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2 £ A £ GUS O-CIXNXOR , ESQ , IN BATH . In accordance Tfith bills issued by the Committee of lie Ha&mal Charter Association of this city to Jhe eith&ns of Bat& , ssnoanemg that a public meeting 30 take into consideration the present distressed stele of the * onsirv . - would be , held at Mr . Salisbury ' s large Hoom , Engsmead-sqaare , on Monday erenins , Jnly 24 . a number of the working . classes , Triih a fair sprinkling of the middle order aiteEaea * at the time specified—seren o ^ clock , iKoiujh so small , "when considering thai" that m » - fiincJnng aflyoeate sad noble * hampion of the peophfa cause , l € argu 3 O'Connor , was to address the meeting , as evinced ihe general apathy so constantly shown In Ibis city upon all subjects . As the eTtning advanced , -however , the numbers increased nntn weweie gratified at seeing the room , "which is capable of holding between 1 , 000 and 2 , 000 , pratty -well filled to give a hearty reception to the glorious -randleatoT of the rights of roan .
Mr . Csisp rose amidst -conjinoed cheers and clapping of liands , aEd raid , preFunjing that yon arenot here to listen to me , but for the purpose © fhearine ihe gentleman on my 3 aft { Mr . O'Connor ) I shall occupy but a short portion of your time . The bill I hold in my iand announcing this meeting , is ieaded * Gfizans of Baihj" and proceeds , "A phblic meeting to take intocoiedderasion the present distressed slate -of the country , -trill be held , tit Mr . Salisbury's Xarge Boom * 7 , Eangsmead-B ^ uaTe , on J&onday evening , Jnly 24 , the chair to be taken at seven o ' -dcek . '* With a hill like this , announcing a meeting for the purpose of taking into-eonsiderafioa the present distressed state of the countrythe iheme of euirrersation in « very parr of the
land—the subject of tliscussion in Parliament , bo . -deep-Tooted that « Ten the great Peel -was not able to deal with it ; he should have thenght that insread oftae scanty appearance of that room , they ¦ woald- hare found it insufficient to contain the people \? he -would have come there , and that crowds would hare eongregatedia the square outside ; He shorihMunre thought that the sympathy of which Jhey were cenfinually hearing so much would have shown itself upon such an occasion as this . Where ¦ was the sympathy of the lich , of the clergy , of the saddle' clsss , which -was ever -being proclaimed 1 They saw little of it ihei © thai night . And thev would see little of it nntll the ead of the present system was come—until it was crumbled in the dust , Mid their teeth began to crackle , and their inees to knock together with fear —( cheers ) . Then wonld appear their sympathy , when" they were pinched themselves , and not till then . Tht-y showed
their sympathy at present by taunting the people with the cry that they were not educated , whilst they oppressed , bore down , and robbed them of the means ; of education —( hear , bear ) . . And if the people dared to think of altering their condition , or speak against their oppressors , the sword and the . bayonet was brought againstthem . Man's history xas Tracr . Every ^> age « f lusiory was a record of th&iieb / opposed to the labourer , of the aristor raCj against the working classes , the opulent as' j the industrious , the greedy monopoliser ' s des * joying influence upon all that was nsefnl in * ^ ocietv—{ cheers ) . He should hare thought xhai a rr cetingfor raking into consideration the present dist : ^ . ^ ne eded only ioie mentioned to haTe called fo" . ^ tb eener-» eat ) f every one to the question of t > e * mjfbxtnnate gilPTTiTnv so fast approaching—( hear heari Look io Ireland —{ cheers ) . ThBconoiiio * . « f that ' eonntry showal -vfetmen could do when th wereWed Jp ^ eaer—thear-hesr ) . There y * * v , A ^ an < a ;
, tttfjountry who possessed tr ; ^^^ of the anitedpeople ; aso those * 4 V ^ ^^ 1 Mm to sskk = ? . ¦ s £ ssrs gpg ^ iS&iS SlafS ^ d he ^ sSS-. T ^^ l ?^ Si j ofEsglandtomuteforihe
^ b ™ £ .. ieople rar ^ ifi ?^ « BnI aer * were a great Enmber of % S % 3 * S ' v «* * & TOnt - mea ^ » egan to ^ f ^ T'f i then they would begin to mute . He offrSff - Eajjta « a , which had been the . cradle At noW - ^ ^^ ^ fir ^~^ ea S ? - T gfo \ ZT sdrring moTement . If they looked to aj ^^ triiai was the cause of the present distpro-17 ^ therei It was distress ! Hiey complained ^ aT J op pressiTB nature of the tolls . And if there o anythiEg inimical to the interests of any class c + * he people , a -rirtnons GoTernment wonld remedy 7 . Bnt wh = t was &e remedy oT the present Adainistralion ? TQieirTemedy was to send down barlels of gunpowder , bayonets , pistols , and soldiery—( hear , sni cheer *) . Mr . C- then reTerted to the -date of the Chnrdi in SeoiSand ; snd contended ,
fhat fcr the last ien y ^ us ibe ' present distress had been progresang , and jyet no one conhi be found to tell them how to get rid of it . We should . oftener consnSt together on this point- The presentSTstem of distress destroys both foreign and domeslic ' trade ; fcr the £ reai majority ba ^ e noi wherewith to purchase . The land has got into few hands , sjid no means have been taken to Teliere the ¦ consequent want of employment , distress , and juiserj . if the Governmeai" had conspired for ihe nnrpose of seeing hovr bad they eonid gorern sh ^
* oBniry ihey could not hare bronghi acoui a worse state of things —( hear ) . They wanted a jo > t and fcgmiable Chartist House of Commons—( cheers ) . Did they think "they could "be worse off under snch Shan under ibb present ! Bo Go-rerBmeBi could be worse . When they iaaneinto office xfiey were alipowerful—they had the power to remove grieTMices ; bat now the evils were twenty limea more than exer . isEtead of looking into and alleviating the distress {• f the people , fee Bonse of Commons had been nlgii sfter night discusang—( a Toi (»—nonsense)—trifles , aye nonsense , sxeep&ig the physical lorco bill for Ireland . Bnt ( FGonnell did not want physical force .
H 9 had a higher elassof amuninon in store tnan guns ind swords , and bayonets ; ie conld meet the Go-TTTnniKnt with no tithes , no taxes , no poor rates—<« 3 > eex 5 f ) . ^ Ehe people of Ireland woald not meet tbem wifii Sinls , peren 3 saon caps , ox pmpewder , i > a » srith poekett buttoned up —( loud cheers ) , imagine = rsciia 1 lnDgasafaTmer hating his tattle orsiock bronght outto be sald'by action , for refusing to pay = » uy of those rente , or fitnes , or taxss , and the auctioneer ,-surrounded by 100 , 000 mea , saying , ** Hear g entlemen , is a fine ox , or anythmg else , what do son offer , gentlemen V What wonld the reply be - aink yon!—( A Toice , "Nothing ''; and cheers ) . What necessity then was there for physiesl foict 1 —( e ^ eers ) . Jnst half iioihing . Mr . O'Goonor had r ^ Tefled np * nd down the country , and . had seen siocn of fiie distress prevailing ; could harrow up rccir feelings wilih many instances of misery and had nnder his
isi ^ bihedness which come own ubserrasion , and it was unnecessary thai he < Mr . Cn ? p ) ssouldiedle particular instances when distress was = o general . This country , like erery other gone n-. ^ st declensioni tslubited * the extremes of vo ^»' -5 = ad wealth , Inxary xad waax . It had heen ? aid taaJ those whom God designs to rain he first strikes with ynajfnf ^ s and he Terily believed onr rulers ware mad . All classes were desiring a change ; and a change would take place , and « would come with a Tengeancs too—( cheers ) . We . bad no * external ?«*) uree 5 , and we were devoid of internal ones . We had nothing to meet tha present distress . Conld a be done by taxes and fresh bnrdens 1 J ? o . The mischief had been done , and it was now too late to asend . 3 ? rne , » pariiameat cJecied by tie people siigbl do something ; and sneh a pariiainent they most have ^—one representing not a class bat the ueople—Xlond and long-contained cheers ) .
Mr . Bolwelx then rose-and spoke as follows : — } &x . Chairman and rtspected fellow eii » zsnB , I feel xbat I neTer appeared beJore you with greater diffidence than on thepresem occasion- I say it is with sT-Saenee , because I have oniy i © carry my mind I'iek A fsw days to rembember ihe arrival of one xedividrial in our city and the number of persons , a brge number of whom were of the working classes , ^ re * shdin their best clothes , were then assembled to welcome him ; whilst upon Jhe present oecaaon wbere a subject so vast in importance as that for onr consideraticn this evening is to be discussed , so few , comparaavelv speaking , are to he found , who s =-fce an interest in " it . ( Hear , hear . ) I presume , * 2 cwevear , irom ihe manner in which you receJTed the
3 ? stimeiit 3 expressed by the Cha&nan , that you bulere the distrss vo he general . 1 do not expect u - . i 3 would be admitted either by her Majesty or t-rrnee ATotuz . ' When they passtnrougQ the COIlDtTJ ihzy see only the bright side of the question . 3 So iioabt bis Eojal Highness weat back to her Jdajesty ia-t week and told her that the appearance «! the people bespoke happiness , contentment , and prosj ^ riiy . ( Hear , hear . ) But , O 1 in this fashionable chy there were then many mothers who , when their ciiilSifcn cried fox food , had no bread to give them . Cfivai . ) Such tases are not solitary j and it was our -loty to feel and sympathise with the distre&sed . ( Oieers . ) They were met for the purpose of takmg iato eonsider&tion ths diBtressed state of fee country . Ha felt it was uanecessary he should < ate instances
ia distress , for there was aoi on © in thai room , lie felt assured , who were not _ acquainted -with cases «? Meh had come nnder their individual nonce " ; where the chilling Mast of pbverW had worked itB desolaiinjg effects . < Hear . *) Were there none intfhat rt-om who worked without % fair remuneration for their labour ? Hefearediherewereanajiy . He felt iidlad a duty to perform , besides considering the cissress—itwastoEujreestaiemedy . { Hear , hear . ) Some would say they wanted time to understand ; others would pBlosophiBe ; hui they must meet in © present difBcnlfies openTy 3 and for themselves ; for if they left it to the Government , that Croverjunent would decerre them . ( Cheers . ) What , then , is the rtmedyfoT the present : distress I There ar « several classes of politicians > suggesting their remedies , iirstcametheHighChurchpar ^ r , and they suggested theirs j but he would iavethe people depend-upon it that the support of ihe Church was a mere bread and
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cheese question . But what w& 3 the remedy proposed by this party ! It was to build more churches—( laughter ) . He was not disposed to believe in the efficacy of this ; remedy . Then came the manufacturers , and ? the remedy they propose is the Repeal of the Corn Laws . O , we shall then roll in riches— ( laughter ) i I do not hdieve the Bepeal of the Corn Laws would produce that state of things so desired ; and therefore I donot think it my dnty to agitate ih » t question . The Whigs , too , bring their remedy ; and they give us for the removal of distress anew Poor Lawa bastile—( laughter ) . Thus they inake people poor , and then pnaish them for being so . They haTe also another remedy—taxing the taxes i neither of > irhich
iem&diB 8 meet my approval— ( cheers ) . There is another « lass who have made war with tnrnpiktgates . Every one to his fancy ; they hare theirs—I have mine . But I do not intend adopting their xemedy either . I have another ; and the remedy I snggest , and I suggest U in serioflBness , sod If yon agree with me when 1 proposeit ; I demand your co-operation to aBsist in carrying fit ont . I desire your assistance to destroy class legislation . This is the evil nnder which the working and mercantile classes suffer ; andnntiidestroyed , Misery , wretchedness , crime , and starvation would he the inhabitants of our country—lhear )» He woaldnt * ocenpy their lime longer , as they were anxious to h » ar thai noble friend of the boot man whom'they wooM have
the pleasure of hearing that evening . He hoped they wonld appreciate whet they heard , and come to the determination to nnite in carrying cat the principles expressed , and in establishing a purely representative government . He would read the resolution he had to propose , which rally embodied hi 3 sentiments , and if it met their approval he hoped to meet them at the rooms of their Association , where they Met eve » y eveDiag fox coQ-rersaiioH and reading , and j social aad intellectual improvement . He vfas sure- there was not a man present but \ wonld desire England to become in realiry , what ; she
was now falBely ^ called , ** The glary of sncpoanding natioas and the admiration [ of the world . " Mr . B . having read the resolution , which was-as follows , sat down amidst loud , cheeriiig : — Ihat exclosiTe elass legislation is the basis- and ecigia of bad Government , and the real catee of the present distressed state of tradesmen and . -working men , and a !} who lire by their labour . Thai , in tie opinion of this meeting , na- Hesse ot Comsnbns miL ever do justice to the people until that House is elected under the provisions fcf the People ' s Cka « er , and thus mace fairly , fu % , and cquaSy to represent all classes , ef society /* " !
iir . PmiMK seconded the reEolutan , and the Chairiaan istrodueod i ^ EAB « Ds ( y L oJOtoB , E £ q- » who , on eomisgtothe front of tike plat form was received by tremendous cheering and bursts of aeelamatiMi- When the Peering had subsided , Mr . O'Connor said—Mr . Chairman , and Working Men of Bath , I might naturally suppose that a resolution suoh as that you haTe just heard read by Mr . Bolwell would be proposed at any meeting which I jwas to address . Althongh your chairman has lamented that thiB meeting is not more numerously attended , yet I am not astonished to see so few here . He has spoken of ihe sympathy of the middle and higher classes , and of their absence to-nieat . Bnt 1 am not disappointed
at that respecting which he has expressed his astonishment . If there were any sectional question toncfiing their own interests to have been bronght forward that night , they would have been here numerous -enough ; but when any good for the working classes was to he the supject they were generally not to be found . They ) knew that he battled aj ^ inst desolation and poverty , of which their chairman bo justly complained , and against the system which caused it . They knew he exposed their selfishness , and advocated the cause of the working man ; and , therefore , no wpuder they were absent , for they btew the greatest compliment they could pay him was to stay away—icheera , and l&ughterV But it would be no use to talk of
sectional distress , for distress was general . It was admitted to be general by not one Whig , or one Tory ; but the majority of the Whig 3 admitted it , and tbe strong Government admitted it—( hear , hear ) . He was not auonisbed either at the many who went to see tha pauper Prince , whom they had to support , or the manner in which he was Teceived—( hear , hear , hear ) . He was not astonished that mnsbtfrs of the working -classeB were there clad in their Sunday clothes ; forhe was a kind of pageant for them to gaze at . He was not astonished that they should wish to have a peep at ithe bauble they P 3 id for , —it waB all they received for what they paid so exceedingly dear . ( Cheers . ) In proportion &s the night advanced so would tbe popular
strength be manifested in that room . Before they separated he thonght they would see it crammed . True there were more persons to se > Prince Albert than there were to see Peargus O'Connor ; but it did not necessarily follow that there were more who held the principles of Prinee Albert tnan there xvere who held the principles he advocated . ( Cheers . ) If ihe principles of himself and the principle of the Prince were set in [ opposition , and tbe working men had to poll , he thought his wouid have the largest support . iCheers . ) It did not follow that because they gave their presence they jisve tLrmselves , or their principles . ( Hear , hear . ) Un the contrary he had seen that . ; the real democratic principle had feond its way ; « ven into the
aristocratic city of Bath , and tha -working men know "what principles to adopt . ( Cheera ) Their worthy chairman had referred to Jreluuo . and the union of the Irish . ( Hear . ) He had given the advantage to the working men of Ireland dyst tbe working men of England as regarded their union . Let them analyse the causes which gave them the advantage—( hear ) . The nearer men were placed io rely fln those who employ them , the greater was tbe djfficnlty they had to act for themselves—the greater was the influence of those above them—( cheers ) . ThiB great circumstance ' arose from the fact which their chairman had touched on , but aid not enter into ; namely , the non-distribution of the land . The working men in Ireland had tbeir larders
scored for seven , eight , or nine months in the yean and EnpposiBg it was but poor , that it waB devoid of Itrxxay , yet , if they -sreTe satisfied W live upon il notil they obtain their object , was it not Bomeihing to arm them to tbe fight 1 They had amuuition lor eight or nine months , whilst iha working men in England had only from Saturday io Mondayicheers ) . ' They , the workmen of England had only three rounds of ball cartridge served them ; whilst their fellow 3 in Ireland had ammunition for nine months . Which then were able to ttan J the fight with oppressiop ? Although ihe food in the J&rders of bis countrymen was lamentable : as a means of subsistence , yet if it was to had to the regeneration of bis country , he rejoiced ibat Pad ay lived upon
potatoes to achieve so great a triumph . Secular wars are now carried ou against various , abuses at the same time . Popular opinion carried t . h « Emancipation Act ; popular opinion carried the R-form Bill , bm it was not bo popular then as it is now . Popular opinion is more poweriu ) against the Government now than ever it waa But why did not popular opinion succeed now as then , yon will say 1 It is because the factions knew thai Lhe Emancipation Aci and the Hefonn Bill were mere shadows . Tb » -y did not resist Emancipation , and why ? n > itausethey knew they conld stop it at their ov / n door * . They could make the cathccic tenantry pay t&e tithes , and the system wonld stand as betcrt . The Whis franchi-e as based on the reform bill , ibc-y kn ^ -w wonld benefit
the people nothing ; they knew that by it 'hs-y could resist the people , having got s V . ' he pi > w » -r mto their own hands , This -was -orb ? they < a-. < i » oi oppose popular opinion then ; but nu »» ta . people were seeking something for themse ! vt-i . ar « i : iat was why they were opposed cow—( cheer * ) The field ol labour on which all livpd was me bent bailie field on which to defend their rights— Klond cheer ?) . He rejoiced to see the perpt-toa . ' fire which had been kept np against the Govsniiren !—( fht- » -r *) When Peel came into office he had the gxeaj Doke of Wellington on his nshi , aad the great Duke of Buckingham on his left ; and did he noi njiiSe n his boast of having tbe military at ius back . But this grf at and powerful Peel has s-ice * fallen an repute . He
is contemned in Ireland ; he ¦ = ur .-Christian in Scotland ; his arm has bm > paralysed by a WoroaD in Wales—( cheerr ) . He had to-a atked what , the Chartists ha / i done amonjr' sll this I They had tot , it was true , made aty direct assault . But he attached great impor :-ance *<> the Chartist agitation in tie present st 3 : e of thirgjv He dio not . ay what was the exact point they bad accomplished . Tfcey were looking for a more gei erai achievement . They had been silent , qniescent , aad tranquil . The people , the great power , had be n looking on whilst tie factions were quarrelling ; and ; hej woulo be prepared to take advantage o : any opportunity which should present itself oi berteriug iheir own condition . Peel had done nothing . He had had
barkings and hbwlings at him from all quarters of the House —( bear)—and yet he was content to remain lulled by a few friends in the House of Commons . He who was all-powerful is powerless . Ireland hates him with contempt—no , that ia nut the word ; fearing him , no ; deiying him , no ; there is no wora 1 can use to . « bow irelajid ' o treatment of h'Tp- Ireland snaps b * i fingers st him—( loud and long-continued cheering ) . Every different section of society was complaining and discontented . The commercial and jmauutactunng interests , ihe agricultnrista . -be aho ; keepers , the Church of Scotland , Ireland , and Waies —( chetra ) .
Disinterested men , calm and considerate men , reasoning and thoughtful men , 1 would ask you how can a Government hold together -when interests so opposite are all opposed to v ? Mr . Bolwell had spoken of the remedies proper d . There vrtTe two pet remedies of men at preseut . One w * s the Kepeal of the Corn L&ws . and the other a kind of transportation . One will tell you , you must depend on the foreigner for trade and sustenance . The otter , there is surplus population , yon must emigrate . Iv " 6 y 0 Q coaleDt t 0 remain at home to compete witn , arid be trampled upon by artificial power ; ana at length , when machinery nad done ite work m depriving them of the means of subsistence , to be
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sold to go to America , to Canada , to New Zealand , to Australia , to New Brunswick , to Prince Edward Island , or to the devil if you like . They care not . so you are fr « m their « ght .- ^« beers ) . The Chartigts had lepit themselves from assisting either party in carryiag their crotchets . The Whigs containing someoffallthesecrotchityparties ; the Whjgp j one of the most treacherous body of men that ever existed , came forward with their fine professions ; bat the Chartists would have nothing to do with . them . When Ireland wanted justice , it was found that coercion was required first of all to calm the public mind , and prepare them for the reception of it . The domiciliary fijutem was adopted in all its tyranny and blacknessi j villainous policemen had been
allowed to enter the houses of the people , and the nakeel ^^^ mother , springing from ^ her fed of straw , was obliged to answer tneir qnestidns . But thenakedne ^ of suc h women w * s rirtue . They would prefer their alrkw bed and their nakedness to crawling to , and begging of , those v ? ho plaoed them in their aiserabl ? tjoadition . Wonld vou refuse the hook , when they tiekle you on the back 1 They have stopped the popular Toice . They have proposed an Arms'Bill now for Ireland j they may take from the Bishop and give to the lower dignitaries ; they may make alterations ; but the people Want substantial changes . Yon must awafce . If the present distress is allowed to destroy oht portion , it will soo » with one fell swoop destroy the whole .
Machinery iaay not yet have crossed your hills and exer ted its direful influence in your town ; bnt yet you feel its effects now , and you will feel it more . Men will be drives from the ma&afacturing districts , and they wili come and settle amongst you , and consequently aore labourers will be in the market , and the effect will be felt by you . Donot think Bath will be the One fair spot in the bosom of the countoy , for is will come evea to the beaetiful city of Bath jjts desolation will be universal —( hear . hearX But jou are moving . Somethisg has been done . We have not toiled in vain . A few years ago , if 1 jhad come among you , you would have met me with' " H » rroo , Pat , what brought you here ? ' Sptpposed was the feeling of Englishmen
to Irishmen . But the _ case was altered BOW ; and Englishmen were as willing to listen to an Irishman as to one burn under their own nose . Do we owe nothing to this change of feeling t I hold now as good a position as-any man is the country . I have eradicated the feeling of eumity , and established a mutual ! feeling in its plaee between the two countries . Was this nothing to achieve 1 They heard of Repeal ; What did it mean ! It meant a free Parliament . Not one to- interest itself in roads , bilk , orrailroads for England , or English finances , but to look to the grievances of the people of Ireland . Repeal would be a benefit to Ireland and to England . England had a right to demand the Repeal upon English principle , as much as Ireland bad to
demand Repeal upon Irish principle . And Whyi Beftius © Ireland at present was a burden upon the English psople—because the timo of their ' own House of-Commons which ought to be looking to their intefesjs , was all taken up by Ireland ; i yes , it occupied their attention six nights in the week , and they only J sat five , and sometimes counted out the House —( laughter ) . Yes , this appeared funny , bat it was thecas 6 . They only sat five nights a week , and it took them six uighta to look to the affairs of Ireland . Was it not then the interest of the English people to demand the Repeal of the Union ? Mr . O'C . then referred to tbe taunts of their enemies that when the Irish bad a Parliament they did not derive any benefit from it , and showed that the Irish
people never had a Parliament to represent their interests , but that it was confined and restricted , and at length when the English Minister ponred his gold iato it , and they betrayed their country , it conld not be said the people , or the people ' s parliament did it . The charge he had to make against it was , that the Catholics could not Bend Catholic members to Parliament . That seven-tenths of the people bad no voice or power in it —( loud cheers ) . He was glad to see the progress of intelligence amongst them , intelligence was now on every pahrfng breeze . The people now felt intelligence to be of more value than gold , and sought it before luxury or ease . ( Hear , hear . ) There was not time to tell of all the injustice which had bf en exercised towards Ireland . He would ask them
however , which was most guilty , the ignorant man who committed murder , or the rich ruffian who t » euld tempt him to do it 1 He should say the villain who tampered with , and exoited the man ' s wicked appetites and passions , aad harried him to the deed . So it was with their Parliament . It was the English Ministry who had wrought all the injury towards Ireland . It was said again but England is your right arm , would you sever yourself from her ? True , England was the right arm ; but then . Ireland was-the belly . Ireland was the body . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) England was only the arm—a member . The Irish were told of their
commerce with England , and of their dependence upon her in that respect . He should like to see the commerce . All ihe benefit Ireland derived from it was , that she gave England pigs and they gave her parsons ; and who would not sooner have ono cart load of pigs than a legion of partons 1 ( Cheers and laughter . ) He did uot wish to excite their laughter . He desired to arrest tbeir attention . He wished to convince them that this question was of equal interest to them as Ireland . It was said , too , that Ireland conld not remain an independent state by herself . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) So it was said of Belgium , when Holland was accustomed to make her a draw-farm for h' r kings and for her aristocracy to enrich themselves upon . But when
Belgium awoke , and drew up the Charter of her liberties , and set herself free from her connexion with Holland , from that time she increased in wealth , and has become as she ought to be—a free and independent state , occupying a place amongst the nations . So now their tyrants may declare the funds steady , but they may be assured they were uot very steady whilst Ireland was in its present state . It was a sturdy assertion of the Irish Duke of Wellington that he would prevent the Repeal of ) the Union . ; But they must always road such assertions with a rational dictionary , and the qualification he would attach to this was—if the Irish people would allow him—( Cheers . ) The Irish people nad diffsieni laJws forced on them to what the English
had . They had been treated as brutes rather than human beings . They had been designated aliens in language and in blood —( Cheers . ) The Repeal of ihe Union would not be objected to by the working classes of this country ; it was the aristocracy who would be its opposers . He could imagine them losing an epaulette from their arm , or a knee-tie or a shoe-buckle by the Repeal , and he knew how warmly they would object to this . He fancied them on the Continent being taunted that they had not been abk to govern Ireland , that they had allowed her to proclaim her independence . He could fancy their downcast looks to see in them opposition to tho rights of the Insh people —( cheers ) . What had been the result of the agitation against the
Factory Bill and all tbe other measures brought forward by Government ? Why , that they were all gone to the tomb of the Capulets . This had boon the result of popular opinion ; and now the great question of Irish liberty was before them , would they not cry hurrah for Ireland i—( loud cheers ) . When this great question came before the public , they shewed the real principles of Chartism , by remaining inactive—they did not float their ship by the .= i'ie of Repeal , but bad allowed her to ride openly and engross alone the public mind . They had done so because their prinoiplts were wrapi up with Repoal . Repeal would not benefit Irwland ot itself ; he would not have it without an extensive and firuthCul ^ presentation for the people . This
was the great foundation of the people ' s political rights—a full , fair , and free representation —( cheers ) . The English people were not to be led astray by abstract questions . Their mind had been fixed upon this great question , and who would dare to stand against the rushing str- am of such a public opinion as that of united Englishmen and : Irishmen npon this question 1 Or who should be ionnd to show the vxaot . point ot measurement where this public opinion should stop in its mutual sympathy ? What had it done already ? How had it not paralized tho strong arm ol the Governmcat \ In what a position had it not placed the military Duke , with his won't jjrant Repeal ; or the great Peel , with bis military at his
back ; or Lord John Russell , with his final Reforms ; or Lord Palmerston , with his " hour not yi-t arrived ' ? What grievances had they to dibpel , hearw > urniDgs toallay . The landlords were watchiug them , and felt discontented , Rvbecca was in arms against the turnpike gates . Tiien there was the srriat question between landlord and tenant of fixity of tenur * . Then there was the Cl . uroh . The laudiortis were the trustees of tho State Church . It was the Church that was the bone of contention in Ireland- ^ - ( cheerB ) . Mr . O'Connor then entered into a warm description of the depopulating system carried on by the landlords in Ireland , and contended that the Chartist franchise was the only means which would enable the working classes effectually to grapple with their oppressors . He then went through the various interests of society , showing the effects of the present distress upon each , and the results to each when labour was high or
low . He then showed tbo evils of the present system of government , and the necessity of uniting to bring about a change . It was for the purpose of uniting them that he had come among them . He had been for the last ten months only a prisoner at large . And it was to the cleverness snd ingenuity of his friend and their friend , Mr . Roberts , that he was then atlliberty . When he saw the power opposed to us , he must say that Bath had reason to Be proud that it owned the first solicitor that was ever able to battle against the Btrong powerB of Government and come off bearing the palm of victory . And now that he was once more set at liberty from the fangs of the ; Government , he was determined to heal , if possible , ! any differences that might have crept in amongst- them .. To bring all into a state of concord and union . There were sore burdens pressing all around , and many were the difficulties and much the opposition they had to contend against But he was resolved to brave them all —( cheers . )
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Their Organization had been much neglected , and { they had lost many opportunities on this account . { But he was determined to re-organise the movement 'and that was the purpose of his present tour . Many Were the oontentlonS around them between the various factions , but he hoped the Chartists would stand still with folded arms and let them fight their own battles —( hear , hear ) . He hoped also when their Plan of Organization should be perfected , they would start from the point at which their agitation , was stopped—not going backward but progressing from that point—and that they would once again take the lead in the battle front of oppression . He was ready to tak&his position . ; He had suffered"Iff months solitary confinement in a felon ' s cell—( shame , shame ) . His constitution had been weighed down and
broken in upon , but ; he was not yet crushed He was there after ail their efforts to pot him down , to dare the Governnrent to its face , and tell them that Feargus O'Connor was a ^ ain their open opponent—( loud cheers ) . They had been taunted as being unwashed ; bnt he would rather spend an evening with them—with those with blistered hands , fustian jackets , and unshorn chins , than with those who itaunted them , with all their whiskey-punch , champagne , or cl&refc . ; He placed more confidence in the honesty of the working classes , than in that of those who were called their betters . He believed that in Ireland there would not a blow be struck ;
but he also believed that if the slightest opportunity was given the Government , they would be ready to let rfip the dogs of war upon the people . He believed the people werejprepared to defend themselves . His countrymen were ' quick at resenting injuries , and woe be to that Government or those rulers who should now attempt to destroy the energies of the working classes . He ) believed Peel wa 8 as sick at that moment as any sailor that ever went to the Bay of Biscay . The Dnke of Wellington too , who told the people he would not let them have Repeal , was not very comfortable he presumed . He would Bay to
him—Look round , unruly boy , Your battle comes enrolled , Feeble wrath , a war ef waters Rais'd against the head and front : Of necessity and tho people . —( Gbeers . ) The Duke's were the doting words of a doting old man ; they would , therefore , take no notice of him . Mr . O'Connor then expressed bis willingness and determination to oast all differences to the wind which existed between him and other parties , directly they had come forth in the people ' s cause in a fair manner ; and now that the people ' s money , industry , and confidence was likely to be used in a fair manner , he gave his cordial co-operation . Mr . O'C . then referred to his own advocacy «> f the cause for the last twenty years , and his sufff rings since
that period , which excited feelings of just indignation against his oppressors in the minds of all present . He then showed the manner in which the Government had deceived the people of Ireland . He also spoke of their own agitation , and said here were three parts to an agitation : —1 , To collect public opinion : —2 . To organize that opinion : —and 3 . ! To direct the opinion . The two first have been brought about ; and it was now for the people to decido who should lead and direct that organized opinion .. They had stood much during the course of their agitation , they had gone through the fire of persecution , and come out unscatohed —( cheers ) . There was the delusive cry of " high wages , plenty to do , and cheap bread . " Mr . O'C , in a most
sarcastic manner , referred to the meeting of the Dissenting ministers on tho subject of the Corn Laws . But the people had uot been deluded by their humbug , and why I for the same reason that the burnt ch 2 d dread * the fire . ( Cheerg ) The wounds were 8 tnTgreen on the backs of men , and they were ready to battle against both parties , Whig as . well as Tory . The people had become enlightened , and where was the power who would now resist the might of democracy I ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'C . then vindicated the course pursued by the Chartist leaders in directing their agitation , and ably and wittily defended the people from the charge of being advocates of physical force and revolution , distributors of property &o , and turned the
charges , settling them in beautiful style upon those who were their accusers . He could not help congratulating the working classes upon the great improvement which had been wrought in a few years . Judgment had taken the place of passion , and he ! could with confidence appeal to their reason and common sense . " Knowledge is power , " and ignorance the best title to power . They had learnt to stand still and see their enemies fight iike Kilkenny cats—( hear ,, and laughter)—and they would wait until they had destroyed each other , and then they would come in at the death , and carry off tho warment—( cheers , and laughter ) . If they did not receive his words as words of knowledge , he hoped what be had said would arrest their
judgment , and lead to healthful conclusions . It was the working classes that supported the shopkeepers . Milsom-street was not supported by Mr . Beckford or any other individual , but by the productive classes . Mr . O'Connor thtin referred with bitter S arcasm to the windy professions of some parties , and showed hoyr the burden of the taxes eveutually fell upou the shoulders of the working classes , and that it was tbo intention of the other classes to keep them in subjection . That some should live in the extreme of luxury and ease , whilst others were starving , was not the will of dispensing Providence . They Uhe working claaseB ) were denounced by those abpve them as cowards , if they would not fight with them j and ruffians if they did . Now , in future
they would fight , and they would not fight—they would fight when they liked ; and when they did not , they would not fight ; and when their opponents wished them to fight , they could send them a note , and they would determine whether they would fight or not . Mr . 0 ' Q . then referred to the noble exertions of Father Mathsw . He was an able Qconlist . Ireland drank had become Ireland sober . The film bad been removed from the eyes of the people and they had seen that they had been robbed whilst they were drunk ; but now they were sober they had begun to take care they were robbed no more . Mr . O'Connor passed the highest culogium upon the exertions of Father Matbew , and urged tbo . cause of temperance upon his hearers with much
warmth , shewing the advantage morally , intellectually , and politically , to be derived from temperance by the working classes , and how far it would lead to the destruction of the influence ot the aristocracy . He would refer them to that part of the resolution which denounced class legislation . The Government of this country had been carried on by classes without the people . They had been the trustees of the people ; but they had not fulfilled their trusts ; they had broken their contract , and iherof or $ the people desired that they would hand o \ tr the trust into their own keeping . ( Cheers . ) When their Or £ an !* a . lion was : cotnpleted , he hoped to hco them in a position to demand this right , and that they would be able t » accomplish a tair and
full representation of : the whole people , Ft r tbis purpose his whole energies would be exerted in reorganiaing their forces , and collecting public opinion—( cheers ) . He was asked what his motives and what his principles were . His motivu was to lead the working man to work out his own salvation . His principles were those ot' extreme democracy . Ho would not abate one / oca of the prihciplfiS of the Charier . If one principle was given up , then he should be asked togivo up another , and no on , until he had given up a )) , and ihun what should he get for it \ Why be wuuld bo laughed at for his weakness , and so ho ought . He wished to concentrate such a publio opinion in lavour of Chartism as would make it dangerous lor any Governmenc to oppose it . . He trusted he had arrest d
their thought that evening , and that none would go away uninstructed . He would toll them there was . no hope from the Government . The House <> f Commons was filled with men who would come to thom at an election time and spout all kinds ot fine promises until he got them to assist him into Parliament , and then be would rote against them and their mierots —( hear , hear ) . He bad endured the taunts , the jeers , the ecoffB , the scorn of all parties , lor his advocacy of the People's cause . But he had done his duty , he would do his duty , and he hoped they would do theirs . If they were prepared to do so , as he was , the time would not be far distant when he should see them in possession of those rights they so much desired . And tho labour they bestowed in obtaining them he hoped would make them priBQ the possession more , and they wuuld not be like
bini who The beautiful toy so fondly sought , ¦ And found the beauty gone by being caught . Mr . O'Connor sat down amidst Joud , long continued , and enthusiastic cheers . The thanks of the meeting having been given to the Chairman , the meeting seDarated .
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not soon be forgotten , he piomtasd to visit them again in s > x weeks ; at tbe conclusion of which three cheers were given for him ] by tbe meeting . Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Roberts then left the rooms amidst the warm congratulations of their friends , and the evening was afterwards spent iu the most social manner , several excellent songs and sentiments having been song and : given in the course of the evening .
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to render his removal to a surgeon necessary . The watchmen , however , had an opportunity of seeing the thieves , and indentified tho prisoners as the party , and they were soon afterwards apprehended . The Jury found all the prisoners Guilty . Sentence deferred . Tho Court rose at half-past seven o ' clock .
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SUBSIDIARY COURT , Tuesday , July 25 th . ( Before the Hon . J . S . Worthy \ Q . C ) PERJURY AT HULL . Wm . WriggUstcorih , who bad been oat on ball , was charged with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury , at the borough of Kingston-upon-HulL Mr . ABCHBOLD and Mr . Bain wete for the prose cution ; Mr . Aspinaxl for the defence . The offence with which the prisoner was charged originated in certain proceedings In the Police Court at Hall , to which place Wrfgglesworfli , who acted as a common informer , had summoned several publicans who had been fined , on bis information , 2 « . 6 d . each ! The fines were paid by Mr . Jones , the draper , fa Hull , who , on one occasion , when the defendant was leaving the Court , said to him-i
, would recommend you to go home , to read good books , and attend church on a Sunday . A crowd was Collected , and some hooting , and other expressions of popular disapprobation were manifested and the day following , Wriggleswojtb , before the magistrates at Hull , swore that a Mr . Jones , a draper , bad offered a sovereign or a guinea , he did sot know which , to any four persons , who would give him , Wriggleswortn * a "d—d good hiding _ " On this information , sworn befare 3 magistrate at Hull , a summonwas granted against Mr . Jones , and at the bearing of the case , Mr . Jones was discharged , and Wrigglesworth was ordered to find sureties to appear at the ass ' zea to answer to a charge of perjury . Mr . Jones refused now to appear to prosecute the case , and a verdict of Not Guilty was recorded .
UTTERING A FORGED ORDER AT IH 0 NNE . Abraham Effarr r 23 , was indicted for having On tfle 23 d of May last , at Thome , in the West Riding , uttered , disposed of , and put off a certain forged warrant , order , or request , for the delivery of a watch , witn intent to defraud Thomas Kellktt , well knowing the same to be forged . Mr . Warren conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr . ASPINAL . The prisoner waa in the service of Mr . Lee , a fanner , at Thome , and be was charged with having forged Mr . Lee ' s name to an order for a watch , which be obtained of the prosecutor . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty . To be imprisoned until the close of present Asa ; a ; a .
liOUSEBREAKING AT LEEDS . William Hewitt , zz , Henry ralenlfne ^ 20 , and John Briggs , 26 , were iudicted for having , on the 8 th of June last , at the Borough of Leeds , feloniously broken and entered tbe dwelling house of Mr . Joshua Bower , and stolen therefrom one thermometer , two metal teapots , three silver tea-spoons , two Silver table spoons , and several other articles , bis property . Mr . Hall and Mr . Middleton were tbe counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins appeared fo * the prfaoner Briggs . The other two had no counsel .
Tne prosecutor , Mr . Joanna Bower , resides at Hunslet , near Leeds . On the 7 th of June last , prosecutor and his wife left home , leaving the bouse iu the care of the servants ; and it was made perfectly secure thai night On the following morning , about half-past five , the groom got up , and discovered that tbe house had been broken into . The front door had been forced open , and also that which leads to the cellar . Search being made , it was found that a secretaire had been broken open , and tbe contents extracted . Several other articles were missing , and amongst them those which are mentioned in the indictment Mr . Bower was written to ,
informing him of what had occurred , and he immediately returned home . Twe notes were produced , which the prisoners had contrived to get changed , both of which were identified by Mr . Bower as having been in bia secretaire , at the time it was broken open . They were belonging banks which bad stopped payment during tbe late wiw . Tho prisoners were seen together on the night of tbe robbery , and also at the Green Man Inn , on the Dawsbury road , early on the morning after tba burglary had been committed . No part of tbfl property except tbe forged notes was produced , nor bad it been recovered . The only question for the jury was their satisf action of the identity oi the notes .
The jury retired to consider their verdict , and en their return pronounced all the prisoners Guilty .
SACRILEGE AT EAST ARDSLEY . William Drake and Samuel Atack was charged with haviDK , on the 1 st of April , at Bast Ardsley , broken and entered the PatiBh Church there situate , and stolen therefrom a quantity of silk velvet and other articles , the property of the p&rishioneTB ; and Hannah Bannister was charged with having received some of the property , knowing it to have been stolen . Mr . W ILK INS conducted the prosecution-, Mr . Buss was for the defence . Tho facts are simply these : —Oh Saturday evening , the 1 st of April , tbe sexton of ( be church left that place as he expected perfectly safe , and on going there tbe f Mowing morning , he found that an entrance had been effected through one of the windows , and that a quantity of velvet and other articles bad been taken away . Information was given of the robbery , and Bi > me of tbe property -was found in the possession of the prisoners , who were accordingly apprehended .
Toe jury retired for about three quarters of an hour , ami returned into couit with a verdict of Guilty against a ! l the prisoners . Hannah Bannister and Samuel Alack , had been previously convicted of felony . Th « v wure sentenced to be transported for seven years . William Brake to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 18 calendar months ; The court then brete op .
WEDNESDAY , July 26 . ( Before Mr . Justice Cresswell ) The Learned Jodge took his seat on the bench this morning at ten o ' clock , for the purpose of passing sen icncos which had been leftover , and which concluded the Gaol Delivery , and terminated the business of the Grown Court . The following sentencs were passed : — Wiiliam Barker and William Binns , who bad pleaded Guilty to a charge of sacrilege , irt the parish of Halifax , after a previous conviction for felony , to be transported for fourteen years .
William Tharnlon , Andrew Forbes , Samuel ffaigh , Joseph Platts , Henry Plaits , and Frederick Faster ^ tor a burglary in the house ot Mr . John Barff , at Wakefield . " Thornton and Joseph Platts pleaded Guilty , and against Thornton , Forbes , at < d Haigh , previous convictions for felony were proved ; these wore sentenced to be transported for life ^ and the other three to be transported for ten years ea « h . Mark Hewitt , Wm Milner , and John Milnery convicted of highway robbery , with violence , to be transported for fifteen years . Patrick Burke , for highway robbery at Bradford , to be transported for ten years . Wm . Blewitt , and Wm . L > ghtfoot , convicted of an aggravated assault , whilst mshs poaching , to ba imprisoned eighteen calendar months with hard labour .
Thos . Graham , for stabbing , with intent to do grifcVo ^ bodily haria , to be imprisoned for eighteen caJ' n'lar mom ( is to hard labour . John Hanson , convicted of sheep stealing , to be imprisoned lor nine calendar months to hard labour
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Leeds Woollen Market—Thtre wy an average amount ol bus-ness transacted in our Cloth H ills , on Saturday , bus scarcely so much en Tuesday . T / ie goods disposed of were principally of the co-user kinds , at pricts that cannot be r * runner a tin jf . There has beon a fair business dene in the war-V-uuses during the week , but nothing to effect any change in prices . Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , July 25 . —The arrival of Wheat to this day ' a market is larati . than latt week . There was a fair demand for good fresh Wh < : it this morning , and 3 s per qr . higher , tha chamber'd samples 2 s per qr . higher , buc the market closed rather heavy . Oats and Beans have made more money . The weaiher has been much colder , and part ruin has fallen .
Kichmond Corn Market ^ aturdat July 22 . — We only had a thin supply of Grain in our market to-day , and Wheat advanced about 6 h per qr . on last week ' s prices . Wheat told from 7 s 6 d to 8 . 6 d . OaVfi 2 V 10 dto 3 s 9 d . Barley 3 ^ Sd to 4 > . Beans 4 s 3 d r . v 4- 6 d per bushel . York Corn Market , Saturday July 22 . —Owing to the continued advance in other marker , and the unfavourable weather , we have anexciied trade today . For Wheat , an advance of n . arly Is P . bushel is ^ enprally asked , but our millers are unwilling to give mote than 2 $ to 3 s per qr . ab- > vp last week ' s rates . Oats are £ d per atone ; Beaas Is per qr . ; and Flour 4 s per " sack dearer . The supply of Grain is certainly larger than for sometime past ; and , with Sue weather , we cannot thiuk that present prices wili be supported .
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THE TE 4 MEETING . On Tuesday evening , apotber of those assemblies so calculated to produce that uiuch-to-be-desired object , tl Union , " was holden at the rooms of the National Charter AESOciation , Galloway ' s Buildings . It having been announced in the bills that F . O'Connor , Esq . would attend , as might ; be expected with such an attraction , all tbe tickets issued for tbe occasion Were soon disposed of , and the result was a goodly meeting in appearance and numbers . The rooms were decorated with laurel , and the portraits of several of the leading men of the Chartist cause were hung around tbe walls , together with several banners and flags -with appropriate mottoes . Duty hftviog been performed upon those substantiate so essential to form one of these pleasing and useful mating * , ;
. .. ... Mr . Bolwell was voted to the chair , end announced that Mr . O'Connor , together with Mr . Roberts , would leave them at an early hour , having to address a meeting of tbeir fellow-Cbartists in Frome that evening . He would , therefore , call on Mr . O'Connor to address them , as they were , be knew , very anxious to hear him ; iVr . O'Cosxor then , in a most elcquent and instructive address , explained the reason of himself and Mr . Roberts having to leave them so early ; and after giving Buch advice and encouragement to theJCbarti £ t » as will
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GROWjN COURT—Monday , July 24 . ( Before Mr . Justice Cressvxll . )
I SENTENCES . Thomas Beaumont and Joseph Walker , convicted of stealing woollen clotn , at HuUdersfleld . To be imprisoned and kept to bard labour , for twelve calendar months . j Charles Golfiard , George Mason , and Samuel Kay , convicted of stealing to the amount of more than £ b , in a dwelling house at Ecclesfleld , were sentenced to be transported fifteen years . James Linley and Joseph Butterjield , convicted of a burglary in tbe dwelling bouse of Mr . John Willdnson , at Leeds . To be transport for fifteen years . William Smith , convicted of robbing Henry Woolf , at Leeds . To be transported for fifteen years .
SHEBH STEAUNO AT BAR # IWGHAM . Thomas Shaw and John Shaw , father and son , who had been out ] on bail , were placed at tbe bar , tbe former ( the son ) charged witb having , on tha 17 th of June , stolen twjo gimmer sheep , the property of Geo . Crafton , of Barningham , near ereta Bridge ; and the latter -with having received tbe same , knowing them to have been stolen . Sir Q . LewiJn and Mr . Graingeh , conducted the prosecution : Mr . Bliss was counsel for Thomas Shaw , and Mr . Wilkins for John Shaw . The prisoners were highly respectable farmers ; and the case occupied several hours . Tbe prisoners were found not guilty . . SACRILEGE AT HALIFAX .
William Barker , 27 , and William Binns , 27 , pleaded Guilty to an indictment which charged them with breaking into the parochial chapel at Illingworth , in tbe parish of Halifax , in tbe mouth of May laat . The prisoner Barker pleaded Guilty to having been previously convicted of feldny . —Sentence was deferred . BURGLARY AT ADDINGHAM . Thomas Cooper , 25 , William Keighley , 35 , and John BakeweU , 45 , were indicted for a burglary in tbe dweiling-bouae of Mr . James Cockshottj of Addingbam , in the Wea' .-Ridinp , and stealing therefrom five hats , twenty yards of [ flannel , and twenty pairs of worsted stockings , bis property . Mr . WASNEY | and Mr . Hardy were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Bliss defended the prisoner Cooper . Keigbley and Bakeweil had been previously sentenced at the present AssJaes to ten years ' transportation .
The h » uae of the prosecutor , Mr . Cockshott , who is a draper and grocer at Addingham , was entered by thieves during the nigbtjof the 23 rd of May , ancJ tbe property mentioned was stolen . On the house of Capper being searched , three hats were found , which tke prosecutor identified ; and on tbe other two prisoners being apprehended , the other two hats wete found on thai * heads , and they were all traced to have been in the neighbourhood of the ! prosecutor ' s bouse on the night of the robbery . j There was no ' evidence to prove that the house in which the property was found was Cooper's , and therefore against him Itbe Judge said there waa no case , and by his direction Uhe Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty as to him | and as the other two had already been prosecuted o conviction , no further evidence waa offered .
Tuesday , July 25 , ( Before Mr . Justice Cresswell . ) HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT BRADFORD . Thomas Butler ^ e / d , 26 , ami Patrick Burke , 26 . were indicted for having , ou the luiti ot Juiy iostltnt , at Bradford , assaulted Kubt-rt Turner , and stoleu from bia person a bank of J England note for £ 100 , and thirtyfive notes , of i £ 5 taeb , of the Yorkshire Banking Company . } Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Pickering were counsel for tbe prosecution ; Mr . Bliss defended the pri-Bonera . j Tbe prosecutor is a stuff manufacturer , residing at Horton , near Bradford . On Saturday , the 8 th of the preaent month he wont to Duncaster . from whence he
returned on Sunday , the i / tb . Wh n he reached Bradford be stopped there some hours , and set on" to Horton alone , about onelo ' clock on Monday morning ; be bad scarcely got clear ) of tbe houses at Bradford , when he was se ' zid by three men , who after knocking him down , robbed trim ti his pocket-book , containing cash to the ameuut oft about £ 300 , including a Bank of England note for £ 100 , tbirty-fivb Yorkshire Banking Company ' s nuteaj and other money . On Tuesday , the Xlth , about four ( o ' clock in the afternoon , the two ' prisoners were at the shop of . VI t . Pater Galley , general dealer , Ktrfcgatej Leeds , where they selected a quantity of goods , in j payment of which Burke tenderaJ a Bank of England £ 100 note , for which he wished change . Mr . Galley , under pretence of getting change , went out , and gave information to Mr . Rsj-d , Chief
Constable , who went and found Burke only in the shop , the other prisoner having , in the meantime , gone out . Mr . Read inqu rid of Burke if he knew the value of the note , to which he replied that he did ; and mid he had got it in London on th » Saturday previous ; it was his own , for he had found it in the street . Ue was then tak « u into custody , and the other prisoner was apprehended the same night at Bradford . None of the small notes wers recovered , but the ideality of the large one was complete . Mr . Bliss made an aUe defence , and tbe Jury , without leaving tbe box , found a veruiuc of Guilty against Burke for tbe highway robbery , acquiring Buttirfield * of tbat charge . The latter waa ordered to be detained for another charge to be preferred against him at the nas . % -iasizas .
CUARGE OF F 0 RG 1 NC A WILL . Anne Peacock , an elderly laoy of great respec tabuuy , was charged with having forged a will , purporriag to be the last will aad testament of Abigail Mitlord . Mr . Pashley , Mr . Ovbrend , and Mr . Johnston were counsel for , the prosecution ; and Mr . VVilkins and Mr Bliss appeared for the defence . A mats of evidence was adduced , but it so completely broke down , that the counsel for the urosecutiou abandoned ] the case . After the Judge had offered Borne strong observations on the conduct ot the prosecusor . Tne foreman of tke jury paid , —My Lord , we are unanimous in dm ophiiim that thid is oae of th < - most flagrant cases ever broughT , mto a court of
justice- j A verdict of Njot Guilty waa th n rec \> vd < j < i s ; v ^ nst the venerabio old lady , who was atsisu d t rom the dock by several of hor rdativea , who had ooen iu attendance upon her during the ^ rociL- ( Jnit ; s .
CUTTING AND WOUNDING At HUl > U * -. ilS , F 5 fc . LD . Rowland liroadbertt waa cbar # < u with Laving , on the 12-kof July iuBt ., a . L lluJvler .-Jiviu , Jcionious > ly cui aud w « uud ( . < i W p . iiraaley , with \ aitm io do him some ( Aneviou . s bodily haiai ; a : d Thomas Melts Broadbenl , Juhn Thofyiton , aitu Elceu , hu wife , were charged with aiding aud abetwu « in the commUsion ot the said offence . Mr . Wilkuys and Mr . Vichbrikg were ceuufel for the prosecution ; J aud Mr . buss and Mr . Pashlkv defended tiie prisoners .
It appeared that ou me 12 ih inst ., two warrants wore placed in ibu hai , us oi Mr . Woodcon , a bailiff , ; . uthorii > in # him luse ; 2 'j ihu guodn oi Llien lirejel bent , ( mother { to ah the prisoners , excepting Thornton , who married her daughter ) , for a sum ot £ 17 3 a . 2 d > , aud altar watching th * -mai : o * uvresof the family for tome time , they obtained an entrance into the house , when they found the prisoners thero who seemed inciiiiuii to ofi ' a resistance to the o . tricers , and the bailiffs wer « turned out of posset-sion . a general row ensued , and in attempting to regain admission , the prosecutor was struck with a most formidable hidtrumuut uuder the left eye , which had
nearly deprived him of thai organ . The weapon with which iha injury was inflicted was a stick , at the eud ot whicn u ' argo hook was inserted . The wholoof tho prifronerd wore faworn to as haviug used Very viokiit expressions towards the Daiiiffs , and jus » before tho wffenco in question waa perpetrated , the prisoner Roland was tetii making very particular observation of the party at thu door . For tiae . defence scvtral witnesses were called to prove thai the injury was fa . flioted by a person named " . Beesum Jack , " who | had absconded , and that none ol the piiiiutra were a party io ihe transaction . Not Guilty , | BUKGLAUY AT WAKhFIELD . Wm . Thornton , 24 , Joseph Platts , 23 , Henry Plattt , " 24 , Andvew Forbes , 18 , Sarmtel Haigh , 2 t , and Frederick Foster , 22 , were charged with haviu ^ , on tho 4 ih inst ., at Wakefielu , burglariously entered the dwelling-house of John Barff , and stoleu therefrom one coat , tw ] o writing desks , two pounds weight of sugar , and tvro silver spoons . The two former prisoners pleaded guilty . Mr . WiiHJNsfand Mr . Pickebing were counsel for the prosecution ; the prisoners were undefended . The pro .-ecutor resides at St . John ' s Place , in Wakefield , and on the night of the robbery he was from home , having left the house to the care of two servants . Whea thW retired to rest , tha doors , &c .
were properly secured , and it appeared that the house was entered between the hours of one and two in the morning , for ou oue of the watchmen passing the house about one o ' clock he tried the door , and found Hi right , but on again visiting the . place , he discovered that the front door had been forced open . His suspicions were ia consequence excited , ! and he closed the door , rang the house bell , aud sprang his rattle . Assistance immediately came np , when the paity entered the house , the former of whom was instantly knocked down by Thornton * The prisoner , Joseph Piatts , was taken upon the premises , he having attempted to make his escape from one of the windows , when he was thrown to ] the ground with such violence as
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Yorkshire Summer Assizes.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct942/page/8/
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