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The Tories in Aberdeen are proposing to start Sir George Murray as a candidate for its representation at the neAt election.
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{ Continued from our tixth page . ) "William Scr&gg , another poliee constibie , deposed thit he went t » the prisoner Barton ' a hoa * e , in company-wita * several » ther constables , where they foaBfl . two pistols and a bayonet . The pistols Barton gave from his coat pocket , stating at the time that he hp . d them to repair . They then went to the house of Young Armit&ge , where they found a sword » nd a dagger . " The articles were all pmdaeed . James Hammond said he accompanied the other constables , on the n ' ght . of the 31 st , and in searchiEg the house of Mitchell , a number of seditions paper * , &c , as described already , were found . They then pToceedeil to the prisoner Barton ' a house , which they se&rcbed , and fonnd a small memorandum book in the packet of hi * coat , from which it appeared he had received variou ? stms for crying , the Chartist ( Continued from our tisth page . ) „ .... _ . .. *
rugose * . A boy of the name of Hewson , who ww apprenticed to a smith , was called ap , and he said he was applied to by several of the prisoners to make dagl sen oat of old files , which they requested should be very sharp . George Cadmaz , a constable , said he purchased a pamphlet , which he produced , headed— " Great National Holidiy , and Congress of the Productive Classes , &c , by "William Benbow , " » t the house of the prisoner , James Mitehell . He paid a penny for It
u . was on the Monday after the Sunday meeting of Chartists in Greek Street , at which Benbow addressed the crowJ . The speeches were of a very itflammatory nature ; he should think there might he aWout a thousand present , and amongst the speakers were Benbow , the prisoners Davits , Mitchell , and others , whe n commended the people to gti armed . Believtd Davies was in the chair . Tee meeting toot p \ aee on a Sunday , acd coniisued for cearlv two hoar * . Vv ' faen witness bought the pamphlet , prisoner teld him he might hare hali-a-dozen more if he liked .
Henry Coppock , Town Clerk , said , in consequence of certain proceedings , the magistrates assembled on Tuessay evening te adopt some efiVetual mrans of preserving the public peace . Thsy summoned a number of the householders , acd proceeded to swear them special constable ? , and whilst they were so occupied , the prisoner James Mitchell , came to the Court House to rajnest an interview with the magistrates . He was allowed pubiic : y to state hi * mission . He said they ( ihe Chartis : *) has heec infermtd by the police that their meeting ws ^ illegal ; and i ; it waj < m>—way wa » it so ? And he ( iliic ' fiejij aiso r ? quested ihe permiision of the nusristrites to adjourn tUe meeting to the Market
Place , as ike room in the inn at which they had Cillei it wsj too * mall for the parpoae . As tte ! ega . l acvi < er cf tne magistrates , the wirces > , i in opposition to the application , pubiiciy stated , in the presence of Mitchell , that great feirs exited in the borough teat a j oreach 01 t : e peace would take place . He men- i coned the exc-r . eiBects to physical force wnicn the i CBar : i > : s cell out ; the dangers of cuch a prcee ^ bn j throcgh the ---. rcey of tbe borough , especially at that ' sosr a : ni ^ a : ; and tee necessity there was for checking u . at « yirir of im-uaordination which could oniy tend otner »> e to endanger the lives and
properry of ner Msjtsty ' s peaceable subjects . He " ai < - > endeavourtd to mjow that that wa * not a question o : politic * , bat wheiner the peaceable inhabitants cr Stockport should be put in fear by those travdisg innerans , acd obliged to assemble , in self deJVnc-r . as they were on thai occasion , to be sworn 33 special c-5 n * tib : e » . The Mayor and Magistrate * theiafcrmed ilucheii t ^ at tht meeting was an iilrtrai & ** embiy . llitcheil asked the Major how itrv could Hi ? et icgar . y , ana the Mayor referred him t " < to him , as Town Cie : k , and he stated that he ^ ouk be happy to tive them auy advice as to what the Uwj wee . The Magistrates and tbe special con » Lab . es remained ia tr . e Co = rt House a CDns' . deratie
tim * , nivi 2 g ecniiint communications from t _; piacc wherr lie sitei-Lg wa ? held , as to the eocene ; aid pruccrdiEgs of tbe persons and the var . ei :- * syeajwcr ? mere » s * ernbied . The Infastry were u ^ drr arm * 2 . x The barraci « , and eTery preparation made Dj ize ac-horitie ? , unaer the fear tDat a Dreacn > . ] tne price luidht thie place . On the friday lo ! ic » - ic ^ thac rne-ring , tne pr . soner * , Davies and Mitche : i . waittd rpon t ; m at bis otli . ee , in consequence o ! what lie hid stated to MiUihel ' i is the presence o ' the Ma ^ i-itrate * acd special constable * . He Tvan to them : he iaw a ? relitini to uclawfsl assembiace * , go . 2 £ ' riTou ., in the wceie at considerable leng : c , ai ; i 42 * we . ' : rg , j , -om tirae to riiae , lieir ob ? -erTitu-r : > . Dav . t > » aid , 2 i 4 ttty could not ho . d their msrctinj-. le ^ a ' -iy , trey would do it iJegaily ; and tbey b -: n centra tne antboritie ? to prevent ttem . Oae ef tbrni , ce thought D ^ vicg , said , tnat he did no : think nr law nao ne * n ? -o .-trong , and that it arpeireo ihrv c-oaia ho d no rnerticg" . He taen told tbem thai . : ; tiey atterr ^ tea to held any meetina * in tne st . * c « . i . - of the boro-gh , tuey wouid he c : ? per . ec so lor . t- a < thty extiTrd : be people to Physical Force . iprv then le : t the rrnee , stating , at the fame time , itat they would contira * to cold their meetings . Witness furuipr stated , that the prisoners had i : equtrs-. '; v aeid meenngs in coat ieniojh , arid : h « f ? - «? .- n-.. bten entertained , from time to rime , of their proceedings . Tne police and Magistrates have haa continued commaEicariang in reference to their p : oceedings .
Tne Magi-rates here directed that James Leah and Richard Piuing , the former secretary of the : Caartisis' Association , should be taken into cus- ! tody . i Pilling , who was in Court , was immediate " ^ p laced a the dock . Jo .-eph Saidler , raperinteadent of police , ' depo * fd—I rearmstr the meennff of magistrate * a ^ a special constable * . I was sent qowb to ; he micV . ru : at the S ' -ariey Arms , hy order of the mayor an ; magistrate ? . Mitchell was not there when I i ; j : mere , bet he came in some time after . Cnarks DaVies had been appointed chairman , bnt they appeared to be waiting when I got there . I heard , 3 D < iv ; e 3 tell them that a deputation had gone to the Court-room to wai : u > on tne ipasistratt-s to ascertain whv tiey were cot permitted to bold the Ere :-ic ^ - I believe refvreace was m * de to a psp ^ r 123 : had btren issued . " Whra Mitchell came , be £ 01 cpoo a Ti-2 . i 1 at the tack of the Stanley Arm- , and br ^ c to address the meeting . These are niemor&adiir . s I made immediateh af ^ er the meeting . He to : a tbem he had been deputed by the committee to wait opon the Eagistraie ^ at the court-room , to a * k tutir permi * "ion to adjourn the meeting , which was too numerous to remain in the house , asnhe : e w ere r o us and « who eouid not get in , into the opea air . lie sa ^ d he had been attacked by Mr . Coppock , the tuwc clerk , and oeen told by that gentleman that their meeting at that time in the dark was illegal , and that they ought to have signed some name to their placard ; that the mayor had told him tbey ought to meet in tte day time , but he knew they were tr . ei ircmared in tte factories , in their dungeone . He « : a .: e 3 to the raee-izg that be had pledged himself to the magi--t .-a : < = s to get taem to disperse . He .-cos a tell them , however , thst Mr . Coppocfc was no : tte friend of the people . Batterwonh . a " person wereitci e * at Manchester , then got en the waii , ana feviran by telling them , if it was cor too cold ; or them to hear , it wag not too jeold for him to sptak ; they had btentoid that they ought not to meet , but ke should inferm them that their meeting was p « rfectij legal . T ^ e House of Lords was an illegal as * erahiy ; they must conduct tht m peaceably , and see what the Convention would do for them , a&d wait till tbe National Petition had been presented : and then when the Convention wi » hed thtiH to act , they must act , and what th « Convention told tbem toflOj they must dr . He interded to do so , whatever would be the consequence . He siid , "Butl wculd rather walk up to the cannon ' s mouth , and gtandits effect ? , than be tbe slave of any ari > ucr < it , either cotton © r other lord . " A B . tv . Mr . Jackson was the next speaker . I understand he is from Manchester . He befrsn— " Men and women of Siociport , I have been informed that the Magistrates asd police of Stockport have attempted to put a stop to yoar meeting , bnt Iain come to tell tbem that 1 have felly made up my miDd to tell them , what I think , tbwgh I should sl&ep in the lock-np ? , I believe he aided , " or the New Bailey . " The magi * , tratea have roid yon you most not aeet after dark . I tell them yon are obeying their orcers , for we are meeting when it was dark . " He spoke , violently against the New Peor Law , as a " hell-begotten law , that separated man and wife , father from child , which be wonld not behold , as a minister of Christ , without raising bis voice against , nor the three devil-kings of Commissipnew in Somerset-House . " He thens » id , ' Mj friends , I see here
a fan a » emhlage , wild only with their reason ; how is this ? I cannot see any gnn , or pistol , or pike . Ton are not likfi tie men of Birmingham ; they meet armed with guns , p istols , and pikes ; ail left their work ; All trades were there ; and though the magistrate * came with the police and cavalry , and read the Hiot Act over and orer again , the people only laughed at th ? m , and sei them at drfiance ! and why is it lot so here ? I b « j >« , bowerer , you will be in a condition to defend yiurse-Wes when the thme comes . " He said , " Yonr friend Vi . 'cent is ia the hands of a "Welsh police-officer , u 1 am afraid , with little prospect of getting at lib * , ty , for they hare refwed O'Connor ( acd he mentioned tome other person ) u baiV' He con-
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tinned to speak in severe terms against the police and aud tbey were ready to swear anything , or do any jobs for tbe magistrate * . James Leah next addressed the meeting . He said , « I should not have said anything this evening had I not been informed that the police and the magistrates were concocting * measure to get hold of me and three or four others , acd to put a stop to our or their meeungs , and that I have , on that account , left some barmesi which I xhoold have been engaged ia » itk some friendsfrom Hazel Grove , to showlhat I am an afraid either of the poMce , or any other authority . As to the police , I have always managed lr ° f that cla ? 9 of m ^ - " The prisoner tinned to speak in severe terms against the police and said tbev wer * rearlrtr , . « .. —_ aIi ! . f »
M ^ . Mitehell then again got up , and told tbem there would be a meeting on Saturday , at five o ' clock . I don ' t recollect whether he mentioned the place . He said , " Then I will tell you something -which will open your eye § . " Thanks u-e : e then voted to the chairman and the delegates . The dslegates were Mr . Butterworth , Jackson , and another whom I don ' t recollect . The prisoner Oscerton proposed ' That the meeting should be adjourned from time to time till they had all got a big loaf " There was a pistei fired as the meeting was separatirg , to the left of the chairman , acd about a minute afterwards aj other was fired . I observed ihat when Jackson
was sptakingoa the necessity of being able to defend themselves , and of the men cf Birmingham being armed , there was a general response of " We w : li . " Mr . Saddler was further examined , and said there was a raeetiDgheld on the Saturday following , May £ th . 1 was thtre ; several thousands were present . I : was in iS ' ewbriuee-laDe , on a plot of ground opposite the "Wiliihm the Fourth public house . Davies was in the chair . Mitchell spoVe , so did
Lssler , a person froa Bolton , a ^ d a Mr . Haw-on , from Bury . I believe Leah was there , but ara not quite certain . There was also a meeting on Sunday afcernoos , the 9 , h e > f June , about four o ' clock , in a iield _ adjoining Greek Street , belonging to Mr . ¦ Pakm . I did uot notice that there was a chairmaD . 1 saw Es-lrr there , a per > on named Benbow , Mitchell , Fisher , Litmty , ani several otoers , whose Hames I did notknow . ' l cannot speak to nsy of the other pr . sor , erste : na there . Those 1 have mentiosed
! \ j were m tne cart . Ihe-e are the not . s 1 mace at the tinie- .-Eenbow was addressing the meeting . He said that people of propt-ry were all jugglers , y-. CKpocke- . s , p ' ecderer * , and pi ' ik-.-s burkers . They wert ali viciou-. He sa d : he j ^ p ' e had done notoin- lor themselves . A \ hm th . y i . u ^ ht . for themseives they wo-id be a people , but - ^ eVtr until they u 5 G AfiR' . for thrm-eives . NVben the people were re " - so . ved -o rl ^ nr for themselves their own battle , the rapacuy of the ULcik . ru , the : Lbi , iBa :: i ' y of : he taxgamerer , the b : shop « au j the p : > dors , wonld a . l I fli ? app ; ar . He laid them that if thry did mt raise I them * e : ves thr- > woulci leave ro r-cs-e ' ri'v a nation of
>! aves . He e . \ r . orird them to uu ::.-, ar . d rid : hemse . ve . « of trr : r >¦ _ .- _>; :. "It }« tTiair-e-s to expect co o ; vration fr .-m Torit- « , V , ' hi = * , Liberals , or the midi . ii :: ij cia < srs , or from at . y nthrr than the working cias > c .-. " ' He wei : r nn 'o j'oiLt out the benerirs of equai : ty , often refrnine to a prictei pamphlet , r roni n : «' . Hrtu ? ge I fourd it was s ; m : iar to oEe t ~ cre . 1 . id cot know what it was . 1 sent Cadizaa to purchase one ot Alitcnell , who w . is iu the c ^ . rt at thr r . tse ; h ^ was -tiiiniz them in the c-art . 1 r : e Dook which he bought was calird " Tr . e Grauo Nationa ! Ho : iday ; " it v ^* simitar to tie oce Benbow had :: ; h : < tar . d . Eecoow ur-ntioneJ ciffrrrn ;
! i- ' -s ar ... i p&rt : « that ETO'JCd tb ^ ra down , and would c-vJU ' irj ' . e to do so , tlii Itlt-y v \ i . re driven into the-Poor Law Bast ; -=.- 10 die of » : arv ^ i ! un , a -d then thri : dogics r .: ii ; r . t he cu : up aud thrown to the - o ^ s . Hr ihtn ' n ;^ L ; : or ; i <; tat Ei :.. t u ! OCocre !! , : ' .:. ¦ d ¦ ~ niL-: bT . > ajout pa-.-ive otc . ier . cir , ana s . iid , ^ rjoui . i aavi-e every man , aua evrry one , to pet a sr-a--. pile , s x incbe- lor . ' , ar . d carrv it in his pjiK-: * o Cf ' e ~ . j h : m ? ' .-l' 2 i a :: st ai : v of ! : ;¦< r ^ rre ^ - < - > . ' ¦> who a-tv - : tt-d to i ^ -. rrfrre v . ' ith him . " " He then p : r .- ? .- ; d-d 'o trll :.-. m : h : it he » c < .-u ! d advise th"m : o le . iie off work f ^ r j . x ^ Ltb , cud to hV . d the ^> atioaa ] H-. 'liiar . He lh-z br-j : in to rrad several paragraph * frsm the book ; the \ rt-fi-rred to the Nan . isai Ii .: >'!• jay , ard he av . ' . iiii tii-m iocali > . In di . ' ecMi : tr . r- zu how to get Uioa after the nr > t wt-ek , re .-a . d , " th » -y micht to . to the nurntitr of oi ) , to ll-ijor Ma : » and , and a-k for a l < -ad of corn ; " it v- * ;^ -:. f ! sx W 20 s ' iii tr > : > ; " aHii if refund , to send iijO , ..: 1 Ovi't , or ln . oiiO ; a :, u : " > tm refu > ed , 50 , : ni . ? t co , zr : c ttm \ eu wili ttt it . If sheep anc at ! a-r wrirtei . they in ; .- ! bt- ir . vrn to the -iaiijzhter-io ;« . " He went on to .-peat severely acuiit .-t t-e Guv-rncttt , ai-J peop : e o ! p'o ;/ ir : v . £ -- ] fr ihxrz caire J ; rward . H- sue , " 1 lit re are person- * who corxc to our Bjeetii : ^ . * to .-eu wLo at : ena , an ] then jo ai . re .- ^ r : ta-.--n : . ¦> their nva * t-. r- , or 'Le ' . r t ! Lj ;! O } :-: » ; n _ t hii-f p ^"» riLS " h-. 'uid be n . a-k-i , 2- d « hf ; ihe hoi . d .-iv arnvr * , lu-jv .-h .. I bt trleJ b-iore a Jury of the ; er ; pl- , ar . d clmU with ac-corj r : £ ; y . " ' Tr- c-r . ly ¦ :.. rr r-r : a'k I mad-* i , tzat 1 = aw Mr . Dikin azd stTcral oth' . r gentle-IUrb p ' C- " lj t . ilr . Kd . vic Hc ™ e sa : d -I srr . a rcporrrr for the
2- \ or ''; : Ch-ih : re ll ^ f ' ji-i . i' -r rjt w-pay-r . I afended r- _ ~ -.. f ujc in X .- u-. irii ' js l . an ^ »¦' tfit- nij ; h ; of thp llihof Jliv . T ^ e priiuner Dd'ir > « < -.- in thr chair . . Mi ' cheil , : r . e Kev \\ :::-am E- 'itr , E . DaMe * , Ric-urd Pilling , and soar o ::. ers sp . ke . Leah s « -cDr , ded a ni ' -uoD ; I di ?/ t kr . oA- th . At he spoke , ulitcheil said , '' The ar > tn ^ r ? . cy , who were sup . porttd by the sweat ar . d hin . ij of the working cla ^ .-es , when thry had ob ' . aincd au they cnuid from them , they : rea t-d th-m n-a betttr tia" s ' jvea and a » - < es . " He slj . ' .-d - hat hr had bf—n 2 . 1 the drl-jate meet-: u , j . wt : cQ hid be . 'D held at the Mn-e Tavern .
¦ iln ^ . -hr-ter , rn the prccrdiiii M-ondsy . There were df- ' . rw ^ . trs * t tna * meetir !? fr . ' . m twenty-six district ? , a '_ i ia twenty-four of th ^^ e iii < t : ict * the penpkwere r . rmea acd rrady fnr arvthing . ( Several voices boattd out " No , eo !") If every district was prei par-d as th ^ se tsrentv-four w-re , he thought it j would be difficult to jjtrt a Ministry to ac . Tbe j people of tho-e di .-tric :- ! are determined and prepared I to get their ricrnt * , m-jraliy and constitutionally i , I : bey can , bur have thr-m they will . ( Hear , hear . ) j Tt-re was Lit : ! t- Lri ^ h , the district wb ^ re tfee late j S ; ep 3 cns hid beec . spe ^ tir . 2 before be ua ^ arre ? -ed . I They « ay thev are 4 . 000 strocjr , and ready to I dr-raacd their rishf a-: y time . ( A vuice , " They I ire armed to a r .: an , ' rt-ferrirg to the people of Leigh . ) M'daleton ar ; d Burnley are prepared . , Boiton ha ? been d-ped by a Wbig faction . Stock I i « the iame ; but the people of Bolton have taken i another position , and are now going on rapidly . ¦; Haslinpden was ready at any time . Stalybndtre : : yoj know how they are there . Ashton W 2 s always ready , at aDT time . Focr men had been appre-; bended at A * nroB , for drilling ; they had been taken to the maei'trat—i , and ordered to find bail , and give ¦ twenty-four bo-ri >' notice . Bat when the middle class saw this , they came running to ir . ve bail , and the men were liberated . The A-hton Cf-leyatessaid that had cot the four men beta liberated , not a vestige of Ash-] roi wi-uld have been left . He goe .- * oa furiher to ' say tbul with respect to bavins arms , that waa at their cwn opt-on ; a msa had a right to have arms to difend himself . There was Bury ; they say tbey a * e reaoy at any time—at any moment . ( A voice , ' Oh , they are mad there . ' "; Hyde , Godley , and the * urronEdic 2 d :-trict-, sa they can find an army ; uf 5 , COO any day , and are deti-rmint-d to stand or i fail ; to » : and by thr Cor . vtnr : on , w-heiber it grand '• or fall ; acd little Pukic-iton is the ssme . There j was a delegate from Nottiruham at tbe meeting , j aud he said that he expected to find Manchester 1 either in fiasies or swimming with blood . In hi * district they were ripe ; the last was Steckport . j \ Vhen be got up to state the eordkion of Stockporf , j he said that they who were OEce for them were now I ? . jr . aii : «; them . They had become toolg and cat ' sj paws ia the ha '; d ? ef the "Whig faction , —( a voice , ' " I hope none of that fall * on me , " )—whose object j it was to keep them down , and send them to the j Basu ' e * . ( A voice , " Ah , d—n them . " ) He concluded
" Britons , ri 3 e , an 3 jet be free ; Dt-mand vonr rij . 'hls and liberty . Tyrants l ' org lia ' e sh-r ^ d the spoils ; The woriinV cla « s stared all tne Uils . Now or nsvcT 6 trik « ihe Llow ; Eiert yonrs-Ovt-s and cnuh the foe . " That was all . Pilling was at the meeting . 1 believe he was presext when this speech was made , but 1 cannot say positively . 1 saw him there then . He spoke afterwards about tbe exportation of cotton twigt machinery , showing what an evil it was to the country ; but I have no minutes of what he said ; it had got dark then .
Mr . Charles Lomax deposed—I am a reporter to the Stockport Advertiser . The last witness ' s statement is in the main cerreet . Pilling said— " The workirjg people as the origin of the arts , improvement ? , irgennitv , and wealth of the empire , are the only fit persons to govern this or any other nation . The people never will be happy until then " , and I hope the working people will stand by the Convention to obtain tke Charter , morally if they can , but have it we will . ( A voice , " And by arms . " ) You know what I mean , I see . There ' s somebody says arms , but I do not gay eo , mind that . The Magistrates have been swearing in a great number of our Chartiets ; now , one of the ?* has a pike hanging ever his chirnn ^ y-piece , and he told me that if any shopkeeper meddled with him , he would knock him on the head . The Chairman ( Davies ) then called him to order . He went on— " The Chairman says
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I am out of order , thcrdwe , I will not longer trespass upon yoor time , than by calling noon the working people te sapport tbe Charter : and at the same time , enable u « t » take a room , for we are not allowed to raeetin » pufeiie-hoo » e . I say " The Charter , the Charter , the Charter we 11 have . " I have stated the number present at abeut 6 , 000 , but that is a mere guess . The meeting broke up a little afar nine : it was then darkish . Cross-examined b y Mr . Cobbett—The meeting was on Saturday evening , the 11 th of May . Pilling did not speak on that occasion . I swear to the correctness of the report I have read from tbe . -- - - l am out of order , ibcrelwe , I will not lonaer
paper Leach spoke after him , for half-an-feour or twenty minutes . I made a report of Leach ' s speech , rather more than a quarter of a column . I have the s peech of Mitchell here too , but have not compared it with the report that has been read . As a whole , I will swear to the correctness of the report ; it is correct in substance , but several parts of it were reported in the third person . I swear te the correctness of Filling ' s distinctly , word for word , but I will not swear to every word of Mitchell ' ^ because it is in the third person . If it were taken from the paper and put into the first person , I would swear to it , as far as my abilities go .
Mr . P . E . MiRSLAND— You swear that all you have read was spoken . Witness—Yes . I will swear to Polling ' s word for word , and I will swear to Mitchell ' s as a upetch , but not hterally . Putting out of question the person , I think I may swear it is correct . I will not swear that if another report varied from mine , it : s incorrect ; in my opinion it is , I shall say no more . I will swear that Mitchell ' s ie , in substance , correct . So far aa the report goes , I swear it is correct . The Town Clerk said that wai the whole of the case . Mr . Cobbett had just commenced his address to the bench , when
The Town Clerk said he had forgot to read the statements which had been made by the prisoners , Hi g ^ ins , Dakin , and Roberts . Higginsstated that he had left Ashton that morning about ten o'clock , and got to Stockport in the tims that it ; would occupy to walk there , without stopping 011 the road . He cam . a to see seme ' needs ; he bad both friercs and relations there . It wan his own jrTnir , ar . d h-- was not obliged , to state his bu < inigs . When he came to Stockport , he went to the coach office , and thtn walked through one ef the streets , he was not tired at all . The paper produced was in bis ^ ritin ^ . He had nothing to explain about it ; he had written it at the request of another indiviJu-. il . Bei ' .-i askid who that was , he said that was another affair . He should not sign anyth'BS .
Tbe letter alluded to will be found above . Dakin stated that he was from South Wales ; when he was at home he was a smith by trade ; he had -lept at Manchester last night , in Deansgaw , near 1 to V > oo . .-street ; ke had come to Stockjiort that day j as a smith , coming from Manchester . Some cor-| re .-prnJence being produced , he was then asked il he be was not John Nicholln , of Kewtown , blacksmith ; h ? « aid he was , and added that he had l * i ' t Newtcwu because there was a rumpus . David Roberts staf . d that he was of Manchester , ] ar . d ivi « a tailor . He had lived in Manchester three
year « ar . d a half ; and had been in Stockport about balf an hour when he was apprehended . He had c-ome that morning b y coach to see a few friends ; he did not know them bj name . He could not say what t : e fame for ; he had no other accuUQt f > give ; he had no occasion to live any reason , nor would he . Ihe letter produced was not r > is hand writing , it wa * written before be went to the Stanley Arras . On 1 ordering , lie said he would not give any reason . The letter , directed to Mr . Rawsou , of Bury , was then read , Air . Coppock swearing to the prisoner ' s hand writing , from having once seen him write wneu he j-igced the statement just read .
Mr . COEEETT said , W he thought it r . eces « ary , or th * r it was his duty , to proceed with this case in ; ue csual nanner , he , « hould have had "o detain them a oji . viii-ralilt ; tini ? , Bnt the nature of the case was sucn , aud hi » view of the mode in which it had been coDaut- . ed was such , that he felt it to be bis duty oh the part of the prisoners , to datain the bench very < hon ! y . He had cerer besn told , he had not heard U » tavd , either by thp Learned Geiitlemen who had acted s- attorney tor the prosecution , uor by any of the-vv . tr . e-st-- , tor hy any of the witnesses , nnrby any persor : whatever , what was the charge again-t any one of the-t men . He was aware thit evidence : i : u-t be produced before magistrates without its
r'e . ng ptviously .-ta ' ed what wa-i the charge ugaiim ¦• r ; nn .- of tat- prisoners , and that the nidgis'ratts could act upon it , either to punish or commit them , as the case migh : reqoire ; but in a case of thi * kind it was impossible that jmtice could be done to these men bv him-rif— impo . vib ' . e that be could defend them with auy degree of success , unless be were Infcrir . t-d what was the charge against them . Ever } imaginable kind ol evidnncebad been prodat-d during the two days , and in tbe greatentconfusiou . Fir .-t came a c-harp * against one man and tbes against another ; some witLessta had been called three or four times over ; and all that , without its being Rtated what it was intended to prove . The evidence itself wan
of « uch a Lature that , supposing it 10 be goad and true—supposing it to amount ( which he did not by any means admit ) to what he presumed it wa » intended to amount , they might be guilty of any crime between high treason and nothing . Ihere was no conceivable description of crime which evidence such as tbey had heard would not by pos--ibiliti profe men to be guilty ef . It might be thai they were guilty , and . that it was actually , as to maay 0 ! tktni , tbe commencement of a rebellionit muht be that it was onlv tbeir intention to commit fon-e minor &DVnee against the laws ; it might r > e that they had stolen the things produced , acd were guilty of felonj ; it might be ( and he believed
tnat was the case ) that they were possessed of them legally , a-d bad no improper intent , at least , none was shown by the evidence . Now , was it reasonable tn suppose that he could defend them in any way whatever without being told what they were accused of ? He could form no idea of what the evidence had proved ; and if any of them were committed , they would not know what they were to take thtir trial for—what was to be put into tbe indictment . But had he been told that the charge , as to same of them , was , as he supposed it to be , Irom having had to deal with such charges before , for having arms in their possession with intent to commit a breach of the peace ; » nd that , as to
others , it was sedition ( he could Fuarcely imagine that they woald go any higher ); ftill he would not tnke the evidence a * it stood . He could not go through that ponderous mass , end argue on it , as he wri « hound to do in an ordinary case , that it was not HLiTi ^ ient to justify tbe Magistrates in committing the prisoners ; because he bad been totally unable to toliow it , owing to the mode in which it was taken ; and it had been adduced in such confusion , that he could not recollect anything about it . He had only taken notes of the few witnesses who had been examined orally ; the greater portion had been examined before , and their written evidence had b ' . en read over ; and fee knew not what on earth
that evidence could be . Yesterday , both the Lt-arned Gentleman who condected the ca * o for the prosecution and himself had for ^ ot'en part of the evidence , as 10 whether it affected certain prisoners , ar , d had been obliged to refer te the depositions , and this , although the Learned Gentleman had both examined that witness , and written down bin evideice . He stated this as an excuse for his not now going into that defence which he should otherwise have considered absolutely necessary ; he could not go into any sort of defence—he could not argue on the evidence , because it was imposahle , from the nunner of conducting the case , to know what that evideuce vra ? . But ifeete weTe one or two points to
which he ought to allude , in order to do the best he could for tbe prisoners . In the first place , he must call ob the Bench to observe the extraordinary generality of tbe evidence . The prisoners were charged with being Chartists , with being active Chartist * , with being at Chartist meetings ; or in Chartist processions ; but those charges would not be direct evidence against any ane , they proved nothing against any body , but had been brought here and piled one upon another , very much to the credit and industry of the Learned Gentleman , whoever he might he , who had got the case up , in such a manner as te leave the impression upoi the minds of the magistrates , when tbey had gone through the whole , and Rot to the end , that
here was an immense mass of evidence against somebody , hut what was the criraes they wete charged with , tbey kn « w not . Take , for instance , the boy Armitage : the enly charge againgt him was , that a quantity of tickets were found in his hat , belonging some political association . He was a mere boy , too young for it to be possibly snpposed that be coald have anything to do with wishiDg to overturn the Government . But the constable had got it out of him , that he had " long been of that way of thinking ; " but what way of thinking did not appear . With what motive had such evidence been produced againgt this boy ? The magistrates had been detained three or four days altogether with his holiness ; and when tbey came to look inte it , there
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was but v « ry litile wncUj-io tne pomt ; tney eouid not gay that it proved bbj one single thing against any man now m the box . When be bad wanted to cross-examine a witness a * t » character , be had not been allowed to do so j . and be could not cross-examme upon the deposittoi * , because be could not reeollwjt what was in them . The way io which the evidence had been got op , had been openly and fairly shown to the court by tbe Learned Gentlemany for he could not take the evidence in the words the witnesses gave it in . He ( Mr . C . ) had objected to nothing ; he bad resolved from tbe first to object to nothing ; hut they had seen the witnesses asked questions , and put right when they were m but v « rv , ir , u .. . ^
wrong ; they had been asked question * which evi - denrJy lead to a point , instead of being pat to bring a thing out of a man ' s head , they were meant to put things in . They had seen that the notes , which bad been taken by one witness of certain proceedings , but in that of the attorney for the prosecution , who produced them , put them into the witness ' s hands , and then , when he was telling his own story , stopped him , referred to his notes , aBd took the notes in preference to his evidence . Now , if justice ceuld be done to any body by evidence taken in that manner ; if it was not most odious to allow a prosecutor to conduct the examination in his own way , however uafa r that way might beand without opposition or
, laterference from the attorney as counsel for tbe p-isoner ; if that were not sufficiently obvioas to tbe bench , to show them that , if they committed any one of these men , they would run the greatest possible risk of doing great injustice ; he could only say , he was sorry the bench had taken that view of it . He should be extremely sorry if they allowed the liberty of any of the Queen ' s subjects not only to be jeopardized , but to be taken from them by evidence which was got by preferring the notes of a witntsa to the witness himself . If that was not enough to cast a doubr , to prejudice tbe minds of any Magistrate or Judge against the whole case , and all that
were moving in it ; if it was not enough to convince them that the prosecution had been set on foot from other motives than to preaeTve the public peace ; if it was not enough to lead tbem to the strongest suspicion , if not to a perfect conviction , that there was no necessity whatever for these proceedings , then , he guppontd , his clients must suffer for the good character of the prosecutors . Against one , a rujpectable old blacksmith , all that was proved was . that he had in bis possession a gun and a pistol or two which he had received to be fettled up . Was
that man to be comraittod on evidence like this ? Then he could not see where they were to stop , without perpotratiner the gross injustice that had been alluded t © . He did not see what was to prevent the intimation being carried into effect , that they were determined to clear them all our . Out of these thirteen men one had been taken up , he believei , for no other cause than that he had been taken up before , and had yet te be tried for it . He was not aware of any other charge against Higgino .
The Town-Clerk—There \ a the letter . Mr . Cobbett was not aware that that letter would support any charge of sedition , privy conspiracy , or rebellion . This man was under bail to appear at the next Liverpool assize * ; and thin was done that it might get to the ears of the jury that he had been again committing the crime lor which ae was to be tried . He would conclude by expressing a hope that -notwithstanding the wishes , the anxious wishes , and even the avowed determination on the part of the prosecutors to " clear them all out" in Stockpnrt , alluding to the persons tailed " Chartis ' e , "—the Bench will nee the necessity ot checking , at any rate , any such determination as this from being put into force . It might be , he believed the fact of all these men being here wa « a proof of fuch an atttmpt , but he hoped the bench would see the wisdom of checking it .
P . E . Mahsland , Esq ., said he thought Mr . Cobbett was quite wrong . They had not in view the Chartists as a bodj , but only tbe people who profes .-ed opinions in favour of appealing to force of arm * , and allowed their sincerity by having arm * in their possession . Tt was time a search had been made , and arms had been tou : id ; but these proceedings were not against the spirit of Chartism , provided it manifested itself in a proper way ; they were only to prevent the people appealing to arms , by which the peace of the public would be in danger . Mr . COBBETT said , that very few of the prisoner * were charged with having arm * at all ; most of them were free from that charge .
Mr . Maryland—I oun only tell yeu , that there mightihave been a much greater number of people searched , if we had chose ; but as they had not made use of language which was thought improper , their hou-e » hav > not been searched . I mention this juit to show the spirit in which the search was made . The Town Clerk then addressed the prisoners separately , and asked M ¦ tchwll if he shouli lite to say anything before the magistrates decided the cave , cautioning him that what he said would b < - taken down , and might be used against him hereafter . Mr . Cobbett said , he shoald advise each of tbe prisoner *) to say nothing .
Mitchell said , he should decline addressing the Court on the case at present ; but he thought , with bis worthy adviser , that there was no case at all against him . The Town Clerk paid , he should put it down in thi * way—that Mitchell , by the advice of his attorney , drclined saying anything at present . All the prisoners declined saying anything , with the excepuon of Timothy Higgius , , on the question being put to him , said—yes , I h * ve something to * ay . In the first place I diould like to ask the Court a question , to know whether what I say will he of any use , if it has a tendency to overthrow the indirect charge that has been made
against me . The Town Clerk—That is for you to con-Mdar . What you choose to state will be taken down , and we may use it either for you or against you . Higgins— Then am I to understand that I shall be committed whether I say anything or not ? The Town Ci . frk —Oh , no ; you cannot understand that ; tbe magistrates have not decided on the case yet . Higgina—It appears that the first part of the charge that has been heard against me , was something about addressing at tbe-people of the Stanley Arms , on M'Donnell's liberation , but that evidence
did not tell what I said when I addressed the people . He said that I abused the police ; calling them spies , and saying they went about country taking notes , and observing the people ' s conduct , and such as that . I did not make any allmion to the local police at all , because I could not consider a man in uniform at all a spy ; but I told the people to act and speak propt-rly , and then they would fear no spies , neither metropolitan nor local . Then he said I made an attack on the Whig Government , which I don't acknowledge ; and if I did make an attack on the Whig Government , I have cot half sufficient ability to make such attacks on them as I have read in the
Tory papers , that have been made on them . Now , then , with regard to me being at the Stanley Arms , I had no previous acquaintance with any of the three gentlemen present at the time I was arrested . Police were comii . g , and the military , and if I had thought proper I could have gone out then ; I bad plenty of time to have gone a mile from the lime I heard of it to the time they came ' ; but knowing I had done no wrong , I did not see any necessity for going . The only evidence that h&s been adduced against roe is having written a letter to Mr . Mitohell . I did write the letter , I admit , and I had no occasion to have admitted it if I had not thought proper , because nobody here could have proved it—that I do know . I will relate the
circumstance connected with writiDg that letter , with the exception of mentioning parties . ( Mr . Cobbett here warned the prisoner against implicating other parties . Tbe prisoner said he considered it neces sary , to do justice to himself , and to show why he was at Stockport . ) I was requested to write to two gentlemen , Messrs . Easier and Hart , to come to preach at Aehton and happening te mention the circumstance in company , I wassuked if I knew Mr . Mitchell , of Stockport . I asked what Mr . Mitchell . Tney said a person that gold beer in King Street . I mid I had a slight acquaintance with him . They acked me for his address . The next morning a person was going to Manchester , and called on me , and asked me to write for him myself , and he
would pay me for my trouble . I asked him to what intent—what I was to write about . He told me there was to be a delegate meeting held at Stal ybridge , and that be must inform bis friends that they were to send a delegate , to assist in organizing the district . Accordingly I understood , at the time , tbat it was a trade ' s organization , and I don ' t know anything to the coHtrary yet . I added my own note at the bottom , not being able to find the advisers of Messrs . Hart and Easier , that he would bring them over with him to Sta ' ybridge . Now I sever attended a public meeting , either called by placard or in any other way , at Stockport . It is true there was a number of penple collected at the Stanley Arms to gaze at tke Doctor ; some of my acquaintance in Stockport requested me to advise tk » nto go
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* way , as ir was me lMtWd inend , wuft uic > diu a > t want any tumult . Now > I believe Aatconstitotesthe w brie of my business- , under existing cirennirtaneef , * t Stockport . ThrMagiacrates-then retired ! ,, and were absent three-hours and a half . Ja " * \ V ? ag e' * I *** , the secretary to the Working Men s Association , was apprehended in the meantime ;; and soon afterwards Thomas Baworth was taken into oostoiy on suspicion of having in his possession arms ,, and paper * touching the prin-C P m of ChartiBm > a ** < he alterior measures , &e . Mr . Saddler , having been sworn , he stated tbat not being in a condition to go into the ease against Leah and Haworth , b » applied to have them remanded .
The Clerk aaid that be should therefore apply for a remand of the whole prisoner !! , since it was not necessary that the whole evidence should be read Ov in th 9 Pre 3 enc « of both Leah and Hawortb . The prwoners were tben remanded till Monday . Mr . Cobbett applied for an interview with tbe prisoners . The Clerk said that , under the circumstances , it would net be advisable to grant the application , unless such interviews took place in the presence of a third person . Say Mr . Saddler . Mr . Cobbett explained tbat tbe objeet of bis interview was in reference to their private affairs ; and , therefore , did not wish an officer to hear everything . The Mayor said that it could not be allewed but through Mr . Saddler .
Mr . Cobbett was surprised tbat the privilege—and the which had been extended to him elsewhere in >< ueh case ? , and even at the New Bailey , in this town—must be denied in the present inquiry . The prisoners had not been found guilty yet P . E . Maryland , Esq . —Though ihey are not found guilty , Mr . Cobbetc , there ia sufficient evidence upon which to remand them . Tbe case was again remanded until Mondav , at twelve o ' clock . The prisoners were then removed back to the Borough Lock-ups ; but in consequence of the urgent colicitation of aome of them and thtir friends , eight of them were taken to the New Bailey , where greater accommodation was afforded their .
Nothing panicular transpired in the town . The people , although dissatisfied , did not manifest any serious disposition to break the peace , if we omit oae instance . There were a good many skirmishes with the boys and the bludgeon- « nen ; and some of the former were apprehended . One of the divisions of " specials , " in parading Heaton Lane , about eleven o ' clock , were charged by a crowd of boys aud navigators , to the number ef 500 , who bad congregated near a heap of stones . The bludgeonmen halted , the gas-lights weTe extinguished by some mhchievous lads , and at the firing of two
pistols , a regular volley of stones came down upon , and drove away the bludgeon-men . Oae Guhon , a burcber , received a severe cut upon the head . One boy , Richard Bradshaw , from Haughton Green , was taken into custody on the spot with M > me stones in his possession ; and committed to gaol for three months . James Proctor , for a like offence in Portwood , on the same evening , has been sent to Knutsford , for three months hard Ubour . A great number of publicans and beeraeller * have been summoned for neglecting to close their hou"es at eight o'clock , and dipchnrged on promising to obey tbe orders of the magistrates .
S'lturduy , August 3 . The town was quite tranquil , trough tbe poliee office continued to he guarded throughput the day and night . The special eonstablts , to the number ot about 1 , 500 , turned ouc in the evening after ten o ' clock , at which hour the market was cleared , and the shops were clo > td . The Mayor , at the public office , in complimenting the special cons-. ablert , read tbe following from ih < 5 Home Office , which had that evening bteu received by the magistrates : — Whitehall , 2 nd . Aug . 1839 . > 1 P T « 1 fYt Al * r \ nl rtA L _ T J T I . Tfc 11 Sir—I directed bLord John Russell
, am y to inform you , he eniirely approves of toe course taken by yourself and theother magistrate * in the business detailed in your letter of the 31 < t July . Lord John Russell thinks you did right in seizing the arms , and apprehending the persons suspected of being unlawfull y combined , , aud of collecting urms for unlawful purposes . Lord John Ru . « ft < ll has , no doubt , from reading your letter which is very satisfactory to him , that you and the other Magistrates are conducting your inquiry in tbe bent manner , and that you will think it advisable to make as full an inquiry as possible ( rtmanding the prisoners , if necessary , for re-examination ) with
respect to the prisoner * apprehended at Chartist meetings ¦ speeches made by them there , and all other particular * , xuch as their meeting together at private Chartist meeting , and acting in concert . Lord J . Rus-ell directs me to say he will be ready to support tbe Magistrates in any prosecution which may be advisable , and desires to receive full information as to all your proceedings . Lord John Russell requests you notify to the special constables he approves highly of their exertions and good eonduct in defence of the public peace . I am , Sir , Your obedient Servant , S . M . Phillipps . The Mayor of Stoctport .
The authorities have been searching such houses in the borough as they suspected contained arms or Chart st papers . Tbe printing office of Mr . Dutton , printer to tee Chartist * , was searched this forenoon , and some paper ? , calling upon the people of Stockport to subscribe towards their nuffcring brethren in gaol , were ne zed , and the type broken up . It was signed " J . "W . L « ah , the secretary . " The Clerk , Mr . Copjo :-k , proceeded last night bj railway to London , taking with him all the document * and depositions against the ptisouer : ? , to consult with Goveram-nt and the law officers of the CrowH , as to some knotty point upon which the guilt or innocence of the party seems to hang . Sunday , August 4 .
All is quiet . Mr . Coppock returned this evening ; and many more persons it is expected will be apprehended , before the Assizes , which commence on Saturday next , before Judges Gurney and Pattison .
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The Dukb of Sussex and the Chartists . —The Duke of Sussex has declined to present to her Majesty the address of the Edinburgh Chartists , relative to the conduct of the police at Birmingham . Consequentially . —During the recent Apsizd two little incidents occurred in the Nisi Prius Court which afforded a good deal of amusement to the audience . A witness on being asked what he was , replied that he was " ia the direction" of a
certain bank , which piece of puppyism one of the special jurors very properly reproved by exclaiming , " a cltrk , Sir , I suppese ? " In another case a young lawyer ' * clerk was asked whether he was sent with a certain inntrument to witnssa its execution , on which the exquisite , after a momentary indignant pause , replied that be " was instructed to go " by his employer . The barrister who was examining him immediately exclaimed , with cutting irony , u , I beg your pardon , Sir , I am sure ; I had no intention of affronting -your dignity . "
Breach of Promise . —At the Exeter A ? sizes , on Wtdnt-sday week , an action was brou ght by a Miss Cockey , daughter of a clergyman , aged 27 , for breach of promise of marriage , against Mr . Smith , of Ashburton , son of Mr . Smith , solicitor , of Devonport . In November last it appeared the plaintiff was delivered of a child , which , up to the moment of it * birth , she had managed to keep a secret , As soon as the child , which it appears was by defendant , was born , Mr . B . Scudy , chief clerk in the Audit-office , Somerset House , wbo had married tbe plaintiff ' s si 9 ter , went to Ashburton , and remonstrated with the defendant on bis conduct , when the latter , on the instant , wrote a letter , stating his intention to marry her . He afterwards , however , refused to fulfil his promise : hence this action . Verdict for the plaintiff—damages , £ 1 000 .
Attempt at Robbery and Murder . —Oa Tuesday evening , shortly after nine o ' clock , as Mr . Henry Buckwell , a gentleman residing at Ham , w&a passing along the Petersham meadows immediately below the Star and Garter , at Richmond Hill , he was attacked b y two fellows in the dress of bargemen . The first man , who demanded his money or hi * blood , he knocked down , and he was tben immediately attacked by a second , who , from tbe darkness of the evening , he had not before seen , and on his grappling with his new antagonistthe
, man snapped a pistol at him . The two then got him down , and whilst struggling with them on the ground , he received a severe stab from a knife fortunately , however , from bis having on a doublebreasted coat , and hi * handkerchief buttoned within it , the coat only was injured . Tbe fellows , on bearing some one coming . Tan off towards the river , and were seen to get into a boat and make across to tke Twickenham side of tbe river . TbAs audacious attack was made within a few hundred yards of Petersham poor houses .
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^ OUTH , MANHOOD , AND OLD AGK . BY CAROLINE BOWLIS . River ! River ! little Uiver ! Bright yon uparkle on your way , O'er tbe yellow pebble * dancing , Through the flowers and foliage glancing , Lik * a child at play . River ! Ri » er ! swelling River ! Oh- yon rvsb . nr r » ugh and smooth—Loudir r fa 8 ter , brawling , leapiug Orer rocks , by row-banks sweeping , " " Iiihe impetuous youth . River ! River ! brimming River ! Brqa * aid deep and still u Time , Seeming UiU—yet still in motion , Tending en ward to the ocean , iuxt like mortal prime .
Riv « r ! River r rapid River ! Swifter now you slip away ; Swift and silent as an arrow , Through a channel dark and narrow , Like life's doling day . River ! River ! headlong River ! i » owu you dash into the sea . ! S ? a , that line kata never sounded , Sea , that vojage hath never rounded , Like eternity .
HOW FARE THE DEAD ? BY THE REV . H . ALFORD . How fare the Dead ? Tn « Dead alone are great While Heavpnl y plants abide on earth The soil is one of dewless dearth ; But when they die a mourning . bower Comes down and makes their memories flower W ith odours street though lafa . How fare the Dead ? Ihe Dead alone ate fair ! While they are with us , strange lines pl » r B « Iore our eyea , and chase away Goo ' a li ^ ht ; but let them pale aud die , And swell the stores of memory There ia no envy tiieie . How fare the Dead ? ¦
The Dead alone ate dear ! While they are here , long shadows fall b rom our own forin-t , and darken ail ; But when they leave us , all the shade Is round our o * n sad footsteps made , And they are bright and clear . How fare the Dead ? The t ) ead ali . ne are blest ! While ihpy are heie clouds mar the day Anil bitter snow-falls j . ip theiT May ; But when thf ir It-mpeat-tiine ia don * , The light aim heat of Heaven ' s own Sun lirood » on their land of rest .
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It appears by a return laid before tbe Hsnse of Commons , that the House haa expended for priasing Parliamentary papers , within tbe last eight Sessions only , no lej-8 a sum than £ 3 r 3 , 116 5 ? . 2 d . Wooden Pavements . —Besides the Old Baileywhich is now ia course of paving , tbe Strand , Piccadilly , and Berkeley Square , are to be similarly treated . Assault . —A woman who brought her husband . before the Kensington Magistrates , the other day , on a charge of assault , was asked if her apause had . beaten her with hi * fis : « ? " Oh yes , the brute ( she replied ) , he had not humanity enough to strike with . his open hand . "
Van Ambtjroh , the " lion tamer , " hag been severely utvatched by oae of his vassals , at Bristol . By the way , one of this gectleman ' B lions , purchased for the Surrey Gardens , was , on examination , found to have its claws cut , and its teeth . filed !
Meetings hate been held borh in Nottingham a : id in Derby to address the railway propr ietors to put an end to Sunday travelling . At present the carriages only run in the morning ai . d in the evening ot Sunday , and not between tbe hours of ten and six . In an assault case , heard at Hatton Garden . Oflice on Monday , in which complainant and defendant were sturdy female beggar ? , it came out tnat one sf tbetn was formerly in the habit of making 12 s , a day by her vocation , but that since she had got twins to exhibit , her income had daily reached one p ^ und .
A Gentleman residing in Perth wrote , the other day , to a person in Edinburgh , regarding ^ some matter of business ; and the individual to whom tbe letter was addrewd , instead of replying through the same chansel , ( the Poi-t Office ) came in person to Perth by the steamer !* , the lares of which amounted to sevenpence , while the postage of a letter would have cost a halfpenny more !—Perthshire Advertiser . At the Nottingham Assizes , John Driver , an ignorant , boorish couutrjrnan , wbo could not read a word , was found guilty of Tobbing and murdering iu the most brutal manner , an old widow living at Caunton . He was hanged on Wednesday , having exhibited to the last a sullen indi- * erence to his fate . A man was detected ia picking ' pockets within ten yard < of the gallows , and sent to the Houne of Correction .
Coroner ' s Inquest . — Shocking Case . — An inquest was helu before Mr . Baker , at the Cumberland Head , City-road , on "Wednesday , upon s married woman , aged forty-two years , named Lydia . Baker , and her infant , aged nine month * . Ihey had been found drowned in the Regent ' a Canal , tha decsased mother even tben pressing closely to her breast the poor infant , which still had the nipple in its mouth . The circums'anee had excited much . interest in the neighbourhood . The deceased , it appeared , had been abandoned by her husband , and
had for a length of time past lodged near the Cityroad , and kept a mangle ; but 8 b « had latterly been very much reduced , aud would frt-quently have been without food but for the kindness of her landlad y , * Mrs . Shetn . She had told tha latter that her ha »~ hand was improperly intimate with his own sister , and had turned her and her chiki out to perish , and reports of that nature had in consequence been spread in tbe neighbourhood . The Jury , afcer much inquiry into the melancholy case , having no previov : evidence as to how the deceased came into the water , returned a verdict of Found Drowned .
Death of Abraham Saontjeks , thrcelebrated Showman . —This celebrated showman , who . tor three quarters of a century hasaffordid the means of enjoyment and amusement , by his equestrian and otne .- scenic exhibition ? , to the greater part of the population of England , died a few day * ago , at his residence in MilUotreet , Lambeth-walk , at the advanced age of 91 years . Sauoders from his youth , was brought up to the profession which he followed through life with alternate successions of good and ill fortune , being at one time in tne moat prosperous ehcuiiitaneex , and at another , so far aa the material of hiu property consisted , in the greatest dwtres * . The father of Saunders attended fairs .
and his son a ^ isted him ia bis rounds about , the country . Then Saunders obtained great celebrity , and was considered one of the most proficitsnt in hia art as a voltig ^ ur and rider . His figure and appearance were at that time much in his favour . At his father ' s death he took up his line of business , and bis first attempts were ; exhibitions in vans and carts . His success was so great , tbat his troop of hordes and company became , the mo * t noted at all the fairs in the country , as is well known to many of the rising generation . His misfortune ? , however , were numerous . He suffered a heavy loss upon the destruction by fire of the theatre at Wellclose-Hquare . When he was . on his way to Irelandat the time
, that King George IV . was at Dublin , upon which . occasion he had the honour to have entrusted to bira . the conveyance of tke Hanoverian borees , and which were safely laaded , he lost his entire company and splendid stud of horses , which were shipwrecked in a dreadful storm in the Irish Channel . He m * £ with other adverse circumstances in his speculation ? , by which he became eventually reduced to great extremities . Finally he obtained a precarious subsistence by penny exhibitions ( commonl y called gaffs . ) Theae , however , he was eventually compelled to give up , he having been called Dp at some of the police-offices for transgressing the law .
He latterly lived in a retired way : he was attended by hia widow , nearly 90 years of age , arjd to when * hewasmarritd about 70 years . Saunders had the credit of having fostered into life some of the greatest stars who have since adorned the stage , some of whom are still living . Edmund Kean , when he left his father , was adopted by Saunders , and from bis peculiar agility , played clown in hie company for manympnths . Kean aspired to higher fameandw Saunder 8 t 0 en * age with Richardson . Mr . W . West , the comedian hu « band of the celebrated tragic actress of tbat name , trts brought iota notice by Saunders . Mr . Ducrow was orisinsllr
also hiseleve And protege . Daring the period of hit eminence , he would never allew his daughter , wbo was well educated , and possessed a refinement £ manner , and great personal attractions , to perform . bat she was to be . seen placed in front oFWs temporary theatre at fairs / he considering that a sufficient attraction . A singular good fortBnfr attended the y « unglady . She married a hi gbly respectable merchant , who , became enamoured of net ' from , eeein ft her inner theatrical display '
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The Tories In Aberdeen Are Proposing To Start Sir George Murray As A Candidate For Its Representation At The Neat Election.
The Tories in Aberdeen are proposing to start Sir George Murray as a candidate for its representation at the neAt election .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 10, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1069/page/7/
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