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STAFFORDSHIRE ASSI 2 SS , ( Continued from < ewr Seventh page *} 1 am a Whig , -ana am for a modificSfion t ) f tfcfc "Com Ia'wa . 2 > ever had anything to do wSh eitoer Eessrs . Bidgsras or J&r . llsson . "Was not shocked * o hear the Com La-w Repealera" called despotic tyrants . 1 "W&B sent , into the Potteries to wick the progress of the crowd which came from ~ Le& . The Cheshire magistrates had . sworn in 420 xpsaa ! constables , and having the yeomanry tkey wer « determined rthat tbe mob who had stopped the -nnn « at MacdeE&eld should not -come to Sandbachto stop tLe ttiTHs -without a conflict . It was intimated to magistrate * that the Macx&esfield andCongieteE people , -who had gosa to Leek , ¦ wejM come from tile Potteries , vriUi tfce colliers irem Xiilsgicve , -and proceed to Sandbacfc and stop file mills , laid nrt ? "l aay-cf the authorities in the Potteries o ! the •»»• * csptoted from leek . '
-George Golds * - « ui , exaaniEed by Mr . > t .--geant Tal--fottrd 4 am a tln-per , living at Sheltoiu recollect seeing the defecSant , Bschsrds , in Stafford-street , « helton , between nine and ten o ' clock , oa the morning -of the 16 th of August . There -were four er five working men with him . Kichaida said to them " Now , my la&s , -we have got the . parsons * houses down , and \ re janfit haTe thetibnrchsa . -If we lose this " day , _ we lose the day for ever . " 1 hadieard that the houses of Dr . Tale and the Ee 7 . IL E . Altkensiad bees burned . ¦ in the conrae of the cress-examination by Richards tiis deposition of the "witness taken btf sre the magifl-= tate ^ raa read , at the-xegaest of the defendant , from which it appeared , that on a snbBegnent-part of the day ha heard several men in eonvers&tien in Slaek ' a-Jane , Hsnley , ( one of whom he had seen in company ¦ with Bisfcards , in StaSord-ro-w , in the morning , ") ic
Which the ? spots of attacking sevee&I -gentlemen's ionses in the town , and also the bank , and horning them dovn , if their demands for money were not complied -with . The men seeing that the witness was necr to'them , one of them-said that if he featured to ten ¦ what he 'had heard he iranld hare his brains blown out Gross-examination resumed . 1 gare no information to the ha-nV ; 1 did so to one of tbe parties -whose ssrne-1 tea heard ; 1 should have thought the deitxaction of the bank a great public calamity . Havenerer doubted that yon were the man ; bare never said that aryoa were a bloody C&arBst , 1 would transport . you if •! ccnltf . 2 did not say so either in the presence of UaSdoc&s or John Ggpe ; never said that 1 woald swear as many oaths as days in the year for as m&ijy f ihTPimra . The "Court rose this gwmmg at eight o ' clock .
FBIDAT , MABCH 23 . Sir . Edwin Bollard Abtogton , examined by Sergeant Talfonrd—1 am an oper&Uye chemist , and xaside at Hartley ; 1 recollect the 15 A of August-, tbe presses of Mr . Forrister , at She ] ton , were on fire on the evening of that day ; 1 recollect being with Mr . Pierce oa that -occasion , near the premises ; when we were going away we met the defendant Coopar neat the Black Horse . ; he was going in a direction to the fire . When 1 first saw Jnmhewasabsnt SOD yards from Mr . Forrister'a ^ the defend&Bt took a short tern to the left , which would take him to the hack of 2 £ r . Forrister ' a premisee ; defendant turned round and Btopped , when 1 lost sight of him ; this was about elevec o'clock at night ; tbe defendant Cooper had a fur cap on . 1 had seen Mm « nee before i 2 made a remark to Mr . Pierce before 1 left him ; 1 afterwards went to , ay brother ' s houBe .
Cross-examined by Cooper—1 am a Corn Law < repealer ; it was nearer eleven o ' clock than ten when 1 saw you ; 1 had seen you once before ; it was on the earns evsning , between half-post six and seTen , i&en yon -were going to the Crowa-bank ; 1 observed four features distinctly the first time 1 ' saw you , which enabled me to positively speak to seeing yon near Ur . Porrister ' s ; 1 observed to l £ r . Pierce , who was with me , "there is Cooper , the Chartist lecturer ; " upon " which yon turned your head away . Mr . Pierce usbd . some expression , and eaia he would have a look at yon , and peeped under your cap ; -you then went away , 1 recollect a conversation wMeh jl had with Mr . Pierce prior to your being taken in £ car to Newcastle , in which he told me 1 was tnjttafrep as to Cooper's
identity , as the person 1 had shewn him was Mr . Turner , of the Zforth StaSbrdthire Infirmary . 1 told 2 £ i . yisrcs he was mistaken , for the man 1 had . shewo him was the man l had heard . singing in the marketplace , in the nest conversation J . had with Mr . Pierce he said , 1 was perfectly correct in saying it-was Cooper they had Been in the evening ol the 15 th of August , and not Hi . ^ Turner . There was a good deal of exciteznent in the town , and many threats were used towards persons coming forward to giTe evidence on the part of the crown . This was the reason trh / l did net give evidence befsre , as 1 thought thwe ^ ia sufficient evidence without me , 1 told what J had seen , shortly after it teok place in confidence to several persons , amongst whom was a Chartist named Horton . l am a
"Bidgway man , " Horton told me he had been to ieicsster to see you , and enquired if 1 was going to " give evidence agsinst yc-u . 1 have Bean Mr Stevenson . 2 nd he asked me if l had seen you near Mr . Forr star ' s on the night of the fire , and 1 toldhkn it was correct 1 then related to him what 1 had seen . Tl had once agreed not to mention * ft » orenmstanee-of having seen yon near ilr . Forrister " s on account U > 1 fear . 1 was some part of the night near to Mr . Parker's bouse when it wbb on fire , but did not see the figure in the far cap there . 1 knew several of the parties who were taking inactive part in DErninjr . l -went to Mr . Aitkens'a house th « same night . Bid not see Cappur . or R ' . chards fhere . 1 saw 'William Ellis at Mr . Aitkens ' s bouse , "Whtn it waa on fire . ESis was at the back of the hocae in the garden , and threv a brick at me T * ften he raw aw me in lie fitld . « poa wkich X ran away . Ellis was not doing anything ¦ when 1 saw him . He was very dirty . It was very
light ; the house being . all in names at the time ; did sot observe any arms in the hands of those at the back of the house . Those armed were stationed » t the front of the house . When Xilis tad thrown at jne , 2 Bid , " it i » of BO use Ellis , 1 know thea . " This is the same TFIlliam EIHs thati understood was transported by mis jpxn witnesses at the Special Conimission . 1 lecollect being one of tbe Com Law Repeal delegates to London . That meeting was held at Herbert ' s Hotel . 2 made a speech there , i recollect tha time 1 w&s deputed-to go to Xondon , -sras tbe time of the colliers tnrning ont ; \ was there . asked if tbe colliers were poachers-or if they were armed . 1 stated that some of them were poachers , and some of them carried arms . 2 said 1 feared that if such men came in collision with the military , the result would fee fearfnl , or something to that eSect . Ihn military 1 alluded to were tbe yeomanry . There were no regalai soldiers quartered in Hanley about the time of tb « note , befoie yon came into tbe neighbourhood .
On Cooper pressing asms father questions ej to what resolutions might have been proposed at She Anti-Corn law conference , an objection was made to them as not being legaL His Xarfiship tola tbe defendant that the qiestions had nothing at all to do with the" matter before tbe Court ; all that he could croa-exandne upon in reference to the witness ' s attendance at the conference was any -declaration whiei he might have made , which would tend to RhWfc-p the credibility of his testimony . Ooopei stated that his object in putting the questions was to shew that a . conspiracy of tbe unembera ef the AnS-Corn-L 3 w X ? agae had been the cause of the riots and-disturbances . His -Ixfrdsiip told him that if he proposed to prove that -other parties caused the diEturhans& 3 , it must be shewn in another w * y-
Cross-examiiiat 5 on jesumed , —I swear -that I never publicly or privately heard of a resolntioD jproposed at the meeting of Anti-Com-Law Delegates , to the effect that the obtaining cf justice was hopeless : that a revo-Inrlon -was at hand : that the wheels of Ckivernment "would he stopped ; and that the Anti-Corn-Law Jjeague had drawn the sword out of the scabbard ; aad that it never should be sheathed rjmtil justice was obtained . "Was several times at Herbert ' s Hotd for soe 3 hours eich day ; I Was four days at the Conference , -which was held in July , iS 42— [ Cooper here read a number of propositions , which he alleged had been passed t $ 7 the anri-eom la-w deputation , during the sitting of tbe-. conference in London , which the witness denied having any knowledge of , or hearing -ihem proposed at . any tmiR . 3—* knew Jases Xivesley , t Chartist , in the Botteries ; 1 bare avoided him as I w < jald a plague since ie gave evidence at tie Special Commission against a .
¦ Witness named Goodwin , who wae called for tbe prosecution in Ellis' ^ case ; Livesley asserted that be saw this witness drunk at the fires ; never iold Livesley that you ought to be transported for your -apposition to tbe Anti-Com-Xaw Leagca . On the mornisg of tbe 191 h of Angcst , 1 Etet Sale , a -Chartist , and hatLsome conversation wUh him respecting the outbreaks ; > it waa before eleTenin the morning whealBawhim ; € ^ le described some acts of violence , and ssid " this isyoar Anti-C&rn Xaw League for you . " 1 have been a collector of church lates for Steke , and one © there was a slight . deficiency in the accounts , which was immediately paid ; 1 have Jteen connected with amateur . concerts in the district , ™ a ^\?? ei * haised ^^ PMfreting the xeedpts ; Mr . W . Ridgway never Bald to me before 1 came here to gr ? e evidence , » Bo what you . can , that fellow » ust be nabbed . " The witness Wilding told me he sras-ehended violsace by coming-to give evidence . ^^
Cross-examined byBkhards—SeTeral houses had fceaa flttown dowa ana property iDJared by Lord Granville ' a mining operaUons . Had no recoTlecHon of Baying be has damaged the property of others—how does he like itljimself ? Imadenosuchiemarkas "it wasa glolioui but an awful jagtt , " and 2 did not * clap njy Jands . . *'"'/ KMxamined by ilr . Sergeant Talfoord . —l am a eonfldenttil serrant of Mr . Bi&gkatfz . The deficiency in the accounts was immediately made up : it waa owing to there being so many nnaU rates to collect . In wply to quesdona put by Cooper , iU Lordship tejd him that he could pot can eridence as to Etnj de > elaiaiionjiade by him on the 16 th or 17 th of "August , or any lime afterwarda , relative to what had taken place in -Jto / ' J ' otterki , on the Hth or 15 th of August Cooper intimated that the person he intended to have called was Ur . Feargus O'Connor .
Mr . Edward Lloyd Pierce , examined by Mr . Bichardj —X am a phwairty readfling st Shelton ; 2 recollect What took place an the 15 th of August ; 2 know Lord 6 ranvffle ii 4 » llifiri «; 1 am acguainted with the last witness ; I « jh lhih him near Hi . Forrister ' s house jrben \\ to oa fin ] 1 recollect , wheo with Hi *
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Abisgton , & person-coming towards us , about whom Mr . Abington made some remarks ; that person is the defendant Cooper ^ he was coming down Harsh-street , and going in a direction to Lord GranTflle " * offices ; when he was pointed oirti to me , 1 turnea round to get a fail "view ef his countenance , upon which defendant tamed bi » bead on ons Bide ; 1 saw him again when in ' tbe ear going to IRewcastle , and distinctly recognised him "SS the same person X had seen . Cross-examined by Cooper . —You have a peculiar eonntensKce , and 1 should know yoaamoagst a thootand ? 5 tben 1 saw you it was near « leven o ' clock ; -on thB Temauk being made by the witness ^— " Here is Cooper , the Chartist lectnrer , " yon turned round to the left ; 1 have -made the remark that I thought the person-pointed out -was Mr . Turner ; 1 saw you in the car £ « £ ng to Newcastle , and felt convinced you were the-s « me pesson 1 had seen near to Mr . Forrister ' s , on tbBTTlgbt of thea 5 th of of August .
¦ Ssmuel Fradley , examined by Mr . Godson—a am a polfceman , at Hanley ; 1 recollect the night of the 15 tb Augurt . 2 Baw people going backwards and forwards to Mr . Forrister ' s . 1 was standing near Mr . Forrister ' s tack gates , and in consequence of some threats held out to me 3 moved away . In going away 1 saw the defendant Cooper , * omewhere about -43 yards from Mr . SForrister's gates . 1 particularly noticed him as he was 4 > as 8 ing . 1 : had Been him at publio meetings , and : alBO going t © J « rry Yates . 1 distinctly saw Ma face , ana from niagener&J apDeaiBnce 1 believe Mm to be the same man . The defendant Cooper was going towardB Mr . 'Forrister * s house . 1 saw the defendant at Hanley watch-house in custody . He Biid " he should not have seen-the fires if he had not had to wait for some money which Jeremiah Yatea had to pay to him . "
Cross-examined by Cooper . —I swear that 1 had the conversation -srito you when you were in custody ; it was when Mr . Yatcs brought you your dinner ; 1 cannot say the precise time . You had a « hain on both your legs part of the time you were in the lock-up . 1 do not recollect when they were taken off . This witness was farther examined at great length , but nothing favourableto the case of tbe defendants was eh ' sited . Cross-examined by Capper—1 dont remember seeing yon at HanlBy from the 12 th to the 17 th of August . Thomas Broomball—I live at Shelton , and am a laoourer ;¦! know Cooper by sight ; I was at Shelton on Monday , the 15 th of August ; I was in Marsh-street in the evening when Mr . Forriater'a Tpremisea were on fire ; I saw Mr .-Cooper just below the Black Horse , opposite the New Hall Gates . He was going towards Mr . Forrister ' s , and tras alone , and had en a cap ; I had Eeen him lecturing on the Crown Bank on Sunday j I never saw him before Sunday .
Cross-examined by Goopfflf—I gave the same evidence agaiost you at the Special As 8 i 2 ? s which 1 have now given ; I am aware that Mrs . BJaka , of Shelton , came as a witness and swore certain things against me , but sbe did not knew me and does not know me now : I went to Aitken ' s house when on fire , but did not go inside the gates . 1 did not steal two bottles cf wine from there ; a never had a strait waistcoat on ; 1 did fire two shots accidentally through a window , in discharg ing a pistol on aa open space of ground ; 1 loaded tbe pistol for my own protection , on tbe road from Stafford to Hanley . 1 carried the pistol to defend myself from the Chartists , who ik waa mmoured would attack and nmrdertbe -witnesses . Numerous other questions -were put , T » ben Cooper proposed to put witnesses into the box to prove that the witness was jion compos mentis , when his Lordship said it would be for the Jury to give that weight to the evidence which they thought it deserved .
On Mr . Sergeant Talfourd calling the next witness , several of tbe Jury represented to bis Lordship tbat matters of importance required their attendance at borne to-night , and as some of them had a long distance to go , they begged tbat the Court might be adjourned , as they had been in tbe box from Monday . Mr . Sergeant laHourd remarked that the evidence in-chief would oceopy bnfc a f e-w jninntes . A Juryman—But we dont know that the cross-examination may not last four hours , aa it has done in ether instances . Tbe Court adjourned at seven-o ' clock , until Saturday morning .
Sateeday , Mabch 24 . The trial of Cooper , Riouards , aud Capper was resumed ( this , being the sixth day ) this morning . On the opening of the court , Mr . Justice Erskine said it wonld , perhaps , be for tbe convenience of the bar and the public if he stated , that in consequence of the course which the present trial had taken , it was not his iBtention , at its conclusi on , to take any other . Of course , it was now out of the question that he should attend the assizes at Shrewsbury ; but , if it were possible , he felt he onght , if the present business admitted , to be present at tbe opening of the commission at Hereford on Tuesday . He ( Mr . Justice Erskine ) thought it proper to make this early announcement , in order to prevent the attendance of Mr . O * NielJ and his witnesses , and also the unnecessary attendance of the special jurors and witnesses , summoned for that person ' s trial .
Mr . Serjeant Talfourd . —My Lord , we are to understand , then , that the other indictment in which Cooper is included is postponed until tine next assizes ! air . Justice Erskine . —Cer tainly . This is the only case ( how long it will las ; 1 cannot teli ) which 1 can lake . Cooper . —My Lord , am I to understand your Lordship only means to take tbe case of conspiracy ? Mr . Justice Erskiiie . —Yes ; but allow me to take this opportunity of explaining a fallacy which has gone abroad . It has been reported , 1 am told , that thi 3 commission of assize is limited as to its duration . That is a mistake . I sit here under Her Majesty ' s commission , and that commission remains in force until it is Enperseded by another . Let it be understood , then , tbat I shall at and try ^ this case , let the time which it occupies be whatever it may .
Cooper . —My Lord , I am obliged by tbe expression of yonr Lordship ' s determination . Mr . Justice Erskine . —You owe me no obligation . Let the case go on . Isaac Hackney , examined by Mr . Serjeant Talfonrd . —1 was on tbe night of tbe 15 th of August last a watchman at Shelion . About half-past 11 o ' clock that night 1 was standing in the entry which leads to my bouse , when a number of persons coming from Forrister ' s fire , halted opposite the house of a person named Salt . There was at tbat time a blaze of light from Forrister ' s fire , whicb enabled me to observe persons . Cooper was at the head of the crowd . I had seen him before the same morning , between 10 and 11 o ' clock , when the Police-office was broken open .
Cross-examined by Cooper . —I did not Fay at the last assizes that I saw you in the morning , when you were bronght to the waich-honse . I had yon in charge from 10 o ' clock at night until 5 o ' clock the next morning . Yon said tbe bolts made your legs swell . Major Power Trench , examined by Mr . R . V , Richards . —I am a Major of the 2 nd Dragoon Guards . 1 was quartered at Burslem on the 16 th of August with my troop . I saw . Captain Ppwys , the magistrate , on the morning ; he requested me to turn out the troop . I did so about about half-past 10 in tbe morning . I found a crowd assembled in tbe Market-Bguare . Captain Powys read the Riot Act . The crowd was at that time considerable in number .
After tbe Riot Act had been read 1 was ordered to clear the square , which I did . Tbe mob came in from the MoorlaBd-road near tbe town . J can't say whether tbe crowd from Leek came in tbat direction . There was music ; a number of them had clubs . A great number of steurs were thrown at us by the mob . Captain Powys told them to disperse . The Eiot Act had been read , but the mob still advanced . We had orders to fire , which in my judgment , finder those circumstances , wa 3 absolutely necessary . We were obliged to charge . Stones were still thrown at us , and tad we not done so my men wonld have been in very great danger ; it was an act of necessity . One of the laob feU and after we had charged tie mob dispersed .
Cross-esamined by Coopar . —I am not an Englishman , lamanjlrisbman . lama relative of the Le Poer-TrencbeE , who have some sasre in tbe cbureh property Of Ireland . My family are largely connected with the Irish church propeety . I am not of the Beresford family . I am a cousin of tbe present representative peer of the Le Poer family . He ie one of the Irish nobility . I have held a commission since ihe year 1824 . J have been abroad as a soldier , bat have been in , no engagement et in a skirmish against a foreiga enemy . We ar < a ProJestants . I ha . 7 e some relatisso in the church ; aone of them are digaitariep . One -of them is not ae irirb bishop . One of them was some years . I nerer saw human blosisDilt before .
Major Trench , spen further cross-examination , gave it as his deliberate opinion , that under existing circumstances they cosld do no other for the protection ofibe town and neighbourhood thaaiire upon tbe mob . The witness -expressed his deep regret tbat human life had bees lost ; but seeing the mobs of people 9 ho came froa the Moorland aad the Hanley roads , whether it regarded himself or his troop , or the public generally , he had no alternative left but to fire upon the threatening- multitude . He believed that tbe course he then adopted saved & great Iobs of life and property in the Potteries .
Major Trench added , that he had uo > Jcaose to regret fixe extreme means adopted to suppress tbe riots in the Potteries , and , that , though he had had a considerable military servic * in Ireland , he had never Been « o large a multitude as he saw in tbe Potteries on the J 8 ih of August . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd said that waa the case for the prosecution . Cooper eomplainea that many of the witnesses examined at tbe special commission in October , and others on tbe back of the indictment , had not been called . He wished to ask the Learned Jndge whether or not be himself might call those witnesses ! -
Mr . Jnsfice Erskine . —Yon may do just as you please . Yon are at liberty to call those witnesses , as yon Elite , for the defence , but I cannot , unless they are in court , compel them to give evidence . Upon the application of Cwpsr , the court then adjouraed for hilf an hour .
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Cooper , upon ( be Court resuming , hoped that tbe suddenness of the manner in which the inquiry had , oa the part of the Crown , been concluded , would not operate to his prejudice . He ( Cooper ) did expect tihat the case for the Crown would not conclude before that night , and tfiat he should have the enjoyment of a qviiet Sunday , to analyse and so arrange tbe evidence as to save a considerable por ? tion of the time of the jury ; The prisoner proceeded to detail the circumstances connected with the riots in the PotterieB on the night of the 15 th of August , and said he should show most distinctly that he was not , as the witness Hackney had Btated , habited in the cloak he had described . The first witness , Andrew Rowley , swore , that he ( the defendant ) , Richards , Ellis , and others , were present at the George and Dragon , Hanley , on the 10 th of April . He admitted that he ( Cooper ) was present on that occasiou , but he should establish by evidence beyond doubt that neither Richards nor Ellis « were
present . That was the chief evidence as regarded tke conspiracy , and if he ( Cooper ) showed that they ( the defendants ) were not present together on that occasion , he thought the Judge and Jury would agree with him that he had satisfactorily disposed of the charge of conspiracy ; and if the evidence of Andrew BowJey were , so deoidedly contradicted upon this point , what would be said as to his evidence as rer garded other statements given in his depositions I He ( Cooper ) pl&dged himself that before he had conoluded he would convict the members of the Anti-Corn Law League as the originators of the riots in the Potteries . He ( Cooper ) affirmed , aa he had done before Lord Chief Justice Tindal at tho Special Commission , that he had advised the people to strike for the purpose obtaining the Charter ; he again repeated tbat he had no desire to blink tbe question . The defendant proceeded at great length to comment upon the evidence for the prosecution , and at 6 o ' olock the Court adjourned until Monday morning .
Monday , March 27 . The defendant Cooper resumed his defence this morning by commenting upon that portion of evidence left untouched on Saturday , the principal parts of which , as it affected himself , he said he should be able entirely to contradiot . He then proceeed to read from the Quarterly Review passages from speeches by Mi . Cobdea and other members of the anti-Corn Law Leagne , and also resolutions of tbal body agreed to at their conferences , of a violent tendency . He dilated upon these extracts with great energy and fluency , asking the Jury if they could be guilty of the injustice of convicting the three bumble individuals before them , whilst the members of Parliament and aldermen still retained
their seats and ibeir honours after inciting the people to acts ot violence and outrage . Those men with whom he combined never burned houses , or committed any acts of violence ; but he and his friends contended tbat they had a perfect right , while they denounced all violence , to advise the suspension of labour until the Charter was established as the law of the land . That was a strictly constitutional mode of proceeding . But there were vipers in the form of men—they were the real incendiaries . He ( Cooper ) meant the gents of the aiiti-Corn Law League . He would establish this by the most incontestible evidence . Was Ridgway to escape—was Mason to eecape—was Cobden to escape—waa the Editor of the anti-Corn Law Circular to esoape—and
innocent Chartists like himself , who were the sincere advocates of peace , law , and order , to be convicted ? Having denounced violence , tbe defendant said , ho would next state to the Jury what really were the doctrines which he entertained , and what in his addresses he had always taught the people at publio meetings . The learned Serjeant in his opening address had stated that the present prosecution was not directed against Chartist principles J be admitted that the people of this country had a constitutional right to meet and disouss the expediency of adopting the Charter ; but the Learned Counsel had eaid , that a cessation of labour would lead only to theft . If bo , then let tbe real offenders—the rich strainers after wealth , tbe really guilty parties ,
be punished , and not the innocent Chartists . Who were they who caused a , cessation of labour in the Potteries 1 Why , those who reduced the poor man ' s wastes—those who when a partial turnout occurred advised the people to make a general holiday—those who , with the object of advancing the views of the League , were desirous of plunging the country into revolution . He would now tell them what he really bad taught in the Potteries or elsewhere . He would admit that on the 15 th of August there was a conspiracy , but that conspiracy was not for seditious purposes , but for tbe maintenance of " peace , law , and order . " The defendant went on to show that his sermon delivered on the 10 th of April was a mere exposition of facts as detailed in English history , and from these he argued the right of the
people to Annual Parliaments and the other points contained in the People ' s Charter . This he did not consider sedition , for it was clearly deducible from the stream of history and tho best historical authorities tbat Annual Parliaments and Universal Suffrage ( the right of every man of twenty-one years of age to vote ) were the birthrights of Englishmen . The defendant next argued in favour of iho Other points of the People ' s Charter . This was tho way in which Chartist lecturers advocated their principles , and snrely by so doing they were not committing sedition or violating the principles of the British constitution . Then , in the sermon which he bad preached from the text " Thou shalt do no murder , * ' he ha < i dwelt upon the evils and murderous character of war . What said Bisnop forteous
?" Oae murder makes a villain , Millions a hero . " He ( Cooper ) still maintained the same opinions . He denounced the profession of that man who wore a peculiarly cut and coloured coat , and carried a sword for the purpose of professionally taking away the life of his fellow-creatures . This , he hoped too , was not preaching sedition . Before concluding , he begged of them to dismiss from their memory any impressions to his disadvantage which might hare been produced upon their minds by a perusal of tho public newspapers . He particularly cautioned them against the attempts made by the Morning Chronicle to injure him in the eyes of the publio . It was well known that Sir John Easthopo was tbe proprietor
of that journal . Now , it so happened , that at the last general election be ( Cooper ) stood with Sir J . East hope and Mr . W . Ellis as the Anti-Corn Law League candidates . Of course he ( the defendant ) stood beside Sir John on the hustings , and took occasion to make some reference to the Hon . Candidate ' s practicea at former elections . He ( Cooper ) told the meeting what he knew to be the fact , tbat a former election at Leicester cost Sir John Easthopo not less than £ 16 , 000 . There was the proprietor of the Moming Chronicle , with purity upon his lips , bribing and corrupting the burgesses of Leicester . He ( Cooper )
said such a person had no right to appear as a candidate in Leicester , and tbat according to the show of hands he ( Cooper ) ought to go to Parliament as their representative . This offended Sir John Jast hope , or Sir John Softsoap , as he was called in Leicester , and the consequence was , in the Morning Chronicle he ^ Cooper ) was stigmatized as " tho great Leicester incendiary , in the pay of the Tories . " ' MU paid by the Tones ! " exclaimed Cooper f so help me God , I was never feed , was never bought , was never paid by any party ; much less by the Tories . " He admitted thai at the first election for Nottingham he did go into Mr . Walter ' s committee-room .
The Judge—1 do not see how a reference to what occurred at Nottingham can have anything to do with this inquiry . Cooper said his object was to dismiss the minds of the jury of any impressions they might have formed from the statements in the public newspapers ; and when he went into Mr . Walter ' s comtnitte room he told tbat gentleman , that although he and his frkads came to give their support , yet they did not approve of his ( hlr . Walter ' s ) political principles . Hia expression wa 3 , " We come to assist you , Mr . Walter , in catting the throats of the Whigs , in order that afterwards we may have the opportunity of cutting tbe throats of yourselves and those 6 f your political friends . " That was what he told Mr .
Walter ; and now he ( Cooper ) was prosecuted by a Tory Government . " At the time , " said the defendant , " 1 went to Nottingham 1 thought 1 was doing right , 1 sow think 1 did wrong , and so help me God , I would sooner have this hand cut off than I wouid do again what I did on that occasion . " For the course which he had pursued he bad been persecuted by the Mopiing Cliromele , in which papar it was lyingly stated , on the Seventeeuth of August , that there were no burnings in the Potteries until he went into tbat district . Since then , the same paper had expressed its regret that Ellis and others should be sent over the seas , " while the real rogues hired by the Tories ( meaning himself and others ) were allowed to remain in the country . " Had he * ( Cooper ) no right to complain of these vile statements and obst-rvations , and was he not justified in entreating the iury to be careful , lest they should
be influenced by them . The defendant hoped before he concluded he should be allowed briefly to allude to his personal history , in order that the jury might judge from the details of that history whether he was a person likely to commit the crimes wish which he was charged . [ The defendant proceeded to state his "birth , parentage , aad education , " as reported in the Times when the prisoner was upon his trial for arson at the Special Commission in October last } At one period , when in London , he was favoured with the notice , and as he imagined the patronage , cf a literary baronet , the personal friend of the learned Serjeat ( Talfourd ) who conducted the present prosecution . He ( Cooper ) had assisted the baronet in certain elections for Lincoln , and he took the liberty of placing in his hands the manuscript of a romance with a view to its publication . The Hon . Baronet promised to present it to his o \ m publisher , but he ( Cooper ) had reason to believe that the Hon . Baronet told a
falsehood . The Judge again icterfered . Cocper begged pardon , but he mentioned it only as one incident of his life . When he proved to them tbat he was not in the Potteries oa tbe 12 th of
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August , when he showed that although on the 15 th he did conspire , but not to effect violence , but to preserve peace—wben they bore iu mind the practices of other parties , protected , if not aided and abetted , by the members of the late Governmentwhen they remembered that if the Chartists were guilty of agitating in . support of their principles , they were only following in a humble way the example of others occupying high places in the counry—when they recollected all these things he could not bring his mind to believe that the Jury would find himself or his aged friends guilty of the offence imputed to them . No , they would never return a verdict of guilty against such humble men , when magistrates , members of Parliament and members of the anti-Corn Law League were allowed to go at large uuprosecuted and unpunished—when Government quietly allowed the growth of a gigantic conspiracy , daily ; bearding Parliament itself , and
such as before was ne ? er allowed to exist in this country . No , whatever their respect might be for Sir Robert Peel and his Government , he did hope , while such lofty criminals were allowed to go at liberty , the Jury would not feel justified in punishing the humble but honest individuals then upon their trial . Let , however , their verdict be what it might , ho should bow with due respect . This , however , he might be allowed to say , —a verdict of guilty would not subdue the spirit of a Chartist conscious that in all he had doiio he had only sought to benefit hia fellow-men . It was impossible to put out the light of democratic truth in this country . The defendant concluded an energetic speech of upwards of tea hours' duration by expressing his confidence in a verdict of acquittal . Richards and Capper then addressed the jury in short speeches , principally resting their hopes of a successful defence upon alibis , which they proposed to prove , and character .
The following witnesses were then called : — Thomas Brandred , iron-founder , of Shelton , gave the defendant Capper a high character as a kindhearted , honest , peaceable , and , as far as he knew , loyal man . William Thorneycroft , iroD-fo , ; nder , of the Potteriea , had known Capper for 25 years , and always thought him a peaceable , quiet , honest , industrious , and loyal man . Edward Jenueus , examined by the defendant Cooper . The Judge—Is this witness as to character ?
Cooper—No , my Lord , it is to prove Richard ' s alibi on the 10 th of April . Witness—I keep the Temperance Hotel at Birmingham , and am a teetotaller of nine years standing . Oa the 10 th of April last he dined at my house between one and two o ' clock . He had slept at my house on the previous night . 1 Baw him in the morning soon after he got up . This was from eight to nine o'olock . He came to my house late in the evening on the Monday previous . I did not see him after dinner on the 10 th until eleven o ' clock at
night . He went away on the Monday morning about nine o ' clock . 1 understood that ho was going to Walsall . Cross-examined by Mr . Sergeant Talfourd—I have known Richards for about four years . I recollect it was the 10 th of April , as a Conference was held there at the time . He always comes as a customer , but I do not keep any book . I have no memorandum which will assist me as to the time when Richards was at my house . I remember that it was the 10 th of April wlien Richards was at my house , because he was short of money and went away
without paying . Anne Jcnnens , examined by Cooper—Is the wife of the last witness . I know the defendant Richards . He was at our house on the 10 th of April . He dined with us at ono o ' olock . He came on Monday , the 4 th of April , 1 know Richards was at the Temperance Coffee-house on the 10 th of April , because there was a Sturge Conference held at the time . Richards went away without paying , but returned afterwards from Walsall and settled with me . Cross-examined by Mr . Richards—When Richards returned from Walsall he paid me 5 s . 6 d . He slept at the house seven times , and breakfasted once . The only time he dined was on the 10 th of April , The Sturge Conference finished , I believe , on the Saturday night . Edward Preston Mead , examined by Cooper—I
am aa artist and a Chartist leader , resident in Birmingham for fourteen years . I know John Richards , and saw him on the night of the 10 th of April , between seven and nine o ' clock , at the Aston-streot leoture . I had delivered a sermon previous to Mr . Riohards speaking that evening . I had not seen him before that day ; but several times during the week . I met him at the Chartist Conference , held at the Red Lion , in SmaUbrook-street , to watch the proceedings of the Sturge Conference . I know it was the 10 th of April , because the sermon I delivered that evening was a funeral sermon for young Frost ; who died three days previously . Cooper—You mean Henry Frost , the son of the exile { ; Witness—Yes .
Cross-examined by Serjeant Talfourd—The congregation at Aston-street , consisted of about 200 persons . I was a member of the Chartist Conference . Richards attended as a delegate . I have always remembered that it was Sunday , the 10 th of April . I cannot tell whether I lectured in Aston-street on Sunday , tbe 3 rd , or on Sunday , the 17 th . . Tho only day I can recollect with certainty is the 10 th . Mr . John Drewry , exsmined by Cooper—I am a printer residing in Stafford , and printed the bill now produced for the defendant Cooper on Friday ,
the 12 th of August . It ( the bill , which was read ) announced that Cooper would deliver a leoture in the Market-place in Stafford on the night of the 12 th of August last year . Cross-examined by Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—Did not see Cooper present at the meeting in the Marketplace in the evening . ( This evidence was given with a ^ view to show that Cooper waa not present in the Potteries on the night of the 12 th of August , three days before the business commenced . ) The Court adjourned at eight o ' clock until nine the following morning .
Tuesd ay , March 28 . The Court opened this morning at nine o ' olock . Ann Smith , called by Cooper . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd rose and said , this witness he presumed was called to prove that the defendant Cooper was in Stafford on tho evening of tho 12 th of August , and thus show that the witness Rowley was mistaken . Now , this was perfectl y consistent with his ( Mr . Sergeant Talfourd ' s ) instructions and opening . He stated that Cooper did not arrive in the Potteries umil Saturday , the 13 th ; and as be ( Mr . Serjeant Talfourd ) believed Cooper was in Stafford on the Friday night in question , he was willing , on the part of the Crown , to make that
ad-. The Judge—But in a criminal case I cannot take an admission . The faot must be ptoved . The witness Anne Smith then deposed , that she saw Cooper in Stafford , in August last , but could not recollect the precise day . He slept at her house and was brought there by Mrs . Peplow . William Peplow , examined by Cooper—I am secretary to the Stafford Chartist Association , and remember seeing the defendant Cooper at Stafford on the 12 th of August . He attended at meetings in the Market-place , and by adjournment on the flat the same evening . I Baw him at the meeting on the flat ( or common ) about nine o ' clock . The adjournment took place to the common in consequence of some yeomanry officers giving a number of Italian musicians money to disturb the proceedings in the Market-place .
Mr . Sergeant Talfourd—We don't dispute that the defendant could not be at Hanley at the time tbe meeting was held at Stafford . I have no questions to ask Mr . Peplow . Cooper thought he had reason to complain of the conduct of the Learned Counsel , as the faot of hia being in Stafford on tbe 12 th was notorious . He ouxht not to be put to the trouble of calling witnesses upon that poin * . Thomas Lawtou , examined by Cooper—I am a shoemaker , residing in Stafford . The Judge—it cannot be necessary to call further witnesses to prove a fact already sufficiently proved and admitted by the prosecution . It is unnecessary to go further on this point .
William Beddington was then called . —Examined by Mr . Cooper—I am a china painter at Shelton , in the Potteries . I remember the 10 th of April last year , when I saw you ( Cooper ) in the Potteries . I saw you also the Saturday night preceding , about ten o ' clock , at Jeremiah Yatc ^' s . He keeps a temperance coffee-house , and sold the Northern Star and CommonweallAsman ( which yoa publish ) , and other publications . 1 saw you the next day ( Sunday ) iu the afternoon , at the Crown Bank . You were in the aot of siDging , prayer succeeded , and then you took a text . I recollect part of the text . It was taken from tbe fourth chapter of Isaiab , and the 14 th aad 15 th verses . It was about the princes of the people eating up the vineyards and devouring widows' houses . I waa very much delighted , because it was an historical subject . There was a reference made to the rulers of the earth , and some mention made of one of our kings add bastards .
Cooper—King or Queen ! Witness—KiDg . ) heard you say very little about the Queen . To the best of my recollection you referred to one of the Charles ' s . Allusion was made to King George IV . I recollect you mentioned the state of the poor , aJid what you had seen in you own neighbourhood . I mvf you again at the Georg and Dragon room at Hanley , at half-past sir o ' clock the same evening . That waa the Chartist room at that time . YoU was Jast about taking your text . The sermon related to toe death of young Frost . The text was out of Jameff , and the sermon treated of pure and undented religion . I can feel the subject now . I saw you again at Jeremiah Yates ' s at half-past ten o ' clock the same evening . Cooper—Have you any doublthat this was on the 10 th of April ! - Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—There is not the least doubt of it , for that ie to stated ia tbe case for the prosecution .
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Witness—l have good reason to know it was the 10 th of April , for I had a good deal to do with sending John Richards , the prisoner , off to Birmingham . | Cooper .-fNow , to cut the matter short , did you see either £ Ui 3 or Riohards present at the Crown-bank at the meeting on the Sunday afternoon I j . Witness—I did not . Riohards could not be there , for he was in Birmingham . I saw you again in Leeds in July , but I cannot tell to the day . I saw you again in the Potteries on Saturday , the 13 th of August . I Was at the George and Dragon Inn , Hanley , on ! the Friday night , the 12 th . It was our wake time ) and there was dancing . I did not see Ellis or Riohards there . There was no . speaking .
I am positive Richards was not there . I Baw you ( Cooper ) again about one o ' clock on Sunday , the 14 : h . Samuel Tomkinson and Joseph Smith were with you . j They were professed ChartiBts . You told me you were going to Fen ton , and I went with you , where you delivered a short address to the people then assembled . Fen ton is nearer two miles than one from my house . The discourse was delivered upon a waste piece of ground . I recollect one of the yeomanry cavalry riding past , when two or three young men ] or lads began to hiss at him ; you turned round and reproved them for it . Your words were , " You are making a bad start , my lads , to get the Charter . " I You told them the course they should take , that they should be respectful and act kindly . After the discourse , you went to Longton , a mile and a half distant , and commenced with singing and prayer . This was near the new church , and in your sermon you : made reference to the ohurch
establishment . I recollect your contrasting the present condition of professing Christians with the primitive btate of Christianity . You mentioned Wesley living upon £ 28 a-year , and giving the rest away . Reference waa then made to the clergyman of the church opposite ( I ) r . Vale ) , who , you stated , was represented to you aa being a good man . I recollect you surprised me bj saying that the Sabbath was not ordained by Jesus Christ , but that you approved of it , and that you would not care if there were two Sundays inj the week . You next referred to the bishops riding in splendid gilt coaches , and said if Christ returned upon earth be would not know his own professed followers . I saw you preaching at the Crown-bank the same night . You repeated your text often ;! it was , "Thou ehalt do no murder . " You dwelt at great length upon the principles of Christianity , and that they must forgive and forget , and do man ! an injury . Cooper—Did you hear me recommend marder ?
VVitne 8 s- | No , quite to the contrary . I remained until the close of the discourse , and went with you direct from the meeting to Jeremiah Yates ' s house . I left you between ten and eieven o ' clock . I saw you the next morning , the 15 th of August , at the Crown Bank . It was near eight o ' clock . You had commenced talking . I do not think I saw one person armed ^ wita a bludgeon . You had none . I never saw you use a stick in my life . I recollect you said you had addressed about 30 , 000 people at Bilston and Wednesbury . You described them as being peaceable and orderly , and that they had turned out for an advance of wages . I never heard you say that morning that the people of Wednesbury had stru « k work to enforce the Charter . A man named George Hemming also addressed the meeting at the Crown Bank , and advised the people to stand out for the Charter . You road a letter from
the neighbourhood of Manchester , the purport of which was that " the anti-Corn Law League had turned out the people by reducing wages , and that the Chartists thought it a fitting opportunity of getting the Charter . " I heard you recommend all people to cease all labour until the Charter became the law of the laud . You eaid you believed there was no law to compel a man to work , and if he did not become . troublesome to his parish , or injure property , they had a moral right to stand by each other whilst they got their rights . You said the Whig Government had drained the country of § oldierB , eo that there were not * more than ten soldiers to each large town in the kingdom . You
did not tell the people to fight the soldiers , but tbat if the people would come out , and be determined , without guns or bayonets , or bludgeons , ot physical weapons of any kind , and only a tenth part of them declare for the Charter , it would become the law of the land . You then referred to what bad taken place at the time of the Reformation in justification Of what you asserted . Referring to the harvest , you said , " 'ihe yjeomanry cavalry do that part of the business ; " but I did not hear you , directly or indirectly , advise the people to go and take the corn . I did not hear you that morning recommend any violence , nor , from what you said , did I expect that any violence would take place that day .
Cooper—As a man and a Chartist , upon your oath , did you expect any violence to take place that day ? ; Witness—I did not . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—The witness has stated so before . ' Witness—I ; did not see any person leave the meeting armed with bludgeons , but shortly after its termination I saw a number of men break into Harris ' s shop for bread . I seized hold of one or two of the principal rioters , asked them if that was the way in which they expected to carry the Charter , ' and turned them out of the shop . I returned home , and in consequence of what my wife told me 1 followed the mob in the direction ot Stoke , and saw them do the damage iiear Mr . Ridgway ' s manufactory at Shelton-bridge . I followed the mob—Mr . Richards , Queen ' s Counsel—The meeting .
The Judge ;—Pray don ' t interrupt the witness . You are putting words into the mouth of the Witness which he never used . Cooper—This is not the first time the learned counsel has done so . It is extremely unfair and unhandsome . ' Witness . —I afterwards saw the police-office at Stoke destroyed by fire . [ Witness proceeded to detail the outrages committed on the night of the lSih at Stokei Fenton , &c . The particulaTB have already been given at length in th-i Star . ] I recollect , when at Bailie Rose ' s house at , Ftmkule , I saw the witness Edward Abbin « t , on , and Others , devising some ; way to avoid being seen by the soldiers . I did not hear Abbiugton , however , give any direct encouragement to the parties .
Cooper . —Did Abbmgton appear to applaud or approve of what was going on ? ' Witoess . —Yes , he appeared delighted ; and said that was the way to make an impression upon Government . I The Judge—In common justice you ought to have questioned Abbington as to this point , as probably or possibly he would have explained it away . Cooper . —I was not aware that the witness would give such evidence , or I certainly should have examined him upon the subject .
Witness . —IIagain saw you ( Cooper ) about halfpast four o'olock tbat afternoon . You were walking quickly to and fro before Jeremiah Yates ' s . You appeared much excited . I went with you to the George and Dragon , and from , there we sang , " Spread the Charter" to the Ccowu Bank , where a meeting was held the same night . I heard you reproach the people for their conduct , and refuse to shake hands with them for their drunken , riotous behaviour . You requested Whigs and Tories ,
middle-class people , aud all parties , to come and hear what you said . You particularly wished them to hear you . ! You did not applaud the violence which had taken place . I heard you say , " You have-done perfectly right this morning in turning out the hands , " aud reprobate their conduct in other respects ! You frequently proclaimed the words , " Peace , law , and order . " You said in the morning you bad recommended them to go for the Charter , aud they had missed their way . I believe you laboured under great fear at the time .
Cooper—1 tell you I did not . I do not know what fear is . ¦ Witness—I was at the outskirts of the meeting until its close ;{ but I was rather restless myself . 1 followed you on your return to the George aud Dragon . This would be about halt-past eight o ' olock , as far as I cau | remember . I went into the front parlour with you . Wheu you got into that room you seemed feverish with excitement . I went with Tomkinson to John Lloyd's to get a spring cart , as , in consequence of prejudice , it was feared you would be annoyed , and unable co get a conveyance . - Cooper—Why , did you ever leave my side that night 1 ¦;
Witness—Neyer after nine o ' clock , but this was before . I wa 3 | refused the accommodation of the spring cart . From nine o ' clock I remained in the room with youj until as near as possible twelve o ' clock . I meant to be in the room . I sat by your side . Henry poster an « i wife , James Oldham and wife , John Bamford , J , Richards , Tomkinson , Silvester , several females , and many others were in the room . The prisoner , John Richards , left about ten o ' clock . I recollect an attorney named Pilcher , of Hanley , coming into the room very frequently . When he once came in the money which Yates had paid you was lying on the table . I will undertake to swear ten thousand times over that you ( Cooper ) was not out of the room at the George and Dragon from nine o ' olock until twelve . I left the room at twelve o ' clock . Yon had on a coat and hat which Miss Hale , the landlady lent you . You asked for
them to disguise yourself . About five or six o ' clock we t * ent out ofj the house together . I took you up Market-street , across the fields , past the Cock ; saw a policeman there , and went over to near Sir . Richard 8 ' s door ; We then went to Thomas Maher ' B m Upper Hanley . It was a very dark night ,-and dark all the course we took , except up Marketstreet . ( Witness gave an account of Cooper ' s leaving the Potteries on the night of the 15 th of August . ) He bad never Been nor corresponded with' Cooper from that time until the present Assizes . Cro 88-examiued b y Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—I was at Sheltoa during tea special assizes , I am quite sure I was not at Stafford on that occasion . This is the first time I have been in the court during these assizes . Have spoken of being present during a sermon preached by Cooper from a text out of * ' Isaiah . " Can ' t tell how long it lasted ; it might
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be about an hour . Before tha . t sermon was delivered there was considerable distress in our neighbourhood . Don't recollect seeing a policeman named Swan present at the sermon . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—I will refresh your memory . Do you recollect Cooper gave out a hymn commencing " Men of England , you are slaves , " Beaten by policemen ' s staves V Witness—I have heard that given out many times , but I can't say that Cooper gave it out thai evening . Mr . Serjeant Talfonrd—Yoa have frequentl y heard those lines sung at religious services on the Sunday , have you not ? Witness—Yes , I have . Cooper—They are frequently Bung at Chartist services .
The Judge—You have no right to assist thft witness . We must have no more each imerrup . tions . Cross-examination resumed . —The discourse at Fenton was delivered about two hundred yardsfroai the police office . At the meeting at the Crown-bank on the morning of tbe 15 th , did not hear Cooper say anything about the Court of Requests at Hanley or Leicester . From the time I left the meeting to the time I saw the mob breaking into Harris ' s , shop was about an hour . Saw them going in . the direction of Lord Granville's works , but did not see them go to turn out Ridgway ' s workmen . Heard Cooper say , that the Whig Government bad drained
the country Of troops . It was after thai the resolution was carried , to suspend labour until the Charter was established . Can ' t say that Cooper put the resolution , or you should soon have it . I was within sound of his voice , and heard every word he said . Did not hear him say that the following day , the 16 th of August , being the anniversary of Peterloo , there were to be meetings all over England . He saw by his watch that it was nine o ' clock when he took hut seat with Cooper in the parlour of tbe George and Dragon , and left at twelve o ' clock . Mr . ForriBter ' a offices were about half a mile from the George and Dragon . Heard they were on fire about half-past
ten o ' clock . We could hear the ahouting of the people in the streets through the window . Mr . Parker's house was about a quarter ot a mile from the George and Dragon . After three o ' clock I saw the houses of Mr . Aitken and Mr . Parker on fire » I do not know that any of the party at the George and Dragon left the room when we heard of Forrister ' s fire , not even to inquire . I am sure that neither Cooke nor I did . Thomas Maher ' s house is on his way from Hanley to Macclesfield . When , we got to his house he got up , part dressed . The witness was further cross-examined , but nothing particular , in addition to what w $ s stated in hia examination iu chief , was elicited .
Mary Haly , the landlady of the George and Dragou , at Hanley , was next called to corroborate some portions of the testimony given by the last witness . She was left under cross-examination at half-past one o ' clock , wheu our report waa despatched .
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Leeds Cobn Market , Mabch 28 . —The arrivalsof Grain to this day ^ market have been rather larger than last week . The demand continues yery limited for Wheat , and prices have been Is . per quarter lower . There has been very little alteration in Barley . Oats and Beans in demand , and prices rather lower . THE AVEEAGB PEICES OF WHEAT , fOR THE WEEK . EWDIKQ MARCH 28 , 1848 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Pea Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qtb . Qrs . Qr * 3268 1402 600 — £ 35 5 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ 8 . d . £ b . d * 2 6 3 £ 1 10 IU 0 17 lOi 0 0 0 17 7 1 9 0
Huddebsfield Mabket , March 28 . —A very fair amount of business was done this day in light fancy goods for trousers ; in other goods the demand was small in every department ; as the workmen carry in their work they seldom have more given them , thus producing more distress , whilst nightly depredations are most alarmingly on the increase . Leeds Woollen Mabkets—There has been no alteration for the better in the demend for goods at the Cloth Halls , nor have any hopes of improvement been held out .
Newcastle Cobn Market , Mabch 25 . —The supply of wheat at market this morning both from . the country and the coast was only moderate , and the coudition be ng good , the whole was readily cleared off at fully the rates of this day week . For foreign wheat there is very little demand , and to effect sales to any extent rather lower prices would be submitted to .
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