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trunk since his arrert , for the pntpeie of being proved agtinit him ia evidence . The Attorney femral recapitulated ell the evidence relating to tho psrtnwntesu which tus already been much commenfcd on In the course of the trial . He intended that there was preromp ' -fce videnee to show that the portmanteau remained in the tame state a . when deposited b » the prisoner fa Cathel . It wu per . fi £ V& . « . utedhy MrWhitetide , tointroduce noS tof-criBlnd naUreinteltduringtheperfod Itwasout of Hr O'BrfenV possession , bat that was a question pnrdy for tbe dwsUion of thejory . © def Juifloe BlscMmnw ulfl : Whtt « tatm « i » i might be made on the evidence of this documeit hitriBB been to the possession of Mr O'Brien , we are of opinion that it cannot be excluded from the cobgUeratioa of the jory .
Mr Whiteslde—Tbea , my lord , I matt apply for the whole content ! of the portmanteau being stated to the jury . The au thorities promised to give up the con . teats of the portmanteau to Mr Smith O'Brien , and thsy feioke thdr word . I have the letter to Mr O'Brien now in mj pcirasion . Chief Justice BIseM > urae- « Tbe court cannot — The Attorney General—I can only say on the part of the C own—Chief Justice Bliekbnrne ( to the Attorney General)—We cannot go into this ; we are upon the question of one paper and we must keep to it . The Clerk cf the Crown then read the letter of Mr Charles Oavan Dofff , found in the portmanteau of Mr
Smith 0 Brien . He was then proccedteg to resd a letter of Hr Hesghert , likewise found in the portmanteau , when he was interrupted by Mr Whitetide , wha -objected to its being read , nsless it appeared that it xelatcd to the purpose of the alleged conspiracy , and he submitted to tbe soart that it was bared to sea whether it so related to the conspiracy . Having pe . rased the letter , the Chief Justice decided that it should be resd . Attorney General—I have another document , my lord , to submit to the court . Cblef Justice—What Is it ! Attorney General—It is a letter found on the person olMrSmlth O'Brien by General U'Donald , when he wts arrested : it purport ! to be from America .
lli Smith O'Brien . addrasing the court , said—I think h right , ay lords , in justice to myself to say that I have been in the habit ef keeping about me all an . answered communications , till I had tins and opportunity to reply to them , and therefore I consider it the height of iejastice to make me responsible for those papers , because they chance to be found on my person . An address from Philadelphia to Smith O'Brien , dated the 10 th of Hay , IMS , tigaed Robert Tyler , was next read in evidence . The address from the Bepealers of Ennlscorthy to Mr Smith O'Brien , referred to in the speech « f the Attorney Oeaeral , was next gives in evidence . The Attorney General—The ait documents we mran to give In evidence are those balloting papers which hara been proved .
Mr Whitesidem-xt submitted that as the documents foumd in the portmanteau , from which uufavoorabla de . auctions in reference to the case ef bis clUnt might be drawn , had been received in evidence , the rest of the papers found in the trunk ought to be read . He asked fsr a list of the papers as a natter of jusQoe en the put of the Attorney General . Attorney Gentrai—If at present the Crowa Solicitor has inch a document , I will give it . If it be not here , I will send this eight to Dublin for every paper of every descriptien found . Mr Whiteslde—That ought to havo been dose before . I had a letter from the secretary that he would do it . Hr O'Brien ' s deeds , and book * , and family papers , have ever sincetoen kept from him , though there was a promise to reitere them . Attorney General—Every effort in my power will ba Died for the purpese of giving then ts Mr Whitesids .
The At'breey General then proposed to examine Mr Hodges , the government reporter , as to a speech delivered by Hr Meagher , which he had been prevented from glvta * at first because he had not then sufficiently identi . fied Mr Meagher with the subsequent proceedings . Hr WhltesUe objected , on the ground that Hr Smith O'Brien was eoI to be affected by Hr Heather ' s speeches . Jhe Attorney General wohU not press the speech . He only asked for it because he had alluded to it in his ojjning statement . The application mi then withdrawn , and the case for tiie Crown was dosed . The csurt then adjourned at half-past six .
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CONCLUSION OF THE POWELL PLOT . TRIALS AT THE OLD BAILEY ( From our Hard Edition of last toeefc . ) FapAT , Sept 29 th . —The Court gat again this morning at ten o ' clock . The prisoners were placed at the bar at that time , and the Mowing evidence was addaoed for the defence . Daniel Born said—In conseqoenoe of something that a man named Bryant said , I west to gee Powell in the latter end of May . He showed me the monies of two piatols , and teld me that he was prepared , and that was Ms object in showing me the pistols . He was alwaysasMng me if I was prepared , and he reaarked that the phtols wera the things , and he wished to see all the polios assassinatedasd some
, good fires in London . By the Attorney General—I am a Ch&rtist . I agree with the six points , bat not with the view suggested by the press . I am opposed to violence , and I do not go ts the meetings to hear violent language , bat to hear the principles of the Charter expounded . I was at the meeting at Kennington , aedknew that someof those who went there were armed , butenbeicg told it was against the regulations they gave them op . am an' onenrolled' Cbartist , and I do not belong to any locality at present , but formerly I belonged te the Detn-rfreet locality . I had no class-leader . I kasw nothing about class-leaders , bat I have heard there are such persons connected with the Chartists I belong to ths > Land Company also .
Attorney General—When do you expect to get your share of the land ? Witaesa-Oh ! I am quite satisfied with the Land Scheme . It has been mcca misrepresented by the press . I entered for a five acre share , and have paid 30 s . I said 1 would never attend another meeting at Eenniagton Common , because I was ( stopped by toe pohee when I wanted to go home over Blackmars Bridge , and I e * id I would never be caught in snena trap again . Attorney General—Such a trap as the bridges , you meant ¦ .
Witness—Yes ; I don't mean to ba caught ia that way again . ( A laugh . ) By the Court-I always knew Powell by that name until the meeting in Milton-street Theatre , when I heard that his name was Johnson . I never heard nua answer to any other name than Powell before that time , and then I heard Muffins call him by the name of Johnson . When I cautioned the people about him , Muffins said Thatis not Powell , it is Johnson . ' "William Gardner said—I am & carpenter . lam not a Chartist , or a member of any Chartist association . I know Thomas Powell , and have done bo fox six or seven years . I certainly should not believe him on his oath .
By the Attorney General—I know nothing more of him except occasionally meeting him in the street and walking with him . I never heard him examined on bis oath . I used to work with him six years ago , and he was generally considered a notorious . liar , and I have heard him express bis disbelief in a future state and that the Bible was a tissue of falsehoods . He said this while I worked wife him at his brother-in-law '* , Mr Smith ' s . Rs-examined—Powell UBed to b 9 called ' Lying Tom , 'in the Bhop , openly to his face . I have heard the apprentice say ti him , 'Nomense , lying Tom , I woat believe it . ' Henry Watson eaU—1 *«* » bricklajer . I have known Thomas Powell from bis boyhood , and went to school with him , and have known him ever since , except about fourteenyears ago I lost sight of him for two years . From his reputation , I would not believe him on his oath .
By the Attorney Gsneral—I never heard him make a statement on hia oath . I have heard him say he should like to pall his old father out of his grave , and slue Ms bones about for not leaving him any money . I have heard him say ' Oh , here ' s news , Lord John Russell have out his throat by— . ' Another time he Bald the Duke of Wellington was dead . Upon another occasion he told a woman that her husband had dropped dewn dead , aad he laughed at what her surprise would be when she got home . Another tins he asked him if he was not going to the meeting at Kennington Common , and advised Mm te grind a knife up sharp , and if a policeman interfered with him , to give him a stab with it in the belly , and he said he would not want a second . Charles Goodfellow said—I am a tailor . I am not connected with the Chartist Association , but froa conviction am a Chartist ; but lam not enrolled , and have not bem a member of any association for
five yean . I have known Powell since 1839 , when ne was active in the Chartist agitation . I saw him on the night of the 14 ia August , a . t the Coach and Horses , High Holborn . He nodded to me and asked if I had got any work . I told him I had not . He then asked me if I would make him a coat ; he wanted some clothes made , for he and another were going to Australia . I agreed to make the clqthts and he gave me half-a-crown , and told me to go to the Orange Tree , Orange" street , on Wednesday evening , the 16 th of August , between five and six o ' clock , to measure him and receive the money for the cloth . I went accordingly , about half-past five o ' clock , andraw the palice running across the square . By the Attorney General—I eould see tha Orange Tree at the time , and should have gone ia but the police ware there before me , and shut the door , ' and would not allow any one to enter . I waited about twenty minutes , and saw some men taken awav b the polio * , but I did not know what it ' was
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or . The same evening I went to the Chartist meeting m Dean-street , and I there heard them talking about gome people being taken uo . I wenttomy own lodging , and left a paper there statmg how an attempt had beea made toentrap me . I wrote thu letter to order to explain my conduct in c ^ lshouldbejakenintoouatsdy . IdwtroyedthS S 3 ? ? nSxt ^ J ^ ewuM l tbought I would have S . SLwt ^ V he " atter hit when I found * £ " T * * " * ! * ° dd rather wme forward than I'L ^^^ tea acrificed . I was at the Ken . mngton
Common me 8 tiO g 7 but i did not go tofce rSK Clerke A ffell « wben the PeoAwhed b « * i « V ° fTJ ; Ih ™» attended otner public meet-Wn « «!? S ! L "» c " tffri k * t '« about three weeks »« rt ? iM ' &of August , when I refused to have ? / J ° ft * £ * viale - P ""*""*** " >* I was cned down' by the parties , and Powell said' I was * " — - ! ™ force coward . ' They cried me down waen 1 proposed peaceable measures . This meeting w «« on Sunday , the 3 rd of July , and about one tai £ area personi wen present
William John Garrettsaid-I am a Chartist . I kaow a man named Barrett . He wanted me to go to a meeting on the 7 th of August at the Seven Dials . At the same time he showed me a pistol , and at the same time said that he hud been engaged all day in making ball cartridges . ByMrClirkson . —I have been a Chartist for thirty years . I attended the meeting on Kennington Common the 10 th of April . I went with a man named New . I only know the prisoner Cuffay . I
am one of those who were stopped by the police at the bridge on my return from the meeting at Kenning ton Common . Several thousand persons were prosent at the meeting , and I wanted to hear the result of the nation petition . We walked four abreast to Kennington Common , with our arms linked together . I had seen . large printed bills forbidding this meeting before I attended it , but I determined to go notwithstanding . I did not see any persons W 1 S ? * £ i . 8 t the S ? 6 * " * - I had a class leader . Mr Clarkson . —What was his name ?
Witne 5 B—Am I obliged , my lord , to answer that question ? Baron Platt . —Yes ; answer the question . Witness . —I think it was a man named Tapprell , and I believe nine men wera under his control . I did not see him at the meeting on the 10 th ; I fell in with the procession in Holborn . That waa the place appoiated tor onr locality to join it . I don't know who gave this direction . An order was issued also that we were net to go armed to tha meeting , and this order may have been issued by the class leader . The witness Davis was then recalled , and cross-exa mined by Mr Btllantine . He said—1 have sold twa guns within the last six months . I have not sold any pikes or pistols . I know John Stauton , formerly a policeman of the R division . I never
persuaded him to join the "Wat Tyler locality of Chartiets at Greenwioh . 1 never offered to sell him a pike , and never had a pike in my possession . I never offered him a brace of pistols , bat I sad a pair to sell for twelve shillings . They were not my own property . I don't remember offering to sell them to Stanten . I am a general dealer , and sell old books , furnitire , boots and shoes , or any thing else . I attend sales , and bought these guns at one I never told Stanton or anybody else tfwt I could supply them with powder and bnlleta . At the time I offered these thingB foi sale I was at tending the Chartist meetings . I never told Stanton that it was the intention of the police to arnst a ; l the Chartists , and advised him to get a pike
and protect himself . I swear I never showed a quantity of firearms to any person , and I new Baid I wished we had a place where we could praotice them in , as that we might serve out thoss- —— blue devils . I know a person named Joseph Munday , and he may have besn present when I offered to sell a musket to an Irishman named Shady , but I don ' t remember that he advised Shady not to buy it . I offered the musket in the way of my business , and I would of course have sold it to any one . I offered to tell Munday a pair of piBtols for sixteen shillings . I knew him to be a Chartist and a Confederate when I made this offer . I swear that I did not say they were good ones to fire , or that I wished I had the - — old Duke of Wellington before me to try them . 3
waalways a friend to the Duke of Wellington and have advocated his generalship , and proved that he was not a coward . ( A laugh . ) 1 know a person named Heath at Greenwich . I swear I did not ask him to assist in KfWng HP a Chartist Club at Greenwich , ine dab was already formed , and I may have asked him to attend one of the meetings for the benefit oi the landlord , I may have asked as many asa hundred and fifty to come for the same purpose , but I will swear 1 have not aaked as msny as five hundred . I took an interest in gettiBg business tothehouee . I remember Looney and Daley , and some other members ot tbe Confederates , coming to Greenwich , and having a private room at this house , and I secreted ray self in an adjoiniag room aadheatd their oonverm .
tira , and reported what their intentions were to the superintendent of police ( Mr Malalieu ) , and he said the meetinp might go ob , and he would send a policemaH to attend them . After this I advised people to go to the meetings , and the landlord used to give me half a sovereign , or five shUUngBynowand then , in return for my friendship . I think I met a man named Parris on Blackheath /?! . " . on tbe - 16 lh An S ° 8 t'Md thatI « id to him , 'thisisthemghton which the blow iB to be struck . ' J-SJ- ^^ him to go up to London , but I did tell him to go to the Druid ' s Arms at Greenwich , to keep him out of mischief . I swear I did not put my hand to my breastand say 'lam ready . ' I never offered a man named Robinson a pair of pistols to take up to Lsndon with him to the meeting that was to be held on Whit Monday . I used to carry the pistols about with me loadedand I offered to sell
, them to several people , but I did not do bo because 1 could net get my price . I was once a witness in the county court at Greenwich , but I swear I did not » y toRobmsen , in reference to that transaction , tnat 1 would have Bwora any mortal thing to have got the better of those wretches . I never said to a man named Ward that physical force was the only tning , and I swear that I never advised him to go armed to the meeting at Bonner ' s Fields . I did try to rama the pistols , but I could only get one member . I won't be certain , but I suppose I did tell Ward that there was to be an outbreak in London , and I advised him to keep away . I did not say tnat 1 was going to London to reconnoitre , and see which were to be the points of attaok ; but I did say I was going to London early in the morning to see if there was any likelihood of a riot taking place , and , u . tnere was , I should get out of dancer as goon sr
i could , I remember Ward &nd Robinson making a proposition to dissolve the Greenwich association , and I opposed it . Mr Baliautine — Why did you oppose the dissolution of an association which you believed to be illegal ? Jjto | 8 g-Because I thought it would injure the CroBs-examination continued—I thiak I called them cowards at the same time , but I did not pull outmy pistols and say that if any ene attempted to arrest me I would . have blown their brains out . I aont think I made use of such an expression . I don't remember' it . It fa possible I made use of the expression ; if I did , it was only to throw them off their guard , and I may have said so and
forgotten it . By tbeAttorney General-I communicated from tune to tune what oeourred at the Druid ' s Arms and other places to Ipjpeotor Marks , and he reduced my statements ^ writing , and I signed it . I purchased the gun and the pistols at a sale , and they were hung up in the shop for sale .
John Staunton-I am a labouring man , and formerly belonged to the R division of police . I have known Davis two years . I remember his askine me to join the Wat Tyler brigade of Chartistsat Greenwich , about three months ago . He alao offered to aeU me a pikehead f 0 r 2 , 6 d ., and a handle for 3 j . 6 d ., and he said if that would not do he had plenty of powder and bullets and piatols . He was to get the pike from London , and he said I might pay for it by instalmeats at my own convenience , as I was out of work . He likewise said that I had better have something to protect myself , as he expected the police might drop in at some of their meetings , Ha also told me that he could supply me with powder and Bhot , and he added that he wished he had some place to practice firing in , as he wished to serve out those - blue devils . I once b&w him coming outof the Blackheath police station , and he ran away like a deg with a kettle to his tail . ( A laugh . )
By the Attorney General . —The witness was my class leader as they termed it . I was five years and a half in the police , and I redgned to take a situation on the Greenwioh Railway . I am a married man . and my wife has five ohildren . I swear I waa -not discharged for taking improper liberties with the wife of another constable . I have been a Chartist ever Bince Mr Davis asked me to join them , wnich is about five months ago . He made us so many promises , and said we were to become rich men all of a sudden , that [ was induced in consequence to join the Chartists ' He showed me the pistols in his own shop , and I also saw three gutu in his shop . I never attended a Chartist meetingin London , . but I have been present at meetings at Blaokheatb , where I have heard Sharp , Veruon , Ernest Jones , asd Looney make speeches . Re-examined—I left the police becausa I could get better wages on the railway .
Henry John Stoek said—Between six and seven years ago Davis lodged in my house . About bix raonthojago he asked me to join a Chartist club at Greenwich . I remember upon one occasion that he showed me some pistols , which he said he had purchased in London , and intended to take to the Druid ' s Arms . I eaid no sensible man would talk about arming . He said be waa in the habit of going ( o London to buy arms to supply the Chartists with . He advised me to go to the Druid ' s Arms , where he and I should , hear eomearguments that would satisfy
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me as to the propriety of arming . When the last child of her Majesty was born , he made u « eofa very offecsiveexpression towards the royal infant and her Majesty ; and shortly before the 16 th of August , he said to me , ' You will soon see what we shall do ; we are nearly ready . ' Davis always told me he was a Chartist . I am not a Chartist , and when he wanted me to join the Chartists I only ridiooled him . Joseph Dunn said—I reside at 128 , London Wall , and am a net manufacturer . I am a Chartist , and have been a member of the National Chartist Asaociation . I bate not belonged to it sinoe August , 1846 . The card produced is similar to the one
issued by the Association in that year . The plau of the Association has been" somewhat revised Bince that period ; but there has been no material alters * tion ' made in it . I had been a member from the commencement to 1846 , and took an active share in the proceedings . I acted as president and treasurer of the City of London Branoh , and I always understood the object of the Agsopiatien waa to obtain the Charter by legal and constitutional means , or else I should not have joined it . I never witnessed any secret proceedings . By the Court . —There were delegates at that time ; but the plan of having class leaders was not at that time acted up to .
Mr Parry proposed to ask tha witnejs whether the class leaders were not appointed upon the same principle as in the Wesleyan connexion . . . Mr Baron Platt said he was of opinion such ' aques . twn could not legally be asked . It had nothing to o with the question . Mr W . Dixon said—I am ene of thedireotors of the National Land Company , and a Chartist by po . htical sentiment . I know an association called the National Charter Association . I am a member , and have been so for eight or nine yean . The card
oroduced is a member ' s card . I always considered the object of the association to bs to obtain the Charter by peaceable and legal means . To my knowledge there is nothing connected with the association illegal , unconstitutional , or otherwise than peaceable , and I know of nothing secret about it . Any one can be admitted who signs his name and subscribes to the roles of the association . It was not founded to hold leoret correspondence with other societies , or to raise rebellion and insurrection in this country . It had no objeot but to obtain the Charter by legal and constitutional
means . Mr W . G . Chinery , clerk to the attorney for the defence , wa » then called to prove that he had endavoured to subpoena four other witnesses from Greenwiob to contradict the evidenoe of Davis ; but the Conrt ruled that suoh evidence was inadmis > sible . Mr Dixon was re-called , and he stated that the banner whioh had been produced beloaged to the National Land Company , and was first used at a demonstration at O'Oonnorville , in Hertfordshire , one of the National Land Company ' s estate . This was the cue for the defence .
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REPLY . _ The Attorney General then proceeded to reply . He feared that the result muBt inevitably be , when they considered tbe circumstanoes under whioh the charge was preferred , that they would feel compelled to find all the prisoners guilty of the crime with which they were charged . It appeared to him that the counsel for the defendants had misstated the effect of the law nnder which this charge was preferred , but , at all events , the complaints they bad made against the statute ought not to have any effect . That statute had been passed by the almost unanimous consent of all olauea of the people ' s representatives , and it wasnow the lawof the land , and they were bound to obey itwhether it
, was good or bad . He then prooeeded to describe the character of the charge , and said that be waa not there as the apologist of the spy system , but what he said was this , that if auoh perssns existed , and were bold enough to brave public opinion by communicating to tbe Government the existence of any treasonable or dangerous conspiracy , he considered that the Government would negteot their duty if they did not act upon it . Did they believe that a rising was intended ? If so , and he apprehended the circumstances left no doubt of the fact , what would have been said of the Government if they had permitted the thirteen desperate men under the command of Richie to have consummated their guilty purpose ? If they were not to aot uoon
testimony of this description , it would be impossible to obtain unoontaminated evidence in such a case until the metropolis was actually in a blase . The Attorney General then went on to comment upon the evidence given by Powell , and he said it was part of his case that , haying determined to aot so as to obtain information , it was necessary that he should play a part , and if he had not acted as the others did—if be had not exhibited arms when the others were determined to resort to violence—if he had appeared to be peaceable—they would have suspected him directly , and would have placed no confidence in him , and bis mission would have failed . Was it true there was an organisation to carry out some objeot by violence ! Had Powell anything to do with the meeting of the armed men under the command of Riohie at the Orange Tree ? Had he anything to do with the others who were meeting at the Angel ? Had he ensaeed the room for the
oimmittee meeting at the Black Jack ? Was it proved that he had ever incited either of the prisoners to any acts of violenoe ? No such thing ; the evidence showed they were willing enough to carry out the guilty aot that was intended . He would now advert to the subject of the National Charter Asiocia'tion , as it was termed , and he would meet the challenge of Mr Parry upon that point , and would broadly state , and he wished it would have the effect of disabusing the minds of those people upon the sub ' ject , that this assooiation was . an illegal association , and every person joining it was liable to punishment . What were the ruleB of this association ? The whole country wai divided into districts placed under leaders ; wardens were appointed , having the command of a certain number of men ; there were officers who had certain duties to perform , an executive , and other circumstances whioh , in his opinion , clearly brought the association within the scope of the Com * bination Act .
Mr Parry—If this association is illegal , the Anti-Corn Law League was also illegal . The Attorney General—He did not say it was aot . What he urged wat > , that all such associations as the one he had described were illegal , and he hoped that publio statement would have the effect of deterring persons from continuing a oonnexion with an association which was dearly illegal , and , according to his opinion , of the most dangerous character ^ The question , in the first plaoe , was , did the jury believe there was an intention to rise
in insurrection on the night in question ? Of tha fact he did not think there could be any doubt , and the only question was whether the prisoners were proved by competent testimony to have been concerned in that guilty intention . The Attorney General then proceeded to go through the whole of the evidence , and conoluded by expressing a confident opinion that they would do their duty firmly , and decide the important question that would be submitted to them solely upon the evidenoe , and that they weuld not be actuated by any prejudice in favour of the Crown or against ths prisoners at the
At six o ' clock the case was again adjourned . Saturday Sept . 30 . —Mr Baron Platt and Mr Justice Williams took their seats en the bench at ten o'clock . Mr Baron Platt then proceeded to sum up the evidence , and todireot thejury . When an Act of the Legislature changed the name of a crime in the nature of its punishment , it was their duty to sea that it was carried eut wisely and properly , and to bring to the consideration of the entire case minds wholly unbiassed by an ; prejudice . If they believed from the evidence that the prisoners intended to subvert the constitution as by hm established , they most find them guilty of the heinous offence imputed to them . The leuned Bamn
then read the evidence adduced dating the trial commenting upon portions as he went along . The task occupied , as may be imagined , a considerable time . With respept to the part played by Powell he said it was not likely that he was a silent member of theconBpiiacy ; he took upon himButt a task , to sustain which , it was obvious , thai he was obliged to aot aB a member , bath in word and deed , in order to blind the other ^ members . Their own experience in life muBt tell them that this was the course which a man would naturally adopt under such circumstances . He did not ask them to look at that S ^ L ^ fe ^ X * diBtr » Bt . ' ^ t if hi , atory corroborated ether and
was by independent testimony eoas to leave _ no doubt that ' it waa not only probable , but strictly true , it would beoome their painful province to find the prisoners guilty . Hedid not think the government to blame for availing themselves of his testimony , and he did not think the prisoners oould complaia of it . It did not follow be cauae a person was in the habit of lying among his shopmates that his testimony w » b unworthy of teliet when given on cath in a oourt of justicethe more especially since he had no object to nain by coming there £ deceive them . This led him to calltheattention of thejury to the way in whiohona
of the witnesses—one ot Fowelw shopmateB—gave hia testimony . He gave his evidence with much flippancy , and repeated the blasphemous expressions said to be used by Powell with a smiling face , whereas no person of well regulated mind oould rcand disgust . The learned baron concluded reading the evidence at half-past three . There waa one portion of the evidence upon which he had sot hoard any diacredit thrown . Hemeautthe evidenoe Bbowing that the streets at' the proposed meeting places and the coffee-houses were crowded on the evening of the 10 th . If they had any reasonable doubt , of course they would give the benefit
of it to the prisoners ; but 04 the other hand if they thought them guilty , he was satisfied ihey would not hesitate to discharge that duty—a duty important alike to themselves and to their country . Tho learned judge concluded his address at a few minutea to ( bur ,
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Mr Kenealey , in the course of the summing up , the jury having retired for the purpose of taking aome refreshment , applied to the oourt to reserve the points he had raised in the course of Dowliog's trial , np » n the subject of the challenging of the jury , and the inadmissibility of a portion of the evidenoe . He founded his application upon the recent statute for the more effectual administration of the criminal Baroa Platt said , he really did not see how the court could entertain suoh an application , made by a learned counsel two or three days after a trial before another learned judge .
Mr Konealey said , he apprehended this was the very objeot for which the act was passed , and it expressly used the words' after trial . ' Baron Platt did not think the aot intended that suoh an application should be made to anether judge who knew nothing oi the case . He understood that Mr Justioe Erie had heard the points argued , and overruled them . Mr Keneiley . —Am I to understand your lordshioB refute my application ?
Baron Plstt . —Certainly . Before the j ury retired , Cuffay addressed the court , and said , ' My lord , it was said in course of the case that my son was present when Tilden came to my house , and that he ought to have been called . Now I beg to a » y , I never had a son , and , therefore , I ould not call him . ' The jury retired at five minutes to four o ' clock , and at five minutes to five they again came into court , and the prisoners Cuffay , Laoey , and Fay were placed at the bar . . . _ ¦ ¦
The names of thejury having been called over , and Mr Straight having inquired if they had agreed upon their verdict , The foreman gave a verdiot ef GUILTY against all the prisoners upon the whole charge . The prisoners did not appear at all surprised at the verdiot , and did not manifest the least emotion . Baron Platt then ordered Dowliog , who was oenvioted on Monday , to ba sent for , and he was placed by the side of the other prisoners . Cuff * y Baid he wished to have his property restored ; he meant the banner . It did not belong to him , but he wished it to be given to the person whose property it was . Baron Platt told the prisoner that his conviotion had divested him of all property . He , therefore , oould not make any claim to the banner , but he had no doubt if it belonged . to any other parson it weuld be given up . Cuffay next applied to have his letters delivered up , as he said they might be useful to his wife ,
Baron Platt said ho had no doubt there would be no objection to this being done . Mr Straight then called upon the prisoners , in the usual form , to state whether they had anything to urge why judgment should not be pasted upon them according to law ? Fay . —It must be evident to everybody that Powell was committing perjury in all he stated . It is useless to say any more . Djwling . —I only desire to repel the charge that was made against me of aotieg with duplicity towards the Chartists when I joined them . It , 'is not true , and I never concealed my real opinions , and had no desire to use them for my own purposes , as was stated by the Attorney General . I was not influenced
by any desire for martyrdom or notoriety , and I only sought the good of my oountry , and was actuated by a feeling of patriotism . Tyrants may declare panotism to be felony , but they cannot make it felony . I have nothing more to say . ; Having delivered this address , Djwling leant his > ack against the side of the dock , apparently indifferent to the subsequent proceedings , Laoey then addressed the oourt . He said—Al-. hough I certainly approved of the six points of the Charter , I never had the slightest intention to carry them out by violence , and it is well known that I frequently expressed the opinion that the Charter would not have any good result un ' ess it was acoompanied by other aooial and moral reforms .
Cuffay then addressed- the court . He said—I say you have no right to sentenoa me . Although the trial has lasted a long time , it has not been a fair trial , and my request to have a fair trial , to be tried by my equals , has not been complied with . Everything has been done to raise aprejudioe against me ; and the press of this oountry , and I believe other countries , too , have done all in their power to smother me wift ridicule . I ask no pity—I ask no mercy . Fay , in a violent tone , and striking the frout of the dock . —No more do I . , Cuffay told his fellow prisoner to ba quiet ; he would only increase his troubles by violence . He then prooeeded : I expected to be convicted , and I didn ' t think anything else , but I don't want any pity
—no , I pity the government , and I pity the Attorney General for oonvioting me by meanB of such base characters . The Attorney General ought to be called the Spy General , and uBing such men is a disgrace to the government , but they only exist by such means . I am quite innocent —my locality never Bent any delegates at all , and I had nothing to do with the luminaries . I have a right to oomplaintf the other spy . Davit , being kept back till the last moment . As to my having a loaded pistol , I only oarriedit lor my own protection , as my life had been threatened . This , however , is what I have always expected . I always thought it would come to something like this . I am not anxious for martjrdom , but after what I have endured this
week , I feel that'I could bear any punishment proudly ^ -eyen to ' thtf Waffo'd : This hew Aot of Parliament is disgraceful , and I am proud to be the first victim of it , after the glorious Mitohel . Every good act was set aside in Parliament—everything that waa likely to do any good to the working olasses was either thrown out or postponed , but a measure to restrain their liberties would be passed in a few hours . I have nothing more to lay . Baron Platt : Prisoners at the bar , William Dowling , Willhm Lacey , Thomas Fay , and William Cuffay , you have been tried by two juries of your country—you , William Djwling , by one , and the other prisoners by another ; and they have arrived at the only conclusion that could be come to by twelve upright and reasonable eentlemen UDon the
evidence that had been adduced before them—that you were guilty of the offences with whioh you were oharged . There can be no doubbr-it is quite dearthat you intended to levy war against the Qaeen , to compel her by force and arms to alter her counsels ; and , with regard to you , William Dawling , it ia evident that your object in joining with the others was to dmnember the empire , and separate Ireland , by force and arms , from this country . What right had you to Bet up your understanding againBt the expe nence of mankind , and the result of ancient wisdom ? You have chosen to oall that which the constitution of the country has branded as felony—patriotism . Was it patriotism for a number of people to conspire in secret and endeavour to oarry out the misery ,
wretohednosB , and spoil projected by them at their meeting oa the 15 th oi August ? Gould it be Baid that devoting a peaceful city to flames , destroying innocent citizens , taking possession ef the government by force and bloodshed , « vaa patriotism ? The law eaid that Bitch acts were aots of felony , and nothing could be more dear than that they were so . It 13 lamentable to find that persons of eduoation , apparently possessing feelings of manly energy and independence , should have lent themselves to such proceedings with such a desperate objeot . The jury havefouad that you were guilty of tue orime laid to your oharge , and no one who has heard the evidence can doubt , after the . proceedings at the meeting on the 15 th of Auguit , that you intended on the
following day , when the shades ot night descended upon this metropolis , thatasoene of murder , firing , and rob bery , ( should have filled this unhappy city , and that you intended to have assumed the government of the country , aad have governed it as you pleased . You have been oonvioted of thU most daring defiance of the law ; aud the oourt would not be doing its duty either to the law or to the oountry , if . when such an offence was dearly established , It did not make a moat Btsvero example of all tho .-e who were brought within the pale of the law . i therefore feel it my duty to order that you ba severally transported beyond the seas , to suoh plaoe as her Majesty , by the advice of her Priv ; Council , shall direocaad appoint , for the term of your natural lives .
When the sentence was pronounced , Fay exolaimed in a loud voice , ' This is the baptism of felony in England , ' and he then looked up to the gallery and called . ' Good-bye , my flowers ; goad-bye , fellow * countrymen . ' The other prisoners made no observation . The court then adjourned until Monday morning at ten o ' clock . Mondat . —Mr Baron Platt , aoosmpanied by Mr Justice Williams , took his seat on the bench this morning at ten o ' olook , for the purpose of disposing of the remaining charges against the Chartist
prisoners . Jobn Shaw , who was convicted before Mr Justioe Erie of Bedition , was brought up to reoeive sentence . The Defendant said that before sentence was passed , he had to request the Court would make an order that he should be placed among the first olass misdemeanants . At present , he Baid he waa treated as a felon , and waa kept in solitary confinement , and was not allowed the one of pen or paper . Baron Platt told the defendant that after he was sentenced he would be removed to another oustody . Mr Cope , the governor of Newgate , informed the Court , that as it was a City case , the offenoe being committed within that jurisdiction , the defendant would remain where he was after sentence .
Mr Parry bsgged to be allowed to remkd the Court , that in a case of a serious character , tried be . fore the Reoorder , a charge of misdemeanor , in obtaining money under false pretences , a similar application was successful . This offence was not a more serious one than the ope in question ; and he therefore , submitted that the spplicatlou might be granted . Baron Platt observed that there , osuld not be a more serious misdemeanor than the one of whioh the prisoner had been convicted . It waa the Seditious rfS ^ tt Trt ? naade o - tbis and oth « ode ™ , flioae , that led to , the a e . oesB . ity of the inquiry w&
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tad occupied them daring the past week . He would , however , consider the application , and make some inquiries with regard to the prison rules in such cases . Shaw was then removed . The following prisoner , were then placed at the bar :-JoaephRitohie . 42 , bricklayer ; Alfred Able , 23 , porter ; William Gnrney , 42 , shoemaker : John Sheppard , 34 , tailor ; James Snowball , 32 , joiner ; James Riohardion , 30 , joiner ; George Greenslade , 30 , shoemaker ; . Henry Smril . 31 , joiner ; Edward Scadding ; 28 , brass turner ; William Bum , 44 , shoemaker ; Philip Martin , 45 . newsman ; Thomas Jonei , 39 , shoemaker ; Charles Young , 88 , ditto ; and Henry Argue , 23 . ditto . The whole of the prisaners immediately in their
urn , held a consultation with their counsel , Mesin Ballantine , Parry , and Huddlestooo ; and , after a shsrt delay , the prisoner Ritchie was called upon to plead to the indictment for felony . He pleaded Guilty . Mr Ballantine Baid this course WM taken With his sanction , as , after the very long inquiries that had just concluded , and entertaining an opinion that it would be hopeless to attempt to struggle against a conviotion , he thought it useless to occupy the time ef the Court unaecessarily . He must leave the prioner in the hands of their lordships , and he oould only say that he trusted the course he had adopted might be a benefit to the other prisoners , whose oases differed from his in some material respects .
The Attorney General said aB this course had been taken by Ritchie , and , with the exception of Mollins , whose trial had been postponed to the next session , justice had overtaken all the p arties who appeared to have acted principals in the mattor , he should now propose , although perhaps in Btriotnessof law the others might also beconvioted of felony , yet as there were some circumstances in their cues whioh were favourable , he should only oall upon them to plead to the indictment for miBdemeanor , The prisoners were then called upon to plead to the indictment , and the following pleaded Guilty : — Soadding , Snowball , Martin , Jones , Argue . Gurney , and Young . The remaining prisoners—Sheppard , Richardson , Greenslade , Burn , and Small—pleaded Not Guilty . The Attorney General said , that , with regard to thow prisoners who had pleaded guilty , he did not
propose to put them on their trial , but should be satisfied if they would enter into a recognisance to appear and take their trial if they were called upon . With regard to Sheppard and Richardion , it had bBen ascertained that they bore a good character , and were engaged at their work nearly up to the very moment of their apprehension ; and Burn and Gresenslade , immediately after their ftppreheniios , communicated with the government , and gave infor mation whioh justified the present course . The prisoner Small , it appeared , had also gone to the house where he was apprehended under the impression that he was to hear a lecture , and , he believed , was not aware of what was going on . Mr Parry begged to be allowed to explain , on . behalf of Burn and Greenslade , that the information alluded to by the Attorney General was solely in reference to their own movement ! . With regard to the alleged conspiracy , they had always denied all knowledge of it ,
The Attorney General Baid that wai ] the cue , and was what he intended to state . Mr Parry—They have always strongly denied having anything to do do with the proceedings of tbe conspiracy . The Attorney General , —I admit that issot The remainder of the prisoners were then placed at the bar . They oonsisted of the following persons : —Charles Taylor , 32 , labourer ; Gaorge Cox , 43 , shoemaker ; William Pools , 38 , ditto ; Charles Gibbs , 38 , ditto ; Thomas Herbert , 21 , tanner ; William ^ inspere , 26 , labourer 5 Thomas IroBB , 33 , ditto ; JameB Prowton , 29 , ditto ; Hugh Conway , 21 , typefounder ; Alexander Harley , 29 , shoe-maker ; James John Norton , 30 , Smith ; Samuel Harley , 29 , shoemaker ; and Samuel Morgan , 22 , cigar-maker . Of this number Poole , Herbert , Winspere , Irons . Prowton , Conway , and Morgan , pleaded Guilty , and the remainder Not Guilty .
The Attorney General Baid he proposed to take the same course with regard to thoselprisonera who had just pleaded aot guilty he did with the others —namely , require them to enter into their own recognisances to appear and take their trial if they Bhould be required to do so . There were various reasons whioh it would be unnecessary for him to allude to which , he considered , justified him in taking this course ; but he would observe with regard to oae of the prisoners Cox , that it bad been ascertained upon inquiry that he had ho intention to mix himself up with the proceedings of the others , and he merely went to the place where he
was apprehended for the laudable objeot of preventing his son from joining in the oonspiraoy . Mr Ballantine said he felt himself called upon to state that when he had ascertained this was the fact respecting this poor man , and he had communicated it to the Attorney General , he immediately teek steps to satisfy himself of the truth , and as immediately aoted upon it . The prisoners were then removed , and tho oourt was adjourned fora couple of hsurs , in order to give thejudges an opportunity of looking over the depositions , and considering what sentence ought to be pasBed , and at the expiration . of that period the judges again took their seats on the benoh .
The prisoner Ritchie was first placed at tan bar , and on hia being called upon to state if he had anything to urge why sentence should not be passed , he made no answer . Baron Platt addressed him as follows : —Joseph Ritchie , you have pleaded guilty to an indictment oharging you with one ef the most serieus crimes that can possibly be committed by a member of society or a subject of her Majesty , You devised and intended by force of arms to overthrow the government in order to obtain that which you were too impatient to wait to obtain by legal and constitutional means , supposing that suoh a measure ought to be granted at all ; and in order to attain your objeot you constituted yourself the leader of a cowardly and savage Bet oi men , calling themselves the 'fire
brigads , ' whose object and intention waB to cause fire , robbery , murder , and every infamy which it was possible to commit . It is impossible that the man who took upon himself the leadership ot such men should pass from the bar of a oourt of justice without receiving- the severest sentence of the law . Four of ycur fellow-prisoners have been already sentenced to expatriation for their lives for their share in this guilty proceeding , and it is impossible that any other sentence can be awarded to you , who are equally if not more guilty than they . The prisoner waa then sentenoed to ba transported for life . He appeared quite unmoved when the sentence waa delivered , and he walked away ) Iron the bar without uttering a word .
The other prisoners , Able , Gurney , Snowball , Soadding , Martin , Winspere , Prowton , Conway , Morgan , Young , Jones , Argue , Poole , Herbert , and Irons , who had pleaded guilty to the indictment lor misdemeanor , were next brought up for judgment . Barou Platt , addressing the defendants , said they had pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal conspiracy , and he considered the . Crown had aoted very mercifully towards them by allowing them to adopt that course ; for , undoubtedly , it any of them had been oonvioted of felony , although possibly they might not have been transported for their lives , yet most certainly aseuteace of transportation muathave followed the oonviotion . The Crown , lnwever , bed exercised a very proper discretion , probably thinking they were
the instruments of more wioked men behind , and that they might have been misled : and although they must have been aware of the illegality of their proceedings , yet that possibly they might have been misled , and were , therefore , fit subjects for a more lenient punhhment ; and he thought they had exercised a wise discretion in aooepting the mercy of the Crown and pleading guilty . That indiotmeut to whioh they had bo pleaded charged them with conspiring together to raiaa riots , tumults and insurrections , and with pioviding arms , and assembling in arms to carry out these objects , and a more dangerous conspiracy than this it was hardly possible to conceive , and it was impossible that they oould expeot to ba dealt with leniently for suoh an offence . There were some
diatinotionB in their guilt , and his learned brother and himself had . looked most ourefully and anxiously through the depositions , in order to discover their different degrees of guilt , and they oould only find a diatinc tion—and that a very Blight one—in the cases of Herbert , Irons , and Poole . The whole of the other prisoners were proved to have met , the one body headed byGuraey , at the Orange Tree , all armed and ready for the desperate purpose that waa intended , of devoting the' city to conflagration and plunder . All this party Btood in exaotly the s&me predioamant ; and while upon this subjeot he would remark that he had yet to learn that the witness who had been called the tailor , and who had pretended that he had gene there to take a measure for a Buit of clothea , and who afterwards wrote out a statemro to dear himself , did not also intend to have bean o * - of the guilty parties , although he did not happen to arrive until after the door waa shut . The defendant
Jonea was taken on the night of the intended outbreak , armed , and evidently prepared to take a t hare in it . Argue was taken at a late hour , carrying a gun concealed under his coat , and which , as a proof of his guilty knowledge , he stated to be an umbrella Young was alao taken in possession of a pike , which he took an opportunity to throw away at the moment of hia apprehensvoa ; and he evidently also waa pr&-wed to take hia share in the insurrection * Some of the remaining prisoners were taken at the Angel in Webber street , Winapere having on a breast-plat * and beina armed with a pike-head ; Prowton with a dagger j-Oonway also having a pike head ; and in the aamtj room was also found a large quantity of ammunition . All these priaonera , therefore , the Court considered to stand in the same poBitioa ; and the onlj Ciroujastanoe in favour of Poole , Irons , and Herbert was that they had no arms in their posfiesaionaRdthuwu the only reason , why a distinction was made m their oase . These being the clroumstanoeB \ mm WU tQ \\ % W , airi to the wtimw oi
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B uilt , it now became the duty of the Court to pan he sentence of the law , whioh they United would operate as an example , and would deter others from committing the like offenoe . The learned judge then eentenced Able . Gurney , Snowball , Scadding , Martin , Winspere , Prowton , Conway , Morgan , Young , Jones , and Coyne to be imprisoned and kept to hard *« for two years , and , in addition , to pay a fine of £ 10 to the Queen , and to enter into their own recogmsanoesin the Bum of £ 100 . with . two sureties in £ 50 eaoh , to keep the peace fer five years , and to be fnrtber imprisoned until the fines were paid and tho ^ "JiMtorrf foto . The other priaoners , Poole , Herbert , and Irons , were sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment , with the same fine and flUr 6 tl 6 fl .
1 9 " }» defendants , before he left the bar , exclaimed , ' Dj you call that meroy , my lord V Baren Platt . —Yes , as much as you deserve . John Shaw waa then again placed at the bar . . He renewed Ilia application to be placed among the first-« tts misdemeanants . He urged , in support of hig application , that he ; wished to be allowed to communicate with his wife and to be permitted to write , m order that he , might keep bis business together , which was all that hia wife and six ohildren had to de . pend upon for subsistence . He also had anaged father and mother , > nd brothers and listers , to whom he should wish to communicate by letter ; and on these grounds he prayed the court to grant his request . He added , that he had never been a member of any secret society , and the speech for whioh he had been convicted of seditun was the only violent speeoh be had ever made , as the { witnesses against him , he said , would have proved , if they had been allowed to do so .
Baron Platt in passing sentence said , it was with extreme pain the court was called upon to pass sentence upon a man who appeared to have filled a respectable position in Booiety , and who had a wife and a large family dependent upon him . It was with Mgret they saw suoh a man place himself in the petition of a fomenter of sedition ,: and endeavouring to set society by the ears , and exciting passions which aimed at the destruction of all society and all order . His objeot was perfectly dear—at a period when re * belloti was raging in tbe sister oountry he had endeavoured to incite the Irish and the English to join in that attempt , and to assist the movement of the duaffeotea in Ireland , by arising in this oountry . The wretched men who bad juat left the bar , the shrieks of
whose wiveB and children were still ringing in the ears of tbe court , were probably among the viotims of his nicked proceedings , and that they had been worked up to the commission efthe aot for which they . Buffered by his misguided eloquence . He therefore stood in a position ta demand a severe sentence , and the station he occupied was a very great aggravation of his offence , and it appeared to the court most clearly that he and s , me others had been theoauseofthe dange-oua mo 7 emeat intended en the 16 th of August , but whiob , fortunately for the peace of the country , had been prevented from arriving at a consummation . He had applied to tho court to allow him certain privileges during his imprisonment , but how could the court grant auoh an
application ? In that oourt no distinction should be made between the rich and the poor , or if there was , tbe man of education and one occupying a respect , able position , and who was aware of his duties , ought to be considered deserving of more severe punuhmentthan a man who was peor and ignorant . Bezer , a poor man who got his living by hawking fish about the streets , who was convicted for a eeditiousBpsech at the same meeting , had not been allowed any of the privileges whioh he now Bought for , and he therefore felt that he could not interfere with regard to his application . He was informed that by the ruleB he would be permitted to write every , day , if he allowed his letters to be inspected , and that he could also see his wife three times a week , and he had no doubt the aldermen who were visiting justices would grant him any reasonable facility . He had asked for mercy on account of his wife and six children and Mb aged parents , but in the
name of God why did he did not think of his family before he committed such an offence ? If he did not himBelf think of those who ought to have been dear to him , and pauBe before he rushed into such a dan * geroua course , it waa impossible that the court should be Bwaytd from performing its duty to tha public by such consideration ? . The defendant waa then ordered to be imprisoned for two years , to pay a ¦ e Ir . » nd to enter into recognisances , himaelf in A 100 , with two sureties in £ 59 each , to keep tha peace for five years , and , as in the other cases , to be further imprisoned until tha fine was paid and the suretieieateredinto . The remaining defendants , Sheppa * d , Richardson , Greenslade , Burn , Taylor , Cox , Gibbs , Alexander , aad Samuel Harby , Martin , and Small , were then brought up , and having entered into their own recognisances in the sum ot £ 50 to appear and take their trial if called upon to do bo , they were discharged from custody . The whole of the business being thua concluded , the court adjourned to Monday , Oct . 23 rd .
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( l ? rom the Gazette of Tuesday , Ootober 3 . ) *~~" BANKRUPTS . Thonaas Ives , WakeaeW , Yorkshire , dyer-Alexander ulfli e Bo I ? 8 ey-te " . WeBtminster / builder-Johtt vK ™ ' LlV 61 * ' t « Uow chandler-Robert Neal , Wandsworth-common , Surrey , nurseryman-James NoblJ ? iw ^ , ! at () n n , Noble Down-street , Piccadilly , plumberB-Willhm Price , Strand , merchant-William Hees and Evan Roberts , Liverpool , joiners-John Robin , son , Uighton , Cheshire , cheese factor-John Augustus Gustavus Smith , Manchester , auctioneer - Edward Snowdoii , South Shields , Durham , grocer-Henry Marsh Wells , Ram 8 gate , bread baker . INSOLVENT PETITIONERS . S Almond , Livorpool , Hcens « d fvictualler-J Beit : Weston , Somersetshire , wheelwright-A Campbell , Liwrf pool , book-keeper-C D uck . Bath , bafc > r-J Hind , Stock ; ton . upon . Tces , Durham , plumber-C Holtom , Binning , ham . retail brewer-M Lacey , Shelton , Staffordshi » ~ aa . sistanttoatln plate wovkcr-W Nieholl , Stockto ^ upou . Tees Durham , innkeeper -J Quinoy , Breedon , Woroestershire , horse braaker-R Riohardson , Biahoa wear , mouth , Durham _ M Roberts , Everton ,. Lanoa . shtre , groser-W Savage , Liverpool , journejxaan ship paInteij-W Tidmarah , Aston , Warwiokshite , carpentw r J Tyler , Leabury , . Herefordshire , t » ilor-5 D wriker . jun . Liverpool , assistant to a chemiBt-S -Whitford oaker ' Sometshdr »» Huntingdonshire , SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . Thomas Beswell , CaaUtfll , Lclth , spirit dealer-Dugald Paterson , Mary-hill . Gbs ™ -h ,. vL «« b «»>» 9
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CORN . JLuk tANB , Monday . —This morning the show of samplesfresh up from the home counties waa small of wheat and of Spring corn also limited . The trade for wheat openeadull , but the millers bought the English samples at about the rates of this day week , while foreign was held steadily without much business doing . In barley there is no alteration to notice . The oat trade GA , cheaper . Beans steady . White peas for English kinds ware the turn better . In flour or matt there is no ehania » from last week . s GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OP BRITISH CORN " , For the Week ended October 5 , 1818 . made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and W » les per Imperial Quarter . ; I Wheat I Barley [ Oats I Rye I Beans I Peas " PRICE I 52 s 9 d | 33 s 3 d | 21 s Id | 31 s 9 d | 86 s Id | 89 s 8 d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN . Wheat I Barley I Oats I Rye I Beans I Peas 4 s Od I 28 Od I Is 6 d I 2 s Cd I 2 s Od | 2 s 11 P » ioe of Bbead in tbe METROPOLIS . —The prices of wbeaten bread in the metropolis are from 8 d to 8 * d ¦ of heuiekold ditto , 7 d to 7 £ d . Somebakers are selling from 6 d to 6 Jd ; and League Bread Company ' s , 7 d per 41 b loaf weighed on delivery . CATTLE . SBcrrnriiLD , Monday .-The arrivals of continental cattle and sheep into the port of London during theiast week have been unusually numerous . The return rives no less than 1 , 135 oxen , 620 cows , 448 calves , 5 , 761 sheep , and sixty swine , making a total of 7 , 82 * head . A geaeral o mI i ^« e ?? ^ place t 0 ' y the ton « of trade at Smithneld . Business was more active , and the price of beef and mutton improved by 2 dperstone . Thenumber of beasts on offer was rather large , but found a good sale at 4 s for scots , 3 a 8 d for middling beef , and 3 s * d for in . tenor , per stone . The supply of mutton was short , num . bering only 19 , 000 h « ad of sheep . The demand was ( food , and an active trade ruled throughout the day ' at a rise of 2 d per Stone . Downs realised 5 s 2 d ; half-hreds 4 s lOd ; and polled sheep from 4 s 4 d . A very good busi * ness was likewise done in both veal and nork at tha same quotations as on last markeWLay . sdsdsd sdsd sdad S&sSSJiSJIffi-. iSl 10 ! - * * Beasts ... 4 , 0781 Calves ^ .. m Sheep and Lambs ... 19 , 609 1 Pigs ) " ^ NEwoiTK an » LEiDENHALt . Monday .-To . daytheBup . &T . £ S - erate ' ^ ? ° & enerally Detter - Mew business is doing , and higher prices are obtainable . Th « chief feature , however , Vs a rise of 4 d per stone on muU ton , arising from the limited supply of this description of meat , both at these markets and at Smithfield . The current rates are from 3 s 4 d to 4 s 4 d . Inferior beef is 2 d higher , but other qualities unaltered . Lamb is also s good and active trade , at an advance of 4 d . Small young porkers Jfetch id per stoae more money . Inferior beef 2 s iOd te 3 s , middling ditto 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d , prime ditto 8 s 6 d to 3 s Cd , inferior mutton 3 s id to 3 s 6 d , middling ditto 3 s I 0 dto 4 s , primeditt »< s 2 d to 4 s 4 d , veal 3 s 8 d to 4 b , lamb 4 s to 4 s 4 d , large pork 4 s 4 d to 4 s 8 d , small pork Ss to 5 s 4 d per 81 bs by the carcase . POTATOES . BoKonoii and Shtalfields . —Trade at theae marketa is at present dull , while prices are , high in comparison with the price of bre » a . There hare besu gODM foreim arrivals at the waterside , as will be se « n from the follow , ing quotations :-Regents from £ fi to £ 7 , Bhaws £ 510 s to £ 6 Ss , kidneys £ 5 10 to £ 6 10 s , French £ 5 to £ 5 10 a BoIglan £ U 0 sto £ 5 theton .
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8 THE NORTHERN STAR . , October 7 , 1848 .
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 7, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1491/page/8/
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