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      feat Ho felt roared that they would look attho ^« er candi dly and impartially , and , not «*» - § 5 what had teen said by the Attorney-General in Bering the case about the witness . « J P «« "g " Whence he should haye to rely , he must say « £ - , fafaa opinion , more respectable witnessesmig ht have isai ^ srtfW wSSs policeman in such a caw ? and woald « be tafe for SaBtodo so ? The case had not been properly made out . Instead of Heading a professional shorttend writer , a person who by his profession and po-Ktea would bi above suspicion , a police constable to sent to act ai a spy , and he professed , out of a ¦ beech which was admitted to have lasted three quarters of an hour , to pick out these ( few sentences , jrcrtting the whole of the rest of the speech , whieh ui % nt have entirely qualified , or altered the sense of tfcs expressions imputed to him , if indeed they were ,. . _ _ .. , i .. t ,. « . fh >

      ottered at aU . The learned counsel then commented ^ tm the natur e of the evidence , and said he wished feem to understand that he did not impute perjury to [ tlte policeman , but what he said was , that acnding to bis own admission of the circumstances waist which ha took the speech , the evidence could sot be relied upon to convict the defendant . The government would never have thought of attempting ts convict aperstn lite Smith O'Brien , or any other aaa in his position , of sedition , upon the evidenoe « fa policaman so obtained ; and he thought they mgnt not to endeavour to do it in the caw of a man ¦ t the station of the defendant . The learned council concluded a very energetic and able address by cxpresiog an opinion that the jury would feel the t »?» had not baen made out so dearly as it ought to Base been , and on that ground the defendant was en-Cited to an acquittal . Taa Attorney General replied very briefly .

      Baron Platt , in summiBg up , said he did not think there was any pretence for applying the term' spy' to 6 » eoastabie who had given evidence on the present reaion . The vojation of a spy was most Gdious and Kpognant to the feelings of Englishmen , and the fcrm ought no * to have been applied ia this case . Tbaquestian they had to decide was , whrher the matxt the bar had eimmitted the offence imputed is hint or not . If they were Batiified from the- evidence that be had . they would desert their duty to f&emselvesttid their country if they did not say so ; asjLcnthe other hand , they would equally desert tour duty to the administration of justice if they & sot give the accused person the benefit of any seasonable doubt they might entertain of his guilt . The jury then retired , and were absent more than fen hours , when they returned a verdict of guilty ; lot at the same time expressed their opinion that itwoold b 3 better in such cases to have the evidnc « of two witnesses .

      Tne learned judge remarked , that it was no doubt BRe advisable , but at the same time such a course VMBOt always pracfcable . Acs . 28 . —Jahn James Bsur , 33 , was indicted for ¦ saxtisn . Toe Attorney-General , Mr Webby , Mr Bodkin , asd Mr Clark appeared for the Crown ; the defenisst bad no counsel . The Attorney-General , » opening the case , said , te was very much surprised to hear one of the defcodantswho was charged with the offence of sedition « Fridsy state tint he could not understand the bar , and that he could not follow the intricacies of feaebarge . It appeared to him that the law was ¦ art staple , and the law of sedition , as it was termed ,

      wrs the law of common sense ; and that , in point of fiet , it said that a persin should not make a ' meet-CBf , ostensibly held to diicusi any political question , anere pretext for disturbing the public peace and trigging the government of the country into contempt The Attorney-General then proceeded to riate that the meeting at which the seditious speech was delivered , was held on the 28 ; h of July , at the IHton-street Theatre , and at which more than 1 , 000 prasonawera present ; and he reminded the jury ttat on the previous day there had been annnfianded report that a general rising of the people Lad taken place ia Ireland ; that the troops were fetfiacted , and had been defeated . The meeting was convened by a placard headed'Is Ireland up ?' and whieh went on to say that a great public meetiag would be held that night at the Milton-street Bffiatre , to take into consideration the present monatous crisis in Ireland . Several talented patriots ,

      r was said , would attend ; and Eoglishmen , Irishmen , and Scotchmen were aho called upon to be promt at the meeting . The Attornej-Ganeral proceeded to state that the defendant , who seemed to be ft very clever person , addressed the meeting , and nad extracts of a most inflammatory character from kb of the New York papers , thinking that by so doing be would evade the law . He was , however , txxj much mistaken if he supposed this was so , for la would find that if the jury believed his intention was to excite his hearers to violence , and to disturb the public peace , he would be just as amenable to the lav as though , the expressions made use of were delivered a 3 bis own sentiment * . The Attorney-General then read the speech made by the defendant upon the occasion in question . Mr J . White , the government shorthand writer , proved that the speech in question was made by toe defendant at the meeting referred to on the 28 th afJaly .

      The Attorney General then put in the copy of the Tom containing the extract from the American paper , and required that the editorial remarks upon it , which had been omitted by the defendant , should be read ; and this closed the case for the Crown . The defendant then addressed the jury , and said ie did not tike credit to himself for being so clever astheAttcraey-Gjneral would have made him out to te , and the fact was he was only a poor man who thought he was labouring under political disadvantages which he was justified in endeavouring to obtain a remedy for , aid that was the only object of ia attending the meeting in question . He admitted that he-wss a Chartist , and Baid that in his opinion fiic Charter would raw all the evils under which the

      eoantry was labouring ; and if the Whig government , whieh had so often for its own purpo 3 es encouraged aptatioD , thought to put down the expression of the feeling of the working population of the country by ¦ uahprorccutions as these they were very mucn . mistaken , for they might rely on it that the people would b : « me more determined to obtain their righte by that Borto ? treatment . It had been made a ground of complaint against him that he had read as extract irom an American paper , to an audience of 1 , 000 psrssas . but they should not forget that he wasreading from a newspaper that had perhaps 30 . 000 subscribers , and if he was to blame for reading it , he thought the Tubs ought alsi to be proseeated for printing it in the first instance , as , if they htd not it

      printed he could not have read it . The defendant then with considerable ingenuity endea-Teared to explain away the most objectionable portieni of his speech , and attempted to show that he Bad no intention of inducing his hearers to resort to pbysical force . In coEdusion he described the nrcwations that had been instituted by the governmeat as merely intended to destroy the right of freeoani of speech in this country , and he called noon teBiury . as members of the middle olass of society , not teleui themselves to such a proceeding by con ' lieong him upon the present charge . J ^ A ^ fl ; % nerd > *? rlply « said to * foe de fence which had bean made by the defendant confirmed the opinion he had originally expressed of the dangerous description of ability which he possessed Bwasqaiteclearthathe was perfectly oaster of th «

      ar t or adapting his address to his hearers : and it would be unnecessary to commant upon the mischief 'KM *!? « e f ^ 8 noh a «™> whenhTem . gap * nm talents to excite persons in Mb own conditon of hfe to acts of violence and disorder . The ZSS&HP I ^ " ^ * a * e excitinl extractJran the American paper , and omitted thi Mmiaata upon it , ginng tte bane but omitting tha wtotote , likewise flowed his dangerous ability for Boaebief , particularly as he expected thereby to e * « pefrom punishment . In the course of his further * SW ? Attomey-GeHeralsaid that hecon ! tndered the Trass , ind . all the other paperYato with very fewexceptira * ., deserved grekt ^ aisefor thegenerous andaobte manner in whioh they had £ " ^ ttemselTCs , during the excited turn that had just passed . in the preservation of the pubic

      Baroa Platt then summed np , and the jary immediately returned a verdict of guilty . lAaotiwrdefeiiilaiite-Snell . Crowe , andBryson . who had been convicted of a similar offence , ^ rere feerenpon ordered to b 9 pUu » d at the barwih £ Afadut who had beenjust convicted , to receive Baron Platt aidrasing them said , they had n . Wjr been found guilty of the offence of uttering iedmeus speeches for the purpose of disturbing thl law had fortunately been stopped b their caraap fir if the goremment had allowKen ™ nraSm mthefc guilty object , and they hiSSSS $ P « to resort to arms , they would hare been guilty afthecrimiof high treason and their lives mieht &P& * BVaun . ItwasameroytotiTemihat SSV ?* "" ?^! . Tie / hadiutheiraddreisM

      » u « q mgreataeaiaoout ' thepeople / Howoould aw suehaa they were asiume to themselves that SXfe ^ w t ! 60 ^ or the "P ^ ntetivi of the mmm mam vlva ssasssstSss " ¦ t o ojtae , « iai « a ^ SB . 'BKllJ

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      sentence did not appear to have had the efiect of deterring others from similar courses , it wa 3 clear that an increase of severity in the punishment must be resorted to . The increase of the punishment would not be very great , but still there must be some increase on the present occasion . lie then sentenced George Snell , Robert Crowe , and John James Bezer to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for two years , to pay a fine of £ 10 each to the Queen , and at the expiration of their imprisonment , to enter into their own recogninnce in £ 100 , with two securities in £ 50 each , to keep the peace for five years . The fourth defendant , Brjson , was sentenced to the same term of imprisonment , and to find the same amount of sureties for five years , and is addition to pay a fine of £ 20 , and the whole of the defendants were farther ordered to be imprisoned until the sureties were entered into and the fines paid . When the sentence was pronounced Bryson ex < olaimei to his companions , 'Never mind , brethe ? ChartiBts : come along . ' BonbtniM did not aDDear to have had tha effect nfde .

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      LANCASHIRE ASSIZES . Liverpool , August 25 ih . —Joseph Cuddy , Edward Morphy , and James O'Brien were indicted for conspiracy , for insurrectionary and other unlawful purposes , and for having sent 1000 pikes to Ireland for the purpose of being used as aforesaid . The prisoners pleaded Not Guilty , and all traversed until the nextassira . : Thomas Lees , William Penny , William Healey , Michael Morris , and James West were charged wit h conspiracy and riot The primers all pleaded Not Guilty , but declined to traverse , stating that they wished to be tried at the present assiz ss .

      Francis O'Donnell and Matthew Somers were in . dieted for having transmitted large quantities of arms to Ireland , for the purpose ef being used for inrarrectionary purposes ia that country . The prisoners pleaded Not Guilty , and traversed to the next assiz ? s . John Finn , James Dawney , John Mooney , Owen Gann , and Edward Birch were charged with riot and axuralt . The prisoners pleaded Not Guilty , having bcea in custody more than twenty-one days they had not the power to traverse .

      Peter Murray M'Dauall was then called upon to plead to an indictment charging him with a treasonable conspiracy . He was out on bail , and did not answer ; but it was intimated that he would surrender in the course of the day . The Attorney-General , Messrs Watson , QC , Matthews , Paohett , and Monk , appeared as counsel in the cases . It was stated in the court that about thirty ether Chartist * , against whom true bills have been found during the assizes , were yesterday lodged in Kirkdale eaol . . .

      Two peneas , named William Johnson and Charles Gallaher , who were charged with murder , and ia whsse eases the grand jury had thrown out the'billi , were then arraigned on the coroner ' s inquisitions , and acquitted , no evidence being offered . . William Macklin , Joseph Rttoliffe , and William Bslton were charged with conspiracy and riot . There were no less ' than six indictments against the prisoners , soae of whioh were similar to the above , and others charging them with unlawful drilling and training . :

      The prisoners pleaded Not Guilty , and traversed until the next assizes . Thomas Rankin , Edward Clark Cropper , Daniel Doaavan , Peter Feeny , Jataes Hoyle , George Webb , Michael M'Djnongh , William Chad wick , James Downey , Thomas Roberts , James Flinn , John Joseph Finnighan , Thomas Whittaker , Joshua Lemon , Henry Williams , Henry Ellis , George Rogers , Michael Carrigan , Joseph Spooner , George Ra ' msden , Mark Hume , and James Dowlain , were all placed at the bar on an indiotment charging them with having at Manchester , oh the 1 st of May , and on divers other days , between then and the time of taking the present inqaisitioB , falsely , maliciously , seditiously , and riotously , by illegal and seditious means , exoited her Majesty ' s subjects to arm themselves , and being eo armed , toobstruct the laws and government of the realm in their due execution . Other counts charged them with a riot .

      All the prisoners pleaded Not Guilty , and several of them traversed to the next assizw . The following derided to be tried at the present commission : —Edward C . Cropper , Peter Feeny , William Chadwiok , James Downey , J : J . Finnighan , Henry Williams , George Rogers , Michael Carrigaa , Joseph ' Spooner , and James Dowlain . His Lordship inquired whether Mr M'Douall answered ? The Attorney-General said he had not , but he was told by Mr M'DouaU ' s attorney , that he would certainly appear the next morning to take his trial , That , however , would be the only case in whieh he would be ready to proceed .

      His Lordship inquired what he proposed to do respecting the other cases ? The Attozney-General said he would not say at present , but it was not improbable that he should have to apply to the court to postpone the other cases , as it might ba inconvenient to try part and not the whole . The Learned Judge said there were instances in which the judges had refused to try part of the prisoners in one indictment where the other portioa traversed . ; Ths prisoners Cuddy , O ' Donnell , Somers , Murphy , and Brien , who had traversed in the early part of the day , were then brought np and withdrew their traverse , so as to take their trial during the present aasizes .

      Auauai 26 . —The Case of M'Dotail . —The court was crowded for the purpose of hearing the trial , appointed for this morning , ef Mr Peter Murray M'Djuall , the Chartist leader , charged with sedition and conspiracy at Ashton-ander-Lyne . MrM'Douall had been out on bail . On his name bsing called he failed te appear . Mr Serjeant Wilkins , who had bean engaged for M'Douall , rose .. He said : My lord , I have to move — . Mr Attorney-General Kuowles : Before my friend moves , my lord , I move to estreat the recognisances of Mr M'Douall . I should have done so yesterday , but I was deterred by his attorney , who pleaded that in the mrse of the day , Mr M'Douall would be here topleai .

      Mr Serjeant Wilkins : I am surprised , my lord , to see this opposition . Mr M'Douall , I am confident , will be here shortly , and I beg that he may be allowed to traverse . . Mr Justice Cresswell : He cannot traverse now . Mr Serjeant Wilkins : I think , with all deference , he can ; my lord . He is committed for publishing a seditious libel , but he is indicted for another offence : he is indicted forcanspiracy . The Judge : I cannot hear any application for traversing unless the man is before me . Mr Serjeant Wilkins : True , ray lord , I cannot resist that . His lordship tken , in order to give further time , proceeded to pass sentences on other prisoners . The Attorney-General again moved that the reoogoisances be eBtreated ;

      The Clerk of the Crown called over the names in the usual manner , and the recognisances of Mr M'Douall , and his sureties were declared estreated * The names of the sureties are William 4 tkin , John Williamson , John Woodcock , and Elijah Cavendbh Broadbent . In a few minutes afterwards , Mr M'Douall entered the court . The fact was mentioned to Mr Attorney-General Knowlea , who declined , however , farther to interfere . Seditious Consfibact . —In the case of the trial of Rogers , Spooner , Williams , and Carragan , for seditious conspiracy , an application was made to the court by Mr Attorney-General Knowles , founded upon an affidavit of the solicitor for the prosecution to the effect that sufficient time or facilities had not been afforded to perfect the evidence , to have the trial postponed untill the next assizes . Mr Tindal AtkinBon , oounsel for the prisoner * , resiated the application . '

      After an argument the Judee complied with the requeBtmadebythe Attoraey-General , and ordered that Williams and Carragan be discharged upon their own recognisances . A similar application was made and complied with in the case of flealy and others . Also in the case of John Flinn and othen , a similar arrangement was come to . Mr M'DoBiLi / s Trul . —About half-past twelve o ' clock Mr Serjeant Wilkins applied to his lordship in the case of Mr M'Douall , whose rooognisanoes had been estreated that morning , but who , the learned serjeant said , was then in court .

      Mr Justice Cresiwell said , before- ho could listen w »? PPlication , Mr M'Douall must surrender . Mr M'Dauall immediately did so , and it was understood that the recognisances would be restored . An argument of considerable length then took place relative to wfceiher Mr M'Doua'l should be allowed to traverse , on the ground that the warrantof commitment was for publishing a * seditious speech , whereas the indictment charged a conspiracy , &o . ' His lordship ruled that ths trial Bhould proceed this assiz ) , bat granted a postponement until this morning . Application wai then made that Mr M'Douall should be restored to liberty until then .

      Mr Justice Cresswell , after a conference with' his brother judge , refused to comply with the request . Acgdst 28 . —At the sitting ofthe- Court this morning it was stated that the prisohers Semen and O'Donneli , who with several others wereoharged with a seditious conspiracy at Liverpool , had an application to make to the Conrt . On being placed at the bar O'Donnell stated he wished to make an application for a copy of the information against him . - ; He statedhe did not know what thecharge was ; and as he should not have tha assistance of counsel , but should be obliged to conduct his own defence , a copy of the information was necessary to enable him to de so . Somen made a similar application . i . ^^" ^ eaweU sta ted , that if the prisoners had wished to hare ths indiotaent read before K

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      pleaded to it it would have been done . It was to be supposed that in so pleading , he was aware of the oharge . He asked if the prisoners wished their trial postponed till next assiziB . , ¦ Somers asked if hia Lordship would order him a copy of the indictment , and postpone his trial till tomorrow ? Mr Justice Cresswell . —I cannot , do that . ¦ Somers Btated that very unwilUBgly he would traverse to the next assizss . He hoped his Lordship would consider the amount ofthe bail . Mr Justice Cresswell . —I shall require you to give ¦ uoh bail as the purposes of justice require . ' - The other prisoners , who had formerly expressed their intention of proceeding with their trials this morning ( with the exception of Murphy ) then traversed to the next assizja . nleaded to it it would have been done . It waKtnhfl

      The Attorney-General then submitted to his Lordship that he should not be require to prooeed aiainat Murphy only , and that his trial also should be postponed until he could take his trial with the othera .

      TRIAL OF DR M'DOUALL . Peter Murray M'Douall vw then put to the bar , charged with sedition , attending an unlawful meeting , and riot . Mr Knowles ( Attorney-General for the county ) , Mr Crompton , and Mr Matthews conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr Serjeant Wilkins and Mr Pollock . : Mr Knowles proceeded to state the case for the prosecution . He said , the prisoner was charged with uttering seditious words and attending an unlawful assembly with intent to excite a spirit of discontent and opposs the execution of , the law . Throughout many parts of the country there had been for some time much agitation set on foot by

      persons who entertained political opinions whioh had now acquired a well-known popular name , He would . not disouss those opinions . Ia the present case he would show that the prisoner was the hired agent of others , paid to disseminate those opinions , and therefore not entitled even to the synv pathy one might extend to one expressing conscientious but mistaken opinions . The prieonerhad been a member of what was called the National Convention . He left London before that bidy broke up , and visited a number of towns in the kingdom pursuant to previous arrangement . He attended ton the 10 th of July a ' meeting 1 in the town of Aahton , convened by public advertisement . This advertisement was headed with a motto— :

      'Hereditary bondsmen ; know ye not , : Wbe would be free , hlmielf must strike the blow !' and dosing—1 Freedom ' s battle oaoe began , Bcqaeathed from bleeding sire to son , ¦ ¦ Though bafflid oft ii ever won . ' They met in what is called ths Charlestown Meeting-house . A certain secrecy was maintained , bat he should be able to give the substance of the proceed * ings there . It would appear that many of them were armed and carried ' •' pifes ' Vthafrthey were addressed by Dr M'Doaall , and the subject of his address was advising to take arms . They broke up about ten o ' clock , and > < went toithe Old Fellow * Arms , wb . eror . M'DouaU . addrossed them .. The

      Attorney-General proceeded to read the address . of the prisoner ; as subsequently proved , commenting on it as he proceeded . In this address they were advised ' to arm and praotioe drilling , both with and without arms , in the same Banner as their enemies . ' Who were the enemies he referred to ? Could there be any doubt of the meaning of these words ? or of his speaking of the government as the enemies against whom they were to turn ? Bat the prisoner then went on to st » te that which he as an educated man must have known to be untrue . He stated that the soldiers were with them , that all the military at Woolwich had revolted in one night , that there was a committee sitting at the Horse Guards for the redress of their grievances , and that in a

      few days a pamphlet would be published setting forth their determination . Could there be any doubt of the meaning and object of Buoh an address ? or that it wpb intended by violence and intimidation to oppose the administration of the law ? It might ba urged , that on these ocoasiona muoh allowance should be made for the warmth of . expressions made use of by men speaking under exoitement . but he could not make any s uoh allowance for a person of education like the prisoner , the paid agent of others , going about for hire to disseminate the doatrines in which he dealt .. : Robert Newton stated , he wai chief oonstable of Ashton-nnder-Lyne . Produced the placard conve ning the meeting on the 10 th of July .- Witness went

      to the Charlestown meeting-house accordingly . Eadeavoured t ) get in . It was a little after eight o ' olqck at night . A person named James Milligan , who stood at the door , prevented witness getting in . Dr M'Douall was not there when witneis was first refused admission . On a second occasion he was . On the second time Milligan said it was not Mr Newton they were preventing going in , but the deputy constable . There were ether officers with witness . When Dr M'Dauall ! came up , they opened to allow him to pass . Witness then again attempted to get in , bnt they got hold of his wriata and would not let him . He asked why he was not admitted , and received the answers already stated . Could sot see into the room further than the passage . Great numbers went in . Witness remained a considerable time about the place , and then left hit men to watch the proceedings . Did not hear any expression of alarm among the inhabitants that night . The town

      seemed to be quite alive . A warrant was afterwards placed in witness ' s hands for execution against the prisoner . Took him into oustody on the 16 th . Teld him he had a warrant against him for using seditious language , attending an unlawful assembly , and riot . Took him to the polioe-offioe , and read to him the warrant . He said he protested againBt the warrant on account of the erasures that were made in it , and insisted he had a right to the possession of it . Witness told him he would take oare the same warrant was produced before the magistrates . Foand on his person a memorandum book ; a aoBg called 'the Song of the Soil , from the Irish Fblon ; a letter from Bradford , dated July 11 , and two letters to him ( M'Douall ) , from a person of the name of M'Crae , in London . In the letter of the 11 th were some depositions enclosed , which appeared to have been taken before the magistrates . Of the letter from M ' Crae , one was dated the 6 th of July , and the other the Uth .

      Cross-examined by Mr Sergeant Wilkins . —Ui \ lv gan stated , that Dr M'Douall had said , that policeoffioers had given Buoh evidenoe as to language made use of by him at other places he was determined no officer Bhould enter any meeting he was in . Will not swear it was not said that the poHoe-sffioera hadi given such false statements bsfore that they would ' not be admitted . Believes there is a paper oalled the Siockpjrt Advertiser . Does not know if there ' iB a sherthand-writor oonneoted with it . Knows several reporters . -Did not employ any one to report the proseedings in the chapel . Directed the Officers to make a report of the proceedings whioh took place . Dr M'Douall has spoken at several meetings in Ashton , but not lately . Thinks he was himself present at two when he has spoken . There was a teaparty in theTewn HallsinoeDr M'Douall was taken , to raise funds to conduct his defence . Believes Mr Tweedle has the letting of the Town Hall ; he is a connoillor of the borough .

      Mr Sergeant Wilkins . —Dj you not know the town council were unanimous im letting him that hall ? Mr Justice Creaswell . —What has that to do with this case ? Mr Sergeant Wilkins submitted that it was to be presumed that the town oouaoil would have the bestf means of knowing whether these meetings were likely to disturb the public peace ; and n some question had been made whether alarm had not been created , this afforded a fair argument that buoq alarm did net exist . His Lordship said , there was no pretence for the admission of this evidence . It was nothing to the question , whether Dr M'Douall had attendedan unlawful meeting on the 10 Jh of July , that a member of the town council , or all the town counoil . had let the Towa Hall for the . purpose suggested in the endof July or the beginning of Auguit ; S weeks

      Abel Swannr LiveB at Ashton ; is a tailor and dra-^ I ' wTT . *» ., P ta'tatown . Meeting-house ; has the letting of it ; it ib used as a ohapel on Sundays . Wasthere on the 10 th of ^ July at a quarter before S 5 &V 57 A KW 1 there - He came near eight &S £ 2 ?? ^ ther ? wereab ° <» t 1 , 000 peraons . The generality of the people were allowed to go in . JL ! S n ° K- iJ re i > 0 rte n , were exolude ^ Tha t wasall he saw objected to . Only saw one there—Kenison . Saw him in the passage . James Taylor was the chairman . He sat in the rostrum . t" 5 m " torn B ^ 'M ^ ^ . PT ^ ' *»« ' * w JiS ^ w" ^ the pu ¥ *' » PO ^ half an hour or more . 'Took no note of what wu saidHe

      . em P' y | nent ; he said the parks ofthe ariatooraoy fiHL rOUR n tint r ^ tionBnd tt »« e ^ p ? od ^ ¦ mKS ? & . / tamot " *? anytWng particular . SS £ tPa * . anni > unceBientof a meeting to take S ! % i I * £ * n ? ght . ' Tno u men were asked rnf ^ ' % P * i QtoriM room and join the National HKinM ^ tteeting . last ed about two hours . Before they brpkeup , it was announced they should form into P / S , accompany M'Douall to his lodgingB . rwo or three persons came when the room was let ; nesBwasone . > : ¦ ¦ ¦ . . . ¦ Mdi

      aiiP ^ T M Dml 1 u a » P « d Bpeaker . I did nqt hear aimrecommend the people not to have anything tp do with arms . Was not present all the time . Did not go to hear the lecture at all . Hesaid tnat in ' consequence of the vast inorease of maohinery people would at last have to fall back on the land , ne said ' that the parks ofthe aristooraoy must be made productive . Cannot say whether he alluded to the inorease of population . Dpea not know if he spoke of anything in connexion wiUvtte Land Company . . ; Henry Taylor : Is a police officer at Ashton . Went to the Charlestown Meeting-house oa the 10 ft of

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      July . Went about eight o ' clock . Did not attempt to get in . Did not see if anybody had anything with them . They came out and formed in ranks , four , five , and bix abreast . , M'Douall was at the head . He had a man on each arm . Three cheers were given They then moved on . They went up Wellingtonroad , down Oldham-road , up Old-street , through Ilenry-Equare , Siamford-street , and Cavecdish-street , back to Old-Btreet again . They halted opposite the Odd Fellows' Arms in Old-street . There were from 300 to 400 at first-about 800 or 900 at last : The prisoner came to the window and addressed the crowd . Heard part of what he said . Made a memorandum of it after leaving the place . Ho said . ' I advise you to organise yourselves , and form voarnalvas into July . Went about eieht o ' cloob . ' Yl ' iA nut . nttumnf

      aeetioas aod divisions , and practice the same manceuvres as your enemies , not only without arms , but with them . Several regiments have ¦ already revolted ; there is no fear from them . The whole of the troops stationed at Woolwioh have in one night revolted . There is a committee sitting at the Horse Guards , be lenging to the Homo Guirds , to consider their grievance ; and in a few days you will have a pamphlet published with the news of their deoiaion . I wish they would oall out the militia , but they dare not do that , for then we should have their ¦ guns , bayonets , and cartridges , and we would then let them see , I tell you there are only about 10 , 000 disposable trojpa , and what are they to 5 , 000 , 000 people ? And I promise you , before the harvest is in , or very soon after ,

      you shall have the Six Points ot the Charter , and something more . ' Ha conoluded— ' Organise ! organise ! organise ! ' Id would ba about eleven or a quarter-past he left the window . The town was in a very confused state . The crowd gave three cheers , and dispersed hooting and shouting . Cross examined : Dr M'Djuall spoke from fifteen to twenty minutes : Witness has taen a pilioeman and oonstable since February , 1816 . Before that he was a sergeant ; of marines . Was twenty-one years in the service . Doea not write well . Never reported any mooting before , The drowd pushed f > and fro oooasionally . Has not gat the note of the meeting . Gave it to the inspector tha following morning , Has not asked him for it . Dilgleish is the inspeotor .

      Mr Sergeant Wilkins then asked the witness to write out a portion of the speech . > His Lordship intimated he doubted muoh the admissibility of this kind of oross-examination ; It was a kind of evidence mast likely to mislead . It wa * obviously a different matter writing at home , and Btill more so , writing in the agitation of an examination in court ; and even if the man ' s writing were bad he might still ba able to write what he himself could understand . He said he would hear Mr Sargeant Wilkins ' s argument In the meantime , however , it appearing that Dalgleish was . in attendance , he was called in and asked by Mr Serjeant Wilkiui whether hs ooald read the notes in question ? . He laid he could . Mr Serjeant . Wilkins did not then presshiaoourie ofcro 39-examinatibn withthewitne 3 B . - ;

      : Examination resumed . —In one part of his speeoh M'Dauall cautioned them against any aots of violence . Gaorgo Dalgleisb , inspector of police , corroborated Taylor ' s evidence . __ : Cross-examined . —Haa been in the police force sixteen or eighteen months . Has ' not been in the habit of reporting speeches . M'Ddaallspoke about twenty minutes . The part taken down was part of a muoh longer speech ' . The sentences taken down ocourred at different parts of the speeoh , here and there . There are two copies of the portions of the Bpeesh in the ' note-biok . The aeoondwaa written out by witness ' * fat her the same night . Did so beoauie witness was busy and his father was a batter penman . Witness did not ¦ compare the oopy to see if it was obrraot . .

      . ' Mr Pollock proposed to read to the witness several sentences to try hia capacity of reporting them correctly . . His Lordship said , he did not think there was anything objeotionable in principle in that , but it would be a very fallacious test , It would depend upon the witness being ia the same cool state of mind , and in a great degree on the nature of the topic Croas-sxamined . —Will not say positively , it miy not have been the troops' at Windsor that were spoken of , and nottrojps at Woolwioh . Did not hear him speak of the organisation of the Methodists , or of the Anti-Corn Law League . His known him hold meetings at Aahton before , two or three years back . Was at one which he held two or three years baok . They were peaoeable . The people who formed the proojssion to the Odd Fellows' Arms walked foir , five , six , or more abreast . ¦¦ •;

      Matthew Maiden , inspeotor of police , was at the chapel on the lOch of July .. Was prevented from getting in . When witness attempted to get in there was a rash from the inside , and many peraons oame out into the lobby to assist those at the door . Two men had some sharp instruments projecting from their pockets . ¦ They seemed to be the points oi pikes . One man . who was standing at the door , said , if witness treat in he would be killed . Witness said , 'If you kill me you only kill one ; and if you leave me life I shall know some of you . ' The man

      said , reporters and police had 'done such swearing ' in London they were determined not to allow them to go in . He said , if witness hid bean ' Matthew Maiden' he might have gone in ; but he was ' Inspeotor Maiden . ' The > witness detailed what took place up to the time of M'Douall addressing the crowd . His aooount did dot vary materially from that of the other witnesses . Cross-examined . —Made some notes iu his pocketbook as Boon as he came from the meeting . Is pro * Vided with the biok by the authorities . Has been an officer seven yean : before that served under the

      overseers . Thomas Hollingsworth . —Is an overlooker in a faotory ( Mr Rayner ' s ) at Ashion-under-Lyne . Went to the meeting-house on the 10 th of July . Saw soma constables at the door . Witness was on the doorstep . There was a rush to the door . Witness went outside . Saw several of the men going in had something ia their breast that glittered ; it seemed to be a pike . Witness went home when the meeting broke up . The procession marched in ranks . Cross-examined . —Did not see anything but the glitter . Has a brother , who is clerk to Mr Hall , the

      solicitor for the prosecution . The Attorney-General then tendered in evidenca the book found on the person of M'Douall . Several appointments for a series of meetings at various towns were read ; inoluding one for Ashton on the lOih , running from the beginning of the moath to the end . There were other entries of wage 3 , and salary , which it was proposed to read . His Lordship , after looking at the entries , said , he had some littte doubt respecting their admissibility , from its not appearing from whom this salary was received . He did not say he would not admit it on argument

      The Attornej-General did not press the reception oftheevidence . It was then proposed to give in evideaoe the letters found on the priaoner . Mr Sergeant Wilkins objeotod that these letters referred to past transactions . Evidence of a similar kind was tendered in Hardy ' s case , being an account given by one of several conspirators of what ocourred at a meeting of a Booiety of whieh the writer and the prisoner were members ; and there it was rejeoted

      as not baing an aot in furtherance of the common purpose , but a mere aooount by one of the parties of a previous transaction . Mr Pollock followed on the same side , and referred his lordship to the contents of the letters , and submitted that , even if they might be evidence bad the charge been one of conspiracy , they had no relevancy to the present case , whioh was one of a Bpeoific act on a speoifio day . His Lordship thought the letters admissible , as tending to throw a light on the course the prisoner

      was pursuing . The first read was one of the 6 ; h of July , from John M'Crae , enclosing £ 2 , as they had got in a little mosey . It gave an account of the proceedings againat the peraons indicted for sedition" in London , stating that Vernon had been convicted , and apprising M'Danall that there were many places in England wanting a visit from him . A second , dated 14 th July , stated that they were without money , and unable to send him any money at that time . It mentioned that his wages were paid up to that time , and that the wages for the next week would be sent if possible . It stated that Jones had been convicted , praised hi « conduot and boldness at the trial , and apprised Dr M'Douall of their

      having had a meeting at which bobjo policemen in plain clothes attended , who were put out by the neck . A third letter was then tendered , but his lordship expressing a doubt of its admissibility it was not pressed . The' Song of the Soil' found in the prisoner ' s possession , was then tendered . It was objected , that this was not evidenoe , as not being relative to the question , and as not tending in any way to prove guilt on his part . It might be in the ' possession of tne < most innocent person in the world . The mere fact of a person having in his possession a printed document of this kind , without any evidenoe of his adoption of its sentiments , could have no weight in this inquiry . His Lordship said j he thought the document might tend to show the meaning of the words used by the

      prisoner . The song was then read , as well as a prospectus of a newspaper wiled the Truihtbueb , to be established for , the advooaoy of the prinoiplea of the People ' s Charter and the tepeal of the union . It was declared that the system of the detective polioe would meet with its firm opposition ; and the right of the labourer to a maintenance sufficient to provide himaelf and his children with food , clothing , and eduoation , ocoupy a prominent place in its columns . ' . Mr Serjeant Wilkins then addressed the jury oa behalf of the prisoner . He commenoed by remarking that so universal was the prejudice now in existenoe against persons professing the political opinion ! described by the learned Attorney General—30 muoh had men ' s fears , and apprehensions , and indignation been excited against the men professing those epi-

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      mow , that he . deolarad he almost siokened with apprehension in entering op the disoharge bf the duty then devolving on him ; and he must say that some of the observations made by the Attorney-General did seem to him much calculated to rather inorease those prejudices , father to exoitethat indignation , and rather to put the judgment of the jury to flight , than to enable them to come fairly and dispassionately to the investigation of the indiotment upon whioh the prisoner was then taking his trial . Is was a common-place thing with counsel to call upon ajary to discard prejudice , and to invite them to a fair and unprejudiced inquiry ; but they were little aware of the difficulty of the task whioh they sought to impose on other * . Prejudice stayed . even the .:... * v . i u . j .-. ^ . j . -: . _ :

      wisest of men in the ordinary transactions ef life ; but how muoh more strongly must it Operate on the mind in the present case . "All pironmstances had combined , for many months past , to create auoh a prejudice , and to call forth such feeling ) , as must be most disastrous to such a man as the prisoner at the bar . He . implored . the jury , therefore , not merely for the sake ofthe prisoner ,, bat as they valued their own interests , as they set a right estimate on the trial by jury , to exercise all the vigilance of which they were capable , and to sorutiniss ; this case with a deep sense of the solemn obligation under , whioh they were placed . Be knew not what might , ba the political opinions . of the jury ; but this he did kaow , that that man did not understand our constitution ,

      nor appreciate our liberties , who affocted to frown on other * , « to treat then with disdain , if they held opinions different from his own . lie believed that Dr M'Douall . did entertain those opinions whioh were csmmonly known as Chartist' opinions ; and > he dared to say that if Dr M'Djuall were called on , he oould assign strong and cogent reasons for having adopted those views . He would not pause to ask whether those view coincided with those of the jury —wh ether they were calculated to protect ani render libsrty permanent , or whether they were calpnlated to let loose the prejudices and passions of nun , for the destruction of all that we most valued . What they had to deoide on the present occasion was , had the prisoner been guilty of sedition , of attending an

      unlawful meeting , and of doing anything calculated to promote riot . > There was one observation made by the Attorney-General whioh might well have been spared . When he talked of the prisoner disseminating poison amongst the working daises ; knowing , as he must know , how prone most men Were at this moment to look with an eye of reproabh at the prisoner , he ( the learned sergeant ) thought that that expression might have been withheld , and that the jary might have been left to determine whether it was poison or not . Then , the Attorney-Genwal broached the strange doctrine , that the prisoner ought to ba deprived of all the sympathy usuaUy beitowed on the honest advooate of a causa , because he was a paid leoturer . Were not the minister * of the eojDel Daid for

      their teachings—were not the men raised to official position in the law also paid . for the disoharge of their duties ? and was their integrity on that aoaiunt to baimpugned ? If Dr Mlbuall was the educated and , eloquent man ' whioh he was represented to bs , sorely it did argue something for his sinoerity , when he laboured in the oaase for 50 a ; a-week It migat ¦ be- that the teachings » f thi prisoner were uapa ' atable , because they laid bare the corrupt places of our oonstitutioni because they called in question the expenditure of the public money ; and beoausa they sometimes questioned tho sincerity and honesty of those who expended that moaey . ¦ All this might be so ; but because a man was paid for his teachings , let not the

      j ury : oome to the oonolusion that he was a mere hireling , and insincere . Bat . said ths Attorney . General , resistance to the law is not to be justified under any oiroumstances . Now he ( MrSergeant Wilkins ) entered his solemn protest against such a saying . He was not av erting that we had arrived at . the point when -resistance to the law bacame justifiable ; but neyer , while he lived , would he give the sanction of h s poor voice ani unimportant position in society to adootrine bo slavish , bo un-English , so unconstitutional . Where would the privileges , rights , and immunities of Englishmen have baen at this 4 ay if oar forefathers had not resisted the law ! What was our whole history but a straggle of the people with their rulers ? Whea this resistance was successful , the

      people engaged in it became hnpes ; when unsuccessful , they were called tra ' ttore and rebels . After dwelling on this poiat with great energy , the learned sergeant betook himsaU to the facts of the case . Taking the Attorney-Genoral ' s criterion of an unlawful assemblage , he contended that the meeting of the Nbh of July warnot unlawful , Beaing that it was not at all calculated to exoite terror and alarm . The head oonstab ' e of Ashton admitted that he heard no expression of alarm . ' Only one officer saw anything in tha shape of arms , and he only saw in the pockets of two man something bright , which he tosk for pikes . 'Aiother witriess ssw Bomsthin ? glitter in the breasts of one or two msa . For aught that the witness knew , tha glittering light might

      have been that of bright buttons , or of the tools which workmen ordinarily use , and often carry with them . As to the refusal to almit the polios to the meeting , that was accounted for at the time . Po ' . icamen and reporters bad been admittedon previous occasions , and had so perverted what ' wassaid—had given suoh mischievous meanings to what was innocent and harmless , that they were refused admittance . The police were sent to the meeting for the very purpose of reporting wh 4 t was said and done ,- although' -Mr Newton knew repjrters who wera ' capable of reporting . After tha in-door meeting wa ? over there was a procession . Why , a praeession was a' very ordinary affair in large towns ,-and what was'there in it to exoite alarm ? There were certainly threecheen at

      the close of tha proceedings , and then the people went quietly away—not haying used any , threatening language , nor an expression indioativd of a desire to produce mischief ; nay , not a single man used an indecent or improper expression . Then , as to a riot , his learned friend must admit that there was no evidenoe whatever . The learned sergeant proceeded to take a survey of the evidence ef the prosecution . He dwelt principally : on the speech alleged to have been delivered by ^ the prisoner frbm the windows of the Odd Fellowa' Arms , pointing out that the reports of the offieers consisted only of detaohed passages , and that the omitted portions might have qualified the meauiag given to them . ' , He . also urged that some of the expressions attributable to the prisoner

      were easily susceptible of an interpretation which rendered them harmless . ' The learned ' counsel , too , strongly contended that the reports - of the speech were not to be trusted . They had beentaken by men quite nnacoustomed to the task—by men who were standing , at a late hour of the night , in the midst of a moving and shouting crowd—by men who , owing to the darkness , were unable to take a single note ; and' he asserted that , under auch oircumstanoes , the first reporter in England could not have given a fair and true report What , then , must ba expected from the unaided memory of uneducated men ? Bat still , under , these 1 diffioalt . circumstances , thera was a strange agreement between the reports of the three policemen—an agreement which was nerfectlv

      inexplioabie on the supposition that they had drawn up their accounts separately and independently . Three men , placed in different parts of the orowd , had ae ' eoted out of a speeoh of some twenty minutes'duration , the self-same passages , and many of ths passages wore couched in precisely the same words . If three men , with the same strength of memory as the celebrated Woodfall , had attempted the same task , would their reports hava presented this suspioious affreementeven to monosyllables ? The ability of Dalglehh to report had . been shown in that court , he having acknowledged his inability to state even the purport of a remarkable passage fram a speech whioh had been read to him . But , even though the words were correotly _ given , they were only

      isolated words , and , therefore , no confidence could be placed in the reports . Thelearaed sergeant next referred to the documents given in evidence , asserting that they had nothing to do with the case , aad had only been introduced for . the purpose of prejudice , by connecting the prisoner , to some extent , witlr the Chartists who recently took their trials in London . Perhaps the jury hated phartiam * : Did they wish to disarm it ? Did they wish to convict the Chartists of groundless complaint ? Did they wish to show that they had a proper interest for the rights , the immunities , and the privileges of their fellow creatnres ? But let this be borne in mind ; that , however much they might be disregarded at the moment , the wellgrounded complaint ef the poor was a direct appeal to the King of kings . It might be disregaided-it might be trampled underfoot ; but , sooner or later . S 5 SlS ! S , !! tf ?» i l ?™ 7 ^ . ' - ?' ounded com plaint should be listened to with

      patience , and with a thiscomplauit ? Did they wish to convince the pri-SftSSS ? " wa " 3 ° »^ their opeSl that there were no such things as paoked juries , as prejudiced verdicts , and that he ight with C 0 Bfi dencereyonthem ! If they did , for Go <^^ Almi ghty ' s IS t ? W % - d thl - J' « d aotlor themsslvei ; and that , thoagh sabjeoted to - ike trials and preju dices , the good cause triumphed . , Mr Knowles availed himself of his privilege to reply .-andin so doing strongly denounoed the doctrine of the learned sergeaat . that resistance to the law was justifiable He contended that his learnSd friend had not read our history aright , for that the oases in which resistance had been resorted to bv Uu

      peop e were not case&of resistance to the law , but of ST ^ K S - - P ° a the >» w . Ha indignantly noticed the insinuation that the jury would show itself to be a paoked jurv if it did n « ' f ^^ tiWSftaa tt ^ sjasa ? wh ^ h 8 dtaken pta » w JS 5 fi ! Sj ji ? " Jf liat ^ wasamistake . The jSrimi ? W hlul BOt ^ J ^ a 8 iQ Sle nSnl ^ F . * ' , ^ ' " * ' lt WM not me - Uavmg replied to « oae ofthe obwrat ^ ns of Ser-

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      « nt Wilkini , the learned Attorney-General con . c uded by earnestly calling upon the jury to discard Suffl ' ** the 8 ame tim * to do lheir duty nnSr !;? rd 9 h ' u , ummed u . P- .-A * er defining what an hShiS ^ r ^^'' - 0111 Iord 8 hiD «> id that what i » 5 ™ ' f aid ,- ab ? ut na'ing aright to violate thelaw was a . contradiction m terms . It never could be Jaw . m «» f ! n s J stwca h , ad been made to the tustfof govern ment , and successfully , and there were differences' « f opinion even in the present day as to thecomSon . _ .,. . ..

      ritt ^ S vt& «^ ^ TA ^ tvt ^ d ^ z parties appealed to the law , £ ? speak rfS S H- * S e earoed f J - l » 8 fter P ° iDi'D « out tbe dutinohonbatweep a fair diaouaaion of a Buppowd gnevance-a legitimate opposition to an individual n ^ Ti Veai 3 tan ? e to th . 807 « nment b , violence , p ooeeded to examine minutely the evidence for ceeded ° O 0 mmentin 8 u P »* a » ** pro-. Thejuryretiredfora few minutes , and returned nto court with a verdictof Guilty en all the countaof the indictment except those charging eoHspiraov . on ^ tLr h 8 d ^ "WHI ' a "

      H s lordship , in passing sentence , said the prisoner had lent himself for hire to the dissemination of sedition and that he had addressed ignorant and suffering people for the purpose of exoiting tumult , sedition , and armed violence . Is was a most serious offence . In this part of the country there had long been evil emissaries abroad , and it was the second time the prisoner himself had stood at the bar on a charge of seditious practices . Id was necessary to pass on him a sentence similar to that which had been passed on his accomplices in London , in whose fate the letters foundonhimshowedha took an interest , ' but from whose fate he had received no warning . He trusted it would be a oaution to him at a future time to devote his exertions and the talents which God . had given him in endeavouring to obtain an honest livelihood by their exercise .

      To be imprisoned two yean . Tha following is the conclusion ofthe proceedingsas given in the Manchebtbb Exuukbb ¦ — ' Tho sentence ofthe court was that he ( M'DauallV ba imprisoned m the gaol of this county for two years , and kept to hard labour . Tne Prisoner : Am I to be committed toLanwuter Castle ? The Judge : I have sentenced you'to ; the gaol of this oounty . ' 6 The county gaol is Lancaster Castle . On Tuesday Dr M'D mil was again placed at the

      bar , when —r . Hfa Lordship said—I have sent for you this morning , because I yesterday passed sentence upon you to undergo your term of imprisonment in the county gaolat Lancaster . I have been told that it will be inoouvenieut to plaoe you there as a male prisoner , and your place of confinement will therefore be the House of Correction at Kirkdale . > The Prisoner :-Will your lordship allew me'to make a'few observations ? The Judge . —What are they ?

      The Prispner .-I have spoken to th « governor and the gaoler of Kirkdale , and I find that , from the confined state ofthe Kirkdale Gaol , it will ba impossible for my constitution to bear it . His Lordship . —You should have considered that before you made yourself amenable to the law . I cannot hear anything of that sort now . The prisoner was then removed .

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      THE CHOLERA A latter from Aleppo , published la the C > hbiitctiohhel gtvas a frightful account of the ravages of tho cholera morbaa ia Alia Minor . The number of deaths luorea « e » d » Hy , and between the 17 th and 19 th of July nearly 1 . 000 patients Bucoumbed . Belief in predestlnatlon prevents the Mihometan part of the population frosataklng any precautions er resorting to any remedies . Since the 15 ch of Jal y the average diurnal number of deilhshai amounted to 140 . To aggravate the evil there are only three European physloians in Aleppo , with a population of 80 , 000 . WAitsiw , August 20 ; h . —The oholera has broken out here ; but , as yet , faw peraona have been seized with it . It hjinaklng conaiierable progress in the kingdom ot Poland . In Gallola it is spreading with great rapidity .

      CoHstiimiroriiH , August 6 . —The cholera has again inoreased , and so has the ferer . From the provinoei , to whioh numbers have flsd to escape the scourge , th » aooounts are very melanchol y . At Trebiwmd , where the cholera had ceaied , it has broken out afresh . The aoeounts from Adrlanople and Salonloa state that the inhabitants are suffering from tbis epidemic , but with * out exception It Is the most appalling at Aleppo . A panic fear has solred the inhabitants , and all are flying or seeking flight , as more than 100 daily / all viotims . Liter accounts from tbe East state that the oholera is ragiog with increased virulence at Constantinople , Tre . blzond and Smyrna . The deaths in those plaocs being from sixty to eighty a day .

      At Odessa , it is on the decline ; out some of the neigh . bourlngvillage 3 have suffered most awfully , tho death » amounting to one . fittb . of the population . In the Tartar villages of the Crimea the disease in also very virulent . At Calsme there have been 300 deaths 1 h 1 , 000 attaoks , the population being 10 , 800 . At Angora the deaths were thirty per diem . Akiolou , Toultcha , Yarns , Caoumla , Adrianople ; Sivas , Salonfca , Angora , Kutaja , Enos , and Aleppo , are all mere or less suffering from the scourge . In E ^ yp ' . the disease first manifested itself in Bolacoo and in Old Cairo , and about the same time it attacked and made sad havoc among a caravan of black Blaves at the fair of Tanta . In three days 2 , 900 souls ' were oartied off by It . The survivors fled to surroundlsg towns and villages , disseminating the pestilenoe in every dtree . tion ; and en the 6 th August , at Calre alone , the deaths numbered 800 dally . Sunning throHgh Lower Egypt , II manifested itself in Alexandria on the 22 ad July , and upwards of 1 , 800 perished iu seventeen days .

      Lstters from Odessa , nf ths 1 st of August , mention thatef the 11 , 000 troops who crsssed theFruth , full 3 , 000 have fallen victims to cholera . The cholera has also broken out in neveral parti of Syria , and the towns of Aleppo and Damascus have suf * fered severely from the epidemic . TheDEUTBCHE Aliobmhhb Zeitdho has letters from Galicia of the 17 th , statiag that the cholera was making rapid progress in that province , and had advanoed at far as the circle of Wadowltch , whioh touches the frontiers of Silesia . In the last-mentioned provlnoe some cases have already b en declared . Letters from Stettin of the 19-h announce twenty . one oases of cholera up to the evening of the 15 th , whereof nineteen proved fatal . Amengst the vlotlms was Lieutenarit-Cdonol Schmidt of the 9 th B , glment . The first victim of the disease in Damm was a healthy and robust young man , who succumbed after excruciating agoniei , which lasted eight hours .

      The Auq ! boroh GiZETTEhas letters from St Peters , burgh to the 12 th of August , which iBform us that the oholera has so subsided that several temporary hospitals ind IasuettoB have been closed . 163 deaths occurred between the 4 th and 10 th August . In Moscow and Riga the malady is gradually subsiding , but , on the other baud , it rages la Pukow , where , in the dpace of sevea days , 111 patients out of 264 Buacumbed , and only twentyseven recovered .

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      DTSCOYERY ^ OP M ORE HORRIBLE MURDERS BY POISONING IN ESSEX . Habwich , Saturday—Another most atrocious murder , by secret poisoning , has within the last two or three days been discovered in the neighbourhood of Wix , oonneoted with which are some unpleasant statement * ,. Duplicating one or more females with other murders , and whioh have led to the most painful exoitement throughout this part of the country . : The particulars , as far us we have been able to collect them , show that tho wretched w » men , Mary May , who was executed at Chelmefordgael jon Monday week , for the murder of her brother , at Yfix , for his burial fees , urged and advised the commission of the dreadful ' crimeB , one of which , at least has beensloarl

      , y established . Some surprise has been manifested at the coarse the authorities adopted to ^ investigating other charges of murder in whioh Mary May was said to be implicated , and a general opinion is held amongst the police that she not only disposed of her former husband by the same horrible means , but also several ef her children ( she had U , most of them died suddenly ) . Nothing appears to have been done , how . ever In the natter until Wednesday week last , when M » Raisou , Inspector of the constabulary stationed In the dlfltxlet , received a warrant from Mr Codd , one of th « coroners for the county , direotlng tha dislnterment of the body of Thomas Haw , then lying in the burial-ground of Tendriri g Church , in the vioinlty of Wix . ThU party wai the husband of aslster of Mary May , whose death took plaoe in Aprillast year . He was a steady , industrioss man , and had accumulated a little money ;

      his wife , however , was not so frugal , being r » ther Irregular in h « r conduot . Haw quarrelled about * man named Southgate , and eoon afterward ! he was suddenly » t » taoked with siokneaB , and died in a few hours . The »« wag no inquest held , his death , like the other suspeoied oases being rtglit sred at from natural causes . His re . mains were exhumed on Wednesday . A coroner ' s jury wai empanelKdoB same day , and Messrs Manthorp tad son were directed to Beoure the stomach for analyiatioa by Professor Tayler , who is an eminent lecUrer » B ohemiitry at Guy ' e Hospital . To day . the authorities reoolvod information from Mr Taylor , totht ( ff : ct thathe had found suffiolent arsenlo in the intestines to account for death . In consequence of that discovery tbe iu < - peotod party has been arrested , and awaits the close of the coronet ' s Inquiry . The police have also reoeived instructions to exhume other remains .

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      On the 10 th ult ., Mrs Batty , the wife of a printer , residing in New Kent-road , was confined of / oiw obidreBRtatartk , _ j

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      ) - 6 THE NORTHERN STAR . Swtembeb 2 . 184 * . ¦ i i t _ i i i j il —* m ' 7 ~~ ™

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 2, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1486/page/6/