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N OTICE I ^ HEREBY XjIVENj That the iurf Gej&raTQuarter Sessions of the Peace for . ft ) Borougn of Leeds , in the County of York , will b « holdea before Thomas Flower Ellis , the younger , E-quire , Recorder of rhe said Borough , at the Coon House in Leeds , on Monday , the Eleventh day d April next , at Two o'clock in the Afternoon , » t which time and place all Jurors , Constables , Folia Officers , Prosecutors , Witnesses , Persons bound bj Recognizances , and others having business at tha said Sessions are required to attend . And Notice is ; hereby also given , that ill Appeals not previously disposed of will be heard it tht opening of the Court on Wednesday , the Thirteenth day of April next , and that all proceediDfl under the Highway Act will be taken on the first day of the Sessions . > ¦" ' ¦ "¦" . ; "' ,. : ; ' : By . Order , - ' ' : \ y \ : .: _ ' ¦ ' ¦ : ' : -r- ] . : : ' - JAMES RICHARDSON , Clerk of the Puacefoi the said Borough , Leeds , 14 th March , 1842 . ^ V
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BOROUGH OF LEEDS IN THE COUNTY OP VrOXiefi ^ SliEREBY GIVEN , that Chabiej VI Bailey , an Officer appointed by the Maatei-General aud Board of Ordnance , for the purposs of a certain Act , made and passed in the Fonrti and Fifth Yoars of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Vjctoria , entitled " An Act to Authoriza and Facilitate ; the Completion of a Survey of GreiJ Britain , Berwick-upon-Tweed , aud the Isle of Alan , hathjby Writing under his Handi dated the 28 ii Day of February last , requested and made app& cation to Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace of tht said Borough of Leeds , in the County of York , presiding in Quarter Sessions , to Nommate and Appoini at tne next Quarter Sessions , or Adjourunwji thereof , to be held in aad for the said Borough , ( and which said Quarter Sessions will be held in and for the said Bi > rpugh on Monday , the Eleyerith Day of April next , at Twelve o'Clock in the Afternoon , ) one or more fit and proper Person or Persons to aid and assist , when required 4 > y him , the said Chabus Bailey , « ir any other Person appointed by the giid Master-General and Board of Ordnance , for the purposes of the said Act , in examining , and ascertaiaing , and marking out the respective Boundaries of the Borqugh of Leeds , and of each City , Borough , Town , Parish . Extra Parochial , and other Place ? , Districts , and Divisions in the said Borough . JAMES RICHARDSON , . Clerk of the Peace for the said Boroa ^ i . Leeds , 17 th March , 1842 .
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FOR NEW YORK . Ship . CapL Register . Burthen . To > tal Tons . Tons . GENERAL PARKHILL , Hoyt , 554 950 Mar . 25 tb . OHIO , Lyqn , 73 1 ^ 050 April 1 st The above two Ships are coppered and copperfastened , built io New York , of the very best M » - terials . They sail remarkably'fast 5 and the Accommodations on board for Second Cabin and Steerage Passengers are not excelled by any Ship in this Port . ¦•¦ ., . . - ¦ ¦ - . - ' ¦ ' - . ¦' . . ¦ ¦ ; - ' .:: ' . ' . "¦ ¦ ;; - : \\ ¦• ¦;; - . . - ' For Terms « f Passage apply to C . GRIMSHAW & Co . Liverpoal , March 15 , 1842 . i
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. ;¦ ' . . / r ? r ^ PHEL AND . .. ; , ON Satuhday next , Mabch the 26 th , will to published , price Twopence , Mr . O'Connot ' i First Lecture in the Hall of Science , Camp Fitli Manchtster-T-THE Land and its Capabihties . Published by Abel Hey wood , Manchester ; I Hobson , Star Office , Leeds ; J . Cleave , Loudon ! and all Booksellers and Agents .
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WHEREAS JOSEPH JACKSON , of Whitefef UppJ ^ jn the Parish of KirkheatonV in tba County / tf ^ Tork , Joiner , hath by an Indentuff bearing date the Twenty-fifth day Of January te * past , assigned over all his Personal Estate as Effvcts unto Chahles Radcliffb Turner , of Hopton , iu the Parish of Mirfield , in the said Cowty GentlemaD , and George Hali ,, of Huddersfield , i > the said County ef York , Chemist and Druggist , i » 'l * rust , for ihe equal benefit of the Creditors off * said Joseph JacKson , who shall execute the SMtf on or bbiore the Twenty-fifth day of March next ensuing the date of the ^ aid Indenture of Assignoeoti Notice is hereby given , that the said Deed of Assfe menv now li -s at the office of Mr . William Tbbs » Solicitor , of Hopton aforesaid , for the inspection *^ oxecutiou of the Creditors of said Joseph Jackson I and all those who shall not have executed the 6 * 8 * or assented thereto , ifl writing , within the time ate *" said , wi . l be excluded all benefit arising there&oB " All Persons indebted to the said Joseph Jackson it * rcque _ sted forthwith to pay the amount of their » spective dubts to the said Charles Radcliffe Tantf and George Hall , otherwise legal proceedings "i " be commenced against them .
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THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF MR O ' CONNOR BY THE MYRMIDONS OF THE ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE . ( Concluded from our seventh page . ) pas ? ed dose to my person . I . rewired six wounds on my body and limbs , and one on my head , three of which knocked me down- I have seen several victims of that nigh ' - ' a brutality , some of whom will never leave their beds , and from thirty to fifty are dangerously wounded . This tragedy was followed up upon the followme morning , by an inflammatory » nd blood-thirsty placed , inviting Irishmen to assemble again in their thousands upon that night to meet the , enemiea of Daniel O'ConneU , and to complete the victory of the previous evening ; but
to tlie honour Of Englishmen of ail denominations , so great was their horror of assassination , that shopkeepers of all grades and political parties assembled for the purpose of protecting my life . —( This anii < uncement enlisted a general buz of acclamation throughout the ccurt . )—Mr . O'Connor said , the only direct application which I shall now make , previous to submitting the whole case to the Secretary of State for the Home Department , is , that a person , having authority from this court , rh ^ ald be forthwith sent to the printer of the placard which appeared on Wednesday , for toe purpose of procuring the manuscript from widch it was composed . This I x- quire as a preliminary step , in order to ground a fnll inquiry into the whole case .
*• ' The worthy chairman expressed hi 3 determination , and that of the Court , to afford Mr . O'Connor every faciiity and assistance in the proposed inquiry , but doubted the jurisdiction of the Court as to his application . . ' Mr . O'Connor then referred the Court to the 29 th section of the Stamp Ad , shotting thai printers were compelled to roiadn manuscript copy for a certain period after it wa 3 pat in print . " Mr . Maade , the chairman , perused the seotiOB , and gave Mr . O'Connor to understand that his application upon that head , as well as any other that he jpay hereafjer make , would " mset With the most anxiou 3 consideration . *• Mr . O'Connor then thanked the Court for its courtesy and retired . "
( Fr « m the Manchester Chronicle ) " PHYSICAL FORGE CONTBST IN THE ' HALL OF SCIENCE . ' CHAKG 5 OF ASSAULT AGAINST MR F . O'CONNOB . " On Wednesday morning , the Boron ^ h Court was thronged with Chartists and * operative' anti-Corn Law Leaguers , in consequence of its being known that a man was in custody for hsving ^ taken an active pau in a row "which took place at the Socialist bnila-1 D £ denojnjnated the * Hall of Science , ' G * tap Field , on the previous evening , on the occasion of a lecture by Mr . Feajgns O'Connor . Shortly after Mr . Maude , the magistrate , took hi 3 seat on the bench , a man naired Duffy , an itinerant anti-Corn Law agitator , applied for and obtained a summons'against Mr . 0 'Cmnor himself , foraa sssau't alleged to fcavo been committed on the occasion in question . Duffy stating tha 1 - Mr . O'Connor struck him with his fi ? t and
knocked him from the platform to the floor of the room . It is necessary to state that Mr . O'Connor had publicly announced his intention of sivicg three lectures in the above building , and the" first was delivered on Monday evening , when Mr . James Scholefield , of Every-street , Anccats , t ^ ok the chair . Tae one on Tuesday eveniEg , was to be on the subi ' ect of the Repeal of the Legislative Union b : tween Sn ; . land and Ireland , and the row arose out of a dispute about the choice of a chairman , Mr . O'Connor ' -party wishing Mr . ScholcSeid to" preside , and the party ef whom Duffy appeared to be the te&der , wi : ~ jj Tras chiefly composed of irishmen , wishing to piace a man named John Doyle in the chair . The nam-3 of the man who was taken into custody was stated to be John Saxon , . aa Irishman , by trade a weaver . Mr . Dickin , solicitor , appeared in his defenee .
M George Buchanan , being sworn , stated that dnri-g the skirmish which took place in -the hall he n « ti < -ed the prisoner in particular ; who assi > tsd seme other men to pull m pieces a chair or a tabJe , witness could not toll which , and the prisoner afterwar-Js threw a piece of it in the direction of Mt . Feargus O'Connor , oh the platform . There was a movement made in the body of the hall , and sudden ' y there was a chair thrown up , which seemed to be the signal for the row commencing , and directly ther ^ were brck-bcts and missile 3 thrown on the plat . orm . Wicuess saw Mr . O'Connor in dangt-r , aad t-iideavoured to protect him . Afrer the di ^
tarbsarse , witness gave the prisoner , of whom he bad taken , particular r-oiiee , into the custody of the police . —Crois-examined : WitDess was on the pisiform when the di ; turban c-e commenced . Mr . Jam ^ s Scho'efield was elected to the chair at ei « ht o ' clock , and > va ^ abon : to > h down in h , when i > wa ? pulled away from fcim The men in the body of the hall wanted some other person to be chairman , ano the muripnr was in consequence of Mr . Schole-fitld taking the chair . There were Chartists and Repealers in the hall , and a r * ny of men , in bis ooinion , had com ; to oppose the meeting , but he could not tell what they "were .
" Mr . Diekin : Was there not a general fi ^ ht in the hall!—1 cannot say that it was a general fight , but men had to < iefer « d themselves for their lives sake . I am certain that the prisoner broke a piece from either a table or a chsir , and threw it towards the platform . " A man of the name of Hargreaves stated that he saw the prisoner in the room during the row , wi > h eitht-r a piece of a chair or table in his hand , hut did not } rnow where he got it from , or Bee him make use of it at all . ** Mr . O'Connor here made his appearance in the witness box—a large black planter on his forehead proving tne effect of some physical kr-e wr 3 pen upc n himself . Addressing the bench , he said , I beg to State , previously to being sworn , *» hat Iwas requested to come down here by Sir Charles S'naw . and I know nothing whatever as to the case now gi-inH on . at
" ^ ir . Maude : DM you see this prisoner the room last night " Mr . O'Connor : I did not , nor could I be able to say that I saw any man . **• > ir . Jame 3 ScholHield , of Every-siree ? , who appeared to have received sundry severe bruises abous the mouth and eyes , was the neit witness . He , however , could not speak to seeing the prisoner in the room at all . " A youth , named John Hargreaves , stated that he saw the prisoner when the rovr commenced with a stick in hi 3 har . d , with which ho kfpt knocking aboiit and hitting all he came to . Witness sa-. vhim several times throw slicks and pkces of furniture towards tie nlatform
CrtJss-eiaiLiineiJ—Tsere had be < = n a general tow befoic the prisoner threw furniture upon the platfonr . The first furniture breaking w ^ s upon the platform , but witness had no hanu iir it . A party on t- » e platform broke up ihe furniture , and threw it in : o tae hall among the people , and the consequence was a general row . " Edward Hancock stated that the prisoner was one of a par : y of IrUhmen who rushed into the room by Joree at an early -period -of the evening There was a chair thrown by Eyaae one from the plauorm into the middle of the room , and witness saw ihe prisoner , wnh othbr 3 , break it to pieces . The prisoner afterwards went towards the pta ; forin , and ivith cne of rhe pieces of the ciair aimed a blow at an individual whom witness had s . nce ascertained to be the chairman ( Mr . SchoienViG ) .
" Air . Mcude ( to the wiLiies-j—Was the firss Yioltuee&nd tte firsi bieach cf the pea . ee caused by thisi-hair btiny thrown fro : a ihe plauorm ?—Witness —The first outbreak was canned by an individual who jumped from 'hs body of irLh repealers and got upon the platform . " Mr . Maude— What was the £ rst act of violence ? Witness—After the man had ju : npt d upon the piatform , there was a rimnitaneous se ; ziug of the chairman ( Mr . Scbokfiii'J ) \ n ihe chair . Some individual threw the cha . r frvm ihe platform into the bo iy of the meesinsr , anJ th ' . n it was broken up by tLe prisoner and others .
" Mr . Da 5 v was men examined by . Mr- Dickin for the defence . He p'iteJ that he obtained a ^ niie-siou into the room &e £ v © minntes to seven o ' clock , aiid paid 6 d . to go upen the platform . Ha knew the prisoner by siglvbui diu not-fee him tbere that nigL , \ Wimofs cou * d not say who firs j Lei aa to break the furniture ; but there was a . very great effort to force Mr . tcholefield into the cbair , on * party forcing him or ^ e way and ano'heranoi .- ; e . r , arifl the inrnUure na ? broken in the mrles . The d-. stiirbanccs was entirely caused by Mi-. O'Connor r : si : ! c dj is the meeting , pulling himself in a fijihth-s attittidp and shouting out , ' * C--me on my'ladg . c < -mo on m > lids . " Ail par its Then rose up . and ev : xy onf fought aU tbroc ^ h . Witness sawsi ^ mrthinji throwr into he middio oi" the Hail , t » ut ccnld rot tell Avaai i : ws ? . At that time the Hull v . as in a terribk stit ^ of ex citement ; Air . 0 'Cy : ; nor was Ii ^ htiu ^ r or tbe platform , and they certainly aid make u a " llal ! of tcieiice * on taaJ occasion . ( Laughter . }
" Mr . Die-kin , on behalf of the prisoner , ccnten < icd lhat irom the evidence it was ciear the dis- \ turbance had originated on iha platform , and thai ; the prisoner hai no : taken any active part bejoad < whit , he was authorised to do in seif-cefenee . i ** The prisoner said he paid to go icto tho room , but had nctbing whatever t-j "do v . ta ihs row ; on the contrary , he made his way out as fast 83 he could , when & man took him n . to custody . ** Mr . Maude s « id the prisoner was probably noi one of tfce worss par : ie 3 , but u was clearly proved ; thst he was a party ic the disturbance , and therefore he was liable to punishment . They did not mean t > iifliet a hearypec 3 l : y upon him , because that being i the first night of the rfisturbance it might be sspposeu that they weLt here without any mteLtion oi ] committing violence . They , therefore , ' should should j eall upon him to find two eurevieB in , £ 10 each to ] keep the peace .
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•* Immedlaiely a ter tin . otci ^ ion in the above case , j Mr . O'Connor stvpd . to ike court thas he had been feirca to under it icd that a tuni £ oon 6 had been I
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applied for agahnt him , and that if it wasconTenient for the magistrates to hear the case then , he was quite leady . , , - - " Mr . Maude Mked Duffy , the complainant , if he was prepared to go into tbe case ^ o which he replied in ihe affirmatiTe . , " -, . " Duffy then stated that he attended the meeting , alo g with others , on the previous evening . Their object in attending , certainly , was owing to political di&srencea which existed between Feargus O'Connor and themselves on some points , but he was aware that that waia subject which could not be brought before the Court . Mr . O'Connor thought proper , by placard to appeal to his own countrymen , and he ( Duffy ) was one of them . A great majority of the Irishmen entertaining different views from Mr . O'Coddot . determined to attend tho meeting , with the exnress intention of giving him an opportunity of expressing his opinions , and they didnot wish to have a Chairman of Mr . O'Connor's own particular
choosing . On Mr . O'Connor ' s arrival his friends proposed that Mr . Scholefield should take the chair , and complainant proposed that John Doylfi should be appointed to that office . A show of hands wag takeu , and complainant ' s party had the majority , as he thought , and he announced it accordingly . Upon this Mr . O'Connor stood up behind complainant , waved his hat , and induced his party to cheer . There were cheers and counter cheers , and Mr . O'Connor , finding that he could not have it all his own way , commenced squaring with his hands , and shouted , ' Come on , my ) ads ; come on , my lads , ' the consequence of which was , that there was a general movement throughout the whole assembly . Daring the commotion Mr . O'Connor gave every indication in his power to shew the people that they had not come there to dispute but to fight , and ultimately struck complainant a blow on the right side , which knocked him from the platform into the body of tho
room . " In cross-examination by Mr . O'Connor , the complainant denied that Doyle said , * We kave a majority , ' before the show of hands was taken for Mr . Scholefield . After the show of hands , complainant said , 'Now , gentlemen , Mr . Doyle will proceed to take the chair . ' Upon the instant a man of the name of Linney , and other persons oonnected with Mr . O'Connor , rushed towards Mr . Soholefield , and tried to puth him into the chair , and in the disturbance the chair was broken up . Complaisant would swear that at tke time he said , * Now , gentlemen , Mr . Doyle will take the chair , ' Mr . Scholefield was not in it . He did not see Mr . O'Cennor get any blows at all . As soon as he ( complainant ) was knoeked from the platform , he took the liberty of going out . Hs saw no missiles thrown ; but , as he was going out , saw a cbair , or some such article , thrown from the platform . The squabble lasted for abous ten minutes altogether .
" John Dooley deposed to seeing Mr . O'Connor strike Duffy a blow on the side with hie fist , which Bent him from the platform into the body of the room . He also corroborated the complainant ' s testimony in other particulars . " Patrick Murphy stated that he taw Duffy at the meeting , standing in front of the platform , near to the edge j but did not see him struck by anybody , nor fall from the platform . Mr . O'Connor was standing behind Duffy . Soon after tho contention arose respecting the appointment of a chairman , witness went cut into the street . " Mr . Maude : I think you were abont the wisest person .
** Mr . James Scholefield was then called and exmined by Mr . O'Connor for the defence . He said he was at the Mosley Arms Hotel with Mr . O'Connor a snort tiinebe ' ore the meeting took place , when a person came and informed them that some parties in the room were becoming very violent , " and asked if Mr . O'Connftr thought they should" send for the police ! Witness remembered Mr . O'Connor Faying , '' I never like to go to a public meeting with police ; I'll answer for my countrymen that they'll hear reason . " The witness then describad the scene which took place in the room , and ^ id that when
the show of hands was taken for a chairman , there were ten to one in his favour ; that , not withstanding ? hi 3 , Duffy called upon Mr . Doyle to take the chair ; and that ultimately witness Was forced from the ehair . or rather that the chair was forced from him , his shirt torn , his face ent with a stone , and his person otherwise bruised . Witness remembered Mr . O'Connor calling oct , " Now , lads , defend your chairman f but he did not see him lift a hand to strike any person . Mr O'Connor could not have stinck any roan on tho platform without witness seeing it . Whnes 3 saw Mr . O'Connor knocked down on the benches .
" By Mr . Maude : I saw Duffy there , who was the sole cause of the disturbance . Ho was standing about a yard and a l > alf from me . I do not know what became of him . " Charles Thomason stated that he saw Duffy struE ^ nng with others 5 n tbe centre of the platform , and paw him throw a chair into the body of the room . Witness believed that Duffy was pressed off tbe platform in the squabble , but never saw Mr . O'Connor strike him . Mr . Maude said there could be no doubt that the defendant wa 3 pushed off , but whether by an invoinctary act , or wilfully , seemed to be a matter of doubt , and , at any rate , no extreme violence seemed to have been used towards him . It wasmuch toberegretted that parties could not meet together without personal collision , and , in future , he hoped they should hear no more of it . If tbey could noi mcvt together in the game room without coming to Violence , it would , be much better to go into separate rooms .
Daffy expressed a wish to call one or two of Mr . O'Connor ' s own witnesses , in order to clear off the imputation "which he said had been thrown upon his character by the lost witness stating that he ( Duffy ) threw the chair . He also disclaimed all ill feeling in the matter . " Mr . Maude thought they could not make the conrt & place for mutual explanations . Their business was to inquire whether there had been an assault committed at all ; he aid not think they could go into sny further matters . "Mr . O'Connor said , that iu order to Bhow that he had no ill feeling he would willingly become one of the sureties for the poor Irishman who had been ordered to find bail to keep the peace , if he had not obtained them .
" Mr . Maude : I have no objection to discharge the man upon his promising to conduct himscli peaceably in future . " ilr . Dickin : He has had bail . " Mr . Seholefield said he had a large stone thrown at him , which struck hid in the teeth , and this mus : have been a premeditated assault . " Mr . Maude said there could be doubt that that bad been a wilfnl act ; and if any party was brought ther * who had been guilty of such conduct he would af soredly be panished . ' ' Tho parties interested in the affair then left thfl court , and on gaining the street the Chartists commeaced cheering Mr . O'Couuor . "
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end . In addition tr the bludgeons with which they wore armed , the infuriat 3 d Leaguers tore up the rails , benches , and gas-pipes in tne hall , as well as the banisters and rails of tho staircases , and used them as weapons , with the greatest fury , against their opponents . The great bidk of the Chartists , being unarmed , found their safety in flight ; but their egress was impeded by parties of armed repealers who lined the stairs , and Btood around the outer door , using their bludgeons on all who came within their reach . Some of the wretches in the room had
actually carried large ttones in their pockets , and with these , and the broken chairs and tab ' e ? , a constant shower of missiles was kept up in the direction of the platform , and several persons were of course severely hart . Mr . O'Connor was knocked down two or three times , once by a blow upon the forehead . A large stone . 'truck Mr . Seholefield , the chairman , on the face . A Tepoiter , who nad been injudicious enough to venture into the thick of the fray , had the back of his head laid open , by a blow from a heavy weapon .
" Shortly after the commencement of the fray , a body of police arrived , but instead of acting with that promptitude which has always been manifested by our police , when under proper direction , it appears ihey judged their own force too small to cope' with the belligerent party , and so let them fiyht autay ! The riot lasted upwards of an hour insiae , and most of the Chartists having by that time fljd , the Leaguers sallied forth , and , evidently not satisfied with the amount of destruction they had committed , commenced breaking the windows by stones from the outside . The police , then , being reinforced , it seems thought it time to interfere , and they succeeded in dispersing the rioters , and restoring quiet * Only one man , a weaver , named John Saxon , was apprehended . He had been eeen iu the act of destroying , ft cbair , and making missiles of the ' fragments A more detailed account of this outrage will be gathered from the proceedings before the magistrates on the following day .
" PROCEEDINGS AT THE BOROUGH COURT . WEDNESDAY . ( Before D . Maude , Esq . ) 11 Shortly after the proceedings commenced , Duffy came into the Court , and said he wished to apply for a summons against Mr . O'Connor , for an assault . He stated that he was one of the parties who proposed one of the Chairmen : on its being put to tbe vote , each party claimed to have a majority ; he heard a great confusion behind him on the platform , and on looking behind him , he saw Mr . O'Connor , who doubled his fist , and exclaimed—** Come on , my lads , come on , " He then hit the complainant a blow in the ribs , whioh knoeked him down from the platform to the floor of the room . The summons was granted .
" John Saxon , the man taken into custody by the police , was then brought up . He was charged with using violence , and attempting to strike Mr . O'Connor with a form . " George Buchanan deposed that he saw the prisoner , during the skirmish , breaking up either a chair or table , and afterwards throwing it in the direction where Mr . 0 Connor was standing on the platform . Witness kepi , his eye on him , and afterwards gave him in custody to the polioe . In crossexamination by Mr . Dioken , solicitor , who appeared for tho prisoner , he said a chair was thrown down which seemed to be a signal for a general attack ; stones and brickbats were thrown on the platform . Mr . Scholefield had been proposed to take the chair
and carried , and when about to sit down in it , it was pulled from under him . Five minutes after that ^ things began to be broken ; a rush immediately took place , and some were pushed off the platform ; Men had to defend themselves for their lives ? sake . What the prisoner broke was either a chair ©' ratable ; he was not doing it in self-defence ; no one was near him-at the time . . He arid another party were snatching pieces of timber from every one who opposed them , and throwing them at the platform . "John Hargreaves proved that be saw the prisoner with a piece of either a ohair or table in his band , but did not ste him throw it . A weapon was not necessary for his own protection . The large room and also the gallery were full of people .
" . "'Mr . O'Connor next stepped into the witnessbox , haviug a large black patch on his forehead . He said he had been requested to come down by Sir Charles Shaw , but he knew nothing whatever of the prisoner . "Mr . Scholefield , tV . ri chairman of the met ting , was called . He could not identify the prisoner , but was cross-examined by Mr . Dicken , to the following tffect : —I got to the meeting about ten minutes past eight , and found the neighbourhood of the chair occupied by perfect strangers to me . A ' man named Duffy was addressing the people . As soon as Mr ; O'Connor and I appeared they called upon me to lake the chair . I had been appointed chairman for the evening at the previous lecture . There wera both cheers and groans , and yelis , and all kinds of hisses and noises .
" John Harxreaves first saw the prisoner with a stick in his hand , knocking about and hitting every one he came ar . He afterwards saw him very busy in striking and throwing sticks and stones upon the platform . There was a good deal of confufiou and violence in the room at ihe time . The platform was about the height of a person * * head . The first breaking of furn . tura begun on the platform ; chairs and tables were broken , and were thrown down into the body of the hall . It waa not all on the platform who were the aggresss-ors , but a select party , who were there for the purpose . :
" Edward Hancock deposed that he distinguished the prisoner from the commencement of the disturbance . He wasalo » : g with a body of Irishmen , who rushed into the room by force at an early part of the evening ; and at the identical time when the signal was given , by an individual jumping from the middle of the platform ; he and others broke the chair , by dashing it on . the ground , and he then took one piece , went towards the platform and aimed a blow inwards the chairman . Cross-examinedr ^ There was an indiscriminate breaking of chairs and tables in the room . Tbe first breach of the peace was caused by a person sprineing from the body of iheroo < n , from amongst the low Irish
repealersdaughter . ) The next thing was the seizing of the chairman and the chair , and then coram ' tneed [ the attacks of individuals on the platform ; some individual threw a chair from the platform into the body of the meeting , and then commenced the indiscriminate violence . " Duffy was then called by Mr . Dickens , on the part of the prisoner . He stated that he went to the meeting at exactly fivo minute ' s to seven ; he went to a side dour , and was told by the woman who opened it that tb < y would have a ' tumble stormy night of it . ' He paid sixpence , and got on the platform . The disturbance did not begin of an'hour . Some furniture was first broken on the
right haDd side of the platform . He never saw the prisoner there at all . There was a great effort to force Mr . Schokfield into the chair , some pn .-hii / g hira one way , some another , and in the melee the chair was broken , and thrown into the body of the meeting . The disturbanco waa entirely caused by Mr . Keargua O'Connor , who , when witness moved the oppointment of a chairman , rote up , doubling his fist 5 , and called out— " Come on , my lads—come on , my lads ; ' that was the signal tor a general melee , and they were fighting all through the room . The people were in a Btate ot the greatest possible ejn-itement . They certainly made it a hall of science' on that occasion—( iaufchter . )
' * Mr . Maude said it had been clearly proved that tbo prisoner look part in the diatnr ' pance . He must have known well , so must other parties , thai if he chose to remain after the disturbance took p ' aoe , aud ivas fonnd using any violence , he was i-able to punishment . As it might be supposed ( hat he went th « re Without the intention of committing violence , the court would not inflict , a severe punishment . He would be required to h ' ud two sureties iu £ 10 each , to keep the peace . ,
" THE CHAKGE AGAINST MB . 0 CONNOR . " Mr . O'Connor , who had taken his seat at the table , said he understood a summons had been that mon ing taken out against- him . If it would not trench upon the time of tho court , ho should wish it to be then . heard , all the parties being present . — This being agreed to , " Mr . Daffy came forward again , and deposed that , entertaining opinions d ffert-at tr : id those of Air . O'Connor , he had ihou ^ hc proper to a ' ttrnd'the meeting , and propose as a chairman one who was not ot ilr . O'Connor ' s own appointnieut . They waited an hour bafore Mv . O'Coiinor arrived . Various parties called out for the appointment of a chairman , but he told them it would be iraDroper
and injudicious to move tno appointment before Mr , U'Conuor arrived . At t !; at moment he entered the room ; some of his frieuds proposed one chiirmaii , and the witness another . A show of hands was taken , and witness considered the ? had the majority ) Ho immediately announced that / act , an i while he was doing so , Mr , O'Connor stood -up"behind him , aud wiived his hat over his head ; thero were cheers and counter-cheers . Seeing that the decision of the meeting was completely against him — ( hisses and expressions of surprise from the people in the gallery , )—aud that there was such a divtrdty of opinion that he could not have it all his own
way , heetood np oeh . cd witness , pui himself ' in a fighting attituae , and cried— " Come on , my lads ; come on , my lads 1 " The consequence wa 8 , a general movement of the whole body . Witness stood on the very edga of the platform , which was six or seven feet high . A violent contest immediately commenced behind him ; he used his influence to keep quietness , bnt Mr . O'Connor put himself in a fightinji atiitude , and called the people up . He retreated a few paces , but on witness's turning his bead round , he struck him on the right side , and threw him over the platform , into the body of the meeting .
"Cross-examined by Mr . O'Connor—Mr Doyle was the chairman I proposed . Did not hear you say il Doyle had the majority ho should be the chairman . I eaid— ' Mr . Doyle wiii now oroceed to take the chair , ' and then tubro was a rush ; a man named
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Linney , and a number of persons connected with yourself , trying to force Mr . Scholefield into the chair , other parties pushed him out , and in the " melee the chair was broken and thrown into the crowd . Mr . Soholefield was not in the chair when I said Mr . Doyle would proceed to take it . —( A cry of ' He was , ' from the gallery ; and Mr . Maude threatened to hate ' the- gallery cleared if theae interruptions continued . )^ Did not hear you say—* Now , Mr . Scholefield is ia the chair , my lads , support your chair man . ' When you found that your own party chairman was not elected , you gave . ' three- cheera ^ and said— 'Support yoiir , chairman / knowing that he was not elected cbairman . —^ Mr . O'Connor—When I was standing in front of the platform , did yon eee missiles flying ia the direction T was in 1—How could I see missiles flying when you had knocked me
off the platform 1 Did not see you get a blow which knocked you dojfvn on one of the benches ; did not see you get a blow <> n your neck , or on yoar sboulder , or a blow which cut your hat . Heard you tell the people to stand their ground . Didnot see ... a weapon of any sort iti your hand . . You struck me with your fist , on the . right side just above the hipV--Mri O'Connor—And I knocked you over the platform did I ? —Witness—Off the platform ; that is not English . Mr . O'Connor—I am an Irishman ; but I suspect you have been too long in England to be a good Irishman—( laughter ) . Examination continued—After I was knocked down I took the liberty of going out , and I saw no more of it after , lleft at exaotly twenty minutss' past eight . All I have described occurred within ten minutes . I saw no missiles thrown , but in going out saw a chair or some large article thrown from the plat ; orm .
" John Dqoley saw where the last witness was standing on the edge of the platform , and after the row commenced , saw him get a clout' on tho right side , which pitched him into the pit . He was so near the edge that any one stumbling against him might have knocked him off ; but the blow was struck ^ by Mr . O'Connor , with his fist . " CrossHBxaniined ^—I was not on the platform , but in the body of the meeting . I had my eyes on the platform all the time , and did nVt see a single weapon thrown at it . I thought it best ' . ; to get away when I saw the sort of work that was
going on . ¦ : ¦;; . ,., " Patrick Murphy—I was at the meeting last night . I saw Mr . Duffy , thert ; he > tood near the front of the platform , not more than an inch from it . He was elose tothe -centre . I did not see him struck , nor did I see him fall off tho platform . A contention arose about the Chairman . I did not stay many minutes after . •; . " Mr . Maude : I think you were about the wisest person ; :. ¦ . '¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' .. - ¦ - ,: "¦ '¦ ' ¦ .. ¦ ¦" , ... '•¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦¦ . ' .. '¦ ' ; . Witoosg : I saw Mr . O'Connor in the attitude of saying— Come on , my boys : ' . "Cross-examined by Mr . O'Connor : And how long did you see me after that?—Two minutes or
so . - . . - - .. ¦• ¦¦•• . ¦ ¦ ¦ :. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ H And yet you did not see Duffy struck t—No . " That will do ; go down . " Duffy was recalled to explain on what part of the platform he stood , there being a discrepancy in the statements of the witnesses . He gaid that he was on the left of the ohanv "Mr . O'Connor then called" The Rev . Mr . ScholjiBeld , who deposed—I went ; to the Mosley Arms to Mr . O'Connor before tho meeting took place . A man came and eaid that the parties in the room were very violent , and asked if we would have the police ; but wo declined . When we got to the meeting , Duffy was proposing Doyle as chairman . A show of hands was takeu for him :
and I heard Mr . O'Connor say that if he had a majority he should be the chairman . When tbo show of handB was ' takc n for mo . the whola of tha galieify , and at least half of the body of the meeting , were in my favour ; it was at least teu to one . Duffy then said Mr . Doyle would take the chair ; I was in tho chair at the time . A great disturbance took place at the back of the platform , which 1 could not see , and my ohair was moved . I was seized on the breast by a man in a fustian jacket , who wanted to drag me out of the chair , and another came to hold me in . I laid bold of tho gas pillar near the cbair , fvaring that it would be torn down ; and the chair was dragged I don ' t know where . The table was upset , and foil into the body of the meeting ; it waa immediately torn to fragments , and thrown back
with Violence on the platform . Mr . O'Connor called out , "Now , lads , defend your chairman ;" others called to me , * ' Come away , or they'll kill you . " After that Mr . O'Connor went to the front of the platform , and gave three cheers . tie could not have knocked a man off the platform without my seeing it , I saw Duffy there , near tho edge Of the plaifdrm , but don ' t know what became of him . He could not have been thrown off without my seeing him , if my face had been turned in that direction . After the chair and tablo were broken up , missiles were fly ingin all direct tions . Mr . O'Connor was knocked down uponi one of the benches . My opinion is , that Duffy was the instigator of the row ; he was addressing the meeting when I entered .
" Charles Thomason—I was at the meeting , and stood just below where Duffy stood to make his fpeech . I saw him scuffling , and I saw him throwa chair off the p latform . I saw Mr . Soholefield iu the chair , and then I saw some parties try to put him out i and Mr . O'Cphnor put his arms round him to keep him in . That was before the general disturbance in the body of the meetiug Saw Mr . O'Connor come to the front a ' s'd give three cheers ; afterwards ho went towards tho back of tho platform , and was knocked down upon a bench . I believe Duffy was knocked off the platform by the pressure . Had Mr . O'Connor done it , I think I must have seen it . I remained twenty minute ?)' , and saw pieces of broken chairs and tables flying about , aud two men laying about them with pokers .
" Cross-examined—Duffy threw the chair over after the scuffle began ; did not see him take any other part . " Mr . Maude said the only question was whether the complainant had been thrust off the platform wilfully or by accident . This was evidently matter of considerable doabt ; and no great violence appeared to have been used towards him . It was to be regretted that parties could hot meet without coming to personal violence . Now that these warm feelings had been manifested , he trusted these parties would not meet in the eame room again , as it was quite ccrtttin they would never convince one
another . He hoped this would be a solitary instance of the occurrence of euch violence , and that there would not be a repetition of these scenes . It was admitted by the coinplainant himself , iu his defence ; that he was told by the woman at the door that there was likely tobeastqrmy meetirg ; and that being the case , he , as a respectable party , oitjjht immediaiely to have gone homo . —^ The case was dismibsed . " Duff / , in repiy to what had been stated by the last witness , about his throwing the chajr off the platform , said he could prove that to be false . Ho declared that he had hoi taken out the summons with any ill feeling , but for the sake of liaviug a full explanation oi ' the circumstances .
'" Mr Maudo remarked on tho impropriety of courts of justice being made the sceno of mutual explanations of this kind . ' ¦¦ ¦¦" . ' . ¦ 11 "Mr . O'Connor also disclaiming any ill feeling , and iu proof of it , offered to become one of the sureiiea for the prisoner Saxon ^ whoso case was before heard ; but it appeared that he had obtained bail . ; "Mr . Scholefield stated that he had been struck on the mouth with a stone , whilst he was on the plalt ' orca . . ** Mr . Maude said it was a most brutal thing to throw stonts in a crowded meeting ; if th « parties guilly of such conduct were brought before htm , they would be very severely dealt ; ' with . He expressed a hope that there would : not be a repetition of such oondnct . " On Mr . O'ponnor and his friends leaving the court , they were loudly cheered by the crowd outside . " i : . ¦" ¦ ' ¦ i ¦ . •¦ ¦
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very strange , that ia theee rows , the reporters always esdaped without injury . The reporter replied , that , in this instance , subh was not the fact ; and he then stated , that Mr . leresche , the reporter for the Advertiser , had been much hurt by blows about the heaid . "Oh , " said one of Mr . O'Connor ' s friends , " but that was » mistake ; to « thought he wa ? the Whig reporter 1 " meaniDg , in all probability , tne reporter tor the Guardian . M we have long disregarded meetings and lectures got up by-Mr . F .
O'Connor , deeming them of very little public importance or interest to our readers , ho reporter was present from this office ; but we are , of course , equally obliged to Mr . O'Connor ^ friend for the candour , of his acknowiedgment . v ; It : clearly proves the attack to have bacn made by Chartists ; ' and we should bo glad if the honest confessor of his own aud his comrades' i ntentions would extend his frankness a step further ,, and give ui his name ;—Manchester Guardian . ; v
I at once respond to the call of the Guardian , and give the name of the fabricator of the above " "intelligence , ; His name is " Iiarj" aud he i 3 the person who gave the information to the Guardiansome sneaking , akulking , prying , pimping blackguard , who is hired to do the dirty work of aay party that will pay him for iti The whole thing ; isa rank and unblushing " lie" from be ginning to end . What ' passed was this : I astcd flaw it happened that reporters always escaped ? wheii some person observed , that it had not been so that night , for young Mr . Leresohe was dangerously wounded . I suppose , eaid eome one , as he was but a young hand his face was not familiar to the bludgeon men . I then said—" no , by Jove , but THEY took him for poor Griffin , the reporter of the Ster . "
" THEY took him , " not " we" tookhitn * Nowmore upon this . On Friday ^ while I was waiting in Court to make my application , I sat next to the Guardian Reporter ; and that gentleman , ( who , I presume , would not condescend to spy and pimp in my private room in a hotel , and then carry his cargo to market , ) spoke of young Leresche , aud said he supposed they , wanted Clarkson who Bwore against O'Brien . "No , said I , thby did not ; as YOIThave always gene the whole bog with then *; they win ted tbe reporter of th « Star ; for oviv fellows had ' nt even a rod . " ' 'Now , 'then ,. the anxious inquiret ha , 3 the required information . The person who furnished it is the identical person that fabricated , and lyingly and insolently told i ^ FEAaGus O'Connor .
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MESSRS . VINCENT , PHILP , AND OTHERS , AND THEIR NEW ALLIANCEI WITH THE MIDDLE CLASS STUIiGE DECLARATION MEN .
We have received . in reprobation of tho conduct of these gentlemen more letters , resolutions ^ and protests than would fill the Star , if inserted . We give the following from Nottingharu : — On Monday evening the Democratic Chapel was crowded to such excess that another person could not be we gcd in to hear Mr . Duffy . Mr . Duffy ' s speech occupied nearly two hours in delivery . He was vehemently cheered througliout . At the
couclusioh three hearty cheers were given for O'Connor and the Northern Star , and three for the return of Froat , Williams , and Jonos . Several new membc-i ? s enrolled their names ,-and a subscription for the Manchester sufferers was raised , when Mr . Russell read an address to the Chartists of Britain from the Vindicator office , Bath , charging Mr . Bartletfc , reporter for the Northern Star , of Batb , with having given a faUo report of tho Bath Conference , and of garbling the resolutions there proposed . Mr . Russell then said , he with three others bad been appointed as a committee to draw up a re 30 lution , which he then eabmitted to the meeting : —
' That this meeting cannot reflect on the eonduot of Messrs . Roberts , Vincent , aud Philp , at a C ® nference lately held in Bath , without feelings of surprise , indignation , and disgust ; inasmuch as the part they took at tnat meeting has not been authorised , not even coil era plated by the Chartists of the Empire generally , nor yet sanctioned by a majority of their own district . And Mr . Jphilp being a member of the Executive of . the Kational Gliarier Association of Britain , has joined in a . base conspiracy for creating division and disunion in that bod y * And , further , that Mr . Sturge and his associates have put forth a declaration to
the world , ; for the sole purpose of undertnin . iDg the influence of the forthcoming Convention of the industrious classes , to preveiit , as far a possible , the National Petition being numerously signedto destroy' the popularhy of Feargus O'Connor with the working classes—to lessen the circulation of the Northern Star—and ultimately tb totally break up the agttatioh for the Pebple' 3 Charter . We , therefore , most earnestly call upon the Chartists of Britain to requiro Mr . Philp to relinquish his vveokly salary Jbrtliwithj and no longer to'consider himself as worthy of any office in the National Charter Association .
The resolution was carried without a dissentient . Resolutions Bimilar in spirit , but many of them much stronger in txpressiOD , were also adopted by the Chartist bodies at Leicester ( Shaksperian Rooms ) , Nottingham . Rice Place Chapel , and King George on Horseback , Mansfield , Northampton , Warluy , Sowerby , Heckmondwike , Southwark , puseburn , Bindley ( delegate meeting ) , Heywobd , LeeJs , Mertbyr Tydvil , Rippbnden , Stroud , London , through nearly all localities , Birmingham , and a great number of other p ' aces ; in many of which votes of thanks and confidence were also recorded on behalf of the Editor of the Northern Star ^ and the Bath correspondent for that papers
THE MANCHESTER OUTRAGE . At a public meeting of the Chartists of Bath , held on Monday evening , the following address was . on ' auimosly adopted : — ' . "To Mb . O'Connor and the Chartists'of Man-CHKSTEB . " " Gentlemen , —With pleasure we have read the account in the Star of the ^ noble stand you made in Mancfaestt r in aefencedf the principlesof iheCharter : we read with disgust the de : ails of the conduct of
the ruffiunly fellows of the League who attacked Mr . O'Connor , the Rev . Mr . Scholefield , and other sturdy Chartists . And for the uiiflinchmg and champion-like ; conduct of Mr . O'Goanor , aud the noble part performed by the Manchester Chartists in coming to hig rescue whilst standing out for the Charter and no humbug , we thus pubiicly give Mr . O ' Connor and his compatriots our meed of approbation and our heart-felt thanks . " : " tinned , " The Chartists of Bath . "
Addresses and resolutions embodying similar sentiments , were adopted also at Leicester , Shfiield , Southampton , Darlii ; gton , Nevvcitstle , Mansfield , Nouiiitfhani , Macciesiiold , Leiceator ( All Saints Open ) , Hey wood , Bristol , Bingloy ( delegate meeting lor the West Riding ) , Hoiilty , Norwicn , Preston , Ashton-under-Lyue , Leods =, Upper ' . Wortley , Wigan , Pcndleton , Cathoiic Sunday School , —Bkrnslcy , London , through all its various localnies ,: York , Birmingham , Wurcestcr , Northampton , and almost every other important town in tho kingdom . At nearly all of thesd meetinKS strongly-expressed resolutions oi coiifidMice in O'Ct'iifior and the Editor of tho Star , and , tiianks to both for past servicea were also adopted ;
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NuUTHALLERTCN . —Mr . James Maw , addressed a splendid met ting here on Monday , in the \ Market . place . In sou evening ot the same day , he : also addressed a m « eting at , Applet Jn , a brisk manufacturing village about digbt miles from NcrthallfertoD . Dorking , SuKiiEY . — - The" national Petition was unanimously adojt ; d at alarse public nieetir'g here on Thursday evening ; many sigtiatnred were at tached . Mr . W , Daie , of Dorking , having stated his opinion , that tho Parlnment as as pretitiit constituted , would reject trie ptticion , prop 9 ~ edi 4 > r the adoption Of Ul 6 mefetiiig , « he remoustra . nce of tiie Natiuual Associitiou , wh % ch huvinu ; besn read bv the Chairman , and secomltd by Mr . T . Dalo , was carried by acclamation , an < i will reiteiva signatures after the presentation of the National Petition . Weldon , NpuTHAMPTO . NSHiRE . —A correspondent , writes ' ¦ us that Chariisru and tcetotalism are going hand in hand here , and progressing beautifully .-
The Executive Sop to theCorn Law Repeal Dragon . — Ihe Merthyr Tyavii Chartists , at their weekiy niee : ing , adopfcu uiiaaimously the following resolutibn : —"' -. That this . ' . A ' sspciat-ipu-, though duly sensible of the importance stiid weight which pu ^ ht to be aitiched to every Bu » ge 6 tiou emauating from the Executive , yet are ot ' opmion that the adoption at public meetiii ^ s of the . . ' secoiid resolution ^ in their adaresa to the people , inserted in the Star of March 12 sh , must be regarded as a compromise '¦ '• 'With the Com Law Repealers , and consequently , fraught Wilh danger to tliefiucaessof the Chawistcause . " V .
NoiTiKOHAM , —Mr . Duffy lectured on Thursday evenuig , in the chapel , Kice-place . Several new members were . . ' enrolled * Mr . Dean Taylor lectured at the Pheasant on Saturday evening . Twenty new members were enrolled . Mr . Duff y also addressed a numerous meeting , the same evening , at the King George on Horseback . At the cbhclusiori , a cpllection was mad ^ lor the -unfortunate sufferers in the recent Manchester massacre . Oh Sunday , Mr . Duffy delivered two very iustructive addresses to the braye : Chartists of Arnold . A collection was made for the relief of the Manchester maimed Charii 9 ts ; and seventeen persons joined the National Chatter Association at the conclusion .
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- :: -: ¦ - :, -: ; .. , "¦ - , /¦¦¦ * ¦ ; - ; ' ¦ - - ; :. ¦ .., -. ¦ , - - ^ N WlGTOKSflJBB . —We have received a letter fiy juV * ' Robert Somers , detailing his progress thro 3 Wto ; 011811 " ' ° f whioh he gives the most flatteS aocuuav . '' -. He had ^ splendid meetinga at WieZ 3 ¦ Newton . ^ ewart i ¦ ¦ WhuhoBa , Strounder , and ( Jg luce . - ' ^ . ' : !' f - --i ; . . V ::-i- .- ¦ ' ' :. ¦ ' •' . ¦' ; : '" . - ' r : . . ¦ ¦' . ' "¦; ¦ ' •¦ ' - - '¦' . WoTroN-CKBKR-t ^^—AtV » publio BaeetiDgk , ti on Tuesday , W . P . Jt ^ erfa , Esq , and Mr . RoC Kemp Philp , of Bath , wew elected to the CoarS turn . . ; : . ;• -.. ; . ' ; " . ' ¦ ' ., ' - : \ ' . . -: .. '' -.:. ; - ; .: * Durham—The Chartists met he *© on Sunday , i "no iurrenJer" resolution was passed . . "' Babnaed CASTtB .- ^ Mr . Charles Connor IectttjH here on Monday -an j Tuesday evening , the rja u 8 thiu 86 . '¦'¦ ¦ . '¦" ¦ - :- ' ' /¦" ' . : ' ; - ' . V . ¦ ¦ ¦ ; . v :- ' -V . ' ~
CHORLEY—Mr . Lund lectured here on Saturfc night last Several new members were enrolled . vT resolution to support O'Connor waa passed , and 3 s . a for the support of the wounded at Manchester was sift scribed . - . ' . , . .-.. . ; - ¦ ; ' / . , : ; ¦ , . ' .- ¦ - '' , - ¦" :- ... Re assembling op the Conference at Bath . -. The Conference between the bturgites and the Ciiaj tiat leaders assembled again on Monday last , Admit ij Gordon in the chair . The chief speakers wea Messrs . Rev . T . Spencer , Alderman Crisp . Philj , Viucent , Roberts , and ' a /' . Cuardst . named HopIuJ who objected very decidedly to the propo ^ j alliance .: V ¦ ' ; ' ¦ '"" ¦ ¦ ¦ ' .. ¦ ¦ - '¦ ¦ . ¦¦¦¦¦ :. ¦ ¦' ¦ ' ¦ '' : '¦ ¦ : ¦• : ' ¦¦ .
Chow an © Tybbbil s Cetabtist BRsxktJtt Powdeb v 81 , Belerave-atreet , Leicester . The pu . ceeeds from the sale of the Chartist Beverage are | follows ; : — ¦¦ ¦ - '"¦ ' ¦' ¦' : ' . ¦; ..:. . [ : ¦ ' "" ; ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ' . '¦ ; .. : . ; : ' : ¦ - " ' ' ¦ : ' ¦ ' "'" ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ . :: :- : ' ¦ ¦ " '¦ ¦ - . ' . "' ¦ ¦ .. ' ¦ ' ¦ : ' ' s . ' V d .:- ; * v Mr . Vickers , Belpei 1 .. . ... 3 6 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham . ; , ... 2 3 Mr . Brook , Leeds ... '• .: ¦ , . .- ... ¦' ... ... 1 6 Mr . Cooper , Leicester ,-:. * . ... 10 ' ' . ; ' ,- ; :: : - - . ; ; " . . -. r : ¦¦' ¦; . : / . :. : : ' ¦ & ~~ i ' Pinder ' s Chartist Blacking . —The money d ^ to the Executive , this week , from the sale of ^ Pinder ' s Blacking is as follows : ( the first two ling should have been inserted last week ) : —
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Pbfmiditated Assault on a Repoiimh , bv Char-Tisrs . —In our last , we noticed the light in the M ^ chan . cs' Hall of Science , on Tuesday oveniiig last , pa the occasion of a lecture by Mr . Feargus O'Connor , on the Repeal of tha Legislauva Union with Irelaud , and then stated that one of the reporters for the public press had received a severe blow on the head . Wo have siricd made further inquiries , and fiud that the gentleman assaulted was Mr Lrresche , of the Manchester Advertiser , / who was s . tting at the table taking notes , one or two other reporters being near him % when ha received a
tremendous blow on the back of the head from a large piece of wood , probably a piece of bailukrado , for it appeared jo be nearly aa tnick as a small bedpost ; and miist havo been squared at one end , for his hat was cleanly cut through for a length of about three inches . This blow inflicted a severe lacerated wound ou the scalp , the blood flowing from which compictely saturated the hat . Mr . Leresohe im ' mediacfcly sprang up to see hi 3 assailant , when he received another heavy blow on tha forehead , the force of which was , however , paitially broken by the rim of his hat . He was then beaten severely about tho shoulderp , arms , and body ; andj in the iastiiictive ttton to ward off the blows wvth his hands , he received another tremendous blow on tho wriBt and hand ; which , we understand , are quitd disabled . Indeed , the iDJuries of Mr ; iiCresohe are of so severe a
thiracter , that he has been confined to the hou 8 o eyer since bjrtheir consequences . ' - His hat presents the most striking proofs of tho extent of violence used by the ruffians , who thus attacked hinii We have called thia cowardly assault a premeditated one , and | We will now &tate why we think it was bo ^ At the commencement of the fight , Mr . Feargus O'Connor made his escape by a door near the platform ; but there was a report that he had been hurt by some of the adverse party .- One of the reporters present , after tho disturbanco had terniinated , in order to ascertain whether there was any truth in the report , proceeded to the Mosley Arms Hpttl , where ho found Mr . G'Conuorj aud a nuinberof his friends . Upon stating the object oi his visit , and after receiving the information ho sought , Mr . O'Connor observed to him that it was
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( From the Manchester Courier . ) , ' COLLISION BETWEEN THE LEAGUERS AND THE CHARTISTS . " DESPERATE RIOT IN THE SOCIALISTS HALL . " Already has the ill-cemented union between the Anti-Corn Law League and the Chartists , m this lows , received its death-blow , the hangers-on of the League having forced themselves into a meeting got up by the Chartists , and . created a most alarming disturbance and breach of the peace . On Tuesday ci ' tit , Mr . Feargus O'Connor was announced to delh-er a lecture at the Socialists * Hall of Science , C-iinp-field , upon the subject of ** The necessity of a Kece 3 ] of the Union with Ireland . " to which the
iidmisiion was by tickets , at a penny and twopence each . The preceding night , he had been lecturing in the same place , on Land and its capabilites ;' aid the way in which he had handled the conduct and motives of the Corn Law Repealers had dofcbtle ? s excited their hostility , and led them to the steps about to be described , which terminated in a most alarming riot . The doors were opened at seven o ' clock , an -hour before the proceedik ^ b were to Mcme ^ cs ; and in this interval a large body of the Anti-Corn Law party , —upwards of a hundred in jin-.: ber , armed with sticks and bludgeons , —forced their way into the room , without paying the admission money . The police were immediately sent for , but did uol arrive nntil the rioting was in progress .
' About eight o'elock , Mr . O'Connor and his friends arrivou at the building , and en thtir e&ttring found a Ean named Duffy , a leader of the anti-Corn Law party , upon the platform , moving the appointment of one John Doyle as chairman , —although , by a previous arrangement , the chair was to bo taken by the Rev . Joseph Scholtfield . Mr . Sonoleficld was immediately proposed and seconded as chairman ; and on the show of hands being tsfcen , tbey Wt-re nturly ten to one in his favour . Mr . IS . of course took the chair ; but the repealers , finding themselves beaten on the material point , determined upon creating a disturbance , and immediately resorted to a display of physical force . Several of them scrambled upon the platform , and sefzing upon Mr . Scholefield , drogged the chair from under him , and pulled it to pieces . The table was also broken up , and weapons made of the several pieces . Duffy , who
seems to have been a sort of ringleader amongst them , seized a chair , and threw it over the platform , into the body of the meeting , where it waa stized by the repealers , and converted into weapons of attack . Mr . O'Connor and bis party meanwhile exerted themselves to keep Mr . Bcholefield in possession of the chair , and a general melee took place on the platform . Mr . O'Connor called out—* Now , lads , Buppoit your chairman , ' and he was shortly afterwards knocked down upon a bench . Somebody pushed Duffy over theplatfsrm into the pit , and he afterwards charged O'Connor with doing it . These ou : rages on the platform led to a general melee in the body of the meeting ; most of those present being Irish , every one characteristically began to lay about him on all within his reach . Some of the repealers insisted that the Corn Laws should be diseased imt ? ad of the Repeal of the Union : bnt all discussion was evidently at an
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EASTJNJTilA TEA COMPANY . PERS ^ N S ^ faving ia little time to spare & apjHfi ^ T that AGEN TS continue to be * F ppiat ^ fn . Ld&don and Couiitry Towns by tbe E »» India Tea . Company , for the sale of their celebrity Teas- ( Office No . 9 , Great St . Helen ' s CfaurchM Bishopgitd-street ) . They are packed ia Ivw * Canisters , ; from an Ounce to a Pound ; arid , ;»«* alterations have been made whereby Agents w ^ be enabled to compete with all rivals . ,.: The licence is only Us , $ d . per Annum , arid m » nr during the last sixteen Years have realised cc ^ w ? * able Sums by the Agency , without one Sbii ^ i Or 1 OSS ., - ; . - ' . - .. : ' : ¦ . ; ::. ¦ : ' .: '¦ - . . . •• ' . ¦ , - ; . '¦ ¦ ; . ¦ ' ' . ;¦ Applications to be made , if by letter , port ; P ! to Charles Hancocks , Secretary .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 19, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1153/page/8/
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