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      T 3 E POLICE MURDER AT ASELTON . AiHTOJr , MosraAT . —The psrsons cbBr ^ od with the tttr der ol Bright , the policeman , were this day examined before J Jowett , J . Iord , J . GriHHhaw . S Higginbottam , en 5 3 H-. rrop . B qw . The names of the prisoners { . re J-cph Rfttd'ffa 3 . Cjnsterdine , J SsWcn , Tbomas Ken-ortbj , ThomasTwwker , Jmatban Waiker , William Tfinterfejttoaj , Jimes Scott , WillUm Elwaid ? , mi Jo : a Lies . J £ r JJewtcn . Saperlntendeat of P . ilica . —T char » e the first ionr prissacra with be ng principals ia this raurdv r , the imsv two wkk t *' w S ptinripiis in a second degree , fceirg pr . sen" at the time of uso murder . William 'Wint « rbo : tcni is charged with heinj ml Bccsssory iiftcr the fac ' , and James Scott as sa accessory b fore the fad . HeV-en sskfdthe magi&tratfB that THOMAS

      LATTIMORE WILLIAM PARKER , THOMAS W 1 NIERBl'XTOM , tad JAMES WRIGLEY might be discharged for the purpose of giving evidence , ttftieft was at once ; ra :: td . He t !» o asktd that Eiwhrds ani L 91 S * hcu \ d be ti-Mttnded . The following is the subttanee cf tha i vii ' 6-cet at was then taken : — < iHrEL Sjiiih . —I am a co&stsble of thsbjioigb . 0 ^ ' - he night of the Uth 0 'jA . uf U 3 t last , heati-g a noiBe , 1 w nt to the top of S . n : i :. ik ttrett ; it was atcut tTtu y minutes to twelve . "I saw Samuel L ' ngiey . He lcvdkd o gun at me , and said , 'D n your eyes , if yoa £ o noi go away I will blow senr — - brai&s ont . ' Jr . sLH M lligan cried out , ' Now . Sita , have more geese . '

      and Yiith his band pnt the gnu down . About a hunired persons were standing by Jliil ' . f an who bad pikes hang , ieg over their shoulders . I only saw the gun that Licgley had . Milligan thi n said , * L » we tbe corner , or j sin the ratiLS &nd teke an active part in the proceedings that are B 3 s going on . ' I w-. nt honia . Scon after I heard the report of a gun or pistol , and immidiately after the Ecr * sa of s female . John War .-en came up to me ecd said , * They ' re shot Bright , end ho lies in the Btreet , and who . - ' ares go near him ? ' He s '_ owid me h : s hand , which was b ' eediog . sad said it had betn cut with a pike . I ¦ ¦ . nt him ; and pht my coat oa , and walked up to S : ' .-. ; . '» tiraher-yarii , wbera Istfijed till morning .

      Cs .. M-pjuro-isea bj Mr Be Lax * . —The people were In M .. 5 U file . I conld < nly r « ccpnise these two . L " rg :.-y W ; ae snly man tfeat I saw with a gun . . _ aN Wabsen . —On the 14 h cf August , about half . Pe . s £ eleven , I was cut seiking two of ia ; children . I w . 5 ' a B ntinck street . I saw forty or fifty persons ; they : ad pike < , and were march !; g two deep down tbe str ; ,:. I walk-d ot » tbe path beside , Ultra , Bright csraccp atOId-Btrset . H « said' Tfrere . ' I walked on and l- 'tc them . Ia a iittla time I tcrncd rouu 4 , End ea « r s number of men with piksi roand Bright . He sa : i . ' Lids , ffhat tare I dose Li yon ! ' I went to him , Trh :-. ; rere wss a shout set up . Atont forty or fifty ran

      dorfii Stamford . itreet after a taan . I thought ho was a ccnatable . I fcelfeve ttres sttyed fctlind , at tbe corner of Stitnford-street . I heard obb cr tiro stbi ; fired in Stamt ' ord-strcct . I saw a roan C 030 up to Bright , with a pike , which he thrust ath ' ai . I laid bold hold of the pike . Tjto or three pa-rcr-3 wera about three or four yards cff . Oas of thtia - . ssde a stab , and I thought it was for me . I wtnt toKsn » g Stamford-street , and aboit two yards and s ha :: itom him I saw one person raise bis hand snJ ih .-of . Bright fell , and the men ran away . I wenth&ras . I os ! j saw one woman on my way . I could notld-ntiiy an ; , -aoof tha persons .

      J £ iTT Wild . —On the Uth of Jaly , at night , heard a tuis ; , sad went up stairs . Looked ort of the window BEiJ eaw mt-u with p kes on thtir Ehoulders . Af . er they hau v sss d our daor . Bright went by . I heard the rat tlitg cf their pikes . I heard a f feot fired . Saw the fla > . a H ; he soiole , aed beard a woman scream . As cot U as tbe shot was firei I s&w two men inn from the cro . 'J , >> nd get over the big doors hading to the Char-Hi ra » a » . I ran to the back of iry housa to see whers they were geing . Thty got ovor the middea and ever tht < i . -d waU to our back-dotr step . I oiuld not tell the men r . ftln .

      'J "? . His LiTUHOBE said : I faava lived in Ashion sa T . r . 4 jears . On the 14 ta of Aogust I went up to Hodss- \ . . \ ew Inn , Mossly-road . I left atout stven in the en . : ; , and went to John Lor-i ' a , Odd ! el : owB Armi . I * = there shout en hour with Mr Paiker , John Lord , an :, ?;> eral other chsps . Wiliiam Parktr &nd I went horj ; . 1 found a lot of men in eur bous * . Xone of the prissssrs were there , I went out again a ; about tta o'd jck with Wa Parker and walked op ani down the Etr . vt , We { met amannsmedS . diion , wbo said he wou'd paj ic-t a gallon of ale . We w < nt to Downs ' , tha Odd . fel : ; wo' Arms . It was then near elf wn . S . Lingley , Josepa Constrains , and James Soctt tr « re there , and afterivEfds Milligan said somethlrg . bat I did not hear whit i : was . I went out to John lord ' s , but fonnd

      the doar locked , and on cosing bsck the company were all rose . James Wriglty and William Parker were witu km . We all thrte came cut sgain , and went to Jamts ifiid ' a the corner of Bentinck s rttt . While we st : cu thero a great pany of men came up . I saw Jaa s Brirh' standisg at the corner . Constirdine , Lingley , and TWeliffe , and some I did not know , came round him , - when the three named sdzjd hold of Bright by the jvket . Ttey took him t little way , and then left go . Soon tfter a gun was firtd . Bright « aid , What have I done ! ' Batcliffa then ran at him with a pike . Anairt : r then went up , and also ran at him with a pike " Bright ssid , 'Spare my life . ' I do not knowthe second psrtc ^ who ran the pike at him ; he had Hght-co . l « nrs = cJothss on , and a round jacket . I then saw

      Ba < :. - £ * pull a piBiol out of his pocket , and fire at Brbh ? . At that time I saw Consterdine at the left hand of Bsteliffe . Ltogley also wa » there , and had a gua . Bright got hollofa pike with his haart . After the pistol waa fired he fell . At the time they shot him he was sJaggering . There was an alarm giTen tc retreat , wfcec the gteat body went down Btntinck-street . I nw two women , who shrieked out whin the report was mad * . At the d < te Bright was shot I saw Kenworthy and Walker walkfag with the crowd . K , nwortby had a gun ,. Wafer had a pike and a pistol . They went down BcEtia : k . street after Bright was shot , and I followed theta t > Dackenfield Brow ., at the entrance of Mr HsosVspark , where they stepped about three quarters Of ts hour . They then went to the top of the brow and drilled their saen , and c * lled orer their names They

      . called OTtt fifty . They taiked abeut fetching the cebncn - - -at of the park . Whea we were Ja Dawnes' house MilligiQ came in , having a gun . Sjddoa took tome bottles from his pocket * . Some asked if he had got them teti y . when he said ha had foar cr five , and wanted more . Scott ( the prisoner ) said he had more at Ms tense : ha went to fttchthem , ar . a I did not se » him agsin . I am no Chartist . W&eH goicg home Sedeom said wa mast go with him , and if any man left he ho ' jU shoot him . I was afraid he would shoot me . We wero fc « n la fee New Square . I , Wrigley , and Parker yera thera . He h 3 i net a gun with him I never hid a pike or a gun . We were afr * id , Bndthat was lbs reaion why we watched them op to Dacken . field , I cannot tell how many guns they had . I Baw fear .

      Af : irth « cioiB-exaaination of the wltnsss , James WBiowr was oalled and gave similar evidence Ha eaw about fifty psople with pikes going towwds StamiOrd-street . Consterdine , Seddon , and Ltnglty were ft 2 re . Seddoa had an axe ; they three , and another nan whom ! cacaot swear to , got held cf Bright who * &s camisg dowa tha strett ; they sa-d , 'We will t « ke . 'Ott as oni prisoner . ' Lingley had a gun . One of tr . e mtn ran at him with a pike , aad he staggered ba .: k . SomeboSy shot him , aad he fell in the street The party were ordered to retreat , aad ttey went dowm Bea msk-Btreet . Parker and Thomas Latthnore went np S ^ imfoid-slreet aad down Portlsad-strett , end whta -v got to Pdik street , the men with the pikes with Ling • - > ¦ were coming down HOl-street tonards PorUand .

      Etres- , and , ooistog the brid ge , near Mr Swiro ' ahou = ie . The ; .. < -a : along the canal to the turn-brid ge . They itopp .-i et the top of the road . Heard them say they werv - * i iag for the Hy ^ e chaps coaiDg up . A woman fa ! d » ... y had just gone up towards Brighton ' s house . L-JU ' ey « htn ordered them to proceed to Dacktnfieid Bro - ; sad afta- that to Hindley ' a park gates , where tke . t i '>? psH , and Ltngls ? gate crdcre for some of them to fetch the cannon . Five or six want wiih their p ! ke-, and after trying for a . quarter cf an hour , they caite t . sck , and said that tVey could not move it with , oat a * use . Liailey thea ordsred them to msrch toward , Ciapsl-hiU , Dackenfisld , He told them to prepare for civalry , whea thty pat their p ' . kc-shaf s down oa - ^ e srounS , aid p--ked eat their pikes . Lattimore , Parisr . iBjEelf , end Crook set off home , aad slept at Ch "¦

      ,-s V . we . Prisoner Walker was on the Duskcnfieii -: w ; he had a pistol and a pike when I saw Mm at V . - .-i-cad , and he gave it to another man , aad said he fca * . a pistol that would do fer him . I am one of the guirds , snd had been absut a fortnight . I had a pop-ootUe given meat Latttmore ' shous ? . I was a CtertUttiU that night , hat whea I saw Bright shot , I had enough of it then , I had no arms , nothiBg but a pop . battK We were to carry them for Ssddon I do not know what they had in . I ssked Saidon what they were for , but he weat away ; we threw them into the canal . Iroekoa Seddoa as our master , and he said If any one ran away ha would shoot him . I was not arao . Never was in cusiod y befure . Was apprehended lu ' . Wedaesdeyweek . Have heard people talk about -the r . FMd . Don ' c know how mnch it is . *

      Willuh tfjisttind attended the Caartist room tw « or ihree time " . Am cot enrolled . On tho evening of tha lii ' a August , went with him to John Lattimore to his hoiie . Thoma 3 Lsttimor ? , Jsejes Wriglcy , end "William Msa sera there . None of thj prisoners were ftern . Htsrd Joha Lattimors 86 y that ell tho towas in Esgltad wenM rUs that ni ght . Aff . r ^ ards Thomas Li-u-nor * , W .-igley , aad I sag a party of men with pikes STim ° " minck-s ' ' «« . Saw Consterdine and KateUffegeth 3 ld of Bright , and sayj 'We'll take you praoatr . They took him a lit J j way down Bantincb . stteet , and thea let him go . Bright said he knew som . 1

      O . Jm « , whtr . Ratcliffe turned Sack WU » pfc , and ™ ^ T ^ J * - Bri » loopea dowa as if te Etep it , atd said , M y good fellow what have I done to you V fcireeily after that the s ^ iot was fired , aad he fell abra five yards torn Stamford-street . Two or three females we present aad screamed . I heard some oao call out « Beirut , ' and the men r ^ n away In diffatat directioas ' Caold not swear who fiiei the thot , but am sure tua * Consterd ' jio end Ritd-. ffs were close by . We followed them to Dack > nfield and the park . gates . We all w . nt ana ilept at Croak ' s house . I am not , aad never was & KaHoaal Guard . S « ddon tad apistol with him whea in tt « flaw-square . Have n « v « t spofen to » ny one aboagtrwf enomot , ^ f tWifsUtthiewrt djomtj ,

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      Tbsbdit . —H 8 HBY Tatlok was the first witness calkd . He said I am n comtable in the Ashton polic * . On tbe night of the Uth of August I was oa 4 uty in the neighbourhood of Bendnckstreet aboathalf . past eleven o ' clock . I saw alargebody ofm ? a wlta pikes on their shoulders marching down the street . One of thtm said , ' After him / I ran off , and was followed by a large number . Heard several shots fired , wfcich I thought were at mysrif . Po sot know any of the party . Wh Beoadsent . —Lives in Dukinfield . Knew five

      of the prisoners , Ratcliffo , Ciastcrdine , Tasjaker , Seddon , aud Wiattrbottom . I have atteadea the Chartist meeting room , se-en Tassaker and Seddon there . Ratcl ffi and Consterdine are captains of what are called National Guards . Ratcllffa over the fifth division , Con . steroiae over the fi : st . A man named MUligaa was commander over the whole diattict . E iward Flsnnagan wa * captain our the third 1 iv ' siun . I eqw him on tbe Uth of August . Tassaker ami Seddon belonged to Flanaagaa ' ddivitloa . I know Liogley , He was captain over tha sixth diviiioa

      Ci-OiS-essminid . —I was a HcnteaBat ia the National Guards , and hid twenty . tferce men under my command . Wai not in Aahtca on the night of the 14 th , bat ia Sa . kii fieid . I carried a pika tbat nijht , bat nothing else . Sa'neof my company oartied plki ; bnt we had no ord ri . and so I gave none . I have drilled my company as I was directed . Have been ia custody a fortnight . t am so Btill . On the n ' gM I was taken , thought it my duty to give evidisce against my comrndee . I was a Chsrtist seme time spo , bat am a turrcoat now . I did nat stab t ! : c poor constabls , nor was I thire . Have iarned Qisen ' s evidence , on my own account . Have got nothing for it , Hav 3 seen tho reward offered , bnt don ' t

      want it , Hava not been offered anything handsome . I knew nothing about what arms any men had beyond pikes . 1 was not to t&Ve ft e cannon at Dukinfield , nor was I to stop a messenger . I was not there at all . Did not offer for a certsin sum to blow London np . About a month ago I told Mill'gcn I conld do so . I said wrote to the Duke of Welli ngton fur a place , and that wcu'd bring up 2 , 000 men . I wrote to hit grace for a place , and he answered say letter , bat I will not tell what he said . It is a private matter . I conld blowup any town in a very short time . I rail so to the Sake , but I will no * , tell nhat he said In his letter . My wife burned fto letter .

      John Putt . —Lives in Dokinfield . Oa the algbt cf the Uth of August was in Newton-street , and heard that Bright had been ahot . Soon after twelve I saw tiro men come from the dlreotionof Albion . They were Seddoa and Tass&ktr . I had teen them before at the C * . ar > ht-room « . They hadthe'r jacket collars turned up . I askgd them if Bright hid been shot . Seddon ga i ' , 'A y , and we don ' t know how many more . ' He had the eamo jacket that be has on now . He then wont t . > speak to a woman . Tamker said to me that the DakiEfkld people were a S 9 t of —— for not comln ; np , that the men whn attaoked Bright were a weak-hearted

      people , and had only half done their wnrk . He said he went np to Bright and touched his . I asked him why he did not go home ; he eaid he durst not , because bis bands were bloody . I saw his hands daubed with some * thing liko bload . Seddon then came back , and they went awoy . They said they were going to clean themselves . I saw Uillfgan at ' the Chartist-room oa the Friday before . Lingley was there . Milligan said they must give orders to the men that were not present to gst into houses as near where the polloe weie stationed as possib ' e , and when the hour was given ont tbey must rnsh out and distrm them , and if they made any reilsanc ? , shoot tbem .

      Cross-iximlned by | Hr H * l « all . —I am not a National Gusr . I was a mere inspector of the whole matter . I am not a Chartist , and never was one I was not present ot Bright ' b murder . Never had a pike or gun in my possession . I had a pistol , but sot on that night . I do not know how to nse one . They gave ma one in tbe Cbartiit-Toom . They went round aad asked who was arsiedandwho was not , I went there enly to look abont me . I sometimes paid to enter , bnt waB not a mtmfef r of the clnb . My name was not on tbe roll , I don ' t know erectly when the pistol was given to me . Oa the 13 ih they asked me if I had asj cartridges or pistol ? I said I had not . Winterbottom said he would gat thirty . siz balls . I did not belong to the third dlvisi > b , I weat to Winttrbottom ' s house , and his wife gave me the bullets . I had no appointment . Never tbonght of using the ballets . Never showed the pistol or bullets . Was apprehended a fortnight yesterday , and havtbeen in castsdy since . Have had no promise of reward . I ' wonld cothavatt .

      Tboiijs WiHTEBBOTTeu , one of the brothers oi the prisoner W-nterbottsm . —About two o ' olookoa tbe morning of the 15 th August eome men came to my house . I got up and let tbem in ; they were my brother , Ratcliffe , Ling'ey , cad John Lattimore , my brother had a gun , Ratcliff ? a pistol , aad Lattimora a gun aad bayonet . Lingif j h » 4 no arms with him , he said he had a gun , but hhd left it with a yenng man at Bokinfield . Sid not hear Bright * nam 9 mentioned that morning . I went to bed , end went to work next morning . At eight o ' clock I returned , and found the same people there . I Hi not hew their conversation . They mentioned Brlght ' e same amongst themselves , and said it was a bad job that he was shot . Bid not hear them say who Bhot him . Batdiffa and Lingliy staid at my house till tha foVosing night , til betwem nine and ten o ' clock . Ratciiffe went away in a Jacket belonging to my brother . It was like the one he hat oa now . My brother and he chanted coats before they left . I took a

      note from BatcSiffd to his brother . He told me to tell bis bother to go to hit father and ask for money to go off with . His brotherwenttohlsfathtr ' ainUanchester . He came to our house the same night . I also took a aote from Liogley to his anat , who returned with me , and brought some clothing , which Lingley pnt on , When they left I found some ammunition . They gave me seme balls , which I threw into the garden . There were fifty cr sixty balls . The gnns were taken to a sizing house . On the evening of the Uth my brother asked me if I knew what was to take plaee . That night he said all the towns in England were going to rlie . I said I wonll have nothing to d » with them . About eleven I went to bed . Soon after I heard a bell ring , on which I went to Brighton ' s house . I saw abont twenty mea with pikes ran by me towards Dokloneld Hall , and soon after abont forty pasted me from Dukln . field with pikes . I afterwards saw my brother on Dublnfield-fcrow , He bad a gun with hln ; others had pikes aadgaas .

      Cross-eis . nV . ned by tfr HiLSiit ,: Have been in prison aboat a fortnight . I did not know whether I should be called on cr not , I do not knew that I am to hava any reward . I do not know if I shall be discharged , and don ' t much care I never carried a pike or plstel in my life . Never attended a Chartist meeting , Dr Lee then described the woundi of Bright , Inspector Maidik said that being in Llvtrpoil some time since , ha searched several wg 8 el » , and amongst others the Ocean Monarch ; and on it found the prisoner Ratcliffe . He was in the hold of the vessel , concealed a-iiongat some timber . He laid hit name was J ? ms . He kn * w nothing abont Aehton . Several police officers gave evidence as to the arrest of some of the prisoners , afttr which Mr Haistll as > dresgtd the bench on behalf of the prisoners Kenworthy and RatcliflH . Mr De Lara and Ur Brooks on behslf ol the rest .

      The magistrates thea retired for thres quarters of an hoar . On their return , Mr Jowett eaid that , after a careful coasi 4 « . ratioa of the case , the magistrates had decided to commit , as principals in the murder of Brighti Ratcliffa , Consterdine , Kenworthy , and Walker ; Winfcrbottqm as accessory after the fact ; Stott accessory before tho faot ; aad Tassaker and Seddon for unlawfully assembling snd rioting , and for being drilled . Lee and Edwards were remanded . It was past eight o ' clock when the proceedings Unciaated .

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      FlBES—LOSS OF LlFB ASD SEVSBA 1 . PERSONS SEVERELY Bohkbd . —On Saturday morning last a fire bn ke oat , shortly before 3 o ' clock , on the premises of Mr A . F . Watkinson , a stay maker , No . 45 , Whitechapel-road . WUh the aid of the police , the residents were made sensible of their danger , bafc the fire , by that period , had obtained possession of the ihop and staircase , so as to cut off all means of escape except from tbe upper windows . Messengers were instantly despatched to Aldfiatepump , for tae escape belonging to ths Royal Society for tho Protection of Life from Fire . In the meantime , a ladder having been procured , Mr Watkinson w » 3 enabled to effect his retie = t . The moment the flames Bhofc through the sbutwr ^ lhe draught thereby given to them forced them into the apartments where the other parties were . tinning . Mra PittB » nd her dauehter . a eirl

      about nine years of age , were both pulled out ef the blame building most frightfully burnt . The daughter died shortly after . A youth , named Samuel Pitt ? , wan unable to effect his escape ) and perished ia the flames . With as little delay as possible , the parish and other engines arrived , and succeeded in extingui'hin , ; the flames , bat not before the bouse was destroyed . As soon as the ruins were sufficiently cool , t-earch wa 3 made and the body of the unfortu nate bay was fonnd and removed to Whitcchapel wurhhonse to await an inquest . An inquest was held on Monday at the London Hospita l , before Mr Baker , the ojroDcr , on the bodies ef Samael Taylor Pitts , a { , ed thirteen , and Priscilsa Pitts , aged nine years . A numbsr of witnesses were examined , bnt thoir evidence did not ehow trotn what cause the fire originated . The jury , after an examination of some 2 eo ! : ih , returned a verdict that the deceased were

      burnt to death , but how the fire originated there was no evidence to prove . A New Police Barrack —On Monday extensive pit-mists situate in Northumberland street , Strand , wt re occupied by the Metropolitan Commissioners aa a birrack for the A division of police , the station recently erected in King-streat , . Westminster , aba cose nf £ 5 . 000 , being insufficieat to accommodate the 209 who have been added to the A division . The total iaereae iaall the divisions , up to the present tiTit-, amounts to 610 .

      Mb O Conhoe , M . P . —In same parts of Derbyshire , a regular practice ia no w made of carrying about and burning effigies , caricaturing tho Northern Siab , Us editors , and readers .- Notu Guardian . — [ We ehoald be glad to know , for the informati no * uur readers , in what dark part of Derbyshire this r < galar practice is carried on , or whether it is only a p aataBmBgoria which occupies the benighted head et theGcABDiAH editor . Prthap * , our Derby friend wiU inform ns .-fid . N . S . l

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      THE CHARTIST TRIALS . The Central Criminal Gonrt opened on Monday , Sept . 18 , when the Recorder charged the grand jury at some length . The calendar , he Bald , although onl y a short time had elapsed since the last setslon , contains the names of 176 prisoners , and that number would in all probability be increased to 200 before the termination of their labours , and it would bo his duty to maka Borne remarks upon a few of the oases , and also with regard to some statutes that had reoently received the esHction of the Legislatnra , the object of which was to remedy d « - fects that exiBted la the administration of the crirainil

      law , and particularly to the aot passed for the batter protection and security of the Crown , as he understood that thirty-one persons were committed to take their trial for an offence committed under that act . Among the ac's which had recently become law was one which gave odditiona ) powers to justices of tbe peace ont of session ami enabled them , in esses of aggravated misdemeanors , to commit the accused party for trial without bail , There were some other alterations with regard to the powers of justices , but as he was informed tbat none cf the gentlemen forming the grand jury were in the commission of the paace , he did not think it was necessary to call thoir attention to the subject at any greater length . By unother statute a very important alteration was made ia referenoe to the reservation of points of law wising in

      criminal cases . No legal provision formerl y existed npen this snbjeot , and when the presiding judge , upon a criminal icqulry , felt tbat any legal point wbioh was miied during the trial was deserving of further consideration , It had been the custom for him to take upon himself to respite the judgment , and to submit tht point to a sort ef domestic quTus of the judges , by whom ho waa advited s to tbe course that should be pursued , and no regular judicial inquiry took place . By the recent statute , bowerer , a speoial power was glvon to ( ho judgo ia any criminal inquiry , to reserve any point that might ariee in order that it might be argued before the judges in a formal manner , and thU he considered a very satisfactory alteration for all who were conceraod in tbe administration of the criminal law . Bis lordship then

      referred to the statute of the 11 th and 12 : h Vie cap 16 , which be said placed accessories before the fact in exactly the same position as the principal felon , and gave a power to punish them in precisely the same manner ; and this he said « U &D Impftrlanl &UeratU > n , In connexion with the provisions of the act to which he had referred , fcr the better security of the Crown , as by that act certain offences which formerly amounted to the crime of high treason , were placed among the category of ordinary falonles , and this statute would , therefore , apply to cases of that description . This brought him to the consideration of tbe act in question , and to the cates of the persons who were committed for felony under that set . By that act , it was enacted that none of tbote offerees which formerly were held ta amount to the crime of

      high treason , should any longer be so charged , except the object was alleged to be the ac ' ual destruction of tbe Sovereign , or to imprison her , or te do her some bodily harm tending to death , and all the other offences which formerly no doubt amounted to high treason , were declared henoeforth only to amount to felony , and were to be dealt with as ordinary cases oi that description were disposed of . The third section of the act recited the offences coming within the latter desiriptlen , and which wtre excluded from being charged as high trearon , and among them was the offence of compassing and intending to levy war against her M-jesty , in ordtr by force and constraint to compel her Majesty to chang * her councils . The expression ' compass , imagine , inUnd , end dovlse' was rather a quaint one ,

      bnt it was made uBe of in all the previous statutes re-Ia'ing to this description of offotee , and would be well understood by a reference to those statutes . Lord Halo stated tbat compasB and imagine were svnenimous terms , indicating a purpose of the mind , evinoed by some act ia furtherance of the intention aeoribed to tbe party accused ; and this was , no donbt , the principle of law » ppUcable to the cases that would now be brought befere the grand jnryj The result of the alteration of tbe Ian In reduoing the character of the offence was important in two points : first , tho punishment consequent upon a conviction was not so overwhelming ; and secondly , tbe mode of making ont the charge was much more simple ; and while all the ordinary rules of evidence were Btricily enforced , all the cDbarrasing forms tbat were rtqu ' red

      to be gene through in charges of high treason were no longer neceasary , and the charge was dealt with in the same manner as an ordinary case of feleny . The grand jary would observe that the intention t * levy war and put constraint upon the Crown , was the gist of tbe charge against tbe penons whosa names appear . don the calendar , and upon this point Ur Justice Baylry , in the case of Watson , which was a charge of high treason , snd in which one of the overt ac : s was alleged to be tho levying of war laid It down that it was not necessary to support that portion of the IndlotmeiU , that there shiuld be regularly organised foree , or tbat the persons should be proved to have marched in military array ; and that if there was insurrection , which means the assemblage of large bodies of ptrsons to carry out some

      purpose contrary to law , it would amount to th ? levying of war There were several cases beating upon the point . In one Instance , where large bodies of pcraens assembled for the purpose of putting down brothels , their avowed or jeet being not a private one , bnt to effect a general reform , held that snch a proceeding was illegal , tbat it amounted to high treason , and was a levylag of war The same rule was laid down where crowds assembled for the purpose of putting down meeting houses , although the avowed otjeot was to support the established church . In the case of Lord G-orge Gordon also , where the orject was said to be te put down Popery , the same rule was laid down ; and there was no doubt tbat the principle which was acted upon in these cases was , that such proceedings took anayfrtm the Crown and the government those functions which legally were alone vested in them . Ur Justice Bsyley hid laid

      this down as ths deliberate decision of tte judges , and thtr » was no donbt that this rtas the law as applicable to tbe charge of levying war , as it was termed . In the outi that wonld n * w be brought before them , it was probable that the defendants would not be charged with aotoally levying war , bnt with conspiring , that was , intending to do 10 , and this , of course could only be inferred from their aots being of such a character as te leave no reasonable donbt that the Intention Imputed to them actually existed in thtir minds , and that their objiot was to endeavour by force t « compel her Majesty to change her oouncils , and to carrj out some object of their own by violence and farce . That intention would be established by overt acts of the parties , by which was mennt , aati alleged to have been committed by them in furtheranoe of the orject they had in view . His lordship then referred to the charge made to the grand jury by Lord Chief Justice Abbott ia reference to the c&ao of

      Thlstlewcod , ia which tbat learned judge s ' ated that the law required the intentlen should bo clearly manifflsted by tome act being dona , tending to the furtherance ef tha criminal oVject in view ; bnt he also laid it down that if parties were proved to have saet constantly together—tbat they held conferences—tbat they gave each other mutual assurances ef support and assistance In carrying out their illegal object—that they endeavoured . to induoe others to join them , and that they provided weapons and came armed to the meetings , tbeae were bII evert ac' . s to prove the intention of the parties accused , and every one concerned , although each might have taken a different share in the transaction , If their object was in furtherance of the original design , was equally guilty , the act of « ne being , under such circumstances , the act of all . The Recorder went on to say that ho might have quoted mnch more largely from the speeoh of tha learned judge to whom he had referred , but he thought he had laid enough before the grand jury to

      enable them to understand the nature of the charge tbat would be brought before tbem . He should follow theoourse tbat was adopted by the learned judge on that occasion in not giving an ) details of the statements tbat appeared upon the depoiltlous , ln order tbat the accused parties might not be prejudiced ; and he weuld merely state generally that , if they should be oatisned that the prisoners assembled together—that they were armed , that arms were found at the lesldauoes of somo of them , and tbat they openly announced defiance to the law , and their intention to oppoae tho publlo authorities by force aud arms , and by acts of aggression upon the public , it would ba for thsm to say whether such acts did not mako out an intention to dof y and levy war upon the Crown , and to endoaroar by force to overawd tho legislature , and to compel the soverei gn to changd her counoUs . His lordship thon prooaadsd to refer to some of the other cases in tho calendar ; after which the grand jury retired to their room .

      TRIAL OF MR JOIIN SIIAW . Jora Shaw , 41 , undertaker , surrendered in dis - charge of his bail , to take his trial upon a charge o » misdemeanor , and he was placed in the dock The Aiiornki-Gbnbbai , Mr WswBr , Mr Bodkis , and Mr Own . appeared for tho erown ; MrlW was for the defence . Mr Parbt applied to the court to allow the dflfan dant to stand upon the Hoor of the con ? ' instead of remaining at the bar . u ° rc » u ui Mr Josticb Erie having conferred with the officeis of the court , said there appeared to be a dimculty with regard to the manner in which the jury should be ramnumed in th 6 cage o { g defendant who surrendered bang allowed to stand on the floor of tho court , and said that if it were permitted in tl » 3 instance , it might be urged that it was amia-trial

      . -, Mr P ^ Y 8 aid > lfcwoul ( ibeacoi » venience to him lfhe had the opportunity of conferring with the tiefendant , and that he Bhould be placed in a position to enable him to do bo . TheATiORSBT-GENERiL aaid . hahad no objection to the coarse suggested bj tho learned counsel if tbe court considered it would be legally adooted M' /^^ EB ^ BaW . the defendant was in the custody of the sheriff , and if it was done , it must be upsn his responaiblity . ' 3 U " ° Mr Under-Shenff France said , he did not feel himself authorised in removing the defendant from his position m the dock . Mr Parry , siid . that after the consent given b ; the Attorney-General , h » could not help thinking this waa rather an ungraeious proceeding on the part cf a subordinate officer . 8 v

      MrFBAKOBsaid , the sheriff was absent at that moment , and he did not feel justified , iu taking any o . her Muise thai he bad dona , * ;

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      ATiORNKY-GKNERiiithen briely addressed the jury , and then explained the nature of the chargr against the defendant . The indiotment contained Uo oounts , the first charging him with sedition , and the secoid with being present at an unlawful assembly ; and with regard to the latter charge , he observed that all person * who were present , and wha took an active partat meetings where violent and inflammatory addresses were made , were equally guilt ; in tbe eye of the law . As to the ether portion of the charge , there was no magio in the term sedition and it waa perfeotly ^ well understood . The offanst of sedition consisted in a person addressing a violent and inflammatory address for the purpose of creating excitement , and in opposition to the constituted

      authorities , and it was important for the jury to distinguish between the honest expreanion of opinion at a publio meeting , and the aot of parties who made that right merely a pretext for exoiting their hearers to outrage and violence . The defendant , ha was instructed , was a person who filled a respectable position in society , and his position waa therefore the more dangerous , and he had no right to complain ot being placed in his pressent position , but should have paused before he acted in the manner that rendered him amenable to the law . The Attorney-General thtn said that tho meeting at which the speech in question was delivered was held on the 28 th July , at the Milton-street Thea ' re , the day following the circulation of the report that there was an

      insurrection in Ireland , that some of the railway stations bad been destroyed , and that the troops were disaffected ; and under thes 9 circumstances , when tho greatest excitement prevailed , the defendant made a speech to a meeting , composed principally of the lower orders , comprising a great many Irishmen , smarting under real or imaginary grievaaoea ; end when they had heard that speech he apprehended they would not tnfcrtain any doubt as to tbe object for which it was delivered . He then read the speech at length , of whioh the following are the more ma terial portions . The meeting , it appeared , was convened by a placard headed ' I « Ireland up V and the defendant occupied the position of chairman , and commenced his address to the persons assembled an follows : —

      ¦ ' Friends , yon hare placed me in rather a responsible position to-night . However , I obey the call with alacrity and with pleasure to myself , became I believe you are all aisembled here for the same good and religious pur poio that I have been Induced to attend here fer . ' Tbe defendant then read the bill convening the meeting , and . proceeded , ' My friends , I was abont to say , I rejoioe to thitk , and I verily bellove it , that Irelatd is up . Not . ffithstani'nj tae garbled reports that we receivo conti . naally , day by day , end tvery express that arrives , In order to delude and deceive the people of this country , 1 believe sinoerely that Ireland is up , and I believe tbat Ireland will do its duty to Itself . The time bas now arrived when it it too late to mince the mat' . er— tht time has now arrived that both Englishmen snd Irishmen

      should be up to do their duty . I bave just received intelligence which I deeply deplorf—that i » , that our worthy , patriotic , straightforward , Indomitable friend , Patrick O'EPggtns , has txen taken into custody on » charge of high treaaor , and as soon as evtrtht government are prepared to arrest your indomitable obampicn , Smith O'Brien , they UU serve blm tha tame . How ever , I am glad to think that they have not got him yet , and I ( 0 believe tbat tbey will have something to d * to take him too . While Smith O'Brl n is surrounded bj one hundred thousand brave Irish hearts , the government will have something to do to ' shop' him , I be . lieve they say that be carries a brace of pistols about him . Now , these things , ferhapi , ought not to be Indulged in by a pubtlo meatlng like this ; but I slnctreh

      bope to God such Is the faot ; end the first ditty finger , be it a polloeman in his own uniform or otherwise , tbat lays a hand upon Smith O'Brien , cr any other mm that dares to vindloate the tights of his country , I trust that —— . ' Here ( said tht Attorney General ) the defandtnt stopped , and , after observing that there were goverr . ment shorthand-wrlters present , he did not finish the sentence but there was no deustthat what he Intended to have aala was , tbat any person who atttmpted to apprehend the persons to whom he referred , shtuld be shot . The defendant then proceeded . — ' Is Ireland up 1 I would lika to answer that in an Iriih method practised in this country , by putting another question , ' Is England up 1 ' I trust we are up ; at all events , we are np this night , my friends , to listen to and bt advised by those

      gemlemtn who will presently address you . I do not bdleve there is one man who will address you te . night , but who are your best friends ; eoneequtntl ; tbey will give jou no bad advice ; at the same time , I think It is the duty of every man here to register a vow to Heaven that he will never rest until both Kogland and Ireland havt obtained th ? lr rights , ' The defendant mide another speech , after gome other peaktrs had addressed the meeting , in which he said' Friends , the veteran Waddingten has alluded to poll tlonleg , I merely mention tbis fact to put the meeting to rights , tfast It is not the Intention to petition anymore . I believe ( 0 . Tbe nsxt petition ( and that Is open and advlaed speaking , rcoolliot ) Ihopeacd trust that you will prracnr , every man will be prepared with his own petitUn . I bave no patience with this aet of rapscallions . I have no allegiance for » uch aluses , I nsver took the oath of allegiancs . I hold no allegiance to either Queen , Lords , or Commons that would do theie things , # Ihopaand

      trust that Irishmen will not be satisfied , and that English * men will alio frattrnlse with them , aot going simply for a Repeal _ of tbe Union , but that they will sever rest satisfied until they cry oat with ont thundering voloe , 1 Republic for ever . ' I do not wish the Quean to visit Ireland , and yet I would not nlsh ts see a hair of hei head Injured . I have no personal animosity to the Q'teen , but I declare myielf how and in the presenot of this meeting , and would to God the noble and valiant &Ai marshal her hnsband was here to hear me , I should , ta bit teoth , and to Lord John Rmiell ' * , too , expreis my un qualified opinion that tbe sooner we throw off theie trammeli the better . I am a Republican . My friends , we can bear this no longer j and would to God th » t every Eng . llsbman and Irishman wonld shakt hands , at has betn recommended—every man armed to tht teeth . Tht defendant concluded this portion of his address by saying : — ' Mind , I am not recommending you to armdecidedly not . '

      The Attorney-General read some other parts of the speeoh , and he concluded by stating that when the jury had the evidence before them it would be their duty to say whether the speeoh came within the scope of fair honest discussion , or whether it wai not , as suggested byjthe indictment , intended | to operate upon ' ihe persons who heard it as a means of exciting them to acts of violence and disorder .

      IVIr Jakes Whitb , the government shorthandwriter , was then called as a witness , and he alao read from his notes the speech delivered by the defendant , and he also read a portion of a speeoh made by another speaker , named Wilson , at tbe same meeting , ia which he said , in referenoe to the report of the insurrection in Ireland , tbat he hoped it was true : and if it should prove to be so , all they should have to do in England was for 100 . 000 of them to meet occasionally , in order to occupy the attention of the government , and keep the soldiers

      trom Ireland . He also described the proceedings of the 10 th of April , as a sort of moral agitation , which it would be necessary to repeat ; and said that if 100 , 000 strong working men were to meet at Tra falpar-eqaare . or Borne other place near the Houses of Parliament , it was all that would bs necessary , and if the report of the rising in Ireland Bhould prove correct , the people of England would soon be ' uo also , and he agreed with Mr Meagher and Mr O Brien that the time for speaking was at an end . and that it was time to do something more .

      Mr Pabry addressed the jury fer the defendant , with great energy , and at considerable length . He said ha felt assured that , under ordinary oiroutnstances , the jury would never think of convicting the defendant of the orime with which he was charged , and he was sure that the Attorney-General tn ! y relied for a conviction upoa the prejudice that pruv . iiled in the minds of gent ' emen in their position i p life against the class ot persons known as Chartists and Irish Confederates . He bejged tae jury to endeavour to overcome that prejudice . He was aw . ire that it would require a great effort to do so , but he calkd upon them to mako that ( Sort , for it this prejudice wera not removed , he felt it would bo impossible for them to do equal justice between

      the prisoner and the Crown . The Attorney General waB there today , as it were , flashed with viotory , He had succeeded in obtaining a canvictien ia ever ) oase of the same character that he had submitted to a jury , and he came thera now relying upon the feeling against persona professing Chartist opinions , which he was quite aware prevailed in the breasts o > the jary , and on that ground felt assured in his own mind that he should obtain another conviction . H « called upon the jury , however , to disappoint tht Attorney-General in that expectation ; and he believed that if they looked at the ca « e dispassionately , and exerted themselves to overoome the prejudice to which he had alluded , that they would acquit the defendant . The learned counsel thea proceeded tc

      urge upon thejury most of the topics that were intro duced upon the former tri ; il > for sedition , and com plained that proceedings should be instituted by the government againBt a poor man like the defendant when persona in a much higher station , who . daring the excitement of the Ralorm Bill and Com Law agitation , had madeinliuitely more violent sjcecb . es , were not only not prosecuted , but actually rewarded for what they had dono . The learned counsel then proceeded to comment upon the different portions oi the Bi > eeoh , and endeavoured to show that they bore a much more innocent interpretation than was put upon them by the government , concluding by stating that if even the meaning of the defendant was doubtful , lie was entitled to the bant fit of that doubt , and ought to be acquitted ,

      The Aiiornei-General , hi his reply , said tbat the learned oounsel for the defendant had repte . sented him as coming there that day flushed with victory ; but he could assure them that the task ot couduoting these prcsooutions had been a most painful one , and nothing but a strong Benae of duty , and a feeling that if he had acted otherwise wjuldhay e bem detrimental to the public inU rest , and endangered tho publio peace , induoed him to institute them . He then referred again to the speech made bj the defendant , aad said tha . t notbiug would . gWe

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      him greater satisfaction than to find ' . hit a jury , who after reaping it and considering it with attention , could come to the conclusion that it was of the innocest character represented by the counsel for the defendant . If that should bo their opinion they would acquit the defendant ; but if , on the other hand , they should be satisfied that the object of the defendant was to create excitement and endanger the public peace , it would ba equally their duty to find him guilty . Mr Justice Erlk summed up very briefly , And the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of ' Guilt ) ' upon both counts . The defendant was then removed from the bar , the judgment being respited . At half-past six o ' clock , the grand jury came into court , bringing true bills for felony aad mudemeanour against all the Chartist prisoners . The Attorney Genbral applied to have the trial of ten of the accused persons fixed ior the following mornintr .

      , Mr Parry said he was retained to defend some of the prisoners , and his learned friends , Mr Ballantine and Mr Huddleitone , who were not present , he be lieved , were also retained fer others , He considered it would be impossible for them to be prepared to oonduot tie defence as soon as the following morning . For his ovm part , he certainly could not , at such short notice , undertake the task , and he therefore prayed the Court to . rant more time . After some discussion , the Court ordered the trial to etand for Friday morning .

      CUFFAY AND OTHERS . APPLICATION FOR CVt OF IKDICTMBST REFCS 8 D . Mr Baliaktink aj plied to have a copy of the indiotment furnished by the Crown to the prisoners for whom be appeared , Mr Huddlestonk and Mr Kinderlbt made a similar application on behalf of other prisoners . Mr Justice Erlb said the trials of the prisoners were for felony , and it appeared te him that the ; should be conducted in the same way as oth ' er cases of felony , and that it would be improper to make acy difference between them by famishing the parties with copies of the indiotments . The depositions with which the prisoners were supplied would give them full nformation as to the charge which tbey were called upon to answer . He did net thiik it right that any other facility shonld be afforded to tbe prisoners except that whioh was allowed by the law .

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      PROGRESS OF DEMOCRACY IN PRUSSIA . The New Rhenish Gazette of the 19 th instant , Btates that a popular meeting of ewe'althou' . aal individuals was held on tbe 17 th instant in the neighbourhood of Cologne . The entire assembly , with oce dipsentient voice , voted for the establishment of a Democratic and Social Republic , and it was resolved , on the motion of M . E . Dronke , that an address in thatieine should be presented to the National Asaembly at Berlin . The assembly likewise recognised the Committee of Public Safety established at Cologne .

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      GREAT MEETING OF THE MASONS AND BUILDING TRABE 8 . Oa Wednesday evening the above body met at the Temperance Hall , Waterloo-road . Shortly aftor eight o ' clock Mr Roger Grey was called to the chair , and said , It nai very cheering to find so many of their brethren rally reundand support tbem on the present occasion , Ur Trego might think of putting down the masons by a suit at law—but he would ba mistaken ; if imprisoned , the men would btar tbat Imprisonment firml y for principle ' s sake , and come out as determined as ever , if a jury should be so mistaken as to convict them , they would go te durance with the firm persuasion that they had tbe sympathy o ( the whole UBlted trades of Britain , ( Loud cheers . ) Mr TuiNia moved the first resolution , as follows : — 1 That It Is ths opinion » f this nutting that the t >

      resent position of the masons ia a critical one , and calls for their utmost vigilance and energy , to repel the bast attempt that is now being made to crash the working men ' s best institution—his trades' union ; this meet-Ing therefore pledges Itself not to forego the present agitation until tho rights and privileges to which tho masons In common with the working olasses ars entitled to , shall be conceded . ' He said it might be a long tima ere same of thorn should egiln have the opportunity of standing on that or a similar platform—but ifae , equal or better men would » j found to nil thoir placss . Tho four o ' clock' waB their right , and mutt ba maintained , ( Loud oaeers . ) Ns doubt our proiecutors thought they would incarcerate tbe leaders , and put down the trades tt&ioae—but

      1 st thsm not be deceived . He cared not for the punishnunttbat might bo inflicted on him , all he asked at the bands of his fellow men was , that the families of the victims should be supported . ( Loud cheers . ) Lot union txtst » mougat the operatives , and they must suoceod , short hours of labour was tbe best meanB of giving work to those who were now starving for want of em . plojment ; It would b « far better that the men left woik every day at four o ' clock ' , tham that thousands should bs walking about In a state of starvation . ( Great applause . ) He convened with a capitalist the other day , who bad deoUred himself 'decidedly opposed to tbe union . ' Wh ; should he ! , limply b 3 cause ' unlen was strength , ' and wers the nun thoroughly united , the dlotatss of humanity might whliptr to them , limit tbe hours of labour to sight ptr day . ( Loud cheers . )

      Ur Gumill , in teoondlog the rasoloAloa , rocommeadei a call of the trades ef London to be mide , and that tho assistance of Thomas Wakley , Feargns O'Connor , and other Liberal numbers should ba sought in disseminating the prluolples ef the rights of . labour . ( Loud cheers . ) Ths prssmt moment was indeed critical , and h « believed that out of the twenty-one about to be triad at the Old Bailey , aot one had « v « r jet stood befora a migistraU , ( Loud eheeri . ) True , the jarj class was a master dan , and therefore might convict them , but the world at Urge and their own conscience ! would acqait tfatB . ( Loul ohetri . ) He had never seen either Trigo or his men , and sure ha itas , that were his cau submitted to a jar / of his peers , they would btld him guiltless . Mr Gurrill her * recited tha manifold bUisiogi from the M * iont' SocUty , and asked was it right tbat moh a noble institution should be dcstrojtd ? ( Loud ohears . ) The rcio ' ntion was put and carried unanimously .

      Mr JosBrH Wood came forward to move the second rwolutlon ;— 'That it li the opinion of this moUlsg , in order to osrry out th » present struggle , we should rally round tht masons iadioted , and contribute libsrallj towards their dtfence , aad that la the event of a conviction , we pledge ourselves to taks c&re ot their families and determinedly carry on our glorloni cani » , ' Hii wife asked him the other day—in the event of his going to prison , what should the do ! he bad told her his fellow workmen would provids for her . ( Loud cheers . ) He thought tbe present state of society wai bad from beginning to end , Since the world began the few had lived on tho msny , but he thought tha tlm « had aow arrived when the many should keep themselves only , and allow the few to produce for themielves . It had been said their society ' Bhould be put down . ' Why should it ! simply because unitedly they could

      protect labour , and deprive oppression of its sting . Should tha twenty-one indloted be sent to prison , he trusted his felloe workmen would keep up tho glorious fight of' right against might , ' and that on the day of their liberation , a glorious gathering wou ' . d be prepared to hail their friends and brethren . ( Great applause . ) It might be said , what could a few woiking mon do ; but let ihem remember that the mighty Thames flowed from its source over a few pebbles , trlohling along , deep cnalng as it went , until at length joined by many a tributary stream , It became a powerful current , bearing on Its deep bosom the produce ef tho world ' s wealth ; and ao it might be with them — . they might commence with their shillings—thence to pounds , and thousand * of pounds , until at length by union they formed a monetary power , tbat would be perfectly Irresistible . ( Tremendous ohetrlng , during which Mr Wood resumed his teat . )

      Mr A . Campbell supported the resolution , which was then unanimously adopted , and the meeting dlBpgrsed .

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      Chahok op Poisoning . —On Wednesday evening , a coroner ' s inquest was held in the vestry-room of fit Andrew ' s , Holborn , on the body of William Henry Greene , a child whioh iat the time of death was a twelvemonth old , and had besn buried about two years since . The iiiqueat excited a good deal of interest in the neighbourhood , from the freely-cirouculated rumoura that the ohild had been poisoned by its own mother , and from the inquiry having been demanded by ita own father , who Btated to the coroner , Mr W . Payne , that he vorily believed the rumours wore founded in truth , and that he had always entertained Btrong suspicions on the aubjeot , a ' , though he had not , up to the present moment , sought for an investigation . At the time of the

      child ' s death , the parents lived at 103 , Fetter-lane where the father carried on the trade of a butoher ; but it appeared that the huBbnd and wife bad lived together very unhappily for several years past ; and that the woman had seized tha opportunity of her husband ' s imprisonment for debt to elope from him , leaving her living children to the card of the parish . —The body was exhumed . —MrHutohinson , surgeon residing in Farringdon-svreeti Btated , his opinion from variour te 6 ts he had used , that the ohild feaa not died of poison , —After the nurse who attended the ohild had been examined , tbe lather commenced a violent tirade against his vrife , whom he charged witk administering poison to bia ohild , and with since

      having eloped with a neighbouring tradesman . Since she hnd threatened to poison him , about eight yea a ago , hehad bean afraid to oat oither pie or pudding made by her , lest she Bhould have carried her threats * into executieH . —The jury here intimated to the eoroner that their minds were all thoroughly made \\\> on the Bubject of the inquiry , and immediately r . « - turned a uaanimoua verdict , that ' There waa s . o evidence te lead thejury to suppose that the deceased aad come to his death unfairly . ' lamia aLxoalAppucatiojjI—At theMonmouth Board of Guardians , on Saturday , an application wai made ior the burial fee of la . ( id . for interring I an amputated leg in tbe churchyard , Referred to the Uudito a . —Jierlm .

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      MR O'CONNOR ' S PROPOSITIONS . As it is the intention of the Directors to visit each branch of the Company in support 0 / their views fonts future management , and to abide by the resolutions of the members , we think it impolitic , and a useless encroachment on the columns of the Star , to publish resolutions adopted previous to the contemplated interview of the Directors with the members . Lkeds .-M ^ T . Clark att ended a meeting of the members of this branch on Thursday evening laVfc n ' fho r ? - ? f « P «»» K * be Prosed alterations n the constitution of the Company , all thealterations wereawnted to , except the p-oposal for a lease , a iv ge 1 majority of . the members of the branoh deciding m favour of freehold . Hull —At a meatim ; of the members of this branoh which was held on Friday evening last , at which Messrs M'Grath and Clark were present , all ha propositions were carried .

      DoRCAsiER—On Tuesday evening Mr M'Grath at-2 » me . etin * ° the Lind Branch of this place , held at the house of Wilkinson . Mr Peter Foden iB the chair . The several proportions for amending the organisation of tbe Company were diaoussed « naftmand unammonaly agreed to . After havin g part a vote of indemnity to the directors for retaming ofhee under the circumstances of tko Company , beyond tte prescribad term , the meeting dissolved . s Dbwsbury .-A very full meeting of tbe members of this branch took place in the Cloth Hall on Thursday evening . Mr M Grath waa present to explain the propositions of the directors . The several points were most oarefull y discussed and unanimously adopted . Vote 3 of thanks having been passed to Mr M'Gratb , and Mr Sucksmith , the Chairman , tha meeting separated .

      Newcastle upos-Ttne—A special meeting of tha members of this branch of the Land Company waa hold on Monday evenJng , Sep . 18 th , for the purpose of hearing the directors explain tbe proposed altera . tions in the regulations of the Company , and tha following propositions were agreed to : —Iat . ' That thosffairs of the Company snail not be wound up , and that memberB shall be allowed to sell OUt their shares . 2 nd . * Tb . it ; location by bonus ba substituted , for location by bal ! oV 3 rd , ' That eaoh paid-up member shall p » y to the said fund one oennv ne *

      share p » . r week ; tbat is , ; twopence per week for two » hsres ; threepence par weik for thrsa Ehares ; and o . rpence per week for four shares ; and that the non « paid-up members shall commence paying up their shares in the same ratio , aDd then commenca payind to the Aid Fond . ' 4 ' . h , That a lea' . e for life and ninety-nine years in reversion , ba substituted fora conveyance in fee . 5 : h , ' That the aid money bs repaid to the Company , in half-yearly instalments after three years' occupation . ' 6 ch , That the renta be reduced from five to four per cent , upon tha outlay . ' 7 th , ' That tbe estates ef the Company which are or may ba purchased , shall be transferred from the hands of Mr O'Ctcuor , to three trustees , to be appointed by tho Company . ' 8 th , ' That no more members be entered in the Company . ' 9 th , ' Tbat this meeting unanimously agree in voting , that the direotora have faithfully performed their arduous dutiep , from the period of their taking office np to the present time . '

      Chbmea — A meeting of the members of this branoh of the Land Company was held at the Free Traders' Arms , Exeter-street , on Tue ? day evening last . —Mr Fcrd in the chair , when the following re » solutions were agreed to : — 'That a oommittee of seven be appointed , and five to form a quorum . ' 1 That no buain ? s 3 be transacted unles 3 fire of tha oommittee be present . ' Tke following gontlemea . were appointed to serve on the committee for tha next three months , Messrs Reed , Webster , Barratt , Vincent , Rome . Dellibar , and Bance . Mr Vincent , scrutineer ; MrDallibar , secretary , and Mr Bance , treaiurer . This branch will continue to hold their meetings every Tuesday evening at 9 even o ' clock , at the abovejplace , to receive contributions and transaot business .

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      corv . MARK-tAHE , Sept . lS . -The trade in wheat has through , out the past week maintained a decidedly firm tone , and priceB have crept up about 23 per qr . The prices to-day were similar . On Wednesday the trade ruled steady at Monday ' s prices . Indian corn continues in good re « quest , » nd Acre ar « buyers at late rates ; but importers generally demand rather more money . There was an improved demand for oats at fully as good prices as were procurable last market day . Pbice op Bbkad . —The prices ofwheatrn bread in the metropolis are from 8 d to » id , of household do . 7 d to 7 * d

      , som ? bakers Are selling from 6 d to Ski , and Leagaa Bread Company ' s 7 d per 41 b loaf , weighed on delivery . Liverpool , Sept . 19 . — The weather continues exce ; dingly favourable fur the northern harvest , and the crops are being rapidly secured . There hai been a fair sale for most articles of the trade during th « week , with very slight variation in prices . Dobliw Com Exchange , Tuesday . — Our market today was firm for all dtscriptions of grain , and oats and baans were 3 d to ( d dearer . There was no improved demand for Indian corn , a reduction of la to 2 s having been submitted to ,

      TEk . The Tsa Tiiade , Stpt . 18 . — The quantity of tea dei livered last week from the London official warehouses was 193 , 0001 b . The market bas been rather dull .

      COTTON . LivBB ? ooi , Wednesday . —The transactions to-day ara about 3 , vOO bales , mostly all to the trade . The market i » steady , aud full prices are paid . IRON . The steady home desiand far manufacturing purposes continues unabated , and within the last fortnight it ha ( been deemed advisable , in one instance , to declare an advance of 10 s . per ton upon nail-rods , by a house of the first standing , in order to prevent toe great an accunm . lation of orders ; since the nail ironmongers of the diitrict , after having been induced to abandon an attempt at reducing the wages of the ' r men , are now rather freely endeavouring to supply themselves with rods . Very con . siderable orders have lately arrived from various parts of the ^ Continent . In the pi ; trade prices are also well supported , and a brisk demand prevails .

      ¦ STATE OP TRADE . Manciiestee , Tuesday . —We have again to report ft depressed market . Littla has been aone during last week , and to-day there was no disposition to purchaso on the part of bayera . The weather is most favourable , and for some days has continued so , but it has fuUed to inspire confidence . Prices generally may be said to be drooping ; some cloth-printers and a few others remain , firm . Tha rsturn of the state of employment is not so favourable as last week . There are 613 fewer hands at present at work , a decrease of 510 working full time , and of those working short time fifty-seven . Last week tha total number at work was 41 , 164 , this week it is only 40 , 631 ; working full time last week 38 , 589 , this week 37 , 989 ; short time last week 2 , 605 , this week 2 , 682 .

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      ( From th 9 Gazette of Tuesday , Septeabar 1 » . ) BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . J C Barratt , Strand , carver—A Holmes , ilauninghara , Torkshire , worsted spinner . BANKRUPTS . John Horatio Charlton , Halw Owan , Worcestershire , tailor—William Croudaon , Wigau , Lancashire , iroa merchant — James Duckworth , Oswaldtwistk , Lancashire , provision dealer—Stephen Gilbert Fryman , Rye , Sussex , wine merchant—Richard Gay , Dover , mustard manufacturer—Isaac Hum , Islington , waterproof cover manufacturer—Henry Mosely and James Barbazort Murphy , Derby , carvers -Richard Mojle , Penryn , Corn , wall , ironmonger—Edward Pearson , Norwich , modeller —John Render and Edward Render , York , tailors—Shadrach Robson . sen ., Watlass , Bedale , Yorkshire , farmer—William Watson , Golden Valley , Derbyshire , innkeeper-John Yatos , sen ., Colton , Staffordshire , corn merchant .

      INSOLVENT PETITIONERS . I Batkin , Stafford , baker—W Coxon , Beeaton , Nottinehamshite , shopkeeper-E D Chapman , Isle of Thanet , ticket collector at tiie Ramsgato terminus of the South Eastern Railway Company-T J H Culv « rhouse , Brya . mawr , Brecknockshire , publican-J Epps , Maidstone , j « monger and woolstapler-G G Fry , Diadcr , Somerset ' slure labourer-W Griffiths , Brecon , working gardenor —V Kenney , Walton , Lancashire , retail coal dealer—T Moore , Cuvringt . u Cheshire , brick setter-J N Nicholas , Sheptou Mallett , Somersetshire , tin plate worker and ironmonger-W J Pattrick , Walsoken , Norfolk , tailorw ? !^ ' Nottin 8 ha'n , schoolmaster and bookseller-P Wheelhouse , Nottingham , journeyman printer-W ffu son , Liverpool , butcher .

      SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS , t x ^ , 55 ' an Gla * S ° w erocer-George Htnderson , lieitu , clothier—James Russell aud W Somervllle . Slas « gow , cotton spinners—Thomas Pateraon , Glasgow , spirit dealer-James Patlson and W A . Turner , Glasgow , thread raasufactuwrs-John Robertson , Leith , spirit dealer—rhomas Thomson , Glasgow , manufacturer .

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      DEATHS ,

      ! At Sheffield , on Tuesday , Mrs Booker , the widow of Wm . Bosker , aged sixty-uiue years . On Wednesday , September 'ioth , Mrs Parry , agents forthe& ' oBTUKiiN Stah , Cuoapslde , berby . When elevea or twelve years ago . throe persons hud been thrown into , prison , andother moans of terror were made use of to prevent tue sale of tho ' unstamped newspaper . / the de . ceastd courageously . took upon herself that mission t and trom thwt to the present time continued the sale of the democratic orgun « . Both ia hor private life , and Her relations with tho public , the deceased exhibited u . example ot virtue und honour wotthy of universaliini . U . wn . The love of her famUy-the affBctiea of her frionds-and the respect of her townspeop le , wordBcan . aot properly describe . Her departure from this life U deeply lamented . by her afllicted family and the many mends who know aud appreciated h « r sterling worth .

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      street , Haymarket , in the City of 'Weatinl . - . ster , ottht Office , in the same Street and 1 ' ariBh , fortk fronrletor FEMieUS 0 'CO . NNOR , Esu ., M . P ., anil publlsced byWiUuii Hewitt , of !< o . 18 , Cuaries-atreet , Bra »; don-street , Walworth , in the parish of St . Mary , Na » j ingtOH , in the County of Surrey , at tha Office . Na . Ui Great Windmill-street , Hajmarketin ta- « i ^ o { W «| tJ ataiter .-Saturday 8 opUmber 2 . 3 rd l 8 tfl ... '

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      8 THE NORTHERN STAR , ^ September 23 , lgjg _

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 23, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1489/page/8/