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( Continued Jrtm our sixth pege . ) par ' out , and a number of papm is his house . 1 formd this paper ( marked P . ) in a small desk iu Th ompson ' s front parlour , after be was in cu « todj . I had told Mm first abouthiaeorreapondMie * withother pirtie * . I brought him with me to Stock port , and Be ha * been committed to Chester to take hig trial at the assizes , on a ^ harjre of cowpimcy , and of posseMin * and disposing of arms for iHejral purposes . The three booki produced ( marked Q . R . S . ) are thoae I found . —[ Tkey were account book * . ] Richard Green , head lock-up keeper in the Man-Aetter boroujrh puh ' ce ^ -I have seen the prisoner Iivsey write . This ia hia handwriting . —( Mr . Coppoclfcread the following letter : —) ( Continued Jr . * our sixth we . )
I * he reperscription of this letter ( marked P . ) * u ** Mr . Gporge Thompson , 31 , Whittall- » treet , firming ham ; " and its contacts were to the J 61-fcwinf effect;—*• Manchester , July 23 — £ 8 . 16 s . —Sir , according to tow directioB , have ient the case as empty , which I doubt not has reached yen . I thiak this high is price , according to the others ; but be it sa . I hare sent the foil amount , £ 7 . 14 s . fur the muskets , 15 s for the fowling pieces , Is , for ths machett , } k 6 d . for carriage , and 4 s . 6 d . for the stocking of ay gun ; which will make all right . Yon will please to send some fusees and pistols . I
have a fr ~ -at demand for fntee * , bo , if job can send some . I eomld like about four fowling-pieces . You may send a few of thoBsmatchetts ! they are the sort that will do in this town . I hare a many wants supplying , but taost want * fusee * and pistols . If those halberts are for sale , I would take one dozen or two as a trial . Do not forget the broken part of a lock , which I sent last time . Please to send ag quick as you po&dbly can . My place is ^ sUblisheo " , aad they haunt me by dozens , and I have nothing to s ? Il . I sold the last on Sunday . Send a few moulds , a few raatchetts , and if it meets , a few of them halberts .
Waiting yours I remain respectfully , ( Signed ) JOHN L 1 YSEY , 43 , Hmover-street , Shudehill . P . S . —Do not fail , as I have promised by Friday to have them . " Richard Benrick , head constable of the borough pelics : _ I had a warrant to apprehend and search this prisoner ' s house , which I pat in ex ? cntion on Wednesday the 8 th August , at four in the afternoon . There was no casein the cellar under No . 43 , Hariotsr-strest , ShndehUl , and I broke the door open , ana I seised in the prisoner ' s cellar two fowling pieces , ( maker ' s name "Thompson" ) , two steel bows , a battle axea bayoneta swordsix buliur
, , , aonlds , a box of percussion caps , aad a tin flask of gunpowder , contaiaing ab : rat 1 jib . in weight , and a ramrod for a gun . While I was searching , his wife came , and I took her to the borough police office ; and in about three-quarters of an hour afterwards the prisoner came to the borough police office , and era information of a robbery at his house . I told him I tad been looking for Jam , and I was glad to see him there . He said he wished his information to be entered , and these articles ( which then were lying before him ) had been stolen away . I asked him what account he had to give of them . He stated , he was an * $ e * t , and authorised by Mt . Thompson , of Birmingham , to diTpo . « e of these fowling-piece * and bullet-moulds for sale , and the other articles for his ovrn protection . I then asked
if ne had anything about him , and he teok from his pocket Uo papers which I produce ( marked T . and tJ ) . One is an order from the Grand J unction Rail - way Company for a case of guns directed to Mr . John Liv ««? y , dat ' . d Manchester , 23 d July , andihothar is directed to Mr . Thompson , Birmingham aad is for two boxe * . Mr . Coppock said , that the prisoner haring admitted that the things came from Tho » p « m , that would shorten this caw considerably , aad he would oat go into any other evidence , The prisoner declined to ask any questions of asy of tae witnestse * . Mr . Coppock applied for his committal on two grounds , first that of conspiracy , and the other for the possession of arms illegally .
iJr . Poster—You hare heard what has been stated , prisoner ; is there anything you wisa to 8 av r Prisoner—No . rir , not a word . Mr . Foster—Have you any ^ itnessess you wi * h to call ? Prisoner—No , Sir . Mr . Foster—Is the other case connected with this ? Mr . Coppock—No , not a ? regards the possession of arms . It is a distinct case . Mr . Fester then ( addressing the prisoner ) « a . d , there is in this ca ^ e only one course we can take . It is qiite dear the charge is one of a serious nature , and it is scarcely possible that a charge can bs of a mora serious nature than this is . Prisoner— I am innocent of it .
Mr . Foster—All that we can sav is , w ? are bomid to _ ccaaini : yen to taie your trial at" the assize * . Yoa " Til be entitled to bail ; and , after" » e Lore heerd the other case , we wiH ttate what is the amount of ball we shall reanire in each case . The prisoaet was then put down . / FEutozs BeriLow was then placed at the bar . He ssidb ^ foTB the case was gone in to , he hid to request thutafl witnesses might be sent out of court but tkr ome in the box . Mr . Coppock sa . H he believed he
had DDt one witness in tiie cats ? . Prisoner—I apply -that they may not be called upon at any future period . Mr . Foster—That I cspnot say . Prisoner—his qrsite a dovetail prrcetrdirg . With this combination gting on , there is little chance for ice , and I request that the parti-w who are here , vio may erve evidence against me , may be ordered to withdraw . Mr . Coppock—Thecombination . I believe , i * not on the side for which I appear ; bnt I am not aware that there i f any one here bat the one « kness wno wii ] be examined before tho coa : c But if there
be one accidentally in conrt , I shall no ; be precluded from calling him at the -Assizes . Mr . Fosrer explained lhii !_ lo the prisoner , ± x > A Mr . Coppock asted him his nsine . Prii » on £ r—By what cszne eid you amst rat " : I auwer no qufftion * . « r . Mr . Coppock—Then I charge him as Wilii&m Benbow . Joseph Sadler—On the 9 th Jon ^ ( Sicday ) I was a : a averting in Srockport , I got there about foar o dock in the af : ? rnoon . It wm held in a fieid aajominjr Greek-street , Stcckport , belcngiDg to Mr . Jaa . es Dakiu , Stockport ; the firld is partly bniit ¦ cpon . open to the Btn et . There woiiid be \ rei ? er > n one and two thon * a ^ ii , perhsp * fiiteen or * ixtreii hundied , people there . These miautei 1 look at
were made in the course of the creiiing . There were present , the p risoner Benbovr , the Rev . Wro . Esder , aad Mitchell , ( both of whom hare been corsmitted to Chester on these charges . ) I heard Benbow speaking when I got to the meeting , about people o ; property . HeaaiA , tlie zniddling dtaseB t »\ re their (< &t meeUEf '«) enrmies ; both the ArLjto « ra « y . and people of property were a » et of jugglers , pickpockets , plunderers and pitiless ** Burki-r *; " they were ail a set of bishops . He also said , " 1 ghould aivi * e eTer . i one to ge : a sharp pike , nx inches long , and carry it in his ride pocket , to defend him-vl : ' against acy oie of hii oppressors , or any pole-car of a policeman thst might atremp ; to in ^ rfdre with him . " As to lie Naticnal Holiday , he said ( looking at a book
waich he held in nis hand , and te appeared to Be reidiag from it . ) te -woa . d reccmiBend tbe people to L-ava off work , and observe the Natioaal Hclicay . He ? aid they raust provide food for the fir -t week ; and , after that , if they wanted food , they vz . zsz go , to the nrmber rf fifty , " to Major Maryland { & gectlsiran resident in Che&die Maselej " , and one oj ibe Members for the Bcroagh ; and hi * maiiUfactxrixg ee ^ bishmenu are * : me of tae largrst in ths Borough ) or * ome other rich mart , and a « k for a load of corn , » cd if he refuse' ] , to » ecd 5 tK ) , 1 . 000 , lO . OJd . ajsi if stall refused , 50 . 003 m \ W go . and tllt-L ther would be sure to g .-. t it . "Sheep " and ox ^ n , hi you want them , you must drive to the Elaoghtcr-Lou * e . " He stoke ia severe terms against tie
Government and people of property , and said they sxxst depend cpon themieiTfes and fij ; hJ their own bartlt-s . He was followed by Mr . Ussier , who is a diisenting minister , who said that when theNatioiir ! Holiday arrived ( ref-rring to thwe who repcriea whatttie fpeakers said ) , tiTry shoulc be marked and tried before a jury of th * people , and dealt with accordingly . Bsabsw was in a cart , near a per > on ( James Mitchell ) who was selling books called "Tho National Holiday , by ffa . Bsnbow . " I « ent a person"toj ) urcliase one . The Prisoner : 1 « it quite consistent with the nata ; e of good foridence to take a written account of a *> sech of some length . —Mr . Foster said , the ruL ; wag that a pewon might take notes immediilci ;
afterwards . —Mr . Sadler : Jttook rome notes immediately after the meeting , aad all withintwoh ^ ars . Prisoner : How long hate von been a police c 3 i ± . r : Nearh seven years . —Before that , what were y * u ? A cotton dre . « ser . —Were you in any other employttent at the same time ? No . —Did you then know hew to write : Yes , before I was a cotton dresser-Is that your own feand-writing ? Ya » . { It was shewn to the prisoner . ] Were you present at the comEsencetoentof my speech at Saxikport ? 1 was not . —It * as like a sermon ; but you had not a bible ; yo \ i &ad a book . —I did not take any method in writing down , in any order . —I remember yeu * pcke of the Aristocracy , the Whka . the Tories , the factiens 1
believe . Do yen recollect my saying the governmen t was a matter to which I should not at all refer in my discourse ? I do not . —Do you recollect my mentionmg our Wautifol Qneen ? I believe you did mention ^ Queen . —In connection with this beautiful Qoeen aid 1 aot i * y that oaa faction , tbe Tories , had been * CCU * 2 d of having ft i&ekgn to murder ie Queen ' : I bdieve you did . —Than as to the other faction did I not say the Torie *_ accused them of « imilar de « igps : I belie ?* jou made xm of words to that effect . —Von fecoUect my raying that one dcel had taken place where one ' TorV thief had threatened to shoot a Jonathan Wild of a Whig r I do not . —Ttea did 1 lK > t say that the Chartist * ha 4 become the only iojcu
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people in the kingdom ? Yes . —Do yoa recollect I *« d that I had nevor recommended the people to fee use of arms ? Yon did not make use ot that exprws . on while I was present—Speaking of the Aristocracy , ^ siy I swd thts y were en enu- * of the people ? \ es . —Of both factions ? Yes .-Dsring this discourse do you recollect that I sai 4 these factions were the only enemies of the people ? Ne . —That there was a power behind the throne greater than me throne itself ? I believe yo * did . —And then I denounced these factions as being vile , infa-mou ? , rapacious , villain * , and in short , the whole climax of hard word ? , —in short , I don ' t Jcnow worda I couU use strong enough ? Yes yon did . Do you recollect my asking a qn ^ tion whether the DsoDle thonp-h * gy ^ i . ifr * ^?! ^
tat- factions were disposed to grant them their liberties ? I recollect a bit . —Do you r » - collect in introdncing tile holiday , that I Raid * it would be necessary for the people to take t ' aeir affairs into their owa ha-j : . s ? You did . —Do you recollect my urging the holiday aa ^ a- measure likely to produce pe&ce- and happiness ?—You urged it ag a measure for procuring your rights . —Did 1 talk about a good old Tory king that gave his peopla six months' holiday ? Ycu quoted the Scriptures . —Did I not a » k what goo : reason there was why the people of England should not have % holiday ? You did . —Do yon recollect my saying anything aboat select vesrri&s ? Y *? , I do . —Did I not tell the people dsey had neglected their duty in attending select vestries , and that there wan ample provision to snppnrt the peoplo in each parish , if husbanded by the select vestrv , which they had neglected . 1 talked about rnaraud-rs in former times , in thf shapo of coDqnerers that had voluntary
loans ? I don ' t recollect . —Are there any more than one Major Marshaid ? I know no other Major Maryland in Stockport . —Do you recollect my saying that tkere were many liberal gentleman iu tlr . s neighbourhood , of whom Mxjor Maryland was one r ^ t * , Ido . —Did I not tell tue ptop e , when they applied to th ? s > gentlemen , they would supply them with means of support dnring the national holiday ? \ oi told them to ask . —[ In answer to farther questions or the pr isoner's the wirnc \« : < stated ] You said that tho cattle -upon a thousand hills are tbe Lord ' s ' and that these g-ndem ? n who had these ca ' . tte were the Lord ' s keepers . 1 believe you said , that the Lord ' s keepers wonld be happy t « * eud them fifty fat ox- "n to the sla . ^ gbter-h iuse . Tue- meeting , bo far as concerned tho behaviour of th ? ppop ! -, waa peaceable . 1 did not hear the people sing ati hymn , nor a prayer . —Prisoner : Then ! have done nivl you at this time .
The pri * en ? r then asked what the nature of the charge was ; for he was quite at sea as to it . Mr . Fc » ter—It arig ^ s out of the subst&oco of your sper-ch , which Lad a tendency to excite the people to disaffection , and toiDJure personal prop- rty . The prisoner thai said he never sa . w E * sler before tha : day ; that he was never gniity of conspiring with any one in his life . He knew the malijfnant mture of the progecctcr ' g employers , and ho ( B nbow ) was prepared for all the conseqnence 3 which he ( Mr . Coppock ) and his employc-rs wished to lay upon him . H ? never conspired ; all he did was fnir and above board . He said he had no wi »> h to have these observations takea down . He added , I have nothing further I wish to ? ay . The eximiuanon of Mr . Sadler was then read ovc * r to the prisoner .
Mr . Foster hanug consulted Mr . Norreys ( who is also a ChesMre magistrate ) g&id : la this case , fJeubow , it \ s clearly our duty to commit you to take your trial at the Chester asfiz .-s . You have been here shown to have b = en takicg part at a meeting which was aUendi d by a great many persou *; yon have been encouraging those parties to arm , according to the evidt-m ? row given ; anditwon . 'd appear d-.-arly for ill ^ ai purposes . It is impossible net to s& » , that , if thx- > is & faithful statt-ment which has be ? n given , you hav ^ encouraged people not
only to obtain arru-s but to U&-. them far the unlawful pnrposs of possesiing themselves thereby of the . property of others ; and the-r-fore jou are not only litbla to be indicted , bar , if this be true , your c-fi \? nc ? is of a very s ° rious kind . We have at ' present only to take tiis case as vre fiad it , and to say wheiher ' cr not we shall send ycu for trial . Prisoner —1 think I told you befcra that I was prepared lor everything . [ B-abow then asked if there was n t another warrant against him ; and if that casa was not also to be cose into now . ]
Mr . Fester—s vA he knew of no oth-r warrant ; Rnd it was exp'ained , that tha prisoner had b-en aprt'hended under awarratt issued by a Colne mi-iistrale . . Bei . bow wanted next to know if that charge w .-uld not di-, as no one was there to prefer it ; but Mr . Foster said it must t 3 ke its ordinary course . I want to know , Sir , ( continued the prisoner . ) as tho as * ize * aro clcso et harnJ , wheih ^ -r this ca > e ot mine cannot be traversed : acd aiso the amount of b > il .
Mr . Foster ( havirg directed LIvg ° y to be also placed at the bar ) siid , thit probably th-3 case might be traversed , if such was the prisoner ' s de ^ re . Then . addr ? siing both prisoners , he said , We consider both ! ke one and the Mhsr of these cases to be o : a ve .-y serlons nilure . Taa Uaae for tie as >) 2 ii ic closf atiacr ! 5 r-n 1 it is impossible in eitfter ca _ - « s tha : Tre shonld require any other than very heavy biil , 8-j the object is to s-ecare the rrial of th ? parties upou offerees of ? o serious a na ' ure . We thick ti . at your ca « p , Benbow , \ n one requiring heavier
bail tha-that acaicst Livi-tey ; andwesha . il lh <; r . ' - fo : e mats a d ; t ? e-ence . You , L ^^ ey , must eater into your oth h = coguizmce , in £ 300 , and find two > "ure : ie 3 in £ 150 eicti ; and with respect to you Benbow , ycu mu-1 entr into your recognizance in io'JO , wilh U » s . r . lies in £ 250 each ; and jou must , several ? , § ive forty-eight hoars' notice of bail . —Benbo-3 : I * am v-ry proud that there is a distincdjn ; 1 declare , trut I ap , Boih prisoner * wtre th > a removed ; and , vr » belk-ve , were conv ^ yt-d by Sddier , or oxze of the Stockport ofUcer ? , to Chester , on last Saturday .
APPREHENSION AND COMMITTAL OF A VLTERAN SIXTY YEARS OF AGE . HORRID AND UNEXAMPLED CONDUCT . Having Siraa rpa-on to b-lieve , from iufonn&'ion which , he hid r ^ crivei , that a man named Timothy B ' joi / i , had arms in hi- * pcsse . ssion , B -swick appliei to the borough m-. ^ istrates for a Sr-arch-warrant , which he placed ia the hands of Superinteudent Cochra ^ e to execute . The superintendent , taking ¦ wi'li him luipector B : c ~ c , lock-up keeper Arniitag-, in-daor constable M'Mullin , and two of tie pobcemen , proceeded to the dwelling of the brave old Bitm . a small hou ^ e , No . W , J eii-ey-.-treet , Aacoats , wkich they reached shortly afu-r two o ' clock on Saturday lnyminq . Ha \ ing obtained admittance , the police found him in bed up . srairs . He got up , drtssed , rjji came dowu ; and , in tis { . reiencj . they proceedrd to starch tke house 1 . In a cupboard , in
the bacs piacs or iitc ^ e .:, on the ground fljor , wers fcLnd a bayonet , a dagger , and a pistol . Booih v ? as askud if he cho « -e 10 givs acy account of theso things . He < aid he Lai th m to daiend ku property . In the trout room , a sort of parlour , Armitnge found , iu a comer , two guns , ons of them a . Beautiful ornamental fowlicg-pii-c ; -, the other a common gun , with thttarn- ; of " fLoiiipruii" upon the leck . Uuder a tabl- > ia thf jams ruouj was fcund a bag-ful of ] - , nden mu .-kt * :-bi ; ll- t s j a ^ d in a cupboard , in the saite room . M'Muihn fcucd a teo-cvidy , cuntaiiing seventy musket-balls , uni a paper of gunp ^^ der . pru ' &a ' jiy abou " . half apoan-i . Superintendeiit Cochr&ne itjunA npor . a taVir , nnder some ^ e ¦«¦ ^ pa , pe ^ s , tbirtj ot forty ba'i ca . rrnd ^ fs , and several books , cfcc , icciucirg a c ' -eap ed tion of ki Colonel Macerone's D-1 ' ei . s . v-. ' irstrucri . r * for the P-. ople . " A : tojjcther , the number of bills found is neorJy four hm 6 . Ti'i .
Tte police continued their search , but found nothing el ? e of con ^ equfnc-, either in the house , or in the cellar below ir , whicli L * also int ^ e occupation of booth . Atl : « ng h , liHviiij corr , p " , eted their svarc ' n , t ' c-v ferouF ' ! away Bootii f _ s tteir prisoner , together wiis tt-e arras a : > a ajnnin y . i'don tbc-y had found , and retched tbe Bor . - 'Cga P > . iice Olnce about four o ' clock , whe . 'S Booth was led s -:-. d in tbe lock-up . We under-tani thst Bgocb , wlo i about sixty years of age , was ia the h ^ bit of cleaning sticks lor kilti / . g coUon . He is supposed to be a ini'avary pen = > iuser , liiojgli iu btoutiy denies it at present . Hi is married ; his ^ ifo is li ving , and lie hi * a Limijv .
EXAMINATION OF THE PKISONER . Shortly after the open ng of the Borough Court , the prisoner , Timothy Booth , was brought np for examiLatioii ; the fitting magistrates being Thomas Fot-. er . Mayor , ( who presided . ) Daniel Maude , W . K . Calleader , Tnoinas CojIs . J . G . Frost , Darid Price , J . S . Smith , and C . J . S . Walker . Beswici being sworn , stated that , in conseqnenceof infonr at : on which he iiad reserved yrsterday , he made auijlieation to the maei ? crate ? " tor a warrant 10
* eareh the hocse of the p ; isocer , Timothy Booth , who lives Ne . 44 , J .-rsey-street , Ancoate . Accsrdipgiy . abcut baif-past two e ' clock this morning , he ¦ : isp " fltehed SuperiiitendectCochrane , and other officers , to search the hou . * e ; and they found a large quantity of article * , eonsi- < tLng of a musket , a bayonet , a fowliug-piece , a pistol , a dagger , 24 ball cartr i ^ gfs , 102 small lead bullets , and 262 large lead bullets , aiid about half a pound of gunpowder . [ Berwick pro-. ' ucffd these articles , whicil were placed on the table of the Conrt . ]
Superintendent Cochrane swern—I went to the pri > oarr ' s hoore this morning about half-past two o ' clock , ia company with these officers . In searching hisboui-e , in a cupboard in the kitchen we found a pistol aad a bayonet . I got them , and asked the prisoner to whom tfeey balongedj and he gaid to Ms sou . [ PrinjneT —( iu a loud voice)—I deny it , ] I asked him wk&t tss they -were for , and he Baid for protecting the hcu < e . la the meantime , Armitage " and M'Msliin wero searching the parloar or frontroom , aad they found there the musket and fowlingpi'ce . I aflervfards went into tho parlour , and under « ome clo&es on a sort of chest 1 fcund a parcel c- > nta nin £ 24 ball cartridge * . In a front roem up tair * , in a boi which was in a copbeard , I found
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thst box with a hundred balls in it , and several books aid cards also I found amongst some papers . Mr . Maude—What is hp , do you know ? M'MuHin—He cleans stick * for butting cotton . Mr . Maud . ;—D 3 you know him any of yon before ? M'Mullin—I know the man by eight . Wr . M « ude—Do you know his habits of late ? M'Mullin—Not of my own knowledge ; but 1 hear he is a great man amongst the Chartbts . Mr , MauJe—Do yon Dalieve he is connected with these late meetings ? M'Mullin—I have every reason to believe 60 . Th-ro is one book which Mr . Cochrane found . Beswick said , that amongst the papera and books were found * ome printed cards , which were to the following efiect : — ^ b a hundr ^ l . io ^ , several
"Manchester South Lancashire Universal Suffrage Association for the attainment of Universal Suffrage . Vote hj Billot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Representation , aad No Property QualificadT \ u ° - , ' - - Booth > ^ Jsrsey-street .-Robert Holm * , Secretary . 1839 . " ' Mancheter Chartists' Political Union , No . 1 , Distncr , aalter-gtreet . William Seagar . No ] 2 — J . Loma * , Secretary . " ( Another card , similar to this , only for the present quarter , ending 24 th September , 1939 . ) r "Manchester Political Union . —I hereby certify , that Timothy Bepth has duly enrolled himself a member of this union , and that he hes paid his * vbscnpoon for the . quarter ending 24 th of June . 1839 .
Wm . I ill man , secretary . No . 12 . " B-swick said , that the Timothy Booth mentioned on th ? cards was the prisoner , and the William lillman was now committed to Kirkdale for trial a : the next Assizes , on a mmilar charge . The book referred to was a small one , with an engraved frontBpiece , containing drawings of pikes : or " foot lances , and it was entitled " Instroctions to the people , for the foot-lancers . " Mr . Maude—Yes , I know the book . Prisoner , have you any account to givp of yoursel ' . Prisoner—What , in regard to those articles there ? ( Yes . ) I have , sir . I bought those articles to defend my house , to prepare myself aad my family for its defence , while I am in Ireland after my business ; and I conrider that , according to the laws ot the landthat it ^
, does not only require bat compel me to have such thing < to defend ray life and pr < vptity , and the cao « e cf the country , and to keep the peace : I bought thes ^ articles . B&s''ck—The musket and fowling-piece are made by lhompson , of Birmingham , the p « ty who is sow in Chester Castle , for trial at the Arizes . There was also in his possession a small paper , addressed to tke soldiers . ( This pap « r was handed np to the bench , and lskeaded "Soldiers" in large type , and commences as follows : )—/• Th * following little paragraph is copied from the northern Liberator . Read it ; and , after you have done so , ask yourself the following questions : — Must I , at the word of command , fire and destroy felWcreatureA
my - —more especially when policemen have aggravated tht-m almost to madness : hired ruffians , at 3 « . 6 i . per day , who enjoy all the p l easures of life ; and , I , as a aoldier , at 13 I . per day , exposed to all kinds of weather , harrassed almost to death in protecting those very policemen who have been the aggressors ? Forbid it , humanity ; forbid it , justice ; forbid it God . " [ The case referred to ia that of Ann Peacock , asoldicr ' s widow , of MorpatL , « md is regarding the trevment it states she received under the provisions of that most accursed Pojt Law Bill ; " and the concluding paragraph is ) " Read ye thi % ye soldiers , when the enemies of the people are so anxiocs to let Ioosp upon th « m to silence tkeir just demands by the bayonet ' s point and learn what
, blessings are in store for yeur widows , after you have sprut your days in defending your COQEtry , or more iugloriously repressing the demands forjustice of apeat but horribly depressed people . " The prisoner : Should I appeal to the worthy magistrate to answer me one question ?—The Mayor : Yes . —Prisoner : Have you got arms in your pc-Mesidon , sir , to protect your life and property ? Answer me that , as you are a swora jo ? tice to keep the peace . —Mr . Maude ( holding up the paper addressed to " Soldiers" ) : What accountdo you give of this ?—Prisoner : What is that ? Oh ! aperwn gave me itosedayin the street , aad Iputitinuiy pocket , the same as any other bill . —( Tuniingto the Mayer agab ) . Bnt , I say , your wor , hip didn't give me an auswer to that question . I ask vou Main .
Have you got any arms in your possession ? Is your worship prepared to give- me an answer ?—The Major : No , 1 shall not give yon an answer . Conduct yourself with decency . —Mr . Maude : The qnestion is , pri- oner , whether you bav * arms in your hous < s with a good intention or a bad intention ; au-i the persons who will have to decide that question will bft a jury of y ^ nr country . If your intention was only such as you have avowed this morning , —if you can convince a jury of your couatrymen ol that , then you wiil have committed no offence at all . The prisoner—I am not inclined to any evil p * rpcs » Wltn &em ; I at » inclined with all my power w preserve the peace . —Mr . Maudo : Well , you will hare to satisfy a ^ ury of your countrymen Of that Pr isoner—lam informed by the lft-rsof the land .
that it is my duty to do all that lies iu mypowtr to protect my property , and to preserve peace , and that th !> laws will prott-ct me , although I am only a poor working man . —[ Mr . Maude : No doubt ; the laws wi' , 1 pr . t-ct every on ? . ] Then , according to the laws , ttiey expressly state , that the poor are allowed to have -uch thiugu , as well as the lords of the laud , to defeat the laws of tha country , and to pre-• erve the pfice . — Mr . Maade—There is no distmctinn made by the l » w . No parson , however high his rank or station , is allowed to have arms in his posses-ion for an illegal purpose . It is for a jury to decide whether you had them for snch porpose or not . Prisoner : 1 did not have them at the door , only for ear the neighbours might say that it was injuring my neighbours' feelings . —Mr . Maude : Well , the examinations must be taken .
Tne prisoner wng removed ; and , when the exzraiastions had been reduced to writing , he was a ^ a in placed at the bar , and the evidence of Bsswick , Superintendent Cochran " , and constables Arrakngri and MWInllin , were read ever to him . —The examinations detailed tho evidence , as alreadj given , and it was added , that 102 of the lfad ^ n bullets w re for pistols , and 2 G 2 for gun * , mnkiug a total of 36-1 . Or tti «? se Cochrano found 100 ; Armitago 194 ; an i M'Mullin " 0 . Armitage staled that tho prisoner , ^ hen a--ked to whom the guns belonged , said that
the musket was his own , and that th-j fowlingpiece had beyn won at a raffle . —M'Mullin stated that , Rf-. er the uiatol waj found , he asked Booth U he haa any more fire-arms in the hou » e , and the prisoner replied— " Vou need uot trouble yourseli to seirch further ; you have foand all tbe fire-arms in the house . " Subse quently the tiro guns wero found ; and the witness a- « Jc- > d the prisoner if he had any bnllets or cartridges , or powder , and he said ne had not ; and witness a ' ter * ards fbend TO lead bulleU , and about half a pound of powder ,
The examinations having bsen read , the Mayor « eked the prisoner if h * had anything farther to say . Prisoner : No ; only when he asked me the qi suon I told him I h ? id . —Th" Mayor : Anytbiug ^ l ** 1?—PrisoEer : Am I jcstifiable , according to the law ? of the laiid , to have such articles ia my house , to protect me as well n % others ? The Mayor : A jury of yonr country will tell you whether you are justified or not . Yon are committed to Kirkiiaie , tor trift ! at tht » assize * . The witnesses were then bound over to appear and giv * evidenca . The Prironer : What bail might be required ?—The Miyor : Two sureties in £ 7 " eacb , aud yonr own rec gcizance in £ 150 , aud you must give fortyeigtt hours' notice of the bail . The prisoner wa 3 then removed . APPREHENSION OF JOHN DEEGAN AT ROCHDALE , Last night week , a meeting was held at Rochdale , in a place behind the Primitive Methodists' Chapel , in Drake-street . It is a kind of triaDgolarplot of ground , and could not conveniently hoid more than ten thousand persons . On this occasion , there were probably from 5000 to 8 OO 1 ) persons , nearly all of them of the labouring class , ia ^ s Taylor , of Spotland , late a member of the National Convention , vrns called to th « chair , and opened the meeting in an appropr iate speech of much plausibility and moderation . John Deegan , another of the Convention , followed , and spoke upwards of an Lour and a half . He was repeatedl y cheered during his address . Near the hustingsthe
, meeting was closely packed , and was exceedingly attentive , particularly when he recommended the commencement of the Sacred Month to commence on Monday . Universal Suffrage was the grand panacea for all the sufferings of the labouring classes ; and the time was not far distant , when tuat class would know when to stop as well as their employers . He advised them to arm , and urged them to prepare for Menday next . O'Sullivan , a journeyman tailor from Heywood , followed , and declared the inhabitants were ready at Heywood , and would commence the holiday on Mouday . Joseph Taft , of Rochdale , thougkt they were scarcely ready at that place . Mr . Taylor , the chairman , expressed asiaail&r opinion . Det-gan then re-urged his previous sentiments ; and a reflation was adopted , that , if oth ^ r towns begun the holiday on Monday , they
would be ready at Rochdale , but would not be the nrfit to lead in tke affair . Tue meeting separated at near half-past ten , and the leaders retired to a public-house , known by the sign of " Hark up to Glory , " when they remained until the arri \ al of Mr . Butterworth , the depaty constable , who took Deegan into custody , on a charge arising-from langnage uttered that night . Batterworth Called Dee ^ an to the dosr , and informing him he had a ¦ warrant against him , Deegan surrendered without the least resistance , At twelve o ' clock the following day , D 3 egan was brought before Messrs . Cuadwick , Ash ^ rorth , and Kelsall , at the police office . A crowd of perhws 2000 persons attended in the street to watch the coming of the prisoner . Besides the officers , he was attended by James Taylor , of Spotland-bridge ,
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chairman of the meeting , and by one or two others . The inner ofhee aad the avenue * were crowded br some score ur tw 3 of tradesmen and gentlemen o " f the town ; the prisone r asemed to be prepared for the event . Butterworth deposed , that hei apprehended him at twelve o clock the night previous , on authority ef a warrant granted the game evening , and reqnented that the prisoner might be remanded until Monday . The information chared the prisoner with having urged the people to " arm with powder and ball : for hepaoplewere going to rise , and turn Lard John Kusselland the Government ont of their place The time of rising wag no * very near . » Mr . Hunt appeared for theprisoner , and read the terms of the warrant . Mr . Chadwick said the prisoner should ba remanded , as requested . Mr . Hunt wished to know if bail would be taken for theprisoner ? To which Mr . Chadwick replied it would not . Mr . Hunt urged the point , and reDrosent « H th * chairman meetJr . and h . or ,. ^ W ^ w- -
hardship ansiBg from close ii&prisonmfint until the time . Mr . Woods , the mft > : i » trate » ' clerk , said tho charge was not made out , and bail was not acceptable until the charge was completed . Mr . Heaton , clerk to Messrs . Ashworth and Kelsall , said themairistrates did not yet know what the charge amounted toj it might be a bailable offence or otherwise , acd bail could Dot , in the pres nt state of the proceedings , be received , Mr . Hunt applied to have better accommodation allowed to hia client , whilst in the lock-ups ; he hoped he would not ba allowed to sleep on bare boards . Mr . Chadwick said the magistrates hadno objection to allowing auy reasonable indulgence . The prisoner was then removed to the inner office , where he was surround < d by bis fnends ; and , after receiving their condoladon , he was removed to the lock-ups , accompanied by Mr Taylor . The crowd in the street cheered most heartily ag Deegan , in custody of the constables , passed .
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MEETING AT HUDDERSFIELD . A requisition , signed by twenty-eight inhabitant hsuHeholdere of the town and neighbonrhood of Hqddersfield , was . last week presented to John Firth . ¦ E « q ., calling on him to convene a public meetiDg to take into consideration the present s-ateof the country , the outrages committed at Birmingham , the unprotected state of tbe induatriouu clause .-, &c . &o . With this most legal , and constitutional , and i eapectably-signed requisition tie constable refused to
comply ; and the householders wbe signed it therefore convened the meeting themselves for Saturday , the 10 th inst . But tbe authorities of the neigh-DQurhood , not content with throwing every legal and constitutional obstacle in the way of tbe requisitioni « ts seem to have be « n of opinion that a little intimidation would g « rve thrir turn much better than the law , and the walli of Hudderofield were accord-11 gly covered with copies of the following extraordinary document : —
< V . R . Whereas , MeetiBga have been held in various parts of the country , which are seditious and contrary to law , and an attempt has been made to call a meeting of this description in this district . We , tre undera-gned Magistrate ? , do hereby cautioa all persons against attending any such meetings . It gives us great satisfaction to state that while illegal and riotous assemblies have taken place in ther parts of the country , this district has been extremely peaceable : —we therefore confidently rely en the good sense of the people , and that they will not be seduced from the peaceable and orderly course which they have hitherto followed . John L . L . Kaye , W . W . Battje , Joseph Walker , "William Brook , Joseph Armitage , Joseph Starkey , B . N . R . Battj , John Sutcliflfe .
Hur dersfield , 8 th August , 1839 . " The day appointed for the meeting was wet and stormy , and in consequence of this , and the hour of assembling having betn fixed for half-past five , when very few of the factories were closed , there were but few persons on the ground at the time appointed ; their numbers , however , continued to increases p to nearly teven , at which time the chair was taken by Mr . Stephen Diokiouon . The Chairman then Baid that he should content himself with requesting them to be orderly aDd peaceable in their conduct ; and , as the hour was getting late , he thought they had better proceed at once to business . He would , therefore , call on Mr . George Barker to move the first resolution .
Mr . Barker said he had come forward with the intention of imploring the men of Huddersfield to carry out to th « letter tke measures recommended by the National Convention . In order to do this , they must act upon cooperative principles ; and he would advise th » m to pat their 5 * . aad their 103 . togethur , and bay articles at wholesale prices . If they were to keep tbe Sacred Mouth , and work on thementh following , they could produce three times as . much as they could consume , as they were the industrious people whe produced all thi wealth of tbe country . Ho would not trespass upon their time any longer , as some strangers were present , whom tkey would be delighted to hear ; he would , therefore , mow the following resolution : —
" That thii meeting views tho reckless conduct , and neglect , of the Government , aad others in power , with regard to the labouring classes , to be . »« cb , that they have deprived them of all good and useful laws made for their protection ; and the manner they have treated their petitions and renionstrance * , from time to time , in refusing to restore to tbe people their elective rights , which no man or set of men have any right to deprive them of , the unrepresented labourer has no other alternative left than to put [ himself into such a position that his future demands will be moru bteded , and proper attention paid to his just righto , that man may become of more value thai the machine of wood , iron , and stone . We , therefore , pledge oui selves , both individually and unitedly , to carry into ' operation the ulterior measures an recommended by the General Convention . "
Mr . James Matthewman , in seconding the resolution , said he highly approved ' of the recommendation of the Convention , to carry out exclusive dealing . Tke working men were too ready to deal with those who oppressed them . They were deprived of the means of living by arbitrary laws . Am soon as their oppressors took food from the people , they took from them what wa « their common right . Exclusive dealing had thus begun on their part towards hi people ; and they , therefore , had a right ts
employ the game means in their turn . But when they attempted to do thi « they were taken up , and * enttoYork Castle . ( Shame , shame !) Now he would not get bit in this way ; he would not be taken up . ( Laughter . ) Let those persons subscribe who were their friends ; if they were really their friends they would subscribe ; but let them not carry round either red or black hooks , or their enemies would catch them and send them to prison . He wa * gritivei to 8 ay that only one sooietv in that town had carried out the recommendations of the
Convention , and if all had done the same there and everywhere else they must have been successful . Let thstn , then , act upon that principle , and no power 011 earth would be able to withstand them . They ought to take counsel together , and get places of their own to assemble in . They bad a right te do thw , and they ought te place themselves in tho best po .-itijn they could take up . Had they not always seen the middle classes acting against the working men at elections , and all other occasions when they had the opportunity ? and so long as the people were slaves mentally and bodily , so long would the middle classes act upon their
preient views . As to withdrawing their money from the banks , which was another of the measures recommended by the Convention , they had a right to agitate that question . Let them do this , than , and they would be in a tenfold better position than they were at present . Let them teileot for a moment on the use made cf their money . Societies carried their money to the Saving' Banks . The great manufacturers immediately borrowed it , and set the working claws at defiance by employing their own money against them . So long as they submitted to a state of things like this , eo long would they be the basest slaves under heaven . . He would conclude by saconding the resolution .
The Chairman then introduced Mr . Martin , of Bradford , to support the resolution . Mr . Martin was received with loud cheering . He congratulated the meeting on the spirit whioh had been shown among the men © f Huddersfield for Universal Suffrage . They had fallen upon times when it was their duty to come boldl y forward , and let their tyrants see they were as well acquainted with the constitution of the country as the law-givers themselves . The great change of 1688 was gained by a revolution . Jamej U . trifled with hie people , and tho Whigs compelled him to abdicate , and placed William on the throne in his stead . The
aristocracy took care on this occasion to secure all polical power to themselves , and gave to the people the right of petition . Bnt it would appear , from the proceedings of the xaagistrates , with respect to that meeting , that the Wtigs of the present day were determined to take away from the people their right to assemble for the redress of their grievances . He should be very sorry to urge them on to physical force , such as the Whiga had made use of in 1683 , but he thought there could be not much harm in making use of expressions uttered by the so-called representatives of the people in the House of Cemmoas . Admiral Ccdrington , ia presence of bis rene-
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gade countryman , O'Connell , ( Mr . Martin is an rrishman , ) had said teat if the people of this country had no cue for a king , they had a right to form a republic . ( Loud cheers . ) Now , if Admiral Codrington made use of these words , he thought he night repeat them after him ; and would the aurWitiea arrest an humble individual Hk « himself , and not Vmg the Admiral to justice for making use of each an exprewionatthia ? It wm now full time that the evils which pressed upon the people Aoold be removed , and their wrongs redressed . ( Hear , hear . ) l . ord John Russell might get a grant of 5 , 000 more soldier * , and withdraw the same number from Ireland to assist them in their work of blood ; he might ^ - -.-. — - . ,
get more policemen , and establish that force in every corner of the land , but he would b * obliged to give way before th « rising power and knowledge of the people of this country . ( Cheera . ) The Goverament night endeavour to destroy tke Tessel of the constitntien , but they would themselves sink in that ocean in which they had endeavoured to engulf liberty . They relied much on the police , bnt the police were Radicals themselves . ( Laughter . ) It wag perfectly true ; they were good Radicals ; and they became policemen only because they then received better pay than when they worked « t the loom and tilled the earth . He had been iBformed that in London itself the Government could not
trust the policemen , and tbit when the trades there , to the number of 300 , 000 , went in procession to wait upon Lord Melbourne , they were shut up in their station-hoases . He had been also informed that bad they not been bo confined , hundred * of them had provided themselves with plain clothes , and would have joined the people . ( Cheers . ) The leaders of-the people had been more harshly treated in 1839 than at < firmer periods . The Chartists were only allowed-religions books to read , and were denied , the use of pen , ink , and paper . He was happy te ^ ad the people of this country were laying aside their difference on religious subjects , for the purpose of obtaining * he one great object of their
vrHhes- ^ PniversaL jIuffi-age . .. ( Cheers . ) When that was once gaiifed , the ptople of England and lireland would neither be priest-ridden nor O'Connell . ridden . ( Hear , hear . ) The Spectator newspaper had rightly designated Chartism as a school without a Bchoolmaater , as the Chartists were all instructing one another ; and that individual must be base indeed who would not come forward to assist his fellow-countrymen ip their present struggle . They should learn to estimate at its just value the accusation of their enemies—that they were an illiterate ignorant mob , and wished to destroy and appropriate the property of others . And if they did wish to rob others of their property ( which was not the case )
they would not be the fa" rat who had so acted . Let them ask Lord John how his ancestors became possessed of Woburn Abbey . Cobbett said that that property belonged to the monks . But it wasnot so . They merely held it in trust for the benefit of the people ; go that even if the people did wish to take Woburn from the Russell famil y , they only desired to have their own again ; and when they got it , they would , no doubt , find bettter trustees than were the monks . ( Laaghter . ) But the object of the aristocracy was to keep all the property to themselves , and reduce the people of England to tbe * ame condition ap they had reduced the Irish . In'tead of beef and beer they wished to feed the
people on wet lumpers , which were as soft as a turnip . ( Laughter . ) He thought it was no laughing matter . This was pot a time to laugh , hut to take into their serious consideration how they should proceed to deliver themselves from the evils which threatened them . ( Hear , hear . ) It was a time te endeavour to obtain their rights by moral force , and , if they could not , then to see whether they or the aristocracy were the strongest . ( Great cheering ) The aristocracy were determined not to concede Universal Suffrage , and he believed they would sacrifice half the population rather than give up to him those rights which belonged to the working man . ( Hear , hear , ) The Duke of Richmond received
nolessthaa £ 50 , 000 a-year in taxes on coals consumed in the metropolis . ( Shame , shame . ) Was not that aoasewhich cried aloud for vengeance ? The great Governor of the Universe would assist them in overthrowing sneh monstrous tyranny , and the will of the people would in this case be the will ef God . It was impossible that this state of things ceuld much longer continue . The people had long since begun to put their thoughts into words , and the day would speedily arrive when their words would be put intoactions . ( Cheers . ) Well then , as they were determined to put their words into actions , they wonld no doubt proceed legally . BiUy Pitt said that , in case of invasion , every man
between the ages of 16 and 60 had a right to arm . The Bill of Rights , too , stated that every Proteetant had a right to armj and as they were all determined to protect their gracious Quwh , he thought they should put taemstlves in a condition to do so withefftot . ( Cheers . ) She was willing to protect them ; at all events whea Wellington and Peel tried to « et into power she spurned them , and recalled the Whigs because she thought them better , though they ( the people ) thought them quite as bad . The p « ople were equally oppressed by both parties . Should there be one law for the rich and another for the poor ?—( No , )—and yet that was the case ; and the woiks of Cobbett were quite conclusive on the subject . A poor man of the name ef Cook was hnng some time back for striking a mosey-monger and an M . P . on the brim of his bat . He had visited tbegrave of Cook
poor , and the virgins of England had done honour to his memory by bestrewing it with flowers . Well , let them leave the grave of poor Cook and go to BriHtol , and see what happened there . In that city , daring the excitement that prevailed when the Whigs instigated the working classes to shout "the Bill , the whole Bill , and nothing but the Bill , " a lad of twelve years of age was shot by a Captain Lewis , but the Captain was honourably acquitted by direction of Lord Denman . The Captain was liberated after shooting thi » poor boy , while a poor labouring man was hung for striking an aristocrat on the brim of his hat . When such a violation of justice ai this took place nne ' er the law , it was an insulting mockery to assert that the laws protected alike rich and poor . ( Cheers . ) It was a violation of the fundamental principle of good Government to make this distinction . The
Government was not employed by the people as a master to domineer over them , but to act as an arbitrator among all classes ; but the aristocracy had Bhamefnlly perverted its purposes , and made use of it to plunder the people and enrich themselves . But let them be cautious how they proceeded , and , above all , avoid secret societies ; for the Government would be glad of another Cato-stieet conspiracy to send the leaders ef the Chartists to gaol . Let them go on agitating peacefully and constitutionally , and they might defy the malice of their enemies . Did theyevir hear of a whole county , man , woman , and child , being sent to gaol ? The thing was absurd , and to put down agitation in this country surd , and to put down agitation in this country
was impossible . If they were to cease to agitate , he had no doubt that Neddy Baineg would preach up Chartism himself . Why , he had made his fortune by agitation , aud the Chartists were moderate in their conduct when compared with his doings during the Reform agitation . There was a friend to follow him who would tell them that Scotland was up to the mark , and ready to come over the border ; not to wage a puny warfare Buch aa that between tbe Percy and the Dougla * ,. but to support the rights of man throughout the length and breadth of the land . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Martin concluded his address , bjr announcing a lecture to be delivered by him the week following in H « ddersfield , and retired amid loud cheering .
The Chairman then put the resolution , which was unanimously carried . Mr . Vevkrs came forward to move the second resolution . " He said it gave him great pleasure to see bo many persons assembled to advocate the principle of Universal Suffrage—a . principle he had advocated for forty years of his life . He had now arrived at the age ef threescore and three , and had never missed any meeting to carry out Universal Suffrage and Tote by Ballot ; and at all these meeting * the greatest peace and quiet had been maintained . He was a man of peace ; and advocated the peaceable enjoyment by every man of his inalienable rights . Let them be on their guard , and act as they would be acted by ; and then if they did wrong it would be because their enemies
had driven them to it . Tha resolution he had to propose was as follows : — "That this meeting cannot find language sufficiently strong to convey to our fellow coustrymen , those deep feelings of indignation and disgust with which our bosoms are firtd , nor the extreme bitterness of contempt we feel towards all those who could so coolly , towardly , and asaassin-like , ( at the bidding of traitors , ) with an hired set of brutal police , commence so base and bloody an attack upon our unoffending countrymen , women , and children , of Birmingham , and further , we do Moat solemnly affirm as Englishmen , ardently attached to our native soil , that oar minds feel a fire of indignation that will never oool , a wounded breast that will never heal , until suoh villains , traitors , acd assassins , be brought to condgn punishment . " Mr . Rbnyon Fvttow seconded the resolution .
Mr . Jonathan Baibstow , of Queenshead , was then introduced to speak in support ef the resolution ; but he had scarcely oommenoed whea a storm .
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which had been sometime gathering , bm » : ov « r the place of meeting , discharging torrents of raim upon tbe heads of those who remained , and , together with the darkness ( for it was now nightfall ) rendering it altogether impossible to take notes of ikm peaker ' a , address . Mr . ' Baintow , however , coatinued , HOtwi-bstanding the pelting of the Btcnai . till nearly nine o ' eloek } and although itwa » « oit » dark when he concluded , a great portion of th * meeting still remained , listening to him with tta greatest attention . The Chairman then put the resolution , wMdk was carried ananimoBsly , Mr . Binns moved the third resolution , which wa * as follows : —
That this meeting considers it necessary to con firm the election of the three supplementary delegate «• the Convention , namely , Benjamin Kuaatotr . Thomas Vevera , ard Samuel Healey , to take tks . place of any of onr present renresentativet who nor b * oalled away . " * The resolution was seconded by Mr . Cftossx ^ siv and carried unanimously . A . vote ef thanks was then given to the Chairman-,, and the meeting dispersed .
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THE LOVE OF WOMAN . ( From the Birmingham Advertiser . ) WOMAN ' S love in sigba arises , Breathes in throbs , and bloom * is hn ; Wither *—when the one she prii * Wrecks the hope of future y ** M ; Like the smitten rose of summer , 'Ne « . tti gome angry , biting tl «* t ; ror tbe storm * th * t overcome h « x Leave no features of the past . Woman ' s lovo there's no rewestiaff . For she loves and doata on one ; One oloue receives her blessing , From that heart too easy won . Fortano smiling , frowning , aevec Warps the genial ray of btist . . Which emits its li ght for ever , Sparkling ia the constant kua .
Woman ' s love , to man ones plighted . In the throb , the tear , the m& , Though that pledge hy man be bltoted . By the shrewd , designing lie—Should al ) treasured hopes lie rifl « L Future visions' raptures fle * . Yet remains her love nitrified , Fixed , eh ! false one , still on tfcee . Woman ' s love , oar cares dispelling , Lights the stormy pith we tre « 4—Sheds a glory on the dwelling , Where the bridal feast ia spread ; And averts the heart when lonely , From the sorrews tkat oppress—Loves us dearly , fondly , only—Loves till death that love suppress . BA 7 L 8 T
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HOUSE OF LOKDS .-Friday , Anfust 9 . The Postage Dnties' Reduction Bill was rend ft * third time and passed , oa the motion of Lord Daacannon . It now only awaits the royal ascent to be > come tha law of the land . Lord BROUGHAM presented apetiticnftomBii Taylor , who had been captured at Binni . 'gliB&aa a rioter , whec , ia fact , he waa a&Uting the pO&tL . sent to Warwick Gaol and there stripped , hi * ki » cut , aad in other respects treated liko a felon . H » Lordship also complained of the hareh treatment tat which Vincent is subject . He added , that he did not know whether this was to be taken as a sanultfc of the manner in which the threat ustxi bytW Home Secretary , in the House of Commons , two nights ago , regarding the administration of just&K * and the right exercise of the prerogative of one * * wai to he carried into effect .
Lord MELBOURNE said that the case afoaiC be inquired into ; if the representations were correct , there certainly appeared some ground fi » coatplaint . The Poor Law Commissioners' Continuance BS £ was read the first time ; after which their Lwdahip * adjourned till Monday . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday , Augtut ^ Mr . FRESHFIELf f ( the Poor Law Commu sioners' Continuance Bill having been read the ttrii& time , ) moved that the following proviso be added at the end of ths Bill , " That it shall not be lawful fbr the said Commissioners , by any rules or regulation not already made , to prohibit or limit the admraiatration of relief to able-bodied labourers or their fitmilie 8 out of the workhouse of any parisn or union J , ™ but after some conversation it was negative wiihosfr a division ; the Bill sagged , was Kent to th « T . /» r *» .
and there read the first time . The ManubestT ' and Bolton Police Bills wem read the second time , after extended conversations , an 3 some explanations from tho Attornej-GenecaE as to the doubts that had arisen regarding the legal construction of the powers under the new charters ^ Tbe bills are to be considered in committee oir . Tuesday morning . Lord J . RUSSELL having moved that the Hoosar resolve into committee on the Birmingham Pofis * Bill , Mr . Williams proposed , and Mr . T . Attwoo * seconded the proposition , that it be committed thafc day three months . That amendment was negatived without a divirion . Ia committee Mr . C Bnlkrpropoaed that the appointmont of the Chief Commissioner b « vested m the Town Council « f Birmingham iustradof the Qu » en ; but that proposition was negatived by 63 * for the original t& * as * + and 20 for the amendment—majority of 4 S uti&afc . Mr . C . Buller ' g proposition .
( The blank regarding the Commisdoner ' a saltr was filled np with " . £ 800 . ") * . The Metropolis Improvement Bill was read * tiura time and passed , after soma conversation ; a » - waa also the Stage Carriages Bill . T h * Slave Trade Suppression ( No . 2 ) Bill was «•* a t-econd time , comiiered in committee , r * it * fr » report recceived ( the standing orders haviag been dispensed with ); and the bill was ordered tab * engrossed and read a third time on Menday . Mr . T . DUNCOMBE , on reading the order of tfe * day for going into committee of ways aad raean % moved along list of resolutions , amounting , iasIL to twelve , upon the condition of the country ^ awl its and
causes , concluding with tha following : " That , until the' spirit and course of legislationi& the Imperial Parliament be changed , and proper regard had to the welfare and wishes of the whol * people instead of the interests of predominwfc classes , eo zecurity from the recurrences of aodk disturbances as tie government now demand * tka aid of Parliament to repress can be reasonable expected . " Debate easmed thereon , in which Lord John . Russell , Mr . ViMer * , Mr . D . Israeli , Mr . Enit ,, Mr . Warbnrton , < fec , took part , after which thft house divided , when the resolutions were loatbj * - majority of 22 , the numbers being 51 against , aJaoSfr for , tho motion .
On the motion of Mr . EW ART was ordered * , ' ¦ Return of the number ef executions which took : placo in England and Wales in the five years endinf the 3 st day of December , 1833 , and in the nveyearfe ending the 31 st day of December , 183 S ; together with the number of commitments in each of tboaa periods respectively for offences which were capital at the commencement of the former period—vis ^ OKc thelstd&yofJannalT , 1829 . "
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Brutal Act . —As Samuel , Johnson , an em& £ . boy in the service of Mrs . Thornton , dressmaker * . 273 , Regent-street , was proceeding along Pall tfaik . on his way home , about ten o ' olock on Thuxsdajr night , he was felled to tbe ground by a blow witifc the butt-end ef a musket , inflicted by a vottiar belonging to the Grenadier Guards , Kamed Jafc * Sadler , who was on doty at the time as seutine ^ l the gates of Marlborough House , the residence oT her Majesty the Qaeen Dowager , in Pall Bfatt . The sole provocation for this brutal act appear * tabe this : —As Johnson was passing he cried ia * - jocular manser , " Quick march ! " Upon whUk Sadler immediately grasped the musket and knocked .
the poor boy down . He was struck on the forehead * but luckily not in a vital part ; bad it beenon th * - frontal bone , instantaneous death must have CHOf ^ L Johnson , after he had fallen to the ground , called out "Morder , " as load as he was able , whiA brought Police Constable Brett , 130 C , to the no * - .. The officer found , the unfortunate lad senseless « the grouad , bleeding profusely from a wound oath * head . Sadler , who stood very composedly looting on , said the boy had inaalted him by exclanuBg " Quick march ! " The policeman iramediatriv etmr veyed him to Mr . Giddy ' s , % chemist , ia St . Jvnttfe * street , hy whom hia head was dressed , and h »^ r »» then taken home . Brett , the Police Contfahlev then proceeded to the apartments of the counnmim officer
, in St . Jamas ' * Palace , and reported tiw circumstance to him . The Colonel directed A ** Sadler should be brought before him . He hrtetrogated him on the subject . The soldier did not ta jf knocking the lad down , but said he considered hio » - self justified in so doing * as Johnson ran vaotatfj . against him while on hia post at the Queen ' s GtttaK * The policeman said he had no doubt that , tfait . statement was false , for Sadler Baid nothing akemtik . in the first instance . The commanding oflfaer . severely censured Sadler , who , he g aid , had acted » a brutal and . eowardly manner . He eeold aafc ' ¦ ¦ ¦ " interfere in the matter , hut would ! recomraen * tb » r lad to apply to a Magistrate for a warrant agrfufc him . The officer ' s advice was communicated ; t «> . Jehnaon who promised to act noon it .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1070/page/7/
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