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      THE LATE TRIALS . A n ^ iiz ^ tpss beld . <> n Wedues Jay evwiiDg , a * ihe P « lia « d Ktd &Hra < iSe InstiiuGon , 1 , Turn " ag&in-lane , to hcaT a ' eciure from Foargns O'Connor , on ihe recent trials at Lancaster . Admittance Twopence . The time announced was eight o ' clock i but such was tiie excnem ^ ni , that long previous to seT £ n o ' clock every avenue to the Bali was densely crowded , and ev * n ax thzt early fcouriiEndreds left the Rp- *» u convinced of tne Iiop&lessaess of obtaining admission . Abtut ei'bi o'clock Mt . O'Connor arrived , and Trills considerable difficulty iu ^ de his way ihrcugh ihe dense crowd which surrounded the doors , and on being recossii- ^ ii was greeted with sreat applause . 3 ir . WalxeB AwiSTHa > G , having been called to ihe r-h *; -. briefly ad-irfcissrj ihe rueeiin ^ , and iutrodncea Mr . O'Connor .

      Peatigcs O'Cosjtob , E * q-, on rising , was loudly cheered , and commenced by s-t&ting that it was a most pleasing dnfy wsich devolved uponhhii to show the folly of their opponents , and the "wisdom of his own parry . WhtD he looked from that platform at the iismsn ^ e maas of working men before him—men ^ rb « xtzTd the mfost in dustrious—ibe most valuable of ail human btjtn ^? , —he could" not avoid reflecting that thty were a little after time . If , seven years »? o , -when he was struggling almost alone for these pr > uc * pWs . they had held meetings' 1 : 5 e the pressnt , tlis cue would not have been needed . Seven years ago tfcey had a difficulty in getting as many in ? o a snail room aswontd make it warm ; now the < iiSenhy was to make a large room cool . Bnt th . ufh

      they Were late , he trusted they were not too la e . ( Hear , hear . ) He trusted that m thes * days of increased iCiury to the upper ckssses , and increased poverty to tbt labourers , it was not too ia ; s fcT xhea to n » £ e their rulers learn to aci with discre ' . inn . Their rulers were opposed to the people beii-j ; represented , bat he hoped that the GoversEen ; was represented in that meeting by their gentlemen in bine ; if the dogs in c-fiica wore nov thtie theniselvess he hoped th * y had seal their terriers , and they would report every word that he said , and leii their * mp kyc-rs that he was determined i-occDiisue the struggle until their object was achieved . —( Cheers . ) Thty were not assembled lor the mere purpose of ti TPCtpauiition of that portion

      of the tnils which had already been laid before them , xfaoagh their bting there wa-s a proof of the manner Jn wbieh they were treated by the liberal pree - * . If the trials had been reported a ? fui ' y as thai of the madman M * i » aughtf-n , or any Whig or Torj hambni , they would noi have wanted to bear more npon ihe sutgect . "He snould t-xulsin to them tbe reason 01 ihsmais , tie resnli 01 them an-3 the feeling of xhe country upon me subject . The trials meant that the Tories wanted som ? of their ancient food they had been acenstomed to live on , persecution ; they warned some of their © la meat ; they ¦ were b ^ coni ns dry and starved up , and so de'ermined , that awse one should suffer . The Chartists thev € O 25 idered to be tha weak parry , the "party they

      cou'd mosi . successfully convici with severity ; they asked diemsi-lvps of what party the jury-clasa was couipasi . il , and though they admitted tnat the League was tn-ir greatest enemies , yet they w ^ re considered too strong to be safeiy attacked . Tne "Wh'ss bad tried tbe experiseni on ihe ChanisTS T ? kii ssJ ' - ^ jj and ihe Tories iried io follow in iheir Trake . Waen thB manufacturers in August last had driven iabonr into a revnh against capital , when they had endured uutil . as Pilling ? aid , they » -wore ibf-y "would fuaar starvation no longer ; wteu t&ey were turned cut . for they did not turn themselves out ; then the rdleciicg portion of them so w that it was TLsdsss to strike imiess they ato srruek against lbs House of Coibejobs . The League aad turned them teen tne roiecoiig portion o ! teem s = w mat it was useless to strike iiniess they ako sn-t ^ ek against ibs House of Commons . The League aad turned them

      bciniis , that a cordial union would spring np between the working classes of both countries . The Charter would ba obtained as soon as they could oat to sei iheir dsrlirg mes-ure of Free ? 5 ar ? 0 the operatives now on stiike—he meant the Trace all over the worla" made into a law ; wnig op-rative-Palmrrston , Macauley , &c . ; and icen th ° y woaid fcave forced theai wljen t ij f oaii& t ^ tnc nation fe ] t D 0 interest * d anro vr ;» rk aeam for whai ways ' -hr-J were tne Kirk of Scotland BUI , the Iusanity Bill , or the p . ea « . i to g-ve . From August ty Oc . ober not a Travelling in Air Bill , and that the Charter was the woiM hsdbiri : said ab , ut the late mak boTern- only mt-ans of gfettin * at the hon--y crock , then they m-Jii had tu .: down an 3 gent ic ftrret ouj who wouid become advocates for th- Charter . The o »' y ¦ were tie Teal offenders ; they sent Gown to the o ff-rcnee between Peel and Kussell was , that » he gm'ty t > 3 T « j loask them the cau ^ e of sho ou-. breas ; onu wag a bu Di > : ger man than the other . The they , cf cour ? e , said it was not them , it was me waj ^ were no more like ' y to give the Charter than Tevoluf-oaary Chartists ; and being intimates . the > tne Tories ; and the League , though professing great arresicd who had betn leading Lhar

      ev- ^ ry man s - liberality , would be as far from it as either . If tist ani sent them to prison ^ acd examined a Eost of Cobden was prime minister to-morrow , he would be Tri : n 3 ^ 3 s , not one of them , except t ^ e arch-iraitor , ai ailxioii 9 to get rid of the agitation for the Charter had c «; a brocghl against them at rae . tr . al ; m fact , ^ eVeT sj , Robert Ptel wa * . a ^ d would not attempt Gregory , the Government agent , saw he was in me u Conail any of the nanoEal expences . If the land-3 Bua , aui not knowing how to get -ont , planged owners wonld give him the power of buying labour deeper > nro it . The papers represenwd n tnroughoui at wnat price be t ^ ongbt proper , he keep wonld up the wsrld , that they were a Oand of conspirators , the present system of txpenea on the principle of andttat Fearguswas guOry of liule shoriof high » scrat < s > , and I'll ecrawh you . " The League treason . This was ths Tunes version . of the aluir , party are the very men who have the greatest interin revenge for his having attempiea to throw W al- esl m withholding reprpsentation from the working ierEithe ^ otTingba ns eiecuon . Tae middle classes d ^ ea . They live by preasing upon the labour of were dLseusted wjih the Tones on accuntit ot tne tD 9 work , men > & a mTlch j arger degree than any Incosis lax ; the landlords liked boi ths free trade olher £ && . A landtd proprietor has not a teUb of

      docuinea 01 ihe Tariff ; bu ; ail united , that they might voi weaken the hands of the strong Government in pntdng down the rcve ' iutionis : Cnartists . If Feargns O'CoQcor was allorrea to go about the country advocating measures but liiile short of high treason , all would be endangered , and the only means to stop him was to arrest b ' -ia . He was to bsvegaae to Manchester with the policeman , but bang an © 3 d soidlsTj hz goi otci them —( cheei >) . Fmj nsae men they lockea tn their dirty cells unui it sunea their purpose to bring them before ihe uaaen : Jeffries , ( Lord Abinger ) , who not ouly made a new law , but also a new crime ; and the fifta count of the indictmfnt was framed to meet thai crime

      • whica the Jucg * who tried them said was no crime at ail ; the GoTernaeni not darmg to tmn iheir case to a ccir . mon Jury , ftaring thai during in long proceediij ^ s some of them jsix ^ t re * oa the bankrupt list , treat « i ihem to a Epeciii jury composed a mafei = trates & , > d Leaguers , for whica tee prieoner 3 nza u > pay . From ioriyegat naraes before them they were aila-wed to > trike off twelve , aud ihis wa 3 called fair . It was as Horns T ioke truly said , like picking twelve sonnd orangei out of a basket of rotten ones . A finer set of niijn ti ^ an the defendant who were sai d to be gnlliy of 15 id ? i&ss ihsn ia ^ h treason , he never saw ; they looked much butter than the barristers , and whit was more , ih ^ y spoke better 100 . Th ~ n came

      the long indic-rment , of which , though a barrister , he tmdtrs&oed no * one half ; a greater compilation of Donsen = e was never put together unoer the snn . For eight long days they fought them shoulder to Ehonldar , elbow to . elbow ; and it . wonld have been much better for the Government to have left the middle classes in ignorance , to have let the Chartist ? been considered as plotters , than to have set the mountain in labour , and produce only a mouse . The poor Attorney-General had been obliged to abandon everjtling material in the indictment ; and yet for this trivial charge on which they were convicted , bad they been bo n : jnstly denounced , and the conatry so unnecessarily alarmed . Tne Government might call it a triumph , but one more

      such 3 victory snd they would be undone . It was easy for them , having a jury class at their command , having advantage of time and place , and being able to bribe witnesses and purchase tiauors , to ensure a convifitiot . It was hard if the strong Government that drew the fimds for the prpsecuiion from the nancn at the point of the bayonetj could not overwhelm those whose funds were collected from the pence of the poor , though it was eagerly given , and ¦ with sorrow that they could afford no more . For Mm ? elf , he had not swallowed one farthing of that fund ; he haa toiied hard to increase it ; he had not been in bed since Sunday night , and had since then been in Manchester , Leeds , fcc . Isothi ^ g could ^ qual the snrprisa exhibited -when the

      Attorney-General sztt , "Gentlemen , this is the case for tee Crown . " A gentleman in eourt aptiy inquired where ii was . With all the art that had been n =-ed 10 collect eviienee , and to pcrehase treachery , it had been a complete failure . Mr . O'Connor then paid a high compliment to Barun ItoL-e . -RJ 2 O , Lhungh impartial as a Judge , as a m ~ n was par-iaJ K > ihe defendants . ~ PlUmg , in Ms defence , ores tear 3 from an English Judge , and called iVe b ' u-a Gf hhums into the cheeks of many an Eiigi 5-. h gentleman ; for thongh , aa ihe Judge ob SE-rved , it was deiivered in a broad Lancashire dialect , and tha language was vulgar and unconnected yet it was the language of iruih , and many who caiae to sneer , remained to weep . Air .

      O'Connor thvii recapitulated the langnage of Piilirtg , and asserted that from the moment he concluded his delencc , he was acquitted . An English Jury could have d « ne no other than acquii him . After eight dayr trsal , ihe Judge , is fnmmLng up , instead of cienehiiig bis fist , and culling" the defendants rogueB and vagabundo , in the Btyle of the modern Jeffries , said , ** Gentleman of the Jnry , 1 am sure there is not an EEgliEEman with a spark of pride in his bosom , or s drop of . English blotxt in his veins , that Goes rot leel delight at the march of intelleoi as evinced in the condac ; and speeches of the defendants . If Abinger had expressed himself in a similar manner , it would have done more to have trauqulized the country than twenty Special Commissions . Tne result of the trials was a complete triumph to the Chartist cause j and , if they had eacn _ received three years' imprisonment , it would not iave detracted from the triumph . They had all

      dispelled prejudice from the minds of those -who crowded ti-e court ; they bad created & feeling bo strong in their favour , not only ^ . & ^ iovmsA Lancaster , but throughout aB England **** . «» bajonate of the -GoTerament could Barer pat it down now that he hadfailed . Sir J&b . Graham found tb » it suited Ms purpose to b » t that he - ann mUndad to put a stqpte public meetings or burke tie expresaon « f publicopinio * . DiBcussion w « the safetr-Talf » of the nation , and if pot a stop to , ihe steam wonld become of too high a pressure and the l » fler wonld borst when least expected . Be wasaeaasfedby the . Attoraey-General of stating in the Star , that they were justified , in turning the strike to Chartist purposes . He then thought he had taogbi the " red « at" at last . -He admitted all this jaawt ' -atbwcd that if another opportunity occarrea he would do it again . If the present strong Governsent wete in thei minority , won ; d nat they turn everv eireajostanoe to their advantage ! Did ' thej not do

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      so even with their majority of 115 ! Would not the rotten ramp of Whiggery do ths samel Look at the Leagne . Was anything too hot or too heavy for teem to turn to their cause ! They were even then playing a farce at Drnry-. lane Theatre , turning buffoons for their own benefit , and admitting the public at Is . a head . Much more was thought by Government of their twopenny meeting than of the meeting at Drnry-lane , where one shilling was paid to seo the League make fools of themselves . Peel in his heart and soul was a free trader ; in his tariff he gave the League six times more iree trade than they had demanded of the WhigB ; but they wanted it as a msacs of reinstating their own party . Peel was well aware of the value of tVe support of the

      working men . He knew they were tho only party who held the League in check , and he wanted that bar ! io ba removed that he might have the appearance of being forced into the measure of Five Trade as he j had been into Catholic Emancipation , and thereby ' preserve his chararter as honest Robert Peel . The i Chartists were , thereiore , to be put down . The times ' rrquTed a sacrifice , and the disturbed state of the i country at the time of the Btoke would give it j the colonr of Justice , and when the Chartists were ¦ in the stone jug , -it was hoped the League would ; go a-head ; but thf y had beaten Peel , Russell , and i the League combined ; the trials were to have

      I extinenii-hed the Chartist rushlight ; but they had ended in re-illuming it at the lamp of Tory tyranny . j West , after an able defence , had been honourably acquitted . ( Tremendous cheering . ) There had , br « i no alteration in the law to effect this ; but it was meetings like the present ; it was the determination of the Chartists , and the increasing poverty of the working classes which made them pause in their career . Cooper , for three days , had bc * n battling with them at Stafford , holding a , Chartist meeting , wilh tho Judgo in tha ci . air . : Before the trials there were hardly a « y Charlisfs at ! Lancaster or Stafford : now Ciiariifm was the

      fashionable doctrine . They Ehould -look for their triumj-h , not in what bad been done , but in what hty had escaped . If they had been tried by Ab nj > er , in August last , no doubt every one would have had from three to fivo years imprisonment , it they had escaped with even that . If such had been the case , he shuddered to think wbat might have bren the result ; the F'eam would then have been too highly pressed . Tae dreadful state of poverty , and the tyranny of the masters , in iNorth and 6 ' ^ uth Lancashire , and the distress existing throughout the country , would have tempted them to dsMH-rste deeds . Sir Robert Peel mi $ ; ht calculate that Englishmen were dull , slow to be excited , snd not prone to fighting "; bat when once determined wnere was the men to be CMnp&roil With tbta , a ! ways barring Paddy . { Laught . r . ) Paddy was low beginning to show his teeth . You have allowed

      the Poor Law Bill , at the point of the bayonet , to be forced upon you ; you have allowed your homes to be desolated , and your parents and relatives to he inmates of baUiles , and Paddy has seen ths rciuit ; and although not so good a politician as John Bail , ho has determined never to endure a rinular system . Soldiers have been ordered from ali parts , ai . d Paddy has met them with his st ck m hii D 3 E 1 ; and he was told that the stick had a iron spike in the end . This , in Ireland , was called moral power , and Paddy was nx * dly determined ifcat even if they sent for all tho soldiers from China ana India , he would ntver sacrifice his ancient hospitality at the shrine of the Poor Laws . Mr . O'Connor then highly eulogized the exer ions of Father Alathew , whom he dt scribed as the greatest moral reft-rmsr of the day , and anticipated fr « m his exertions in making Ireland a cation of rtn- ; ctive

      the men under his controul as a manufacturer , and is not so inxerrsied in grinding down the price of thur labouj . Tr . e Charter wonld take tho power out ot * both their hands , and give liberty to the whole people . By l . bcrty , he meant liberty tempered with discretion , liberty for the greatest ai isiocrat , as well as for the workiDg man ; he had baea dragged from his home seven times during the last n ' ve years on varions charges . Turee times had he been tried , and four t mes he had evad . d tkc prosecution . This was hard conduct towards a g dilcman ; but , UDder these trying circumstances he had never given wav to his feelings ; he had not endeavoured to obtain vengeance but justice . Mr . O ' Connor then alluded to ihe WTetched description

      of stuff-sryledjevidence which was brought against them , and stated that ho told the Attorney-General to take the red box in which it was contained , and &erd it as a cariosity to the Chinese Exhibition . If Sir Robt . Peel , the calm , the patient , the unruffled , the indomitable , the placid , mild , amiable , Sir Robert bad been treated to a few of his d : £ hcs , he would perhaps have been more excited , and then wouid perhaps have fared worse than he had done . The Legislature by refusing Lord Howick ' s motion had shown their determin&tioa not to icqaire even into a Eiu ^ le branch of the distress ; tiny kntw all about it , bat diG no ; want to be mide acquainted with the details . On Tuesday , thfy woulo . be pushed to know the causes of the late

      outbreak ; and also for inquiry into the conduct of tnobe magistrates who sent men to prison , and demanded such excessive bail' for their appeaiance if released . He thanked God that in the midst of the chaos existing in the House of Commons ever sinse the Reform Bill , they bad one spot of ground on which they could r

      House of Commons be if they bad in it six hundred and fifty-eight Duncombes . Tnerc would be no danger then of indictments for conspiracy , no arrests for seduion , but now when bad men conspire , it was the duty of good men to combine . Tbe object of the Charter was to increase the power of production , and to bring aoout a better system of distribution ; the present trammels on labour kept back millions of production , and , consequently , deprived the shopkeepers of their profits on this increase of produce . The middle classes bad ever been caught in the trap to put down the Tories ; they did not join the League out of love , but as a means of putting down the Tories ; and they must so ferret them with the Tory lash as to make them

      come ont for the Charter , as they did for the Reform [ Bill ; but they must first get rid of such leaders as I Macauley and Russell ; they were too ignorant for the age , he doubted whether thi y ought to be entitled to a vote under the Charter . — ( Laaubtsr . ) Ab for the Leagno , God forbid that he should ever have such & team to drive . He wanted justice for all , 1 and noi a mere party measure . As long as he lived ' ( uHles 3 something happened that he was not awareof > : neither Whig , Tory , nor sham-Radical ehould have | a foot of resting ground . The £ 30 , 001 ) of theieague ; was nearly gone , and they had nearly drained him , and yet they dare not accept his challenge . They got their dupes to give Is- at Drnry Lane , where they must not say '" b » o io a g oose "—where they

      had only to open their ears and let in the dulcet strains—to shut their ejes , and open their mouths , and see what God would send them . And though ihey had spent most of their £ 50 , 000 , yet they had actually retrogaded . They had not called one public meeting— ( shouts of " Marylebone , " and cheering . ) That was a ticket meeting ; but the free men took tbe ticket off the donkeys . In this country , the only way io iLfluenee the Government , or to alarm their rulers , was to submit a principle to fair discussion , and let it be tbe adoption oi the majority . If the League had treated the public fairiy they would have been much stronger than they were ; not allowing discussion , the people suspect that there is error in their ways , no truth in their doctrineB . If their intentions were just they would have no cause for alarm . John Bull was an honest hearty fellow , and when he saw that their doctrine

      was only fit for the ticketed ear , he felt convinced there was something not Tight at the bottom of it . They were now going to fill the House of Commons with Corn Law Repealers ; were going to bribe , influence or seduce the electors ; but even if they could obtain a majority he defied them to produce any good effect until there was an organic change . Every new administration was compelled to find new officers and sinecures for a fresh brood of hungry expectants , and therefore they never said a-word about a reduction of taxation , looking for some little emolument for themselves some day . Mr , O'Connor then showed that the land of the eountry a century back was divided amongst about 37 , 000 proprietors , and though four generations had sprung from their loins , the landed proprietors were not more numerous now than at that time , all the children being provided for by some sinecure or © ther . The party who were most likely to assist in

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      gaining the Charter were the Agriculturists ; not the Ones who whistled at DowniDg-street , but those who whistled at the plough . They were the men who would stop Peel in his present course ; for they would soon see that if they did not stop him he would stop them . Mr . O'Connor illustrated this by reference to Lord Warncliffe , who was rather a poor nobleman , his estate being worth about 411 , 000 a year . As a cabinet minister he had £ 4000 per annum ; his son had £ 2000 ; his second son was Solicitor General , and as soon as a vacancy occurred would be a Judge with £ 5 , 500 a year * making a total of more value than his estate , besides the prospects of his daughters—one marrying a bishop , another an admiral , &o . His political

      influence was therefore superior to the interest he had in the land , and it would be worth his while to abandon his land altogether if he could retain or increase Ws political power . Mr . O'Connor then drew an effecting picture of the miseries inflicted by the manufacturers upon tbe women and children employed in their factories , and demanded if it was possible they could be earnest in their profession of benefiting the poor . Was it probable that the men , who , as Magistrates tyrannized over them , and as masterfl Btarved them , would , as politicians , be their benefactors 1 When the League had expended their funds but little morofor a time would be beard of them , and then they might dissever the really honest portion of the League from about

      one hundred and forty of the overgrown manufacturers . Mr . O'Connor then commented on the conduct of Aoland and others of the League ; and clearly demonstrated that tho interest of tne shopkeepers was bound up in that of the Charter , and that circumstances would speedily make Peel himself a Chartist , though he could the other night get a vote of eighteen millions of Exchequer Bilk by merely atking for it . But , although Solomon was a wise man , and Sampson a strong man , yet neither of them could pay money unless they had got it . He wisied the Income Tax had been 10 per cent ., and the Property Tax 25 per

      cent . ; for , when those who put on the taxes were compplled to pay them , tb « y would soon discover that the Army w : is not needed—that the police was auseless force—thata State Church might wilh safety be abolished ; and that the Chartists , after all , were a shrewd set of men . Mr . O'Connor concluded by imploring them not to relax in their exertions for the Charter ; it was worth living and dying for , and they had only to be thoroughly united , and they would then never be in danger of meanly bending iheir necks to the yoke of slavery , but would be deserving of the name of Britons , and of the inheritance of the soil ; and concluded amidst groat applause iu the words of the

      poefc" Lives there a man with soul so dead , " &c Mr . P . ARKEB briefly moved a vote of thanks to Mr . O'Connor and his brother Chartists for the noble stand they made at Lancaster in defenco of the principles of tho Charier and the rights of tho people at large . Sir . Stallwood seconded the motion , and trusted they should speedily have an Executive , with Mr . O Connor for a member , and then there would be no danger of their being enmeshed in the nets of the law . The resolution was carried by acclamation .

      Mr . O'Connor , in rep ! y , stated that he soarcely deserved their thanks , for agitation was become so completely his element , that he was unfit for anything else ; and , if he did not meet with an annual prosecution , he should think something was amiss , lie was determined to persevere in the same , course , turning neither to the right nor to the led , and ^ accepting nothing less than the Charter . He gave free liberty to every man to investigate and comment upon his conduct , and in return he should claim to denounce any man who turned aside from his principles ; for , if the first 6 tep was tolerated , the after

      strides became rapid . Mr . O Connor then alluded to the History of the Trials he waB publishing , and stated that when they had read it , they would acknowledge that their vote of thanks way not uudeservod : it would be a full and accurate report of all the proceedings ; the reporting alone had cost upwards of £ 30 . Mr . O'Connor sat down loudly applauded . Mr . Lovktt , of Marylebone , moved , and Mr . O'Co . n . nor seconded a vote of thanks to the Chairman , and tho meeting broke up with oheers for O'Connor and ihe Northern Star .

      The money taken at the doors was upwards of £ 9 and hundreds went away , unable to get admission , the stairs , committee rooms , &o , being all occupied . Seven shillings and a pinny waa paid in by Mr . W , Raneall , to tbe Defence Fund . In the Shrewsbury Chronicle , of Nov . 12 , 1774 , we find the following letter from Anthony Henley to his constituents , ( a borough in Hampshire ) , who had written to him to oppose the Excise Bill : — * ' Gentlemen , —I received yours , and am surprised

      at your insolence in troubling me about the excise . You know , what / vay well know , that I bought you—and by G—d I am determined to sell you . — Aud 1 know , —what perhaps you think I do not know—you are now selling yourselves to eonaebody else . Aud I know whai you do not know—that I am buying another borough . —May G—d ' a curso aijj ; hi ou yuu all—May your houses be as opon and common to all excise officers as your wives and daughters were for me when 1 Btood for your rascally corporation . ¦ Yours , —Anthony HRNLtY . ' '

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      CROWN COURT—Wednesday , Mauch 22 . ( Before Mr . J unties Collman . ) Jiaac Cliisil , of Birbtal , aud Willinvi Sheldrake , and Maurice Redding , of Bradfoid . were several found guihy of ricts in connection wttn tho late strike . There were several unimportant cases of misdemeanor aud felony , for the particulars ot which we have no room .

      Before Mr . Baron Parke . Richard Turner , cf Almondbury , Joseph Wrigley and Wm . Holdsworth , of tho earno place , and Abraham Shaw , of Batioy Carr , were severally charged with attending unlawful and tumultuous assemblies in the late strike disturbances . Wrigley and Holdsworth , pleaded Guilty . Tbe others were convicted . The prosecutor of Shaw recommended him to mercy . John Stead was indicted for having , on the 7 th of March , at Leeds , feloniously presented a loaded pistol at Joseph Wilson , with intent to shoot him , and do him some grievous bodily harm .

      Mr . Monteith was for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoner . The prosecutor is a joiner and builder at Leeds ; and , on th- morning of the 7 th of the present month , about half-past eleevn , o ' clock , he was proceeding along Marsh-lane , when he met wilh the prisoner , who presented a double-barrelled pistol , and said " I'll shoot tbee . " The trigger Enapped , buc , fortunately , the pistol did not go off . The prisoner waa very much intoxicated , and was given into the cus tody of a pohreman , who conveyed him to prison .

      The pistol was subsequently examined by another officer , who found vthat each barrel contained a double charge of powder aud a slug ; there was also a very small quantity of powder in the pan , and the hammer of tbe pistol was down , as if it had been fired . Mr . Wilkins said he Ehould offer no defence , it being clear that the act of the prisoner was a drunken frolic , and ¦ hat he had no malicious intention at the time . He would call witnesses to prove that the prisoner was a quiet inoffensive man .

      The Learned Judge concurred in the opinion that there was no malice , and would take it tor granted thai the prisoner had been of good character . The Jury then found a verdiot of Guilty , and he was sentenced to be imprisoned for one calendar month to hard labour .

      Thursday , March 23 . Before Mr . Justice Coltman . John Harho-ty , 25 , was oharged with having , on tha 23 rd of December last , at Wakefield , stolen a ewe sheep , the property of George Thompson . Mr . Pashley appeared for the prosecution ; Mr . Walker defendpd the prisoner . Guilty . To be imprisoned Two Years . John Jbberson , 24 , George Wright , 21 , were charged with having , on the 29 ih bcceoiber last , at Sheffield , broken into the dwelling-house of Mary Froggatt , and stolen therefrom two printed dresses , and other articles . Mr . Hbaton and Mr . Walkek were lor the prosecution ; Mr . Ovehend for tne defence . The prisoners were found guilty . —Sentence deferred , Joseph Fairest , George Dutton , Thomas Lloyd , and John Dutton , were charged with having on the 25 ih of January last , at Sheffield , burglariously entered the dwelling house of James Booker , and feloniously stolen therefrom three pairs of boots , three linen shirts , and other articles , his property . Mr . Ovebend and Mr . Monteith were tor the prosecution ; Mr . Hkaton defended Lloyd . The house was entered by means of the cellar window . —Guilty . FB . 1 DA 7 , MABCH 24 . ( Before Mr . Justice Coltman . J SENTENCES . John Holden the elder , and John ffolden the younger , convicted of having in their possession plates for the manufacture of forged bank notes at Halifax , were sentenced to be transported for life . Henry Storey , who bad been convicted of forging a promissory note , at Hull , waa sentenced to be transported for 10 years . : Henry Lineham , who had pleaded Guilty of having , at Leeds , embezzled money , tba property of his masters , Messrs . Ward and Son , solicitors , was sentenced to be transported for 10 years . Charles Oates , convicted of sheep stealing , at Hooten Roberts , was sentenced to be transported for 15 rear ? .

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      Win * Claypon ^ elder , Wm . Claypon , tbe younger , Joseph OV > t / pon , and Stephen Depledge , convicted of a misdemeanour in ftQinj ; armed a % night , for * the purpose of destroying game , at Ham pole , wore sentenced to be severally transported for 7 years . Sarah Morrell , convicted of a misdemeanour , in falsifying the register of a birth , was sentenced to imprisoned in the Castle for one month . Joseph Fairest , Geo . Dutton , Thomas Lloyd , and John Dutton , convicted of a burglary at Sheffield , were sentenced , —Fairest and Geo . Dutton to be transported for 10 years ; Lloyd and John Dutton to be imprisoned 2 years . George Wocplit and John Ibberson , convicted of a felony at Sheffield , were sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 2 years .

      Christopher Goodson , convicted of a burglary at Leeds , was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 calendar months . George Jenkins , found guilty of embezzling money at Leeds , the property of hi » employers , Messrs . Payne , Eddison , aud Ford , was transported tor 10 years . Thos . Dixon , convicted of wonnding , with intent to do grievous bodily harm , at Thirsk , was sentenced to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for two years . Robert Atkinson , for a similar offence at Brighouse , and also with attempting to rob , was sentenced to be imprisoned for two years in the House of Correction .

      James Crabtree , for a similar offence , under ciroum&tances of great brutality , at , Pontefract , but who had been recommended to mercy , was also sentenced to two years imprisonment in the House of Correction .

      SENTc . rfCES OF THE BIOTEBS . The following persons , convicted of having participated in the riots which took placo in the West Hiding , in tho month of August last , were sentenced as follows : — Isaac Clissett , to be imprisoned in the House of Correction , and kept to hard labour for the space of twelve calendar months ; and at the end of that lime to enter into his own recognisances in the sum of £ 100 , to be of good behavieur for the space of two years . Maurice Redd' m and Wm . Sheldrake , to be imprisoned aud kept to hard labour for ten calendar months , and to et » t-f r into recognizances in the sum of £ 50 to keep the peace for two years .

      Abraham Shaw , to bo imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months , aud to enter into his own recogniziarices in the sum of £ 50 io keep the peace for two years . Richard Turner , Timothy Grady , Henry Greaves , Win . Cropper , and Christopher Millar , to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for four calendar months , and to enter into their own recognizances in £ 50 each , to keep the peace for two years . Joseph Wrigley , Edwin Broeke , and Wm . Holdsworth , to be imprisoned in tho Castle for two calendar months , and to enter into their own recoguizinces in £ 50 each , to be of good behaviour for two years .

      John Walker was charged with having assaulted John Fernty , with iuteut te do him grievous bodiiy harm . To this charge he pleaded autre-fois convict Mr . Pickering appeared in support of the plea ; Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Pickering opposed it . The parties reside in Sheffield , and during a quar rel between them the prosecutor was violently assaulted , and as alleged , stabbed . Tr . o case camo before the Shtffivld magistrates , when the prisoner was fined £ 5 , and in default , was eent to Wak « field for two months . An indictment was preferred aK . iin > t him at the As « izes , for tho stubbing and the prisoner was brought from Wakciicld to answer the charge . After a lengthened argumnnt , the Learned Judge decided that the pea was good ,-and refused to allow the costs of the prosecution in the case .

      Seven witiio .-sos wore subp « ied for the prosecution who have been in York seventeen days ; somebody therefore , will have to pay the p ipi r ; for as they are all working men , it is not to be expected they can live for nothing , aud lose their labour into the bargain . We suppose the lawyer wanted a j-b . John Flint , 45 , and Samuel Daffy , 40 , were indicted tor havinsj on the 24 . h of January last , at Handsworth , in the West Hiding , feloniously stoUn a ewe sheep , tho property of Pe : er Cadniau . Mr . Overend and Mr . Pashlky were for the prosecution ; tho prisoners were undefended . Guilty . —To bo imprisoned , and kept to hard labour fur two years .

      John Oates , 20 , was charged with having , on the 26 th of January last , at Sh-JHold , feloniously stolen tour stones weight of beef , from an out-house , the propr-rty of John Marsden . Four other persons , who had b > en found guilty of another offence , were in tho same indictment . i \ o evidence , however , was offered against them , and there being none to reach the prisoner in this case , the Jury found a verdict of Not Gulity . Richard Hodgson waB indicted for having violently absttulted Wm . YYt nuby , on tho highway , an <( stoft-n from his per&on sundry momys , his proper ! y . The evidence of identity failed , and the Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty . Wihon Rocket , convicted of a burglary at Huntington , near York , was then brought up , and eentenoed to bo transported for life . This closed the business of the assizes , and the Court rose at twenty-seven minutes past six .

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      LEEDS—Youf > "G v . Hutchinson . —We have not thought it necessary to give a formal report of this

      trial , bcoau =. o the dttaus , although ot some import anoo to particular interes ' . i ' , would not , in our opinion , be tound sufficiently interesting to our readers in general . But one circumstance was elicited in the course of the caHe , a circumstance ao very extraordinary , that we are induced to refer to it ; tho moro so , aB by a " curious coincidence , " the other throa Leeds papers have omitted all mention of it ; and we must therefore shortly doeonbe the nature of the action . The nominal plaintiff , m this case , is official assignee of the estate of Messrs . Smith and Co ., who became bankrupt a few months ago , but the real plaintiff is Mr . Alderman Batlson , of Leeds , a 9 trade assignee , and the action was lor the recovery of money paid by tha bankrupt Smith

      to defendant , in alleged undue preference , shortly before the bankruptcy . The defence was that Alderman Batkson was a partner iu the conceru of William Smith and Co ., aad therefore could not maintain the action ; and in establishment of this ground of defenco , evidence was adduced showing a continuous exercise of interference and controul on the part of AIdern . au Bateson in tl e affairs of Wm . Smith and Co . during a considerable period of time . Amongst other acts , he had engaged a bookkeeper for the concern , one John Thompson , and . this bookkeeper became the passive agent—the victim , wo had almost said—of tht ; most extraordinary proceeding to which we have now to call attention . John Thompson deposed that one day Alderman Bateson goo him up to his house , and told him that he wanted him to take an cath

      that he wouH keep the affairs of Wat . Smith & Co ., secret . Thompson demurred , and asked the Alderman if he was not already satk-fied that he did not abuso tbe confidence reposed in him ; to which the Aid . rman replied that he was satisfied " aecording to human reason , " but that he should be more sati .-fiod if ho , Thompson , took the oath ; that thereupon thje youth Thompson went to the Alderman ' s Solicitor , who adminjstkred to him the oath ; and that he swore accordingly . Now , extraordinary as this part of tbe case } f > , it is haraly less extraordinary that all the three Leeds papers which have given extended reports of the trial , have avoided the most distant allusion to it . Tho Learned Counsel for the defendant , Mr . Watson , severely denounced the proceeding as a

      scandalous trifling with the most awful engagement a man can take upon himself , and appealed to the Jury as to their feeling of the oath which they tftemselvea had taken . The Learned Counsel for the plaintiff , Mr . Knowles , seriously deprecated it , aud put in a feeling apology for the indiscretion uf ihe solicitor ; tha Learned Judge , BaroB Parkc , pronounced the act an indictable offence ; and yet not one of the Loocia papers has a word on the subject ! R < ally , as Pvrv says iu the Critic , " when these fellows do agree , their unanimity is wonderful . " With respect to the Mercury aud the Times , the wonder is perhaps not quite so great as in the case of the Intelligencer ; for we beliepe Alderman Bateson is a Whig , it' not " something more , " and

      " A fellow feeling makes as wondrous kind ;" but our readers will perhaps think that tbe suppression of such a fact is almost as disgraceful to the newspaper press of Leeds , as the fact itself is to the parties implicated in it . The verdict was for the plaintiff ; the partnership between Alderman Bateson aud the bankrupt , Wm . Smith , not having been made out to the satisfaction of the Judge aud Jury . Counsel for the plaintiff , Mr . Knowles and Mr . Hi Hill ; Solicitors , Messrs . Snowdon and Preaton . Counsel for the defendant , Mr . Watson and Mr . Pashley ; Solicitors , Messrs . T . and J . Lee .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHEKH S 1 AR . . i SfB , —The trial boing now over , I thought you might perhaps be able to Bod a little space in your valuable colnmns for a remark or two on tbe subject of " ventilation of coal mines , " Aco . Sir , you will perhaps remember that I sent you an article " on tbe cause and dreadful effects of-explosions in minesi" some twelve months since or thereabouts . You will ' remember , Sir , that I then distinctly asserted that it was the driving of tha works such an immense distance ¦ with so little current , that was the only cause of such frequent , terrible and destructive explosions ; and that the only way to remedy this evil would be to sink three or four shafts where they only sink

      one . ; Well , Sir . I am very bappy to find that , there has been a committee formed at North ShfcMs to examine and to gain information on these and other points ; and . , ' it Is truly gratify ing to see how wail they have done their duty on every point they have taken up . For my part , I am highly delighted with the discoveries they have made and with the information they have given . All that they have said is strictly true ; and all tbe plana which they have suggested must be carried fully out before the poor miner can ever consider himself as tolerably safe . Should the Committee ' s suggestions be adopted and enforced by law , ( fur depend upon it , Sir , they will never be adopted on any

      other ground ) , they will effect such a change and reformation in coal mines as will be calculated to remove a very hepvy load of dre ^ d and horrible forebodings of danger and death , which have continually preyed upon the minds of poor miners for ages . To -sash a degree has this fear of danger preyed on men ' s minds frequently , ; that they have been beard , . to say that they " feared tbe danger more than they feared the labour ; and that in itself is horrible . " O , yes , I have ofttn mu ' ti it myself , and have heard many others indeed it ; iB an universal complaint Well , soon may this crying evil—this wilful murder of mpn ' s bodies and comforts be for ever done awa y by the Committee ' s suggestions being enforced by law .

      There are a few more important points which I have not seenlnoticed . but wbica call loudly for Reform . The first thinK ' Ishall notice is , tha pit-shaft ' its-df . There is a vast of danger connected with the shaft us at present constituted at most places , ail for want of a little outlay tit tbe first . Now , Iwhun a shaft is sunk , if it be intended for a " cast up-ahaft , " it ought to be W ; tli-d wi ; h either brick or stone land lime , from top to bottom with cast iron cribs and Tine-dams ; then it is s ; if e ; but not unless . If

      it be intended for a " cast-down-shaft" it should either be walled or sheeted with ifood strong sheeting , two inches thick from top to bottom Tiisn it would be safe in ; most cases , especially with a little cast-iron cribbing , ! placed in odd places when there may be a little pressure . Observe , this cribMn *; should be placed on the front , or inside the shotting , by means of little screws- They may bo made to fit every ertvicu by means of placing thin wood wedges bet wttn the crib and sheeting . ; Shafts under this process might be made perfectly ! safe .

      No w , Sir , for want of this little expense at first , I know shjift * , like quarry holes , where scores of cart loads ofirubbish hava tumbled iu . Sometimes I have seen stones fall out of tbe abaft bigger than I could lift , and sometimes cart loads at a tiiue . And , Sir . I have seen skulls laid open , more than once , and others crippled i all their lives from this very snurce . Now , ; Sir , what kind of comfort can human beings enjoy , either night or day , who huve to go up and down such borribie boles as these every day of thuir livca 1 But no murmuring , only very low , or else you lnosft tba swe ^ t privilege of earning a few potatoes and a little salt , even under th ; 8 o circumstances . O ! brave Christian E gland ! But Sir , these penr . y-vriso folfcs are pound-foolish in tbo en < i t , for they bive hundreilH of times to mend and patch those old , rotteD , pit-shafts . Well , I oal wish tbe strong arm of the law to lay hold of these abuses , for I know nothing el' 8 wil' .

      Now Sir , is should be observed , that if the air-current shouM be worked b 7 high-prosfura steam , ( which is desirable , and oujht to be ) , sheeting , in the manner I have stated , would be q < iito sufficient in most

      CagfcR . ; The next point which I would briefly notice is , this , viz ., many poor hurrior lads are exp . 'sed to much danper , and are lamed and sometimes killed on tbe spot , by means of detached pieces of the roof falling , under which they nave eontiuually to pass . Now , these roads ounht to be examined every day . and unsound pieces of roof pulled down , and taken out of the way . But this ; like the rest , will only be done by a Government Inspector . Tae next point I have to notice , is a misery vhich poor helpless chUdre i have to g ? oan and weep under .

      Sir , to give you a proper idea of my meaning , in the next place I must teke ynu to the railway . Now , suppose one side ef the rails was lifted up some inches higbt-r than the other , by reason of the ground rising up in that direction , and supposing the rails to be thrown into a z ' g-z-ig form , and almost buried in filth , stones , and dirt , and suppose a steam-engine had a waggon : of coals to draw through a tunnel , and the wa ? jjon j trailing first against one side and then another , and the coals wedged against the roof of the tunnel . ; I say . Mr . Elitor , " steam fl ; -ing-horse , " aa he is , this would be the way to clip hltn his winga . Would it not , think yon ? Well , but suppose there should be a great loungiufl fellow or two kept on purpose to keep such places in repair , and they neglected to do it from sheer idltDfSS ? what would you tbinfe tliet ? Wed , but I ktow such a case ; and nothing dare be said by the workmen still . Yes , I know Gf a race of poor

      children who have to drng heavy loads of neatly a quarter of a ton weight , under these very circumstances . Well , Whot effect has it upon human nature ? Well , not an hour passes but you may hear some crying most pitifully , ai . d others cursing and swearing most tremendously , land calling on ft-cd Almighty to " damn the pit and the roads , and to blow it all up together . " These are tbe daily prayers of these poor , ineuJt-efi , and ptovokeiS oreatures . Here ' s your Christianity ! While our preachers' sons are brought up in a college for God , these are brought up in a college for the devil ! My God I my very blood runs chill many times when I think of these anomalies . Then , again , they are put in a . situation whereby they are inbtantly coming in contact one with another , snd turning on another ' s back ; then there is such fighting and screaming , and swearing and roaring , land blackguardism ; why , In short , it is nothing less than n > subterraneous hell !!

      Now , ! Sir , all this misery , suffering , and wickedness might be avoided under proper arangements . But this , like all the rest , must be done by a " Government Inspector . " Now , [ Sir , I have worked in the pits thirty years or more , and I have seen so much of the hateful system , that T should be almost tempted to dash my children ' s brains out rather than let them go to such sinks of Bin and misery , as they ate at present . Nobody stands more in need , bat I cannot do it . Another point I would just notice is " bad ropes . " At some places they run their ropes till they actually break , and sometimes men ' s lives are sacrificed in this way . This , too , wants a " Government Inspector , " Now , ; Sir , on ibis point , I just beg to say that a plan has just snggested itself to my mind , which weuld pre « vent any injury taking place , even in case of s rope breaking with a number of men on it . But how is this to be done ? Now , men who understand pits will best understand my meaning .

      Now ; then , to accomplish this point , the conductors should be made of wood , and strong , and well stayed . Then , under each end of the balk , or cross-beam of wood , which slides np and down , the conductors to which the corves are attached ; I say under each end , and within a few inches of tbo end should be placed a short ; strong , iron prong , with two sharp prods at the e d in this direction—

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      Now these prongs should be projected outwards by means of a spring when the men are coming up the shaft , so that tbo brods would slide up the face of the conductors , but if the rope should happen to break , they would stick fast in the conductors in a moment , and would prevent tbe men from falling & single inch But mark , two brods would be necessary , as only one would split the conductors . Thest ) might be made to act during the men going up and down the shaft , at other times they might be fastened cut of the way by means of a sneck or catch . Sir , | if you think proper to lot these suggestions appear in your columns , I trust they will be made of ssuie service , and you will much oblige , Your humble servant , March , 21 st , 1843 . A Coal Miner .

      . Deaths.

      . DEATHS .

      On Saturday , the 18 th mst ., aged 77 years , Mrs . Sarah ] Hemsworth , milliner , dress , and shroud maker , of this town . On Wednesday , the 8 th inst ., at Arthur ' s Hill , Wostgate , Newcastle , Feargus O'Connor Hedloy , infant son of Mr . A . D . Hedley , of Howarih-Iane , near Gateshead .

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      Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOFsON , * t bis Viming Offices , Nos . IS and . 1 S , M > jket-Btreet , Briggatei ad Publianad by the sa ' . d . Josmu Eobsov , ( for the tadd FBAKflUB C / Co *» oa , ) at his Dwelling-house , No . 6 , Ma'Acet-street , Briggate ; an internal C ^ nunoaicatic / u existing between tbe said No . 5 , Market-street , and tbe said Noa . 12 sod 13 , Matket-8 tte 8 t , iJriggato , thus constituting the ¦ whole of the sairi Printing and Publishing Office one Premises . All Gommunieatior / a must benddressed , Post-paid , to Mr . HOBSOST , Northern Star O * See > Leeds ., ( Saturday , March 25 , ««•) ' *

      Wakefield Ocrn Market.

      WAKEFIELD OCRN MARKET .

      Fbidat , Mauch 24 . —There is a liberal supply of Wheat to this day ' s market . The Flour trade in the Western districts remains in a very dull state ; the millers purchase with great caution , aud prices must again be noted Is . per qr . lower . Barley yet remains very scarce , and is readily taken off upon fully as good terms , but Shelling must be stated 6 d . per load lower , and Oats have declined | d . per stone . The demand for Ttaan * is limited , at last -week ' s rates .

      New Periodical Establishment, | London.

      NEW PERIODICAL ESTABLISHMENT , | LONDON .

      Yorkshire Spring Assizes.

      YORKSHIRE SPRING ASSIZES .

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      g THE NORTHERN STAR

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1205/page/8/