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    • SENTENCE OB' DEATH ON FROST, WILLIAMS, AND JONES-
    • FROM OUR THIRD EDITION OF J^iST WEEK. ' .'I'iT.---"m ¦ ¦ im . I,,. . :i Jj;-,*?^
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      So then ; the -worst that the besotted' st / vages could do has been done . The blo ^ hou ^ dtf have tracked their quarry to tb ^ lmst re ^ irt ,: ^ ejBurderous growl has issued from their relentless throats —their tasks are sharpened for the banquet , and their jaws widely extended ; anxious but ytt afraid to crunch the victim . Sentence of Death has been passed ; and " here "—if there be virtue in the Judges and prudence in the people— "here ends their power of . doing further barm . " They cannot be executed until the " point" reserved on their

      behalf has been argued , and if the Judges of our land be not mere fools ; if they be able to read and to perceive the plain meaning of plain words ; if they be not mere venal tools—sold to do , not justice , bat the bidding of the Crown ; if they be not reckless partii&ns , swerving all law and' reason to the behest of vengeance , that argument mum vitiate the prosecution and bo defeat the bloodhounds . We are not willing to believe that the Judges of England are , as a body , corrupt and venal ; but we cannot forget that they ore men , and that they are liable to the fears and prejudices bv

      which humanity is ever largely acted on . They do not know the people ; they do not understand the principles of freedom and of jiwtice for which we contend ; they have been told that the Chartists are a bloody-minded set of thieves who would seize upon property and destroy life without remorse ; and thU impression is naturally calculated to induce them rather to exert the power in their hands offensively than otherwise : let it not be strengthened by the foll y of the people . Let every possible demonstration of sympathy with , and interest for , the prisoners be made at once , publicly 9 ihultahbotjslt , and uifivEBSALLT , but

      PEACEFULLY . , ; Do hot , we implore you , toubselves plvnge THE UPLIFTED KJOPE INTO THE HEARTS OP TODB FRIEUDS . Every movement towards violence now is an mctrtr the to the Judges to overrule the objection , and a bar to the possibility of mercy being exercised by the Crown , even if disposed to do so . The curses of all the widows and the or ph&ns of these torave and good men wlU rest for ever on the fools or knaves by whom their murder shall have been thus determined and . precipitated .

      We have before told the people that if they wished to have Frost hung the best way of securing their wish would be to let us have an emeute or two in England—and we now tell them that- * - Ip HE AND TBE 6 THRB BRAVK FELLOWS BE HWG , THEin Death will be chargeable ox the miserable AMD CO 21 TBHrriBLY ABORTIVE ATTEMPTS AT emeules which have taker place . We always knew that the Government thirsted for their blood—that they were anxious to hang them if they only dare ; but that they would not dare to do it in the teeth of the openly expressed sympathy of the whole country , and with the

      festivities of the Queen ' s Marriage staring them in the face . We always knew therefore—the detestable character of the Whig faction was our guarantee for the conclusion—that some sneaking rascally plot would be set on foot—some villanous entrapment and esponiage resorted to—for tho purpose of inducing some few fools among the people to afford them an excuse . We have warned the people unceasingly of this , and "the people" generally , have had sense enough to see the trap and keep oat of it . Some few , however , whose proceedings have shown them to be as utterly destitute of courage as of discretion , have acted differently ; and

      If Fbost be hckg , to them hb will bh ihdeb 7 ed for his fatb [ We are more than ever convinced of this from tfta account , given from the Time * of yesterday , of the breaking up of a meeting of the people by the bluecoated butchers in Bethnal Green . The proceedings of that meeting were strictly legal and constitutional . The speech of the Chairman , as reported by , the Times , contained nothing but what might have been uttered , with great propriety , at the altar ' or on the beach . There seems not to have been the least contemplation of any violence ; and yet the " blue bottles" fill the room with drawn swords , and they find several persons armed with pistols , swords , dirks , &o ~ some of the piBtols loaded .

      Now , why was it thought necessarj to make all this parade of policemen with drawn sabres ! The Times tells U 3 the Becret— "The authorities had been previously informed that persons were to be there armed with knives , daggers , and pistols . " Yes , no doubt the knives , daggers , and pistols had been provided , probably from the Hom « -offiee , for the occasion . We have no doubt that the " authorities" knew , to a single one , how many knives , daggers , and pistole were to be there . We have no doubt also that the " side doer " was perfectly known to the " blue bottle" batcher men , and left unguarded purposely that such as it might not suit the convenience of their masters to meddle with , just now , might" oontrive to make their escape . "

      The whole business is as transparent as glass ; and those who cannot see the trap into which they are falling must be worse than wilfully blind I Bat we shall be asked whether it is to be borne that peaceful meetings of Englishmen should be thus broken up by armed force ; and whether the people have not a right to defend themselves against lawless violence ? We answer"Yes ; they have a right to defend themselves against lawless violence ; but if they have common brains and prudence , they will do it in some effectual manner which shall not

      strengthen the hands of their oppressors . " We have no hesitation in saying that , so far as we can jadge from the report of the Times , the interruption of these policemen was a lawless and unconstitutional trampling on the right s and liberties of the subject ; and that every man who was attacked by them had a right to defend himself by force , using so much violence ae might be necessary for his own defence , and no more . Buvvre do not find that any of those partie 3 who were armed did use their arms in self-defence , though many of them were taken into custody , having done no crime . Now , what does this prove ! Clearly , that either they went there provided with armB ;

      knowing , that they would-be seized , and for ths purpose of being seii * d , ihat they might further the projects of the infernal factions whose tools they were , or that they were a parcel of swaggering , cowardly knaves , who having got their arms for a display , and got better men into trouble thereby , dart not make any use of them . One or other of these couclusiouB is unavoidable . In either case they are not fit mates for patriots to work with . Let , then , all such be marked , and denounced at once . Let the people prosecute their holy course with vigour and determination ; let them bewara of spies and traitors and they must succeed—tyranny may rear and plunge in the death struggle , but it Shall fall and the . fair virgin liber ty shall grace its empt y throne .

      We know that privation makes many men desperate and that by some , whose minds are uot strong but warm , we are not thanked or this strain of advice . We heed not that . Our way lies plain before us . We , who never yet feared to denounce the villany of the people ' s enemies—who never shrank from their power or quailed before their might , shall not sow be deterred , by tho fear of giving offence to some , from denouncing the folly and nusguidedness of those among the people , who , by listening to evil counsel , would become their own

      . We tell them again , what we have told them so often , that they have neither the habits , the organization , the arms , nor any other single requisite for any great and effective physical-force movement in which they might be the attacking ty ; we tell fcem again , what we have told them so often , that

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      » partial movement ruins a ^ , and . we tell them again what we have told them ' ao ' ofteni that if Frost and to feUow * be hung , they will have their mad friends ^ thee «| iii&i | to t ^ M V , i&i&jjfi ajp > lyibAirm ^ poi ^ ers , withunani'' ^^' {¦ ¦¦ ¦^/\^^^; ; i ^ iSk ^ } We last week counselled memoralizing . lias it been done ! We have heard of few , if any . Why this apathy in respect to the only means which ean now be effectual ! The Queen is about to be married ; she will expect her subects to rejoice ; let her be told that THERE CAR BE NO REJOICING ROUND the g allows tree , and that will do more for Frost than all the guus and pistols in the country . i——^———¦ , 1 . 1 « ,. i i , — i . „ — -., . ^^— . ¦¦¦

      Sentence Ob' Death On Frost, Williams, And Jones-

      SENTENCE OB' DEATH ON FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES-

      Monmontb , Thursday , Jan . 16 . It being understood that sentence would be passed upon the prisoners this morning , the Court was crowded as soon as the doors were opened . Previously to the judges coming into court , Frost came to the front of the nar , and entered into conversation with Mr . Stone , the counsel ; with bis attorney , Mr . Geach : and with Feargus O'Connor . At nine o ' clock their Lordships took their ssata , and Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones

      were ordered to be placed at the bar . Frost ' s countenance pourtrayed the same calmness which characterised it during the trial ; Williams appeared low and desponding ; and Jones had last that air of levity aad carelessness which he had previously exhibited . Mr . Bellamy then addressed John Frost— You have been indicted for the crime of treason ; , yon Were arraigned upon that indictrhent , . and you pleaded not guilty , and for your trial yon put yourself upon your country , which country pronoanced yon gailiy . What have yon to say why the Court should not pass judgment upon you to die according to law ?"

      Mr . Gnach then rose and said , that in the absence of the counsel who had been assigned to the prisoner , he was obliged to make an application to the Court . H * was only Max moment aware that Mr . Frost was to be called up that day for judgment , as the Attorney-General had given them distinctly to understand that sentence would not be passed snUl after the point of law had been decided . The Lord Chief Justice—The Attorney-General could not have had any authority for so stating , and I am quite certain yon must have misonderstoed him .

      Mr . Geach . said , it had been a communication made to a gentleman at the bar . There was a grounduponwhichtheyhadintendedmovingthtlCourt in arrest of judgment—namel y , that upon the jury who tried Mr . Frost there was one person who answered to the name of Christopher John , No . 132 in the list . Christopher John was in the summons which had boen served on that person , and he had answered to that name , took hi * seat , and returned a verdict . The real name of the juryman was John Christopher . There was in the same list a person of the name of John Christopher , No . 38 in the list , the real name of each being John Christopher . They had obtained information of a serious nature relative to a person of the name of Christopher , and had arranged

      that he should be challenged , and it was so written in a list which had been prepared before the tnal They had caused all possible iaaoiry to be made as to Christopher John , but could find no such person , and as in the lict their objections extended to 160 , they did not think themselves justified when the name of Christopher John was eftUed in making any objection to a person in respect of whom they could obtain no information . He had this morning brought that juryman into the town , and he stated distinctly that his name was John Christopher , that he was the son of Thomas and Hannah Christopher , that he was christened in that name , that he had never assumed any other name , and that he bad lived in one parish nearly all his life , and had never been called by any other name .

      Mr . Baron Parke—He does not say that he was not known by the other name . Mr . Geach said , ha stated that he believed if application had been made for him by the name of Christopher John , no one in the pasub . would have pointed him out a * that party . The Chief Justice—He answers to that name in the face of the whole county , and came hare in con * sequence of being summoned in that name . Mr . Geach said , that the juror went on to state that he comld neither read nor write . He therefore could * o t read the summons , but he mentioned the droomstance to , the bailiff who summoned him , and he told hini it made no difference ; " V - TheChief Justice—At most it is onl y matter of challenge ; there is a cane expressly in pout Mr . Geach said he was not nreoared to arm a

      the case , and the counsel who had been assigned to tne prisoner having left , h » therefore could not appear by counsel . The Chief Justice—If there had been anything i n the objection , we would have assigned other counsel ; but there is a case called" the Jory case" which had better be read publicly . Mr . Baron Parkh ' —There is a case expressly in point , in 12 East , 229 . — " After the business on tke Crow * side at the summer assizes for the county of the town of Newcastle was finished , it was discovered that Robert Curry , who served apon the Jury , had answered to the name of * Joseph Curry' in the Sheriffs ' panel , and had been sworn by that name .

      Upon further inquiry it appeared that there was a person of the name of Joseph Carry belonging to Newcastle , but not at that rune resident within tke town or county ; that fWbertCuiry was qualified to serve on jnrie * and had been summoned by the bailiff * on the Crown side as a Juryman at this assize . All this was mentioned to Mr . Baron Eyre , who , conceiving it to amount to nothing more than a mere misnomer in the panel of the Jurymen intended to be returned , and who did Berve , and that it was but cause of challenge , w hich apon being stated would have been instantly removed by altering the panel , and that after jndgmant it couli not

      oe assigned as error , did nok incline to interpose npon the ground of a supposed irregularity in the proceedings : bat Mr . Chambre and Mr . Villers ( counsel ) having afterwards in tbeiVtri Priua Court for the county of Northumberland stated these tacts to the Bturon , and pressed them as amounting to a mis-trial , the . Baron , thought lit to respite the executionbf a convict for forgery that he might have an opportunity of advising with the Judges upon thiB occurrence . On the 1 st day of Michaelmas term , 1783 , the Judges were unanimously of opinion that this was no ground of objection , even if a writ of error w ere brought , much less en a aummarv application . " " Mr . Geach observed that that was not a trial for

      treason . Mr . Baron Parke—The only time yon can take the objection is before the Juror is sworn . Mr . Bellamy then addressed Zephaniah Williams and William Jonas in the same manner , bat neither of the prisoners made any reply . Proclamation was then made for all persons to keep silence while sentence of death was being passed upon the prisoners at the bar . The three Learned Judges having pat on their blackcaps , The Chibv Justicb addressed the prisoners in the following terms : — ' John Froet , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , —After the most aux ^ ous and osreMinvestigation of yotw wsoeetive cases before j uries of great intelligence and almost unexampled patience , you stand at the bar of this Court to receive the last sentence of the law for the

      commission of a crime which beyond all others is the most pernicious in example , and the mest injurious in its consequences to the peace and happiness of human society—that of high treason against your Soverei gn . Too ean have no just ground of complaint that your several esses havenot met with the moat full consideration both from the jury and the Court ; bat as the jury have in each of them pronounced you guilty of the crime with whieh you have been charged , I should be wanting in j nstioe to them if I did not openly declare that the verdicts which they have found meet with the entire concurrence of my learned brethren and myself . In the csse of all ordinary breaches of the law the mischief

      of the offence does for the most part terminate with the immediate injury sustained by the individual against whom it is levelled . The manwho plunders the property , or liftsi bis hand against the ufeof his neighbor , does by his guilty act Inflict in that particular instance , and to that extent , a less or injury on the sufferer or his surviving friends . But they who by armed numbers , or violence , or terror , endeavour to put down established institution * , and to introduce in their stead a new order of things , » mh . wide ike loodjratesof

      rapine and bloodshed , destroy aU seeviiy and property , and life , and do their utmost to iavolve a whole nation in anarchy and ruin . It has been proved in your ease thatyou combined together to lead from the hills , at the dead hour of night , tato the town of Newport , many thousands of men , armed in many instances with weapons of a dangerous description , in order that they might take possession of the town , and supersede the lawful authority » f the Queen therein , as a preliminary step te a more general insurreotion throughout the

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      kingdom . It i > owin * tpjthe interposition of Providence alone th « jaw wtcktf design * were frustrated r yottr followers ' ; U 0 jfc' $ f . * ayliRbt , : and after nring upon vthe ^ Til poweir and &e Queen ' s troop * , are by ^!| W ? ' # ¦* ¥ »* gUtf * t « , and the cool an . detettBine | bravery oi a small bud of soldiers , de-MM'ftfcwja , -What would have been the rate of tat peaceable and unoffending inhabitants * if success hii attended your rebellious designs , i t is useless to . oo »] eat » re : the invasion of a foreign foe would m all probability have been lew destructive to property and life . It is for the crime of treason , committed under these circumstances , that yon are now called upon yonrselves te aasrer r and- by the penalty which you are about to suffer you hold out a warning to all your , fellow-subjects , ^* " ' . *

      that the law of yoar country is strong enough to repress and to punish all attempts to alter the established order of thing * bj insurrection and armed foroe , and that those who are foani giiiMy of such treasonable attempts must expiate their crime by an ignominious d « ath . I do , therefore , moat earnestly exhort you to employ the little time that remains to yon in preparing for the great change that doth await you , by sincere penitence and fervent prayer , for , althaugh we donot fail to forward to the proper quarter that recommendation which the jury intrusted to us , we cannot hold out to you any hope of mercy on this side the : grave . And now doth nothing more remain than that the Court * pronounces ( to all of us a most

      painful duty ) the last sentence of the law , which is , that each of yon , JohaFrest , Zephaniah William * , and William Jones , he taken nence to the place whence y » u eame , and be thence drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution , and that each of you be there hanged by the neck until you be dead , and that afterwards the head of each of you shall be severed from his body , and the body of each , divided into four quarters , shall be disposed ot as her Majesty shall think fit , and may the Lord have meroy on your souls . " Frost raised his eyes during the latter part of the sentence , but the o&er prisoners did not show any signs of emotion . They were than removed from the . bar . ¦ . ' ,

      Mr . Bellamy directed Charles Waters , Je&n , Lovell , Richard Benfield , John Rees , and Jenkih Morgan to be placed at the bar , and ka asked them severallv whether they had anything to say why the Court should not give them judgment to die according to law . „ These are the prisoners who yesterday pleaded "Guilty , " Several attonries who were concerned for them spoke to them , apparently explaining to them that the sentence was a mete matter of form , and would not be carried into effect .

      The Chief Justice then addressed them . —Charles Waters , John Lovell , Richard Benfield , John Rees , aad Jcnkin Morgan , yon stand convicted , upon your own confession , of the crime of high treasona enme against which the law has denounced , with unipariBg severity , the pnmshment of death . As your cases have not proceeded to trial , it has become our duty to refer to the several depositions which have been returned to us , in order to ascertain the facts and circumstances with which each particular case was accompanied . Upon that investigation it appears that your case so far differ * from that of the unhappy persons against whom the sentence of the law has Just been passed , that , although yon are undoubtedly guilty of the crime of treason , hyvbeing found present and aiding them in their wicked designs , you ate not the leaders and contrivers of

      the treason , but some of yon at least the ignorant and delnded followers in their train . Under these circumstances , we shall ourselves make snch application in your behalf to her Majesty , that mercy may be so far extended to you that tout lives , may be spared , and we have reason to nope that such application will be attended with success . At the same time , looking to the active and prominent share which each of you has taken in the lawless proceedings at Newport on the fatal 4 th of November , we cannot hold oat to you the hope of any further mitigation than that you must be prepared to leave yomr native country , and probably for die remainder of your lives . For the present , and with the object of obtaining smoh mitigation of the execution of your sentence , it is our duty t * pass the sentence required by law . His Lordship then passed upon the prisoners the same sentence as in the

      former case . n The moment the Judge jrat on the black cap Rees covered his face with his hands , and did not look up tiil he was removed from the bar . Mr . Baron Parke then intimated that he should proceed with the minor cases in the next court . The Chief Justice , addressing Mr / Owen , said he was about leaving the town , and he wotildVtherefore mention that it was very likely that the objection which had been raised for the consideration of tho Judges would be fergued next Saturday week , and , if application was made at his chambers , a copy gl the case would be furnished , in order that the coun-««» "" " . the prisoners might have every advantage afforded them for preparing their argument .

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      . . r — . ^ o »^ v _ / : _ ARREST OF ARMED CHARTISTS AND SEIZURE OF ARMS LAST NIGHT AT BETHNAL-GREEN . ( From the Times . ) At about nine o ' clock last night ( Thursday ) , an adjourned meetiag of Chartists was held at the Trades' Hall , AbbeyrStreet , Bethnal-Green , "for the purpose ( as the bill stated ) of making known to the inhabitants of the metropolis the extraordinary and unpre « edented state of misery , destitution , ana despair to whioh the industrious classes at the present moment are reduced . " The chair was taken by Mr . Nbhsoh , formerly one of the delegates to the National Convention .

      There appeared to be about 600 parsons in the room , chiefly working men and mechanics , ana several women were placed in a gallery feeim ? the platform . _ The proceedings commenced by singing the Chartist hymn , which was received with great applause . Mr . Nbesom , the chairman , then ro se , and stated that the object of the meeting was to ameliorate the condition of the starving working claaies , who were ground down by unjust and arbitrary laws made by a Parliament , in the election of whioh the people had ao voice . As most of those present had not wad the Queen ' s speech , which her Majesty had delivered that day to her faithful and trusty Parliament- ( groans)—he weuld take the liberty of reading it for the information of the meeting , bur , as the print was rather small , he would call npon his friend , Mr . Gouldiag , to read i « for him .

      Mr . GorjLDiwo accordingly read the speech , Which was received with groans and laughter , particularly those portions of it which alluded to her Majesty ' s intended uniting with Prince Albert , and the late disturbances in Wales and other parts of the country . Mr . Spur then came forward to move the first resolution . He commenoed by stating that , when * ever the Government attempted to repress the expression of pubUo feeling , outbreaks would be sure to take place . Little did ke anticipate from what took place in that hall on Tuesday night that the Government would have deemed it nece ssary to make such a mi ghty demonstration of their strength .

      it appeared that information had been conveyed to the Commissioners of the Police , and to theHomei offtoe , that those who had attended that meoiinff proposed to sat the mettopoUsin flames , and . in consequence of that cock- and-bnU story ( laughter ) , toe troops were ordered to be in readiness at the Tower , and detachments of military received orders ^ ie * ve their . barracks at Hounslow . an * march to the metropolis . The police were also in readiness to acV and iustruotion 8 were forwarded to the several stations where fire-engines were kept to prepare for r general coufUgration . ( Renewed laughter . ) Now all these preparations were made bv the

      tGovernment upon seme flying report which had ao foundattonin fact ; but ( Mr Spurr ) would tell themeeting that they would have a battle to fight with thai ? oppressors , and , if they would accept him for their leader , he would march them on to a bloodless victory . He would not counsel them to acts » f violence , but he would tell them this , that the surest way to obtain peace was to be prepared for tha worst . For himself , he would say that he was as loyal a man « s Daniel O'Connell himself —( groans and langhter)—but he would give the same advice to the working classes that Cromwell ence gave— " Put your trust in God , and keep your powder drv . "

      At this moment , a body of police of the H division entered the lower end of the hall with drawn outlasses , and immediately proceedsd , Mniuit the greatest uproar and confusion , and cries of 'Police ' to force their way into the body of the meetine which haid , up to this period , proceeded without ant indication to break the peace . The police pushed ? heir way through the crowd , and , as ik sukseqaentiy appeared , seised several persons with arms tn their possession . The paaio whioh their anni « r . n « :

      caused cannorbe described . A great portion of Aose assembled rahed threogh Aepassag ? leaain « to the entoince door and escaped into theltreet , and amongsrthe rest , Beniowski , the Pole , who , it an . S ! " ^ 4 ^? e a ** «^ amniatorV « pewh oU thepmwding Tuesday night , contrived" toSS e ??? r ? 8 h *« / r '» le »^» fon «» 'dable stiS which ke carried , behind him on the plaff There war a gweral cry of « Shame , ' and < I . thfa the way EngUshmea are to be treated ? ' when the police ^ entered the room , and several persons called upon tha chairman te adjourn the meeting . Tke

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      Police for the . roral iistriots around the aetropo !^ advanced steadily , led onT ^ f In spector Pe » roe , and in a short time the hall was almost exolusiverVoew copied bj the men he commanded . "VYh ^ ^ ^ . mult was in some degree subsided , The Ceuiijwak ; implored those of the meefibff who still remained behifid , the doors having ben ckved upon them by thejpolica , to remain firm and give no offence to the pohce , whose object , no douht . wa « i to excite them to gome act ofviolence . Hewas g » d te find that there were reporters inf fte room , W » o rouli no doubt do justice to ttftmeefieg , and expose , tha tyrannicsl attempt upon fl » Eberties-rf Enghshaaen , who had assembled for xt » poastita tional purpogc ofstatin * their Grievances . whit » tf » , * jfr , -

      paUce tviaenUy iwended a breach of the peace , or tbey would not vexttore tamolest the meeting , an * 2 ™ pt ^ cr ? 8 h ^ P » ceedinM by exhibitiDg ? h ^^ UMW 8 * ( J Sham ^ A ""*? - He trdstedkto the food sense and good English feeling of those whom he aadrejsed to presenl the puWw peaceltf 2 ! & 3 ft 5 Sfc !^ . * -. * r * V *' - # Here ^ a gejBtlaman named Moor , who holds ) some office in the Tower , , and who entered titt room with the pohce , called upon the Chairman so give his same . Chairman . —My name is Neesom ; and , now , win you favo nr me with your name ? Mr . Mooa . —Oh ! you don't want my name ; I ask you for yours , as you are the Chairman of the

      meeting . # Chairhak . —1 demand your authority for disturbing this meeting , and I call upon tho inspector of police to say : by whose orders fie haa acted " I » . quire him , m the name of the meeting ; toi state plainly and manfully why he has introduced his men here armed with drawn eworas ? . : V ' Mr Spur , having been called upon to restrtas his speech , begged of his fellow-workmen ta sitsfflTand remain quiet . If the police wanted to drag him « t prison , he was rea ^ y to go . Let them declare wbo it was they wanted , and no resUtanoe would be offered to them . ( Loud cries of A ^ ovrn the meal ing . ' *) No ; why should they adjourn , for theyftad done no frong ? The police had caused allthe dfe . torbance ; but they had acted , no doubt , accordinc totteir orders , and , for his parr , heshouldnotoMeat ir

      we woote -room was toil of policemen * krtr what he saw . He should now tesome the thread ; of his argument which had seen so disgracefully inte > rupted . Hewas then proceeding to comment upon her Majesty ' s speech , when it was again cut short by a movement on the part of the . police , wh » advance d clow to the platform and commenced removing the forms and turning them upside down , amidst a gene > raVcry not to destroy the property . Mr . Si ^ m agijn stood forward and moved that a deputation from the meeting be requested to wait apon the police inspector of the division , for the pnrpo « of ascertaining why their proceeding !^ were Jo . terrupted . ¦ .. . ¦¦ ¦ - . ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ¦ ¦ ^ T ¦ - ¦ '¦ : b ¦ ¦ A Gentlkmait in authority , in plain eloftss . here said , « Yon will place yourself in an awkwQ pootioa if you speak again . A word of caution ought to be enough . " _ . t ^ Mr . Spkr—Then I have done .

      The Chaibmaj j then dissolved the meeting , apl those who remained with him on the platform were about to leave the hall , but were told th » doors had been secured , and they must remun to be searched . ¦ " The hall by this time was almost entirely occupkd by policemen , and , upon going to the farther end , we found eight men and a boy in custody , all of whom , i t appeared , were taken with arms m they possession when the constables entered the h « £ Upon one old man a brace of horse-pistols wesj found , ready primed , and loaded with balL Another had a sabre concealed under bis coat , and the rest were armed with pistols and k&ivas , such as

      s&o&makersuse , the points and edgesof which appeared to have been recently ground and sharpened . Thcw were nine pistols found altogether , and upward * of twenty knives and dirks , same of which were found on the floor , where thsy had evidently been dropped When the parties who poMessed them wereittaKUM theur escape . Some bullets were also taken front the prisoners , all of whom were in the garb of mechanics . Mr . Neesom , the chairman ; Mr . GonloinF , a weftknown Chartist agitator : Wiffiams , a biker , who ^ well known for his Violent speeches , and aboot twenty other individuals who had taken partin'As proceedings on the platform , were told bv Cant Hav

      that they must remainjin custody along with the other prisoners , whfl ^ were found ^ ^ with arms on ; their pauont . until further instructions were sent from tiieHoiieoffieft . where a messenger was despatched test nfefri at half-pastll . Williams was exceedinglyviolentiand threatened to assault Mr . Pearee , the inspeetoty Jb daring to violate his rights as an Englishman ^ ^ e swore he would strike the first man who darejd to lay hands upon him , and his Conduct was w outrageous that he was obliged to be handcuflfed , and Captain Har directed tkat he should be placedia separate cell when he was conveyed kr the «» tkm . The " prisoners were remov * i ot » ' by oner fiflnvtb hall , each strongly goarded—• ptwcaatiadL whikh ^ .

      came necaMarrin case of * n * t « entot « * e $ a 8 kim the streets adjbining -flie hall were -j&j wded ^ wlih working men , many of whom had escaped terinf the first panic , and were Waiting to leera thefale of their associates . _ Several women were in *» neighbourhood , making anxious inquiries for thev husbands or sons . The conduct of Captain Hay , Inspector Peane , and iadeed the whole of the police , was highly praist worthy , considering tile nature of the duty they wrte called upon to perfors * . We saw ne nnaecewary violence offered to the meeting , but , on the contrary those who had the direction of Che men acted with great temper and forbearance , although , when the

      meeting was nnt interrupted , the entry of a larp body of constables , with drawn cutlasses , appearedt be awanton act upon their part , and certainly not justified by any very violent or seditious language on the ^ part of the speakers . The fact , however , ot loaded pistols , fanves * « pears , and daggers , having been found in the possession of several who web present , ( a eueumstanceof which the police authorities hadno doubt been previoudy appriueW appeared folly to warrant the course adopted , and *» believe that further informatiott had been received

      by the Commissioner * of PoUce that the persons w ]» attended this meeting meditated some plan -te disturb the public peace when the meeting terminated . ^ ¦ The psrsons in custody will be broug ht either Jo Bow-streot or Lambeth police court this day to be examined by the magistrates . ¦ By the last accounts received from the locality of Bethnal-green , where the meeting was held , aH remained qwiet , but the police were still mustered in great force , in order to prevent any attempt to rescue the prisonerg , who are lodged in two of the station-houses in that district .

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      - . '¦¦¦"'¦ :. . . ¦ m .. ' . . ~ - ~ . SHEFFIELD , Thursday , Jan . SB , The police have been oat all night in search -of several of the Charti ata , They succeedins ; in vpprehendinK three who were in bad in thsir own honses . The names of the prisoners are Joseph Marshall , Samuel Bentiey , aad John Clayton . Jt is not aa yet ascertained whether they win feejnoceeded against for high treason or sedition . They were brought before the magistrates this morning , and , having been identified by the police as Imng engaged in prompting the insurrectionary metements , tiwy were remahded nntfl to-morrow ( Friday ) for farther examina'Aon . Nofire-arms or otiier weapons were found npon them . The utmost vigi lan « e has been exercised by the police , in order . ** traee ont four or five others , bat without avail . The miliUry are still parading the towiw and fteSBflsioas-house and Tontine Inn are strieflty ^ Wjded .

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      pewanneefittg onaieTiouncu took place on Monday , at the Court-house , when the following boldness was transacted . - The office of Councillor tot the South Ward was declared void , in consequence of the bankruptcy of tMr . Robert Derham , late councillor . The next proposition was , that tfce Council should declare who are the three senior Aldermen . It appears that the patronage of J 5 t John ' s charch is vested in the viear , and the Mayor and three eenior Aldermen of the borough for the time being , and ae the preaent senior Aldermen trew all nominated on the same day , and qualified witmo five days from such nomination , it was a questtai whether the order of their Domination , or of their qualification , would determine their senioritv , Tb «

      Council , after a considerable discussion of the question , decided H would be better to : make n » such declaration , and passed to tlwr order , of the day . Mr ConncOlor Hall then brought forward a proposition that the statistical inquiry lately set on foot m the borough be extended « o the out townships , nd that the Fiiumw Cwnmittee W requested t » estimate in their next half-yearly report a suffioiett sum for thaVpurpofle . This propositiorx was lost , there being fifteen for and twenty against tt , tlia prevailing opinion in the Council being th » t it was prematato , as it would be desirable , before pushing the inquiry any furtheir , that'fte report ei what ha « already been done ( now pnntmg ) sboald be first laid before the Council . The last proposition was

      one of Mr . Alderman Hubbard— - " That a oommittM be appointed to draw up , and lay before the Council at the next meeting , a memorial to the Lords CbJimissionera of her Majesty's Treasuni !» .-slSjtiuf ihat the present post office accommodatwtf ^ anite inadequate to . the iiiririiiffnif" ititT'infTriMrfn |^ Inini Ti m-n of the Borough , and praying tha 4 ' ;^^ p ^ om ! Lips win be pleased to take the same into d ^ r «^ sli ^ tion witn a view to the imniediate > e w ^ ttlreot' ' After a slight discussion t& « proposfp ^ Mw csj ^ ried nem eon ; and the following gen ^ aRfJ ^ rting been appointed the coaunitlee ^^ Ti ^ v ^^ lftylMri Aldermen Tottie , Goodman , Behyoa , . CoffiacU «» Atkinson , England , afid Howajcd , ^ tkimJ& ¦ ' Hh journtd . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ - .- - ¦ . - ;¦ ¦ - . ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ' * ; ' - ¦ ¦ ¦^ . ¦ l-t ^ - ' - . y ..

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 25, 1840, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2668/page/2/