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Uhitbd States . —Dsstbtjctitb Confla-OB . A . TIOM . —The Tillage of Ogdeusbnrgh has-beet almost wholly consumed by Sre . The fire broke ou early oa the » oraing of the 17 ti , and ia iupposed tc be the result of accident . Extbssiyx Fibb at Leith . —The Tery extern-KTe premises at the foot of the Shore , occupied b \ Mr . Alexander Millar , oil and colour-merchant , havebeea totally destroy e 3 "by fire . By great esertons tie dwelling-howof Mr . Millar , which wa > at ksm little distance from the business premises , ui ike neighbouring propertr , nere saved .
ACCn > S 5 T WITH GTJX ? OWDER . —A boy about twelve years of age , in the employ of Mr . Crewder , & whip-maker in Irondon , was one day la * t weei playing with a cask of gunpowler belonging " to hi * master , pouring a littie of it out and getting fire to it . The flash caught the powdtr which he still held ia his hand , aad his hands were dreadfully shattered , and hia face burned and lacerate * fearfully . He was found by a polieemaa laying in the street , under a surgeoa ' s shop window . C * tibo DB ^ NK . —Mr . "Wakley informed > jwy on Friday that the copious tears which are so frequently thed by persons in a maudlin stare arise from a softening of the brain produced by habitual inebriety .
BtniKG A Seat , —In the reign of Elizabeth ( 1571 , ) Thomas Leng , " a Tery simple man , " retamed member for "Weatfeury , acknowledged that be had paid the Mayor and another £ A for his seat ; wherefore he was ordered to restore the money , and & fine fire times the amount was levied on the -corporation " for their scandalous attempt . " N * w Cask of Absekcb of Mikd . —A doctor , calling upon a patient , put the fee into the band oi the sick man and took the pills himself ; nor did he pereeive bis . miitake until he found himself getting ili and his patient recovering . The N * w Poor Law . —laths Qoeea ' x Bench , las * week , the Judges decided that no Board oi Guardians UBder the New Poor Law Bill had any power to appoint Assistant Overseer , or Collector of rates .
More Nbw Perrs . —It is rumoured , that the following individuals will be immediately raised- to tie peerage :-The Speaker ; Mr . Campbell , of May ; M . r . Ferguson , « f Raiih ; and Lord QueeEstwry , to aB English Peerage . Zinc Mixk-Pails . —Among the patents lately taken out in America , one is for a prow si for ex * traeriDg cream froai milk by the use of zinc . It is said , that if zinc be pat mro the milk-pail , or tbt the milk be pot into a vessel made of thatsubstar . ee , the sasie qoantity of milk will yitld a greater pr «^ portion of cream or butter . —{ Rtcertzry of
InIntended New Hospital . —Tb « directors of the King ' s College baTe recently purchased St . Clement ' s workbook , for the pnrpose of converting it into an hospital for aceideBts atd other easualdes . Diabolical Act . —SomemUcreantadmiiistered arsenic to several of the animals at a wild beast show at Harfeorougb-fair on Moaday last , and a favourite nsookey was killed . A wolf narrowly escaped the same fate . —Leicettertiirt Mercury , Lord Heibocrnb , who wu very fond of theatricals , now that he has leisure , is sa ' id to "have bespoie the comedy of " Turn ( ha" with the farce of " Where * . k * ll I Dine ?"
Highway Robbery . —Oh Wednesday night week , Mr . Bradley , relieving officer of the "Worktop Po « r Law Union , was proceeding on horseback to fe residence at Clows , when on reaching a place -called Darford , he was stopped by five fostpads , and rebbed of bank notes , sovereign * , aad silver , amounting to £ 46 , and a silver watefe . D *** Mut Death on raE ICixoston Rail"wat . —Jl sailor Was killed near Salt-bill stationhouse , -on Thursday evening . The train pawed over his head , and almost cut it off . The accident © ecurred by his haviBg been shored out of one of the third class carriages in a f ^ aabble with saother passenger . —Dublin Paper .
Mslascholy Evs > T .-Mr . Greene , barrister , brother lo the learned Sergeant , threw himsetf from his -window into the street , in Dublin , last week , in a paroxysm offerer , and expired shortly after . His bereaved widow labours at present under the same malady .
Cost of th-r Canada € © xmi 5 SK > ke . r * hjp It appears by the return to an order of the Hou « e « f Commons that the expen * es incurred in Ear ] Durham's mission was £ 52 , 209 10 s . llri . ; and the expenses of passages , £ 2 , 7-01 15 s . 6 d .- maiicg a total of £ 35 , 011 6 * . M . A Li xhe grocrrs of Romford have bound themselves in a penalty of five peanda . to be given away in bread to the poor , sot to transact anv business on the Sunday . EARTSfiOAiB . —Algiers has been visited by a smart shock of an earthquake , fallowed by a violent storm . The sea is said to ha *« irjjured ' tbe Mole , and several ships have sustained damage .
Thb Sbpitiotts Societies Ambndmekt Act , thanks to questions put to the Government previous to the trial on Irish affairs , is to have ' little to do with Seditious Societies , it merely regulates the affixing of the printer's name to bookg and pamphlets , and inflicte a penalty of £ i for neglect . Oct . —T « tbe ncmeroas enquiries , on Wednesday , at Lori M > lb « nrne ' s , Lori John Rutsell ' s Lord Normanby ' s , Lord Palmerrton ' t , &c , the answer was , ¦ " at home—but » uL " Libel . —Mr . Barrett , of the BuhUa Pilot , has been seatenced to three months imprisonment and a fine of £ 20 , thoeugh an action for libel .
Slaughter amongst the Eats—On Monday week , the eoormous aumber of 459 rats were killed in a barn occupied by Mr . Barnes , horsedealer , at ISermanten , near Derby . There were six dogs engaged in the fray . A Scamp . —A few days ago a bnteber in London was comvicted of cheating tbe poor in hi ? neighbourhood , by keeping attached under his scale tw © pieces of lead weighing one and a half ounce . Tfeis oppressor of die poor , instead of being transported for swindling was fined 20 i ., not » ne day ' s tese&t of his abominable fraud .
The Spirit or Axtichbist . — Mr . J . Ar Sloane , a useful and eSeiest local preacher of the " Wesleyan Associatien , in Dalston , has received official notice that kie services as a local preacher are ia futura to be dispensed with . Hie crime is understood to be the honest and virtuous denunciation of the New Poor Law as a l » w of devils . Briach of Pbomisb or MaBKUOI . —In the Court of Queen ' i Bench , n Saturday , Miss Barford , the daughter of an innkeeper at Pepper * toek , in Bedfordshire , recovered a verdict with £ 500 dama > * g * iwt a young farmer of the name of Orchard , far violating his promise of marriage .
March of Drxjkkeknkss . —On Mondav , upwards of forty perseas were brought up to Lambethstreet office oa charges of being drunk and disorderly , but the principal part of them with being so " disguised" in liquar as to be unable to walk . Fatal Accident . —On Monday week , a yoang maa nearly seventeen years of age , named George Davidson , belonging to Morpetb , was killed ai Hepscott Eed House . It appears he was rolling the lan £ , and to keep him from riding on the abaft * , he was ordered not to have any reins to tbe horse , but had taken a pair oat of the ' stable unknown to his employer ; when foand , the roller was laying across bis shoulders , the heree being stopped by his pulling at the reins .
Htbrophobia is a Horse . —Between « x and aeven weeks ago a mare , werth at least one hundred guiBeag , the property of Dr . Porter , P&rk-sqaare West ,-B « geBtV-par ] c , ww bitten by a favourite dog belonging to the doctor , and which dog was shortly fterwards destroyed , it beiag in a rabid state . Absat four days ago the mare ecineed symptoms of hydrophobia , by refusing water , and dashing her head riolendy against tbe sides of the / Danger . The mare had to be immediately killed . Ccrious Phenomekoh . —About a fortnight ago , a spriDger bitch , the property of Mr . Joseph Hattersley , oi Oldham , gare birth to a male pup wi ; h seven legs , the fifth branching oat a little above the first joint of tie left fore leg ; the « ixth _« ad seventh being two hiad legs with a tail , forming the hind quarters of a female pnp , wbieh protruded midway from the left side . It lived for sereral hours .
Horriblh Depravity . —The following instances of atrocious cruelty are stated to have lately occurred at Constantinople-.-A woman of tbe Ieland of Tina , resident ia the Turkish metropli * , impaled her own son , a child between five and aix years old , because he had dirty _ b » birj , which she was unable tc correct A widow , wishing to marry again , but finding that her inttnded waj unable to ma i ntain her two children by her former husband , dug a gT&ve , and buried them both alive . Ai these wretches were Greek subject * , they werg both s ? M to Atheus for trial .
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BotAL BESBHTMrKT . —According t * the on lits of the BalooBS of Lisbon , tbe young Queen hiving lately discovered her husband in the act of kissing one of the maids of honour , boxed the ears of uoth parties . FRTJITS of the MoTKMEVT .-Mr . Hennefsee , late of the Tory Standard , has announced his inr « nuon of bringing out a paper in viDdication of the democratic came . The Cork Standard has furled che Conservative celours and hoisted the Liberal We trost it will turn eut to be the etandard of real And not mock reform .
^ Cultivation of Tea in England . —It has been diseovf red th * t ? orae of the best black tea imported ia this country from China is grown in a climate much colder than that of England , and exjfriments are , in consequence , now making near Birmingham to introduce the cultivation in thu country . " DOSS YOTJ R MOTHBR KNOW YOU ' RE Out ?" —The respectable age of the greater part of the members -ef the late Cabinet prevents the iteration of a question very much ia vogue a short time since ; it can scarcely be asked © f Lords Melbourne , Palmerston , Holland , Lansdowne , &c . "if theirmothen know they ' re out . "
More of thb System . — Last week a poor woman , unable to pay the burial fees of her still-born child , at TFdllingford , was compelled to bury it in a ditch by the way-side . Gracious God ! how long will the vile system last , that net only robs the people and renders them wretched duriBg life , bat refuses them even a spot to repose in in death P Stabbing . —At Newton , near " Wisbeeh , on Sunday last , two boys , oae named Fishtr Lte , and the oiher a boy at Mr . Goddard'a , fell out , when m a struggle one stabbed the other with a knife in tbe bowels , and he now lies in a very dangerous siate . —Cambridge Chronicle .
AwFTj L Explosion . —One of tb * se dreadful accidents 60 common in mining district * occurred at an iron stone pit , near the Donningrton-wood Furnaces , about two miles from "Wellington , last week , by four men , who were at work at tbe bottom of tbe shaft , namely , Gabriel and Bantilla Piekeripg , ( two brothers ) James Dawes , and John Ball , were killed
. Sikgtj lar Marriage . A marriage under rather xiugular circumstances has taken place in Brighton during the past week . The bride , a ladv of good family , and possessed of a Urge fortucJ . was taken from her bed , which « be has kept for about two years , in order that the ceremo «\ might be performed . She was attired in a white sati . i dresr . ng gown . The bridegroom is a widower , and an ord attachment is stated to h * re existed Wwetu the partirs . The marriage was perfumed by spteia ) heens-e .
Fly Catching .-In 3 Ialta small birds , en-Rnared for tbe purpose , are kept to free the bouses of the intolerable pest of flies during the summer season ; and , by tbeir diligence and activity , are pretty yuecessful , affording no litde arcu « ement to tbe frequenters of gome of the crowded cafes , by tbe capers they cut in the pursuit of their prey . Evidence of Rationality . —It appears that for some weeks there has been a partial run up ^ n the savings-banks , aad we are informed that in Truro alone Fot » ach less than £ 2 , 000 has been withdrawn within this fortnight . It * eems that tbe Chartigte have caused thi . «; hot whether bv directly instigating the rtn , or by the ala-m occasioned through their dangerous proceedings , inot stated , —probably in both w * vs . — Cornwall Gazette .
Sale of a "Wife .- "We had considerable exciteaent at our market on Thursday , by an announce ment that a woman was to be publicly sold by her husband , whose came was Quarterinaa . Af ; er being led round tbe market three times , she was -iold to a ma . n named A ? blev , for £ 11 , after some considerable competition . We think eleven farthings much more than her real worth . A more disgraceful scene we have never witnessed here . —Oxford Herald . J
Distressing Accident . — Oo Thursday morning , between nine and ten o ' clock , as b poor widow with a litde feoj , her sou , were proceeding to cross the Strand , near to WtilingtoH-strcer , they were both knocked down by an omtjiV ^ s , and the mothsr was dangerously , if not mortall y injured . Her scream ? brought several person * to her as . * ixtanee , and « he was picked up in a dreadful * tate of suffering . The poor creature was conveyed to the hospital . The child , fortunately , escaped uninjured .
Cscrch Rates . — Ib consequence of the mi-Dions of the establishment baring attempted to fasten their fangs on J . S . Metcalfe , of . Darlington , ostensibly for refusing to pay church rate ? , but doubtless chiefly because of his steady opposiiisn to ecclesiastical domination , a public meeting of the Darlington Working ilen ' * Association was called , and took pl * ee in the Market PUee on the evening of the first Mr . Mile-i Brown presided on the occasion . After a few remarks frcm the chairman , who wished every thing to be done decently and in order , Mr . John Reid proposed , and Mr . Mead seconded , the irst resolution , which was a « follows " That this meeting , looiing on the proceedings whic
h have been instituted agains : John Stephen Metcalfe , as indicative of whai others may expecf , pledges itself to stand by all those who say refu-e to submit to that obaoxiouji impost , the church rate , and that a committee be appointed to carry out the same in such way as the future proceedings of the churchwardens may warrant . " The second resolution- " That every individual of this assembly pledges himself neither to buy , nor to encourage others to bny , any goods which may be seized . And to endeavour , an much as possible , to persuade all others to have nothing to do with goods which cannot have God ' s blt * # iBg with them , " was propoeed by Mr . Mos-- , seconded by Mr . and
supported by J . S . Metcalfe , tbe latter recapitulating the reasons which he had advanced against the payment -of the rate before the Magistrates od the Monday previous ; these were first—Because the character of the establishment , for tfce- support of the worship of which it i * levied , is merely assumed , not real ; that is , it is not really Protestant . On this point he challenged any churchman to meet him with his prayer-bookj and he wonld , by appe&lir-g to the scriptures alone , prove tbe establishment anti- Protestant . Second—Because of its not being levied indiscriminately on the whole of tbe ratepayers , which constitutes it illegal . And third—Because a clause of an act passed in 183 " , for ?
regulating parish meeting , er > join » that all notices of such meetings are to be posted at the doors of all eharcbes and chapels . Having dwelt on these particulars , J . s . Metcalfe then concluded by impressing on tbe minds of those present the importance ef thinking and reading for themselves , and of cultivating those benevolent affections which constitute the glory of our nature , and cause every man to feel an interest in the welfare of every other man . Tbe attendance was overwhelming . Such a Tory demonstration at Darlington might serve the Beacon to bray about for twelve month ? ; it went eff well , notwithstanding two Tory toad eaters endeavoured to create a row . They were shewn the way to the outskirts of the meeting .
Arrest or Thirteen Members or the Democratic Association . —At ten o ' clock last nig ht , inspectors Penny and Jerri * , of the G division , together with » numerous posse of the Haitou Garden force , proceeded , on information , to a house in Ship Yard , Temple Bar , where , on obtaining admission , _ they _ went into a lar ^ e ipom , and fonnd therein thirteen person ? sitting in conclave . On their appearance tie assembly seemed thunderstruck , but some of them immediately rallied , and prepared to give resistance to the authorities . One of them drew a pike on Inspector Penny , who stepped aside , and thereby avoided the favour that was intended to be thrust upon him . Upon this Inspector
Jems and one ef the men rushed in and seized him ; whereupoa the others , seeing from the numbers opposed to them the inutility of resistance , immediat ely surrendered , and were instantly searched , handcuffed , and taken to Bow Street , with tLeir books and the cash , in possession of the secretary , Ireland , ameuntiug to £ 1 Is . 6 d . On six of them were found pike * of a most formidable description . Their name * are Thcmau Ireland , Wiliiam Cornish , Charles Teaps , Thomas Reddal , William Tnllenby , James BetU , Wiliiam Burton , Edmnnd Barlow , Samuel Waddington , Henry Murray , TW Ward , Michael Greve , and William Fleagh . On the person of Murray was found a list of the Ministers : but , with the exception of the pikes , nothing but a
few ghilhngg id copper and silver were discovered . According to the aaswf rs given to the officer who toot the charge , they lived in different pans of the town , some aviog at Sc James's , others at Kingsland , more at St . Mary Axe , Bishopsgate , and only two of them in the immediate vicinity of the place of meeting . Upon Waldington ' s demanding the cause of his detention , he wa * told on no charge ; bur , when he persisted in " boIdiDg on" by the rail ot the office-desk , he wa « s forcibly dragged away by three or four of the police in attendance . They are chiefly ef the lowest class of mechanic ? , many of them having a miserable a ^ pearajjee . Upon their bt-ing locked np , the Inspectoi e . ' . ttred the charge" for asspmbling illega ^ y , nn . l for - ' - wing a pike on Inspector Penny , " —Sun of Salu . ; . . -.
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Fatal Accidbnt . t— PR ; SJbareday nwniaR week , a young lady befween 15 and 16 " years of age , the daughter of Mr . John Towner , of Harnilton-hill , Hampstead , was sealing a letter , when a portion of lighted sealing wax , ffcll unobserved by ber on the lower part of hei : dress . In a second after she was enveUped in flames , aud before they cou ' . d be extinguished ehe was burnt very dreadfully . Singular Phenomenon . — The captain of a merchant vessel recently arrived at ManseiUts from Senegal relates that , when clwe in with the coast of Catalonia , he wa ? overtaken b y a violent hail storm , which lasted three-quarters of an hour , and drove great numbers of birds on board his ship , many of them dying on the deck . Others fell dead into the water , killed by the magnitude of the hail ston * 8 , come of which were more than au inch in diameter . When tbe storm ceased , the desk was covered with hail stones to the depth of six or seven inches .
Eobbiby in a Public House . -On Saturday morning last , it was discovered that the house of Mrs . Kirkman , the Golden Fleece , at the bottom of Ebentzer- ? treet , Leeds , bad been entered by thieves through one of the upper windows . Tbe following articles were taken from a drawer in the room : —Six wlver spoom marked ( G ) , two ditto , ditto ( D K ) , a brooch set with gold , and a caddy upoon . The depredators , whoever they may have been , committed a slight mistake . Money , doubtless , was the object of their search , and in this they were very fortunately disappointed , a large sum Wing in an adjoining room , to which they could not , without disturbing the family , obtain access .
Horrible Treacbsry . —A Pole , named Pawlowski , established at Alexandria aa a tailor , under the protection of the French consul , applied to the Austrian consul at Smyrna , and made the following declaration : —Having embarked for Bevrouth with his wife , hit three children , and his brother , in a Greek sloop , on board of which there were , as pasiengers , two Austrian * , a Russian , and an Englishman , they were sll put on shore at Macri , opposite Rhodes . Himself , his wife , and children , the Russian , and one of the Austrian ? , procured admission into the dwellisg ef a Greek , while his brother , with tbe Englishman and the other Austrian , went to a caffena . Next morning Pawlowuki went to seek his brother , but could not find him or either of his two companion !' , nor could , or would , the master , or any other person at the eaffena , give any account of them . He returned to bis wife , hoping tn m « et hi * brother , but he bad not been heard of .
He aext went with his wife and children to the Custom-house , vrbere all their luggage bad been carried on their landing , to inquire for a vessel to take them to Rhodes . When there , he heard a Custom-house officer fay to another in Turkish " We must also get rid of these in the courBe of the night . " After returning in alarm with his wife and family to their lodging , he went out again alone to procure provision * . On re-entering , he found that they likewise had disappeared . A Greek girl , belonging to the house , recommended him to fly immediately , or he would be killed , and advised him to go where he could meet with a consul . He fl * d at a venture , eteapiDg > ome Turks , who pursued him as fa . r as Moula , and fired after him whiie swimming across a river . As soon as these facts were made known to Admiral Lalande , he despatched the brig Bi / ugaUvide to Hacri . PawlowBki going with ber . This aff .-ur , therefore , may be expected to be shortlv cleared un . — Gal / gnani .
Horrid Murder at Henley-on-Thames . —About seven o ' clock ou "Wednesday morning , it was discovered that the dwelling-hcuse of Mr * . Phillips , eighty-four years of age , living near ¦ Woodco t-house , near Henley-oa-Thames , had been broken open during tbe night , and its inmates murdered . The deceased lived by herself , and was attended by the wife of a farmer ' s servant near the spot , who left her the previous evening ia Led between eight and nine o'clock , and on going to get her up next morning , discovered the house had been broken open aud robbed . On entering the bedroom , ? he found the bed-clothes saturated with blood , and the unfortunate woman ' s brains exuding from her .-kull , which had been beaten almost to a murumy . She went immediately to Mr . Adam Duff , of Woodcot bouse , a Magistrate , who has been most indefatigable iu hi * endeavours t » discover the murderers . Tbe arms of the old woman bore
evident marks of having been severely pinched . A sawyer ' s bag with two files , a line , and a pair of compasses were kft by the villains ' , but no instrument has yet been found by which the act was perpetrated . A gold ring was taken from her finger , and some money from a cheut of drawers in the room in which » he slept . In tbe drawers thus ransacked , an old-fashioned box , with eight s » ve-T * ij ! T )» , and a rell of calico , with tbirty . five pounds in Biflk of England noteo , were overlooked b v th « parties . A coroner's icq « e » t was to be held on the body at twelve o ' clock yesterday . The tools found left on the premises were stolen from a fawyer in the neighbourhood about a month ago , and the parties supposed to have Htclen them resided in the neighbourhood of Mre . Phillipg ' s cottage . Since the former part of this paragraph was written , we have heard some slight clue has been obiaintd to the discovery of the * perpetrators of the diabolical act .
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not * walking gtick , but shorter aosUMaker saw twenty or more persons with sticks ; tbeywere sue !; sticks as might bo used with effect in a crowd . Afterwards went to Pen tonville * where he heard u person named Henry Viucent at'dressicg the crowd ; he wps speaking on the > People's Charter , and ^ said the working clwKea , who produced all the wealth of the ecus try , were plundered by the middle classes" and the aristocracv , who lived upon the people * labour , and he said tVat the people were dittrmmed to have the Charter . Vincent apoke of 44 a nsmg of . the people as a thing which should happen soon if the Charter w ' aa ' not jrrantei . " Vinent aidf When
cs , ' the time for assistance arrives , let y « -ur cry be , To yoar teats , oh , lsraHl : ' then with one voice , one heart , and one blow , perish the privileged orders : death to the aristocracy , up with the people , acd the Government they have established' He spoke much about the soldiers , and that they were their brothers . The prisoner Townsmawua there . When tbe meeting separated there was great cheering and uproar . The meeting was not calculated to make tbe people peaceable , but very much excited them , and caused terror and alarm in the inhabitants ,. The prisoners having declined putting any questions to the wituess .
Mr . Henry Williams , surveyor , was next sworn—I am a surveyor , and livfi in Pe-ntonville . Several Chartist meetings have been held £ here , which have been attended by large cfowds of people , and have created considerable alarm . I heard the prisoner 1 ownsend and others speak at tho « e meetings . They spoke from a waggon or cart . Vincent and Edwards addressed the meetings . Thrir speeches have been calculated to produce discontent and dissatisfaction among the working classes . They have told th-m
that they , tho working classes , produced all the property of the country , and that the wealthier clashes were the idle classes . They told them that half their earnings were taken from them in taxes ' , and that as the laboKring cksxes had no voteui they were not represented , and were , therefore , not bound to obey the laws ; they were told that the only cure for all their evils was the People ' s Charter , and they might lawf « lly resort to force to obtain it if it was not granted them by the Legislature , upon which the cniwd cheered .
Crosu-examined by the prisener Townscnc ! -1 believe you one and all so addressed the meetiae , but I cannot now particularize any one of you who spoke any particular words . I was alarmed at thug having 401 ) or 500 people round my door . They were very much exoted , and from their excitement I apprehended danger ., By Dickinson—lsttw you on the platform at the meeting . \ ou connselled the people to be discontented and dissatisfied with their present lot . i . The witness whs then cross-examined by Edwards , but confirmed his former testimoty .
At this period there was a considerable noise aud disturbance m the street , occasioned by the riotou : ! conduct of tbe mob , and crie * were heard that Vincent had arrived . Upon his being brought into the room , he bowed to the Magistrates , and having taken his place at the lower tndof the table , he said— "Mr . Mayor , previous to the . proceedings b « . ing commenced , I wish to apply for a Wai adviser . In L-mdon I wished to Ewe Mr . Roebuck as a legal advisrr , but he was not allowed to see me , and I wish to know by what right I was denied seeing him . '"
The Mayor . —That is a question which I cannot answer , as 1 know nothing ot' it . Vincent . —Why , the Secretary of Stata , when applied to , said , a * the warrant was by the magistrates of Newport , he could not interfere , and I therefore thought that your orders were urgent upon the matter . r The Mayor . —Certainly not ; I ga \ e no such orders . Vincent —Well , Sir , I wish to Lave iv legal adviser . iheMAYeK . —If you will name anyone ht » shall be mixt for . Viucent . —I am a stranger , and know no one . rhen alter some time , he said , " Well , I suppose we had better go on . " The depositions of Mr . Williams having been read over , his examination was resumed .
By the CouriT . —Dickenson , Townsend , and Edwards were present , and took an active part at most of the nuttings , if not all . I believe these meediigs to be alarming by the numbers , the time , tbe excitement , and by tUe language addressed to them . Vincent . —I do not see that this witness at all affects me , and 1 therefore shall not put any questions to him . I wish to sea the informations » and to know under what statute I am brought here ? At this period the street outside was in a state of complete riot , in consequence of whic % the Mayor proceeded dewn stairs , and addressed the mob , concluding by reading the Riot Act . Upon his return , tbe deposition of , Mr . T . Phillpotts having been read over to Vincent , that gentleman was crt , « s -examined by Via : enl : —
The meeting waa held on the 19 th of April I believe you tol > e the person who spoke , and now ] hear your voice , 1 am confident that you were the person , and 1 will swear to you . It was you who spoke about a rising of the people . I think there were about owe thousand persons pressnt at the meeting . . Mr . Henry Par | ry , surgeon .-On the evening of Friday , the l < Hh ot April , I was standing in Hurh street , when a mob of 100 persons or more , headed by Townsend , Edwards , ana Dickenson , proceeded StoniU 1 them
up w-. atterwar ^ saw return , at about dusk , greatly increased in numbers . A great number of them were marching Kve or six abreast , and had bludgeons . I then went to the meeting and saw all the four prisoners there . Dicke usou proposed that lownsend should take the chair , which he did , and addressed the meeting . Vincent then spoke His speech was calculated to make the working classes discontented with tht ? ir lot , and disaffected towards the Government . He told them that they were robbed of a great portion of their earnings by tie aristocracy and the Government ; that ths working classes were not represented , and tto loin ? at id
they n ; no voice in the election of the members of the Legislature , they were not bound by the laws He said , if their rights were not granted , they must make a general movemejit , and roll to aud iro like the waves . There might have been about 1 600 present at the meeting . The people appeared in . a very excited state . In my judgment , Jroin the language addressed to them , and the procession through the streets , the meeting wa * calculated to cause alurm and terror to the inhabitants , and I found from communicating with other persons , that thev were alarmed and terrified . The proceedings of the evening were calculated to endanger the public peace . Ihe objects of the speakers appeared to be to occasion fears and jealousies among the people 1 he whole of the prisoners were present at ifit-st of these meetings , taking an active nart . Vi ^ . n 1
informedthe people tlvat he had addressed large multitudes at other places oh the same subject , and that the people in other places were prepared to join them for the same object , vnd that they were determmed to have their righto . He then aVked them to aay it they were alike determined , upon which they cried out " Yes , " and held up their hands and cheered . Iu my judgment the appearance of the to » m upon the Bight of the 19 cu was most alarming . Edward Cairns sworn . —I know the prisoner Mr-William Anselm Townsend , jun . Ho has been in the habit of attending Chartist meetings , and has told me that he is a Chartist . I remember the meeting held at Pentonville about a fortnight Ren
About t&at time my father bad a conversation with Tovrnsend , in oiy presence , about the Charrj ^ wheu Tewnsend said , that they ( the Chartists ) could pull down the houses of their opponents in a few hours it they thought proper . J . W . N . Keys objected to be sworn , but being told that unless he took the oath he would be committed , he was sworn . He said—I have attended the Chartist meetings held in this town . I remember two meetings held in succession on the 18 th and J 9 th of April . Vitcent addressed the meetings . On the 18 th he used language to this efiect : —*• When the time is arrived for the Chartists to rise , such a blow will be struck £ . , ? S « nd . M « tw . nty . four hours will decide its fate the "
. " ; Oa 19 th he said « Ut y ^ ur cry W " To your tents Oh Israel , ' and then , with one voice , one fieart , and one blow , perish the privileged orders !—deatk to the aristocracy !—up wiih the people and government they have established . " These words were written down the same evening from my dictation . Subsequently to that meeting there was a caution prmted at our office signed by the Magistra te * . I aOw produce tbe manuscript of it a large number of copies were printed and posted ' and delivered to the shops . The handbill was then read . I subsequently heard Vincent at a meeting allude to this caution ; he challenged the Magistrates to adopt proceeding * . He said , if they did not , he would and did proclaim them as-liar * ana knaves .
The Mayor . —Mr . Vincent , the case is now closed , and we are prepared to hear any observations that you ma £ address to us . Vincent . —I have no remarks to make , a « I do not consider the evidence to bear at all upon me . - ? £ ? T * » " $ 4 * - M > -. Mayor , I fee * leave to say that there u nothing m tbe evidence to prov ^ that I ever attempted to urge on tbe people to any violence ; on the contrary , I have ever wished to be peaceable and orderly . Many gentlemen in this room can bear testimony to that , and you , yourself , bir , once complimented mo at a public meeting for my moderation and food conduct ; but I consider that I have been unjustifiably dragged h-re . I am an old man , and have a wire and daughter in delicate health indeed , I am not well myself I dout say this to excite your sympathy . J have , perhaps , stepped out of my way to advocate public liberty . I have always done so ; . and though you m ^ y now tnuropU—if you call it a triumph-yet this
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,- ¦ w * Jl |? y > -X ? hllve scathed the feeling * sad tke home of as amiable a' wife and as dutiful daughter a 8 J » nyqf ypui , owu . Edwards and Townsend declined sayirg arv / thing , and the magistrates having consulted , committed the whole four j / risonew on the charge contained ia the warrant at the commencement of this report to t ;» k « tbeir _ trial at the next KBsfzes . ' The pr isoner * wore then conveyed in chaises to the county gaol at Monmouth . . The populace were very riotous all tbe dny , and frequentl y attacked the constables . Mr . Frost al «> addressed the populp . ee ia a * very inflammatory speech ; when , however , the mob found ttat tbeir ringleaders were gone to Monmouth gaul , they separated , and tranquillity was gradually restored .
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TO THE EDITOR . OF THE TIMES . Sir , —An I find the whole country has been thrown into a state of complete pertnrbntion in consequence of the exciting plans adopted by her Majesty's Ministt-rs in these parts , I take the liberty ( as I have been iu this neighbourhood during tbe while , and knowing your anxiety always to furnish your readers with the truth ) * o tell you what actually ? aa occurred . Persons at a distance , it would appear , believe that the disturbances which have taken place at Ashton were caused by the people , and were quelled by the Magistrates and the military . Now , Sir , tbe truth is , and I appeal to Colonel Wemyss , the commanding officer of this district , when I assert that
the Magistrates caused the row , aad the anti-Poor Law leaders of the people quelled it . You must know , Sir , that the Government have been employing spies in this district for some time past , who have made themselves v * ry busy in persuading tbe people that a revolution would take place throughout England on the 6 th of May : this report was also spread with great avidity by the hangers-on of the Ministry of different grade ? , so much so that the spies conceived that they bad laid a foundution sufficient in the public mind to warrant the apprehension of certain youths who had been foolish enough to train themselves for the expected Ministerial revolution . On Saturday , I walked over from tkis place to Ashton-undeT-Lyne , when I arrived at the
newsvender s , ( where I had gone for the purpose of PHrchasing a few newspapers ) I was informed for the first time , thH the Soldiers Were coming to Ashton . 1 naturally inquired what for , and 1 soon found that the magistrates had canned to be apprehended four boy ? , who had been training without atmi the Sunday before , and that two of the justices had riddeuoffto Manchester ia a great fright , for cavalry , artillery , and infantry . I had come through the principal streets , on my way to the bookailler ' s shop , and I bad seen nothing more than usual in the appearance of the town ; but after hearing thi ? , I expected that there would soon be a large concourse of people ; but I had that contidenc 3 in the character of the inhabitants of this districtthat 1
, apprehended Ro dwiger whatever , feeling assured that neither the spies nor the magistrates would have it in their power to produce a collision between the soldiers aud tbe people . When I speak of magistrates , Sir , you must not suppose that I allude to a well-educated class of gentlemen , such as were formerly known by that name , but a set of ignorant , self-conceited , inflated men , whose only talent is the possession of gold , and who are only known by the people as their oppressors and extortioners—a set of men who have , all of them , lately been placed upon the commission for the sole purpose of enabling Ministers to carry out the New Poor Law in this district , in defiance of the united voice of the people . I assure you . Sir . that I write
nothing but what is ' tratb , and I again appeal to Colonel Wemyss whether he ever sat in consultation with such a set of ignoramuses as tbe Ashton magistrates , and whether he did not find more intelligence in one Ashton operative than the whole bencb put together ? 1 had not been long in Ashton before I was called upon by a few operatives , who informed me that the magistrates had held a secret examination of the four boys whom they had committed to Kirkdale , and were about to send them off immediately ; that the people were collecting in great numbers ; that certain spies were exciting them to turbulence , and that the mngistrates were expecting a strong military force to sabre and bullet the people . They asked roe what was to be done .
I advised them immediately to go amongst the peop le and persuade them to go home , and find bail tor the prisoner !) . They did so , and in a few minutes the people quietly dispersed . Bail was given and the prisoners liberated . This , Sir , I do assure you , is a faithful account of the mighty disturbance that took pUce at Asaton last Saturday . After a-while , 25 Dragoons , including officers , arrived in the Market-place ; tbeir arrival , as a matter of course , caused again a few people to congregate together . The soldiers had beeu told that Ashton was on fire , and tliat the people were destroying all before them ; they coma into the town at a sharp trot , and seemed evidently surprised when they got into tb » Market-place , that tbe only foe against whom they bad to contend whs a sharp slower of rain ; they stood the pelting of the storm like hrav *
men , but did not draw a single sabre . The people nocked round them , admired the men , their accoutrements , and their horses , and each party seemed tosay , "Hail , good lellows well met / ' disappointment was pictured in no faces , save those of the spies and the magistrates . The Dragoons remained in the Marketplace about a quarter of au hour , and were then ordered back to Manchester , not a little vexed that they had once more had a wild goose chase after the New Poor Law . On tbeir way to Mnnche * 1 er they met a strong detachment of cavalry and some artillery , whom they caused to retnrn to their barracks . And now , &ir , I would ask :-eriously how long is this nation to be thus governed ? How long is the bravest army in the world to be thus degraded ? How long are a loyal and industrious people to ba thus insulted ?
I cannot conclude this letter without contrasting the conduct ot tbe Magistrates of this district with that ot the commanding officer ; lenity and kindness might naturally b » expected from the former , austerity and severity from the latter . The truth however is , the magistrates treat the people as though they were sluves or dogs , whilst Celonel Wemys ? , after he had withdrawn his troops remained amongst the people , and , in the most kind and conciliatory manner , addressed them , as though they were his friends : he proved himself to be a gentleman as well as a brave soldier . He spokn to them on the subject of the New Poor Law nnd other measures , and answered their questions m the true saint of friendliness . Let the tbllowine conversation between Colonel Weymss and William Auken , a young man and an Asliton operative , which actually occurred in the Market-place , at the very moment when Ministers supposed that the rjeooi Asntoaud
ple n the troops were in bloody collision , be read to the credit of the gallant Colonel and the honest intelligent Asbton operative — William Aitkin—Now Sir , don't you think it is high time for an alteration in the government of this country when our merchants are bordering on Bankruptcy : our manufacturers do not know-how to manage tbeir affairs , they are so awkwardly snuated as to be compelled to work four days a-week , » nd the great balk of the peeple are in starvation and rags ? Colonel Wemyss . —The reason is in consequence of over production j lately , if a man had £ J 00 he could borrow £ 600 oat of those confounded banks , and by speculatingin that way has raised up all those tall chimneys you see in Ashton . For instance if a man commences sailing bread aad butter , Ac , and he makes a comfortable livelihood by it , another commences , perhaps three or four , thus they tret toc
oversnea , ana they all have to starve ; so it is with the manufacturers ; and I would advise yon ne w-ii ^ alt ? m , t 0 fetyour rights by brute force . William Auken—The people of Ashton -have ' desire to injure the property or take the lives of any man living ; all timt they want is , a fair day ' s wages lor a fair day ' s work , and that we will have , so help us God . ( The most tremendous cheers followed the latter part o ! this sentence . ) Colonel WemTiU—That is very fair . William Aitken—The cotton masters of this neighbourhood are a bloodthirst y set of monstersexcuse that harsh phrase , but they really deserve it , and should a case relating to an operative go before the Magistrates of Ashton , the operative ' ^ s ure to lose it if he is in the right , and we want to have the laws of our country administered with impartiality . Colonel ! do not
Wemys- —I think the cotton masters are as bad as you say they are . William Aitken—If ever you come under their iron grasp the same as I have beeu , you will then believe it . Colonel Wemyss—There is more liberty in Lngland than in any country I have ever been in yet . William Aitken—Liberty ! The people of England have liberty to be worked to death in a cotton mill and when they get so that they cannot perform the work required , to bo starved to death in a Poor Law Bastile . ( Great cheering , and " True " )¦ William Aitken—If the Governmentoi this country would introduce any measure calculated to ameliorate the sufferings of the great bulk of the peo pl ^ ey would be satufied , bnt so long as every measure they 3 ' ftS t r 5 S ?* - * « * - ' ~' S »* 3 wjWJB ^ SS Jttai ! " theM - William Aitken-The present Government have suspended the constitution of Canada , and now tb ^ v ouT ± a Bm to SuspeBd aS&iXSS
Colonel Wemyss—What have we to do with the blacks ? I care nothing about them ; it £ only 83 Ot u % r ay H i ^ , ^ y emancipated them . " H liJiam Aitken—I care fcr the blacks , and every lmmau being whether black or white , and , as fS a * emancipation is concerned , they have given ^ Jm leave to get somfitling to-eat ' for Wd fig i £ ESSyfoSS ^ thBt < Loud l ^ er , in * U
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Coldiid Wemyss—The tLings I Lsve seen to- dsy will : neverr . dayott . any good fnaeaniiig tfctee pikes ; , and'I would advise you fo be quie ? . WilJiarJj' iitfeen— -The teasninho pfople of this neighbourhood nave "' -ftt ' rafollcdLthemselves- with weapocs of deface i ? , bycap ^ e they think the Government of t > . » country intends to establish a military reign of despotism . Colonel Wemyss— This is the very way to caafis ' -it . * - * "' - ''¦ ¦?'¦ - ""¦ . ¦ ' ?'"¦ 'I . \ ¦' . '¦ ¦ :.:. ¦/ ¦¦ ¦ Willi-,. m Aitken—My opinion , Sir , i ? , that tbe Government cannot put down the united voices and determination of the people cf Great Britain . ( Great cheering followed tue . end ' . of thin sentence . ) Colonel Wemyss—Well ., ytung man , if you will pat up . fora member of Parliament , I will vote for you . ¦ . . - ¦ ' ¦
After shaking hands with ¦' WilEem Aitken ,, tbe Colonel ; with his orderly man , left A eh ton . amidst the most enthusriastie cheers of the people , which be acknowledged in the most courteous and smilinz manner . ¦ It . would have done your heart good , Sir , to harewitnewsed the parting scene between the veteran * Colonel and the loyal aud industrious Ashtonians . They have been much reviled of late by the ministerial press . Colonel YVemyss was much pleased , and when tht y parted he said he should not socn forget them . There was no h « art gad in Ashton that day , but the growling and contemptible skilly magixtratts , the Government spies , and a few disappointed cotton lords , who bad hoped that day to have disposed of the surplus population by the sabres and bullets of the military , instead of tke more circuitous route of gas , skilly , and starvation .
Colonel Wemysa has . happily taught these gentry how to conduct themselves towards Uie work-people . It is hoped that they will learn from their superiors , and no longer dare to treat men more loyal and intelligent than themselves as though they were slaves or degs . If remorse can evt r find room in the hearts of tyrants , it is now enthroned in tbeirs / and ih the hearts of their masters—the " base , brutal , and bloody" Ministers . Yoh will , 1 am jure , excuse me entering so much into detail ; it is but fair that the much-abased people « f Ashton should for once have justice done to them in the Lendon press . Let their enemies say what they may of them , I know them from long experience to De an indnstriot ^ prudentVaiid moral people , too proud , thank God , to be trampled upon by the ecum of the neighbourhood , although it maj be conjinissioned by the Queen , and too wise to be entrapped by a shabby" plotting Government .
1 have the honour to remain , Sir , Your obliged servant . Richard Oa . stleb . Fairfield , near Manchester , May 7 . P . S . Be it remembered that these Asttonians are the Stcpaenitei who are always represented aa a set of blood-thirsty monsters .
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THE . PERSECUTED LONDON BOOKBINDERS . TO THE EDITORS OF THB NORTHERN STAB . Gbntlemen , —Your valuable Paper being the true advocate of freedom , and the determiaed enemy of tyranny and oppression , in whatever shape or under whatever form it may appear , you will , I doubt not , give insertion to the following plarn statement of the unjust persecution and grievous sufferings of the London bookbinders , who are now so nobly struggling for the universal rights of labour against a combination of greedy capitalists and avaricious moneymorgers : —Two hundred and fifty of these honest and brave men" ( the bookbinders of
London ) were , eighteen weeks' since , turned out of their employment , for daring to beliDg to a Trade-Society . The employers who discharged these men , being themselves members of an Association of Masters , wbich Association employs an attorney far their secretary , and whose only end and aim itwould appear / is the complete annihilation of the fewremaining privileges of those hard-working men , by the sweat of whose brows they have amassed that wealth they are now employing to rob them of their rights and liberty , and their wives and families of bread :
After having discharged them from their employment , they began to persecute them , and being unable to trump up any charge even of the slightest nature against their personal demeanour , they indicted sixteen of them under the Combination Act , for what the law calls conspiracy , which , in . plain terms , means conspiring to belong to a Trade-Society . They have traversed the trial frora one court to another , and it is now appointed to come on at the Court of Queen ' s 'Beach . Since tbe time of their indictment one of tbe sixteen men has died , and th . » malignant spirit of the Association has bfeeD exercising , its tyranny by issuing , warranta against other bookbinders , for intimidation , ' assault , &c . ;
but in . no one instance have they been able to makeout a case . The bookbinders still continue to re «* fr their tyranny , and have been very ably assisted by many Trade Societies inmost of fhe cities and towns in the- kingdom . Tbeir attempted . suppression baa been well agitated , and it is new beginning to be well understood : their oppressors , tbe monopolising , money-mongers , are astounded at the perseverance = with which they maintain their ground , and it is ths duty of every workiag man tt > watch well the issue of this contest , inasmuch as it involves a principle which will ultimately affect every mas who belongs to a Trade Society . It needs but little cunniDg , to perceive that this is one of the last expiring stabs , at the existence « f Trade Societies , by a clif / ue of that odious faction whs have so long been moving
heaven and earth to accomplish that villanous project . After laving suffered a shameful arid well , merite'd . defeat in the Committee of the House oft Commons , they have now , in the rancour and agonyof their disappointed intentions , fastened their poisonous tusks upon the London bookbinders . And shall not the working men of this kingdom lend a hand to shake them off ? Duty answers yes . Shall the persecuted bookbinders be suffered to meat the fate of the Dorchester Labourers arid the Glasgow Cotton Spinners , who have already been made the victims of base monopolists ? Humanity answers no . It is , therefore , the boundea duty of working men to lend them every possible aid , in order that a death-blow may be given to the combined enemies of Trade Societies .
Sincerely hoping that these sentiments may meet with a response in the breasts of thousands of your readers , I remain , Gentlemen , Yours , in trae sincerity , An Enemy to Oppression .-Manchester , May 12 th , 1839 .
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TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Gentlemen ,- —Having read in your paper of Saturday last , a letter of vindication of conduct from Thomas Wheatley , keeper of the Odd Fellows ' Hall , I was jnuch surpr ised that he couid be possessed of the consummate effrontery to stand forth and make such statements of innocent rtctitod ^ in the face of the . people of Barnsley , knowing as hu did , that the whole of them were a tissue oi falsehood , and a , perversion of stated facts . Having presented myself to him as the correspondent of the Star , he refused me admittance , upon which I r « - turned to the body of the Hall , but q pon seeing the correspondent of the Leeds Merruru in tne
irallery , I went to him again , and told him I had as much right to be admitted as that individual , Veing correspondent for the Star ; he then placed himself in the attitude of resistance . " When in that position Mr . Crabtree presented himself , he also was denied admission ( although he admits in bis letter that he thought he was the corre ? pondeRt . ) ai . d had to return to the body of the Hall and ask the Lecturer if there were admission for reporter *; the Lecturer said there was . I again was refused , upon which I told him I would lay 'bin- . conduce betore a discerning public , who were sure to look with contempt upon such , treatment . He a . ked ins was tUt my pritciple . He then gave , up his po-itioq to Mr . Cornelly , constable , who admitteu me without hesitation whea I stated my bus . ness . So much for Wheatley ' s veracity . He is very much
consoled by his . deafness , and also by that of his inends m not hearing the groans . I wish bim much joy of it , and think he would be as well dumb at the same meeting , and do bis duty aa a disinterested man ; , for , at the meeting previous , tuoueh he was . guaranteed . by one pf the anti-corn-faw gentlemen in . the price of the room , asd though tne meeting was called early , and people disappointed of their work , aad the frienda of jeform ' ready to address them , he then wanted to di .-scHe it , and would have done so were it not for Mr ? Parker who again guaranteed tbe expenses . " Grdaninc i * not pleasant to his deaf ears ; but there are hundreds'to testify that he received tbem . I po » - takemy leave of Mr . Wheatley , and h' . pe be will not turn aristocrat until the welts of the pickinR sti . fc are effaced from hid hands , for I shall take no lurther notice of him . ' ,: I am , Sir , your obedient servant , Peteu Hoes . Barnsley , May 7 , 1839 .
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EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF VIXCENT , EDWARDS , TOWNSEND . AND DICKENSON , THE CHARTIST LEADERS , FOR CONSPIRACY AND SEDITION . { From tlie Tory Times . \ It being intended that Mr . Vincent , who had been apprehended in I ^ onuon , » bonld undergo an examination before the magistrates at Newport this day , our reporter proceeded there in the steamp acket frota Bristol , on board of which were Edwards and Baker , an-1 one of the most violent of the Chanwt rinRl « a < Jer » . This fellow had a lot of seditious pamphlet * , which he was sailing , and harangued the deck passengers upon their being robbed of their right * , and the necessity of th * ir obtaining them by ferce . as it was useless to petition . Upon arriving ia the Newport riverit became
en-, dent that the town was ia a state of alarming excitement , not a single person being at work at either of the coal or iron stagesj the shops being shut , and the people collected here and there io knots of from twenty to fifty . Upon arriving at the landing place , there was a large multitude collected , why loudl y cheered Edward * , and proceeded to condnct him in triumph through the town , the most anxious inquiries being made as to where Vincent was , who had evidently been expected to arrive by the packet . On entering the town , we found it in a state of complete riot , multitudes of people being assembled in the streets , a body of several hundred special constabli 8 protecting the KlDg 8 Head Hotel , where the magistrates were
sitting ; all th * slops being closed , and the detachment of the 29 th Regiment of Fcot under arms at the Mestgate . This state of alarm and terrorism , we were informed , had existed evor since the Kews of Vincent ' s apprehension in London , busine ? 8 having been completely stopped , no coal being sent down from the hills , and the peaceable inhabitants being put in a stateof great al&iro , a rumour having been cirenlated that fhe collier * would come down and rescue Vincent The Mayor , Mr . Thomas Phillips jnn ., with the other magistrates and Mr . Thomas Jones Phillips cletk to the justices , in the most praiseworthy manner adopted evt ry precaution for the preservation of the peace . Edwaids and the mob , who were
escorting mm , Having arrived in High-street , he was apprehended by Hopkins , tbe superintendent of the police , and othtr ofiicer * , and conveyed before the magistrate .. An attack was here made upon the constables , and the mob attempted to rescue Edwards . 1 he attempt , however , failed , and the constables succeeded in securing their prisoner , who was then placed at the bar , together with n Uham Anselm Townsend , a wine merchant , and John Dickennon , a pork butcher , formerly a draper at Manchest er , who had been apprehended ih tbe course ef the morning upon a charge of holding illegal ., meetings , and conspiring together to incite persons to discontent and dissatisfaction with the Government , and to disobedience to the laws . Tbe Magistrates present were the Wor ^ biDfnl the
Mayor , Mr . C . Lee , the High Sheriff , Colonel Sir Digby Mackwortb , Bart . ; Mr . R . J . Blewitt , M . P . Mr . Vr . Brewer , Mr . W . Phillipps , Mr . O . Morgan Mr . F . H . Williams , Mr . J . Jenkins , Mr . J . Homfray , and the Rev . J . Coles . The Mayor then informed the prisoners that they were xn custody on a warrant chargiug them with having , on the 19 th of April last , and at divers other times , within the borough of Newport , unlawfully met together and caused , and aided and assisted in causing divers subjects of our Lady the Queen to a great number , that is to say , to tbe number of 500 persons or more , unlawfully to meet together for th « ef
purpose disturbing the peace of our said Lady the Queen , and for the purpose of exciting discontent and disaffection , and for the purpose of excitine the subjects of our Lady the Queen to hatred of the Government and Confutation , and did then and there in a riotous and tumultuous manner continue together for a lone space of time , hi breach of tbe peace of our said Lady the Queen * aud to the terror and alarm of many of ber Majesty ' s subjects then residing within tbe said borough-Mr . T . J . Phillpott »! , an attorney , was then sworn , and deposed to baring on the 19 tu seen the crowd proceeding up High-street ; th ^ prisoner Edwards was ia jhe crowd ; be held vpaeti ; k , which was
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 18, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1057/page/3/
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