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THE LAND . ON Saturday next , March the 26 th , will be published , price : Twopence , Mr . O'Connor ' B First Lecture in the Hall of Science , Camp Field , Manchcster ^ -THE Land and its CAPABiLiri ? s . Published by Abel Heywood , Manchester ; J . Hobsoh , Star Office , Leeds ; J . Cleave , London } and all Booksellers and Ageuts .
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WHEREAS JOSEPH JACKSON , of Whitelej IT Upper , in the Parish of Kirkhcaton , ; in tto County of York , Joiner , hath by an Indentun bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of January W past , assigned over all his Personal Estate and Effects unto Charles Radcuppe Turneb , of Hopton , in the Parish of Mirfield , in the eaid Cpuntfi Gentleman , and George Hall , of HudderefieW , Bi the said County ef York , Chemist and Druggist , ia Trust , for the equal benefit of the Creditors of tin said Joseph JacKeon , who shall execute the ssb * on or before the Twenty-fifth day Of March next ffl *
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EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY . PERSONS haTing a little time to spare v » JL apprised that AGENTS continue to be appointed in London and Country Towns by the B »» India Tea Company , for the sale of their celebrated Teas- ( Office No . 9 , Great St . Helen ' s Churchyari BiEhopgite-street ^ They are packed in lead * Canisters j from an Ounce to a Pound ; andj * alterations have been made whereby Agents will ^ enabled to compete with all rivals . The licence is only lla . 9 d . per Annum , and b » T during the last sixteeB Years have realised coidif able Sums by the Agency , without One Shilling ^ or loss . - , ; .:: ; :- ¦; : ; . ;¦; . : / .. ;; . / , ; y . . : ¦' -. . ; . ' [¦ : ' :..-. Applications to be made ^ if by letter , post p ^* to Charles Hancocks , Secretary .- ; . . '
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THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF MR . O'CONNOR BY THE MYRMIDONS OF THE ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE . ( Concluded from our seventh page . J passed dose to my person . I received tax wounds on my body and limbs , and one on my head , three of which knocked me down ; I have seen Bever&l victims of that night ' s brutality , some of whom will never leave their beds , and from ' thirty to fifty are dangerously wounded . This tragedy was followed np upon the following morning , by an inflammatory and blood-thirsty placard , inviting Irishmen to assemble again in their thousands upon that night to meet the enemies of Daniel O'Connell , and to complete the victory of the previous evening i but .
to the honour of Englishmen of all denominations , eo great was their horror of assassination , that shopkeepers of all grades and political parties assembled for the purpose of protecting my life . —CThis announcement enlisted a general buz of acclamation throughout the court . )—Mr . O'Connor-said , the only direct application which I shall now make , previous to submitting the whole case to the Se « etaryof State for the Home Department , is , that a person , having authority from this court , should be forthwith seat to the printer of the placard which appeared on Wednesday , for the purpose of procuring the manuscript from which it was composed . This I require as a preliminary step , in order to ground a
full inquiry into the whole case . " The worthy chairman expressed his determinatioD , and that of the Conrt , to afford Mr . C ^ Connor every facility and assistance in the proposed inquiry , but doubted the jurisdiction of the Court as to his application . 6 Mr . O'Connor then referred the Court to the 29 th section of the Stamp Act , showing that printers were compelled to retain manuscript copy for a certain period after it was put in print . "Mr . Maude , the chairman , perused the section , and gave Mr . O'Connor to understand that his application upon that head , as well -as any other that he may hereafter make , would meet with the most anxious consideration .
u Mr . O'Connor then thanked the Court for its courtesy and retired . "
( Fr » m the Manchester Chronicle . ) * ' PHYSICAL FOBCE CONTEST IN THE « HALL OF SCIENCE . ' CHARGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST MK . F . O'CONNOR . "Oa Wednesday morning , the Borough Court was thronged with Chartists and ' operative' anti-Corn Law Leaguers , in consequence of its being known that a man was in custody for having taken an active part in a row which took place at the Socialist building denominated the'Hall of Science / Camp Field , on the previous evening , on the occasion of a lecture by Mr . Feargus O'Connor . Shortly after Mr . Maude , the magistrate , took his seat on the bench , a man named Daffy , an itinerant anti-Corn Law agitator , applied for and obtained a summons against Mr . O'Connor himself , for an assault alleged to have been committed on the oocasion in question . Duffy stating that Mr . O'Connor struck him with his fist and
knocked him from the platform to the floor of the room . It is necessary to state that Mr . O'Connor had publicly announced his intention of- giving three lectures in tHe above building , and the first was delivered on Monday evening , when Mr . James Scholefield , of Every-street , Ancoats , took the chair . The one on Tuesday eveniBg , was to be on the subject of the Repeal of the Legislative Union between England and Ireland , and the row arose out of a dispute about the choice of a chairman , Mr . O'Connors party wishing Mr . Scholefield to preside , and ihe party of whom Dnffy appeared to be the leader , Which was chiefly composed of Irishmen , wishing to place a man named John Doyle in the chair . The name of the man who was taken into custody was stated to be John Saxon , ; aB Irishman , by trade a weaver . Mr . Diekin , solicitor , appeared in Ms defence . .
"George Buchanan , being sworn , stated that during the skirmish which took place in the hall he naticed the prisoner in particular , who assisted some other men to pull in pieces a chair or a table , witness could not tell which , and the prisoner afterwards threw a piece of it in the direction of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , on the platform . There was a movement made in the body ^ f the hall , and suddenly there was a chair thrown up , which seemed to be the signal for the row commencing , and directly there were brick-bats and missiles thrown on the platform . Witness saw Mr . O'Connor in danger , ^ nd endeavoured to protect him . After the disturbance , witness gave the prisoner , of whom he had taken particular notice , into the custody of the -police . —Cross-examined : Witness was on the platform when the disturbance commenced . Mr . ' James Scholefield was elected to the chair at eight o ' clock ,
and was about to sit down in it , when it was pulled away from him . The men in the body of the ball wanted some other person to be chairman , and the murmnr was in consequence of Mr . Scholefield taking the chair . There were Chartists and -Repealers in the hall , and a party of men , in his opinion , had come to oppose the meeting , but he could not tell what they were . M Mr . Diekin : Was there not a general fight in the hall!—I cannot say that it was a general fight , but men had to defend themselves for their lives sake . I am certain that the prisoner broke a piece from either a table or a chair , and threw it towards the platform . . K A man of the name of Hargreayes siated'thai he saw the prisoner in the room during the row , with either a piece of a chair or table in his hand , but did not know where he got it from , or see him make use ofhatalL .
"Mr . O'Connor here made his appearance in the witness box—a large black planter on his forehead proving the effect of Borne physical frrce weapon upon himself . Addressing the bench , he said , I beg to state , previously to being sworn , that I was requested to come down here by Sir Charles Shaw , and I know nothing whatever as to the case now going on . * Mr . Maude : Did j on see this prisoner at the room last night . " Mr . O'Cennor : I did not , nor could I be able to Bay that I saw any man . uMt . James Scholefield , of Ererj-street , who appeared to have received sundry severe bruises about the mouth and eyes , was the ne . it witness . Be , however , could not speak to seeing the prisoner in the room at all .
" A youth , named John Hargreaves , stated that he saw the prisoner when the row commenced with a stick in his hand , with which he kept knocking about and hitting all he came to . Wknes 3 saw him several times throw sticks and pieces of furniture towards the platform Crosa-fiiamined—There bad been a general row before the prisoner threw furniture upon the platform . The first furniture breaking was upon the platform , but witness had no hand in it .. A party on the platform broke up the furniture , and threw
it into tne hall among the people , and the- conseqnenee was a general row . " Edward Hancock stated that the prisoner was one of a party of Irishmen who rushed into the room by lorce at an early period of the evening . There was a chair thrown by some one from the platform into the middle of the room , and witness saw the prisoner , wiih others , break it to pieces . The prisoner afterwards went towards the ptatform , and with one of the pieces of the chair aimed a blow at an individual whom witness had since ascertained to be the chairman ( Mr . Scholefield ) .
a Mr . Mande ( to the witness)—Was the first violence and the first breach of the peace caused by this chair being shrown from the platform?—Witness —The first outbreak was caused by an individual who jumped from the body of Irish repealere and gdt upon the platform . u Mr . Maude— What was the firet act of violence ? Witness—After the man had jumped upon the platform , there was a simultaneous seizing of the chairman ( Mr . Scholefield ) in the chair . Some individual thr « w the chair from the platform into the body of the meeting , and then it was broken up by the prisoner and others .
" Mr . Duffy was then examined by Mr . Diekin for the defence . He stated that he obtained admission into the room at fire minutes to seven o ' clock , and paid 6 d . to go upon the platform . He knew the prisoner by sight , but did Hot see him there that night . Witness could not Bay who first began to break the furniture ; but there was a very great effort to force Mr . Scholefield into the chair , one party forcing him one way and another another , and the furniture was broken in the mice . The disturbance was entirely caused by Mr . O'Connor rising up in the meeting , putting himself in a fighting attitude , and shouting out , " Come on my lads , come on my lads . " All pardes then rose up , and eTery one fought all through . Witness saw something thrown into the middle of the Hall , but conld not tell what it was . At that time the Hall was in a terrible state of excitement ; Mr . O'Connor was fighting on the platform , and they certainly did make it * a " Hall of Science * on that occasion . ( Laughter . )
M Mr . Diekin , on behalf of the prisoner , contended that from the evidence it was clear the disturbance had originated on the platform , and that the prisoner had not taken any active part beyoad what he was authorised to do in self-defence . " The prisoner said he paid to go into the room , but had nothing whatever to do wiih tha row ; on the contrary , he made his way out as fast as he could , when a man took him into , custody . " Mr . Maude said the prisoner was probably not one of the worst parties , bot it was clearly proved that he was a party in the disturbance , and therefore ne was liable to punishment . They did not mean to inflict a heavypenalty upon him , because that being the first night of the disturbance it might be supposed that they went there without any intention of eommitting violence . They , therefore , shonld should call upon him to find two sureties in £ 10 each to keep the peace . * Immediately after the decision in the above case , Mr . O'Connor stated to the court that he had wen siren to underhand that a jumaions had been
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applied for against him , and that if it was convenient for the magistrates to hear the case then , he was quits ready . w Mr . Maade asked Doff / , the complainant , if he was prepared to go into the case , t 9 which he replied in the amrmatire . "Daffy then stated that heattended the meeting , Along with others , on the previous evening . Their object in attending , certainly , was owing topohtical differences which existed between Feargus O'Connor and themselves on some points , but he was aware that that was a subject which could not be brought before the Court . Mr . O'Connor thought proper , by placard , to a ppeal to his own c ountrymen , and he ( Duffy ) was one of them . A great majority of the Irishmen entertaining different viewa from Mr . O'Connor , determined to attend the meeting , witn tne express intention ot giving him an opportunity of expressing his opinions , and they did not wish to have a Chairman of Mr . O'Connor ' s own particular
choosing . On Mr . O'Connor ' s arrival his friends proposed that Mr . Soholefield should take the chair , and complainant proposed that John Doyle shouldjbe appointed to that office . A show of hands was taken , and complainant ' s party had the majority , as . he thought , and he announced it accordingly . Upon this Mr . O'Connor stood up behind complainant , waved his hat , and induced his party to cheer . There were cheers and counter cheers , and Mr . O'Connor , finding that he could not have it all his own way , commenced squaring with his hands , and shouted , ' Come on , my lads ; come on , my lads , ' the consequence of which was , that Xhexe was a general movement throughout the whole assembly . During the commotion Mr . O'Connor gave every indication in his power to shew the people that they had not come there to dispute but to fight , and ultimately struck complainant a blow on the right side , which knocked him from the platform into the body of the
room . H cross-examination by Mr . O'Connor , the complainant denied that Doyle said , ' We have a majority , ' before the show of hands was taken for Mr . Scholefield . After the show of hands , complainant Baid , ' Now , gentlemen , Mr . Dojle will proceed to take the chair . ' U on the instant a man of the name of Linney , and other persons oonneoted with Mr . O'Connor , rushed towards Mr . Soholefield , and tried to push him into the chair , and in the disturbance the chair was broken up . Complainant would swear that at the time he eaid \ ' How ^ gentlemen , Mr . Doyle will take the chair , ' Mr . Scholefield was not in it . He did not see Mr . O'Cennor get any blows at all . As soon as he ( complainant ) was knocked from the platform , he took the liberty of
going out . He saw no missiles thrown ; out , as ne was going oat , saw a chair , or some such article , thrown from the platform . The squabble lasted for about ten minutes altogether . " John Dooley deposed to seeing Mr . O'Connor Btrike Duffy a blow on the side with his fist , which sent him from the platform into the body of the room . He also corroborated the complainant ' s testimony in other particulars . " Patrick Murphy stated that he saw Duffy at the meeting , standing in front of the platform , near to the edge ; but did not see him struck by anybody , nor fall from the platform . Mr . O'Connor was standing behind Duffy . Soon after the contention arose respecting the appointment of a chairman , witness went out into the street .
" Mr . Maude : I think you were about the wisest person . ' Mr . James Scholefield was then called and exmined by Mr . O'Connor for the defence . He Baid he was at the Mosley Arms Hotel with Mr . O'Connor a short time be f ore the meeting took place , when a person came and informed them that some parties in the room were becoming very violent , and asked if Mr , O'Connor thought they should send for the police 1 Witness remembered Mr . O'Connor saying , ** I never like to go to a public meeting with police ; 111 answer for my countrymen that they'll hear reason . " The witness then described the scene
which took place in the room , and laid that when the show of hands was taken for a chairman , there were ten to one in his favour ; that , notwithstanding this , Daffy called npon Mr . Doyle to take the chair j and that ultimately witness was forced from the chair , or rather that the chair was forced from him , his shirt torn , his face cut with a stone , and his person otherwise bruised . Witness remembered Mr . O'Connor calling out , ** Now , lads , defend your chairman f but he did not see him lift a band to strike any person . Mr . O'Connor could not have struck any man on the platform without witness seeing it . Witness saw Mr . O'Connor knocked down on the benches .
"By Mr . Maude : I saw Duffy there , who was the sole cause of the disturbance . He was standing about a yard and a half from me . I do not know what became of him . * Charles Thomason stated that he Baw Duffy struggling with others in the centre of the platform , and saw him throw a chair into the body of the room . Witness believed that Dnffy was pressed off the platform in the squabble , but never Baw Mr . O'Connor strike him . Mr . Maude said there could be no doubt that the defendant was pushed off , but whether by an involuntary act . or wilfully , seemed to be a matter of
doubt , and , at any rate , no extreme violence seemed to have been used towards him . It was much to be regretted that parties could not meet together without personal collision , and , in future , he hoped they should hear no more of it . If they could not meet together in the same room without coming to violence , it would be much better to go into separate rooms . ** Duffy expressed a wish to call one or two of Mr . O'Connor ' s own witnesses , in order to clear off the imputation which he said had been thrown upon his character by the last witnesi stating that he ( Duffy ) threw the chair . He also disclaimed all ill feeling in the matter .
"Mr . Maude thought they could not make the court a place for mutual explanations . Their business was to inquire whether there had been an assault committed at all ; he did not think they conld go into any further matters . " Mr . O'Connor said , that in order to show that he had no ill feeling he would willingly become one of the sureties for the poor Irishman who had been ordered to find bail to keep the peace , if he had not obtained them . 44 Mr . Maude : I have no objection to discharge the man upon bis promising to conduct himself peaceably in future . " Mr . Diekin : He has had bail . " Mr . Scholefield said he had a large stone thrown at him , which struck him in the teeth , and this must have been a premeditated assault .
" Mr . Maude said there could be doubt that that had been a wilful act ; and if any party was brought there who had been guilty of such conduct he would assuredly be punished . " The parties interested in the affair then left the court , and on gaining the street the Chartists commenced cheering Mr . O'Connor . "
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end . In addition ti > the bludgeons with which they were armed , the infuriated Leaguers tola up the rails , benches , and " gas-pipes in the hall , as well as the banisters and rails of the staircases , and used them as weapons , with the greatest fury , against their opponents ...-, The great bulk of the Chartists , being unarmed , found their safety in flight ; but their egress was impeded by parties of armed repealers who lined the stairs , and stood around the outer door , using their bludgeons on all who came within their reach . Some of the wretches in the room had actually carried large stones in their pockets , and with these , and the broken chain and table ? , a constant shower of missiles was kept up in the direction of the platform , and several persons were of course
severely hurt . Mr . O'Connor was knocked down two or three times , once by a blow upon the forehead . A large stone struck Mr . Srholefield . the chairman , on the face . A reporter , who Had been injudicious enough to venture into the thick of the fray had the back of his head laid open , by a blow from a heavy weapon . " Shortly after the commencement of the fray , a body of police arrived , but instead of acting with that promptitude which has always been manifested by our police , when underproper direction , it appears they judged their own force too small to cope with the belligerent party , and so let them Jiyht away I The riot lasted upwards of an hour inside , and most
of the Chartists having by that time fled , the Leaguers sallied forth , and , evidently not satisfied with the amount of destruction they had committed , commenced breaking the windows by stones from the outside . The police , then , being reinforced , it seems thought it time to interfere , and they succeeded in dispersing the rioters , and restoring quiet . Only one man , a weaver , named John Saxon , was apprehended . He had been seen in the act of destroy iug a chair , and making missiles of the fragment ? . A more detailed account of this outrage will be gathered from the proceedings before the magistrates on the following day .
" proceedings at the borough court , wednesday ( Before D . Maudet Esq . ) 11 Shortly after the proceedings commenced , Duffy came into the Court , and said he wished to apply for a summons against Mr . O'Connor , for an assault . He stated that he was one of the parties who proposed one of the Chairmen : on its being put to the vote , each party claimed to have a majority ; he heard a great confusion behind him on the platform , and on looking behind him , he saw Mr . O'Connor , who doubled his fist , and exclaimed— "Come on , my lads , come on . " He then hit the complainant a blow in the ribs , which knocked him down from the platform to the floor of the room . The summons was granted . " John Saxon , the man taken into custody by the police , was then brought up . He was charged with using violence , and attempting to strike Mr .
O'Connor with a form . " George Buchanan deposed that he saw the prisoner , during the skirmish , breaking up either a chair or table , and afterwards throwing it in the direction where Mr . O'Connor was standing on the platform . Witness kept his eye on him , and afterwards gave him in custody to the police . In crossexamination by Mr . Diokon , solicitor , who appeared for the prisoner , he said a chair was thrown down which seemed to be a signal for a general attack ; stones and brickbats were thrown on the platform . Mr . Scholefield had been proposed to take the chair , and carried , and when about to sit down in it , it
was pulled from under him . Five minutes after that , things began to be broken ; a rush immediately took place , and some were pushed off the platform . Men bad to defend themselves for their lives' sake , What the prisoner brose was either a chair or a table ; he was not doing it in self-defence ; no one was near him at the time . He and another party were snatching pieces of timber from every one who opposed them , and throwing them at the platform . "John Hargreaves proved that be saw the prisoner with a piece of either a chair or table in his hand , but did not see him throw it . A weapon was not necessary for his own protection . The large room and also the gallery were full of people .
*• Mr . O'Connor next stepped into the witnessbox , having a large black patch on his forehead . He said he had been requested to come down by Sir Charles Shaw , but he knew nothing whatever of the prisoner . " Mr . Scholefield , tfce chairman of the meeting , wa 3 called . He could not identify the prisoner , but was cross-examined by Mr . Dickon , to the following effect : —I got to the meeting about ten minutes past eight , and found the neighbourhood of the ohair occupied by perfect strangers to ma . A man named Duffy was addressing the people . As soon as Mr . O'Connor and I appeared they called upon me to take the chair , I had been appointed chairman for the evening at the previous lecture . There were
both cheers and groans , and yells , and all kinds of hisses and noises . * M John Hargreaves first saw the prisoner with a stick in his hand , knocking about and hitting every one he came at . He afterwards saw him very busy in striking and throwing sticks and stones upon the platform . There was a good deal of confusion and violence in the room at the time . The platform was about the height of a person's head . The first breaking of furniture begun on the platform ; chairs and ' tables were broken , and were thrown down into the body of the hall . It was not all on the platform who were the aggresssors , but a select party , who were there for tne purpose . " Edward Hancock deposed that he distinguished the prisoner from the commencement of the disturbance . He was along with a body of Irishmen , who
rushed into the room by force at an early part of the evening ; and at the identical time when the signal was given , by an individual jumping from the middle of the platform ; he and others broke the chair , by dashing it on the ground , and he then took one piece , went towards the platform and aimed a blow towards the chairman . Cross-examined—There was an indiscriminate breaking of chairs and tables in the room . The first breaoh of the peace was caused by a person springing from the body of the room , from amongst the low Irish repealersdaughter . ) The next thing was the seizing of the chairman and the chair , and then commenced the attacks of individuals on the platform ; some individual threw a chair from the platform into the body of the meeting , and then commenced the indiscriminate violence . -.
" Duffy was then called by Mr . Dickens , on the part of the prisoner . He stated that he went to the meeting at exactly five minutes to seven ; he went to a side door , and was told by the woman who opened it that they would have a ' terrible stormy night of it . ' He paid sixpence , and got on the platform . The disturbance did not begin of an hour . Some furniture was first broken on the right hand side of the platform . He never saw ibe prisoner there at all . There was a great effort to force Mr . Scholefield into the chair , some
pushing him one way , some another , and in the melee the chair was broken , and thrown into the body of the meeting . The disturbance was entirely caused by Mr . Feargus O'Connor , who , when witness moved the oppointment of a chairman , rote up , doubling his fists , and called out— " Come on , my lads—come on , my lads ; ' that was tne signal for a general melee , and they were fighting all through the room . The people were in a state of the greatest possible excitement . They certainly made it a'hall of science' on that occasion—( laughter . )
Mr . Maude said it had been clearly proved that the prisoner took part in the disturbance . He must have known well , so must other parties , that if he chose to remain after . the disturbance took place , and ivas found using any violence , he was liable to punishment . As it might be supposed that he went there without the intention of committing violence , the court would not inflict a severe punishment . He would be required to find two sureties in £ 10 each , to keep the peace . " THE CHARGE AGAINST MB . O ' CONNOR .
"Mr . O'Connor , who had taken his seat at the table , said he understood a summons had been that moriiing taken out against him . If it would not trench upon the time of the court , he should wish it to be then heard , all the parties being present . — This being agreed to , " Mr . Duff / came forward again , and deposed that , entertaining opinions different from those of Mr . O'Connor , he had thought proper to attend the meeting , and propose as a chairman one who was not of Mr . O'Connor ' s own appointment . They waited an hour before Mr . O'Connor arrived . Various parties called out for the appointment of a chairman , but he told them it would be improper and injudicious to move the appointment before Mr . O'Connor arrived . At that moment he entered the room ; some of his friends proposed one chairman , and the witness another . A show of bands was taken , and witness considered they had the majority , He immediately announced that fact , and while he was doing so , Mr . O'Connor stood up
behind him , and waved his hat over his head ; there were cheers and counter-cheers . Seeing that tho decision of . the meeting was completely against him —( hisses and expressions of surprise from the people in the gallery , )—and that there was such a diversity of opinion that he could not have it all his own way , hettood up behind witness , put himself in a fighting attitude , and cried— " Come on , my lads ; come on , my lads S" The consequence was , a general movement of the whole body . Witness stood on the very edge of the platform , which was six or seven feet high . A violent contest immediately commenced behind him ; he used his influence to keep quietness , but Mr . O'Connor put himself in a fighting attitude , and called tho people up . He retreated a few paces , but on witness's turning his head round , he struck him on the right side , and threw him over the platform , into the body of the meeting .
"Cross-examined by Mr . O'Connor—Mr Doyle was the chairman I proposed . Did not hear you say if Doyle had the majority he should be the chairman . I said—* Mr . Doyle will now proceed to take the chair , ' and then there was a rush ; a man named
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Linney , and a number of persons connected with yourself , trying io force Mr . Scholefield into the chair , other parties pushed him out , and in the melee the ohair was broken and thrown into the crowd . Mr . Scholefield was not in the ohair when 1 said Mr . Doyle would proceed to take ¦ ¦ it . — ' ( A cry of 'He was , 'from the gallery ; and Mr . Maude threatened to have the gallery cleared if these interruptions continued . ) _ Did hot hear you say— 'Now , Mr . Soholefield is . in the chair , my lads ; - support your chairman . ' When you found that your own party chairman ; was sot elected , you gave three cheers , and Baid— 'Support your chairman , ' knowing that he was not elected chairman . —Mr . O'Connor— When I was standing in front of the platform , did you
see missiles flying ia the direction I was in I—How could I see missiles flying when you had knocked me off the platform ! Did not see you get a blow which knocked you down on one of the benches ; did not see you get a blow on your neck , or on your shoulder , or a blow whioh cut your hat . Heard you tell the people to stand their ground . Did not see a weapon of any sort in your hand . You struck me with your fist , on the right side just above the hip . —Mr . O'Connor—And I knocked you over the platform did I ?—Witness— Off the platform ; that isnot English . Mr . O'Connor—I am an Irishman ; but I suspect you have been too long in England to bea good Irishman— ( laughter ) . Examination continued—After I was knocked down I took the liberty of going out , and I saw no more of it after . 1 left at exactly twenty minutes past eight . AH I have described occurred within ten minutes . I saw no missiles thrown , but in going out saw a chair or some large
article thrown from the platform . V : " John Dooley saw ' where the last witness was standing on the edge of the platform , and after the row commenced , Baw him get' a clout' on the right side , which pitched him into the pit . He was so near the edge that any one stumbling against hint might have knooked him off ; but the blow was struck by Mr . O'Connor , with his fist . , " Cross-examined . —I was not on the platform , but in the body of the meeting . I had my eyes on the platform alt the time , and did not see a single weapon thrown at it . I thought it best to get away when I saw the sort of work that was going on . v : : : ¦ . v ; . \ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ;' . - -:. ¦; - ' ¦' ¦ " ;¦ ¦¦ . '¦ ¦ V- }• : ¦ ¦' - " Patrick Murphy . —I was at the meeting last night . I saw Mr . Duffy there ; he etood near the front of the platform , not more than an inch from it . He was elose to the centre . I did not Bee him struck , nor did I see him fall off the platform . A contention arose about the Chairman . I did not stay many minutes after . : ;
" Mr . Maude : I think you were about the wisest person . / . ' ' :.:: ¦ ¦¦ . "¦ .. '' : - ' " ' . - '¦ ¦ -: ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ - ¦ . ' ¦ : ' . ¦¦ . ; -. " :. Witness : I saw Mr . O'Connor in the attitude of saying— 'Gome on , my boys . ' - Cross-examined by Mr . O'Cohnor ; And how long did you see me after that!—Two minutes or
SO . , ¦ '• • . - . ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ : ¦ : ¦ . ¦ -. •'¦'¦ ,. ¦ . - - . -. . ¦ / , ¦ - ¦ : ** And yet you did not see Duffy struck i—No . " That will do ; go down . " Duffy was recalled to explain on what part of the platform he stood , there being a discrepancy in the statements of the witnesses . He 6 aid that he was on the left of the chair . " Mr . O'Connor then oalled- ^ - ¦* ' The Rev . Mr . Scholefield , who deposed—I went to the Mosley Arms to Mr . O'Connor before the meeting took place . A man came and said that the parties in the room were very violent , and asked if we would have the police ; but we declined . When we got to the meeting , Duffy was proposing Doyle as chairman . A show of hands was taken for him :
and I heard Mr . O'Connor say that if he had a majority he should be the chairman . When the show of hands was tak < n for me , the whole of the gallery , and at least half of the body of the meeting , wero in my favour ; it ' 'was at least ten to one . Duffy then said Mr . Doyle would take the chair ; I was in the chair at the time . A great disturbance took place at the back of the platform , which I could not see , and my obair was moved . I was seized on the breast by a man in a fustian jacket , who wanted to drag me out of the chair , and another came to hold me in . I laid hold of the gas pillar near the chair , fearing that it would be torn down ; and the chair was dragged I don ' t know where . Tho table was upsetand fell into the body of the meeting ; it was
, immediately torn to fragments , and thrown back with violence on the platform . Mr . O'Connor called out , ' * NoWj lads , defend your chairman ;" others called to me , "Come away , or they'll kill youi" After that Mr , O'Connor went to the front of the platform , and gave three cheers . He conld not have knocked a man off the platform without my seeing it . I saw Duffy there , near the edge of the platform , but don't know what became of him . He could not have been thrown off without my seeing him , if my face had been turned in that direction . After : the chair and table were broken up , missiles were flying in all directions . Mr . Q'Connor was knocked down upon one of the benches . My opinion is , that Duffy was the
instigator of the row ; he was addressing the meeting when I entered . \ . ' .. : ¦ ' ; .. ¦ : ;/¦ ' , ¦ " : ¦ . . ¦ : ; '¦' . ;¦ : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ \' ' " Charles Thomasoh—I was at the meeting , and stood just below where Daffy stood to make his speech . I saw him scuffling , and I saw him throw a chair off the platform . I saw Mr . Scholefield in the chair , and then I s&w some parties try to put him out ; and Mr . O'Connor put his arms round him to keep him in . That was before the general disturbance in the body of the meeting . Saw Mr . O'Connor come to the front and give three cheers ; afterwards he went towards the back of the platform , and was knocked down upon a bench . I believe Duffy was knocked off the platform by the pressure . Had Mr . O'Connor done it , I think I must have seen it . I remained twenty minutes , and saw pieces of broken chairs and tables flying about , and two men laying about them with pokers . - " Gross-examined—Duffy t , hr « w the chair over after the souffle began ; did not see him take any
other part . " . ' ¦¦¦¦' : " '¦ '"¦ ¦ . ¦ : ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ¦ ' ¦ : ' ¦ " Mr . Maude said the only question was whether the complainant had been thrust off tho platform wilfully or by accident . This was evidently matter of considerable doubt ; and no great violence appeared to have been used towards him . It was to be regretted that parties could not meet without coming to personal violence . Now that these warm feelings had been manifested , he trusted these parties would not meet in the same room again , as it was quite certain they would never convince one another . He hoped this would be a solitary instance of the occurrence of such violence , and that there would not be a repetition of these scenes . It was admitted by the complainant himself , in his defence ; that he was told by the woman at the door that there was likely to be a stormy meeti .-g ; and that being the case , he , as a respectable party , ought immediately to have gone home . —The case was dismissed .
" Duffy , in reply to what had been stated by the last witness , about his throwing the chair off tlie platform , Baid he could prove that to be false . Ho declared that he had aot taken out the summons with any illfeeling , but ' for the sake of having a full explanation of the circumstances . "Mr . Maude remarked on the impropriety of courts of justice being made the scene of mutual explanations of this kind . : ' -.. * ' Mr . O'Connor also disclaiming any ill feeling , and iii proof of it , offered to become one of the sureties for the prisoner Saxon , ; whose case was before heard ; but it appeared that he had obtained bail ; : :: : ¦'¦' ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ " ¦ ::. : ¦ ' ¦/¦¦ . ¦¦' . ' ¦ . " ¦ : : ;¦ : ; "Mr . Soholefield stated that he had been struck on the mouth with a stone , whilst he was on the platform .
"Mr . Maude said it was a most brutal thing to throw stones in a crowded meeting ; if the parties guilty of suoh conduot were brought before him , they would be very severely dealt with . He expressed a hope that there would not be a repetition of such conduct . " On Mr . O'Connor and his friends leaving the court , they were loudly cheered by the crowd outside . " , v , . - : ¦ . ' ¦ - - ¦ : ' : ¦¦¦ ¦/¦¦; ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ . ; . ¦ ¦ ¦ ; ; ¦' . - ; ¦/ '" .
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very slranae , that in these rows , the reporters always escaped without injury ; The reporter replied , that , in this insfcuiee , suqh was not the fact ; and he ihe - n statedjtbAtMr . 'lewsbhe , ' vthe'repo ; rter--for " th ( B Advertiser , had ¦ ¦ been much hurt by Glows about the head . ^ Oh , " said : one of Mr . O'Connor ' s friends , "but that was » mistake ; we thought he was the mwteporter V' meaning , in all probability , the reporter for the Guardian . As we have long ^ disregarded meetings and lectures got up by Mr . F . 0 Connor , deeming them of very little public importance or interest to onrreadew , no reporter was present from this © ffioe ; but we are , of course , equally obliged to Mr * O'Connor's friend forthe candour of his acknowledgment . It clearly proves the attack to have been made by Chartists ; and we should be glad if the : honest Confessor of his own and his comrades' intentions would extend his frankhess a step further , and give us hia name . — Manchester Guardian .
I at once respond t # the call of the Guardian , and give the name of the fabricator of the above intelligence . His name is V Liar , ? and he ia the person ; wh « fi ^ ve the information to the Guardiansome saeaking , skulking , prying , pimping blackguard , who ia hired to do the dirty work of any party that will pay him : for it . The whole thing is a rank and unblushing " lie" from biginning t * end * What passed was this : I as ^ ed h * w it hap - pened that reporters always escaped ! when some person observed , that it had not been so that night , for young Mr . Leresche was dangerously wounded .
I suppose , said some oBe , as he was but a young hand his face was not familiar to tho bludgeon men . I then said—" no , by Jove , but THEY took him for poor Griffin , the reporter of the Star . " ' ^ THEY took him , " not " we ' took him ; Nowmore up « n this . On Friday , while I was waiting in Court to make my application , I sat next to the . Guardian Reporter j and that gentiemanV ( who ; I presumei would not condescend to spy and pimp in my private room in a hotel , and then carry his oargoe to
market , ) spoke of young Leresche , and said he supposed they wanted Clarkson who swore against P'Brieii . " No , said I , they did not ; as YOU have always gone the whole hog with , theni ; they wanted the reporter of the Star ; for our fellows had ' nt even a rod . " Now , then , the anxious inquirer has the required information . The person who furnished it is the identical person that fabricated , and lyingly and insolently told it . ; : Feabgus O'Connor .
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MESSRS . VINCENT , PHILP , AND OTHERS , AND THEIR NEW ALLIANCE WITH THE MIDDLE CLASS STURGE DECLARATION MEN . We have received in reprobation of the Conduct of these gentlemen more letters , resolutions , and protests than would fill the Star , if inserted . We give the following from Nottingham : — ¦ On Monday evening the pempcratio Chapel w ; as crowded to such excess that another person could not be we ; ged ia to hear Mr . Duffy , Mr . Duffy's speechpcoupied nearly two hours in delivery . - 'He was vehemently cheered throughout . At the conclusion three hearty cheera were given for O'Connor and the Northern Star * and three for the return of Frost , Williams , and Jones .. Several new members
enrolled their names , and a subscription for the Manchester sufferers was raised , when Mr . Russell read an address to the Chartists of Britain from the Vindicator office , Bath , charging JMr . Bartleitt , reporter for the Northern Star , of Bath , with having given a false report of the Bath Conference , and of garbling the resolutions there proposed . Mr . Mvssbll then said , he with three Others bad been appointed as a committee to draw up a resolution , which he then submitted to the meeting : — - •' That this meeting cannot reflect on the conduct of JVlessrs . Roberts , Vincent i and Philp , at a C « nference lately held in Bath , without feelings of surprise ; indignation , and disgust ; inasmuch as the part they took at that meeting has not been authorised , not even contemplated by the Chartists of the Empire generally , nor yet sanctioned by a majority of their own district . And Mr .
Pbilp being a member of the Executive of . tne National Charter Association of Britain , has joined in a base conspiracy for creating division and disunion in that body . And , further , that Mr . Sturge and his associates have put forth a declaration to the world , for the sole purpose of undermining the influence of the forthcoming Convention of the industrious classes , to prevent , as far a possible , the National Petition being numerously signedto destroy the popularity of Feargus O'Connor with the working classes- —to lessen the circulation of the Northern Star— ^^ andultimately to totally break up the agitation for the People's Charter . We , therefore , most earnestly call upon the Chartists of Britain to require Mr . Philp to relinquish hia weekly salary forthwith , and no longer to consider himself as worthy of any office in the National Charter Association .
; : - ' . 'TJie resolution was carried without a dissentient . Resolutions similar in spirit , but many of them much stronger in expression ; were also adopted -by the Chartist bodies at Leicester ( Shaksperian Rooms ) , Nottingham . Rice Place Chapel , and Kiiig George oh Horseback , Mansfield , Northampton , Warley , Sowerby , Heckmondwike , Southwark , Ouseburn , Bingley ( delegate meeting ) , Hey wood , Leeds , Merthyr Tydvil , Ripponden , Stroud , London , through nearly all localities , Birmingham , and a great number of other p ' aoes j in many of which' votes of thanks and confidence were also recorded on behalf of the Editor ot the Northern Star and the Bath correspondent for : thai paper .
THE MANCHESTER OUTRAGE . At a public meeting of the Chartists of Bath , held on Monday evening , the . following address was unanimosly adopted : — "To Mr . O'Connor and the Chabtists of Man-•¦; . "' .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ . ¦ . : ' CHESTEB . " . ¦ . ' - ¦ ¦'¦ '• _ . ' ' :. / "Gentlemen ,- ^ With pleasure we have ; read the account in the Star of the noble stand you made in Manohest < rin defenceof the principles of theCharter : we read with disgust the details of the conduct of the ruffianly fellows of the League who attacked Mr . O'Connor , the Rev . Mr . Scholefieldj and other sturdy Chartists . And for the unflinching and champion-like conduct of Mr . O'Counpr , and the noble part performed by the Manchester Chartists in coming to his fescue whilst standing out for the Charter and no humbug .
" We thus publicly give Mr ; O'Connor and his compatriot j our meed of approbation and our . heartfelt thanks . " Signed , "TheChartists of Bath . " Addresses and resolutions embodying similar sentiments , were adopted also at Leicester , Shffield , Southampton , Darlington , Newcastle , Mansfield , Nottingham , Macclesfield ,: Leicester ( AH Saints Open ) , Heywood , Bristol , Bingley ( delegate meeting for the West Riding ) , Horiley , Norwich , Preston , Ashton-under-Lyne , Leeds , Upper Wortley , Wigan , Pcndletbn , Catholic Sunday School , —Barnsley , London , through all its various localities , York , Birmingham , Worcester , Northampton , and almost every other important town in the kingdom . * At nearly all of these meetings strongly-expressed resolutions of confidence in . O'ConHor and the Editor of the Star , and thanks to both for paat services were also adopted . ¦
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Adderbury , Oxon . —On Friday , Mr . Stallwood , accompanied by a few patriots from Banbury , virited this village . A great portion of it is the property of Lord Ashburton—but ¦ notwithftahdiDg its Tory ownership , the large room adjoining the White Lion was engaged , and 200 of the villagers assembled and heartily welcomed Mr . Stall wood to . Adderbury ; Three cheers were given for the Charter , three for Vincent and BanbuTy , three for O'Connor and the Star , and three for the lecturer and the chairman . The lecturer then left the room , and the men arid women offering up their prayers to heaven for his suocess . Thus Chaitisni proceeds in Oxfordshire . Nokthallerton . —Mr . James Maw , addressed a splendid metting here on Monday , in the Market , placp . In the evening of the same day , he also addres 3 ed a meeting at Applet on , a brisk manufacturing village about oiglit miles from Northallerton .
Dobkiwg , SuJaBEy . —The national Petition was unanimously adopted at a large public meeting here on Thursday evening ; many sigriatures were attached . Mr . W . Dale , of iDorkin ^ having stated his opinion , that the Parliament as as present constituted , would reject t lie pttiiion , proposed for the adoption of the meeting , the remonstrance of the National Association , which having been read by the Chairmaa , and seconded by Mr . T . Dale , was carried by acclamation , and will receive signatures after the presentation of the National Petition ;
Weldon , Northamptonshihe . —A correspondent writes us that Chartism and teetotalism are going hand in hand here , and progressing beautifully . The Executive Sop to thb ^ Cobm Law Repeal Dragon . —The iMerthyr Tydvil Chartigts , at their weekly meeting , adopted unanimously the following resolution * . —¦ *? That this Association j though duly sensible of the importance and weight which ought to be aUaohed to every suggestion emanating from the Executive , yet are of opinion that the adoption at public meetings « f the secOnd resolution in their address to the people , inserted in the Star of March 12 th , must be regarded as a compromise with the Corn Law RepealersV and corieequcntly fraught with danger to the success of the Chartist cause . "
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" *"""' ~^ " ~ ' - ¦; " ¦ ¦ . ' ' T ~ T a ^ " ^»» . Wigionshiee . —We hare received letter from Mr . Robert Somers , detailing his progress throurt Wigtonsbire » of : which he gives the most flatterin » accounts . He had splendid meetings at Wigtown Newton Stewart , wUthqm , Sferonnderj and Glea ; luea . ¦ ¦' : .. ¦ :. . :: y-V ' - ; : ; V . ; : '¦ . - ' - : ; ¦/ \ - : - .. ^ " : ¦ ¦ ¦ , : ; - - c : \ ... : ¦ " ¦ ¦ . Norwich ^— At a public meeting held on Saturday , Mr . John Campbell , general secretary , was anani mously elected for the Convention . . ;; y NomNOHiuc . —^^ Mr . j ) off > lectured on Thursday ; evening , in the chapel , Rice-place ^ Several new - ; ^
members were enrolled . Mr . Dean Taylor lectured at the Pheasant on Saturday evening . Twenty new members were enrolled . Mr . Dnffy also addressed a numerous meeting , the same evening , » t the King George on Horseback . At the conclusion , a colleo * tion was made for the unfortunate sufferers in the recent Manchester massacre . On Sunday , Mr . Duffy delivered two yery instructive ( addresses to the brave Chartista of Arnold . A collection was made for the relief of the Manchester , maimed ChartistB ; and seventeen persons joined . the Na . tional Charter Association at the conclusion .
WotroN-UNDEa-EDGE . —At a public meeting held on Tuesday , W . P . Bbbertsj Es 4 , vand Mr . Robert Kemp Philp , of Bath , were elected to the Convex tion . ¦/¦ ,-,, \ . . " ..: . --: '¦ ;¦ . .: ¦ : ; -: ' / ¦ :.. ) : ' - ' -. " ¦ ¦ \ ' . - ' - ' - ¦ " ¦ ' . -. ' ¦' . Durham : —The Chartists met here on Sunday . A , " no tunender ^ resolution was passed . Barnard Castle . —Sir . Chatlea Connor lectured here on Monday and Tuesday evenings , the 7 kh anl 8 th iiurt .:- ;; . ; . ; ¦ : - '¦; . ; v :: ;; . . ; :, •¦ - " . ., \ y , ^ : ' f-- ¦¦ - ¦; ' ¦ •/ . Choeley . —Mr . Lund lectured here on Saturday night last Several new members were enrolled . A resolution to aupport O'Connor was passed , and 3 s . 6 d for the support of the wounded at Manchester was subscribed . ¦ -. v ' ¦ ¦ . ' - ¦ ; :- ¦ - .-N ¦ ¦ - . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ . ¦ ' : ' ¦ •>' . ¦' .- ¦ . ' -. •;¦
Re-assembling of the Conference at Bath . — . ' The Conference between the Sturgites and the Char , tiat leaders assembled againou Monday last , Admiral Gordon in the chair . The chief speakers wer « Messrs . Rev . T . Spencer , Alderman Crisp , Philp , Vincent , Roberts , and a Chartist named Hopkins , Who objected very decidedly to the proposed alliance . : ' ;¦ ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ - ; ^; ; V : V : - - : ' : -r ' : . ¦ :. ¦ . ' : ' ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ . ' -. Crow and TrRREii ' s Chartist Breakfast Powdkb , 81 , Belgrave-street , Leicester . The proceeeds from the sale of the Chartist Beverage are as follows : — ' ¦ ;" / 7-- " ' . ';¦¦¦'¦ ¦ , ' ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ "¦ ¦ . Mr . Tickers , Belper ... ... 3 6 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham ... ... 2 3 Mr . Brook , Leeds ... ... W 1 6 Mr . Cooper , Leicester ... ... 1 ;¦ 0
' : \ v . ; : ' '" .. -. , > : : - : ' ; ' ^ - : ' : \^ \ ; ' . \[ 8 3 ; Finder ' s Chartist Blackikg . ^—The money dna to the Executiye , this week , from the sale of R . Pinder ' s Blacking iB as follows : ( the first two linea should have been inserted last week ) : — ¦ ¦ - ' . ' ¦ • " ¦ ¦ . : ' ' - ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - ' ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' . . ¦ ' : ' ' ¦ ' . :. V" . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ '" ¦ 8 . d . ' : : Mr . Akeroyd , Halifax ... ... 1 10 Mr . Sales , Sutton-in-Ashfield ... 1 4 f Mr . Jackson , Hull .... ... ... 0 3 Mr . Lnndy , Hull ... ... ... 0 6 . " ' ' . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' ; ;' - - ;;;;^ v ' : ¦ . ' - ' . ' , >;¦? . i .
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( From the Manchester Courier . ) " COLLISION BETWEEN THE LEAGUERS AND THE CHARTISTS . " DESPERATE SIOT IN THE SOCIALISTS * HALL . w Already has the ill-cemented union between the Anti-Cora Law League and the Chartists , in this town , received its death-blow , the hangers-on of the League having forced themselves into a meeting got up by the Chartists , and created a most alarming disturbance and breach of the peace . On Tuesday night , Mr . Feargus O'Connor was announced to deliver a lecture at the Socialists' Hall of Science , Camp-field , upon the subject of " The necessity of a Repeal of the Union with Ireland , " to which the
admission was by tickets , at a penny and twopence each . Thepreoeding night , he had been lecturing in the same place , on * Land and its capability ;' ar d the way in which he had handled the conduct and motives of the Corn Law Repealers had dosbtless excited their hostility , and led them to the steps about to be described , which terminated in a most alarming riot . The doors were opened at seven o'clock , an hour before the proceedings were to commence ; and in this interval a large body of the Anti-Corn Law party , —upwards of a hundred in number , armed with sticks and bludgeons , —forced their way into the room , without paying the admission money . The police were immediately sent for , but did not arrive until the rioting was in progress . ik
Abont eight o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor and his friends arrived at the building , and on their entering found a man named Duffy , a leader « f the anti-Corn Law party , upon the platform , moving the appointment of one John Doyle as chairman , —although , by a previous arrangement , the ohair was to be taken by the Rev . Joseph Scholefield . Mr . Scbolefield was immediately proposed and seconded as chairman ; and on the show of hands being taken , they Were nearly ten to one in his favour . Mr . S . of course took the chair ; but the repealers , finding themselves beaten on the material point , determined upon creating a disturbance , and immediately resorted to a display of physical force . Several of them scrambled upon the platform , and seizing npon Mr . Scholefield , dragged the chair from under him , and pulled it to pieces . The table was also broken up , and weapons made of the several pieces . Duffy , who
seems to have been a sort of ringleader amongst them , seized a chair , and threw it over the platform , into the body of the meeting , where it was seized by the repealers , and converted into weapons of attack . Mr . O'Connor and his party meanwhile exerted themselves to keep Mr . Scholefield in possession of the chair , and a general melee took place on the platform . Mr . O'Connor called out—* Now , lads , support your chairman , ' and he was shortly afterwards knocked down upon a bench . Somebody pushed Duffy over the platfsrm into the pit , and he afterwards charged O'Connor with doing it . These outrages on tne platform led to a general melee in the body of the meeting ; most of those present being Irish , every one characteristically began to lay abont him on all within his reach . Some of the repealers insisted that the Corn Laws should be discussed iuttead of the Repeal f the Union j but all discussion was evidently at an
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Prfmiditated Assault on a Reporter , by Chartists . —In our last , we noticed the fight in the Meichanics' Hall of Science , on Tuesday evening last , on the occasion of a lecture by Mr . Feargua O'Connor , on the Repeal of the Legislative Union with Ireland , and then stated that one of the reporters for the public press had received a severe
blow oh the head . We have since made further inquiries , and find that the gentleman assaulted was ivlr . Ltresohe , of the Manchester Advertiser , who was Bitting at the table taking notes , one or two otnerreporters being ; near him , when he received a tremendous blow on tha back of the head from a large piece of wood , probably a piece of ballustrade , for it appeared to ba nearly as thick aa a small bedpost ; and must have been squared at one end , for bis hat was cleanly cut through for a length of about three inches , fthis blow inflicted a severe lacerated wound on the scalp , the blood flowing front which completely saturated the hat . Mr . Leresche immediately sprang up to see his assailant , when he received another heavy blow on the forehead , the force of which was , however , partially broken . by the rim of his hat . He was then beaten severely about the shoulder ? , arms , and body ; and , iu the instinctive effort to ward off the blows with his hands , he
received another tremendous blow on the wrist and hand , which , we understand , are quite disabled . Indeed , the injuries of Mr . Leresche are ot so severe a character , that he has been confined to the house ever since by their consequences . His hat presents the most striking proofs of the extent of violence used by the ruffians , who thus attacked him . We have called this cowardly assault a premeditated one , and we will now state why we think it was so . At the commencement of the fight , Mr . Feargus O'Connor made his escape by a door near the platform ; but there was a report that he had been hurt by some of the adverse party . One of the reporters present , after the disturbance had terminated , in order to ascertain whether there was any truth in the report , proceeded to the Mosley Arms Hotel , where he found Mr . O'Connor , and a number of his friends . Upon stating the object fif his visit , and after receiving the information he sought , Mr . O'Connor observed to him that it was
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PoIiMont-by-Falkirk . —a sailor belonging to a vessel at present in Grangemouth harbour , on com . ing out of a public-house , asmall distance above the basin , in a state of intoxication , walked into the canal and was drowned . \ The Popular Author of " Thb Stories o ? Waterloo , " &c ., &c . —A hearty we come has alwajB hailed the appearance of the productions of thig spirited and deservedly successful writer . Hig buoyant , most pioturesque , and pleasing mode of narrating the various incidents of his stories , Whether they tell of mirthful scenes , or relate to the darker passages of our sometimes weary pilgrimages , is , perhaps , unrivalled . Who of his
thousands of readers will ever forget " Waterloo after the Battle , " or " Maurice MacCarthy . " or hia fascinating "Wild Sports of the West 1 " No modern writer bo completely succeeds in enchaining by tha magio of his pen the attention of his delighted readers : now excitiug them to convusive fits of laughter by his rich , oily humour , and broad rollick * ing Irish fun , and now again causing a tear to start and the heart to become subdued at an o ' er true tale , touched off with deepest pathos—like the glorious and inspiring melodies of his native landthe land of the Shamrock ! Well may we then anticipate the eagerness with which " Hector O'Halloran , " his new work , ( which is ^> appear in monthly shilling numbers , like "Pickwick" and
"Harry Lorreqner' ) , will be received . As a depictor of Irish life , whether in the halls of the gentry , or the hovels of the peasantry , Mr . Max * well has no living equal . The adventures of hig hew hero / Hector O'Halloran , however , will not , we understand , be confined to Ireland , but carrj him to England , France , and Spain ; and will present scenes of many-coloured life in those countries , drawn from actual observation . We shall hail this new work with hearty welcome , and have no doubt it will be welcome everywhere . The first number , we hear , is to be published , with ; the magazines at the end of the present month , with charaoteristio illastrations by a congenial epirit , under the sobriquet of Kitcat . ;
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