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TORK ASSIZES. Cbowj* Coots.—(Before Mr J...
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_svtrivtry man would get pikes that had no other arms ' _uouoneofthe judges had stated that they _waR _prosproserate a man for haying amu b _hisiSatS _Uin d ther wanted them for the _ftrtfififlSS « for for boaf-hooks-at aU events _thej mustIm rS _A - x _^ _W pe _^ _^ ere present . T _& witees , then _protp-oeeeded to read from his notes _soeechea _whUh _£ . j _^ _e en de _nvere by the _daBJTS _& _'IKK Mings held in different parts of the town of _Manchtater ap up to the 4 thofJune . au of which were of the same -iacharscter as the above-mentioned _A-S _^ _lh _lP _** _*** _** V aitled that _M-Donooeh _snojnd White had on several occasions interposed to preprevent _mobsdoing violence to the police . coLurt & SUw _^ hU te * * _*~ 4 tte _, ~ .
_Tokba- * , Die . 19 . •• " « _d , ™ _«? l - f ? tbis H 10 rn _* _' -8 John _Cotfrifmgham wasexammed by Mr Monk . * He- stated _ftittstbawaaa'whce . _cfiicer . and was employed 1 ! A-A-mllarttrj attend Chartist meetings b nlain _clicj _othes , and report their proceedings . Attended one oi oi these meetings _ea the 8 th of May at the Hall of Sc Science . . It met about hair-past seven o ' clock , John M Murray m the chair . The chairman amone other th things said that the affray which had S & ¦ pi place at Limerick had been organised by the govern-• anient . Archdeacon spoke in the same strata , and u read a letter from John Mitchel , together with a pi proclamation from Mr O'Brien posted that
da-tithe waus and a letter from the same genilectaan relafapg to it He reeommended a union oof the Repealers and CaartistH , _M'Donough a also spoke . . He _i- _ewmmeaded them to unite and t l _^ T ? ? _W _^ 80 me Baid _*»• _* awhile , b but they hsd waited tco long . Hesaid the Irish had tj nnfurled their colours , and the English shonld join v with them . Themihtary . hesaid , were with tbem . I and if it was sought to send their _leaderato prison , * J J' _^ , _^ _* lf forw * " bwlsmen to the number ( of 1 . 000 000 . Some of tbe otker defendants alio ¦ spoke in lcflamatory terms . James Shaw stated that he was in the detective i department ofthe police at Manchester . Was at the i meeting at Blackstone Edge . There were about < 6 , 000 persons there . _Absnt 250 came to the ground ] ia military precession . The body left the ground in I tne same way . A person of the name of Webber I gave the word . Saw the policeman run from the crowd .
- _* . _VT _« Fl Grann » n - Pohce-oSioer , deposed that he attended _mroting on the ISth of August at the People ' s Inshtate , when a person named Ramsden , not in custody , called the policemen fiends , and ft set of cowards . He called npon them to snn and organise , and never mind what wsa said about secret societies . If they were to attack the police then on the platform ( six of them ) there wonld not ba a bone for each of them . He ad _^ ed that Mr Beswick and the police fiends were most intimate acquaintances ef his and he loved tbem as the devil loved hely water . Tbe prisoner Cropper was in the chair .
John Price . —Was at a _mEetingat the People's Institute oa the 2 cd of July . Grocott was in the chair . M'Douall addressed the meeting . He said the Horse Guards had a committee sitting in London to coneider tbeir grievances . He advised the people to organise and be prepared with arms . There were 600 or TOO persens present . Tha defendant White staled that the reporters were their greatest
enemies . The defendant White cross-exammedthe witness , to show thst tke reason he assigned for disliking the _presence of reporters wss that they misrepresented the proceedings . The witness said he did not recollect this . White spoke a long time , and he ( witness ) picked out the _woiBt he could find . James Abraham Ball { who had been brought from gaol ) was next put in tbe witnets box . Before being examined he was asked as to his belief in the New Testament He aaid be believed it Had been a Socialist , bat lead left thera eighteen months . Was A fruit seller at Manchester . Had been fonr times in gaol for neglecting his family snd advocating the People ' s Charter . IThe Judge . —One is probably the
cause of the otber . ( Laughter . )]—In March he came out of gaol _and-sent to Manchester , where he was waited on by fear persons , Too tell , Foley , Spooner , and Coffee , and they went to request the Mayor to allow a cart to he sent round the town to collect food for the distressed operatives . On the evening of the lit of April a _eammittee meeting was held- at hia father ' s bouse to raise money for agitating for the People ' s Charter . On the following day another meeting was held at Tinker ' s Gardens , attended by unemployed Irishmen . Several speeches were delivered , and witness himself spoke , taking f or bis subject a text from the New Testament , 'Let hia that hath no awotd sell his garment and buy one . ' A meeting wai held on the 4 th at White ' s Temperance _Hetel wben
Chad wick was apprantedpike-maker ; some discussion took place , snd aH . who were present , bctading most of tbe defendants , said ihey were prepared for the 10 ih of ApriL On the 5 th of April , a meslieg was held , at which Chadwick , Seholefield ,. Cropper , _Isixon , and Rankin -sere present , with others . They _tpoke about the National Guards and drilling men , and several leaders were appointed . The leaders were to form dubs , aod those clubs were to consist of ten sen each , to be armed and drilled ready for action . Soma gnnpowderand caps were also _prtrchaged Oa tbe 9 th o f April a meeting waa held atthe People ' s Institute , when it was stated , be believed by one of the defendants , that in the event of a rising in Londoa on tbe 10 th ef April , they were to be up
and doing , and make preparations to call the people of Manchester out ; Cropper moved a resolution to that effect , which was seconded by a man named Doraey . The leaders wera to call the men oat it the rising took place , and form themselves in _procesrsoH , so as to efiect a junction witb the other parties at Ashton and Oldham , as it was said they were prepaiei . Cropper said they were ready at those places . On the Idth a publio meeting was held , when Chadwick took the chair ; anl after that a committee meeting was held , when _Chadwick , _Jsixon , sad other *? , attended . The _entgect _disca-sed there was aa to being ready for action . They had not yet got bfotmation from London , and did not know what they were doing ; and the Chartists at
Msnchester could not , _consaquently _, do anything . A shop wa- taken in Tib Street which had been used f or picking oakum , and Chadwick proposed thatit shoald be fired . A man named Cesrns suggested that a bottle of naphtha should be thrown in amongst tha oakum , and then some one should set fire to it . _Ckadwkk thought that before they did bo they should turn eff the water from the . waterworks and tfae canal , * u : d persons were appointed to _aseertab how tiat could bs best effected . On the llth of April another committee meeting was held , at whieh Rankin took the chair . Dr _M'Donail , West , White , Grocott , and , b fact , all the
defendant ? , were present , with many others . They bad ascertained the failure in London , and said it was foolish b them to attempt opposition to the _autho rities without destroying property . Rankin said they were not strong enough unless they did so . M'Donongh propoeed that there should be empty edlars taken in the selgbbonrfaood ef High Street ; two at the corner of Turner Street , and coo under Mr Stephenson ' s shoe-shop b Market Street . Leasers were appointed te the purpose cf earrying out those objects—those * s £ re M'Donongh , Donovan , Leaek , Cropper , Chadwick , Scholefield _. Nixon , and others . The leaders were ta place in each of the
cellars ens parcel of gunpowder containing one cwt ., one cask of naphtha containing thirtysix gallons , and a cask of turpentine . Shavings , niixed with straw , were to be placed next to the casks , and these were to he set adjoinbg the door , Will steeped with naphtha snd turp " entine , for the purpose of being readily ignited , and tha places fired . It was also agreed that an empty shop , formerly occupied by Dr Bally , _phrenologist , ehonW be taken , adjoining the Gas Works . Lower King _Street ; it wm to be taken under pretence of carrybg on the provision trade . After getting possession of tbe shop , thev were to bore under the ground , io as to get to ths Gtw Works ' yard , place 5 cwc of gunpowder under the boring , blow np the Gas Works , j
and put the town in complete darkness . Several persons were appointed to superintend thu , and M'Donongh was to aet aa their leader . A resolution was agreed to on the motion of Cropper , _seconded by Downey , that persons should be appointed to _»* reto theaaelves in the churches , and to be provided with _imptementa to break open the doors . Otber _persoas , connected with tbe dabs , were then to & 9 admitted , provided with naphtha to fire tha churehea . Leaders were _sppobted for particular _oharcbea ., ts follows s—St _George ' s Church . Scholefield ; St Paul's , Chadwick ; St Anne's , Donovan ; St Uatfa , Leaah ; St John ' s , Cropper . _FerseM wore also directed to let off the the reservoir at _Beawiek- and also the canal LeainMw wb » anoointed to co through the country
to make the plane known . Arehdeacon and Rankin went to Oldham , Cropper to Bradford ; _Cfowwicrj himself , and _L-ach to Ireland ; aad Donovan to Birmingham . Witneat went to several places . in England and then to Ireland . He had seen M D _> noagh trabmen , and there were drillbg places appointed . The drilling : generally took place at midnight Hehad also seen Cropper and Rankb engaged in drilling . Crots-exambed by Mr James . —He had baen in gaol fer neglecting hia family , and was once charged vrith _etealbg a _cuh-box _, but _actjuitted ; the cashbox waa subsequently found in bis mastert drawer . his for advo
_Hadbeenafooitohimrelf and family - _eatiBsUhevdangeroas and _abominaMfl principles of CbartJso . Had attended teetotal meetingi , hut never went there drunk or got turned out for being drunk . Had beenamemrj « ofatem _* Krane « society , but wu notsonow . He first gave bformafaoaabout _ftejirceeedbga at Manehester on the 1 st or 2 nd of August He wu committed to gaol during the riots at Manchester for fourteen days . Hehad onoe set np as a convert to Romanism . Before that be went to St Paul ' s Sunday School , Manchester . He was really a convert to Romanism , because , from what he had read , he thought , at the time , they hsd the
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t & e L & ureh of England , but he was not readv for _uuythmg that might offer . Neve _™ « _Top 3 £ _M'DoGoagh on the doctrines of _RomanuSi hS never beea a Socialist , but was once a ? OweS and became so wh » n he first embraced the p"ffi £ of Chartism mlSIO . Did not thiik tL » iu a _Srt ? _-Sf _wiS ? !!! B- Had * _^« d for the Chartists . When he embraced Oweniim it was with wall ? tMn _^^ 89 be did n _? tifffj 2 JESS . \ A ° ffeD 8 m ' ' Owenitefor _SS _i S k _*? r neTW _n 8 tifl ! d hisconB «< _-aco except during that time . On one occasion _dnriog the Chartist conspiracy Chadwick proposed that the _expended by the _peoplew bread and cheese , andthat course was adopted ; ' * ' *
The witness was questioned as to several speeches be hadmadeofan inflammatory character , and admuted that he bad on many _occosionn used somettang akin to treasonable language . He was asked to identify the prisoners , but professed his inability « o ao nn consequence of a weakness of eyesight His lordship then ordered him to be placed within a yard or two ofthe _prisoEers , b order that he might po . nt them out if he knew them . After a close examination , however , and making sundry mistake * as to the names and other material points , he succeeded li identifying only two of the prisoners , Rankin an < l _M'Donoagh . Jn consequence of the extraordinary evidence the witness had given , in connexion with his inability to identify the prisonera when called Hp , a strong feeling prevailed aeabst him by those b the body of the court , and he was _Emailed with a shower of hiFta * .
This was immediately suppressed by his lordship , who rebuked the offenders for their conduct , and threatened that if it were repeated he would order the court to b _3 cleared . He added , with great warmth , ' Where is the man that hiBBed ? Let me see any man who defies the law ! I sit here alone , and wi * h the whole _mejesty of the kingdom of England upon me ; nnd let me see the man who dareatofaceit !' The Attorney General intimated thathe fhou'd nor , after _whst had taken place , rely upon the evidence o the witness Ball as fo identity . This closed the case for _thenrosecution .
Mr James then _addreued thejury on behalf of the defendants Michael M Donough and Chadwick , aud said that the former had attended the meetings without at all agreeing with those who spoke bo violently . He hsd on several _occaBioni-, as proved bv the police , assisted them when attacked by mobi . With regard to the young man Chadwick , who was only eighteen years of _ase , he had been led away by the vanity of sneaking in publio , which hehad acquired by lecturing at temperance meetings ; they would withdraw their plea , and plead gnilty . The Attorney General here said , they had always wished to plead enilty .
S * r _Atkinson then addressed thejury on behalf of William Grocoltand Thomas Rankin , and urged that the policeman who had reported the speeches of the defendants , bebg totally unaccustomed to reporting ** _3 iBht have made mistakes , and have mide one man say that whioh wu in reality spoken by another . He urged them to consider the excitement which fca «« _iBted , and _begeed them not to weigh in golden scales that whioh took place in such excited times . The defendants Cropper , Donovan , West , White , Leach , and Nixon , then _addresied the jury at great length , and explained the principles of the Charter . They denied any participation in the illegal and riotous _proeeediBgs charged against thea . aud professed themselves advocates of peaoe and order .
Csown Cotjst . —( Before Mr Justice Erie . ) ___ THB _UVBBPSOL C 0 _! I * IDEKAT ** 9 . _The prisoners charged with the conspiracy at Liverpool , _O'Dannell , Somers , Hopper , O ' Brien , and Smythe , were brought up , when His lordship btimafed that as he had ascertained it wonld ba bconvenisnt to send them'to Lancaster Castle , he wonld alter their seatenee , and order their im prisonment in Kirkdale . As regarded an appliestion he had received from one of the prisoaers , that Kirkdale would be injurious to hia health , he btitnated that the *> aol at Preston was within the regulation * . —Smythe replied that Preston gaol was the same as Kirkdale , b respect to the silent system ; but his lordship said he had no option between those two .
_WsDNusniT , Dxc . _" 20 . —( Before Mr Baron Alderson . ) Mr S . Austin was called on behalf of Grocott and Rankin . Tfae witnes * deposed that he had attended all the meetings ofthe Chartists ia April atthe time the National _Convention was sitting b London . The Judge . —What is this National Convention ? There is no National Convention in England except the Parliament . Witness . — -It wag a body of Chartists so called .
. The Judge . —Those who seem to be eo take on themselves a very great responsibility ; if government choose tbey can prosecute tbem ; if such a My is tolerated we are on the verge of a revolution . The witness then referred to several speeches delivered by Grocott , Rankin , and others of the _prisoners , in which tbey deprecated violent language . He gave the prisoners Grocott and Rankb a character for peaceable and orderly conduct . In crossexamination he admitted that Leach and Donovan
were sent from Manchester u representatives tothe Convention . In a speech made by Cropper en one rxasion , he advised the people to _temperanee until Frost , Jones , and Williams should be liberated . The Judge . —Do you know what those people had dene ? Witness replied , that be believed they caused some riots b Wales . The Judce . —They were guilty of treason snd riot , and _somethbg worse . Something like what _Barabbas ( if you ever heard of him ) wu punished for . The people then called out that he shonld be spared , and so they do now ; se that the world is much the eame as it a ' ways was Mr Beswick . SanerinfendeBt of the Manchester
police , stated that Donovan on one occasion stopped a procession in Oldham at the risk of his life . Other witnesses were called to character , two oi whom swore that Cropper did not attend the meeting at Blackstone Edge in June . The Attorney General then replied . —He contended that the prisoaers had been guilty of asing _icflsmmatory language , and exciting the people to ton-alt . and although they might in some cases bave wed their endeavours to suppress _distorbanees , snch _disturbance had resulted from their own outrageous and illegal acts . They had raised a phantom which tbey coald not quell . There was evidently a general organisation to disturb the peace of the country at the pericd whioh had been alluded to , and the prisoners
wereactinz in pursuance of rach organisation . He had withdrawn the witness Ball from the casa after bearing the discrepancies in his evidence , though he did not disbelieve the general evidence which he gave , and it was very likely that some of the lower class a * were so excited by the inflammatory languige used by the prisoners and others , that a plot was going on in Manchester which must have beea fatal to the-inhabitants aod the property of the place . Under al ) the _circonKsances , he conceived that the principal charges allseed in the indictment were _substantiatf i by _theevidesce ofthe _poMce officers , and he should leave it to thejury to say whether or not the prisoners were guilty . He concluded by expressing a hope that the prisoners wonld spare a few momenta to consider the judicious observations which had'fa'len
from his lordship during some trials ofa similar character at Chester ; tbat they would discontinue their violent and illegal agitation , and return to those peaceful avocations by whioh they , would be more likely to benefit themselves as well as the community generally , _ ¦ His lordship then summed . up the evidence , _observing that if the jury were _satiefied all the prisoners conspired to do the same set , though one joined atone time , and another at another , they were all guilty . He then reviewed the whole of the _evidenee ( except that of Ball ) , _commsnting on those points to which the attention of the jury was more particularly to be directed . Thejury retired , and after being absent about an hour returned , finding West and White guilty of unlawfully assembling , and the other prisoners of the unlawful assembling and conspiracy .
IHB BXNZXKCia . His lordship then addressed the prisoners .. The rrTence of which they had been found gnilty was one which . heboBSd , was not now so dangerous uat the time they committed it . Suoh offences were generally rife when the people were distressed and unoccupied ; but when the distress ceased the agitation ceased also , as it wu found to be no longer beneficial . None of the prisoners , however , exoept Nixon , _wenv in a distressed state , to that no such excusei could be urged b their favour . Two of them ( White and M'Donongh ) seemed to have acted ina praiseworthy mfmner _. _hntitsJioddbereooIIectedthat it wai . 'n consequence of their own act , which they ) were unwilline to follow out fo its consequences , that they
weresocslledupontobterfere . In so doing tney had been attacked by the people beware they , interpreted their speeches as an exhortation to do what they did ; and when they were stopped they naturiUy became excited at what thev conceived to he tno false conduct of their pretended leaders . It woald be necessary to pass on them a severe sentence . Grocott , Cropper , and West had no business b Manchester , where they made their speeches , and thst wu consequently an aggravation of their case . Rankin , Leech , Grooott , Cropper . Donovan , West , and White mast be imprisoned one year , and enter bto sureties to keep the peaoe for two years ; Leach , nine months'imprisonment ; M'Donongh and Chadwick , six months '; and Nixon , four months '; all to find securities for their good behaviour ior one
West applied for penniiuon to be imprisoned u Lancaster Cutle . His Lordship said that , nnder the present arrangements of tbat gaol , he could not make that order . White raid- whea he was formerly tried at War-
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wiok _, his lordship permitted him to bs placed b the _«™ _£ _*?! _i _™ _'B _^ _enioBnoura . He requestedthat the same might be done on tbis occasion . mJw V ° _^ , * ' tne Prisoners should be sent to nants . 'K _» te «* aa first-class _mUdsmea-The following prisoners , also oharged with being concerned m the Chartist riots at ManoheBter aud other places , were then called up :-Geo . J . Clarke , James Dqwlan , Patrick Deve _' . in , Henry Ellis , John James Finnigan , James Foyle , Mark Hulmo , Wm . Heap , Saul Cearns , Jcsiah Lemon , _Themas Roberts , _Usorge Rogers , George Ramsden , Joseph Spooner , Barker ' Whlttaker _« WiUi _» m B « ton , and Joseph The Attorney General said he proposed to call on all these defendants to enter into their own recognisances to appear when called upon . - : All the defendants agreed except Joseph Barker .
His Lordship said he hoped Barker would not be so foolish as to refuse to plead , * a man who would not do so must be filled up with a sort of morbid vanity ; what harm oould it bo for a man to give recognisances that he would behave himself ? # His Lordship then addressed the defendants , say . ing , that if they _conducted themselves peaceably and quietly , they would never be called upon at all ; but , if guilty again of any offence , they would be liable to be called np for trial . He hoped they wonld in futuie conduot themselves as good and peaceable sub jeetsof the Queen ; the Crown had shown a great deal of mercy in tbe course it had taken , and he hoped it would be fully appreciated by the body of people to which the prisoners belonged . He was glad to hear since he came down to Liverpool that better times were coming , and there would be more employment . The more the people conducted themselves in a quiet and peaceable manner , the sooner would the work come back .
Mr Matthews intimated that Barker did not plead guilty . He was in a respectable station in life—a town councillor of Leeds , and he felt that the charge was a reproach npon him . His Lordship said there was no charge of guilt against Barker at present . Even if he were oalled up to plead , he could plead not guilty . Barker said it was impossible there could be any evidence against hira , and he considered hehad been injured by such a charge as that of conspiracy having gone forth publicly against him . Tbe Judge . —Tou are like many men who imagine the public attend more to them than they really dolike the man who directed his letters to posterity . ( Laughter . ) Barker said he had his witnesses there , and he wished the trial to proceed .
The Attorney General Intimated that he knew what his object was . He was editer of the Pkopw _' b Almanack . A man hsd been tried in the other court fat blasphemy , and Barker knew it . The Attorney General , in reply to his Lordship , aaid , he wished the trial postponed , biB only reason being tbat he wonld have to go over the whole of the evidence again which had been before the Court . Barker still insisted oa beingtried , when The Attorney General intimated that he would enter a nolle prosequi . He could not allow . Buch _blasphemous publications to go on . It was then intimated to the defendant that he was discharged from the indictment , and he left the deck . Several persons were then brought up and sentenced , and tbis terminated the business before Baron Alderson-.
The whole of the trials will he brought to a olose to-night .
Crowh Co * jb , t . —( Before Mr Justice Erie . ) Charles Bowker , a man of genteel appearance was indioted for haviag at Hey wood , on tbe 13 ih ot August last , uttered a false , scandalous , seditions , and blrsphemous speech . From the evidence it appeared that on Sunday morning , the 13 th of August , the prisoner addressed a large meeting of Chartists in the marketplace at Hey wood . After reading a hymn from a _Wesleyan hymn-book , he proceeded to denounce all sects of religionists , and charged tbem with preaching blasphemy if they preached according to their Bibles and Prayer-books . ' If , ' Baid he , ' I had a black coat , a white handkerchief , and fine linen , I might have as wealthy a situation as any of them . I come here to do good as Christ did _eead ,
and why shoald we not shed blocd for the good of others ? I say , shed blood , and do it effectually , and he determined . There is Lord Jobn Russell , Sir Robert Peel , the Duke of Wellington , and Lord _Kelson—have they not shed blood , and why not we ? We cannot keep ourselves clean , or get a cup of tea , or a bit of bread , withont being taxed ; and but for thete taxes we need only work for three months in the year , and we could sail for the other nine months on tbe lakes and see the beautiful scenery of nature , which God has ordained for us , and be a happy people . ' Being cautioned by a polioe officer , he said he was preaching the Gospel and Word of God , and lie had as much right to do so as those blasphemous priests opposite ( pobting to the chapel ) . He then went , on to say that , 'if God was pleased with the
shedding of Christ ' s bloed , let tbem shed blood to redeem his people from under the oppressing hand of wicked men , such as Lord John Russell , Sir R . Peel , and all the rest of the aristocratic thieves and murderers . ' He added , ' I wonld wish to gain the rights of the people witbout tfae shedding of blood or destroybg of property ; but , if they cannot be gained without , let ns at once unanimously agree and assemble together to fight manfully for our rights and privileges ; to dear and destroy our enemies and oppressors , and to take and devour everything ! before ub ; tbis is the will of God concerning those who oppress his children . ' The defence was , that the speech had been greatly distorted by the mode in which it was taken . down ; a police officer havbg attended and furnished evidenoe ofit . The prisoner was fonnd Guilty , and sentenced to two years' imprisonment .
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TORK ASSIZES . Cbowj * Coots . —( Before Mr Justice Manle . ) Tuesday , Die . 19 . Henry Hunt , aged 28 , was indicted for having , on the 25 th o f May last , at Horton , in the West Riding , unlawfully trained and drilled a number of other persons to the practice of military exercise , movements , and evolutions ., Mr C . Foster , on the part of the prisoner , applied
to his lordship to cive tha prisoner leave to with _, draw his plea of ' Not Guilty , ' in order to demur to the _isdiotment . The learned connsel referred to the case of 'R . v . _Furchss , 'l Oar . and Mar ., on the authority of whiob he then proposed to demur orally His Lordship having * referred to tbe case cited assented to the application . The demurrer must be delivered in fprm afterwards , to make up tbe record . Mr Foster then proceeded to state the grounds of demurrer , and his lordship held thst the objection ' _raited could not prevail .
Mr Foster then ashed his lordship if he would give judgment of respondeat ouster ; it was within the discretion of the court so to do ? His Lordship said he should net in this oase ; it was a misdemeanour . Isaac _Jtfftirsnn , aged 36 , waa indicted for drilling and being drilled and trained to tho praotice of military exercise , movements , and evolutions , at _Drizlington , in the West Riding , on tbe 28 th of May . Mr Overend and Mr Manle appeared for the prosecution , and Mr Blanchard for the prisoner . It appeared from the evidence of Joseph Thompson , that on the 28 th of May , which was on a Snnday , the prisoner and a crowd of forty or fifty persons were being drilled at _Driz'ington . The men were standing two deep , and at the word of command they ' fell in , ' ' rightabout faced , ' and ' marched . ' This evidence was supported by that of other witnesses , who saw tbe eame drilling .
Mr Blanchard having addresied the jury fer the defence _. His Lordship summed np , and the jary fonnd the prisoner Gnilty . William _Angns was charged for _having , on the 21 st of May last , _nslawfnlly trained and drilled a number of persons assembled at Bradford to tbe use of arms and to the practice of military ' exercise , movements , and evolution ? . Mr Overend and Mr Manle appeared for the prosesntion , and Mr Hardy for the defence . William _Charnley , police-offioer , of Bradford , remembered the 21 st of May ; it was a Sunday . He went to the Victoria Divan , at Horton , near Bradford , at fire o _clecb in the morning , and taw the prisoner atthe bar with fifty or sixty others marching in military order . Heard him ory * ' Right shoulders forward in this manner / and the men did so . He also said , ' Mark time , ' . _« Halt , ' ' Dismiss , ' and they did so .
Joseph Bowles stated that on Snnday morning , tbe 21 st of May , he met fifty or sixty men two deep , armed with sticks , keeping step ; the prisoner was at the head of his men . He heard the prisoner giro tbe words' Right countermarch , '' Left countermarch . ' and' Close up , ' and the men with him acted accordingly . He gare the word ' Slope arms , ' and they sloped sticks . The _prironer marked time . ' Right , ' ' Left / and then gave * Quick march , ' and the men did it . —Cross-examined . —They made no secret of it ; it was quite public—Re examined . —The men were then drilling day and night in Bradford , and there were attachs on the civil force . ' ' — Slingsby , a Bradford police officer , gave similar evidence . —Cross-examined . —There had been no drilling since . This was the case for the prosecutions Mr Hardy having addressed tho jnry for the defence
, . .... .... His Lordship summed np , and thejury foand the prisoner Guilty . Nathaniel Frith was indicted for being present at an unlawful meeting , for the purpose of drilling , at Horton , on the 25 th of May . Mr Overend and Mr Manle appeared fot the prosecution , and Mr Campbell Foster for the defence . Witnesses were called who stated that on tho moraine in question several hundred _penons were
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bsiog drilled in the Manchester Road , near Bradford , and that the prisoner commanded a section of them . Mr Foster , for the defence , urged that there was no proof whatever that the words used were thoso of military art _. The jury found the prisoner Gnilty . Mr Foster then briefly moved in arrest of judgment , on the same grounds as those stated in the former demurrer , the indictment being framed on the same model .
His Lordship said , the objections might be taken advantage of on writ of error . David Lightowler waa charged with drilling at Tong Moor , near Bradford , on Sunday , the 28 . _u of May . Mr Overend and Mr _Ma'ile appeared for the prosecution , and Mr Campbell Foster for the defence . A _nitness named Shepherd , formerly a Chartist , stated that he saw the prisoner , on the morning iu question , maroh at the head of a section up Wakefield Road ,- from Bradford , between ten and eleven o ' clock , to Tong Moor , three milea and a half from Bradford , where he aa w him drilling his section . A police oonstable saw a number of persons going up the Wakefield Road , at the time in question , but did not seethe prisoner .
Mr Foster having addressed the jury for the prisoner , allied witnesses for the defence , several of whom _et & tod that they had seen the prisoner that same morning in Bradford at twelve o ' olook , and some of them accompanied him to the meeting by a different road to tbat spoken of by the witness Shepherd . There appeared to be a doubt , how . ever , whether there bad not been two meetings , and that both sets of witnesses might be stating the truth _. His lordship summed up , and the jury found the prisoner guilty . A number of similar charges against other _prisoners , but of a lighter oharaoter , the Hon . E . Phipps , the counsel for the prosecution , would not press . He thought the ends of justice would be _satibfied by their being discharged on their own re cognisances .
His lordship then proceeded to pass sentence on the prisoners . He told them they might have erred from ignorance of the law ; that might bave availed them aa an exouae a good deal , bad the object of their drilling been icnooent . But at that time there was a spirit of insubordination throughout the country approaohing to rebellion , fomented by a number of foolish and wicked people . Had the objects they contemplated been oarried out , this country would not be fit to live in . It would be batter to live under an absolute _despotismwith peaoe and protection for property . His lordship then sentenced the prisoner Hunt to be imprisoned 8 monthB , Jefferson 4 months , _Ar-gua 10 months , Frith 11 monthB , and Lightowler 9 monthB .
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TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND . Lhiieb VIII . Fauow- _CovMRYMstr . —Some persons may imagine that the letter of Mr Wm . _Raod is not of that importance which I attach to it ; I think they mistake . The subjects proposed fox consideration b that letter are at all times important—they rela . e to the well _, being ol all clasaes , and are . at tbis period , of most vital interest , I : _cauEB the question mooted therein now occupies the most anxious consideration of every statesman , and of all thinkers in the oivilised portions of the globe—viz ., the profitable employment of all the people .
1 cannot , therefore , apologise for requiring your most serious asd unprejudiced consideration of the third and last remedy proposed by Mr Wm . Rand for the cure of our national calamities , vis ., ' Free selling aa well as free bujine , or Free Trade fully and fairly carried out ; ' by its operation Mr Wm . Rand believes industry will cease to be sacrificed to _cheapnefs . Two _queetiens present themselves on the mention of this ; proposition . First , —Why are we now debarred from 'free Belling ? ' Second , —By what means can we obtain that liberty ? During the _discussiocs of the Free _Trademeasures in Parliament , it was _suggested that , possibly other nations might be indisposed freely to open their maikets for our productions ; and it was
recommended tbat , in such cases , we Bhould refuse freely to receive theirs . Those very reasonable observations were then instantly silenced by Mr Cobden , who , assuming to answer for the whole world , assured ' the House , ' that so people would or could be so foolish , eo insane , _i blind to their own interests as to refuse the free entrance of our productions ! He declared that the maxim ; ' Buy at the cheapest market * was universally received as > common sense-, that it would be folly to doubt the ' wisdom of foreign nations , and our highest privilege to lead in this _gmt scheme of _univei-al progress , not doubting that other countries ( witnessing the prosperity resulting to ourselves from the adoption oi the free principle of trade ) wonld b ? _anxions instantly to remove every barrier to their own _advancement , and adopt a plan so full of promise to themselves _.
The wisdom of those who suggested that doubt and precaution—the folly and ignorance of Mr Cebden , are now admitted by the gentleman who seconded Mr Cobden ' _a nomination at the last West Riding election ; This ib a home thrust . The ignorant , self-opinionated , and conceited man ( who , by a perversion of the human intellect , most unhappily for this nation obtained a temporary but overwhelming influence , and who aotually deluded the cleverest , the most cunning and experienced , nay , a 3 some will still have it , ' the only safe' statesman of this age ) has thus received a sharp rebuke from a quarter least expeoted . Pity that such a man had the power to overrule tbe opinion of those so muoh Mb superiors ! It is , however , some alleviation of our sorrow that Mr Cobden ia now told by Mr Wm . Rand that he has caused to be' set up a god called Cheapness , and ever } thing in the shape of industry is to be sacrificed to it . '
It would be unjust to all parties not to remember and take especial note of tbe false propheoies of tbat man who . under the intoxicating influence ef greediness—of making haste to bscome rich—hurried the people and the Legislature of this country into the whirlpool of despair . Well , then , despite the positive assurances and the solemn pledges of Mr Cebden , ' some cations persist in refusing to accept the prosperity and wealth with which Sir Robert Peel was so anxious to overwhelm them ! They will not permit us freely to Hell our productions to them , although they right willingly send theirs to us . Of this conduct Mr William Rand complains . It is ' a one-sided Free Trade , ' which he insists upon being replaced by' Free Trade , fully and fairly carried out , free selling as well as free buying . '
Mr William Rand knows that there are two partiea whose consent must be obtained ere this proposal can be effected ; ourselves and other nations . We hare consented , but , „ ihey refuse . Mr _Csbden ' _s pledges on their behalf can be no more accepted . By what means will Mr William Rand persuade or compel them to acquiesce ? There is the rub ! Mr Cobden has already taken his continental tour—he has been feasted , _flattered , and cajoled from one end of Europe tothe otber—and , after all , the nations refuse freely to open their markets to our productions . Who can succeed where the great necromancer has failed ? It would seem that persuasion and delusion have no force with our rivals . Shall we declare war , and thus strive to force them ? No , bo , says Mr Cobder , disarm and win them by kindness _.
Aud Mr Wm . Rand informs us it must be effected ' by treaties with foreign powers . ' How they are to be induced to sign those treaties Mr Wm . Rand does not Bay . nor can I . - Were I disposed , I might , with great fairness , leave the consideration of the proposed 'free selling' until it wore shown that it was a possible arrangement , I prefer , however , notwithstanding its apparent impossibility , to examine its merits . And first , as to its operation on the agricultural interest ; for , despite the assurances to the contrary of Mr Cobden , Sir Robert Peel , and all the selfstyled ' philosophers , ' I still believe that agriculture is the right arm of England , and that those statesmen who dream of obtaining national prosperity by raising manufacture to an unnatural poBition over that of agriculture are very unwiao , and very unBafe leaders of the people .
It will be necessary , while considering Mr Wm . Rand ' s third remedy , to keep in mind Borne admitted faots , and also the _objects he hopes to gain thereby , vis : ' Our agricultural productions are not equal to thedimand . ' ' The land of this country is oapable _oudsr just cultivation , ota vastly increased production . ' 'The employment of capital in branches of bdustry whose productions cannot be sold for more than they cost is ruinous . '' Although the population of'Eagland is increasing , the population engaged in agriculture is decreasing . ' ' Real prosperity consists in all being profitably employed . ' And ' _agriculture presents a field in which to employ every idle labourer ib the oountry . ' ' ¦ ¦ . < It iB , then , self-evident , that any plan for tho improvement of the agricultural interest muBt be calculated to bring the productions of agriculture more nearly to the demand , by giving the land ofthe
country a just system of cultivation , affording a profit on tbe capital therein employed , and enabling the _oultivatore of the soil to secure real prosperity by . giving employment to every idle labourer in the country . Here Mr Williaa Raud aud _mytelf are agreed . This , tben , is the question ' to beBolved—will 'free selling ' enable the agriculturists to reap snch required _benefits ? PerhapBl am _prejndioid—iaay he , ' I am very ignorant-for , with all the candour and intelligence of which I am _me-ter , I have roug ht in vain for such markets as oan , by possibility , improve the condition of our agricultural population by 'free setting . ' I know no markets for their productions better than our own , ( and I think the measure advooated by Mr W , Rand will gradually reduce our home markets to _alevelwiththerestof the world ) If there are markets where the free admission of our agricultural productions would be advantageous to the capital and
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labour employed in our fields , it is required of Mr William Rand to name them . If he refuses to comply with this most reamable request , thea the turn and substance of his prescription for tbe agriculturists of this oountry may be thus stated : — 'Take baok from the manufacturing districts your kidnapped peasantry . They are become burdensome to those who enticed them from their native fields . They aro dangerous when they flock in vast numbers into the iarge towns and villages of our manufacturing districts . It ia found _nocessary to locate large bodies of troops in these distriota , in order to preserve the publio peaoe , and put down outbreaks . The very safety of society , in the manufacturing districts , is in jeopard ; I Our workhouses are filled
with the _destitute , ' and our gaols with the disaffected . Thousands are out of work ! The middle ol & _sseB , the shopkeepers , and other tradesmen in the manufacturing districts , are , in addition to the almost entire absence of profits , absolutely eaten up with poor rates and other local burdens . Take back your _pta-antry I Build tbem cottages , spread them more uniformly over the _country , that they may live near the fields they cultivate ! We require a largely increased amount of your productions , an _increastd home trade , and a muoh more satiefactory Btate of feelingamong the working classes ! True , we havo through the unadorned _ekquonoe of our leader , and the _per'uosiue eloquence oi yonr obampioB , crippled your resources , and let in a flood of competitors to eat up your profits ! Nay , we intend still further to mulct your property , by removing from ourselvea to you , the annual payment of some two or three millions of _poundB in poor rates ; still , we will not abate
in onr demand of a vastly increased amount of your productions , and an increased home trade !' Without controversy , such is the manufacturers . ' address , through Mr Wm ; Rand , to the _asrioulturists , How changed ! A few short years ago thoae manufacturers were obtaining means , hy law , to remove the agricultural labourers fiom their native fields into the distant mills ; they cared not then , if England should never grow another ear of corn . Then , they _boaBted of their prosperity and wealth , and threatened to buy up all the estates of the aristocracy . How different now ! How changed their tone ' But still how cruel ! Frem crippled means more is demanded ! As though tho return of _thepessantry , the additional pajment of two or three million ponnda a year in p _^ _ior rates by the landlords and farmers , with the boon of' free selling , ' wonld create a capital to supply ( he required additional outlay , and also seenre a profit thereon .
Snch an unreasonable requirement is even more unjust than the cruel edict of the Egyptian tyrant : ' Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick , aa heretofore ; let them go and gather straw for themselves , ahd the tale of bricks whioh they did make heretofore , je shall lay [ upon them ; ye shall not diminish ought thereof , for they be idle !' It is required by common sense and common justice that some arrangement shall be introduced into Mr W . Rand ' s scheme that will ensure increase or profit on the productions of agriculture ; else hiB plan must be _abortive , his expectations will be disappointed , * for
it is impossible to employ labourers without capital —neither can capital be obtained withont security , which cannot be given without profit . That profit , as it appears to me , oan _ntyer accrue under ihe operation of' free selling' in every market of the world . The required ingredient is better prices—tbat ingredient ib omitted in Mr W . Rand ' s prescription . DoeBMrW . Rand reply— 'Free selling will improve the demand for onr manufactures , enable us to employ all onr operatives at good wages , and thus provide an inoreased demand at higher prices for the _productions of agriculture ?'— If bo , all may yet be well !
That branoh of' free selling' remains to be considered . It e 1 nil be examined in my text . I am , Fellow-Countrymen , A friend to just profits in all our industrial branoh . es , RlOHABD Oi . STLTJR . Fulcam , Middlesex .
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, A VOICE FROM GERMANY . ( Extraot from a letter from a German Democrat to a Friend in England . ) Mt Deab We have now tho red monarchy In Germany , and It teaohes us a lesson we _eb & ll not easily forget , People , who a few months ago were yet afraid of the red Repub lie , are now wishing the proclamation of it most cr . _denlly , for they know that the Red Republicans are no robbers , no Incendiaries , no murderers , no violators l _' . ko the _eaYSgn tools of eur tyrants . But all tbe- horrid misfortunes that hftve _btfalltn onr unhappy conntry we have tho German bourgeois to thank for , The Gannon bourgeois , who are infamous cowards—who criogo before
tyrants and murderers , —whose Qod is their raoney . bag —who want no otber liberty thas that of robbing the people . They hated , and still hate , absolute monarchy , because it costs a deal of raoney , bnt they bad no courage to attack and dtitroy It , and new their only hope and wish Is , to share , peaceably and quietly , the spoils , taken from the poople , with the people ' s _oppreisors . But th _« ir hopes shall he deceived ; the horoio proletarian * , who have fought all the battles , have not lost courage , ( although they have been betrayed and beaten this time ) . On the contrary , thoy are now preparing for a laBt and decisive straggle , freed from tbe mousy-bags , wbo have always betrayed and fonaken them In the heat of the _battl ? , and whose real charaoter tkey have at last recognised : Absolute monarchy and la bourgeoisie will _oortnlaly _iharo something , bnt not the spoils taken from the people ; no , they will 6 hare . Tho par .
llaments In Frankfort , Vienna ( _Kremsler ) , and Berlin ( Brandenburg ) , aro de _» piaed by tbe people ; every one clearly sees tbat we have been betrayed by these stupid babblers . The majorities in these parliaments were always ready to assist our tyrants In _suppressing the li . berties ef tbe people , bnt tbey never had the oonrage openly to side with tbe people againBt tyranny . They sometimes showed signs of resistance , bnt they always soon showed the white feather again . Their doom is sealed , and history will jadge their act * . Jobn of _Anatrla , who Is moro fit to ba a' View of Wakefield , ' than a vicar of tbe German Empire , is commonly called by tbe people _« 7 te head policeman bf the German princes . This nnmo Ib ratber e 1 gnlncc . nt , If ho were to travel through Germany now , as he _hae'deno before , he wonld hear no more hurrahs from tho people ; on the oontraty , his ears wonld be assailed by rather unpleasant sounds _.
The struggle of 1848 in Germany has principally been a struggle of la _botvgeoisle against absolute monarchy _. The German bourgeois hare miserably failed in establishing their reign ; tbey fc » ve been crushed , andserve them right . Next _j _/ _ear the proletarians will enter ths arena against oppressors of every denomination , —they will , they must be free ; but whatever may be tbe issue of their straggle , thoy will at any rate win more honour than la bourgeoisie . Tell oar English friends , the Chartists , that the Ger . man proletarians ore not vanquished ; tbat , on the con * trary , tbey never hai more hope of _eatoblisWn _* ' the reign of justice in their country than at the present time , Their rod Hag will noon br > triumphant . ' Freedim'a battle once begnn , Bequeathed bj bleeding sire to eon , Tho' baffled oft , will vet ho won . '
We give copiou * extracts from tbe English newspapers in the German worklng-mtn ' _s papers , especially from the letters o ' L'Ami do People in the _Noethebn Stab , and from the infamous articles iu the Times and Chbo nicle . L'Ahi du PiCPLE docs honour to bis country . His letters contain the plain truth , and nothing but the truth ; the _proletarian of all countries owe him _tbnnks for his energetio addresses to tho people . The blood ; and cruel articles against our conntry in the Post , Stand'rd , and Herald , do not at all astonish us . We know these papers represent tbe ( English ) aristocracy and priesthood , and these two classes have been bloody _, minded , infamous and cruel in all ages and In all countries , —thoy have nothing learned and nothing forgotten ,
wo cannot eipeot Anything else from tbem . With tbe Times , and Chronicle it is diff . rent , — -their articles are very Instructive . These tno papers represent the great English meney . bags , aui their articles show us , that this latter class is even more bloody-minded , more infa . _mons , nnd more cruel tban the two former ; they show us what we have to expect if la bourgeoisie should gain the uppor band in our country , fcr too meney _. _bags _, like the priests and aristocrats ' , are all _allko , to whatever oountry tbey may belong : yes , the articles ofthe Times and Chronicle urge us on to crush that infamous _olt > _s _* whioh tbey represent , beforo it gains sufficient strength to do that mischief in thia country It has done in yours . Oologue , December 6 , 1818 .
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Thb Palace of the French President . — Thepalaeeof the _Elysee Bourbon , where the Presiderit isito reside , was built in . 1718 , and wasthen called the Hotel d'Evreux . Mme . de Pompadour purchased it from the Evreux family , and kept possession of it until her death , in 1664 . _^ It then became the property of the financier Baujon , who sold it in 1786 to Louis X" _\* I . It next became the property ofthe Republic ) but was not turned to any use . Under the Empire Mutat purchased it ; and at
the second restoration the slate seized on it without paying attention to the claims of Murat ' a family . The law wbicb , after 1830 , fixed the civil list of Louis Philippe , bad appropriated the Elysee Bourbon as the residence of Queen Amelie , in case she should survive her husband . The palace was the last place inhabited by Napoleon before he took his departure in 1815 ; it was there he alighted in June 21 , a f ter the battle of Waterloo ; and it was there he signed bis abdication in favour ofthe King of Rome .
The following were the votes giren to Napoleon for the consulship for ten years , the consulship for life , and the Empire . For the consulship for ten years ( an . VIII . ) there were 3 , 011 , 007 for , and 1562 against ; for the consulship for life ( an IX . ) 3 , 563 , 333 for , and 8374 against s ' and for the Empire ( 1804 ) , 3 , 521 , 675 for , and 2570 against . Nearly double those numbers have voted for the presidentship of the Republic .
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_tRANCE . THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION . The _wrntiny entered on an to the votes for the department of the Seine W _8 H completed , and dec . areoi at the Hotel de Ville on Thursday , as follows --If _"' Napoleon , 198 . 484 ; General Cavaignac , 95 , 667 , Ledru Rollin , 26 . 048 ; RaBpail . 15 . 871 ; Lamartine , 3 838 ; General Changamier , 66 ; Marshal BugeanrJ , 58 : _General Bedeau , 28 ; Louis Blanc , 20 ; Arago , 16 ; Barbes , 8 ; Laroohejaquelin , 3 ; Berryer , 2 ; _Dopont de l'Eure _. S . The voters inscribed were 433 , 632 ; the numbers who voted were 341 , 829 . m The returns _received in Paris up to Monday _raiso the number of votes for Frinca Louis Napoleon to 5 300 , 000 , and for General Cavaignao to 1320 . 000 .
Aooording to the Morning Chbosiclh of Wednesday , the following will form the cabinet of Louh Napoleon :--MM . Odillon Barret , _President of tha Council and Minister ol _Juiatice—D » onyn de Lhuis , Foreign _Affaiu—Le « n do Malleville , Interior— llippolyte Passy , Finances — Leon Faucher , Public _Works—Bisio , Commerce—General _Rulhieree , War —De Traoy , Marine . M . Drouyn de _Lhufs was for several years _Director of the Commercial Department in the office of Foreign Affairs under M . Guizot , but waa forced by that Minister to resign his office , inconsequence of hiB having voted against him in the Chamber of Deputies on the Tahiti queBtien . Ho has also served in the corps diplomatique , having been Secretary of Legation at the Hague , and Secretarj of the _Embassy at Madrid .
M . Leon da _Malieviile was under Seoretary of State in the department of the Interior in 1840 , when M . Thiers was Prime Minister . In the Chamber of Deputies he waa one of the most distinguished members of the centre gauche . M . Passy is considered ' one of tbe most able financiers in France , and wai also a member of M . Thiers' cabinet . M . Leon Faucher enters office for the first time . M . Bixio il a personal friend ot General Cavaignac , and a Republican de la Veille . General _Rulhieres bas Been a _great deal o f service in Africa , but he is not much knowa as a _pslitioian _. It Is eaid that M . Charles Blano , tbe brother of M . _Lcuis Blano , has resigned the office of Director of the ) Beaux Arts . Two gentlemen are ppoken of as likely to succeed him ; the one M . Vecon , the proprietor of theCoNjTiTTjTioitNKL : the other no less a _personsgo tban Count Alfred _d'Orsay _, who has po long bsen t , resident in London .
The differences of sentiment wbich prevail among ths supporters of Prince Louis are manifested in their several organs of the press . The _CoKSTiTimoNNEL _, which expresses the opinion of M . Thiers , is less unfavourable than before to General Cavaignao . La Li berth , the organ of tht ultra _Bonapartists , is againBt him . Tho _AsbsubIiII National *! expresses tbe sentiments oi MM . Bugeaudand Mole ; and La Passes has for several days ab < stained frem _takisg any part . The ambition of M . de Girardin has not been satisfied . The truth is , thi new cabinet finds it difficult to know whatta do with M , de Girardin . Tbe sol disant ftiends 6 f _LouiB Napoleon already perceive that they are doomed to disappointment , and express their belief that the President , in his attempt to propitiate the present ruling party ( the Republicans de la Vi'eUe ) will displease the moat devoted of bis own adherents *'
The Paris papers and correspondence of Tuesday received by express Btate , the numbers of votes given at the late eleotion for President of the Republio to have been—For Prince Louis Napoleon ... 5 , 466922 For General Cavaignao 1 _*] 97 , _* 3 W ; giving to the Prinoe a majority of upwards of
4 , 000 , 000 . A ballet was deposited in the eleotoral urn ftt Simorre , in the department of tho Gers , oh wbioh the following words were written : —
Ambigoa ElilCTIO , 1 Album ... ... _Speolosam _. 2 Nigrum ... ... Atra . bUe ; 3 Bubicundum ... _Sanguinolentum , 1 _Unnm 'amen opto Ladra Rollin , BiipMhm PmtU dentem O Utinam !' Which may be thus translated * . — A _Dodbtjoi , Election , lst Candidate—Fnlr and _Specionfj Snd Candidate—Dark and Atrabllions . 3 rd Candidate—Ruddy aad _Sanguineou _* . ' I vote for Ledru Rollin _aloae , and oh ! how I v ?' sb that he may become tho President of the Repnblio !'
Louis Napoleon lost a number of votes in the flouthorndepartments , whioh have been annulled by the Commission of tbe National Assembly , in c _^ sequence of their having been written ' Lugi Bompar , ' whioh in the southern dialect n ans Louis Bonaparte _, in the eastern departments , likewise , & number ot votes have I : _enlGst in _consequenca ofthe name having been wicten ' Ludwig Poiibarte . ' One bulletin contains the words— May God proteot France . ' The sorutator bas subjoined— ' Annulled ; this vote ie Bublimo , but it is ot no avail , ' The Daily _Niws says , it is rumoured that the _couduib of the President elect exercise _their _. influenoe over him to drag him towards the Republicans . The Timbs correspondent says : — ' It ia rumoured to-day that the journals which must powerfully contributed to the eleotion of Prince Louis Napoleon-La Cohsiiiutionsbl and La _Piubsb—are likely to go into opposition .
THE ASSEMBLY . On Thursday M . Annand Marrast was eleoted President of the National Assembly for another month _. There was no _eerlouB opposition to his election , aa it was agreed by the friends of Louis Napoleon that it would be imprudent in the present circumstances to make a change . This is , however , the last month M . Marrast will [ occupy the chair . It ib quite settled tbat next month he will _besucceedtd by M . Dufaure , the _present Minister of the Interior , who haB agreed to accept tbe office . The Assembly , last week , repealed the deoree ofthe
Provisional Government abolishing imprisonment for debt . Another aot of homage to the money bags , On Monday , M . Marie announced tha the Gaibiie de _Fbahoz had been _seized , and would be proseouted , for asserting that the National Assembly bad proclaimed the Republic contrary to the will of the country . In answer to a question put by M . Gent , M . Dufaure defended the _prcceedings he had taken for closing thoae clubs which had been kept open under the pretext of being electotal mee'i _ngg . M . Lagrange wade ao other attempt to oblige the Assembly to grant an amnesty . The following is a report of this matter : —
T _& e _PaxsiDEHT— Tbo tribune is to M . Lagrange en the order of the day . M . Li o & an ai _e & ld ho bad to beg the indulgence of tbe assembly for cvinolng io muoh pertinacity relative to his _pioposl . ion concerning the amnesty which appeared to have been forgotten , Bo wished to know whether tbat important question was or was not te be _discnsied . He was told to have patience , but those who made tbat remark appeared to furget the unfortunate beings who awaited tfae decision-the wires and the poor children—* ( loud interruption );—hey forgot those who made the Republic—thoae mea who in oae day overturned tbe throne ! who had fought and wonld perhaps again fight —( hoar );—those , he repeated , whe bad mHdo the Republic , and would preserve it , Ee demanded that his proposition shonld be developed in the next sitting . He would ash the Assembly whether that should bo done , before tbe proclamation of the President of the Repubiie , He wUhtd for a ginoere and conscientious vote on the _sutjeot , and ho should therefore demand a division .
The _PaEiiDiNi ashed whether any members supported that demand ? ( Cries of ' Yes , yea . ' ) A number of voices on the right — ' The BiUot ' ( Agita . Ln ) if . Laqbinqg declared tbat if the Ballot were resorted to , be and'his friends , who would vote for the discussion ot his _proposition , weuld publish their name * in the Momteob . The President said that the Assembly would prooeed to the Ballot ' , on the proposition of the honourable goatlejian beiog placed on tho order of the day for tomorrow . The Ballot then took place , when the numbers were—For the _proportion ... ' ... 189 Against it * S 7 fl Majority against It „ . -. 187 Tbe proposition was _oonseqnently not . placed on tbs i order of the day for tho neat day _.
iv 0 n , _£ uesday » thegallant Lagrange again appearedi » i the tribune , but for ten minutes could not obtain a hear . . ing . Yesterday , gold the hon . representative , at the e close of the sitting , I considered it my duty to protest t against the manner in whioh the question of an amnesty t was submitted to the _A-sambljr . - All I asked was to bare 9 some day fixed for the discussion beforo the proclamation n of the President _» f the Repnblio . I never thought of pro- > - posing this day ( Tuesday ) in particular , I proposed to o you nothing mere nor leas than a matterof justice . Allow v me also to remark to you , that if I recur so often to this a question _ofamnestj _. _ltls because It is of tho highest lm- iportance to many thousand persons . You cannot form n any idea ofthe _numbtr of letters I receive each day ; and & not I alone , but many other representatives . Reflect , t , therefore , how dreaa _^ ally afflicting _thisdelay must be to o
t he . persons interested in thc _qucatioa , An end ought to he ) _8 put to this state of things ; and if the honourable Presi- ident of the Council was present , I would tell him that I I also have been in prison though not in the same pojition > n as the unfortunate persons for whom I appeal to your or kind _feeling , as they were almost every one arrested on » n denunciations , presented against them , whilst I was as really guilty in the eyes of the law j I had _fought volun- ntarilv , aad with a fired determination , to overthrow the he government , and I had refused all offers of pardon , being ng always ready to recommence , if I could . ( Agitation . ) o _. ) But tho prisoners of June are not in a similar position : in ; i wero they so I should not plead for them , as I am doingingii not in the
They are by any means same position , I repeateat ; it , as J , who was in prison with good , company — 'withith . _Lamennais , with Guinard , with Gcdefroy _Cavaignaojao .. Never did we undergo , under Louis Philippe , a shadow 6 fv of f the Buffering wbich the prisoners of June are nowiowr afflicted with . ( _Jnterroplfon ; cries of' the order of tMtMi day . ' ) I say to you , therefore , u _< e your prerogative _ive :: show tothe world , I-, upplicate , I _cwjMejou , tb & _titliitui with you that still _resides the right of pardon — of lnduMuU gence , I terminate" by * proposing that the question ota M tha _amaesty be discussed before the proclamation of th < th << President of the Republic . ( Noise . ) Several YoiceB ; H has been decided , It was votod yes J _8 SB terday . Other _Yoloes : Tht _pmitu question , ths _prsvJoWioTO \ _^ ittwlHvJsn
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 23, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23121848/page/7/
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