On this page
- Departments (3)
-
Text (12)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
poetrg.
-
%ocal anZr Cxemvul %nteTii^enee.
-
Untitled Article
-
$3anl\v\t$t$, *Vc.
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
SONG FOB THE CHARTIST 3 . BbiiaUKIA ' S sons arise , arise , illjocr interests blend in one ; Ifobly face your enemies , Hurl injustice from its throne , freed om ' s banners now unfold , Bach determine to be free ; Imitate your sires of old , The contest is for liberty . Now a mighty phalanx form , With the braTe O'Connor join ; ' Firmly braTe the impending storm , For the Charter all combine . " Britain ' s sons with courage fight , Each determine to be free ; Pat the factions both to flight , Tee contest is for liberty . Britons , ¦ will yon still submit To eithsr Whig or Tsry power ; Will yoa cringe beneath their feet , Or kneel their favours to implore ? So ! let erery Briton cry , We ' re determined to be free ; Or strcgrlisg for our Charter die ; The contest is for liberty . Bj 3 i noble O'Connor , our chieftain , well greet thee , The foe to the tyrant , asd friend to the store ; The bold sons of toil in their thousands will meet thee , And honour thy aame as a patriot braTe . We'll &oet to fcby standard , and in voices of thunder , Proclaim to the world that we yet will be free ; Xad . tear from tbe tyrants their ill-gotten plunder , iiid shouts of O'Connor affd sweet liberty .
gut ! * tis the voice r-f the nation awaking , - And every effort to crash it is va ; n ; The charter ' s tbe watchword while tyrants are quaking Ths millions are tent Hpon breaking the chain , Obi banners are waving , each hurricane braving , Ko danger shall daunt us , we yet shall be free ; The trumpets are soucding , each heart is rebounding , With O'Connor , the Charter , and sweet liberty . G . J . H .
Untitled Article
jyKfr . 'us . The Leeds Impeotbmext Act . — Consuxrrio . x of Smoke—We are glad , for the-sake of the inhabitants of this large town , that the powers of the new Improvement Act , on the subject of the eoasomprion or prevention of smoke from steamengine chimneys , furnaces , &c , are somewhat Etringeni ; cot more so , indeed , than ihc-y ought to be , and we do hope that possessing the power the Council will be determined to compel all proprietors of siesja engines aad furnaces , within their jurisdiction , to adopt such means as will abate the intolerable nuisance to which the inhabitants of Leeds us well as other large manufacturing towns have been ro lonz subjected . Much has been said and written on this u-p-c , and we are surprised , to find that eren yet there are parties so stupid , or so wilfullv blind to their own interests , as -to
ar ^ je . ars means discovered by v « L : ch smoke can either be prevented 01 consumed . Various plan 3 have been brouih ; fyrward to effect the object , and amongst others by Mr . Williams and Mr . Rodda , who , we believe , have Stied their apparatus to several mills in this neighbourhood , that of the latter being highJy spoken of , though we have not yet witnessed its operation . Bnt on Saturday last , we visited several mills in Leeds , to the steam-eagines of which had been attached a recently-patent ed apparatus , invented by ilr . Prichard , of Burley iiills , near Leeds ; and if tie effect in all cases would be the game as in those where this apparatus is already in operation—and we see no reason to donbs that it woald be so—it will reflect no credit on the- manufacturing community generally , if they wait until they arw compelied to remove a nukance under which all large macufac ; nring towns have so long suffered , and of which the inhabitants have so much reason to complain .
GIiOSSOP . —A correspondent sends u « the Following statement : —Fifteen persons have been arrested in thi 3 neighbourhood , and committed to take their trials at the forthcoming assize , for offences connected with the recent turn-out . Of this number , four have been liberated on bail ; the remainder are now in the county £ aol of Derby . Tiro boy =, named Samuel Howard and LotLawton , together with Betty Lawton , have been committed on a chatge of felony , with intent to commit murder on the person of Joseph Cooper , a stoat youDg man , about twenty-five years of age , the son of a factory master residing at Hclehouse , in the parish of Glossop . In this case , the magistrates , George Andrew , Moses Hadfieid , Robert Ashton , and George Wiliiam Newrcn , Esqrs ., refused to accept of bail .
Lot Lawron is sixteen years of age , and BeUy Lawton , his mother , sixij-two . Immediately after their committal , they were placed upon , and hand-cuffed to , the Shtmdd coach , on their way to Derby , in the charge of Joseph Oates , constable for WhitSeld , in the parish , amid the bhrieks of the woman ' s children ard aged ha .-band , who is very inarm ar . d helpless , and ' ¦ rifs of " shame ! shame ! " from the spectators . The Lsvrtons havo always borne very respectable characters , and have brought up a famiiy of thirteen children , none of whom , before this event , ever appeared before a Magistrate , either for offence or crime . Never was more paltry evidence given in a Court of Justice than that which was given on this occasion against aa evidently innccc-iit boy and his aged
Bother . A comcuttee has been appointed for the purposes of raising a fund for the defence " of- the above victim ^ , they being poor and not having ^ themselves wherewith to employ in their behalf the services of gentlemen of the long robe . The walls of this place have been placarded with addresses , calling upon fke people to come forward and eub-Ecribe their mites on this occasion . The committee earnestly call upon the work-people employed in the factories to snbscribe weekly and liberally , is order that , ou the day of trial , the needful may not be wanting , nor the victims ? acrifieed at the altar of tyranny and cruelty . The cwrmitree meet every evening at the house of Mr . James Coe , hat manufacturer , Howard-town , Glossop , where subscriptions will be thankfully received .
Untitled Article
The Taeiff . —Ameeica > - Poek ik Hbrtford . — We are informed that American pork of the first quality is selling in this town at / ourpence a pound , half the price of English , or scmtthing less . —Hertford Reformer , Ths 53 i B-egiment is to be made a royal regiment , having attended her Majesty in Scotland . M ohe E . ETua ? vED Emigkahts . —The Eutau , from Ke"w iork , which arrived at Cove on Tuesday , had no less than 250 emigrants onboard , returning to their native land , some of whom are ia a melancholy stats of destitution . By a letter from Philadelphia ., which arrived in town yesterday , we le » rn that the greates ; distress exists among the emigrants in that city , as well as in New York , and the writer emphaticaLy adds , " God only knows how thousands of these poor people will pass through the winter . ' — Cork Coiuitiiuiinn .
Sesdisg sousd the Hat . " —The beggar ' s lnnu-& 1 petition is cshf red into tbe columns of the Pilot with a very palpable hint that rvery succerciDgyear adds to the ' cogency" of the claim ; a ^ id it is further notified that " to nenlect the collection of the fund in any parish on this occasion would be treason to the cause in which he ( the first Catholic Lord Mayor ) Etreegle 3 . " The hat- goes round on Sunday , the 30 th of October , just one day before Mr . O'Connell ' s-tera of the mayoralty , wi ; h its emoluments , expires . " The people , " say the barefaced trustee ? , ** are
prepared for the call , and feel thai to neglect it-now would be , practically , to coalesce with the enemies of the country . " The people prepared for it ! Is it possible that , after the famine of the summer , the alleged ruinous prices of stock at fairs and markets , with 50 other similar evils , the people , meaning thereby the starving peasantry , are panting for the urival of a day to disgorge their superfluous earnings iBto tbe exchequer of Burgh-quay ? If so , there Bast have been misftatemerus and exaggerations in mere ccarters than cne . — Time * Corrcspc-ndint .
Suspected Case of Mtedee a > d Eobbebt at Cabdipp . —The neighbourhood of Bute-street and places adjacent have Ken greatly excited , in consequence of the death of Captain Carter , whose body tfas loucd on Sunday morning last , in an erect position , between the Jock gates under the railwaybridge , crossing the new-cut at the bottom of Bute-KKet . The singularity of the position or the body ( being nearly midway ' between the two gates , and therefore centrally erected in the lockj together with the finding of a pocket-book outside the dock , gave rise to reports that the deceased had been bordered , robbed , and thrown in . Two boat-B » ea , the one named Thomas Davies , and the other John Richards , alias John Moss , were taken -mio custody under suspicion of knowing something
Oi this tragical event , bat were both discharged on Monday , at an inquest before Lewis Reeee , Esq ., Coronsryheld at the Bute Arms , in Bute-street , on Hondaj morning . The body of the deceased wzb ttaained , and found to be perfectly free from any external bruise 3 or wounds . After the Coroner ' s recapitulation of the evidence , the Jury returned the following verdict : — " "We find , from the evidence addoced , that the unfortunate deceased was drowned ni the janctim between the new and old canal , but flow or by what means he came there we have no Reason to adjudge , otherwise than by accident . We « fly concur , however , in the mysterious and Enspicious appearances touching the absence of the ttoney known to have been in his possession prior to £ 4 * death , and consider there j * every probability of tiS haru-g been robbed . "
Untitled Article
Strike in Bismuohax . —The Birmingham papers state that a general strike for the new prices has taken place among the tin-plate workers of Staffordshire ; and a similar strike exists to a considerable extent in Birmingham . Hokestt . —As Mr . Wright ^ of Holies-street , Claremarket , was leaving a house which he had occupied for some time ia D « nm » rkrBtreet , St . Giles ' s , a few days ago , he allowed a poor man named Williams , a carver and gilder , who has been for upwards of eighteen months oat of work and was in the deepest distress , to remove some lumber which appeared to be of no raise . The following day , however , Williams called npon his benefactor with a small box containing £ 20 , which had been deposited several years since and forgotten among the lumber . We trust that the poor man , whose necessities must have been a powerful temptation to dishonesty , was adequately rewarded .
Thk Boyle Fauu—This fair was held here to-day . The prices obtained by the few persons who sold have proved most disheartening . There was an extensive supply of cattle ; but the prioeB offered did not generally amount to the sum paid for the same stock last November or May . The only lot of bullocks which we heard were sold were those belonging to Mr . Denis . This gemleman disposed of twenty ( out of a lot of thirty ) at £ 10 7 s . 6 d . each , although he refused , on the 4 th of April last , £ 11 53 . each for the entire lot . Fat sheep sold at from 35 s . to 403 . ; lambs , from 18 i . to 22 s . ; milch cows , from £ 8 to £ 10 ; fat cows , from £ 8 to £ 9 . A few horses were disposed of at from £ 8 to £ 20 . Pigs were very low . Wool brought I 63 . per stone . —Boyle Gazette .
Lisburn Faik . —The autumn fair of Lisburn was held last week . The show of horses was greatly inferior to that of other year 3 . There wtre a few handsome young horses , adapted for saddle or harness , offered for sale , but most of the buyers of the English market having gone to the great fair of Balinaslce , very few , even of the lowest description , changed hands . The show of cattle in Smithfield market was very large . Owing , however , to the curious feeling at present existing between the farmer and dealer , comparatively trifling sales were effected . Some
prime springers went off at from £ 10 to £ 12 . Fat heifers were in pretty good demand , and brought fair prices ; but inferior cattle of all descriptions were scarcely looked at , and were disposed of at very low rates , On the whole , it may be stated that there is more ot imagination than reality in the panic which prevails so powerfully at present among the graziers . No foreign grazier csn compete with the Irish farmer in producing the highest descriptions of stock , and the prices now offered appear lower than they really are , because of the unnaturally high rates obtained during the last two or three years .
Untitled Article
RIOTS AT 2 TEWBURY . The town of Newbury , Berkshire , has been the scene of disturbances , in -which property to a serious amount has been wantonly destroyed . The circumstances which gave rise to the riotous proceedings are briefly as follows : there are within the borough of Newbnry , two open fields , known as East and West Fields , which are held in severally by the respective owners of the soil , from or about the 8 th of November in each year , until the corn of the ensuing summer is wholly cleared : when for very many years prior and up to the year 1836 , and again to the present time , they were thrown open for the pasturage of all kinds of cattle , not only of the proprietors of those particular lands , but of all freeholders and inhabitant householders within the town and parish of N § wbury , without any stint or distinction whatsoever , and without reference
to the possession or occupation of land . There were no fences to prevent the cattle depasturing there frem straying out of the fields into the public roads and streets ; they , consequently , when tnmed out , acqnired the habit of straying , and became restless , and frequently impounded . It was decided upon that these fields should be enclosed , usder the pro--Tit-ions of the Common Fields Enclosure Act , of the 6 th and 7 th of William IV ., c . 115 . The decision was confirmed at a public meeting of the inhabitants . A large portion of the lower elapses declared themselves opposed 10 the plan , and expressed their intention of resorting to summary measures for their own defence if the enclosure should be persisted in . An opportunity soon occurred . Two horses belonging to one of the townsmen named Aldridge were impounded . The
owner of the horses with a large number of bis partisans determined on rescuing them . They proceeded to the place whither the animals were being led , and committed an unprovoked assault on the men who had them in their possession . Mr . R . Puller Graham , a solicitor of ths town , put himself in communication with Aldridge , ( who led on the mob to the attack ) and informed him that if he and bis party were contending for what they considered their rights , there was a plain , straightforward manner in which they should Beek te establish them , and that if they would take tbe course which the law pointed out to them , and bring the question before a legal tribunal , he would pay the costs of all parties , be the verdict what it might He failed , however , to satisfy the mob , who received his proposal with contempt , and replied to him by tbe most aggravating insnlts . The nnmbers soon increased to some knndreds , some of whom were the most dissolute and reckless inhabitants
of the town . A large portion of Mr . Graham * property was destroyed , several hundred yards of iron railing , shrubs , && , being torn np , broken to pieces , and thrown into tie road . A body of constables were sent out by direction of the Mayor , bnt they ware speedily withdrawn . In an address to the inhabitants ef Newburr , issued by Mr . Graham , it is asserted that Aldridge , tbe ringleader of the lawless sad unprincipled mob , had been in ocmnmuicatioD with tbe Bar . Dr Binney , who was appointed to tbe rectory of Newbary three or four yean since by Lord Melbourne . A full statement of these outrages is to be placed , without delay , before the Home Secretary . [ This is the conse auence of an unjust seizure of tbe common allotment lands of the parish by the Church banking party . Through a similar infamous Act of the present Parliament , the EBopocrats have been induced by bribery and corruption to sell the rights of non-electors . Tbi 3 same business was on Surday bandied ia Si- Jimert Psr £ -JEvemr > Q Star .
Untitled Article
CHESTER SPECIAL COMMISSON . ^ Wxdmesday EvKHiNG . —The special commission issued for the trial of the prisoners charged with the commission of offences in various parts of Cheshire , during the recent turn-out in the manufacturing districts , was opened this afternoon with the customary formalities at the Chester Castle . The judges appointed to try the prisoners are Lord Abinger . Sir E . H . Alderson , and Sir C . Cresswell They arrived at Chester about foar o ' clock this day , by railway , and having been met by the sheriff of the county . Mr . E . D . Davenport , proceeded to Chester Castle , and opened the oommission , after which the Court was adjourned until half-past ten o ' clock on the following day . The whole ceremony did not last longer than five minutes .
The calendar contains the names of 66 persons , more than half of whom are charged with taking part in an attack on the Stockport workhouse , and the rest are variously charged with assembling to disturb the peace , with conspiring to prevent by intimidation and violence other parties from following their lawful occupations , rioting , uttering seditious speeches , and conspiring to excite disaffection and discontent against the laws and government of the realm . Since the printing of the calendar , the number of the prisoners has been increased by fresh committals ; but it is expected , as many of them will be tried at one and the same time , that the whole of
tne cases will be disposed of by Saturday next . The case which will probably excite the greatest interest is that of the three prisoners charged with rioting at Brookfield , near G ] os 3 op , and demolishing the mill aDd dwelling-house « f Mr . Samuel Shepley , who , it will be recollected , fired upon the mob who attacked his premises , and wonnded these three prisoner . A description is given m the calendar of the different degrees of education whioh the prisoners havo received , and from this statement it appears that about eighteen can neither rea , d nor write , seventeen read imperfectly , twenty-three bath read and write , and &evt ; n read and write well .
THURSDAY , Oct . 6 . The Three Learned Judges , Lord Chief Baron Abingzb , Sir E . H . Aldbbson , and Sir C . Cbbsswell , having attended divine service in the Cathedral , entered the Crown Court at twelve o ' clock thiB day . There was a large assemblage of persons in and out of the Courts . Tke usual formalities having been observed , the following gentleman in the Grand Inquest answered to their names : —Mr . E J . Loyd , of Oldfieldhall , Foreman ; Messrs . H . Mainwaring , of Pedverhall ; R . G . Leyoester , of Toft-hall ; R . G . Purryn , of
Trafford-ball ; J . W . Tatton , of Wittiushaw ; G- F . Wilbraham , of Delamere-house ; S . Jacsen , of Newtonbank ; J . B . Clegg , of Thurstanton-hall ; C . Ford , of Abbeyfleld ; G- J . Shackerley , of Whatcroft ; Sir E . S . Walker , of Chester , Kuight ; J . R . Daictry , of Northroad ; the Hon . C . E . Oust , of Leasowe Castle ; Messrs . C . S . Swettenham , of Somerford ; T . C . Cbaltoc , of Chalton-lodge ; T . Hibb 9 rfc , of Birtles ; G- C . Antrobos , of Eaton-hall ; J . Tonikinson , of Daveuham ; C- Stanley , of Danham ; E . Leigh , of Joddrell-hall ; Sir P . Townsend , of Wincham ; and Mr . J . Brocklehurst , of Hurdeafield , M . P .
The petty jurymen were chiefly selected from Birk 6 nhead , opposite Liverpool . The Grand Jury being sworn , Lord Aiunger addressed them as follows : —Gentlemen of the Grand Jury , you are assembled at this unusual season to discharge a very painful , bnt a very important duty . A due regard for the public safety makes it essential that all tumultuous and unlawful assemblies of the people should be put d » wn by force , if necessary , and punished with the utmost rigour of the law . At the same time we cannot reflect on the occurrenc-s -which have recently taken place in the manufacturing distriets without mixed emotions of compasBion , and , if I may say so , indignation—compassion at the weakness and ignorance of those deluded multitudes , who imagined they could effect the purposes they had in view
by forci ? asd violence , and who , as thsy nev > r fail to do , become the victims of their own delusion , and suffer misery and privation , and many of them punishmentindignation at the artful contrivances of those who , to serve their own private objects , and their own political ends , had promoted and excited the delusion of the poor and industrious claa ^ s by addressing to their minds deceitful arguments , nnfounfled in reason or in sense , and had then endeavoured to take advantage of the delusion they had caused , in order that they mig ht thereby carry into effect their own objects . I need hardly remind you that it is ona of the evils incident to a nation of great manufacturing and commercial prosperity , that the country which was
flourishing from that prosperity should occasionally be subject to great reverses . It ia the natnre and habit of industry and enterprise to keep full the channels of supply , sometimes to overflowing , and whenever a check to , the demand occurs there must follow for a while a suspension of employment , a diminution in the price of manufactured produce and in the wages of labour , and very often , unhappily , distress and misery of the manufacturing classes . The history of our own country furnishes examples of this kind . A bad harvest either at home or abroad ; the blockade of foreign ports with which we are accustomed to traffic ; a war with a nation which tafces a large quantity of our manufactured goods ; the disturbance of friendly relations between this and
other nations with which we have commercial intercourse ; the uncertainty of the laws which affect trade and commerce ; aomttimes the public agitation of the great questions or principles on which commerce depends ; sometimes even the opinion that the Government is net wise enough to propose ,- nor Btrong enough to carry important measures for the maintenance and advancement of the public weal , —all these are circumstances which tend to paralyse industry and the enterprise of commercial men ; and at the same time to suspend all those advantages which the country was before gaining from a prosperous condition of trade and commerce . It would be easy , if necessary , to trace many , it not all , ot these causes which have in succession or combination produced that distress we have lately witnessed . I stated just now that we cannot
view without emotions of compassion the situation of the industrious classes , who , not having a competent knowledge to form a judgment of their own as to tbe principles or the rights of property , or upon the questions on which their own prosperity is involved , imagine that they can by force and violence dictate terms to their masters , a , nd thereby rescue themselves from a degree of privation and discomfort , against which no Government , however it might be formed , and no law , whatever might be its intention , could effectually secure them . Nevertheless you will find many , in that situation of life to which I have just alluded , and with that infirmity of judgment easily inflamed , when subjects are touched on relating to their own means of existence and their state of discomfort , induced by crafty persons ,
who excite and mislead them , to imagine that they are the fittest perEons to govern themselves , and that they ought to have an equal share , if not a superior share , in tbe conduct of the Government and in the making of Ibwb . I am a ' raid that the manufacturing classes have been of late the dupes of this sort of persuasieu ; and you will find in the occurrences which have called you together sundry examples of this delusion . You will find that there is a society of persons who go by the came of Chartists , and who , if they have not excited or fomented those outrages which will be brought under your notice , have , nevertheless , taken advantage of them for their own purposes , have endeavoured to prevent the unfortunato people from returning to their work , and sought so to direct them that they might be conducive to the attainment of political
objects . And what is the oVject of the Charter , which these men are seeking ? What are the points of the Charter ? Annual Parliaments , Universal Suffrage , and Vote by Ballot . Yet , Gentlemen , you will find by the evidence which will be produced before you , that it has been inculcated upon many rnisgukled persons that the sovereign remedy for all abuses , and the only means of putting themselves in possession of sucb a share of power es would enable them to vindicate their own rights and secure themselves against oppression , is by the enactment of what they call tbe People ' s Charter . In what a strange situation this country would be placed if those who have no property were to possess a preponderating voice in the making of the laws ! These unhappy men do not consider that the first object of civilized society is $ be establishment and preservation of
property and the security of person . What , then would be the state of any country if multitudes were to make the lawB for regulating property , or were permitted to em ploy physical force to restrain individuals from employing their own labour according to their own judgment , or preventing their subsistence ? The foundation of civilized society may be considered to consist in the protection ef property and the security of person ; and if these two objects were removed , society must be dissolved . What a strange effect , then , would the establishment of a system of Universal Suffrage produce ; for under it every man , though possessing no property , would have a voice in the choice of the representation of the people . The neoessary consequences of this system would be , that thosewho have no property would make laws for those who have property , and tbe
destruction of the monarchy and aristocracy " roust necessarily ensue . I do not pretend to juige the motives of those individuals who entertain such views as I _ have been alluding to , but they seem to forget that it is impossible to establish a perfectly democratic representative assembly , in the formation of which every man in tbe country should have a voice , without eventually destroying the monarchy and the influence of property , and leading to the creation of a form of Gove mmept which would become in the end an odious tyranny . Sucb ii the history of all attempts to establish a democracy in ' countries where a government consisting of mixed elements formerly existed . There is a country
which cannot be spoked of without respect and attachment , as emanating from ni ) iwjjn 11—I allude to America , from which you may collect * w £ at security for property is afforded by a pure republic In tbe different states of America there are pure democratic associations elected by Universal Suffrage and Vote by Ballot ; and some of these states have recently exhibited the regard paid to property by democratic assemblies , by having protested against paying tbe public creditor , and disregarded their own obligation to obey their own law made for his security . If such a system of democracy were established in England , the first coneegnence would b « , tiist tbe ieeurity of property would be re-
Untitled Article
moved ; the public creditor and all commercial accumulations would be destroyed ; and ; finally , or perhaps the first object aimed at * would be the destruction of property in land . There woold be a universal agrarian law . The formation of a ' uch' a Government in a country like this must work universal ruin and distress ; and , after inflicting the moat bitter of all tyranny , that of a democratic assembly , would terminate in a despotism . But it appears- that persons entertaining a design to establish such a form of Government have taken advantage of an occasional depression of the commerce and manufactures of the country , and the privations which the labouring classsa are suffering , for the purpose of encouraging them to resist their masters , and to abstain from labour , telling them that this was the only means within their reach
by which they could obtain the accomplishment of their favourite Charter . I am glad to be informed , gentlemen , that on some portions of the multitudes to which such topics were addressed they failed to have nu effect There was a certain feeling cf common sense , and a remaining attachment to the institutions of the country , which forbade many to listen to the voice of these Chartists . Nevertheless , gentlemen , you will find by the evidence which will be produced before you that great pains were taken to inculcate these doctrines on the minds of the pe pie , and to encourage them by the force whioh belongs to assembled anltitudes to carry them into effect In the cases which will come before you , gentlemen , you may find persona entertaining these dootrines . I am desirous not to be understood as stating that the mere holding of any abstract opinion on political subjects is an offence ; but if these persona who entertained snch doctrines as I have alluded to endeavour ts enforce them by popular tumult , they muat be guilty of a grave offence . If you should find ,
too . cases satisfactorily proved , where persons have used efforts to prevail on the labouring people not to return to work , er have resorted to measures of tumult and disorder in order to carry into effect their favourite objects , there can be ne doubt that such persons are justly liable te punishment ; and yen , gentlemen , will doubtless feel it due to your country to bring them before tbls Court . There is another class of offenders who will be brought before you—namely , those who joined in assemblies of the people , theobject of which was by ferce to turn others out of employment , or prevent them from continuing at work . This la a species of tyranny quite intolerable . What right has any man to dictate to another at what price he should labour ? If the party who labours , or the party employing , is dissatisfied with the terms of the contract , they bave nothing to do but to put an end to the contract I am afraid , for I believe the law has been altered in this respect , that even the combination of a number of workmen for the purpose of dictating terms to masters has ceased to ba an indictable offenca in itself .
But , though this is not an indictable offence , so long as the combination be conducted in a peaceable aud quiet manner , yet if they attempt to force others to join them by terror or intimidation , they are guilty of one of the most daring and outrageous acts of tyranny . What would be said , if a government differently constituted from our own , and acting by direct force on the people if the powers of such a government were exercised in a similar manner , in order that the workmen might not continue at their labour ? Would it not be described as an insupportable tyranny , and as forming a just ground for insurrection ? Yet you will find that these unhappy men were not content wita exercising the privileges which the law allowed tlism , of agreeing among themselves not to work without a certain rate of remuneration , but they attempted by force to compel
others to quit their labour . When a caso of this kind comes before you , gentlemen ; whon you find attempts made by tumult , riot , anil foice to detach the labourer from his occupation , you will consider them offences of aa aggravated character , and in such cases I would recommend you to find the bills . The the third cluss of offences is in its nature not so aggravated , and jet is not to be passed over—namely , where persons have joined in a tumultuous crowd , engaged in some illegal design . You may say , and justly , that thougn a vast number of persons might assemble together , a few only might be encaged in any criminal design . Still , as the criminal design could only . be effected by tbe terror which a multitude inspires , any man who joins the mob becomes oue of the persons countenancing and furthering the illegal end . If , therefore , a crowd tumultuously collect
together , creating alarm to tbe neighbourhood in whieh it a 8 seiubleg . and assuming a character dangerous to the public peace , every person who joius it becomes an implicated party , and is by law guilty of riot , though the party accused may have done nothing more than merely brought to the mob the sanction of his personal presence . I do not mean to say that a man might not be in a mob innocently ; for a person going home might find it necessary to pass by the place where the mob was assembled , or be might go into the mob for the purpose of inducing another not to join it , or prevent excess . There might be innocent motives which brought a man in , tho midst of a mob ; but as by his presence he increased the multitude , the amount of which occasioned terror , it lies upon him to prove his innocence , and to show whether his
presence there was voluntary or otherwise . I meation this as a case of simple riot ; and if you find persons joining assemblies which had illegal objects in view , or which conducted themselves in a tumultuous and riotous manner , you must bring them before this Court ; for if they bave any txcuse which may operate in their defence they have no means of producing it before you . The finding of a true bill against them will be justified by the evidence of a primu facie ease against them ; and if that case be proved against them , the onusprobandi as to their innocence wiil afterwards be thrown upon them . From the information laid before me , I believe that I have now described the general character of the caaes which will be submitted to your consideration ; but there are two other cases which I ought to mention . I have stated that where a crowd
assembled and acted illegally , those facts determined the cbaracU-T of the assembly to be unlawful . You will find that in some cases attempts havo been made to extort money ox provisions , and whenever the parties so acting have succeeded in their design through tbe aid ot terror and force , they have been guilty of the offence of robbery . This will probably fo * m a class of the casss which Trill come beforei you . G ^ ntleraen , you are aware that if any assembly of persons begin to demolish and pull down any building , that act constitutes a felony . Whether any cases amounting to this offence will come before you , I am not sufficiently informed to say , but I have reason to think that some of the cases may take that shape . All the different ' classes of offenees which I have mentioned will probably come under your consideratioa If you find any persons fomenting
distnrbance , or endeavouring to work out their own particular views by creating a suspension of labour , ruinous not only to the parties themselves , but also to the country , and by forcibly compelling others to cease labour , they are liable to heavy / punishment . If you find others seeking to obtain by intimidation money or provisions , or engaged in pulling down buildings , these offenders would come under a different class , but they would deserve your serious attention . I believe I have now described the character of the different offences , and lam not aware that I could ndd anything which might direct your inquiries . Still I shall be very happy to give you , ifneadiul , every assistance in my power to facilitate your investigations . Nevertheless , I do not think it probable that gentlemen of your experience and knowledge will require any further information . I cannot conclude -without repeating my expression of compassion for the unhappy people ¦ who have acted under the
delusion I have referred to . But , gentlemen , the law takes no account of such delusions ; aud if a man commits guilty acts , he muat be prepared to submit to the consequences of bis conduct . It is true that the poorer classes of the country bave been suffering from great privations ; aud I may allude to this subject , as it is matter of notoriety , and has formed matter of public discussion ; but it is very singular that the time chosen to break out was a period when a more settled commercial policy had been adopted , when every person expected a revival of manufacturing prosperity , and when , 1 believe , every person felt there was exiitfag a salient point from which commercial prosperity might take its start . It is singular that this ahould be the tncru-nt chosen to foment these disturbances ; and the country has suffered in consequents of a suspension of that prosperity which might confidently have been anticipated , and of which , I trust , it is not too late to hope for the return .
( Before Lord Abmger , Sir E . H . Alderson , and Sir Cresswell Cresswell . J
CONSPIBACY . William Mooxhouse , S , Lees , R . Wild , J . "Wild , Stephen Shirt , and John Fairhaut , were placed at the bar to answer an indictment charging them with conspiiing together , with divers ether persons , at Stockport , in this county , on the 26 tb of July last , and subsequent days , and by threats , violence , and intimidation obstructing the cotton trade and manufactures there and then carried on by the peaceable subjects of our Sovereign Lady the Queen . They were also charged with unlawfully assembling together with a view of effecting , by force and violence , certain great changes in the constitution of the country . The prisoners were indicted , together with several other persons not in custody , and a person named James Le ' wes , out on bail . This individual not appearing , was called upon his recognizances , which were estreated . The prisoners , on being asked whether they would traverse , ail consented to be tried , with tbe exception of James Wild . ' : ¦ -
The Attoxney-General ( Sir Frederick Pollock ) , the Attorney-General for the Palatine ( Mr . Hill ) Mr . Jervis M . P ., Mr . Welsby , and Mr . Pollook , appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr . Yatdley fox the defence . Singular as it may appear , tkese were tke only barristers in Chester , one only being left ( Mr . Yardley ) for tbe defence of the prisoners , and as two contta were sitting in the course of the day , prisoners were obliged to be tried undefended . ' Mr . Pollock having opened tbe indictment , Tbe Attokney-Gehekal , in stating tbe case for tbe prosecution , gave a snecinot history of tbe commence ment and progress of the disturbances in tbe manufacturing districts , and proceeded at considerable length to point out the character of the disturbances . He called the following witnesses : —
William Clayton was tbe first witness called . —He deposed , lam a constable of Hyde . On the first Wednesday in August I beard a bell ringing ia Hyde on that day . I attended a meeting on that day to the
Untitled Article
extent of about 2000 . I saw William Moorhouseand Robert Wild , and Stephen Shirt At this meeting a person of the name of Condellet was the chairman . He read a resolution , which was seconded by Moorhouse , that if there was another reduction would they one and all come out ? and there was a cry of " Yes , ye *? ' Condolett then proposed a show of hands in favour of it , and he then said , " I hope the people of Hyde will pr # vetrue to one another , and we will soon have our rights , and that will be the Charter , and nothing but the Charter . " Moorhouse and Leach both spoke at that meeting , and Condelett announced that on the following Sunday morning a meeting would be held at Mednesham-green , Matham-moor . Cross-examined by Mr . Yardlay . —I am a constable at Hyde . I have selested that part of bis speech whioh seemed the most striking . The meeting dispersed quietly . Some of the speakers impressed upon the meeting tbe importance of keeping the peace .
Joseph Little—I was at a meeting on Sunday , the 17 th August , at Meinesham-greea . There were about 400 persons present Moorhouse was the chairman , and on taking the chair he Baid , "My friends and fellowworkmen—I am appointed Chairman of the meeting , and must inform you that we are not met here far a wage question , or a religious question , it is for a national question ; but I will not intrude on your time , as you will be addressed by my brother Chartists from Hyde , Ash ton , and other places , who are more able to address you than I am , and they will explain to you that we Chartists are met here for a national question . I will sit down" He called on another person , who came forward to address them . I left the meeting , and returned again in half an hour , at which time a person was addressing the meeting , but I did not know him .
After my return teach and Condelett addressed the meeting in the presence of Moorhouse . He told them the church ( pointing to Matham Church ) was built for a good purpose , but now filled by thieves and robbers , the cotton fraternity ; but they would all be parsons and " blue bottles , " if they were paid by the Government £ 80 a year , a nice sum for a working man—a man who works only one day out of seven . " But let me tell you , " said Leach , "the church is an open hell , and filled by the cotton lords and thieves , aud good honest people they will not allow to enter ; but let us be true , one to another and there is property enough in this plentiful country , and support for us all ; and if you have not the common necessaries of life take them , aud who can staud against you ? Now the prisons are full , and in the prisons
they do not want you . " Ou the Bame day , in the afternoon , I attended another meeting on the same spot . Thero might be about 800 or 1 , 000 persons present Moorhouse was the chairman , and I saw Robert WiWe there- He addressed the meeting , but I took no notes of bis speech . He aa vised them to stand for the Charter . Tbe meeting lasted nearly three hours . Moorhouse also addressed the meeting . He said , " you have beeu told the evils we labour under , and I am requested also to tell you that a meeting will take place at Stalybtidge to-morrow morning , and will proceed from factory to factory and turn them all out , and when we aro out we will stay out until the Charter , the only guarantee for wages , becomes the law of the land . I hope to meet you all to-morrow morning , at Stalybridge , where we will join band in hand in this great national turn-out . "
A show of hands was taken , and they agreed to be present at th « meeting at Stalybridge on Monday , the 6 th . I att nded a meeting in the market-place , Hyde , about six o cloos in tbe evening . . I should think there were it least thr < -e thauwnd persons present . The prison't Moirhoue and o : hers addressed the meeting . The g' n » ral substance cf t : e speeches was to advise tbe people not to go int-j their work until the Chaiter became the law of ibe land . On the following morning a meeting was held in the sime place , and similar language was used by the speakers . Leech was present , and said they intended to go and join the people of Ashton , and from there they would go to tho Exchange in Manchester , where thoy would meet the cotton lords , aud he had no doubt they would soon have the Charter . I believe he advised them to divide
themsalves—one part to go to Ashton , and another to Stockport I attended another meeting on the same day , and it was much longer than the one in the morning . Mr . Yardley , for tha defence , cross-examined this witcesa at some length , but elicited nothing whatever calculated to shake the fairness of bis testimony , and the Judge then aujoui . iuii the Court until to-morrow ( Friday . )
NISI PR ' . US COURT . ( Before Sir E . H . Alderson . ) Joseph Taylor , William Smith , James Kershaw , and William Martin , were placed at the bar , charged with having feloniously thrown down and destroyed a lock on the Peak Forest Canal , on the 15 * h of August last , for the purpose of putting a stop to the labour of persons employed thereat . Sir E . H . Alderson inquired ' whether the prisoners had counsel to defend them ? and Mr . Vadghan , a solicitor , stated that though he was instructed to procure the aid of counsel for tbe benefit of the prisoners , he was unable to do so , as no counsel were present except those employed for tho Crown . The Learned Judge then informed Mr . Vaugban that , under these circumstances , he would be permitted to plead on be-half of the prisoners .
Mr . Vaugh an replied that he could not undertake to do this , as ha was already engaged to assist in the defence of oth&r prisoners , at present on trial hi the other court Mr . Hill , the Attorney-General for the County Palatine of Chester , described the nature of tho charge against the prisoners , and called James Compton , a constable , who detailed the circumstances under which the outrage was committed . The Jury having vetire'I ; returned into court , and brought in a verdict , acquitting Taylor , and finding tha other prisoners Guilty . They recommended Kershaw to mercy on the ground of his previous good character . . ¦' ' ¦' . . The same parties were again indicted for riotously assembling at Marple , aud conspiring to dbturb the public peace , by preventing parsons by means of force aud intimidation from continuing at their work .
In proof of the charge against the prisoners it was stated , that words of an exciting tendency bad been addressed by the prisoner Taylor to a meeting ; and thai among other things he advised the people not to return to work until the Charter becime the law of the land . It was also stated that a person introduced to the meeting by Tuylor had made use of inflammatory language , and had udvistd the people to act as Lord Kiunaird bad said in the House of Lords he would act —namely , that if he wanted food he would take it where he could get it . Tha prisoner Taylor , who is a working man , and appeared to peaces considerable intelligence , addressed the Court in his own defence . He denied that he bad used words of a seditious character , and contended that one or two passages ought not to ba selected from the speech he had delivered to tho meeting in question , but that the tendency and character of the whole of it should be considered .
The Learned Judge , in summing up , said that Taylor might have used improper language to the meeting he was addressing , but intimated that there was no proof of a conspiracy on hi 3 part to force others from their employment . Taylor was responsible for the language used'by the person he introduced to the meeting , as he was present while the language was uttered , and did not protest against it . With respect to the words attributed to Lord Kinnaini , it was improbable tbot they were ever used by the Noble Lord , or the House of Lords wauld no duubt b'ivo noticed them ; but it was a regular exhortation to the people , on the part of the person who uttered them at the meeting , considering the circumstances under ¦ which they were uttered at that meeting , to commit robbery . The Jury Acquitted iha prisoners of a conspiracy , but found them Guilty , of attending an unlawful meeting . Both the Courts adjourned until nine o ' clock next meruing .
FRIDAY , October 7 . This morning , Lord Abinger eat alono in the Crown Court ; two other courts having been opened , one at the Nisi Pritis end , and the other in the Grand Jury room . In tho former , Mr . Baron Aiderson presided ; and in the latter , Mr . Justice Cresswell . The trial of . the prisoners , arraigned on the previous day , " was proceeded with . James Wild , one of the Hollingwcrth rioters , who , at the opening of the case , expre&sed a wish to traverse to the spring assizes , appeared in the dock , and asked to be iried along with the other prisoners . This request was complied with ; and Mr . Yardley , on the part of the defendant , consented to the arrangement , with the understanding that the evidence given on Thursday should be taken as applying to him , as well as to the rest of the prisoners .
A witneBS named James Buckley , a labourer , was called to prove the offence ; and his testimony , such as it was , was supported by oce or two ., other * . Mr . Yabdley addressed th 8 jury for the defence . The Jury returned a verdict of " Guiltj" on all the counts against the whole of the prisoners , with the exception of Shirt , who was found guilty on the second count only , The prisoners were then ordered to stand down . Several other prisoners were tried during the day for rioting at Rollington , but no feature of interest was presented .
SATURDAY , Oct . 8 . Lord A binges presided in the Crown Court , Mr . Baron Aldebson in one at tie Nisi Prius end , arid Mr . Justice Cbessweix in the Grand Jury room . Lord Abihgbb took his seat on the bench this morning at a quarter-past nine o ' clock . The AxtOBHET-G | iWBBit ( with whom was Mr . Sergeant JkOvis ) conducted tbe prosecutions in this Court throughout the whole of the day . The Jury having been sworn , _ James Thorpe , Samuel Fearns , George Tay . or , William Wilde , arid James Hague , were the first prisoners placed at the bar . Wilde , Thorpe , and Hague , pleaded "Not Guilty , " and Fearns and Taylor pleaded " Guilty . " . ' The Aitohitet-Gekbbai . stated the case . Mr . Yabdlet addressed the Jury in defence 01 the prisoners . ' - ,. j t ¦ •'« The Atioenbt-Gekebal replied briefly .
Untitled Article
The ^ earned Judge summed up the evidence , and the Jury found the prisoners Guilty . James Derbyshire , Martha Baker , William Rook Joseph Smith ,, and Hamer Smith , were all placed in the dock , charged with riot and robbery in tha Stookporfc Union Workhouse , on the 11 th of August last . The whole of the prisoners pleaded "Not Guilty . " Darbyahire was tried alone , the ether prisoners being for the present ordered to sit down . The Learned Judge Bummed up the evidence , and the Jury immediately found the prisoner Guilty . His Lordship- then sentenced him to transporta tion for life . William Turner , Samuel Kaye , and William Robinson , were indicted for having , on the 13 th of Au-RUBt , riotously assembled , aad , with many others , conspiring together to atop the process of labour , at Marple , in the county of Chester . They were all found Guilty .
John Webb . iMareha Baker , William Rock , Joseph Smith , and Hammer Smith , were again brought up and put upon their trial . The Attorney Genial stated the ease . The prisoners were found Guilty , and each sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour in the Chester House of Correction . ^ This being the last cass that was to corao before the cour ' , his Lordship ordered the whole of * the prisoners who had been found Guilty before him during the three days to be placed in tho dock to receive sentence .
Lord Abinger , in addressinethepriaoners , repeated some of the observations delivered in hi-, charge to the grand jury as to the illegality of the prisoners ' conduct and the dangerous tendency of their principles , and the course they had adopted to enforce them upon others ; and concluded by passing on them the following sentetcei : Joseph Buokly . William Moorhoase , Robert Wilde , John Farhurst , and Snmuel Lees , each two years' imprisonment with hard labour , in Chester Castle ; Stephen Shirt , eighteen months' imprisonment , with hard labour , in Knutsforrl House of Correction ; James . Wilde , Thomas Thorpe , Jameg Hague , Wm . Turner , Samuel Kay , and J . Robinson , one year ' s imprisonment , with hard labour , ia Chester Castle ; John Buokly , six montha ; and Ohyer Fry , Thomas Winterbottom . aad John Smith , the three prisoners who woro wounded at Mr . Sheplay ' s mill , the short prriod of three months only , on aocount of the injuries they had received .
The business of the court being ended about three o ' clock , his Lordship took his departure from the city immediately . -
( Before Baron Alderson . J The learned Judge took his seat on tho bench thia morning at half-past nine o ' clook , and proceed with the trials of the pripjtoers charged with breaking into the , Stocliport yfdtthouse . The whole of the cages tried to-day in tW % hree' Courts were all more or less concerned in the attack on the Stockport workhouse , and as the evidence was in each case substantially the same , it would bo useless . to repeat if-. Mr . Attorney-General Hill and Mr . Pollock conducted the prosecutions in this Court . The Learned' Judge directed the prisoners who were tried before him yesterday and iounu guiUy of riot to be brought before him . They were severally sentenced as follows : —Thomas Morris , Charles Hirrop , Samuel Gosling , anii Samuel Shepley , to 18 months' imprisonment , with hard labour , in Chester Castle ; and Joseph Done , one ' -year , in the same prison .
The sentences passed upon the prisoners tried today , who were convicted of riot and felony at the Stockport workhouse , were as follow : —Thomas Hayes , transported for 14 years ; John Charlcaworth , Michael LeySald , and Thomas Torks , sovoa years ; William . VVrigh *; , two years imprisonment , with hard labour in Chester Castle ; Josoph Taylor , sixteen months , with hard labour ; Jo .-vph Torks , James Hatton , John Rhodes , and James Karrop , twelve months , with hard labour , all in Chester Castle ; William Siaith , James Kershaw , and Wm . Morton , one year , with hard labour , in Knutsford I 10 U 86 of correction . Tho business of this court was concluded at five o ' olock .
( Before Mr . Justice Cresswell ) In this Court , also , tho cases tried were for riot and felony at the Stockport workhouse . Charles Howard , William Scddon , and Thomas WarhurBt , transportation for life ; John Smith , Wnu Miller , James Smith , Joseph Cowan , and John Selby , transportation for ten years ; John Burges 9 Edward Walker , William Barnet , Michael Lenard , John Duncalf , William Simmons , Thomas Simmois , Matthew Bradley , Joseph Hesketh , Anthony Daffy , Joseph Wright , William Hargraves , John Swan * Thomas Summers , William Stonehewer , Levi Greenhalgh , Ralph Brooks , John Liddell , Stephen Simpson , and Edward Hadfield , each to twelvo months ' imprisonment , with hard labour in Chester Castle . The business of this Court terminated about foot o'clock .
Thus has ended this miserable mockery of justice on the part of the Crown . Every unfair advantage —every legal technicality whioh the cunning of the Crown counsel could discov r , have . been-greedily snatched at by ilienj , in . order to convict the unhaopy prisoners . We know of nothing in tha annals of history , with the exception of . the " " . bloody assize" of Judge Jefferies , which at all assimilates to the late unconstitutional proceedings at Chester .
Untitled Article
From the London Gazette of Friday , Oct . 7 . . BANKBOPTS . John Charles Smith , Woolwich , grocer , to surrender Oct . 18 , at- one , Nov . 18 , at eleven , at the Bankrupt ' s Court . Solicitors , Mos « r » . Kiss and Son , Fencburcb " street ; official assignee , Mr . Johnson , Basinghallstreet . William Matthews , Bushey , Hertfordshire , carpenter , Oct . 12 , at two . Nov . 18 , * t eleven , - at tne Bankrupts * Court ; solicitor , Mr . Sanger , Essex-court , Temple ; and Messrs . Cowley and Son , Watford ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry . John M'Connal , Liverpool , tea-dealer , Oct . 18 , Not ' 18 , at twelve , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool ; soli , citors , Mr . Oliver , Old Jewry '; and Mr . Evans , Liverpool .
Benjamin Holmes , Birmingham , bootmaker , Oct . 17 » Nov . 18 , at eleven , at ^ tbe Waterloo . rooms , Birmingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Smith and Atkins , Serjeants ' -inn , Fleet-street ; and Mr . Greatwood , Birmingham . John Burton , Levenshulme , Lancashire , victualler , Oct 29 , Nov . 18 . at three , at the Commissioners ' -rooma , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs .. Gregory , Faulkner , Gregory , end Bourdillon . Bedford-row ; and Mr . Chew , Manchester .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Leyland Bnd Atkin , Liverpool . Dyson and Grimshaw , Leeds , flour-dealeia . J . K . Buntloy and Co . Liverpool , ship-brokers ; J . M'Bain and A . Oliver , Manchester , joiners . Chambers and Munro , Ajbruth , Lancashire , coach-builders .. S . Bcultonand Co , ' Manchester , ehlrting-manufiicturer . ' ) .. H . and G . Venn , Warrington , Lancashire , saddlers . G . Hull and J . Fozwd , Dews « buiy , Yorkshire , woollen-manufacturers , K-iy . Barlow " , and A&ton . Manchester , attoruies ; so far as regards A . Kay . J . Jones and W . Stepheuson , Liverpool , spirit " merchants . Gilling an * Smith , Thirsk , Yorkshire , curriers ; bo far as regards J . Smith . Jenfcinson and Hard * ing , Manchester , - tailor * . A . Scraith , W . Trltschler . and M . K ,-tterer , ieeds and Carlisle , Germsn clock ' make : a ; so : far as regards W . Tritachler . Roxburgh aud Co . Liverpool , merchants , Tatlock and Love , Manchester , cotton-manutacturars . J . Khodes and Brother 3 , Rochdale , Lancashire .
Poetrg.
poetrg .
%Ocal Anzr Cxemvul %Ntetii^Enee.
% ocal anZr Cxemvul % nteTii ^ enee .
Untitled Article
— ' — ? DswjBr / RT . —Subscriptions received by William Robshaw , for Mr . Dewhirsi ' s Defence Fund : — £ a d Dswsbnry 4 7 5 From Doghonse , a place with only about ten houses ... ... . " .. ... 15 0 Birstal 1 15 0 Ossett 0 12 0 Horbury 0 10 1 WakeSeld 0 10 5 Batley 0 7 7 Earisheaton 0 6 Dawsjreen 0 6 0 Mirfield 0 5 0 Potovens 0 0 6
Totalreceived ... £ 10 5 0 E 5 PE . NCES FOS DEWHIHST ' s DEFENCE . £ s d Attorney ' s Bill , and sundry expences ... 18 10 0 Cash received 10 5 0 To pay ... £ 8 5 0 Notice . —The treasurer , Mr . Robson , will thank the friends of justice and humanity and haters of tyranny and oppression , to come forward to the next council meeting , to be held on Sunday , tbe 16 th of Oct ., in the large room , over the Co-operative Store , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , with their subscriptions , to enable him to settle the above account . Locghboeocgh . —Sum 3 received for the General Dtfence Fand , by Mr . Skevington : — s d Barrow Females 2 0 Hathern 5 1 Moantsorrel 10 0 Sheepshead 16 2 Loughboroukb , collected by Mm Hunt .. " . ' 7 6 Ditto Mr . Stevenson ... 0 11 Ditto Mrs . Renals ... 1 3 Ditto Mr . Skevington ... 9 10 A hater of tyranny 1 0 £ 2 13 9 Order and Postage ... ... 0 0 7
£ 2 13 2 Na > "twich . —Collected for the Defence Fund , by F . Danniag : — s d From a few Chartist friends ... 6 0 Mr . Wm . Russell 2 0 Mr . Skrimpton 1 9 For Mrs . Holberry 1 6
10 6 Chabtist Beverage . —The proceeds due to the Executive from the sale of Messrs . Crow and TyrrelTs Breakfast Powder , from the 24 th of Sept ., to the 8 th of Oct ., are as follows : — £ . 8 d Mr . Leach , 40 , Oak-sfreet , Manchester , wholesale agent for Lancashire 1 10 0 Mr . Arthur , Carlisle 0 6 0 Mr . M'Farlan , Northampton 0 3 0 Mr . G . White , Birmingham 0 3 0
Mr . Leach , Cheltenham 0 3 0 Mr . Horsfield , Accrington 0 3 0 Mr . Brook , Leeds 0 3 0 Mr . Yates , Staffordshire Potteries ... 0 1 ' 6 Mr . Abel , Gloncester 0 16 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham 0 16 National Charter Association , Hull ... 0 1 6 Mr . Cram , Alford 0 16 Mr . Jones , Northampton 0 16 Mr . Barraclough , Nuneaton 0 0 9 Mr . Griffiths , Worcester 0 0 S Mr . Foster , Exeter 0 0 S £ 3 2 3
$3anl\V\T$T$, *Vc.
$ 3 anl \ v \ t $ t $ , * Vc .
Untitled Article
From the Gazette of Tuetdag , Oct H . BANKRUPTS . John Thomas Boor , Lawer Thames-street , eating * house-keeper , to surrender Oct . 27 , at half-past oue , Nov . 22 . at eleven , at the Bankrupts ' . 'Crart . Solicitor , Mr . Wilsun , Fur ; , ivcl's-lnn ; official assignee , Mr . Whitmore , BasiniihaU-Btreet . George Ridley , Gould square , wine-merchant , Out . 20 , at one , Nov . 22 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts'Court Sols . Messrs Baxendale , Tatham , Upton , and Johnson , Great Winchester-street ; official assignee , Mr . Lacking Ion , CoJemaa-streot-builaintss . ¦ Thomas M'Confeey and Adam Gowie , Lambeg , count } of Down , and Lancashire , bleachers , Oct . 20 , Nov . 22 , atone , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool . Sola . Messrs Vincent and bherwood , Temple ; and Mesare . Littledale and Bardwell , Liverpool .
Samuel Thorp and Thomas Thorp , Manchester , me * chants , O 6 t 25 , Nov . 22 , at two , at the Gfimmisaioners * - rooins , Mancbeater . Sote . Mr . Fox , FiMbury-cirens and Mr . Earie , Manchester . John Thorp , Manchester , merchant , Oct 25 , Nov . 23 , at one , at the CommUtsicuers ' -rooms , Mauche&ter . Sola . Mr . Fox , Finsbury-circus ; and Mr . Barle , Manchester . . .- ¦ ¦¦ " ¦ Georgol > av * iiport Tv . omse , Wem , Shropshire , grocor , Ocfc 26 , 'Kov . 22 , at eleven ; at tbe Shire-balJ , Shrewsbury . Soli . Mr . Cuff , Half-moon-Btreet , Piccadilly ; and Mr . Barker , Wem . > ' Alexander Jacob , Manchester , reerebant , Oct . IT , Nov . 22 , at eleven , at Vhe CbmmiMionerB ' 'rooms , Manchester . Sols . Messrs . Johnson . Son , and Weatbertll , Temple j and Mr . Hitchcock , Manchester .
PABTHEESHIPS DISSOLVED . T . Underweod and J . Picktqn , Manchester , breWMW Murgatroyd end Wbitehead , Busky-raill , Yorkshire , dyers . Dennis ar . A Simpson , York , dealers in patentmedicines . O . Taylor , W-, J ... ard M . Todd , Rocfc dale , woolkn-printerc . £ . Smith and Co . Liverpool , proprietors of the " Liv- 'pool Mercury" newspaper W . Ackers and Co ., La G ' -ayra , and Ackers , Green shields , and Co ., Liverpool , merefcaato .
Untitled Article
THE NORTHERN STAR . > q - ——— - _» .. - ; ; ' " ¦ ¦ . - - ¦ - ¦ - . . . % }
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 15, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct452/page/3/
-