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( Continued from our Sixth page . ) t 2 ieIB ) and I am not the person against -whom your Ztf-aiuB i ndignation should be dht-cted . I shall dis-Setly prove an alibi , and will show you that 1 could IntbaTe been in the street when the witnesses said I zL . and there was , you will observe , a good deal of evasion in their answers as to my identity . Ton will ^ member , Gh-ntlemen , that I was a stranger in this rijrt vf & * country , and that it musthavp been diffisuit t that bov * of the night to swear to my identity . Gentleman , there is another source of prejudice which may " enter ycur minds , arising frum the com-Zn ^ tJ oi tlje P ress « ^ coupling my name ^ jj these transactions . I can only s p-ak as to ^ J i aw in the Morning Chronicle asd 1 don't vro * ¦ wbe ^ y ° n wou * d be likely to be sprayed by Sese rew ^ fe or not ' —I w ^ mber reading in the
ironing Chronice , two « ay « after the 15 th Auenst , a ucethened l = * > " * ^ h ich ^ 7 name occurs six or s = Y ~ in times , and where I am called the incendiary Ccr'per , " a-d thit " these things hid not occurred until ho tad entered the Potteries . " Ifow in the same paper , ^ Veti previously , there is an account of an outbreak « t Burslfni Gsntlemen , I trust the Learned Ju ^ lge « iil allow me to tall you the reasons of the prejudice exisrir . ? a rainst me in the mind of the proprietor of the ILondT . yJ Chronide wto represents Xeietster . Poor 2 nd huisKe ts 1 im , I contended against him thsie as the Tniversil Suffrage candidate , and I happened to have ib-i show of hands against him . This was i : ie ! y to crests a eok in hi * mind . Bat this was" not all partog the time I resided -t Leicester , I havs enden-Tsjar ed to give instruction to the Chartists , and have
ts d five hundred men present whom I have been instructing in reading and writing , 1 hare lectured them on g eography , history , phrenology , geology , ird other sciences . I haTe endeavoured to humanize « nd dtU > 23 them ; I never saw a gun , pike , or larger among the Leicester Chartists . I never had ja ^ s of my o-sm , and never let off a pistol in my We , boi io I thick I oould do so . I have recommended C' -artinn until at one time there wtre from two to t f ^ ee thousand persons calling themselves Chartists . It begin to spread among the electors , who called themselves Comp lete Suffrage men . The spreading of those princip l-js caused Sir John Easthope to give up the registration of electors , and abandon the idea of evsr beicg returned for Leicester again . He never can be returned scain , and he must get into the House for
lewfcabiiry , or some other small borough . He knows ttaj the humfre Chartist Cooper has done this , and the Honourable Baronet , with > urity on his lipi , while spending thousands in corrupti . g the electors of Leicester , has for this called me an incendiary , and denounced me . I . therefore , Gentlemen , call on yon to dismiss from ysur minds all comments which you may have Been in the public papers with regard to me . I ghall now , Gen t lemen , narrate to you briefly the events of m ? hamble lift . I was born at Leicester , and jny mother was in her windowhood when I had itu iced a very early age . She retired to her native county , ant by the labour of her own hands supported me . I have known her , Gentlemen , to cive me the last bit of bread she had that I mig ht no : sUrve . [ The prisoner here appeared
to be mnch affected 3 I have frequently known ¦ what it is to go without shoes , to wear ragged clothing , and sometimes to want bread . My constitution was enfeebled from illness . , and this , prebably not from any peculiar turn of mind , it was that induced me to turn my attention to reading and drawing . My mother encouraged me , and has frequently given me her last penny to buy a sheet of paper , or a black lead pencil I had also a strong attachment for music , and read everything that came before me . I was afterwards sent to leam the trade of a shoemaker , and worked at the last I remained there till I waa twenty-three years old . and during that time I read a memoir of Samuel Lee , professor of Hebrew in the University of Cambrid g e , by which I was animated to prosecute my Ktndies with increased ardour . I commenced learning
T . itin and Greek , and made a resolution to commit to memory Milton ' s Piiradise Lost , and the seven best plays of Shakspeare . "Unfortunately , amongst my other reading , I happened to read tbe works of- Paine , Voltaire , and Rossean , by which I became imbued with deistical principles . My best friend , John Kau g h , who is since dead , gave me good books to read , which were of infinite service to me in re-establishing religious principles . The prisoner then proceed to detail , at some length , the coarse of his studies . He learned Latin , Greek , Hebrew , and French—studied the evidences of Christianity , and read Scott ' s and Byron ' s works . He never earned more than 10 & . a week at his trade , and his poor mother died at the advanced age of seventy . After his working hours , during the winter , be pursued his studies , and read the works of
Warburton , Hooker , Bentley , and Bishop Hall , and became acquainted with some of the most gigantic minds the country had ever produced . He feared he was tiring them , but he wished to shew to the Jury that he had not turned his mind at any time to acts of violence , and was not likely to recommend such proceedings . He subsequently went to Gainsborengh , after a setere illness , and established & school , and bore testimony to the kind and Christian cenduct of tbe curate , who £ 3 ve him many good books to read ; among others the life of Henry Martyn and Paley ' s Evidences , by which he was recovered from Deism , and 1 ad never sines then doubted the great truths of Christianity . He then went to Lincoln , and set up a school there , and became acquainted with one or two perons who proposed the establishment of a choral society , of which he waa
secretary for three years . He became enthusiastically devoted to tbe strains of Handel , Beethoven , and Mozart , and opsnad classes at the Mechanics' Institute of Lincoin , of which Lord Yarborough was patron . He subseqnently furnished a report of seme lectures on chemistry to the Stamford Meicury , and became connected with that paper as . Reporter , at a salary from £ 20 to £ 40 , £ 60 and ultimately £ 100 per annum . ¦ He then went to London , relying upon the promises of a literary Baronet connected with Lincoln , and remained there without employment seven weeks . He feared the literary Baronet had told him a fearful falsehood . After suffering many privations he obtained some employment from Mr . Lnmley , the bookseller , of Chancery-lane , ¦ who employed him in making extracts from works in the British Museum . He also wrote
occariorially for the magazines , but was badly paid , receiving soms times only one sovereign when he had earned Eva pounds . He lived in that manner in London until ail was spent , but then again ha was rescued unexpectedly . He cot an offer of a situation as Eaitor of the Greenwich Mercury , at a salary of £ 3 a we = k . He bad given notice to leave -that situation , when a letter was sent to him stating that a reporter was wanting for the Leicester Mercury . He went there , having had an attachment for the place of his birth , and very naturally . He reported for that paper until tie month , of February , IS 41 , from the previous Kovambtr . He then first heard a Chartist lecturer in his capacity of a reporter . He approved of those principles , and wrote awhile in favour of them . Thsn fir = t he b * i ; an to . learn the circumstances and extreme poverty of the people , and ob « exveii the great contrast between them and the people of the agricultural districts of Lincolnshire ; thsn he began to see the stmcEle between the people and tkeir masters , tbe one ground
flown to the earth in poverty , and suffering , and oppression , while the others built krge factories and mills , and amassed large forlnnes : it was that which sireorthened his feelings in favour , of the rights of tbe people . The prisoner then detailed Borne instances of extreme poverty and distress that had come toi his knowledge , and concluded as follows : —My Lord , and Gentlemen of the Jury , I do not think it necessary to occupy your time further . I protest to you most B » lemnly that I was never cnt of the George and Dragon tail twelve o ' c l ock , or a little after it , that night ; and may the thunders of heaven consume '" me at this moment , and that is a solemn oath , if I was . I am innecsnt , so help me God , of being in the street , of having any notion or intention of recommending acts of violence or ef having seen spark , smoke , or flame that night , and I cannot help thinking , that when the witnesses are produced to establish the alibi , men like yourselves cannot find me guilty upon . bo t h the counts of the indictment , althoug h , perhaps , if you find me guilty of one , it is no more than I can expect .
Mr . Lee here rose and said that the prisoner was under a mistake , supposing that he was indicted for a r iot as well as for the demolition of the bouse . The prisoner then proceeded—Crentlemen t any felonious intent I had not , and never entertained . I had no wicked intention . I had no malicious intention . 1 could not have it My whole life was opposed to such ideas and intentions . I never recommended violence , —I could not do so . It so happens , however , that when men indiscreetly mix themselves up with these transactions , they do not feel tbe danger to which they are exposing themselves ; and although I do not tell you that I shall cease to be a Chartist , I tell yon that I shall take care , if God Almighty , by h is providence , delivers me from this danger , and that I remain in this country , which I long hope to io , I shall take care never to be found under circumstances where violence is enacted , or likely to take place . I
have tot wilfully or wickedly counselled violence ; and how then can I be said to have wickedly anr * . feloniously assisted at the riot , or advised the destruction of property . This I am told is the charge , and of this I am not guilty . Gentlemen , I trust I shall have your verdict of not guilty , because there is nothing to shew that I committed any riot or recommended it . Having said this much , I shall leave myself in your b u ds , feeling assured that you will act like honest niea , like conscientious men , like men' of feeling « sa humanity ; » d , although yon may feel the ttremgest indignation against the destroyers of property , remember that I did sot destroy , I am not &e person who incited them to destroy ; but , on the contrary , advised them sot . I now leave my"elfin your hands , and in tbe bands of his lordship , and I thank you for your kind and patient atten tion .
Th e pu b lic m ay form some judgment of the astounding effect of such an address . His acquittal proves it . His friends hope that he trill be bailed to-morrow . Mr Mullin , from London , and I think Mr . Baasely , from Leicester , both wealthy gentlemen , are expected here to-n- 'crrow for tfeat purpose . A great nproar and alarm were created last night , amongst the friends of the Cfc&rtL'rta sentenced to transportation , in consequence of a L \ nmber of transports having bun suddenly ordered i . ' vown to the railway station to be conveyed to London . It wsa supposed by the friends of Hi
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Ellis , and the others , that they were the transports thus so tcddtnlr ordered off . But , happily , such was no t the ca r e . The transports that were conveyed to London list ni fc ht were men Btmtenced at the last aii ' iz .-s . ( From the limes )
LIVERPOOL . —THURSDAY . Oct . 13 . ( Before Lord Abinger . ) On the open-jig of the Court , The ATToESfcY- General replied In the case of Dj ? on TownJey , and others , JDdicied yesterday for conspiracy to stop workmen from pursuing their lawful occupations , contending that the witnesses for the prosecution could not be mistaken as to the identity of the prisoners . Lord Abi . vgek , in summing up , observed , that an attempt l : ac been made to make out a case of alili , but an alib i must -be proved stricily and have no susp icion abouv it ; and he left it to the Jury to say whether thpy were satisfied with the evidence that had been produced . The Jury after r . tiring for a short time to consider their verdict , fund the whole of the prisoners Guilty , but recommended James Taylor to mercy on account of the good character he bid " received .
The attorney General said , he wa 3 disposed to extend to James Tijlor the utmost leniency , and would be satisfied with his own recognizances to appear rrhen ailed apon to keep the peaca . L or d Abingee said , the prisoners had been found guilty of a conspiracy . They had assembled with others in vast maltiindes , in order to turn ciu ail workmen engaged in their lawful occupations . That the country should be exposed , even for a single dayto such unheard-of tjranny , was almost withont example . They might feel some compassion for worumen who , oa the invention of new machinery , endeavoured to take vengeance on what they supposed to be the cause of the less of their labonr . People miens feel compassion for these persons , though , they acted undoubtedly , with great culpability ; but that workmen should corspire tojrether , march through the country , and suspend all labo'ir , was a thing altogether new ; and how any men of common understanding and feeling could lend themselves to finch
proceeding , it was not easy to conceive . He had reason to believe from his experience in that and a neighbouring cointy , that many unfortunate workmen had been misled by designing men . The sentence of the C-jurt on David Taylor , Dyson , and James Smith , was , that they b ^ imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one year . Wiih respect to Townley , the defence he ma-de tended zo aggravate his crime , but considering his youth , and tninking that that defence had been concocted not by himself , he was disposed to pass a more lenient sentenceon him thaD he otherwise should . The sentence on him was , that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for ten months . Vr iih respect to James Taylor , as he had received a good character from the prosecutor , who had also described his intellect as not very strong , the Court would treat him with great leniency , and he would be discharged on entering into his own recognizances to the amount of £ 100 to appear for judgement when called on .
John Bell , A . Sheerer , George G / imshaw , E . Williams , A . Brand , William Forest , John Too : al , Thomas Hodges , Edward Boardmsn , and John Eccles , prisoners who had previously pleaded guilty , were placed at the bar . Lord Abinger said , the prisoners had been indicied for conspiracy and riot , and had pleaded guilty to she indictment . He was willing to accept that plea as a token of their contrition for the offence they had committed . Uuder these circumstances , and promoted by tbe suggestion of Her Majesty ' s Attorney-General , he had thoQ « ht it his duty to examine the circumstances of these particular cases ,
with a disposition on his part to make , as far as he could do se consistently with what was due to public justice and the peace of the country , some mitigation in the punishment of their off-nces . The sentence on the prisoners Tootal and Forest was , that they be imprisoned for nine months in the House of Correction and at the expiration of that time that they enter into furetifs to keep the peace for two years , themselves in £ 100 , and two sureties for £ 25 each . The sentence on the prisoners Sheerer , Bell , Hodges , Williams , Eccles , and Grimsha ^ v , was that they be imprisoned for six months , and enter into the like sureties , and continue in prison until the sureties were found .
The Attobsey-Gexeral here intimated that he would net pray for judgment on Brand and Boardman , if they entered into recognizances to appear for judgment when called npon . Lord Abikgeb said , the course taken on tbe part of the Crown was one of greai leniency , and he trusted the prisoners would conduct themselves henceforth as good and peaceable subjects . Should they break the peace , or commit any offence like that for which thoy had been apprehended , they would be brought up and receive judgment on the preseDt indictment . They would now be discharged on entering into recognizances of £ 100 , and two sureties of £ 25 eacc , to appear for judgment when called on . Thomas Holt , aged 35 , was charged with conspiring to stop the wf-rking of mills in the parish of Rochdale , on the 18 th of August .
Th " . Attorney-General stated the particulars of the case , which were fully borne out by the evidence . The prisoner was among a lawless mob , which went about stopping mills , and had struck a magistrate who endeavoured to disperse the mob a severe blow with a stone on the forehead . This was the reason , the Attorney-General observed , why this case was singled cut , but had there been any disposition to press the case against the prisoner , he might have been indicted for felony . The object in all these prosecutions had been to exercise the greatest leniency consistent with pnblic justice , and to prosecute the worst individuals in each district . From the number who had been engaged in these lawless transactions , it was quite impossible to do more than generally to vindicate the law ; and let it be thoroughly understood that excesses of this description could not be repeated with impunity . The prisoner being found Guilty ,
Lord Asixgeb sentenced him to imprisonment and hnjd labour for two years . John Ward was charged , with others not in custody , with conspiring , on the 10 th of August , to prevent workmen pursuing their lawful avocations and for riot . It turned out , in the course of the evidence , that the prisoner had been mistaken for another person of the same name , and he was consequently discharged ; but the circumstances of the case are worth stating , as showing the regular system in which some of tht turn-outs carried on their proceedings .
The Attoesey-Genebax said , the present case was distinguished by some peculiar features . After the mob had established its authority throughout a great part of the country , a sort of committee of public safety was established , which took on itself to moderate the laws of the mob , and to grant permission to persons 10 work under certain circumstances . He thought the species of concert and order and government in these arrangements presented a feature of an alarming kind , which had induced the law advisers of the Crown to present this case to the attention of the Jury . It would be clearly proved , that a person of the name of Ward was concerned in riots which took place about the 7 th of August , and down to the period when a sort of committee of public safety was established in the
neighbourhood of Stalybridge . A witness of the name of Jamieson , a tailor , carrying on business ai Staly b r idge , would prove that he had his men turned out , but , being desirous of having some men to make up a suit of mourning , he applied to the committee of public safety , which dispensed these indulgenoies and permitted , under special circumstances , that the dictates of the mob might be violated for a short time ; allowing persons , under the authority of a written warrant , to pursue their lawfnl callings fcr a limited time . The certificate granted in th 6 present ca ^ e had been either lost or destroyed ; bat he shouid be able to prove that it was to this effect : — " August 11—This isto certify that Peter Jamieson ' s men shall have liberty to make some clothes for mourning . The Operative Committee . " After
granting this certificate there arose , it appears some suspicion , that under the pretext of making clothes for mourning , Jamieson was carrying on his regular business , and several persons came to his shop and wanted to see what he was doing . Jamieson resisted , stating he had the authority of the Operative Committee to work . They said that was nothing to them ; and as he would not permit his premises to be searched in order that it might be ascertained whether he was making mourning or not , a mob came again about noon and insisted on seeing that he acted in obedience to his licence , and only made mourning clothes . He ( the Attorney-General ) confessed that he did not think op « n violence so alarming
as this species of order and arrangement , this affectation of the rules of regular authority in granting dispensations . He considered it far more dangerous than mere tumult , which did its mischief , pasaed away , and subsided . There was evidence that a person of the same of of Ward had been engaged in riotous assemblies , and was * party to the granting of these licences . It was very difficult to conceive that an offence of this son fell mnch short of the highest crime which the law knew , and undoubtedly the exercise of authority , coupled with any act of violence at the time , would scarcely have left any choice to the law officers of the Crown as to the character of the offence they most have presented to the Grand
Evidence was given of the fact of the prisoner being concerned in a riotous assembly , in the county of Chester . Peter Jamieson deposed—He first saw the prisoner on the 9 th of August . He came with forty or sixty persons , who wanted to know whetner witness ' s men were at work , and wanted to have them out . Witness reasoned with the mob , and they went away . They came again on the morning of the 10 th of August . The prisoner was with them ; and with seven or eight persons entered witness ' s shop and wanted to have the men out . They said they would not allow w it n ess ' s men or any men to work ontil the Charter became the law of the land . Witness turned
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his men out for fear . His men were satisfied with their wages , and could earn from 20 s . to 24 s . a-wcek . Witness ' s house was in Chester . Witness remembered getting a certificate to allow him to work . The prisoner had nothing to do with that ; it was another Ward . The Attorney- Genebal here said that , in conseqnence of what had just fallen from the witness , he could carry the case no further . . Lord Abinger directed the Jury to acquit the prisoner , as neither offence with which ha was charged could not be sustained , all the rioting having occurred in the county of Chester . There was another indictment against the prisoner for a similar offenc-, which could not be sustained , and the prisoner was Acquitted . Several other prisoners pleaded guilty , and were ordered to enter into recognizances to appear lor judgement when called on .
When all the cases in this court had been dispoped of , Lord Abinger , addressing the common Jury , said he was nappy to inform them that they were now discharged . He expressed himself satisfied with the patient attention they had given to tho several cases , and concurred in tho propriety of all their verdicts . It must have given them great pain to witness the delusion , which had prevailed among some of the industrious .-lasses ; aud he could not conclude without saying , that , though the Crown was un ' . 'er the necessity , for the sake ot' the putrio safety , of bringing the Tantbnuuaie offenders to jusace , the prosecutions had been conducted with as much leniency and forbearance as possible , consistent with public justice .
CROWN COURT . ( Before Baron Alder son . ) Twenty or thirty prisoners , previonsly convicted of riot , conspiracy , and attending uniawfnl meetings , were this day put forward to receive sentence . Mr . Baton Aldekson , in passing sentence on them , eaid , you have & : l been convicted , on very clear evidence , of having been engaged in riotous attacks upon property in the town of Manchester ; and undoubtedly the offence which sou , and others like yon , have been guilty of , is one of a very Beriooa nature , involving consequences of the greatest possible alarm towards those who are possessed of property , but involving much more Berious consequences as regards those who are not possessed of any property save that of labour . These thinss were nos for the first time heard of in the -world ,
and if people would but attend to what has previously taken place , and see what consequences follow , and ha v e followed in former instances , all attempts of this kind , even when partially successful , they would eee that the working classes do themselves the greatest injury by entering into combinations and conspiracies ¦ which end in those riots of which we have had so many cases here Let us lj ok a little to the history of matters of this nature . Id . a neighbouring country , not many years ago , there was an insurrection precisely like the recent one here ; I mean in the manufacturing town of Lyons , in the kingdom «> f France . In the year 1831 a large body of workmen in that town insisted upon getting particular wages , which it was impossible in the opinions of tbe masters to give . They published what they called a tar ffof wages . They were successful ; what was
the effect ? Read , mark , lenrn , and inwardly digest ! The working classes in 1831 at Lyons , resolved upon a general turn-out , in order to obtain a uniform scale of prices for their labour , and before three years were passed their " tariff' proved vo have been less than the improved state of trade enabled the masters to offer ; but it was hardly promulgated , when the leading houses in Lyons finding it impossible to pay the prices , came to a resolution to stop their work , —the consequence was , that thousands of looms were left without employment . What then follows ? Bitterness , ^ nger , strife , resent- , ment , and insurrection , in the year 1834 ! Those who had begun this state of things by the successful tariff of the workmen in 1831 , ended it in optsn insurrection in the streets of Lyons , in which the authorities were put to flight ; the T ? refect ( who held & similar office to the
mayera of this country ) was taken prisoner ; 10 , 080 troops Were brought into the town ; the mob were successful , they beat the soidieis back—and what was tho end ? Within one we ^ k after the principal insurgents were begging for work ; tbe ' leaders quitted Lyons , leaving their families to starve ; all parties , concurred in replacing the authorities : and this was tbe end of all the miseries which began with the " tariff" of 1831 ; it ended in a successful insurrection in 1834 , leaving t he patties who originated it the most miserable of all the rest . All this would happen if you were permitted to be snccessful in this country—worse , indeed , would happen in this country , for the population , where we are more confined together and thicker , and therefore they would suffer much greater privation and mitery . It becomes necessary , under these circumstances , for the sake of yourselves and persons like you , that the law should interpose a remedy , in order that , by the
weapons of reason and authority , as well as by the terrors and severity of punishment , we may endeavour to suppress those crimes of which you stand convicted on the present occasion . His Lordship here proceeded to comment npon tbe enormity of the several offences of which the prisoners had be * n found guilty , sentencing Williaia Lee and James Sheridan for an atiack on the police station , the former to fifteen months imprisonment and hard labour , and the latter to twelve months ; and the latter having been found guilty upon another indictment was sentenced to an extra six months' imprisonment . George Turner and Joseph Shaw for turning out workpeople , received nine months each and hard labour . Richard Stacey , John Abbott , John Smith , a"d John Sutciiffe , were also sentenced to nine months imprisonment and hard labour ; and Hill , Gillibrand , Wulker , and Johnson , were sentenced to fifteen months and hard labour .
SENTENCE ON THE SECRETARY OF THE DTEES UNION . John Tear , the Secretary to the Dressers ' and Dyers Union of Manchester , was next brought up , and his Lokdship , addressing him , said—As to you , John Tear , I have reserved your sentence to ihe last , because yours was incomparably tbs worst case or the whole . You have been convicted twice for having led on a mob , and yeu did not diminish your iff ; nee by the- nature of the defence you set up , because , t houg h I am willing to believe yonr witnesses may huve mistaken the day , and given their evidence under the impression that they were speaking cf the right day , yet I cannot acquit you of a design to deceive the Court But it is to the nature of your defence that I desire to look more particularly . Ton were the Secretary for a Trades' Union , a body congregated for a particular purpose , and in that capacity you purpose to regulate the busictES of trade . You published a placard which preteads to speak of "Paace , law . and order . " I say " Dretends , " because .
looking at tbe time at which it was published , as well as tbe circumstances , it is childish to suppose tka * those who pretended to wish others t » keep tbe peace were animated by any other motive than that of rank hypocrisy . Why do you begin with saying "Union is strength , " at a time when the people were using their strength for the destruction of tbe property around them ? Why begin to tell them of their strength at such a time ? Cin any man deny that it was to induce them not to be afraid 1 To publish tuch a placard at such a time shews that you did it in wickedness , and under the contemptible mock of hypocrisy . You cannot deceive the world by such tricks as these . Neitber the people to whom you addressed the placard nor the persons to whom it came can for a moment be deceived , neither did you intend that they should be . The Learned Judge , after these observations , sentenced the p risoner to two years' imprisonment and hard labour , and at the expiration of tne term of bis imprisonment , to find two sureties in £ 50 each , to keep the peace for two years , and himself in £ 100 .
His LOBDSHIP next sentenced Morris Burns to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen calendar months ; Lynch , Sco t t , Berks , the two Kearnans , and Fitch , to imprisonment and hard labour for twelve months ; and Campbell and Collins to imprisonment and hard labour fer six months , for being concerned in riotous proceedings at ( Jranby-row , Manchester . He sentenced James Matler , convicted of having been concerned in a r iot at Hindley , to twelve months'imprisonment and bard labour ; and Tootle and Birch , the former to four and the latter to six calendar months ' imprisonment and hard labour , for having been concerned in a riot at Entwisle . He concluded by expressing a hope that all the prisoners would remember that the law was strong , that good sense must Ultimately prevail , and that the things they were endeavouring to do c ou ld b e prod uc ti ve of no go o d , and must bs productive of the greatest possible evil to every one , and especially to themselves .
Joh n H u nt , Thomas Wild , and Robert Wbitehead , pleaded " Guilty" to a charge of conspiracy and riot at Manchester , and were discharged on their entering into their own recognizances te keep the peace . Richard Hardman pleaded Guilty to a charge of riot and conspiracy at Rochdale , and was discharged on entering- into his own recognizances . James Hardaber , Thomas Bottomley , Alfred Butterworth , David Minns , Abel Dolce , and Henry Hindley , also pleaded Guilty to charges of riot and conspiracy , and weie discharged on entering into their own
recogajzinces . Ja m es Jones , William Bell , Ambrose Hunt , and Samuel Yardley pleaded Guilty to a charge of riot and conspiracy , and 'were ordered to be Imprisoned at Klrkdale for six calendar months , and at the expiration of that time to enter into their own recognizances in £ 100 , and two saretes in £ 25 each , to be of the peace and good behaviour for two yean . This being the last of the eases for trial before Baron Aldenon , hia Lordship discharged the Jury , and left the Court at twelve o ' clock .
MAGISTRATES' ROOM . ( Before Mr . Justice CresstcelL ) Joseph Hit c he n a , Joseph Milla , Ralph Wolfenden , and Jehn Wright , were indicted for » riot and conspiracy at a place called High Crompton , near Oldbam . The Jury found the prisoners guilty , but in consequence of the previaus good character of Wolfenden and Wright ,, they were allowed to enter into recog nisances to appear when called on . Kitchen was severely admonished by hia lordship , w ho obs e r v ed , that it was in consequence of individuals of a meddling and turbulent disposition , such as tbe prisoner , that
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sueudisastrous cona ^ qienc- a tusued-as had taken pjact ; dmiog the late riots ; ami h « shuuW betray his duty to the public if he passed his uffeoce over lightly ; and as to the prisoner Mills , ho had shown himaelf to be a willing tool in the hands of designing men . The sentence was , that both prisoners should be imprisoned twelve months , and that Hitchens be bound ' ove * to k < ep the peace for two years after the termination of his imprisonment . John Marcroft was indicted for bstng present at a riot at BuUerworth- s mijl , in Spotland , on the 18 th of August last . It appe ired the prisoner , together with a number of other persons , went to the mill in question to get the hands turned ont . but the employers at the mill , from previous information which they had received , stopped taeir works . The mob , however , insisted on being admitt ed . Marcroft was at the p lace , aad appeared to ba exciting the rioters , aud was beard to call , out— " Break open the gates . " He was soon afterwards apprehended .
The Jury immediately found the prisoner guilty , and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment . Isaac Hojle , Willium B . ioth , Thomas O « den , John Chiseuhall , and John Wolatencrofc , wure cbargnd with nniavrfnlly conspiring together to impede , by threats und intimidation , tha carrying on of the trade and manufactures of the country . Chisenball and W . olntencroft pleaded guilty , and the rest not Ruilty , •'¦ ¦ Mr . Woksley conducted ' the prosecution , and Mr . Matthews the defence . Mr . WoRi-LEY said , the three prisoners were indicted for conspiring together , wi : h other persons , one of whom was indicted for a m « re serious offence—for conspiring together to effect some purpose of their own , either for procuring the Charter , or some other alteration in the laws of the country , and preventing othera from following their lawful employment Kvidence having been called for the prosecution ,
Mr . Matthews ad < ire ? sfcd the jury for the prisoners , contending that the great object which the parties had in view in the present case was not to prevent the people from working , but the obtaining the Charter . It may have been a good , or a bad measure—that had nothing whatever to do with it—that was not the question which they had to try . The only question for them to consider was , whither the object which the prisoners had in view was the turning out of the hands . His Lordship summed up the evidence , and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty .
The Learned Judge , addressing the prisoners , said , they had been found iiuilty of a moat dangerous conspiraoy , and whether they had intended to involve themselves in one of a still more dangerous description it was not for him to say . There could not be anything in tbe ordinary scale of offences so disastrous to the community as the one of which they had been found guilty , as they had been ih 9 means of causing many honeBt , industrious , and Btriving men to quit their occupations , as well as inducing' them to give their savings to the advancement of their illegal designs . He hoped the ignorant people whom they had succeeded in deluding would take warning by the example which the prisoners bad afforded them . The sentence was , that they be imprisoned for eighteen months , and at the expiration of that time 6 nter into sureties , themselves in £ 25 , and two other in £ 50 each , to keep the peace for two years after the tenu of their imprisonment bad expired .
Chisenhall and Wolstencroft were allowed to enter into recognizincc-s to appear when called upon . Thomas Ashcroft , . l homas Marshall , and Joseph Fletcher , charged with riot and conspiracy at Ashtonunrter-Lyne , were then brought up , and his Lordship having examined a witness as to their character , and being of opinion that they had not been volunteers originally in the unlawful assembly , with which they had been charged , sentenced them to aix months' imprisonment and hard labour . His Loudsh IP then thanked the jury for their attenda n ce , and hoped they would not have to meet again on a similar occasion . The court then bToke up » t three o ' clock . The above cases concluded the business of the special commission , the interest of which was very much diminished in consequence of the postponement of the trials of O Connor and the other leaders , who have traversed .
KESULTS OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSION . THE SENTENCES . Fifteen Ybaks' Transportation . —Ed . Walsh , Patrick Mooney , Patrick Feons , Thom&a Tinan , John Galvert . Seven Years'Transportation—Rowland Davies , William Cash , Jeremiah MCormick , William Reed , John Platt , Edward Knowles . Eighteen Months' Imprisonment . —Jas . Shrridan , Morris Burns , James Ashley , Isaao Hoyla , Win . Booth , Thomas O gden . Fifteen Months' Imprisonment William Lee
One Year ' s Imprisonment . —James Kelly , J ames Dolan , John Manley , George EJge , another James Dolan , John MCnnn , Giles Peter Hardman , James Hardman , James Gorton , William Hill , JoBeph Gillibrand , William Walker , Frederick Johnson , James Mather , John Hickey , Hugh Cavannah , Matthew Daltou , James Tweedale , George Thornton , Joseph Webb , James Melbourne , Jebn Cannon , Joseph Harrington , George Hunter , Joseph Mills , Joseph Hitchen , Ab e l Matiey . John In « ham , Thomas Morris , John Ha ^ ue , John Leyland , Thomas Ashcroft , Tbo m a n M arsh a ll , Joseph Fletcher , Joseph Bowers , Jamns Harrison , Richard Stemdale , Joseph Andrews , Robert Allen , Joseph Thomas , John Oldham , John Edwards , Edward Hall , James Richardson , Michael Glaike , John Lever , John Holmes , John Hoyle , Robert Taylor , William Marsland , Joh n Travis , Rowland Beatley , Wiliixm Gartside , Robert Warburton , Michael Lynch , Thomas Scott , Job Berks , Brya n Kearnan , Francis Kearnan , John Fitch , Thomas Dyson , David Taylor , James Smith . -
Ten Months' Imprisonment . —Thomas Townley . Nine Months' Imprisonment . —George Turner , Joseph Shaw , Richard Stacey , John Abbott , John Smith John Sutciiffe , Samuei Sigley , William Harr 6 tt , John Tootal , William Forrest . Six MONTHS' Imprisonment . —Thomas Ashcroft , Thomas Marshall , Joseph Fletcher , Aaron Thorpe , James Robinson , James Jones , William B ell , Ambrose Hunt , Samuctl Yard ley , Richard Warwick , Patrick O'Brieu , James Hayley , Joseph We !> b , Thomas Whitebead , John Stoces , J . jhu Fallon . EAward Mitchell , Barry Collins , John Campbell , John Coliins . Jatxz Birch , Andrew Skeater , John Bell , Thomas Hodges , Edward Williams , John Marcroft , John Eccles , Geo , Grimshaw . Four Months . —William Tootal . Three Months' Imprisonment . —Wm . Hughes , Jaiies Saxton , John Olegg , Joseph Turner , Thomas Cleg * , j
Acqjuittf . d . —Jane Carney , James Dunn , John Dobson , William Fturmouaih . John Crowther , Thomas Jones , Joseph Lsvens , J o hn Ry lands , John Burden , William Walmsley , Richara Warwick , John Ward . DISCHARGED UPON Recognizances . —Ralph Wolfenden , John Chisenhall , John Wolstencroft , J ;» hn Wright , Israel Crook , John Galvin , John Hunt , Thus . Wild , Robert WhUebeud , Richard Hardraan , James Hurdaker , Thomas Boitomley , Alfred Butterwo-th , David Morris , Abel Duke , Henry Hinde , Charles Turner , Alexander Hutchinson , Patrick Agnew , Joseph Bailey . William Collins , James Pitfleld , Alexander Brair , Leonard Boardman , James Taylor , John Brierley , Robert Foden , Thomas Cheethain .
TRAVERSED TO THE NEXT ASSIZES . —FeargUS O'Connor , the Rev . James Scholefleld , the Rev . Mr . Hill , Bernard Macaitney , James Leach , Christopher Doyle , John Campbell , R i chard Otley , George Julian Hairriey , Robert Brook , John Thornton , Thomas Brown Smith , John Allinson , Samuel Parke , Thomas Railteo , William ScbolefleM , ( son of the Rev . J . Scholefleld , ) Richard Pilling , John Durham , James Fenton , Win . S t epbenson , John Cressley , Albert Woolyerden , George Inman , Thomas Storer , WilJiam Woodruff , Thomas Pi t t , Frederick Augustus Taylor , Jofca Massey , and John Wilde .
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TALES WRITTEN" EXPRESSLY FOR THE NORTHERN STAR . " BY CHARTUJS . NO . III . THE EMIGRANTS . —Part n . Time was when Richard Ribinson rose early and worked cheerfully , in the assured hope of receiving tha pleasure that springs from profit ; now he slept to avoid the burthen of the day . His wifo ' s good cheer whs wont to refresh his spirits ; but now her liveliest efforts failed to animate him . With heartfelt sat "*> faction he bad observed his children clover and good ; but now he grieved aa much for the absence of the one aB he felt pained at the disgraceful presence of the other . His old mother tvns unconscious of these evils , bat » he was no less an object of pity . The only being that seemed to enjoy itself was his faithful dog ; and if ever Richard forgot his griefs it was while receiving the grateful caresses of this attached domtstic
Tirats were indeed sadly altered ; Richard jiow sat down to Bigh when he should have risen to work Every exertion had become n trouble to him , and every trouble entirely unmanned hinii The great crosses that bad happened to him seemed to have passed from hia memory ; but any little thwarting circumstance ina ^ ie him wctp in very vexation of spirit . Grown petulant and irritable , he regarded aU things as conspiring a / fainst his p '« ace . He Beldam spoke , and < Vid his work doge . edly , muttering to himself . He was careless in his bargains , as if he did not care what way tliiuga went ; and whereas formerly he had been kind to all , he was now ill-natured , even to his good dame . This did not last long : the heart must either bre&k or bend , and Richard ' s harshness gradually gave way to melancholy , w h i ch s o f t ened his tem p er , but at the same time so weakened it , that he became incapable of resolution .
Those moody thoughts that might have maddened him seeme . l to have been exorcised from his mind , but they had lef c a vscar . cy there which apparently nought else could fill , and he was in danger of sinking into move fatal apathy . Sometimes , however , tbe genial delights of returning Spring had their usual influence over his reanimated frame , and at such times he would cheerfully acknowledge the goodness of God , that made him not think ol the evil man had done to him- But at other times a supernatural gloom overclouded his spirits j the world appeared to him a scene of " chimeras dire , " and life a thing of feav and pain , eutwistfed by some demon enchantment . Ho felt the darkness ¦ without the dullness of mortality . W hen under the iniuence of these dismal dreams , be was tempted to self-dtstruc-Hon ; but nature recoiled , and he reeolved tu fortify his mind against the recurrence of such impulses , lest they should crow too strong to be resinted .
The natural effects of Richard's hypochondria soon became visible . The crop on his firm fa-Hud through lack of management ; the stock decreased for want ot due attendance , '; and apprehensions of poverty , those fearful apprehensions that rouse the most heedless , awoke the despairing farmer to a last consideration of his circumstances . With anxious and bewildered guze he saw the earth was becoming a wilderness to him , and his fellow-citizens aliens . Though ha cared little for his individual self , yet , when he looked at his family , and thought that they too must become victinia . then the tender ties of relationship that had wound round his heart like its own strings tugged ¦ with violent energy as if to rend it piecemeal . Whst was to be done ? Richard ' s small Btock of
money had been expend . d in the vain endeavour ef procuring his son ' s release ; the depression of his spirits co-operating with the pressure of the limes waa unfitting him to turn bis farming stock to account . He had httherto always paid his 'way , and was scrupulously exact upon this point . The dues of bis parish in particular , and of the country in general , ho had discharged without much murmuring . Tliay were like drops of sweat , produced by hard labour , which had not exhausted him in healthful prosperity ; but now he felt them like an effusion of blood that weakens tbe vitals . When payins ? the high-way cess , he wruld exclaim against the injustice of having to bear such a disproportionate part of the expense of repairing the roads . " The gentry , " he would say , " who drive their carriages fer luxurious pastimn are much lighter charged than I who drive niycart for a livelihoott . '" When paying the poor-rate , he would say , " I shall bo
beggart . d with keeping the poor , and then you'll have to keep me . I labour to keep myself off the parish ; let those who do not labour keep them that are on . " But the payment of tithe grieved him most . In the vexation of hia honest heart , he would attribute all the evils that . had befallen him to tbe parson . " Wbut signify , " said he , "his mystical words that no one understands ; th 6 y neither produce good works in himself nor in others . He seldom preaches ' good will to man , ' and never sets the example , or he would not , as magistrate , have committed my poor lad to prison . He never preaches against seduction , or my si . 'Iy . ' ass might not have been rained . He never preaches that the poor should be fed , or surely the rich who make them poor would not send them empVy to me . He never preaches against war , or such as I would not have to bear the burthen it has'brought upirn t ' -e country . He ' s rich , hut I ' m . poor . I'll pay iiim hie titho , however ; but I'll not goto heat bia mockery . "
To Richard ' s independent mind , the oireatt of debt was worse than death—the loss of credit waa likoicaiuy life to one at his uptight standing . He bad toiltd . l'ke a slave but still he wats free—loss of person ., ! iibtrty seemed to him . equivalent to being given up to tfca tormentors . Were he in debt his meat would do him no good ; he know his conscience would not let him mi <; 7 the things that belonged to anoth' . r , and terrible to ina idea was the fact thst then hia very rairaont , bed a : < " ! food , would be stolen goods . Should he k ^ ep out-, of debt and a prison , he must bag or enter tho vn . ) rMu " . is . \ To wander forth a prey to cold , disease , and liucger—to be constantly tantalized with the sight of plenty , yet not be allowed to touch it—to beuold wasteful extravagance and to feel the ¦ sraiit of ths commonest necc&s . irits —to implore the smallest pittance as tlio greatest boon . and to db denied or given-to the charge of » polic&maii —to herd with the . vildit wietches in the lowest miser } —old ngo coming on anri siich . a prosnecfc before
himno , no ! b : > . shut his eyes end his t . caic aelu-d bittt riy . Bat if he could not bear the id ^ a when singly coiit'it--plated , ho *• war-. ; bis pangs multiplied when he co >; = - <' . ered his family us exposed to . ' similar ;; rivat : ' > « Witb . haggard eyes he viewed his aged parent ttiou ^ Mlessly doling on the comfortaho had carefully suvronn < 'ied her with—ho turned'to bis wife , who v ; as always striving to mi : ke bad better—h 9 marked his daughter , narsius ; the fcaba of her dUjruce , and though he deumed distress would bo but retribution for her sin , ycuhii infant that was artlessly smiling on h « r lap —« h ! tb « sight of that unconscious innocent marked his tendm-iat fcalings , and then it was be most keenly . ickuowJ (!« iy » u the hard doom of being cursed with poverty . A . v f 0 : himself he waa thar . kful that so much of his jouriHj throuch life wasp .-is ? , but this guileless thing van j ; i-t entering on the rugged road , and excruciating was tiu : thought that evils ^; culd grow with ita growth , auil strengthen with its « trtngth . ' . . ' . .
Yes , poverty ! thou art "Kehama ' s" cura ;—all com fotts , all conveniences , every requisite of Me eee- . thoe and know thee and fly thee . and thou art doomed to wander forth in an atmosphere of plague , pestilence , and famine—without doftnee , without shelter , without succour , without pity , Thou art the demon . that tempted Job and made him doubt Providence . Richard saw that there was no longer any living f ,- \ r him in tbe land that gave him life . How must he avoid the workhouse—that union of all evils f An acquaintance advisai him to open a shop of small ware , but bis
line of life had unsuited him for that kind of business , and it waa too late to learn . Besides he bad felt an aversion to it ever since a respectable tradesman who hod cheated him in a bargain for some cheeses , had told him that it was impossible in these times to live and be honest Neither could our farmer stoop to any servile occupation—he possessed an independent spirit , and i f he must descend , it should be In another coui . ; ry where his pride would not be hurt by the full . Accordingly he resolved to sell his stock and emigrate to America , where if he aheuld not meet with prosperity he would at least not be scorned for
adversity-The indignant pride of a martyr strengthened Richard ' s painful resolution of self-exile , and while pieparing for his c-eparture he evinced more alacrity than he bad for a long time been accustomed to . The sale of his stock brought him a sntn sufficient to clear the way for a settlement ; as for hia p ^ Bsnge , Government had offered a free one , just sj it freely pays the passage of all convicts to Botiny Bty . The light of cope again shone upon Richard and made his heart revive . Oh ! if it were not for that never-setting star which lea'ls os through this worid and lures us to a butter , we should jsit down in the darkness of our despair and perish miserably . Bat all Richard ' s new-found foTtHnde forsook him when the hour of bis departure drew ni ^ h . He surveyed the littio fann where he had lived , and
where he wished to . die—every nook he knew—there was not a spot free from his labonr , and must his t asks , his improvements , all h < s wishes , end bin feelings go for nought . ' He entered the quiet cottage in which be bad been born—his aged mother , with tbo aid of spectacles , was poring over the large letters of her Bible—the sight sinote h ! m with sudden pain—it would be like taking her out of her grave—and the baby , too , that was to be cast out like a . foundling , to the mercy of the winds and waves—his own hard endeavours for a honest livelihood rendered rain bv conscious injustice —after performing for so many j jars the part of a useful citizen to be' neglected at last when he most needed protection—not suffered to remain and have his bones laid bdside bis father ' s—whore else could they rest in peace ?
Ah ! ye landlords , who live idly on the labour of yonr tenants , but will not let them live—ye capitalists , who are so well tupported by the farmer that be cannot support himself—ye sportsman , who had rather wildfowl subaUted on tbe land than your fellow-conntry men —ye men of al ] classes , who are fed and clothed by those that starret we beseech you one and all to promote you own interests and the interests of oar country by promoting tha interests of the husbandman . _ Let not a generoushorae be overloaded because it is willing to work , beyond its strength . Ye legislators , who assemble after dinner and dessert te mnke a down-dinner of your country ' s distresses , if ye felt the grievances which ye pretend to deplore , yon would encourage the patriotic efforts of honest industry , and wonld not let these men who , as fellow-creatures , as subjects , and as labourers , are the best , the most loyal , and the most useful , be driven away by tbe ignominious scourge of oppression .
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If ye knew how close their unsophisticattd ion-ngs ciinn to tbo spot where thty have lived , moved . a ; : d bad th ^ ir being , "the play-p : ace of their uarly days "the sphere of their lives—if ye knew these things , ye could not endure that they should be torn like a tree from their native land , ev ^ ry fibre claspiig the soil which nourished it , unwilling to be forced from 'Aiais mother-earth and transplanted into a foreign soil , where they inudt perforce exist repugnantly , if they do not untimely wither and die . Richurd Robinson is no un common nor areravated instance . How many hardworking fermeiB , by unequal burd ? nB have been
rendered urable to proenre nrcad , though the earth yields her increase in duo se ; ison ; a large family too deptii . i ing upon them ; perhaps paralysed by a « e , disease , or - . incident . Aiiia , the beat suffer the wojitt ; the most deserving are the least requiitii . But ohail this stiite of things continue ? shall the wearied son of toi ! bo incapacitated by anxiety from taking needful rest 1 shall virtue be made the victim of law ? nil Jminau tii-s be turned to torenres . because . in austen- Government renps wberH it has not sown ? iiuat E : ini » iK . He barren and Enghtfbnieu nnd their own country a niouster re ; iciy to destroy them unless they escapa acioKs the Atlantic ?
Vainly should I wuieavour to impact ; to othecs the feelings that racktit the old farmer ' s ytaruiDtt heart , when tbo time of his departure arrived . Had the rwidtr beheld him , —the-piaiprceEs of his ancitvit attire denoting tbe simplicity <; f hiss lnacHers—bis frame bent with toil—his weatber-btatfeii i ' e . turca . xprecsivr of integrity ami'bfELveli'nee—hia grey locks flKiting in the wind—had he beheld him
He spoke not . for his heurt almost choked him vitl : its swelling—every neat of his witch niado it throb in union . It seemed bs though he wouiri have to be forced from his hold of a decayed tree upou which he had carved his name when a boy . and with which he conld fain at this tinio have identified hiniFelf . He silently bade farewell to every inanimate wellknown object , as though they were frknds whom be was ntvec more to see . All the way as he went he kept constantly turning to look at tho deserted eot aa if he expected it would follow him , but on the contrary , it seemed to recede like one that turns awsy to weep . When be reached the last point of view he paused—tha rays ' nf tho setting sun were peacefully resting like God ' s blesaitg on the scene —nnd must , he go?—his h' -. art bled—he gave such a look—but you should have seen him .
Our emigrants were shewn their ship by a wealthy stock-jobber who w ; "mot ashamed to eujoy histnx- fed and class-law luxuries the moment after— -nay the idea tiiat part of a starving popalatiun were leavhifr tbe country added zest to his enjoyments . An idle profliaate passed his joke upon them , and Richard constrained himself to answer , but bis ineffectual attempt at mirth only made bis misery more apparent . " It ' s plain , " he said , " that they do not consider us worth caring for ; but you , poor things 1 I care for yeu . " Several attempts were made to extort money from him by impoBituin which his uneuapecting nature rendered too successful . His aching heart mf ghi have been spared thesa additional throbs ; but the unfeeling make the feeling feel .
The vessel that bore the rural virtues from the land mn . de a galisnt show and proudly breasted the waves as though she were invincible to their migbtist assaults . I prayed that her ir . mctes mi ^ ht so surmount the troubles that had beset thum in their passage through this stormy life and arrive safe in the haven of heaven at last . None cheered the disconsolate emigrants , whose hearts sank as the land receded from their earnest gaze , and a wild waste of waters received them . In an element and way of life totally repugnant to that they have always been habituate . l t « , how will their sensations be inverted by novel dread and sickness—and after their perilous voyape is past where shall thty s « ek comfort if they find it not in the land of their premise—if they who have been ruined b ^ re and are
deceived there ? Remember , Americans , that yuur fathers were strangers in the land , ami even for the sake of their memories receive the exiles with hospitaUty . Richard's farm waa immediately let to a new tenant —at an increase ratber than a decrease of rent—for nt ft comers are always hopeful and never take warning from those who have gone before . The new tenant has s great reliance upon his bettor iuck and superior skill , till experience have tniiijl . t him a different lesson ; Jwt the rage for taking farms in those "who have been bred farmers and know not v bat else to take , serves greatly to allay tho fears of landlords that their farms \ rili not let , or that a reduction of rent must take plnce . In tbe meantime the land is cropped to exhaustion and English B ' oil is becoming r . a poor as those that till it .
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BAIL FOR THE VICTIMS . TO-THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Seeing , in our paper of yesterday , that Mr . Johu ' West is a prisoner in Derby . Gaol foe want of , Bim'ties , I sit down forthwith to htate that I am free , able , and- willhif ! to nerve him and tho people fey giving biiii to the amount of £ 50 . If three others can be procured to act in concert with myseif ; and if my presence is requirid there I will endeavour to attond . I have been confined in onr county gool three months in last year because I h : td not ba ;! . * God only knows what length our base oppressors are to run . I fancy we
shall have thorn give up tr ; i / . ! a bhuJt ' y . Well knowing ¦ . he desp ? rate means they had recourse to , so as to uncut too ad-vocfttts of truth , and znost anxious to fcsve them at ' iibi-ity , I hereby promise to assist any other .-uivocuti ' , should , our friend , Mr . West , have found sufficient friends . I am , Sir , A Chartist , cad a lover of tho name , Yours respectfully , : William Cor per . Wee ' don , Northamptonshire , Oct . 10 ib , 1842 .
[* We have omitted a line or two from our correspondent ' s letter ; tha publication of which might have snhjfrc''fcd us to two distinct actiona for libel . — Ed . N . S . I
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Longevity in "Man and Beabt . "—Mr . Hill , farmer , of Cheddar , aged ninety , attended the late fai r , riding a mare thirty-six years old ; tbe united age of the man and horse amounted to 126 years !—Cambrian .
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NOTTINGHAM , Monday , Oct . 17 . ( From our Correspondent . J The work of Justices' justice has commenced here , before Colonel Rolleston , M . P ., Thomas Nixon , Esq ., J . Shenvin , Esq ., Rev . R , Rowe , W . H . Barrow , Esq ., W . F . Norton , E = q , and Capt . Salmondy . The following were sworn for the Grand Jury : — J » lin Marsb / ill , ' foreman ; Thomas Butler , Joshua Mein , K , 'iniier B-irker , Wiliiaai Sunday , Tfcoiiias Smith , R c ! v " im G .-eenhaljch , Robert Sutton , G-H . Cole , Wm . Mi . ttby . Thomas WolBtenbolm , Anthony Weod , Thos . OfcucoiVne . Henry Hbughton , Francis Bea < Uey , W . 8 . »;(; c : Hs , ' Williain Fox . William Marshall , Henry Hebb , Daniel Jnpson , and John Allcock . Culonei Rolleston , in addressing tho Grand Jury , aftee
remarking upon some of the ca . ies of felony , and making a few remarks upon tbe new Constabulary Act , saiiA that he wiehea ' to makesorce observations in reference to that class of prisoners who were committed for the late disturbancRS ; and though he regretted that they had taken pla <; e , it was a matter of congratulation that in these parts there bad not been snch desperate acts committed as had taken place in some other parts , though ¦ we had been visited by itinerant agitators , who promote such scenes for the furtherance of their own objects . And , as always happens , tbe mo s t active have endeavoured to escape the penalties which sttend such conduct j but though it has not been so violent , yet it was such as to call for interference , nnd he hoped they ¦ wonld perform their duty with steadiness and firmness . It appeared to him from tbe depositions would havo
that the evidence was clear , and that they little difficulty ; but he would give a sUort outline On tho 18 th of August there was a meeting of persmia called Chartists , and a resolution was passed for a total cessation from labour ; that meeting was adjourned till five o ' clock the next morning , and tha mag istrates thought it necessary to disperse it ; but thongb it was dispersed , it was not final , for they went up Toll House Hill in large bodies , and , as would appear , they proceeded with great violence and threats to turn out- the hands from factories ; they then pro < cteaed to Basford , Biddle , Birk ' . ns , and oiber factories . Oc Saturday they ngain assembled at the same place , and prsci :- ( ic . ( l tu die collieries with like intentions , and it wns found necessary to tahe effectual measures to suppress tliem . On Monday they went to Arnold , and on Tuesday assembled in larger numbers than ever , Bnd were . joined , by other largo bodies from the country , and the whole proceeded through different parts of tbe
county in a most lawLsa und riotous manner ; and it might be better for him to state , that all those who were there were equally guilty in the eyes cf th 8 law , even though they had net taken any active part , but they had made a selection of those who were most active ; and though it was legal for persons to assemble to consider either tbeir grievances or imaginary grievances , yet it was not lawful fer them to proceed to other places than where they were assembled . It was certainly a blessing that this faction had not effected greater mischief , for " if death had taken place , they would have been tried fora very serious offence ; " but either on account of returning good sense , or the efficient means that was taken to suppress them , thi * bad not been tbe cas e , and he concluded by again reminding them that in disturbances all who are present are principals , though they had not committed any act of violence , for if one person only committed violence , yet they were all considered guUty , unless they could show
that they were innocent . To parties acquainted with these occurrences , snch an exaggerated account would have appeared ratber ludicrous , If it bad not been for the effect which it might have upon a cewdry jurp ; far tbore was not a pane of glass broken , the least injury done to property , or violence offered ta persons . Half-past Six o'clock . —True bills are found against all the twenty-nice prisoners .
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Lord Stanley is to be elevated to the Peerage before the meeting of Parliament , to take the ministerial lead in that House . Manchester "Squanders . " —Now , I say , there never was a greater abuse of any word in the English language than the word " bank . " We have had in this town tho " Northern and Central" squander ; we havo had the " Imperial" squander ; v » e have had the ' * Commercial" squander ; we have had the " Manchester and Liverpool" squander ; and , as if tht > town had not been sufficiently disgraced , we are called together this day to testify to the " Manchester" sqaander , which , though last , is , I am sorry to say , not the least—Mr . Greig ' s speech at the Bank of Manchester meeting .
Offbm ) ed Dignity . —We have received several versions of the affair of which Lord Kimjbolton , of the Grenadier Guards ia the hero . It appears that a recruit , out in his uniform , for the first time , on Sunday , the 25 th ultimo , was looking at the wild fowl in St . James ' s Park , when that hardly more experienced soldier , Lord Kimbolton , passed , and , as the poor man had not eyes in his back , was unsaluted . For this offence bis Lordship had him marched a prisoner to the barracks of the Foot Guards , when he was afterwards removed to his own barracks in custody . It was not , however , convenient to Lord Kimbolton to prefer his . complaint until the poor recruit had been in custody , three days , when
he attended to vindicate Mb dignity . As , however , he pleaded ignorance of the presence of eo distinguished an officer , he was released . We wish that officers of Lord KimboUon ' s Tank and temperament would remember , in vindicating their own dignity , not to forget that of the service' to which they belong . Had the oversight of which he complained been committed to his Colonel , instead of to himself , a mild reproof , if reproof were called for , accompanied by an injunction to be more careful another time , would have been all the punishment inflicted . It 18 not the persons who are most deserving reapect who are usually most fastidious in resenting a supposed want of respect on the part of their inferiors . —United Service Gazette .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 22, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct453/page/7/
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