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FROM OUR SECOND EDITION OF LA ST WEEK. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. (From ear oxen Correspondents.)
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RECEIPTS OF THE EXECUTIVE FROM AUGUST 23 sd , TO AUGUST 31 st , IN- P CLUSIYE . £ b Star Office 8 15 10 Kottingh . Mii , per Mr . Sweet ... ... 1 13 2 London , per Mr . Wheeler ... ... 0 10 0 Ditto , per Mr . Salmon ... ... 0 4 6 Ditto , per Mr . Keene 0 4 0 Ditto , per Mr . Rogers 0 2 0 Ditto , per Mr . Bird 0 4 0
Rochdale 0 10 0 Milnrow ... ... ... ... 0 4 0 Colchester 0 1 § 0 Bristol ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Leamington ... ... ... ... 0 6 6 Tunstall ... ... ... ... 0 16 8 Northwich ... ... ... ... 0 4 0 Todmorden ... ... ... ... 0 14 0 Da-rentry ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Richmond ... ... ... ... 0 2 . 0
S : afford ... 0 5 0 Wellingboro' ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Korwich ... ... ... ... 0 15 0 CoTentry ... ... ... ... 0 16 8 Sunderland ... ... ... ... o 15 0 A friend , per Mr . Threader ... ... 0 10 E . T . and others ... ... ... 0 8 0 St . Ann ' s locality , two month ' s subscriptions ... ... ... ... 0 . 2 0 £ 19 13 i Bboihee . Democrats , —Yon at once responded t ° my call , last week , and yon have enabled me to meet every demand . You have nobly done your duty to your elected servants . The demand for cards i 3 greater than ever . And now for the assassin attack ( Mr . O'Brien will excuse the expression ) on my character by " An Old Chartist . " Mind , I hold Bronterre responsible for that letter . 'Tis hi 3 ; or , what is the same , he knows who the writer is , but chooses to take the responsibility on his own shoulders . So be it . I had imagined that Mr . O'Brien had more gratitnde than thus irantonly stab the repuuuion of a man who hitherto has stood high before his Chartist brethren .
I hardly imagined that Bronterre O Biien would make or father so foul an attack on my character ; hid I been hi 3 worst and bitterest enemy he conld not have treated me worse . I never intend reproaching him for my folly in endea ^ ourm /? to serve him . I will say no more on the subject than this , namely , that if O'Brien had sana mens in sano corpore , he would not hare sanctioned such a malignant libel , but
N ^ emo morlahum omnxbus horis sap \ t . P . S . I leave both . Mr . O'Connor and Dr . MDcnall to square accounts with Mr . O'Brien , satisfied as I ami that the country will judge -justly betwixt all parties , and see through the fiendisn wish , an attempt of bad men to get good men into prison . I have the honour to be , Your devoted Brother Chartist , John Campbell . London , 180 , Holborn , Aug . 30 th , 1842 .
P . S . —Let Mr . Northman , of Bndport , send me his address ; and , as soon as any person receives cards . I would feel obliged if he would answer the raceipt of them ; and I hope that for the future such money orders as may be sent to me will be made payable at the Bloomsbury Post Office , London .
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PRESTON . WEDXESPAT . The cotton-spinners , numbering thirteen , who struck work at Mr . AinswortVs mill yesterday , were brought befora the sitting magistrates , Messrs . Mounsey and German , at the Town Hall this day . There were about thirty-one spinners , in the whole , struck work ; and those who were brought up to-day had been arrested early this morning by warrant , and taken out of their beds . A copy of printed rules was produced by the manager , which stated that the persons entering the employment of Mr . Ainsworth shall give a month ' s notice in writing when leaving tneir employ , and that the employer shall be empowered to dismiss his
workpeople at any time he thinks proper . Mr . Bkckhurst , attorney on behalf of the men , called witnesses to prove that the men had authorised a deputation to wait upon the master , for an ad-Tance of wages ; and that the _ master had stated that if they were not satisfied with their present rate of wages and work , they were at liberty to leave it . It appeared , upon cross-examination , that this answer had been given a week ago , and that the men had continued at their work up to last Tuesday . The magistrates urged upon the men the propriety of their going to their work , and serving out their month's notice , or they had no alternative but committing them to prison , and begged they would take is into their most serious consideration .
After the whole of the other caseB had been disposed of , the spinnerB were again asked bow they bad considered , when one of them , on behalf of the rest , stated that they would willingly go to their empiOym&nt , providing Mr . Ainsworth would consider their situation ; and he stated further that it was impossible to live upon the wages paid : that after a spinner in Mr . Ainsworth's employ had worked thirteen hours per day for a week , the whole amount of his wages , after the master had deducted the rent of his house , would only amount to the paltry sum of 12 s ., and that all they wanted was to be paid the same rate of wages as the other millowners in the town were paying . Mr . Ainsworth would promise nothing , and the whole of the men were committed fora month to hard labour in Preston House of Correction .
A portion of the men at Messrs . Smith and Crank-Shaw ' s mill went to their work on Monday morning , and were sent back again , their places being Eupplied by paupers from the workhonse . Smith and Ainsworth are Corn Law Repealers , and Ainsworth is one of the " liberal" Poor Law Guardians , and you will perceive has an excellent opportunity to fill the nulb of his © wn and brother Leaguer ' s from the inmates of the workhouse , or recipients of out- "door relief , and if these pen should refuse to go to their mills at their own prices , of course they must quit the workhouse , and their relief \ s stopped . Smith has been heard to say that he has plenty of men at his mill , and at half price .
KEIGHLEY . LOEIOrS VICTOaT OV £ B THE TURNOUTS BT THE M ' . LITAST AND SPECIALS . Since the temporary stoppage of the factories on Tuesday , this neighbourhood has undergone a great Tariety of changes . During the week , rumour , with her thousand tongues , was busy in conjuring- up accounts of bodies of men , armed and unarmed , advancing from various part ? , to repeat their plugdriving operations . After the panic had in gome measure subsided , the authorities and manufacturers , ( which may be considered one and the same body ) , commenced securing themselves againsi a second invasion of these modern Goths and Vandals . Such , indeed , was the promptitude of all parties in
power , from the magistrate to the bum-bailiff , that towards the close of the week , a determined band of five hundred special constables was raised , supported by twenty-one Iancer 3 , and forty yeomaniy cavalry , under the command of B . Ferrand , Esq , brother to W . B . Ferrand , M . P . This formidable display of civil and military power had the effect of restoring confidence , and hopes were entertained that nothing farther would take place to disturb public traiiquillty . Under this impression , the quiet and well-disposed inhabitants had assembled at their respective places of worship on Sunday , morning ; no doubt returning Providence thanks for the suppression of hunger by guns and bludgeons ; when , . 'behold the uncertainty of hnman affair 3 !) a
constable from a neighbouring village came running into the town and infenned the authorities that the mob was collecting in large numbers on Lees Moor , about three miles distant from Keighley . This alarming intelligence was conveyed to the chnroh , where a great body of the military and police were assembled at worship . The parson ( good man ) had just concluded reading the Ten Commandments , amongst other things recommending his hearers not to kill I when , as report says , the commander of the Yeomanry drew his sword and ordered his men " to turn out . " The alarm bell from the steeple had , by this time , commenced ringing , and the church' presented a scene of indiscribable confusion . Oho thing rery observable was , that every man appeared afflicted with the palsy , and such was the shaking of limbs , that a stranger unacquainted with the circumstance might have taken it for & Shaker ' s meeting . The consternation spread through every
chapel , and in the course of a few minutes their u plugs" were all drawn—the people preparing for battle * and the parsons left to address empty seats . The collecting together of the foroes ( what became of the other " collections " we know not ) took place on the Skipton Road , in frost of the Court House ; and such- was the activity of all the parties to meet danger , that they were very soon drawn up in battle array , and ready for business . The scene at this time reminded some of the spectators very forcibly of the busy times of the threatened French invasion ; while others of a more rom * ctic turn compared it to the marching out of the Spirtan 3 to defend the pass of Thermopyla . To describe the valour of the nerees would be almost impossible . Some of the specials were observed to stake several attempts to tie the tapes round the aims of their fellows without success , through the palsied state of their hands ; while some of the ca-
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alry were unable to mount without the assistance of their friends ; and several poor fellows of the corps were noticed taking an affectionate farewell , reminding their acquaintance that it might be the last time they would meet on earth . Others again appeared to have forgot the whole of their military knowledge , and inquired of their comrades how they ought to do in loading their carbines . The arrangements at length being complete , the order to " march" was given , and the whole body moved off towards the camp of the insurgents . The cavalcade consisted of about one hundred specials , armed with truncheons , and the military foroe before mentioned , he whole beaded by a magistrate , ready to read the
Riot Act and give orders for the onslaught . By this time it had become generally believed that the meet-Ing on the moor was neither more nor lees than a Ranter ' B camp-meeting ; but such was the military ardour ef the troops , that their determination to fight appeared to increase as the report became more confirmed . After terrible fatigue , owing to the heat of the day , and the up-hill nature of the road , the rendezvous of the ragged rascals" was gained , bat strange to tell , the only trace of their camp left on the ground was an old cart ! The innocent Ranters , who had caused the alarm , after singing and praying till nature called , for something more substantial , had retired te dinner , and left the cart on the ground
to assist in their afternoon's labours . The meeting had consisied of about forty or fifty individuals , who , it is supposed , had retired , on hearing of the formidable force of horse and foot approaching to give them battle . It is reported that two of them were very quietly getting something to eat in a delf hole , and on expressing a wish to convert one of the soldiers , was answered by the man of war , with the pettish reply of " G—d d—n your conversion . " After leaving word for the Ranters to discontinue their meetings till the country became more tranfuil , the cavalcade commenced their march back towards the town by another route , and had the pleasure of seeing every face they passed covered
with a broad grin . The commanding officer took leave of the town at the head of his troop , declaring that the affair was not altogether to his mind ; but somehow or other it was given ont in Bingley that evening , that he had gloriously broken up a Chartist camp meeting , and taken six prisoners . It has been suggested by a good many to get up an address to the valiant band who have rendered such signal service to the country , thanking them for their gallant capture of the old cart on Leea-moor . Temporary barracks are preparing in the town , and about fifty soldiere are now introduced to corrupt the morals of the inhabitants , although to all human appearance , nothing of thek'nd has been necessary .
THORNLEY . The camp meeting held here on Sunday must be regarded as one of the most important meetings held in the County since 1839 . So much alarm did it excite in the minds of the aathorities that they despatched their trusty servant , Major Wemyss , commander of the Rurals , with a posse of that body to attend it . They came , too , accompanied by the Editor and Reporter of the Durham Advertiser , so that nothing was wanting to complete the arrangements for a prosecution , if the needful words , or actions , could only be called forth . They were , however , most completely and most laughably baffled . The morning meet id g was ably addressed by
Mr . Jones , of Durham , and Mr . Embleton , that staunch old veteran . Mr . Embleton having quoted most liberally from the scriptures , was at the close of his address complimented by Major Wemyss , for his orthodoxy . In the afternoon , the attendance was much larger ; not less than 1 , 000 persons would be present , including a good sprinkling of gentry . Mr . Chappel led off the meeting by an address on human brotherhood . He was followed by Mr . Richmond , ; of Durham , who made some excellent practical applications of the principles developed in
Mr . Chappell ' s address . Mr . "Williams then came forward , to wind up the " meeting . He did so in a speech of considerable length , and in . such a style , as to make the gallant Major , his force , and their literary friend , the Advertiser's reporter , the subject of great mirth to the people , while he also impressed most seriously upon them , the necessity of the Charter for the national welfare . Major Wemyss listened most attentively , and was apparently highly amused at the manner in "which the speakers jockied him out of a job .
STRIKE AT THORNLEY COLLIERY . On Monday morning , the men of the colliery struck work and laid the entire works in . This , by the authorities , will be attributed to the Chartist camp meeting held on the Sunday , but the strike had no such origin . For a long time it appears the colliery , in some parts of its workings , has been in a very foul state , and the men have , even in some of the most dangerous parts , bceu kept at work with candles instead of lamps . By this proceeding , the lives of the workmen have been in imminent peril .
The men have frequently remonstrated with the masters , but to no purpose ; apparently the lives of of the poor pitmen were of uo consequence to those who were enriched by their labour . The men obtained an order from the magistrates to have a viewer appointed to inspect the pit , and the masters were also required to furnish another . This they have not done ; consequently , the men determined to cease working until their just and proper demands are complied with .
LONDON . ( From our ovm Correpo 7 idenl . J Never did the Chartists of the metropolis distinguish themselves in the cause of liberty and right' as they have done during the passing week , regardless of the seditious proclamation issued by the ministers and bearing the name of the Queen , they resolved upon not giving up their right of meeting for the discussion of grievances without a struggle . Meetings of from 5 , 000 to 30 , 000 have been held nightly , which , although dispersed by the savage power of authority , have nevertheless had their ift ' ect .
At Kennington Common , on Tuesday night , the blue rascals , both horse and foot , made sad havock among the peaceable inhabitants ; from 300 to 400 have been more or less injured ; some desperately so ; and one gentleman , & grocer , who was merely crossing the street to his house , was knocked down and most brutally maltreated by the licensed bloodhounds . On the same evening , a large meeting was held at Paddington , where the peaceable people experienced the same savage treatment , and seventeen were taken prisoners .
On Wednesday night , however , the friends of liberty had a treat at the Finsbury meeting , of which your Reporter will , of course , have sent you an account . I wish to direct your attention more particularly to that portion of the proceedings in which the Chartists felt most interest . It was the speech of Mr . O'Connor , who , upon being loudly called for , came forward and announced his intention of not being frightened by Tory threats or Whig apathy . He said still , though he knew that his life was in danger , he would stand fast and hold fast by the Charter , and although he stood upon a precipice , yet if his fall was to expedite their rightB , he was prepared ; but as for the Whigs , whose organs were loudest in abuse of his party , cajoling him into an alliance with no better prospect than the downfall
of Toryism and the substitution of Whiggery , it was useless . It is me they seek , my blood for which they thirst , said Mr . O Connor , because the man who stands with one foot on the law and the other upon the constitution , BucceEsfully aimicg his shafts at tyranny ; and abuse , and not the big talker , but vaunting coward , that tyrants dread . We are now a party , said he , and let those who approve our principles join us ; but if I stand alone , I wiH stand upon the Six Points of the Charter and no Surrender i This declaration , or some such , was anxiously looked for and has given confidence to the Movement party in London , which nothing can shake , while the announcement , that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had now a daily paper at his command , was received with cheers which we have seldom heard equalled and never out-done .
All the boardmen carrying the address of Mr . O'Connor to the nation have been apprehended and brought before the Bew-street magistrates , but were instantly dismissed after a severe reprimand to the officious * blue devils . A proposal for every constituency of the metropolis to call a public meeting upon one day is now under consideration , and will no doubt be carried out , and will have the effect of restoring the last lost right of
the people—the right of meeting . Mr . O'Connor was at Kennington Common about a quarter of an hour before the work of destruction commenced , and intimated his intention of remaining , and taking part in the proceedings , ( if the committee thought it advisable , bound over as he was , and marked as he was sure to be , ) but the committee very prudently determined that he had much better not oe present , as no doubt the intention was to nab him .
The circumstance of the Evening Star falling into O'Connor ' s hands has given our party in London great courage , and while I write now , three o ' clock , the Office is literally burst with applicants for the coming number . I trust the paper will be well supported in the province * . The London Chartists deserve the best thanks of every man in the kingdom .
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CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AGAINST MR . O'CONNOR'S NEW DAILY PAPER , THE " EVENING STAR . " From the Evening Star of yesterday , we take the following : — M Verily this Mr . Feargus O'Connor is a most inconvenient commodity to have anything to do with . It was only on Tuesday la * t that we announced our " new birth unto righteousness , "
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and the feet that our offspring had been placed under his management and controul , and behold upon the very following day our paper is Belected « the object of a chimikal prosecution . Now this circumstance taken in connexion with the fact , that the very first number of Mr . O'Connor's paper , the Northern Star , was made subject of a Government prosecution for the very grievous offence of having No . 12 . instead of No . 5 , set forth in the imprint , as the place of publication ; while both numbere constituted a portion of the premises , and were connected by an underground passage , can leave no doubt on the mind
of any man that authority means to destroy Feargus O'Connor , " Per fas aut nefas , " legally if tee can , tyrannically if we must . N » doubt the vast , nay , the prodigious increase of our ciroulatioa , since the name of O ' Connor was announced , has caused alarm at Home . But we beg to assure authority that we are not to be bo easily frightened , neither shall the machinations of our enemies separate us from our friends , and cause us to withhold the censure of the press when law is violated , and life placed in jeopardy by judicially authorised policemen , or the folly of rampant rulers . Now , more than ever , is the press called upon fearlessly to exercise its every funotion . "
LEEDS . Up to this period Leeds is just as tranquil as though no Strike had ever been , and as though no " yeos , " "blues , " or bayonetteers had been imported and" exhibited , or any " swinging borough rate" provided by the economic " Liberal" Solons of the Town Conclave . The Chartists have been very merciful ; they have not yet eaten nor even champed us . The bellB ring and the thops open , and mill tyranny goes on , and thoBe who have any employment go to it , and those who have none starve quietly and patiently in the streets , and the ChartiBts keep hoping for and preparing to secure " better times , " juat as though the " ladies" of the Town Council and the other " authorities" had suffered no alarm .
BIRMINGHAM . The London papers say that George White is in custody on a charge of conspiracy , but we have no confirmation of it from private sources . The Christian Chartist church have issued a placard , declaring the Government unchristian , and stating their determination to pay no more taxes . It is signed Arthur O'Neil , and is making a great rout in the London papers .
MANCHESTER . THUBSDAY EVKNINO . I have just taken a walk reund the town for the purpose of ascertaining when the factories stopped for the day , what number of hands had resumed work at each . From the number of work people in the various departments , I concluded that in most of them they had a sufficient number to carry on—in some , as many as are required . Nearly all the chimneys appear as though they were in full work ; the bells ring in a morning as they usually did before the strike , and to all appearance Manchester will , unless a reaction takes place , bo itself again in a short time . A placard appeared on Tuesday morning ,
certifying that 500 men were wanted on the line of of railway ; another has made its appearance within the last half hour , stating that a sufficient number has been obtained . There are some of the weavers out yet , but without any probability of getting a rise , owing to there being so many out previously . If they do not go in very shortly , their places will be eupplied , and then they will not only lose their struggle for an advance , but their situations likewise . It 's expected , by nearly all parties , that on Monday morning every factory , workshop , & . o ., will resume again ; in some ic stances an advance has been given—but very few . The accounts from the surrounding towns and villages are that everything is still at a stand .
There has been a great run upon the banks by the members of the Trades' Unions , sick clubs , and benefit societies . I have just heard that goods are getting up in price . Many of the manufacturers have good orders , and that there has been an advance in cotton , likewise in woollen goods . Every hour coaches are coming into the town , laden with prisoners . The New Bailey is crammed OLDHAM . ( THURSDAY NOON .
The authorities have commenced their work of arrest . Mr . Yardley has been arrested for speaking at the meetings , and a person of the name of Peter Taylor for being among the crowd at Mr . Hartley ' 8 mill . These two individuals were put in a chaise , which proceeded towards Manchester , guarded by the military . Three more , whose names we did not hear , were arrested in the dead of night , and taken from their beds , and they are in search of others . The town is all excitement ; great anxiety prevails ; very little work is going on . The military and specials are guarding the town .
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J . ARRAN TO HIS FRIENDS IN THE BRADFORD DISTRICT . Liverpool , Aug . 25 th , 1842 . My dear Friends , —This day , I take ship for America . I have completely foiled every attempt of the tyrants to take me on my route—tyrants who would crush me , and by crushing such men as me , think most effectually to crush you also . Let me beseech you , in any future struggle with the enemy , never to put your best known , but most hated , men in the front ranks : be careful of them above all things . And now , a few words with respect to my family affairs . I shall leave my family so circumstanced that they will have no necessity for any pecuniary assistance ( by way of gift ) from you , if you will only attend to the following things : —
1 . I have to request that you will , as liberally as possible , support the news-agency , which I believe will be continued for my wife ' s benefit . 2 . I have to request you to purchase te * and coffee of ker son-in-law , who I expect will take a house in Bradford , and with whom she will reside . 3 . I have further to beg that you will give her a little support , as a milliner and dress-maker . 4 . AH persons who owe me money , will do me an incalculable favour by paying my wife without delav .
You will consider this plain speaking , but circum stances render it imperative . J . AREAN .
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Manchester , Friday Night , Seven o'clock . NEW BAILEY . This morning , at eleven o ' clock , D . Maude , Esq . J . F . Foster , Esq ., and two other magistrates took their seats on the bench . The first prisoners called for examination were Charles Turner and Jame 3 Leach , charged with conspiracy , and ruth publishing a seditious placard . The former for printing and publishing , and the latter for having exhibited a copy of the same pasted on a board at his shop-door , No . 40 , Oak-street . The first witness called was an apprentice of Mr Turner ' s , named Thomas Sutton . In answer to the Magistrate he stated that he assisted Mr . Tuner in his business , at the premises No . 42 , Turnerstreet .
Mr . Maude—Do you know that print ? pointing to a copy of the placard . Boy—Yes , Sir . Do you know where it was printed \ Yes . Where ! 42 , Turner-street . By whom I By Mr . Turner , the printer . When was the order given t It came in on the 16 th of August . Who gave the order i Three persons came into the shop to give the order ; but I do not know the names of any of them . Did they produce the manuscript from which ft was printed ? Yes , Sir . Did you sea the manuscript , ? Ye ? .
Should you know it again if it wa 3 to be shewn to you 1 Yes , Sir . What orders were given when it was brought in ! I do not know . What was said when they brought the order in ? They said they wanted some large bills printed ; they tried the size of some paper , and the size here was fixed upon . Did they say how many bills they should want ! Yes , Sir ; they Baid thoy wanted 300 ; I do not know whether they wanted any more or not . Did they say anything more ?
They said if there were any words in the manuscript that we could not make out , Mr . Turner was to send to Mr . Leach ' s . All this was said in the shop , was it t Yes , Sir ; the person who went to Mr . Leach ' s was instructed to ask for Dr . M'Douall . The witness also deposed that there were some words that could not be made out , and that he went to the shop of Mr . James Leach , where he saw a man behind the counter , who told him it was Mr M'DoualTs writing , and he would understand it .
Did he Bay anything else ! Nothing else . Should you know the person if you were to see him again ? I do not think that I should . Is the came person now in court I The witness here looked round for some time , and then said , I cannot Eay he is . Did your master appear to know any of the en who brought the order ! I cannot tell .
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Did you thiak , from the manner in which he accosted them , that he knew them I I don't think he knew one of them . Now . before you printed the whole of it , did anything else occur ? The person who left the manuscrip t said that if we could not make out some of the words we were to go to Mr . Leach ' s . , Did you go to Mr . Leach ' s ? Yes , Sir . Why * Because I could not read some of the manuscript . Who did yeu see there ! I saw three men whom I had first seen in the shop ; a boy was also in the shop . Did you know Mr . Leach I No , Sir ; I never saw him before . When you went to Mr . Leach ' s shop , who did you ask for 1
Dr . M'Douall ; and there was a person went up stairs to him . When you asked for M'Douall , did any body come to you ? Yes , Sir . Did he see the manuscript ? Yes , Sir ; and he said he had not time to look at it then ; but if we would only send a proof , he would correot what was wrong . Where did you send the proof when it was printed ! We got the type set and got a proof . Dr . M'Douall , with some others , came to look at it about six o ' clock , or so , in the evening . They took away the manuscript with them . What became of it afterwards ? I don't know ; I never saw it again . We struck off 100 copies , and the bill-posters came and took them away .
Do you know the name of the fellow who came for the bills to post ? No , Sir . Was 100 all that was struck off ? We struck off about 200 the next morning . What became of them ? The bill-posters got them . Then you say the bill-posters took them away 1 Yes , Sir . Was it the same man who took them away the night before ? I cannot say . Do you know whether your master took them or not ? I think my master took some down stairs ; he had them folded up ; but I don't know where he took them to .
Mr . Cobbett , solicitor for Mr . Turner , in crossexamination—When was it your master was taktn I Last Wednesday week . Were you taken with your master ! Yea . Where were you taken 1 To the Court Room . Any where else ? Yes ; to the police-office . Who took you there ? The policeman . Were you shut up there ? No , sir . Could you have got out if you liked 1 , Did not understand that I was at liberty to go . Did they tell you to stop ? A person was appointed to look after us .
Did they tell you to stop ? No , sir . Would you have rather gone away if you could ? Yes , sir . Did any ene tell you what you were there for ! They told us that we were kept there as witnesses . Who found you food whilst you were there ? We received it by the orders of Mr . Beswick . Were you taken before any magistrate to be examined ! ' Yes . ' ; . Do you know the magistrate I Yta ; ( pointing to Mr . Maude . ) Do you know as to whether the magistrates made any order for you to be kept there until this morning ? . Yes , Sir .
Another boy , still younger than the last witness , was next sworn , and in answer to questions by Mr . Maude , the Magistrate , Skid he was an apprentice of Mr . Turner's , the printer at the bar ; and corroborated the other witness as to what passed when the order to print the bill was given , and as to the corrections being made by Mr . M'Douall . The Court—What became of the proof ; have you seen it since ? No Sir . Mr . Taylor , solicitor for Mr . Leach—Did you ever see Mr . Leach about your master's premises 1 No , never .
Do you know whether the man who brought the copy was either of these men \ ( pointing to the prisoners . ) No sir ; it was neither of them . David Ramsay , an elderly man , was next sworn . Magistrate : Do you know Turner , the prisoner ! I have seen him , sir . Magistrate : When ? I saw him on the 17 th of August . What did you go to the shop for ! Twobilis , What passed betwixt you and Turner ! I went to his shop and asked for him , but he did not come ; his wife then went to the bottom of the stairs and called out , " Charles you are wanted . Did ho come down !
He did not . Sir . I did not then eee him . In about three quarters of an hour I went a second time , and asked for ene or two copies of the bill , and was told by Turner that I could not have them unless I produced an order from Leach , as he ( Turner ) was only their servant . In about an hour I went to Leach ' s . Who did you see there 1 I saw a man behind the counter ; but I will not say whether it was Mr . Leach or not . I saw a bill posted on a half door by Mr . Leaoh's shop , whioh caused great excitement . Could a person go into the shop without seeing t at the door ?
They could not , because there was a great deal of excitement at the time . Were there any men in the shop ! Yes , from five to eight men . Did you see one of the bills inside the shop ! Yes , I saw one lying opeu , as this is , on a kind of a side counter there is iu the shop . What then ! I asked for two copies . Did you get them ? No ; the answer was they were all out posting . That was said by some person in the shop , but I could not positively swear who it was . 1 In answer to a question as to what kind of a shop Mr . Leach's was , the witness said it was a bookseller ' s shop , and a very respectable looking one , too .
Mr . Taylor , solicitor for Leach—What do you mean by their Bervant ? You say " their servant" 1 Did Mr . Turner make use of the plural number ! He did ; and it was for Mr . Turner himself to explain what he meant by it . You cannot say whether Mr . Leach was there or not ! I cannot . Mr . Cobbett , Solicitor for Turner : —What are you ? A silk weaver . Have you been out of work lately ? I have been out of work for three years . Who did you work for \ For Mr . Murry . What did you want these plaeards for ; had you been sent for them ?
I wanted to take one to Sir Charles Shaw ; and if I had seen Sir Charles Shaw I should have mentioned it to him . Did Sir Charles Shaw send you for them 1 I do not know . What I do not know whether he sent you for them or not J He did not . But then you say you would have given him one 1 Yes . ¦' . - ¦¦ ¦ Now , you say you wanted ttvoi who was the other for ? To send to Glasgow . Have you some friends in the police-force at Glasgow , then i No ; but I have some friends there . What made you go to Sir Charles Shaw !
Because I saw there was some bad work going on ; and I went for no other purpose . Was there nothing else to induce you to go 1 No , Sir . Had you no communication from the police respecting it 1 : .. '¦¦" . No ; I went because I thought they were inflammatory placards . Did you go to procure the bills in order to inflame your mind I No ; but I thought they were inflaming . How have | you got your living for the last three years ? Find it out .
Magistrate—Come , come , answer the question . Witness—Well there are three ways of getting a living ; namely , begging , borrowing , and Btealing : and you may take whioh you like . Cobbett—Then I will take the last j that is stealing : what say you to that I Come , come ; answer the question . . How have you obtained your living for the , last three years I My daughter works imBinn's factory . How much does she earn ! She formerly got 10 s . per week ; but now she only earns te . 4 d .: my wife gets a trifle besides . Have you three lived on the income of 7 a . 4 d . ! Many nave had to live on less . Are you to be paid for what you hare been doing in this case r
Nobody has said anything about it . How have yoa spent your time for the last nine days t Hare you not been several tines at the Town Hall 1
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Y 03 ; but I am not a special constable . I am aware of that . Had you any agreement about what you should receive sfor collecting bill or information ? No , I have not . Where do you live ? No . 2 , Silk-street . Whereabouts is that 1 In the town . Come ; whereabouts in the town ? No . 2 , Silk-street . Whereabouts ! what part of the town is Silk * street in ? Get the Directory of Manchester and see . Come , come ; you know where it is .
Beswiok and witness together : It is off Oldhamroad . A John M'Kenna was next sworn , and was asked by Mr . Maude : Do you know the prisoners ! I know Leach . Where did you see him before 1 I saw him in his own shop several times . Did you see him any where else ? I saw him at the Carpenter's Hall , on the Saturday after the riot commenced . At what time in the evening was it 1 About eight o'clock . It was in the great room ; and it was lull . What was going on there I
Leach was speaking ; and he told them , " if they did not link together like one man , it would throw the cause back fifty years . He told them to keep the peace ; and not to starve . " There was anotter person speaking before Leach , Was Leach in the room at the time the other man was speaking i I cannot say . Did Leach get up as soon as the other person sat down ? He came upon the platform , but cannot say where he came from . How long did Leach speak I From fifteen to twenty minutes . Was any reference made in the speech made by Leach to the placard now in court ?
No ; there was no allusion whatever made on that evening to the placard in question . Mr . Taylor , solicitor—Then there was no allusion made to the placard at the meeting , and the language made use of by Leach was to the effect' * that if they did not link together as one man , the cause would be thrown back for fifty years ; and that they must keep the peace" ? Yes . ¦ : . And he spoke for fifteen or twenty minutes ? Yes . And these three lines are all you remember of the twenty minutes' speech ! Yes . Did you take the words down in writing 1 No . -. ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ' .. -. ¦ ¦ Not even when you got home ? No .
Do you consider the words you remember to have been spoken as seditious ? I have no opinion on the subject . But those are all you remember I Yes . Wero you frightened at Leach advising you to keep the peace 1 No ; I went quietly home . Mr . Cobbett : Where do you live ? No . 8 , Arundal-street . Mr . Taylor : How do you get your living ? I am a sohool master . School master ? then I suppose you were abroad on that day ? Yes . ( Laughter . ) What made you go to that meeting * Curiosity , to see what was going on . How came you to be here to-day 1 I want to see Sir Charles Shaw , to tell him what I heard ; I was so disgusted at it .
And the three lines you have quoted as having been spoken by Leach were all that you can remember of the sayings 2 . Yes . And the main of what you do remember was an exhortation to keep the peace 3 Yes , Did you go to Sir Charles Shaw , or did you come here , without some agreement as to being paid ? I went without any reward . Mr . Maude to the same witnes 3 : Where did you see the placard similar to the one in court ? On a board at Leach ' s door . Was it a fixed board or a moveable one ! I believe it was a moveable one ; and there was another placard above that one , calling upon the people to run for gold . There were fifty men round the door discussing the merits of the placards .
A board was here exhibited to the witness which had been taken from the shop of Mr . Leach , and he was asked , if he could swear to it ? To which he answered , that he could not ; but it looked like the one he had seen . Could the parties inside Mr . Leach ' s shop hear what was going on outside 1 I cannot say . Mr . Beswick , head- of the police-force , was next sworn—He said he went to the shop of Mr . Leach , on the 17 th , and arrested him on a warrant issued by the magistrates . He found a copy of the placard , and a book which appeared to belong to the provisional Executive of the National Charter Association . He also exhibited a bill which had been-in circulation relative to wages , put out by the Ashton people , and said he found it on the table in Leach ' s
phop . From what he had seen of the prisoner ' s hand-writing , and from a comparison with part of that in the book , he had no doubt but that the prisoner , Leaoh , had written a part of it . It had the names of persons resident in Leeds , Birmingham , Dewsbury , Rochdale , Liverpool , Stockport , Oldham , &o . &c . He also found a paper in his pocket , on which was written : — " Please to shew us the benefits to be derived from the Charter when we obtain it . " Signed William White . The book he had taken had the prisoner , James Leach ' s , name inside , as president of the Provisional Executive . ' Mr . Taylor wanted to know if there was not another name in as Secretary . Mr . Beawick—Yes ; Mr . Tillman .
Mr . Taylor said the book , he sho uld conceive belonged to the Secretary and not to the President / Mr . Leach—Do you say that is my hand writing ? Mr . Beawick—A portion of it . Inspector M'Mullen was next sworn . He said he went along with Mr . Beswick to the shop of Mr . Leach about eleven o ' clock in the evening he was arrested . He found a parcel which had been wrapped up to go to London . M'Mullen here opened the parcel which was composed of books and cards of membership of the National Charter Association , which were about being sent , as per order , to one of the London booksellers . Magistrate—Are they printed books 1 Beswick—Yes ; they are Chartist publications .
Mr . Beswick here again rose , and gave evidence against Turner , which was , that he went to the shop of Turner on the authority of a warrant whion was signed by the magistrates , and there found a copy of the placard whioh he now produoed . He found the form , or type ; and got a piece of blank paper and struck off a copy whilst in the shop ; and found it was the type from which had been printed the placards for which the warrant had been issued . Mr . D . Maude , Magistrate , then asked Mr . Turner what he had to say .
Mr . Cobbett rose and said that he appeared on behalf of Mr . Turner , and contended that there had not been any evidence produced to make out the charge of conspiracy , which they had brought against his client . He admitted the printing of the placard in the regular course of business ; not knowing that it was illegal : but it appeared in evidence that Mr . Turner , bo far from acting in concert with the others , he did not even know the men who brought the order ; and the open manner in whioh he ( Turner ) had conducted himself through the affair plainly showed that there was not the least appearance of a conspiracy on the part of Turner with any body else . He was astonished at the prosecutor bringing such a charge on such
slender evidence ; and the court might rest assured that if better evidence could possibly have been procured , the sort they had had would have been dispensed with . There was in fact no evidence , if they put on one side the extraordinary statements of the man who he was sure the Court could not believe ; the man who had gone to Sir Charles Shaw ; gone to the printers for two bills for Sir Charle 3 ; spent nine days at the Town Hall in connection with this business ; and had come there that day ; and all withtut any expectation of pay or reward ! It was impossible for the Magistrates to * believe that man : and , put him out of court , where did the case stand 1 He confidently expected they must dismiss the conspiracy part of the obarge .
Mr . Taylor rose and showed how weak and lame the evidence was against Leach , stoutly contending that there was no case at all made out against him . The Magistrates consulted together for a short time ; and then Mr . Maude stated that the case against both prisoners was one which they thought ought to be submitted to a higher Court . It was a very Berious offence they were charged with ; and both would stand committed to take their trials at the next assizes . - The magistrates had considered the question of bail ; and had determined to admit of it . The offence charged was , however , of such a nature , that they should require two good , heavy , responsible sureties in JC 250 each ; and the prisoners to enter into their own recognizances of £ 400 each .
Mr . Cobbett reminded the Bench that they were but persons a little removed from the rank of working men , and that it was one of the principles of the Constitution that excessive bail should not be demanded . Mr . Maude hoped the court had not fixed it at an excessive amount . but he must rectify an error ho had fallen , into t the amount of surety dstarmued
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on for each was £ 200 not £ 250 . Forty-eight hours notice would be required . In answer to other questions Mr . Maude also stated that if the required amount of surety could not be found in two , the magistrates if applied to on Monday would have no objection fo admit of three persons to share the responsibility . The prisoners were therefore removed , and Tinker and - — Seddon were next placed at the bar .
Mr . Beswiok stated that a material witness , who oould prove that the two prisoners had attended a meeting at the Carpenter s Hall , where it was proposed to go next morning and stop the Adelphi dye works ; and that the same two persons were at the stoppage , and took part , was most unaccountably absent . He had been in court last Tuesday , and he ( Beswick ) had seen him on the Wednesday : but where he then was he could not say ; nor could the persons he lodged with tell where he was gone . He therefore applied for tbo farther remand of the
prisoners . This application * was stoutly resisted by the prisoners' attorney , who strongly protested against their continued imprisonment without any evidence whatever . If Mr . Beswiok had any thing to adduce against them , why did he not adduce it ? Why had he not gone into this case last Tuesday , when his now much-needed witness was present ? He called for their immediate dismissal . They had been imprisoned thirteen days , and no charge even attempted to be brought home to them . I Mr . Mande , for the Court , said that the prisoners must be remanded till Tuesday next , on the understanding that the case , as far as admitting them to bail was concerned , should be decided on , either with or without evidence . The men were therefore taken back to prison . Alexander Hutchinson , the Chairman of the Trades' Delegate Meeting was next placed at the bar . and
Mr . Beswick deposed—that he had seen the prisoner presiding as chairman at a meeting holden in the Hall of Science , whioh was ordered to be dispersed by the Magistrates , on the ground of illegality . He had apprehended the prisoner on a warrant placed in his hands for that purpose ; and , on searching his house , he had found a copy of a placard setting forth some resolution of the Trades' delegates , to which the prisoner ' s name was appended as chairman . This placard formed part of the charge against him . He had also found other placards , particularly a copy of the one for printing and publishing whioh the two prisoners , Turner and Leaoh , were committed for trial . He had also found a fowliDg-piece , a rifle barrel , a brace of pistols , a bullet-mould , a cannister of powder , a belt of shot ,
and a quantity of percussion caps , all of which he produced . John Dunlevy , a printer , deposed that he was applied to by three men , who , he understood , were Trades ' s delegates , to print a placard , whioh had the name of Alexander Hutchinson appended to it , as Chairman . Hutchinson was not one of the three ; nor was the manuscript in Hutchinson ' s handwriting . Knows Hutchinson ; but has had no communication with him of any sort respecting this publication . When he went to get paid for the placards , Hutchinson did not pay him ; but be was iii a room along with some nine others when he was paid . He did not take notice of the act of payment , for he was engaged at the table arranging
some papers . This was the whole of the evidence against Hutchinson ; and Mr . Bent , solicitor , addressed the Court for more than an hour , iu a most fervent and effective manner , on behalf of his client . He shewed that there was not a tittle of evidence to prove that the meeting at the Hall of Science was an illegal one , nor was there a tittle of evidence to counect Hutchinson with the printing or publication of the placard put in by the prosecution . He warned the Bench against attempting to sacrifice the man then before them , either to gratify party or political objects . He was too good a man to be made a victim of so unceremoniously . He was a man whose whole life
had been spent in a manner creditable to himself and honourable to his town . A better disposed , or more thoroughly honest man it- was not possible to find . And this man should not be coolly offered up at the altar of petty , paltry , political feeling . For the possession of the weapons bo ostentatiously displayed before them he could satisfactorily account ; and the production of these things , in this case , was most shamefully disgraceful . What were they there for ? Had it been attempted to be proved that Hutchinson had them for an illlegal purpose . Had it been attempted to oonneot them with the charge against him ? No such thiog . They had been brought as mere garnish , to excite prejudice against him , because the prosecution had nothing better to
rely on for his committal . He ( Mr . Bent ) had a right to have a fowling-piece ; so had Alexander Hutchinson . He had a right to a rifle , and to pistols , and to powder and Bhot ; aye , and even to a bullet-mould ; as good a right to have these things as the members of the Bench itself . Why then had they been paraded there that day t To excite disUke to the man . But he ( Mr . Bent ) would tell the Court why he had these things . He was not bound to account for them , seeing that he was not charged with an unlawful possession , or , for an unlawful purpose ; but the truth should shame the attempt to excite wrath against their owner there that day . The fact was that
he , alojg with some eight or nine others were contemplating- ( and had been for some time ) an emigration expedition ; and it had been au object with them to possess themselves of good useful firearms to use when in the baok woods of North America . This was why Hutchinson possessed them : and not for the purpose , as the prosecutor insinuated , but did not dare to say , of overturning the Government . In a most fervid and impassioned strain did the advocate meet all the points of the very slender case ; and concluded by calling a whole host of most respeotablo witnesses to prove Hatch * inson ' s general disposition as a man of peace and good order . The marked superiority of manner and high order of intelligence < evinced by the witnesses called upon , evidently struck all present ; and the respectful , nay , affectionate and earnestful tone in which they spoke of
rlutohinson , suffused many an eye ! Never on this earth was a better character given to mortal man than that these men of mind and endowments gave to Alexander Hutchinson ! He , indeed , has cause to be proud of the day that drew these public testimonials from his associates and brethren . They bad * marked effect on all present : even the bearing of " the Court" itself was much altered by them . J , F . Foster , Esq , in delivering the decision of the Bench , said , that of oourse the magistrates most confine themselves to the charge brought home by evidence to the prisoner ; and in their opinion then was sufficient to call upon them to send him to another place , where the whole would be properly sifted . They should commit him for trial ; bat admit him to find bail , in two sureties of £ 150 each , and himself in £ 300 .
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Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday August 30 th .-The supply of Grain to this day ' s market is largei than last week j other kinds of Grain moderate . The finest Wheat has supported last week ' s price , and a fair demand . The secondary qualities continue in very limited demand . There has been * small quantity of New Wheat at Market , ( the wind being contrary ) which has been sold at rather lower prices than last week . Oats and Beans little alteration . There have been a few Bhowers of rain since last Friday , but nothing to do any harm ; yesterday and to-day fine .
Leeds Woollen MABKETS .- ^ -There has been again rather more business doing at the Cloth Halls ; but these places , in fact , form no criterion of the actual state of trade , the system of hawkiDg being now carried to such an enormous extent as almost entirely to supersede their use as places of business In the warehouses there is not so much doing » a there might be , but on the whole trade is better than it was a few months ago . The entire absence of disturbances in this neighbourhood , has in a gre *» degree tended to restore confidence , and a degree of something like animation . The wool market is not brisk .
Hudderspield , Market , Auo . 30- —Our market this day was equally bad as any precediag <»«• There was little demand for any kind of goods , ifl " deed since the commencement of the canipwifl 1 against low wages every department of business h * gradually grown worse . Shopkeepers feel it naW ally . LivEBPooL Cattle Mabket , Monday , Acg . . ^ —We have had rather a smaller supply ol C *^ at market to-day than last week , aad the gp&f part of second-rate quality . Best quality eagerly sought after , and all sorts sold at a little advanf in price . Beef 5 | d . to 6 | d ^ Mutton 5 Jd . to 6 ^ Lamb 5 Jd . to 6 d . per lb . Number of Cuttle * market -. —Beasts 1 , 138 , Sheep and Lambs 6 , 956 .
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From Our Second Edition Of La St Week. State Of The Country. (From Ear Oxen Correspondents.)
FROM OUR SECOND EDITION OF LA ST WEEK . STATE OF THE COUNTRY . ( From ear oxen Correspondents . )
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Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at bU P «* Ing Office *) Nea . U and 13 , Market-street , Bri # gate j and Published by the said Joshua BobsoHi ( for the said Feabgcs O'Connor , ) at hi * P ** ling-home , No . 5 ^ Market-street , Brigh t * Internal Communication existing between tbe ¦**" No . 5 , Market-street , and the said No * ¦ " * 13 , Market-street , Brlggate , thusconrtitotinS * whole of the said Printing and PubllsbW O 8 * one Premises . ' Ail Communications must be addressed , ( Po ^ P *^ J . HOBSON , Northern Star Office Leed »« Saturday , September . 3 rd , 1842 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 3, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct904/page/8/
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