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number s of persons to make their way to the Far ¦ tfes U These bood found that the expectations they jad formed from reading Coi , e ? s letters "Were BOt li ely to be realized 5 and that they met with hardships and difficulties where they expected jo meet with plenty and enjoyment , lie consequenc was , that they -riolently set opon Colb , and he WS 3 obliged to ** cat and mi" to save himself ^ rom the operation of Ltscb Law ! It is true that the parties who were thus
disappointed , had not more to meet , or endnre , than ifcey might reasonably h » Ye expected , conld they batbave imagined the actnal realities of a" first-setilers ' lifc . * They had , however , formed extravagant ex pectations j *^ ey k *^ formed those expectations from reading Cole ' s letters ; and when they found gistppojntmenl , ihtj tried to wreak vengeance upon ihe msn who , they avowed , had deceived them .
ilr . PrncETHU ascertained the fact that the letters in question were nerer written by Cole at ill ! They were written by a land-agent at . Racine trho was interested in getting parties oat to settle jjpoB his lands ; land being comparatively Toneless jjbjQ getiled vpon . C 013 w * 3 indnoed to allow his jaaae w be pat $ 0 ihe letters ; and thus the public ¦¦ rer e deceived . And this is bnt one of the many
m eans of deception that are continually resorted to . We haTe reason to beliere that in the information jii . Pitxeihu will lay before the pnblie , all traggersAon vnU be trcokfed , TMng 3 will be represented as they really are . There will be " nothing extenuated : nor ought set down in malice . " Facte alone w 5 H be dealt with . The reader will be then best able to jndge for himself .
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COOPER'S TRIAL . We had thought to be able to giro onr readers an « mre report of this trial , so far as onr means of getting it 26 , 5 n **» week ' s Star - , and for that reason omitted in « m last so much of it as had then appeared . They will find elsewhere a very ample report of the proceedings up to the latest time that ire conld hare intelligence , taken , without any deduction bnt the sneers , from the Staffordshire Jdcertiser , np to Frid&jnight , and thenceforward from the T \ mes . Whether we may be able to give . fee coBclaaon of it in our second edition we cannot of course tell ; but we ^ oubi it . We shall gire all this comes of it .
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HOTTIXGHA _ ELECTION . Ora readers are , of course , aware that Mt . Wal . tkb is ousted . We hare only just space to refer to the following resolutions , adopted enthusiastically by the men of Nottingham . Mr . O'Coxsos has gone to Nottingham . — B That we haTe suffered under the various oppresses inflicted npsn us by the Whig 3 and Tories ; who by their system of legislation and selfish laws , have deprived the people of their natural resources for obtaining the comforts of life ; reduced the country to the vergeof ruin ; and called into existence a fearful amount of immorality , misery , and crime . We are , therefore , convinced that the only
means by which this corruption and misery can be destroyed , 13 by placing the legislative power with the people , and protecting them in its exercise by the People ' s Charter / 1 41 That we have no confidence in those who profess sympathy tor the people , bnt who withhold from them those just rights by which alone their grievances can be redressed : and being determined to rid ourselves from the perfidy of one party and ike tyranny of the other , we rejoice to learn that Peargus O'Connor , Esq ., has come forward as a candidate to represent the town of Nottingham in Parliament , as we are convinced that he will advocate tthe rights of all j and we pledge ourselves to Dse ever ; constitutional means to secure Ms re
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1 _ O'Coxsob begs to announce that he received the foll oteinp stuns for the Defence Fund , which he has noi before acknowledged : —Proceeds of his address in the Sail of Science , when on his test ; to Lancaster * £ \ o ; from the working men of Prestont at ihe Railway Station , £ i ; from Mr , Lunn , at Lancaster , £ 1 ; from a person whose name he forgets , and who will have the goodness to communicate it through the Star , J& , when leaving the meeting at the Sail of Science ; 17 s . vas tendered to Mr . O'Connor in the Court at
Lancaster , ig Xffr , Dixon , of Manchester , but Mr . O'Connor csuM not then receive it : Mr . Dixon however tendered it . The Si fford trials , in money and subpeenas . have cost nearly £ 30 ; and shortly the grand fight comes on in the Queens Bench : it is , therefore , most earnestly requested that all local treasurers trill at once renal all monies in their hands to Mr . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street . Jsnes ' s case , and those of all who have been convicted , will have to be brought before the Court of Queens Bench : lei the means , therefore , be supplied .
* XBZ Tsixi . —The first number of Vie trial is pub lished . Jt is printed in London ; those , therefore , who are getting parcels from London would do well to order what they may require to be enclosed in them- Several orders from distant parts have been sent to Leeds . Bp the way tee have pointed out . much carriage erpence will be saved , Loxixs Fesais Chabusts . —Susanna Inge sends % u a long letter to this body in reference to some matters which seem to be in dispute among them about the character of some member to whose admission Susanna Inge objected . We cannot , of coarse , admit their matters of private detail into the Korthern Star ; but we give Ihe conclusion of the letter , which seems , indeed , to set forth
the object of it : — H It ia a long time since we all met ; and it is ¦ wished that "we should meet and come to . some eonelnrion it is , ihe «* ore , agreed that we meet at the Political and Sdeniifle institution , Tnmagain-lane , en Tuer day , the lltn of April , » t eight o ' clock in « e evening ; and I do particularly request that not only those "who are members mil be present but any lrho may hare Itf ; the society within ***• Ja 8 t three months will come forward ana xt » te why they haTe done so ; ana if I am the obs **< 2 e I can Trithdia- ^; and if I am not , they will , iJ * ° doing . reaoTB the ifipt from me . There are & 1 bo some
money matters to settle , at -which I wi * all to be present ; and other business to trans * cL Let me then entreat yon not to be so baekwyd as you nave been , bnt let ns begin oar new * ear ™ harmony and onion ; for I ewe not the attest hesitation raspingi&at an ml ] be settle- 'to 0 UT satisfaction vben ve bars exchange * ' onl t&ongbts and opinions . With these re ^ " 3 take my leara ol you , hoping that yon ** & respond to my call " And I ipaain , my Sisters , " To the Chs ^ cn *** and onr own . « j . stle Army a true Devetee , " Sxtsas ^ a IxfGB . "
A Coxsu si Src ^ razR suggests that ° Chartists " •¦ rmighoui * " length and breadth of the land , v '" - > can -0 it viih&ut inconvenience , grow and *< •«• }»¦ nsmsleches : thus wiU the Charier be p ** rrmtnentlg before the eyes of all . Motu measure becoming more and more fashionable everyday ; and when the Chartists can adopt-the jasbion without expense they ought by all means o o ^^ paTtimJalt , & they will be paying a high vmpRment to frexr superiors , who , ifOieycon-„ "J tcee 3 ' fixir moustaches must be considered wnteri , to ihe Charter . " ^ °° -f ; ? M 0 H 1 ) E 5 - - ^ always make use , if J ^ Z ^ h ° J tt ^ t hing thai is sent tovs : we are 3 ivr ' V' ' ° * tter- > Jo U guided by circumstances . fJ ? * --T to >** Jor his letter ; buiihe Quaker ^ / brftt « w worth mcddVxng with . " if" ~ ? DV ~ ** c have no doubt , from his desenp-™ n V the man , that U is Griffin . Canledge « taller , and has a lame arm .
™ JrV 11115 - — We te ™ not room for his letter on Uu ' death ef poor Shipley in ihe PentonviUe tC U i lml v * Perfectly agree with him ih * i £ t = ff ^ 3 ' to have been , " ibat the de-. ?*» « . Charles Shipley , died of water on the ; ™> «» ised by the mental torture of tbe ^ r **? alent ^^ m * the tffscisof which defies ^ Mi medical eMU . " Maxe ^—West teas noi tried at Lancaster ; ^¦ ^ in the indictment , and of course ail «« relata to him in the trial will appear in w ttff report . ^ ^^ - -The notice to which he refers teas not X ™ " !* " * for him . Z ^ S CSXsrt - - ~ s " bfer is -unavoidably post-¦ j ^^ ^ -nert week . **«» » oca list—In ihe letter of a eoal-tmner , * gt oords " turning on another's backy" should A Co ^ f " one arother back . ^^ oiiaa . — We have not anything in type that ( V . y correctly represent the iioure he draws .
f ?*¦ sKsws . —The longrepvrlswehave given vim Chartist trials at Stafford and Leicester , tow this week plead our excuse for ihe curtailnj * of same , and the omission of others , of our % -x * re * po 7 idezas ' javours . Such as are not out of r" * or as possess jrudHc interest , shall be aty ^^ ded to next week . ipW ? 1 * 7 " ** now m *** va S * ° Newcastle , and Y » be there , most likely , on Sundays or Monday . Jgu&sfor him must be directed to the care of Mr .
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Thohas Tatlor , Torqtjat , Devon . —ir Mr . Taylor haa read the notices of Gash received at the Star Office , -which appeared in the fithpage of tbe Paper dated March 18 th , be has overlooked the money from the Chartists at Torquay : read them again . Feancis STIB . BAS . —We do not know Anything of the letter . Tbe letter of inquiry has been forwarded to Mr . O'Connor . To Ajgssts Those Agenta -who haTe receired their Accounts are requested to send in the balances , 01 tney need not expect to receive their Papers .
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£ 6 . d . From J . Qoodridge—collected at Abergavenny 0 5 8 .. a few friends at Berry Brow ... ... 0 9 0 „ a few Jriends , par Win . Wood , Chorley 0 17 „ Bawict , per J . Hogg . ( Proceeds of a tfiSe for Star Plates ) 1 10 « « . & Lovtr of Jostice , Ghepstow 0 l 3 _ a few&iends at Kilmarnoot os « -. the GharBsts of Paaiham 10 0 .. a few friends at Howarth 6 5 0 „ the Chartists at Hipponden 10 0 FOB HES . EOBESTS . From London , being proceeds of a meeting held at the Feathers , Warren-* t » et 0 14 0 FOE THE VICTIM FUND . From a few friends at King Cross . 65 0
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STAFFOBDSHXBE ASSIZES . ( Continued from our eighth page . ) STAPFORB , Tttesdat , Mabch 28 . ( Continuation of the Defence . J The following is the conclusion af this day ' s proceedings : — Rupert Swetenham examined by Cooper—I am a boilermaker at Hanley . I remember seeing you on the 13 th of April last , about half-past two o ' clock in tho afternoon , at the Crown Bank . You took for your text a passage out of Isaiah . You did not
speak of the Queen ' s bastards . You said something about a King ' s bastard , bat I did not hear yon say anything about the Q , aesa . 1 was present at Forrester ' s fire , and saw the witness Abbinjjton there . When the roof was falling in , he clapped his hands , and said , ' * We shall have a blessed blaze when the tbe house burns j this is glorious . " Tae house was noi on fire then . I wasnear Mr . Aitken ' s about two o ' clock in tbe morning . 1 saw them break the windows and go into the house . I did not take part in those outrages .
Cross-examined by Sir . Richards—I work for Mr . Kirk . I am what they call a Chartist . Never saw Cooper before the 10 ; h of AgriL 1 was not at the Special Commission . I was . applied to to « ome here on Saturday last . Charles Hackney , examined by Cooper . —I am a potter , residing at Hanley . The witness simply proTed that Ellis was not present with Cooper at the Crown Bank on the 10 th of April . He ( witness ) was with him from one o ' clock on that day until nine o ' clock . The first time he ( witness ) saw Cooper was on Saturday the 13 th of August , when be delirered a funeral sermon OQ tbe death of jonng Frost . Cross-examined by Mr . Godson—There was no meeting on the Crown Bank on the 12 th of August . If there had been 1 must have known it . Ellis and
I worked together . I did not see him on the 15 th 01 lfth of August at all . The witness Brownhall and 1 are not particularly intimate . The Court here adjourned for a quarter of an hour , and , on the proceedings being resumed , Cooper said , be had an application to make to the Court . He found that his witnesses ^ -after havinggi ven their eTidence , were not allowed to leave the Court , bat confined within it like prisoners . The consequence was that many of his witnesses whom he intended to call , if this course were continued , would not come forward , and great injury would be done to the defendants .
The Judge—The usual course , if witnesses are excluded from tbe Court before examination is , that they are not afterwards allowed to mix with witnesses who are still to be examined . If they were so allowed all tbe benefit to be derived from such an arrangement would be rendered entirely nugatory , as tbe witnesses after lea-ring tbe Court would immediately communicate with those outside . Cooper said such a course was not pursued with regard to the witnesses for the prosecution ; and if his witnesses -were still kept confised in Court be would throw up his defence , and leave himself entirely in the hands of the Jury . The Jndge—If tbe witnesses for the prosecution ¦ were not kept from mixing together yon ought to baTe complained of it at the time . l ) o you wish , brother Talfourd , to keep the witnesses in conrt J
Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—I have no wish upon tbe snbject , further than to prevent the witnesses examined to j > totb an alibi being allowed to communicate with others who are to be examined on the same point . Cooper—I certainly shall not go on with my defence under such circumstances . The Judge—You may do as you like , I can ' t help it . Cooper—My witnesses are kept in confinement in a regular prison . It is quite useless to go on ; no jury , 1 am sure , will convict me under such circumstances . Mr . Reynolds , the crier , and other officers of the court , begged to inform his Lordship , that witnesses examined for the prosecution were carefully prevented from mixing or talking with witnesses who had- not been examined .
Mr . Serjeant Talfonrd—What possible objection there can be to these witnesses remaining in court I cannot possibly tell . The Judge thought it of little consequence , as he understood every word of the evidence was daily published in the newspapers . Jt would tw best to say no more about tho matter , and let the witnesses goif they pleased . Mr . Sergeanf fal / ourd—I acquiesce in your Lordship ' s suggestion . -Mr . Godson—But the officers of the Court declare that all the witnesses for the prosecution were carefully watched . 31 r . Sergeant Talfourd—Well , bat to pnt an end to the matter , we will allow the witnesses to leave the Cbnri .
T&e Judge—This will be contrary to all rnle , but tbj witnesses must not communicate with each rfher ; if it is proved to me they do , I will panish the offenders . Cooper—My Lord , yoa did not tell the witnesses for the prosecution so . T £ e Judge—Bn ; I tell yours so . Had I known that the witnesses for tbe prosecution were allowed to mix after examination , which I am told was not the case , 1 should hare said the same to them . John Bamford , examined by Cooper—I am a potter , and reside at Shelton . This witness * corroborated the last , and said he , Ellis , and Hackney went to Hendon on the lOih of April , and that neither of th > m attended Cooper ' s funeral sermon for young Frost . Dnring the day Ellis was engaged in reading Lord Byron ' s Sours of
Idleness-George Mart , china-painter , of Stoke , examined by Cooper—1 remember seeing the prisoner Richards in tae month of July last . I saw him at the meeting at the Sea Lion , of which I was chairman . Richards addressed that meeting ; it was held about seven-o ' clock in the evening of either the 5 th or 6 th of July . I think that Richards proposed the first resolntion , recommending a union of the working and middle classes , wbicb he thought would prevent that ruin which impended over the whole country . He recommended the peeple to be peaceable and qniet ,
as nothing could be got by disturbances . I have no recollection of his referring to the Queen or the police . They never were mentioned during the night . As chairman of the meeting I would sot have allowed it . There were seme colliers in the Market-place at the time I went to the meetiug , Tfle first lime I saw yon was when yon were liberated on bail , at Stafford . 1 nerer heard Richards speak disrespectfully of the Qaeen . He was what we called in the Potteries a milk and water speaker .
Cross-examined by Mr . Alexan der—The Queen's name was never mebtioned at all , in either terms of loyalty or disloyalty : 1 am ^ nite sure of that . By the Jndge—The Queen ' s person was never alluded to ; 1 am sure of that . , Edward William Sals—I am a china painter and gilder , at Hanley . I first saw you ( Cooper ) , 1 believe , in July . 1 cannot say positively whether or not it was in April . On Saturday erening , the 13 th of Jnly , and on the fallowing day , Sunday , I saw yon at Jeremiah Yates ' B . On the Friday evening preceding 1 was at the George and Dragon , attending a ball . Neither Richaras nor Ellis was there . At this period Peplow , one of Cooper ' s witnesses , who had been observed to leave the court , and communicate with other witnesses to be called for the defence , attracted tbe attention of Mr . Richards , Queen ' s Counsel , who in an undertone mentioned the circumstance to bis colleague , Mr . Alexander .
Cooper caught the observation , and most vehemently protested against tbe insinuation of the Learned Counsel . Mr . Richards—Don't address your observations to me . The Jndge—Really , sir ( addressing the defendant ) , you must confine yourself to your defence . Surely Counsel for the Crown have a right to make observations to one another . I never before heard of such an attempt to restrict the privilege of speech . Mr . Sergeant Talfonrd—My Lord , we must claim protection against the insolence of this man . No Counsel' at the bar would be allowed to conduct himself in the way he is allowed to do . Coopar—I insnlt yon ! I do no such thing ; but there are perpetual insinuations made against my honesty and the honesty of my witness . It is I that am constantly insulted .
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Sale ' s examination was resumed by Cooper , with the view of showing that Abbiogton , one of the principal witnesses , was actively engaged in the nets of the 15 th of , August . —I have seen Abbington since that period . One Friday evening , when I was at the Royal Oak public bouse , Abbington , told me he bad got some plate from Bailey Rose ' s , and he drew a beautiful pencil case out of his pocket . I asked him to let me look at it . He let me have it in my bands for about half a minute , and said it came from Bailey Rote ' s , that it was given to him , and that the person who gave it him told him that it came from there . I told him it was a very foolish thing to have Btolen goodB in his possession . He told me he should conceal it by patting it in a bottle with oil in it and burying it : that when the
confusion bad abated a little he could Bend it to Birmingham , and have the initials erased , and his own engraved on it . It was a beautiful rich chased silver pencilcase , with a cornelian stone . I cannot recollect what the initials wero . I cannot swear to them . I believe it was in September he stated to me thai he had written a threatening letter to James Wheeldon ; that he bad written it badly and spelt it wrong to prevent detection . Cross-examined by Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—I am almost sure that he told me of the threatening letter in September . I cannot say how it was that I first stated that he told me of the letter on Friday , tbe 2 nd of July . I now think it was in September . I am quite sure it was in the year 1842 . I am quite sure of that . Can ' t tell the value of the
pencilcaBe . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—Did you go to Mr . Bailey Rose ' s ! Witness—Yes , I went last week . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—What , . was that the first time \ Witness—Yea . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—What , did you go with Mr . Cooper ! Witness—Yes , and I should not have gone there had not Cooper taken me —( Laughter . ) WitneS 9 explained that be bad once been committed by Mr . Rosa for sedition , and tried and acquitted before his Lordship , tbe present Judge , twelve months ago . He did not like to see Mr . Rose on that account . Thomas Tomkinson merely repeated the evidence of previous witnesses .
Cooper here begged to mention a note whiob had been communicated to him by a lawyer . He was requested at once to object that the indictment must fail , inasmuch as the averment had not been supported by the evidence for the prosecution . Mr . Godson—What averment ? For your satisfaction I can inform you lhat there are not fewer than twenty averments in this indictment . The Judg«— I very much doubt whether Ihe objection was suggested by a lawyer . Cooper—I assure you , my Lord , he is an attorney .
ThelJudge—He may be an attorney , but he can be no lawyer , or he would haTe informed you that the time to take such an objection to the indictment would be when the evidence was closed . You remarked upon the deficiency of evidence in your address to the Jury ; and it will be my duty to lay the case before the Jury for their decision . Cooper—My Lord , I merely lay the objection before the Court ; I not being a lawyer know nothing upon the point stated . Tbe Judge—And your instructor quite as little . Henry Sharp , James Livesley , and Thos- Mayer , gave united testimony to the previous witnesses called for the defence . They were severally cross-examined by Mr . Sergeant Talfourd , Mr . Richards , and Mr . Godson . They were all piofessed Chartists , spoke highly of Cooper's conduct in the Potteries , and declared lhat on ail occasions he preached tbe doctrine of peace and order .
John Moreton examined by Cooper—I am a tailor , and live at Hanley . I remember the 10 th of April last ; I saw you about one o ' clock , at Mr . Yates ' s . About two o ' clock the same day , I saw you at the Crown Bank . Yon delivered a sermon . There was singing , but I cannot recollect any prayer . [ Witness spoke like the previous witness , to the purport of Cooper ' s discourse on that occasion . ] You spoke of the common land which had been taken from the poor after the Norman Conquest . You spoke of King Aifred as the best monarch that ever lived . Yon spoke of Charles II . as a licentious monarch . You dwelt upon the People ' s Charter , and said they would never get their rights until they agitated peaceably for tbe Charter . I left the Potteries in the May following , aud did not return until about a mouth ago . I never saw you again , from April , in 1842 , until I saw you in Haiiley , on Suaday last , at Yates ' s .
Cross-examined by Mr . Alexander—The witness Feplow was si Yatee ' s on Suaday with Cooper . I went there accidentally . It was about four o ' olook in the afternoon . Cooper did not ask me to give evidence ; I volunteered , I had previously told Mr . Yates that I was present at the meeting on the 10 th of April , and would be very happy to go to Stafford and tell the truth . I was at a place of worship on Sunday last . Mr . Alexander—What was the text ? Witness—I will tell you presently . It waB " Come unto me , all ye that are heavily laden , and I will give you rest . " Mr . Alexander—Who was the preacher I Witness—I don't know his name . Mr . Alexander—Where was tbe sermon preached ? Witness—In Brunswick Chapel , Burskm . Mr- Alexander—What place in the Bible was the the text said to be taken from ?
Witness—1 think from St . Matthew , but I will not swear it . Mr . Alexander —Then , you can recollect the place whence the text was taken in April , but not that on Sunday last ! Witness—Yes . Mr . Alexander . —Can yon recollect any portion of the sermon preached on Sunday last \ "Witness—Some little of it . Elisha Mayor was examined by Cooper . —Deposed to facts previously spoken to , when he was subjected to a severe cross-examination . He stated that
he arrived in Stafford at two o ' clock that afternoon , and tbat since his arrival Peplow ( Cooper ' s friend ) had read over to him in the Market-place a certain paper . Would not swear that it did not oontain instructions as to the evidence he should give . All he heard him read he believed was a list of names . Was in the Shoulder-of-Mutton public-house with Peplow before he read that paper to me . I was present at tbe meeting at the Crown Bank on the 15 th of August . I was there all the time . It commenced at about ten in the morning . ( All the witnesses had sworn that it commenced at seven in the
morning . ) Cooper here stated , that in consequence of the course pursued by the counsel , he had now no further witnesses in Stafford whom he should call . The Judge—But we cannot allow the trial to be carried out to this unreasonable length because of your not having your witnesses in attendance . Mr . Sergeant Talfourd—My Lord , surely we cannot be charged with not having given every indulgence . Thomas Shute gave the defendant Capper a good character as & sober , honest , industrious , and loyal man . Cooper now announced that he had eight witnesses in attendance .
Henry Foster , potter , Shelton , deposed that he was present at the Crown Bank meeting on the night of the 15 th of August , and that Cooper denounced drunkenness , and advocated peace , law , and order . The mob had broken into several places that day , and the defendant condemned them for so doing . At the conclusion of the meeting witness went to the George and Dragon , and left at from half-past ten to a quarter to eleven . Saw nothing more of Cooper that night , and tbe next time he saw him wa 3 when be was in custody at Newcastle . Cross-examined by Mr . / Serjeant Talfourd . —I am a ChartiBt . The sermon was one universal Strain" Peace , law , and order . * ' Heard nothing about turning out the hands . Saw Forrester's fire on going home from the George and Dragon , bat , did not go near it . The Court adjourned at half-past eight until nine in the morning .
Wednesday , Maech 29 . The trial was resumed this morning at nine o ' clock . Joseph Orton . a blue-potter , examined by Cooper , deposed that he attended certain meetings , at which the defendant was present , on Sunday , tbe 14 th of August , and that his addresses had a peaceable tendency . When at LonnlOU on Sunday afternoon he spoke in terms of approbation of the Rev . Dr . Vale , the recior . Was present at the meeting at the Crown Bank on the morning ef Monday , the 15 : b , when he heard Cooper recommend the people to cease labour until they had obtained the Charter . He ( Cooper ) called himself the self-elected chairman of the meeting , pot a resolution to the tffect already described , proposed by George Hemming , and it was carried unanimously . Was again present at a meeting on
the Crown Bank in the evening , whea Cooper eaia he had heard various reports respecting outrages which bad occurred dnring the day , and which be hoped were not true , for ( hat was not tbe way to obtain the Charter . Attended z meeting on the I 6 tb of August , near the Saracen ' s Head , which was addressed by Messrs . Ellis , W . Ridgway , J . Ridgway , Richards , and others . There was a motion and an amendment proposed . The defendant Richards proposed the amendment , " That the people should cease labour until the Caarter became the law of the land . " It was carried almost unanimously , and the chairman did not put the ordinal motion after . Never saw the defendant Cooper from Sunday , tbe 15 th of August , until last Sunday , when he saw him in Hanley . Came into Stafford late last night .
Gross-examined by Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—Four more came with me . On Monday night , the 15 th , did not hear anything about turning out the hands . Did not hear Cooper approve of the mode in which they had turned out the work people , Tae meeting
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on tbe 16 th was after the military had fired upon the , mob at Burslem . Mr . Ridgway proposed the original motion ; itwaa to the effect that as they could not get all the points of the Charter at onoe , they must get one point at a time . Ellis seconded the amendment . Heard him say something about Dlooa being spilt , bat could not say he stated that every drop of blood which had been spilt by the military Bhoald be paid back with interest . Tho meeting on . the 11 th was diaoetsed to the military .
Charges Steward , spectacle-maker , of Curzonstreet , Birmingham , examined by Cooper—[ know the defendant Richards , and saw him at the Chaiust-rooms , Birmingham , between eight and nine o ' clock on the night of the 10 th of April last . He was listening to a funeral sermon preached by Mr . Mead on the death of Henry Frost . Richards , alter Mead had concluded , addressed the congregation . Should not have recollected the date but from the date of the printed hymn which was sung on the occasion , and-which I now hand in .
Cross-examined by Mr . Richards—Was sent for yesterday , and the boy , who was the messenger found me at a balHn Birmingham for Mr . George White . There are Chartist lectures in the same room in Birmingham every Sunday . Re-examined by Cooper—The ball , at which I was present , was for the benefit of George White , who is abont to be tried at Warwick for sedition . James Martin , china-gilder , of Fenton , deposed to the peaceable character of the speeches of Cooper , at Fenton apd Longton , on the 14 th of August , and never saw him from that time until last Sunday at Hanley . «* ° hn Humber , olog and patten-maker , of Longton , and John Naylor , tailor , Lougtoa , spoke to the same eiiect as the last witness . They both admitted themselves to be Chartists .
Samuel Smith , clock-maker , Hanley , deposed to the peaceable character of the defendant , Richards ' , Bpeech at the meeting at the Sea Lion , in Hanley , in Jnly . He did not speak disrespectfully of the Qmeen . Witness was a Chartist . Heard the defendant Cooper preaeh the funeral sermon for young Frost . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—We do not rely upon , nor do we ask any questions , with respect to the funeral sermon for Frosfc . Witness beard the sermon on the Crown Bank on Sunday night , the 14 th of August , when Cooper preached froijo the"text" Thou shalt do no murder . " The Judge—The Crown does not rely upon that sermon . You have already got the general character of that discourse from previous witnesses , and the counsel for the prosecution did not offer any contradiction . They did not even oross-exaiain *
uoon it . "C ooper said it struck him as material , inasmuch as the sermon was preached the day preceding tho outrages committed by the mob . Tne Judge—You have already got the general bearing of the sermon . Witness next spoke to Cooper ' a addresses on the 15 th , in which be recommended tbat the people should cease labour until the Charter became the law of the land . Was present at a meeting on the 16 th , m the afternoon . Mr . Weir , a Corn Law repealer , was in the chair ; and Mr . W Ridgway , Mr . J . Ridgway , Mr . Richards , and Mr . Ellis were present . A motion and an amendment wore proposed . Mr . Weir , the anti-Corn Law Chairman , put the same motion to the meeting— to cease labour until the Charter became the law of the land , " which he had done to the meetinglthe previous day . Mr . Weir declared it to be carried . Mr . Weir was
a manufacturer and anti-Corn Law Leaguer . The meeting was called by Mr . Ridgway . Cross-examined by Serjeant Talfourd—At the meeting held at the Sea Lion in July , Mr . Ilioharda did not say— " If the Queen cannot protect us away with her . " If any body has suggested that he did say so they did Mr . Richards great injustice . Mr . John Ridgway , at the meeting which he attended , deplored the outrages which had been committed , and so did all the speakers . I am quite sure that Ellis , who is now transported , also deplored the outrages Re-examined by Cooper—I understand you , then , tbat Mr . John Ridgway called the meeting on the morning of the 16 th .
Witness—He did . Both Ellis and Richards spoke at tbat meeting . Recollects Richards said , " Stick to what you are until tbe Charter becomes the law of the land . " He repeated this several times . His impression was that Richards meant , cease labour until the Charter become the law of the land . Richard Dean , maltster , Hanley , examined by Cooper—I know Abbiugton , one of tho witnesses for the prosecution . On oue occasion in the bar of the Sea Lion , Hanley , I heard him say William Ellis was not at Aitkins ' s fire ; if he was , I must have Been him . 1 was there myself . By the Judge—Did Abbington also say , " I thought I saw Cooper at Forrester ' s fire , but I must be mistaken ; for it was Mr . Turner . " Witness—Those were not exactly the words , but they were to that effect . The Judge—Will you venture to swear tbat he did not use Mr . Pearce ' s name t
Witness—1 will not swear it , but I do not recollect . By Cooper—I am not a Chartist : bat was subpoenaed last night at Hanley . Cross-examined by Mr . Richards—Can't recollect that Abbington said he saw Ellis in women ' s clothes . Will not swear that he did say so , but I do not recollect it . George Crossland , examined by Cooper—I am a woollen-oloth-manuficturer , « f Lmley , near Huddersfield , and visit Hanley six times a year . I stop at the Sea Lion . I remember hearing Abbington state to the company in the bar at the Sea Lion that Ellis was not at Aitkins ' s fire , for if he had been there be must have seen him , aa he himself was there . I am not a Chartist , but a Whig in principle , a&d also an ami-Corn Law repealer .
Henry Bath , of Upper Hanley . and Mary Nicholson , were next examined to the peaceable character ef Cooper ' s speeches in the Potteries . The latter fainted , and was removed out of Court iu the middle of her examination . Cooper said he had several more poor people to speak to his addresses at Longton and Fenton , but some of them being women , and , like the last witness , never before in a Court of Justice , he waB afraid they might not be able to give very clear evidence . He would , however , venture to call one or two more . The Judge—I cannot give you any advice . You must take your own course .
Eliza Ridgett , the wife of a collier , Longton ; Mary Grattan , wife of a miner , Longton ; and Harriette Beech , single woman , Lane-end , confirmed the evidence given by the previous witnesses with regard to the peaceable objeot of Cooper ' s speeches . Harriette Barker , the wife of the landlord of the Royal Oak , Hanley , was called by Cooper to corroborate the statement of Sale with regard to what Abbington had said as to hia having in his possession a pencil-case taken from the house of Mr . Rose , the magistrate ; but the witnesses testimony entirely failed in its object . She could not recollect the words stated by Sale to have been used by AbbiiiKton . Mr . Preston Barker , the husband of the last witness , deposed that he had known Cooper for many years , and that he never knew him to be otherwise than a quiet , peaceable , and loyal man .
Moses Simpson , boot and shoemaker ,, of the Potteries ( Cooper's confidential agent in the Potteries during this inquiry ) , was then called , aud was left under crobS-examination by Mr . Godson when our packet was made up ( half-past one o ' clock . ) It ia stated that a Chartist committee is now sitting in the Potteries collecting evidence for the defence and sending up witnesses . About twenty have arrived in Stafford this morning , and are now awaiting examination . Shoals are expected in the course of the day , so that it is utterly impossible , under such circumstances , to foretell the termination of the inquiry .
Mr . Justice Erskine has declared that he will sit until a late hour on this aud all future evenings until he has fi nished the case . It is now highly improbable , unless some unforseen circumstance , occur 3 to curtail these unprecedented proceedings , that his Lordship and Messrs . Sergeant Talfourd Richards , and Godson will be able to join circuit at Hereford , or even at Momnouth . If Cooper is allowed to pursue his present course , the trial will not be over for a week to come .
NOTTINGHAM . ELECTION PROCEEDINGS . On Tuesday evening , we had a large meeting in the Market Place , the lowest estimate of persons there was 10 , 000 . Messrs . Simmonds , Dormand , and Brown , from London , delivered some animated addresses . Mr . C . Roberts in the chair . On Wednesday afternoon . F . O'Coanor , Esq ., arrived in Nottingham , and at our meeting at six o ' clock in the evening , the number was still larger than that on the previous sight . Mr . C . Roberts was again called to the chair .
Mr . Simmonds briefly addressed the meeting , after which Mr . O ' Connor came forward amidst loud and long prolonged cheering . He said that it was a fine thing to be an honest man , for he waB the only candidate who appeared at the last election that had again come foxward upon this occasion—one party had learnt the wholesome lesBon M tbou tbalt not commit bribery , " and the other party , the equally useful one of "thou shalt do
no humbug , he stood before them aa a candidate , and he was the first in the field ; and , in the present position in which Nottingham stood , if he would condescend to use the finesse which politicians-generally used on such occasions , there was now a fine , opportunity offered ; but he held that politician in utter contempt who makes use of circumstances to gratify his own ambition . He did not stand there to gratify any private , ambition , neither was he there to be made a tool of by any party , or to make fools of those who supported him .
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but he was there to protect the interests of the working classes , and to secure { the return of the man of tbe people ' s choice . He had ) consented to have hia name pnt in nomination to keep off all eboyhoys , as a sc&rcrow to ! humbugs . He ( Mr . O'C . ) then stated that he had had au interview with T . S . Duncombe , Esq . upon the subject , for he considered that it was due ) to that gentleman for the noble exertions which he made in the cause of the people , that he should be consulted ; and as he stood alone in the House of Commons to battU for the rights of the people , it Was our duty to send some one from Nottingham that would assist him . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) had no ambition to go to Parliament ; he only wanted to see men in the House who would
work there as he was doing out of the House . He then , in a manner which called forth the greatest aoplause , alluded to the essential services which Mr . Duncombe had rendered to the people , and gave an interesting account of Tuesday evening ' s debate ; and he felt convinced tliat the people would show the Government tbat the more he was insulted in the House , the more closely jwould they adhere to him , and support him , and show that he not only bad pewer out of the House , ! but that they would not return men there who would not support him . He believed Mr . Duncombe would recommend a candidate to them , and it would be for them to say
whether they approved of him ; if they did , by uniting they might secure his return , and destroy Toryism ia Nottingham . But if the Whig 9 would not assist to return a man of the people ' s choiceif they persisted in having a Whig candidate—he would go to the poll ; and he pledged himself that they should either bare him or a thumping , ugly Tory . But he would be with them again before the election , and come , a 9 he always had done , at his own expence . He concluded a powerful and telling speech ( but which ] the lateness of the week will not allow us to do justice to ) amidst the most enthusiastic cheers .
Mr . R . T . MofcBisoN then proposed , aad Mr . Simmonds seconded , the following resolution : — " That we , the electors and non-electors of Nottingham , in public meetingjassembled , having olosely and anxiously watched the conduct of T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., Member for Finsbury , and having witnessed his zeal and devotion in the cause of the working classes , and also the insult , contumely , and reproach to which his persevering advocacy of the people ' s rights have subjected him in the House of Commons ; and having the most unbounded
confidence in that gentleman , feel ourselves called upon to stretighthen his hands by ail the means in our power . We , therefore , reselve to give our support at the ensuing election ia favour of such candidate as shall have the entire confidence of that gentleman , feeling convinced that he will not recommend auy candidate who will not pledge himself to the Six Points of the People's Charier ; and that the Chairman of the Non-Electors' Committee be requested forthwith to correspond with T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., upon the subject . "
This was carried unanimously , amidst deafening applause . The people of Nottingham , by this resolution , have given a quick and powerful reply to the taunts which faction has heaped upon Mr . Dunoombe ; and the enthusiastic manner ia which his name is always received by the peoplo will teach his opponents that neither he , nor the cause which he advocates , can be treated with contempt . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , three cheers for Mr . O'Connor , three cheers for Mr . Duncombe , three cheers for Mr . Cooper , and three ior Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones . A procession paraded the town after-. the meeting broke up . It is confidently contemplated that T S . Duocombe , Esq ., will be at Nottingham next week .
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MANCHESTER . —Carpenter ' s Hall . —On Sunday last , two lectures were delivered in the above Hall , by Mr . Henry Jones , from Liverpool . The attendance on both occasions was large and respectable . After the evening ' s lecture , the following resolution was moved by Mr . Dixon , and carried unanimously : — " That the thanks of this meeting be given to the band and choir , for their love of patriotism in coming forward and giving their services to render our meetings both instructive and amusing . " Mr . D . then said there was another subject upon which he wished to test them . And this was the more necessary , as the enemies of Chartism were endeavouring to give a
false alarm . It was well known to the men of Manchester that during the trial at Lancaster the Leaguers were crying in everyicorner that O'Connor , Leach , Doyle , and others would be transported . Nay , more j they actually circulated through the town that such was the case . ( There was something very laughable in their conduct . On the Wednesday night there was nothing so sure as the transportation of O'Connor ; he was sure to follow Frost . This was what they could wish ; but , behold , on Friday morning , there was a full development of the " Jim Crow" propensities of Whiggery . When the news of the glorious triumph reached this town , how changed was their tone . Oh , said they , " We did not tell you so , but we knew tbat the Tories
wanted not to punish them ; we always knew that the Chartists and O'Connor were Tory tools . " He would much j rather hear their friends called these names titan have to lament fo > - tbeir incarceration in the dungeon ' s gloom . But the free trade gents were going too far when they said that the trials at Lancaster had taken away the confidence of the people from Feargus O'Connor , Esq . He , therefore , in order to try whether that was the case or not , would move the following resolution foe their adoption or rejection : — " That we , the inhabitants of Manchester , do hereby give our best thanks to F . O'Connor , Esq . for his past services in the cause of democracy . And further , that we do place implicit 'confidence in aim as
an independent and disinterested advocate of the people ' s rights . And also thait we are convinced that bad it not been for the Northern Star newspaper oar cause would not hare been in its present proud position . We , therefore ^ pledge ourselves to support that paper by all tbe legal means in our power . " On the Chairman putting the resolution to the meeting , it was carried by a forest of hands . The Chairman then put it to the contrary , but there was not one hand out of the j thousands present . Thanks were then voted to the Chairman , smd the meeting separated . i On Wednesday evening , the Chartist painters opened a splendid new room , in Watson-street , Peter-street , when Mr . Wm . | Dixon delivered a
leoture to a large and respectable audience of painters and others . The room i will be open every Wednesday evening . BIRMINGHAM . —The usual monthly conference of the Chartists of this town was held on Monday last , at the Black Horse Inn , Prospect-row . The minutes of the last meeting having been read aud confirmed , ihe Secretary read over the balance sheet of the last month , which showed an increase of the funds over the previous month , of nearly treble , the amount . The Council then going oat of office submitted to the Council then to be elected , the following suggestions : —1 . " That a district delegate meeting should assemble at the earliest moment convenient , comprising deputies from Birmingham , Worcester , Warwick , Stafford ^ Wolverbampton , Bilaton , Coventry , Leamington , Stourbridge , Bromsgrove , Redditch , Walsal , Wednesbury , Darlaston , and such other places as might desire to aid in
establishing a powerful re-organisation throughout the Midland counties . " % " Tbat an out-door public meeting should be held on Easter Monday , for the two-fold purpose of extending tho organisation of our union , and adopting measures , of making known to the Legislature the present state of public distress . " 3 . " That every member , should attend * if at all convenient , the council meetings every Sunday , and also all other meetings connected With toe union . " 4 . " That every member will preserve the strictest sobriety in hia habits ; such being essential to the welfare of our union , and the advancement ot our natonal freedom . " Mr . George White then moved , and Mr . S . Lindon seconded , " ¦ That the suggestions read be entered on the minutes of the council . " The meeting then proceeded , to the election ol a new council , which having b ^ eo concluded , Mr , G . White addresaed the meetiag , which was then di&Boheik
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TODMORDEN . —Mr . BavidfeRoas delivered two lectures in tbe Odd Fellows' Hall , on Sunday last . HUX > r > £ RSFIBT . D . —Oft Monday night last , a plain and fancy dress ball was given to the inhabitants of Huddersfieid in the Hall of Science , B * ta Buildings . BRADFORD . —Oa Sunday , Mr . Thomas Ibbotson lectured to the Chartists of Manningham , who have formed a locality . The Chartists of Park-lane met in the Schoolroom on Sunday morning , and resolved to use every exertion to extend the means of education so well commenced by them .
Tike CaARTJbTS of New Leeds met in their Room oa Sunday mottling , and , after an interesting discussion on the law relating to public meetings . The question was adjourned to Sunday next , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . ON' Monday Evening , the Bradford Council mefc in their room , B&Uerworth Buildings , when it was resolved " That the Council do , for the future , meet on Sunday , at ten o ' clock in the afternoon . " The thanks of the meetiug were given to Mr . Roberta , for his able and efficient manner of getting up the defence for the Chartists at the late trials .
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XtEEDSi—The council meeting of the Leeds General Cemetery waa held in the Court House , on Wednesday last , J . A . Buttery , E- ' -q ., ia the chair . The Rev . J- Rawson read the report , from which it appeared that the number of interments during the past year , has been 39 < H being the same as that of the year preceding , with only the exception of three . The total number since the opening of the Cemetery , in two thousand eight huudred and sixty four . Ta © cordial and unanimous thanks of the meeting were presented to T . T . Luccoek , Esq ., and the Rev . J . Rawson , the registrar , for their devoted and active attention to the interests of the establishment . It is the intention of the committee immediately to enclose a&d set apart a plot of ground , adjoining tho cemetery , the property of the company , for single interments , at a reduced charge , and thus of rendering it available for the present exigency of the town .
&ELBV . —Considerable excitement was manifested in this town , during the last week , in oonsequenca of its being the time for the election of Guardians for the Selby Union . It will be recollected that the ratepayers , last year , triumphantly returned Mr . John Linton and Mr . Thomas Richardson , ( both members of the National Charter Association , ) which made the factions look unutterable things . This year the election proved equally successful , although the Whigs and Tories united . Our friend 3 had a much larger majority than they bad last year . So much for Chartist influence .
BRADFORD . —Factory Children ' s Education Bill . —Defeat and Flight of ths Dissenting Ministers . — On Tuesday evening , a meeting was held in the large room of the Exchange . Mr . Acworth was called to the chair . The Chairman addressed the meeting at considerable length , declaring he would firmly support the purport for which' the meeting was called , and allow none to takepart in the proceedings unless Sunday School teachers . Mr . Smyth claimed the privilege of a teacher in taking part in the proceedings of the meeting . The Rev . Mr . Glyde then proceeded to read some of the clauses of the Bill , and commented upon them . He was several times interrupted by the people pressing into the room and exclamations of
** Tae New Poor Law 1 " Mr . Gly < le declared the intention of the teachers was to move several resolutions and a petition to the House of Commons against some or all of the education clauses of tho Bill . The Chairman rose while Mr . Gljde was speaking , and said that some of his frieuds on the platform had expressed a wish to adjourn tha meeting . Several of the teachers took the hint aud cried out , "Adjourn . " A motion of adjournment was made , and an amendment that the meeting proceed with the business for which it was met . _ On the show of hands there appeared a large majority for the business to be gone into . The Chairman declared the meeting adjourned . This raised a Storm ; several exclaiming for the Rev- Gentleman to stop and hear what the working men had to eay to them ; however , they made good a retreat with resolutions , petition ,
and all . Mr . Thos . Ibbetson was then called to the chair , who commented on the address of Mr . Aekworth and Mr . Glyde . Mr . Hammond spoke on the manner in which the meetiug was called , and said that circulars were sent to every teacher of a dissenting congregation , but not one to tbe Catholic teachers . Mr . Smyth followed , who spoke on the bill , and the cause of the clergymen ' s opposition was the danger of the pew rents falling off , should the people become educated ; at present , they were too poor to pay for seats in the chapels or otherwise contribute to support the clergymen ; the master had now to supply the needful . Mr . Hurley followed on the same subject , and declared the clergymen were the only opponents of liberty . The meeting separated with three cheers for the Charter , and challenging the dissenting clergymen of the district to discuss the bill with them .
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Horrible Occurrence at Tandragee . —On tbe morning of yesterday week , at Mullahead , near Tandragee , a woman named Joues left her house for a few minutes , her two children being amusing themselves in the kitchen at the time . On her return , she lifted off the fire a pot of boiling water , and poured it into a churn ; bnt found , to her horror , that she had scalded one of her children in a shocking manner—the little creature having but a
minute before concealed itself in tbe vessel while playing " hide-and-seek" with its companion . Irritated at the stupidity of her other child for not warning her in time to prevent the accident , the woman iuk the madness of her rage , seized a stick , and fctruck the infant so violent a blow as to fracture its skull ; and then rushed from the house , since which , time she has not been heard of . It is feared that she has committed suicide . Both of ths ill-fated children , we understand , have died . —Banner of Ulster .
Death of the oldest Woman in Newinqton , Surrey . —A few days ago waa buried at St . Peter ' sf Wai worth , Jenny Rice , aged 108 years ! It appears from the parish books that she was admitted aa inmate of the workhouse of St . Mary . NdWington , in the year 1800 , whither she had been driven by honourable poverty ; and from her then comparatively advanced age , it was not at all anticipated by the parochial functionaries then reigning , that it would remain for their posterity to remove her corse from that building to the place of sepulture , in 1843 .
Romance of Real Life . —A man who ia confined ia tbe New Bailey prison for desertion from the army , has recently been discovered to be heir to a property worth upwards of £ 100 ; 000 . Application has been made to the Horse Guards to obtain his liberation from gaol , that he may immediately com * to the enjoyment of the riches which fortune has so unexpectedly showered into his lap . Since writing the above we learn that bis discbarge arrived oa Thursday , when he was set at liberty . His name is John Flitcroft , and he enlisted early in life into tha Royal Horse Artillery . His discharge waa bought for him many years ago , but he enlisted again , and had served till within twenty-one days of the period entitling him to his discharge , when , some comrades
having been paid off at SheernesB , where his troop was then lying , he got into company with them , and , under tbe influence of liquor , remained away from his quarters , till his name appeared in the Hue and Cry as a deserter . Shrinking from the consequences of hia indiscretion , he then came down to Manchester , under the name of Smith , and has been in Manchester six years , living part of the t me in the barracks as an officer ' s servant , without the fact Of his being a deserter having transpired , till about three weeks ago , when he was taken and committed to gaol . The property was left by a grandfather , we understand , and a Chaneeryeuit respecting it terminated about a year ago hi his favour . A cousin then set off in search of him ; and , though his journey
was not attended with such extraordinary adventures as those of the Grecian youth who voyaged ia search . of bis father , yet it was a long and tedious one ; and he travelled to almost every part of the three kingdoms in vain . He traced him to Manchester several times , but the scent always tailed , owing , no doubt , to the change of name . He was found at Iengtk through advertisements which appeared iu the Manchester newspapers . He is a man very humble in hia manners , and of little education , but an anecdote was told us , in . connection with his liberation from prison , which , smacks a little of aristocratic feeling . On being led from his cell into the prison wardrobe * the turnkey handed over to him a suit of olotb . es which he supposed to be the- prisoner ' s own , to
exchange for iho prison dress which h « then had © n . Flitcroft , after examining them , said the clothes were not his . The turnkey referred to the book again , iu which tho prisoner's names and the situation of their clothes are entered , and observed , Oh ! I see , it is the wcoog Flitcroft I was looking at . " Have you anothoi Flitoroffc here then V * inquired the prisoner .. Yes , " waa tbe reply , ** we have one now lere . for robbery . ** tt Oh , " resumed the prisoner , "ha is of another family , then , he's aot of our generation ! " It is stated that £ S (\ . € & 0 of tha fortune will be paid to him in ready cash , and the remainder in landed property in the neighbourhood of Ashton-ujtdei-LiBe and Stalybridge . —Manchester Times .
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On Sunday last , aged 64 , after a lingering illness , Mr . Benjamin Ely , senior , of the firm of Messrs . Benjamin Ely and ' Son , florist and seedsmen , Rothwell HaJgh , near Leeds . The deceased was a man universally respected , and his death will b » long and deeply regretted . The various ftora societies of the neighbourhood have lost ia him Ql ^ of their best and ablest supporters . Lately , at Kidderminster , Ann Taylor , mother o Mr . William Danielle . Laeswade ,
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I have nearly got into that state of mind to be astonished at nothing that may occur ; but I must say that the assertion which Mr . Brothertou is reported in the Times of Wednesday , the 29 ch of March , to have made in the ; House of Commons , in reply to Mr . Duncombe s motion , did stagger me . I am sure that he would not knowingly utter what is not true ; therefore , his credulity must have been most grossly imposed on by some one . Only think , Sir , that I was " so satisfied with the manner in which Mr . Beswick had treated me , that I had since called upon ! him to thank him for his conduct ; " that by six o ' clook in the morning he should come into my house and take possession inside and out—that he should send my servant to rouse me from my bed—that he should arrest me—afterwards my oldest son—and
even his younger brother wa . 6 tracked from place to place , and taken by an Inspector to where I had sent him for the purpose of obtaining bail , —going into nearly every room in my house ; rummaging my private documents , drawers , &c . ; my daughters ' work boxes , drawers , &c ; aad theu taking me from my family and my duties—and thank him forsooth ! Let those believe it who will ! Satisfied , indeed ! I I assure you it would take a great deal more than , what Mr . Beswick , Mr . Irwin , Mr . Green , and all the others who accompanied them , have done , to satisfy me . Mo , no ; I am not so easily satisfied , Sir . Trusting to your politeness to find a corner , thus to give public denial to it—having writeii to M . Brotherton and Mr . Duncombe by last night ' s post . I remain , dear Sir , ' Yours very respectfully , ; J . SCHOLEFIELD . Every-street , Manchester , March 30 , 1843 .
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