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numbers of persons to make their way to the Far West . These soon found that the expectations they had formed from leading Cole ' s letters were not likely to be realized j and that they met "with hardships and difficulties where they expected to meet with plenty and enjoyment . The consequence "was , that they violently set upon Cole , and he was « bl 3 ged to ** cnt and ran" to save himself from the operation of Ltkch Lx » 1
It is true that the parties who were thus disappointed , had not more to meet , or endure , than they might reasonably hare expected , could they knihave imagined the actual realities of a " first-settlers' life . " They had , however , formed extravagant expectations ; they had formed those expectations from reading Cots ' s letters ; and when they found disappointment , the J tried to wreak vengeance upon fiie man who , they avowed , had deceived them .
Mr . PnxETHXY ascertained the fact that the letters in question were nerer written by Colb at &I 1 ] They were written by a land-agent at Racine who was interested in getting parties oat to settle ixpoa his lands ; land being comparatively valueless nntil seized upon . Cole was induced to allow his name to be put to the letters ; and thus the public were deceived . And this is bnt one of the many means of deception that are continually resorted to . "We have reason to belieTe that in the information Mr , Pitkethtt will lay before the public , all exaggeration vffl be avoided . Things will be represented aa they really are . There will be " nothing extenuated : nor ought set down in malice . " Pacts alone will be dealt wife . The leader will be then best able to judge for himself .
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COOPER'S TRIAL . We had thought to be able to give oar readers an Kitire report of this trial , so far as onr means of getting it ge , in this week ' s Star ; and for that reason omitted in onr last so much of it as had then appeared . They -will find elsewhere a rerj , ample report « f the proceedings up to the latest time that we could bare intelligence , taken , without any deduction but the sneers , from the Staffordshire Advertiser , up to Friday night , and thence forward from the Times . Whether we may be able to give the condaaon of it in onr second edition -we cannot Of course teD ; but wb doubt it- We shall give all that comes of it .
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NOTTINGHAM ELECTION . OrBreaders are , of conrse , aware lhat Mr . Walteb is ousted . We have only just space to refer to the following resolutions , adopted ^ athnsiasucaJly by the men of Nottingham . Mr . O'Cokkob . has gone to Nottingham . - — a That we have suffered under the various oppression inflicted upen ns by the Whigs and Tories ; who by their system of legislation and selfish laws , have deprived the people of their natural resources for obtaining the eonjforte of life ; reduced the country to the verge of rain ; and called into existence a fearful amount of immorality , misery , and crime . We are , therefore , convinced that the only
means by which this corruption and misery can be destroyed , is by placing the legislative power with the people , and protecting them in its exercise by &e People ' s Gharter . " ** That tre have no confidence in those who profes 3 sympathy lor the people , bat who withhold from them those just righte by which alone their grievances can be redressed : and being determined to rid ourselves from the perfidy of one party and the tyranny t > f the other , we rejoice to learn that Peargns O'Connor , Esq ., has come forward as a candidate to represent the town of Nottingham in Paaliament , as we are convinced tha-t he vrill advocate nne rights of fcfl J and we pledge onrselres to use every constiVBtional means to secure his re
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y-p- O'Coxsob begs to announce that he-rec eived the J oUoinng sums Jot the Defence Fund ^ which he has not before acknowledged : —Proceeds of his address in the Ball of Science , token on his way to Lancaster * £ 15 ; from the working men of Preston , at ihe Railway Station , £ A \ from Mr . Lvnn , at Lancaster , £ 1 ; from a person whose name he forgets , and xcho vnil have the goodness to communicate if through the Star , 8 s ., vhen Jewing the meeting at the Sail of Science ; 17 s . was tendered to Mr . O'Connor in the Court at Lancaster , by Mr . Duron , of Manchester , hut 3 fr . O'Connor could not then receive it : Mr .
Dixon however tendered it . The St fford trials , in money and subpeenas , have cost nearly £ 50 and shortly the grand Jight comes < m in the Queen ' s Benchi it ix , therefore , most earnestly requested ihal aU local treasurers icill at once revut aU monies in their hands to Mr . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet street . Janes ' * case , and those of all who have been convicted , will have to be broughi before the Court of Queen t Bench : let the messis ? therefore , be supplied * * Tsb Tsx&i . " — The first number of the tried is pub lished . It is printed in London ; those , therefore , u-ho < tre getting parcels from London would do well to order what they may require to be enclosed in them , Several orders from distant parts
have been sent to Leeds . By the tcay tee have pointed out , much carriage expence unll be saved , L 03 D 05 Femais Chabhsts . —Susanna Inge sends us a long letter to this body in reference to some matters vhich seem to be in -dispute among them about the character of some member to whose admission Susanna Inge objected . We cannot , x > f course , admit their matters of-private detail into the Northern Star ; but we give the conclusion of the letter , which seems , indeed , io set forth the object of it : — "Riia loag timeaaes"we all met ? and it is "wisnci trit t » b should meet and come to some conclusion It is . therefore , agreed that we meet at the Political and Sdenjific Institution , TnrnagaiE-lane , en Tnesday , the nth of April , at « ight o'clock in , . the evening ; and I do particularly request th&t not
only those -who are meml za wia be present , but any -who may have left the society within this last three monibs -will come forward and state why they have dose bo ; and if I am tha obstacle I em withdraw ; and if J am not , they will , by » o doing , remove the stigma from me . There are also some money nattera to settle , at which I -wish all to be present j saa other business to transact Let me then entreat yon not to fc 3 so backward as you have 2 > een , hat Jet us bagin onr ne"w year in harmony and union ; for I have not the slights ^ hesitation in ajing thai all will fee settled to our satisfaction vhen wb have exchanged our thoughts and opinions . With these remarks 1 take my leave of you , toping that yon -srill respond to my calL " And 3 remain , my Sisters , 11 To the Chartist causa and our ovn
" latGe Army a true Devotee , "SCSJLITNA 1 BGE . " A Coxsxast Subscbibsb suggests that " Chartists througficut the length and breadth of the land , trio can do it -uilhout inconvenience , grow and icesr hit moustaches : ihtis vnll the Charter be * *> " ¦ prominentl y before the eyes of all . Mcmsioehst are becoming more and more fashionable every day ; and when the Chartists can adopt the fashion without expense they ought by all means to do so , particulaly as they icill be paying a high compliment io their superiors , ttho , if they continue to icesr their moustaches must be considered converts to the Charter . " IL Ueook , Todmohdex . —We always make use , if possible , of everything that is sent to vs : -we are
\ obliged , hoirever , to be guided by circumstances . T X £ ES YoCSG . —Thanks for his letter ; but the Quaker fool is not teorth meddling teith . W , fi . 1 mm . —We have no doubt , from his description of the man , lhat it is Griffin . Cartledge is taller , and has a lame arm . H . D . GsJTFiXBS . — We have not room for his letter en the death ef poor Shipley in the Pentonvill e Sell-hole ; bul 1 M ptrfitil y agree tr ith him that ihe verdict ought io have been , That the deeeasedj Charles Shipley , died of water on the brain , caused by the mental torture of the Kparate Eilent system , the dFecis of which defies
all medjcatiOrill . " "W . Hameb . —West was not tried at Lancaster ; Cooper vas in the indictment , and of course all thai relates to Mm in the trial trill appear in Vie report . W , J ) jLHjsis . —77 ie notice to v > hich he refers was nol inttndedfor him . TTgvny Berseti . —Sis letter is unavoidably post poned tiB next teeek . Eeeob ih ottx last—in the letter of a coal-miner , the words ¦** titmtng on another ' s back / 7 should be ** turning one arolher back . A Coal-Mihkb . —We have not anything in type that
would correctly represent the figure he draws . Ous Week ' s Niws . —The long reports ice have given of the Chartist trials ai Stafford end Leicester , must this tcsek plead our excuse for the curtailment of some , and the omission of others , of our Corr&JjCndrjltf favours . Such as are nol otti of date , or as possess pubUc interest , shall be attended to next rceek . Ma . Beesley is now on his toay to Newcastle and irill be there , most likely , on Sunday or Monday . Letters for him must be directed io the care of Mr , Sinclair .
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IflOius T-iYLOfi , ToEftPAT , Dbvgm . —If Mr . Tsylot H" read the noBres of Cash received at the Star Office , which appeared in the oth page of tha Paper da » 3 d March 28 th , he fcM overlooked the money from the Chartists at Torquay : read them again . F&ASCis Stibkas . —We do not know anything of the letter . The letter of inquiry has been forwarded to Mr . O'Connor . To AGKKTS . —Those Agents -who hive received their Accounts are requested to send in the balances , or they need not rxpest to receive their Papers .
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FOR THB NATIONAL DEFENCE FUHD . £ a . d . From J . Qoodridgc—colkctad at AT ) ETgavenny 0 5 8 « . a few friends at Berry Brow 0 9 0 „ a few friends , par Wm Wood , Chorley 0 17 « Hwick , per J . Hogg . ( Procseds of a raffle for Star Plate *) 1 10 0 .. a Lovtr of Justice , Chepst-vw ... ... » 1 3 _ a few friends at Kilmarnock ... ... 0 3 0 ? the Cbsrtisrs of Pidiham 10 0 _ a few friends at Howarth ... ... 0 5 0 „ the Chartists at Ripponden 10 0 FOB MRS . BOBEfiTS . From iionaon , being proe . ^ ds of a mee ting held at the Feathers , Warren * street 0 14 0 FOB . THE VICTIM FTJKD . From a few friends at King Cross . „ . « . 0 5 0
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( Continued from our eighth page . ) . STAFFORD , Tuesday , Mabch 28 . f Continuation of the Defence . J The following is the conclusion af this day ' s proceedings : — Rupert Swetenham examined by Cooper—I am a boilermaker at Hanley . I remember Beeing you on the 13 th of April last , abont half-nast two o ' clock in tie afternoon , at the Crown -Bank . You took for roar text a passage out of iBaiah . You did not
speak of the Queen ' s bastards . You said something about a King ' s bastard , but I did not hear you say anything about the Qoean . I was present at Forre ^ tpr ' s fire , and saw the witness Abbington there . When the roof was falling in , he clapped his bands , and said , * ' We shall have a blfsspd blaze when the the house burns ; this is glorioas . " The house was not on fire then . I was near Mr . Aitken ' s about two o ' clock in the morning . I saw them break the windows and go into the house . I did not take part in those outrages .
Cross-examined by Mr . Richards—1 worK for Mr . Kirk . 1 am what they call a Chartist . Ueyer sa-w C&pper before the lOlh of Agril . 1 wag not at the Special Commission . I was . applied to to come here on Saturday las .. ChaileB Hackney , examined , by Cooper . —I am a potter , residing at Hanley . The witness simply proved that Ellis was not present with Cooper at the Crown Bank on the 10 th of ApriL He ( witness" ) was with him from one o ' clock on that day until nine o ' clock . The first time _ he ( witness ) saw Cooper was on Saturday the 13 th of August , when he delivered a funeral sermon on tbe death of young Frost . Cross-examined by Mr . Godson—There was no meeting on the Crown Bank on the 12 th of August . If there had been I must have known it . EIUb and I worked together . I did not see him on the 15 th or ISih of An ^ ast at alL The witness Brownaall and 1 are not particularly intimate .
The Court here adjourned for a quarter of an Hour , and , on the proceedings being resumed , Cooper said , he had an application to make to the Court . He found that his witnesses / after having given their evidence , were not allowed to leave the Court , but confined within it like prisoners . The consequence -was that many of his witnesses whom he intended to call , if this course were continued , would not come forward , and great injury would be done to the defendants . The Judge—The usual course , if witnesses are excluded from the Court before examination is , that they are not afterwards allowed w mix with witnesses who are still to be examined . If they were £ O allowed all the benefit to be derived from such an arrangement would be rendered entirely nugatory , as the witnesses after leaving the Court would immediately communicate with those outside .
Cooper said such a course was not pursued with regard to the witnesses for the prosecution ; and if his witnesses were still kept confined in Court he would throw up his defence , and leave himself entirely in the hands of the Jury . Tne Judge—If tie witnesses for ihe prosecution were not kept from mixing together you ought to have complained of it at the time . X > o you wish , brother TaJLfonrd , to keep the witnesses in court 1 Mr . Serjeant Talfoard—I have no wish upon the subject , further than to prevent the witnesses examined to prove an alibi being allowed w > communicate with others who are to be examined on the same point . Cooper—1 certainly shall not go on with my defence under such circumstances . The Judge—You may do as yon like , I can't help it .
Coopar—My witnesses are kept in confinement in a regular prison . It ia quite useless to go on ; no jury , I am sure , will convict me under Buch circumst&noes . Mr . Reynolds , the crier , and other officers of the court , begged to inform his Lordship , lhat witnesses examined for the prosecution were carefully prevented from mixing or talking with witnesses who had not been examined . Mr . Serjeant Talfouid—What possible objection there can be to these witnesses remaining in court I cannot possibly tell .
The Jadge thought it of little consequence , as he understood every word of the evidence was daily published in the newspapers . It would be best to Bay no more abont the matter , and let the witnesses go if they pleased . ilx . Sergeant Talfourd—I acquiesce in your Lordship ' s suggestion . Mr . Godson—But the officers of the Court declare that all the witnesses for the prosecution were carefully watched . Mr . Sergeant Talfourd—Well , but to put an end to the matter , we will allow the witnesses to leave the Court . lie Judge—This will be contrary to all rule , bnt the witnesses must not communicate with each other ; if it is proved to me they do , I will punish the offenders . Cooper—My Lord , you did not tell the witnesses for the prosecution so .
The Judge—But I tell yours so . Had I known that the witnesses for the prosecution were allowed to mix after examination , which 1 am told was not the case , 1 should have said the same to them . John Bamford , examined by Cooper—1 am a potter , and reside at Sbeltoo . This witness corroborated the . last , and said he , Ellis , and Hackney went to Hendon on the 10 ih of April , and that neither of th m attended Cooper ' s funeral sermon for young Frost . During the day Ellis was engaged in reading Lord Byron ' s Hours of Idleness .
. GeorgeMart , china-painter , of Stoke , examined by Cooper—I remember seeing the prisoner Riohards in the month of July last . I saw him at the meeting at the Sea Lion , of whieh I was chairman . Richards addressed that meeting ; it was held about -seven o'clock in the evening of either the 5 th or 6 th of July . I think that Richards proposed the first resolution . recommending a union of the working and middle classes , which he thought would prevent that rnin , which impended over the whole conntry . He recommended the people to be peaceable and quiet , as nothing could be got by disturbances . I have no recollection of his referring to the Queen or the police . They never were mentioned during the night . As chairman of the meeting I would not have allowed it . There were some colliers in the
Market-place at the time I went to the meeting . The first time I saw you was when yon were liberated on bail , at Stafford . I never heard Richards speak disrespectfully of the Queen . He was what we called in the Potteries a milk and water speaker . CroBS-examined by Mr . Alexander- ^ The Queen ' s name was never mentioned at all , in either terms of loyalty or disloyalty : 1 am quite sure of that . By the Judge—The Queen ' s person was never alluded to j I am sure of that . Edward William Sals—I am a china painter and gilder , at Hanley . 2 first saw you ( Cooper ) , 1 believe , in July . 1 cannot say positively whether or not it was in ApriL On Saturday evening , the 13 th of July , and on the following day , Sunday , I saw yon st Jeremiah YaWs . On the Friday evening preceding 1 was at the George and Dragon , attending a ball . Neither Richards nor Ellis was there .
At this period Peplow , one of Cooper's witnesses , who had been observed to leave the court , and communicate with other witnesses to be called for the defence , attracted Ihe atten ^ on of Mr . Richards , Queen 8 Counsel , who in an undertone mentioned the circumstance to his colleague , Mr . Alexander . Cooper caught the observation , and most vehemently protested againBt the insinuation of the Learned Counsel . Mr . Richards—Don ' t address your observations to me .
The Judge—Really , sir ( addressing the defendant ) , you must confine jourself to yonr defence . Surely Counsel for the Crown have a right to make observations to one another . I never before heard of such an attempt to restrict the privilege of speech . Mr . Sergeant Talfourd—My Lord , we must claim protection against the insolence of this man . No Cjunsel at the bar would be allowed to conduct himself in the way he is allowed to do . Csopor—1 insult you I I do no such thing but there are perpetual insinuations made against my honesty and the honesty of my witnesses . It is 1 that am constantly insulted . The Judge—1 have neither seen nor heard of pjoj intention to insult you . Goon with your case ? and conduct yourself wiVu propriety .
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Sale ' s examination was resumed by Cooper , with the view of showing thai Abbington , one of the principal witnesses , wn actively engaged in the riets of the 15 th of Au < just . —I havoEeen Abbington since that period . One Friday evening , when I w - at the Royal Oak public houxe , Abbir <{ toa , told me he had got tome plate from Bailey Rose ' s , and he drew a beautiinl joncil case oat of his jacket . I asked him to let me look at it . He let me have it in my hands for aboHt half a minute , and said it came from Ba ley Rore ' s , that it was given to him , and that the person who gave it him told him that it came from there . I told him it was a very foalish thing to have stolen goods in his possession . He told me he should conceal it by putting it in a bottle with oil in it and burying it : that when the
confusion had abated a little he eould send it io Birmingham , and have the initials erased , and his own engraved on it . It was a beantiful rich ehau d silver pencilca ~ e , with a cornelian si one . I cannot recollect what the initials were , 1 cannot swear to them . I believe it was in September he stated to me that he had written a threatening letter to Jamco Wheeldon ; that he had written it badly and spelt it wrong to prevent detection . Cross-examined by Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—I am almost sure that he told me of the threatening letter in September . I cannot say bow it was that I first stated that he told me of the letter on Friday , the 2 nd of July . 1 now think it was in September . I am quite sure it was in tbe year 1842 . I am quite sure of that . Can ' t tell the value of the
penciloaBe . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—Did you go to Mr . Bailey Rose's ! Witness—Yes , I went last week . Mr . Ssrjeant Talfourd—What , » was that the first time ! Witness—Y « s . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—What , did you go with Mr . Cooper ? Witness—Yea , and I should not have Rone there had not Cooper taken me —( Laughter . ) Witness explained that he had once been committed by Mr . Rose for sedition , and tried and acquitted before his Lordship , the present Judge , twelve months ago . He did not like to see Mr . Rose on that account . Thomas Tomkinson merely repeated tbe evidence of previous witnesses .
Cooper here begged to mention a note which had been communicated to him by a lawyer . He was requested at once to object that the indictment mast , fail , inasmuch as the averment had not been supported by the evidence for the prosecution . Mr . Godson—What averment 1 For your satisfaction I can inform you lhat there are cot fewer than twenty averments in this indictment . The Judge—I V 2 ry much doubt whether the objection was suggested by a lawyer . Cooper—I assure you , my Lord , he is an attorney .
The ! Judge—He may be an attorney , but he can be no lawyer , or he would have informed you that the time to take such an objection to the indictment would be waen the evidence was closed . You remarked upon the deficiency of evidence in yeur adure 33 to the Jury ; and it will be my duty to lay the case before the Jury for their decision . Cooper—My Lord , I merely lay the objection befere the Csurt ; loot being a lawyer know nothing upon the point stated . The Judge—And your instructor quite a ? little . Henry Sharp , James Livesley , and Thos . Mayer , gave united testimony to the previous witnesses called for the defence . They were severally cross-examined by Mr . Sergeant Talfoard , Mr . Richards , and Mr . Godson . They were all professed Chartists , spoke highly of Cooper ' s conduot in the Potteries , and declared that on all occasions he preached the doctrine of peace and order .
John Moreton examined by Cooper—I am a tailor , and live st Hanley . I remember the 10 th ef April last ; I saw vqu about one o ' clock , at Mr . Yates ' s . Abont two o'clock tbe same day , I saw you at the Crown Bank . Yon delivered a sermon . There was singinp , but I cannot recollect any prayer . [ Witn « 3 s spoke like the previous witness , to the purport of Cooper's discourse on that occasion . ] You spoke of the common land which had been taken from the poor after the Norman Conquest . You spoke of King Alfred as the be 3 t monarch that ever lived . You spoke of Charles 11 . a 3 a licentious monarch . You dwelt upon the People's Charter , and said they would never get their rights until they agitated
peaceably for the Charter . 1 left the Potteries in the May following , aud did not return until about a month ago . I never saw you again , from April , in 184 * 2 , until I saw you in Hanley , on Suaday last , at Yates ' s . Cross-examined by Mr . Alexander—Tha witness Peplow was at Yates ' s on Sunday with Cooper . I went there accidentally . It was about four o'clock in the afternoon . Cooper did not ask me to give evidence ; I volunteered . I had previously told Mr . Yates that I was present at the meeting on the 10 th Of April , and would be very happy to go to Stafford and tell the truth . I was at a place of worship on Sunday last . Mr . Alexander—What was tbe text 1
Witness— I will tell you presently . It was ° Come unto me , all ye that are heavily laden , and I will give you rest . " Mr . Alexander—Who was the preacher % Witnesa^—I don't know his name . - Mr . Alexander—Where was the sermon preached ? Witness—In Brunswick Chapel , Bur « lcm . Mr- Alexander—What place in the Bible was the the text said to be taken from ? Witness—I think from St . Matthew , bat I will not swear it . Mr . Alexander—Then , you can recollect the place whence the text was taken in April , bnt not that on Sunday last ! Witness—Yes . Mr . Alexander . —Can you recollect any portion of the sermon preached on Sunday last i Witness—Some little of it .
Elisha Mayor was examined by Cooper- —Deposed to facts previously spoken to , when he was subjected to a severe cross-examination . He atated that he arrived io Stafford at two o ' clock that afternoon , and that since his arrival Peplow ( Cooper ' s friend ) had read over to him in the Market-place a certain paper . Would not swear that it did not contain instructions as to the evidence he should give . All he heard him read he believed was a list of names . Was iu the Shoulder-of-Mutton public-house with Peplow before he read that paper to me . I was present at the meeting at the Crown Bank on the 15 vh of August . I was there all the time . It commenced at about ten in the morning . ( All the witnesses had sworn that it commenced at seven in tbe morning . ) Cooper here stated , that in consequence of the course pursued by the counsel , he had now no further witnesses in Stafford whom he should cull .
The Judge—But we cannot allow the trial to be carried out to this unreasonable length because of your not having your witnesses in . attendance . Mr . Sergeant Talfourd—My Lord , suiely we cannot be charged with not having given every indulgence . Thomas Shute gave the defendant Capper a good character as a sober , honest , industrious , and loyal man . Cooper now announced that he had eight witnesses in attendance .
Henry Foster , potter , Shelton , deposed that he was present at the Crown Bank meeting on the night of the 15 th of August , and that Cooper denounced drunkenness , and advocated peace , law , and order . The mob had broken into several places that day , and the defendant condemned them for so doing . At the conclusion of the meeting witness went to the George and Dragon , and left at from half-past ten to a quarter to eleven . Saw nothing more of Cooper that night , and tbe next time he saw him was wh # n he was in custody aj Newcastle . Cross-examined by Mr . Serjeant Talfourd . —I am a Chartist . The sermon was oue universal strainft Peace , law , and order . " Heard nothing about turning ont the hands . Saw Forrester ' s fire on going home from the George and Dragon , but did not go near it . The Court adjourned at half-past eight until nine in the moraine .
Wednesday , Mabch 29 . The trial was resumed this morniug at nine o ' clock . Joseph Orton , a blue-potter , examined by Cooper , deposed that he attended certain meetings , at which the defendant was preseDt , on Sunday , the 14 th of August , and that his addresses had a peaceable tendency . When at Longton on Sunday afternoon he spoke in terms of approbation of the Rev . Dr . Vale , the rector . Was present at the meeting at the Crown Bank on the morning ef Monday , the 15 th , when he heard Cooper recommend the people to cease labour until they had obtained the Charter . He ( Cooper ) called himself the self-elected chairman of the meeting , put a resolution to the effect already described , proposed by George Hemming , and it was carried unanimously . Was again present at a meeting on saia
the Crown Bank in the evening , whea Cooper he had heard various repovts respecting outrages which Lad occurred during the day , and which be hoped were not true , for that was not the way to obtain tbe Charter . Attended a meeting on the loth of August , near the Saracen ' s Head , whioh was addressed by Messrs . Ellis , W . Ridgway , J . Ridgway , Richards , a&d others . There was a motion and an amendment proposed . The defendant Richards pro- f o ^ ed the amendment , " That the psople should ceate labour until the Charter became the law of che land . " It wascarried almost unanimously , ind the chairman did not pot the orginal motion , after . Never saw the defendant Cooper from Sunday , the 15 th of August , until last Sunday , "when he saw him in Hartey . Came into Stafford l ^ te last night . .
Cross-examined by Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—Four more came with me . On Monday night , the 15 ( h , did not hear anything about turning out the hands . Did not hear Caoper approve of the mode in which they had turned out tbe work people . The meeting
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on the 16 th . was after the military had fired upon the mob at Burslem . Mr . Ridgway proposed the original- motion ; it was to the eft at that a- * they could not get all the points of the Charter at onrs they muBt get one point at a time . Ellis seconded the amendment , heard him say something about blood beinw spilt , but could not Bay he atatad that every drop of blood which had ken spilt by the military should be paid back With intereit . Tho meeting on the lhh was disoerscd by the military .
Charles Steward , speotaoie-ma ^ er , of Curzon-B * » ¦ Birmingham , examined by Cooper—I know the defendant Richards , and saw him at the ChartJst-rooms , Birmingham , between eight and nine o clock on the night of the 10 th of April last . He was listening to afuuerjji . sermon preached by Mr . Mead on the death of Henry Froat . Richards , auer Mead had concluded , addrc .: cd the ongregation . Should not have recollected the date but from the date of the printed hymn which was sung on the occasion , and which I now hand in .
Cross-examined by Mr . Richards—Was sent for yesterday , and tne boy , who we i the mescsuger found me at a ball in Birmingham for Mr . Gr > rge White . There are Chartist lectures in the same room iu Birmingham every Sunday . He-examiiied by Caopsr—The ball , ai which I was present , was for the benefit of Gewge White , who is about to be tried at Warwick for sedition . James Martjn , china-gilder , of Featon , deposed to the peaceable character of the spc : chei of Cooper , at Fenton and Longton , on the 14 th of August , and never saw him from that time until last Sunday at Hanley . John Humber , clog and patten-maker , of Longton , and John Naylor , tailor , Longton , spoke to the same effect as the ]» 3 t witness . They both admitted tuemtolves to be Chartists .
Samuel Smith , clock-maker , Hanley , depo ed to the peaceable character of tbe defendant , Richards ' , spr : ch at the meeting at the Sea Lion , in Hanley , in July . He did not speak disreipectfully of the Queen . Witness wag a Chartist . Heard the defendant Cooper preach the funeral sermon for young Pro ; t . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—We do not rely upon , nor do we ask any questions , with respect to the funeral sermon for Frost . Witness heard the cermon on the Crown Bank on Sunday night , the 14 th of August , when Caoper preached from the ^ text " Thou shalt do no murder , " Tho Judge—The Crown does not rely upon that sermon . You have already got the general character of that discourse from previous witnesses , and the counsel for the proceoution did not offer any contradiction . They did not even cross-examine upon it .
Cooper said it struck him as material , inasmuch as the sermon was preached the day preceding thf > outrages committed by the mob . Tne Judge—You have already got the general bearing of the sermon . Witness next spoke to Cooper ' s addresses on the 15 th , in which he recommended that the people should cease labour until the Charter became the law of the land . Was present at a meeting on the 16 th , in the afternoon . Mr . Weir , a Orn Law repealer , was in the chair ; and Mr . W Kidgway , Mr . J . Ridgway , Mr . Richards , and Mr . Ellis were present . A motion and an amendment were proposed . Mr . Weir , the anti-Corn Law Chairman ,
put the same motion to the meeting— ° to cease labour until the Charter beoame the law of the land , " which he had done to the meetingthe previous day . Mr , Weir declared it to be carried . Mr . Weir was a manufacturer and anti-Cora Law Leaguer . The meeting was called by Mr . Ridgway . Cross-examined by Serjeant Ta'fourd—At the meeting held at the Sea Lion in July , Mr . Richards did not say— " If the Queen cannot protect us away with her . " If any body has suggested that he did say so they did Mr . Richards great injustice . Mr . John Ridgway , at the meeting which he attended , deplored the outrages which had been committed , and so did all the speakers . I am quite sure that Ellis , who is now transport ad , also deplored tbe
outrages Re-examined by Cooper—I understand you , then , that Mr . John Ridgway called the meeting on tbe morning of the 16 th . Witness—He did . Both Ellis and Riohards spoke at that meeting . Recollects Richards said , " Stick to what you are until the Charter becomes the law of the land . " He repeated this several times . His impression was that Richards meant , cease labour until the Charter become the law of the land . Richard Dean , maltster , Hanley , examined by Cooper—I know Abbington , one of tho witnesses for the prosecution . On one occasion in the bar of the Sea Lion , Hanley , I heard him say William Ellis was not at Aitkins'a fire ; if he was , I must have seen him . 1 was there myself . By the Judge—Did Abbington also say , I thought I saw Cooper at Forrester ' s fire , but I must be mistakeri ; for it was Mr . Turner . "
Witness—Those were not exactly the words , but the ? were to that effect . The Judge—* WiIl you venture to swear that he did not use Mr . Pearce'a name ? Witness—1 will not swear it , bat I do not recollect . By Cooper—I am not a Chartist : but was subpoenaed last night at Hanley . Cross-examined by Mr . Richards—Can't recollect that Abbington said he saw Ellis in women ' s clothes . Will not ewear that he did say so , but I do not recollect it . George Croasland , examined by Cooper—I am a
woollen cloth-manufacturer , ef Linley , near Huddersfield , and visit Hanley six times a year . I stop at the Sea Lion . I remember hearing Abbington 8 t&te to the company ta tha bar at the Sea Lion that Ellis was not at Aitkins ' s fire , for if he had been there he must have seen him , as he himself was there . I ; am aot a Chartist , but a Whig ia principle , and also au anti-Corn Law repealer . Henry Bath , of Upper Hanley . and Mary Nicholson , wore next examined to the peaceable character ef Cooper's speeches in the Potteries . The latter fainted , aud was removed out of Court in the middle of her examination .
Cooper said he had several more poor poople to speak to his addresses at Longton and Fenton , but some of them being women , and , like the last witness , never before in a Cjurt of Justice , he was afraid they might not be able to give very clear evidence . He would , however , venture to call one
or more . , . The Judge—I cannot give you any advice . You must take your own course . Eliza Ridgett , the wife of a collier , Longton ; Mary Grattan , wife of a miner , Longton ; and Harriette Beech , Bingle woman , Lane-end , confirmed the evidence given by tho previous witnesses with regard to the peaceable objeot of Cooper ' s speeches . Harriette Barker , the wife of the landlord of the Royal Oak , Hanley , was called by Cooper to corroborate the statement of Sale with regard to what Abbington had ' said as to hia having in his possession a pencil-case t ^ ken fro m the house of Mr . Rose , the magistrate ; but the witnesses testimony entirely failed in its object . She could not recollect the words stated by Sale to have been used by
Abbington . , Mr . Preston Barker , the husband of the last witness , deposed that he had known Cooper for many years , and that he never knew him to be otherwise than & quiet , peaceable , and loyal man . Moses Simpson , boot and shoemaker ,, of the Pot teries ( Cooper ' s confidential agent in the Potteries during this inquiry ) , was then called , and was left under crohs-axainiuation by Mr . Godson when our packet was made up ( half-past one o ' clock . ) It is stated that a Chartist committee is now sitting in the Potteries collecting evidence for tbe defence and sending up witaesses . About twenty h&ve arrived in Stafford this morning , and are now awaiting examination . Shoals are expected in the course of the day , so that it ia stterly impossible , under such circumstances , to foretell the termination of the inquiry .
Mr . Justice Erskine has declared that he will sit until a late hour on this and all future evenings until he has fi nished tbe ease . It is now highly improbable , unless some unforseen circumstance , occurs to curtail these unprecedented proceedings , that his Lordship and Messrs . Sergeant Talfourd Richards , and Godson will be able to join circuit at Hereford , or even at Monmoatb . If Cooper is allowed to pursue his present course , the trial will not be over tor a week to come .
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but he was there to protect the interests of tbe working classes , and to secure the return of the man of the people ' s choice . He had cone anted to have hia name put in nomination to kesp off all shoyhoys , as a soarcrow to ) hnmbugs . He ( Mr . O'C . ) then stated that be had bad an in * 3 rview with T . S . Duncombo , E « q . upou the 8 ubj ; ct , for h& considered that it wa ; duo to that gentleman for the uoble exertions which he made in tho estate of the people , that he should be consulted ; and as he-stood alone in the House of Commons to battle for the rights of the p : ople , it jwai our dnty to send same one from Nottingham that would r listhixa . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) had no ambition to go to Parliament ; he only wanted to see men ia the House who- resold
work there as he was doing out of the House . He then , ia a manner which called forth the greatest aDplauce , alluded to the essential service ! which Mr . Duneombe had rendered to the people , and gave an iatereiting account of Tuesday evening ' s debate ; and he felt convinced that the people would show the Government that the more he wa i insulted ia the Houte , the more closelyj would they adhere ta him , and support him , aud show that he not only had pawer out of the House * but that they would oot return men there who would not support him . He believed Mr . Duncombe would recommend a candidate to them , and it would be for them to say
whether they approved of him . ; if they did , by uniting they might secure his return , and destroy Toryism in Nottingham . ! Bat tf the Whigs would not assist to return a man of the people ' s choiceif they persisted in having a Whig candidate—he would go to the poll ; arid he pledged himself that they should either have'him or a thumpiDg , ugly Tory . But he would be with them a ^ ain before the election , and come , as he always had dona , at his own expence . He concluded a powerful and telling speech ( but which the lateness of the week will not alfow us to do justice to ) amidst the most enthusiastic cheers .
Mr . R . T . Mobbison then proposed , aad Mr . Simmows teconded , the following resolution : — " That we , the electors j and non-electors of Nottingham , in public , meeting assembled , having closely and anxiously watched the conduct of T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., Member for Finsbury , and haviag witnessed his zeal and devotion ia the cause of the working classe 3 , and alsojthe insult , contumely , and reproach to which his persevering advocacy of the people ' s rights have subjected him in tha House of Commons ; and having the most unbounded
confidence in that gentleman , ffr el oarselvea called upon to strenghthea hiB hands j by all the means in our power . We , therefore , resolve to give our support at the ensuing election in ( favour of such candidate as shall have the entire confidence of that gentleman i feeling convinced that he will not recommend any candidate who will hot pledge himself to the Six Points of the People ' s Charter ; and tbat the Chairman of the Non-Electors' Committee be requested forthwith to correspond with T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., upon the subject . "
This was carried unanimously , amidst deafening applause . The people of Nottingham , by this resolutiOu , have given a quick and powerful reply to the taunts which ( action has heaped upon Mr . Duncombe ; aad the enthusiastic manner in whioh his name is always received by the people will tea 3 b his opponents that neither he , nor the cause which he advocates , can be treated with contempt . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , three cheers for Mr . O'Connor , three cheers for Mr . Duncombo , three cheers for Mr . Cwpsr , and three for Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Junes . A procession paraded the town after the meetiug broke up . It is confidently contemplated that T . S . Duncombe . Esq ., will be at Nottingham next weak .
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TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STABSis , — I have nearly got into that state of mind to be p'toinshed at nothing that may occur ; but I must say that the assertion which Mr . Brotherton is reported ia the Times of ( Wednesday , the 29 th of March , to have made in the House of Commons , in reply to Mr . Duncombe ' s motion , did stagger me . I am sure that he would not knowingly utter what is not true ; therefore , his credulity must have been most grossly imposed on by some one .
Only think , Sir , tbat I was " so satisfied wjth the manner in which Mr . Beswick had treated me , that I had since called upon him to thank him for bis conduct ; " that by six o ' clock in the mornin < he should ( come into my house and take possession inside aud out—that he should send my servant to rouse me from my bed—tbat he should arrest me—afterwards my oldest son—and even his younger brother win tracked from place to place , and taken by an Inspeotor to where I had seat him for the purpose of obtaining bail , —going into nearly every room in my house ; rummaging my private documents , drawers , &o . ; my daughters '
work boxes , drawers , Ac . ; and then taking me from my family and my duties—and thank him forsooth ! Let those believe it who will ! Satisfied , indeed !! I assure you it would take a great deal more than what Mr . Beswick , Mr . Irwin , Mr . Green , and all the others who accompanied them , have done , to satisfy me . No , no ; I am not so easily satisfied , Sir . Trusting to your politeness to find a corner , thus to give public denial to it—having writen to Mr . Brotherton aad Mr . Duacombe by last night's post , I remain , dear Sir , ! Yours very respectfully , | J . SCHOLEFIEU ) . Every-street , Manchester , March 30 , 1843 .
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MANCHESTER . —Carpenter ' s Hall . —On Sunday last , two lectures were delivered in the above Hall , by Mr . Henry Jones , from Liverpool . The attendance on both occasions was large and respectable . After the evening ' s lecture , the following resolution was moved by Mr . Dixon , and carried unanimously : — " That the thanks of this meeting be given to the band and choir , for their love of patriotism in coming forward and giving their services to render our meatiags both instructive and amusing . " Mr . D . then said there was another subject upou which he wished to test them . And this was the more necessary , as the enemies of Chartism were endeavouring to give a false alarm . It was well i known to the men of
Manchester that during the trial at Lancaster the Leaguers were crying in every corner that O'Connor , Leach , Doyle , and others ( would be transported . Nay , more ; they actually j circulated through the town that such wa ^ the case ; There was something very laughable in their conduct . On the Wedne :-day night there was nothing so sure as the transportation of O'Connor ; j he was sure to follow Frost . This was what they could wish ; but , behold , on Friday morning , there was a full development of the " Jim Crow" propensitiep of Whiggery . When the news of the glorious triumph reached this town , how changed was their toae . i Oh , said they , " We did not tell you so , but we knew that the Torie 3 wanted not to punish them ; we always knew
that the Chartists and ( O'Connor were Tory tools . " He would much rather hear their friends called these names ; than have to lament for their incarceration in the dungeon's gloom . Bnt the free trade gents were going too far when they said that the trials at Lancaster had taken away the confidence of the people from Feargas O'Connor , Esq . He , therefore , in order to try whether that was the ca- > e or not , would move the following resolution for their adoption or rejection : — " That we , the inhabitants of { Manchester , do hereby give our best thanks to F . O'Connor , Esq . for his pa 3 t Eervices in the cause of democracy . And
further , that we do place implicit confidence in him as an independent and disinterested advocate of the people ' s rights . And also that we are convinced that bad it not been for the Northern Star newspaper our cause would not have been in its present proud position . We , therefore , pledge ourselve 3 to support that paper by all the legal means in our power . " On the Chairman putting the resolution to the meeting , it was carried ; by a forest of hands . The Chairman then put it to the contrary , but there was not one hand out of the thousands present . Thanks were then voted to the Chairman , aad ( be meeting separated . 1
On Wednesday evening , ! the Chartist painters opened a splendid new room , in Watson-street , Peter-street , when Mr . Wm . Dixon delivered a lecture to a large and respectable audience of < painters and others . The room will be open every Wednesday evening . BIRMINGHAM . —The usual monthly conference of the Chartists of this towaj was held on Monday last , at the Black Horse Inn , Prospeot-row . The minutes of the last meeting bavins been read and confirmed , the Secretary read [ over the balance sheet of the last month , which showed an increase of the funds over the previous month ; of nearly treble the amount . Tbe Council then going out of office submitted to the Council then to fee elected , the
following suggestions : —1 . " That aidistrict delegate meeting should assemble at the earliest moment convenient , comprising deputies from Birmingham , Worcester , Warwick , Stafford , Wplverhamptoa , Bilston , Coventry , Leamington , Stourbridge , Bromsgrove , Redditoh , Walsal , Wednesbury , Darlaiton , and such other places as might desire to aid ia establishing a powerful reorganisation throughout the Midland counties . " 2 . " That an out-doo * public meeting should beheld on Easter Monday , for the two-fold purpose of extending the organisation of oar union , and adopting measures of makisg known to the Legislature the present state « f public
distress . " 3 . " That every member should attend , if at all convenient , the council meetings every Sunday , and also all other meetings ] connected With tfefi union . " 4 . " That every member will preserve the strictest sobriety in his habits ; such being essential to the welfare of our union , and the advancement of our natonal freedom . " Mr < George White then moved , and Mr . S . Lindoa seconded , " That the suggestions read be entered on the minutes of the council . " The meeting then proceeded to the election of a new council , whioh having been concluded , Mr , Gr . White addressed iH meeting , which wag then dissolved .
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TODMORDEN . —Mr . David R : ns delivered twe > kcture 3 in the Odd FeHows * Ha " , on Sunday last . HUD 0 ERSFXE&D . —On Monday night last , a plain and fancy dre- » o bai w ? i given to the inhabitatits'of Huddersfield ia the Hall of faience , Bath Buildings . BRADFORD . —Qtq Sunday , Mr . Thomas Ibb > - son lectured to the Chartists of Manningham , who have formed a locality . The Chartists -of Park-lane met in the Schoolroom on Sunday morning , and resolved to use eveiy exertion to extend tbe means of education to well commenced by themk The Chartists of New Leeds met in their Room on Sunday morning , and , after an interesting diacussion on the law relating to publ'c me stings . The question was adjourned to fcuuday next , at tin o ' clock in the forenoon .
On Monday Evenin g , the Bradford Council met in their room , Bmterworth Buildiugs , when it was re : olvcd " That the Council do , for the future , meet on Sunday , at ten o ' clock in the afternoon . " The thanks oi' the mcpting were given to Mr . Itober £ < i t for-Mb able and effic i ent manner of getl'ug up tha defence for the Chartiats at tho late trials .
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LEEDS . —The council meeting of the Lteds General Cametery was held iu the C ^ urt House , on Wednesday last , J . A . Buttery , E q ., ia the chair . The Ruv . J . Rawson read tne report , from which it appeared that the number of interments during the past yeir , has been 390 , being the same as that of the year preceding , with only tha ex <* 3 ption of three The total number since the opaning of the Csme ' -iy , is two thousand eight huudred aud sixty four . The cordial and unanimous thanks of the meetint were presented to T . T . Luccock , Esq ., aid the Rev . J . ti % wson , the registrar , for their devoted and astive attention to the interests of the establishment . It is the intention of the eommittea immediately to enclose and set apart a plot of ground , adjoining the cemetery , the property of the company , for single interments , at a reduced charge , and tnus of rendering it available for the present exigency of the town .
SEX . BY . —Considerable excitement was manifested ia this towa , during- the last week , ia consequenoa of its beino the time for the election of Guardi ? "s for the f : iby Union . It wfH be recollect * d that the ratepayers , last year , triumphantly returned M ~ . John Liaton and Mr . Thomi- , Richardcon , ( both members of the National Charter Association , ) wb ch made the factions look unutterable tbiuga . Th-j year the election proved equally sucse-. li 1 ' , although the Whigs and Tories united . Our friend had a much larger majority than they had last year . So . much for Chartist influence .
BRADFORD ;—Factory Children ' s Education Hill . —Defeat and Flight of ths Dissenting MinisrEas . —Oa Tuesday evening , a meeting was held in the large room of the Exchange . Mr . Acworta wai called to the chair . The Chairman addressed the meeting at considerable length , declaring he would Smily support the purport for which the meeting Wds called , and allow none to take part in the proceedings unless Sunday iiihcol teachers . Mr . bmyth claimed the privilege of a teacher in taking part ia the proceedings of tbe meeting . The Rsv . Mr . Glyde then proceeded to read some of the clauses of the Bill , and commeate d upoa them . He was several times interrupted by the people pressing into the room and exclamations of
" The New Poor Law ! " Mr . Glyde declared the intention of the teachers was to move several re ~ clutions and a petition to the House of Csmmona against some or all of the education clauses of the Bill . The Chairman rose while Mr . Gljde was speaking , and said that some of his friends on the platform had expressed a wish to adjourn the meeting . Several of the teachers took the hint and cried out , " Adjourn . " A motion of adjournment was made , and an amendment that the meeting proceed with tbe business for which it wsi met . _ On the show of bands there appeared a large majority for the business to bs gone into . The Chairman declared the meeting adjourned . This raised a storm ; several exclaiming for the Rev . Gentleman to stop and hear what the working men had to say to them ; however , they made good a retreat with resolutions , petition ,
and all . Mr . Thos . Ibbetson was then called to the chair , who commented ou the address of Mr . Ackworth and Mr . Glyde . Mr . Hammond spoke on the manner in ¦ which the meeting was called , and said that circulars were eeut to - every teacher of a dissenting congregation , but not one to the CathoHo teachers . Mr . Smyth followed , who spoke on the bill , and tho cause of the clergymen ' s opposition was the danger of the pew rents falling off , should the people- become educated ; at present , they were too poor to pay for seats ia the chapels or otherwise contribute to support the clergymen ; the master had now to supply tho needful . Mr . Hurley followed on the same subject , and declared the clergymen were the only opponents of liberty . The meetiug ? 3 patated with three cheers for the Charter , and challenging the dissenting clergymen of the district to discuss the bill with them .
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Horrible Occurrence at Tandragee . —On the morning of yesterday week , at Mullahead , neat Tandragee , a woman named Jones left her house for a few minutes , her two children being amusing themselves in tbe kitchen at the time . On her return , she lifted off the fire a pot of boiling water , aud poured it into a churn ; but found , to her horror , that she had scalded one of her children in a shocking manner—the little creature having bat a minute before concealed itself in the vc . sel while playing " hide-and-seek" with its companion . Irritated at the stupidity of her other child for not warning her in time to prevent the accident , the woman in ^ the madness of her rage , seized astick . and struok the infant so violent a blow as to fracture its skull ; and then rushed from the house , since which time she has not been heard of . It is feared that she has committed suicide . Both of tha ill-fate . 1 children , we understand , have died .- —Banner of Ulster .
Death op the oldest Wohan in Newingtok , Surrey . —A few daya ago was buried at St . Peter ' e , w&iwojrth , Jenny Rice , aged . 108 yearB ! It sppe&ta from the parish books that she wa 3 admitted aa inmate of the workhouse of St . Mary , Newington , in the year 1800 , whither she had been driven by honourable r . yverty ; aud from her then comparatively advanced age , it wrs not at all anticipated by the parochial functionaries thea reigning , that it would remain for their posterity to remove her corse from that building to the place of sepulture , in 1843 .
Romance or Real Life . —A man who is confined in the New Bailey prison for desertion from the army , has recently been discovered to be heir to a property worth upwards of £ 100 , 000 . Application ipi been made to the Horse Guards to obtain hit liberation from gaol , that he may immediately corns to the enjoyment of the riches which fortune has ri unexpe jt 9 dly showered into his lap . Sinoe writing the above we learn that his discharge arrive ion Thursday , when he was set at liberty . His name is John Flitoroft , and he enlisted early in life into the Royal Horse Artillery . His discharge waa bought for him many years ago , but he enlisted again , aad had nerved till within twenty-one days of the period entitling him to his discharge , when , some comrades
having been paid off st Sheerness , where his trcoo was then lying , he got into company with them , an& , under the influence of liquor , remained away from bis quarters , till bis name appeared in the Hue and Cry a 3 a docerter . Shrinking from the consequences of his indiscretion , he then came down to Manchester , under the name of Smith , asd has been in Mancheater six years , living part of the time in the barracks as an officer's servant , without the fact of bis being a deserter having transpired , till about tbree weeks ago , when he was taken and committed to gaol . The property was left by a grandfather , we understand , and a Chancery suit respecting : it terminated about a year ago in his favour . A cousin then set off in search of him : and , though his journey
was not attended with such extraordinary adventures as those of the Grecian youth who voyaged in search of his father , yet it was a long and tedious one ; and he travelled to almost every part of the three king * doms in vain . He traced him to Manchester several times , but the scent always failed , owing , no doubt , to the change of name . He was found at length through advertisements whioh appeared in the Manchester newspapers . He ia a man very , humble in hfS manners , and of little education , but an anecdote was iold us , in connection with his liberation from prison , which smacks a little of aristocratic feeling . On . being led from his cell into the prison wardrobe , th » turnkey handed over to him a suit of clothes which he suppotei to be the prisoner ' s own , to
exchange for the prison dress whieh . he then had on . Flitcroft , after examining them , said theolotb . es were not his . - The tarnkey referred io the book again , ia which the prisoner's names and the situation of their clothes are entered , and observed , * ' Oh I I Bee , it ia the wrong Flitoroft I was looking at / ' Have yon another E % croft here then V inquired the prisoner . "• Yea , " was the reply , " we have one now here fos robbery . " Oh , " resumed the prisoner , " he is , © f another family , then , he ' s not of our generation 2 " It is . stated thai £ 60 , 000 of the fort \ yw will be paid to him in ready cash , and the remainder in landed property iu the neighbonrhcod of Ashton-undeisLine and St&lybridge . —Manchester Times .
Deaths.
DEATHS .
On Sunday last , aged 64 , after a lingering illness , Mr . Benjamin Ely , senior , of the firm of Messrs Benjamin Ely and " Son , florist and seedsmen , RpthweU Haigb , near Leeds . The deceased was a man universally respeoted , and his death will bo long and deeply regretted . The varioua floral societies of the neighbourhood have lost in him one of their bost and ablest supporters . Lately , at Kidderminster , Ann Taylor , mother Qf , Mr . William Dauiells , La ^^ wade . "
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NOTTINGHAM . ELECTION PROCEEDINGS . On Tuesday evening , we had a large meeting in the Market Place , the lowest estimate of persons there was 10 , 000 . Messrs . Simmonds . Dormand , and Brown , from London , delivered some animated addresses . Mr . C . Roberts in the chair . On Wednesday afternoon , F . O'Connor , Esq ., arrived in Nottingham , and at our meeting at six o'clock in the evening , the number was still larger than that on the previous night . Mx . C . Robbbts was again called to the chair . Mr . Simmonds briefly addressed the meeting , after whioh
Mr . O'CorjNOR came forward amidst loud and long prolonged cheering . He said that it was a fine thing to be an honest man , for he was the only candidate who appeared at the last election that had again come forward upon this occasion—one party had learnt the wholesome lesson " thou thalt not commit bribery , " and the other party , the equally useful one of " thou shalt do no humbug ; " he stood before them as a candidate , and he was the first in the field ; and , in the present position ia whioh Nottingham stood , if he would condescend to use the finesse which politicians generally used on such occasions , there was now a fine opportunity offered ; but he held lhat politician in utter contempt who makes use of circumstances to gratify his own ambition . He did not stand there to gratify any private ambition , neither waa he there to be made a tool of by any party , or to make foola ^ of those who supported him ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 1, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1206/page/5/
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