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«* *¦ - ^¦• ¦ ¦ f- ' ::- ' ^ :: ^? ' ^^^ S ^ ne extensive practice of fe _ r ; ' * ' - ' * k tT { \ ' i S § I iig Messr 5 K . and L . PERRY and $ Zs = a V •'" ' £ . *^ - ?*» s ^§ Co-. thecontinueddemandfor heir work , entitledTthe SILENT FRIEND , '( one hundred and twenty-five thousand copies of which have been told ) , and the e ' xteasive sale and high , repute of their Medicines bive induce < l some unprincipled pertons to as-JTime the name Of fBRRT * uS closely imitate t&e title of the Work and names of tUe Medicines . The public is hereby c lUtioned that such p ersous are not in any way connected wita the firm of B . and L . PERRY and Co ., of LoHdon , who do aot visit the Provinces , and are only to b 9 consulted personally , or by letter , at their Establishment , 19 , Berners-Etreet , Oxford-street , London .
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TTKiSST— Mr Mark Pearce , a joiner , wha has been empleyed iu the Deptford Dockyard frrthe last twelvemonths , was discharged on Wednesday week , for haviag been seen by a , Djckyard policeman at a Cnannt tnembere meeting , held on Wednesday week at the Walter ' s Arms . On the day following ( Thursdav ) asnperintenc ' ent of police sent fer Pearce jwd ssksi him his name wai ^ a Pearca refused , to giv ? . His discharge is q ffiaally stated to be for inenhardiaation to the police . Pbzttst Idea . — ' Whea I ' m a mar , ' is the poetry \ childhood ; when I trw jwog , ' is the poetrj ef
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/ -oi i ? a oat en TfmniTftunrr r thr oi . nin ? ; LEBRATED TaROUGHOl / T THB GLOBE . HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT . CURE OP PISTDLOUS SORES AND PLEURISY . Extract of a Letter from Ur Robert Calvsrt , Chemist , Stokesley , dated , September 5 rd , 1847 . To Professdr Holloway . Bin , —Mr Thompson , National Schoolmaster of this towri , desireB me to send yon the particular * of his son who bad been bad for tnree yews and a half , and has received the greatest benefit by the use » fyour pills and ointment . He is of a scrofulous constitution ; a pleurisy had left a large collection of matter in the chest , and this eventually formed a passage through the wales ot the chest , aud ended in three fistulous sores which dis . charged large quantities of pus , when he was induced to try your pills and ointment , at this date he was apparently in a dyiag condition ; the BtomacU rejected every-
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TEE RIGHT TO CARRY ARMS . ( From the papers of Saturday , July 29 ; h . ) At tb . 9 Thsmea Police Office on Friday , James Elmslie Duncan , a wild-looking youDg man , was brought before Mr Ballantine , by Riberfc Giffard , 8 9 II , charged with having in his possession a pistol , of which he eonid give no satisfactory account . The pri .-one-, when placed at the bar , was instantly recognised as a person who takes a prominent part at all Chartist meetings , as the generally acerf d < tpd laureate of the Chartist bedV .
Giffohd sta ' ed , that in consequence of instructions which he had received fram his superintendent , Mr Mtfdlicott , between twelva and one o ' cl 'ck that ( Friday ) raorning , be traced the prison-r to Upper E-JSt Smithfieid . On coming np with himjin Nightin ga l e lane , Giffird seized him by the collar , and at the same time felt the pockets , of his coat , sayinj , What have yon here ? ' To which the prisoner rep li e d , Whatever I have is my own . ' He had on a Glengarry cap at the time , with a broaoh elu 2 k in the front , from which two green streamers were pendant , and he had a knot of gre 9 n ribben in
the breast of hia coat . In bis hmd he had a large bag , containing a great quantity of printed papers , which prated to bs Chartist poem ? , of which he proudly avowed himself to be the author . When arr e sted , he asked Giffird , who was in plain clothes , what he was ? to which the latter replied , ' 1 am a coiutablp , ' and then took from the prisoner ' s pocket a large s z ? d pocket pistol , ( produced . ) On being asked wby he carried such a weapon , he re p li e d , ' I doit far myo » n protection , as I have marks upon my body of nnproToked vislence , inflicted on me by the nelice . '
Mr Ballantike : The p a p ers , you say are in verse . I Buopnsa they are political ? Giffohd : Teg , air . Mr Ballaktise , concluding from the prisoner ' s appearance that he was a foreigner , asked whether the prisoner spoke English ? Ghtohd : Yes , Bir . he is an Englishman . Mr Ballastine ( looking over one of the papers ) : Yes , thess are in English . One ef them is entitled 'The Chartist Martyrs of Pilate RoBgelland Herod Grey by James Elmslie Duncan , divinarian , and author of' Flowers and Fruits' ( laughter ) .
lnspec ' or Harris , of the H division , who t o ok t he charge , said the prisoner on being questioned as to the poseesdon of the pistol , replied that he carried it for hia own protection , and considered that lie was warranted ia so doing . When asked what was the meaning of the green ribbons with which he wag decorated , he replied that they were emblems of nationality—that he was a Chartist and a Sympathiser , and wished to show his sympathy with the Irishof whose rebellion sews had lately arrived that dayand he hoped London would Bhortly ba ia rebellion also . Mr BAtiAKTiNB : Well , Mr Dsncan , what hare yon to say to tbis charge ?
The Prisoner , with tta air of one who felt as if be was the observed of all observers , rep lied : What the constables state is correot with Borne little modifications , which , however , are to explain my position troly . I attended last night a meeting in John-street , cem p osed of Char t is t s Sscialists , and Repealers , Sympathisers , f « r the purpose of Instructing and being instructed ; for I myself hold to the doctrine o f n a tio n ali t y , which in my vocabulary means that every nation haa a right to govern itself . It was my intention to have recited a short unpublished poem to the meeting , but circnmstance 3 prevented me . I'll however , repeat it now . Here the 'laureate' drew himself ap to his fall height , and with a most inspired air begun , "There ' s a Btorm a brewing now , and ' Mr Baixastiss : You need not trouble yourself with the recitation ; confine yourself to the charge .
Pbisoskk : Well , tfeen as to the pistol , I hold by the doctrine that every man has a right to carry arms for his personal proteotion against violence from rev quarter . Mr Baixastwe : Then jou are not a Socialist ? Phisoner : 1 am ; and a physical force Chartist too . The doctrine of socialism is not understood . One of its first object * is self-proteition . Mr Ballantike : We shall uot discuss those doctrines now ; but I cannot help expressing my regret at seeing a mind so accurate as yours appears to be on some point ? , teas miserably misled on others . Phisoner : But you have not heard me . I wish to convince you .
Mr BuLA ^ riXE . You hays convinced me of one thing , that it is my duty to hold you to bail to keep the peace ; you must find bail for your good behaviour for the next four months , and at the Bame tieae von mast give notice , so as that the securities may be f » und sufficient . The prisoner wan accordingly locked np .
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TO FE&RGU 3 O'CONNOR , ESQ . M . P Sib ., —We , the members of the Cbartisl Association , at a meeting hold at the Colonel Uutchineoa , Nottingham , on July 29 . a , congratulnte you on tho wise precnu . tion jou hare taken to keep vours .-lf out of the mesheB of the law , and hops that you will convisus te do tho same . Signed on behalf of t&e members , by tha Chairman , William Ccsros .
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TO FEAnGU 3 O'CONNOR , ES ^ ,, M . P . Respected Sib , —As the improved ojet-tn of agriculture , propounded by joa in yoar work on 'Sm a ll Farms . ' has been doubted almost as much as discussed , permit me , through the columns of your valuable pnper , to off « r to the public an opportunity of proving to themselvea a few of the important facts advanced ia that work . I am iu possession of a small plot of ground , meaiur * lag thirty-two falls , part of which I b :. vo laid OU ? ia beds for wheat aud potatoes , on the plaa recommended by yon , and part I have retained ia the usual form practised In tho locality . The measurement of the bods la nine feet broad and twenty-five lung , iato which space I dibbled two ounceB of wheat , and have sown , in the usual broadcast form , over the game measurement , sis
ounces of the game seed . Tho greatest contrast exists between the products of the two sjeteme . The average number of BtBlbs sprung from oaoh dibbled plant is eleven—the smallest number from one grain of wheat is five , and the greatest number twenty-five , some tsrenty . tffo , eighteen fifteen , and bo od . Tha head , or ear , generally meaiures sis inches in length—nono being shorter than five and a half . This appears to me to be the result of dibbling in the groin , because I find in the ad . joining broadcast bed , containing three times the amouat of seed , I have not more than one-third the num . ber of stalks . The heads are much smaller , tha largest being only four inches , and the average being under four irches . Another peculiarity I oboerTe in favour of the dibble & wheat is , that it is much earlier , tbo heads are quite firm , while those of the broadcast are soft , and yield to the pressure of the fingers ag easily as the o . her grains did three weeks befc re .
I have planted whole potatoes al&o thltty-two inches apart , every une of which has a most health ; appear , ance . The stalks are spread round each plant , cov' ring as much » paco as an ordlnary-eizad umbrella , coverlog the surface more completely than tho adjoining stalks of the cut plants , set In rows twenty-two inches apart , and eighteen laches between each plant , I trouble you with this statement at this time , because the inhabitants of this district , who profess to disbelieve the agricultural superiority of the method propounded by you , may , by using their eyes , undeceive themselves—s , thing impossible it I should withhold my rt port till the wheat was thrashed out , and the po atoes lifted . I remain , respected sir , Tour obedient servant , AscniBAiD Ritchie . Stenhousa Moor , near Fulklrk , July 22 th , 1848 .
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THE ABERDEEN CHARTISTS AND THE NORTHERN STAR . ' Ma Edjtos , —An editorial artiole in your paper , headed ' A Lesson , ' appeared Ju ' y 13 th , This article reasons from a paragraph which hod appeared in tbe Aberdeen Cbiomicle , and which waB given as a report ef "bat Mr A , B . Henry said , when be delivered an ac count of the causes which led to the discomfiture of the National Assembly of the working classes , which sat in London , and of which he was a member . You begin your strictures b / ' taking tbe fairness of the report ia the Hssaid fer granted , ' N > w we think you . begin your string of reasonings by granting and talkigg too fast . 1 st . Because we never said to Mr Ernest Jones , nor did we write to him nor any member of the Convention or Assembly , ' that there were in Aberdeen 6 , 000 Cbartists
armed to tho teeth , and waiting for tho fray . ' But we told Mr Joses , while ia Aberdeen , that we bad begun to form » National Gaard , and which we had limited to 3 , 000 . We said , « e had then enrolled nearly 600 persons , whoBo names the secretary was transcribing from sheets into a book , ia alphabetical order . We also told U r Jone s , we had every hope of completing the enrolment of the required number In a very snort parlod , whan application would , in the first Instance , bo made to the government for arms . We did observe , in several of the London Paper ? , a notice that our National Guard was 8 000 strong , while we saw In others only 600 , wbiob was oorreot ; hence we judged the error waB typographical , and a natter unworthy of notice . What Mr Henry might have Bald to the man & £ London they ,
themselves , do not Inform ue ; but he had our positive instructions to tell them we were ready and willing—us we are still—to assist them to improve the condition of the working chases of our country , and of Ireland . We do sot Relieve that the men of London , the men generally of England , nOl * the brave people of Ireland , can believe that out of 16 , 565 Chartists in Aberdeen , who subscribed the laet Notional Petition , only one man could be found who had the command of a gun . Ur Henry did not need to test us upon that matter , and we will not answer the quest ' on . New , air , iu no particular did we mislead Mr Jones ; he saw witk bis own eyes the enthusiastic spirit of our people , which did not subside until the well . meant exertions of tho Assembly were laid prostrate by the grand juggle which was plannoil in damnable
daikne&a to overthrow tho unity of tho peoplo ; but we have a good gueia who It was that handled the caps and balls so dexterously . It is complained of Mr Henry of having mode a furiouB attack ou Mr O'Connor , and it seems others are chargeable with the like offij-ce . We deny he did BO . He was lenient in the extreme with Mr O'Connor ' s letters to the people about the Assembly . These public documents were in our hinds , and Mr HenryMid not dwell upon the topics , which he knew we bad often discussed before the people in as large meet . Jags as ho then addressed , B . sides this , Mr Henry knew that , previou * to his arrival in town , Mr Shlrron , oarothsr delegate , had Riven every explanation and told us how nrach Mr O'Connor had dona for the ' Cue venhon , end 1 b particular for tho Assembl y , So if attack
even seemad necessary it was not when Mr Henry delivered his report , the strongest expression of which vou shall have the benefit of- - TbatMp O Connor in Dot . ting down the Assembly , did for the government What the gorernment could not have done for itiolf' If Mr Henry was in error , be it so ; but in absoEca of ' all nroof that he was , the mating received his repert nnd re corded a unanimous vote of thanks to him for hia con duct in the Assembly . « Honesty ( you eay ) ia the h « Rt policy . ' We beg to ask , in return / is theL" troth o honesty in the assertion that « many furious attaokg have lately been made upon Mr O'Connor , far no o her l a . on than that he endeavoured to keep ^ od an * XT men , like Mr Jane , , from tumblinp into plt . falg dug by fool , and knaves V We do not Bollove yon will be able * " ¦? ' * »*• '? 6 rert Brita '"> «» O wl . r find ffnlt with
Mr O'Connor for snch conducUad if t o ; pTr '" aph is meant to spply to the upper or middle claBBe » who L notCoBrtiat ^ ithosnorisbUa point of senee Now Blr , we do grant the truth of the moral-honest , cer tainly is the best polioy ; and this noble maxim teaches us not to trust to men who fulfil few of their promises took around , sir , and you will catca men nqarer nome In as much want of correction , BB Mr Henry , who has ltft here for Edinburgh , whera he inteada to reside and where , we tru . t , he will devote his spare time and to . Unto in bahalf of a class which ho has laboured for six years to elevate . Mr Editor , I beg to remain , yours respectfully , . By order of the ComniltUe juf yTm * . JOHWeHAEr ' SMraW
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month—and such a discovery , that wo may , with Dornlnlo Si mpaon , exclaim : How very prodig ; ou *!' Now , we Chartists are not quite so stupid , for , In less than 6 > s acoondn , I haro discovered that i hs said editor is a '« cruffy » P V > muff , *;' and his correspondent is most d e oi d ed l y a 'loony , puny spooney !' O , Tempora ! O , Motet ! W . H . CtlPTON . Bristol . July 31 st , 1848 . . t , __ n r ., i snnh a . diRnoverv . that wo ma ? , with Do-
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UNFOUNDED CALUMNY , TO THE EDITOB OF THE HOBTDEBH STAB . Sib , —It h » vln ; been reported that a young man , named G . Geer , is a traitor to our cau « e , and a gorernmont spy ; I have felt it my duty to take the earliest oppor unity of Kl * inS 8 ucn reports the most positive contradiction . I am personally acqualntod with him , bis business , and residence , and introduced him to our looallty . A . Pacsbb . No . 7 , While Lion passage , Edgware road , July 27 th , 1818 .
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THE CHARTIST TRIALS . YORK ASSIZES . CHARGE OP UTTBRING A 8 EDIT 10 U 3 SPEECH ON TOXF-8 HAW MOOR . The Qoeen v . Tomlinson . —MrKnowles , Q . O ., and Mr Overend were for the prosecution : Mr J . Pollock conducted the defence . Mr Ovkbbhd stated the charge . The defendant was indicted , first , for uttering a seditious Bpeech ; secondly , for uttering a seditious libel ; and thirdly , tor being pwsent at a tumultuous meeting . Mr Knowlks stated ( he case . The defendant was oharged with uttering seditious language , at a meeting wbicli had been held on Monday , the 12 th of June , at Toftshaw moor , near Bradford . v * bich meeting wag attended by between 1 000 and 8 , 000 persons .
The object of that meeting waB professedly political , and the defendant waa one of the speakers . The people who attended it marched in military step , with banners flying , accompanied with bands of music . On , theae bjmnera there were inscribed these words—• It is better to die by tbe aword than perish with hunger ! ' On other— ' The Charter with peace , or a republic ! ' The meeting was composed of persons kuown by the name of Coartista , because the motto evidentl y referred to that class of people . In tbe couree ef the proceeding tbe defendant addressed tbe multitude , and said— ' It has been said that God pronounced a cur 3 eon man ; that was , 't hat man s h o uld eafc his bread by the sweat of his brow , ' but if God pronounced a curee ori man , man has pronounced a
greater curae on hia fellow-man , for he has said , ' thou Shalt not eat bread , but shale pine . ' Place yourselves in such a positioa , tben , —in a position that will enable you to overthrow , for ever , the despotic governm e nt t h a t n o w t yrannises ever you—the most baee , brutal , bloody , plundering , liberty-slaying , middle clasa government with which a nation was ever cursed . Did I say ba 3 e ? Yes ! For its baseness is exhibited in the language of its members . Bloody ? Yes ! For the b ' ood of millions of persons can be traced to the door of the English senate house , which is crying out for vengeaaoe—eternal vengeance on the murderous syntcms Then I ask you , Englishmen , when thousand * are dying—hurried into premature graves—when thousands are starving for
foodparents , brothers , and sisters—when hundreds of tbe middle class are wade bankrupts , and hundreds more on the verge of bankruptcy—and though thousands are crying out for remedial measures , ere they perish —yet the government turns a deaf oar to the cry of our starving people , and send them to gaol . I ask you who have to toil and sweat , how long Bball this last—how long support a boat of aoulless , heartless aristocracy , who fatten on your blood ? I aek , how lrfng shall this last ? Are you determined to destroy the vicious institutions tbat now exiBt V Here , said the learned cuaneeli the defendant points clearly to the institutions under which we live , and if there be any meaning in plain language , t her e c a n be no doubt of the guilt of the defendant as to that which we
attribute to him . He goeB on , — 'If you are prepared for the worst , let the British lion growl first , _ as he does at this moment ; and if our base rulers will not take hoed , let the British lion put his paw on those that proveke us to desperation , and hurl them from power . ' What was the meaeing of tbis ? The meaning of it was plain , nnd coming as it did at a moment when events in ccighbou « ing countries ware fresh in the reeo'lcction of every one , what did it generally pa int to bu t s o me lawless m e asure of violenc e , to get rid of the government againBt which the whole speech was directed . 'Ltt us hurl from power , \ says the defendant , ' the supporters of existing establishments , and let us be prepare d to erect in their stead institutions which will conler peace and prosperity on every
membar of this vast commercial empire . Lei them grant equal political privileges tr ^ every member of the community . You may wait for the middle classes doing tliia , but if you are waiting inexpectation of that , your prospects will ba blighted . You may wait until Doomsday in tbe afternoon , snd be no nearer Ihan you are now . If you are determined to be fres , t hen , instantly organise yourselves , and if you do so , you may hope to succeed . Let the three words , ' Ag itate , agitate , agitate , ' be changed to the words ' Prepare , prepare , prepare . " Gentlemen , said the learned coun se l , these are the words which form the subject of this indictment , and I feel that it would be trifling with common sense , if I were to labour further to show that the meaning of this speech is other than tbat which we attribute to it . Political discussion in
tbis country is free , and I am Bot here to limit it farther than the rules of decency and the safety of the institutions under which we live require . I have placed the case before you , and applying to it common B 6 D 8 G and common language . I say ytu can have no doubt that the words uttered constitute a seditious libel , aud if so you will find the defendant guilty . Mr IIbniit Hunter Thimpbok , shorthand-writer , proved the speech , which he read from bis notes . Cross-examined . —I know this man by sight . I did not observe any extract from a newspaper in hie hand . He had a small memorandum book in his
hand , and I observed that he referred to that occasionally , but Baw no newspaper . There had been considerable distress in tbe neighbourhood befoic thia time , —Brad ord particularly . I believe that distress had also extended itself to Leeds and Halifax , but in a less degree . The meeting was conducted in tbe usual way of Chartist meetings . I saw no breach of the peace . The chairman mado a speech , and I toik that down . The authorities at Bradford applied to me to furnish tbis speech . I also furnished the chairman ' s s p eech , and same others .
Re-examined . — There was great exoitement in Bradford and other towns of the West Riding at the time . This was the case for the prosecution . Mr Pollock made an energetic speech for the dcfencei He aaktd the jury whether hundreds of speeches had not been made just as foolish and as rash jib the one which had just been read , and against which the uttention of the government had not been directed ?—The British Lion—tbe jury saw him there ( pointing to the prisoner , a tather delicate looking young pin ) , —the British Lion , it was said , had been growling tor a long time , and thia last growl of his had been thought enough to awake the attention of the government , and had brought before the jury hia learned friend , Mr Knowlea , As to the inscriptions on the banners which had been read , there was nothine about them , he argued , which the
advocates for the public safety med be much alarmtd about ; and were Bcsrcely to be treated seriously . With reference to tbe speech , he submitted that the language employed in it was not stronger than had been ' used by tbeadvooites of Free tr ade—that it \ T 8 B direoted against the men in power and not against the constitution of the country , and that it would be harsh to canvass too strictly tbe words of men whose wives and children were starving for want of broad , when the same language had been adopted on osher occasions by members of the Senate House . It was unreasonable to suppose that when nwn of tho prisone r ' a olaas in life were suffering in the way he had mentioned , they would attack in a milk-and-water way the grievances which they believed had brought them to that situation . He contended , generally , that the speech meant nothing—that there was nothing seditious about it , and that , therefor e , his client waB entitled to an acquittal .
Mr Justice CRKssivBiiii then proceeded to sum up . He commenced by commenting upon the remarks made by the prisoner ' s counsel as to the Etronger language having been used by other persons than that emp loyed by the prisoner ; with impunity , observing that that was a matter with whion the jury had nothing to do further than to know this , that the offence of one man could not be treated as the excuse for another . Ilia lordship went on to speak ot the speech and of the circumstances under which it was uttered , tailing the jury that the question for their consideration was whether the prisoner intended t ? excite disaffeo'ion towards the government of the cuuntry . The language of thia speech , he eaid , might be absurd to the ears ot educated persons , who would probably only have laughed at the speaker , and shamed him out of making such a foolish
exhibition in future , But when the jury saw that this language waaaddressed to some thousands of uneducated people , who , starving from want , ware taught to believe that their suffering was to be charged on the government of the country , under such circumstances let them ask themselves whether 8 U 0 & laa guage waa not calculated to bring upon tbat government b great amount of hatred and dieaffeotion Ilia lordahip went through the Bpeech , eentence by sen tenee and tho general purport of his remaiks amounted to thw , tbat it wa addres 8 ed , - not > , against any odious and obnoxious Miniater of the Crown or representative " ** the people , but as calling upon those to whom it v . u addressed to plaithem Mires ma portion to enable them to ovoSow for dJ&eff **—««*••• •«« to co DBi . Mr PeuccK then asked hia lo / tfsh-p , with a T iew
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to a initiation of ijuaiahraent ; . if , in the event ot too verdict being adverao to his client , his lordship would hear evidence to show that the language of the speech was not the defendant ' s , but written by eome oce els e , and adopted by him ? Mr Justice Crbsbwbm , —Certainly not . 1 cannot admini 9 t 6 r an oath after tha verdiet iu delivered . In about twenty minutes tho jury returned into c o urt , w ith a verdi c t o f Guil ty . The defendant was ordered to stand dawn , and the court then rose . toa niit . iiMir . mn nf i . ii .-. ishMent ; . if . in tlie event ot too
RIOT AT BINGLKV . _ John Kilvington , Isaao Ickerinsill , James Crabtree , aad J » n » ea Bland , were charged with riotously assembling and assaulting police constables , also with riot and rescuing prisoners fram tha custody of coustablas ; and James Bland was further indioted for that he , being a special cons t able , di i not suppress or endeavour to suppress the riot , and did not prevent or endeavour to prevent the rescue . Mr Kuowles , Hon . Mr Phipps , and Mr Paahley conducted tha prosecution ; the prisoners were de-( ended by Mr Sergeant Wilkina and Mr Joseph Pollock .
it appeared that information had been laid againBt the prisoner John Kilvington , and a man of the name of Smi t h , for illegal drilling , tbey having marched through Bingley at the head of two bodies of men consisting of one hundred each , having fligs and banners and bandB , and receiving the word of command . Accordingly Mr Busfield Ferrand , the magistrate before whom tha information waa laid . Issued his warrants for the apprehension of Smith and Kilvington , and on the 26 tfl of May last they , havins : been apprehended , were brought before Mr
Forrand , at the magistrates' room , which is at an inn called the Brown Cow , m'tnated on the opposite side of tho bridge which leads into Bingley from the town . Mr Ferrand ( after the depositions which had been previously taken had been read over to the prisoners ) , committed them to York Castle , and they were given into the cuBtody of John Carruthers and six other constables , for the purpose of being conveyed to the railway station . They left the magis tratea' roam and proceeded across the bridge . When they reached Fold-yard top they were stopped by a mob with whom were Bland and a man named
Whiteneld , who said , 'They shall not go to prison ; we will die first . ' They then went on a little further to Tod-lane top , where more persons came np , and the constables were compelled to tako their prisaners baok to the justice-room . The mob burst open the door and rushed in—a tamult succeeded—Ickcrinp ill addressed the magistrate in violent language—Crabtree pushed and struck the constable , who waa endeavourin ? to protect the magistrate—Bland was insolent to him , and eoeouraged , or rather did not difcourage , the others . Mr Ferrand implored the
prisoners not to avail themselves of the attempt at rescue , and warned Bland of the consequences of his not assisting the authorities . It had been agreed that bail should be taken at York if the prisoners could procure proper persons . The crowd , however , lef t t he room , carr ) ing the prisoners off with themtheir handcuffs were struck off . In n few days the prisoners were captured and srnt to York . Evidence for the prosecution was given by Mr B . Ferrand , William Burt ( his clerk ) , Varley , Green , and Carrufchera ( police ) , and Cowgiil , a special constable .
Mr Sergeant Wilkins addressed an able speech to the jury on behalf of the prisoners . It seemed to him ther e was cot a tittle o f evid e nce a g ainst an y one of these men to justify the charge . It was perfectly true if men congregated together for an illegal p ur p ose , and they w e re sa t i s fied that two or three of them were concerned , then , with certain limits and qualifications , the rest might be responsible . But he would proceed to inquire whether anything in the present case justified any SHCh presumption , lie believed that no one would think so excepting that over zealous but indiscreet gentleman Mr Baufield Ferrand , and he wou'd show before he sat down he
had not made that assertion unadvisedly . The learned sergeantthen , inhisu » ual sty le , went t hroug h the various circumstances cf the case , sad in no measured terras gave Mr Ferrand credit for all those things which had taken place , and attributed them to his absurdities . He asked in conclusion where was the rescue ? It was effected without any concert from these men . Where was tbe assault ? It was by an unknown hand . Where was Bland ' B misconduct ? It was not sho wn . Where was the conspiracy ? It yet remained to be seen that anything of the kind ever existed . He implored them » s the best safeguard of the nation to see that they did net uojust ' y oppress the poor by their verdict on this occasion .
After several witnesses , to character , had been called , the learned judge summei up , when the jury retired , and after an absence of forty minutes , they returned the following verdict : —Bland Guilty of neglect of duty ; lckerin ill Guilty of riot and rescue j Crabtree Guilty of the rescue ; and Kilvington GuilSy of rencuinE hiraself . Sentence deferred . Robert Wnitefield , John Kilving ton , Jesse Lsseb , William Smith , John Robinson . and . bdwa r d Hur ' ey , for riot and conspiracy at Bingley , on the 2 G ; h of May laet , oa the application of Mr Pollock , were traveraod to the next as 9 iz 28 , on the ground that they had not been committed for twenty days previous to the present assiz 3 s . Mr Knowles mada no objection and his lordship direoted the traverses to be entered accordingl y .
John Qufn , Joseph Hollirgi , Thomaa Bottomley , Henry Shackleton , aud eleven others , Against whom true bills had been fonnd by the grand jury for riot and rescue at Bingley ( of which riot the prisoners in tho laot case were the ringleaders ) were discharged , on their entering into their own recognizances in the sum of £ 50 to keep the peace for two years .
THE BHAPFOBP CHARTISTS . Barret Long ( 19 ) , John Spenoe- ( 22 ) , Jno . Mears ( 20 ) , Mark Cockerham ( 23 ) , and Mary Patchett ( 32 ) , charged with riot at Horton , on the I 6 . h of July ult ., were also traversed to the next assize ? , on application by Mr Pollook , on the same grounds as the preceding
case . EIOT , ASSADXT , AND HKBCCE AT BRADPOKD . Lszarua Sunderland and Andrew Beanlacda were charged with riot , assault , and rescuing from the custody of Richard Horefall , a person unknown , on the 17 th ult . Mr KnowleB , Q . C .. the Hon . H . Phippa , and Mr Overend , prosecuted ; Mr Foster was for Sundtrland ; Beaolands was defended by Mr F . Pollock . It had been proclaimed that a meeting : would take place at Wapping , in Bradford , on tbe 17 th of July ,
ia consequence of which the magistrates ordered the ground to be occupied , and the meeting to be prevent d . Toe people finding that they could not he allowed to assemble at Wapping , raised a cry of Broomfield ; ' they adjourned to that place , a riot ensued , and a witness named Horsfall stated that stones were thrown at the special constables , that he rushed forward to seize the prisoner Sunderland , that he chased him round Broomfield , but eventually ke had to take refuge in a shop . The jury returned a verdict of guilty against Beanland , and acquitted Sunderland . —Sentence deferred .
CHARGES OF DRILLING . Joseph Foster ( 30 ) . oharged with drilling at Manningbam , on tha 2 M of May last , was liberated . His father was bound in the sum of £ 50 to be answerable for two years for tbe good behaviour of h w son , who is subject to fits , and occasionally of ueaoujad mind . Henry Butterfield ( 30 ) , was charged with drilling at Clayton , en the 22 nd of May last . The Hon . H . Phipps prosecuted ; Mr F , Pollock defended the prisoner . A witness of the name of Jowett waa called , wko proved that on the 22 ad of May , about half-past eight in tho evening , he saw thirty persons marching two abreast , tbe prisoner at their side . He oried out , ' Halt—march—stand at ease—rig ht face , ' and the men obeyed the word of command .
Here Mr Pollock , on behalf of the jrisoneri said he could net resist the evidence . Verdict , guil'y . Sentence deferred . Thirty prisoners , against whom true bills had been found by the grand jery for drilling others , snd bein g drilled themBelvea , were brought up before the court . In some cases they pleaded guilty and were discharged on entering ieto their own recognizances to keep the praco for two years . In others do evidence was offeted . and th ey w e re a cq uitted .
SBNTBNCB ON THE CHARTISTS . J . Johnson , W . Connor , I . Hfiaton , W . Winterbnrn , W . Smith , II . Whitoombe , J , Downeg , F . Vieaty , and W . Sager , convicted ot riot and assault at Bradford , were tirat called upon for sentence ; Sagar and Johnson to be imprisoned at hard labour for 1 wq years , and tbe other prisoners for eighteen calendar months . —A . Tomlinaen , for uttering a seditious Bpeech , to be imprisoned eighteen calendar months , without bar ; * labour . —A . Beaniand , for riot at Bradford , to be imprisoned at hard labour for eighteen calendar months J . Ramsden , for drilling at Dri gblingten , to be iraprisoned at bard labour for two yeare . —B . Plant , D
noiroya , i . ueii . oonviotea ot a like offence , to be imprisoned et hard labour for eighteen calendar months .-J . Cockerbara , H . Butlerfldd , R . Bradley , and A . Bowler , for like offences , to be imprisoned at hard lab our for twelve calendar months . —J . Leeming for drilling at HaWax , also to be imprisoned for twelve calendar months at hard labour . —J . Kilyingten , J . Crabtree , and I . Ickeringill , for riot , &o , at Bingley , were next sentenced : lokeringill to bo imprisoned six oalendar months at hsrd labour ; Crabtree , two calendar monthB ; and liilvington one calenda r m o nth . J , Bland , for neglect of duty as n special constable , to bo fined £ 10 , and to fee imprisoaed until such fine be paid .
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Monarchy . —There is a superstition annexed to tho very institution of monarch y . Men is essentially a ieeble animal ; dazzled and perplexed with the as peot cf the guards and state , and with majestic and gracious demeanour which our kings in general know how to put on . — Godwin , > A Derby paper aaya that a man living in that town has in his garden a potato root , which has HO tops to ton , and which oocupiesseveatj-tight square feet ofRroundi The raacnfac ' urcM of the government poatage sUtnps hava denied that there is anything poisonous in the gum applied to them .
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APPREHENSION OF CHARTISTS 1 \ EDINBURGH . The following arreBta were announced in the fe cond edition of last Saturday ' s Star . We now enL the following additional particulars : — ( JVoHia C ' ovretpondtnU ) E'iin'jurgn , July 26 th , 18 < 8 . DeAB Sia , —I regrot to have to late that Jam : n Ca ' m mlng and Henry Rankea ( our lata representatives to ^ g National Ais « rably ) , and Archibald Walker , and . Robert Oraniton were apprehended this afternoon on a chnrj of sedition , < fcc . Mr Cranston is admitted to ball , hat lor tho other throe no ba ' . l will be taken . It i 8 ' | , j that otber warrants have been issued , I trust yoQ «(][ mtntlon in your Scotch edltlen that subscribers for the North Beitish Express will require to call far thtir papers at the priating-offloe , as tho booki have aij boea sc zsd , and the publiehinjj . office abuS up by tho autho . ritlna . Al'PRfc , IIa 2 \ . Sl 0 iV OF CHARTISTS l \
It Is supposed to have been In consequence of a meet , log held on Cilton-blll on Monday ni ^ bt , of about 6 000 or 0 , 000 , called witbout public Intimation . It is likewise considered a plan for patting down tbe paper , as Messrs talker and Rmken are toe acting men ia th 6 publishing of the paper . [ This letter only reached us on Friday morning , July 28 th—too Iato for its insertion to be of any eervice to the North British Expbes ^ . ]
( From the Times . ) Edinburgh , Vf edneaday Evening . —For some time past the Chartists aad Rapealerg in Edinburgh—in imitation of the example set bf tho disaffected inother quarters of the country—have been organising themselves into club 3 for the purpose of procuring arms . Already , we underhand , have twelve clubs been formed , some of the members of which have obtained arms , and the others are in progress of receiving them . The authorities have all abnc been cognisant ef what was going on , and knew all the more active participators in the movement , the focus of which is in that part of tho old town well known
as the Cow-gate , where most of the Irish reside . We learn that it is the practice of thecluba to meet in this locality almost nightly , and the house of a certain broker haa been pointed out as the head quarters of the sedition-mongers , A 3 an instance of the perfect etate of the organisation , we may mention that on Monday evening last a public meeting was held on the Calton-bill , which was attended by several thousands of Repealers and Chartists , who bad been summoned together by tbe secret agency of the club 3 in ( he course of a couplo of henrs , The speeches on that occasion were of the most violent description .
This latter circumstance , and the threatening aspect of affairs iu Ireland , has at length led the authoritiesto interpqsefor thepurposeof frustrating the p lans of theclubbists , ivhuse aim ie , in the event of a rising in the sister kingdom , to create such a state of excitement here , there , and everywhere throughout the country as shall prevent the government from withdrawing any of the troops at present ia England or Scotland , and concentrating such a force in Ireland as wsuld enable them speedily and sue . cees f ull y to suppress all attempts at rebellion . It ; was accordingly resolved , in tbe course of the day , to apprehend gome of themrre violent of the leaders atnone tha Chartiats and Repealers . For this purpose Mr Moxey , of the Edinburgh City Police , and
Mr List , of the Edinburgh County Police , attended by a number of eheriffs' officers , proceeded to the bouses of the parties in question , and , before the eveninng , bad appreh- ^ ded eix in all , two of whom were shortly afterwards discharged , as not being sufficientl y cul pable to justify their detention , A third was subsequently lot out on bail ; but the remaining three , after being recognised and examined , were lodged in tbe Calton Gaol . Their ap . prehension was gone about so quietly as to create no excitement whatever ; and when they were re * moved , abnut eight o ' clock , from the Sh e riff s' Chambers , in the Cuunty . buildingg of the Calton ^ Gaol , a small crowd collected , who made no manifestation of feeling whatever . The names of the three indivi * duals apprehended are , Cumminjr , Rankin , and Walker . The two first were the delegates for Edin . burgh in the Iato Chartist Convention , and hava taken a leading purt in all the political agitation
which has prevailed in this city for the last four or five months . Cumming is a man advanced in life , a bootmaker by trade . Al though not poiEessed of any g reat t alent a , he haa from first to laBt b « en recog » nised as a lead < r among the Chartiats . Rankin is a young man , an upholsterer b y trade , and a tolerable public speaker . Walker is the printer of the North British Express , which is a very violent paper , and the only Charijst organ for Scotland . We learu that the charge against them is a very general one , baring reference to their attending and making violent speeches at several public meetings in Edinburgh , and to their having teen members of certain illegal club 3 whose object is to overthrow the government of the country . All the tet'ers and documents found in their houses have been seiz -. d ; so olso have all tho book 9 and papers in the Worth British ExPRBW office . It is probable , th er efore , that this paper , tb © publishing day of which is Saturday , will in future b 3 suspended .
We learn that warrants are out for two or three m ? ra of tbe leaders . On Monday night Jahn Grant , while on bis way to the meeting upoa the hill , was taken into custody ., We believe the charges , against him are similar to those m * de against Rankineand Walker . —Edinlurgh Advertiser . LEGAL R 0 BB ? RT —SACKING THE PUBLISHING CFPICB OF THK ' NORJH BRITISH EXPRESS . '
( From the North British Express . ) Not content with the apprehension of the leaders in the cause , tho authorities , it would seem , expeoted a nest of treason hatching in our publishing office . They were mistaken , and although all our books and papers , from the ledger down to the addresses for country parcels , were seized , nothing could be found , tbat any charge of any kind could bo founded upon . The office was taken possession of by s $ me half dozm of offic e rs of on e kind or an ot her , who , to evinca their activity , detained every peraon who happened to call , Oue gentleman who went to pay for gome
papers waa detained five hours and then to ' . d to go . What occasion was there , we would like to know , for laying sie * e to our publishing office , unless they were to make a charge against the Daper ? Why should the papetB and letters in our office be different from those of other newspaper offices ? Tue Express office is the place where tha business of tho Express ia conducted , aad h neither a raestinpf piaoa for the clubs , a depot for pikes and guns , or the head quarters of the so-called assitsainators ! I God bless the innocent authorities ! What a knowledge of Chartists and Chartist meeting places tbey mu $ t have . THE raHONKRS IN JAIL .
Same parties connected with this paper had an interview , in tho presence of the authorities , witb M-aarsRanken nnd Walker in the Calfcou Jail on , Tbureday night , They were both in excellent spirits- Ranken as buoyant and conGdent a 9 usuil , and Mr Walker aa quiet and staid as if he bad been sailing pipers iu the office . The officials will nod Rinken an uncompromising and tough bind to deal with . The prisoners are confined in separate cells and wear their own olotheSi
APPREHENSION OP CHARTISTS AT GREENOCK AND GLASGOW . We announced in our third edition of last Ssturday Mm arrest of Mr Smith , of Glasgow , and Mes < rB Burrell and Neilson , ( by mistake printed Keilaon , } of Greenocli . We now give the following Irom th& Daily Nrws of Monday : — On Thursday morninir . Robert Burrell , Chartist books e ll er , and Andrew Ncilson , blacksmith , were apprehended at Gre « n . uk . They were removed to Paisley and committed to the county gaol . From the Grbbngck Advertiser , we learn that when Ranken , Curonvnir , and Walker , were arrested in Edinburgh on Wednesday , the authorities wzi& all the books , letters , and other articles found in the office '
of the North British Express , and all the copies of the paper , witu . a viaw to etoupinjc its publication in future . Walker is tho printer ef the Exprkbs , and Ranken is understood to be one of the editors * Jamea Smith , the ogent for the Exprhss in Gla 9 » gow , who was also apprehehended , is charged with imisprision of treason ; ' and in connexion therewith it is mentioned that the acoused ia suspected of hat . me been in correspondence with partita in Liverpool . Edinburgh , and Greenook , with a view to the setting up of ' cluDB , ' for the purchase of fire-arms , < ko , ia order to carry out flume political object . Smith is
V l nl Glapgow < an d is corresponding secretary of the Chartist Association in that city . Amongst hia papers , we understand , were found a quantity ot seditious , if not treasonable , correspondence , implioatmg other persons , and amongst them Burrell and Neilaen , the latter a member and the secretary of the Arms Club , openiy formed in Greenock a few weeks ago . Neilson offered hardly any resistance to the oflicers . Burreil , however , on the demand for admittance , instantly arose and barricaded the door * It was . however , at once broken open by the officers . Burrell and his sods showed fiijht , but were very soon overpowered . '
{ From the North British Mail . ) Grbenock , Jolt 28—With reference to the arrest of two of the Chartist leaders here yesterday , we are informs « 1 that when Smith , the secretary to " ^ Arms Club in Glasgow , was apprehended / his Conlederate , for whom the police were in » earoh , lmm . diatel y came down to Greenock gotameetiDg of the committee of ihe Arms Club called together , when the books of the club , and indeed almost ever * paper that anything could be founded on , wereburnt . Neither Burrell nor Neilson had the least doubt ef the legality of their conduct , as they fancied the Arms Bill did not extend to Sootland . It is well the discovery of the daring designs of these parties were known so soon , as , we are otedibly informed , four hundred muskets , ordered f om a houBa in Birmingham , ara on > their way to Greonock for the B « e of the Arms Club .
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The proportion of Jews to Christians in ihe United KingdQK ) is as 1 to 2 , 076 .
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An Orthodox Stubol —A female peregrine falcon , recently etcaped , has fbnnd a resting place below the vane of St Nicholas spire , Newcastle , and is said to have destroyed numbers of pigeons . Cicero was one day sneered at bv one of his opponents , a mean man of noble lineage , on account of his low parentage . You are the first » f yoar line , ' said the raiUr ; ' aud you , ' rejoined Cicero , ' are the last of yours . ' Jjew Cow . —The first of the new decimal coins , in cnaformity with the plan of the present Master ef the Mint , has just been completed . It is & * 2 i . piece , bearing the proileof he Queen on the obverse . Mr Commissioner Law has just decided , in a judgment given at great length , that the creditors ODder a foimer insolvency cannot claim nnder s BubiMaent one .
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THE ' TIMES' CORRECTED , TO THE EDITOB OP THB NOKHIBK 8 T 1 B Sia , —A correspondent of tbe Tikks , who wj , hea « O be oonflldcred a wit , lBfbras the editer tbat , having read the newspapers for the pant bIz months carefully he hS 3 mada the wonderful discovery that six of the cVar-!^ ff ana n « nf < d D e T ltade" «« respectively named ; 'CafiVy , Duff-y , Buff- T , X ^ oney , fitoeney , Rooney . ' Heru is a philosopher , jq !{ a discovery of one name per
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« S&a- A TRIP TO SNIG S END AND I . 0 WBANDS , TO THE EDITOR OJ THK NOSIHEEN STAB . Sib , —Having batn at Lowbanda list August , I went there this sumipcr to see whut progress the allottees had made since my last visit , and I can asfture the roadf rs of the Stab , tbat I never beheld a more industrloua set of men , and their crops aro truly astonishing . I did not eea any wbeat ia my travels half so good as at Lowban d * . I made a careful examination of tbe wheat crops on a number of allotments , and I found from twenty , six to thirty stalks on an average from each grain , and I also found that the tars of wheat were near !? doable the siz : of that sown broad-cast by the
neighbouring farmers , which averaged trom five to six each grain ; aad the vegetable crops were equal to the highly cultivated market gardens in the vicinity of Bristol . I should recommend all member * of the Land Company , that are able , to ice Saig ' s End and Lowbands this summer . I wa 3 warmly reoelved by Mlf and Mrs O'Brien , at the school-honse , who bad just arrived there : and on my return from Lonbands to the Swan , about ten o ' clock at night , I foind many of tho allottees on the Moat , and part of Snip ' s Bud , busily at work , but Mr O'Connor works as harJ , If not harder , than any of them . I saw with him at tha old farm-house at Snlg's End . a tidy sized cart loud of papers prepared for the
inspection of tbe government scrutineer , and Mr O'Connor wa 3 ap till two o'clock ever y morning , I am sure it Is tbe greatest crime any man can bs guilty of , to revile and grumble at bicn , for no gentleman haf done wbat bo bis to emancipate tSn working classes . If I bad iho RO 3 d fortune to have an allotment on Lowbands or Snlg ' a End , I wo&ld not tafce £ 500 in ready cash to part with it . I wish some of the grumblers would give me their chance . Snlg ' s End will be a peifeot paradise in another year . I departed with a sorrowful heart that I had not the cfeancc to stop there instead of returning to the black 6 moky iron works ef Glamorganshire , where I am now writing , Youra most truly , D . R . MOBQAN .
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2 THE NORTHERN STAR . August 5 , 1848 . _ / -oi i ? a oat en TfmniTftunrr r thr oi . nin ? LEBRATED TaROUGHOl / T THB GLOBE
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1482/page/2/
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