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^ JH&tJ&TJUr BRO WN AKI > , iAJskALl AT ~ ~ BIRMINGHAM . Evidence of He Rwfiatt and Scoundrel Metnpetxtan IFrr friea , * pom . vJuck-tbcy were coetmstterf ,. vuat ike Judgment tbe S i pieai Magittratt * . "We kavedsewhere giren tie <» ry true acccwt of 1 be praeeedi&gs is &e above -ease , Vat . we c&nEot trust anneWea with » ca consent * aa ? tbe conduct « f tfc * jlagisfrates merits , k * t w * sfeouM bli into
aaaiker J * w-pot ; nogentknaifc wowU be seen at a boE-bait witk nek MJowa ,, tf « d * net ao » u * 'btaae the nfbrtanate mOdLts wbe ^ xr « tbeir « rridenee , jib we & > those wta > anrtfta THcn viDany by aetx ^ «»•» & Indeei , we S « rgW ^ "hired rufnans , 3 Md s- « rWii tpabigy farv&tai , caa only say , "G * daces facrant taBa > quid " non nuHtes faeient . " " "When die general * 3 b rocatiings , wbmt will not &e soldiers do ? " We shoala strongly recommend
taeir Worships ta . gp . tD a Sunday S&ool for tie sect quite ? , 'Bid tiiere n barn tie taeaniag-of the mi bail and the rules > of evidence * "We are sorry «• lean * Oat ' som * of thr weU-disposed of the » rdoV « ha * ejiasiftct their ¦ pttjeTty learned in yarofr t » tke s » o « a * . « f £ fty" p < ± eest . by tbe conduct of tberr w » sea # esna is kKefie brief xB&ority . Taw articfe laMttebe . 8 fe 3 er& 9 od as reflecting upon tifcdr 'Bgi « a ^ btiae | 8 e » , otherwise tkaa at a doubt rff Ifeeir aHixty aa £ pavers af discriminatiwn between irdt sad ftJMiiinnfl , wMea we "by no means suppose to W wiThmh ' ii'iiTiHi ii ' iiii' for Justices , bet rather
thtriw , racier the present system . "W e ire infctimi that a disciple df the celebrated Ifrs . Gla » , ¦ wko lias written , so we § upon tie art of eodkery , is bow engaged is & . small work entitled , "A "Key to "Wisdom , " and dedicated to the BJnnrDgbasD "M agistrates , "We extract the following -seTrteneej to-sbow tke dwe affinity between disking a TaJrical and a aH , la ayteAbig ^ eotmrtks * , tbe -astaoress wafa ^ - ^ nftBr tTeJk * yocr Tietim . " Tint ja <* l l feat ii »«^ e | di ed -b ewBTiet ti » e > iclHB . Bmnr - ** Tifyuat wiiImHiii , " " Tapes-wiHxftiaage , " and - » BWM * AebBttB-fnalI . BartJe » .
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JXREST OF BEIiJGATES . ( f r «» 6 ke Swu ) - Sndo ^ haEa , Friday Monsig , U-o'clock . Browa sod FqexQ were arvsted ^ at t »» -o ' clrdc ~ f&M ~ XtmTa& ( Wthe BamiugliaBB poficg . 1 uader > ataBdaffidcntv to »\ e beea atade before Ibe Aiagi * trato « thai the . above pamea * bad made n « of ia-• Bwn—ilwjj bajtiage tea ^ icg to taccitEbCT AJakrtj'g liefe s ^ jeca tfta bxe * dr « f the peace . " Both snrrendeiedLwiftoat oppockion . Thianepiias thrown the beon « & iato the greatest ^ xaimeat , bat the lte » btr » ot th » CocremioB , nmci to * d > eir credit acre exerting thanselTeii to t&e ctmoatto prerent set
As ^ sooa . as Ihe f * cf of tbearrprt became" tnxrrn . p eopfe VjsB to crowd mead tbe prbiie cSee ki Jsoor-abgf ct . « d 3 hy ten o '^ ioekfikereodcld aotirw teea lew litan 609 or ?< M > persons t »« nble < L At sine o * eiock in tke z&onmig Dr . Taylor net the pecpfein tbeBoll-rag , aad Hapioied th « m « ot to lwcrt to wleace , boi to lewve ercrvtong to the discretion aad dfliberation of the ^ onTennon . The ioSowicjhaBdbill was distributed tsneng the crowd , and had bees posted rootfd tke town : —
•' CHARTIST ARRESTS ! CONSPIRACY BY THE POLICE . u Men of Birndnf hamy—An attempt has be » siade , "b y in afre «{ of cue oTyoor delegatw , and threats e ^ amstthe-e&ers , toicnue yon into a partial ocdieak ! Be cairn aad steady . Trust to tfee Ccnventics anddiawpoiot the malice of yoor esesue * AH-tke Leadoa-Ciarristf are akeadT liberated , and roe hare nothing to fear for yonr friends , Brown xnd fitrf . ifjog So notinjare tLe caase by a . fmanafitre cstbreak . As soon a * -the charge against ftem is known , j ; n will be adri » ed how te act , -and in the BJeastnne A ? y * A < rf ? be protected"Fiidaj , 16 A May , 1 S 39 . "
Tbere w » s an iKimecse ron ^ regauon . -af persons m I- « wTE 3 ice-strert , -wkere tbe ConTenooa fit , acd Mr . O'Brien was loudJj cheerea by the populace od appreachiEg the Chapel . It ieocdmtood tfcatBrowc * nd Fn » ell willaB ^ erg * an eramHiation before the agwrates d » dry , and will be liberated oe £ XB »§ haii &r p » d conduct for the furor * Sboold thej not do eo they will be sent to Warwick gaoL At tie sitczg of tbe C « veati © n tai * ¦ omiDg , a
¦ leatenger atEocnced th » t tbe moltitode » Mooratreet was increashig SrlghtfoUr , and « fr * t at Seared an attespt wenM be made v » liberate the yriaoQers . Be was desired to inform the people that the ConTertion uould adopt erery taexes to jroccre ^ ieir liberty , and to beg of then to diajeree . In the conrse of the niAt , all tbe Cbebea pencoDea were swora in special cecstahkA ^ who , togrther with the pohce , were kept in jhe Barraekjard ready for acnen , if aecessary .
rX 1 XlJtAXIOJt OF B * OW 3 T A . TB MTSBXIA . _ This niornnig ccnaderable exdtement was cansed-3 n all qnarlersi of the town . Vt a repert tf » t John Fosseira £ d Edward Brows , two of tieBirmiBghaHJ Bekfates to 4 e Na ^» al C < mwntk » , had l > ees nested dnrinf tie nifnt , aad at an early hocr tke atreeta in She immediate Tjcimty of the Poikc-cfioce wwecjow ^ ed by aa imnesw nonber of peso ^ s auxioas to know the drcumstaooea connected with thetr Errest . and the remit of their "fTnfparinp It was at first rumoured that rt « p prisoners , immediately on their arrest , had beta sent off nnd « an escort of soldier * , ts Warwick Gaol , but inch appeared not to have been ibrcsafe ¦¦
At ten o ' clock the following magistrates made th * ir appearance oa the bench of the Pnblk Office . TheMiTor , J . T . Lawreree , E ? q- John Booth , * 1 J ) ^ W . CIuew , Em , Thoaaas Boltcn , E * q ^ Tbtanas Beflbr . Esq ^ , Themai and Franci Clark , £$ Qrau and Jos . Walker , Eaq . r . O'Cacsor . £ sq ^ aoon after « n « e « d the Court , which was filled by a considerable number of the respectable inhabitants of the towa . Brows aad Fi ^ sell Ttre then placed at the bar . charged with h * nsg assembled , is a tmzroltBeus mannfT , large nsmberi of the people , and nttering irrirrf-marory langnagf , with a iie « to excite the violence of their hearers , te the great danger and iaconTcnkace of % e ?^ Majesty ' s peaceable snbjecta , « nd against th * peace of ow Sorei « gn Lady the
Mr . O'Cosbst « a , Oat he appeared as cocnseJ ix the prisoners , and reqaested that the Magistrates would order the warrant , bv which thev lad been apprehended , to b « read " o » er . if rach wa # not contrary to tie practice of the Coart ? Mr . Gen , ost of dutMapatoates' Cietk * , informed Mr . O'Casnor that it was not the practice of the Cetvt . Mr . WHfiaa Charles Chapmaa , pradpal cofectar of taxes for the Birmingham district , was sworn and examined by Mr . Gem . Be said thai on the Slat of March last , he was in the BnU-ring , Bir-Bungham—th « re was a meetJB * tiere in the ecenicf which wa < attended by proSaL % tbeei SS » persosi Hejaw tie prisoner Browa these addreaain * Ae euro .
Mr . Gem—Sate as nearly as poa&de fee wards fie made nse oL WitntM—I feel I am placed hoe a n&er a yaifatesitnarinn , andtheConrt will allow me to sar xn explanation—Mr . O Connor—I will not aBow j < m to §« into ¦^ ' ^^ aAtion . Go at once into yow evidence . Tie witsess said he had made note * of the oomtwtoons of the prisoner , which be wiAed to read a enaence . ^ Mr . O'Connor objected , and said the eoarw to iTV 0 haerideneemthe firttiastBaoes
S ^^ -J * " * ana reteeA hia memcrj , if he fooad it mrr < iimj «) Bi ins fix 'Bi i miwiii H ii - J 1 Witaets—I can only swear according to flat » lTOe « I naseznade . I went r * t * ttelteS-rin * »^ b « ened to what was said hr me pruoner ; ail wte » I reared from the meeting I went Lr « rf on consdering the exprpeaom o » d , laekaow . iedge ^ at u made an impression on my rmai of 2 ? A ^ iS ! P ? ^?^ Istept-Teyfitdp ^ Bt mght , tinnkag of what I had heard , and after
-. . » ¦ OCoMor—I abject to this eoorse . It i , •• V * a ceioonng to tke « iidence . ^^~ " " t . Gem—Well , whea yon went to the meet Monday , y <« heard the prkoner there say O-Conaor—Now I object to this eonrse ahol : we Ure no endence of any mattiM yet . £ 1 ^ Tlf ^^ P ~«« wr leadLg thawftied fe what u anfri known to thm ^ fft , ^^ VlSiiT ? " * °° Vir 8 " ^^ a 8 etin « ™ * i ^ 'if Se a &ctr * ' vu iu > t : ** ^ ' ° •* 1 *^? hBJih T ****** M » - Oap » a » to confiBe tattetfto iaeta , and t o tell kis own itory . ^ j ^^ fe ^ aDmaa ^ ei proceeded to « t % that haTinir Igg ^ e-mart er eter « ta « fePewWmqnm ^ h ! ^ a ttf an&onmdnB » , aaiw « 3 prepared » swear to ^ k « rtotrtk , escwt astoth . « £ ^« U ^ ba ^ *«« i "ft » * -fct »* lr . Thoa . Artw Oo 5 , « s 3 r < open the GownmfHt the o : "h * r Eirhito rtreagtheo the naty againK the power * of the C « n .
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tmenVan « ~ w wife TCce&ed wkk * enter * . " ; Ike ' next senteoce w % « thu , ** I « llnpon you mil to do « s I shall d ^—armjoorwlvps and be ready , and than yon wfll be prepared to aett yonr enemies , whether tbej come from France , or Germany , or Rofsia , or yonr own dcipestic tyrants . " The next eentence was tk » , **] d 6 n » t know how long yon Keaa to l > ear tfie tyrannj of the rich aristocrats , Hit IcairteD yon I mean to bear * t * ery ittle longer . T % e man that does eo&NSt to * o it , is a rank cdWard . Arm yocrsert ** , » nd be ready to resist yonr oVytetacn . Depend npon nothing brt tie Almifhly ^ Bof , aid yoar own right arms . Gentkmer , you know that tbe aristoovtB have leit job . scarcely «« JEf a to t « M > ort&al « re , while tey are wallowing in wealth wad bunny en their sofagacd rolling
, through the streets in theii carriages j and if a poor feggtr fcoks tip to tiem and «*!« for a , trffle , ft « y throw tbrttselreaback in tb « r carriagw , « nd treat him with disdain and ctmtpjopt . " Then , ctntmtied Mr . Ctn ^ Anatr , followed Ai « expresnoB . wWcfc tte prisoncrTepevted sererai thnes daring tke vetoing , "P-- ' i -scotarfreb— tbi ? y rely on ta « wieners for yitta ^ xt down , bat & * t won ' t—they -are taken troin ^ anoBg car own yanks , bnt if we are united what can they do : We hewonljto w » St almia ni , ' adt « cosld trample them \ mder onr ittC T % &s-waaidQowed bj an alladon to & $ ogginglat&y ^ wen to a = 5 oldier , in which the speik *? -attempted to worktipfte J ^ eltBge oQus hearers , « nd from the state ¦ oTfiieaoidiers'iee&igiigeneralBr , ^ re ) y cn ' -theirnon r ^ sstSEDce . " Tie-tnifonerthrnvweBt doto « y , " ^ The
VlDfi are pex f vr sconncVeis tbaa the aorieshypocrite ? who , Tn » e * er the ^ ret gn ce * of iibe « y . deny B » aB-oor rights . We will BetMnd ^ jdr Tigtrt * , and if oqr ar&tocratic tyrafttsdorset gratttseayve must seize its by-ftwee of artos . They are vi ^ Btiiig the 'CoesfirBtioB . e 7 * H 7 day—fljeya # e" * e < Beioi » of the ct'cxt ' try , aad ~ we most ana oorseiTes to resist them . They may hasgmenp at ib « lope ' s-end if they Kkr - — 5 am rea * % - to shed my biood for the « ke of pos-? eritr . Prepare yomselTW whk pikes atd nrrs \ eri ? . end eajone ^ s , and swords , aadhe readj ^ to fi ^ ht for yoer Bies-ard liberties , whether yonr -er « nne # are foreizn or ^ omestic tyrants 5 ? ead 'Taite ' s Rifhts of Man . ' I saycothnsf abontbiiffheok ^ ical works , butl agvee with erery word of what he rays inr hi « ' Rightrof Man / I itaod xrpon the rights of my
oreer . Me , the working-oi * M e * , will not submit to the tyranny of the aristocrats . " Fipgnent aUuacn , ob * erwd Mr . Chapman , was then made to the idea of " retribntiTe jusfice . " conTtyed m a . thieat to the enemies of the working classes ; but tie wois : ^ spresfios I beard wu -one eo 0 * e ; ing the idea of thei commentary t&Bstruggle by arm ? , as a ? acied fety , sneer eding m it , meeting "the Almighty at 'he dar-of Jndpcent , a » d reeefrior froa Him the fnQ » et approbation ia tke word so ? SoriptuiT , ** -well dose , thoo good and feithful servant , !> < tc There wa « afterwards another expression used by the prieaoer : —** Let the arislccracy mnke thtirlaws ; we , the working daises , will mske ours—we 'till do no wctx for them , and we w 21 take care th * T shall have
nothiBg to d 3 with coir rights . " Tbe wirnes ? tiec deposed that he was present in the BnU-ring en tie followirg erenisg , when he noted tbe following expression * madexi ? e of -by Brown : — " Mr cpirirn of physical force 1 hare often told tcb . It is this . f beBeve we shall ne ^ er jet onr ri tfct * without it . " Then there waj a pans ? : ~ I den ' t rcean to wsit ttuchlotger . " Then he wmt on : "My opinion of UniTersalSnfirage is , that we shall get it in tLree mcEihs , ihocgh wme itink it isiii be three or foci years ; trotif we get it in trree or fenr acrths it mnslbe by force , not persnasior . " Alother sen-. tence followed : —•* Tte fellcws in tie Hcu ? e of Ccminons will do aothing for ns if iLej ccn hejp k . "
Cro » -examined by Mr , O'Connor . —Are yob & reporter ? " ^" itners . —No . I aeTer was a reporter . Mr , O'Connor . —You did cot form » Ey cpraian of Ae words tsed nntil yoc went to bed ? Witness . —1 never aid » . Mr . O'Connor . —Yob did not think of them at the time they were used ? Witse * s . —Yes , 1 did . Mr . O'Connor . —Did yon write down yenr notes at die time * Witness . —I did not write tlem down then . I wrote them down next morale f . Mr . Chance . —Ii yon had not written thf m down yac conld not hare given a comet statem nt of the anfuafeTised . Mr . O'Connor . —Were yon in Birmirehim in 1 S 32 ? Witnes " . —I was . Mr . O'Connor . —Did yon erer attend sny of the pefitieal meetisri at that time ' :
Witness . —No ; I did not . This was the first poliricaljaeeting I erer attended . Mr . O'Connor . —St down , Sir ; yon are a child in politic ? . I may want ycu again . Mr . Robert Jenkins , Inspector of the London Police , th « i deposed as follows : —On Tnesiay . the 14 th of May . betwer-n seres ard eight o ' clock in the ETenire , I and Charles Frederick Field were at Hollow ay-head , near Birmingham , ¦* here there iru a large assemblage of persons , amounting to snen hundred ; the meeting was addressed by the prisoner Fussell and acother person not in custody . Jofca Fnssell said , ** A neeting * iB W held in theHor » e-Hiarket to-monow ( meaning Wednesday ) and he hoped , tike Contention would attend to give an account of themjehYs and th ^ Lr procrediEgs . As for
himself , if the aotboritif s or theCknunissifters of the Market reinsed to sHsw ikem , they wonld go the Bnll ^ ring or the Town-hall . He cared not for the anth ' orioe *; fee knew ftey could » ot hurt him ; he was only doing a . public dnty to the working men of Birmingham , and he would not flitch from it . They had paid for the Town-hall ; it was a pubic place ; it was their property , and they wotsld luTeit , © r any other pbwe they thocght proper , if it was re&sed , they wocli repel lorce by force . What did he care for maTors or magistrates , for their P'oclamarioBS , or th » military , their special cocsta-Dles or police ? Tcpt dtre not do anything—be wonld defy them . " Tnere wa ? irreat ch ' eerirg and kczzaicgby the person * assembled during tlie deli-Tery of this speech . Fussell sak , at the " end of his CTtfAr )) . lfV » t ** ft * tVia Prmt-antirrn ' ^ r- ^^ Vtck ^ ( n wa ^ v ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦*! mm hum icu ^ iv f 17
r ~ "" " ' ! m * " ^ ^ » n u * - * , th £ re again on the ibllowing night , they wocJd do »« , aad arranf ements weuld be made . " On the following nighLjlasd Field were at Holloway-head . There were seTeral hnndred-o of personi preheat . When we arrired , Fcp ? tll was addrwsiBg them . Fnssell said , "Aey wonld certainly meet ia the Hone-market to-morrow . He did not carefer the proclamations ; if they ( meaning the constaales ) laid hold of him , he wonld repel force by force . We find the Gorernment are arresting the members of the Contention one by one , and we are aaxioas tc hate others arppointed to fill their places : » nH if they were all arrp . * ted , a second CoartBtkvn would b * formed . '' Fassell then e&id to the perten * assembled , ~ Will yon stand by ns ? " and several hundred Toices exdanned , ' WewiH ! we mill !"' aad several
hxmdrtd persons shocted with a great noise . The prisoner Brown wa * present at me same meeting , and said , "Im glad to find thai a second Convention is to be formed , and that there is to be 8 meeting held in the market , where I wish it always had been . " He abe said , be should be prepared , and if the police , or any body struck him , j tie wou'd strike them . Won ' t you ?"—( addressing the person * assembled }—to which they replied , We will ! we will ! " and shouted , andmado a great noise . On Thursday ei-ening , the 16 th instant , I was ia the Smithfieid Market , where there were between COO and 700 persens assembled . Putseli addressed the meeting , and after reading from a paper called the Bh-minghaai Adtertizery { a copy of which I now produce , ) rhe whole of the article
headed ~> lanifrsto of the General Convention oi the Indostrious Classes , " th « 4 th article of which he read twice te- them , « aa 6 , ** prmde- yourselves and act as the manifesto states . " ile als « said , ther had a rigte to meet at Smitlrfield , and would do « o , let &e consequences he -what it ¦ si ghts The KDtherrrJeskDev wril tharthey could net interfere , and he would assure them tkat if tbe men of Birmingham were to unite , they need not care a i—a for their petty tyrants . He conjured them to protect the Convention , and il any of them , should be arrested , immediately to appoint others in their p laces . "' He farther said , there would be a meetlag at the same place on the Sallowing night . Brown was present , and said he ~ "denounced the threats which had ~ beec ~ field out to him . He said .
^ Suppose we are intafcred with , and tiae Riot Act be read , go away qaietly . " The people here called omt ^ « We will . see them d—d first" He said , "Stop— -let me finish my sentence—meet again the aext night , aad doa s come empty-haaded . Be pceparea—re forse iy force—we will soon teach thf m , and will be the is : to lead you , and the last to fea ? e you . " ~ Tku wae recerred by fa » assembly wztk great cheering . I tben left the meeting . Mr . O'Connor "regretted that -the prison en had beea jo nnoonteoBB » the * olbori ties , bat was glad to fiad that Brown had giren the people adrice to diapets © if the Riot Act was read . He . had no queeaoa * to put to Aewicoeas at present , as taete wtk Aotaongxn the evidence agauutruswll . "
Mr . Charlos Frederick field , another inspector or the Lonleo P » 5 ee , was aext « aaaoir « d . He deeded tb * t on die 14 th of May ke aocompatied Robert Jenkins to a meeting at Holiawaj . Head , wkere then wer » several hondreds of persons assembled . He heard ae account gitec that day Dffore the maguttEies , and it was correct , ^ e was al * o at the meetings on the . Wednesday and oa Tfanrsdar , and the accoott ghvn of such meeting * , aad of tie langnage used by t « e speakere , warcorrect He went with the Birmingham poHoe la-t night to apprehend ^ prisqoera . Pus » ell wa * foond in ted , and « rownthey ~ in * t in the street , hi the hocae where tney found Fuasell he found *? paaera asd letters , aonaraddrewed to Brown aad FaaeeU rand ^ tbers to du *^ UMm € D 8 B * ld 30 B » ^ - whkk ^
oovpn-Ht . p'Conaor hew said that he shoold cer ^ nlr tender information against La ierbnrxlarT , a » he had no warrant to search As house . Mr . Firld— Allow me to explain . I raid to Fc » - seJ , wLen 1 apprrhended him , tba ; 1 had to « eaich-
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warrant , but that if he aUo » ed me to search tke house I woold do so . FuMell replied , Ton may search every part of the house . " Mr . OConnci—Whtn did job sake out theet nctes ? . Jfxk'ri?—When I rettrned frcm the meeiisg . Mr . O'Cttnor ^ When did yen Telurn ? Jenkins—I don't know . Mr . O'Connor—But yoc must know , and tell me too . Jtnkim—I met Inspector Field . Mr . 0 "Cou » cr—When , and where ? Jenkins—At about ten o ' clock , at the
Townh » lL Mr . O'Connor— " \ on did not write them there ? Jenkict—No : we went after to a public hoVife . Mr . O'Connor—Well , ttat might be twelve . ¦ J enkins—It might . Mr . O'CcBDor—Tfc « i - \ xm . wrote ont yocr notes : Pcssell was chairman , th ' e meeting conoKnenced at seren , and -v « u wrote jonr notes five hoars alter ? Jenkins— -Yes . Mr . O'Concoi—3 > Jow , Sir , « pan yoar oath , coaH you repeat all the-evidence you hate just given the Magistrates ever « gain withfut notes ? Jenkins— Upon « ty -ouih . J coulditU . ( Grea
teag aQoe . . . Mr . O'Connor—What 1 _ You .-could not repoe * what you have stated within these ten minutes , sod yet yott swear to what yon nave written after a lapse ef five b * urs ? Jcnkice— -No ; net * o long after I left the » e <* t » f . Mr . O'Connor—Mx \ come , mo fencing wife'tne , not after you left the meeting , but after yoe beard tbe bsBgroge ? Conn—Is this to impeach the testimony- •! the witness ? Mr . OX ^ cnnor—^^ ' es , p rincipally ; and alao to prove to the Court the injustice of its decision as to tbe mode of accepting evidence . It is tbe -only cotrrse epen to me in suob a case ; for bow can ! cro ?« -exaniine a nan niththe chance of t&sking his tesnttouy , vhen he hfw ncthing to £ o but rfaa his evSdeiice over ag 2 in as an answer ? The court most ever look with suspicion on witnesses of this descri p tion , who appear as spies , and w « uld sweai enythiEg . Court—This is making a raeech .
Mr .-O'CossoR—It is not ; it w replying to an observation of tbe Court ; srd if 1 am noLto ^ o tc , I desire that the Court will not again interrupt me in Ttj -cross- exeminatiea . Mr . OConnof—You sit ear you coeld not repeat your evidence . JfokJDs—^^ 'es . Mr . O'Connci—What time has elapsed once you gave jour eridecce ? Jen £ ic ;—Not much . Mr . O'Conner —Show me this concoction of yours . Inspector Field—It is not a eeococtun . Mr . O'Connor—Well , digestion , ampliation . join :-rtcck evideEce , or what you please . Jt-okin ? to the Court—Am I to eiveii ?
Mr . O Ctnnc»—<> natching the paper)—Are you tegjteit ? la this the only historyjou have oi the afiair , or all you have written about it ? Jerkies—lEspector Field snd myself took separate nows , and made that decemf nt frcm them . Mr . OCcnuor—Show me the original notes . JmViEs—1 ba « Tj ' t got them . Mr . O'Ccxnor—Where are they : JenliES—We destrojed them . Mr . O'Connor—What ! then , nm I to understand that you could have esch sworn upon yrur own re-. ¦ poEribiUty . and that you preferred rehing upon ttL * joint-ntofkevideccf ? 1 « this your writog : J-Biic ;—( hesit :. ticg )—Ko , it is Inspector Field ' s . Mr . O'Connor—Ado you destxoyed your o » n nevtes , and are now t « earirg from Field ' s ? Go along down , Sir . ^ Mr . O'Ccnnor roared tfeis at the raff an . )
The Ucurt observed , that Mr . O'CccnoT was very overbearing to the witrjess . L ' pon which Mr . O'Connor observed , not half « o rsuch as the cross-examination of such a fellow warranted . The Court here inquired whether the prisoners wished to make any observation * . Mr . O'Connor—I strongly recommend the prisoners not to make any observations whatever , but : o leave so paltry a charge made before a Birmingham £ ei . ch of magistrates , and from so suspicious a qn a : ter . to the Court ; for 1 am q ^ uite sure , they wiil eee that they best preserve thnr own dignity by treating it liththax contempt which it deserves . Mr . Bray , solicitor , of the firm of Joe Parks , of London , and Bray , of Birmingham , then came forward and said , " that upon behalf of Fussell , he waj authorised to state that he had been indiscreet tfiB mam- occasions , and that it bad come to bis .
Br&v ' j « , kxidwledge . that be had frequentljr ^ fatBtnitte < i himself by the ose of violent lapgm ^ ei V nt if the magistrates would overlook this chjoxe , he would , in fats re , abstain from attendiM-Jublic meeticFs or taking any part in agitation ^ Mr . O'Connor—I don t understand tJ 3 s interference with my client ; it is calculated to ptejudice the court . ' ' Mr . Bray—I have been engaged'fbrTossen . Mr . O'Connor—Then , Sir , it appears that yon are engaged for the prisoner aad concerned for the presreutor . Y » o are damaging my client . The Court—We would rather hear that from Fsusell himself . Will he repeat it here ? Bray whispered to FcsselL , when he stated to the Court that he was under a misapprehension , or the Court misunderstood him ; what he meant toconvey was , that he would not again attend an illegal
meeting . Fussell manfully repudiated what Bray had asserted , ^ enving the whole of the evidence sworn to by the reffian spies , and only declaring that which any man might have honourably assented to , namely , that lie would not attend any meeting , knowing it to be illegal ; and when it is recollected , that an immediate dismissal frcm the dock , weald hue been the result of his acauiescence to the Bray apology , Futsell has proved himself a man of
spirit and of nervr , while poor Brown but panted for an opportunity of casting his just indignation upon hi « retcally prosecutors ; he likewise gave the lie direct to every word they swore ; but the Court believed , or rather effected to do so . Inspector Field wished to Ttad the letfe rs found in Brown ' s trunk , but Mr . O'Connor would not aliew him . During the absence of the magistrates , however , every letter of poor Brown was feanded about by this notorious ruffian , for the edification and amnsez ^ eat of those present .
The Magistrates retired , and after consul tine for about half an hour , returned , vhen the Mayor said The Magi « trat «» are of opinion , that in refeience to both prisoners the evidence is so strong and so clear as to leave ns doubt as to the use of rielent and inflammatory language , and that they should not be performing their duty , but falsifying the oaths they had taken ^ uen appointed te their office , if they did not send both the Lrisoners to trial—it was of course understood that the offence was a baQable one . They wished to make a distinction between die charges against the prisoners , as they were impressed with the conviction that the language used by Brown had been of a stronger and more violent nature than that used by Fcss- ^ fi . The prisoners , were then informed that they would be committed to the A&aizes , and , that the bail required would be for Brown , personal security for £ 400 , and two sureties in £ 200 each ; for Fnsaell , personal security in / S 00 , and two sureties in £ 100
Mr . O Con&or protested against tke excessive asount of sarety required , which , in fact , consider ing the station in me of the prisoner ; , amounted to a committal . The Magistrates said they had well considered the subject , and could not reduce the amount They agreed , however , to take four sureties of ^ 100 eacfe frcm Fcs « elL Bail to that amoont was tendered , and FcsseU was- liberated . Brown -was tnea removed from the bar , and in abac t half an hoar altenr&rds he was removed in a car , accompanied bj Spittal , ( me of tbe Birmingham police officers , under a > strong escort ef the 4 th Dragoons to Warwick . There wax an immense crowd o ? persons around the office at the time , probably amounting to 5 , 000 , who loudly cheered the prisoner as he was coaveyed along the streets .
The town is in an alarming state of excitement , and a large meeting is holding at this time ( four o ' clock ) at HoQoway Head . The general impression however u , that no serious dutnfbance will take place , as several Delegates are at the meeting , and are not likely to recommend measures which would lead to odkaon with the local authorities . Four o ' clock—Brown is committed to Warwick Gaol , and at half-past one o ' clock was takes off under an escort of cavalry ( the 4 th Royal Irish Dragoons . ) Eiga * honored poands b& 3 W *« demanded , and it was determined , under the advice of Mr . O'Connor , to porsaetfce same course , as , in the ease of Mr . Vinceat , by allowing the defendant to be committed ia or £ er to hare aim brought up by Tiabeut i to try the rigbt of the magistrates to extort
such enormous bail , aad to expose as early m possible the foul coocpiraey which has been hatched by j > oliee spies ; to eummenee the breaking up of the ConreatioD , or the exciting the people to acts which might serve as a pretext for the Whig Ministry to gratify the demand of their Tory coadjutors by a iKupecsion of the constitutional safeguards of personal liberty . The witnesses against Brown were Inspector Field and another London policeman , and a tax-gatherer ( Mr . Chapman , ) whose endence was . « o worthlf «« that he was not bound « rer to appear . The people are in tke aighest « sre of excitement ; if farther arrests should be made , it wili probably be no loager possible for the Delegates and other * who have influence . over then to prevent breaches of the peace .
I should think there are cot less than from 8 , 000 to 10 A > 0 persons ia tke Bull-ring , ami Mobr-street . Dr . Taylor has jpst addrewd them ; exhorting ; them ta go homf , botit is f ared the excitement will not eaniy subside , and there may , before tomorrow nioming , b * a seri ' -n * disturbance .
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GRAND MORAL DEMONSTRATION AT SHEFFIELD . Lart week a reqniation , ngntd by forty ninabitant honseholdtrs of Sheffield ^ was presented to Samttel Hadfield , EseJ , theMester drUer , requesting him to call a public meeting of the inhabitant ? of that town to take into consideration the best means of converiinethe People ' s Charter into the law of the land . The Master Coder , however , thought propewto decline compliance with the requHition , and the householders in cMweanence themselves convened the meeting ft * Whit Monday . Thisrtep appears to have excited ti » rage of the factions to the highest pitch .. The great unpaid of the detect caused a number ef ^ pe <* d constables to be sworn m on tie occasion , and Ha Sheffield
troop of l eemnery were orderrd to be nnder arm ? , and Bswrnbled early on the noniwof the meeting atThe Tontiae Hotel , where the Whig and Tory M « gi > fTateg were attipg in conclave , in the secret bope that some indiscretioaL on * e part of the peop * e would give them an anpoctoniry of tlakmg Aeir tmwt for revenge m tbe Wood of the working taawes . ¦ _ . . ... . Never , however , were hopes more miserably "disappointed . Never , did the people * how more detemnoation to obtain their rights , united with Ottore prudence . At an earl y boot the Working Men ' s A « io <» aUon , with the banners , accompaDiedbvan exce&erA band , went in procession to Atterdifffc , where they were met by the Rotbeiham Cbartistau Both pjrtfes then returned , to SbeflWd , with the addition of a . good band , belonging to Attercliffe . " On their armal at the Sheffield and Rotherham railway
gtanon , a circuBastapce oocwrred which Arew a damp npon the spirits of tbe assembled thousands , which was felt throughout the remainder , of the day . It was announced that a letter had been received frem ^ eargus O'Connor , utating that ae coqld not a | tend the meeting . This caused some delay in the proceedings , bnt at length the peopk . moved on to Paradise square , where * e sneering was appointed to be held . W hen the procession had defiled on to the ground , the square , as seen from the platform , presented one dense and compact mass of human faces . There could not have been less than from 15 , 000 to 20 , 000 persons present ; indeed , we are confident 15 , 000 is
below the mark . Among the devices- on the banners was one which at this moment uUracted particular attention . It was an immense heart covered with leeches , with die motto , "The aristocracy sucking the vitils of the people ' . " Two newspapers occupied a conspkuoBs place in front of the speakers . Ob * was tbe Sheffield Independent , which wns bordered with black crape , as though it at length had the grace to repent itself truly of the manifold nins and transgressions it so long had committed ajrainst the people . The other was the Northern Star , which was decoTated with a green border , indicative of tbe eternal freshness of tiie principle * it has alwaje advocated .
Mr . Gill then said that , before the chair was taken , he had a preliminary remark torcake . The meeting wouldi be grievously disappointed at the non-arrival of Mr . . O'Connor . Nor was this all ; Mr . Bussey was expected from Bradford , Mr . Mills , from Oldbam , and Mr . James Taylor , from Rochdale , but none of them had yet appeared . Bnt though they were deprived of these eloquent advocates of their principles , those principles themselves remained unchanged and unchangeable . He would jus ! add another remark . If therj were asy individual in that meeting connected with Lord John Russell ' s spy system , who had come there to
create disorder , ne hoped that th # meeting would immediately bundle h ; m out—and n * t only thatlet them go a « tep further . Let them lodge the inimc ! ual in one ot her Majesty's gaols —( cheers)—and thus teach their enemies that they , too , were determined to put down any breach of the peace . Mr . James Whostenholme having been unanimously called to the chair , said—Fellow-meiL take my advice , and do not by yonr conduct give euy occasion for disorder ; and the disappointment that it will cause your enemies will certainly be tbe death of a good many of them . ( Lau « h " ter . ) He then called en Mr . " Gill to move the first resolution .
Mr . Gill was procd to be the first called on to enter the fwld _ . As their deleghte , he would never shrink from his post—more e * 'p : cially now that that post of honour had become a poet of danger . ( Cheers . ) The resolution he was about to propose was so plain and self-evident , that it would go to the heart of ereryman who heard iL It was as follows : — " That the system of legislation in this country has hitherto been a system of wholesale plunder " ; the system of Government an unnatural expedient for centralizing tjrannv ; in which , course of plunder and centralization both the great factions ofcstinately ptrsevere to the manifest injury of all . That our petitions are treated with contempt , therefore
we have no hope or confidence in the present system of law-making , or the system of Govemmen : of these realms , or the domination of any party Whatever . " Th * resolution stated that the present system of legislation was one of wholesale plunder—and was not that the case ? ( Yes , yes . ) The country was devoured by the travelling Whigs and despotic Tories—ana if any such were in that meeting he challenged them to come forward and defend their shameless expenditure of the public money . The country was robbed to carry on wars , for the purpose or providing , in the first place , for the younger sons and brothers of the aristocracy , and . in | the next , tor putting down the cause of libertv
throughout the world . ( Cheers . ) But they now feund they had so plunged the country into debt that they could no IoDger war against the freedom of mankind ; and so when the country was endeavouring to shake off this deb : and tbe ether evils of mugovernment , they aet up an infernal system of centralization , in order , by means , of a rural police and a standing army , to pepetuate those evils they had themselves caused . ( Cheer * . ) For himself , he wanted no man ' s property—he would not destroy the peace or property of any man—but tbe protection of property was made the pretext for introducing the accarsed xyetem of centralization . He considered the very idea of a rural police an iruult to the country . ( Cries of ' * We wean ' t have it . ") If they were
prepared to submit to it , let them do so ; for himself , he would do his . duty , and resist it to the death . ( Cheers . ) If the country was of his opinion , the whole population would rise against this atrocious plan , and Lord John Russell ' s head would be placed where his Lordship had said the heads of certain individuals ahould be placed . ( Cheers . ) He must inform them that Lord John had written a book on the constitution of this country , in which it was stated that those who conspired against the liberties of tke people of this country merited te have their head * stuck on Temple bar . New he ( Mr . Gill ) thought the rural police was intended to crush the libei ties of the people , and that the head of Lord John Russell , its author , should therefore be stack there at once . ( Great cheering . ) Every man of sound mind and free frem crime should have a voice
in the election of representatives . The rich man could protect himself—his riches protected himbut the poor man could not protect himself and had no one to protect him . ' ' ( w True , true , " ) The poor man paid 15 s . 6 d . oat of every pound he earned to the gormandizing reptiles who fattened on his heart ' s blood . ( Shame , shame . ) Owing to the division of opinion in Sheffield on the corn laws he had felt it his duty to tell the Convention that the Chartists were net so forward there as at Birmingham and Manchester . But he hoped that they would not suffer themselves to be humbugged anv lenger by the corn-law agitation , which was only got up to ke « p down die demand for the Charter . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Gill concluded by calling on all present to remain true to each other , and on each individual to act a * though the success of the cause depended , on hi * own unaided exertions .
Mr . Peter Fodex seconded the reflation , which waa then put and carried , only one hand being held up againstit . The Chairman then said , that before be called any one to propose the next resolution , he would read Mr . O'Connor ' s letter accounting for his absence . It ought by rights to have been read at first , it was as follows : — •* Leeds , May 20 , 1 S 39 . f Mr dkaaGux , —The magistrates of this district have posted the whole Riding with illegal proclamations , tSreatening to put our meeting at Peep Green down by . force ; consequentl y , it is absolutely necessary that the people should have as much counsel as possible on the spot I , therefore ,, cannot possibly be at Sheffield to-day , lest anything should occur to prevent my timely return for to-morrow . This grieves me wry much , as I am : most anxious to disabuse the public mind at Sheffield in respect to the
Corn Law fallacy . However , the working men , in their letter to Mr . EliiotL , have well dane that . The duty which the Convention has imposed upon me far this week is too much , and my health being very bad lean only attend , and not speak , at the meetings : therefore , you have no loss . I am to be at Peep Green to-morrow ; Nottingham , Wednesday ; Lougbborough , Thursday ; BinninghuK , Friday ; Kersal Moor , Saturday moraine : and Oldham . on Saturday night . ¦ " I send jon a reporter to insure a correct report of yonr proceedings , and hope that the meeting will in every way be worthy of Sheffield . Of all things caution the people against H « H * ehold Suffrage , and avoid a breach of the peace . Onr meeting ( at Petp Green ) wfll begforioo * , notwithstanding the illegal proclamation . I have been very ill ever since von left Birmingham , but good meetings this week would cure me . ' '
' ^ Yobra , very truly , Fearocs O'Cokxor . " When tb . e Clubman concluded this letter , it was proposed that three cheer * should bp given for the writer , which were immediately . < - £ * & with enthu srasnu . v - \ ~ ¦ > . , ¦ ¦ . . , < Tb * Cb ^ bwas rhen statel be had received a letujf frcm taj-t . Wood , of Sendal , oear Wakefirld ,
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concurring with the object * of the meeting , and re » grettiig his inability to attend . Mr . Babkee then came forward to propoaethe second resolution , which was as follows : — " That this meeting views With , unspeakable indignation tbe late efforts of the factions to suppress the peaceful agitations of the people in favour of their Cbarter , and hereby pledge themselves never to rest from their struggles until the principles of the People ' s Charter shall be Ae law of the land . " He ( Mr . Barker ) waa delighted to view so many thousands assembled in thucam < e . The editor of the Independent bad asid that tbe meeting in Palace-Yard bad falkn Kke a wet blanket on the Cbartiet cause , bat that immense meeting he now
addressed wonld give the lie to his prognostications . Tke learned scribe « f tbe miycaDed Independent bad prophesied evil—bnt that meeting had proved him to be one of tbe false prophets . ( Cheers . ) After proving the juatioe of Universal Saffrage , Vote by Ballot , and Annual Parliaments , the epeaker proceeded to advocate Equal Repreaentation . The present sy ^ t * na was moiutroos . . Thetford bad 150 electors , while Liverpool possessed 13 , 000 . Ardwick bad a . population " of 5 , 000 while the inhabitants of Westminster amounted to nearly naif , a rnHBon . Fifteen boroughs with 100 , 000 rnbabitants returned as max y members a * 6 , 000 , 000 in London , Lancashire , ^ c . Mr : Barker then proceeded to censure Mr . Hadiov reiD ? to
neiQ iDg cau me meeting , in is oeing toe «> cond time he bad so acted . This gave rise to a proposition for "three groans for the Master Cutler , " which were accordingly given in due form . Mr . Lawson , of Rotherham , next came forward to * econd the resolution- and acquainted the meeting with a few facts relating to tbe precious New Poor Law « system . He advocated the Charter as a mean 3 of getting rid of the bastilei . Let once the Charter become the law of the land , and how long would th « 'New Poor Law remain so ? ( Cheers . ) The speaker then proceeded to state bis own suffering * in a bastile at Claypole , * in which he was immured , together with his wife and two children , for eleven weeks . Bnt though be said he was confined with his family they must not savDese thev were
permitted to remain together . Nothing ef the sort . lie was himself imprisoned in one ward , hit wife in a second , his son in a third , and hi * little girl in a fourth . ( Shame , shame . ) He then proceeded to give a humouroos description of the miserable food doled out to the vie dm * of tyranny in those inhuman contrivances , an ! then appealed to the men , and more particularly to tbe women , of Sheffield , whether they would consent that the infamous Bajtfle Act should any longer remain the law of the land ? ( Criea of no , no , and long-continued cheering . ) The law of the land , did he s ay ? He retracted the expression . It was no law . He fully agreed with that staunch friend of the people , Richard Oastler , that the iafamcus Bastile Act was
no law , a * it wa * alike contrary to the law of God , and the constitutional liberties of England . ( Loud cheers . ) It was no law ; for the constitution required that England sheuld be governed by King , Lords , aad Commons , while this infernal concoction placed the people under the despotic sway of the Three-headed Deril-King of Somerset House . ( Great cheering . ) The speaker then proceeded to narrate other cases of cruelty practised in these dungeons , amongst which was the case of Mary Finch . It 3 ppf are that at prayers , the Governor turned up the whites of his eyes when he came to the wards— Give us this day our daily bread . " ' Aye , " added poor Marj Finch , " and more of it . " It would readily be supposed this exclamation came from the bottom of her heart ; but it mortal : y offended the pious Governor , and he narrowly
watched for an opportunity to make the poor wretch feel his power ; and he did not wait long . The poor woman was accused of doing what she had not done , and bsing convinced the charge waa trumped up against her , she replied that it was a lie . " The Governor ( hia name was John Clarke . ) now had his revenge ; for he put her in the black bole , without shoes , for twenty-four hours . ( Loud cries of " Shame , shame . " ) . \ es , and it did not end ther *; for the next day John Clarke brought her bjefore Sir Robert Heron , a magistrate , who sent her to gaol for a month . ( Much groaning , with cries of " shame , shame . " ) Mr . Lawkon concluded by informing the meeting that they were getting on famously at Rotherham . It was only the other day that tnere were but four name * on their books , and they now exceeded 200 . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Gforge C ' HATTERTejs , Secretary to the Sheffield Worki ng Men ' s Association , rose to move the third resolution , previous to which , the Chairman would read tbe Address to the Qaeen , which was bow submitted to the meeting . Tfcis address , which will be found in another part of our columns , wa * then read , voted , and ordered to be signed by the Chairman , on behalf of the meeting . The resolution was then seconded , and carried unanimously . It was as follows •;¦—"That an address from this meeting be presented to her Majesty , requesting her to dismi&i from her councils both factions , W hig and Tory , and to call only » ach men to her councils au will make it their object to cause the People ' * Charter to become the law of the land . To be signed , on behalf of the meeting , by the Chairman . Mr . Lingard moved , and
Mr . James Tirxer seconded the fourth resolution : — " That this meeting expresses unbounded confiaence in the General Convention , and hereby pledges itself to support the agitation by contributing to the National Rent Fund . " This resolution was passed with great enthusiasm three cheers being proposed for it , and given with great effect . Mr . Gin then stated that the business of the meeting had been brought to a close ; but as they were still wailing the arrival of some of the dttegates , he would address them again in the meantime . There was a great deal of aristocracy in some of the trades in Sheffield ; and , as their delegate , he resolved
was to visit every organized body in the town . ( Cheers . ) He would rather see the s-cia 1 fabric shaken to the centre , than witness the present miseries carsed to the people by the exclusive privileges of the higher classes . The money aristocracy had caused him many sleepless night * , but he gloried in his opposition to both Whigs and Tories , and he would promulgate the principles of the Charter to the death . If there were any such creature in existence as a Coiservative working man , let such reptile stand manfully forward and show the truth of his position , or else give up his abominable creed . ( Great cheering . ) He had one request to make to all true Chartists . The harpies of Government were ready to stick their fangs into them : M them , then , while they were enereetie
and daring , be equally guarded and cautious as the fox . ( Load chewx ) Ebenezar Elliott had accused the Convention of supporting the Com Laws ; this was not true . The Chartists had attended the Corn Lawme * : tings , not to eppess the repeal , but to carry Universal Suffrage ? . He had no objection to meet Ebenezer Elliott , and give an account of bis stewardship . He was not like Ward , the member for Sheffield , afraid te meet hi « constituents ( cheers)—and next Monday , when they met to choose a delegate , he would give a fall and particular account of the manner in which he had discharged his duty in tha t capacity . He weuld put himself in communication with Messrs . O'Connor and Frost , to insure their attendance on the occasion . ( Cheers )
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman , and the meeting broke up , after giving three cheers for Gill , three for Stephens , and three for the Convention . '
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^ BTUTS OS * POUTICAIi FSSUXO . HcDDEBSFiEi . n . — [ The following was received too late for onr last . ]—Votb of Confidence tn Mr . O'Connor . —We had one of the moat peaceable meetings we ever witnessed , although the authorities bad issued placards to intimidate tile la bouring classes from meeting , they were rewired not to be frightened , and met at the time appointed , and a large number of special constables were in attendance ; but we are glad to eay the people gave no occasion for their services . The following resolutions were unanimously passed : —Mr . G . Barker was called to the chair . Resolved— 1 st . " That
this meeting assembled , places its utmost confidence in F . O'Connor , Esq ., for hit sjawearied exertions in the cause of the people . " Jioved * by Mr J . Matthewman , seconded by Mr . S . Burnt , and supported by Mr . Samuel Dickenson . 2 nd . "That this meetiag looks upon the present prosecution of F . OJConnor , Esq ., to be most malignant , unjust , and oppressive ; got up with tbe most tyrannical motives to barrass aim . as . die friend of the people , and , as such , we are bound to look npon his enemies a * ours , and we are determined to stand by him to th * last . " Moved by Mr . W . Cuminffnam
and seconded by Mr . J . Moss . 3 rd . «* Tbat tius meeting also views thia prosecution as an attack opon the liberiies . ' of the press , and pledge * itself to support the Northern Star » the utmost of ite power ; also to give every support to all other iour-? . 7 * 2 . * $ ! °° ** ^ -ngJlti of the people . " Moved by Mr . t , Teyers , and seconded by Mr . J . Crowtier . Dunng the addre *» of Mr . VeTen , when be was lashing tie enemies of tie people , some persons let off a skyrocket , which wa » done to intimidate the meeting , but the people had more sense than to take ti »* slightest notice of it , and it passed off with gaod humour . . " >• : ' .
The Stephbks De ^ bkcs Fcao .-Oa Sanday last , three aermoas werapreacbed in H * dder « fietJ , oa behalf ef the Stephens Fond , when coUe « iioBa were made amounting to £ 3 10 * . Id ., altttugh . vtry obstacle had been tkwwn in the Waj . From i tsw fneods at UolrcfirA , £ 2 K 6 '< d .
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MAKLBOBOUGH ^ TBErr . A litfle sooterkin , apparentl y overwhelmed in small miaenea , made au jilfrrring appeafcto the lattug magistrate , Mr * Cosast , for a warrant -r- ^ nirt one Bill / rttoUre , who had , as heawrr ^ d , ^ riS « bun a precious whopping , kicked his nether fenu-*** , and collar ' d » tanner which be bad received that morning for a sack of breeze . " Mr . CojfAMT—If 1 grant you the warrant , bam you 4 ? . to pay for it ? Sweepy—Aint got a blened farden ; eos Ive been out of * collar" this here three veek aad appaida . Mr . CsjiST-if Joa are out ef work , bow came you by the sack of Breeze which this Bill Wilbhire assaulted you aboot s " ¦*
« Tnat ' ere , " said xweepy , evading the delicate inquiry , " aint the pint . Vot I'll uka my boath on w as it wam ' t hiaa / ' J The warrant was granted , and Sffll Wffishire . * brother " fiue-fakCT , ? ' was speedily placed befew Mr . Conant andjJklr ^ CouwrqT . - Mr . Cocaioy— How rtate jour case , bqyi - Sweepy—I sarved Missis Jlppkina wif ^ a sack of breeze for her moffin- < tove , ; and aiter Ae'd forki out the supence , ap come * Bill ViUabire , and saf * ~ t , k r v yonir : rt k W » J ^ fflij I I ' m hlow'd nn of these here rummy day ^ il 1 don ' t be -down o * your Ubby ! " ¦ « Yot fcr i" sis L « Cos , " - say * he , " your been a coming yoor nonsense vith my ccsT toairaagin . ' ¦ •* Vj , "Isa . js , * isaHMtfse * Hopkin » git a right to buy her breeze vere « h « Kk *« . ** A tn .
uimi ^™*^ I sarves her betterer ' an jbu ?" lUshow you tether she ha » or n » u yerprecioa * . waggerbone / ' saje . he ; and then he Jacks me oang on my lermimu , and makes me shell out tne sixpence vot 1 got fcr the breeze . , ** I did ' nt vop him , and he nose it , " said tbe defendant ; " « ch warmmi as he dil ' nt oughfnt to be incouraged in aociety . 'Taint the first time , yer verahip , as he ' * come this here dodge , aad tried to circumnavigate me vita ray customers ven tiier vonualotof breeze . Now he noes werry well as he s n » call not to no stuff , cos it beWs to the chmbing journeyman . Vy should h * 7 T ax yer honoors , go for to xob me of my natral rights ? " ' Alagistrate—What are vonr *• aainral" H « Ma ;
Defendant—Vot are they ? » y all " a * "' I can « t arter the first sifting , and all the breeze to be sure . . . . ' . Mr . Cosaxt— VTbat do you call breeze?—Ir * « urninttt between snt and hashes , bat Mat aint neither on ' em . ¦ ' . Mr . CosANT—Well , jou have ill-treated the bow , and yon most see if you can make it SRbyKivmc him a trifle . .- ~* Defendant--Can ' t gi » e a larden , eos 1 only yam * nine bob a veek , and I ' m a wery heavy grubber . ine parties went our , and , by the interpoation of the officer , matters were arranged . ' . ^ gbuenpence paid all at once caused the complainant , m the ecstasy of bia aatisfaction to declare , that he'd take a ?• vusser voppinr" every day in the week for a similar recompense . ¦
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Dr . Arnold , the Head Master of Rugby , ha » been preaching a series of sermons to fcia bovsagainst the prevalent Oxford doctrines . * Melancholy Loss of Lies o * Twbkts Fishermen .-. On Tuesday night , " the 7 th instant , Mount ' s-bay fishing boata went to sea , the weather being exceedingly fine j but during the night a storm arose so suddenly that ^ many of " them were caugbt with their nets out ; and the wind rapidly increasing , several days hid elapsed and no-account was received
from them , so that great appreheasjans were entertained of their bnng . aU . lqKt . Bad ihe storm lasted much longer , their loss would indeed have btea inevitable , but , happily , the weather moderated , and all have arrived in safety after their narrow escape , with tie exception of three , which were seen to rink by some others who were every moment expecting to share the same fate . Numbers of the unfortunate men have left large families without the least meana for their support . —West Briton .
Fatal Accident . —On Wednesday night , about nine o ' clock , an elderly woman residing in Upper liardener-street , Regent-street , was crossing the street from her own residence , when she was knocked down by the horaes of a gendemaa » carnage , and before they eouW be stopped the wheels had passeu over her bead ; which was fractured in such a dreadful manner tiiat the brains protruded from it , and her death , as > matter of course , was almostinstan j » neous . It is said that the party who was driving , it is believed from the races " . called out to ; the deceased , but she being deaf wa » not aware of the warning . Ihe body was taken into a shop , andoniu being found thai life was gone ,, a shutter was procured , and the jan&rtunate woman wasoonveyed a corpse to her own house , which she had lefebutafew momentg before in comparative health . - - . ¦¦ ^
A YTomah ^ Bu tt ^ fT- Death . -A poor woman the wife of William Somerfteld , abrewep man ^ in the employ of Mjr v Wright , was burnt to death on Tuesday night laafc Soperfield , who left ais home on tbe morning of that day . did not retarn a ^ tmdlekyen o ' eUttkthUaight . Onreacbini ? tas aoor , he perceived a bri ght flame icsde ; be kno ^ ed , ^ ot | ot no answer , and » after some delay , ae broke the d * or . -. - . eifen , " « ha h * feheld his wifi enveloped itiatmea . There was no . fire in the crate pordia ^ eperceiye ^ a candle burning . He e * neht
nerw His arms , and placedher on th * . floor , covered * e flames with ; his smpek-frock in doiig whfch he waa « ewrelj ^ urnt himself . The poor woman was subjec ^ to fita . She had just put her family of fcve children to bed ,. when this horrible event occurred . Anisqucct was held on the body—and a * wdict otwecidantal death was returned . —iiwpet it CAronicie . ¦¦ ¦ - ;¦ .. ; ¦ . . , Extraordinary Cases op C ^ niB . — It was « ated yesterday , during an . inquest ia the House oi Correction , ttat some prisbneni had been there nc Jesa than « e hundred and thirty times , and that in f » et , wb « nth « jionce became addicted to drinking , -tm '«« i » . M . > pii ;« f ; : Melawng ' ' dMW' ; thej would be brourfit into Ihe mat in the most disfiirared
state , braised , tun over , or beaten dreaisiitr , iron the effects of whieh they would reeoTer w ' hen ir . prison , and behave exceedingly well while there but the moment they wer * outside the gate * thej returned to their former aahit * . A sister of the well known Mary Monarty ¦ now i % aej abe waa about th « number of times above sated in : ae prisoa ' ; hei caaduct ia extremely good wfceu in ta « pnMn ! bit "he , it is feared , wiHfeUow tke career of her euter . ,. ¦ ' " vVastojc ' MrsCHiEF .-i-A earrrage and foot returnrng from Epsom race * last wwk , passed tbrougb Brfdge-r treet , WestainsrW , and while pawing the china-shop , No . 15 , Bridge-street , a genttemau rose and deliberatel y took aim at fte shop front with a soda bortle . wita which !» broke fear panes of glast , besides severely frightening tie fehabitants , a widow and &mily .
Cabjuagb ^ A . cchwkx ^ -Oi » iThursaaj afternoon , between , two and three o ' clock , the cania « f LadyKeale , r « idiBginBaVer aSeVpSSal to ^ tke > Upof Jlr . Wrfww ^^ arugg ^ t , Oxford W ; P ft £ ii * Sr ^* iT 8 ? t ¦ ¦¦* ?¦* . . Wi- tike bonw * S ^ «^^ d tb * WKluB aa wBo ran to their head , to secure them waaknocled down and tran , p '« d on , the whe « b « f tbe carriage passing pv , r his chest wd bead . Hi j « oonv « jeTto Middle ^ Hon . iral , irhrre be lies without bof « of rwovtrj . '
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. ¦ . ;¦ ¦ ; : ¦ ; ' . ' : . ¦[ ' :, Z ' '" HfflL , May YlyV& ^ TO THE QIJEEN' 8 MOST EXCELUCPfT HAJESTY . Madam , —It is not very likerj jo « wiE eTW see ^ this paragraph , ( though i t » igat Aaf ^ ek . foJ as it is nore than probable jeo never knew , tbera was such a paper as the Northern Stmr in existence . For why ? Because tt » eremtwe * j «« have been pleased to call to your eoaNtb atwsaea as debar you that know l edge which woaU n any way tend to enli gbten yoor mind as to tkljtahmtim and misery at present existing amongst ifce intra * trioos c ' a 8 » es throughout this country ; and neat ef all would they keep from yoar right any newa papere but those which they give the peopleVawtiej to , to uphold * or destroy the repntari 6 n ; of any . k »
which is unpleasant , or Suiting theraaelvea . So have they done with other newspapers tka » ( Mm , which mey cannot , though they toy , •» ii « obnoxtousunto then , particularly kits aineaer of the Repeal of the New Poor Law , the efect of one of its most bemsn elatises you bad s 6 nearly felt a . short time fm—I mean the »« yar « rt « rclause ; for did not Sir Orange Peel wish to put if ii Ibrce when be wantrf to separate you from yoar ' '' onlr parent ? You then oaly feltafraction of ^ e crueM practised under it ; and now as you have reposedio snecumb to one of its clanses , and threogh | t Ska whole Bill , I hope you will m » lenaw force dowm
th « throats of your ( whatever yoa may hare beard to the « entr * ry , ) lojal subjeotsr that wiieh yoo found was too bitter a draught fcr yewsett , Aad now most Sovereign Lad y ^ if this should meat your eye , and through it your heart , ( whjeb 1 b >» pe a « 0 not changed witk your station , ) let me entreat ypo to read the infernal Acti and after yoa bave tone so , order your Ministers to get rapunged tnm tke " Statate Bool , " an Act wbicb isa di ^ rraee to jpd so long as it is suffered to remain ; for , the losger jt sUnds , the loager is it a disgrace , which caaaot . be got rid of ( though not a party to the pasnoe . ) by Victoria the First i—» -J 5 ^ «* Jf >¦ ¦ ' A Chabtist .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 25, 1839, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1058/page/6/
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