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DIABOLICAL CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE "WORKING CLASSES RESUScitation of the spy systemopen confession op a hihed spy —arrest of eight innocent men for amusing themselves in* a field :::
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Last nigh * -we * k , eight young men ( we may * av mere boys ) were axre * : ed ai ) d placed in the New Bailey , at Mar-clses ' er , en the pretext of their unlawfully aj ^ embling lor the pcrpose of drilling . The fsii j wing report will oafold to our readers oue of the basrsi attempts against the liberties of the people that bas been kcoTn for nianv years , li
appears that the Manchester authorities are not a « haint-t to hire « cocacre ' s ¦ who . profevsii ^ to be Radica ]* ,. ? o amongst them , ana after obtainin f ail the information they can , ta which , no doubt , they maie abundant adiiirions of their own . tarn ronr . d ¦ cpon ihier oath , after acknowledging themselves to be spies , to convict innocent men o ! a . breach of the law . We haTr 1 not patience to -Bribe npon this iafaiaeus proceeding . The report mu > t sp ^ ak for itself . In consequence of a rumour that a nainbi'r of men were in the habit of assembling between Newten Heath , and the Reserroir of the Manchester Water Wort * Company , police officers and sjie *
were dispatched to the spot to reconnoitre the proceedings . On their retain from the place , eigit of them were seized , as tier passed the lockups , in O ^ iham . Ko a . i . by a number of mea who i » a been stationed there for the purpose . They were a ' . l earched there , but no arms of any description were found upon ihem . Having been handcuffed , they were coavcyed in two coaches to the Town Hall , where Mr . Maude , Colonel Wemyss , and Mr . Wooi and Mr . Wooilain , constable * , were in waiting . Ttie parlies apprehended were—Thorns Ward , agr-d 20 , who said he was a carder in i \ e c-y . toa factory of Mr . Hieeia , Oldfi 12-road , Salford . and that he lived in Wood-street .
Edward I > . y ] ey . aged 22 . a dyer , residing in Bank Meadow . Piumill Brow , Ardwick . and employed by one Jonathan Jackson , under whomheedrned 1 ( J < . a week . He * aid that ha had been at his work till ? ix o ' clock , after which he went to the drfiiing ground . The thumb of h ? s left hand had b « en paraelly £ . jnpnuted , from which circumstance it wa « supposed he ha-i be ? n a soldier ; but hi asserted thai he had not , and that his thumb had been injured by machinery . Thi * man was one of ihe drill sergeants Gr captain * . Vninan Da .-ran , aged 17 , of No . 64 , St . George ' - Road . a s : eam-loom weaker in the factory of Messr . * Thorp and Haigb , Bateinan ' s BnildiDgi . John Hod ge * , aged 18 , a steam-looa weaver in the Mie Ip-ctory , and residing in Sflrer-fctrett Garratt Road .
William Staa-field , aged 23 , of Copperaj-strert , Shude H 31 , a blacksmith , in the service of Mean . France and Boardmac , Oak-street . John Wright , aged 18 , a mechanic , residing in Oswyld-street , Muler '* -lace , and employed at the same works as the last prisoner . William Naylor . &g * a IS , a tailor , living with his father , also a tailor , residing in Si- George ' s-road . £ iward Fairplay , whose occupation , age , &c . we had no ; an opportunity of learning . Ai'er Lavmg h « d sLeir names and descriptions taie ^ . tie prisoners "were removed , under ths charge of Mi . Beswick .
EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONERS AT SEW BAILEY . A little before two o ' clock , onSatnrday afternoon , the prisonrTi were brought Dp for examination . 1 'he following Magistrates were on the bench : — Mr . R . J . Norreys , Mr . Barnes , of Bolton , Mr . W . Gamett , Mt . \ V . Smith , hir . Fletcher , and Mr . M * nde , as chnirmaa . The names of the prisoners ¦ were thin seTerally called over ; and , on the instruction of ' Mr . Beswick , they were ranged in the dock , as that hi * witnesses might have a complete view of them , in order to their identification .
Mr . Beswick then stated that the Boreughre » ve ead Constables of Manchester had received information , that a number of person * , to ihe amount of four or five hnnired , and , on some occasions , as manv as seven hundred were in the habit oi assembang on an . open space of ground , between Newton Heath and the Manchester reservoir , for ihe purpose of being drilled and undergoing- exercises similar to that of soldier * , except that they had no « dcks , or any thine of that sort , "bat raexcbeS sometime togeth ' sr . This bad been going on for a ¦ week , and every night the number bad increased . He ? ept three of four men amongst them , on Thursday sight acd last ^ Jski- he hk&aita sent a man ,
and directed him to take ^ particu lar J&oUce of . thaws iren who were drilling them . 'An uficer , named HIGGINSON , gave faforms . ticn of' the place of meeting ; he ( Beswick ) directed him , and one or two others , to go to the place , and witch tberr proceeding ; while he ( Air . Beswick ) . toot sixteen omceis with him , and stationed ih ^ m in the Oldbasa Road lock-ups . About twenty minutes past ten o'clock , he heard a number o ( persons coming" down the road . He ( Berwick ) cams ontaf the lock-up * » nd saw ihem coming down , and flIGGINSO * near r&em . H 1 GG 1 NS 0 N then told him that thess were the men that had been drilBsg , wfceri be fBeswjck ) broneht oct the officers and took 8 t « n ° them into cnitodT . * "
Mr . Maitde , addresfing himaelf to Beswick—irere they marching in procession r Beswick . —They were . Id answer to another inqtsiry by Mr . Maude , HIGGINSON . stated thu . t li * t ni { ht he went accorJmg to th * direcrion of Mr . Beswick , ; md foued ihe m ? a dnlhng . They went through their eaierciies a Ion ? tuns . Mr . Maude— LvX at tho * emen ¦ , can vou identify b ^ t , or all cf them :
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CR jjls ? ) wiw gIV : ng the word of command . Mr . Maide- Vhat u a different offence , and mwewnous under the act . Were the other * aU HIGGINSON-Ye ? . Mr . Mac de-Yob swear a * to all of tho&e being partis who were marching ? Just explain as well ^? o , an wbat th ? y **«> doing . H 1 G ( , 1 NSON-They all marched together . That man who has the slop on wa . < fiwt . He came over the bndg ? . down the lane - when we got down the lane , we stopped there , and mad- au agreement to °° ^ llgRia on Si raday morainu at ! our o ' clock . mt . iUrDE—1 want to know wLat they were ooiug when ror , saw tVa .
HIG ( JIN » ON--They ware drilling in a line ; ta ? y were ranged together and divided into two eompaniei . uf" ^ avde— Explain what they diJ . HiGGiNSON—When I got there I found two companies . They then broke up and formed one S ? J ^ The y w . ent 'tr o ^? n tbeir exercises , ifcpy all stood m * line ; he ordered them to fall a ? pace backward with their right leg . They fell back again . Mr . M-u-pe— 17 as all this done by word of command '
HIGG 1 NSON-Ye < . Mr-M ai-de—What wcrds did he use ? __ HiGGlNiON—Heordered them to pay attention . He then counted them one , two , three , " aud four ; aud went along the lbe , and thev « poke as their numbers were . Mr . Maude—Was there anv marchine on the groEtd ? HiGGINSON—There was no marching on the ground r M f ^ " ^ \ L'DE ~ H 70 XX erer seen soldiers drilled ? HIGGINSON—No . ilr Mai-de—Win you undertake to swear as to Lne Whsle ot the seven
HIGGINSON—I can ; I watched them about taree-quarteM of an hour . The Constable of Newton was then called , who ssuted that from inform * : ion ho had received , h . ? weut to a fann hou . a within one hundred yards of tiie place where they were drilling . He Vopp « d tfl ^ re About twenty minutes , and beard the word of command se \ er . il n-rvs . The word ? used were attention and stand * t ea . * e . I saw them , but was not near enough to id entify them ; I saw th- » men going through their actiorjs . Tnere was no marchin ^ ' ¦ ¦ n me ground ; a few minutes after that a person came to me ar . d said they were about to break up . 1 went luto Griinshnw-ianob-fore them , nnd they -en in : o ordsr fonr d » f p . Mr . Mai-di- «' as this done by the word of command ?
"«?«*¦*—l . a"ari tie vrord "halt" and the words * J in i » be - v wal ^ P < i io ^ Grimsliaw Lane . -Mr . Maude—Have you ever been drilled as a > OJdier .-Witness—Yes . Mr . Maude—Atd what they were doing last night wis milu ^ ry exercise "• ^ unesi—Yos ; such aj is gons into by militarv office r * or drill sergeants ; t ! i ,-y had no sacks vnl Bewick—This cor stable saw them leaving the . ine -whire they were driving those mer , a-. id -. vulked w ; th them down till t ' -. ey were taken into custody . They , -were all parti- * Van vrere irll' . ing . Tbev wtre walking four a-brc-asl down OiJLurn Roi ' d tog-ther .
Mr . Mavrt :, to the constal-l . ^ of Newton—Did vcu h ?> . r _ any otL-r w ri « . « i command : ^ iteRij— I cniv hf . ir . i the w . - iH * " atte ^ t'oa " ' x ' ard a : ea > e . " " ln-. lt . " atd " march . " . Mr . Mai-de . to HIGGINSON—Ycu say yon got in any > at : » T ; hem ? HIGGINSON-Ye ? , Sir . Mr . Maude—This man , 1 fiu 3 , has b : en called a ccmnrjij ; d ; ij » officer . HIGGINSON—I heard them call him a commanding officer . One of the partu \« ^ i . -j . " We .-ueHke to have a commanding efnet-r . and we chuo .-e you . " When tt ' ey ha-i been " standing at ease , " one ' of the men said , « We only wact our inu > kets now , and we sha'l be ready for the b r > . " Mr Maupz , addressing , himself to "Wright—Havd yov ar : ytiiiu ^ to s . ^ . y tc tiiis charge ?
Joh . x Wrjciit said he wentujj to th ? place an " watched them till it w ; s all oxer . When he came down-thel .-inehe wa'kedbchini thera ; and as thev were combg Dast Newton Lan > . ' lock-ups , that geii " - tiemaa ( puinang to BeswicX ) came up to them aud tot-k hold of them . William Stassfield ^ s ^; . ¦ l next called upon for his deduce . He saii h ^ was viith tbt- fame per *^ n , ( mt- 'aning the last p r isoner ) ; he -was his sho ^ mate . He had , ber * n a native oi Newton , and Le had lived in Newtoa ; he was a blackssaitK , a . n-1 l > y tuia wjnter time being so violent , he quitted down to Manchester ; and sinre it had come tine weather , he thought
he woalii g-o back a ^ . a ; n , anti see if he could si-e -anything of a hous . ' ; aud when he wvnt Lack h * saw a lot of people goiL'g dawn ihe lane . He followed tiiem down the lano , and wt-nt to the place where ¦ -hese men were drilling ; aiid they ( himself and Ciimpaiiion ) matched tht-m till they were gum- ; and wLvn- they cams back they followed behind ; and when they ' got to P . atdiii ; factory , they tojk to the right ride , and were conaug pnst ihe lock-up .- " door , ( the company by that time had broken up . ) and that gentleman there ( pointing to Bi-swick ) caine and seized them both by their jacket ? , and they went away with him to the lock-ups .
William Dakragh was next called upon for his defence , aud said that when he came from work last night he wi-nt home and tot his supper . Mr . ilAUDE ' . What are you " : Prisoner —a steain-loom weaver . When hehad got his supper h ? went to John Hodces on Piccadiily ; from thero th-y west ronnd about by Ancoat » - ' : an '' , aaid when they were coming back they taw Bomo men before them marching . Th ^ y were not with them ; they kept behind them by thair two selves . But a ; ter that th-.-y taw coiiitubU-s
coming a terth ? m—taey went on wv . ikins , and the ci ; nsl « blr > s came behind their , an . i t ? ok thcia . Tliftt mm ( p ; intii : g to HiGGlNoONjssidia . ^ tnJL'ht , that he could not identify more thanttree cf them . ( The fatner of the prisoner here spoke and taid he is mv soil ; he was . cot at the drill , 1 asi positive . It was a : a late i » our when he went out of our house ; he is only a lad of sixteen , and 1 am positive th ; it h » was not at the drill . He was taken in Ol'lhamroad , and the driiling took place at Newton Heath .
Mr . Mavcb to Beswick—How far was he taken from the place wheii the drill was E ^ ing on ? Bsswick : Three quarters of a mile . Thomas Ward w ^ is then caPed upon for his defmce . He said he was Bp in Newtun-lra : e ; he hrsrd they Were going to drill and he we ^ it to see whether he could see ttem . They wer ^ j coming back when he got there ; he lit upon thpm at the wni-bar . They asked him to fall into rank and he did io > till they got cp w the lo ; kups . They then broke up xai ran a ^ &y when they saw the constables coming .
Wiliutm Xaylor , another of the prisoners , stated taut he vriwa tailor , and that a ? he was going into the garden last night , he heard a noi > e and someboijy said that chaps were going tj driil in Newtonlane . He thought huwouidgo and see them , and be v ? eut , and ttey aikrd hi : u to fail into rauk . He said , yes , for a while ; and then he broke the rank and walked oa the flag ? for a while . Then they came past the lockups , ind him , ( Berwick ,. ) came aid ran after him and catched aim by tHe jacket . John Hodges , anoth . r prisoner , said he was n » tf aicrloom weiirer , working at tiij < a :-ae mill as Williajn Dorragh ; they came out of the factory last BiglH , and went home ' aiid got their suppers . He told nearly the srnne story as the prisoner Uarragh .
William Riley , the remaining prisoner , _ s ; rid he badgi ^ enpvrr his work and wen * up to Newtonlane to hi * ' sister's . He knew nothing at all about them ; he never knew anything abon : soldiering further than g ping to Vh _ - barracks on a S-niiday . The Constable * bad no doubt thai heww the man vrho gave the word of command . Beswick Miid he haj another officer yho wo \ ild irfentiTy him a ? havin ? been there the right before drilling them , Mr . Maude , in addressing fhe prisoners , said , — It was a very melancholy th . ng to sea a . set of y-ung men like them , who were v :. in work , bring
ihein-~ er . es , ss they ma > t inevitably do , to ruin by sucn proceedings ai tiese . He was exceedingly sorry to seo that a set of youag fellows like them were made the dupes of a set of mischievous persons who were bringing destruction upon them , because they must be well aware that no jrood could coine of it ; the law was far too strong lor them , and all of them combined ; . and thr-y would throw themselves out of work , and bring destruction upon themselves and familir ? , and then at List , they would find that they had been in the bauds of a . s ^» t of mischievous persons , who had objects of their own to accomplish , and were bringing all ttis upon them . They were sorry to hwe to puuish them -who were the mere tools of persons more clev-r than themselve ? . They were all in . work ; ani they had not any thing like an excuse that want had driven them to do this . What their uherior objects iniglH aav- ? been in doing
this , they were not now going to speculate upon ; that they were extremely ilW'al the bench had no doubt at all , becausa th * - very observation that had berti spoken to that " they ocly wanted muskets " showed that there was a combination among them jfofiinoit iilegsl prupoije . He would take that opportunity of stating that it was not at all neceseary tobe shown that they were in the ranksfi'r drilling ; becaose parties -who attnded or were present at these drillings were equally culpable according to the acU This wi / uid not be tolerated by the law ,. aod they nv-xht depend upon it thatit would fee put in to execution . igaiust all parries who were foncd tha * oiT-nding . As to Riley ( Mr . Maude ad ire * sh ; e himself to that prisoner ) , hij offence subjected him to tran 5 p ,-Tt . ition , a ; id the ofience of ike ot . ers to a long term of iinpri . * . > : irr . ent . 1 li » t would not take piac ? ; hvre ( inUv Nc ^ Ua \ 1 ' .-v ) , and
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as many & * might be taken in the sime offence would snare the same fat < s . RiLey said he had witnesses to prove that he wa . « not there last night . Mr . Mai-de ( to the prisoner)—There were witnesses who speak positively to his being there : one of the witness had seen him in the daylight , and had heard hia give the word of command , fhe second witness saw that the same persons who had been in the iane di-1 fall into rank and march ; he also saw the prisoners taken , and there could not , therefore , be the shadow of a doubt as to every one of them being there . He did hop * that warning would be taken by their case ; for it wob a sal thing to see a set of young persons liko them in » uch b situation .
who were generally the first to euffrr . The more lmsoiuevous persons generally escaped for a while , tho ugh they were sure to be punished eventually . " W e haw , contmned lie , " bat one course to pur-* He . Each of you must liad two sureties of £ " 50 . ach , and enter into his own recognizances of £ 100 , to appear at the next A « size « , to be held at Liverpool . A * to Riley his sureties will be he .-. vier , because his oSsnce is greater ; aad there is the additional aggravation of his being an old » r person . He must find two sureties of £ 100 each , aud enter into his Birn recognizances to appear at the nej t assizes at Liverpool . Now , the Queen ' s proclamation had Ocen issued against thos « ilWal meetings : nnd
reryeBective at ^ ps had been taken by the authorities throughout t : ie whole of this district for putting a stop to them ; and they might depend npoa this , that thos ;? who persisted in attending them after the warning that had been given from the Queen , wonll be like them ( the prisoners ) sent to take : h"ir fate at the assizes . He hoped and trusted that many persons , seeing what this must inevitably bring them to , would see how much better it was to * o to their own employmont , nnd escape that to which they iyust inevitably come , if they persisted in these meetings . The law wonll be too strong for them , and it would inevitabl y bring destruction upou their . 'amilies .
Hodjj ^ s denied that he was among them . Mr . Maude—We arc very sorry to s ^ e you in th " dock on t-Lcli a charge , but we are satisfied it was yon . The y : Miner—They dragged us away to the lockup * ^ hea there was nobody else in the ro-d . A ! :. Maude—If there wera any doubt nbont it , we should be * , * lad to send you out of the dock , but the thing is per * ctiy cl-.-nr . The Fa'her of Dfirragh then asked if Mr . Maude "ouW allow the case to be gone into , on Monday , whm they wonld have legal gentlemen to question the witnesses , ; uid not have those two yount ; men sent to prison , without th « evidence being sifted . That man ( meaning HIGGINSON ) had no mora conscience than r bear . They were not there ; and they rcrght as well have takl > n him as them . Mr . Mai'de hoped he would be able to find biil tor his son .
Ihe Father of the young man replied that he could tot find bail : the bail might a * well havo beca a thimsand pounds as fifty . He was the support of a poor family , and as good a lad as ever existed , and was a < innocent of the offence as he ( Mr . Man ! e ) was . He again begged Mr . Mamie would suflvr th-.- case to be beard on Monday . He was only a poor weaver , and he could not find bail for his sen . The BrotUer of th . > prisoner Darraeh als » bc-gged to say something to the bench . Hft fail ht » came to say that tkere was a great pr . bability t at his brother had merely gone to s- ? e the panics drillod . ha % ing heard a report that they were there . It was only yesterday that he had heard the rumour of the vneu drilling near tht * reservoir , and thpy ( his brother and Ho-ig fJ talked as if they should l : ke to £ J and . «? eit . lie told his brother thv parties were ven foahsh for eoi ; k to drill . ; . nd that thev wnuld
De punisneJ . Hv «; rid r . e did not tWi ^ k they would be punched if they had no arms with them . Mr . AI AiriK—It" is a wretched mistake . D . irragh—Yi-s ; Hiutdnu ' t yon think it is possible he might have gone to see the drilling ? Mr . Mai-de— That cannot be . If there was a single doubt upon the case , we would liot commit him . Darragh—But would yoa con&iJor that it was hali-past seven o ' clock when he came out of tha f . ictory . thjithe th .-n wt-nt and got his supper ; after tnat he went to find fie young man on Piccadilly , and it w . iuH be long after dark when tiaey got to -Miles Platting . It teems he was taken three quarter- of a mile from the place where the drilli » g was going on . ¦ Wiiiiam Darragh wa ^ again brdught op , and Mr . Mavde a . * kei the constable whether he Was sore tha : the prisoner wa * one of them ? * ' ' ' '
Ihe Constable replied that he had not ' the imu * Jonbt u ; H . He waa in the rank , but he was not tin Hit g with them . Beswick—As soon as I saw these men coming down the road , we got ready and * eiz * I th ? m . This officer fp .-intinjr to a policeman ) identifier ! them all , except on « mar , and he was immediately discharged . Mr . M . irnE— Ar- ? you pure that all the men yon took werr walking in step : Beswick—1 cm sure . Mr . M . U'de—Whs them any crowd besides , so that other peopV mi « ht be taken inMead of them . Beswick—No ; when 1 seized hold of Rik * y , ho was very violent . Mr . Mai-de to Riley—Y-- > u may stand down . Wo can do noihipg more iorvou .
Edward Fa-rplay was the next and last prisoner . The only evidence aeainst him was the villanou ?< spy named HIGGINsON , whoso testimony will be read with abhorrence , especially when we state that he is one of the Manchester police . HIGGINSON said he went on Thursday night aud found him drilling near the same place . When I got there I found them all in a line . 1 think there were twelve on one side aud thirt-en on the other . Th ? re were some de ? eited . This man ( the pn «( , ner ) wns « tandine in the middle . He wis shoving them about tn make thrni stand straight . I stood in the middle nd the
a crowd pressed on this niRn ; and he s « d he wouhl not act it they would njt let him fcave room He then left them , an-3 they went after him . I do not know how long they had been in the line when 1 eot there . I saw them there about twenty inmate * . I saw them all in the line , and he said , "Heads up . " They acted about the snrce as I had Feen before , and the people kept coming down the lane end got a crowd . The p risoner formed them into uline , and j ; ave them their orders by wcrd ofcommHrd . ana he said he would not act unless they would come every night . Mr . Maubx—Was there any marching ?
HIGGINSON-Yes ; WE all marched down the lane together . I came downtlie lane with this inai : ( the pruouer ) . lleuskodme where I came from ; aud he be * -an to su .-pect me . I told him I came from Flixtnn . He said he knew several persons in Flixtou , and n ^ ked me if I was going to FUxtan to-night . I sai ^ I was . He s ^ id he would find me Joinings if I would stop with him all night . 1 said no : I must go to Flixtoa . I never slept a r . ightin Mnnchester in my iife . ( A Manchester policeman never slept all night in Manchester !!!) II ¦• then askel me how they got on at Flixton . I s ^ id very vrell : they have not so much trouble with them there as yr , u have here . I tben ask-d him when tliny were going to meet ngain ; and he s . nid , to-morr « w ni j : rii , and Snnday morning at five o ' clock . " He said nothing more .
The Prisoner—The whole of his stntemtnt is as big a He as ever was spoken . ' HIGGINSON—There was no other man that I knew there . Mr . Maude to the Prisoner—Hare you anything further to say ? The Prisoner said he had nothing further to say there ; he was not guilty of what had been laid to his charge . If he could ' bring any other witness to certify it he would willingly suffer himself to
be cut to pieces ; but really , in the face of God Alrejghty , be declared it was not true , and he ( HIGG 1 NSQN ) kntw it was not true . He wanted a bigger situation . A person named Handley lived next dcur to him ; he kept a public-house , and if th- y woulJ send up to him he would tell them what sort cf a man he wa-- , and wonli give a special account of his conduct . He had to labour for his Hying Rsfcnrd as any man in the world . He never had had a summons , or a warrant , or any kind of law sfTTvinst him in his life .
The Constabla of Newton scid it wag the general opinion at Newton that he was the man . Mr . Maude , to the constable—We cannot have general opinion ! he : e ; you eoght to know better than that . To the prisoner —\ ou must find two sureties of £ 100 eacn ,- and enter into your own recognizances in the sum of £ 200 , to appear at the next Assizes . In all the cases forty-eight hours ' notice must bft given . Heary Smith , a respectable-looking yonne man . then stepped forward , and addressing " the Bouch , said—I went to see the men drilling in Newton
Lane . J went up to some of them , and * aid it was a very foolish system . Some of them looked at me and began a faugUing ; but the man who was drilling them ^ as not any of these men ( the prisoner ?) . H » i appeared , fromhi * manner of » o « a . king , to be an irishman , and a mnch older man than any of these . ! told them it would do no good , 1 told them I had been in Canada , u . mong the . rebels there , and they had done no good . They gave me some foul language ; but aeither of these men ( Fairplay and Riley ) were there . Neither ©! ' these men in the box ( tne doc 1 . ) were the men who were drilling them . Mr . Maude—What do you know about that
man r Witness—I don't know any of these men . I never saw them before . Mr . Maude , to witness—Take , a word of friendly advice from me . You are liable , under the Act of Parliament , if you only go from motiws of curiosity , yoi : are liable to be taken up , for the Act of Parlinineat says " all persons present . " Just tak -a word i <\ : rie ::: l ! y advice from me , and do not be seen at the *? drilling ? .
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held the reins of Government . k ( . Cheer » . ) They never knew a et > w , « rd in their Htc * who was not cruel ; and they bud-bad a splendid instance of it that vary day . ( Hear , bear , hean ) Whatever had tempted them to . take hold of a few innseent lads like theae who were merely marching " wheel about , turn aboot ? " The fact wiw , tnt Wm > knew they had not the confidence of the people ; and they were like all other cowards and traitors , they were afraid that a child would absolutely be the means of upsetting them . ( Cheers , and laughter . ) Well , from all these circumstance * the people might derive great consolation ; and that was what the Whiga themselves were firmly convinced that they had not lonp to rule over us . ( Cheers . ); No . If he had any opinion— ( hear , hear)—if he bad any fellow feeling with the working people ef
this country , with the help of Gfed , they should not oppress the peoHe in the manner they had done . ( Hear , k » ar . ) He would always recommend every man to kesp out of the pavr of the lion . At the same that he recommended thw , he would reconv mend them to hold up their beads like men ; to demand , in a manly tone , what they wanted ; . and to tell them that nothing short ef what they wanted would they have . ( Cheers . ) If they would assume that position , it was not Lord John Russell ,, nor Lord Melbourae , nor the whole of the bloody aristocracy of this country that could keep it from them . ( Loud cheers ) Afrer these observations he would move that Mr . Dean be considered by that meeting as a fit and proper person to fill the office of delegate to the Couvention . ( Loud and continued cheering . )
Mr . Bbn'BOW then roue t 6 second the nomination . He said he had great pleasure in seconding the nomination of the gentleman whose name th ? y had heard . He thought he was a fit and proper person to represent the honest working men , as well as the honi / st working classes of Manchester , for he it recollected there were homst middle class men . He would address himself to the honest and industrious working men , and to the few honest middle class men ; but he did not address himself to the thief takers that he saw all about him there . He < iid not address himself to the letter A division , of whom he had seen a great many there , for there were a score or two of the letter A . men , and he
would tell them how they might know them . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) They generally had prime stocks about their necks , blue trow > era , and some of them had get a little red trimming upon their waistcoats . He did uot address himself to those thief catchers at all ; but he would just tell them that there was a great numher of these men trained to entrap them , and to swear away their lives ; men without principle ; men who -would sacrifice their mother , or pull out the eyes of Jeaua Christ for one pound a-week . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He did not addrew himt < e ] f'to such men as these who were made bief takers , for they knew the saying , " set a tuief to catch a thief , "— ( laughter ) -but he addressed
himself to tke honest working men . He for one felt extremely sorry that at the eleventh hour the people sho-. lJ be called from their social enjoyments to appoint a man te represent them in what his friend had called the " People's Parliament . " What disj they think was the reason ? Why . it was the very same as was assigned by the men who are mentioned in the parable by Jesus Christ , and who did not like to dine with a certain lord . One said * ' he had bought a piece of land , and he must needs go and see it ; aud , therefore , he could not oome . " Another had " bought a yoke of oxen , and he must needs go to prove then ; " and a third had " married a wife , and they might be very sure that he could not come . " ( Hear , hear . ) These were all very
good reasens ; but mark the sequel . Jesus Christ , who was the best republican and the greatest and wisest teacher that ever lived , says " They that are not willing to sacrifice father , abd . mather , and sister , and brother , and houetSj and land , for my sake , are not worthy of me . " ( Hear , hear . ) Then so much for those trien : who ' thought proper to denounce thera—who htd declared war against them —who bad said that they would fight them , and put them d *> wn > and use all the means in their power to put them down . He thought that if they bad been honest men , and resigned a little sooner than the eleventh hour , b / e BhouldVhayij thanked them in his heart ; but they , had driven , th ' eintp , the extreme to the last moment , and to the necessity of cominK
tngathwr to-rri gKt taxrhoosc = ^ trgoofi man and' true from among themselves to' represent them in the People ' s Parliament .. ' ( Hear , bear . ) Well , then , ¦ ip on general topics he would not detain them many minutes . If their enemies—not the thief-catchers , for they were employed and glad to get £ 1 a-week , but they were base dogs—vile wretches ; they were not enemies 1 , nevertheless ; they were only base poltroons who were willing to become the tools of the people ' s enemies—who would sacrifice the people , and only wanted an opportunity to le ^ loose " the dogs of war" upon thera , to spill their innocent blood . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Pfow , he wanted them to distinguish between tbeir enemies and those men who were their tools . He would tell them who their
enemies were , and he wished to God the people would recollect it too . It was the vile , the rapacious , the ferocious aristocracy of both factions . ( Cheers . ) It was not the Whig faction alone ; nor was it the Tory faction alone ; but it was the united taetions who were the enemies of the people , and who ground the face , of the poor , and who made the people bend their necks to a yoke which they were forced to bear under the iron hand of their oppressors . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Let them recollect
therefore , that it was not the thief-takers , nor the soldiers—true they were both base dogs—they were both villain *—they vrerefeoth fiends that ought to be looked upon as being the mere utensils of society , —men at whom the finger of scorn ought to be pointed—at the poldiers , because they were base enough to sell themselves for a shilling a-day and a penny for beer -and at the policemen because they engaged to swear away the people ' s lires for 20 s . a-week . He wished them to understand that when
the day of trial came they would not have to fight against the solditre ; and that if a soldier were to come in among . it them , they were to look upon him as * misguided individual ; and if they could not recognise him as a brother , they were to turn from him . He had a word or two for the press , arid he hop » : d thertprtsentatives of the press would take notice of what he was going to say . They accused the people of being violent . They wanted to know what the people wanted . They asked why did the people complain . He would tell them generally ;
they complained of poverty . It dwelt ov « r their dwellings like a pestilence , and it made them bovr beneath a load of misery and wretchedness and distress . Why did they complain ? They complained of a monstrous aristocracy that had takes hold of all our institutions ; and , among other things they bred our Parliament men to make laws for us , to 'bind our necka under a yoke , and to extract the last shilling from oar pockets , yet they wondered why the people complained , and blamed the people for their hard language . He had a document in his hand to show them that their " violent
language" was , in point of fact , moderate itself when compared with the language of the bloody aristocracy . Mr . Benbow then proceeded at considerable length to comment on the conduct of Lord Oxmantown , the late Lord Norbury , and Lord Lorton , each of whom he reprobated in the most violent U-rm * . Ho concluded by saying that he thauked them for tbeir attention , and assured them that he would go on supported by their right arms till they obtainfd the victory or died in the attempt . ( Loud and continued cheering . ) The resolution was then put and carried by acclamation . Mr . Dean then rose to address his " constituents " and was received with several rounds of cheers .
He saw , working men of Manchester ; I cannot at present express my feelings for the high honour you have conferred upon me in appointing me to be your representative in your Parliament . ( Hear , hear . ) I do rejoice for my own part sincerely that the working classes are beginning to make a bold stand for their liberties . I do rejoice also that the day has gone by when the working clashes are afraid to meet to express their opinions . ( Hear , bear . ) I , for my own part have , upon various occasions , expressed mine ; and I trust to the late ? t moment of my existence that right shall be my right . ( Hear , hear . ) You have this night delegated me to represent yo « r wants acd wishes in the General Convention of the working classes ; and I being a working man , knowing the privation * you had to endure , having endured them myself ; knowing your wants , and knowing
also what yon ouglt to have as a remuneration for your toil , I certainly have a greater right than the middle classes to know these suffering * , and to point out the wants and wishes of the woiking naD . ( Hear ; -hear . ) He felt proud at being selected to tmV high honour , for an hoBOvr he did consider it . 1 here might be a little danger attached to it ; but the danger he threw to the wind . ( Cheers . ) So long as lie bad their confidence ; so long as he had their good wishes ; so long as they stood forward and dttermine 4 not to lag in . their exertions until they had obtained their liberty , he pared not what sacrifices he might be called upon to make ; even life itself shonld bo given for their liberty , anij their . common t ause . ( Cheer * . ) He was not there like those corrupt rascals of the other House—he would call them nothing else—the Aristocratic House .
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They had come bouncing upon the 1 a 'tings , tellistr the people wljat great thing * they weuld da ; but the moment they got their heels off the hustings , the promige * and pledges they bad made were for ' gotten . ( Hear , hear . ) He trusted that this nevernever would be the ca « e with him . He had acted before disinterestedly ; he had acted when public confidence was not placed in him . He had acted honeotl y , and be sineerely trusted to the satisfaction et the public generally ; - ( hear , hear ;) -and now tnat the public confidence was placed ia him , no power on earth , so long as the Lord allowed him
to live , should stop him in his honest straight-forwar . 3 , mauly career in supporting the riehtg and liberties of the people . ( Loud cheers . ) He should , it he lived till Monday , have the pleasure of speaking to the Convention of that glorious meeting tonight ; that meeting of one mind ; that meeting of onexoioe ; and he should have great pleasore in gating that , although the dragoons bad been parading the square during the day ; although they had brought their military from all parts of the country lor the purpose of intimidating the people ; still that mint of libert y could not be destroyed which existed in their bosoms , but that thev had Mme
together fearlessl y and manfull y , and he trusted they would continue to do so . ( Cheers . ) That very day he had seen a regiment of Highlandmen marched into the town . He thought it was passing strange that those poor fellows who had the same feeling with themselves ( for he kaew something of the military service —( cheersO ~ he had experienced some little of it , and they could not intimidate him wiilrreJ coats ;) he had seen those poor fellowe . and he was sorry to see the poor men karrassed for fhe gratification of the idle rascals who were livine the labour of the
upon people . ( Hear , hear . ) But he could tell them that the greater part of the army ww-aa much Chartist in the heart as anv person in that meeting . ( Loud cheers . ) He had " relatives himself m the army ; and he knew that if they were placed in a different situation in life , they would be perhaps on that hustings along with himself—( cheersj-and if the time came , he had no doubt they would be with the people . ( Immense cheering . ) He trusted they were all satisfied with the proceedings of . the Convention . ( Cheers and 'Quite so . " ) That Convention , as a matter of
course , and as a matter of necessity , must have tbeir entire confidence . ( Cheers , and " It has . " ) Without the people he could do nothing ; with thtm it could achieve all they wanted or ever would want . ( Cheers ;) For himself , if he went , as he crusted he would do , with their sincere and undivided confidence , he should neither look on the one side nor on the other ; but would steadily per ? evere in the righteous duties they had imposed upon h 4 Btil their liberties were gained , or until thev should be laid in one entire mass of confusion . ( Lnud and deafening cheers . ) As it was Saturday night , and an awkward night for many of them he would not detain them longer- ( hear )—
for he should be compelled to be upon the railway at three o ' clock in the morning , and having to leave bis famil y , he had some little arrangements to make with them . But be trusted they would persevere in the manner they bad hitherto done . Let them be aware of all spies and of all deceitful friends . Let them pUce no , confidence in any one unless they knew them from principle . Let them beware of the parties they were acting with . He was confident there were niany in the town at the present moment who were acting in the double capacity of friends of Radicalism and of spies to the
Govern-, ment . Let them beware of all such . Let them keep their own counsel ; go steadily , openly , and manfully forward , each discharging their several duties . Be united ; be firm , and victory in the end would be theirs . ( Immense cheering . ) He again thanked them for their kindness , and for the honour they had conferred upon him ; and he trusted the next time he should have the pleasure of seeing them , he would be able to go more into the details of those principles which he would ad vocate as long as he lived . ( Loud and continued cheering , which lasted for some time . )
Mr . Whbeibr then moved , and Mr . Linney seconded a vote of thanks to the Chairman ; after which three cheers were given for the Convention , three for Mr . O'Connor , three for Mr . Stephens , and three groans for ' John Edward Taylor . The meeting . then q . aietly separated , it being about a . quarter past eight o ' clock .
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IRISH STATISTICS . The following whims ' cal answers are said to have been returned to a set of queries recently issued under a Commission of Inquiry in Ireland : Qucs . —How many labourers are there in your parish ; how many in constant , how many in occasional employment ; how are they maintained when out of employment ? Those who can get work will woTk if they can , Those who can ' t , bi < g or steal—that , Sir , is the plan . W hat ia the ordinary diet , and condition with , respect to clothing ,. of the labouring classes ? The general diet is potatoes ana" point , For Heldom , if erer , they Bee any joint . Their clothing is various , oa eveTy fool knows , Some dacent , some ragged , without any hose . At what period of the year are they least employed ?
What tiresome questions ! if ever I knew Such a bia set of asses ! Why , whun they have nothing to do ! Wfeat , on the whole , might an average labiurer , obtaining an average amount of employment , earn m the year ? ' Do yon think with such qn-stions my mind I'd perplex , Or trouble my head , or rcy intellect vex . ror an average man—was there ever such stuff?—An average nothing , would be full enough . What would be the yearly expense of food for an able-bodied labourer in full work ? An 4 no \ vfor this question ! to answer it right , 1 will send you a man with a fair appetite ; ro * can feed him a tyaaTlei-, and jadge pretty near > Yn » t woald be a just average daring the year . Of what class of persons generally are the landlords of cottages or cabins ?
Some taller , some shorter , name black , brown , ot fair ; borne squint-eyed , sonic creok'd Bo » e , and some very qnare . What is the usual rent of cabins with and without tend ? : For one to two pounds they will promise to pay , Bat the landlord is' ( flad , * " fter two years , to nay , " I'll fergive you the rint . if you'll givo up the kay . " He then gets another : tcho acts the same tcay . Of what description of buildings are those cabins , and how furnished ? Are they supplied with bedsteads and comfortable beddiug ? A cabin consists of the wall , roof , and Hoot , Wifh sometimes a window , and mostly a door , Their beds are of-straw , and instead of a ru # " A slip of a pig" just keeps their feet snog . Upon what terms are herds usually hired in your parish ? NoflT « ltsin the hold , and . no kord in the Rtall , For herdsmen there Burely can be littl « call .
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Dreadful Balloon Accidents . —An accident , which was very nearly attended with the losa of several persons' lives , occurred on Monday evening through the mismanagement of some parties concerned in a trial of a new balloon . It will be recollected that last summer an attempt was made to ir Hate a large Montgolfier balloon at the Surrey Zoological Gardens , but not being successful , it was eutir&ly destroyed by the disappointed spectators . It appears that the projector , Mr . Hoare , has since , at great expense , constructed another of still larger dimensions ; but the proprietor of the Surrey Gardens
having determined that rie more attempts of the kiad should be made in those grounds , a new site was fixed upop at tfte Beulah Spa , Norwood , and on Monday night ati experimental inflation took place , preparatory to an ascent at the opening of the Craydon Railway . A large stag * having been erected for the purpose in an adjoining meadow , the inflation commenced , ' . a number of men being employed in holding the vas > t machine . In the space of twelve minutes the . balloon was completely filled with heated air , generated in a furnace , from chopped straw , birch , and alder wood ; the ascending power suddenly became so great , that in removing the machine away from the furnace , it escaped from the hands of most ' of tfee menand ascended to
, a gr , eat height , taking np five personf clingtDg to the ropes ana sides of the car . Orje of these , a youth whose name we did not learn , when about thirty feet from the ground , eoold bold on f . o longer , fell and was much injured . The others remained clinging to the balloon , and were conveyed about a mile , when the machine , having lost itu power by the condensatien of the contained air } descended ia the midst of a field . The principal gardener of the Beulah Spa , William Stevens , having let go hi * hold , got his foot entangled with a rppe , and waa thus suspended with hia head downward * for several minutes . When the balloon reached tbe eaith hi 8 leg was found to be completely fevered , being attached b y the tendons only . It has since been
amputated , but he lieg jn a dangerous states One man wascaugntty ttie grapnel , and ieriouely torn . L'he o ; ber two , although niwch cut and bruised , have received no material injuriei . — Champion .
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JOCK , RAB , AND TAM ; OR , XATGKAi XEnrrsiTES roa the leabsep paorsssioxs ( tram . frhUtb-BinJek . ) * 'Oa , whit'll ire do wi ' Jock , gudem » a ? Its like tell se ' -r do weel—He '» ire at lie head of a' mi * : hief , And jim a * eanniu ' i the defl . ' ' " . Ah hech . db'H yrt be x man , gndewife . O" whili we'll baith be prond—Ve' ; l fit Ok cal ls * awVileo' ihe sttaAt , And he ' ll be A lawyer gade ?" ¦ " An' wWii we do irV 5 UJ > , jr o . ^ eaikn—An' how will he wja his bread ? To T >\ nve xnd ui , to « Vir » n < 3 maw , Ms hasna hjnit nor head !" ¦ " Ah , k-ch ! hu'll yet be m man , jraSewife , O' whiik we'll baith be prond"Well jrie the callaa a wbil « o' tbe &cW \ e And h « 11 be a Soctor gude V « But whv . 11 we do wi' Tim , gndeaan , it ii ^ f-a-. e Bloat of » A npin ' RlouKn , wit \ e »» coof , He's jeje for noeht xraT ' O wbilk well baith t * prond—We 11 ™ the cxV , m » while o th « whnie , Aa he 11 be a minister guie ¦ " A ? ex . Laixg , Brechin .
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MEETING OF CHARTISTS IN STEPHENSON'S SQUARE , TO ELECT A DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . On Saturday evening last , a meeting of Chartists waa convened in SteptienaouV square , for the purpose , as was stated , of electing a delegate to the Convention to supply the place of , -ome rnemhers who 5 ome time ago refused to act . At ucven o ' clock , the tune appoiuted for the meeting , there was a large concourse of people assembled , and when the hu « iueM commenced the large square was nearly filled . There would probabl y be from 5 000 to 6 , 000 persons present .
Mr . Rushton , a working man , wa * called to the chair . 1 ^ opening the buaiuew of the meeting he » aid , -The council had to call tbe men of Manchester together once more to perform a duty which of all otbera wa * of the greatest importance to them all . Littl * did the council , or the men of Manchester think when they chose five men on a former occasion who had professed tbemyelvea to bo the friends of the working classe . * , that those men who had been foremost in bringing this agitation to what it no * was , would at the moment , and at the hour when their services were most needed , at a time when above all others they ought to have jtood first in tbe field against the iron band of capital and
oppression- little did the council and the men of Manehener think that those individuals would be the first to turn their back * upon the cause . ( Crie * of" Shame . " ) But such had been the cjisd ; out oi the five who were elected on a former occasion , only one had consented , or would consent to represent them in the Convention ; and the council considering that if there was any p ' aoe in the United Kingdom which , ought to have a representative more 'han another , that place was Manchester ; because . Manchester and its surrounding districts had a greater population than any other town occupying tbe same space of ground . ( Hear , hear . ) In * the district of Manchester , too , it was w ' ell known that
there was the greatest suffering ; and the greatest degree of oppression and injustice inflicted upoa the most indus ' riou * , and most virtuous part of the population of Great Britain . ( Cheers . ) Considering tbese things they had come to tbe determination to call them together to choase a man of the right sort . ( Hear , hear . ) If tao middle class were the friends of the people , if they had the interest of the « adon at heart , if they considered that the great bulk of a pe- ^ plrt wa « the only security of a nation * wealth , they had it in their power , if they chose to use that power to their own and the people ' s benefit , to cho ;> se men who wouid be able to redress every grievance , and to deal out ta all that justice of
which they stood in so much need . ( Cheer * . ) But instead of coming to throw themselves into the people ' s ranks , instead of joining with the workiDg men , who were the producers of all wealth , and who upheld them in the station in which they moved , they were tbe first to stigmitwe them with every opprobrious epithet . ( Hear , hear . ) As they had commenced with three great principles , expressed in three ihort words , and which embodied nil they soaglit to accomplish in its proper degree , he hoped they would adhere to thn « e principles ^ and that their motto would ever te " Peace , Lav , and Order . " ( Cheers . ) . Their ejiemies mi-ht talk about peace , lawand order as mueb as . they would ;
, but uulesj it were .. written in their hearts , it was of bo uae . ta talk ahout if : and be did not believe that any man in that aesembty , unless-he were a policeman ora spy , would everthmk of violating either peace , law , or order . ( Cheers ) H * would not have taken tbe chair on that ot- 'ooeion if he had thought he waa going to preofde ©* er ah illegal meeting , or bae in which there was a single ¦ individual who would' break the ^ eace . ( Henr , hear . ) But knowing the Virtue ; the . honesty , the stability , and ft * jfldepepd ^ nce " that rested in the hearts of
Englishmen , ^ Bowj ' Bg that . spirit which actuated tbeir forefatUt ^ v ' wfbioJi led , them to the tight , which told tb , eia , ly ) jjB l ^ jjg © ppressioiv ought to be borne , and wheajitk paght to be lesiated . Knowing that that Hpirit Still resfed W > fh »} i « ir Ja * o « nJ- " »<* , ho -vrQ * satisfied that they were still able to jjtrike terror and dismay into the heart of ' every tyrant who mi >; ht oppose their lawful and constitutional demands . ( Loud eheer * ) He had now the honour to introduce to them Mr . Butterworth to move the first resolution .
Mr . Butteiuvorth then came forward amid considerable cheering , and said—This was one of the happiest moments of his life . ( Laughter ) Hi waa about to perform a . duty which before the sun had revolved ;; U 5 times round the . jtroudtst aristocrat would envy him the honour of . ( Cheers . ) He was about to propose an individual to represent them in the People ' s Parliament , one whom be knew had their in t »* rests at heart , one vrhocoulti sympathise with them in their sufferings , and one whom he knew to be-* trio ; ly hone * t , » o far as their interest were concerned . ( Cs-. eers . ) He wai fully persuaded that the individual he was about to propose wan a fit and proper p ' . rson to represent them in the National
Convention— ( cheers;)— and they would never have a Gutter , let him come from where he would . ( Hear , hear . ) He wa 3 an honest , hardworking man . ( Cheers . ) Before be named the individual to them lie would like to say a word or two upon the present j ^ -fieet of affuirg . It wa ? a well known fact that there was nosjinpathy among the middle and higher classes for the poor ;—( hear , hear ;)—or if there appeared to be any sympathy it was not real , but ' . ssumed . Jno . Edward Taylor did sympathise with ihe multitude , for he said they wete a deluded peop ! e . ( Hear , hear . ) True they had been deluded by him for a great number of -years ; but if they were te be tested by their present . 'disposition in that
respect , he believed they would be delu * iWd a very little time longer . ( Hear and cheers . ) It was not from the middle or the higher class that they had any thing to expect ; but it was frem themselves , ( Hear , bear ., ) All the wealth , the might , and the power emanated from them ; asd consequently they had a perfect right in making those laws by which hey were to be governed . ( Cheers . ) They did not , -eek to take any man ' s property from him ; they would cot violate a farthing ' aworth of private property , nor would they tbed the blood of any man . ( Hwar , bear . ) But at the same time when they seated that they would neither destroy the property nor shed the blood of their neighbours ; they were
determined to have tbtir own property protected , and tbat ho man should * hed their blood without them making an effort to' defend . themselves . ( Cheers ) There , th / en , they stood , in his opinion , true Conservative * . They were not disturbers of the public peace , but they were preservers and protectors of it . ( Cheer * , ) It was a well known fact that the great bulk of the people were , to all intents and purposes , the legal authority of ^ he country . From the people emanated the purties who w «; re the law makers ; ahd from' them emanated the choice of the Monarch to fill the throne . ( Cheers . ) If injustice was committed by their servants whom they had cho « en as the framers of thtir lawn they
then hud a right to demand ( S atisfaction at their hands . ( Hear , hear . ) If the Monarch on the throne was guilty of tjranny against tbe people , the people must rise in their own majesty and demand satisfaction . ( Hear , bear . ) He contended that the present House © f Commons had to all intents and purposes committed high treason against the feelings of the people . The present House of Commons had past-ed a law called the Poor Law Amendment Act in dirtct opposition to tbe will of the people ; consequently , be maintained th- * t when tbe great bulk ef the people bad said that that should not be the law of the land , the aristocracy of tbe country , who said it should be , were direct
traitors to tbe people , and ought to be dealt witu as such by being burled from their seats to give place to more boceft men . ( Cheers . ) Their pnwnt pro - ceedings were therefore perfectly right , and pe > fectly lawful . ( Hear , tear . ) There was now a . placard upon the wall * which said they had no right to parade the streets only in a certain form ; but if the imbecile Whigs of tbe present day cou ' d find no better employment than to irictVmise a frw lads , that had not got tbe merest rudiments of edeatiop , their cause must indeed be a helpless one , and that fact proved it more than anything be ever . knew . ( Hear , bear , and cbeers . ) If the Government had no better way of keeping themselves iu ,: office than by having recourse to the spy system , and sending
into their meetings a set of mean , crawling spies , it showed tbat their cause was not houest , or they would rather dare the people to find fault with their actions . ( Hear , hear . ) They were . ef idently without the confidence of the people ; and » o were the Tories ; and tbe only objects of the people by their agitation were to get such men into power as had the people ' s confidence . ( Hear , hear . ) That was the reason why he stood there to propose an individual who he thought would , with his colleagues be able to shift them out of St . Stephens , and make them give place to the more houest men . He believed they could morally beat the Whigs , 'for they were the moat imbecile creatures upon the face of the turth , au < l the most cowardly ere . v tbat evtr
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Witness—I came a-way , Sir ; but neither of these men in the box were the men who were drilling them . ° Here the examination ended .
Diabolical Conspiracy Against The "Working Classes Resuscitation Of The Spy Systemopen Confession Op A Hihed Spy —Arrest Of Eight Innocent Men For Amusing Themselves In* A Field :::
DIABOLICAL CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE "WORKING CLASSES RESUScitation of the spy systemopen confession op a hihed spy —arrest of eight innocent men for amusing themselves in * a field :::
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 11, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1056/page/7/
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