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- W © daesday % vening , Jan , 22 , Half-past Six . A Tery few hours had elapsed , after the dispatch of my last onnmuiiication , in the past week , when a droomstwiee occurred ia the district « f Bethnal Green , which has ever since kept the metropolis in a -railed £ ate of agitatioa , according to tie degret of ioibrmafie& possessed by tbe parties who read or bear of theiffair . The daily papers will hare made you friij gUttamted wkh the transactions that hare ;
tak « a ptoK a public ; bat , as there are always " two ri * e » to » qnerti ^ , " it will be a « well to remind yon thatta the very first communication to the Northern St » , I mentioned that a great number of the police force , regain clothes , were to be seen round the locahty cfeesen by the Convention , as their place of meeting ; it will be important to hear this fact in mind , from what fcaa fflowed . On tie verj day of the meating in Betinal Green , Mr . Keesom , the chairman , spent at least two hours in finding out tbe readence © f ihe reporter to the Northern Star , and left with him a note to this effect . ;
" Mr . Neesom ' s compliments to Mr . , and apprises him that there will be a meeting to-night at eight o ' clock , at the Trades' Ha'I , Abbey street , Bethnal Green , at which place Mr . N , would be gladjo jsee him . " T / hsIwnter was not at home in time to attend the * W » t its opening , and on proceediBg thither , fe »~ ljpflt which hare been made public , met hw obser&SoB . I » it likely that any man who eonteapWM " being the president of a meeting where " illegal ctawere to , take place , wo » ldlake socb pana-jto prwgjce theattendttee ' of a reporter ? bnt awiaas ibis j there were on that occasion notlesi than tairty of the police in tfee body of the meeting , in © rdiaary workug men ' s clothiBg ; doubtless for
the purpose of milking any ebuliition on the part - of warm-hearted or indignant Englishmen , as well as t » deposit tbe " arms , " which latght give aeolonr and a shadow of justification , to the unwarrantable ac ^ of forcing into a meeting of peaceable jaen , {*« f fcr * specific legal object , ) w « k " o dy ; e £ worse tha * soldiers , and appreheodmg asd i&caiv aerating a n » mb « of the persons present . There ai e abuncaace of facts to prove that the- ' arm * weTe not the property of the friends of the Charter , wko _ -will " Let not their left hand know what the right hand
doesh , " Bhonld supposed spies endeavour to " pump " - them of their intentions ; —let the honest workiDg men of England draw their own inferences from the few foregoing plain facts : —There are spiea in evgry footstep , and the Whigs ars moving heaven and earth andhslltD © , J » geitiiehabeas act suspended , when the Dote of Bn-caerloo might have a chance of re-enaafing the " Special Commission" tragedy tS 32 aai 33 . Pray , Mr . Editor , use yoor powerful pfii ts warn our countrymen against any displays that cafi contribute only to Buch mischievous end * .
. Notwithstanding the rep # rt « in the daily papers , at to the improving aspect of trade , the comaercra ] men in the city are as loud as ever in their eomplaina , and it seems to be the general opinion , that unless some gtep be taken early this session , to counteract the effects of the drain of gold from . thig eocBtry , the distress which is now feit , more particularly by tie working and poorer order of the middle classes , must inevitably extend its ravages , and that a general panic will be tbe speedy consequence Many respectable merchants are known to be , at least , living upon their capital , if sot . » u « tainiDg weekly ltss , rather than speculate in the present state of affairs .
The da . ma . ge done to property in the metropolis and neighbourhood by the hurricane of the la ? t forty-eight hours , is very great , and three or four losses of lives , wi : h many cases of personal iiijury , * re kaom to the daily reporters . Thursday Everting , January 23 , Half-past Six , p . m . The bustle and exsitement around the Parliament and Government Houses , continues to be intense . The honsehold troops are loudly complaining of the extra duty imposed on . them ; and although the
police force is - manned" to the fullest complement allowed , grea 4 numbers of young fellows continue to be temporarily appointed , whilst the more experienced are drafted upon " special service . " An informant , who is likely to be thoroughly conversant with all the doing 3 of the force , states that there are not more than thirty-two men of the whole A 'division doing duty in the ordinary way at the p resent time ; the remainder being ^ either equipped in private dresses for " special" pn ^ oses , or absent ia the country , forming the staff of the rural " police , which his been resolved to be introduced into
some districts . la tie City , the excitement is , if possible , still _ greater , and nothing less -than a general panic is ¦ - ^¦* , fa ' y ; S ^» * qgtea . of " propping , " under some SctitreMTM fraudulent guise , be resorted to by the Bank ; as a first step towards this state of things , an institution , of which tbe Cashiers of the Bank of England are the managers , established by special Act of Parliament as the " Royal Union Annuity Company , " has stopped payment , and hundreds of thi distressed annuitants who , npon the faith of an Act of the Legislatureand the Bank
, of England , had invested the whole of their wealtn in the purchase of an annuity , may be seen , in all the frenzy of despair , surrounding the office , which , n i ^ stated , is so completely bankrupt , that not a eagle pound , literally , is forthcoming in the shape of assets . The managing director was summoned before the Bow-street magistrates on Monday , but neither on that day , nor to-day , till which time tbe summons was adjourned , did the worthy director make Ms appearance .
The Bankers' Circular , this moment issned , has the following remarkable and ominous passage : — " ^ ever since this century commenced did bo general a feeling of gloom and despoftMiency settle upon publie opinion as vre observe st ibis moment ; and it afecte men of property more than all others . It is true that the magistrates in general continue to perform their duties ; but there is notwithstanding a very Eirong feeling of alarm for the consequences of the present troubles and discontents amon * the i > eoDle . "
Ihe prices of Sacks which were posted through the last few days ai the Exchange , have been declared by competent judges to be inertly a bolstering ruse , Tor some joobiug purpose ; and parties having Stock to dispose of , could not realise , by fully 14 to I per cent ., the nominal quotations . The following were tbe actual prices to-day , at ~ 5 d 0 ? e ^¦~ Ba 2 k Stock > 1771 ; Th- ee per Cent reduces , M ; India Bonds , par ; Exchequer Bills , 9 ; r oreign Jr unas completely stagnant . Tie Colonial and
Agricultural Markets partake also of the universal flatness , and for any man to obtain a melancholy fit , let him merely talk to a few of the wholesale dealers ; the ~ papers have been erring Woif , wotf , Bay the commercial classes , until now that really danger and distress is at our thres - £ ! ' ere " M bee 4 * ° our complaint . - \ Thenre at Messrs . Be la Rue and Co ., the exten ^ lp £ card-makers , and copperplate printer ? , has des-P ^ yed , h is said , property to the amount of £ 10 , 000 l " QUEEN'S BENCH—TBrssDAT .
y Mr . Richards-appKed for a habeas corpus , to be erected to Su WVGossei , the Serpeant-a-t-Aras , to fcring up the bodie « % « i -the High Sheriff of London and Middlesex , in <^ Per that the cause of their imprisonment might bjpnquired into . These gentlemen were now prisooeBi , but the affidavit set fonb that they verilj itftittfeo they had done nothing to incur Jfa _ fliaplw 3 Bre of the House of Commons , except what tney liad do e in obedience to the Queen ' s ¦ writ issued from this Con rt .
The affidavit also set forth the resolutions of tbe House of Coinmoc 3 relative to the Sheriffs , and the Sheriffs also stated that they verily believed they "were imprisoned solely for what they had done in obedience to the ordersof the Court , and they would not have been committed to custody if they h ' ad consented to pay over the money to the Messrs . Hansard , and that they had seen no warrant authorising their commitment . Lord DsMtijt said , that witbont adverting at all to the affidavit , there could be no reason why the writ of habeas corpus should not issue , so thai the bodies might be brought np , and the cause of the commitment iLquired into . The fact of their being imprisoned was sufficient to entitle them to that .
Mr . Richabik then stated he had a further application to make to their Lordships , which was , for aa attachment against Sir William Gossett . for daring to imprison the officers of that Courtj and obstruct thefii in the execution of their duty . Lord Deouj ?—We cannot listen to that application until -we Bee what the return will be to the writ of habeas corpus .
SOUTHWARD ELECTION , THUKSDAT j The polling esoBDenced this morning at eight o ' clock , and has been carried on with great brisk-BeM- At tbe dose of the pell the nsrabers were—Wood 2052 "Walter 1504 Mr . CurfiHg resigned at an early hour .
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The PamtEGB Questioji . —The whole matter * w&aii is as much unsettled as ever . The Court of l eneen '' s Bench have ordered the Sheriff * to pay tbe nio ^ ey in their hands to Stockdale : the Hon ** a *« eogB . emitted th « n for notrefnadingit to H ansvd : aa iAay are about to bring themselves by kaleat < w *« tkt fore the Queen ' t Bench to lry whether " jwiiLf ^ *^ famine the legality of their eonj--osasnt . If not , they can be discharged only by prorogati on ; but for this pnrposa a prorogation tf a angle cay will suffice .
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Acctiojj Extraordinary . —Russell and Peel have the pleasure of informing the public , that th > y have received instructions from a gbeat house to offer for sale on the l < t of April , 1840 , at the Cro"n pubtic-house , near Constitution Hill , that magnifitent pile of building bitherto used as courts of jnstice , and known as Westminster Hall , the business formerlv transacted there being removed to the House of Commons . A very fine old copv of M&gna Chftrta and several low of Acts of Parliament % nU be sold as waste paper , being op no fuutheb r * B . May be viewed until tha day oi s _ ale by tickets , ¦ whicn may be procured on application to Lord John Rucsell , at the office , or Sir Robert Peel , at his private residence ( for the p resent ) , Privy Garden * . —Ttmes of Thursday .
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" QUEEN AND COUNTRY , " AND THE PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION .
The Parliamentary Session of 1840 has opened , — a session which , in all probability , is oaetined to . mark one of the most memorable epochs «» the history of this country /* tet'BS pause fora moment to contemplate the picture within doors an 4- without . " While her Majesfy , " says » courtly contemporary , " was waiting for the gentlemen of the ' House ' of Commons , th £ -scene waaexe « edingly splendid , ana very strikis * . The ftueen herself , theofeerod of aM observers ,
^ . I expectancy and rose the fair state , ' throned , jeweUe 3 , and crowded , sat at the head of the noblest assembly in the world—the . officers of state around her , the judges of . the land before her , and along the Hottse ., on either hand ,. the Peers , spiritual and temporal , in their robes of dignity ; while behind them Bat the first ladies of the land whose beauty was set off by the brilliancy of their attire . " This is one side of themedal . On the other , we find fire , famine , and slaughter , with gaunt rebellion , stalking through the land , and leaving the traces of hi 3 footsteps in blood and ashes . We find the millions of the people bending hungry and Abhorent eyes upon the thousands . He see in some places the table of public justice surrounded bv armed dragoons ! and why ? Because the specta " - tors who crowd the other parts of the Hall are
provided with daggers and pistols . In the heart of the metropolis—in the townsof the provinces—in the recesses of the mo-vntains—at the bottom of the mines—everywhere , above ground and under ground , we find meetings of daring and desperate men , yearning for the moment when the cry shall ^ o forth , that will unite the discontented spirits of the whole nation , for the accomplishment of a revolution destined not merely to overthrow a dynasty , but abolish monarchy—not merely to break in pieces the frame of political society in England , but to convulse the whole world . And in the ^ e meetings , in these dark and dangerous conclaves , we see the eyes of uxmen , glaring with hate , or lighted up with high enthusiam , as they listen heart and soul , to' the tale of their country ' s wrongs , and the promise of their country's revenge .
13 this picture exaggerated ! Loek at the detail we give to-day in those columns which are headed " Progress of the Revolution ; ' and then listen to the assurance we now offer , that many other materials of the same kind are before us , which have not as yet seen the li ^ bt . Last Sunday we sounded the notaof preparation for what was to be the leading scheme of tbe journals for the rest of the week ; and the circumstance was pointed out by two of the morning papers ( probablv with as . good intentions to
their " Radical contemporary , ") although the knaves , while quoting onr words , affected to conceal the names of the Era . For our part , being conscious of no evil thoughts , wo desire no secrecy . We know the state of the country . We know that the spirit of disaffection leavens the whole mass of the population ; and although we deprecate the manner in which a portion of the people have signified their displeasure and their resolve , we yet coocede that the greater blame is due to those who have driven them to desperation .
The "Progress of the Revolution ! " These words will be heard with » -sneer by some idiots who have read hia $ ory with thte eyes opA and their minds shut . A revdntion with them has no commencement It-is a SB 4 deB . explc > Fion fcwhich rends up the foonda * tions of society , without threat aird without -warning ! But we will not quarrel about names . We will say that the present phenomena are only symptomatic ; and if any student of history will point to us that page in which are found clearer indications of a grand political convulsion , we shall esteem it a lasting obligation .
Perhaps it may be worth while to advert to the spirit exhibited by Ministers and Parliament in resuming their Iegislatorial duties at this epoch . As for the poor , stale , dirty , little-boyish , or littlegirlish farce of the Royal Speech , it is hardly deserving of notice , and critical notice would be unfair . Everybody knowa that the art of concocting a toy of the kind is to make it say as little , and communicate aa few definitive ideas , as possible ; and this is sufficient to account for the fact—thai all the journals which possess even the commonest
portion of brain are able , year after year , to publish the Speech , almost word for word , before it is written . On the present occasion , the Speech has only two paragraphs on which it is possible to hang a remark . The one relates to India , in which the words " complete success" are u- > ed so skilfully , that while to the ignorant they seem to allude to the general policy of Government , the well-informed can find no fault , since- they are grammatically connected only with the " recent military operations . " The second paragraph is as follows : —
" The constant pToofs 'which I have received of your attachment to my person and family , persuade me that you will enable me to provide for such an establishment as may appear suitable to the rank of the Prince , and the dignity of tbe Crown . " Now , take this with the context of our present article , and you may ibrm some faint idea of the villany of the Qneen ' s advisers—a villany to which we pray God ( though with fear and trembling ) she be not destined to fall a victim . There is no word in this infamous paragraph respecting the state of that nation from which the princely provision is to be
extorted—no hint which may convey to our generous legislators the idea of tbe famished masses now swarming in our manufacturing towns , and rushing to arms against the state in sheer hunger and despair ! The establishment is to be suitable to the rank of the Prince , and the dignity of the Crown : it is to bear no reference to the public distress lamented in another part of the identical Speech—it is to be , in short , not what the people are willing or able to give , but precisely as much as the scoundrel tax-gatherers , acting under the orders of their more scoundrel masters , can wrest from their
ry . * ? ? * ? Here we pause for the present . The armed people have not as yet a general ; but the thinking people have a leader—even in the House of Lords itself . We summon them to the fight . We counsel them to disregard all party cries . We bid them tura with equal contempt from the blaspheming hypocrite who shouts " The Church is in danger ! " and from the thimble rigging knave who cries " Down with the bread tax ! " No one but an unbelieving vagabond can say tnat tbe Church of Christ is in danger from the sons of men : and no one but an impudent swindler can affect to give us the remotest hope that ths bread tax will be effectually removed till the people ' s voice is heard in the people ' s Parliament . — ¦ f-y * * hra .
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FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES .
Frost , Williams , and Jones have been condemned to die the death of traitors—tbe judges holding out no hope of the mercy recommended by the jury ; while the other five , who pleaded guilty , have received a similar sentence , accompanied by an intimation that their lives would be spared . No one was prepared for this absurd , indecent , and , perhaps , illegal haste . The objection taken by the prisoners ' counsel has yet to be disposed of ; and it could not have been anticipated that sentence would be passed before it was known whether the trial itself could
stand . The caase of this anticipatory movement was . no doubt , the wish to terrify all discontented spirits throughout the kingdom ^ -a wish inspired by the terror with which the disclosures at Sheffield and elsewhere have filled our magnanimous Ministers But it is our opinion the effect will be just the other way . It will conrert the fury of the Chartists into desperation ; and drive even the more philosophic spirits among them into conspiracy . As for the idea that one drop of blood will really be shed on this occasion ^—htneeoer much the parties may deserve the doom—it seems to us , undar all circumstances , to be too absurd for serious contemplation . In our opinion the fate of the huablest head alluded to above would by a prelude to the bloodiest day yet known in the annals of modern England .
The public interest seems to be entirely absorbed be ? he fate of these men . Our advices from Monmouth , yesterday , stated that the further proceed-
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ings of the Court attracted little attentioagT Several of the prisoners for the minor offences of ^ tas pt r ad yt and riot have traversed till the next J ^ pUes ; mu the sudden manner in which some of ttaftuaaiiE ^ j minated , or were abondoned , is not th ^ e 4 $ pi 9 * prising feature in this strangely-managed aflair ^ - Era . ' .
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¦ - ^¦ ~ - ' ~ ^ . . FINAL EXAMINATION AT BOW- ^ TREEl OF THE TWELVE CHARTISTS , WHO " WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODf ON THURSDAY LAST , AT THE TftABB 3 ^ HALL . BETHNAL-GREEN . On Tuesday , Charles Hodson Neeiom , Richard Spurr , Joseph Williams , Daniel Byroe , Thomas Clarke , Thomas RennarcJ , Thomas Hope , William ' Wilking , David William * , John Cherry , Thomaa Evans , and George Livings , were placed at tb « bar . charged with having been foHnd at an illegal meeting , somo of them with arms in their poipto- ' sion .
Mr . Hobler appeared on behalf of the Connnia-« ioner * of Police to arrange the evidence and conduct tbe inquiry . Mr . PrendergaKt , barrister , appeared for Joseph Williams , Hope , and Wilkins , and Mr . H . |} .- ' Robert » , solicitor , of Chiles-place , Temple Bar , cqih ducted tbe defence for the rott of the priwner ^ « b cept Sport , who defended himself . ' ^ -1 The prisoners , heving been charged with differed offijnee * , were oJas « ed separate )? attbAbjir . Neesonw ^ Joseph Wilfiaaw , Richard S ^ Sfl ^ -JJavid WilliamsT George Lithag * , Thomas Evanc , and John Cherry , w * re ordered to remain at the bar , charged with having been present afaa illegal meeting , whfre infiamaiatory and seditions language was spoken ; and the other live prisoners , charged with b 6 U } g in the possession of arms , were ordered to be removed .
Ssrgeant George King , of th « H division of police , examined by Mr . Hobler—I knew the prisoner Neerom , who was chairman of the meeting on Tuesday night , the 14 th instant , and I also know Joseph Williams , the baker , of Bricklane , both at the bar . I was at the meeting on Tuesday ; Mr . Neesam was in the chair . I went there between eight and nine o ' clock in the evening , and 1 shoald consider that at that time there were between 600 and 700 persons present . Williams proposed the second resolution , which was to the effect that the distresses of the workbg classes of England were caused by class legislation and unequal laws . Mr . Williams spoke at great length , aad said that if tiny man molested him or any of his family , he would fell him to the earth . I shortly after leit the hall , and went to the station , and on my return I found
a person addressing the meeting in a very inflammatory way . He aiked them if they would have their freedom ; if they would , they must buy itthey must pay the highest price for it ^ -they most pay the price that other nations had paid for it it was not thirty p ieces of silver that would pay for it . The pr ice was blood , blood ; blood alone would boy it . He p roceeded at great length in the same strain , and made the remark , that if he could obtain hid freedom in four weeks he wonld be satisfied , though thousands of us might lose our lives at the point of the sword and bayonet . At the time that blood was mentioned there wu reiterated cheering , and also clapping ol hands , in the room . I have no knowledisj ^ g ^ the speaker , and I do not believe that any of thewbyuers was the person . Air . Hobler ^ After the last words were spoken , did any other person address the meeting !
Witness—Yes ; Mr . Neesom got up and said , that they had heard the noble and manly Bp » ech of the person who last addressed them , and said he had told them tne way to purchase their freedom , and had told them the price of it . He agr « ed with all the last speaker said but one thing , and then said—The last speaker told you that he would be contented if h # gained his freedom in four weeks , but I tell you we will wield the Bword of freedom in four daya . Mr . Neesom then proposed that the meeting should stand adjourned until the Thursday evening following . Cross-examined by Mr . Roberts—I never attended a meeting of this description before . I went in plain clothes . I cannot recognise any other
ot tbe parties present who attended that meeting . Crdss-exammed &j Mr . Prendergast—I had received orders to attend the meeting and to report what took place . I made a report at the qtatftp' to my ; superior ottaihr , tad MtBraed , Ip ih * matffetife a 1 > ou | th ^> iftrt < r ^ iH ^ oar ^^ P ^ Bi meeting , and when I entered the room I wastiol asked any questions . I saw a man with a crape Eat-oand ; with a red rosette ; and I also saw a woman with a child , who appeared very busy , going in and out . As Boon as she saw me , she spoke to one of the men , and I heard her eay , " I dare say the policemen will give a penny . " Thtre were a penny subscription going on at the time to pay for the room , and I gave a penny for my own safety . Sergeant George Teakle—I attended the Trades ' -
hall in Abbey ^ street , Bethnal-green , on the Tuesday night in question . I was stationed at the back-door , which leads into Ramsay-street , immediately adjoining the platform , and I was near enough to hear what passed . I believe Neesom was in the chair . I heard his voice , and I believe he was conducting the meetiDg . I heard a person , who I believe to be he , addressing the meeting . He said that the people of this conntry had no justice—that there was one law for the rich , and another law for the poor , but the time was nearly arrived when justice would be baa . Some persons , he said , taked about having it in four or five weeks , " but I fay no , we will have it in four
or five days ; " upon which several persona clapped their hands and said " Brave Neesom . " Some person then said that tbe meeting was about to be adjourned till Thursday night , when he hoped they would stand firm together , and not to bring one with them , as his friend had just mentioned , but to bring two or three each . At the breaking up of the meeting I saw Neesom come out , and I have no doubt it was he , and that his was the voice I he * rd . Cross-examined by Mr . Roberts—I was not there when the meeting commenced . Ramsay-street , where I stood and heaTd what passed , is an open thoroughfare ^ and the door at whioh I stood immediately adjoihB the platform .
Henry Cotton , 60 H . —I was at the meeting on Tuesday , the 14 th instant . 1 was not in the room , but in the rear of the premises , and I heard what pas 3 « d on the platform . The person who spoke first asked the meeting if they wanted their liberty . If they did , they must do as other nations had donethey must purchase it ; it was not thirty pieces of silver that could buy it , it would be blood , and blood alone , would purchase it . The word "blood" was used three times , aud there was a great deal of cheering . The same speaker continued to address the meeting , and I made an observation to a serjeant who was near me , that I thought the man was a foreigner . 1 then left the hal ' , but returned again in short ti
a me , and heard another speaker say , " You have heard the noble and manly speech of the last speaker , and I agree with him in all he has said but one thing . He says he will be contented with freedom in four weeks ; but I say that in four days we will wield the sword of freedom . " I did not hear the former speaker say anything about four days . I left the meeting , and on my return I heard the Chairman move the adjournment until Thursday . I saw Neesom leave the hall , with a female at the side of him , but I did not notice any other of the persons who were there . 1 saw about eight or nine women come out of the room , and the youngest person I noticed was a lad about fifteen years of age , who went in and out several times .
Cross-examined by Mr . Prendergast—I stood at the back door , behind the platform . I was in my public uniform . I have been on duty ten years in that neighbourhood , and most of the people living there know me . 1 was not concealed , but was standing with my serjeant , and persons going in and out might see us . David Evans , 118 H . —I was at the tap-room adjoining the Trades' Hall on the evening in question , and there was a man drunk there who said , " If all was of my mind , I would lead them out at once . " I saw Mr . Neeeom in the tap-room before the meeting took place , but I did not hear -what passed in tbe hafl on that night .
Denis Bowen , 11 , a sergeant in the H . division . — I was at the Trades ' -hall in Abbey-street , Bethnal green , on Tuesday the 14 th inst . I was in the front of the building at the commencement , and then I went to the rear and stood in a situation where I could distinctly hear what passed . There wan a very large assemblage of persons in the hall , and 1 heard a person , who I believe to be a foreigner , address the meeting . He had a particular manner of delivery , and not the free accent which Englishmen generally have . ( This witness corroborated the
evidence previously given by the constable with respect to what the foreigner said , and also the words imputed to the chairman . ) Cross-examined by Mr . Peadergast . —The man who spoke was standing witbia a few feet of the back door where I was placed . Examined by Mr . Hobler . —I wts at the same place on Thursday night , and I entered the hall with Captain Hay and Superintendant Pearce at about nine o ' clock , and on a rough calculation , I should say that there were 500 persons present . When we first went in , Neesom was in the chair addressing
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] i imppieeting , and I heard him call out to be firm and mm t aad not to be afraid . I beard Joseph Williams MHOut for the head of the police , as he- wished to JMp ' some explanatien fronvhim . The greater part jj K $ er mon were then in the room . I took charge of SBf « itranoe to the platform , and wonld not allow ijjf&i » r 8 on to come down , until I received ordeis fip&tmy superintendant . Neesom and Williams wrae on the platform , and I 6 a « v the rush : which the Kftfle made towards the door , but 1 believe tlwy *« stopped from going ont . The prisoners Spnrr
pi Joseph Williams were also on the platform . I SP «* hedthem as they came down , and no resistance **¦ " made . I did not find any offensive weapons « & *» the persons who were on the platform except a Spanish knife , which I found upon David Williams . l « Mraot say positively that either Hope or Williams w « n oh the platform . ^ . 'Sergeant Barker was with $ & *^ d I remained in the hall for upwards of two Wpr * . I saw several women and little boys in the gutetj . I observed several weapons on the floor after the room was cleared .
| -ISrwfl-examined by Mr . Prendergast—I should My that about'fifty o » sixty of our men entered the >•?• .: I -was arnrtd with a cutlass giyself , but I S 5 t « one c ' * > an (^ that was npon Joseph I ^ frfffftotes was closely questioned by Mr . Roberta [«* tagpfeetittr he was not in a state of intoxication |^» he * ai * w 4 the ro < . m , but he strongly and posu IgjPTMtaalaa th&gharge , and deolwed th > t he was ^ m f ^ bmmk time . ¦¦ " *»¦• ** V He was then croBs-examtesd by the ^ prisoner Spurr , and said that he left hia watch at a publichonso be'&re be went to the scene of action , because he expected some serious Work , and that some of the
police wo *) 4 be stabbed . He was told that two . reporters weie on the platform , but he kept them in tcustody at well as the rest until he was told who they were , Gerald Galavan , police ^ constable H 73 , was at the Tradis ' -hall on the 14 th instant , and gave similar testimony to the witnesses by whom h « was preceded . He saw all the prisoners at the Trades ' - hall on different occasions . He had been stationed for a long time in the neighbourhood , and had never bee % insulted- or molested in his duiy by those who' attended the meeting at the Trades - hall .
Henry Charles Barker , a serjeant of H division , proved that all the persons taken into custody on Thursday . night were delivered into his custody . Joseph Waiiams pointed out to him a policeman in plain clothes , named Michael Conway , and said he was a second Popay , and that he had offered two sovereigns to him to incite him to acts of incendiarism . Conway denied the charge . The prisoner Williams—That ' s a fact , for he bolonged to our association . Cross-examined by Mr . Prendergast—Williams said that he knew Conway well , and he had seen him pay large 6 ums of money to the Democratic Association . Conway was standing close by Wil-Hams at the time , and he said " I ' m sure you do not know me . "
Mr . Hall . —All that this amounts to is assertion on one side and denial on the other . James Tyler , a constable in the London Docks , gave similar testimony to that which he gave on the first examination with respect to his having found a bace of pistols , loaded , with the caps on , under the form on which the prisoners had been sitting for two hours after they were detained . The witness identified Neesom as the chairman of the meeting , and said he heard some person on the platform say u Put your trust in God , and keep your powder Cross-examined by the prisoner Spurr . —I am not v « ty conversant in history , and I am not aware that
persons at public meetings are in the habit of illustiattng the subjects on which they are speaking with quotations . ' I did not hear the person who made use of the words referred to say " Mind I do not recommend you to do this . " I am accustomed to go to chapel , and the meeting was as quiet and orderly as I have seen at places of worship . Hr . Hall . —Were you eve * at a chapel where there wait dapping of hands ? Witness . — 'No , I never was ., CrftSB-exatnination continued . —I saw the superuttgpdeiit enter the room with his sword drawn . 1 taw only on « eutlasa'drawn , and should say there % ere 160 polioe in the ro * m , but I cannot say how laaaf there wfasxw tbe
ouMdo-% i ga >* & thV-rol ' . ftwainatioQ ^ jtnd aJMTthaTon entering the room , finding the crowd make a rush at him and the officers , he drew his sword in selfdefence . In answer to questions put by the prisoner Spurr , the witness said that he went to the hall from information which he had received that several persons there were armed . He did not think it necessary on such an occasion that a magistrate should go with him . Mr . Hall . —The Commissioners of Police are magistrates and he acted uuder their orders .
This being the case for tho prosecution , Mr . Prendergast said ht was now called upon to address the Bench in behalf of the prisoners he represented . It appeared that the meeting had been called on the subject of the distressed state of the working classes , and no evidence had been offered to show that it had been a Chartist meeting ; but , whatever might be the character of the meeting , he contended that it was the right of Englishmen to meet for the purpose of stating their grievances ; and with respeot to Chartism , he believed that the principles espoused by those who advocated the Charter were Universal Suffrage , No Property Qualification , the Payment of Members , &c , and all those opinions had been advocated by many of the present Members of the House of Commons , and even some of Her Majesty ' s Ministers espoused some of the principles advocated by the Chartists . The Charter , he understood , had been drawn up by some of the
members of the House of Commons , and even a few days a « o , at a great corn law meeting at Manchester , the question of the franchise was openly discussed . Mr . D . CConnell himself , who -was accustomed to agitation , Mr . Villiera , and others , deprecated the power given to the landholders of making laws for the purpose of upholding their own interests . With respect to the expression said to have been used by a foreigner , that the people should be prepared to shed their blood in oruer to obtain their rights , the very same expression had been used by the martyrs of old , who contended that their followers would be justified in shedding their blood to maintain their principles . And , as regarded the expression "Put your trust in God , and keep your powder dry . " he contended that the same had been used at several political meetings in the country where excitement had prevailed , and Mr . Daniel O'Connell himself had used similar exciting expressions when he
said" Hereditary bondsmen , know ye not That , to be free , yourselves must strike the blow ?" He did not suppose that the hon . and learned member meant that his hearers should adopt the literal meaning of that Bentiment , but . to inspire them to work oat their own freedom by every legitimate means in their power , and nothing more could be intended by the speaker on this occasion . The learned gentleman then went at length into the evidence adduced on the part of the prosecution , and contended that , although some of the persons proved to havo been present carried arms about rbem , they were justified in so doing by the Bill of Rights , and that no terror or alarm had been brought forward in evidence to prove that the police were justi
fied in disturbing a peaceable meeting convened for a constitutional purpose . He did not mean to justify the strong language used at those meetings , and , although daggers and knives were found in the room , there was no evidence to show that they might not hav « been placed there by the police themselves , in order to get up a case against his clients . The prisoners had merely attended a political meeting , and , if some of them had been found with arms in their possession , that fact was no evidence against them , unless it could be shown that they meant to use them in an offensive and illegal manner . Under these circumstances he contended that there was no case against his clients , and he boped they would not be called upon to find bail .
Mr . Roberts followed on the same side , and contended that there was no proof of the illegality ol the meeting . The prisoner Spun , at considerable length , contended that no case had been made out against him , or those who had acted with him . Mr . Hall said that , after the best consideration he could give the case * of the several prisoners , he was disposed to conclude that the same extent of bail would not be required in the cases of Cherry , Evans , Lereneon , and David Williams , for whom he would take their own recognisance in £ 100 each ; but as to the prisoners Neawm , Spnrr , and Joseph Williams , he should require bail , themselves in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 75 each , and that twenty-four hours' notice ahonld be given of the parties put forward as bail . Ab to the others he should require the same bail as the three first prisoners bad given .
Colonel Angelo , Major Anderson , and Mr . Mallard were on the Bench during the proceedings , and Mr Feaxgus O'Connor was present , but remained on the Beat appropriated to witnesses , and took no part in the proceedings . The examination lasted from twelve o'clock until nearly seven in the evening ; and , as the several parties liberated left the const , they were loudly cheered by the crowd in the streets .
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. . ( From the ^ Manchester Guardian of Wednesday . } . A . turn-out of the spinners of the finer sorts of twist ,, in fifteen or sixteen of the : largest spinning mills in Manchester , took place on Monday morning last . It ib by no means easy to obtain specific information as to the cause or causes of this strike , at a time , of all others , tbe least suited for such a demonstration on the part of the operatives . We believe , however , that the real origin is to be traced to the dissatisfaction and discontent which have existed for some time , and which have been increasing of late on the part of the masters of the smaller mills , and more especially of those whose work is done by old and inferior machinery . In those
mills in which the machinery is new , extensive , and of the most improved construction , the men are enabled to get more wages even at low rates , than on the defective machinery they could earn at high prices . This inequality of condition , both in the masters and men , was sure to be productive of dissat'gfaction and murmuring . The masters possessing inferior and defective machinery are constantly complaining of the low rate of wages which the others pay ; jasdflhuf turn-out may probably be qaid to have originated in -these feelings on the part of the owners of machinery of inferior character or 'Biiftller site . Such , we believe , to be the remote » a » pf this turn » oni , though the more immediate ? au * e * may prohaWy be -feajgjrf to a case which -was heard on ,, the 10 th ult . in the Borough { Jourt . if which Mr . Benjamin Nicholls was summoned ova spinner in his employ , named Hallsworth . to recover
* he difference of wages between the Nos . 220 ' s and 235 ' s , on the allegation that the men were spinning the higher number , and were only paid for the lower . In consequence of seeing reports of this case in the newspapers , we believe several of the Masters told their hands that they found Mr . Nicholls was paying much lower wages than themselves , and that the / should reduce their rates of wages . This sort of intimation has been given in several individual cases ; but , so far as we can learn , there does not appear to have been any acting in concert on the part of tho masters . In some instances , we believe , the proposed redaction was to commence from Monday last ; and , accordingly , on the morning of that day , the fine spinners in a number of the mills turned out , and of course pot a stop to the work throughout these mills ; the carders , and other hands ^ being dependant upon them for a continuance of their employment .
In one instance there was an unsuccessful attempt to turn out the handB—in the mills of Messrs . James and W . Bellhouse , the Minshull Cotton Mills , Pritchard-Btreet , Chorlton-unon-Medlock . A large body of the turn-oats assembled at the Sherwood Arms public-house , Tib-street , at an early hour on Monday morning , and proceeded to Mr . Bellhouse's mill , walking , or rather marching , three or four abreast , to the ntfmber of about 600 . To their great surprise , however , when they reached the place , they found a large body of tho borough police , about 100 in number , stationed there in readiness , under the direction of Mr . Sleigh , the principal superintendent ; who , on seeing the turn-outs approach , v * ent up to their leaders , and requested to know their object . Their reply was that they wanted to speak with some persons in Mr . Baflhouse ' s mill . Mr . Sleigh told them that he should not interfere with workmen , in any disputes they might have with their masters , so
long as they conducted themselves peaceably ; but he could not allow of any intimidation by great numbers of men going in procession through the 6 treet , and entering any mill . If they wished to communicate . with any person in Messrs . Bellhouse'a mill , they might appoint a deputation of one or two of their number to enter the mill , and confer with the parties they wished to see . This quiet but firm reception appeared to disconcert the turnouts , and , after conferring together a short time , they retired without sending any deputation into the mill . This was between six and seven o clock in the morning . We believe that Mesars . Bellhouse's handB did , however , turn out , and during the day it was stated that the spinners of fine numbers ia sixteen of the mills had turned out . The names of the master-spinners , we have heard , are Messrs . Adam and George Murray , An coats ; Messrs . M'Cdnnel and Co ., Ancoats ; Messrs . Hugh Shaw and Ggi ., Butler-street ; Mr . Thomas Houl di * . * orth . Little Lew-street ; Messrs . NiohollaJifd : 1 lit
AaktiiW / f ! k * nal- * t ' < M >* t V w ^ . ^~» .... A . . rfMjL . i M . Moore and Son , Mill-street , Ancoates ; Messrs James and W . Bellhouse ; Chorlton-on-Medlock : Messrs . Robert and Thomas Ogden , Brook-street , London-road ; Messrs . Joseph Plant and Sons , Upton-street , London-road ; the New Bridge Mill Twist Company , Water-street ; Messrs . Harvey . Tysoe , and Co ., Canal-street , Salford ; and four others , whose names have escaped our recollection . With the exception of the procession to Messrs . Bellhouae's mill in the morning , there was no attempt
at intimidation that we have heard of throughout the day . We believe the turn-out spinners held one or more meetings to discuss their course of proceedings , and that they were of divided councils ; seme being for standing out , and ethers urging the state of the funds , the heavy drain the turn-out would occasion to them , at this season of the year , and with the high price of provisions and the generally depressed state of trade ; and , on the whole , it was tolerably apparent that thestrike would be of no long duration .
Yesterday , too , a meeting was held ; and , we believe , some proposals were made to the masters , or at any rate some arrangement was made , by which the hands often of the mills agreed to resume work forthwith , and these mills would commence working again this morning . The five mills , the hands of which yet stand oat , are those of Mestrs . A . and G . Murray , Messrs . M'Connel , and Co ., Mr . Houldsworth , Messrs . H . Shaw , and Co ., and Messrs . Nicholls and Ashton . But from all we have heard , we should think it likely that the hands will return to these mills in a day or two .
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^^ . Preparations for War with China . —There is no question but that Government have determiaed to take active measures against the Chinese , and that the month will not pass away without our dealing with the Celestials as becomes their long continued insolence , not only to this country but to all nations trading with them . The Blenheim , 72 , Blonde , 46 . and Andromache , 28 , all destined to reinforce the East India station , are nearly ready for sea , and will go out of harbour in a few days . These ships take as many flat-bottomed boats for the landing of troops as they can stow , and also as much ordnance stores and missiles as their magazine ! will hold . They should take also flat boats in frame of *
character to be able to carry the 10 inch hollow shot guns , as we learn that , above Whampoa , the river leading to Canton has only eleven feet water ; therefore none but , our smallest men of war can reach that city , and then only by discharging water , ballast , stores , and every weighty article . Orders are received at Woolwich for the embarkation in these ships mentioned of a captian and lieutenant , and a strong party of royal artillery , who are to take with them rockets of the largest magnitude , shiapneE shells , &c , and they will be here in afew days . Sb * r marines , with an officer , are also to embark oi board the Blenheim as supernumeraries . —HamvsMr Telegraph . ^^
« f ri ? nDi"o 1 ° c -. -TI » Master-Gweral ot the Ordnance has transmitted orders to Woojwicb for a party of artillery and artificers , to be selected irom volunteers of civilians ont of the royal sMeaaL to be embarked in th * ships of warnow fitSTout for the coasts of China . Howitzers and rockeS are being prepared with the utmost celerity ; in Met , the workmen have been employed even on Stodaya , inaidition to extra hours during the week . Officers ? v , yal Artillery have been directed to hold themselves in readiness for instant embarkation * but from the particular nature of the servioe in new at present , the absolute selection has not jet taken place , and they are not to be taken according t » the " roster , " or nsoal routine of duty . The
noncommissioned officers and gunners are all to be picked men from the several battalions , although the commandant of the garrison ia desirous of selecting them from the seventh battaKon . Twelve arsenal artificers belonging to the laboratory department have volunteered to accompany the expedition qa receiving double pay ; and it u stated to be the pita to purchase on the voyage ( as sear the Chmess seaa as possible ) several ships , which are to be filed with combustibles , and converted into fire-ships by these artificers , in conjunction with the naval department , and then intended to be employed amonc the Chinese war junks . ^
" Privilege" to wit . —Mr . Editor-As tho Hotjse of Commons can punish people for infrinftn * I ^ k ^ ^^ . ^ &" * *¦ doubflesTnret senbe the « tta «/ ifl » « f punishment . —^ vrTmthinderi then but that it orders its sergeant-at-arms to ham Sk ™ ® 8 ° enft B P ° a the tiro nearest tamp-postsin Old Palace-yard ? or if they would lo things gradually and not come it quit » strong inthe ™ l ^ rtfBn ' u le 5 v * 6 " 1 han « John Joseph round the neck of the Canning 8 tatue- ? t « to St , Margaret ' s churchyard , and so make an end of him —He certainly has been a great bore to them , and a great impediment to their usefulness . —Yours , Bob Short ,
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A Disorderly Assemblage . —Obtaining Bread at Provision Shops . —During Monday forenoon last , a disorderly procession , three or four hundred in number , consisting chiefly of boys and youths , there being probably a hundred and fifty boys from thirteen to seventeen years of age , went through the principal streets of < the town . From all we cau hear , the procession originated in some part of Ancoats , whence it proceeded to London-road , Marketstreet , Deansgate , and up King-street , along which it passed shortly after eleven o ' clock . Some of the individuals in this procession carried red herrings , others potatoes , others lumps of bread upon poles , and there were occasional cries heard , such as " Frost shanna be hung , " which marked tho
character of the assemblage . They also beat upon frying-pans , so as to make a show of drumming or music ; but the whole thing was so ridiculous , that no person regarded it with any sort of apprehension . However , it seems that when they reached Great Aocoats-street , where probably their numbers were considerably augmented , they went into several bakers' and provision shops * where they demanded bread , which , in every instance , we believe , was given them , of course under the apprehension , that if it were refused , they-would help themselves . The names of the parties whose shops were thus visited , and from whom bread was in this way extorted
though , we believe , not to any considerable extent , are—Mr . Stephen Kothwell , baker , &c , 28 , Great Ancoats' -atreet ; Mr . John Whitmore , provision shopkeeper , 48 , Great Ancoats-street ; Sarah Adams , shopkeeper , 56 , Great Ancoats-street ; her next neighbour , and Mr . Edwin Lodge , baker and flour dealer , 58 , Great Ancoats-street . As soon as intimation of these proceedings reached the Borough Police-office . Sir Charles Shaw despatched some officers to these shops , but , of course , the disorderly assemblage had by that time dispersed ; nor could the shopkeepers , as they said , identify any of the individuals who had demanded bread of them . —Manches ter Guardian .
HUDDERSFIELD . Cooperation . —On Thursday week , an interesting lecture on the principles and practice of
cooperation was delivered by Mr . George Barker , in a large room in Uppernead Row , lately occupied by the Primitive Methodists , but now occupied aa a Lecture Boom by the Huddersfield Co-operative Society . Cow * Law Petition . —The Corn Law repealers of this neighbourhood are now very quietly going round to get their petition signed , and in some cases the masters of factories are handing it to the whole of the men that are employed under them , who dare not but sign it . Some anticipation prevailed that a
public meeting would be called , aa the Mercury has frequently announced that Huddersfield had all completely turned repealers , and nothing else ; but the faction know better . They neither dare do it themselves , nor meet the inhabitants fairly in public meeting . We should wish Messrs . Plint and Baines to come again , and experience the mighty change . The petition from Huddersfield will have to go from a hole-and-corner meeting , not a public one , and some means will be taken to inform the Legislature how they are imposed upon by the anti-Corn Law humbugs .
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iJ ? " SRJi ^*^ 118 iahibitantsof Kirk-^^ J WMM * i * j « B « eOTentof thePenny Postage gas DeenttuwwraniQ a rexy curious position . Be-4 ebvered * e lattjrsin that districtfuBed to charge *» jhei distancerof- tw * or threeMles from Huddera-« eW 4 d ., whichi after the reAJetion in the postage J& ^' . fe ^ Sg W-Mjbefore tbe inha ^ tante of the conntrj yfi £# * will have to pay for those who ^ re more fortuM * e to live in the town ; inquiry WM made at the Post Office , and the answer mm was , that Greenwood did not belong to the General Post Office : but at thn •>«»<> t ;» . « ^ w
the letters to deliver for that district . Inquiry is about jtp be mail * whether it is consistent that they should be charg ^ Id . more after the reduction , than was paid befori . Something is wrong either with the Post Office or with Greenwood , as the General P « St OiBce regulations are to the following effect : — If paid , when posted , for all letters whether sent by the general or local posts , not to exceed haifan ounce , Id . ; and so on in proportion ; but if not paid when posted , double the rate is charged . Now , we see from that , Greenwood has charged first 2 d . for the letter , and 3 d . for himself . —Correspondent . >
Exhibition op Abt . —The public Exhibition of Art , Ac ., which is fixed to open on Monday , the 2 nd of March , is now fast progressing . The temporary bnilding adjoining to the Philosophical Hall is nearly completed , and large quantities of rare specimens have already arrived . The Committee are using every exertion to make it one of the choicest Exhibitions which has taken place . Mr . Power . —Jfii . Power , the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner finished the examinations of
, evidence-on Friday last , having occupied two whole «^ ort 4 cconut , bf Mrs . Ainsworth , who had beea elected by the Board of Guardians as Matron over © ot Workhouse . Such a mass of evidence of the cruelty which she practised when she was there oelore , has ho tfoobt convinced him that she is not a nt peraon for the situation . We understand she says heririendB are advising her to resign . She had better take their advice , and save the trouble of a turthe * axposition .
BARNSUE 7 . to the Radicals # 4 Ae West Riding of Yorkshire . The late proceeding * of the Crown against the patriotic , Welirtsi * i are sufficient to remind you that York , will ffionly beJthe scene of another contort , where t »» t miMM llmt h&atrayed in all legal digaitfc lC& will nrise their corrupt and deadly : ftnjftjfcrttnsttSo ^ liberty , and , perhaps , tbe lives , of sometS ^ S&uidlowworkinen . The battle to be fought iauotfee laotateil case of a fe % individuals , bat the cause of all the un- * represented classes of GreStt Britain . It 1 *^ . perhaps , unnecessary to remind the men of the . West Ridiag that considerable of
a sum money- Je necessary for tbe defence , therefore the men of Barnsley must call upon those of the West Riding to assist them under present difficulties ; Already , through oppression , to obtain bail , and other expenceu , with the liberation of those connected from Barnsley , upwards of £ 80 haa already been expended * We wish to remind the West Riding that Barnsley : —on all occasions where liberty , or its defence against tyranny required assistance—Barnsley was always in the foremost rank from the time , in behalf of tbe Dorchester Labourers , to the defence of Mr . Frost . Therefore we must again say to the men $ jt the West Riding , be up and doing .
We trnat also that the Committee will be excuses for saying to our fellow-townsmen , the time is fast approaching , when a few of your patriotic and honest townsmen are to be placed- under the ordeal of a trial , for daring to assert that you , the working classes , the producers of ali wealth , are entitled to those constitutional privileges which were obtained for you by yoar forefathers , and which is acknowledged by evecj honest and liberal-minded man , to be your undonbto 4 right ;— " This is the head and front Of their offending . " ¦
Fellow-townsmen ! you ;* by your laudable and praiseworthy exertions on a fonder occasion , let these poor men enjoy the happiness which encircles round their homes , during this dreary and inclement winter , instead of being-incarcerated under such enormous bail ; convinced of your continued integrity of purpose , we again call upon you to exert yourselves , and persevere in procuring the sinews of war . to enable these men to obtain Counsel for their defence at the next Assizes . The Committee sit every Saturday and Monday evening at the house of Peter Hoey , where subscriptions will be received , and where collectors will receive books and instructions . Signed ,
On behalf of the Committee , John Field , Sec Barnsley , Jan . 22 nd , 1840 . Robbery . —On Friday , the 17 th instant , on the Wakefield road , Philip Carr , of this totftf , a . labouring man -working on the said road , was robbed of the sum of 19 s ., between the hours of one and two o ' clock in the day , by ten men , some of whom had only a . short tune bsfore been released from Wakefield House of Correction . They abused the' poof man severely . Three of the party have since been apprehended , and examined before Messrs . Watkins Hpyftentworth , One of them admitted the tut Mil T '" ' i ^
opp ^ menT ^ eWcomiaftted to tbe hooscWuBrw ^ ' tipn for two months . -v Fire . —On the night of the 22 nd instant , one Btack of wheat and another of hay , the property of Mr . Pemberton , of Gawber Common , near this town , were discovered to be on fire , and were entirely consumed . The property was insured . ROCHDALE . Prize Fight . —On Tuesday last , a fight between two men , named William Jones and Jerry Dodley , or twenty guineas aside , came on at a . place called Doldram , ' about four miles from this town . Jones had been trained in Manchester , and Dudley at Summith . An immense- concourse of people wer » on the spot from Manchester and the country round . At the seventeenth round the sport was put a stop to lay th * appearswwe of MeBsrg . Crossley and Chadwick , lwj of our magistrates , attended by Serjeant S ' -ioe , of tho railway police , and a number of constables . A regular row commenced . Upon one of the combatants ( Dudley ) being apprehended , he was conveyed a good distance from the ring ; but he was ultimately released by the crowd , who followed , throwing stones , &c . like shot , by which Mr . Crougley s horse got severely injured in the head . Jones took to his heels , and got away . Several shots were hred , it is said , by Serjeant Shoe . We have not heard of any mortal injury being done . At the time of the fi ^ ht being pat a stop to Jon « s was deemed to be the superior man .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 25, 1840, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2668/page/1/
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