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      ( Continued from our Sixth page . jaljaJ free ! What does fiction look for » Does it jjOpe to frighten us ? No , never ! Weak though I be at this moment , yet ¦ will I , with a firm foot and cheerful countenance , march to execution , if needful , and , frowning terror into shame , die upon the scifibld rather than be driven from the advocacy of your cause . Yirtue to the unfaithful is poison . Honesty is terror , and perseverance is ruin . Your leaders possessed these several attributes , which were calculated to give effect to your noble purpose ; and in consequent the will of tyranny fcsa selected them for victims . The monsters knew that it was my intention , as it was my duty , to sit * ^\ a * J ^_ _ . FY * .., T

      under th = dock , ebeering on the Chartist prisoners , and giving them that hope whici my presence has never failed to inspire . This "was my crime , and their intention was to stop me . In this , as far as Stafford irsJ concerned , thsy have succeeded . My physician fcss sent a certificate there , in which he distinctly forbids my not only going to Stafford , but also prohibited me frea coining to London . I send , by this nirhfs post , however , fifty pounds , for the defence of tae tjrjaners , which is nearly all that has been received ; and , no donbt , our good and intelligent

      friend , Mr . Roberts , solieiwr , will see to its proper app lication , under the guidance of a managing committee , who will bear in mind that the money consists of the hard-earned pence of the poorest of the poor . Henceforth all sums intended for the Defence Fund Dust be sdiressed to Mr- G . F . Pardon , pnbliaher , jtwrfjs /; Star Office , 252 , Strand . In this Btate of things I have only to implore of you to rally with increased determination around the Evening Star and Northern Star Kewspapers , as the object is , if possible , to crush them , sz : d then to make an easy prey of our cause . I have no moTe to say , but that I am your ever faithful , fond , and unpnrchasable friend , Fkabgcs CCosxoe .

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      « MR . CAMPBELL'S ARREST . From our own London Correspondent we learn the folio wing particulars of the arrest of Mr . Campbell : — Aboa : ten o ' clock on Friday morning , three policemen , in plain clothes , entered Mr . Campbell ' s shop , in High Holborn , and after reading over to him the warrant which had been placed in their hands , ana telling him that they arrested him by virtue of it , they proceeded to search his house . The only property they thought fit to remove was about 100 blank cards of membership for the National Caarter Association , and a few letters which had just arrived by the morning's poet , some of them containing past-office money trdcrs . The letters they retained , but the xioney orders were returned . Mr . Campbell was then conveyed to Bow-street , and , after a short examination , committed . He was peroiifcted to find bail ; but its amount was fixed at £ 1 . 600 .

      Daring the day , Mr . Wheeler procured an interview with Mr . C . and ascertained the amount of hail required ; but owing to the shortness of time . allewed , ( Mr . Campbell being informed that he must leave for Winchester at five o'clock , ) he was unable to procure it for his frierjd . About haif-past seven o ' clock , Mr . Campbell in company of two Manchester efficers , was conveyed to that town . The cell in -which he was kept during the day , was one of the most confined and lbathlome description . Mr . O'Connor had been confined in an adjoining one , but was , on the cextifiicate of his physician , removed to one of a more commodious descrip tion . So privately were the arrests in London conducted , that until the publication of the Evening Star , very few persons in the metropolis were at all acquainted with the rircumstarce .

      From the Evening Star of Saturday we copy the following letter from Mr . Campbell te his ¦ wife , and the appended notice to it by the Editor of the Chartis t daily organ : — " Station-house , Westminster , Sept . 30 , 1842 . "Mr deab Wife , —I txpect to be removed to Manchester this evening or night . I have been before the magistrates at Bow-street . They demanded £ 1 , 600 bail , and to have it ready by five o'clock . This I could net do ; so of course I had to decline their offer . The police have behaved very civilly to me . However , I am not a stoic , to be as comfortable here asrif I were at large . I have Been Mr . Wheeler .. He sajs that he will see that the shop U looked after while I am in prison . I have many friends in Loudon amongst the middle class even , as well as the esteem and respect of the whole Chartist public . Thank God , I have never done s wrong act to forfeit their good opinion of me . Keep Charles at

      school until my release . Teach him the respect he owes to you , to me , to society , and to himself . I am easy in mind as regards your ' s and the children ' s maintenance whilst I am in prison , because I am sure that the London men will see to that : take care that the ' Democrat is published regularly ; let -but the people support that , and you will be removed from distress . See Dr . * ? ? ; from the lit : le I know of Trtm I judge him to be a good man , and I am sure he will render you some assistance ; so will Shaw , so will Sewell , so will Morling , Mason , M'Pherson , Southey , Goat , Wceeler , Simpson , Dron , Salmon , iliss Inge , and many others that I know of ; keep up your Epirits . I do cot know of anything they can charge me with . I am innocent of crime . I feel myself in good spirits . Do not you fret on any account ; prove yourself a true democrat , and that you are worthy to be the wife of Tours affectionately , J . Campbell .

      Poor Campbell was conveyed , last night , to Manchester , in order to procure bail to the enormous amount of £ 1600 —himself in £ 800 , and two sureties in £ i 0 Q each . His wife is in a m » st distressed condition , and we beg to recommend htr most particularly to Che notice of the Chartist public . Fnder her present afflicting circumstances , any assistances they can render will be most acceptable . She keeps a stationer's shop , at ISO , High Holborn , where the Evening Star , Northern Star , Chartist Circular , and all other Chartist publications are constantly on sale . —Evening Star .

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      . ? — A TOICE FROM THE DTJNGEOX ! " IHE EDITOR 5 ' TO HIS READIES . [ Xorthem Star office , * Tuesday , half-past three . This afternoon's post has brought a letter from the incarcerated Editos to his readers , which , do doubt , they will read with great interest . From it they will learn the sort of stuff a patriot should be made of , if oppression ia to be successfully battled and overcome . Would that those who have compassed the destruction of the " good men and true" now in prison , had seen them at their Sunday labours ! and have learned the futility and inutility of attempting to break the spirit and damp the energies of men so grounded in a knowledge of the justice of their cause ! ]

      New Bailey Prison , Manchester , Monday Morning , October 3 , 1812 . My Deab Fbiexds , —You have doubtless all heard of my arrest ; and are doubtless all looking for my own account of it Here , then , it is . I shall give you a brief narrative of facts , without note or comment I ») mH leave you to form your own judgment of the facts ; while I * rmii reserve my comment upon the facts for a mere fitting opportunity . You all know the part I have taken , both individually and officially , in the discussions to which of necesaty the late " strike" in the manufacturing districts gave rise . You will probably , therefore , be not leas surprised **»» " i was to find that I am charged with " intimidating and preventing people from going to work '" Such however is the tact

      On Friday morning , about nine o ' clock , going up from my lodgings to the office , to maka up the second edition of the paper , I saw Superintendent James , of the Lseds police-force , passing down the street on the opposite side of the way , and evidently making signs to Borne one higher up the street While looking at rii ™ i f ^ t myself very slightly touched on the sheulder . On looking round I perceived right in front of me a very respectable looking man whom I had not previously noticed , and who enquired if my name was TTrn ? on my replying in the affirmative , he said , " I want you , Sir ; I have & warrant for your apprehension . " I said " Who are you , Sir ? where do you come from ? and where is your warrant ? " " I am from

      Lancashire . " " From Lancashire ! Where do you come from , Sir » ' " From Manchester . " " Very well , Sir , Now foryour warrant" " My warrant is all right , Sir ; but I suggest that you had better walk qmetly on to the Police Office , at once . " James here came -up , and said " It's all right , Mr . Hill ; his warrant is properly backed by a Leeds magistrate , and you bad better go with him . " Further parley was neither necesaary nor desirable . This wa » at the bottom of Briggate , just by the Golden Lion . James led the way up Swine-gate , and I followed ; my new friexd following Tery close afUr me . I afterwards fonnd this person to be Inspector Tatlor , of the Manchestei " force . " We walked on to the Poliee Office , where , on my requiring the warrant to be read , I found it to chszge for that "I and various other persons , did on tbe 17 th

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      day of August , and at divers other times , at Manchester aforesaid , confederate and conspire together to persuade and intimidate , and with force and arms prevent great numbers of her Majesty ' s subjects from returning to their employment" I was then politely requested to empty my pockets , and place their contents upon the table of the police office . I did bo , and Taylor then turned the pockets of my coat , waistcoat , and trousers inside ont , and unbuttoned my — _ . _* _• __

      clothes to search for inside pockets . Having satisfied himself that he had got all my " traps , " he returned my comb , spectacles , gloves , and pocket-handkerchief ; every other artiele , my watch , my purse and its contents , my keys , a few papers , and even the ring from my finger , and two bits of scaling wax were all carefnUy packed up . I was then handed over by the Manchester officer to superintendent James , who condncted me to the lock-np cell

      Immediately on being locked up , I said to James , " Well ; here I am . Now , send me pen , ink , and paper . " He replied , "You can't have them , Mr . HilL ' I said , " Bu : I must at least send a note to my friends , to tell them I ain here . " " It won't be allowed . Sir . ' And he turned on his heel and walked away , leaving me in ihe "Stone Jug " to my reflections . Before taking me down , James took aside the gaoler and conferred with him for some time alone . I heard him say : " You will take care that he has not the

      least communication with any one . " To which the ga « ler replied , He can go into the women ' s ward , where he will be entirely by himself " That ¦ will do , " said James ; and down we went When left alone I was in a small yard currounded on all sides by massive stone walls , and a curious kind of net-work grating of heavy iron , at the height of some twenty feet over-head , coming over and across the entire yard , firmly fixed in the wall on all sides and fenc 9 d with chevaux de friez Here then I paced backward and forward , like a wild beast in a den , for some time . I had no information

      given me that this was not the only place to which this yard would lead . The rain began to drop , and I perceived no place in which I possibly coald take shelter , exctpt the privy ; to the opsn aoor of which my olfactory nerves directed me . While musing upon this pleasant alternative , the gaolor entered with a shovel and sjme fire , observing , that as it was wet and cold he tflought I might do with a fire . He then opened a door which I had not seen and which led into a cell . He made a fire , and left me . I found my fire to be no acquisition , for the smoke , instead of going up the chimney , earns all out into the room and completely filled it Nor was it much batter all day—so that I had the delightful c hoice of being drenched with rain in the yard , choked with smoke in th « cell —( the floor of which was as wet as a well )—or suffocated with theeffinvia

      of a privy . About one o ' clock I was joined by Mr . T . B . Smith , and we continued alternately to stove ourselves in the smoke , till we could bear it no longer , and walk in the rain till we could beir it no longer , all day . To this agreeable occupation I had , however , a short respite in the afternoon being cal ' ed out to accompany Inspector Taylor to my lodgings , that he might search for papers , such as might serve for evidence against me . He made a capture of several manuscript sermons—a Chartist Circular , a tract , exhorting the men on strike

      to return to labour , and some other papers . He then said that as some of my keys applied to drawers , &c , in the Star office , he should wish to see those drawers , &c . I said I can give you no authority : you must talk to Kr . Hohson about thit However , into the coach we got again , and to the Stor-iSice ; when , as you know , Mr . Hobson refused to allow any search to be made . I was reconducted from the office to the Police-office on foot , and again turned into my rainy yard and smoky cell , where I found Smitk still " cooling his heels" alona .

      About nine at night , we were removed to our sleeping cell—in which we had a very uncomfortable straw bed for the two of us—and for a chamber-pot a large wooden pail with a hole through the bottom . We had however , plenty of good and clean bed clothes , but no pillow . We were abundantly provided with food ; and I mii 3 l do the gaoler and his wife the justice to say that they were very civil , and I believe as attentive and considerate as their orders would permit At ten in the morning , we were ordered

      to prepare for our removal ; and , handcuffed together , Smith and I were bandied into a coach , and trundled down to the Railway Station . Inspector Taylor and another policeman , who bad accompanied him from Manchester , and a Sergeant of the Leeds Police escorted us . We were put in a Becond-class carriage , Taylor and the Leeds Sergeant leaving us , and the other man taking us "in tow . " My good friend , Hobson , met us at the Station , and accompanied us to Manchester .

      Arrived at Manchester about half-past one , we were taken , still handcuffed , in a coach to the Town Hall We were there regularly " entered , " as I suppose they call it , on the " charge sheet ; " the name , age , and occupation of each being inquired , and each being gravely asked " How many times have you been in the hands of the police before V Several , indeed most , of my friends , had been arraigned , and remanded , previous to my arrival in court I was but just able to get into the dock in time to hear the words : — " This , then , will apprise all of you that you are remanded until Tuesday next" I inquired upon what ground I was remanded ; there having been no charge

      made against me . I was asked in reply fey an eldrly gentleman , who seemed to be the chairman of the magistrates , whether I had not heard the warrant read . I said " Yes . " " Then , " said he , " that is the charge against you , and you are remanded until Tuesday . '' I again addressed the Bench , and wished to be " informed upon what authority I had been detained in a damp and unwholesome dungeon for more than twenty-four hours without a hearing ? " I was told that the court had no concern with what had taken place at Leeds . I said " This is , I submit , a most monBtrous proceeding for a man to be dragged from his home and connection—his business arrangments interfered with , and himself

      immured in a dungeon for twenty-six hours before hearing ; and then when brought at last before a bench of magistrates , to be told that his prosecutors are not ready , and will not want him for four day 3 ! It is clearly a violation of every recognised principle of the Constitution , and an outrage on the liberty of the subject ; but if the Court have determined thus to act , I suppose it is useless in me to contend . You will , of course , take bail in my own recognizances . " " At present , " replied the Chairman , " we shall not take bail . Your case will be heard on Tuesday ; till then you are remanded . '' I then wished to be informed to what sort of treatment I was to be consigned ? whether to herd with felons , and be treated like them , or otherwise ?

      I was told , in reply , that there was no intention to put me to any unnecessary inconvenience ; that no reasonable indulgence should be denied me consistent with the prison rules ; that I might have whatever kind of food I chose to send out for ; that I should not associate with the felons ; and that every facility should be afforded me for consulting with legal friends , or preparing for my defence . I was then committed to the custody of Mr . Walk . ee , the Governor of the New Bailey lock-ups , than -whom I never met with a more kindly-hearted and considerate man in the whole course of my life . Every indulgence and convenience that comported with his duty and circumstances , I believe he has afforded not only to me , but to all the fine fellows who are here .

      I found here , besides myself , the Rev . Dr . Scholefield , Campbell , Leach , Doyle , Arthur , Hamey , Otley , of Sheffield ; Raiiton , Manchester ; M'Cartney ; Norman , Warrington ; Allanson , Stockport ; Ramsden , Salford , ( a lad of seventeen years of age , ) Brook , of Todmorden : Fletcher , of Bradford ; llassey , of Newton Heath ; T . B . Smith , Leeds ; Thornton , Bolton ; making with Mr . Wm . Scholefield—the doctor ' s sonwho is out on bail , a gang of nineteen jolly Chartists . By tb * kindly indulgence of Mr . Walker , we spent the whole of Sunday all together ; and , considering circumstances , % very happy day we had . Mr . J . K

      Cooper , bookseller , of Bridge-street , an excellent Chartist , sent in a good dinner of roast beef , potatoes , and plum pie , &c . for the whole of us . It was eaten with good appetites , and I wish heartily that all good Chartists outside could have fared as well as we did insHe . We had divine service celebrated both forenoon snd afternoon ; the Keverend Doctor officiating in the morniDg , and myself in the afternoon , For the forenoon we bad no hymn or psalm-books ; this lack was supplied by the retentive memory of friend Smith , who gave out hymns froa memory , which were sung not less heartily nor less piously than if books had been in the bands of our persecutors in some gorgeous church

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      The aspirings of the heart after the pure fountain of benevolence are not less acceptable for being sent forth under unusual and oppressive circumstances . Our worship was performed amid , at all events , as great a propriety of demeanour as I ever saw . In the afternoon we were laid under farther obligations to Mr . Walker , who besides lending us a large Bible , borrowed for us eighteen hy mn books . We are to day divided into wards . I , Doctor Scholefield , T . B . Smith , Bailton , and Norman , ocenpy one cell ; Leach , Campbell , Doyle , Harney , Arthur , and Otley , are in the next hole , and the rest in another . We are to come np to-morrow morning at ten o ' clock . How things will go then I know not yet I guess , however , that we shall be all committed , whatever the witnesses , if any , may or mar not say .

      If permitted , I shall write again and tell you all about to-morrow ' s doings . Till then farewell I God save you ! and speed the Charter !! Wm . Hill P . S . —Mr . Walker has at this moment ( a quarter to six p . m . ) informed us of the arrival of friend Parkes from Sheffield .

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      NEW BAILEY , MANCHESTER , TUESDAY , October 4 . EXAMINATION OF CHARTIST PRISONERS , Before J . F . Foster , Esq ., ( who presided ) Daniel Maude , Esq . C . J . S . Walker , Esq ., and G . W Wood , Esq . The magistrates took their seats on the bench soon after eleven o ' clock ; Sir Thomas Arbuthnot . Col . Wemyes , Messrs David Price , George Clarke , Thos . Townsend , R . P . Willook , and other gentlemen were also on the bench . The Court was crowded to excess in every part , and amongst the audience were a number of welldressed females , who seemed to evince great interest in the proceedings , as they never left their seats during the whole of the nine hours which the examination occupied . The prisoners were called up in the fpllowing order : —

      James Leach , Oak-8 treet , Manchester , bookseller . John Campbell , Chartist lecturer , London . Christopher Doyle , weaver , Manchester . Rev . James Scholefield , minister and surgeon , Manchester . William Scholefield , schoolmaster , Every-street , Manchester , ( surrendered fen bail ) Bernard II Cartney , hook « eller , Liverpool . James Arthur , alias ITArthur , Carlisle . Richard Otley , tea-dealer , Sheffield . George Julian Harney , bookseller , Sheffield . John Thornton , hand-loom weaver , Bolton . John Norman , joiner , Warrington . John Massey , weaver , Newton Heath . William Fletcher , news-agent , Bradford . Robert Brook , schoolmaster and news-agent , Todmorden . Rev . WiUiam Hill , Editor of the Northern Slar , Leeds .

      Thomas Brown Smith , Chartist lecturer , Leeds . John Ellison , power-loom weaver , Stockport . Samuel Parkes , shoemaker , Sheffield . Thomas Raiiton . joiner , Manchester . Robert Marsden , factory worker , Manchester . Mr . Brandt , the barrister , instructed by Mi . Gregory and Mr . Part , of Wigan , who conducted the case for the crown , appeared for the prosecution . Mr . Cobbett defended all the prisoners except Mr . M'Cartney , Arthur , Smith , and Raiiton . Mr . Bent appeared for Arthur ; and the others defended themselves . Before the cemmencement of the proceedings , Mr . Cobbett applied to have free access to his clients . Mr . Brandt said he had no objection , but , on the contrary , wished that Mr . Cobbett and Mr . Bent might have au opportunity of speaking to their clients . Mt . Foster—Oh , certainly .

      Mr . Brandt , then addressing the Court , said , he appeared on behalf of the Crown , to state the charge against the present defendants ; which appeared to him to be one of a very serious and heavy nature . It charged these defendants with unlawfully conspiring together to excite her Majesty's subjects to sedition and disaffection against the laws of the realm , and to cause insurrections , r iots , tumults , and illegal assemblies ; and by forc 9 , violence , and intimidation , to prevent certain of her Majesty ' s subjects from following their lawful occupation , or to force them to depart therefrom , and generally to disturb the peace of the Queen . It must be quite within the knowledge of the Bench that this county had been in it state of great disturbance in the month of August last . Unhappy differences had arisen between workpeople and tueir

      employers , into which it was not his business or iutention to enter ; but the manner of proceeding , and steps taken by the misguided persons who had left work and others , to compel the workmen to leave their employ , were such as could not be contemplated without great sorrow and regret ; they came within the scope of the law , and were , in fact , of a most dangerous tendency . That was the state of affairs up to the 17 th of August , on which day the principal transaction to which he should invite attention took place . It occurred within the borough of Manchester ; but it waa so connected with transactions throughout the county , and the charge was one which , in its own nature , involved a variety of transactions , all of which were acts done in pursuance of the conspiracy , and which acts being proved , would be evidence against the

      defendants themselves , wherever they took place , whether within the borough , or in the county at large ; and therefore , in order to go fully into the charge , he thought this case had been more properly brought before the magistrates of the county , than before those of the borough . Either might have jurisdiction ; but that of the former had a wider range , and therefore was this case brought befere county magistrates . The court was aware , that the proceedings that took place prior to the 17 th August were characterized not merely by those circumstances which occasionally distinguish turn-outs in this conntry , but by a violent and illegal mode of turning out the hands who were willingly employed ; setting the constituted authorities at defiance ; and , in fact , usurping their authority ; and until the strong arm of the law was ready to be

      and was in fact called forth , which it might not have been on the first emergency , this county might be said to be exposed to the attacks of lawless force . Happily those disturbances were quelled , but not till the strong arm of the law bad been call ed forth . And during the time this state of things existed , the conduct of the parties now before the court ; took place , which gave rise to the present prosecution . Tae charge against them was , that they had illegally combined together to foster that bad spirit which existed , and to excite the body of men who had turned out others by force ; and that they , by their resolutions and conduct , did foster and encourage that spirit , and even prompted it ; and that they did hold out inducements to those misguided men to go a greater length . Now , it was well known , that workmen were all at

      liberty , if not content with their wages , to leave their employ . Combinations for that purpose , however dangerous , were still allowed by law ; but no one could believe that it could be allowed by law , that any body of men , not themselves engaged in that labsur , and not parties to it , should combine for the purpose of exciting others to turn out , even if it were only to obtain a higher rate of wages . But when that was accompanied by acts of violence ; when the conduct ol these parties was not merely to leave their own employ , but by threats , intimidation , and violence , by the intimidation of numbers even , to induce those otherwise disposed to continue at work to leave their employ , then every person engaged in that transaction was illegally engaged in it ; and every person encouraging and sanctioning those proceedings was a guilty participant .

      But when , superadded to those motives , there was the intention—by " stopping the labour of the country , by compelling men to leave their employment—to effect a particular object , which object in itself might or might not be lawful by such means as were clearly in themselves illegal ; if this were done for any other object than to gain an increase sf wages , it was clearly and indisputably an illegal transaction . And when that object was to make a revolution in the law of the land , to change the established law , by introducing into it that perfection which some parties suppose might be given to it , and that by means like those he had described , such a transaction was most dearly and seriously illegal . He believed he should be able to satisfy the court , that the conspiracy and combination into which the defendants

      had entered partook of all these ingredients ; that they did , having a knowledge of the violence and illegality of which the rioters had been guilty , sanction and approve of those proceedings , and encourage them to go on , and did avow that the object of those proceedings was to carry what they called " the People ' s Charter . " If he made it apparent to the court , that these , or any of them , were the objects which the defendants had in view , it was clearly as illegal conspiracy ; one , too , as it appeared to him , verging upon the highest political offence for whith parties could be amenable to the law . The present charge , which was one of misdemeanour , appeared to him to be a very merciful view of the subject , to bring it ont in that character . He had now to detail the transactions in which these parties stood charged with being participants .

      On the 17 th of August , there appeared on the walls of Manchester a placaid , a copy of which be now held in bis hand . It was headed , " The Executive Committee of tae National Charter Association ; " and it waa addressed " to the people , " calling them " Brother Chartists . " He did not propose to read all this placard , because be did not doubt that it would be brought under the notice of the mag istrates at the time it appeared ; for they were then actively engaged in their duties of preserviag the peace , and could not be ignorant of the existence of so mischievous a document He proposed to show , that the defendants , every one of them , were cognizant of this document ; that they approved of it , and were desirous to publish it , and

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      m ^ f E \ * w nd to Bim ***> tbAt mote dangerous , mow blood-thirsty sentiment . , as it appeared to htm , could not be expressed than were contained in that document . When that placard appeared , the authorities were of courseexceeding y anxious to ascertain whence it emanated . The printer , bold enough cer-£% ^ "" ., name to t * P aP 5 it was found that it had been printed at the premises of a man named Turner ; a copy of the bill , on which there were MS . alterations marked , was found thenvandit was clearly traced nome to some of these parties . What waa this «• National Charter Association" t A widely extended association , and therefore the more dangsrous in the eye of the law . If men wished for a change In the laws ; if they sought such change a in waysaaoUoned by ihe laws , there was no reason why they should not ^ ^™^*^^™»^™^^^^^^^^

      suggest , or even press for , an alteration in the laws . But when wa find an association banded together and making intimations like this ; cunningly devised certainly , with the appearance of abstinence from violenoe ; but really with a strong inducement and suggestion to violence ; such an association became most dangerous . It was found that this did really emanate from what was called " The Executive Committee ef the National Charter Association ; " for they had their committee , their delegates from different neighbourhoods ; and probably some of the defendants gloried In the name of Char : ist delegates ; but he hoped , if they had the feelings of men , that glory would be brought down , and that they would feel that they had been deluding both themselves and others ; and were embarked in a causa which could produce only mischief and anarchy , and certainly no good to any men or party . All

      any the defendants , he believed , were connected with this association as delegates , aud two ef them held official situations in that association . The defendant Leach was not only one of the Executive Committee , but he was also president of the association . Another party , not now in custody , named Peter M'Douall , was also a member of that committee ; and he mentioned hia name , because he expected to be able to show , that the MS . upon the printed document was in his handwriting . Another of the parties before the court , John Campbell , was secretary to that Executive Committee ; and it included two other parties , neither of whom was in custody ; making , in all , five members oftheExecutive . Campbell , as the Committee ' s secretary , was probably the hand employed in sending forth that document ; and , therefore , there - could be no doubt that it did emanate from that Committee . Bnt he

      would bripg it more closely to them , because he would shew that Leach had this document posted upon bis own door ; that Mr . Scholefield also , by the instrumentality of his son , was instrumental in having it affixed on his premises ; so that there waa , by these parties , a publication of that document to the world . Bnt he should go far beyond that . He should shew , that , on the morning on which that placard appeared , oa the 17 th of August , there was a meeting of different delegates , which was attended by all the defendants , and by others , amongst them Mr . Feargus O'Connor . This meeting took place in the chapel of Mr . Scholefield , in Every-street ; and all the defendants wera then present . Ho would call the attention of the Court particularly to this meeting . It waa clear , from what passed , that there bad been a meeting on the 16 th ( the

      previous day ) , but he did not give any direct evidence of that meeting ; but from what passed on the 17 th , it was quite clear that at such previous meeting this matter of the placard had been under discussion , for it was then alluded to . At the meeting of the 17 th , a certain resolution was passed ; and , aa he had it in print before him , he could more conveniently call their attention to it . Mr . Fearguu O'Connor was one of the parties then present , and he ( Mr . Brandt ) was now in a situation to prove that he was the sole proprietor of the Northern Star . Mr . Hill , one of the defendants , was the editor of that paper ; and si the meeting it was determined that there should be no publication oi what had taken place , except only the resolution then moved for their adoption ; and it was determined , that that resolution should be published , and it was to appear in the Northern Star ; and accordingly , in the next publication of that paper , after the meeting , this resolution did appear in it . It stated , "That , while the Chartist body did not originate the present

      cessation from labour , this Conference of delegates , from variouR parts of the kingdom , expresses their deep sympathy with the working men now on strike ; and that we strongly approve of the extension and continuance of the present struggle , till the People ' s Charter become a legislative enactment , and decide forthwith to issue an address to that effect , aud pledge ourselves , on our return to our respective localities , to give a right direction to the people's efforts . " At the same meeting Mt . O'Connor produced an address in his own handwriting , for adoption by toe meeting ; and , towards the conclusion of the meeting , this document [ the placard address of the Executive Cummittee ] being produced , it was ¦ asked by the defendant Campbell , whether the meeting wore to understand that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would print it in hia paper ; and he answered , yes , he would insert it as an advertisement . He would now draw the attention of the Court to some of the language of this document . Mr . Brandt then read from it the following : —

      " Therefore it is that we have solemnly sworn , and one and all declared , that the golden opportunity now ¦ within our grasp shall not pass away fruitless ; that the chance of centuries , afforded to us by a wise and all-seeing God , shall not be lost : but that we do now universally resolve never te resume labour until labour ' s grievances are destroyed , and prol 6 ction secured for ourselves , our suffering wives , and helpless children , by the enactment of the People's Charter . 'V Here was a resolution , as they said , upon oath , that the whole commerce of the country should be suspended ; that thousands of workpeople should be thrown into misery , distress , and want , till the laws of the land should be ouerturned , and a new law established upon the dictation of patties like these . The placard then continued : " Englishmen I The blood of your brothers reddens the streets of Preston and Blackburn , and the murderera thirst for more . "

      They could not be ignorant of what this alluded to . The civil authorities in Preston haviug been scoffed at , abused and resisted , called on the military to act ; and no doubt the military did their duty under the direction of the authorities of the town . They discharged their fire-avms , by ¦ which one or more lives were lost ; and the wonder is , that their forbearance was so great , and that more lives were not lost . These men were called murderers . The placard continued ;—" Be firm , be courageous , be men . Peace , law , and order , have prevailed on our side : let them be revered until your brethren in Scotland , Wales , and Ireland , are informed of your resolution ; and when a universal holiday prevails , which will be the case in eight days , then of what use will be bayonets against public opinion ? What tyrant can then live above the terrible

      tide of thought and energy , which is now flowing fast , under the guiriance of man ' s intellect , which 1 b now destined by a Creator to elevate bis people above the reach of want , the rancour of despotism , and the penalties of bondage ? the trades—[ by which is meant , the union between parties to carry out their system for keeping up the rate of wages ] , —a noble , patriotic band , have taken the lead in declaring for the Charter , and drawing their gold from the keeping of tyrants . Follow their example . Lend no whip to rulers wherewith to scourge you . Intelligence has reached us —[ so that they were not ignorant of the state of the country ] —of the wide-spreading of the strike ; and , within fifty miles of Manchester , every engine is at rest , and all is still , except the miller ' s useful wheels , and the friendly sickle in the fields . " And how had every engine been brought to rest ?

      " Our machinery is all arranged , and your cause will , In three days , be impelled onward by all the intellect we can summon to its aid . " Yes , " intellect" was the suggestion ; the word was used that it might not be said that they were recommending physical force . " Therefore , the whilst you are peaceful , be firm ; whilst you are orderly , make all be so likewise ; and whilst you look to the law , remember that yon hod no voica in making it , and ate therefore the Blaves to the will , the law , and the price of your masters . " They were particularly to remember , that they had no voice in making the laws . .

      " All 6 / 5 cers of the association are called upon to aid and assist ia the peaceful extension of the movement , and to forward all moneys for the use of the delegates who may be expressed over the country . Strengthen our hands at this crisis . —[ Why should these men call upon the people' to strengthen their hands ?]—Support your leaders . Rally round our sacred cause , and leave the decision to the God of justice and of battle . " If there were any , word or expression in that document to show the ultimate meaning of the parties , he thought that the last word would clench it . This placard was produced at the meeting ; there was no dissenting voice to it ; the sentiments of this document were , therefore , ' those adopted by all present ; and therefore they were all responsible for thai whloh was conveyed by it The address , from which he hod read extracts , was proposed ; it appeared that an amendment was proposed , differing from the resolution in phraseology , but to the same purpose , viz . : —

      " That the information laid before this conference does not warrant the people hi mixing up the Chartist name and movement with the present strike for wages ; which was originated , as this Conference believes , by the anti-Corn Law League . " . What truth there might be In that statement he did not undertake to determine ; but he would say , that if the members of that or of any other league ever held out a threat that they would put a stop to the Industry of the country , they would be guilty of illegality ; and , if that could be brought home to them , they

      deserved and ought to stand in that situation is which tie present defendants , were now placed . But that was not the present inquiry . The court would find , that the meeting approved of what had been done by the executive committee in preparing this address , and wished it to be carried forward . After almost every one else had spoken —( and he believed every one did speak )—it was put to the vote , and the original motion was carried by a very large majority . Therefore , whoever originated this movement , it waa palpable to common sense , as well as law , that those who sanc-

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      tioned It , being a > case of misdemeanour , were equally guilty with its first promoters , and became , in fact , the promoters of it But they did more . He had not found , that those who commenced it had indulged in language like that till that placard appeared ; and the Court would find , that , at the time the placard was brought to the notioe of the meeting , they were fully aware ol its dangerous oharacter ; for Mr . O'Connor said , " Did I not tell you yesterday , that this might be called Illegal ? " Its illegality bod been discussed the preceding day ; and Mr . O'Connor mentioned as a proof that his opinion of its iliegality was correct , ^™^ ^^^ *^ b ^^^^^»^^ "

      that , as he said he had just heard , the printer of the placard had been apprehended ; and so , in fact , he had been : therefore there was proof , from these expressions , that this placard had been the subject of discussion on the preceding day . It then came forth for the approbation of the other delegates at this Conference , where the illegality of it was again brought under their notice ; yet after this , the meeting requested , that Mr . O'Connor would insert this address in his next paper . Accordingly , in that next paper , they had , in the way of comment , the very expressions used in the address presented by Mr . O'Connor , and assented to unanimously by this meeting .

      " Brothers , these are not the times to hesitate . * We are fortunate in having an accredited Executive , bearing the confidence of all , at our head . They , too , have called upon you ; you will read their address ; it breathes a bold and manly spirit We cannot withhold from them our support * * From unanimity alone can success be expected . " Therefore , the acts of the Conference and the Executive , at the very time , were published and approved by their authorized organ , the Northern Star ; this address was published , which was prepared and received by the whole assembly , whioh approved of what the executive had done , and of the " manly spirit" in which it was drawn ; and consequently , they were all clearly participants in the guilt of originating , approving , and publishing that placard .

      Without further observations , he proposed to call the witnesses . He should give some evidence , though it was almost superfluous , as to the state of the ceuntry , prior to the l « th or 17 th August ; then he would show the posting up of this bill , at the premises of the SoholefleldB , and of Leach ; and he would then go to the transactions of the 16 th and 17 th August ; and would call a witness , who was present on thut occasion , who would tell the court that all these parties were present on the 17 th ; and what took place . But he would rest the case not upon the testimony of any man , but upon the documents . There could be nothing delusive in them . If they were csuched in a fair , right , and honest spirit , then these parties had not offended against the laws ; but if , on the contrary , these doouments were the dangerous and wicked productions ,

      which he thought them , then the defendants , and all proved te have sanctioned them , were guilty of misdemeanour . If there could be any doubt upon the evidence of the witnesses he should cull , it would be removed by a document found in the hands of one of the defendants , Robert Brook , when he was apprehended . Notes were fonnd upon his person , in pencil , written in a good hand ; partially rubbed , but still legible enough ; and from them it would appear , that the history he ( Mr . Brandt ) had beeu giving , was entirely borne out ; because they contained a note of what had taken place on the 16 th and 17 th ; and that would be evidence , not against the other parties , but against Brook , which would show the whole transaction—namely , that they met on the 16 tb ; adjourned , and met again on the 17 th

      byadjournment ; and then received a report from the different delegates as called upon , who came there from great distances , some from Stookport , Newton , Bradford , stating how many persons had attended public meetings held there recently before ; and one of the delegates , Bairstow , from Bristol , stated 220 , 000 persons there to be desirous to aid the movement for the Charter ; but the working people could not cany out the present movement , and so on ; each delegate speaking seriatim . The Rev . William Hill said , that the people did not wish to connect themselves with the strike . Another dtjltagate , Smith , frsra Leeds , said , that there were 80 , 000 at Leeds ; and the feeling there waa against the striko . Having found in some neighbourhoods a good spirit existing , they took upon themselves to foster an evil spirit ; for the Court would flud in the notes of this

      man —( and this was very important , though no evidence agoinet Cooper )—that , in the report made by Cooper , the delegate from Leicester , he says— " Tht men will cease working if the Conference recommend it , and they want to fight in the Potteries . " That was the language from the Potteries , and he was afraid that that wish bad been carried out-to some extent . There could b& no fact in question here . He should prove that the defendants were all present What they did would be established by their own acts and documents , upon which there could be no question ; and therefore , us it appeared to him , there was no room left to doubt—no one who understood the laws of this land could doubt —that these parlies had been engaged in a dangerous and guilty conspiracy . The Learned G 8 atUm ;; n theu

      called—Archibald M'Mullen , Inspector of Police , exaiuiued by Mr . Brandt , Previous to the evidence being gone into , Mr . Cubhett made an application jthat all the witnesses might be sent out of Court They were ordered to retire . Mr . M'Mullen then deposed , that prior to tba 16 th of August there were serious disturbances in Manchester , to quell which a large body of special constables were sworn in , and the assistance of the military had beia called for . These disturbances extended bsyocd Manchester , to Staleybridge , Ashton , Oidham , and other places . I accompanied Mr . Beswick to the house of Leach , in Oak-street , en the night of the 17 th of August I saw a placard on a board in the shop ; it ia a boukseller ' s shop ; there were several other placards upon it- It was abont eleven o ' clock at night when we seized it ; but , having been directed to pass two or three times that day , I saw the board at the door : it attracted much attention . We seized and brought away other papers and cards .

      Cross-examined by Mr . Cobbett—I first saw the board , I tiiiuk , after three o ' clock that dny . I cannot say whether the placard was there the first timo or uot ; but I believe it was , because there was a great crowd about ; but I was so well known by them , th&t I did not like to stay too long . Mr . Beawick had the warrant ; I believe he made an attempt to execute it before eleven o ' clock . I was with him , and in the neighbourhood . The board leaned against the wall , the placard was towards the wall , inside the wall , when we seized it I think Leach had not long come in , when we took him ; but he might have been .

      Mr . Richard Beswick , chief superintendent of the Manchester borough police , examined by Mr . Brandt —I saw placards like the one produced posted on the walls on the 17 th of August , and I went to the printer ' s ( Turner ) with a warrant on that day , about one o ' clock , andeati&fied myself that the bill bad been printed there . I got ene manuscript there , which I have not at hand just now . That night I went with M'Mullin to the house of Leach ; he was in the hoUBe , which is divided by a partition from the shop I told him I had a warrant f « r his apprehension , and read the warrant to him . He said nothing particular . I searched the shop , and found a copy of tbe placard lying upon the counter . I found also a book , containing the names of tbe " Provisional Executive Council

      of the National Charter Association of Great Britain ; Mr . James Leach , president" The book now produced is the same , and contains other matters . I found some cards ( which have been produced before . ) I saw in the shop a board , six or seven feet high , probably mere , on which a copy of the placard was posted , i afterwards sent M'Mullin to the shop , and he brought it to the Town Hall . I had passed the shop that morning several times , the earliest time about halfpast ten o'clock , and I saw a placard that appeared to be a copy of the same— 'it was headed the same , and hung upon a board at the door . Mr . Cobbett—Is the Bench of opinion that this is evidence of identity ? I submit that it is not sufficient , and object to its being received .

      Mr . Foster—It is certainly evidence as fat as it goes . Mr . Brandt—Valeat quantum . Examination resumed—A number of persons were reading tub placard . I did not then read tho whole of the placard ; I had previously seen and read a copy of it Cross-exarainsd by Mr . Cobbett . —That now produced is a copy of the placard taken by rae at Leach '« . I have compared several copies with the copy found at Leach ' s . I eannot swear to it ; but a number of copies were Bttuck off on thin paper for me , from the type in my possession , and to the best of my belief the ' eopy produced is ene of those impressions . I have no doubt of it from the general appearance ol the paper .

      I received the watrant against Leach , I fancy about noon ; I bad a number placed in my hands that day . I sent persons , not connected with the police , to see ii he was at home , and from them I received information . I could not hear ef his being at home at all , and was not aware he was when I we nt to search his house about eleven o'clock at night , and found him there : I am not aware at what time he came home . That book was on a small rfielf , beneath the counter , on the right as you enter . I found there other papers , and one or two other books in MS . It appeared to me to be put there for tbe purpose of being constantly used . Tho counter was covered with pape ** aad pamphlets for sale . He sells penny and half-penny publications , and newspapers of all sorts . . in » - ¦

      Mr . Cobbett—As I shall want to refer to this book in order to prepare foe tbe defence of those men , I trust there will be no objection to my having access to it at any time . Mr . Foster—If you have any application to make , you had better mention it afterwards . Mr . Brandt—The proper time will beat the end of the case . The book is not in evidence . Nathaniel Higgins , a policeman—I know Mr . Scholefield ' s chapel in Every-street . On the 17 th of August I was facing it , between eleven and twelve o ' clock in the forenoon , and I saw a man coming from Ancoats Lane with Bome papers like bills under his arm ; he went into Mr . Scholefldd ' a surgery , adjoinin the heuse and chapel . Mr . Scholefleld ' s son WiUiam was at the door of the surgery at the time . The man went Into the surgery , and William Scholefleld went in with him . They remained a few minutes , and then the man came out , followed by William Scholefleld , who had a large bill ip bis hand , which he posted oa the outside waU

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      ' ' " "" ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ! — — i , . i . . i , tm . M next tke street of the barial- « roun 4 which sunounda the buil i ing . I read some little of the bill ; not m uch ; it was something similar to that ; I read the heading , and it was the ' same in size and appearance : the printer ' s name was Turner . It was pasted upon the wall . I was near the premises again about jive , or a little after , that afternoon ; I saw about thirty persons go in ; amongst others Peter M'Douall , and the prisoners Doyle , L » ach , Eliisuu , and Campbell Those were all I kaew . That gentleman ( pointing to M'Cartney ) I believe wag there . I cannot speak to any other prisoner . In the morning I s . iw the eider . Air . Scholefield come oat oi the surijeiy door and to the gate , four or five minutts uftar the biii had h ^ er . posted , and about a couple of yards from the place ; but he might not see it , as he cUd not come ontoiJe . »» J

      Cross-txamined by Mr . COBBETT—It waa on Wednesday thu 17 th ; I know it was , because the day before I saw Feargus O Connor go into Mr . ScbolefiUd ' s , out of a orach . I Lave been in the police aboat a month or fivo weeks ,- I was not in at that tiu ; s . I went to see Mr . Feargus O'Connor . I was no acquaintance of his ; I iitsvor sw him in Hiy life before , but I saw him there . 1 heard he was going therefrom people about the town . It was reported he was coining : n the morning . There were many people outside waiting to see him . I saw him at last and w ; ta much gratifitil . I went next Oay the same as other folk * to see whether the monument [ Hunt ' s ] would be put up or not . [ Uproar in the court Mr . Foster ordered silence to ba preserved . ] Crowds were going , and I went with them . It might be a fortnight after , I became a policeman , lo was not my anxiety about Hunt ' s monument , but my ' character , thirteen years' servitude under

      one master , that got me into tbe police . I was out of work , perhaps three or four months . I left tha last place 1 was in of my own accord . I fell out with the manager cf Mr . Binns , in Ancoats-Iane . I was a weaver and overlooker . Mr . Irwin got me appointed a policeman . [ showed him my character , and he took-ae to Sir Charles Shaw ; and they made me a policemaa . I mentioned to Mr . Irwin what I saw at the cunpel , before I was asked , to be a policeman ; but I diii not think I should be asked about it now . Sir Charles Shaw was present when I was examined about it ; and it was al " t » r tba ' v tbat I was appointed a policeman . I was taken to tbe Town Hall and there examined by some gentlemen , whom I do not know . When I saw the man comu to Scholefleld's with the bills , William ScboUifieltl was standing at the door . I was standing on the other side of the Btreet . There weie other bills on the ¦ wall , but not just there .

      By Mr . M'CartnGy—It was on the 17 th that , to the best of my knowledge , I saw you enter Mr . Scholefleld ' s premises . I will not swear it To the best « f my knowledge , you are the person I saw in Every-street ; bat I cinnet undertake to swear it I saw a person very jike youl —( A loua groan from the back of the court followed this answer . Mr . Foster said , that if that were repeated , the court should be cleared . ) I said before , that I believed it was you . I am not aware of my name being on the police-book before I was appointed . I did not apply till Mr . Irwin asked me if I wished to be one , aud I then produced my character . The long dork hair is the only thing I can judge from , that tbe man wa 3 like you . The person wore a cap . I have been known to Mr . It win some years . M'Cartney—I wish to know under what ciicnm . stancctH you first became acquainted with Mr . Irwin ? Witness—I cannot s : iy .

      How did you know it was Mr . O'Connor whom you sav go to Mr . BclioleiwUTs house ? I only know it waa him from having heard puople say so . I never S 3 W Mr . O'Connor before that day ; I saw him in the morning , and I have seen him once since . When ? - When ?—On the same day , in the afternoon ! By whom were you first a £ ked to give evidence ? I was applied to by Sir C . Shaw , in the course of my duty as a policeman , to stats the particulars of what I saw ; but I cannot say wnat day , but it is about five weeks since . In the event of my conviotion , and those who are with me , d <* you expect any gratuity or reward ?

      I do not . I may be turned off , and have to go to work again . I have nothing offered for my eviu ace . I have not the remot . st description by which I can positively swear that you are the man whom I saw in Every-streeE oa that day . I did nut swear that 1 saw Mr . O'Connor at an op « i window ; the window was shut It was tae housj window . I believe tke house is a square one ; I believe it was tbe first story fronting to Every-street The will on which the bill was posted is a low vtall ; . I do not know the height of the trail ; it may be as high as roy head . The window where I saw Mr . O'Connor is above the wall , bnt I cannoi say whether the entire of the window is aboye the wall , or only a part of it I cannot stand ciose to the wall and look over it ; but I was on tbe opposite side of the Btreet , which cau-sed me to see better ; T cannot swear whether Mr . O'Connor was sitting down or standing up . Air . M'Cartney—Will you swear that you positively believe I am the person you saw ?

      Witness—I will swear that I believe it , but not that you are positively the man . Mr . Beswick re-called—I produce the copy or proof sheet ( No . £ ) of the placard with MS . corrections upon it , which I found at Turner ' s henso , and a corrected copy ( No . 4 ) of it found there ; and also I found at Leach ' s house , the card marked A , one of a large number I found there . It is inscribed " The National Chartist Association of Great Britain , James Li-. ich , prtsident ; J-jtm Campbell , secretary . " The placard No . 6 , now produced , is the one I found on the counter at Learh ' s shep .

      M'Mullin recalled—I produce the placard mrrked with my initials , taken from the board fonnd at Leaeh ' s . I also found a number of cards similar to that marked A , lr . ucle up in a packet—[ The card produced was a c ^ . rdof membership in " the National Charter Association of Great BritaiD . " ] William . Griffin was next called . Mr . Cobbett said , before he was sworn , he would ask if ho believed in a state of rewards and punishments after this life . Witness '— Yes . Ho was then sworn , and examined by Mr . Brandt—I . have been a reporter for the Northern , Star British Statesman , and the Evening Star . On tho 17 th August , I w * nt , to a Conference of the National Charter Association ; it was & Conference of the delegates . I went thire with Bernard M'Cartney , to Mr . ScholefleWs Chapel . We got there beetween nine and ten in the morning . 1 should think upwards of thirty were

      pres ? ut ; a person was sitting in the capacity of chairman ; they called him Arthur , au elderly gentleman . I do not recognise him as now present Feargus O'Connor , was . present ; the Rev . Wi'Iio ^ n Hill , —the D'ntiorr . 'in with a pencil in his h » nd ; James Leach , Julian Harney , John Campbell , James Csitledge ( not a prisoner ); Christopher Doyle , Thomas Raiiton ; a person named Parkes , from Sheffield ; and Ellison , of Stockport ; Mr . Scholefleld was not there as a deli-tate ; h 9 was in the room . I do not k : ow Thornton or Normnn by name . I cannot swear to the prisoner ( Norman ) now . shewn in& as being tboxe . Tiie priBonet uext M'Cartuey , Raiiton , was there . Tnornton was thare . [ A . rather curious scene for a Court of Justice was here presented ; the prisoners were called forward by name , na < i the witness was requested to luck at them , and if they ware there—he having all the names of the deputes , but not being distinctly acquainted with tha persons of each . ] The man with loug hair ( Brook ) was there .

      Mr . Brandt—The prisoners pushed him forward as Thornton . Mr . Co ' bbett objected to the course of telling the witness a name , and pointing out the man , and thus enabling the witness to tell the truth or commit perjury as he might please . Mr . Maude ( in Mr . Foster ' s absence ) directed that alt the prisoners should be shown to the witness iu succession ; I ' r / tin pJaciDg his hand on a prisoner ' s head , and the witness being required to state whether hi recollected that prisoner being present Examination-resumed—I believe this person ( Otley ) was present : I took him for Arthur . I will not swunr he was in the chair . I cannot recocniBe that

      yuuug man ( Norman . ) M'Cartney was there ; he went with we . Thomas Riilton I know . Campbell was there . That man ( John Thornton ) was present , in a different dress . That man ( Christopher Doyle ) was there . That man , who called himself Parses in the Coutteencs , was there . I cannot recollect tbat gentleman . ( Puinuug to Mr . Arthur . ) ¦ Arthur—I am much obliged to you . Witness—I will not swear to this one ( William Fletcher . ) ' - Hatney—What is my aame ? look at me straight as 1 look at you . Witness—Julian Haxney . Hariey—Aye , that ' s right .

      Witness—I will not swear to the boy ; there was a yountj boy present that represented the " Youths , " and cailed himself Ramaden ; but I won't swear he is the person .- That man ( Robert Brook ) was there . James Leach was present That man was present ( T . B . Smith ); the Rev . William Hill was present So was that man ; I think his name is Massey . Mr . Soholefield was present , bnt not as a delegate . Daring the Conference , be came into the chapel . When I got there , the delegates rose in turns , and gave in a report Some bpoke perhaps five minutes ; some perhaps not so long . A man who answered to the name of Cooper spoke : I am not prepared with my notes here '; but he supported the resolution which was proposed by Mr . Bairstow . It was bearing upon tbe strike , and recommending its continuation . It attributed the strike to the cor-law league ; and , in the words following , it recoinm nded tbe people * to take advantage of tbat strike in : irivjncement of fl 8 &Charter . Feargus O'Connor recommended a word being altered to make it legal . I am "" my oath ; I will-awgydto my notes , but not from , memory . Soon after ( the * # xt mojrfliriJD 'I got a printed copy of the resolution . It was put to the vote . F . O'Connor suggested , that the ^ word " recommend" should be altered to " approve , " to make it legal . It was originally to recommend the continuance of the strike ; and Mr . O'Connor recommended it should fee " That the meeting , approves of the strike . " The resolution , aa amended by Mr . O'Connor , was passed . He afterwards produced an address , which was laid before the meeting and approved of ; and it was afterwards stated at the ( Continued in our Eighth page . J

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 8, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1182/page/7/