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    • THE NORTHERN STARSATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1839. I
    • TO HEADERS & CORRESPONDENTS.
    • TO THE PEOPLE OF BARNSLEY.
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      MR . STEPHENS'S TRIAL . At our repviif thitmut UUeutUng and import ** trial it the oniywrtct in * thmi hat fetepp * area * nd a * many mould Wee to hav * ii ^ in a form "tore earit r preserved than the large troad $ hett <* f a matpipir ; ** r PvUitker , Mr . H » bsox , hat deierm ' mtd to reprint the uhtle in a Pamphlet firm , uniform trith Mr . Stephent ' t Sermon * , to that they wj * « # be 6 c «* u < ^> together , h vUlbepuklithedat mt Ute « p ^ M pottiile , ( not mire than fop-pence—J ^ # $ nn be 4 tffordcd , Y * o thai it stay be r ;^* the meant if alL -fte therml JfrnU art htMffripittUd to tend their crdert to the Qjict I * Tuetda * morning nexti at ike latett ; or . they tonubt be inntrtd their ¦' - '¦ vwsa&fy . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ MR . STEPHESS'S TRIAL .

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      HOW ^ BO WE STAND * This is i ^ uesiion-to which -her Majesty ' s < jo-TeranieBt rs&y well Sad tk ? i » 8 « T » eg at a-loss for an answer . H * w . they , hare managed to sustain w > ion ; ,- a fitlKhg power aad & fallen -reputation , is , ' _ we apprehend , Bonrewh * . punling to tttimelvef . The question , however , wixh nhieh wt begin our article " Hot do we sand ?"—whit relationship sabnsts between us -ud i * ciety in general ?—wHt j > r » pect is thtre of-its atnic * ble " c « ntinuanee , or of Its continuance at all?—what'is ou position—whaf

      * r * tbe means by which , vrt &re come into it—ans fey wnafcTntaJis are we to get onto ! it ? are ^ oesriouB ef deep and close inUrest , not merely to the few individual foolsandknaTes ( always pjliiically speaking ) into wh » e kinds fortune has made the strange mistake « f entrusting garmirnenti } reins , but als * tf tie miij'bj whom thtir iniqoitous domination is spkoldtn ; whether from a . ifc * ire to perpetuate the ascendancy of the » ns party , or fros a wish to uphold the . system , in £ he hope tkat its benefits may be appropriated in the e »

      taiaithmeoi of the asoeB&ancy of the other party , ef state thieTes , between -whom the people hare been go long crucified . " Nothing can _ b # more « £ eai than « , to any rational and not wilfullj blinded tffidentxiiiing , the conviction tkat we are on the ere of some * _ gTeat change . ' DIseonteat , deep-routed , well-couaidered , and . tarful bec * as > e jnst , pervades the wWie people . Let aot the . idiots who delight to styletaimselTes * the " upper" aai " middle" classes affect to treat the conplainings of the people as ; longer with contempt . Let them not , while basking in the

      Sdal raaniiine of an artificial , acd therefore unnatural prosperity—an esjoymtnt of wealth , eisa , sad luxury based upon fraud , robbery , and but too often mui 4 * r , under tke » aered same and . forms of law , eoatinne to eloie their ejes to the great fae :, tb * t the character of tk » insu ^ idoiu , farm * , and usage * by which , their position hu been , attained , md the misery of the people cener » 2 Jjr prodneed , iai now begun to "b * thoroaghly » i / t&d and understood bj that peoile , who bate made tbemsehes acqnainted with the facts of their osrn condition , their

      thraliea —their sernage—and who axe nit disposed longer to sit down in the quiescent esdurance of Boc" . &l rpolia . tiea acd political wrong . L « them cot lay the flattering unetiofl to thdr ssnls , that wh « a the me » he « of the law shall h » ve encompissed thoie who haTe become connpicucms as leaders of the movement—the best and boldest , most inteiH ^ ent aad fearless of tke people—chit the "herd" will then kne « l down like patient camels to reoeire the full measure of t ' aeir loading , goading , labour , aE& .

      starration . They will find their mistake to be most fearful , tboago not mare egregious than the blunder thty haTe already made in attributing tke diseontent « f-fi > epeop l * , sot to th « eaaarance of wrong , bin to tke rnSaamatorrharangues cf " inob orators" p olitical " raeendi&riws ; " as ii Uwereia tie power of any man by dint of argument or elouuence , to conTinee another , wie ? e btlly w « wtll filled , said whose back was well clothed—whose house was well furnished—whose children were well

      educated—wfiose _ wife was . enabled t » be « ta « a reasonable share of attention upon dointstic dufies—waose labow was not heatier than that which w -eo « padble with a fair share of physical , mental , and social enjoyments -tkat he was not . in possession of all these goods . It has been impudently and exnlungly demanded from the sacred seat of judgment , whether any man in this country is oppressed I—or if any thing of injustice C&a be known in this country , where the courts of law are alike open to rich and poor ! The inquiry

      was impudently made where it was known that no I answer could he offered . It was caught at and repeated by the usderiings of of&oe for the purpose f enforcing that tctt injustice of which it affected to . denj the existence . It' the prating fooU who talk about the people being deluded by their Leaders , and p'rsuaded into an imaginary sense of wrtngs which hare no existence , btlitve their ows doctrines , why d » they not try a counter asdtuuoB ? If tW people are so readily periiaded of that which has

      no existence , surely-they will not be Tery deaf to the Toice of truth ) when wee its sweet souads fill upon the ear' fT there be so iijusuce in the laad and no misery among the people , and fhe people hare been wesk enough to be persuaded " in » the . belief , of that which wu false , there caa surely be no difficult in leading . bo witless a people by the powers . of eloquence and argument to acknowledge sad beliere the truth . Let the , experiment be « ade . Let the ATTOjB-SEY-GB ^ BaAi , * ad

      -Joaga PiTiiftoK tarn out ; aod jike " Jiooest ,. pftriotic , and paiple r ioting demljgognes , persuade tie people t £ at they . are well fed , well . clothed , well cared for , and in the full pessenrioB of all the social and political advastages to whidk they are , hj right , entitled . -. .-Is ihere one amongtt the neti stre » nons and most im * yudeai of tho 3 e . who deny the existescV bf the people ' s grieranoeu , and who charga . the general disaffection upon a few ? ' firebrand leaders " ft » t would hare the least confidence in the result of

      such an experiment ? Not one ! Nor is there one among the most stupid , purblind , and besotted of them who does not know , tbat the fact is the Tery . COirwss of thai which they would represent ; that so hi from the letders hsTieg produced the . dissf-J ^ ios , to disaffection has prodneei tke le&dere , whose - ^ aaeace extends no furthpr tkan their capability of fc ^^^ J " ? « expression the feelings of the people , aad of girio * ; ^ J 'keir prcdendal adriee and guidance , a direction to thoie

      feeihigs , tenaisg te the amelioration ef the sufferings out of which they rue . Let not , then , the harpies , think that the scene * of perverted law pTo 8 tra . t * d justice , &sd savaf s coercion which ha-se , daring tie Isitfew weeks , afiuced upon the page of our national history a blot which no time can efface , hare done anything towards exterminatiig the spirit of liberty , sad the cry fer justice , which from east , wen , north , and south , rises , and shall rise , yet more loudly and commandingly , until its mandate be

      " obeyed . "Would that we could hope that there were e ^ en a remote prtwpeet that a glimmering of commontense might yet eoma o ^ er the dim vision of our d . « Beu / . ei . rulers ; that in our strictest scrutiny we eould diicoTer oas redeeming fea ; cre in the dari countenance which they present to the eve of politA ^ al obserratioii 1 Yfe tare looked—looted anxi-

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      0 Bslj r bu * looked > iinlj . Another S « 9 » ion ' of the two House * of Miscnief-workers hu wme almost to it , conclusion .. "What 5 s it * hbUry ? ~ - lt not one of firej &nd r » bb * ry , ^ ni blood . r persietjeg ia irjusticf and of recklfM -ifegiri to ri ght ? Is there anj one great measura af popular benefit and adrantage , for which this Gktemment and Parliament can claim the people ' s < kb 1 j-1 «» looltl ,, inij . Amta s « , ion ofl

      thanks ? Hare they not belied , in this present session , all their own professed principles ? —professedly « dtocatiBg < free tr * d « hate they sot refused to Ten » 9 Te the restrictions on the foreign trade of the couatry ? Hiring promised us , in the Q teen ' a tpeecb ,. Xo make justice cheap and accessible te all , do not the erenta of the last month prove that it has become more dear and more difficult of attainment than it eTer wa«—or rather

      that it hat- eyanished from our country , leaving behind it the mere Fhadow of a sub « t&uce , aad the mockery of a name ? Taunticg -tbe people With ignoraxce , and prating abeut the necessity of an unirersal extensioa of knowledge and infoimatipn , have they not expended , in the erection and e " Hibt > lli&hmentof » tabicj , anamountof public money more than double tkat which they have appropriated to the education of the people ? Hare they not jibbed , &cd trifl « il with , thfe affairs of our Colonial in ; ere « t 5 , until they are e » en now at . their wits '

      end how to- retain some of our Colonies at all ? Rav « j they not drained tb « public ooffers of the coantry into fo many private and individual channel * , that its mighty resources , though greater than those of a . nj other country in the world , are no longer equal to its trecessitks , and they have suffered the national flag to be , with impunity , dishonoured and isiulted , for very ftar , because they knew that they were unable to sustain a warfare against even an inconsiderable eaemy ? Have they not presented fhis great nation

      in the hamiliatimg ckaracter of a humble suppl'ait for the loan of a few nut from Franc * - ? 1 * there one act of meanness , wretchedness , and ba » eDe * 3 to which the beings who compose this Government have not oocdeecendetl in their paltry eubrts ta re * tain personal emolcment and power ? Atd is it from such as these that we are to look for any great , wise , or conciliatory measure fitted to tbe character and bearing : of the times ? God help us ! if our hopes had no-better ba&is than in the scute o £ right exkibited by these , we shonld be in a * ore

      pasdicameat . But kaowing always that the cause of justice i > tke cause of God , our confidence renains unshaken . "We fmili'Bgly bid defiance to the united powers of eril , and bid the people fear nothing , but go on patiently , prudentiy , aod prosperously ; carefully avoiding cntrage , keeping within the strict obiervarice of the law , lea'viDg ail the honour of its violation to its makers , while they concentrate and organize those meral powers , which whensoeTer extrcised effectively are irresi « iib !« , alike for the overthrow of wrong and \ be upholding of the right .

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      X Co . fSTA . vT Reader at Flowery Field , ssxr HTDE his o-ztb « t thinks . W e > hali re » ervu his eoaimniveati > n for tie yre « er . t , but it ma ? b- _ > uielol . A Constant READER . —We hiTe no room fur hii l ? t : * r . A CnjfJTAST READER AT ElI _* .. VP . _ Hu letter ia in » dmisuii' . e . COVENTRT RAWCALS , will see that it wa 3 ixpwss ' . ble 10 izizrt tiieir fcidtc- * . RICHARD MaREDEN . —VTe » ja » orrv to be oVsKeJ to ei ^ . nde hi * Inter . Bath Female Radical Association . —Thw ? » 3 Jrpss w Messn . Kre » t aad Kjberu , » nd th ? ir memorial t « t ' ae Qaeea U ne « es » inl » omitted . J . Mo « Hl—The report of the mer-ing at Trowbriige , u neoe »? arijT excluded .

      NORTHAHr-TtN RADICALS—Wo are gorry to « e : » da the rep « t tf vh * ir apirilwi mtebnp . L « UGHEOROBGU . —We are comj ^ Hed to omi t the in ' ere » tiiig local iateiligenee frwn UjogUtwroagli . J . J . Halv _ aT « k . —Hi « itatejneBt ia » 3 i « lancholv ooe , hut »* t atre to taan mui o' . Wr * » t . igb » r n » atnTOai ! r rraciingoa . VT » caouo ' t fiad ro-m ( or hi * ieuer , but Eli nil nut lose sight » 1 -Me ci » e . THB COBNCILMEW OF WANCHESTEa-WelBiTe roceJreda Ulier tkoj euiicrlSft ^ ' ^ ci ^ Uit mi aijjoa tj : ; : c race iJineiiester for in » ra . « . vre » . -e r »' .: i « r iljubi ' -jl cf it » anUioritj , haria ^ bo r ^ ai signature , hut , in any csw tUe C « mnci ! ju * n must rxeev ; they will sec the : & , rrn » Dt to . the contrary , iht tecanej " u fr ? m jew u > t » r , uni can only be t £ rminate 4 bj a six raoniiw' as . i ' jrc , given in inch »* rt aj that the tenant thill cjsit * t the end of an entin T « Br .

      NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . JT » . a . From the Central CemmitUe * X BdinLorgh .... 3 u 0 From ta « Op « ratire Society ol Tailort per the Central Committee ..,,....,,, 5 6 0 From a few >" rir . Di » at Prnny Bridge 0 5 0 Yrosn the Charti « U ef Dtrnfrlea 5 o 0 BA . RSSLEY DSi'BNCE FUND . Collected at Labour and Health , Kirkg&te Halifax 0 \ o & Mr . T . LiBKari will please pay ttis to tie Barn » iey i > efence Cdsunioee .

      ABER . D 1 ES '—J . Legg ^ wiU be kind enough to ascertain ihe aamberhe will want , xcd wu will aead theia . MB . ARTHDR ' 8 Specimen * were » tnt last week ky the guard . X . BVELEIGH his fpeeiaaen has betn forwarded bobs tide go ..

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      Fellow Townsmen aub Slates , —In cnn ? equence ef the various reports in circulation relative to me , I think , in jnstiee to my character , purchased at the sacrifice of everything dear to social happiness and peenniary interest , \ ought to draw your attention cothe state of Baroaiev , hod the cfondQct of the magistrates during the Iaat jreek . But previously , I btg to assure you that j [ would rather suffer all that the vile creatures can ia ^ icti

      than give them the satisfaction of on * murmur q \ regret . No , tell them from me , that the present state of tke country , and the reign of terror comm » jjc « l by them " , may drive hundreds from thdr hemes , but it canmei stop the ways of Sim- who g ayg , " Vengeance is mine , and I ^ illrepay . " Nr , fsllow-fufferers ; . every individual thn ? driven from his home ,, will act like so many missionaries sent kfeouc to inform the people of the wrazps they eninre . Now let me draw your attention to the proceedings of the la * t week .

      On Monday you had youx precessions ; and when all were returning . peaceably , t » their homes the ; dragoons , . cawilry , . and i horde of special constables were sent forth to clear tbe streets . Ask the brave soldier * why , and they will tell the truth . It wa * Jo Dr » vok « the paopla to commit outragei , ia orier that a few might b&ve the tatisfacrion of « eicg their fellews' blood ? pilt ; but , thanks to the good sense of the people , aud the prudence of H . B . Cooke , Esq ., they were disappointed , and they ought to thajalt God that tbe people put up peaceably with the provoking insults and brutal ufage of a few e { the sp « cial « . Lei them be aware that man is not like the ipuieldojr , made t » receiftt b ] f ) wsaEd still fawn on those who inflict them .

      On Tueadiy , like Monday , all « -& * peace ; but & few took the liberty to walk through the streets , and thig w&g . too ' much indulgence for the " gwinisa mulritade , " - therefore the- vile minioas were rdercd to cleaT the streets again , This only tended to-fill th&m , as t >? Tf individual was aaxious to know whkt effesce had been eoaunitted to gubject the inhabitants to guch repeated insults . On TTedncfdny ail ^ ag peace , and the p :-op ! e returned to their work . Thursday the same ; the shuttles bu ^ y at work . Bat now ' was to begin the reign of terror . A few , who had hitherto been kept ia somewhat moderate limits by the prudence aiid ( I Kiuat aid ) just ideas of Mr . Cooke , got their d * . iirea gratified . "When it was evident to all mtn that the people would not be goaded into any acts of outrage , and that they had returned to work , a waefon was despatcisd , and thortlv afterwards was

      seen returning , escorted by the cavalrr , partW loaded with cutla = ? es and pistols : these were imrr . e ' - diately placed in the hinds of ruffians without character , and they sallied forth into the strict ? , like Don Quixote , seeking adventure .-, acd immediately tbe _ S . ar Chamber was in full o ; . etadon . Johi ^ iddop , Peter Hoey , and John Wilanee were instaiitly taken in : o cuitodv , and without their having any opportunity of examining tho vitne ^ ses asa nyt lher 3 , thoy were given ten minute * to procure bail to tbe ascouit of six burred ponnis each ;

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      dnjiog which time tbe horses were bting . p »! j tn the ' ehaife . In they w «« putand off driven , under ia etcort of dragoons , without being allowed to see any friend , to Tori : Castle , and for what so on « knows , unless it is for telling the people to be peaceable and Hot commit any outrage ; and can you not b »« i and , say that , during th « whole of the agitation for TJaiversiil Suffrage * thjsrs has not been one hair « f any mWt ' head hurt ,. or the least symptoms « f » utrage or violence . ' . " ' " ' " . Oh , yes ^ Uiey have" committed George . Utlej and Francis" Fletcher to York Castle for Veadr ing the daily ^ Suit Newspaper t » the people Fieteber , I believe , baa , read ^ the . paper oncS ) aqd UtTey twice . Here is an offence , it is true , made oat ; this is not sufficient to ss / isfy them , they want all that are or have been identified with ' - the ati « g * U » b time tb . botan wm btlng . p . ; to

      movemeDt , it is no matter whether they have done or said anything , go ltng as they can get hold b them ; they contend that bob& shall be at liberty , having determined to require amount * of bail tfcat no poarraan can obtain . j Fellow townsmen , is this just ? when I applied for-B . search warrant against a fevr individuals who Kid been drilling , I wan told by the ma |» fstrate 8 tkat' tirere was n 6 t any law to fsarch any man ' s hosse fer arm » « nd ii magiifrates in Lancashire had done so , they would not be guilty of adopting their steps ; but now , forwoth , no man ' s house * is ssJe—all maybe searched ; and I am not aware

      that any law has pawed the Legislature wi'hin the lait month or t » -n , to justify snob prooeedinKi ' . Biit u appears thereign of terror has commecced wi ^ ia len ^ eance towardo -th e oppresxed millions . ' Hqwever , keep y ^ or minds determined towards the i > b-^ i ' mm * nt of Universal Suffrage , Sec GHre not the ene .-ny a chance to irjure you by any . outrage . This system of injwtice- aad terror cannot lait > if the pe « ple are only true to themselves ; because a few have gone to pr ison and others mar go , do not let yiur souls despond , for bj « u » m the san i $ ia the fiTflament of heaven , s » sore will you obtain your right * , if yo « are determined and anited . Believe me , fellow-townsmen , Yours sincerely until death , Wh . Ashton , Wifc — , .

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      GREAT PUBLIC MEETING IN RENFREW . SHIRE . ' ' - ' ( From our own Correspondent . ) On Friday night a meeting of tho inhabitants-of the above important county was convened upon T « rv * hort n # tice . tor the pnrpow of receiTin ^ aad heariui Mr . Feargua O'Connor : and although the rain tell in torrents all day , and tie ereming was far from promising , yet from 4 ^ 000 to 6 , 000 assembled near the village of Klderslie , adjacent to the birth-place of tie immsrt&l aad ever-to-be-revered Wallace , tho dread of tyrants when living ,. and in whose naine there is yet a magic iaflueaca to arouse to deeds f patriotism .

      Oa bw way to tie ground Mr . O'Connor Wai loadly che « red , and upon mountimg the kustiagK , he was enthusiastically receired by a general wave of of the blue bomneU , accompanied with . warm , cheers . He spoke for raore thao an hour , exposing all that was wr . mg in tha present system , and » xplaiaing how UnWersal Suffrage would correct the manifold evils , and teaching the people how to obtain it . He upheld tie Ctnventios , denoHnced its revilers , aad re ^ oniKi ^ Tided that pToper suspicion shonld be attached to all who nought to create any disunion in the Raiical ranks . He esplaieedrte reasons wky tho and all who

      pnte , -Jhri »* npoo « la »< i legislation , are oppoced to tbe principles of th © Radicals , although they sefer vectored to comfront theia where their arjum ^ nt * . if tenable , may be useful to the people . He « a ^ ei th « virtuous ineuure * repor te d to t « carrr Uaiienial Suffirag * , compared to thoss by which Reform ww accomplished ; and wa * most enthusiastically cheered when he Btated that the men who voted an augmentation of physical force to makp war upon the people at home , would have Wen scout-d by their constituent * , if they had dared to ask mpplien to pay troops to declare war against forp'sn invader * .

      \ otpg of confidence m the ConrcmtioD , adoption of the a 4 dresses recoruaaeiided by the fCouncil , and thinks to Mr . O'Connor , were unanimously and enthn . « insticolly carried , and the Ta * t assemblage retired at dark of nitht in the beat order , and consideraSlv elated b y the proceedings : all declaring teat O'Connor had ber-n most shamefully and scandalously mi > repre « nted by the pret ^ s . Oa my " return to Oliugow at eleven o ' clock at night , the factory nf Mr , J . B . ConH , of Paisley , w-M illntninated , and the slaves were then at full work .

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      ¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^¦^ H ^ KJ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ llRIAi OF THE RET . J . B .: STEPHENS . ( Concluded from out eighth page . ) , < cent apon the indictratat prefarred fcmtMt . hia > . In * onelu » l < . ubo »» i 4- .-a « utt 6 men , I ha , a no doubt yon witlio joar dtttr , » M thkt tho tt , \ uHTj will har « r « a » on to be «*( U-!>« o Jnfh tM TertWt tkat you ^ rononnoe . You Will Hot \ m atall affacted b » ? h ^ drcunutaiicM . of tha time * . Mr . flteph « M Us liuded to alum * that pterMl ^ -to rnmoaw that are orop » g » te 4 . YouwTU dwmw * ill tfiMeffom yonr eomidtralioo-I earacatljr imploNthal j ^ a »« 4 d m . Vi » 4 your vwdict , flentlemwv nf * u tb ^ eruUae » tUt i * Uid WfoM yon , upon o » th ,, of ^ wOatMM , ainca tbia trial b « awt . If upon that m 4 en «« ran an entertain noreaaenabla doubt of tbegul ' t of xh « ibfestanl npoa thu charge , you will not thrUfc fr «« i lirononndng « verdict of gnilty agunat him ; aid I muit ny tkat tf , -Amieeic . he-bo guiltyywif kt . iva * . m aotoatea tba M s < ** * «; » t > ^ . -it ho »> m » o fortottttthuduty tohaGodanatokuaorereign , I think th » t Iittla sympathy nnteruoaea isjJlL OF IHE SET . J . « . ! Wephr » is :

      c » n v- wun mm , ana that nU punuhrntnt will ogerftte m » most »» l » t » rT example , and may h » ve » powerful ^ ffjjtjn n ^ toring trajaquilUty , apd > * 6 * p » ctfor the lawn » f the country . " ' - ' : ¦*• * - ... -.,... -. . Mr . JttsticePATTESON—Gentlemen of the Jury , there hw cerUinly been introduced into thia ' ^ ue mock irrslenmt uatter bj the defendant ; and a great daol of that which he read , if it had been objected to , must hare been atiipped ; because it had nothing to do with the qnisatio * , brought before fan . 14 id ' ttot chrfpik ) to iaterfera to atop it myaelf { the Atrocuej-Genor » l < on tho part of thn Brown , did uot ahooaa to , } titerfBra to proveutthe delendaiit from reading makers wliieh eoold not have bven jriren in evideneo if objected to ; becaoae yoa mnat b » well aware , Gentlemen , that as to anything publuhed by the editor of a M » neh « ter newnpaper , 'the Uovernment , wha ure the p / oMcutorn , have nothing to . do with that : and even if they tad , that m « , ttur has nathtBt ; at allto do with tho question here , because that . publication had ciomnco iueiuirui / ainerenc mailer 1 moftflT

      < w > > . menusn diwmwaer that-youmay put it-atidn , and that < W « may clsar the caie of HVi « ythi " g ta » t U not rpill j ; inat « rjai to | tha iwitf . Tha defi » iid » Kt ( a » U hi * lordship ) ( had complained , * hatinthi » c »* 5 tbero had b ^ en no prevloUi examination beforp thB-magiatratcs , when h « might : have heard tha « Uhe witntuai haiiI , aad haveJtnawn natiuerelT . tho n » tara of ithe charge , but th « wnjin which it wai ' tntendeti | to . be entabliibed . FtWMnot nenwsary , &nd lotantiiuri it Was eonsidered » hirdnhip , if complaints of thUaort were brought before magwtratea , and parti-. n were held to bail , and it wait vary oommon ia Uiiideinsanors , that the fir « t . «<< 'p tak »| i was indictment at the a » s « e » or sesaioijg ; therrfore , thrire wan nothing PllraorJinarr in this proceedings Here the first Step w 44 by indictment » t th » lir *' . ttsiiigea after the Meeting ; and if ' the Cruwu had evettbi-cu roady to try . th ^ a , the > defendant vvcwld nuVhave becii bound to try onleu he thought fit i and tnppoHing ha wert > ready ' , thuOrown were not bound to try : and

      U they choose to rara » ve the caae —•»» . the Crown ha » the nrht , and as the defendant haa the right il he ah « w reasonable caute ( about which vti * are not very particnlarj iati the Court of Queen ' s Bench , then it was impossible to try it at Spring AasiziS , aeeause U would be necessary for the defendant to appear and p Uad in the Queen ' * Bench . Vll of which Up * would not be ^ racticabl * during the ataigjs . Therefore , this in the earliest tune when it ceuld have been tried . Then there was also a , eemplaint of some fire at Ashton hiving be « n laid to the chargx of the present d . Jendant ; but the Coart did not know ,.-txcepting from 'what the defendant read , that it ever was laid ; , aud certainly what was > n those paper * did not seem' sufficient to bear out the defendant ' s statement as to the editor of tbe Mancheiler Guardian , about which matter th » Court knew nothing . As to the alleged ¦ pecch of Mr . Vox Alanle at Perth , or that of Lord John Rug . sell in Parliament , tba accounts of them were not verified iu any ithape . neither could they have be « n received in evidence

      at all , as they had nothing to do with the question atissne . Mr , Stephecs said he hadbseit aa obje « tu ( per »? c « tina and a nrarXed Bian ever sinco he took a part against the Poor L » w Amendmeuc Act , and suggested some alterations in the Pactori « a Act . Had this meeting ' , upbn th « eridrnce , anything to do with either of thote AcU , ther * might have been sonie force jn tho objection ; , bnt m far as the evLdene * went . , he ( the JudceJ could not see that the meeting had had anything t all to do with thoM measures . As ' to the authorities to which the defendant had alluded to support his assertion , that if Parliament passed a , law againut tha law of God , no man was bound to obey it , Nine passages nhich the defendant had cited might appear to advocate some such opinion ; butthoiM p » asaget were taken singly and without the eontext . The writers in those caaea were writing up « n a subject of a rery delicate and must difficult nature , and one most dangerous to b » discuued , becaase approaching U the oaiivt ef where reeiitaaoe against all law becomes juitiflable , a

      qaestil > n " of the mtst ditQcult aad delicate nature that could be conceived . The argument adduced front , it by tho defendant seemed to be , that if any of her Majesty ' s subjects were of opinion that a particulaTacC wm Bgainst the law or QoJ , that act was ' not binding upon * ( he people . That , ' ef conrnc , was not the meaning ol any of . the wriU'rs qa ^ tal ; and it would obvioosly be destructive of all law , for it would be impossible to know what was law , and what wit not . His Lordship quoted a passage from a work published ( he said ) by a gentleman now at the bur , and of v . 'ry great Eminence—to the effect that any member of society had a right to suggest improvements in the conuiitulion ( and the lawn were a part of the constitution ) , and to point out what he connidered to be dafecU th erein ; and though he were inwUk > in , ha did not offend criminally , uolew he wern actuated by an intention ta worU £ ' ischiel , evioevd by the insulting manner in' . whieh he tre&ted the established authorities and institutions of tho country , which ought to be

      secured from contumely and insult , lest men should be intited or provoked to acts of violence in defence » f political establishment * which they held in reference , lt was competent ( ndaVd hii Lordship ) t » any nun to objoct to a law , —not to disobey it , or to call upon people in a body to disobey it ; but to taku the proper constitutional nietbod to draw attontion to it , ai > d to dhow that it ought to be altered . x 3 ut even to 8 p ? alc diaretpoelfully of a law could not be tolerateJ ; lunch lexs that the HubjecU of the r » alm should be told that tUfy might dUubey it with impunity ; still less that they might resist it by force . It really scented to him ( the judge ) , that the greater p * it of what h » i bten adduced by tho defendant to the Jury in his justification had nothing at all to do with that which was the proper subjsct for thoir luqsiry . The observations which the defendant bad made were addueeo in very powerful lan ^ uagi ? , with great talent and ability , and with a liu

      leraike , a great iiapres « ioa on tbe minds of tke Jury , pro-Tided they really . bora upon the points in qaesiiun , Tfaa great junvit of tka charge in the indictment was , that the UeWnJant wan present at un unlawful meeting , inciting the pejtol ? to unlawful act-i . Tho definition « f an unlawful mveting reia from the books by the Attoruey-Cienural was perfectly correct , tinf which was wiUkaown aud generall y a dopted ; via th « t wh ? mver a boiy of persons met together in great number * , in such a manner and under such circumstances , as reasonably to excite terror and alarm in the neighbourhood where they were » o a «» erublci ) , that was an unlawful asaem-Wy . What was the object of tho meeting ? TUey must onliect that from the evidence aa to what took place : and if they found that the defendant was at the most material part of the meeting—( whether or not he waa in the procession waHnot material)—then , if the meeting were illegal , if Buy mfnj > ined in anillpgal meeting , he made him answerable at all evr-ntn for what took place subsequent to the timo he joined

      it , if not before . The defendant , in the most deliberate part qi his address to tho Jury , that which was worked up wijh most eloquence of all perhaps , showing that tbere coulcf be no crime at all anlcss there wer * a crimioal inleHtion , —aaid that it was for them t » see what his intention * were . T <» e evident ** of intention wm to bo collected by the Jury from the facia which they found t « have taken pluco ; and whatever those acts which they found to have taken place ; and whatever thosn acts were naturally and inevitably calculated t « produce , that was to betaken an evidence of the intention to produce such results . We could sot dive into the hearts of men , to we tbuirreal intentions there ; and we conlJ onl y ascertain it by attributing to men such intentions as their acts manifestly tcumed to imply . The oKumatances alone of thin meeting twing held at night and by torchlight , wo » ld uot of itselt be sufficient te justify thvm in uajing that it was an illegal mat'ting , but it was one of the circumatancra to be taken mto consideration . The oVinct of tha meatine misht

      be fairly collected frons , th « banners that n « n earned , and thoir iri 8 criptiu :, 8 : — " Kcr children and wile we will war to the knife , " " Ash'oa domands Universal ^ uQragc or Univeisal vengeancs . " Tae defendant said ha was of no pirty iu politics , Whig , « r Tory , » r Radical , or any other description of persona ; that he had nothing to do with Chartiaui , or Univurgal Suffrage , or the Ballot . If that were so , it w »« certainly very exiraordinary that he suffered hiruunlf to beat the meotitig whero tfeese banners were carried . The defendant sajj it was hard that tha witnr « 4 es should pretend now to speak so correctly , having made uo notes , at the end of nine iiionths from the time of thu mooting ; and that there were otbrr passages and parti ) of sentences which , if they had repeated , would h&ve explained the meaning , and hav « shown , by the difference of th « context , tke innocence « 1 tji » expr .- ^ ians hj hid used . But they must . take thu upon the eviii ncn they hail before them , and judge whether such Iangnsgewas ac'uallyujod . The defendant asked one of the witnosifa , " bid sou ever li-. ar m * use any language tcniUn *

      to excite the puople t » violence aadblaaid ? " that was a 4 'iektinn whicd tha prosecution could net have put , aa . it rt-lateil to otlior accusations than the one in queBtiun . The witaebg anuA'ered [ and hu Lordship road the evidence as ta thu peop ' e getting th * rumtvnd beer in Mr . Ueward ' j cellars , at U vde a . i . l Br ere ton . snd as to arming tkamnelvea wx . ta cary ^ ug knives , ] if this were true , it was certainly strong language for a man to hold who professsd to hava had tke mjxt p' ^ axcablo inteatisns , and always to have inculcated the ctmqsi peaca and good order , arid only to have opposed particular ( HvovUions of tho legislature , tho Poor Law Amendment A . ct , taxi the Factories Act . If the Jury were of opiniou , that tic taeedng waa an unlawful ¦ e . sse . jn'bl y , asd that ' . he 4 « f ^» i 3 a » t w » a present , it would b » their duty to find him guilt / , although nothing was done so aa to constitute an actual riot . If they wtre of opinion , that ( his wasaqaiet aud peaceable meciing , not calculated to excite ago not exciting alarm in the minds of any of her Majesty ' s sfffecte ,

      bat tntrely to c » ntti 5 er * ed suggest an alteration in tho law —such . a ueatisig aa all pejrseus had a . right to attend;—then the deQindaaf would be « a&ledto their ; or | iet , The whol ? would turn upoB what took f lace that-night atthal ' meetingi Inie Learned J-udga observe ^ , i » _ c < inclusion' ,-rSomething has been xaiiof an attempt to intimiiate us here . 1 aesuraypu wa have not suffered an j thing ta effect us ; and you , O tin-Ueinen , will judge from tlieevldcae « , and not from any thing that has taken place in this or in any other part of tho country since tU . it rime . I trust that you will diiregtrd altogether any alarm that m » y have been excited By . anybody in the minds of the magistrates either of this borough or of the county , trith regard to a supposed , attempt to rescue this defcn ^ iur , or any other individuals to be tried thwo As *! b : s ; Itrurtyon will not sulW anything of this kiiulto op « r » U > at all upon your minds . Vou will judge of tho guilt ; or innocence cf thu defendant by what took place at that ¦

      meeting ana at tkat lime- . At twenty minutes ta eight o ' clock , the Jury tnrned round m the box ; and , nonsuiting together for tiiros or four SECONDS , their foreman said , " My Lord , we find tbe defendant , Mr . Stephens , GOILTV . " ! Th ? ATTOBNEr-GENEfwL—My Lord , I feel it my ffuty . 'to pray that your Lordibip will now pronouaee sentenee under the act » oY Parliament passed in the elevenilt year of George IV . and the first of WilliamIV . ( cap . 70 , sec . 9 ) , whereby , under circumstances of thia aert , the Judge of £ m \ ze la authorised immediately to pronounce sentence , instead of tha flcfeniant being afterward * brought « p to receive Ju 3 gn « n » , \ u » subsequent teim , in the Couit of Qneen ' a ' Bunch . The JUDGE ( to the defendant)—Have you any thing to say 3 giinat judfm » nt being bow paeaed ? . , . Mr . STEPHENS—No , my LeTd ; the Crown has had iU -own way throughout , nnd I have nothing whatever to

      The Attorney-General— I abstaiu , my Lord , from offering a Bingla observation . The JUDGE-Joaeph Ba ^ n ; r Stephens , the Jury , after hearing the address which the Attorney-General made , and the evid > nce on the part of the prosecution , and tho address , the very powerful address , which you have nWe to them , have , upon consideration of the cir « umatances of this caso , found ? ou guilty ef the cUarga laid in this indictmmt ; which is , in eflVct , tUat of attauding an unlawful ass » mbly , to the terror of her Mr . jestv ' s peaceable suVjicta , and addressing to tho perso » s tbrn " assembled , seditious languag" . ' , incitiEg them to proviJe theaiselves witU » ruu , aad to resist the execuion ot the lawa . In that verdict , of course , I entirely cancur ; bacau « c rcslly there U no contradiction of the evidence in this cisL' at all laid » e < ore us . Tho evidenca is all one way ; and , as to tho cVv mUt of that meeting , 1 think there cannot it er . y dnubt in the mind of a » y jarson who has heard this evidence . I r . m very sorry to have : puss sentence upon a » y peraon of your talent uud utility , snd of your education , for

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      m ofciica of tjiit . wMtt ; » nd fcb h * iftd ^ a ' traie . th » t-yoa U * e hitherto advocated peaceable 'dtctrinei , and havTendiavcirftd to inculcate-apoa the * penont wknnt yon Save Attended ia jour uilttiiterwl opaci ** Jk » netam ef . ub «» iitinK to the etaiUUtc 4 authorial at . tfce . country , and have only « pon other oecaaions advocated a r *« utan 6 e to the Pwr Lair Am ^ adment Aet and nothing olse , then indeed , although you would bave-beca cammitteu , by adroeating such roaistamee , to a , T « ry great extent , yet then might be some aert of reasott for t ay log that you had made a mistaken notion , —that you had fallen iate error in supporting that , becaaae that law , in your jadguient , was contrary to what yoa think yea are bound to obey in tho law of God , therefor * yoa wore not bound to obey that law . But , on the present occasion . I can see no reason whatever for supposing tor a mement , that that meeting had anything wbawvor to do with tkn P » o » Law Am « BdiaoMt A # i . it i « moot unfortunate for you , if it h « ( me , that vou St . JOf « olK « .. riki . ^ i , id H \ ii . i ^!^!^^

      ^ . ^ W fWff ^ olllW ^ j llKt *» ha , not joined yourself to any denomination of persons , either Ch » rtisU , Radicals , or any thins ; elite , aad have only endeavour * 4 to conduet younwlf , in the observations you have made , to the parties you have addressed from timo to time according to vour notions of what ia contained ia tha Bibleit u mom anfortunate for y « u , ' thafyou hbuld'have " s « ff « red Toarselftaactatallin any way at this meetiag ; because 1 ant sure that a person of your education coald net at all hare be « n deosivod m to the language contaiaod in the banners and as to tha import of those inscri ption * as stated by the witn / iHSM . And , tberefsio , it ' you saw , as you eaald not avoid , the iaactipticm-t on tW . banners , which won raogod in a circle round the hustings , you should certainly h > ye atutainod from having anything to do with that meeting , according to your wa principles which yafu have 6 t * t « J hero to-day . How it

      came lor yoa to a » x witk a meeting like that , if it be troa that yeuaro no Cttartist , or care nothing for Universal Suffrage , ] cannot at all understand ; hut eeruinly I oan only Iook at tbacaiw upon the evidence laid fahre the Jury , and upon , tha circuauunces of . this . p > riicnlar * a * a only ^ a ni it U &r nteto paMauch" achtonca ~ as may doter ' other people from ommittinjoieBceaoUhi ^ oort ^ wbwMr you hare by adme strange inlatuation suffered yourself to bu brought into this mwticg only , aaihavfijaotttdvocatedaaeh opinions at other msetiiigs and upon other occasions ; because really it is plain that unletrt pa-tans Who are instigating oth ers to reastanec to the lawsi aud to arm themselvea for that purpose , are ae > *« tt \ j pun ) sh « d , the ucmost oonCuiion , vioianco , and probably blooddhrd , will prevail ; and the persons who will be apprehendea and piiawhed will proba * bl y'be those who carry uito f ff * ct what ij adrUed by otters ; and- these who give that

      ladvie * being the most gnilty persons , it is therefor , tho boan ««* d « ty of orery . Cpurt , before , which Buck charga ia laid against the pyr * onwho , has so | ncit « Q thera , to vjiit that pj > raou . with s » ver « punishment , even more so thaii the penons whs have sen ao sxcited and have so acted , hi this particular case no persona appear to have acted upon the a 1 Vice gW « a ; dr , ' at least , bo tar as 1 know , nothing billowed , no violenee 4 > r blqodvhod , uo serious -injury to persona or property , appear * to have flawed from any advice given by you at that meeting ; but the tendency of that advice is of a most serieuo and alarming nature . Therefore , I feel that I cannot do otherwise than paiosueh a sentence ai I hopa will hava the « ffi >« t ofdowrjng other people from repeating or committing similar " offaneea and ot convincing yoa that i « eh exaresoions aa wore used by ytu here , ataocW meetiag en tho Uth November , oannot be suffered to pas * with impunity , but must of necessity he vuitod with severe punishment . The aonteace anon vim f « T

      tkw offence u , that you be imprisoned in the House of Correstaen at Knutoford for the turn of KlOHTEEN Calendar MONTHS ; and that , at the end of that time , yoa and sureties for your good bshaviour for the tern of five years , yourself in ^¦ 50 0 , ami two sureties in jftiO each . TheATTOJlNEir . GrENErUL— My Lord , I shall not proceed to trial upon the other indictment * to which Mr . Stephens has referred , »» dfaatly hoping and believing that tae ends of justice are completely satisfied . Mr . 8 TBPHENS asked his Lordship whether that aentonoo precluded him fr « m theuM of pens , ink , and paper ? Tho Learned JveoE s » id , h « did not know toa reBulationa ofthngaol . : ° The ATTtRN £ y-GENEBAfc—M y Lor « , he may have pens , ink , paper , and books , so far as 1 am concerned . God forbid that be should hedobarred , aa'faf < . « a my influence extends , from any thing that can alleviate the suffuringa which he must eadurn . :

      The JUDGE waa understood to say , that the prisoner might be allowed to have pens , ink , and paper , always taking Care , that it was forbidden to the defendant to write for publication aay thing of a similar eka » ct « r to that for which ho had be « n conrieUsd . Mr . Stephens was then removed , in the ; custody of ai \ o&ceT , te the inside oi the castle , where he was lodged for the night . l'he trial terminalai about sight o ' clock , having occupied about ten hours and a half .

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      To Headers & Correspondents.

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      GREAT RADICAL MEETING AT KILMARKOCK , AND THREATENED ARREST OF MR . O'CONNOR . { From our own Correspondent . ) Tbii daj ; cur town was thrown into the greatest possible excitemear . owin ^ to the followiug circumtt&nce : —Uil !*> , anjonnouu that o-rr chamyiou , FearyBs O'Connor , would aadrem the people in the evening , were po . « t « d throughout the to " * . Tho captaiis of police tore one of them from tho wall , declaring that ii -was qmito enough for him . This f * ot crraied no p . larra ; but subsequeaUy , the Lord ProTOtst , Rccompanied by the captain and the whole polico force of the town , mustered anal surroanded tbo several coRchcs which arriTed from G'laygow , whence A ^ r , O'Couaur vtm expected . TUe news ran Hkft wild fire , whec , an the evening approachedthe

      , town be fin to fill ; crowds coming from all parts of the . » nrroundiBg cistrict * , many from Newmill * , a di * taEee of serps iml' »!< , and depntationa from the various towns of Ayrshire , to reqaent a visit from Mr . O'Connor . At six o ' clock it xra * thonght prudent bj the comrnitteeeto despatch me'seagsri on the Glasgow road , in order t ^ nt Mr . O'Connor should be pat in possession of whil appearances promised ; and accordingly , our esteemed delegate to the Convention , Air . John M'Crea , with others , sUrted for the purpose , aDd met Mr . O'Connor within about a mile of the rowrj , when they informed Lim of tho circumstance bv letter , to which he replied taat he would proceed to Kiloarnock , but feared that the news wad ttJo good to be true , as such an outrage would do more for the holy cau ? e than if he was speaking for * eren ysars .

      A * soon as tha romont had b « en generally circulat » d in tbe town and neighbourhood , nothing could equal tbe excitement . Tho lads , in particular , of from U to 17 yews of age , by whom Mr . O'Connor is Uterally idolised , began to muster in groups , and the men made , preparations ia caae the attempt was made , to rescue Mr . O'Connor . As eocn as the carriage arrived , there was a sudden rush from all quarfer # _ to the George Inn . Three policemen , who were stationed at the door with their Htaves , and between whom Mr . O'Connor walked to the hotel , inst&nilr

      proceeded at a qmck pace towardi the Proveat ' s Hon « e , the peopla continuing to assemble . When eight o ' clock , the hourappoittted for the meeting , had arrived , Mr . O'Connor made his appearance , nnd was initantly surrounded by th » working m * n , fbnzg and old , wto accompanied him to the Theatre , ihe place of meeting . Upon their arrival , they fquud that the building wa » crowded to the roof , th ? sta ^ 3 CTIW-Taei , and as many outside as would have fillsd two * * Q . Ci 2 buildingg , The shout oct ? i ^ e was responded to ly fee cheers from within , a « d w > ea Mr . O'Connoi-inai ^ hiJi » ppear « ice , th ^ cheors were

      overcomiEB . N The Delegate , Mr . M'CbeA ! w » a unanimously called to the chftir , and for some tfma the cry for an adjournment put a stop to tbe proceedings , duriag which tima the stage , from iu ponderous iaadj began to crack . For some time it « as impogsibU to hear a word , aud the eatbusiaam of the ,

      enlivens-i and dreir irresistible laughter from his audience . He ? poite at great length , and , if possible , gate greater satisfaction thaa npoa any of his former vi « td . He praised tho Convention , and drew down drtadfnl groans and ex > critions upon those who so cruelly treated bis friend and tneir friend , Dr . Taylor . * He did ( Treat justice to the services of- the Doctor , Lotett , Viheent , and jCoIifu 1 ! , and Bia-ie a most feeling appeal in behalf of the men under sentence of death . In tbw part of his speech . b . o ; ye . » e ^ er and over again interrupted by the mo ? t deafsning apBlause . Resolutions trera ' unanimouBly passed of confl-Je » cd in , and . determinatioa to support , the

      Convsntvap .- ' f : The acldreisrs were adoBted , and thanks voted to Feargus O'Connor , and the Chcirman ; after which cbeera wcjre giv > -n for O'Connor and the Convention , acd the building was atorx relieved of its gteiring inma ' es . After tb . 8 proceeiiDgs had concluded , a number of frisnds accompanied their favourite to the George Hotel , where the large room wa « speedily filled , and , grlli apprehensive of an arrest , the street eutside rentaire-d crowded with yoUB ) J men . Mr . O'Concor having rcs . d from the Hun that a reprieve had bean granted to the three prisoners , proclaimed the glad-tidings , and

      proposed—THE HEALTH OF THE QUEEN , which vras rcspca'ied to with enthu ^ nsm and rsal grati' . aie , never evinced by either Wkig cr Tory in tbeir mock love for royalty . At one o ' clock in the nirming Air . O'Connor started for Perth , to p . ddre . < s the peeple cf that city , till wiich t . Hie tie stre-. t remain : ?! croTrded , the peopl ? surrirunding t ¦ > carriage , and remaining an : vio ; slv wAic ' fting til il was cut of sight .

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      SATORBAT , 11 A . M . —We hs , ve this moment Warned that , in consequence of an application from the legal advisers of Mr . Sttphsns , instructions have been given that tb « R » r . UeatUman bt committed to the custod y ot the Goveraor of Chester Castle , instead •( the keeper of the Knutilord Houiie of Correction . Thus the punishment of tUe prisoner will not be so severe asit woulJ otherwise have been . Friday , August \ Gth . TRIAL OF M'DOUALL , AND BRADLEY , AND THE RESULT OF THE OTHER CHARTIST CASES . William Benbaw , ot Manchester , waa brought up to plead to an indictment for sedition at Stockport , to which he pleaded Not Gailty . On being asked whether he was prepared to take his trial , iL-nbow uaid , —My Lord , I understand that I have the power to traverse ; and iu consequence of various thing ? , I am not provided with the means of defence ; therefare , 1 suppose that 1 may traverse my caae till n future day . Judge—Vou are entitled to do that .

      Benbow—With respect to the amount of bail , my Lord , you must consider that 1 am a mere working mac , and if yon aw moderate in the amount ot bail , 1 shall bo able to guv it no doubt , if it it ) uot as exorbitant as that required by the magistrates at Manchester . JwcaE— Well , lmust require bail ia reference to your b Ation in life , and the crimo with which you are charged , and moreover the amount must be such bj will ensure your appearance ta take your trial What its he ? Mr . Jarvis—1 believe , my Lord , he is aehoem iker by trade .

      Benbow—My Lord , 1 hold a house in Manchester , but no shop , the rent of which is £ 13 a year . Perhaps yoa will name the amount of bail now . Mr . Jakvis—Suchaa will produce him , my Lord . Judob—Certainly ; the bail , Benbow , that 1 require i * , yourself in £ 600 , and two sureties in £ 100 each ; and to give 48 hours notice of bail to Mr Coppock , of Stockport . David Roberts , of Manchester , was algo indicted for Laving used seditions language on the 20 th ol July , to which he pleaded Not Guilty , and intimated his intention tj trarerss .

      Judoe —( looking at the indictment )—thia is a very serious offence , and 1 want good bail , such as will produce you Roberts . What is he Mr . Jam * ? Mr . Jabvis—1 believe that he ia a journeyman tailor . Roberts—Yea , my Lord , 1 am a journeyman tailor , with very humble means , getting only upon an average , 8 s . or 9 i . a week , aad labouring olten fordo hours without tasting food . J l' » oe—1 siall require the same bail and conditions cs in the laat case . Another indictment for conspiracy having been found against M'DoualJ and four ethers Jhdce siid—Pat up M'Douall . M ^ Doaall having been accordingly placed at the b : » r—

      The Attokney-Geneju i ( Hill , ) aaid , he had understood from tho Solicitor to the Treasury , that it was not his intention to proceed against M'Danall upon the indictment for the conspiracy , which the braai Jury had found oh th » previous day ; and therefore , he woald only be tried upon the misdemeanour upon which h /> had already been bailed , together with John Bradley . '

      Four cases of larceny having been disposed of , Peter Murray , tPDouall , and John Bradley , ( of Hyde , ) were arraigned for having with divers other perions riotously assembled on the 22 ad of April , at Hyde , ia breach of tho peace , and to the terror of the inhabitants . A plea of Not Guilty having been recorded against them , Mr . Welssv read ths indictment at length ; and The Attoiun'ev-General of the Palatinate of Chester , opened the case . Be said , Gentlemen tf the Jury , yon hivo heard the indictment egainst the prisoners at the bar , so distinctly stated bj my Learned Friend , that it becomes unnecessary for me to repeat it ; but it will be my duty to call your attention to the proceedings which have taken place on the 22 nd of April , and also to their proceedings

      previous to that time * in order that yon xnay jadge of the utate of Hydei while these tumultuous meetings take plac ? , and to the state of the place when no such -proceeding * were tolerated . Peter M Douall , yoa are aware , is by tTade or profession a surgeon and the other defendant is a man of low education , and by occupation a dogger . It will appear to you that these meetings have freqmently of late taken place in Hyde , a district which fca » beftn fixed upon for the purpose of agitating the public mind by political orators , who have gone about'tie country inflaming the minds of the . lower ordersset them against their masters by describing theni as tyrants—and excited them to resist the laws and the constituted authorities . This they continued fur until

      averylongrjeriod ; they had succeeded to suchan extent in inflaming the public miad , that the lower classes were at the meeting on the 22 nd of Anril , > prepared to receive almost any impression tha ^ 1- b ^ attempted upon them ij M / DoUall and others . These public firebrands can have bu ofle object-the worst of objects , and certainTy it Appears to have been M'Douall ' g object , that if tiling tiMwowa pockets at the expense of tae poor peophV These agitator * do not work without paythey obtem their pay out of the hardearLings of the poor . Certainly , have a right to say so , ag > iZ i 2 v - ^ i ^ ' «• ^ ap peared before his Lordship , la , jfche evidence against Mitchell and oth i thatM * Pouall had been paid a SrgtsTi hi Ashton , for agitating .

      iuafeTide n c : 7 batdO J ' OU ™* fr * 0 » document The ATTonNEY-GENERAt-My Lord , 1 am not in a co . dition to dps . vand I kaow fa * otherwise it is not evidence against any particular prisoner , 1 will state that pay is the object- ( thege agitators generally , they will not work without pay !) Their language- has been to inflame the miada of the lower order ? , and persuade them that it is their duty to take up arm * to resist the lawful authorities , if they cannot get what-. th « y conceive to be their rights by any othor means . Physical force , Gentlemen , is the universal topic ; and every man is desired to obtaia arms o > some description tor the purpose of resisting tho 8 « who may oppose them . They are taught to

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      beliefe that ( her hava right to an equal ri gat to tae property of toe o ' untry , and are UBght to belies tfcet ho force can relist them nucceisfully , if they will take op tmu in wiiatthey conceive a rightfal came . Sach language as'J lMs—such advice m this , Gentlemaa , caa only tend to plooge themselves and their famine * into deititution and deatractiaa , and to deluge the country with blood—nothing less would be the result of the inflammatory language used by speakers on the above occasion . The deluded raeu are to be pitied ; bot with respect to such men as those encouraging their lew artful followers to BaitB for the purpose of resisting all lawful authority , I have no words to describe ihe atrocity of their conduct . Jf the-y h ^ Td anjr qomplaint fa mak >—if they have not those rights and Drivitafeg ta which theT ^ T ^ T ^''

      think thaynre entitled—that is not the way to obtaia them ; but they may obtaia their righ t * by peaceable aad honest means . It cannot be tolerated ia tkn ¦ c ountry , that men shcuH obtaia their fancied rights b y physical ^ force ; but they had a ; eoasutational nght to petition and to meet to diecass their grierances ; they may represent their grievances peace roNy ; ,, and respectfully : but . they h&ve no right whatever ' to treat the Government of the country with contempt , or to incite others to duobeythelaws of the laud . If such mea a * these are to beotmie the Gevarnmear , ej they seek by their Charter ; whal would become of every peaceable , quiet , aad welt disposed man in the country—if . Gentlemen , ' we am to take our laws from such bands a * tke * e , wbe weald b « safe ? Why , it is apt too much to « ay thai

      tha constituted aaHioritipa mon \ i be aoa > hilate and anarchy , coafusion , aad bloodshed would be the result . VThat i& \ i they -waatr I * there oaa maa whose rights are not inviolate in a Court of Justice ? Can auy one of them produce one single imputation against the administrators of those laws they so much revile—or agaiust the measure of justiceot can they gay that there tho caaiplaists of tho poor are rm equally attendfld to with than of tb » nca ? No . Gcntle « ie » , the grievance * of such men are faacied onfls—their miads are iaMamed for the deatructioa- of propertj , and ia « tead of th % poor raan being injured by hie superiors , those superior are mattrially injurtd by th ^ se dangerous demagogues . Gentlemen , you will learn irom | be witnesses the language used on the above occasion : aad

      you caa draw your own coaclnsiona as to the objectsof the peakers . It is beyond queatioa that at th « meetings which was held oa the 22 nd April , M * . M * Douall urged the people to take up arrhg , aad to resist , in point of ( act , all that might be opposed to them ; but what was the real ^ bject of that mee » - ing , and . the circumstances attendant upon that meeting ? Youehall hear . Oa the above day , a large body residing at Hyde formed themselves into procession : which was afterwards joined by numbers from Newton , Ashton-under-Lyne , Stalybridgej , aad Dukinfield , and attended by two bands of musk aad banners bearing various inscriptions , returned to Hyd » , the number baing at that time aboat 3000 . This was between nine and eleven o ' clock . They marched from Hyde for the purpose of

      meeting another precessioa : atid , having beea joiaed by M'Douall , the whole body proceeded to th # Workiag Mea ' s Inatitatioa , wh « re ; it appears they have a room . Here a maetiag waa held , and Jobs Broadley took the ch « ir , ^ nd after addressing these poor deluded men , M'Deuall , I believe , commenced speaking fron the window of tho Institution * And now , Gentlemen , I will call your attention to son > e of the language _ which he then mada nse of , aad which ia my opiuioa was calculated to inflame and excite the aiultitude that were there to take up arms and resist the laws of the coaatry , and othefwise to pursue such a course as must , if successful , plunge this country in blood . On the 22 nd of Apri ^ at eleven o ' clock at night , a person named Gatley weat to this medting ia order to watch Ihe proceedof

      ings the parties ; he was sent there , and it was his duty to attend to what passed , and take care that no breach of the p « ace took place . The first expression which he heard waa that ¦ " the Government was a bloody set of Whigs ; aad I ad « jje yon to get arras as the people are doing elsewhere , and thon ^ yon will be ready for the great day of straggle . ' This , GentUmen , i « a threat , certainly , to compel the authorities to give these people what they required . M'Donall said that he had beea ia all parts of the country to enlighten the people as he had done ia this part . He likewise said , " that the Chartist * could take possesaitn cf the Tower of London with 200 , 000 stand of arms ; " that there were plenty of guasmith ' a shops , and that p . enty guns might be eot by kickin * their feet

      through the door ; aad that fifty determined men might arm all London . " Gantleinsn , can anything m language be more violent—it not only denotes contemplated riot , but bloodshed an - \ treason , lt lsnothiag less than treason ; and if found guilty , the party ' * life would have beea sacrificed to the offended la ws of bis country ; and the lives of his deluded followers must certainly have been forfeited , if they followed his advice . It is forsach violent and seditious language a « thia that M'Douall ia called . upon to aaswer . What is to become of you if every awn ia the country had followed sach as this ? What effect must such language as this hava upon the minds of the working uneducated people ? Certainly , it wjmld tak » the subject away ftq » his duty—make the konest man a rweue—and

      bnng them all into the vorlex of misery and distress . lhesamenpretea « to be tho poopte ' n friendir ; but if tae proof reatu npoa this . I won ' t say that they aw the greatest enemies to them . The poison thus instilled into the minds of the lower classes preye upon their vitals , and brings them to absolute destruction . Gentleman , this M'Douall goes en further aad says , " The Loadoa Chartists will be ready to meet the Chartists in the couatry in three days ' notice . " " Thepeopte then shouted , " says oae of the witnesses ; and , that you may judge what the effect such language had upon tae- meeting , one pewon cried out , " we are ready , " and some one ftrei off a pistol . He further said , " If the Charter was refused—he hoped to be ready ^ -he hoped to be ready with them on the im > at An-r » t ifrm > aio >> -r ^

      , went on to argue with the people their right to take up arms to oppose the military , and to make them behove that tae military would help them to obtain toe Charter . " If , " aaid he , " you go a few together tha goldiers may fire upon you ; but if you go in a large body , face to face , with pistol , pike , and gun , the soldiers will not fire upon you . " He said that tne Government dared not try Steuheas ; but that Stephens would try them ; that there waa no moee enrae in breaking iuto a gunsmith ' s shop than iiito a factory ; and that those who could not purchase firearms , must get Lucifer matches , which were very cheap , and fix them upon their finger f nd » . Gentlemen of tke Jury , if the Government had remained passive under such lanjruace . this couatrr

      would very soon have beea deluged with human blood . Is there anything wrong , anything harsh , then , ia these proceedings ? On the contrary it is a mercy to such mea as these—it is a greater mercy to the deluded populace- ^ -that tho career of these demagogues has beea checked , ela ? , it is to , be feared , that the lives of aurnb ; rles 8 victims must have been forfeited to tho laws of their country . Direct treason is here apparent ; end very shortly this language would have led to ' that , the consequences of which no man living can telh It is , I repeat , a mercy to these oppressors , aad it is a mercy to thepowr deluded men , that the offeaders are here brought before this bar to answer for this minor offence of misdemeanour . With respect to Bradley , he took the chair cm tVin aVuvoa « , >/ . < , d ™

      aad thereby encouraged all the others to their illegal coaduct . A Bomber of pewans called delegates wera announced to address the meeting , and M Dpaall . wiw one of those persons ~ h . e jaflt bsing a residant in Hyde . Hia soaduct , therefore , could aot have beea tkat of impulse . He must have coma tbeie cooll y aad purposely , wickedly to address , •*> them the above language , aad advise the people to take up arms to re ? ist the lavrfal aathorities . Tiat meetog was atteaded by 3 , 000 person * , who approved of jfci objects by onarchiBg ia procefflioa with banners ,- and' bj torcb-light , making gr « it noiso ; aad although a few stout hardy men might not be tnghtened , the peaceable inhabitants generally were considerably alarmed , aa the evidence wiU SUow y _ ou . Uader these cirenmatances you will have

      no hesitatioa ia deciding by your verdict that sack a state of tkiogg ought aot to exist in this country , oncn marshalling bands of music , firing of pistols , acclamations of the people , and the violent language o » the speakers , are prima facie evidence of a tumultuous assembly . 11 is imposrible that this caa be a lawful assarably ; raet for s ach purposes . The simple question for tho Jary will be—have the defendants been guilty of this crime , and by their proceedings endangered tho public peace ? and if they have , they have undoubtedly been guilty of a misdemeanour , as set forth in tbe indictment , and thus by finding them guilty yoa must give satisfaction , to yoar own consciences , and to the country at large . The Learned Gentleman then

      called—John Gatley—He said , on the 22 ad of April , I observed a large concourse of psaple come in procession from toward * the Working Men's Association at Hyde ; it was then between eight and nin * o ' clock . The marched six a-breaat , and numbered about 5 , 00 . They had banaers and music ; upon the former there were inscriptioas "Equal Laws and Equal Right ? , " "No Property Qualification , " " Universal Suffrage , " and others , which 1 do not recollect . The procession marched from the Working Men ' s Institution , which is situated in a very crowded part of Hyde towards Newton . Aftes ,

      about nine o clock , 1 saw another procession coming back towards the Working Men's Institution ; these were the better order , of 3 , 000 ; M'DooaH was amongst them ; and the crowd appeared as if they were escorting him in the direction from Newton by way of Flowery Field to the Working Men ' s Institution . TLey did not all go inside tha building , some » f the people stood outside . Saw Bradle , who acted as clnurrnaD , introduce M'Douall to the raeeting , through a window , which had been taken out for the purpose . Did not hsur Bradley say anything further than just introducing M'B-fiiftll . M'Douall then appeared at the vrindoT . At tae

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 24, 1839, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1071/page/4/