall into such evils ; " it is enough to make one turn sick at heart , and long to quit a world where such things are . Bow many knee-crooking knaves an rewarded with all the world has to give , while these honest lads ore deprived of all and thrust into prison ? The two that have done most honour to Sunderland are picked out to be degraded and loaded with misery . It
is the triumph of rice over virtue . Ye men of Sunderlaud , you can never repay them , nor make them amends for what they have done and suffered for yon Let not the cruelty of their enemies render you callous to their sufferings—they need all the more your sympathy and support Do not be sneered into indifference by the worldly Whigs . Your foes will rejoica because they have brought this evil on your friends ; but do you vow either to bring them out or to go in to them and sliara their fato . Get their names printed and hung over your mantel-pieces , -that yon may constantly be rein m led of them . Let " Williams and Binns" be household words .
J . W Aialaby , August 8 U 1 , 1840 .
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CHELTENHAM . Working Man ' s Association . —Proposed by Sir . Hooper , and Beconded by Mr . Banfield—^ That the members of this Association consider it a duty to express rheir unqaalified satisfaction of the labours of the delegates assembled at Manchester , to construct a National Charter Association , and hereby pronounce our entire approbation , of their plan , and ideags ourselves to use oar utmost exertions to c&rr ? : mtthe same . But we are constrained to acknowledge it our duty to express our aiucere regret at the manner in which the delegates threw a stigma upon , and held up to the world as an enemy to the people , our best friendMr . Gaskellby their remarks
, , upon the Statesman newspaper , because Mr . G . therein differs with us upon one minor point . We should feel it a shameless dereliction of our duty did we not thus publicly justify our warm-hearted and noble-minded friend from the attack which has been ( we hope ) in ignorance cast upon him , by declaring to our brother Chartists of Great Britain that Mr . Gaskell , the proprietor and editor of tho Statesman , is tbe man who established onr Association , and is still a worth y member of the same . Neither can we forget that his talents aad his purse have ever been at our service when required . We cau point at the most splendid set of banners which ever traced a Chartist
procession , as the gift of that gentleman . Nor can we forget how he draw forth the crocodile tears from the craven Berkeley upon the hustings , before assembled thousands ; and shall we be unmindful of his unwearied exertions to save the blood of Messrs . Frost , Williams and Jones ? Nor will we be ungrateful to him for the use of his columns to advocate onr cause , wren wo request it ; nor will we at any time remain criminally siknt in his defence , By whomsoever he may be accused as the enemy of the people . " ¦ W . Speakman , Chairman . August 5 th , 1840 .
HOYLAND . Anniversary of Free Gardeners . —Last Monday week ihe Viscount Milton Lodge of Ancient Free Gardeners held their fourth anniversary ai the house of Brother W . Vainee , the Rose and Crown Inn , Hoyland , They had a grand procession , aflei which , about one hundred and sixty members sat down to an excellent dinner on a grassplot near iioyland Hall , where the day and the evening waa spent to the pruat sacisfaetion of tho members . Th « day following , the wives and sweethearts of the same had a tea party , and the number was about one huudrod aud twenty .
FlTESaiRE . Kinghorn— The largest meeting ever held here took place in the open air ou Monday evening , August 3 rd , called for the purpose of hearing an address from Mr . Georgo Julian Haruey . Thu clear , argumentative , and couviucing style in which the lecturer explained tbe principles , and vindicated the truth aud justice of Chartism , told well upon his hearers , aiid called forth their oft-repeatld applause . A number of the fair sex were present , and were apparently highly pleased with the lecturer .
Kirkaldy . —A great open air meeting took place ¦ m the Sands on Tuesday ' evening , August 4 th , to hear an address from Mr . Harney . A great number of the good wives and bonnie lasses of this place were present , and appeared to take a lively interest in the proceedings . The lecture gave great satisfaction , was warml y cheered , and has completely removed those feelings of prejudice that before tJHW uxi * tcd against Mr . Harney . East Wkmtss . —A crowded and most enthasitstiB
meeting , a considerable number of which were females , avdenl in the cause of liberty , was held to ihi Chartist Hall , on Thursday evening , AnguBt b ' tb » io hear an address from Mr . Julian Haruey . At oiyht o ' clock the proceedings commenced . Mr . H . delivered an address , whichlaa ed about two hoars , and which was most warmly responded to ; the laasel ia particular appeared to 6 e highly delighted wirtn tha way in which Mr . Harney satirised the damnable doctrines and disgusting absurdities of Maltbusiani&m .
Leven . —Mr . Harney lectured to a erowded audience of the Reformers of this qnarter opon the principles of Chartism , in Golfei ' s Hall , luiet " levtn , on Friday evening , the 7 th inst . The Jeeture \ va 3 enthusiastically received , and the admirable style in which Mr . Havney exposed the hypocnsT of the priesthood will , it is to be hoped , domncn towards re-establishing the reign of common . sense . too lorn ? subverted in this partT > y the fanatiiiisnp « the Revivialist jugglers , and their i gnorau ^ wines A number of the fair sex were present , and Wf J | by their manner that they were as enthuslasuo ano determined aa the men .
Markinch . —A public meeting was hsW ^^ I Saturday evening , August 8 ih , to hear an ware * from Mr . Harney . At eight o'clock Mr . MelTxIIe was caJl 6 d to the chair , who opened the hosine * " * the evening . Mr . H . then delivered a very lenglW and powerful address , in which , after revi ewing w » state of the country , and the necessity for «» Charter , he admirably thowed that union wa * * ' diffusiou of . political knowledge must . ¦¦* * 9 ? . ^ S means of obtaining that righteous measure > of" 0 « J and justiee . ' Thanks having becu voted » tt turer , the meeting dissolved .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 15, 1840, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2697/page/6/
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