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( From the Sunday Papers of June llth . ) _CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION . __ M _ i __ rrs TSR _Tp-MOBROW . _ _Jotwi _> _ sfcw __ iM - tlie determination of the govern . llx'ZXr dawn ail processions or open-air _mee _* .-S » £ e CtarS oa Friday night gave notice that It wss theh _^ _teation to meet in a body to-morrow & 1 lS Bonner's _Fields . Circulars have been £ _ fc _ _r the executive to the _. _rjCMtanea ofthe Chartist bodv , but they hvre determined , in spite of all _ £ _&<__ .. on the part of the authorities , to rseet at balf . pasttwo o'clock , and to conclude by six o clock , The ' only mealing announced te take place on Moadav bv the Chartists is in Bishop Bonner s Fields bat , from private information , th _ govem-I & ent is in possession ofthe fact that monster meetine . are to take place at Croydon and _othM parts . authontie 3 to
Every provision has been made by the meet any emergency , either in the metropolis or _suburbs . On Friday night 800 soldiera were marched into the Penitentiary , and aro there te _remain until after Monday incise any attack should be made on the prison . Tha government are determined te uso every means iu their power to pnt a _* top to these tunes ef excitement , and have given orders for all the troop 3 to assemble again in Loudon by Sunday night , and we hope that this will bs the last time the military will have to attend without being called upon to act in a manner which will ba the means of putting a death-Wow to this lawless set . Mov _ M _ 5 T cp Troops . —Chartist Meeting on Mosdat . _—Wisdsor , _FbidatNisht , 16 o'Clock . —An order has arrived from tho Horse Guards for 200 men of tha Roval Horse Guards ( Blue ) to leave tha
Cavalry Barracks at Spital , to-morrow morning , at seven o ' clock , for the metropolis , in order tbat tbey may ba in readiness to take part with other regiments , which have been ordered up to London , in esse their services may be requjied _, in quelling any tUEl-ltwhicaniay arise on Wbit-Monday , by the contemplated assemblages of the Chartists . Portions ol this regiment will be quartered at _Knightsbridge aad _Regent ' s Park Barracks , and mora will be quartered at kennington . They will march to London under the command ° _* Col . Smith , Col . _Bouverie , one of the E < juerrie 3 in Waiting to Prince Albert , _beiner in attendance upon hi 3 Royal _Hignessin the Isle of Wight . In the event of their presence in the metropolis being
_requireddariuR the ensuing week , the Eeirices of the Royal Bucks Yeomanry have been again offered by ths Duke of Buckingham , tbe colonelof the regiment , again to do duty at the cavalry barracks during the absence of the Blues from _Windsor . No orders have yet been received from the Horse Gaards , by Colonel Hs ? , the officer in command of the 2 ad battalion of the ' Coldstream Guards , in garrison at Windsor , for that regime _ t to proceed to London . Under any cire _ _r _ st _ nce 3 they will be _iareadinegsto march at a moment ' s notice , and will arrive in London , by meane of the Great Western Railwsy ( two and a half miles from Windsor ) , within an hour and a half after receivins orders from the Commander-in-Chief .
A special Court of Aldermen was called yesterday , to take into oo _» i _ et & tiou tbe _suggestions of Mr Harvey , Commissioner of Police , relative to the drilling of the special constables , and the steps to be adopted fer the preservation of the public peace , on Monday . Several aldermen objected to _n-Ir Harvey ' s proposition ? ! and urged that the City force , aided bythe government and special constables , was sufficient to repress any disturbance . The Lord Mayor said that Mr Harvey ' s circular merely contained suggestions ! , a _ d ought not to have been made public . Mr Hervey " s proposition was rejected , and the court adjourned . The Chabtist _Dzmonstratiok , To-morrow . — Daring . the whole of yesterday , the officials of the
_Eoae-offise wera busily engaged perfecting tho arrangements with , tbe Commissioners of Police , tbe City authorities , the metropolitan magistrates , and the Horse Guards , for the preservation of life , properry , and the public peace , on Monday . Every public building will bs strongly defended , and all the miiifary and civic power quartered within thirty miles oftLa _meiroijolis , will be inreadines 3 to march to it uf on a given signal , shonld their services be required . Tas Chartist _Meehsos . —On Friday tew cutlasses and belts were forwarded to each _otHhe police stations in the metropolis for all tha constables , in case _ _t an emergency . They will be directed to as . semble at the various stations at seven o ' clock on _Jlor-dsy morning , to await any orders that may _arrive from the Police Commissioners .
SUPPRESSION OF CHARTIST MEETINGS . At a late hour last night the following _proclamation was issued from the Metropolitan Police-office , Whitehall : —
NOTICE . Whereas largemeetings of persons _calliag themselves Cht-rrists , have lately been held in the open air , in or near the metropolis , at which seditious and inflammatory speocs * i have been addressed to the persons there _asgecihlel . Such meeting haTe created terror and alarm , enr . bare caused serious disturbance of the public peace , an ! : bare led to acts of tumult , disorder , end Tlolent re-Bis _^ nce toth e law ; and whereag certain persons , styling t _< _-rasrlreB members of the Erecutive Oommittee of the
Cb-. r ; _lst Association , hare _declared their intention to cal ' . _whether other large meetings in or near the metropolis , on Monday , Jane 12 th ; and whereas apprehension is _entertained by the peaceable intnbita _ ts of the _metropolis , that such meetings will be ofthe saai 8 dangerous _chETacter , and will lead to the disturbance of the public pet . cz Notice ig hereby given , that snch meetings are iHe t * 9 l , and that all necessary measures will be adopted to prevent any such meeting taking place , and all _welldbposed persons are hsreby _cautioned net to attend be present at , or take fart in , any such meeting .
( Signed ) C . Rjwah and R . Matxe , _Cemtaissionerg of Metropolitan Police _Satnroay , June 10 , 1848 . Metropolitan Police Office , Whitehall .
_S-sIOSATIOS OF _PDUC-itES . Ia consequence ol the heavy duty imposed on the _offio- > _T 8 of police . , on account of the Chartist meetings , we are informed that a great number ( report fays 300 } have tendered their resignations , declaring they were incapable of undergoing the fatigue . Many of the _mr-n , for several successive days , were on dutv eigiiteen hours out of the _twenty-four . ( From the Morning Herald of Monday . )
THE THREATENED MOB MEETINGS OF TO-DAY . We are enabled to state that the _mogt active and determined measures have been adopted to put down the _slightest attempt that may be made to disturb the public peace . All the public buildings will ba put in a simi ' ar state of defence to tbat in which they were on the 10 th of April . All the military and civ "; power within miles of the metropolis will be so _brc-uvht around it , that in an instant they can be _brc- _' . ght into action , and to its immediate relief . At Chatham , Woolwich , andthe several dockyards , ever j man capable of bearing arms will be iH readiness for action .
i _ _s _pessionerg mil ba also under anna , and , al . though the same external appearances of defence that _sho-ed themselves last 10 th of April will not be so pro _ n _ e _ t to tke eye , yet the arrangements made for _.-iiy contingency that may arise are not less formic -bio , hor will they prove less effeotive than tbey wot I have proved , had they been brought into play , in A Mil . On Friday , the Grenadier Gaards arrive' in London from Winchester , and on Saturday the . _^ oyal Horse Gaards ( Bias ) marched np from Win -vir . G-vernment is resolved fo pnt down , with a strong arrti . any attempt to disturb the pnbiic peace , or _interfere with the property or trade of the citizens .
_Yesterday ( Sunday ) " afternoon , at one o ' clock , the ¦ whole of the _sup ? _rintendents of the metropolitan police met at the chief _ofiic ? , Great _Sc-r-tland-yard , for th * purpose of receiving their final instructions as .. _" _> the proceedings they are to adopt this day in pre ~ _catins the Intended Chartist demonstrations . The _froramissionera wera in consultation with the various superintendents a considerable time , and tbe order- ; given are of such a character that , if any _rebsUzhsb is offered on the part of tha mob , ihe most _strident measures arc to be _reported to to suppress the sa _^ e . The whole of the mounted force is to be uncertUe command of Mr Superintendent William-Bon , of the T division . The authorities having received information that , in all probability , the
_Chartiat ly _fidrrs will conceal , as long as possible , some of the places at whicb they intend to hold their meetings , bo that the police shonld know nothing about them , Unrii the proceedings begun , to guard 2 gaiastany _proceeding of that nature , provisionis made through-Out the metropolis , and , on information being _con-Teye-Uothe proper quarters , a _ssfficieno force ean be immediately summoned to prevent any illegal _assem-.-lage . The special constables -ill also be placed in £ __ ca quarters as to be able to render instant assist .. nee . The superintendents are to support each other with their whole force , if necessary , and a direel communication is to ba kept ap between the metro : oiitan and city csmmisiionere , so that , in the event of large bodies of people attempting to walk in _provision , or creating any disturbance , the services of _e-ieh force mar be called into action , and
themilitary will also be ready to assist . It has previously beer , _announced that 800 soldiers hava been placed on : "_ _:-, _- ¦ in ths Penitentiary , Millbank ; since that tis ' - - 000 Guards hava been quartered in Somerset Ho . ¦ *¦ : and a similar number will be _msrehedinto the : . y Bride-ell this morning . The City Compter and _N ewgate will ba well protected by the _military , and .. is _understood that several pieces of cannon are j oa placed in various parts of the metropolis . The _Greenwich pensioners are also to bs under arms , and ;¦> are the Horse Guards ; troop 3 of the latter bod .- - re to be stationed in such portions of London that , in case of necessity , the whole tores could he _qnitL _' y summoned _together . Another admirable pr ? _i . _tjrion oa tha part of the government is the foJlowi -iv -. —A number of steam boats bave been _orders -i to be filled with Eoliiera , who are to move oS
ton -j- part at a moment ' s notice , if their services _shou-1 ba neEded . The Bank of England , although not uMtwardly fortified as it was on the 10 th of April , will . iave a double guard inside , and the soldiery will ha _S'j arranged within the huilding that every part of
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it can ba amply protected . Similar precautions have bsen adopted at tbe Mint , Custom House , and the various government buildings . At the Houses of Parliament not only ia every part well protected , but a sufficient supply of provisions baa been laid in to last the men several days . The docks and Tower of London are also similarly protected , the men in the employ ef the dock companies having been resworn in to act as special constables . Tho several gas factories in and near London are to be well pro * tected by the military and the police , and so are the London and _countrystatioas of the various railways . From the formidable arrangements made by the authorities , nothing in the shape of a popular commotion need be anticipated , and it would bo worse tban madness for any parties to offer the least resistance at Bon _ er - -fields .
THE CHARTISTS . ( From tha Daily News of Monday . ) On Saturday placards were issued by the Chartists , headed ' The ancient . Right ef Meeting ia Public defended , ' and addressed to Lord John Russell , which commenced thus ; That they had read with much astonishment and concern a report of his lordship ' s declaration in the House Of Commons , * that he did not belieYe the people desired the Charter , ' and they had accordingly made arrange _, meats to convince his lordship , on Whit-Monday , that his _supposition was utterly unfounded . Their Intentions were to hold peaceful demonstrations , and their efforts would be employed for tbe preservation of life and property . They repudiated the violent language used at !
the _OlerTsenwell meetings ; in short , they deprecated al rioting ; but they wiebedtoknow hia lordship ' s inten . tions , after the treatment and murderous acts of the police . They and ta # ! r associates were the _aggreiBora _, the disturbers of peace , andthe destroyers of property . They had been fully informed of the atrocious system adopted by the police . They were accompanied night and day by idlo boys , who infest all meetings , and break V ? iud 0 WS _OH a Signal being given by the police , so as to justify an attack npon a portion of a peaceful meeting . They doubted much whether Sir George Grey had been correctly retorted when he was represented to have said that it was the intentloa of the government to put a stop to all meetings . If snch a report was trae , It would ifflBly that his lordship was afraid of a public denial
being given to the publio challenge . They regretted that several meetings had not been allowed to disperse wlthsut being involved in a conflict witb the police , who wera kept in ambush until the greater _pertlon of the _people had dispersed , who were then let loose , half drunk and completely mad , upon the people , and who , in _thttr ferocious oaslaught at _Eoaner ' s _. _fieldt , paid uo regard and Bhowed no mercy either to age , ger , or coa . _ditlon . They trssted that no such _disgraceful assaults will be sanctioned by his lordship on Monday , whilst they are assembled to repert the reception of their me . mortal to the Queen . If suoh were made , the people would hold his lordship responsible . The bill concludes by stating th 3 t they ' trusted his lordship would not force them to defend tbeir right of pubiie meeting . They were satisfied that all the Chartists will disperse quietly
if unmolested . ' This document ia signed by James Leaoh ., P _, M . M'Douall , E . Jones , J . M'Crae , and S . Kydd . The total number of troops to be concentrated in the metropolis and environs will be 10 , 000 horse , in _> fantry , and artillery . They will garrison the banks , pubiie buildings , and government offices , a portion acting iu conjunction with the Royal Artillery Company _, and the reserves being etationed so as to _comluaiiu c __ e leading thoroughfares , er act in cencert as occasion may _require . In the city , at a Court of Aldermen , it was arranged that the alderman of each ward should undertake the arrangements ef their _respectivejnrisdiotionsforthe preservation of the public peace .
Several meetings were announced to taka place yesterday . At two o ' oloek crowds of persons were observed moving in the direction of Bishop Binder ' s fields , and it waB evident that it was the intention of the Chartists among the crowd to get up a meeting * , as at that time not a _constable was to be seen . Soon after , however , a body of IOC men belonging to the K division , with inspectors Home and Smith at their head , arrived , and took possession of the ground . The crowd at this time assembled having _movedoff _, a great number of the constables were marched into
the workhouse close by , and tho others without much difficulty kept the large spaee clear . About four o ' clock Mr Mayne , the police commissioner , and Capt . Hay , the assistant commissioner , arrived on the ground on horseback , and having rode about for nearly an hour , and finding all perfectly quiet , left . Some curiosity , if not alarm , was manifested among tbe crowd of idlers , by the presence , at about six o ' clock , of an orderly belonging to the 12 th Lancers , who was the bearer of a despatch from the Homeoffice to Mr Fresbfield _, the master ot the union workhouse .
At Paddin _ _lon a great many persons collected , as bas been customary for several Sundays , oh a plot of gr ound called Iron Gate Wharf , in the Harrow-road . The proprietor of the property , though used as a publie _thoroughfare , it not being strictly a publio highway , _tras compelled to apply to the police for protection , and accordingly a posse of constables of the D division , under the control of an _inspector , occupied the ground , kept the people moving ; and tbongh considerable numbers of them continued to pour on to the spot , thera was no attempt to hold a meeting nor at disturbance . On a tree opposite the cottage , No . 9 , Iron Gate Wharf , from the window of which the Chartist orators delivered their addresses , was fixed a notice , that' in consequence of tbe bloodhounds being out , there would be ne meeting . '
GOVERNMENTDEMONSTRATION AGAINST CHARTISM . ( From tbe Morning Papers of Tuesday , June 13 th . ) At an early hour in the morning a Btrong body of the Royal Horse Artillery , with a couple of field pieces , marched into tbe Riding-house , St James's Park . The guard at Buckingham Palace was doubled , and a body of mounted police were etationed in adjoining livery stablea . The speoial constables were called out for duty under the command of Lords Arundel and De Grey , and reviewed the men of the metropolitan police , who were held in reserve . At _Marlborengk-street , tho magistrates were busily employed swearing in speoial constables , amongst whom were the Duke of Leeds , Lwd Vivian , Lerd Henry _Loftus , Major-General Sir Wm
Morrison , _Major-General Sutherland , Major Charles Agnew _, Captain Charles _Ibbotson , Colonel _Dondas , & c , & c . It wa 3 expected that meetings would be held at Cumberland-market , Regent ' s Park , Johnstreet , Fifzroy-square , and other placea in the west end of the metropolis ; but , with the exception of a most abortive attempt to get up a procession of Irish Confederates , in _Dean-Btreet , Soho , headed by placards calling for ' Justice to Mitchel , ' and ' Down with the Whigs , ' there was no other symptom of a movement calculated to excite alarm . Tbis demonstration was suddenly put an end to by tho appearance of a number ef policemen in the street . At Clerkenwell , Finsbury , Islington , and all the other districts announced to be the Ecene of early meetings during the morning , the moBt marked tranquillity prevailed .
At nine o ' clock , a body of horsemen made their _appearanoa at Bonner ' s fields . This was a squadron of the 1 st Life Guards , under the command of Major Biddulnh , who , having ridden past the anticipated scene o £ action , took up their quarters in Mr Gardner ' s farm-yard , situated at the south-east Bide of Victoria Park , adjoining the bridge whioh crosses Dackett ' _tj Canal . A vast concourse of persons , ineluding a great number of women and children , were attracted to this bivouac At _half-past eleven o ' clock the horse police patrol , amounting to eighty men , under the direction of Snperintendant Williamson , of ihe T division , arrived on the ground ,
followed by detachments of tho M , H , K , N , and other divisions , amounting to 1 , 100 men , headed by Superintendant Evans , Marquarde , Medlicott , and Johnson , w _ o wero accompanied aud assisted by their various inspectors . The entire police force using under tbe command of Mr Commissioner Mayne and Captain Hay . The number of cutlasses distributed amongst the police was 350 . In addition to this force there was a battalion of pensioners , consisting of fonr divisions of 400 men , nnder Captains Holden , Curtain , Ward , and Christie , the en lire force being under the immediate command of Colonel Tuliccb . They were marched into Bethnal Green workhouse .
To return , however , ts Bonner ' s Fields . At one o ' clock , or a little after , Dr M'Douall , ona ot" tho Chartist leaders , accompanied by several other welldressed persons , said to be associated with bim in the management of the demonstration , arrived on the ground in a cab . He asked whether or not the au thorities were really determined to put a stop to tho meeting under any circumstances . Of this fact he received several very strong assurances , even from persona in authority , and it waa made known that besides the police being considerably out of temper , orders had been given to the military that iu tho event of their services being called into requisition , they were to act ' effectively , ' Mr M'Douall and his friends requested that ha might be put in communication with the magistrates iu attendance . Mr
Arnold , who was at the workhouse ready to read the Riot Act in the event of such an extreme course _becomiag necessary , was then _eommunicated witb , and Dr _Af'Douall being at length satisfied that no child ' s play was intended by the authorities , ha expressed his intention of immediately prtventing tba _assemblase . He and his friends then left the ground . Daring tbis period there was a heavv drizzle of rain , which had the effect of chasing tho people beneath tbe trees for shelter . About four o ' clock there came on a dreadful thunder storm , and the rain descended in torrents . Instantly the remaining crowd ran a'vay in all directions , some seeking skelter in unfinished buildings adjoining , and others vainly endeavouring to gain 3 _ entranco into the already overchoked taverns in the neighbourhood .
No demonstration took place either at Clerkenwcll Green , Blackheath , or Battersea , as was anticipated . Officers connected with tho Royal Artillery at Woolwich scoured Blackheath , but happily their e rvices were not required . All the men in the Ar-
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senal and at tho dockyard wera nnder arms , fully prepared to meet the exigency of any outbreak . Mondat Nioht 12 o ' clock .-At the present time tho commissioners of the metropolitan police , as well as Mr D . W . Harvey , the _wromif-aioner of the City police , are engaged at tbeir offices , and a continuous communication is kept up between the two bodies , and also with Sir George Grey , tho Secretary of State . Messengers . have just arrived from the K , N , G _, L , and D , divisions , _announcing that the whole ef their districts are in a state of perfect quietude . The whole of the mounted police have bean withdrawn from the quarters where disturbances wore expected , but tbey are in reserve , under the command of Superintendent Williamson , ready to start off afc a moi i i I i r „
llment ' s notice , should tbeir services be required . The military are still under arms , and squadrons of the Horse Guards are in reserve at Clerkenwell , Mile End , Westminster , _arsd _eeveral other places . The Hon . Artillery Company is likewise under arms at the Armoury in ' _tho City-road , and several hundreds of the Foot Guarda are on duty in the Bridewell , Somerset House , Bank of England , and the Houses of Parliament . Nearly 200 policemen of tbe M division remain in the church at Bishop _Bonner's-fields , and are under the . control of Superintendent Evans and Inspectors Hornsby , Froud , and Cowlen . Judging from the present appearance of the _district _H is not at all likely tbat their services will be required unless any riot should be attempted wben the different indoor meetings break up . About eighty of the Horse
Guards still remain at Old Ford , Bow , and the pensioners in reserve have bad forty rounds of cartridges served out to them in case of emergency . The police belonging to the P . H , K _, and N , divisions are under the direotion of Superintendents Marquarde , Medlieott , and Johnson . The whole force iB ready to march off at a moment ' _a notice ; and the various districts where no meetings havo been announced to come off are well proteoted , not merely by the police , but also by the military . The several _cngine-stations belonging to the London establishment have a number of extra bands on duty , and the _variaus _depotB are well barricaded , iu case any attaok Bhould be made on the engines . Messengers have arrived from Croydon , Blackheath , Battersea , Epsom , Hampatead , Nottinghill , and Chelsea ; the answer to the _oammissionerB in all oases boine , that all was quiet .
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SUPPRESSION OF PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THE COUNTRY . CUOYBON . ( _Frtm our own Correspondent . ) A meeting having been announced to be beld ou Duppas-hill , near this towB , on Whit-Monday , the most strenuous measures were adopted by the authorities to prevent it . About five hundred special constables were sworn and provided with staves , and ball cartridge was served onfc to the troops . A con .-stable was sent to request tho attendance of those persons whom tbo magistrates deemed it advisable to communicate witb , with the view c-f preventing , if possible , a collision between tbe people and the authorities . Mr Frost accordingly attended at tbe Town Hall , and had a long conference with tbo magistrates , who were determined at all hazards to prevent the meeting . A protest was then drawn up
by tbe council , and J . Frost and _H . Cbuk waited upon the ' magistrates , who had adjourned to the workhouse , and another conference took place , the deputation insisting firmly upon the right of meeting , and the magistrates ' expressing their determination to use all the force at their _diBpasal to prevent the meeting from taking place . In oonsequence of this prohibition , and the torrents of rain that fell from three o ' clock until past seven , the council decided upon _nat holding the meeting on Duppas Hill , but a meeting of members enly was held at the usual place , when a resolution was unanimously adopted condemnatory of the conduct df the magistrates . While the Chartists were thus snugly deliberating upon their future policy , the magistrates , police , and specials , had to endure the pelting of the pitiless atom upon the hill , where they remained all the evening , the few persons who made their appearance being prevented from _celleoting together by tbe police .
MANCHESTER . ( From the 3 / oruinp : Chronicle . ) Monday- . —The _magiatratts determined not to allow the meeting _aanounced for this day , and a proclamation to that effect was issued , signed by the mayor . The special constables , to the number of 10 . 000 . were summoned to be in readiness this day , and arrangements were made with Lieutenant-General Arbuthnot , who was present , tbat a strong body of troops shonld be posted in the neighbourhood of the plaoe of meeting . On learning this , the Chartists _insued a Becond notice , announcing that the meeting would not be held , as at first it was intended , in _Siephenso- s-Bquaw , but iu a large room in Camofield , called the mu _^ io hall , a place capable » f holding about 3 , 000 people . In the seoond placard the Chartists denounced those who have attempted to disturb the peace as the spies of government , who thus aot that the authorities may prevent the people from meeting together .
A CHAKTIST PROCESSION PREVENTED AT
LOUGHBOROUGH . ( From the Daily News . ) The proposed demonstration in honour of Mr O'Connor ' s visit to Loughborough on Wednesday was not allowed to take place . The Chartists attempted to set the magistrates' proclamation at defiance , bnt by nine o ' oleck in the morning ( several hundreds of special constables were on duty . A troop of dragoons were BtatioBed in the Marketplace to prevent the assemblage of persons , as was intended , preparatory to tbe _prooession _, and by ten o'clock , tho hour the assemblage was to have taken place , a troop of yeomanry cavalry , commanded by Capt . Farnham , M . P ., were stationed in the Ward' _8-end-square , where the open-air meeting was to be
held . No procession was allowed to be formed , but upwards of 1 , 000 persons went to tbe railway station to meet the train , by which Mr O'Cennor arrived from Sheffield . The troop of dragoons were then stationed at a Bhort distance from the station , to prevent any procession going into tbe town , and their previous place was occupied by another troop of yeomanry , under thecommand of Capt . Storey . On the arri-al of Mr O'Connor be w _ 8 met at tha station by several magistrates , who had a private interview with him , after which he mounted a table and read a copy of the proclamation prohibiting the procession . Under these _oircumatanoes he considered it _WOUld be best for bim to proceed to London by the next train , which he did , and the people dispersed .
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CHARTIST MEETINGS . LIVERPOOL . ( From tbe Liverpool Albion . ) A camp or or > en-air meeting of the fraternised Chartists and Young Irelanders was held yesterday afternoon , upon the _sea-beaob , near Bootle _, ' for the purpose , ' according to the placard , 'of testing the opinion of the inhabitants of Liverpool on Lord John Russell's declaration that the people do not want reform ; also , to enter a solemn protest against the government prosecution of John Mitchel . ' The placard was headed with the following sentiment , amusingly extracted from the Liverpool Standard , al the 6 th instant : — ' We must tolerate it no longer ; endurance would be sinful !'
The meetiag was announced on Saturday , and the magistrates lost no time in taking the necessary precautions for _repressine any infringement of the public peace which might take place . Four companies ofthe 89 ch infantry arrived by special train from Preston , and three troops of cavalry were also brought to town ; happily , however , there wa 3 not the least occasion for a display of their power . A _spring cart served the purposes of a rostrum , and a little after two s ' clock tho parties who were to conduct the proceedings _mada tbeir appearance , and took up their positions in the cart . Dr Reynolds arrived unexpectedly from Manchester , and waa received with a cheer . Mr W . M'Lbas presided , and made a _lengthy introductory _epeeech . He aaid , wherever a monarchical government was established , war wa 9 its trade plunder and rapine its obieot ..
Mr Thomas _Jonbs moved the fir < t resolution . He said tho _meeting had been called to provo whether or not Lord John Russell was a liar _( _ioud cries of ' Heia _ liar !"> . Tbe resolution was expressive of an opinion that bis lordship ' s opinion was false and unfounded . ; and tbat the principal reform required to ameliorate the social aad physical condition uf the people wa 3 the speedy enactment of tho Charter , The speaker put it to the meeting whether thoy would , be led by Hume and Cobden , or hy Feargua O'Connor . ( Loud cries of 'O'Connor ! ' ) . He complained of tho corruption oftho English _prrss ; and aaid he had been told that if he attended the meeting that day he ran the chance ot being transported ; but , if the penalty were being taken to the _gallowB
the . next moment , he would have eome . ( Cheers . ) It the people wanted to succeed , they must learn to hate the men who oppress them , and the willing tools of those oppressors ; and till thoy had that' holy and pure hatred' they could never break their chains . ( Applause . ) Ho could forgive a soldier or policeman , but by G he oould not forgive a speoial . ' Ho strongly exhorted the people present to organise and form classes , and said one class bad been formed in Liverpool last week , called ' The Felon ' s Brigade . He rejoiced to gay that ho was himself a felon , as the Wniga had interpreted the word believed
. He that the passage in the Bible , ' the poor shall never _ceaseout of the land , ' had been pnt in by some knave to humbug the people and persuade tbem that poverty was _ eBtined as their lot . As he bad no vote he was a slave , and if he were to continue auch , ho would tako cave that himself and others should be di 3 contented . He stood before them now as the apostle of _discontent . ( Cheers . ) When all were discontented , let all _pulj at one string , and the rotten fabric would como down . ( Loud cheer * . } Mr Henry _Smiih , the Beoretaiy , seconded tbe resolution , in a speech touch moro temperate than the preceding . The resolution was carried unanimously . Dr Reynolds moved the next resolution . He was received with cheering . He began by repudiating
nil deairfl for anarohv . and Baid he adopted the motto all desire for anarohy , and said be adopted the motto of the Frenob , * Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity . ' Equality , except in rights , did not exist in nature . By fraternisation , be meant that they should love every man who was a good man ; he did not wish to see class arrayed against class : They were met there that day to tell a tyrannical government that , before thia year passes , they must ceaso to be governors , or those present must cease to be men . ( Cheers . ) It was no use a man ' s heart being witb the present movement unless a hand was with it to grasp a musket or handle a pike . ( _H- _'ar , and load cheera . ) Unless such was the case , he had better be a thousand miles away than pollute a meeting called in snch a time , in suoh a cause , by his cowardly presence .
( Cheers ) Dr Reynolds complained that a policeman ' s word was more regarded by a stipendiary than the testimony of a thousand honest men , If tbe people had as much pluck as a girl in love , they would bave a man of their own choice in parliament . He thought common sense might tell those present that they ought to be discontented , and tbe people of Ireland had muoh more cause . He asked how long was Mitchel to be divided from his country ? ( Cries of ' not long . ' ) The orator proceeded . Whon you get the Charter , " and Ireland Repeal , be will come home . In a few months shall come the anniversary of that day when the God r _> f heaven and earth was born in tho world ,. In a few months you will cq 1 __« _brate that festival ; and in a few months , too , you
will celebrate tbe day when liberty sball be born in the world ; and whether liberty be baptised , hailed by the cheers of the rich , or in the heart ' s blood of the tyrant , it shall be baptised . You shall call its name Charter and Repeal , for it shall have two names ; and if you do hot rock its cradle and look over ita manhood , and keep it immortal among you , you will be the most cowardly nation which ever disgraced the face of tbe globe . ( Loud applause . ) Dr Reynolds announced the massacre of the British troops at Labore , and the announcement ( pitiable to say ) was received with cheers . The resolution whioh he moved was expressive ot * disgust' at the prosecution of Mitohel , and a pledge to use every exertion to secure his restoration . After some further remarks , Dr Reynolds concluded amidst loud oheers .
Mr Gkorob IrLOTO , who said he had already suffered imprisonment for a political offence , seconded the resolution , and after a vote of thanks to the chairman , tbe meeting quietly dispersed .
BIRMINGHAM . ( From the Morning Herald . ) Monday Evening —Yesterday , after the departure of the lBBt day train for London , a meeting of the Chartists of this town was beld , on a piece of waste ground adjoining the People ' s Hall , in _Loveday _* street The meeting was convened by placards announcing that Mr Kydd , from Glasgow , would attend and address the meeting , and a demonstration made whioh would show the world tbat the peopio were no longer to be governed by Whig misrule , tyranny , & c . The Discards , although well posted for some days at the close of the last week , did not command much attention ; but the novelty of a Sunday mid-day political meeting excited a good deal of curiosity and speculation as to the probable result of 89 unusual a display . The mayor and magistrates met on Saturday , and decided upon not stopping tbe meeting , and taking every possible precaution to prevent a breach - »*» il ¦ i I * i A i «* 1 of the in the event of t made
' _ peace any attempbeing to disturb it . They applied lor snd obtained an additional supply of troops on Sunday morning irom Weedon . Colonel Arbuthnot , the commandant of the district , put the whole ofthe troops of tho town under orders for immediate service ; Captain Bamford called eut the pensioners , and had them all in readiness ; and Mr Superintendent Stephens , had the whole police force under his command collected together at an early hour on Sunday ready to proceed with _cutlasaes , at a moment ' s notice , to any part of the town where { heir services might be required . The gentlemen in command of the above forces met at the police station , in Stainforth-street , on Sunday , soon alter one o ' clock , and arranged for keeping up a constant and instantaneous communication between themselves and their men , who were stationed along the line of streets to the place of meeting . In faot , everything w & s done to prevent tbe possibility of surprise . AU these precautions were , however , un
necessary . A working man , named Joseph Nisbett , having been called to the chair , he introduced Mr Kydd , from Scotland , who spoke for nearly two hours upon all the alleged abuses ofthe stato and the grievances of tbe people . He was , however , exceedingly guarded in his language , having been informed , before tbe proceedings commenced , that there was fl gentleman present to report for the government , The _meeting was then addressed by a man named Mantle , who spoke in strong terms against the government , and abused Lord John Russell in unmeasured language , Ue was followed by a Chartist named Ward , from _Staffordshire ; Mills and Brewster , two _stranpers _; and Goodwin and Green , of this town ; after which the meeting separated , at half-past five o ' clock _.
Mr White attended as a reporter for the government , and tbe local authorities had also _shorthand writers in attendance . Mr White returned to London by the night mail , and his transcript is no doubt in the hands of tho government . Another meeting of the Chartists waa held last night at seven o ' clock , in the People's Hall , and was addressed by some of the above Cbartist leaders ; but all passed over quietly , and the authorities were released at an early hour from their responsibility . This evening , at half-past bis o ' clock , another meeting w & s to be held on the ground occupied yesterday , but , from tho state of the weather while I am now writing , no _great muster is likely to take place . It baa been rainmg the last two houri incessantly , and the _meeting wil ) , no doubt , be held in the hall , and , I have no doubt , pass off quietly . A good deal of anxiety prevaiU bere relative to the state of London , although none can see any real ground for alarm .
CAMP MEETING AT BLACKSTONE EDGE . ( From the Times . ) Sunday . _Evesiho . —A Chartist camp meeting took place , as announced , this day at _Blackstono Edge . The meeting waa called for twelve o'clock , but it was half-past one before the proceedings commenced . Blackstone Edge iB a portion of an extensive range of WIU separating tha counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire , 2 nd situate about sixteen miles from Manchester , five miles from Rochdale , and ten miles from Halifax , and surrounded by a numerous manufacturing population . The early part ofthe morning was exceedingly Wet , and this bad a tendency materially to lesson tbe _numbers attending tbe meeting , wbich at no period of tbe proceeding exceeded 0 , 000 .
Previous to the commencement of the proceedings the poople distributed themselves over tbe ground and began to eat their dinners , thereby presenting the aspect of a huge pio-nio party rather than of a meeting having a political object . A better conduoted assemblage of working people has seldom been seen ; many well dressed women were present , and appeared to take great interest in the proceedings . The chair w & _t taken by Mr _Taoq , a working man _frsm Baoup , who called upon Mr Shackleton , of Halifax , to move tbe first resolution— 'That the meeting baving heard the declaration of Lord John Russell , that tbe people of thia country do not want the People's Charter , throws back the false libel , and declares ita firm conviction that no other _measure of reform will serve tho end sought , or meet with the support of tbe great body of the people , and pledges itself never to relax its efforts until the Charter becomes the law of tho land . "
Mr G J . Clarke seconded the motion , and spoke at some length , Mr G . Whitb , of Bradford , moved the second resolution , whioh was seconded by Mr Aechdkacok . It was to tha effect tbat the Whig government was violating the _constitution in attempting to suppress public opinion , aud declared that tbe meeting would stand by the right of publio meeting at all hazards ; he exhorted those present to exercise their undoubted right of procuring arma , and said the system would never be altered until they oould compel it by force . At this stage of the proceeding ! a collection was made to defray expenses .
Mr Wkjoteb , of Halifax , moved the third resolution , whioh was seconded by Mr Donovak , of Mancheater . Itcondemned tho prosecutions instituted by the Whig government as vindictive and disgraceful . The mover ' s _spesoh waa of a very inflammatory character , but that of the seconder presented a striking oontrast to that of the mover , whose physical force sentiments were but coldly received . The next resolution was one of condolence witb Mrs _Mitchol , moved by Mr Roberts in a very tedious _spaeca , and seconded by Mr Leech , of Manchester , in a comparatively moderate manner , This closed the _pruceedines .
A police _offiesr from Bradford , disguised as a drover , was during the meeting somewhat roughly handled , and had to take refago in a stable . It required all Mr White's exertions to save him from further outrage . The few police present in plain clothes were unnoticed and nncarcd for , but the indignation of tbo poople was roused by the man attempting to appoar what he really waa not . With this exception , tbe meeting was of the most orderly character . ' [ Our correspondent informs us that tbere were more than 20 , 000 persona present . ]
YORKSHIRE CAMP MEETING . ( From the Daily News . 1 Tbo Chartists of Leeds , Bradford , and tho _adja-Fraternity , ' oil _V < _M _» v _£ J _^^_ _E from _Lecd * and four _» J frem Bradford . 'Ihe pa cards convening the meetiag announced thnt rt _« _asscmb age would bo addressed by Tntst Jones bee-., ot London , and othora . ThB da ? wm finoTmi the attendlance was _proportionably _Ke but thu numb rs did not at any time exceed 12 , 000 . Shortly alter tae Bradford procession had arrived on Wd _K _maSSSw , aUd Mr J 0 hn _*«¦ tw _» ° Wickaam announced that he had beon deputed to utorm the _promoter of tbe meeting that , if they
would undertake not to leave the ground in _proceswould undertake not to leave the ground in procession with flags and music , their proc ; eedi _ jra would not be disturbed or interrupted ; but tbat it would ba the duty of tba magistrates to presorve the public peace if it was interrupted by these means . A person on the hustings promised tbat those conditions shonld ba observed , upon which the magistrates expressed themolves satisfied , and left the ground . The promise given by the committee waa so far observed that within a very few minutes ail the flags , in fr 0 Bt of the hustings were furled and removed to tbe rear
or elsewhere , but the four tricolour flags which floated from the four corners of the substantial platform tbat bad been erected , still remained . Immediately after the magistrates had left the ground two carrier pigeons were started , doubtless to convey tho information to the neighbouring towns . The oratorical part of the _proceedings commenced by Mr J . Harris , of Leeds , being called to the cbair , and addressing tbe persona present . Others speakers followed , and all concurred in the admiration of ths Charter , and their determination not to cease agitating until it became the law of the land .
Three _rewlutionB wore adopted -. —the first in favour of the Charter , ' and nothing but the Charter ; ' the second ior a Chartist defence fund ; and the third in condemnation of the trial , conviction , and punishment of John Mitohel . The Electric Telegraph reports that _meetings were also holden at Edinburgh , Glasgow , Newcastleon-Tyne , and Nottingham . At Glasgow COO police were stationed in front ofthe platform ,
ARREST OF A CONFEDERATE . Marlbobouoh-sibeet . —On Tuesday A . M'Manus , a member of the Irish Confederation , was charged with violently assaulting the police . —Mitchell , 25 C , stated that about half-past nine o ' olock last night he was sent by his superintendent to No . 83 , _Deau-atreet _, where the Irish Confederation bold their meetings . Witness bad been there about twenty minutes when aery was railed that a policeman was in the room . Seme man pointed witness out to tbe audience , and _witnesa fearing violence from tbe parties tried to get out of tbe room . He was immediately surrounded by a mob , some of whom knocked him down . The prisoner then came up to where he was lying on tho floor , seized bim by the collar of his coat , and dragged
him to the door , threw bim down a flight of stairs . Before witness could recover himself the- prisoner came up to bim again , and said If that would nnt do , he would throw him ( witness ) down the other flight . _Theprisoner then pushed Mitchell down several other stairs , and he wa 3 severely injured across the loins . Witness , as anon as he could recover himself , got up and ran out of the house . He subsequently procured assistance , and after the meeting was over went up stairs and took the prisoner into custody . — Sergeant Gray , 10 C , said , last night he waa sent to tho above meeting , which was composed of the lower order of Irish . The chairman was reading from a newspaper , and after he had concluded a voice called out , ' Here is Gray , do not let him take any
notes ; keep him out . Witness was then standing near tbe door , and the prisoner pushed bim out and shut the door violently in his face . The gas was then extinguished , and be was then bonneted' and thrown down Btairs , but could not eay by whom . There was a great noise in tho street , and tbe inhabitants were under such terror and alarm that he was obliged to send for several constables to clear the street . —In reply to the charge the prisoner denied laying a hand on either of the constables . Those who committed tbe violence were neither friends to thorn nor the Chartists . — Mr Hardwick committed him to take hia trial at the Central Criminal Court , but agreed to accept bail in two responsible housekeepers in £ i 0 each , and the prisoner in tho sum of £ 80 , witb twenty-four hours '
notice , in order to make the necessary inquiries as to the respectability of the parties proposed . When theprisoner was brought in lor the purpose of bearing the depositions read over , a young man camo into court , and , addressing Mr Hardwick , said he was surprised to find that the case had been gone into during his absence . He bad _wiinessea who would have upset all the evidence against the prisoner ; and he thought the __ magistrate had been too hasty in committing the prisoner without hearing these witnesses . —Mr Hardwick had been perfectly satisfied with the evidence that had been brought before him . If tbe prisoner had witnesses to disprove the charge he could produce them when on his trial . —The prisoner was then fully committed . The person who made the application was a Mr _M'Murrougb , who is solicitor to tbe Irish Confederation .
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THE CHARTIST TRIALS . CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . The June sessions were opened on Monday morning , at tho Old Bailey , the proceedings being opened by the Right Hon . ths Lord Mayor , the Recorder , Aldermen Gibbj and Lawrence , the Sheriff , Undersheriffs , and the other city authorities . The calendar contains the names of 197 prisoners , twenty-nine of whom are oharged with sedition and acts of violence , arising out of the late Chartist meetings . The grand jury having been sworn ,
The Recorder proeeded to address them . He said the calendar as printed contained a list of about 200 prisoners ; an addition of twenty mow bad taken place since it was issued from the press , __ d thev might reasonably expect a further accession during the progress of their labours . He feared , therefore , that their labour . * would bo far from light . There were five _oharges of cutting and wounding with intent to do _grievouB bodily harm . There were three charges of manslaughter , two of rape , six charges ot robbery , and twenty-three were charged with rioting and with assaulting police-constables in tbe execution of tbeir duty in endeavouring to preserve tbe public peace . In several of the cases the parties accused were charged with having uttered seditious words , but ,
owing to neglect in some quarter , the court had been left without the means of commenting on any oi tbe oxpreBsions UBed , and on their tendency and legal effect . Without a knowledge to be obtained from the depositions as to the exact grounds on which the parties to whom he referred had been imprisoned on the charge of uttering seditious words , it was impossible for him to speak except in general terms , or to what amounted to sedition as _expressed in words spoken . Still they were not without guides and authorities on the subject , to whom he would briefly refer , to show that the amount oi the _malignity of any expression was materially _affected by the occasion on whioh the words were uttered , the parties addressed , the persons incited by suoh words , and whether
the words were addressed to them for tbe purpose of induoiug them to take a part in any present er contemplated outrage , inoitement toarm , for instance , for the purpose of effecting by force terror , or excitement any particular illegal purpose . The unlawful use of seditious words was a misdemeanor at common law , but the offence might amount to felony under given circumstances within tbe provisi ns of a recent statute , but if taken in connexion with a treasonable pnrpose or facts the effence might amount to treason itself . He bad dispatched a special messenger for tbe depositions taken in the different cases , wbich ought to bave been in the hands of tbe officers and all the parties concerned on Saturday last ; they bad but now been placed in his hands , and he bad only
had an opportunity of hastily reading through one of them . As he had said , the circumstances under which seditions words wero spoken was a most important matter for thair consideration . They must not , ou the one hand , infringe on tbe undoubted liberty of tbe subject to discuss public matters with decency , and with an honest purpose , with a view to the pnbiic goad , but on the other , partiea discussing public matters must not be permitted to aot in a way utterly subversive of that purpose , calculated to propose an evil example to those whim they address . It was laid down by Lord Ellenborougb , in the case of the Kin „ v . Lambert . 2 Campbell's Reports , page 995 , on a general proposition , that a mm might lawfully discuss and criticise tho acta of the Ministers
and ofthe King , but he must do so fairly , temperately , and with decenoy and respect , and without imputing _^ any corrupt or improper motiveB , and the constitution under which they lived would never bave aoquired that firm character which it _tossessel if auch a right as this were not conceded to tbo subjeot , but like every other valuable right it was liable to ba contravened and abused . And Lord Chief Justice Holt , on tlw other hand , said it would be one of tiie greatest iibotoon public liberty , if , when men acted with violence towards the state and disturbed the public peace , they were not called to acoount ; and again , in the case of the King against Cobbett . he snowed that any one _writing , _publishing or uttering language tending to alienate the affections of the
people , was guilty of the offeuce of Bedition , laying at the samo time great stress upon the fact that the tr _° _? j _Waterially aggravated if the words wero published or uttered under circumstances which endowed them with a mischievous and _malignant character , and aa tending to' alienute tbo _affections of the poople . ' It would be for the jury to _conBidor , when the eases to whioh he was referring oame before them , whether tha words in queation wero ut . tered in tbe spirit of criticism upon the measures of government , or whether they were of an influama . tory tendency , calculated to produce mischief . If a party , where a multitude waa collected and excited , as they knew multitudes _alwayg were whon they had collected in great masses , addressed , with others .
_speeohes calculated to move their hearers to nets of violence—if _BUch an occasion had been sought by previous arrangement to vilify tho government—whether it be the legislature , the crown , or the executiye —if language be used with the intention , and bs calculated to inflame , especially if the speaker j had in view aome present or future purpose of mischief , such condact partook of tho character of f edition . Atall events it was of that character and tegree of sedition which constituted tbo unlawful ; iaa of seditious words a misdemeanour . A recent Act , within the provisions of which he did not think anv of the persons charged would be brought , intituled 4 An Act for the better Security of the Crown am' Goy ' ernment of tbese Realms , ! bad beea puwl to meet a _yeryserious public mischief ; _itww of Boimpor _.
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~~ ' _^" - _'"¦ _Bga a _tant acharactsr that it ought to ba made as en ~ _^ _eively known as possible * The Learaed _Guiwi * * then recited the third olause of the Aot i _ oX _^ - with the provisions of whioh our readers _cainnU ' , _> to be familiar . He also entered into < a _ exnl _ __*** ! oft _ e other clauses . The ebjeot , no doubt of _^ : government In passing this Act Was to punish th ' ' who , in addressing vioimt language _to'tn ' _moltn assemblies , did more practical raiichief ' ' than 4 writing in any inflEmmfttory _pnblioation- It _^ necessary to warn those who migbtfind themselve _^ meetings of a doubtful _charaoter—meetines lik _?* to . be incited to mischief by _designine a l wicked men—of the consequences which miji be entailed upon them , aa they might thai v render themselves liable to a charge of . felony _ was necessary , in order to guard against the imnetf tions of memory , and the difficulty , of _accural ! * _^ _tant acharactsr that it ought to ba made ' as _<¦¦» . _
_recorumg expressions rapiaiy usea , that the hrf ' _raationa with respect to inflammatory speech " ' should be made within six days . It _wa 3 . well f them to boar in inihd that words , coupled with _anm other act , might lay the person uttering them on * to be charged with an overt aot of treason Th foreigner , who in former days declared that ho w _ i , i 3 come over to . assassinate the kingof _thiscountry »„!} who actually did come over , was guilty of the _orei act . He was , however , anxious to draw their att *« tion to spoken words without any other matter , j ?" Justice Foster said , if conspirators met and ' onn suited , and did not fall upon any scheme for carrvino out their views , say to ompass or imagine the death of the kin ? , each would be involved iu the Bama danger . The learned gentleman then referred ta the riots of 1780 , whicb were fomented bv the _ini ,.
dicious calling out of the military , and to those 0 f more _R ecent d ite at Bristol . Hereadneirlytha entire charge of Chief Justice Tindal , and laid great stress on those portions in which he aaid that eyery well-disposed citizen was a servant ef the Crow / and that it wa 9 his duty to take up arms in _defend of the stato when her liberties were menaced . That _leatnel gentleman reooramended those persona tQ not rather under a magistrate than on their owq authority , except in cases of extreme urgency ; and
with respect to the preservation of the public peace he could recognise no difference between a _sold ' e _; and aciti-m . He then referred to the Act of tha 1 st of William the Fourth , which authorises any twg justices , when tbe ordinary officers were _thanbioieut to repress tumult , to nominate Bpecial constables % tha preservation of the public peace ; and parties assaulting or interfering with these constables in tha execution of their duty were as amenable to punish ment as if they had assaulted one of the _reg _niu force . He dwelt upon the Riot Act , and upon tba
extreme necessity tbere existed lor all well-disposed persons to leave tumultuous assemblies when the Act was read by tho _prsperoffieerS , as tbey could net tell to whal danger they might ba _expssed ; for all after such proclamation , were liable to be indicted for felony , and might be transported , for the punish . ment bad been altered from imprisonment to _eipj , triation . Thus parties might be punished for ao offence which perhaps they never contemplated ; and iu a mob they must know how difficult it was to discriminate the innocent from the guilty , and how easily an innocent person mi . ht bo punished . H 8 had felt it necessary , as representing the Lord Mayor as chief magistrate of the metropolis , to make these observations , and he begged to _temit them to th » ir duties with tbis remark , that the 7 bring _unbiased minds to the _consideratien of tbe different _caees send those for trial who seemed amenable to justice ' and he was certain they would do so with _scrupulouj care and anxions fidelity .
Mr Parrt made an application to the court ia behalf of William Henry Vernon , one of the _persons committed for using seditious and treasonable lan . guage at a Chartist meeting , to reduce the ameunt of his _reoognisances which the _magistrate had required him to enter into . The present amount _rrsj himself in £ 100 , and fonr sureties in £ 100 each , H 9 was utterly unable , from his position in life , to ob . tain sureties to that amount , and if it was not reduoed , the t-ffeot would be that be must remain ia gaol until his trial , _whiph he said waa a proceeding contrary to the spirit and intention sf tne statute in oases of misdemeanour . The Recorder declined to _etftertain the applicj . tion until notioe of it had been given to the soliuitoi of tbe Treasury .
On Tuesday Mr Parry renewed bis application oa behalf of W . H . Vernon , charged with Bedition , _wifr a View to reduoo the amount of the recognisances I was required to enter into . The learned counsel said he should tie prepared , in tho course of tbe day , to give the solicitor to the Treasury the _namea of four persons who would become sureties to tho amount of £ 50 each for bis appearance to take d _ trial . Mr Bodkin said tbat on the part of the Crown ha waa not instructed to offer any _opposition to the application . He had seen tbe affidavit upon which tha amount of the recognisances was sought to b > . reduced ; and taking into consideration the position in life and the circumstances of the defendant , k thought it was probably not in his power to obta ' n _sureties to the amount _originally required , and ther ' - fore be should not oppose the application for a reduction of the amount of the recognisances . Of coursa the bail of _respectablesureties would be required .
Mr Parry Baid he was extremely obliged to his learned friend . With regard to tbe character of ths sureties , he wa 3 instructed that they were respectable parties , and that no difficulties would arise ia this respect . The R _* iC 0 RD '' R then directed tbat the defendant should _bosberated on his entering into his own recognisances ia £ 200 upon each indictment , and finding four sureties , two upon each indictment , in £ 50 each . Twenty-four hours notice of bail , how . ever , was required , TRUE BILLS FOUND AGAINST THE
PRISONERS . On Wednesday the Grand Jury , in the coarse of t _ day , returned true bills for misdemeanour _against Ernest Charles Jones , Joseph Williams , William Jok Vernon , and Joseph _Ireneus John FusseU . Mr Bodkix applied to the court to fix the trials _ the defendants on Friday morning . Mr Clarkson aaid ho was instructed , en behalf ol one of tbe defendants ( Jonea ) to state that he intend _^ to have the assistance of one of her Majesty ' s _coussel in bis defence , and that he should not be prepared to take his trial on tha day mentioned , or , indeed , during the present session . Mr Justice _Pimso . f said that a formal application must then be made to postpone the trial . Mr Clarkson said this should be done . Mr Bodkin thought it right to state tbat it was the intention of the Crown to take the case of _Fusaell tint on Friday , and the others in their order .
The Grand Jury during the morning returned ' true bills' against the following twenty-two persons , who are indicted for taking part in the late Chartist meetings . All the parties are prosecuted by Mr Maule , Solicitor to the Treasury - . —George Cowling , Dennis _Callaghan , Thomas Jones , Henry I . Iraac , William _Moston , Henry Whitehead , George Blackburn , John Kingston , Thomas Hayes , Charles Bingley , Jeremiah Connelly , James Hayward , Isaao _Mailtndrin , Geo . Stratford , Samuel Strapps , R . Yaton , Henry Payne , John Wedge , Charles Mauchee , Rd . Hall , R . Margrie , and Joseph Crane . The Times has it that true bills were found against Mr Ernest Jones , and Messrs Williams , Vernon , aad Fusseilfor / _efoH !/ . Tho following is from tbe Morning Chronicle ¦—
Yesterday ( Wednesday ) afternoon being fixed by Mr Maule , the solicitor to the Treasury , for the preferment of the several indictments against those o ( the Chartist leaders named Joseph _Iremeos FusseU Joseph Williams , and ErneBt _CharleB Jones , who stand committed for trial , for unlawfully , in tbe presence and hearing of divers subjects of oar lad ) ' _^ ° Queen , uttering , pronouncing , and publishing certain _soandalous , wicked and seditious words against our said lady the Queen and her Government , with in * tent to excite tumult and disorder amongst the li _^ subjects of our aaid lady the Queen , The witnesses . e ' l _^ _ht in number , assembled - _* t the office of Mr _MaaWi G * vydyr Ilouse , in the first instance , and from _thencS to the Sessions houso of the Central Criminal Court when , havinj being sworn , they proceeded to tba grand _iury room , and there verified tbeir _SSVeill _depositions , being the evidence already given _befora
Mr Henry at _Bow-street , and which was set forth m tbe bills preferred , the speeches and acta of the several defendant ? , being the offence committed _previous to the witnesses being * called in . Mr _Kentf _)' jun ., the crown-solicitor oflreland , who was _inatt _^' ance with tba official proceedings in the case of _tw Queen v . John Mitchel , was first examined , it being understood that tho object of the learned gentleman _« being called was to prove officially that John Mitf _^ j had been indicted and found guilty of felony for han" _? spoken , pronounced , and published , certain _aoditiow speeches , with the intent to excite the liege f _utyf _* of her Majesty , of that part of the United bX _^ ff called Ireland , to _reballion ; and that the said J _*" Mitchel bad been duly put upon bis trial , and thai he bad been properly and lawfully tried and cut ' victed , and sentenced to be transported for tbo tei _* of fourteen years ; and that the said pruoneis , H = ] sell , Williams , and Jones , had by words uttered , _M
nounced , and published , certain malicious aud sea ' _tious words , to exoite the lie = jo subjects ofthe Que _« to restore the said John Mitchel to liberty alter n » h . ie been duly and lawfully convicted . The ne _« _s-ary pi-oof having bsen established relative to \ above convictUu , the witnesses were then called -n _« two in number , ia each _cise , who wen * shott y i " amined as to the words used by _Fusselland _Wim- _" " at the meeting held on the 20 r . li of May , at _^ _"V'f " , " well _green ; and the _subsequentoneat BoniviV _*• " % ' at which Jones _sooke . The timo occupied of '" whole of the witnesses bet ' ore tho grand jury d _' . dn exceed one hour , when the several bills were toun _^ Tho _Attornoy-General , the Solioitor-Ueiier . il ; » f _* j'J Bodkiu , _Welsby , and Clerk , and , it is said , _a'de _^ one or two Queen ' s counsel , will appear or i Crown ; while the only gentleman at _preaentknow » aa retained for the defence , is Mr Parry , lhe of Fusaell will first bo proceeded with , while _¦»» dition to Mr Justice P „ _ttason and Mr Baron im the chief of one of lhe Courts will also _M eai oa _ia occasion ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 17, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17061848/page/6/
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