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      COMMITTAL TO KIRKDALE GAOL , Thursday Morning . Tbe excitement caused by the nnvst of Mr . Stephens has continued without mingaton from Friday vreek to Thursday morning . Stephens * a » the all engrossing topic of conversation in every house , in every company , and amom-st every clay * . " What wiD they do -with him ? " and u what can fcpy Jo with him ? " was in ererv body's mouth . Lm ' . jr Wore eleven o ' clock , the time for tbe ¦ peuirte f the Court , a large crowd of persons was aa > emb ' i » d Bear the New Bailey , and evert face he tokened the

      deepest anxiety . A little beforp eleven o ' clock . Mr . Feargug O'Connor , accompanied by Mr . Jame * TfiTlor , of Rochdale , passed through the crowd to the ' Court , and were loudly cheers . At eleven o ' clock . Mr . Stephens , in company with Mr . Richard CoLbr-tu Mr . John Law , and others , ent «* d the J « ew Bailey , and waa mo * t enthusiastically cheered as he passed through the throng , who were waiting © ufcide . Very * L ~ qrtly after eleven o ' clock , the Magistrates appeared on the bench , of whom a Wr . Kenworthv was chairman . Tbei >! were also od the beiich Mrl R . P . Willock , Mr . Garnet , Major TV at kins Mr . Howard , Mr . Shnke «> t » ar Phillips . V H . (} . Clark , Mr . D . Maude , Mr . G . W . Wood , and Mr . Ssnnderson .

      ... i . O'Connor and Mr . Oartler were also in court . JJr . O ' Connor sat by the side of Mr . Stephens dnriiig ihe whole time . After the . gwitlwnwn w ^ iv e&ied , ihe Clerk to the Magyrrites called out H Ju *? pb R&yner Stephens ; " upon which Mr . S : ephen « rose from his seat and advanced a liule . fcnr was informed that he might ivsonie hi * seat Mr . Bjuxdt and Mr . Duck appear *) for the protf >"' "ov : Mr . Johs Law -was ihe solicitor emplinen ¥ y Mr . Stephens- " . Mr . Brandt rose and said , that , sn be ob . * erred f * veral gentlemen on the bench who were nut ure-• eiit at the last examination , he nmst be alWeJ to itate what took place on Friday last , aftrr whicb h .-¦ would also gU > te the course he wa « about to ¦ oumie .

      Wr . Duck had examined the witnev ! . e < on Friday , and they-were also cross-examined bv Mr . Stepbmii . That being done , the case was put to the magistrate * for their decision . Upon these f&cr * the magistrate * were ready to tive their judgment . One of those Magistrate * gave it as hu opinion , fiat » clear case was made out . On that occasion , home ^ r , an objection was taken on point of form , ¦ vhica was that the cro * e- « xaniinRti » u of the witu > ts > » e » by Mr . " Stephens , had not been reduced to writing . Without saying whether that ra . < necessary or . nor , be wonld say that it would have been better it that crocs-examination had been token in writing . Them ; observationR brought him to rhjj next point , which was , a statement of the conrse be would pnrrur to-day . The examination * which he Iwl . in ui . »

      hand were taken from the witnesses by tke CJerk oi the Coi rt ; and they were taken in a regular way . T— -r , ^ ju examinBnon of the parties was taken onh apart—and in fiiat respect there wa . < an imp * rfrtu u . He proposed that the witn « s * e * who had been previously ex&mineJ * boul < l be again ealU-d np-jii to day ; and that the ** examir . nt «> rm should 1 e read over to them , that they might gvre : « - to their accuracy ; and then it ? hould b * in Mr . Stepbeus ' s fijscretion to cro * £ -examiue those wiuie . C * wiu anyway he might think proper ; an-i that cr . » . * -ex « minatioB should be taken down , and then le ( Mr . Brandt ) womd ask for the judgment of th Court . He would _ now re ^ ue-t the ClerK ti > r-ad over the examination , —and leave ittt > Mr . Stephen * !¦ ¦ rr- > g » - « tainine the witnesses if he tkwughi proper .

      o juirt ^ Johnson was then called upon , and big exanunatioB was read orer to him in nearly theranir wtif > ii a * will be found in our £ xih page , lie nrore to it as being correct . Air . Stephens being asked whether he had any question * to i ^ kxhis witness , said , ** Fur ihe piv ^ eui . Sir , 1 sh Ji not cross-exainiDe thii winii *> : u any o < hi « ems . « -exBmiBition « have been takeu down , ] 1 « mt »» the Coart to pursue its own couise in relereuce to diat cro « -examinadoti . " [ Here a great noue and e > iuiui >] i > u eMoed in tiie Court , which put a > n < p t . the bosiDe * i for a few moments . ] Mr . Stephens again repeated that be declined cross-eiaoouiug thl ^ vituera lor tbe present . Mr . Bt 4 SPT then requested the Clerk cf the Court to make a minute to that effect , when

      Mr . Johs Law rose sad objected to any minnt of that kind being made ; because Mr . Sfc-pbens aid apt decline to examine the witness , on account u ; his hariof no questions to ask him , bui ineMv Decan » e it appeared to hha to be the more pruden ' i con- * " tn decline any qoestidns for the present . William Coward wa * then called upon , and his oep . isu ous read over to him . He waa then asked wrrrthn they were correct , -when he taid they were correct , except in one pninL Mr . Sufjjhwwiiieu rose , and asked what it was . The Witness answered , that it was * tated in the examination that tbe members of a Druid ' s club hod drawn « ut £ 1 each , to boy anas , since Mr . 8 r-phens had addressed them at Leigh . He did n . rt know ihisof his own knowledge—ie kuew it m .-reU by report That ftatement being altered in his de . poriu . n , Mr . &epbecs was asked whether he would cruet-examine this witness , which he declined ou tike * am « grounds as before .

      Tbe next witnesscftlkd was Jus . Dean , of Leigh . When he presented himself Mr . Stephens row and desired to kaow whetber this was & new ea * e , and what magistrate ! were present ; because be found a statement in toe UfOiehetter Guardian V > the effect that tbe magistrates who had heard the former examination , had expressed their determinatioa to commit him . Mr . Brajtdt replied that this matter was contained in tb- original charge , which was that he . had been present at an unlawful meeting , and he ( W r . Brandt ) proposed that the inference be drawn trom this fact , and that Mr . Stephens be charged witb cnn * piracy , with oUiere , to prevent the execution of the law .

      Mr . Stephen * , evidently much » urpn < ed , said , very empbadcall / , •* Thts is a hew care . " Mr . Biuj » dt continueo— If tuis caxe were Kade out , u would make out a combiuation witn him and other *; and the reason , able . nference which reasonable men coold draw was clearly tau—to show what wa * Mr . Step&ens ' s coc'inct ou that occasion . Mr . Stephens then said , " Is that the intention of tbe Bench ' : " Mr . Kexwortht ; We do not pnrpo « e to extend th * matter beyond tneuwtting which took place the © Cher day . Mr . StepVns : Is that proceeding « anctioned by the Bench : "—He was answered Ye » . "

      Mr . Bra mot then examined Jarnes Dean , who taid he « m a joiner , residing at I ^ igh , —wan prevmt at the meeting on the ) 3 th of Noreinber . It was betwt-eu t * tsJrt aad one -o ' clock , and Mr . Stephen * was add re-ting tbe people . 1 was ur ^ ir enough to bear what was said , 1 beard him say som-thin * about the * Poor Law Goardiaoo ; that the P > x > r Law vasnnUw walLaad ought not to he obey-d . because ii c > n * radkt # d tbV law of Gal . and he that killed » Poor Law Guardian in the execntion ot bis duty , did a religiotuserric * . He introduced the nam •* of Mr . Topping , Mr . Jackjwn . and other * . De eortld not Ay whirtber the ** were Gnanluins . He heard Mr . Pownall ' * name mentimted . Towardu the clot * of bit addrew be beard trim exhort the peopk i » purchase anas , to h * Dg them orer their m > Ujte ! . piecVs , and sot to QM tbrm until they wisr him ( Mr . 3 ) with hisiaaitmmu is bis belt . Tuat waa raid toward ) tbe dote of the rtweong , I

      ¦ vju at tbe meeting is the erening ; it & tameuced at eight o ' e ' ock ; it was by torch ligbt . He <« id some . thing about the Goarivasn ai far a * I r ^ eoUecu Uk aid they miwt go to the Poor Law GuArdinni ; and fork them out ; and itrip them ; and get a * ofi painter * * bnash , bat doe t ban wptn ; daub them ¦ oret with iMt » nj hgjkwr -tlwm . He m * de allowou to tbe mating at Kersal Moor . He « aid that h » . bad -aid at **• Ker « al Moor meetiur , the ballot qurtrfiou w it a knife and fork quei « ijon—a br » id and w ^ e « e qaertinn . Some person > n the ineetiiu boutfrl - would not a spoon do ; " Mr . Siephans aid , " y « t for your pomdge , but a knife and fork tor a bat lock of beef . " Somebody scouted again " ** we hare no beef—we baye no use f . » r a kuife an l j » rk . " Mr . Stepheiw said take them and pat them to yoar tyrant ' s throats and see h « w they will tit . The meeting broke op fome time after , how bug 1 cauoottpeJc to . The Chairman here asked Mr . Stephens if he trootd cro <* -ex * mine this witnes * .

      Mr . SrcgRjig —It baring been daclawd , and not enW , Uiat this Court is determined to commit me to Kirkdnk , and no prerions crws-ex « ninatiou Kint ailowad u > be taken down , aod I not knowing ¦ efore wh ittitacutratM I now appear for the hearing of this alter cue , especially after what has fallen from tbe Warned gentleman for the prosecution , 1 decline putting a single question to uiat witues * . The Ciuikiux : l > o too wish ti say anything to tb * Court ? ' Mr . Sk-pSem ; I wish to app \ r for a orpy of the warrant u p . » a « m ^ tbes * extraor liuary prv > cwding t are oui ) de 1 . Th- * Cha . iemah : Do you with to address the Court ? J Mr . S ^ pbeni : I say I wisb to appl ? for a copy of tbe wvTvit noon which these exiraordinary pro-•» &duig < ar > foqoded . Toe Chairmas : Do you wish to have it now . Mr . Sleptirti * : In » a nour or so , or at tbe earliest

      • OBretn-nt tun * , 'lo whom am I to apuly ior ii ? Tie Cl-r < : To me . Mr . Srephtm * : And the name of the informant ? The da * TThat will be upon the warrant . Mr . Hiepbeos : I » the person to b < produced ? Mr . Ba 4 KDT * . 1 beliere that person h-w b ^ en lakeu aw ^ y hy ' some person omuwteJ with the i «! fen . !» iiit : it is net tka tauh ol ttie prosecution t . uM % » is nut h »« . '

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      Mr . St-pbsus : The learned gentleman may beliere what he pleas ** : but I cannot dee what his beliel ntv < to do with this case . \ The ClAirmaif' : Mr . Stephen * , if you wish to ? ay anything , now i < the time to do it . Mr . Str'phetix : I had much that I wished and intended to say ; but lhardry know whether , al ' tei the stranae « nii , I b ^ liwe , niroaraiWed proceeQing ^ in this Conn spou thli case , 1 dar . ' tru > it myself with * ayiug mur . h more tannperhaui « a word or two . I was * nv * W . Sir , in ihe strata of Asliton by two Bow-^ tree offirer * . who u » ld me that they had a warrant fur my apprehenisioii—that they were-instructed to convey me to Wowtey . and theu ' lo appear before the nm ^ trate who liinued the warrant oil which I wa ?

      apprehended . Fro estiug , ii taeir pre * ence , against the uppreheusion . but acknowledging the form ot law * i : h which th . 'y were entrusted , I , at once , ueaceably surrendered myself their prisoner , and bade them lead on , tbat I might kuow tha eud . 1 was by these officers conducted throu ^ U Manchester . DuriuK our short * ray in , Mauchester , which stay > raji-not at nil occuaoned by me or for my couveuieuce , by j . ) m e m « ans or other , a < : rowd of uer > on !! had assembled around the Y «> rk Hotel , to the evident mo otication , diinppoiunaeiit , and confusion ot the Bow-Mreet Officer . * . They hurned ran iw . iy to Worsley ax rapidiy as some other private arrangemeutu , which tliev eudeutly had been in-» tnictr ^ l io make , had been com . i > letijj ; and on

      our arnvfll at that village at the Grapes Inn , 1 sra * iiiionuedby the officers that no Mi-gistr-ttes had uiaJe the \ r appeardtice . 1 asked them the reason ; they said they conld not toll ; their instructions * ere t . » take me 'o Worsley , and that 1 was there nut then' to be examined Iw ^ re a Mngi >; rate . Gnddard . the officer , the jseuior uffici-r , I believe , 'he roan wbo had the warrant , iniuiedmu-ly look a po > t-chaiw and proceeded . i ;« btJ declsirea , in search of ihe M iigistratrt ; and I believe , I iuhv say , in » eari'h of ihe case . 1 . in the meanwhile , remained in therustooy of Shuckel , the other officer , who » ftm > ed coi . * i' ! ernb \ e atitaiiim Hud anxiety at the umi-appeHrance ot hi » colleague , lioadurd :

      repeateiijy lookiug at his watcu , several times leaving the room for the ptirpos ' , aa I was Viven to under > innil , of holding consultations in a room up » uir < with my L *« rd Francis Ejjerton MU-i" ColoBfl ft ' t my ^ s , the coiuiuaiitiiog ifficer ot ihat-di-triot . The Colonel by this tiinn Lad arrived nt \\" yr » ley , by whose iustructious it is not forme to * ay . The officer , Saackel . told me that he har . an authority . authorising him t >> call out Colonel WemysK an < 1 the wbole of hin force , but ihnt the prtMiurtion of > uch an order in tny ca * e was altogether unueceKsary ; anH , thervfore-, 1 cauuot * Dp-, 3 'w fhat ihi » appent a-iice of Colonel Wrymss , and ihr duU . oOU » , Wti *—

      T : jh Chairm-iu . interrupting Mr . Stephens , i ^ aid wi , l thi > eud in abythiriic nmtL-rinl to t > ie ense ? Mr-Stephens : 1 i )» pe it will , Sir , 1 Lope that much more tbat bus taken place in thij Li urt , will al *> en J ' in something maifial . I leiuiiiut ' d , Sir , p < -rfectly pa > siv ( - in ihe hanas of t ' ue officer—and in ( be mean time a conch Ioa 4 of rpp -rtrr ^ lound their way to Worsley , much to the surprise anui retret , an Well a .- to the n . < tiiui » bit ) eut uf ihe officers who had pie in custody . A se . wrti' 1 coach-load of friends o : min « tr . m Ashtou-uuder-Lyue , who not haviup t . ie same implicit coufiJt-nce in tiie iiit--j ; r 1 ty und h . ^ h sense > f Uoih . y anil impartiality of a Bench ot Britith MHgi < tnites wh . ch 1 had . thought it necessary and prudrn » , for my sateiy , that they should be present

      at Worsley . 1 c . iine alone , S . r ; I .. esired non ^* to ihIIow iDr ; I snid , " 1 am in the haUi ' . s of the law , -ind tbere'orf I « tu s « fe ; I am iu charge , aud under th shelter o ' Brifiiih Justice—in the Kr > t anah- 'hegt of hi-r Courts . " They , however , thought it expi--• : ient to k > l ] ovr me to v \ orsley , niid ibeir npp < mrauce » t that Villate luu , wh . re " tuis rase Wi ? to have i > e ? n di » uatcbed . and where the " determination to commit rue" woul- not huve be ^ -n r < p . irled ju tiniianc / iester Guardian ^ —caased grent surpr . se : tney came , Sir , to V \' orsl < -y , for the purjjo . « e « f prutectiug me by vhVir preseiu-e ; ol belli ;; witn"i < -e * , at least , of what the transaction w a * to end in , s- > that they rpii ; ht give informarion to my lepal adn * r , whom I had no opportunity tu

      rou » ult ; a third coach load of iriends made t ' . ieir Hppearauce fnim Mjuchej-ter , aud altogether ihw village presented au unusual sp <» cuicle , particulariv at that tate * en . M > n of the mifhl whicn ihen « p * - pnmctied . 1 waited pitieutiy , because I kue ^ ih-vt nil would end right ; it began rijbt , sir . 1 ny ked tbe officer what was to be aoue with me ? I wished ' to sleep at Worsley ; thinking , as h matter of course , that this cai * w «* to be gone iuto ther » -. He shook hi * head at mat , at ; why . I caiiuot tell . Ou my friends making repeated application * to thr otficers to know what whs to be the issue of thu » iugular ^ j ri > ceeding . tU ° officer , Go . laard , g » ve them his a * surnnce that I should not be rxamined at Worsley , but brought back to Manchester , and th-ii

      the jjase wonld be heard at tb « t New B-dley . At nearly twelve o ' clock , Goddard made his appearance iu an empty coach—empty as to all bnt liiingellthere was uo witness—no learned prosecutor—no magistrate . What orders Gwdard might hav » iu his ui >» se « ginn , he , bring the whole of " the Court before which I had previously appeared , yery wisely kept , aloug with tae other detenoinations of the Be . ich , to him ^ lf . Troops were ordered to mount , and I was e ^ cortei in the dead hour of nighthnrried off at midnight—in a stillness unbroken , * ave by ^ thfr clatter of theborses' feet upon the hard grouiiii , and by the occasional appearance of partie * who had be > n roused from their sleep by these not "riotous , " not "illegal" or "tumultuary"

      proceeding *—I wa » hurried off , Sir , un « I r tbat escort , like another Dhc d'Eughien , Jo the New Bailey prison , where I km-w not what await d me . I shall not trouble the Court with anything that happened to me in the Ne » Baiiey ; but on { he fallowing day , Sir , i waited , very impatiently , for the examination . It took place . 1 was intonued that it should take place at u De o ' clock , wheu I was at Worsle > . 1 aitrrwards fouud out , in Manchfgrer , that it was to take plac at twelve o ' clock . 1 waited till twJve o ' clock . At twelv o ' clock there was no court for mn or ray case 1 waited another hour . 1 then said tn » t I had ^ been in custody mure tban twenty-four hour ^ and- that 1 nhotud be obliged to them , after carrying me up and down tue country ,

      e # cortrd by troops , aud dragoons , and officers—ii they could tell me wheu nnd where 1 war to make my appearance , and be ore what magistrate the case *¦*« to be tried . T- ' . e rime wor * away till two o ' cl > ck . About which tim « I was ushered into the siohII court ; and there 1 louud yourself in the chair ; auu I al » o sa « r another magistrate , whom 1 do not now recognise upoa the Bruch . He may be here , but 1 do not recox » i- * e him . He left , ami miotaer came ; aiidA ^ leii , and another came ; aud HE left , and 1 saw another , whom I then took to be a magistrate , because 1 loutid Uie Court in close con * nitation with him—1 presume , n ^ ou th . i ca « e , Sir . That gentleman t have siuoe learned to be a Mr . SbutUe . worih . of Mwnchester . N > ircould I objet : t toi » ny consuUation ofth- ' kind witi tbat gentleman

      upon my ca * e , because 1 uuiier » ttud he is in eier . r way qDalified to give a very satufactiir ^ , a very impartial , and , to me , a vt-ry f » voiiral > le , rerxion . o ) » och like transaciions as tuese . 1 under . « tniid hiland considerable experience in the popular inuveuviiis in 181 o—of the meeting at K-Wlou—and , after a while , of the training , arming , ice . wbicb weTe orevAlent iu \\ wt * time" . He declared that t . ie people on thwe occasion' came to the p lace of mei-tlug iu the mo > l beaunful order , mid tint neither he , nor any other rann , could' entertain tbe least ground o ( npprehension . Mr . Brandt , interrupting him , * aid it wam a very -painful tniug to be oblieH t . > imerrupt the delendtnu bnt he thought it fu neither right nor ^ rupt-r to attack abtent people .

      Mr . Stkphms . —I » a « hoping , Sir , that it was no attack , bnt . a coinmeu'iatiori of Mr . Sbuttleworth j rspecinlly as 1 find tb » t hix public character ha « entitled him to the approbation of her Maj ^ ty ' s Government , with a wiUry of about £ 1 . 500 a year ; * uich , uas u ° doubt , induced him U ) enteruin opiuiou * eiery way consoutuit with the duty of a lafai MbjecL However , Sir , 1 will \> uw ou with that to the majnttrat * , who , with yoorself , signed that warr / ititr-Mr . Sanders . m . 1 looked upou the bench , Sir , and , to the best o ! my knowledge , Mr . S . mderK > n was not pivsent upon tnat occasion . I understood be . * u iu tbe town ; m tne immediate ! ieiihb" ) uraood of this prison . I nU'Stsrsiaud that he was sent for by rho officers uf this Coun : and by

      tbe Bow-sWeet officers , if 1 ain not tni * inionned , was personally auplwd to frum yourseWes . On that occ * sion , be , the majHstrate , Mr . Sandrr # on , po » iavely refused to come—assigning as the reason why he did not coroe , thtv this case ought to have been h * ar . l at Worsley , and that he w \* uot going to appear in a Court before Re porters aud a thousand other pers < M ; s a » spectators and auditors , iu this case . 1 thought that * & * a sat ixfactory reason why he did uittcome—it . exciteii no surprise whatever iu my mind j and , if Mr . Sanderson be present this lnorninif , —1 am not avrare whether be is or not , — I am quite sure Mr . Sanderson ' s own ideas ol t . e sanctity , —the inviolable sanctity which attaches it * elf to the holy office with which he has be * n invesred by her Mijrsty , will at ouce fr « l that he i « not , this moruiug , u coinp t ^ ut person t <> sit anil a-Jjudicale npon inis after-twtiriug ol tie

      whole case , hu-1 up in this pnkloctiim of ru entirely iieio and altered ease . I should have rejuiceu , sit " , httd Mr . SauJersou been present up ^ in tue former Ueariuu of this cb *« j . lie wunU hive beeo the h ' rsi Miwi-traus iu t ie whole Commi-won , in the Couuty ivf Lnncnster , whom 1 would have pitclir-d opou a * a Muru-trate before whom 1 wooM wish to appear ; b- ^ a use [ rom hi « prc-vious acqu i ntau .-e with political trnnsactious ; from his o-vu intimate experience ot ¦ he nature of public meeting-, —a . id from the prominent part which he himselt has taken iu Court * of Law , m mnttcrs of this descrip ion , his mifld , ol ftll the Magistrates apou this Bench , vr .. um be t . ie tiest fitted to . leciJe np » u the farts as clearly , palpuO'v , -ell-eviil .-ut-y talsified by Lhe witjesjtes * ti'i have jjerjure'J themselves in thw box ; nu . l * hoin I m ; ide ap . ( . r-ar to havt' peijnre . 1 thnmseiven be on ! tnisConri , if Lu Cuurt 1 m 4 dwtnea ii wl e , aud prudtut , aud Cjh-

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      sutetU with their " Dbtjsrminatiok to Commit wl " to Kirkdale , to have taken those cross-examinations down . Mr . Sandersou , Sir , the'Magistrate who signed the warrant which I am to see hereafter ; and tor the non-production of the informant whose name appears noon which , we have ihe strange , the unmanly , the dishonourable , ( be infam > ns excuse of th « Learned Genileman , who , seeing m" in this defenceless predicameut , has availed himself of the privileges of his order to trump np aud produce before rhis Court , a s ^ tement iu reference to the non-appearancei of that witness which he knows , or which he ought to kupw , aud which he ought to be instructed to know , ii * o far Irom being a true case that it is the very reverse of th » truth iu that case ;—

      had that witaf ssappeared , I should bavekuown what to haye done , with him beiore you . Had ± e crossexaminations been taken down . I imould have known what \ p have done with them , not only beiore you , but elsewhere . Had Mr . Saudersou , whose name appears upon that warrant , bceu present , i coakl the . more couKdeutly ha \ e referred my case to him along with youraelf , Sir ; inasmuch a * 1 know that Mr . Sanderson has given important evidence upon a case very materiall y bearing upon the case now before you . I refer to the meeting at Peterluo . Mr . Sanderson hating appeared as a witness at York ,, and stated that ne saw aothing wrong in that meeting , but that all was order—all was peace , all decorumand all

      pro-, priety . He did the same at Lancaster , on the trial of Redford y . Birley , which may easily be teferred to . You will at once perceive , that had the magistrate * who s uued that warrant made their appearance in this Court at the time appointed—that had the informant bwu produced by the prosecutor , h » the prosecutor was iu duty bound t > produce him —had the other wituettes , after t ^ .-y had beeu subjected to a cross-exaininatioii , had their evitleuce iusertrd , —1 don ' t mean the whole of it , Sir . ; 1 cannot expect that a Court lik ^ this should insert either the whole of the examinations iu chief , or the whole ol the cross-examination * in chiel : 1 do not complain tbat there are ' omissions or condensations of " . he evidence ; 1 comphilu : hat every sin .

      ttle panicle ot tiiat cross-examination th » U went in my favour—that went to prove that the witnes » e * themselves had only spoken upon hearsay , and , in their cross-exammatiou , had declared they did not know certain Jkcts upon , tbeir own kuo * Iedg « , which went to * h' > w that tu » , y . had contradicted each other , and that each had con * tradicted huns-eL—and that , altogether , they ha ^ produced an evidence which , upon tbe very face al n bore the stamp ot cou . « pur * cy un the jwrtof mim *? parties who will yet hnvc to make their M ^ p .-iiraucH n . t another place ; their proving , 1 * ny , a conspiracy on the p . trt of otner putties , or ~ a collnsdoii for soiiie mntive for the commission of perjury , or tbe commissi . m ot pt-rjury without motive ; und tliese

      examiuanons been uken dowu , this case might have proceeded ^ to midnight , or aiij < Hirne . j lr >> m day to uav , or might have been adjouruod wben tne Court declared itseit sut . shVd with Uie ev . deuce Uid betor * it But I do couteud , appearing ua I now do , charged , I believe , upon that warrant , —for it is yet denied me ; 1 am to have jt ' fometunts-- taudiuit a » 1 do beiore you Hud thu court , H ^ T-t he vtry extraordinary pn ^ rt duigs of the prevmus exaiiiiuatiou ! and alu-r the still more extranruiuary proceedings of the _ present rxamiu . ttion , to-day , which 1 herei » y provlaim to be ilk-gal proceedings , and by which 1 lnteuii to » bide ; standing thu > , Sir , not ouly charged wit i tbe offence , tue luisuemeaiiour mentioned in that warram , but suudiug charte i , as 1 anbetore

      , the whole ot tuiscouutry tlirough ttiepublic press , uot > ulym tins t » wu , uuituroujtb the organs ol themmisu-r al warty in London ; ana not only so , but by a membf-r til her majesty ' s Government , himself , publicly ; standing charged by ihe Hon . Fox Alan . e , iu h speech at Perth ; sianiiiug thus publicly charged with having been made , directly , ihr author ol the late fir * al A « hum-under-L \ i » s John tJwnnl I aylnr being the author ol tiiis charge , and bis own | , ai . er hnviug , pending ihu inquiry , so far from retracted it , tiveii to it all the wfigut which the > ubtlety and malice of his iniud could furnish tu it : tie Hie , the re « l on ^ iu ot which a not vc-ry dihtant drtv will , 1 espect , discover—and wben uiscovered will un > ve to tuis Court , should this r-ourt have

      iiuhapoily allowed its mind to be influenced by thene Reports , so Jar as a " determination to comtnU me" has gone ; and not to this Court only , t > ut io this country the discovery ol which to thi . » country will uninju such a tissue of uuol \ c , as well as ol private , villany , as fi > r many years has not ' ieen laid betore it . It doe » not b » l >> nit to my case to go into that mutter . 1 shall perhaps hereitlter , S r , find mywlt compelled lo do so . At present I , however , con Sue oiyseli tu a distinct aod most nuquahtied disMv . iwtU uf any art , part , or participation iu t . iHt , or any other act ol outrage . With these statements . Si , by way of explanation ; veiih this declaratiou ot tUe wntire illegality ol tue proojediiig * , ns uow beiure the C <» urt ; most respectfully to yourself aud the Bvueh , us I trust 1 nave

      conducted myself to-day , and did conduct myself on the previous t-xauiiuaiMn , with the utmost det ' ereu ; e and resu »* ct tu the Bench , entering U'is protest agaiuftt this most extraordinary and illegal protet-dmtr , 1 Bit d «« n , Sir , without M all einenug upun my rase , -which yet rvu . ains to be disclosed . Mr . Stephens then sat d > wu , a . d a ter a few minute * consultation wf tbe Heuch . Ti » e Chairman said—•* The Court biu conridered all that h \ s t > eeu said by yourself , and their decision i » , that yoa be coinuiiu a to Kirkdale , tu lake your ( rial at 'Jw next Liverpool ai ^ izes . " Air . Law . —I take it for granted that the Court will allow Mr . Stepheus to give bail . The Chairman . —Mr . Stephens must be bouud himself in ONE THOUSAND POUNDS ! And two stirefies of FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS BACH !! - Some inquiry being made u to tbe snfficiencT of the surviies , Mr . Brandt stated that Mr . Berwick thirtight one of tbe parties aufficieut , but uut the other . Mr . B « wick : I thought Mr . Wfllianwon was nmcieut , nut enquiry was made as to tbesutnoieucy ot Mr . Willis , wheu that gentlemau sUteU itmt he was wnnh t" 250 , but not A 600 . Mr . Law : In tn « mean time they would take cognizance o { the gentleman from Ashtou-uuder-ILyrn * . - « LMr . J . R . Richardson then offered to give bail for Mr . Beswick was then ordered to inquire as to the sufficiency of Mr Rxbarditou . Wheu t e G > urt brokti up , Mt . Thomw , tbe leputy-coustable , solicited Mr . O'Connor io uO ami ad . ire » s llie crowd outside , with a new to allay tUe

      great ex itemeiit wbdcu prevailed anionj ;» i tbem . Mr . U'Con . sor , moiling , replied thnt he would have no objection to do so , it solicited by the Bench . Mr . O'Connor then left the Court and was greeted vritb the : n >> st enthusiastic cru-ering , as iwon as he * ns perceivet by ttie crowd . He repaired to au inn in the u-iglibouruood , from one ol the windows of whi-h he ajlre ., sed the assembly in one of the most eloquent and auuniiied speeches we ever he-ird him deKver . Our Repurter being in the centre of the crowd ,. was uirerly unable U report it . \\ t > anuouueed a tueeii » i { to be held it Die ( Jarpeutors 1 Hall , at eight o ' clock that evfiniiif , and , alter that anuoumviuent he lelt the Inn , the people following bim , ana cueenug tUroutfli , ewrnl rXit ' r-iM .

      Tliur . day Evening , Hnlf-past Seven . —Richardson ' s Uiiil Uas be'Mi accepted . Mr . Siepbeiw i » again at liberty , au . J is at this moment wuu > lr . O'Connor , » iiioking » cigar . Tiib CamtdiHij pn » oners ciiuHned at Kirk < l « tle have beeu removed , l » y Hubeuxu Corpus , l > l ^ o , idoi » , iu ur . ler tu try the coii » mutionahty ol their exportatiou or transportation to hnjuiid . A Ht place ol exile ; a * this is u country now only fit for convict * . —From our own (' orres / jomleut .

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      HAUlfAX . Censure os Danieu oVonaem ,. —At a public meeting , c-ouveiiel by advertisement , and held in the S > cial Institution Room , on . N < -vr . Year ' * Day , tili * annexed resoluiiou * ant add res * were pa » se 4 unuui-» ni ) U * ly The day previou . t-i tie meet . ujr , about noon , tbe parties couuecied with calling tu « meming wi r- iniormed that they could not fiuu * tlw room ttt the Union Cru-s , wbicn they had * ngnged . iu couse . qu .-iice of a party ol wini . er * occupying it , which nece . sanlv subjfr ted the unrties to UieexuensB ol

      i- » uuig out fresh ml s . auuouuuii : g that it would be hel . j at in * above place . 'I'lns was the cause oi much disHp ^ ointmeut to r great many , or there would hnv « neen * lar « e meenug , as ecorw * uf people w .-re seen going from the U : iion Cross at tbe time when the proceedings should h »\ e been guiug ou , n-it kuo * mi { the uttareof 'brf disapyoiutiaent , or the reason why it cuuld not be he . it there . The riMmi , However , which is capnble oi holding Irom 500 to b \ W p-rs « ms , was neurly tilled , aud the proceedings carn .-d on in the rumt orderly manner possible , cous . ili-ring t it shortness of the ciuie allowed to the

      commit e-, ansing our of tne di « ii , ip . » iutiueut . Mr . Robett ^ utcllffe prt ^ iued in the chair , and uo opposition whatever was offered by any party . 1 . " Tnit this me . i , mg is wrry to ci ' incede that as * nation ifur lot is ca » t in umes of extreme difficulty and oajj ; er ; but we despair not of the commonwealth . VVe h . ive lull confidence in the prudeuce m i euerj ^ y ol the p .-ople , an ^ i iu none im > re so ttiau ui F . U'Couuur aud J . R . Step ; ens ; ami shoulu these our triends deceive us , or turn siiain-R'Uhcnls , w « will npptriut them a place Htn > ug-t the oppressors and deceivers of the human race , as a jusi reuutnpe : ise tor perjury nnd vilUuy . "

      2 . •» Tunt ih . s ui-enug cousider the Precursor ' s reply io tUe E'njlis . 11 Ra-uotN , as a tissue of falsehood , impudence , au-1 sheer unmixed evil ; we receive it not n * tue reply ul the bruvc ; and geueraus leartrd Irish people , bt-cause it appears to be the I ' -ou . jteip irt oi t . it ! imtid and sbulol tne vile nposttite . D tmel o ' Cniiii Ii . wbo may be cotnp ^ red tu Satni . . vruoiiist ttie migels of beawn , lor u-ver will there h " , em-e , liHppiue . » s , or tibt-rty iu Ireland , until his power au . J lulluence an ? sUuV . " 3 . " Mint nn nd . lros to tbe nation do prn-inaU lroui this uieeung , Juuuded uu thusa resolutiuus , "

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      Labour and Hbaoth . —The annual Radical Association dinner , was held at the above Inn , bouthgate . on New Year ' s Day , when npwarda of sixty Kentlemen sat down to a sum ' ptuoua dinner , provided by Mr . aridMtt . Dedo , the succerabn to the late Mr . Tiffany . Mr . WUkinson , the Chairman of the Association , pmdded during the evening , in the course of which he voluntarily resigned the office , even against thfi pressing solicitations of his fnends for him to continue it another year . He stated that he had not felt himself well ior some time back , and that the duties bad become too many t to

      or mm ^ conhnue them , and follow hi * other business , and therefore be would prefer becoming a mere member . Mr . Benjamin Rushton , of Ofenaeu , was appointed in his place , and tbe other bnsineai of the Association was regajirlj nettled . The erening waii ^ P « t agreeably amongst the member * , and a very friendly feeling pervaded tbe whole company . 1 oasts , songs , < fec . followed each other , till about ten o clock , when they separated , well pleased with the entertainments of the evening . The worthy host and hostess , who have been lately married , were complimented by the Chairman for their liberal conduct in providing so abundantly tor the occasion ,

      HULL . Nokthbbn Stab . —The shareholder are requested to meet the treasurer for Hull at the Royal Oak Inn , Blackfriar Gate , on Tuesday evening next , the 8 th instant , at seren o ' clock , to receive their dividends . . Shipwueck . — "We regret to inform our readers that the Chartotla of this port appear ? , by a letter received from Captain Brandam , dated Island of Rabbay , Lewis Island , Dec . 19 th , 1838 , to have

      been wrecked on an unknown reef about « ix mileH from Roehull , on the night of the 3 rd ult ., under double-reefed topsail * , wind N . W . The veanel struck , three times , and then went off into deep water and filled . Tbe crew are sa ' e , but though they remained by the brig till Wednesday morning , they were not able to save anything : they took to the longboat , and made for Sri Hilda , 1 * 50 mile * distant , ^ which place they reached od Thursday night , jbut could not"land till Friday . They are expected in Hull by the steamer .

      ASHTON-U 1 TDEB-LVNE . . Ancient Shkphbrds . —On the morning of ChTi « tma » -day , a very respectable gathering of the Brothers of the order of Ancient Shepherd *) , principally from the neighbourhood of Axhton aud Stalybridge , assembled at the boune of Brother Thomas Stholfield , Friendship Inn , Ashton , to commemorate tbe founding of the Order , at which place , twelve years ago , it waa first established , by erecting the Abel Lodge , No . 1 , ' with that primeval spirit of plainness , and simplicity of decoration , so well becoming itn designation , which haw caused an

      unprecedented extension and increase of the Order . A yroce-sion wd * formed and headed In the excellent band of the Order proceeded through the towna of Ashton and Stal ybridge , and the towusbi p * of Staly and Dukintield , and hack to the Friendship Inn . Without making invidious enmparisons , it maybe safely affirmed that for their ntuct order and generally respectable and yuthful appearum * , it \» difficult to conceive that it could t > t exceeded . The remainder of tbe day was spent in tie most cordial brotherly enjoyment , aud the eveuingH diversion ended as all Kuch things should do , well calculated to bfiir with pleasure the next morning ' s reflection .

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      MANCHESTER POLITICAL UNION . A meeting of the Council of the Political Union of Mauchr » ter took place on Tuesday evening , at fhe Mitre EJot 1 , for the purpose of devising the best means o » supporting their champion , the Rev . J . R . Stephens . At half past seven , Mr . Hey wood was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Fcakih / 's O'Connor came forward , and said be felt greHt pleasure iu addre ^ ing the honest workiujj men oi Manchester . Their friend , Mr . Stephens , had been made the subject of Whig pros . cution ; it nnttu-red not whether it originated with the Goverum . nt or it * subordinate agents . He ( Mr . O'C . ) bad lately addressed a letter to the men of Wignn , which was also n-ad to the men of Lekh ,

      pointing out tbat no protection , existed in the elements ol the lnw , as at present constituted , lor the protection of those who advocated the interests of the working classes - and ( hat their best defeuce was iu tfu 1 muscle * and sinews of the people . ( Loud cheers . ) On the pTiWiit occasion , Mr . Srephens had be .-n laid hoid of , and lie trusted , that through the exertious of the people , be would db made an honourable instrument to promote the caiwe of Radicalism and independence . If they succeeded on this occwiou against Mr . Stephens , they would put down the pre * ut movement of the workiug ciasse * . It depended upou the support which Mr . Stephens received wheth . r he would be ottered up iw a . victim or not . Mr . Stephens was neither a Whi ^ f , a Radical , nor a Tory , and that wasontsol

      the reasons wiiy th ; y all ndinired bim . Although he did uot belong to their party , the Radicals , be admired th .-ir principles so much that he was one of their best iriends and advocates , and be ( Mr . U Connor ) lo ked upon him as more valuable thau uuiety-uine tit every hundred Radicals . It depended now upou them wiiemer Mr . Keuworthy , ( he liewly . liedjjeJ maKintrate , and bis ns-ociate , another Whig-Jing , Mr . Siuitu , wuuid carry their persecnlions ol Mr . Stephen * to a successful termination . It was auuece «* Hry for him to go over the natpre of the evidence given agaiust Mr . Stepbeiig on the former occasion , Out he had no hesitation , as a barrister , in * ayiug that it had completely broken dowu . ( Cheers . ) It equal justice wer « dealt out to the nch and the poor—if the humble Radical were

      placed in the same position as the truculent Whigu the magistrates were appointed by the Will of the people , to deal out justice to the whole people , they would hbve at once discharged Mr . ' Sti'pheu * , aim passed a vote of censure upon the Persons who hud put them io the trouble of hearing it . The Government , aeeiug the excitement and indignation the anair had caused , were now throwing the onus of the arrest ou the county inngi » traten , and on that Manchester buoy , John Edward Taylor ; he did not mean the boy as tho emblem of youth aud innocence , but the great inflated thing , whose head could not tie discovered from its heels which enabled vessels to find out the rigtit channel , (( iruat laughter . ) Tuat lying fellow it was who had brought the Government into iu prmeut awkward position .

      I bey had now laid their hands upon Mr . Stephens— tuey believed that terror had been ntrurk into the crnnp of the Radical !" , and tbat they wpuld be able to make a martyr of him . ( Cries ol M Never . " ) If agitation wasifood lor anything , now wan the time to organise it as systematically » - Daniel U'Couueil himself when drawing ibe ueuce of the poor into his pocket . With that view he hoped n » d trusted tlie people would attend Mr . Stephens on tie day of his trial without any arms or warlike uiMruW'iit . * . or without auy banners or iuusii' , but firm , colloctoil , nnd uniteJ . ( l . oud cheers . ) He hopod ai < t | ,,. y nud given muny dnys to tyranny * ud ¦ oppression , tlmr would give one day to virtue mid justice . He would p ropone to fliitrn th « estnolishiuent ot a Provisional Cominitree to sit constantly and » end forth addre * nu . « to evu . ' v Radical

      Awocmtion throughout the Kingdom , and lo produce such an urgnniittttioij , as tlnu all t-e Uutr . ns would be rendv io acr upon the iutttrucliniu sent torth to tliein . Uuleus soiui * proteotiou wuHexten . it ' . l t » Mr . Stephens , »« would iuoyitably bo ancrifieed . Unless they Hbowe . 1 the Magistrates thut the power mid ileierrainiition of the people wa « nuporior to bud ww » , their Iriend would be sacrificed . If they wanted to kuow the value of public opinion , lot them look at the law of libel , of treanon , orof suiilion ; they would find that prosecutionx which wero mistaim » d 40 ye ^ rs ago , would not be listened to , or Buffered . Way w »*» tv * v ? VVwlt fcicaaMiU « ir ruUr » wtira wi » r » I th W » ppre « iihep « oy » B ? No—bat becnuw the voice of know . l » dnB mtm mow vowerfu ! th « n theniKelvc * . If the UuvurnmentwM guec ^^ iil lu tli a prwent iusunc * unubujr lmulur

      would bo in » MiidUt « ljr miUelied mnil unnihtUtod , If ( ti « r treri-co « r » rd « , i « iid drtermineJ tu » urteud « r th « present victim , in O . kI s imwL ' , let them My in . U « trusted the UumiuitUtH U beMisblMtiBd that night would pr par « an mldreiu which w « iuld Im dUtributed throughout tbe land , and which would i&duce clittn lo show their mornl und . physical furce , und CiMueiii tensul thouiands , on Tbursrlay , to lauuort tbeir ln « nd . ( Uoerrs . ) Let there be no oflemive wt <» pons ~ lot them bmm no banner * , or music , orfl . igs—but bv their u < , wer and iuor » l influence let them « bibit sueh a font a » would m * kB the eueuiiKH of the people quail . Tberu wwu present repoit-mtroni The Sun . ma the Tinui newanap ^ rs ; and ¦ with rwjn »« ctio Th » Sun , he would say ttiut it wu the only p » p ,. which dm ) Kiveii a fair and imjntriial report of th « proCtftdiiiTKii to Un . loD wh « n he ( Mr . O'C . ) had eudeavuured to place tfi « K ^ . - ?! ^ - ? / ^ P * > " ° ! r » in P'o ^ r li . ht ^ lur i

      . ... rn puuuc . ne cause pi ihe Kiikluh HudicaU wu » now in th . tuud » of an aped Whi fr MagSsiritttt ,- and hi * e » l . league , ay ., ung puppy , who had no more brains than thure wew in ihe wig oi the most ignurunt barrister that ever en . leredalaw court . ( Great Uughte . ) Did they , hovrer .-r , nppo » e that the country would subinlt to the incarceration oi Mr . Stephens ? No , tb * y would meet iu tkeir th » ua * nd « and wns or thnuiand * . while Li » ni Melbourne—that faded H « au—* Uo waapayin ^ hi » addre »» ea at the uniR ' timu ' io the young V ««« n and nnr mamaia , wan ituuing pruc \ amntion « auuiuni torch-hghtmeftingf ; but , thank Ood . - thsy hud ttie nimni ; » nd ir the utoon dnuied her U > ih t thiiy would have tho darkn « -i , which waa ihe iiiont ai < propri » te to thow who were sull ej . ng mi >! er thu tyranny pi the I ' uriug , and the treachery ol tnertbixe . I'he Uoveininmthad Mr . Ot ' oanull at their ¦ ack , who had been ferretihir out ouea of hiah treuan . nn . l

      wh > had den . iuuced him ( Mr . iJ'C ' oiiiior , ; as a firebrand . He . theb » lly , jb . e bn ^ garraan , the rullinn , the vagabond , had actuall y viiliated him ( Mr . O'C . ) for a guinea , % un I : Uh Tolonteer in Utf I , while heptedgeil his hnnoiiTthat the munej r * . ai ir > l ' " rchll * ' * ' * tuU ? " ! « h « RfpH » l or th . ' Union , u < ? if Wl "K ti'lo-ietltuconcedn it . ( Loud nr'nn-. aud liiiuieit . ) fher » wa « a cowardl y bluckguard for them!—there wus th . man who hid MUhl Knglandaud pawned Ireland , and receive ! : rt . OOO lr « im Hutter- ' of WigBU topurchaw the last dr . ip of th . homy , f th .- |> o ,. r lactory children , whiiih waa blwtered v » il , 'heirkl . mil ! iTremendous groaiiing . ) Putter n « vOr ile ^ iwl "hrtt he had p . iid thut ^ "I , Ouu , aud ttmt luul trunxHCium auak > l'Cun «« il deifjwr , if pnB « ible . in d . 'grn'lut ' inii . \\ liv had thi-i ni | arnr < iiteil hun ( Alr . ( ViMnnor . ?) B ^ ca'ise he wa x too ciin . ¦ lititf Tur th ^ iii ; ne tw . beonin llie hantui KKtcUiiiu rn ^ uen . * ud inu tuocuuninu fl rthetu . it lhe / : de « rted Air . Dte ^ heia

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      now , ne ( Mr . U'Conaor ) would desert tkein . He would ^^ ssssfAsasL ^ afs z SSgiS ^ ft'SWfSiflt "" un the friends of the people told him it Z CdoVhYwouM to nomwlav . ten Jho ^ and meu at his back & ' EiZTthft of

      cnampion irom ma tnraiaom . ( Vehement cheeriuK . y fh 7 v *^ } lW" ? the J perie

      ( on Mr . O'Connor had aaid ) might be trisd not only for what hahimwll had done , but for what others had done . The evidencewould ,, however , go before tlie Jury , and their proceedingvflnduig their way into the column * of the newspapers , would be submitted to the Jnry , and malice or mUrepreaeiitauon might in that way prejn . iice hm c » u « e . He waa therefore mipoded ^ to the appointment of any c . mmittee-letthem leav » the matter to be c . mducted by bi * legal advisers , and take no steuH further than the meetings which ww taking place Renerall y all over th « country , »* pr «» l » iv » of ihe avmpathy anf cenhdeneeofthepaople , and which would not , ' he wasaatwfied , be without their due weiuht . Mr . W h * ele > said he waa ready and that the people ol Lancashire and Yorkahire were ready to do whatever Mr . O'Connor advised them-to do . Hf believed thaii t * be the ca » -, an j it was then-lore showing a want of conhdence , und taking urtnec ^ wy prtcantioag , to adopt the preaent pro « eedmg . He thought aW it would be moat injudicious tottdvue the people to attend on Thuraday next . 'V canse he felt satwfled they would ' eono without being reouired to do so . ( CheeraM He had given ui « opinion , » nd heleft It to the meetiug t . ) d > cide a » they thought best . \ te * o ; emrHM * MW ) M . Yhere « w , nothinaaoneceaaarv

      a ^ unaounity , appfcwwrd go great l « ngths to secure it . He JgjiJd have nb 'miffem to u .. rttp < . nem .-ht if that Were dsemed iww ^ tfy , but Wol ^ eted strongl y to the proportion of Mr . CoWJftt . The datira of-the committee would be various , and It night be found necewiary to collect fund * , which could not be none without the appointment of » omrohtee . When a trade wa * oppressed , what wan the fiwt thing they did ? Appoint a committee . When any uneat noderiakingwiwonfoot dlil 1 hey n .. t . always commence by . forming a committee ? f CHeera . ) It it were asked . « Who are taking part * with Mr . Stephens?—who are hwfrieud *? " Why , the answer would 6 e , all Lancaahire disunited and unconnected ! He ( Mr . O'C ) could not be one of the comniittex , but they had Mr . Cobbett . who had herediury cluiuiH upon theirconfldence and sratitude it do

      ^ neero . ; « Manchester Us duty , and all part of the country wonld unite with it . He had not recommended the peopl « to organwe thaiixwlvM on ThuraJav next , for he waa Hatiatied every man in hw heart remilved to be there . H .-would therefore recommend them tm appoint » committee , an a great centre and rallying point lor their future operations . They had nothing to fear Iruui a committee coinpoued of their own body , for th"re wan more honesty and independence among the hard working operanv ^ a than among the thin-skinned and whiteglovi . d aristocr » cy . ( Hear , hear ) He would , to promote unanimity , » ugge , t the pimtpnuemt-nt of the appointment of the committee till tomorrow night , when they would have thousand * of th * bom-xt meu of Manchester around them in the Car jenterH ' Hall . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . COBBETT seconded the amendment of Mr . O'Connor . He mwunduMtood the meaning of Mr . O'Connor ' s original motion , which he thought wiu to get up a demonstration in favour of Mr . Stephen .. ( No , no . ) Mr . V . O'CONNOR , ••• eing that thefeeling of the niRJorityof the meeting was lu favour of the iiumediitte appointment of a committee , would uuw move the ap | Hiintment of a provisional committee to as ^ JHt Mr . Stephens , and to support him in the prosecution to which he was subjected-the committee tocensiat uf seven . Agreed to . The following gentlemen were then named aa the comw ** £ * 77 n > u * h tlin Mr Hey wood , Mr . Cobbett , Mr . Willw , Mr . Pr .-ntice , Air Di . yleanJ . Mr . Wheeler .

      , Mr . Richard Oastler waathen called upoB , and ad drexned the meeting at some length . Afur aouie lurther dweussinn . the meetinj separated .

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      SPIRIT OF TBE PRESS . { Continued from our third page . ) We had an apprehension of what must be the re » ult of the renewul of the Whi g warfare upon the labourers ; but we were not quite prepared for » o stupi . l and blDudlnirsty an onslaught as has beeu exhibited in tte cane of » lr . Stephens . A month —aye , inure than a mouth—after an exhibition of numerical force , which wont to bed quietly , Mr . Stephen * is attacked tor saying certain things which—did what ? Did they cause the neighbourhood tw be tired ? No . Did they cause any degTee ol apprehension in the minds of any witnesses— witnesses either bv eye or b y ear—that the town would be fired or be brimmed wiih Tiot or coufimiou ? Not a jot . The wito « a * w who made their unbappy appearance , and who would , ui » Wt our old , abhorred , lory ^ ign , have been put down lor green , blae , or yellow bjgmen , wenta-nead , under some iiartieular snggvations , which we shall name at another tirue ¦ but alter pouring f . rth all their punilrat , brasHa-fronted < anctunouiuu « , or else u-uth-ac <> fflug evidnnce , couM eaUbtiah no ca « e of alarm -nut eveu a leeliug of necesaity for adding one bolt to the door of any of their own houses . Any

      gentleman wno knaws Ike law must know thu—that it Li only ( uesent Juimer to th « uublic u « are that can justify a sudden arrest ol auy gentleman lor word * apok « of a character sudpoa d t ) be seditious . Compare this arreat with the course adupted in the ulruciom mo vment ol the military force * upon the iwpuluce assembled on sJt . PeterV Kield in 1819 ; and this latiet ri » e » into beroi ^ in in comparison with the daMtardly ixpott / acto . ac ( iua . lrel y , tOirri contrivance ol sudden arrest , a month' after the alle KeU offence of Mr . Stephens . We have no room , at present , to give vent to our feel tugs ut abhorrence an to tbia cowardl y uutrage on all forms ot conatitulional Uw and adiuinutratlre propriety . Suffice it , for the moment , to say , that neither Cimdwick , nor Kos Maule , ninhiedenck Moe , nor their chirl of staff , Uoddard some of tu know what that name means under this vile Adminixtration ) —we say , that all of them tog .-ther , though the entire ol the quorum from whom they chooae their Dogberries or Midasaes occupy the innawterial bemh , should lend their niont fnlsome enwrgits 16 bring it about—not all of them together can make a cl ^ ar , i . ot 'o sar a clean , rw of ihin most disgusting prosecuuon . iuon of this uext week . —Manchester Adeertiur .

      The Rev . Joneph Rayner St . pbenii was apprehended on Thursday , on a etiarge o ( having assembled a gn » at number of persons at Leigh , and incited them to came a breach of the oeaco and to destroy property . He was examined at th * N » w 3 uil * y Court-house yesterday , and remanded till noxt Thursday , being permitted in the uwantune to give bail fur his appearance on that day . Of all the prosecutions ever brought into a court ol justice , this is , in uar mtimatieti , the moat bungling . No proceedings are taken when he has addressed meetings at which regular reporters were present—nemom Hccuttum .-d accuratel y to record , in many instuHces , the v « y word * of a speaker , and generally the exact import of his addrea * ea . But Mr . Stephens goeti to Leigh—he u heard by two individuals who tako no note * ol what he says , but who aueak iri . iu vague recolluctitm . Thoir depositiunx are taken Jown

      I ' fore Hiiine iKiioraBt country magistrate in the ilrst iustMtict and tneir evidence is ripoaUd at our Court-house , and taken down ( in part only ) by a magistrate ' s clerk , totally unacciMt . tmed to legal accuracy . Can there be i » d . mbt as to the result ' ¦ ' ' « bungling . ? We have no sympathy with Stephens , who has pursued a course which no Reformer ean approve of ; but we r- 'gard these proceedinga ugainst him as lite moat truly farcical of any evsr brought bolure a court of jiwtlce . and we cannot but strongly reprobate the conduct of Uuvormiirm tn 'hi * inntanc « , which , instead of employing competent persons itmn a distance to ascertain whether tjt * pn « us did or did not utter language worthy of punishment , has left the matter in the hands ul witnesses incompetent in Him first instsncr . aiid if competent , oxpoatd to th « ei ) n »> . qUencH » of local exflltmiiMiit . II this he a Government prosecutiun . it is Um uiuntsluuid thai is upon recurd . —AlamlutsUr Tinwi .

      Wo give in another part of tho psp-rth * proceedings in th « ca « . ot the llev . Mr . HtephniiK , apprehended fur having said "imMhmgfiirli'SssMdlllntw that what ha * be » n for years uttered by her MHjesty ' s Miuistors . 1 'he latest intelligence on th « subject is ait follows : — " On Suturclay evening the Rev . J . Stephens was rnlnanttd frum custody on . ball , to aptwarat the New Bailey nn I hurnd » y n « xt . His bail nr » \* . W illi ., a Hu . ikal buuks-ller hi Manchester , and Abel WillianiMun , also a Kailkul from th town of Asht .. n , each in 4 " 50 , and himself in JrbO . On being liberated , and nalking away with Messrs . 1 lastl « r , Nightmgsle ( a publicau in Manchust .-r , ) and others of tb « taint class he wn # »« uulf cb * arp 4 . » iy t » Utbh nmubttr of t ^ raoiu . who

      inlloWHd Bin tnroonhthH town . The magiainues , who bavn bunsled so ia thU case , « re Whig county ms Utiatas , and Ninth , their clerk , is a most amanng blockhead , tn indeuil must be semi by hU coi . duct throughout . It is generally considered that he has botctwd the business , and they ant talk , ins of turning him ol ) . " Whether Smith , whoever he may be , h « a botched the ¦ natter or not , is of n * m jtu importance thun the uueMtion whether rm is or ia not to be kicked « ot for bungliug , igm , * ranee , and imuertitwnce . It i * quit * uiti . ugh tbat the aOair u " botched . " V > hatan awfully diagosting business it has etin froin beginning to endt Who care * one furth ' mg lor t'ie evidence el ' Juhnsun , the iufurmer , or the JUethudist

      policeman" You trambliag Coirmrd who forsook hia master , " with theirhear ,-ay tMtilnony ? Ifthpsn are the witaesses—• • • But no remailt—the la * or libel , aa udiuims . tered by the Whigs ! If Mr . dtupheqa have spoken sedition , or incited treason , let him be punished by all meaim . But where is Air . O'Connell ? Is he 10 Kilnwinham ? Is hr held to bail ? Mr . Stephens may have spokt-a daggers , but be has tued none , ihere » re * 110 political murders , thank Uod ! in lh « . North <>) England . Can the sh me be said of the South ol Irelan d ? of thecuUuty fur which , the treasurer of UroeowichUoskkal , Mr . R . ttheif sits a * member ? Tne very Dublin 0 < u «<* 'directl y inlorm » us ol' the direful revermt .. vV lio , uien , with the ordinary feelings of fair play—to speak of nothing higher—eun bear to think of Air . Stephens ia priaun and > iir . U Conuoll at large ? It U monstrous

      Again , what ia Lord John Russell ' s part in thisbus < nt < M ? Here , in thw town of Liv .-r . ool , al the iliuner which our late mayor , Mr . Ruthboite , gave him—adinn r which waaintendnd to eorubuie tbe popalanty of a public entertaiumuut with thfSc'CQrity from being pelM , which its privacy insured —the Home Seen tary tUct * r . ' d that "h # did uut thing the . lemiiiMtrutiuns ifan ^ erous or bbtmexbli * ; they were out morethun the naturul coiis < 'uuruc < 8 fthepeuple being released from lory tyranny , and w . ulil pass ofl' without mischief , it not uiolested . " Why , then , is Mr . Stephens molested , 11 he is doing nu more th . iu " turning uut" lue pruuipiert ol th .- Reform Bill ? We » hall have much . more tu say uu thw ttibjeet , butht . ro we iuu * t uuw obnrrve , that there must not be ¦ w . i measures of "Justice" for lStigl > iiid » nd lr « » ml . If rn'rgetic measures bo taken again t Kliglisn threats of blood , « uppiiTtL > daj > yet at lauat « n the ' miHt tri * i »\ uviUHiitej we muni jHiiniiid that Hoiiiflhiug ei | iih | ) eiii'tgeiio » hall tie ilune to entrain Irir-liUettisvt bUn . d , revurdea ttiiounUu « t that ilt . turreil in \ nuiX iu cimrautt ; r » of iu < M .. wre ma Uuino . —laru * thifi HtruU , ,

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      YESTERDAY'S WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . There is a largenupply of Wheat here , and fair of other articles ' , fine dry Wheat goe * off ulowly at last Friday ' s prices , bnt middling and damp qualities meet very dull Bale . Oats unaltered . Good Barley is ready sale at Is . to 2 s . per qr . dearer . Beans without alteration . Leeds Cloth Markets . —In the Coloured and White Cloth Hall ? , during the past week , there has been a fair average demand for every description of goods , Considering the season of th * « year . Tallow . —The price of rough Tallow- , ia Leeds , is 6 s . per atone , with a trisk demand .

      Potatoes . —The price of this valuable commodity in this town is from 8 d . f 9 d . per weigk * f jfilluSa Thirsk Corn Market , Dec . 31 . —We had a small supply of Wheat * but of other grainAhe supply was more liberal , and ready sales were effected at a trifling advance in prices . Wheat . 9 s . 6 d ; to 10 s . ; Maslin , 8 s . to 9 s . ; Barley 36 s . to 40 s . ; per qr . Rye , 6 s . to 6 s . 9 d . per bushel ; Oats . 28 s . to 30 s . ; per y . Leeds Fortnight Fair , Jan . 2 . —There was a fair show of every description . of ' Cattl * at this market , which was well attended by buyers , and consequently nearly the whole exposed for sale were disposed of . The follwirig are tho prices : —Be « f , 6 s . to 7 s . p « r stone ; Mutton , 6 d . to 6 J ^ d . per lb . Number of Cattle at market : Beasts , 183 ; Shtep ,, 2 , 600 ; Pigs , 160 .

      Doncaster Corn Market . Dec . 29 . — Our warket was again well supplied with grain of all descriptions . Wheat fully maintained last week '» prices , with a free sale . Oats were dull sale afc former prices ; Beans were also stationary . Barleywas well supplied , and must be quoted at Is . per qr . advance . Wheat , £ fe . to 32 s . } , Rye , 17 s . 6 d . to 19 a . 6 d . ; Blendeorn , 23 « . 6 d . to 2 Ss . 6 d . ; Beans 16 s . to 17 sV ^ Barley , " 37 « . to 41 » . ; Oato , 21 s . to 28 a . per qr . Newcastle Qorn Market , Dee . 29 . — We had only a moderate supply of farmere' wheat at to-day ' s market , aftd . very few arrivals coastwise , und th « millers being mostly out of stockthe best

      , samples af dry new wheat obtained an advance of 1 * . to 2 s . perqr . Several vessels having comein from the Baltic , the miners bought ve » y freely of the Wismar and Rostock new wheat at 80 s . perqr . wwghing about 61 lbs . per bushel . Bye and Barter were in fair demand , We have had some arrivals of foreign pea * , for which we had a fair demand at tbe quotation ? . Oats continue in request , and obtain fully last week ' s prices . Arrivals during this weeu ; Coastwise , 446 qrs . Wheat , 11 ? qrs . Rye ; 1 , 262 qra . Barley , 10 i . Malt , 910 qrs , OAta j 471 qrs . Beans ; 40 qrs . Peas ; and 884 sacks Hour ; Foreign , 2 , 300 ' qrs . Wheat , 4 A 0 qrs . Rye , 270 qr * . Peasand 26 barrels of Flour .

      , Dewsbury Cloth Hall . —On Monday las ., busiiies . 1 was uot done to any extent , on account o Christmas , but prices stand firm , and a good trade is expected i » the beginning of the spring . York Corn Market , Dec . 29 . —W « have a Koodsupply of Oats and Barley at this day ' s market , but i » hort of Wheat . The condition ef the latter is , generally , only very middling ; bat snch samples as ' tire fit for the milt .-r meet a -very good demand . Barley , of malting quality , scarce , and much wanted ; other qualities neglected . Oats the same at Ian noted .

      Malton Cork Markit , Dec . 29 .-There were a good many samples of Barky offering at our market on Saturday lait , tb * supply of wheat wa » more plentliul , and of Oats about an average quantity . Prices far all kinds of grain , the same as the quotati in * of taxt week . Maltok Cattlb and Pio Mahkst , Dec . 29 . Them wan a good « bow of in-calveis and English neiier * shown in our Cattle market on Saturday last , tor which good prices were obtained ; no Irish or Hcotch beaMs were exhibited . On tbe wbole tbe market won ngoidone . 1 he number of pigs of all Hindi * , uniall ont-K , porkern , aud large bacon pig * , wax very numerous , uriow for which were very lt > w . more ao than thu * e uf last wt > tk .

      Hull Cumn Market , Jan . 1 . —We bare a hetmr Muuply ol Wheat by the larmer * to this day ' * market , but scanty of all other descriptions of grain . ( ho best * aiuyle * being i'oiiipgrauvely scarce , commanded lully the prices ot lust ne ^ k , and in partial iiiHfMiiMfH a tritle mor »> . ' Since this day wtvk , we have hud Urge arrivals of Wheat irom abroad i but the holdern show no disposition to force it ou th « market , and the sale" art steady and tally as dear . Bemm are utiiltertd iu value . Barky 2 s . and 0 a » t » per qr . dearer . Pnu meet free »»(« . Linseed itud Rdpeseed as on this day week ,

      -HoDDBRBKiKLD Mabkbt , January 1 .-1 luendHy , being new year ' s day was not anticipated to produce much business at our market , bit wo are K ind toiute it waa atreuded b y a many buyers who purchasedlargel y at much the same prices , and is considered to be the-bent ' market for some week * past , particularly in fine broad * . The fanoy trade null contindes brii « k ; iu the wool market , we can sUte no alteration . Darlington Markets , In the corn market "e * Pply of grain was-small , and sa , les dull . Wheat , 18 * . to 22 n . ; Oais , 7 s . to 7 s . 6 d . ; Beam , 9 * . to |( JM . 6 d . } Barley , 8 « . to 8 s . 6 d . per holl . ; But'er , Ud . to 13 d . per lb . ; Apple * , 2 s . to " 2 * . 4 d . per peck ; Putaioes , 2 s . to 2 s . 6 d . per bushel .

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      Lbeds : —Primed lor the Proprietor , Fbabou O'Connor , Esq ., of , Hauniersmith , County Middlesex , by Joshua Hobson , at hia Printing Offices , Nos . 12 and 13 , Market Street , Brigjtate ; and Published b y the sniu Joshda Hobson , ( for the said Fearuus O'Connou . ) at his D welling-house , No 6 , M arket-strwet , Bri |( gate ; an iuteruaj CommuBication fxintiug between the said No , -6 , Market Stree w and the aaid New . 12 , « u » d 13 Market Stn-et , Briggate ; thus conation * the oh ? tlte « od p , mtillg ^ Pubiifhing OHkeu ouh Premises .

      All ComtuunkntWis m ^ t be , addressed , ( Post . l'Hiil . ) tu J . Hobsoi . Ntfrtb « . rp star Office , Leeds . Suturday , January 6 th , 1839 .

      Final Examination Or M-R. Stephens.

      FINAL EXAMINATION or M-R . STEPHENS .

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      RADICAL PUBLIC MEETINGS 12 X BRISTOL . . T very nnmerpns meeting of the inhabitanU of Bristol was held on Thnrslay night , in ihVlarS room , ThomaH-BtreeL to hear an address from Mr Henry Vincent . Numerooa well-dressed females were present , who paid the greatest attention to the proceeding . Th ^ lobb y of the building wu crowded , end hundreds lingered outside unable to obtain admission . Mr . ViircxNT , who was enthnriastically cheered , de » vered & speeca of two hours duration , during which he took a rapid survey of the present political movement ; and also made an able defence of tha

      principles embodied in the People ' s Charter . H » was loudly cheered at the conclosion . On Friday night , the people again assembled ia great numbers , hundred * being unable to gain ad ^ r £ w * c . "J *** was first addressed by W . P . SfelS £ ? " » i ^* ' whose exceUent advice on , iSSfi&A !}*^ ' an < i perseverance was londly applauded . Mr / Vincent also addressed the meetinr haitd ^ ' itK ^ * , n

      5 E& « fc £ ? % « r , 'SSl ? l « r ^ tep ^ ni ; , ^' . P altr y a ^ mpt r a the part of the "Liberal" Whigs to intimidate the RaJoicals Aftergmng the Whigs a most unmerciful lashii *! and hurling defiance upon Jack Russell and th » whole crew , he moved the following resolution , amidst tremendous and repeated bursts of cheerinir : — " lhat this meeting having heard ; with the greatest indignation of tbe arrest of the Rev . J . R . Stephens , of Ashton-under-Lyne , on a warrant from the aecretary of State , cannot but view , this proceeding ( coupled with the late proclamation fcarainst toKh .

      light meetings , ) as an evidence of the intention of the traitor Whig -Government , backed by the deapouc Tory faction , to stay , by force , the present R ? ac f'rt and legal ^ novement in favour of the People * Charter . This meeting therefore , feels ir to be if * duty to call upon the people to watch closely the proceedings of , the fcovernment , and to prepare , by all legal and constitutional means , to resist any encroachment upon their present right of public meetings and freedom of speech . " lhe resolution was seconded hy Mr . William Morgan , and carried unanimously . Mr . Vincent will be in Bristol again in a fortnight .

      Local Markets.

      LOCAL MARKETS .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 5, 1839, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1039/page/8/