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! " JBBH COURT GET ^ STICIABY . ¦^ ' ^ . ; ' -, _ v ¦ » .. . - - : - ¦¦ - ¦ ^ it ^ SGOW COTTON SPINNERS . MtcDEXCX OF THOKA 8 BoNACHY . _ ( Continuedfrom our last . ) . . r 23 is £ aa'S 5 > e » . He lay and likened till they repeated V fr .- -rgr » p- - - -Hftmade no answer , and they said if he - ¦ ¦ - JEs&BBt-dse nad open they would-force the door open . > 2 ® M £ s 31 inade no answer , and they commenced to - SygyrlrfVa def > r , when Mrs . Michan rose and desired ^ rikeatto go sway . They said they would notygo till srSjsrsiw-viaiess , and con tinned beating tlie door . - ^ £ « "> i ? oke -cne * f tlie panriels , and Riddell was the " * A » c& 4 jBi came in- He , fust pat in his head and -sjfeio ^ 4 Bi ? --aLnd spoke a considerable time * before he - -tcxse « i altogether . Mrs . Miehan held the door , : _ - -bc £ « c 5 taes > stood in the middle of tie floor , hoJdjcs-x . p istol m Ms tand , and threatened to fire if ? &&f £ iA not go nway . RiddeR was for going away , --i « f tfsine ¦ behind . 1 surged him . on . Riddeil again - ^ Kiifi witness if be weuld give erer working , and - ^ KnsaejSied if . he * ronld £ 0 away quietly he would be ¦« E £ < aexi saoming by eght o ' clock—m ? aningv Hint Yh * . e » # ald join the stria . IUddell asked his bond ¦> -T % x& < hzL and-he-gaveii . Ri . Jdell asked him lo - ? a * . < d = c&xe to God - that ha wo vM cops oat in the _ . -= sgc 3 » £ - at eight o ' clock , and he did so . ~ Tbey-¦ ^ ari fa * « rcat away ; but did not go farther than the Alect ^ Q&the -staai , ^? 2 ien they turned and said iher ^ aofiila ^ m . Rid&Il caiae £ n by the broken pannel ' I 53 a * a «^ were to ibllow , when he desired Mrs . ^^ iw ' fa ^ n &e door . They then demanded" the : ? sjSg 5 d ; £ » int witness ; he hesitated a little , bht at last ^~§ aB * 3 £ xp = to RiddeD , who snapped it at the door , . r ^ plpbea pat it intp Ms po&et . They- than wished i&i&kiB c&inje oat to treat him , bnt he ¦ wirald not go , ^ Esaf ^ Serlefthim . Besides RiddeE , Richard M'MassEsj ^ dCwoh ^ dsnamedThonisonandNicliolsomyere ~^ l ifce kaose . He also heard Thomas Cxilie ' s voice -JBEisde ,. bnt he did notccaae -in . They were pll -TBSXaa . spinners , and he knew they had all struck . JS ^ Jese they ctane in , he heard CafFie aslc two or a ^ ssE txBzsx to-let Mm jn till he should tear the nob £ ^—— tjj gnts oat . Witness changed his lodging ? z& ^ ct < ba $ - > bnt Trent to work , aad continues there ^ itSL . Same of them propose ! io strike witness , but v ^ 3 » sH !«© n interfered and would not let them . - He - ~ z £ dS £ thej struck witness , he would strike them .. ~ 3 L& *> T £ 3 i& . that if this should come out , they knew ^ a&tysJLottld be transported for it , bat they did not arpa— -ar something to that effect . Does not re-¦ xxx&sx& skat they threatened him if he : gave infors ^ arat&wau JBtrr Deran-or MfcTnn , is the vridow of George ^ Ssediao , and knows thp last ¦ witness . He lodged "s ^ afls . iff Jfist- summer , in Reed-str < jst , Bridgeion . " ^ Si ^ ess tken . described the attack an J breaklifg 73 E 3 & kerbonsey as deponed to by Dauxghy . Voices ^ . j ^ p- ^^ P j ] ie ( Jopr called for the nob , and wLen she ¦«* ct £ ^ sot open the door -they broke it . Tiier + &SGBL dairn apart of-the ' panitina , * aa a brick fell ^ j-SEicr heaa an d hur tuber . T apniy Ridusil , one - «« c iecotrnneishbours , carnein tiroiigiitlijLroken t-y ^ rtaSl f and the nob promised to come out ai eiglit ^« -kiw ; k fia t morning . Saw Uooagliy get dowu s-xvck K « inees , but did not hear the words used . "Sjt « asR > a and M'Manus came in with " . RidieU . i ? £ > iEDsiy had a pistnlj and Tammy Riddell took it £ ^ S 2 . kan , acd tliey than went away . Donatby Trent ' xsxmr £ » ai her next day . . She did not like ta keep " ( fegTi ^ ager &r fear of more danger . " - ^ ssa 5 » Wood—Is partner of rrapcis \ 7 oo 3 < fc Co ., = zsx £ ZL 92 . spinners , Bndgeion . ineir workers all left-2 S ^ s ^ S on fee strike in April last . His dwelling 2 ? ftSae is also in Janies Street , Bridgeton . Ahonifix - '• 'Sueji . s tltet the strike they took sunie Eew workers ' Tit i esifiTailL There were then vratcbers set npoa ^^¦ sas ^ -tr ythe tnm-ont ^ -plansrs . It was regulsrlT ^ ssssSLzsda-fjy from four ta * & dozen , &om morning till g '^ Bf- Two of-the" new hands left Mm , bat he debt - •^ act S ^ j&w tiie c&Ttse . ' On the night of thellth or 12 tb - * ef- ?^^ a litds after twelve at night , -vrituass ; was Ssi £ 2 < SBgjto sleep in the parlour , end just a * be was ^¦ tfiEr- ^ jito bed a csnnister came in through the win' ^ Kn . lss . lii was blaming at one end . Tiie Tsindo ^ r-£ Ssi stepped it from -coming far into the room . "SSciJMs csagJrt it before it got to-the ground . Jt -st&ctt ^ Bg npoa the blind * . -The trata ms coining -fzx&zshs top of the cannisKr , oat of a hole in the ' ^ "SfL £ lclj&ed ^ ie wlndoTT and threw is out . Shu t rfsrs-lBdow ^ agrin , and bafore he could close xhs ^* £££ as snotuer cannister came throagh the \ rin-•* 3 k . s . -32 . il struck witness on the breast . It wai 5 Sss 3 sgaiso . Hscausht it and t hrew , it out , and ¦^ tsffc-clased the shntfew , bnt called out for ass : # tance ifcsi . Seard voices in the street aHtile afterwards . -3 S&xrsi h& £ an hour after he went out into die street , ^ sszc . i&sted for the cannisters . He found one of ^ SSM ^ ^ di not the other . Identified the cansister , ^«^ ri vrcs a cySndrical tin one , about fire iac £ e < in TSsxgxh-zni three inches diameter . He . took it to tr , e ^ E ^ aTs-efnes , where he threw the canni » ter < out , he " ^ szriT iia explosion ; but he heard plenty of noise ' VT 5 & 63 t fiiat 33 ot « not recoUec : if tLere w& » any r ^ s ^ rSji the cannis ters when he threw them oat ; " fist- ^ eti were Vlazing . ! sext morning there -was no ^^^ sa ^ Bce of a guard at the mill , nor ws * there szap ^ ranag flae day . Doe * not recollect if diey ertr S 3 K 23 S iack £ 2 ain . •^ Is& ££ - « i 2 iiainei ^—Thinks it was the 12 th Tnght •¦ c ^ s ^ t iis happened—but wheth er the Hth or-lith £ seEE » « 3 S so watch nest day . It ~ was ^> n a
Weixjea-* £ sr 35 ^ itt . "fescraaa Blt » ne , is clerk to Francis Wood & . Cro . — ! 2 £ fcsi £ « in ^ s same street -with last witness . iScEass are just opposite . On Wedaesdsiy _ night , j ^ Kt J " my , hcani of what had happened in Mr . ~ 3 & < = e £ c toase . ' Heard a noise like breaking of glass j ^ acteBevt za ' d saw a light in the street , and another xasSfdsESjig 'froa Wool ' s house into the street . ^ scdM r . irood ' iToica c = Sing outratrder , and cznie ¦< && ?? . stairs . He took mUiess anl oihep into a --BOcssLiesseand showed tliem a canister wMch smeH-•« £ 'Cr . 5 cnpOB'der . saying , soni ? ¦ of his frlendi had " ? Hii 2 iiis ^ rroBgh ' l 2 ie vmders- ' pr him . Before wit ^ zjcsp < sHse- down , and ^ rhila looking ont of bit -eanir-dssr , heard the light which he -sa-r dropping - ^ icazs ^ e ^ lede . Itgave a craoh h"ke that of a small ^ E « l < £ . aEd the light scat ^ red . Did sot see any of xS& ± -zexwasa of the burning . Tha cannister Mr . ^ E * fc £ i £ } i 0 tred hiia was endr . Did not ssn ihe other •^ sxsaHsicr at cTL -i £ ^ a FjK ^ ason , tinsndth , in StockireB Street—3 fesa » 23 bers sojce persons coming on the afternoon ' ¦* c > £ ie-12 tSief ; Jaly last , to bay cannisters from him ~ ~ 7 Zrf = T * - « rere three men . They ssemsd k > be work < zsxez . ! Thay porchassd foarhalJ-poaiid ! in siiuff cani&z&szz . Idendfied the cannister shown him , as p ne 'sfsisaeTrhich he had sorsola . It \ ra * brought to iissi ??* - 34 c Salinond . He had fix in tha parcel vE 5 * iB ~ he sold the foax . He . toeik the covers i ^ iS' ' zhs two Bft , and fee corer of that now -= £ S £ 5 = x hlrri - Exactly iBrSed tbsci . Has not . the « 3 & » 2 Le $ t donbt'that * ihe one now : shown ' wai one " ^ - Sg S is * eH- as describes . It had no hole ia the - ? mgc- - « i > ea -he' sold it . Does not kno ^ r any of the ¦ i- ^ s : a who bought the cannisti ? r 5 . There is a ¦ ffe ^ &estliebottom of the cannistrr shown ; "but it -3 C 35 E atol there when he sold it . - - The caniiister had ^^ scE-s bBsad sicce he sold it .
S&fsisld M'lvinnon , is cierkor-rrarehou * eman to " .. ¦^ a&wEra . " Hnssey and Son . —Their-factory spins the aSacr < TErfi . A strike took place in April , and the ar ^ Ki tkrstext t hem . It is more dimcult to get new Suaxjk foe the finer yarns . Messrs . -Hnssey had a Tferse * lccV on hand at thenme of the sbike . Did not ? 3 s&Te : 3 n iaynswhands , but stopt saianing . Tip ~ fx * £ - sras'tept in a large xooxa , ¦ called the yarn Tsoc-si . There is another callei . the -waste room . In ¦ sfcEi Tftam ' there is nothing kept but waste , which " . derJaase upon the . floor till packed up . The yarn i % ^ xa « ed in small tin and soap boxes . In April the < j * xaai £ ^ s-ere arranged in rows across the room , about ¦ ^^ . Tag £ eff"the "windows .. Doe 3 not remember anj ¦ . + f ^? r-y being made in the arrangen ^ ent "aiter the r- < tS ^ x . Remembers finding the windows of the fac-? SBr- Jraken in a morning in -May . TTas in the yam - -sresi tie afternoon . be&ire , aii all wai in tiae ¦> kkjI . « rder . iJocked up the room that day about foui
- igiWfVir . " ^ - " " - - ^ T = s iwtness here ga ™ a fearf p l 7 ^ k B ^ d yras S ^ Saig 4 « tnu apparehuV in a'fit epilepsy , to which , 'a > i « itcrd , he was subject . He was caught before : ^ fc&ss- iy one uf the officew and carried out ^ and ^ aseSicel xsdstsnce sent for . ] rfStcj ^ eDornock , porter to Messrs . Hnssey ^ wsb ^^ flsfE « alled ^ --Recallects , on a morning . aboc * the ¦ « & 4 » o& * f May , seeing sqma csmbustible . in the- yarn 73 CEB , oear the jam "boxes . - ; IJ seemed to have come , . a ^ na - gk tae Vwindow ^ -which _ wa « broken . It wa * - - «« Eise *" !»?•«» * ID ^ the parcel which was now sqotoi him . - r ^ s » xjaiSiEJy combnifible in the hand of another : « : a& . ^ l'ffinhdnj w ! io bad picked it ap in « he yarn e ^» c 2 iL Sawitmcked ion . Both those shown him w ' jg-i&e ^ riat he ^ asr . Thera was a stcoe in the = a * 6 « fifee ' oae picked np , -which he sees i&still there . ^? fc&a £ a iuxned gniell ^ Khen picked up tmd thinks rsasSrci-ie ^ i burning Khen thrown . CooJd noi say sz £ r ? s £ faotwhealiS ^ - , ¦ i" ¦ _ ¦ ¦ - . ' / gafaa yinlavapnasaclerk-to Ma « a .-Hussey ^ - -&j . xt& * t at tie pa « 3 s raokeh . to br-last witness . - ^ Stx-txie ^ J&sih . Aymg 'betoK itwasij&ed . It was vuiEa * a » e -where , vasie . was lying . Took n » note ^^ -reui ' onLj say that it -was during . the _» e £ i £ - " 3 ^ ri £ ed fl » . yam room & 5 ^ along -onth £ 5 ks £ 3 &L M * Kin 2 waj ,- T ^ bo" showed him where he - £ SaeHil > 4 he ; : fin * Tsoaonitible , and afterwardi saw ae 3 ssMia « itake * aj > : iBe -other ia tie- ^ rasfe rooiru rs 2 Sfewe » e nritoesi'fcnad * as Jyin «^ aboat a foot and a ^ JF JE % rem the waste . --Had-ittalfen-ajnongia » wa » te , i « Bi 4 Bzising ^* t 4 a » J ^ me , it smst-haw se ^ it an •^ aas . ^ Gkfinr # » er ^ p . ipto the- * rasts room with light , ' iSaafeSraw ^ S ^^ -iif nfi , ThereTTM ^ . pane- p f je ^ BBEdBokSian ihe waste room , and anotaer in tae J *^ y ^» Taami ^ The inatche * -were lying " about two ^ S S ^^ u Jaife i ^^ K ^ froni the ^ yindo'y . -: fH > jfe- inndc « fi » rfJg : ^" iMJ 3 feTiirfWi ! i' 1 11 & « t from the grptmd .,: The " " ^^^ B ^ ft ^ # ** time . he savr -tbem .- - 1 iTMtttnJfWfi ^ ^*! " - ^ P ^ S 1 083 ^^ ^ ^ ^^ S ^^^ gj ^ yfcgm there was a change made in ' Sl ^^ i ^^^ ^ ^ S' the boxes in _ "She yarn room .
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nindow -tronld ^ are in consequence of this rcachetl them more rejhijly . The wloe of 4 he yaru ia the room rn ^ ht be about £ 5000 . The cottoa vraste iras not much worth- —perhaps ebcmt £ 10 . The two rooms adjoin each otber ^ The vrsges were reduced before the strike . After the reduction the workmen ^ coald average aboat £ 1 per week , but some of them conld earn a good deal more . Before the reduction they could earn aboot ' 25 s . , ¦ David Grar cotton spinuer—^ -Entered ia to employment at the Adelphi cottoa niiH last sonimer during the ^ tril ^ e . ^ lward Keau also entered into that employment . On the 15 th of Join ? t : ro individuals came behind , witaeja mid Kuan end knocked them down . They were then iu Addpui Street , near South Wellington Kace , They roie sp , called for assL-tasce , and ran oiY . They . were ynrsied . Witne * s made a sudden halt , and they passed him , bnt turn **] , and knocked him down a eecoiid time . . A third Ome fuey turned ujwo him , and said , * the b———r ia coming after us yet , " He was following in expecuaon of getting as&tssbeJ When * tbey first attacked witness they eadd ^ i *^ we'll muke ye desist , " or something like * that . The persons \ rLo knocked him down went over" the . -bridge , into Glasgow . There were many people on the bridge , whom br took ta ba a baud of cotton spnugrs . They gave no assistance ; but Trect between the persons wte-knocked him down uud himself , and prevented his passing along the bridge . H'iniess was hurt ujxm- iii ^ ear . Got more thau one blow npon it . ileceived also j > ome kicks wben he wa * down ; Could uol say he had hetn tbreafcraeJ ueifore . Savr old t-pinner-s going about the mill ; but did not eay any tiling particokir to him . TLejr called Hobs , aud such as that to the workers . Witness-did not know the person * who attacked him . Edward Keaa , cottoa spiuner . —Was employed at Thomson ' s mill , at tbertime of the ' fitnk'A and took the reduced wage * . " Knows David Gr ^ y ,. the last witness . These were old hands always ' about the doors of the mill , who at cm «? molesitd the worters , and called them nobs . Was knocked dmvn along with Gray . Two men came TasHiig beiiind them and knocked them . down . Witnes * ltjokeit up and savs : a tall ^ iau raniaug towards him , who tried to kick ai Mm , and then ran towards i-ir-ij , who vow rnnnin" away . Was so coufused by tJtB blow , that he could not say whether ha was kicked or not , ¦ Hi * face was a litte mjurfid by the tlovr , and swelkd . On getting u ]> , saw i ^ o men punning Gray ; but . sivrnothing moreh 2 ppea lohiia . IViIiianv Fietclier , couon spiucer—V » as in the employment of Mr . Thoaipsou , knows the two last witues » as , r ^ " ^ iein . ber 3 seeing them walking along . in June last sft ^ -r coming oot of the mill . He wa * corning along Hutches em ' s JBridje , wbtraa . qnmb ' fr of tura-ont spinners were assembled . Saw two coma oat among them and ga after Gray and Keau . Saw them struck -by t ie \ no inehi Ss . w Gray knocked cowa , Gray turned to get rato ths mill gate , and . one of the ruen . turned twice to strike Gray . Saw Grux raa to ' tiie tiridge and the man follow him , and bjtatheinea Wtmt aiong the briiga and got a ' . rav . Gray got to the other vnd of the Uridguj and M ' r . Arthur , the maunder , ciuiie for him . Dr . Corkindaie—Hati seen the corabnstble articles before spoken to ,, and m « : de a report upon them , which he read . The report stated that the packages consisted of hemp cr flax , covered with piece * of blott ; ag _ puper ana thin pieces of coarse cotton cloth , steeped in a solutioa ot" nitre , which inade them burn like match paper . The whole mass-had been completely sroaked . ui oil of turpentine , and had b&m oh £ re , and tbfcir con * iracuou clearly betrayed : a mischievous intent , and- would h : \ ve Wen capable of setting fire to any highly coinb : i < tiLL * arude they , might come in . cuniisi with . This report the 1 witne&i swore 10 . .- ¦¦ .- * . -
- : - J «! : n Palmer , cotteoi spinner—K 3 mtyi V > "i 31 iam Gordon . We eutere-i together at the Oakbaok factory some time in May last . Left the mill about seven in the evening- " There were a go- > d . many spiniiers about the mill at that time , but they did notiaolest them then , a * there were policemen ihore to guard tfeem dovru the road , which thay did for o-Jitt ] e way , better than a < jnartc-r of a nSlo . The crowd came all that way vita them . When th * . watchman left , the crowd begun to throw stones at him and Gordon . Thi » was near the Ccwcaddens Toll . Two of the btonts-strack wioiess , svho wa * hart in the ear , on the back , nud other places .- Was cut by the stone * and , h ) ed- They tied into a house , and £ Ol refnge there , till the watchmen auJ constables came and 1 escorted them home . Returned to the niill together nest morning , conveyed by the policvf oiiicers . Were conveyed several niries-by the police , auiths mn ^ ters then took , lodging * iorthein - near the raiil , as they -were airaid to go horue . Gordon \ raj struck and hurt alw by ttie f tones . Crowd was so numerous that ha could not discern one from another . ^ Was afraid to look round , as they were on . all ' sides of him . For tvro or three weeks or a inouth , there were always sc * ne of the spinners , at . the mill watciiing tiem . He knew very f «* w of Uiem by najne , though he kne - . v their . facea . He ba . 1 seen John Parker Sure ' for one , and Daniel Montgcmi-ry , - at . diiferent dmss . Could xmz- say he ever fa-T Wiiliaai MfcLean , the panne ] , there . Knows Patrick MHiawan . Has * = esu him thiidz . Knows one llokwt iinton , and has »«; en M 21 tht « re . Has seen Alike Kennovau there . Th'ey appeared to be looking after th-i -. vorkers . Those psrsou * could see wltnejis and ( k > rdon where they w ^ -re working in the mill : They often shook their ' &ts at tiie : n . One day they held up . jhtir thumb , and drew it down , as it had - Been a trigger . Thera was an oath put to Liin in ths Black Bay ' s Close . Jem ^* -Gibb , the pr isoner , ; pnt the oath io him . This was he thinks about tire or six years ago . The . first wwji % ^ rre the same as » fnsitit-a- would use in svreariug . him . Tiie jinrport of the cath was , that h * wa-s to come out of iir . Holdsvrorth ' s , -where he worked at the time , and where there had been a striluj . They were to-be 'ho !} estts > hiin , and he was to prove trae to theia ,. ! : nd not go back to the work tul tliingi were seilleil . There irn * Tjothirg in the bath abcut secretary . -There v » re Hugh llze , Walter Morrison , and Robert Aitken , and sorm ? others presvnt when-the 03 th was put to him . Understood G ; bb ncrine 2 s one of d : e- Committee at the tinv ? . Was Dot a member of ihs Association before . Thay paid hi : n \ riiat they promised him , and he left the" work , aa he-had . ^ ngag ' _ -l ta do . He got 12 s . aw « k from them wh ii * bffwori- Got al > on ; £ 21 . altogether . By th » Court—They vrere at him every nightand at nieal hours-before He went to-the Black Boy . ' n . ud took the oath . Was solicited to ^ o to the Black . Boy by Walter Morrison and Hugh Rse , and it Tvas ^ in thei ? company he went at lest . William Gordon—Has been a cotton spinner since lS 2 i .. Belonged a considerable , time lifter to tua Association . Entered Sir . Holdsworth ' s at ths time of strike , and came out on condition of entering rho Association . Was induced to enter iii ' osJii ? tn get WvTk and not to hold in ona master , bnt to get in : o other mill ^ . Was applied toby Walter Mcrriiou and Hugh Rtw to come out of the mi ! L Thishap-. pwied abonr five y ^ ars ago ^ lVeut to Eiivrard Dodd's hon . se in Gallowg-ate n"&er coming ouS .. of the iiiill . Was swoid there . Does not recoiled : how the oath began . One part of it was , ' to be-fnided by a majority ofthj trade in isAvfQl matters . " Can ' t recollect any other part of oath , but that was the - " principal portion ot it . Jarmis Gibb admmistered . the oath , 11 he recollects right . Can't recollect that tho oath said- anything would "hanpen him if he I Uroke ths oatb , except that ho \ routd be vipiatingit . I Some portion of Scripture was-laid before'him . wnen i ' ae took the-oath . Does not recollect what , part of the Bible ; it was . Thinks it . vras-abont the -middle ; ' of the Bible . The pass wo ? d was Ashd » d .. Docs : not remember any other wosd . Could not . Bay wLe-- ther there as ^ s a sign to know-one another . - Thinks ; there was-one , but doei- cat recollect iL . ; Whites Morrison ^ Hugh Rat , and'Jamai Gibb , wara present when he was sworn a member , but can" ! car tow . *
! . w-ere onoxe-. V » as induced to become a membur in c order to get a fair share of work . The -aiber hands would nbs otherwise have gs > ne out in turn to allow ^ him to get full work . Eriered Oakbaak factory in * . May last , when they took in new hands . Had ' lfeft ^ the Association some time-before that . Rpceirediill ] treatment at Oakbank the first evening he was there . 3 When he came out of the gate a gcad-numlaaroi ' workers were at the door of the mill- There , was a crowd . Could not say Tie-saw spinner&flmqngacaDug ' ] them that night . AfteE-leaving the gate Vue &rowd followed and fiang stanas , "&c . ^^ atwitntssaniildxJHher ' ¦ personi . Jl"hey hissed aod cheered at times ^ Did ^ not call him any thing . Supposed they were-hissing him : for going into tha-work . Knew a . atEuier of ] spinners who were in Glasgow abootfive yexsbefore ' that . Did not see one he knew there ,, or aay man . ^ lie cbuld say was a cotJon spiuner ; Was « ut upon the headi and his "back * . was huxt . Was , escorted home by thr police' Nat morning went to the ; police office and got two officers , to arecsea . tta . ny Mm to the mill . Saw \ seme spinners , at the gate ; they ; did not speak . Generally considered •« 3 sea jie saw : gpinners going about , -who ha 4 struck , work ^ thut they were guards .. There wa ^ tt gr « at crovrd . th ^ second night . "Was not threatened -when leaving thatnightDy any aoe . Wai prodded with lodgings by ths masts : the- second night , in . order not to "fie far from the milL ' - By the Court—Went to Oakbank about the beginning or May ; can't recofiect the particular day . Was iu * the factory when ^ the Sheriff came , but did . notseehimj was told he was there .- 'Did not hear that tiie mill had been broken into the- day before the Sheriff crjne , or that outrages had been committed . The Court adjonrnpd about ten o ' clock till the came hour atxtmoaiiBg . . ; " . " - - - ¦ - T " aiD jkT » JiXOART 5 . , - . ' . ' : . Mr- Robertsnrn said , before proceeding 4 o object to ' Tcading a ; leitej to "M' ^ iowan , he washed his Xdrdsbip to read ox « r Cunningham's eyidebce . . His " Lordship did «)• and it appsared that Cunningham ¦ stated hefonnd that and other letters there £ hut 6 : jl not state ¦ whea he searched the houce . Mr . SHaw Stewa ^ . said , if the " oiaisRcaof vnj mentioirof thednie wis to consfitute an objection , they would prove wien the hsuse was searched by anothsr witness . 1 ^« than moT » d that Ha « keti declaration
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, be fc » d , which StitfwJ » hat , whan in Erigland ,. he received socie letter * , Imt xlcciined to say whether they were from Richard M' ^ eil ; that \ m could not remember whether lie wcesved M ^ Gowan ' s letter froui Mancliester . prnot ; and thai'he did not remember ' receiving a letter from Dumbarton , signed Rob ' ert'Macoine . Mr . Ste \ rart then called . Jaiires Smart , Snperiutend « nt of Cajton Police—^ Rtfrntmbere tlie time when the members of the Association we ' re appreiieniiee . Went afterwards with Cunningham to search Hacket ' s house . Does not ivcollifttthe < l 3 te . It vns after these persons were , npprehwided—perhaps four or viive dtiys , after . Tiiicks it wasvnot inora than that . There Wei'd some J « ltera found in his htrase . . By the Court—The letters were found in seve-: ral uaritf of the house . S ; jme were foanJ [ in a table drawer ; oi ^ enr . twerp £ > Tind in a drawer iu a . cly ? - 't of drawer * . Believes the place * were open . There were no otberplaceswera tetters were . found . Does not remember the month when be went to Hacket ' s house ,, ifi . tij . vit \ TiK > after the-apprehension . of the CQttoii spiniiew . Thinks it was fintr or five days after he heard of their apprehension . Heard of their apprehension eitlur that nightornext morniug . ¦ Thei fact was : " notarions . Mrs . Hacket and tlie family * Mrw in tlwi liouffe dating tfae »» arc 2 i . ; The papers were all goVin the room , 'line hstfie contprised a room iud ? v kitchen .. Thinks there was another person with him : bvsid ^ s Cunninglmui during ths search , butforgets -vrho he \ v ^» . -. [ The-Lord Justice Clsrk' recomjueiideJ this witu « is , as Saperliifaudeut of Police , to be more dccarate in his tbtcii'in future , vrtieu attending on officiitl duty . } . ¦ * : : . .- ;¦ ¦ ' . ' ; ¦ . - . - -.. . , ¦ ¦' . . " ; V ;; Mr . Robertson theme w obndiject to the rjnding of thcJetter , when it was dtscovwed-. that the ie $ t « r iii o _ xiestiou had fallen aside ,. This of course piifta stop to th&ar ^ umjaj , t , till tbe document was rtfcoveredT which took some time . The Leirned-,-Geutlemnu . then objected to the production- of the letter ? on tiie ground thnt there was 110 proof of tiie geuuiueuesa of the letter j and . second , . that there was no proof the letter was ever iuIiackot ' s possession . ' Sir . i > ha \ r Siewart went over ' the state of thf proof as it t-jeii stood with regasd to the assanlt on Doiiagay . ; thattaey had traced oiwofthe assailants to the neighbonrhobd of Miinchester . This was a ' prhnafacti evidence of thb ccnnt > xion of the conspiracy with Mandiester . Tiien the latter-was addressed to Hacket , at the Blackboy Close * -and yet itwas foand at , his wii residence . Tlie-only infereuce fij , that it musthave been carried there- byhiuajJeif .-Ja his declanitiohjr nlso , lie does , not dunjr deceiving ; % iw > letter . He only says'tuath ' e does not remumbiir z » fk ? mag it . Besides , it is not iieceaiary ' to prove . that ' thB-letter wasj « i * in ' t < riiie-j } risdij (? rs bauds . ¦ ' . . ' i'heltord Justice fieri :. ^ it i-J a'setiJi'd iwiut , tt ? tt a leUer intercigttfd at theYPostroftice , ana Sil ' ilregsed-A . B ., i * eu ^ iivftlen ' t ' to . i . ts deliv « pjf » ' 3 vir . M'Neill . argued'that there was no " evid . enc : ethnt-the ] stL * r . \ va » writicii by tiie party iiozrdelivi-red to Hucket , but whs found in . -his lodging ' s five days after his " . ' appVeiiwisioh ' y iiaiilwr was it [ jroved ilwt ¦ it .- w .-ittsl Aiu-H-. WfAit p . 7 n-jj ; iati n ' ironi anv niiiniWr of
thaAs *) ciatii " ui . ' Lord Miikcfuzie thought it diauld be af ! mitt ; oJ , a » it was . a letter relating to ate business of the couspiracy , ; ukl iul ' dressed--to . tlio-Treasurer } and fouiid iu his posdHS ^ in . ¦ ¦ ¦" : >¦ Lord Moncrieff was . of " tli * same opiaioin Lord Coclwourn was aise-ef opinion that the-letter should bo- ' auinitted .- - -. . : : The L « rd J nsiice Clerk-wa * filso of the opinion of thi-ir lordships , that-tin * " document . should .-he '' auinitted . ¦ - . T-ne Conzt , therefore , repelle : ! the objection , and tlu 1 letter » -as read by the Clerk . . It . stated tlu » , vL-wd of . tlie ^ vntf . -,. Patrick ' ¦¦ MHiovcnii , as to what Tras taking pliu ' e' in Bplton and : other places iu-. Euglaud , ' ; usJ expressed a hov # that fiie six perswai ; were safe ; ami inl " . > n : ) ed tha ' ¦ - * yreas : i rer liovv much . money he had received from Societies in EtJgimid . ui- ; aid of the Avocation ,-and hojjiid to be abie to for- ' vrnrd a eonsidcrable sum in a start time . < David Flwniuj :, criminal olticer in the Olnsjrow ; Police . —Knows the Oakijauk Factory . ¦ ¦ Recollects- rhe strike . Was desired by Captjiin Miller tc go to H Oa . kb ^ nk Faciery , at the time ihuy were tukhig' in j ! ; new hanJi ; . Hud six police' criminal officers * I ; besides some omliuary men , altog ^ &er about sixteen ^ in number . \ V « nt to protect the-iiew- ' . haiids . . Tlie ' j i greatest crowd wns collected on , tha road between . ' the mill and Gowcaddens . It sstf-mod groups ot" . pwrsous employwi in in-tloor labour-- When tlie mill wa * about to stop in the evening , a noise gat up aniong the crovrd . Had conducted or \ n of ' . tlie new Iviud * by Aune-str « et ; ou coniiog down which , siiw-a cou > iiierable crowd . They had tnken the direction of thii- tovrn , and' vrera-running ; Tvro persons had . taken refuge in a house ^ one of -whom , n : unad : Farmer , viw hloeding ., Tiuire wus a third parson , named Gordon , Uud also tabe . u refuge > He . uypeared to have been hurt by stoim * . The orovvii wsu round the hemse . Hii party drove them away , and sent for a further force , -vrben 1 " * - took the three men to the poiic ^ oftice . ¦ Thinks ti'is was ou ttio ' ¦¦ ' , 11 th of May last-. . Pact " of . ' the uuU-h&d Weu openud that-day . with new-luuids . On . ttie Ji'iudays a . police force was statioaeiut the mill lor xha prutucuou < £ [ . T :
: iiieniiuua . : . -- ., . ., James Smart ra-calied . —His district is the CS 1-toiu . Taere are a . gre ^ t number of fi ' . cUjrics iirthat-. onarter . Knows rue factory of 51 ile-end . Ilecyliccl * a strike in Atydl . Hail Ms attention lini ' . vuy ou tiie Joih i \ iay hisU to crowds round . tiie factory of Mile-end . The )* had opened the gtftrf that UaV , wiahiuj : new Imiidi-to . coiue in . U * n ss of the mill applied fur a > si » . tauoe of the police ; - k «< 1 ten men were stationiM-ilit-Tiby witness . Told them not to interfere unless lliere . were breaches-oi" the peace , or interruptiou f > workmen going ou : ociu . Found , a jreat croivd as . sembled , and tLut tht-ibvee lie iiad tia ; r * i-was uot suQicieut to keep oru « j : v lie accordingly dtijible-j the pplice . ^ Nearly tlv whole of the new uauds got their-victuals broiigbt to-tLemiu the fac tor ^' , which was ar that lime saraoUMti «; J ' . iritli : v thou ^ iuds of people ,-generally cousiitiiiir of workers ill factories , u great jiumber yl" »* hom : i . v « re ob . trac ( - ing wcrk . The . crowd increased considerably towards evening , ard the police eocort' ^ l the workers home , from the fiwt'jry . T'Le crowd pushed' agiiiurit the police officers ' ^ : uid the work er ^ ,. ; md aceal ot ' hooting and-hissing-tool : place . Gci tlie spinners hi >; ne ; that night- Next day the crowJ a « semI >] eU in greiter _ numbers , romid " the mill . . Had a . police force tH ^ re the -wbole : day , and escorted'home the-. sjjmuers again at-Jiight , followed "byaiir ^ e crowd . \» 'hi'n tunung out of Purk-lanc , tb'j / police were ; ¦ like . . be . bent oil " . by-tiie pressure of the crowd . ; Apprehended Ki ( ldyyjwho was one-of . thu ihojt j forward , aud took- him . to the Police- *} fti . ee . Knew 4 ; of the prjciiiination . by the 'Magistrates : iu < l Sheriff , i \ The crowils couiiuued till the 2 sd , whuu lvijily was | i brought to trial .. Apprehended a giwd number of I iudividuals ; John Yonng ^ ; Willivim : Steveuson ^ . . iiunes M'lir-ydfl .-. Huffh M'Luskie , William MacJilin'iil , Ga \ in ( JoaueE , John Buehaniuui , llugb . Jownston , were among those apprehended tetweeus the-l ( itU and the 22 d . Was present at Keddy ' jf trial , who was found guilty . -Heard theproposaT . inivde by his agpats . Alter that the . crowds ceased ia a great meaiare . George Jelire-y , is Snperiutendca . t of Police in . Gorbals ,. Glasgow .. The Adelphi cotton inili is in , kis bounds ... 2 \ * ew hands were takuii tothe mill iu . Ajjril , and the . assistance of the p « iice was requii'i > d , to protect them . About the ;> th . of May it wasreported thai ; crowds of idle peojjis were about the ? niiil . Proceeded to the spot , aid found aiiiimbwf . ; iof persons walking about , appatuatLy watching the ^ sp inners employed in the three mills ac the Adehilu . ! -. l _ n consequuiice of this had a forceriready in cai « 8 of violence ; but instructed his meaiiototherwiBe to ^ inierfere . ' XMe cr » vvd » round : the mills seemed to , be quite systematic Obsenei fiuzin botli ciay . aud nignt . There wa < a constant change of the pe ^ onsduring tha day—oae guard relitviug another . GojIliieredgreat partof tbein to be-cDtiosi spinners ,, and knew some of thran to be so ^ 'i ! bi& contuiuiid for some weeks . Hi'&ra of several assaults ; butthey verebeviind ' hispnzlsdiction . Reinranbers Gtav dud . Kean Leing iiijiored , aud an . iiivestigationYDtjiug made into their r : ase . - ' : ; . :
¦ Mar ^ iret Lochrie , _ or Smith .:--Is the ' « dti \ r ot John Smith , cotton-spinnes .. He died in Auly . la&J .. Forgets the exactday . He-. w . a «" riinplbyi'd by Mi ; HbuliUwbrtk 5 » Anderstott ,. - Laved in Che-ipsidei street . Thes ^ was a strike of the spinnec *^ iu April lajsW Her husband wcrlmd , in Houldsworth ' s uiill afwz the strike . Renieiubers going out to inake maikct on aSaturday lu ^ htaiaug wiihlwfchusbijifl . 0 fStn . went to Cl y de-sti"eet < to make inuskfit . Want th'ke that night when it . was cryiiig eleven . . Weiit toa shop at the hesud of Washiugtou .-atreek aud aSterwarditb a tiesher'ij- shop sit tUe li « ad o ' f Cijdestieet , alt « ig by Andeistpri wsdk . After , this \ seijt to the _ ' shop of ' - J obn Eaynej in ~ tlyde-street * This Should hea quarter oc twenty inin ' ntes aftex eleven . After leaving Baynete shop , went dov : u Clydestreet , towards the Broomielaw , On their way home . Kiiowe Mrs .: Cross ' s shop , and passed it . Afterdating that shjop her husbsmu \ vns siiot . Saw was at his side at the . time . The shot came from behiad . Her lra ^ band ,. fell iorward . VYitness . started , turned icmnd , and saw something like four persons behind her T but was niuch agitated , and her sense * alnjost left her . - Could not say whether it was men or dark bodies ¦«? hich she saw . Stooped to h'fther hushaud , and did not know \ vhere the bodi es she had s ^ e « went to . When she rase , saw a man apparently . coming * a her » s . astaiioe from the foot of the street . Had " screamed phfc murder when tlie shot -was feed . When the men came up , she savr more round her . * She ran up the street before the men who csune round her , when her husband was lifted to be carried away . -Did not know any of ttewa . Herhti 8 band NnFas ^ carried to a- doctor's & $ > in 'Clyde-street , and afterwurds tak « n to tbe fBnroiary in a coach . Hjb tlied in tbe Infirmary ifhen she was present . AVheh she ^ cpnt ta . ; lift lier ' Husband he said he was shot , but did not say am * thing eljse to her then . He was what is called a nob . Nerer bxpressed any apprehension " - -before ^ that ! llecolietts of guarlB being about Houldsword » 8 luili .
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¦ . a » not raucli ^ c ^ aintedYwilb ! ithe : Spioisew , arid could not uaiae ' . ittter-, of tft © : gnards . Waif shown the prip ijer . M'Lj ? aaJM ^ ride ^; e )) , aiidtbouglitili « i she had neeil ^^ hisfttce ani cnQ g theiimeu walking abont the mill . . When . ' wa lking , abont makingvmarlceJ frequ ^ tly passed per 36 « a BtittW the head of Clyde Mr&U ; two ! of ^ wLoiji \ slie Jiaeyr : one a boy . called Arthur M * 6 riddy . r >( oes npit '¦ i iemeinter'ih ' e-uame \^ come home from Spain ; No person spoka , to her or her husbatid whilej > assihg . v ; .. ' . "' ;'¦¦ : ' ¦ .- ' -. '' By the Court—Did not ohsetve any person * who iftppearad to be followingher or her lii / sbaiid -j and nobody whatever spoke to them . . oh : the ' iti * efs . Her hushahd ^^ had cduve l » 6 ine that night when t&J watchman were cnlliug past ten , He did not go out Bfiiiu till wirli herself at elevffn . Could not * ay to within a yard or two the place wh-ire her luiatjand , Trts shot ; but tbire were no houses -on- one side , and the l ; if k was on the other . Pointed out the spot a n the plani There is liubailt groynd in Piccatlilly-stFeet , and thc * re are closes from ttience' into Cheapsitle-streiet .. ¦ ¦'; Houldsworth's ; baj ^ nck * -are behind tilers-streets , : They are retired street » , and Clyde-streef . ' w i » ot entirely built . The distance between th » top of CiydestreetandtheSaltmarketis fully oiie- milei' Salttunrket is above a qnarter of a mile ia leiigth . v .: For the Paniaeld—Paced the distaiice " between CaTiiRvoti'sshop , iothe ^ Sajtin ' arket , sradv ' tue wood yonls . iu C ] ycleTs £ ?« ejt , found tht > distance'to ; }> e one inile vaxX life yardjj by the nearest ^ way ; of going ; . From MTlwraitU ' dslipp , in ^ Bridgegate- » ta' <} ettoithe ; woodynr ^' s is ' :, irl 2 ' yards , ., ' . . ^ ¦ -. ; ... ! .-.. :. ,:. ¦ •'• ¦ ¦; •' ,. , ¦ > . [ . Ite-exainined— 'frwre nxe different ways from Cameron ' s streit to the ; Woodvards . Tlis' nffjirwt '¦ vfiif is thrpagh . ' Millar * Place . ' JKijVg-streeU albng to ; . linilgega'tsisti-eel , ' alpn ^ f . that to Stock weil-strewt--. crossing that , nnd along" to-the foot pf Ciyd « -. streer . and ' up- that ; street to the point -marked . YNeVt shorfri ' est 14 tp go , down ; . Sq . lttntv . rket , and along > by the Clyiies ' 1 : hey might , also- go-by , rriuce's-streeti - The ; diffeTfjn . ee between tiie first and second road ' ' jnay fee about tweiity yacds—by ^ he third jcpad woiiM ^^ be abont two miles . y ,, , ' Jor the Pantiel—Frointly ) -pointed markin Clyoe--. £ tr '« etr ? -ud-tbe . lieftrest part oftheGiillpvygate , ' fflUy ' be-betwoen-a .-inilH and s fn-Hutijr , Mid a mile itn& a halC YJfoiiv B : irrowfi {> ld ToH to the woodyarns , where feiituswhs shot , may be-three ih ^ " ^ iH / SlmUl ¦ po ^ tad . p ) U ^ t . uii , s ^ t to ¦^ witIle : illll ; ¦ iV ' osh * '? intjton-SviM ' o ^ iij - . ii . nniediatejy io tiie- east of Cly'd *^ street , nudUiuro } s . ''' -&u . ;' - . ^ o ' rpujhf | ii )^ , Letweiin these trft-tsw ¦' ¦ Y . . ¦¦• ¦ . - '¦'"¦ _ ¦ YY . - " ¦ ¦' Y - ' - i . Y- ¦'' ; The < vpfe ? ice » were' then ; read r which stated that . no very precise hotir had been j&Musd . by the prosu- ( ciitiiv wilen the murder ' w-as comiaitieuyaudUtiit ' tliedcfi'iiders yvjrtv-nt various disiduc ^ ifrbiathti Upot ut the tiatie libslledv - - '¦ ¦ . ' ... ¦ ' .- . "' ' .-. . MJri-M'AIicjia ' n Paganj « one dftlib' medical officers lot the CAasgoyv Infirmary . Jieinensberd John Sniirh being-bwni ' ght tiiere ^ from vrtramis he had received by ;• . sliot ^ It * ris eurly in tim ^ moriiiiig of the - 2 dtd ofJukvon a . Sunday . * H « wa * .. sh » tin . tlia buck and rijht arm . ¦ Every : attention wa * paid to him till ho ctiL'c > ,. on Tijesday lnoriiiig .: .: i'osres ^ d a p ' ljstriaoi . tem PJ ^ oirt on his body , which fescribed tiiv . uatur&uf . iha ^ rovmdiith ' tit ^ htuiisiju ^ d ' -Ui ^ 'dtkthy There v .-as only > . <) Tw ' -bullet found ; in tiie-bpdy , but auotker linA piiss'id tlirongh his arm . IdentiSied the bnlk-t . . Ileceived t \ v » bullets from Mr . ; Salnion , the Fiscal , swhicb .. hu examined , vvi&x . refef » uce to the ihittentid one- lbund in the 'io-ly , ¦' - Weighed them , and foiuid tho «« he received fr : » m Mr , Sal-. muD , withiii u few gvuiiw of the weight . of . that taken out pf the bodrv U .. . aware tlmt a leaden bullet l . o * &s in weight when . shot , offi The- one- iu th <>" body vaslS 2 graiiji rt ^*» others wese- heaviar a litUe . ' -: . ¦ • ¦ \ . ' ¦{ ' -: ¦ Y "; . : ¦ - ¦'¦'¦¦ . ' ' : ; - ' ' ' . ¦ ¦¦
: ¦ liieClerjc then rendvthe deposition of John . Smith , jNylncli stated chat . thenlef « ased and his v ^ iie had- b « en Ij uying articles of grccory , v : hen he was iliot ikuh ; lji ; iinid—that he lnwl ¦ ¦ : ' - . no . suspicion © f aiiV' oii . e : sii'rtpiuig- laiih ¦ 'id tl'Rt he waw convinced the old skinner * would . nave injured l » ni if they could ., ; Robert Christie—Ls- a cotton spinner , Vaudi Iia » l * oeu £ i > ibr u )) oubiim : jj } ax 3 . ] Waa n member of the Associalian , liuviij ^ r- b eeii . rwimdtted aboutjtineyjevss . ia ; o , ; Took an oath ( ja ' . thut occasion , Piufhe BibJe , when lie was -sworn -to . stand-to" the maj oxil ' v of > the bodyr and to suppbrt it-iiia . ll rty . spects . Ii « # iur »> - tali-r iiljjtlu ? o . 'Uh , an JiidividTialtold him that hewfts ; not to revisiil whtro he . wsLSihiiJ iii « ht , npr tha ^ nunie-o-f niaji ' vvhoadiiiiniiteEsd tile oath . YT | iu ^ « ho we ; t h ' . iu ^ Ayhen Bworn , a piirticuwir word iu ti ' ioYBibly , which was AnQngc'ddoh .- He left ; off beii : ^ cottoa . 6 j ) iunef nborC three w « rtkit beiiire the' stniu luit >}« iiit ; Hiid kept a' public ) u > use' in 1 loipkitul atfoetj , ' - in llucUiiisi > ntowii , Glasgow . Took up tuat . hoiisy . abo » a two years and sucjiuuiths ago , And li : is : i ' t still .. Haii it piibiic . lipuie in . llie . 7 Gallo wgate , w'hich htt : lowkny n short '; tiine aftisf tiie sirikeV lie CBaiiiienceil Bfiiliiig uliout three Wiiokii . lifter the term da >^ attu (> . endoiMu-y , oad ciosedit ubput'iivu days alter , the-: uuu-Jer of biriuli . . Knpws tlw prisoner M ! "Lean and . At'Kyil . Has known"Uie ' m lor tio \ ue tiuiur—M-Leiiiv , t ' ur . about tlirevj years ' ... lie w *« often about ' -Aviui e ^ a ' d . ; n / jase : in tW (» u ! lowgiite .. Kiio \ f * & ;« o thii . othu'r . ' ttuve oriii ' . viieni , but iiot , . so . - loug : as M ' -hmu ., i ) id . ' npc . know Mr \ eil till * £ > -jiite'J- Knows tKi . vjnilL p . i . (' - which Air . Arthur istlie-, nnuiager . Reecilycts tlic ; ni ^ at Smich was mur d' ^ ed ; . - SGiue time b-albre that , '' . M-i , emi waa in witnesi ' ti liou ? e ; lie wfti ^ in the ' habit , o ' i coming thetai -iiecolleets having , a cpiw f . ; vorsatipu vi-ithM'Leua ¦ ivb . out- ' . ; -Artiiurv . ' 'i'iartly . 'be ^; ; fi . 're : tlio iiiuruoi ; of Siuitii . MfLean had - been iiu ] vAti < e » . j ' s house . ' -. " . Tiid , ,- stiikw Iiad' lasted n good ! vrijiliitiie !) . 'M ' -Lean oiimti . iiUp . witiit ' a's ! a .-iiiopj aui ^ iiio the wtia going , likeiuit ^ a * an erranu-,., -to . ihe ' otu ??> 'ide . pl tiie . J iUec . ; . VViUu *^ said to kim if he : ; would . w-au a few minateswlie waii goiiig to closii ' ! & . ¦ iUop , ( ii ii was lute at uight ; , anil httwoulil uceomij iiuy . liini . ivl'Lean wi £ ited ,, ajid witiiess wosed Ilia * siup , wh ' en tiiey weyt-ou tpgethei-. ^^ i ' ur . > the ^ ji eiHia tt > - St . Andrew ' s S < iuui : tf ; .. lieYspdUis : -jieve ' rat tiiuus to \ vitiies ! iconc « ruiug ; Air . Artliur .- Witufs ^ did not uuderstiiud attiiitvvhat . he AVas ¦ m as . ning ; .. bac Hheii . they , came t © i th&- siiujtve , he tuid he - wai , goI"S . ' . dirAKUy-aeiioBs ' ttie .. water . t o-t ^/({^ Mri . ATthur ^ . U ' . iLixe ** trembled when . he iieaira the wbrds-exuvessetL . -: •
and bigau to natter \ vi-tu hnu—to try to puL tiinn 6 i ¥ : thfMu . tich . He ans ^ red that h ? xvsm , iietisruiiiied . to . dpiti ^ ldthen he g ^ ve ' a littio stu . g (; tr tp Pnii ' !* -2 Ji > , . putliis liaud into hi * pocket , aiid iiiiid it vras , : hia-e iuut . woul'd do it . ' . ^ Ir . \ yas his coat :. ; pocket ¦' (\ yitiie 5 A anil tried to . i .-pti . x him when ¦ -. ' gpuvj iicrosi !' , the wuta : * and to prjt liiiii bffdping it ; tut persisteii ilLsuyiog he \ vus d —~ d ; but ho would ... No mora '¦ ¦ yastsed c-onceruing Artiiur till tliwy caxue . to the iiii ^ iitk Church , huin ( i . i ' ivfigbw' Green , \ V lien they ciinle . there 51 'Le : in wiu luaking sin uwfuJLuoise , aud fipea-kuj { j-- ' -abdut-- ;^*; :. ArUiu ^; . \ . YH-e ' : - ., tBaa- - ' aivvuya : Wearing atMr . Ar ' liidr ^ iud- wituess put hi » haoiii ou his . HW > uth to stop ; hun . fl-oni speu-uug so LudUj stnd . told him at fae same liiae-to . qii . it- •* pti ; ikiugi :.- 'fo'i fe . fr . imiivi ^ uals iJ iissing : would lickr him , and butb . he and ^ witness got iiito troui > le ; bpt hti . d——d hi : n-: self » ami said therij- was 110 fear of that .: He . still : coiiwipe < ito speaicabpatMr . Arthur on their way huiuii ; , when tiiej i 3 iiuie . tn > the BriJ ^ D , about ; the middle ,. h « s put his hand : to . hisfpocktst ,. the pocket i . e tiiucued belbr . a , s aud . ; swore ttiat . it AVasihere that , " would dp . the -4— - » ; He told witness at . the s : imatime th ; iihii- ' wai | , t ( j . jiiet't thi-e& , ctxiims . ut the : toot of € rpSvn-.:: tf » Aet ,, and . he nauied , t \ vo ot' Uiein , but ? James Sl' -iJoiialiJ ^ the pthea . Jdaies . Jieitii . When he- came tp tba . en . ( i of the Uralge , . wicuesi \ yas lfttivdiighiin togp ^ loiig Adolphi-sti- 'iACv and il'Ii ^ n . took awjiy togoitp ; CrP « ru-sti-eet . VV'lit , ' : i bji . . got ; to tae foot of tiie sfr « et v witness looked pv *; c his sbPultier , and sawvlVL'itaun mnnins ; to hina ^ ivnd he said ip > itue $ s , he wa * dr——d if they ; ware there . I , Lie tiiettj cameiup ^ to witness , and said' thej . were not * theie ; but he : w » s dr-rdbut he would dpJujnJiinaself . AViiiies * cpaxiid . Uiiivas before nat t » be so toblish , b ^ v . b ^' ''* eeui ^ Q ? . t- ' tu . ^ \ iuux if hpkiuiff wherts Arthur was ,, and Ije ., said he ; k ' uew d—^ 4 . ^ 11 Arliete he yraa ,. / Wiltiiiisf ¦ tyied to persuaaeh : ai ; to go home , bein » . verj jiiuchiijitated > : Uuthe-seeaie . inot \ tt > min \ l biniV' ilwy vi'ere by thistime tiear : the foot Pi" Thistle-street , ; whei-e Sir . ' Arthur iij'eilo ' r . Witsibs ^ adjitied ham . & > r > bout a quarter ; oian . hou , r to go lioxne ; he ask ^ d for the Ionn of j&xpeiice ,, T » itiit ; S ! 8 said he lyid no . ifi ] yei \ thuugli 1 & Und sosne , bu ^ g > ve him soiue ePppeh ^ andwaid whenUegave theiu ,, that i £ he : would g <» . home likijugocjidinanvhe wulds ^; wbenhe irose . iu the axpriiijigtli . e iidyice he hiid gptwia ^ ^ more use- ^ l ' ul to Uipi tiiaatoJijominit , such au , jactioii . Wita « jss saxv ' thiit . h . Qwas ^ rather ' pe ^ Uaded ^ jmdper ^ ffidltjie inore ^ onjthat accounts ^ He . a t ^^ last , prpjniged : tiiofc hpwimlii co home . Witness aa , id ; lift \ vniil ( i nKt \* iivU ' -
hint till he nrouii-ed fai ^ ii ' ully ^ would go ; ipaie ; ami he was turning as it wpre to go bpihe ^ Vheii viiUiess said he nmst have his . hand he aVou 14 ' do so ; a « d IWl'l ^ eaa said , "I'll dp tha ^ Bob , ' * and give his hnnd . Wituessh ' eld 'hia hand for some HVtie time , aud told hiintp be sare and go straight hPine . He proniiawl hewould ^ ind left him . " Witness atood . ' still vanil when-lift vaa a little distenoefrom ; iiiin , heched tohim to be siate and go home . Witness then RtopdtilXhergpt to the Bridge > aad yrituess did not seev b % again tilVatter the mujdet . < a £ Stnitb i when W stageered , and put his hand to his pocket , witness &o , \ i like the butt end of a pistpl , a 3 lie thoughfi . M * Leah ' i ' iMW ;; g"ot a good glass " of spirits , but ; knew what he tras saying perfectly well , aud able to cpadncthinJselJV Ha was Sober enough-iu making these deelarifttiona , to impressYwitness t with' the opinion . ' that tneie , ^ as eaiuestneis . and reality iu wliat Ua ineaht ta dp ; Smith ' s niurdar ; wa 3 oix a Saturday , and ratness saw M'tean a ^ aiii Pn .. the Tuesday loUowiiig . The cpiiversation sppkeii to wits on tUeWeqnesdayor Thursdayhight betoreflifeUiurdtff , 1 ( TfHtmtinMilmiurnwt . ) Y- , ' Y ' I : " -: ,-. : ¦;¦ - ¦ ' ¦ '¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' . ' ¦ ¦ ' " : , ' y '
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He held the posi ^ Rn , after care . fuDjTeading the eyf . deuce Bfarnst th ^ ijifftfjat ; these ^^ inen were guiltless of anyvcrime ? . notvrithstMHiiflgtha ^ by > alargepprtioa of the publicpressitbey * ere treated of as criminals . Whatever step ^ ^ eretaken by the working classes to : better tneirconditiPh , were always wrong } and whatever steps were taken by tbeir einployei * to enslavPthem , were always right- ~ and there was just the diiR ^ ence ^ ( Loud cheers . ) The evidence ad- ; duced against them was ; of a character nhdesetving of credit .: it ^ was tlie ^ ^ endenc « iof men '' * ho worked with them in the same factories— -were joined mth theia in the same Society , and , if any offence had been committed , were guilty of the same offence . They had done nothing mote than actin self-defence . When the masters had , in 'the first instance , proposed a reductiou of their wages , the men nad agreed to take that leductiwa ; but when their eniplpyers saw . the readiness of this compliance , they went further and again reduced them , joy their \ oyrj . account , three or four sbi ( ling » a week . ( Shamej : shame . ) This was the occasipn ; of the ; strike in whicii this cnitel prosecution originafed . Thestt matters took place iu the year 1837 . The pris 6 ner »
were accused 01 belonging to a secret committee . Some of the witnesses talked of a secret committee , as having existed in 1824 ; bnt be wouM ask , what connexion could proceedings of 1 S 24 ha ?* with an ; indictment avowedly founded on the event » of 183 / ? TUe characters of the TS # itue ^ ses . against them were , by their own showing , of the worst dessription . Tliey acknowledged theBaselves to have ; bees gvilty of various crimes , and to bave been often . nijjuisoD . ; Thsy , wew >^ ^ withal poor naen , destitute pfTinoral : priueiglev $ nd allured to the tinrigliteous conrs » they iiad pursued , by the teuiptetion of a gfSf » i T&fiAtiL £ ^ 00 had been plSsted to these perJKfed miscwMits w the prica of blood . The manvifcMrturois had \ bi 3 i : oOi ) , and Lowi John" Russoll had ' a&fled another , £ 100 out . of the nation ' s purse , for the ' ¦ . jni ' rpessr of aQComplishing the dark deed 1 —thw sacniice of these nuPfferidingr men . What con ^ iide ' , tlMrDy , cedld honest , rational , and reflecting men , havejaJtbe 1 testimony of such wituessesj given , under such circumstances . The speaker then proceeded to crnoto large portions- ot the eridence , in ; confirmation sf . his kifttementSi Fson * oae of tiiesa oortipns itapp « art ! d that three of the- witnesses had at one period , abPrdy before the trial , * been , confined in ttho same prison , where they were allowed to ocsupy the sanie ^ roonu He had 110 doubt tha . t . - © h ^ iish plot was than concocting , and tha * ties * wsetches were ; aJIow < id to herd tog » tiieirT for the purpose of precoaewting their story . The speaker . weat on at great lengtb ,, ably to exgose thwiitter want of consistency aiid character , in " the- evidence agaanst the victim ^; , aud alter a strpn ^ exborfcitioii to :-. . tb »^ people , to hi : gtrpng arid vigorous iu their execfions , and -to 'a 4 ber « closely to eaah other , for theiririutualinterestiihd proteccion , ha ooncUvJed : ail ^ esoHlent speech ; ia . the wordsi'o . f Earl ^^^ Grey " -J'H . abideby my order whether I . stand or fall "; reckhmeiidi « g this decision to their adoption , the speakersat d&vii amidst the clivers qi' the assembly .. :
mr . wiuum rnEsiWN . seconded the resolution . Hi * bad-not been uble t © -learn that these inert . wen » guilty of any other crime than th : it ; in which h * gloried , belonging to a Trades' Unioii . lrpr thfc matter ot cpuspiracj , thev bad ; sinned iti vory , high company ,, and he hoped-thai if this seat&ace oiT trausportation were" c'ii ' rriod- into etlcct , the people . would insist upon the Duke of Cumberland " beiD ° - iseiit ;¦ with > them . —( Laugliten ; and ; chpersj ^ Th * resolution / was carrie .-i unitniinbitsly , . . '¦ : . ' : : ; " IVir . GrEru Huttley mwed tlie next resolution , : 4 l ^ u . at . it .: i *\ tlie , ; pp im (? n .- ;^ fv" ^ sj . jneetiug tha t nosociety . ' c'p ' ulcl . exiat governed by a . secret . committee ^ jt ^ e names of which cpBumittoe were not even to be ^ nquired about b ythe memberft of the society , . " It tiwas au absusl thing upon tha : fiace of itj to supposeY jthat any . society could be govenied by a cb ; ninitte * v > f whom , and of whose bp . er . itioni ' , they Ykcew'• nothing ; Soc ! tftie . s could po £ b ^ - carried on without . money , and people naturally wanted to I'lio ^ . how their jnoney \ vas expended . Ti © fret of the ra ( e- > - payers of j ^ arjisl ^ y seeking anew police act ,-wo » TVopf suflicieut'vof that . ( Ch » eri , ) He wondered if aepminittea of four pr fiveperaeajs belongins . to th » Odd . . '¦ Fellows ,. could agree amongst themselveg tiakuown to ttia-othermeinberS'tP build a finaiall like that in ; which they were now met , aud then , pcrsaade the 1 nuwnbersto find asaftldency of jemejt > pay lor it without knowingYwhat ' it wiaafor ? ( No , : uo , not so , and l : iughteE . jj The thing wa * prVjfosterous ; 'TwaB : absurd to ; think o £ Th » - speaker tiien eiqjatiateu . at spnie-. ' length on the- Y iid \« itage « of Uaioils , regrettedvthat many olhii- ; fello \ y-workmen in Barnsley wei-e not members of tlm- ^ inion , and pressed them to become so—implored them , instead of Bpendiug their time and mou »> y itt public , houses , . ' .+ «¦ seek after the attainmentcof . UseSal knowledge ; : -to contribute Tagnlarly to aMhi ' . ibr ' . thw ' r niutuaL defence and enpport :, and to . .. ¦ Streog Uien each others hunds agjaiUBt the coinmoa enemy . ( Ap _ pl ; iuse . ) :: Y : ' - ¦ ' . ' ") - ' . ' hit . J 011 x i ) Evrikjj' seconded the resolutipn j wMch . ' was carried unanimously . ' .. ' . . ' ;; > : : > Mr ; yWMv Mxsajt ^ mdved , and Mr . Wi Rhjjdesi seconded the tpartu resolution ; x « hich Was carried ' unaoiiiipusly , " Tiujt ; it is th >> - opinion > of thin . Y meeting , that evaii ^ if the unlbrinnate men who are ¦ aoomed to . transportation , wete guiltyr of tk » } crim' » . wnicii tiie j . ury say they aritj ,. th « : in " < vnne ? i ] i >' whictt-tbey have bwu . treated is crnftVand unpr « c » - - dentisdy , and the whole pt" their case theirafore Pughk ¦ ¦ tp-be . imd'b ' ef 6 re- ; her : Majesty . iu-a '^ Etemdria ) . " ; -- ' v- - " ¦ ¦ j \ lii-: . JAMES DAvi ' -moved the'il tili tesolutionin . a ehortneatspeech ,. « f / That it is t !> 6 . opinion of this ¦ ¦' - meetiiig that the sufferings of thesy : iasn and their iami ! i « i-cali for ' 'tlie ^ iniineditite- interferenca oi ' th * working population jot' Englaiul , kelaudj and Septland ^ suiu this meting therefore r ^ Lsdges itself to ' dw ull . inits power to r-estore tuein id tb . eir homesaad tami , liwii ' - ; Y ' ' ¦; ¦ ¦ ; . s .: ; •; > - . .. ' . ; Mr . Joseph Bcwtojj eeconded tiie resolntioa ; which was supported ; in au animated address ^ -byv ¦ Mr . X-I ill , Editor of the Nortliera . $ tar , who was . ' .- ¦ - -. loudlir , and yehemantly chHcred b y ^ tUe assenvtibid niulutude . The cEeeriug coiitiuued lor spine timeatter , Air . Hil . l- ' 6 a . t . dvwii ,- \ when ''' ' ^ " ' Cn ' air ^ aJi puik theresplutioh -whico . ' : xvascarried unanimously . " : An . appropriate memorial to tke Queen , vta * moY' jd by Mr . Cr ^ c » ree ; becon . il «; d by Mr . Gu ^ aiiB Sava ^ . nud unauiittously addjited .. ' Y . :: '; ; TliiUifcs wort j then voted to tbsvcliairman aiidto x > lr . Hill , and ^^ the-nieeting separated .. It . 11 e . ver was ouxlot to wituessumoie Prderly- ^ and Y p'eiL coiiJirctsd niaetihg , nor Uo ^ we ever recc ' Ueck seeiiig- the duties of . the "' chair pri'&irmed iu a mor » cpiriteil , auci yet bland and gentlemanly mfriaier , ¦ . ' thau . on this occasion .. All was-ease aiid uualSiCted " simplicity ; - ¦ and while the fervAiur of the inbatiiig dismayed the aj \ leiicy of > their feelings , tlieir' '' . mpdenttioii was alike indicative of prndencftr arid : gootl . : stjuse ., Tli ^ e are the pailies who , the Whigs ^ ^ telLss ,-are not ye-t educated eilough to be eu * TOsfed • ttitiii the francbise ! IJah ! th& ' tltievesy ltet . them " . co ? £ » . aiid leani of these poot . hnnd-ipatn weaxera IiG « 6 . to . behave ftcinselves at a tdinlic tnftt > tiv . < r . -
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- MeST 3 » & Of THE H ^ LL WoRKlSG , Mxx ' s ASSO * ciAti ^ -,. held at Mr ^ Thorp ' s Rpoirij ; BlackMaiv gate ^ J ? jct . 22 f 1838 , Mr . Stevinsoii , in ¦ the / chaiiv ' -. ' ;; 'riie- Chairman comiasncecl the proceedings , 6 f thft eyeii ^ g tiy reading aletterreceivsd froinSirAVilliaiftx Mole » ivc « rtbi acknovsledging the-raeeini of the petittocis-from Hull oh % . & Canadiaa ; Q . iie !» fcon , thankiiiff ti ^ . society for ha \ T 2 ^ the honpw . QY-bt ^^^ tooreeeirt taent ^ ltli ^ . . ; , neYwould ap as e ^ rly as T > oewblev the chaiimaft ; - . v thfiii - stated that tiie iCabrfdiia ; qp ^ bn was fo bo- " cefiniaaed this evening , but ist consequence of fte ^ . rbeing not : anyftorther " | OTO < tontei ; - ' Th ^ ';' sn 1 > jetifr-fot ' - - ' , discussion WbiiSd be the Gkisgovt Cotton Sjaajperi * ; case . . He m&ie a few r ^ fiiik& on the nec ^ ssitj' pf , ^ idoixt $ . sometbiBgfpr ^ thriiv life WJlsbji , aftensoJ ^ eY :. ; good ; . remark ^ shewing tJi » necessity c 4 ' beipg ; tmite <} , rea ; 4 Mr . Frazer aixA Mr . ^ ^ ^ O'Connor ^ . lette ^ , .: aiid tlie adfe « s from thfepriePaers from thfeyow /^ i * StarYNenaKspaper . ? iBir ^ liiaiMis veryJibrcibly tilled ' the necessity pf callh > g a-public meeting ^ 0 peiisoa ; the Hottse of Conun ^ and the Queeni . to ropeal thevsentetice ^ passed oxh tfe potton ; Swalieis , and / restorevtaem , to ] theirvjfemiU ^ , wa 4 ijMnds . M ^ V Pmsoa addressed ^ meeting , p ' ^ c ^ rl j ^ lliBg pn . th ^^ working naBiliPrks . ' . ' to ^^ cp ^ meiprwapi , and unit ?* and p ! einai ! idth © itanieidiate ^ festoicafipni of , the siea . ;; to their homes t ^ i frieiids . Mr . Cowan , at" a to ¦> wderable length ; called upon th' ^ neppte to imine » - : , ¦ ' ? . ate ) j bestir theflafelyfeSj'dt tbe ^ l ^ i would prpcgw v against allr ' theptr ^ e vsocieti ^ s / | li -ffie kinpdorp , and \ ¦; c ^ ush . the vorlcin * claiseg do ^' to ihe ^ 17 wois . t of slavery , y Mr . Wilde , ^ after detailing thehardships of the . Cotfen Spinneirs , jaovgdjthatapublic rpeetiiig ¦ ..,, ; T ) ei call e d by ul ^ cavdrng ; f ' tiJe- town , to get up petitions m favpur of the- Cottoft Spinners , to , be hdd » es * Moaday ; night , : Jan | oiary 29 tb , ' and the coming ¦ tppi maker proper * atfegementsY for Ciit . pnrppie . ; Mn Djean bnettj addressed the noting , shevrwg the necessity of a public meeting ; being called , wbiea was carried- —{ f h » above notice sliould hava been . irisarted'last week , but was necessarily excluded i « r . ; . waijtofroooiv EiKjv Y
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¦ ¦?¦¦ ¦ «» Mm "' - ^^ ' ~~ -gaiBrfaagfflay ^ " ^ -T ^ r-r »' - "'^ i ; - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - ¦'' : •¦ \; : ' new poor law ; . : ? : v y ¦ _ -.. , ¦ ' PUBLia-I ^ STm 6 : AT- EEpS 3 ^ S ^ . - ,-. ' ^>> : A > public : mteiing . was hold > jji lately in Me&sley , , ta petition Parliament for thft-aepeal o ' f the- atvociou « : iioor ; l-ft \ r AioendniyUt Act . \ ' ¦'¦ : ¦¦ :. '¦¦¦' : l : ~\ - ^ '~ v ^ fr < :: . C Irir ] r , pf . Ashton . an < S ^ r . vDeegaciGf , Staley- . ¦ ¦ ¦ andge , attended aud addru- ?»; ed ' - the : Mieatico- ; uuon ^ ^ ieuucoijsfcii « iional nature of that emtctiaeSt ; tt » arbitrary , tyr < innicaly and ogjuvssive : piKver * . whicu ; ' , it confers npoji tbe . sataiiic "Sianivirate : afc Somerset li lipuse ,. andi .. the grievous haardship au 4 : owpresdion pjinilictedupQu the Poor , umler its provisicai . ' i . They ferfjngly appL ^ aledi to -theuv . au ^ ieiice upon ' the urgehtnecessity ofproiiipt steps feeiug token to : procure it&immediate repeal . '•' = Y ¦ ¦¦ . ' ¦\ Ai petijttea . w- ^ - / unahin ^ siy ' : Va ^ eW . t 0 ,. which i » ' lncpurs ^ of signature * . iaad -will be- namerously . signed . ¦' " .: '¦ . ' ¦" - ' ; " ' ; ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' .. '¦ ' .. . .: ' '¦¦ ' '¦¦'¦ ¦} ¦ ¦ - ' - . ; - ; - !¦ : C : .-,
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: YGl ^ SGQ ^ Ye 6 t : roN { 'i ^ On Monday eveninig lHst ,: alarge public meetiiig was hplden ill the Odd Fellows' HviJ , Carnsley , io meinoriah' ze her Majesty for the remission of the sentence , on the Glasgow victims . ; ' . . : ' . . ; ' ' . Ytylr . RicHAiiD Tayloji was uniinimonsly taUeito ; ; ' . cliair . . '¦¦ - . ' ; ' ¦ , ¦'¦ : . ¦¦¦ .. ; . . ;¦ " ;¦ - ; ' : ¦ v ' v ' -- ; - ' " "' . ' .-. Y .- ; : \ - . , - - Tl | e CiuinMAN , a mosit respectable ^ looking wprk-. itifc- ihauj said ,: he acc « pted the - olKce ,-vitli great ditActence . He ; considered ; the question wliicli had ' called them together to be one biv ^ with iniportancc to . the interests of th « wori > . ii ; g classes . They were now called 011 ! tp consider tlie propriety of metnb- ;' , jiaii'zingher Majesty on the ^^ case . ; qf five of . tlieir fel-16 w-Workmen in . Scotland , who hud been inade the yictiins of 3 savage priwecntipu , arid inbuitnaii senteiice fdr vindxcatiug the riglits w labour , —( Gheets : ) In the vindication of fhpse rights the prosperity of the three k | ii » dpnis was locked up . Experience had - Convinced them all that tlie- hire of the labourer would Jilways . be doprsss « d ' go long itn disunion . peryaKled their ranks , and ior in any year * they , had been ¦
,-. ¦ , i ¦ . ' . j j by unjust laws denied the '¦ ri ght .: of uniting together . Irpro their mutual proteeripu . Pre \ iPi ^ to the repeal of tlM Combination 'Laws '; "it . ' was dangerous for ; . workiag-in ^ n to take couiicil with > acb ptlfef for their mutriftl safety- ; but since those laws had bean re- ; pealed they considered theih ^ eLves at liber ^ to make cornnipm causw with eafch other and Ui »« vns wiBre spr inging up in various part * of the couivtry , but iiiiisfiDucUjw these Unions jiad ^ necessary fcaj ^ ency to . ' repel the- continual aggTess !< i > ns of . the jnouied interest upon tiie scanty cornfesis of the labpui"erv sjnie ineuiw had been unifoiinfy resorteJ t « i ibr , t hejr .. ' annoyance-. and persecution , whenever » ay ^ thinglilce a real nnd ettectiv » . Uniow . had come into operation . Spine legal q uibble was always started , ' . orBoine diabolio-. iL invention made nae of to harrass . api '' p ' 3 rp . ! ex . ' tl-j « ' ' kibtnirer into a reliaquislimelit ? i his iiaturat ri «)* L ThP "porcUciter Labpurers bust *" ntssSvadyet ireshiuJAiyirrecpllectipii . *; aoid beibrt * even the prpxiinafe eflVnris of that outrige bad Bub < - . sided thsy wereug ^ iiii : dppnied to witnas * a . disregard , « f right , and a ttefiaiicw - ' . i > f justice eveiivstill more w-lpaWe ibr the aGCPiiipliiliment of the saine object ,. ' the trairipliiig ; und'iP : i (} Ot of the workiiig-nulliouti by thv oppressors , wbp live- tspbii their toil- No iriari could regret tiiese ciroumsttmces more sincerely than he ^( tiie ciiainiiau ) didy We-regretted-it lor t ^ esivkeofsucu-ty generally ; ibr he w ^» perfectly assured that . tiie interests . of sMcieVy . were iuseparably bpiajid up . [ ill . tlwjust and pijniuiub . la tr ^ Atotuit of all it * lneirir . , bt ; rs ,, and ' csps . 'iciaUy of . the working classic He ifegrettUid the ill fueling vvhicUiiiL'se outrages Batur-: ally g&aerateti . Hevyasan' eii ^ iny ta agitatWn iii levery form , but lie thpnglit tiiat there were b ^ uiidi ' to qtiiescence which' yught nwvtr to be passed . K Gheers . ) When hi * « aw vrofkirig men , as he . huew fihkny , - ( inabLveven' with the greatest industxy aud irugaiity ^ to procure the ijucesisjtrie * of life , and clftth ^ thpiiuelvew ^ iid fauiilii > s with . liabiJiments sutllciently dueent to tit- thi'iu to a )^» i > r at a-pluca ox v / orskip < m tii « ¦ Sabb ' atii I avid wium-he siiVv thut notVTith-£ t ; iu ( iing this ., oven tlie poor-Tiiiuaiu-v—the : liiisenible nittiuicestill " left ; to them , was sdujht to betakan from th « m—^ t : was . he thoujjilit time iwr the people , ty an ) us >( N ; ';' EVras seidoni . their- uiiipii ever- came into actiwij operation , otliirwise t-ban-to re » isk the i ' nrth&ir iitroatlu of oypresaive ; tyriiuts- on : the little tha * ^ reiuuinedtotii ^ vn-. Seldom did they wiiture to ask an advance of wages ; but olten-- ww ' a they necessi--: tatwd to demur to the reducj . iyns couiiiiuall y ^^ rpt 0 ' - ' -. l < o < ed ^ Iu ihe civse now before tiiem ., - . ' . it . w-as said . by . ' si > ine that the Glasgow SpkuwrsV hud « tmck for . ) inore wa . ges . TUis wus not iio ! - ' They . had luerely j oppustd r . bere : l « ction of tlieir mige * , » eb 1 they Were' 1 ngat in-doing ,: so . After sonie . further excellent remark !^ tlie chauinah read oversthe . placard calling ¦ . tbte .: meetj ; vg ' , 4 iud concluded by , e-xpyessiiig his reliaui-eon- tiie good , sense of Uv « - ¦ meetiug to hear patiently . ii . ud c ^ udidiy , every speaker vrliether for or against ; tiie . several resolutions , which anisiUt be
nrc-- pOSud . . ¦ . ' . ¦ . ' : . ' : .. ' .- '¦ ,. , . - . ' : ' . . ¦' He then called on Mr . Joseph * Gr ^ AirriisB to propose the first resoliKapii . . ; ; Mr . Ciiabtukj :, though always-, glad to * . see his frieiids , C 3 sald : hot coiigratulaiw iiiiiiselE ou thi * oppprtunitj oty . a . ildvr } s . sing them . It-wa * -- wiibYfeel iiigs of pain , and fcocrow that he ivonymplattjd the necessity- for their ' meeting " on tliis : occasi » u j that uecessity being the . 'fact * tuat tive « if tlieir- twrethren had been -dmg ^ cj fcp ; a tbeir -. pei'JMiul . hfikitaions , and trurispbrtwi Ibr uo crime ,, ' jsai * . tUat- -pi' determining not to give thdr labour wit . lui . tif aa . adequate reward . . T'iiiiy h « d surigh . t thu . i - to * .- ;' act . Tiie j had a perfect . iml . ra- jiatusal right---a ri ^ Iit racogjtiiajd . by tilt- will ot Heaven , to insist upon li-fair . wniiuitirationi ' or their sweat ; in 4 toil . A rcv <> lutipulia 4 been put into bis hands , iwhich- with tht'b 1 permission he would read , ' ^ i ' hat it is the opinian of > tlii * meetingy / that the .- Five Glasgow Cottoa . SpinneE * tried at Edinburii'j , o ]) pos ^ d no law , infringed ® u no man ' sY rights , - and they , thcrefoce v » ought uev « r to have been * called tjjjou to deftoii . the sbittoeful ciiurges ¦ ¦ wliitsh- were brought ¦;• .- againstv shim . ' ilia resolution . said th : it the iive viciiHi » . kad oijpwsed no Ia-. v . It w-ds-siL-cosn-^ ry to explain ,. Them- was a law in existwice . wiiic ! i .. Uiey . dia opypse .. Th » y did oppose tiie liiv , vin ; ido by theariitoer ^ ^ inill ^ wvv'ners , n : id . shopketfyars ,-lor tii ^ purppsij of oj ) pressi . ug and bt'ariug tio ' . vn , ti : « indusUious ciassfisjpt tlni « srfeingdoms . -They , did op ] Hvs » . that law ,. ja » d the > y h ^ d a right to do so ,. ibr thai la ' . v opposed tiia whole of the people , and tue .-mdisji pt' the people had zio . )) turtici-L > itUou m the making of that law , iind . huinfuuiaiued that lliu : people . h « d ~ " xl © - . -right-to -b « .-subject , to auY law , over tii « making of wliich they . Iiad iipicontrol . Taw Inw ol ' jaiuure saic ^ tUat 116 kin g should-sit upon tlie throne , Ho-. q-ueen sjipuid wear ihe .-crown , Uiuler circumstaiiL'es wbich uroclaimed tbe ¦ great Wlk oi the popalatk ) u , ti > bv iiua&taie of serlageiindslavery , 'i ' -hvse ' , mou had aright to resist tuoprpgr-jssofthe r . ivivge , ttif ¦ o huuter , ilia starvation , anil tbi * inurJer , wbicii the Vilug-j and the Tone * , assisted Winiddlenieh-of every denoaihaUoii , have 3 ) racLised upon tlve . Pturving . people ot tiiiii in ' sul ' t « d * couBtCT . " it Iiad 6 tieu . 3 iiid that Jinv ^ and was the-pridatviil admiration of tke worlu ; lie saw netiiiug iu which Kngland ex . ceiled , excapt iu tbe ilavaryol'her people , lie repeated tkat tl-iel-iw of . a tyrautinmority ' liiwliio moral i ' orce ^ nd tberciiife t hat these loiijn had ^ in the terms of liisi-resoluticiii , opposed i \ u .-law .. bit , C . hero productid theYVat for the rep « al of tW combiiiatiim ki ' -vs , from , vixiuh lie rc'iuL . sttveral clauses ,-
a « knp \ vledging the -Tight of wprlonKu to cambhie for the protection of f . lleir labour , aiiJ assei-ttid that if tfey iiad indeed oftuuded any law ^ t miwt be ' this ,, and . by this Jaw they ought to liave been tried . This wastlielawVofEngltuaa , ^^ jaiid as Engl and ittid Scotland wiire-. under the same Goveruiheu ( :,, iii ; must surely be ilie- - law , ot' Scotland too .. If combination . were a . criiiie , , if ; these men had been guilty of con spiracy , aud if trauii ^ ovtation' werfi .- ! a tit ; puv > ishment iyr tlK-iii , why were . uivt all coiispirK . t » r *^ puiUi . -Ued in ( ike nmiiiior ? " Wu ^ were the : stuif ; in : vuiiiaicturers traiisporttul ? . Why , were , not the ayjstet optqaakers tnuijpprfeci ? . Tiies ^'' usurties ¦' wfe ^ e . ' guilty ! pf con-» p _ iratjy ,. and had _ baaud themsel- ^ s .. in . ptkuUties . of ± ' 500 . to-. f . arrj ^ . tuei-r ^ pnsyrirftcy intii . eilect . * Thoy had lately ; heard much oi- slavery , in the West Indiesaiid in the East InUies 5 , but not a , -word about the piiiiiig ' , languis ' jir . gv expiring white slav « B ^ ( No , that ' s too iiear hpme ^ for e'uu ) Mis vespluiicMv stated that tbii 3 e meii . had infringed < iio -mjun ' s riglit . Tljey ; hadnot . & . was . iiaid ' thiit ^ tUey ' lviwi Ud . tigji ' t to cpmhiue . , for the purp ' ps ' e' ot ' preveiitiiJg anotuer ellin * his labour at such . -c ^ ic « s ias , he ^ chpse to tak'J . He assartpd that they lj ! u . d sucha . right ' , 'l ' he talk of a man- 'a . iioiinga rightto dp whiit Us- would will his owfn wasabgiird . Suppose titutbe (| VlcX . ) vrere . theowuerpf the spliini'id buildii ^ i iu wividi yuty were-11 pw' nssem bled , isiippose t % t that bmiluing < yoire snrrcunded on . all sides by other . builduigs and that he shpuld takuii mad freak iuto his hijad to set it ou fire- ^ would that be allowable ?^( No . * Would lie have aright tp , do what he liked witk Ms own ?—( N o , lio . y ^ Carfaiijy , not . He woiild tie told and , vef ^ prpgajfly / tliirt whatever righyie miglithave to destroy hi . vowy . property ha - . had nP . rigitt-to peril that of other . peoj > la > ] S ow hemr-intaiueU . that this was a : case , perfectly in poijjt ^ No , manliacl a right to sell laaJjibPtir-ata , rate which , would tend , to the injnr . v of his f << Hfiw-workmen . One man might have a anmerpus , family dependent , upj&u his . exertioijfi , for mipport , "; another might he . ableyto cover his ^ mily with . his . o-wu hat . SuQft , we ; re . i&j& ^ rrratigements pf ; masteir 3 ' £ q » F '' - the . mana ^ i ') i 6 nt \ of ' ' ^ ose' whbin they [ employed , that the iruriimuiaof w * ageswas , alwa ' ys ¦ suye tfr become the swndard , and , therefor ?! , ttie ipan mfii no laioily , % pugh ; he : might be : able : : to > live ; . £ > r less : thaa ; . the . man ¦ with the largafaixdly cpuld live forv ' wouldvut have no riffhtto « eJl
msliibPnr for & less sitin , because he w 6 ^ dthcr » eQY vciuce the value . ' pt ' his ^ nei ^ hboi ^ s * : labpitfv whoQi b . e had : po right ^ is tpYinjure ; -- ( He 2 a 5 j hear , and cheers . ); -Mr : C . then proceeded to ridicule the idea of the $ 6 ciety ' r feaitig- gotierhed by a secret bbiamittee , und after some- fuither ' pungeM and energetic observations ? concluded a lbiig adciresswbicft / had been loudly / dieortid fiirpughouti by imo \ ing the re-Spluti 0 li . Y'Y .. . . ; ¦/ , . ; ; , r ; , V . YY / . v :: * Y . f : - - - ^ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - :- ' Mr * Joh ^ i , Leak : seconded the resolution , which ; ^^;" ^ ^ H 8 ly . ; YY . vi ' -, ' . ^ - , - 'Y : V ' .. -. ' . ' • .: ' , Mr . J oh jt J ?\ uLMits > i : ps > : ta most tb © flext reso-. wtion * ¦ H ^ said : it had been stated byv their worthy ; caa , \ r ?! aa , n that ^ t ^ ipir ^ mfeeUngjW ^^ an iinportant one-He \ yas glad to ^ ^ perceive thai the lumbers npw present bore testirabny tp tHe'fa ^ thdt It * imp oftanc ^ was : duly apprejjia ^ d'ijy the men of iifarrisley . —( Hear , - Ivear , ) ; ! He Yfelt " asstifed'&a ; t if . ; tiae numbers , who thrirt \ g&d eyeijr icpMr of that apacious h ^ 31 , were counted , in cbhriejuPti with the Eppulatioa of Bamsley ^ they-would count well . He ad ; a resblntiprita submit to themV VrhiPh , with thieir , peni ^ siqn / bp ^ oiiW rbad ;^ Tr : ;; : fl ¦ ¦ . •* : ;; . ' . ; t ;>* f ± : . . ' * Th ^ t it is the opinion " of this meetipg that the evidence ^ adduced against them is pf the xuost cpirriipt nature , nudcoMradictory in itself 5 and , thereibre v tends ratlierto prove their iwio . c ^ iicethaa their guilt "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 3, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct339/page/6/
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