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FCBTHBB PKOCBEDISQi On Tuesday , tlte charges against Inspector Child , alluded -to : in onr report of the -Borough Sessions Trere farther prosecated before the Mayor and a bench of Magistrates . Mr . JJewton , ( by whom t he oompfcunt Tfas originallj maJe , ) -was in attendance to deiead nis accusations , and Mr . Inghaia appeared for the defence of Child . At tea o ' clock the Cmrt was opaned , and Mr Barr immediately proceeded to read a copy o a letter , which had heea * ent bv Mr . Newton , to the isecreiary of Stais for the floae ; Department and by his orderstransmuted tc-tlie Itecorder- -of \ his Borough lor inTesfigation at the Quarter Sessions . ihe Reorder s decision is given in another column . TheioUowing is the letter : —
Ax Sessions , Sheffield , 21 st October , 1 S 33 . My Lord , —I feel it to be my dniy , in guarding the adminiBtrationof justice tod liberty of the subject in this quarter , to make your Lordship acquainted with the gross and nppresriTe misconduct in their office of certain , servants of the crown , thai you may take proper steps for their removal , if not for their punish-On Monday , the 14 th instant , at the Quarter Ses-*» ns for tie City ana liberty of Ripon , held before his Sonour the ^ ice-Chancellor , ( Sir b . Shadwell ) chairman , and others , Justices for- the TYest-rading and for that Liberty , Franca Clou-h -was arwi-ned npon » charge of stealing , £ 75 from the person of Geor-e Reader prosecutor , ^ an inhabitant of Ripon I and pleaded "Not Guilty . " Mr . Collins , - the barrister of Hipon , conducted tne prosecution , and defended the
prisoner . After a trial -which lasted four hours , and an elaborate sninnnh s up of tha case by the Learned Judge , the jury retired , and shortly aftersrards returned their verdict of * ' Sot Guilty . ' - la the comae of tbe-trial , a constable of Bradford in xivinjj evidence against the p risoner , produced tee sum of . £ 15 , in three bank notes of the Yorkshire District Bank , and about £ 10 in 4 old and silver , all "whkh he swore that he had taken irom the prisoner -when he apprehended him on this charge . On his acquittal , the Court ordered that the "whole of this mont-y should be restored to Francis CJougfr , on which James Child , Inspector of t * ie leeds-Police , -who had Iwenetaiuiaal as " a -witness &r tlie prosecution , said that Jmk Lad another charge , < the Grand jBryVeredisdiarged , ) ' ^ i 69 rt . C iottgh , and Thomas Sweeting , the policeman oi Hipon , proceeded to liandoiS'fhe acquitted tqstl , at tie bar , in presence of the Court The Court ordered Liiu to hs released , and . taeTnoney to be restored , when Child said that he |
ttouM arrest iim again , u « i take it from him upon his ova respossibiliij / , and this he proc « . ded to do as Cloath -wasquitting the Court Child then , assisted by Sweeting and by Stubhs , keeper of the Ripon House of Correction , conveyed his prisoner hack a-ain to that gaol from -which ho had jusi been delivered i . y the la-w , after a long 1 m . risonraent , npon a charge of -which he-was acquitted . Mr- Shields , the attorney of Kpon , and myself , afterwards prooeoded to the gaol , and requested Stubhs to aiiow ns to see the prisoner . This -waa refused by both Stubbs and Child . We then obtained a -written order from 3 Jr- Oilty , of Kipon , a West-Riding ^ Iagistrats , aud a Tisitinjj Justice of that gaol , commanding the gaoler , Stubbs , ~ io admit us to a private interview -with lie prisoner , and on presenting it , this also was rtsused , thoagh they permitted me to seehiiainthsirpresence : -when Cliild stated that he iad another chaise of a highway robbsry-, committed "with violesc * , at £ eeds , npsn -one Orosliy " , -which he should prefer before the Jnsiices of that Borunsh .
In ihe evening , Mr . Oiley caused all the paries named to attend before him sad his son , who is also a magistrate , when Child repeated the samestory . Slr . Oxley ordered the money lo De restored to the T > risoner , "which -sras-then done by the . Br-idfurd constable , into j ¦ whose pocket it had 1 otmd its way ; -whereupon Child , j in the jxesence of tiie two magistrates , forced the ] money from ihe prisoners liands , declarer liis intention i of brlngia « him before the Leeds J nstices in a fnri day * , an-J took-him away in custody . Oa iny arrival at ; Leeds to afeend the Quarter 7 > csao = s for this Riding , i on Wednesday , I ascertained that Child -had t rought j Ids prisoner , Cough , before ilr . Patrson , a magis-xste I there , on TueaJuy , the day uflcr the R pon Scssiosisdec ' ined to prefer any cl ^ irce , snu set M : u at liberty ^ h&Tlng forced his nioney lrt > m him a 31 havedescribed . i TThat makes the matter dearer is , that Clough had . i on a fanner occasion , been brought before the Leeds magistrates by Child , on this same charge , and by them j discharged after a full examination , in presence of Crosby
'hiTTiiiPif . " " _ . . ' - - ; It Besms to me , my Lord , that the circumstances ' j above detailed , leave no doubt that the object of ' Child , in effecting the arrest , and placing Clough in i irons , -was to possess ] himadf of the -prisoner ' s r . ionryj \ -which the Court had restored to Mm ; and that , at all i erents , Child cannot avoid the dilsmiua of Tiaving seized j Clough and conSn ' ed Mm , and taken his money Irom him npon a false pretax * -, or of having compounded a j capital felony . I 1 begleave . therefore , to suggest to your Lordship the j proprie ^ f of directing tha Recorder of Loeds , at tbe en- ' suing Qnarter Sessions for tloat Borough , to be held on \ Friday -next , to make inouiry into the conduct of the ;
Inspector of Police , James Child , in' the matter of ' Francis Clongh "» said arrest Mid discharge , as Child Mill j necessarily be in atondance there in his office , and where j I undertake to appear to substantiate every part of this statement . - - j I also enmbiy snggest to your Lordship the propriety \ of directine the Chairman ' and Jnstices of tile next -Christmas Quarter Sessions at Ripon ^ to inquire into ; the conduct of ^ the gaoler , StubUs , in aiding the Inspector ChSSftfend especially in _ disobeying the ' "written order of Jo 3 tiee tfcdey , to admit the prisoner dough ' s attorney and counsel to ~ a . priTato inter-Tfe-w -with tiieir client on Monday , the 14 th of October .
Begging the favour of sn answer fTomyour Lordship iy return of post , that 1 may inow -n-hetbtr 1 am to Xcturn to Leeds to attend those Borough Sessions on I"risia , y , or Tirlietbia : tlie Inspector Clul 3 is to avoid the natural consequence of his miscondnct . zn . 3 . to r&-twwb in the offics he so greatly abuses Jdr three months longer . I hsve the ionour to remain , Your Lordship ' s obedient Servant , { Signed ? AUGUSTUS NEWTON , Banister-at-Law . Ihe 3 Iarqois of Xormanby .
> Trr XETyros- then ^ . in a long and floTvery speech , addre&scdthe ! Bench i- > snpport of his cnarges , reiterating those contained in nis letter , and lengthening them ont to their greatest possible extent , in language calculated K > make an impression of their truth . At the close of bis . address , ihe magistrates retired to attend the Council meeting , and ihe proceedings -were consequently adjourned for about tvro hoars and a half . On the return of the Bench , he called the following -witnesses ;—
Francis Clough—I -was tried at tbe last Ripon Sessions for felony , and acquitted ; on my acquittal , I -was nut restored to liberty , but taken into custody at the Court House door , bj V > - Inspector Uhild ; 1 -was pat in irons immedia ' . ely ; the Governor of the House of Correction at Ripon , hit Stnib 3 , and Mr . STreedng , file police-officer , assisted in taking me back to the Honse of Correction ; Mr . Child said he had a chan ;< s apiinst me , but did not say what k was ; they put me in donble iron * , and in solitary conflncanent ; dnring my t ^ rJ on tiirft day , the sum of . £ 35 5 s . was pr-xiucca in eTidence against me ; tlie Constable of Bradford ( Andrew ) produced £ 2 b os ., and Child produced ihe other j £ lo ^ after my acquittal , ' tho Magistrates ordered the Xib 5 s . to be restored tome ; it
-was so restored ; but when I was afterwards taken into custody , i ; "was * " - > t from me Ijy Ciild ; the Magistrates made no order -with ' regard to the £ 10 , and it remained in the hands of Child , who ihus goi possession of the whole £ 35 5 s . ; the inuney -was taken from mo by force ; ill . Shields , of Ripun , was employed to defend me on my trial ; when I wa 3 in the Blouse of Correction , that niglit Child stated that he had two charges against me , \ sa . . \ did -aai . say -wlsat tliey -eeie-, lie mentioned scmet > nng about a highway robbery , but did not say npon Vhom ; 1 was in custody before the . Magistrates of Bipon on the evening of tha * . day , but 1 did not then ask Child what charge lie iad against me ; he Baid hB would take me before a Leeds . Magistrate , and make bis charge-here ; I was taken back to aaol ^ and kept in donble irons the whole nigh' ; I came to Leeus next
day , and was taken ty Child oefore Mi . PawBon ; Child made no charge there ; and I was then released . Cross-examined by Mr . Inghain—1 was first taien into eustody at Bradford ; it was not on a charge of hi ^ iway robbery ; the landlord > . -ave information that I was spending money fredy ; I was taken at that time before * Mx . Pawson , and taen charged with h&- » ing robbed Jlr , Crosby ; no other charge was made against me at that time ; they took me , 1 suppose , on suspicion 1 -was liberated on tuatxhar . e , and taken into custody directly on a charge of robbery at Ripon ; after 1 was acqnitted-st Bipon , I -was taten ^ gain into custody after being relaasedfrom the dock ; I heard Child : &lk to the Chairman at * " * me . he ^ * " * aBJth 5 lig *^* till he
» a v ^ me on anotbar charge saw me recemng Saoney from Andre ws ; on the JP » d ™ t «« « the money by-iSx . Andrews , Cbfld said he-would take me a 5 TVJKSff » aJSl * 5 ffi ' S Z given np and was produced , Child ^ terferei
would hare a right to the moteyj remember Sweetingtook me to prison , and I do sot ^ member KSSSSSW ^ S B ^ ford couiaUt : B ^ aer ^ d nO ^ that a : * Ot ~ fA
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book was taken out of one pocket , and a sovereign out t . rl , * 1- J did not ^ y te Sweeting that Render tod toldthe truth , for that hia poctet-book was in his ien riand pocket Iiad no conversation -with Sweeting atau , anddid not express a wish to see Render . 1 was taken from the House of Correction , next morning ; and when with Child I said I had aright to the money ; this was on the road to the magistrate ; when we were at a public-house , next morning , Child said if I would giTe up the money to Header or Crosby , ie -wonld not prefer a charge against me . Render was sent for at my ^^ ft neitherStuoos hot Sweeting vt as present then ; l told Render I would give him that £ 22 back ; Child produced £ 25 5 s . and gave to me ; this -was what had Deen prodnced by the Bradford constable ; f * handed over to Render £ 22 , and expressed serrow for what had
happened . I gave up the money -Tot pity's sake ; lie seem . ? d in distress ; 1 did not give it up becansei knew lttobehisown ; -I-told'him I was sorry to see liim in aistress ; 1 did not wish to shake hands with him , and j ask to b 3 forgiven . I did not say that I was anxious to do all that I could under the circumstances ; 1 did not desire Chiiu to produce the money . There was nothing passed bet-ween me and Mr . Read , after 1 came from Ripon . I had no conversation' with Mr . Read on the suVject , neither then , nor when I was beins taken beforeMr . Pawson ; 1 only told him that I had given the money up to Render ; I did tell Mr . Read that I had given up the -money to Bender on my own accord ; I was acquainted -with Kayner , who was convicted it ^ ast ^ o * » sa = es . i al so know a man of the name
or > irth- I am sare I did not keea company with Rayner « p to the time when he was taken into custody . I have bpaD charged before ihe Magistrate , prcviQUsly andi » Te been seat to prison ; I have-not pr ^ iouslv been charged with felony ; I as at Mitchell ' s beer-shop at -VVortley , on the 9 th of July ; Kayner was one of the company on that occasion ; Jeremiah Pwktr , T think . | -was then there ; 1 have bee n in company with him , aul I will not SAear that he was there on tha day mentioned . 1 -iTill not swear that Firth was not there . I did not claim the £ 10 produced by Child at my trial , nor do I know anything about it . I -was not kept in double 1 irons -when first I -was committed at Ripon ; I had no irons on at all till about three weeks after , when the Governor said I had threatened violence : this was tbe reason assigned .
i I j ! Re-examined . —When first I was taken into custody , it was by the Bradford constable , when I was brought j here on & charge of robbing Crosby ; that charge -was j not substantiated ; Mr . Pa-waon Tvas present ftt the J eiaiuination on that occasdo . i , -when I -was discharged by him -, he was a ! so tho ilagislrate before whom I was taken on my return from Ripon . I gave up the money in consequence of Child ' s promise ; he said he had ¦ evidence against me on another charte , but if I would j give up the money he would produce none ; I gave up j t > . ¦ money at Kipon , and when I came before the Magisj tr ^ tes he prodnced none . A person of the name or j Wood , a lodging-house keeper , at Otley , claimed the ; £ 10 produced by Child ; I dq not exactly know-wlicthi-r j he got it back ; he did not get it back in the Court at i Ripon . . -
Thomas Sweeting—I am a police-officer at Ripon , and was present in tho Conrt there on taa nth October ; I saw the trial of the last witness , and the money produced , it was £ 35 5 s . Mr . Anderson produced £ 25 5 s ., and Mr . Child i ' 10 ; the prisoner was acquitted , and Ihe Vice-Chancellor tLen said that if Child took him on a charge of highway robbery , he had a right to take the money , and would be answera" le for it another day ; the Court ^ rould niaie no other , order ; this was after Child said he Lid another char ; , e to prtftr against him ; no other order was made - by- " the Court I touk the prisoner into custody o ^ tlie moment of his acquittal ; the Court did not order me to liberate him , but you did , and 1 obeyed your order : I toolc him a * ain at tlic door
of ihe Couij , by the orders of Mr . " Child , without a wartmt Chad -sraated him for hithway robbery ; Child is my superior officer , at least so I consider him ; 1 have no office in the Leeds police , nor lias Child any office in the Ripon police ; -hen Mr . Child comes , to Ripon , 1 consider him my superior , and am always glad to get intoiis company , that I may learn something ; I have assisted in taking menin to custouy ' in the dock before . when they have just been acquitted ou other cLar . es ; he was taken down to theprison . audleftiuMr . Stubbs ' s custody ; ' - e left him there and went to dinner , the prisoner had his dinner before us ; the gevernor of the prison placed the prisoner in irons , because he said be could not trust to >» lm ¦ -- ¦ - - ¦ _ -- ¦
Cro » 3 examined by Mr . Ingham— Mr , Child was not present when Clough was put into irons ; it was done by the governor , Clough asked if he was to have them irons on again , and the governor said " Yes , you know I cannot trust to you without . " I heard Rander give his evidence at the sassloas ; he said tb . e notes and packet l » 3 oi * ere inlii 3 left hand poeteti and a . Sovereign and t- * o keys In his r ; £ ht ; I afterwards spoke to Clough about it , and he then said that Renjer had not told a lie on the trial , as the pociec b » ok was in hia left-hand pocket . 3 . was present at a public-house on th 3 morning after the trial ; Clough and Child were there . Child- prodnced i' 25 . 5 s . and gave to ClougU , ¦ who handed € 22 . to Kinder , saying he wished he had - somemore , and lie hope-i . i . e iRenilcrt would forgive him ; Render replied , "No , I canuot forcivoyou , but I wiU shake hands with you . " Clougk then held out hishan ) , and the parties shook hands .
Mr , Xewton tten put in the written order of Mr . Oxluy .-a "WesVRiding ilaiistrate , to be . admitted into the prison ,, to have a private ^ interview -wish Clough ; thehand-irriting was proved by ilr . Stubb 3 , the governor of tiie prison at Ripon . Mr . - StubWexpresseuhis readiness , though one of tbe persons charged by Mr . Nev ? ton , _ to answer any qnestions -which , -might be put tobixu . He was then examined by j \! r . Inghani .- ^ am governor of the gaol at Ripon , an enquiry has taken place there into the char ges made against me by Mr 2 » ewton ; thi » took place yester ay , and Mr . Newton was present The Vice-Chancellor presided , and there « as a fullbendi of ilagistratea .. - Clongh -waa not pre sent ; a full examination » as gone into , and the bench expressed themselTus quite satisfied that the charges against me were groundless , and a report to Lord
Xormanby , to that efl ' ect was n > & le . Clough was put in double irons by my orders alone , because I had no security wilhont After the trial the money [ £ 25 . 5 s . ) ¦ was given np to the prisoner , and when befo . e the two Magistrates , Mr . Oxley and his son , . Mr . Child said he had a charge of highway robbery against Clough , and demanded that the money might be given np to hini ., which was done , with the magistrates concurrence . He corroborated the statement of the conversation between Clough and Kender , on tlie morning after tho trial . iJr . JNt-Trton then put some questions to Mr . Pawson tbe magistrate , as to the chargemadeagainstClouih , as to the time when he was apprehended on the charge of being concerned in the robbery of Air . Crosby ; an i also of his being again brought before him onhis return from Kipon , on-vrliich-occasion no evicence was oflercj . This was the case brought forward .
Mr . Ingiiam , ia an excellent and impressive speech replied not only to the arguments of Mr . Newton , tut to tho whofe case , on which he commented with great severity . He called no witnesses , and at the close of his address the-Bench consulted together for ashontime , when TheMiTORFaid . —In reference to the charges against ilr . Stubbs , they of course had nothing to do ; he had been honourably acquitted at Ripon . Wilh respect to the charges brought against Child , they were unanimously of opinion that they were vexatious and ill-grounded , aud not at all made out by the evidence ; he therefore stood , in their e-timation , honourably and entirely acquitted . He had logheen a vigilant and zealous officer of the police ; he had not in this , instance exceeded his duty , but had done what was perfectly right , aud ho stood completely acquitted . The Conrt broke np at five o ' clock .
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . —Mondat . ( Before Mr . Baron Gumey . ) ZXTKAOKDINART CASE . George Ca > jf , a publican , was indicUd for a rape committed npon a young woman named Jane Bolland . Mr . Adolphns and Mr . Ballantine were for . the prosecution ; and Mr . Phillips and Mi Bodkin for the defence . ill . Adolphns stated the case for the prosecution , and called the following-witnesses : —
Jane Bolland deposed that she resided T . ith her brother in Solomon-terrace , St Greor ^ e " s-in-the-East On the 30 th of September last she went as barmaid to the Windsor Castle public-house , Holborn , tout by the prisoner . She slept in one of the attics , and the prisoner and his wife slept in tho room underneath . The prisoner called her on tbe morning of ¦¦ Thu rsday , the 3 rd of October ; when she canio down to the bar , the prisoner patted her on the cheek with something he had in hishaad , and afterwards csJled her into the bar , put bis hand upon her breast , and insisted upon kissing
her . She threatened to inform Mrs . Cant of his conduct , and he Baid , '' What the eye did not see the heart would not believe . " He ' then wished her to leave the door of her room open that he might come in when he came to rail lier in tlie morning ; Imt she told'Mm she was not the sort of person he imagined her to be , and left ihe parlour . In the course of tbe day her brother and a gentleman named Balfour called upon hsr , and she couimunicated to them what the prisoner had said and done to her . Mr . Balfour said that &f ter wha * had passed he did not think Uiat tba prisoner -would again attempt to use indecent iibu >;» with her , &nd i «
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brother , at the suggestion of Mr . ; Balfour , advised her not to leave her situation . Subsequently she bcciVrae unwell , and about eight o ' clock in the eveni ' og she was conveyed up stairs to bed , but she was then so ill that she could not recollect-who went up to her ropnl with her . She was insensible when she reached her bei ; but during the n ^ ght .-she partially recovered , and found the prisoner at the bedside . He placed one of his hands upon hor mouth to prevent her calling out , and a strufgie took place and she fainted . There was then a candle on the table in the room . About alx o'clock in the morning sho recovered her senses , and fouud her clothes , which had not been taken off , in disorder , and the bone of her stays broken . The offence charged in the indictment bad been xommitted / when she was in a state of insensibility . The prisoner was
then standing at the door of her room , and she cried out to him , "Ton villain , you shall not come in . ' . ' Sb « went down stairs to inform Mrs . Cant . of what the prisoner had done ; but when she told that person that her husband had used indecent liberties with her , Mrs . ' Cant said , "I wlllnot h ? sr you yon , drunken hussey . ' ! The prisoner , when sUo intimated to him tho previoua day that she wished to leave the house , requestea her to stay , and told her that Bhe vonld soon be com- ' fortable enough .- When she called him a villainsho observed him at the d » pr of . her room in the morning , he told her that she was a drunkard , and that she disgraced his bar , and must not again enter it . She immediately left the house , and went to her brother's , \ rhae she told what had happened to her . Oh tlie Saturday folio > ing sho was examined by a medical gentleman . - ; :
Cross examined by Mr . Phillips : Before goinx £ o Mr , Cant ' s , she had been a barmaid in a- uublic-hbUie in Windmill-street , rinsbury-square , . ' Before-that' sliv lived four years with her brother , who kept a pubiicbousi > , anil she acted as biirniaid to him . She had biie ! i lothing else . She had learned millinery and dress-iiia--kiug with her aunt ; but had never practised that business . She had only drunk a glass of half-and-half on the day the offence was committed . A ' young man , named Joseph JEdv . arda , -went home -with her . She left Mr . Cant ' s about six o ' clock , and ^ arrived at her brother ' s atlia-f p ast " sbvoit o ' clock . Edwards had been sleeping there that night He was a friend of ,. ilr Cant , and ishero to-day . Sho is subject to a swimming in the head , and that was the cause of her going to bed on the ( lay in question . . / : ..
Hcnxy-Bollanu , the brother of the last -witness , stated that he called upon her on Thursday , accompanied by a gentleman named Balfour . She tluin complained of the treatment she received from her ruasterj and mentioned that he had taken improper liberties with her . Mr . Balfour advised witness to allow her to remaia in her situation , and as he thought that Cant would not again use . liberties .-with-her , - 'lie wished her to remain .. She once had been ill with erysipelas in the head , and was for . . . some time out of her mind ; and sho -was occasionally troubled with a determination of blood to the head . ilary Bolland stated that the prosecutrix was very iauch agitated when she came home on Friday morning . She told what had occurred to her , and from the appearance of her clotlies and person , witness had no doubt that the ofl ' eiioe had beau committed upon her . ' .-
John Balfour stated that he was clerk to a , wiuo merchant . On Thursday , Uio 3 rd of October , he vent to the house of the priBonor , accompanied by Henry Bolland , and at his suggestion tho prosccutrix wfw allowed to remain in huv situation . Sho appeared to have been crying , and was agitated . Sho told her brother what the jtriaoner had attempted to do to her in the morning . : . . - ' . . . The surgeon who esamined tho prospcutrix stated he had no doubt that intercourse had lately taken place ' for the first lime . . John Wells , a police constable , stated that when the prisoner was apprehended , he said that ho had only kisstd the girl . This was the case for tho prosecution .
; Mr , Phillips Addressed the juryfor . tho prisoner .. He disclaimed anything like impeaching ' tho younur -woman ' s character , and he was hap 2 > y that ho had no rciison for making even an insinuation agahisfc her in regard to her conduct previous to this occasion . That she was deeply to be commiseratcd'ho owned , and that she had come here to toll what she believed to be the ' . truth he had not itho least doubt Ha was sure , however , that both reason and a sense of justice would compel the jury ( if the witnesses be intended to cull for the priBoniir should speak the truth ) to say that they could not swj their way through the case , and that such a doubt was created in then- mindu as would warrant the ' m in acquitting the man at the "bar . He approached the defence of the prisoner with tlie greatest anxiety of mind , because , if the evidence he intemlod to ailduco shouli
be discredited , the consequences to the prisoner would be truly awful . The giddiness in thu head had induced those who hid only been acquainted with tUe ^ irl for four or fivo days to believe that slip was intosicated ; aiirt it was most natural , for the swimming in the head ronld produce all tlio appciirances of intoxication . She was taken up stairs by a servant of ibp prisoner , who would describu hev appearance at tho timo , and she would also state that the young man , Edwards , came to the door with her . That she had been violated there was not the least doubt , but that thu prisoner had committed the offence was by no means clear ; and it would bo jbis duty to call the young man lid wards , who , if he ( Mr . Phillips ) was rightly " informed-, would state that he was the guilty-party , The young woman had given her evidence very fairly , however ,
and hod Btated only what she considered to be the truth . Sha had sought to ekagserate nothing , but hart stated the facts as they appeared to her . After Mr , Cant had been . committed ; Edwards had called ' -at'the .-office of-A ] r . "Williams , the solicitor for tho prisoner , an . tinadea disclosure which left no doubt of . the innocence of the man at the bar . He did not mean for an instant to justify the conduct of Edwards , and it wasapity that ho did not make all the amendsin his power to tho young woman , lie was a young unmarried man , andmight have done so . It was nnlikely that the prisoner committed the offence , for , if ho had been guilty ,-it was not probable that he would have conducted himself towards the young woman as ahe had stated she had done in the morning after she had recovered from her illness . He ( Mr . Phillips ) believed
he had been a foolish man in using even tho liberty he himself confessed ho had done with the ^ irl , and it . would be . a warning to others to beware of theconsoquences of the snnillest deviation froiu a virtuous line of conduct- The liberty he had used in the morning had induced the girl to suppose that he had couuuitted tho capital offence upon hor during tho night Unfortunately there were many cases in which the innocent suffered for the guilty , but there was no instance in which the innocent had actually come for--ard to place liiniself in the ( situation of the guilty . It Was very unlikely tuat an individual , entirely hinocent of a capital charge like the present would como forward and put a rope about his neck , in order to free the man who had actually committed the criiiio . ; He could not , therefore , sec any reason to thiow doubt on tho testimony of Edwards . '
Jane Holher- » raa then called ,, and on being sworn she stated that she was at the Windsor Castle publichouse when this transaction wa 3 stated to have occurred , and about eight o ' clock she assisted the prosecutrix to bed . Witness thought she was in a state of intoxication at tlie time . . About twelve o'clock witness again went up to tbe bed-room of the prosecutrix , accoiurrmiedby Joseph Ed-wards . Ed-wards remained at the door while she went in . She asked bun to corae up with her , as there was only one caudle The poor girl , was lying on the bed , with her clothes on , asleep , aiul witness covered her with blankets . Witness was in the room about five minutes , and the door was closed during that time .. When she -came out , she fduiid Edwards at the door , and she gave him the light , and he ¦ yeeutto-wardB hia bed-room . She neither saw the prosecutrix nor Edwards ag . iin that night Cross-examined by Mr . Adolphus—The pro 3 ecutrix v . as not able to speak on her way up stairs . She heard the proaecutrix say to the prisoner , " You took lioertius ¦ with me , you villain . " .
ilr . Ueorge Williams , the attorney for the . prisoner , stated that he knew Josuph Edwards ; that person came to his oiEce after Cant was committed , and iuade a communication to him . Witness never saw him before to his inowledge . j Cross-examined by Mr . Ballantine—The communication was made after the prisoner had been admitted to bail . " . " ¦ O Thomas Shipton , pot-boy at the Windsor Castle , stated that the prosecutrix appeared to be intoxica t ed oa the day in question . Ho saw her before she went up stairs , and she thon presorited the appearance of a person who had taken liquor .
Mrs . Goodchild , a washerwoman , stated that she was employed by Mr . Cant Sho went up to the bedrooiu of tho prosecutrix about nine b'clook on tho night in . question , accompanied by theprsoner and hia ^ ife ; The girl vras then ly-i-ig across" the bed , ami witness , assisted by > ir . Cant , placed her straight upon the bed ; They all lef k the room to ^ etber . No li ght was left in the room . . ' •¦ ¦ - JoBeph Edwards being called— ..- "' . Mr . Saron Gurney said- ^ -lt is my duty to tell you that yon are not bound to answer all the questions that may be put to you , and if you do you must abid « by the cons&quenees . . -
Edwards examined by Mr . Phillips—He is a bootmaier , and formerly slept at the house , of the prisonet-. Henowresides at No . 2 , Fenton ' s Buildinga . He was in tbe habil of visiting the prisoner ' s family' occasionally , and lie siept there on the 3 rd of October when lliss ji allaad ' 'w « tU » re . ljUv went uy . gtftiri , ho telioT ^ j
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between ; nlue and teno ' ck > ooki She appeared then to beliitoxicated , ' He saw-her next , inornins'j about halfpast six o ' clock , and went to i > er brother ' s house With her . They ^^ went along . Chanct'ry-lane ; . iilorig Fleetstreet , und bver . Blackfriars- !» rifIgb ; - ; He told her that was the way to the C 6 ihmercial-ro !> tl , believing that she lived near the Commercial -road ' 'Xambeth » and it appeared that it was . Commercial-rbad ^ J ^ ast she wished to go to . After the prisoner was conimitV ? ct , he called at the office of Mr . Williams , and made a coiumiinication to that genUeman , which was true . H . e made n similar communication to a friend of the njv me of Murphy . lie went into the prosecutor's room a bout p loyen o ' clock on the night of the 23 rd of October , He had no light With hini . She was in bed . Mr . Baron . Gurney—1 ' vq already given you warninjr . Edwards proceeded to stato that he ; had . criminal intorcourso with . tho girl , and he felt it his duty , when the prisoner was coniniitted , to inform Mr . Williams of what ho had done .
Cross-examined by Sir . Adolphus 4 ; Witness was out of employ at the tinie of this transaction . He knew Mr ; Cant , and the first time he slept ufc tho "Windsor Castle was on the 3 rd of October , ho 7 bolicv . es , " Ho has known him for four orfive years . : Hftbadioilgin ^ s at Bartholomew-close on tho 3 rd pf October . When he stayed at . the Windsor Castle : late he was asked to sleep tiiero . ¦ The girl di i not jippeai- at all uhwiliiiiij to submit to the intercourse ; bui , on the contrary , appeared quite willing . Ho lud riot gone to bed bctWo . She was iiotcovored % vifii blanketB . He heard all that has been ' stated ; to clay Vlien the prisoner was exaihii : ed beforo the justices , but he did not mention a word of what bti has stiitcd to-day . On ; he way home , oh Friday , the " prosecutrix said that Jit , Civiit had calkd hei -adrunkard . an shewonld fix hini for it . She then : 8 C 6 iu ' p ' ii happy enough . . " : ; rj Willlaina re-cajled . —Mr . Cant had been in , the Windsor Castlo for three wuoks before this
occurrence . . .:.. ¦¦• .... . ; . Thomas Hem-y Murphy stated thafc Edwards had made a communication to him . on the subject of this case . _ ' ¦ . ' ¦¦' : A number of witnesses / wero called , who gave the prisoner a good moral charaefcr . , iVVr . A dolplnis replied , Ho was obliged to Mr . Phillips for the manner in which hehad spoken of the prosecutrix . No aspersion had been cast upon her ¦ character , ¦ The ensu dopended upon tho evidence of . the -witness Edwards , but tho , strango story ho . hiid told he
cojicuived to be entirely unworthy of belief . The Lwiriiod Couuscl then cbmiuented at great length upon tlio evidence of this ! witness , conteudiu ; that there could not be the least doubt of the prisoner ' s guilt , if the gild ' s testimony wiis to be believed j but if they gayo move weight to the evidence for the defence ; they would have to acquit the man at the bar . No insinuation had , hpworcT , been thrown out to east discredit , upon tho girl ' s statement , and it couhl upt be laid aside , in conseqUeuce of tho story told by the witness Edwards- ' : ' ¦ . ''¦"• . ' : '
The Learned Judge summed up the evidence . Iletold the Jury that if . criminal intercourso took place when the girl was in a state of insensibility the offence would bo tho saihe ai if 9 ho had been conscious of what was passing and struggled to protect herself . The Learned - Judge then , read the evidence , and commented upon it as hoproceeded . ; , ¦ : . Tho Jury retired for about two hoursi and oh thdrreturn prpnouueed a vewlict of Guilty ^ Prisoner—fam as innocent of tho charge as any . man that ever was borh , " The prisoner was then removed from the dock , and biiforo the Learned . Tu . ^ go left the .. '" ' court ,- ho was again placed at the bar , and Mr . Baron Gurnoy ordered sentence of death to be recorded against hini .
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MAN CHESTER RADICAL MEETING AT CAHrEFTERS' HALL . 4 A meeting of the Radicals of Manoheator was convened at Carpenters ^ liaU , Garrat-i ^ ad , ou Mpnday evening last , for the purpose of electing a Council to manage the Uflairs oi tho body , ¦ and to make siicli arraugomeuts aa may in future be requisito for pro ^ moling and furthbi-ing the objects aciught by tho workingclaasea .: About eight o ' clock there was a tolorabiy good attendance , ' ¦ ¦ which , afterwards Was considerably increased , ' ¦ •• jj . rv Bairatow ^ the Radical Missionary from Yorkshiro , was a > npunced in the placard aa 6 no of the principal speakt'i's . Mr . Abemby \ vood , Bopkspller , was unanimously called to the chair ,. Aiuid tUe loud cheers of the assembly . : '" - " ¦ : ; ' ¦¦ ¦' : . ¦ ¦ . ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ •• : ¦ . ' ¦ •¦¦ : ¦ . ; . - ; . " ¦ ' . : ;
The Chairman 3 n ihtroducing the busineSapf the meeting , expressed his plcaaureat behuiamg suoii a numorous auoudance , Uecauso it gav « the Re to ' the assertion of thoir eueuiies . that the cause of liadicalipm was on tho wauo . He advertetf ' to ttiip Mecosjity of iladicalisin assuiuiiig something like a firm position at tlio presen i tiuio , for if : they did not arouse thoin ^ elvesjtlioy might aswell give up the cause altogether and forgot that sucha : cause had ever existed . Let theni , oy every ineans in their power , oiidoavpiiiv to xvi ' orm the ' . institutions of the coiiutry , aiid sink iuuiyidnal diffpreiices ; let them attack the systeuvundor \ vhich they livbd , for it was that which pressed down society to its , prcsout state of degvadanoli . Tho placard convening the meetiug having been read , ho said he would jiist say one ¦
word in addition with . rofevchc 6 ' to .. their- common fHeiid , Mr . ^ airstow , who was named in that pla ^ card as a Radical Mitisionary . What did they mean by aMis 8 ipnary . ? It was one who preached glad tidings , and who' endeavoured to rouse meu to a seiisc of their condition , as well aa to preseiit some object to oxcito their attention , as boirig ' one woi'thyof their exertions , tileajr , hoar . ) biich was tlie cliaracter ia- which Mr . Bairstow appearetl ainoiigst thoinj and tlioi-o was ho doubt that hi ? adddress will be listened to > yith patience and attention . The first speaker heshould introduce to . their notice Was Mr . Roberts . . ¦¦ '¦ . ¦¦ ' ' ¦ . . ' ¦ " ¦ ; ' ¦ ¦ . -. _ ¦ - ''¦ . ¦ ;¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ " ' -, ¦ .. ' . ^ Mrw llOBEUts said a resolution had been giyes , him to move , aiid ho thought it was a yer ^ good one and ono \ yhich would command the approbation of tho meeting . Ho never could believe that thoir cause
waij siiikiiig . . ( ChiBers . ) It had boon said that their cause had loat that featurei which formerly had been implaated : upon it , nameiyj equal rights ; ( no , no , ) but he contended that their cause was the same now as ev ^ r it was . In this conntry thpusands were starving for Want of food ; ( hear , hearj ) if they looked to , the right , or it" they looked to tho left , - they sa . y iliefow wero amassing wealth , while the mtlliona who were arouudthom were in # state , of the deepest depression . Had prosecutions- ^ had fiendish machinations deterred them from persevering ? ( No , no . ) Why , if it was so , shame ou tho meii of ' . v-iaucliester . , They saw society dividod into separate iutoreats , and they sawthe working men squabbling about dirt , where they might got gold if they would properly direct their fbrce .: 7 He thought that
lreetloni vyas tho sanie as ever it was , and that all men shoulill have freedom , no one could deny ; but when would they have it ' ?¦ - ¦ . Ho believed the people of this country might be free to-morfoW . if they desired it ; Xch . eo ^ s ) biit . they'had . beeii led ' wrong by one rogue one day , and by another rogue another day , and they cheated and cajoled them tillthey knew not what they were doing . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Until , the people had : a voice in the distribution of the wealth which they produced , they never woiild have a better state of things , lliat the . people Of this country need to be reminded of the substance of the resolution which he had to propose , ho could not imagine . This hall was often the scene of lectures on the corn laws , and usod by other . lecturers also
that were the devil' s lectui'ers , and whoso object was their belly . If the people of this country would take a stahd , they must bo a moral people ; if they would , be free , they must be c . outeut to : make every ftacritice to ; obtain it . ( Chpeid . ) They might pass resolutions , and hold ' .: meetings for the purpose of obtaining it ; but antiithoy loved freedom—until they were willing tosuifer anything for it j they never would obtain it . lie thanked : God he was a sufferer from the prosecutions which had sent so many to the gaols , of this , '; country , fox \ advocating the cause oi freodom—( hear , hear . ) •—and oppression and staiyatjoh must be more severely felt , before the freedoia for whiclithoy fought coulil . be realised . He would now : rdove the resolution which had- been put into his hands : — - " . ¦¦ " ¦ : .: ' : ' - : - .- ¦ -. - ' ¦ '¦¦ ' ¦ - .. " ' - ' : ¦ ' ¦ : . ¦ ' ;
"That in the opinion of this meeting , it is the bouildeu duty of eyoryman to do his utmost to carry out the great principles for which we are cohtending and by - every means , rational and honest , to fix them oil a basis which shall defy aggression , aiid secure ultimate Buccess . "
fhd speaker concludedby moving the resolution . TheOuAUiMAN said he should next call upon Mr . Wm . Buttorworth . ... , : ¦ ¦; ; ¦; , Mr . jBurrERWORTH then stepped forward to second the resolution .. Ho said aa there were jnariy bright Hiimiuaries among them , it would bo improper for him to say m ^ caj . ^ - ' ' ^ V ^| l 6 bertslhad ' descan . te'd-on ' the condition of the working classes , aud much regretted to express It as his opinion that their condition would he worse before it was hotter . Machinery andcapital , though produced by Vorking inen at first , had thrust the Working man outof tho market ; and yet he was no advocatefor the stoppage of machinery ; byt unless machiriery was ^ ^ employed in some other way than at prese'ijb i it was a curse to the working man instead of ^ being a , . berient , ItV they would better their condition ; they must bo unanimous amongst ' themselves ; they do not find tho Whigs calumuiating tho Wliigs , nor tue-Tprieij , calu » niating theTorio 3
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as they fbund the Radicals calumniating each ottier thn rnr ^ T ^ t ay > Vith ^^ t () the tepeal of the Com Laws * There were many well-meaning men among the Cora . LawTepealeri he wdulS deny ; but lie woujd Bay v give us Universal Suffrage first , and then the / epeat of : the : Corn Laws S rpllow as a matter of course . "; , MaV-y of the masted Who were now so loud in , their ; detoanda for the repeal of the Corn Laws were the first to butche the- people at Peterloo . He disagreed with Mr . Roberts with regavd to the ; apathy ° bf the men of Manchester . That there was that apathy he denied * but there was a defection on the part of the leaders ' ( Hear , hear . )_ He was of opinion that the silence of the people of Manchester had been moro dreaded for tlie last few weekithan their noise was some time VfO . Une writer had said , that he was afraid somethvng was about to burst out , and he thmio-ht that-re- ' due ; ng men ' s wages was not likely to make the thin » any better . He had many other things to savto tiiwiT
but he would hot detain them longer , as they ouen hadhad opportunities of hearing him . The GhairmaS " , after a few preliminary observations , iieiit called upon Mr . Bairstow to addre 4 the assembly . \ ¦ .: ' /¦¦ , .. ' ¦ / :: ¦ '"¦ ¦ ' ¦ Mr . JBairstow then adyancedamid renewed cheers and proceeded to address the assembly at irreat length and with great eloquence . He expressed his UHtcigned . pleasure at being present with them on tliat occasion , although ho addressed . them with emotions of the deepest interest . Past recollections led Ins imud to revert back to the period when Henry Hunt , now resting in the Biloiit tomfey pleaded ti : o cause which ho was now plcaUing ; past recuilectionsj too , brought to liis-mind : the field " . oi I eterloo , who .: their il'llow-creatnvoswerebutchernd
by the people s tyrants ; The apathy of the peoplo , which' he wascdiiipcllod to . assort , With a unibor of other circumstances conibined ; . their country embroiled jn factious ; war , ' . aiid , threateiied with : dreadful convulsions ;^ thesc circiiihstauccs cast a deep interest arotind this period-, whciv a , vistocratic innnences seem to bo arrayed agat / inst popular rights and popular justice . But principles were what they must conloud for ; it was not temporary excitementi neither was it the plaudits of friends that induced individuals to come forward ; in defenco of these principles , but it was their own inward love of them . Their rights ivcre worth defending , even at -the expeiise of tiieir liberties . : What was it that led patriots and philanthropists in former ages to lay down their lives , and to brave the dangers of
persecutions and prisons , but a love of liberty , the civil au 4 religious liberty of . the whole -human ^ family ? There were certain great original principles upon which all hnmah governme-1 should be coiidivctcd ; All men came into the World upon an equality , and yet , by a wickedmal-admiuistration , the one portion wero treated as slaves -whilst the other were efeyated on the pinuacle as demt-gods ; ( Hear , hear . V Ii thoy observed the laws of . nature , and looked to that eternal hand who'guides the spheres , theyWonld see that he designed all . the intelligent family of man for the greatest possible amount of happiness which they could condeive , and that all were designed to be partakers of it . Why is itjlhat though a numerous people , they arc weak l ^ that though a wealthy people , they were miser able , when Gc < l had created
them to be happy ? If they looked : through the nniversej they fpund it echoed from-all Nature besides , ' Man was made to be happy , and wewero j-uade to subserve to his liappiuess . " -. ' . ' Whether it were as the King or tho beggar ^ -wliether it were iii phOospphical l-esearch , or in tB 6-uonliuii ^ l-U-rutl-gery in ' - \ y ]\ tc ' K ' inau ' perished , thoy wQuld find that ; Nature dbsigned hiari to be happy- ~ tho ] r would find that all' thouniversb coutained the elements of happiucss , ahrt yet the people were miserable and poverty-stricken , and that every crime \ yhich the human tongue could pronouncewas stalking through , the community , and destroying that happiness to which they had a right . Some of those crimes were of a moral character yet most of them were chargeable on thejsocial and political institutions of the country . Why was it
that they saw the drunkard and the prostitute iii our streets , but because they were not kept at home ! Why was it that we saw the thief prowlirig about and watching for his prey , but because he had not wherewith to supply his physicair waDtsj Why was it that we saw the man with pistols iii his pocket watching in December ' s midnight hour for the man of wealth in his carriago ? It' w / asnot because he willingly adopted this course , but it was because he Was maddened : with hunger , and then rushed with aharpened daggor and loaded pistol to attact ti « . T . 1 , ? , }™ ' shouting , " bnrrender yovir , property or your life . ^ Hunger it was which proinptedman to commit these acts . ( Hear , heax ^ o The liowspapers teemed daily with these aardunts , whilst thesource irom which they spruiig Wa 3 loft lintouche ' d
. What « as :- it , again , that led man to lift tho phial to his mouth , or the knife to hia throaty or tho pistul to his head , and inttead of waiting ibr the heavenly messenger to summon him , to become his ownmurdeter ! It wasy except in very few . cases , attributable to the political and social institutions ' of the country . ( Hear , hear . ) Then , again , they saw the beggar wandering about the country , and while the rjeh man rolled m plenty , he was existing in misery . _ Yes , all this was becauso society was divided into classes which were living in mutual hatred , engendered by the institutions or the country ; and it was on this account that they came forward and declared for reform , a reform that should shift those thick-skulled Bishops that sit in the House of Lords from their positions ^ -a reform that , instead of
loa-viiis the people in ignorance , and then calling - theiu tho " swinish multitude , " should at once edu cate them and render them happy * ( Applause . ) Give the people education , and you defy tyrants With more powerful weapons than vrith thi booming thunder of artillery , or the tremendous crash of physical force . ( Applause , ) . Instead , thenV of seeing interests at war with one another , we should see them uniting in common concord , and uniting in the production of all that was sploudid and desirable in science and art . Greate a nimd hi - a , nation ; educate the mind , educate the faculties , an < J they would make the people truly noble , truly great , and truly free . This system under which they lived cried aloud to heaven , to every duke , every noble , every oiie in this conntry , and to that awful symbol of power , the British Queen , for ; reform . ( Hear ^
J 3 liould . it be after this attempt , which was thought , m . tho first instance , to have proved a failure—sliou ' ld it be tor the historian to say , that after the people had mad « an etfort such as they had done during the last twelve months , they had sunk into apathy and indifference . ( Loud cries of "No , no . ") If they wished to see those patriots who were now suffering in the dark , damp , dungeons—if thoy Wished to seo those individuals stand once more before them ! then let them riot shrink in the hour of danger . If they saw a nation standing forward in this manner , though government arrayed itself in the terrors of the red-jacket , as it migh t , and thundered as it might iii the booming cannon ' s roar , that government was . doomed , oa account of itsopposition to the people ' s rights , to
distruction : and the ; people's objects , ' by their justice and their truth , by their omnipotence and their power , would be hqneeforth ; triumphant .: And "• ¦ how glorious would thai triumph be if . they could airig the Te ¦ Detim in Carpenter ' s Hall , not in blood , hut proclairainga bidodfess victoryj and then show to the universe that they had gained the most glorious victory of all , by peace . ( Hear , hear . ) Sluggishness on the part Of the people would only lead the goyeriimcnt to be more deterinihed to oppress and to euthfall them . They , must sink" all personal qua rels and all individual differences ^ and lot them press on the oven tenor of their way , achioving a kiiigdpin ' s liberties . If tho people did hot achieve their liberties , they would have themselves to blame
and not their leaders . The people's Jeadiers were one portion , of them in gaol , and of the other portion of them there were warrants out against them . But what catedthey for the dungeons aiid loss of liberty if they could be the means of achieving a nation ^ liberties . If , indeed , iu this struggle they should be unsuccessiul , yet the object was worth trying for ; if misery should bo more prevalent than it was- now , r-if society at last . became so- ' perfectly hostile that the corpses of millions of England 9 ¦ brave soils should lie on tho ground like the leaves of trees , yet other worlds would burest into eternal themes of praise at seeing a nation sink into annihilation in the attempts to emancipate itself . ( Renewed add deafening cheers . ) . . '• : " •" .
The motion was then put aad carried unaninjousl y .. - - - ¦ :- . ' .. ' . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ '" . - . ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦¦; . ¦ - - ¦ : ¦ .. 7 Mr . Cukraji moved the second , resolution , which was as follow ^ T— " That tliis meeting pledges itself , by every , means in ita . piswer , to protect and assist tho men who have become the Tictiins of the lato . move ^ : nient j and also ,, iii case of their ! incarceration , to do . their utmost to . Bccuro their uno 8 Vnding wiyes and feinilies from destitutiori . " Thoresolution was seconded . by ^ Mt Barrow . > : ¦ M * . Wabden , of Bolton , next addressed the meeting . He said if efer there was a timeivv , hen the people of tins country should strain their nerves to renew Sie contest , that tune ; was the present ¦ It ' would be unnecessary for him ,. ' , aj ! that hour ; to ' , describe the sources of their evila ; they knew those sources !; and , knowing them , it « a » their duty to remove them . ' . If . they had Huffered ah appbemt defeat in theh- late movements , they had at all iyenltfl gained a lesson from their defeat . ( Hear , hew . ) They had learued to depend upon
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themselves , find , had got rid of ihMr false frienaS — S ^ ni *^ "ecess ^ legec rid of before their success < -ould be brpnght to » general issuer ( Cheers . ) lie w ^ as , witness to the path whichwas taken by thosi in prlson ^ at Kirtdale ; that : whenther were ^ get at liberty , . they- would : immediately , set about battlW against tyranny ,. and would never cease except in-th * achievement ,, of ^ Victory / or with loss of life . Tn « scene which , took place . / . in Kirkdale made an ^ impressipn ' upon . . 'his ; mind which would never be eftHced ; they soonied to gain . siren ; tit with their oppression ,, and they swore , by the iron' ¦ l > m -whicJi grjnnod horribly upon them , ttat , tiiey > buld ^ victorj' crowned their efforts , . or death closed the seen * of their exertions , ( Cheers . ) : ' , .- ,- ¦ ,. ' ¦ - ; . The resolution was then carried CEanunouslyi . : .
Miv DOYtB moved the third resolution , ^ appointing a council of seventeen persons ,. with power to- add ¦ to their numbers , / to transact such bu " siii ? y ! S as inight he brought before them , ihaying for fits object the . f urtherance of the plans necessary to secure ; the ipeople ' a rights ., / . r ¦ ¦; ' - ¦ ¦' . / " -- . . . ' / , ' >¦'¦ : . " ' " :- ¦ ' ¦" ' ¦ . - ' : : V '¦ Iv ! r . KrriGnt secoaded the resolution , and expressed h . B . - 'dwjf . ust at tho conduct of some working * fceni who could ; not refrain from suiijfectihg themselves to th » rte ^ raaatlon of drunkenness ; for he was of opinion thai before tliey came forward to reform other > people they ought to reforni theriiselves . ( Hear , hear 4
' , Mr ; Kbnyon , of Bolton , next addressed the meeting Ho was liappy t . bat the Radicals of Manchester felt as theJRaditals of Bolton -did , —determhiecl not to be turned asifla : from their object , neither"hy corn Jaw ag tators on the one hand , nor- by nibblers at rciiL'ioh , nor by poor Jaw agitators . on , the other ; but would achieve the victory which ttey set . out to gain , or di « in the struggle , ¦ . ; •; . ; ., •• ' .. - ' : ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' : ; .:: •; .. . ; . ¦ . . . The « ov . TY . Y . Jacksos was'thenext speaker who was called upon . He ? J 7 aa reoei ^ ed - « rith the mbsi liearty chcerini' ; . . He delivered a ' short speech in hia nsually energetic-stylej expressing : his determination t « liva or die by the cause of . Universal guffra ^ e .- . . A vote of thanks haying been given to the 1 chairman ^ the party separated , 16 being previously announced that a tea /^ party would he / heTn r there on Tuesday eve ning next , in commemoration of Henry Hunt , " ' ; .:. '" , :.
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¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ - ¦¦¦ .. - ' . HYDE . '' . . "¦' ; . . . V " . x ' V- ¦ . / TO THE EDITORS OP THE NORTHEBN- STAR . ; Gentlemen , —Permit me , through the medimn of your most excellent Paper , to remind the shopkeepers arid other tradesmen , of Hyde and the neighbourhood , of , thO agreement they entered into last winter ^— to close their establishments : at seven o ' clock in the evening ; Tor the benefit of apprentices and shopmen ; ; I-trust , Gentlomeri , they only need be remmded of theu ; dutyi and it will be performed . " ¦ ' ¦ V ¦ .. ; : ; . Yours , &c ., ¦ ' . ' : «" . ¦ ¦ ; J . BotTOJlLEY , Sliopteepei . Hyde , Oct . 30 th , 1839 . / ..-.-: ' . .- ¦ BIRMINGHAIH . ¦" "
Mr . JOHN ¦ Cp tti ^ SJ' / tATB- ' '' -jpl ! LEGATE- ' -FO ' RVBTR- ; jiiiKGiitA M ..-= —At . the % yeekly meeting of the committee , hold in Lawrenee-street . Chapel j on Tuesday evening , tho following ' 'resolutions . '; were unanimously passedj Mr . ^ yilspn having been called to the chair : ^ Ist . "That this meeting otmsidera the lawof libel as a nuisance on the ' . Statiiite Book—as the greater the truth the greater the libel—as . the cruel seutenee of Lovett'and Collins places beyond all doubt ; and we , the uicful classes , know that immorality and perjury are fostered by tho , use of secrot service money in . this country , arid the payment , of Government witnesses , savours of fh « horrid blbo $ -money , of former year 3 , as all convictions . are supposed in be just . And this meeting urkes the Whig
Gqvernment to enquire forthwith into the ' same , with the sums of money paid to all ; persons in local and Government places , including the Birmingham and London policemen . Also , this meeting further considers that all policemen should always appear in their regimentals , and not parade through the country in disguise ,. as they are doing , and have done , in this town , ' thereby reyiviiia . tho rhfainbiis proceedings or sucli wretches a * Popay , the police spyT ^—2 nd . "That his the opinionof this mee ) ting that an address to Her Most . Gracious . : Majesty the Queen be prepared and presented at tbe-eariiesfcoppprtuuity . imploring her M ajesty to remit the-remainder of the sentence of imprisoiimeiit , passed : at the War-Assizes , on our highly respected friends , JdhtvCol » lins and William tovett , for libel , and George
Thoinpsou , gun manufacturer ,: ' . of JBirmiiigham , how lying in Chester Gaol , for ycndihjG :. those aiticlea of which ho was . maniifacturer , and- following his own business , to which he was apprentice'l ; and , also , all those : who are confined for political offences . This meeting considers- such cruel incarceratibii of their friends au htfringement on the rights and liberties ofr her Majesty ' s snbjects , and do , therefore ,, most earnestly , solicit their fellow countrymen to address the' Throne for their respective patriots who are suffering such cruel and unjust incarceration . "—3 rd . '' That the resolutions now passed , -be sent the Nortliern Star ' and the C ^ i «> A ? r ' . hewspaper 3 of this week ' s publicatibn . ?' - ^ N . B . The cotamitteo meet every Tliursday evening , ; at the ^ Cross . Guns , Lancaster-street , to Teceive siibscriptions and donations , which will ba duly acknowledged .
/ - . : .. ' . " . ¦ :: ; ¦ : ; ROCHDALE .. ; - , ¦ ¦ . / - - ' ¦ : . , ... Police lNtELLiGENCE .- ^ pri Monday morning at the Police Rooms , ; beforo Messrs . ' Ghadwick and Kelsall , John Taylor and WrnvBuxtoh i ( two . boys from Ma : i ?^^ '' eF ») and Ellen Adams , and ' aged woman , were / brought up on . ! a eharge of ^ felony , Mr . "Williams , draper , Yorkshire-street , staied that on Saturday evening at dusk ; he missed two pieces of check , about £ 4 or £ 5 valne , from his ^ shopl and having some snspicioh , gave inforinaatibn to the police * who ' -placedthemselves in different parts 6 t " the townto see if they could -detect ^ the thieves , Meaiiwhile , ho i himself , ' went \ to / the . ^ JRailway-Statioh . and discoveTed the prisoners ^ along with
three women ,. making their way for the seven . o clock train to ^ anchsster . He gave information to Bentley , one of the beadlesi who appreheiided the boys ; wth th « jjjjoods ; .: They statedtfie women , ( who had rnn away pn seeing Bentley , ) had promised them " sixpence , for carrying the 1 articles to the Station . They , however , took thepolice to the house of Barney Adams , were they had : got the goodg , his daughter bring one of the women who had tueI away . ; The house was searched , several yards of a : piece : of shambry were fonndy / which waa identified . by Mr . South wall , draper , ^ Old Market-place . . Mr .. Adams ^ ( who had been arrested ) waaf . admitted to hail to appearwhen called upon , but ihe two lads were committed fortrial . ~'" a . ¦¦' ¦ '¦ ¦¦ - •' : '¦ - ' : ¦ \ . '
Wesley an CENTENARYl-r-On Friday , the ^ Wesleyan Association celebrated the Centenary , in their Chapel , by a public tea 'party ., . Upwards of one thousand partook of the tea , In the eyenirig a meeting was held , when various addresses '^ yere ; made by the members , &c , which conriiiued until eleven o'clock . On Saturday , the ; Wesleyans celebrated ; the Centeiiary , in Union-street Chapel . All the Sunday scholars were treated with tea ; and buns , and ' : prer seutod with a niedal in commeinpration of the event . The treat was . given by public subscription .
Suicide . —On Tliursday , a man named James Holt , of Qlegg Hall , near this towrij put an end to his lifbj by hanging himsetf on hia / loom * He was a flannel weavjer , aged twenty-eighty ears , with a wife and three small children . No particular reason can be assigned for tho rash act . -: ; T , :. "' / Foot Race : —Oh : Tuesday , a footrace , for £ 5 a side , came off oh the New-road , leading to Whit-Worthv between two r > inhers of notoriety , named Kenny and ; GreeuhillV : ; The" length -was two hundred yards , \ vhicli was won by the former by ten ; vaTda / , - ' ¦' ¦ . ¦ ¦ , ' ¦ : : '¦ ¦ ' -. - ¦' . ¦ •¦ ¦ . •¦ ¦' . ¦ ¦•¦ • . ¦ . . ¦ ' . .- " ¦• . •¦ .. ¦¦¦ •¦ . ¦ ¦ •" . ¦
; . ; / ¦;;¦;¦ ' ; /¦ .- "¦ RICHMOND -: ; .-7 / . \ ¦ -. ' :,., ¦ Police OFBltc ? , Oct . 28 .-sIames Irwinand Joseph Mattisou , of Richmond , were brought before the sitting magistrates by Mr , ;¦ 'j ; . ' ¦ WhitUigi the police ^ officer , charged with pcin ? dnink and disorderly ou Sunday morning week . —Ein « d five shillings each and . cost 9 » ¦ . : - / -.- / :. . ' , . . . ; - ;' ¦ , ; . ;/ .: '; - / '• : ¦ . - . : ¦ :- , SerkOn .- —Oh Sunday morniug last , an excellent arid appropriate . ' fiermon was preached in the parish church of Richmond , by the Right Rev . the Lord Biahopot ' Ripon , from the first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles , verses 13 and 14 f asa in the evening by the Venerable the Archdeacon of Richmond , from 1 Kiugs , ix . ch . v . 3 . After each sermon a collection was made in aid of the Ripon Diocesan Chur « h Building Society amounting to £ 86 : 15 . 6 d . : - ; ¦ : BxTBApRpiNABT PRODUCE . —James Graven , of Richmond , planted this year one potato , of tb > second early kiud , which produced 360 potatoes , measuring five pecks . ¦ ; V :: . 7 ; : v
: Appoi NTMENT . ^ rThe Earl Zetland ha 3 appointed the Rev . William Fitzwilliam . WhartOtt , M . A . incumbent : curate of Ysurm , to be qb © « C his Id : dehip dbiB »» 8 tii »; qhaplaHiw . ; : '• • - .- ¦ . . " - ;¦ . : ¦ . " . : - . .. •;
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TO THE EDITORS 6 ^ THE NORTHERN STAR . Sirs , —You will very much oblige the ; Ipefenco Commirtfo fo : the Bury ; District , by giving insertion totb . folltnriiwr : — - . ¦ ¦" - '•¦ : ' ' : ¦ - - •; .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 2, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1081/page/1/
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