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Erelatta . ( From the Morning Chronicle ) KKSIOS OF « R MEAGHEE TO THE UNITED STATES . Tke Confederates and their dabs have been workin" in secret siace the passing of the Treason Felony Act One portion of the plans of the Executive Directory , however , h ^ transpired , namely the mission of Mr T . F . Meagher to the Unites States . Thers are various rnmoaw as ta the objects of this move . Same are credul > ua enough U btlieva that MrMesg * ieris to join aa expedition of sympathisers from sime American port , w rescue John Mitch el from the British authorises at Bermuda ; others etstj th&t Mr JIaagber is to Hake a tnurof the United S ' . ate » to organise club ? similar to those in Irehnd . in order that tke Irish Confederates may be able to calcu late the estent of their resource ' .
Dcblis , Jn ' S —The treaty of alliance between the O d 3 cd Youns Irehnders has bten broken off . the Conciliation Hall gentry insisting that the Ls 3 gae he specially and distinctly pledged to neacefol , hgal , and constitutional mesns , and that the club organisation ba entirly abandoned . SEIZURE IF THE ' IRISH FELOK . ' Yes ter ^ ar evening a boUj of policemen proceeded to the Felos effije in Trinity-street , and having stated tha * , they ha ! a warrant for the arrest of the proprietor , they proceeded to seize . aEdfina'lv earned off , all the papers , books ef accounts , CGrresponteBC ? , £ c , on the premises . They forced off the kck of the offiei desk , and the door of the editor ' s room , for doing which they stated that they had sufficient authority . SURRENDER OF ilB MtRTIK , THE PROPRIETY .
The following is from ths PoiT : —On Saturday morning Mr John Martin , proprietor of the Irish Felos newspaper , surrendered to Serjeant Prender , of the Detective Force , immediately atter which he was conducted to College-street police-office , accompanied bj his attorney . Mr Kemmis , the crown solicitor , " was present , but did not take any active part in the processings . On Mr Martin being brotuht before the bench , Mr Ttsdall asked hia if lie was awara of the nature of the informations which had 6 ? en sworn against him ? Mr Martis replied that he was s ^ -are of those informations , but he was ignorant of the specific charge fetid against him .
Mr Ttkdail stated that there were different charges laid in the informations , one of which was for the publication of s letter on tie 24 * . h of June , in the Irish Felos newspaper , signed ' J . F . Lalor , ' and the other tra . 3 for the publication in the same paper of the 1 st of July , or' an artieh headed the ' First Step , ' and for those offences it was his duty to commit him for trial . Mr Miettc said he wished to fay a word or two on the subject of his absence , ia avoiding the execution of the warrant , the reasons of which he had already explained in the Ihbh Felos of this day ; bat as that paper had been seized by the police—a proceeding which he felt bound to declare was a public robbsry —he wished the circumstance to be publicly known . The reasan he had kept out of the way was , that he wanted Eamethinf like a fair trial , which he could not exoeet to have had at the last commission .
Before Mr . Martin had surrendered , the police had orders to seizs the Irish Felos newspaper , and , in execution of their orders , they seizsd every copy of that paper which they could discover , either in the office sr where it had beenpnblished , or in the pos session of the newsrenders iu tae Btreets . iSHEST OF ilR OAVJN" DUFFY , EDITOR OF THE * KAIIOK , ' TFNDER THE TREASON PELOST ACT . Shortly before nice o ' clock , on Saturday evening , % detective pslicennn arrived at the office of the Nation newspaper , in D'Olier-street , with a warrant for the arre 3 t of Mr Charles Gavan Duffy , the proprietor of that newspaper . Mr Duffy happened to bs in the office at the time , and was taken into custedy ; ar . d the account-books , manuscripts , documents , &s ., found in the office , were also seized and eoaveyed to College-street Police-offiea in the adjoining street .
When Mr Du § y , in custody of the police , entered the office , MrTyndall , one of the divisional magistrates , was upon ths bench , acd Mr Kemmis , the Crown Solicitor , was in attendance . Mr Daffy was accompanied by Mr M'Carthy , Mr M'Ghee , and Other members of the Confederata Society . The Bfnce , notwithstanding the lateness of the hour , was crowded by the friends of Mr Duff / , and many per-B 0 H 3 assembled in the passages and the street in front of the office . Mr Ttxdall , the magistrate , addressing Mr Daffy , stated th ? t informations k = d been sworn against him , under the Treason Ftloay Act , which rendered It his duty to commit him to Newgate for trial at the nexc commission of ojer and tenniner . Bail is not allowed by the act , and there was no sllcsiont ) the matter .
But % long conversation did occur as to the legal right o ? the constables to seiza iha manuscripts 2 nd documents in the Nation Office . Mr Daffy , comparatively regardless ef the crushing charge against fcimself , insis ' . ed that the law conferred no such right for the seizure of his property previous to trial . Mr Ttkball sfated that he had merely a ministerial duty to discharge in receiving the iuformatiens under the Act of Parliament , and that ha would not enter npan the question as to the seizare of the papers . In tfee coarse of this excited discussion , Mr Ddfft , addressing his book-keeper , Baid : ' I tell yoa , as the police have used force without the sanction cf tho law , to resist them in all such attempts in future . In all snob ca 3 es of illegal oppression , your duty is to protect yourself against such arbitrary Drooeedinp . ( Aoplausa . )
Mr Duffy appeared much less concerned than any cf the friends who accompanied him . Before leaving the office , he said , addressing the crswd— ' My last Trorcl !< are , double your numbers in ths clubs , ' ( Cries of 'We will , ' and applause ) Mr Duffy was then conveyed to Nswgata prison , where h 9 arrived about half past nine o ' clock . There are rumours that further arrests are to b 9 made , and that a special commission is to issue ; but this latter is not likely . The State of Ireland . — The following letter was published in the Stasdahd of Saturday last . The writer is said to have reJied same yeara ia Iralacd in aa official capacity , which affords him the beBt means of information , and to ba a military man of
high rank and of great experience , as well as great iBtelligence : — ' This country , since Mitchell transportation , has been apparently quiet , but that very qaiet leads me to suppose that it es ' . ends only as far as appearances go ; and that the disaffected are only 'waitiHff for what they may consider a favanrab ' . e opportunity . The clubs have within the last month safe only increased in number , both in Dublin snd ths provinces , but are daily becoming mors cautious 10 their proceedings , and perfecting themselves as BSCtt a < 5 possible in details , eoss to became efficient sb ene body . Crimes which twelve months ago were frequent all over the coantry now are almost nnheard of—merely because the Repealereare waiting to make xa xitempt on an extended scale , and all Ireland
¦ will take its tone from Dublin . It is known that 50 , 060 men and upwards are at preseat armed , and well armed , too , and almost the whole of that number ixre been practised to use their arms . An immense ooaatity of ammunition h& 3 found ita way into Irehnd during the last six month 3 . Where is it ? The Dttabei of avowed Repealerg ia great ; the Dumber of Repealers not avowed is also great ; add to these others whom the smallest chance of success weald surely torn , from selfish motives , and say sorr many honest men sad true are left . Some strong and decisive measures should be at onoe taken toputdown the clubs and disarm the disaffected as much as possible . Till this is done , all other meatares muEt bs fraUlesg . Our soldiers are true as
steel , &ad , even should thera be a few black sheep SHJCBgthem , they dara cot show themselves as such , ss they would be Bhot at oncaby their comrades . The pensioners may alss ba calculated upon as a most effective force . The Dublin police and the conitabuluy in the cnuntry are a most useful force , and to be trusted as a bady ; but itill , when we reflestthat they sre all Irish { with very few exceptions ) , and mostly Roman Catholics , it cannot be suppesed that there ire not some disaffected mea amonggt then ; and I think , were there any sjmptom of the Repealed get . ting the upper hand even for a short time , b ? th police and constabulary wocld in part sympathise
'with them . Remember the harvest is fast approaching . The clubs are hourly increasing—tha priests are ripa for Repeal—and upwards of 50 . 000 men are known to be well armed . The clubs must be put down at once , as the first great step to improvement . AEcmD or Joen Mrrcush at Bermuda —We hire just bad a conversation with a gentleman who this dsy travelled in ths compsny of ona of the offi-C 9 C 3 of the vessel which carried John Mitchel to Bermuda . Mr Mitchel arrived out in good health , though in a rather depressed Etate of mind . Oa his outward voyage be was remarkably silent and resetted , but enjoyed goid health . —Freeman ' t Journal ,
ATTEMPT TO EE 5 CUE MB DUFFI . When Mr Duff / was proceeding to Newgate , in ecsipiny with ths officers , the covered car in which fca rode was stopped at the upper end of Mary-street by its crowd , apd a rescue attempted . A rescue was also attempted in Green street , buton both oocasions . at tha desire of the constables , Mr Duff / addressed tha peoplB and advised them to g 6 home and be pe * esab ! e They promised to do so . and then Mr Duffy railed on th- ; mto give a cheer for Irish independence , which was hs&rtily responded te . The crowd then dispersed quietly .
ASBIST O * THE P 30 PEIETOR 5 OF THE TaiBUTfE , July 9 —To-day , at two o ' clock , the registered proprietors of the Tsiboke were placed under arrest on a ahjtfge of felony . When Mr Tjndail and another tn&-gulriie tx ) k their places cb the bench in Collegetaeet ^ Messrs O'Dojherty and Williams , registered 3 proprietors of tke Tsibuse newspaper , we re placed * fcths * &r , tad they were erenAuaUy committed for tr i » l The whale proceeding took pImb without exeitzng the casllestiateresfc or collecting any crowd , t&rce « r four friends of the parties and ft few reporters of tbs pree only being present . Van are soas peany public&tioni , saeh aa the
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Irish National Guard and the Psnkt United Ihhbmas , which inculcate in a legs polished form the doctrines of Young Ireland , and these aho the police have , during yesterday sad this day , seized wherever they have been brought under their notice . It is rumoured that a warrant iB out for the arrest of Mr Mesgher , for his club addreBa . He was yesterday in Dublin , and ia reported to have Bailed in the evening for Liverpool . ARREST OF MR MEAGHER . Dubus , Wednesday . —Mr S . F . Moagher was arrested at Waterford , yesterday , for a EeditiouB speech , and sent to Dablin under an escort of mounted . ' police . He his been committed for trial , but admitted to bail . ARREST OF ME D 0 HEKT . Mr Michael Dsheny was arreBted in Casbel on Tuesday last , and committed to Nenagh gaol to abide his trial for felony at the present assizsa . An attempt was made to rescue himwhica . however failed .
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UNITED STATES . IHE IRISH MOVEMENT . Philadelphia , June 21 , 181 S . —Popular excitement has all at once—in a aoment , as it were—been turned into a . new channel—that is , so far S 3 & large portion ef the Irbb populatian and a few leading politicians and their presses are conceraed . I refer to a stirring : tnd exciting subject which has occupied the columns of Beveral the journals since the arrival gf the America —namely , the project of rescuing Mr Mitchel from his imprisonment at Bermuda . Now , whether this project will end in the mere froth of public speeches , or really be attempted , it is difficult at this moment
to predict , but it is certainly threatened , and a strong body is stated by the newspapers to be now in progress oi organisation for an expedition to Bermuda , tor the rescue of Mitchel . ' The New York Herald of Thursday last inquires : — 'Could they not fit out an expedition beyond the limits of the United States , maKe a descent on the Berraudean coast , and conduct their gallant countryman , ' &o . 1 But the whole matter takes shape and form from a meeting of the Irish republicans , which took ! place at the Shakspeare , in New York , on Wednesday evening last : the ball bains ewwjsd ta excess , and thousaeda assembling outside . The following resolutions were adopted : —
That this organisation was entered into with no other parpose tiian th&t of sitling Ireland to establish her indep : nd : nce , by lending her men , arms , and money , aad that we will still continue our organisation for that pur . poie only . That , in order the better to carry out this purpoae , we shall devote all funds , now or hereafter to csme into onr treasury , to the forwarding and sustaining while in Ira . lcted . deputations of emigrants who , being skilled in the u ; e of anas , are willing to join the people ef Ireland in effecting their deliveranee . That we hereby direct our executive committee to make ths neoesiary contracts for the passage of the ratorning emigrants , and that they bs forwarded to inch parts of Ireland as , in the opinion of the executive comaittee , will be moat available in the cause of liberty—the first deputation to bo forwarded within ten days .
That we call upon each bodies of the friends of Ireland throughout the country as can conveniently give a military education to emigrants to Ireland to do bo , and to send them at once to Ireland . That we call npon the friends ef Ireland who cannot attend to the instruction of emigrants , to forward ths funds to ths nearest city ia which inch instructions msy be proceeded with , Tha New Yoek Express saya : — This summary declaration of war against hngland , be it remembered , was fulminated before the arrival of the America , announcing the fate of Mitchel . No sooner had this news transpired , than a demonstration was called in the evening at the Shakspeare , at which Mr John Moaney , tha Irish ' historian , wa 3 called to preside . But the four walls of the Shakspeare Hotel could not enclose the enthusiasm and indignation which Eought to give vent oa the occasion , and , accordingly , a aeeond meetittg was © rganieed out of doors , which was addressed by several eloquent declaimeri .
'But what we wish msre particularly to call pub lie attention to , is & resolution parsed at both meet ings , aad unanimously adopted , authorising the appointment of a committee who will use all and ever } means to rescue Mitchel from the British authorities at Bermuda . ' Mr BergeE , we are told , addressed the meeting , and described the locality of Bermuda , and told how easily the exile could ba rescued . Colonel Ming , too , mads a speech , and offered his services on the expedition . Tfee colonel was frequently interrupted in bis address by the cheers of the meeting . He stated that he only asked 2 , 080 men , which 5 , 600 dollars would be able to raise , in order to carry their purposes into effect . Mr O'Berne read the account of the last scene of Mitshel before Baron Lefroy , when he branded the judge as a partisan snd the sheriff as a Juggler . ' The reading of the article raised the meeting to & pitch ef fury .
• A genuine Irish pike was oonveyed through the streets yesterday by & detachment of tha Irish brigade , accompanied with fife and drum . The pike ia savage-looking death-dea'iDg instrument , a sort of union of the meat ax 9 and reaping-hook , apen a twelve-foot pole !' The Herald of the same date says that the 'IriBh provisional committee held a secret session on the following evening , in which business of an important character in regard te Ireland and Irish affairs , was transacted : and this secret business is presumed by
raany , to refer to a descent on Bermuda . ' The flew Fork Sun , of Friday , says : — ' The trip of the deputation , which is to be called a turtle hunt , promises rare g port , as the party intend taking all kind of hooks , speara , and fowling pieces , &o ., ' and , in the same article , the following occurs : — ' A deputation of the patient ' s friends in this and other cities of the United States , numbering abaut two thouBaud , ia organising , we lsarn , with tee intention of chartering three er our long , low , black , rakish looking vessels , pro-Tided aRd munitioned in case of accident , and paying him & visit . '
Now it is impossible that the United States government can allow war to be thns made on the dominions % f a country with which 8 he iB at peace , if openly done—but it ia very possible and gren probable , that vessels with men and arms , will clear out privately on this projected Bermuda expedition , at any rate in such a way as to avoid the restraints of the United States laws .
STMPAIHr WITH MIICHEL . The Mitchel meetings of sympathy still continue . Ia fact , they are all the rage . The great Philadelphia gathering took place oa Wednesday evening last , aed although do such pledge was entered into as at New York , ' not to use or wear British maaufacturea until Mitchel shall be released , ' yet the language used by the speakers implied the bitterest hatred against England and her government . John Binos was in the chair ; Robert Tyler , Judge Kelly , the Rev . John Chambers , and the Rev . C . Burr , the orators . The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — ' Whereas the great crime recently committed by the British government against John Mitohel , and , in his peraon , against the common humanity of the present age , deserves the severe and universal condemnation of mankind ; and
• Whereas the conduct of John Mitchel when he proaonneed' God ' s truth' faithfully and fearlewly , both in his speeches and writings to the people of Ireland—when he proclaimed that the life and happiness of the peasant was equal to the life and hap . i iness of a peei- —when be proaonnced bis conriction that a Republican government alone could oure the evils under which Ireland ha 3 eo long suffered—and when , true to his cause and his ccmntry , from first to Ia 3 t , | he has preferred to sacrifice bis owa property and liberty ratber than forego an expression of his opinions and principles—has in the fullest sense , and deserves te have , onr warmesB admiration , sympathy , and respect ; Therefore be it
resolved;' That while this meeting admits the right as a general rule , of the _ government of every country to make such laws S 3 it may consider wise and expedient for its welfare , or necessary for its protection , yet in the making of its lawB , and in the administration of its system of pnblic justice , no government ha 3 a right to transcend those acknowledged principles of universal morality upon which the structure of all civilised and Christian society must necessarily rest , or to insult , by s , wicked and despotic conduct , the ordinary intelligence and sound maternal feeling of all mankind , without subjecting itself , in publio opinion , everywhere to the criticism of the severest isapproval and censure . '
' That the recent act of the BritiBh government , in the trial , anviction as a felon , and fourteen year *' sentence of transpertation of John Mitchel , the Irish patriot , whose only effcnes was that of George Washington and his fellow patriots , is a crime against the recognised principles of universal right , morality , and religion ; and , in our opinion , recorded and expressed , we do hereby condemn , and do call on others to di the like , such conduct as subversive of the original compact of all gooiety . ' , _ .., _ ,. * That all those members of the British Parliament , particularly from England , but without any exception , wha voted for the infamous gag-law , under the provisions of which John Mitchel h& 3 beencanvicted and banished as a felon , are individually and collectively liable to , and ought to receive , tha same degree of indignaat censure which everywhere is visited upon oppression . '
..., __ , _ . __ . , _ „ .. _ , . 'That this meeting entertains the profoundest respect fer the heroic wifts of John Mitchel , aad we tender her at the same time our respectful sympathy , on account of her forced and cruel separation from her husband , and our cordial congratulations beforehand upon his triumphant return to Irelaid to grace the firet place in the hearts of his country men . ' That a capy of tke foregoing preamble and resolutions be sent to the Senators and Representatives in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania , and to the Secretary of State of tha United States , and to Thomas F , Meagher , with a request that he wonld give them such publication in EDglaai sb he may deem sdvuable and proper . '
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THE CHARTIST TRIALS .
( Concluded from the Sevnth Page . ) I think would be the resnlt . The people did organise and they sot the Rsform Bill : the people did organise , and they abolished the Slave Trade ; tho people did organise , and they o tained Catholic Emancipation ; the people did organise , and they did away with the Corn Laws . Daniel O'Connell , who , above all ether men , was cheriehsd by the Whigs—who was above all other men coaxed and petted by her Majeatj'a ministers—perhaps I should eay no man was dreaded more by them—lam Dot sure it all their affection was sincere—owed all his power to organisation . What is it that has compelled you to honour bo many men as you have done t Some you havi raised to the peerage . Some you have applauded till
the echoes applauded again . To some you have given place and power—to others honours and distinctions . These mea organised and they got what they wanted . Look to the first organisation that we read of in the history of our country . What made the base , the servile , tha t / rannical kin ? yield to the demands of his indignant people the first Charter ? What , but organisation , Instead of being here to-day under the glorious privileges which we held , we might have been abject slaves , cringing to some arbitrary deagotism . What has secured us this liberty ? Organisation ! See what organisation has produced . See what privileges it has secured for us . Ths privileges we boast of so
loudly'privileges of the first importance , not the least among them being the undoubted rightof public meet ' ing for the purpose of discussing political and social grievances—for the purpose of criticising tho conduct of public men , and exercising a jealous vigilance over public measures . But again said . my learned frietid , if this organisation were allowed to be carried into effect , it would end in a grinding tyranny . I at once concede that revolutions may , in some cases , result in a worae despotism than before—that the cure ma ; ba worse than the original disease But there was always this distinction between France and Eneland . that while their revolutions resulted in confusion and anarchy , all our revolutions have extended our liberties and introduced into the
constitution new elements of peace aad order . I said before , and I repeat agaia , that I have no fault to find with the government , for the anxiety exhibited by them to preserve the public peace . I think ( hey exercised a prudent care when they called out the force to osrb the intentions of such persons as might be disposed te riot , but Btill I think their feara were over great . The events of the past month or two ought to bave shown them that these men , whom they were taught to believe , bloody-minded and rapacious and cruel , when they had the streets of the metropolis in their power for several nightswhen their thousands , we are told , were parading the streets—did not eves break one pane of glass , but contented with this exhibition of numbers ,
retired peaceably to their homes . They did not interfere with the property or privileges of ore single human being . Now let me , it yen please , call your attention to the case itself , and endeavour to justify my aseertion , when I stated that not one word of sedition would be found in the defendant ' s speech from the beginning to the end . Now , first of all , let me read the speech delivered by Sharp in the beginning of the meeting , and I am sure , gentlemen , you will not consider any apology necessary on ray part if , in justice t 9 my client , I take yoa somewhat in djtail over the circumstances attending this meeting . The meeting took place at a quarter to Hix o ' clock , in Bonner ' s-fields , and White , ths short-hand writer tells uh , that about 3 , 000 persons were assembled . It
was held upon a Sunday , and perhaps here I may be allowed to o 2 er a suggestion . I am sure that although no Chartist myself , those holding the opinions embodied in the Charter will condescend to take a hint from me . Believing as I do in the omnipotence and omniscience of Him who knows and governs the hearts of men , lam persuaded that if they seek to carry out their conscientious opinions and principles , they -will do well to be guided by his recorded law , and to ask his aid and counsel , and I cannot but think that the day set apart for the purpo-es of devotion ought not to be taken for the consideration of political rights , or discussion of grievances . Saving said thus much , I will now ) proceed to state the case to you . This meeting was held on a Sunday
and it is quite clear from the character of tho locality , as it it has been described to us , that great numbers of persons availed themselves ol the place for Sunday recreation . It has been proved to you that great numbers of persons were walking there ; ladies , and gentlemen , and children , and well-dressed persons ; and what is a fact of considerable importance in the consideration of this oase , on the same ground , was a minister of religion engaged in prayer and praise and the other sacred duties of his office . If anything were wanting to show the absence of any thing like alarm or terror , it would be found in the circumstances thati I have juBt referred to—men like yourselves leaving wives and sisters to walk aboat the common—having no apprehensions upou your minds
of alarm or any similar feeling ; men like yourselves cherishing your children , and men tcg&ged in the exercises of devotion , without any dread of the slightesttnolestation from any one ; j et men no doubt , knowing that this ' meeting was to take place , but expressing no fear in consequence . Ltt me now direot your attention to the speech made by Sharp . He cemmenoes ' My friends , —you can pereeive that I hare kept ray promise , and on yesterday morning several parlies who pledged their word to attend this meeting and to speak here , but who ssrnetimes in the time of anticipated danger ' —what does be mean by anticipated danger ?
There was no danger from those who came ; the parties who staid away were those who anticipated danger . He goes on ' In the time of anticipated danger will not come forward , and it is necessary that some one should , and as I have been here during the calm , I am prepared to be here when the storm comes on '—Up to this moment all had been calm . New , gentleaen , the learned Attorney-General told you , and I am aarprised he did it a second time , because there is no tittle of evidence to justify it—the learned Attorney-General told you , that one of the inspectors bad bsen wounded , and another person had been wounded with a bar of iron .
The Aiiobnet-Genkbai ,. —There is no necessity for surprise . The witnea 3 was called but not examined . Mr Sbrgbant "Wilkins . —There is no tittle of evidence to show they were wounded on the present occasion . _ Sharp gosa on— ' Only this being the most stormy time , I have kept my word , consequently , and I am prepared to make a few remarks . You will , perhaps , not consider that I am actuated by any motives of fear when I tell you , and when I find that I stand alone—I will not give the government the horse-whippiBg that I promised them . ' The horse-whipping he had promised , gentleraeD , was a ho-38-whipping of the tongue . ' But Btill , I will address you . While I was speaking to you this
afternoon in reference to ths various meetings that have taken place in London during the last week—( cries of'Ernest Jones ! Erneat Jones !) Gentlemen , I believe there is Ernest Jonea coming . ( Cheers . ) Friends , I am very glad to find that Mr Jones has not run away from the post of danger , and when I made my remarks previously to his coming , I did not include him in the list , but I included those men that had addressed you Sunday after Sunday , for many weeks , and I do not think it conscientioua of men when they oan talk quietly together thtt they should desert their posts , as I observed before , when there is somethiug like anticipated danger . I will not detain yoa long , because I know that you ere anxious to listen to Mr Jones , Now . my friends , I
wish to speak to you with regard to the upnecesBary interference of the police this morning , with & number of working mea who attended a meeting at Nova Scotia Fields . ' Now , gentlemen , I looked particularly at the account given in the press of this meeting , and I oannot help thinking that , but for what this man calls the unnecessary interference of the police , nearly every meeting would have passed off well . You know the class of men from which our policemea are taken , * and you are also aware that , somehow or other , there ia a popular prejudice against them . You know that when a man becomes a policeman , he is pointed out by all classes of the community as an snemy to the common weal , and he naturally , being thus cutoff frora [ 8 ociety , gets
himself into that state of feeling that he thinks be ia at eDmity with all classes . He desires , therefore , in cases like this to find exercise for the injurious feelings engendered in perambulating through the streets . ' We attended a meeting there for almost four or five Sundays ; we had discussed our grieyancea , and the men had quietly dispersed . ' Is there anything here to excite terror ? But , he says , 'But what with the tyranny of the government , and the officiousness of the police , I understand they came there this morning , and abused , and insulted , and brutalised '—treated like brutes , I suppose he means—' the great majority of the men who were there assembled . I understand that they acted the part of cowards , and do not blame me when I say sa . I was not present , beoause I was at another meeting on Blackheath . ' Now , I pray your attention to this— ' The people , I understand , ran away . ' ( A . voioe : The people had nothing to defend
themselves with . ) Is that terror ? The people had gone to this meeting without weapons . Tkey met to discuss their _ griev&ncas , and they went away without doing injury to any man . I say is that terror ? This man called out that the people had nothing to defend themselves Jwith . We had not the means of defence ; we were taken at every po 8 « sibla disadvantage while in the discharge of a constitutional duty , and the consequence was , that the police drove us before them like chaff before the wind . ' ' Tke gentleman , 'continued Sharp , ' gays that the people had nothing to defend themselves with . Now , if ever ysa come in contact with the police , you may expet a koaok down blow with their trunoheons . ' 1 am afraid , gentlemen , there is too much truth m that . 'But , when you have got about three ta one , one man falls out of tha t&ree , and the other two can secure him . Now , will any man tell me I am wrong when I say that you acted the part of cowards when you ran away V
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Mark that * Men , if atcaoked , will attack again , for men will maintain their rights-and , for God ' s sake gentlemen , do not yield by your verdict to the slavish feeling that those in authority can do no wrong . To you the country looks for the correction of what is faulty in the practice of tho law , in oasss like these , and it is not to be endured that men , because th&y met to discuss the great and the pressing evils thafc press them to the ground—it is net to be endured , that a body of irresponsible police should ba let loose among them , to strike them down like sheep But I cannot think why this speech of Sharp ' s should be introduced into the indictment against Jones at all . The Attorn et Gbneral —It is not .
Mr Seeqbast Wilkinb . —It is however introduced into this court of justice , and read this day . Now let mo read you some more of tMia balder daBh which they have introduced with the view of prejudicing the case against Jones : — ' I livoat a dairy myself and I wish to give you a little instruction , it is as to how m ^ ny of those men are situated tha ' , addressed public meetings , during the so-called turbulent times . I live at a dairy , and as I stopped at Greenwich all night , I did not get home till Thursday morning , but my wife , like every other woman , anxious for the welfare of her husband , sat up for me . A man oame to my house on Wednesday ni » ht , and wanted a gallon of milk particularly , but she told him that tho man would not get up to
serve him , and he csnsequently went away . At one o'clock in the rooming , my wife Btill sitting up for me in great anxiety , two men came past and said they must have bilk , and demanded it . After a great deal of persuasion , the bell whioh led to the man ' s chamber was rung , and he got up , and the man put the question to them , 'What the devil do you want the milk for V ' Oh ! said they , it is wanted . The specials are ordered out for two or three o'clock in the morning , and they want their breakfast before they go out . ' Now I cannot help thinking that tha Attorney-General has drawn largely on his imagination , and wishes to tako equal liberties with ours , if he would persuade you and the public , that the epeoial constables were tampered
with . My learned friend wouldnrpregs uponyou that , because these men were to receive their miserable halfpenny worth of milk at two in the merning , to relish their breakfast with , that they were revelling in luxuries . Had they been pampered , as Punch informed us in his Inst week ' s publication , with chani pagne and turtle , there would have been some reason for alarm . You know that there was a meeting the other day at Covent Garden , when a special constable was presented with—what ? A silver truncheon . The constable so honoured , in returning thanks , told his friends that he should keep their gift ever before him , for he should have it melted into silver spoons . Sharp goes on , ' I treat the specials with the same contempt as our policeman , beoause I consider the
force of the working classeB of EDgland will destroy the petty power which they hold at the hands of the government . ' What can be understood from this , exceding that it ia a mere vague expression , meaning , if it conveys a meaning at all , that if the working classes of England carry the Charter , the special constables , will be so small a portion of the Parliamentary population of England , that their petty strength will be destroyed by the great bulk of the people . Now mark the words of this insurgent—this man , who ought to be coupled with the Communists of Franoa—1 1 do hope that you will act as men , and not be scared at the sight of a policeman or a special constable . I trust not , but if ever they insult you , if ever they brutalise you , if ever they strike you , act on the
defensive . If you cannot knock them down , close with them—do the best that you popaibly oan , for I can tell you no more nor lesB than this , it ia only man to man ; and sometimes it is a little man to a bis ; man , and sometime ? a big man to a big man , 89 that con sequently you stand an equal chance to each other . He has a s + afF , and you have no staff , therefore it is just possible that you resist his strength . Dispossess him of that staff , and make as good use of it as he did himself . ' All thin time he . is supposing the number of his friends te be enormous—all this time he is supposing tbey are attacked—that they are brutalised , or treated like brutes . Supposing all this , does he aay bring & staff ? No . Or & pike ? No . Does he tell them even to bring a stick ? No . He is only
recommending resistance to the police if they brutally attack them . All he says ie , ' dispossess him of his staff , and make as good use ef it as he doe 3 himself . ' Now , if they are attacked by an illegal force , can any man use milder language than this ? He does not eay , attack them , strike them . He does not say , ' wherever you Bee a policeman , follow him , beat him . ' But he Bays , ' meet on Sundays as you have hitherto done , discuss your grievances , but attack no man's privileges . If you are attacked illegally , then resist that attack . ' lie says in conclusion ;— ' You are aware that I have address , d [ you previously this afternoon , and Mr Ernest Jones ia anxious to address you . I am very glad in the presence of my friend Jones , lhat I nave proved what I siateJ yesterday ,
that there would be from 20 000 to 30 000 persons at this meeting :, and I hope that when he gets up , he will grant to me that I have spoken the truth for Once' I dbt& aay poor Sharp intended to speak the truth , but he appears to have exaggerated the state of things ; for Mr White who is in the habit of attending public meetings , and knew what was no doubt the real numbers , stated that there were only 3 . 000 at that meeting , Naw let me come to the speech on which Erneat Jonea m indicted for Bedition . The meeting was held , as you are aware , ob Sunday , the 4 th of June . He commences thus — ' Mr Chairman and men of the Tower Hamlets , in the first plaee I have to apologise to you for not having been here sooner , but a man cannot be in two
places at the same time . There was a meeting convened for Irongate Wharf , Paddington , and the police I understand , had forbid that meeting taking place . ' Now mark thai word ' forbid , ' because I win have to eay a word or two on that point before I am done . Who had forbidden the meeting ? The police . What power had tbey to forbid that meet ing ? Now bear that i p mind , for I will refer to it by and by , I was invited to attend it , and therefore I did attend . There were a good many police there , but they did not venture to interfere with the meeting , and I can tell you this , hold your meetings . ' —That is good advice . If these meetings . ire constitutional—if they are well-coadueted—if they have tor their object no more than the people ' s acknowledged
political right—that was good advice . When I say that was good advice , I have in my mind the right acknowledged to others far worse than themselves , on former occasions , when one portion of the community stood up to infringe the rights of others . ' 1 can tell you this , hold your meetings , for although the government certainly are mad '—I do tot know that he is singular in entertaining that opinion . Many have thought the same , and I believe it was a generally-received opinion , when they proposed their memorable inwme-tax . It ia a common flaying , that although many men run their heads against the wall , still there was this marked difference between them and the Whigs , that the latter built the walls to run their heads against . 'For although the
government are mad , they are not mad enough to put down publio meetings , and if they were mad enough to do it , I , for one , would hurl defiance in theif teeth . ' —Now I ask you gentlemen , much as you bare been alarmed by the excited state of Europe , do not be led away by fears for the safety of the constitution . What waait that first led to the disastrous consequences of tho revolution in Paris ? What but the foolish obstinacy of Louis Philippe and his ministry , in rei using permission to celebrate the Reform Banquet . That old man is now despised and almost forgotten , when , by yielding to the people that which was their rights , he might yet be sitting on the throne , the proudest monarch in Europe . — 'I for one hurl defiance in their teeth , and dare
them to disperse this legal and peaceful as serably . ' 'I do not dare them to do any thing which the law will permit , but I dare them to infringe upon the ^ law ; ' ' Mad as they are they dare not interfere with this peaceable and legal assembly . ' ' I must ask likewise your indulgence to day . inasmuch as I start by the mail train to-night for Lancashire and Yorkshire . ' Now mark what follows : ' And as thoso . plaaes are both in a very excited state , I shall have to use my lungs there a good deal , and as London is not so excited as those pacts of the country are , excuse mo from wearying you at any length to day . ' Is it true , as the Attorney-General aays , that hja objeot was to excite the people against the authorities ? Is it true that his object waB to stir op those who were peaceable ? Why if it were bo—if such were his objects , then I apprehend he would have staid in London . Yorkshire and Lanca
shire were sufficiently exoited , and London was at restjand quiet ; why then if his object was to rouse the people against the authorities , why should ha leave London to go down to a country already agitated ? He left London because it was quiet , lie went to Lancashire and Yorkshire because they were excittd What is the fair inference to be drawn here ? The Attorney-General tells you that the defendant is an advocate fer exoitement—Jones himself says he is an advocate for peace . Yorkshire and Lancashire according to the elata of Inspector Haynes , are in no need of excitement . Tbey have been obliged to call out tho military there , but London is quiet ; and if the purpose of the defendadt was to sow agitation , one would suppose that London would be tbe place for him—that if London wero aeleep , London would be the first place that he should awakenthat if Landon were peaceable , London should be the first place that ought to be provoked
intoinaurrecuon . All mat 1 aay is this , stand fast by your colours , don't shrink from tho Charter and the whole Charter . He is a Chartist , and he does not deny it . ; and I say this , that there is more ofcourage anfl patnotiam about the man wlio embracca opinions , if he believes them to be true and holds to them steadfastly , aHhou Bh ( hey enlist the popula ? prejudices against him . These are the sort of men who have made monarchs tremble by telling them stern truths . Theaeare the a or * of men approved of by God , and who deserve and v"arn the admiration of posterity . If Mr Jones , tUsUo . ll lieves his principles to be founded on truth : if he concerns It his duty to come forward , and torn ™ peund these opiKons to his fellow men-no matte *
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how much you may despise the Chatter—no matter although you may think tbe Charter inapplicable to the present state of society—if he believes the Charter to be indispensable for tbe well-being « f the working classes ; if he sacrifices honours and distinctions , and the reapeot of the rich , in order to benefit and elevate the poor , that man is to be lauded and not condemned- he ia to bo honoured acd net despised ; ' Do not mind the nonsense of tne half-and-half men , do not pay any attention t ) the Dispatch . ' I must Bay that this is a justification , if anything can be so , if the say ing , that there is one > aw for the rich , and another law lor the poor . When we see the officers of the Crown , allowing the Dispatch to issue forth its
caluBiDies , teeming with immorality , with obscenity , aBd blasphemy . When we ace that no notice has been taken of it by the government ; and see , also , that those who really s ek to improve and elevate the people , are dragged before courts of justice , what can we thiBk but that the opinion U correct , that there is one law for the rich , and another for the poor . « And if you see any bodies of police coming near to this meeting , marching on to this meeting , Btand your ground , shoulder ta shoulder—do not ran — there is danger for those who run j there is safety for those who keep together' — ' tbero is danger for those who run . ' So I affim also . There is a natural impulse on the part of a policeman , to follow tbe man who runs away , for his daily pursuits lead him to the
conviction that that man avows himself to be guilty , and he aots accordingly . ' Dare them to Btrike you , aEd my word for it , they dare not strike a blow . If they were to strike a blow , bad a 9 the laws are now , they are sufficiently stringent to punish those men who assault peaceable citizens in the peaceab ' o execution or performance of their duty . ' If it were your good fortune , gentlemen , to attend a meeting that is occasionally held in Regent-at , adnwhere ray Lord Brougham attends , you would hear more enid against the laws of the country by that noble lord , than by a dozan of these men put together . That man must , indeed , be thoroughly wanting in pre . judice or in understanding , who can stand up in this court , and eay that all the laws of this country
are good . I will tell you one law which is very bad , that whioh permits the Attorney-General in cases of prosecution Cot tho Crown , to reply against the pti-Boner . Gentleman , it is not my intention to call any witnesses to day for the defenoe , I do not indeed see that there is any necessity for calling them . The Attorney General will tell you that he has the right of reply—that such is the law . Is it a good law ? Is it a juat law ? Is it a merciful law ? If one of you were prosecuting here to-day , the Attorney-General would have no right to reply , a ' , though , the count might involve property of yours to a large amount . But let the privileges of the Crown ba supposed to be trenched upon , and the thing is altered—the Attorney-General has the
right of reply . Why so T Why , beoauso it is so , Gentlemen , the right of reply ought to be the othsr way . The prisoner comes here charged with sedition . There is a frightful array of talent opposed to him—one of my learned friends ( Mr Bodkin ) has now cone , but you saw him when the learned Attorney-General was stating his case , nodding and Biniling , and looking assent to every proposition that my learned friend was laying down to you . They have had their meetings and their consultationsthey have carefully examined the evidence and sifted it , and the Attorney-General will , after all this , claim the right of reply , I say that this is one of the bad laws of the day . I ask you to bear this in mind , ' By whom was this meeting forbidden V
Why . by Commissioner Rowan and Commissioner somebody else . Whether they have tha power to do so under the Metropolitan Police Aot , I do not know , andi if I donot know , I think Ernest Jones may be forgiven if he did not know either . It is quite clear that when Ernest Jones spoke of their having ferbidden the meeting he referred to the commissioners of police and not to the go , vernment , and , gentlemen , let me impress this upon you , you must try the defendant , Ernest Jones , by his intentions . \ i acting under ignorance , he questioned the right of the commissioners to forbid the meeting , he oannot come withia the charge alleged against him of seeking to bring the Government into contempt . ' Make up your minds , stand by it . and
whatever comes stand to your ground . The learBed Sergeant proceeded to discuss each sentence of the speech delivered by the defendant in a masterly style , ofter which he said : —Let me call your atteation for a short time , to what has been said ou this subject , by some of the greatest men which this land had produced . This is not the dootrino of Erneat Jones ; this is not a docrine now promulgated for the tirft time , although it is now founded for the first time as a charge of sedition . This is a doctrine which is entitlnd to the greatest respect , as being advocated by tbe greatest minns of onr country , and I will take the liberty of rendering to you a few passages on the subject . [ The learned counsel thed read extracts from the works of Locke .
Bolingbroke , Hume , Dr Paley , Milton , and Russell ( author of the ' History of Modern Europe ;') to show chat resistance to constituted authorities , was under certain circumstances , justifiable . Now gentlemen , I am not saying that we should htive recourse to any of the expedients laid before us by any of these master-minds , but I am showlr g that Ernest Jones in making use of this sentiment and this language , ia nothing original ot alone among the thinkers of England . When he eaya he is not goins ; to preach a namby pamby doctrine of passive obedience , he is but echoing the opinions of he wriicral have laid before you . Jones is of opinion that the time has come for great political changes . That a great proportion of the population of this
kingdom is not only not represented , but that it is misrepresested ; not only not protected , but oppressed ; not only disregarded , but treated with contempt . He is only acting up to tbe exigencies of the ) iraes , and following in the path of the great men whoaa names adorn our hittory . But he will preach no doctrine , which shall tend to excitement , or which shall conduce to disturbance . ' The learned council then proceeded to poinc out in language of the most powerful hind , the unnatural diatiootioUB that prevailed in our present artificial society , where the rich man clothed in his fine linen , and purple was within hearing ot the beggared wretchedness , and dying from positive starvation . He pointed out that there were canker-worms in
the higher walks of life , whe preyed upon the industry of the many , without themselves centributing to the general fund , and he cited the instance of a sinecurist in the family of the learned Attorney " General , who received an enormous annual sum for services which had been well paid to his ancestor . Talk of the dispensations of Providence , continued the learned sergeant . Why should the poor be forced to beir' The oppressor ' s wrong , the proud man ' s contume ' y ? ' Why should he be condemned to Jive upon the offal that tne very dogs would reject , when it is by hia labour that the wealth , that makes this country so great and bo mighty , is created . The learned council conoluded bis admirable address to the jury , by asking them to acquit Erneat Jones ,
The Attorney General replied , and after quoting at great length from the speech which has been so oflen given , and commenting upon each phrase and sentence as he went on en dcavouring to justify his original impression of thai address , by labouring away the new reading given by Mr Sergeant Wilkins , the learned Attorney-General concluded by saying , lie had not enlisted into the case ( or the prosecution of any spirit of enmity against oilber of the men who had been convicted , or the defendant who was at present before I hem . The Lord Chief Justice Wilde Ihcn summed up , and alter stating the law as regarded tbe offence ofscdition , and attendance at illegal assemblies , proceeded to request the jury to discard Irom their minds all extraneous matter that had boen introduced on either sido , and to consider their verdict .
The jury retired at a quarter to six o ' clock . They returned into court in about twenty minutes , and gave a vcrdicl of 'Guilty' upon the count o { ' the indictment charging sedition and unlawfully assembling . The deiendant was immediately ordered into custody , and the court was adjourned for an hour . At the expiration of that period the learned judge again took liis seat on tlie bench and the whole of the defendants who had been couviclcd—Fussell , Williams , Veinon , Sharp Looney , and Jones , were placed at the bar to ro I ceive sentence .
The Chief Justice after addressing them all then passed sentence upon Fusscll , Whom he or ' dered to be imprisoned upon the charge of sedition for two years , and fur the unlawful assembling lor three months ; and ho was , in addition ordered to cuter into liis own recognizance in * iof » , aiul two sureties in £ 50 each , to keep the peace for live years . Mr Fussell . —Before passing that sentence , my lord , may I be allowed to say one or two words to you and to the court . Chief Justice Wijldk . —If for the purpose of denyiug that you used the words ascribed to you I cannot hear you .
Mr Fussell . —It is for that purpose , my lord , and I am satisfied that in common justice , your lordship will grant ray request . Bear in mind , my lord , what character is ascribed to a man who counsels private astasination . Why , my lord , the most infamous , whatever may be their offences , have a character preferable to this . I do rot address vou with any view of mitigation of my sentence , but with the view solely of expressing my abhorrence of the crime of private assassination , and I defy , my lord , any one in public or private life to say that 1 even hold such opinions The learned Judge attempted to interrupt the prisoner , but he continued . Mr Fussell . —My lord , when I was apeaking , 1 was speaking of it as a fact to be lamented , that the system of private assassination was carried out in
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Austria and in Russia , and I did so with no other view . The learned Judge again interrupted the prisoner , Mr Fussell . —My lord , I deny most solemnly that I made use of the expression . I have within me the feelings of an Englishman , and I should have been ashamed of myself if I had advised such a thing . The learned judge then repeated the sentence , and the prisoner was removed . Williams was next called forward , and said , My lord , may I be allowed to say one word ? Chief Justice Wilde . —I am most anxious to bear you , if you have anything to Bay in extenuation of your offence .
Williams , —My lord , it is neither my wish to insult the court nor to press anything I may have to say upon your lordship , but I must say that ia one remark your Jordship made to the jury you are mistaken . Your lordship said that hard working men would not attend these meetings . I am a working man , I have toiled twenty hours out of the twenty-four , for 16 s . a week . I tried to better my condition , as I thought I had a right to do . With respect to the man who was here just now , I declare most solemnly to your lordship and to this court , that if I heard Mr Fussell make use of such an expression as that , I * would have assisted to throw him out of the waggon . I declare on my soul I would have assisted in throwing him outr but he said nothing of the kind .
Chief Justice Wilde . —The sentence upon you is , two years'imprisonment on the first count , one week on the second , and you will find sureties , yourself in . € 100 , and two in £ 50 , to keep tbe peace for three years . Williams My lord , then I shall be under the necessity of passing five years in p rison . Chief Justice Wilde- —The remission of the punishment which I feel it my duty to inflict restswith the Crown . A . Sharp was next called forward—and sentenced to two years' imprisonment for sedition , three months for the unlawful assembling , and to find the same amount as the others to keep the peace for three years .
The Prisoner attempted to reply to an attack of the Attorney-General , but he was hurried from the bar . William John Vernon was next called forward . The Prisoner said , that he had nothing whatever to do with the meeting on Clerkenwell-green . The meeting was ' not a Chartist meeting . I am not ashamed to avow myself a Chartist , but I suppose it is not because I am a Chartist that I am now to be punished . This meeting was far from being called by Chartists—the leaders of it were utterly unknown to the Chartists . I believe it was called by Williams and some of his friends , I was only there for some seven or twelve minutes listening to some of the
speeches delivered by the different speakers . I did not know any one of the persons calling the meeting , and I do not feel authorised to knock down any person who may deliver opinions that may be different from any of my own . I afterwards walked with the procession some 500 yards , and I cannot see that for this I should be in custody . I avow the p rinciples of the Charter which are simply to obtain reforms that we think desirable , and which are wanted . I was not aware of this meeting one hour before it took place , and I do not think there was any evidence given in to connect me with it . I will not take up more of yoar lordship ' s time , but I do feel it hard that I should be punished because I accidentally got up into the van to avoid the pressure ef the crowd .
His Lordship said , that the jury had found him guilty , and on that verdict he ( the learned judge ) must pass sentence on the prisoneri He had been also proved to have made some unwarrantable and most abhorrent allusions to steel pens dipped in red ink , and there was therefore nothing left for him but to pass sentence . The sentence was that he ( Vernon ) should be imprisoned for two years . ( The prisoner was also directed to find the same sureties as the others to keep the peace . ) The Prisoner complained that the food received in prison was in such a filthy state that it was unfit for human beings . They were literall y obliged to gnaw the potatoes in order to take tbe peel off , it being saturated with fat ; and they were allowed no knives or forks to their meat .
The Learned Judge could not interfere with the prison rules . In answer to a further question from the prisoner , The Chief Justice said that the prisoners would be confined in the New House of Correction for Middlesex . The prisoner was then removed from the bar . Looney was then placed forward . He also addressed the Court , and said they had called him an ' Irishman' on Saturday . He told them now that he was an Irishman , and more than that he would tell the Attorney-General that he was so pleased with the manner in which he and bis government treated his country that they might do what they liked with him .
He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment upon the count of sedition , two months' for the unlawful assembling , and to find the same amount of sureties as the last defendant to keep the peace for two years . When the sentence was passed Looney laughed and said , ' Very well , that will do . ' Ernest Jones was then called forward . On being placed in the front of the dock , he said : — My lord , before your lordship proceeds to your sentence on me , I have some observations to make , in accordance with the right I possess of appealing to you before the sentence of the court is passed . Not that I am afraid that my request would be refused , but I claim that fair play and justice , which I am sure your lordship will be ready to concede-I am not about to sav a word with reference to the
attacks that have been made b y the learned Attorney-General , but I would beg to refer that worthy functionary and your lordship to a letter in the press headed 'The Uight of Public Meeting , ' in which he will find my opinions accorded , with reference to his conduct in the matter of these trials . In addressing the jury an observation or two e 3 caped your lordshi p , in reference to my conduct at these public meetings . I do not believe that these remarks were thrown out by your lordship with any personal feelings in respect to so humble an individual as myself , but I would respectfully desire to Show your lordship that your lordship is wrong in the impressions under which you labour . Your lordship has stated that I have never , at any public meeting that I have attended , brought before th « people any sound and practicable scheme , whether 6 ocial or otherwise .
Chief Justice Wilde . —There is only one meetine before the court . Ernest Jones .-I understood your lordship to say that the six persons had used inflammatory language at public meetings . Chief Justice Wildk— There is one public meeting before the court . I know nothing of any other , J Mr Ernest Jones then addressed the court at some length , during which he was several times interrupted by the learned judge , who , after a few observations , sentenced him to be imprisoned for two years , to find two sureties in £ 150 each , and to enter into his own recognizances in £ 200 , to keep the peace for five years .
When the sentence was pronounced the prisoner said , ' I wisbyour lordship good ni ght , with the motto of the Charter and No Surrender . ' Thus closed the business of the sessions , and the Court adjourned .
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• S l lT , adi ° uroed county delegate meetine will b 3 held on Sunday , July 16 th . at ten o ' clook m tho morning , at Mr Bolfield ' s houae , Green-strcet when delegates from the following places are toqueried to attend :-Bel er , Alfreton , llkebton , Hoibrooke , Durheld , Swanwick , Codnor-park , Tronyille . Borrowaah , Burton , lutbury , Church Greanley , lreanor , and Melbourne , to complete theorganiaation of the county . A . general meeting of Chartists and Laud timbers will be held in the evening , at the above place .
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, aymarket , in the Uity of WestaiJ ster , at th « Office , in tho same Street and Parish , forthtVProtirietor . FBARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., aad SS by WniiAM Hewitt , of No . 18 , CharleB-atreet , Brat , don-street , Walworth , In the parish of St . Mary . Hewi i ? gt 0 i 1 > 4 ?^ n 90 Untyof Surrey . a * the Office , No . l € Great Wtodmul-street , Hayraarket , in the Citvof Wan ! minster .-Saturday July 15 th , 1849 ,
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We employed a special reporter to supply us with a full report of the above important trial , but in consequence of its extreme lMgth , and the late hour at which we received the concluding portion of the copy , we have been unable to give the speech of Mr Ernest Jones . The speech shall appear m our town edition , and will be Kiven in ' our country edition next week .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 15, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1479/page/8/
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