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THE LATE TB 3 &LS . A meeting -was leld , on Wednesday exiling , a * the Political and Scientifio -Institution , I * ? " * ' agatn-lane , to hear » lecture fromsFeargus ( rConmor , on the recent trials at Lancaster . Admittance Twopence . ' Th& time announced yns eight o ' clock ; rat Bucn -was the excitement , that iong . previous to seven o'clock every avenue to the < HIH was densely crowded , and even at that early hear hundreds left the spot , oonvinced of the &opelesBnes 3 of obtaining admission . . , About eight o'clock Mr . 'O ' Coimor armed , and -with considerable difficulty jaade--his tray through the dense crowd which surrounded the doors , and on beimz reoosiased yras greeted Tnth great applause . Mr . "Walter AMisi ^ fflifi , having -been called io ihe chair , briefly addressed ihe meeting , and introdnced Mr . O'Connor .
Feabgcs OTgssor , Esq ., on rising , was loudly cheered , and commenced by stating that it was a most pleasing duty-which devolved-apoaMm to show the folly of their opponents , and the-visdom of his own party * When ha looked from that platform at ihe immense mass of woi&ing-men * 5 > efi > re Mm—mea ¦ who were the most industrious—the -most valuable of ail hnman beiii £ 8 , —he « onld notitivoid rejecting that they were a little after time . ill , seven jeaxs ago , when he was straggling almost ^ ilone for these principles , they had held meetings iik-e the present , this one would " not have 'been needed . Seven , years agoihey had a difficulty 'in . getting ae many into a small room as would make it warm ;; now th b difficulty * was to moke a large -room -cooL But i ihongh
they -were late , he trusted they -were not to elate . { Hear , hear . ) Be toasted ihat in these d ; > y « ef increased luxury to the -upper dass&es , ai \ d increased poverty to the labourers , it wn ! not too late for them to make their rulers learn to set ¦ with discretion . Their ulers ' were opposed to the people being represented , hnt he hoped that the Government -was represented in that . meeting bj their gentlemen in blse ; if the dogs in office t rere not there themBelves , h « hoped they-hid Bent tlieir Semeis , and they would -report every-word tha t he said , and tell their employers that he was ds lerznlned to continue the struggle until their object \ vas achieved . —{ Cheers . ) They ^ were not assembled for the mere purpose of a recapitulation of that porti on
-of the trials which had already been laid befo-re ihem , though their being there was -a proof of t be manner in which they iyere treated "by tke liber , ll press . If ihe trials had been-reported as folly : va Ihat of the madman M * Nanshten , er-any Whig or Tory humbng , they would not have wanted to heav more ^ ipon the subject . He -should explain 4 o them the reason of the trials * the 'result of them . mid the feeling of the country upon the snbject . The trials meant ihat the Tories wanted some , of their juiaient food they had been accustomed to lire en , persecntien ^ they wanted some of siaeir old meat s they "were -becoming dry and starved op , 'and so 4 et 6 Tzained , that some one should suffer . The , Chartists they considered to be the weak . party , the pariy they
eould most successfully convict with severity ; ihey asked themselves of what party the jury-class was composed , and though they . admiiied . mat the League was their greatest enemies , yet they were considered too strong to be safely . attacked . The "Whigs had tried the experiment . on theCharikis with safety , and the Tories tried to . follow in their wake . When the manufacturers in August last had driven labour into a revolt against capital , when they had endured until , as Pilling said , they swore they would suffer starvation no longer j srhen the ; were turned out , for they did not turn "themselves ont * then the JtSecting portion of them saw that it was useless to strike unless the ; also struck'against the House of -Commons . The League had turned them
out to get their darling measure of u free Trade all over the world" made into a law ; and then they would have foteed them into work again for what wages nhey were pieased to £ ire . Prom August to October not a word had been said about the late trials . Government had Beat down an agent to ferret out who were the real offenders ; they sent down to the guilty party to ask them the cause of the outbreak they , of eoorse , : S& 5 d it was not them , it was ihe revolutionary Chartists ; and being magistrates , they arrested every mm who had been a leading Chartist and Lent them to prison , and examined a host of witnesses , sot one of them , except the arch-traitor , had been brought against them at the trial ; in fact ,
Gregory , the Government agent , saw he was in the mud , and not knowing how to get out , plunged deeperintoit . The papers represented it throughout the world , thaMhey -were a band of conspirators , and that Feargus was ' guilty of little short of high treacoc . This was the Times version of the affair , in revenge for his havktg attempted to throw Waiterat the Nottingham election . The middle classes ¦ were ^ isgnstea with the Tories on account of the Income Tax ; the landlords liked sot the free trade doctrines of the Tariff % but all united , that the ? might not weaken the hands of the strong Government in putting down the revolutionist Chartists . If Feargus O'Connor was aBowed to go about the country advocating measures but little short of high
treason , all would be endangered , and the only means to stop him was to aaxest "him- He was to have gone to Manchester with the policeman , but being an old soldier , ie got * ver them —( cheers ) Pifty nine men they locked in their 4 iny cells until It suited their purjjse to bring them before the m&dern Jeffries , { Lord Abinger ) , who not only made a new law , but also a new crime ; and vhe fifth count of the indictment was framed to meet that crime which the Jud g * who tried them said was no crime at all 5 the - Government « . oi daring to crnst their ease to -a common Jury , fearing ikai dazing the long proceedings some of them might get on the bankrupt list , treated them to a special jury composed of magistrates And Leaguers
for which the prisoners had to pay . From fortyeight names before them they were allowed to strike off twelve , and this was called fair . It was as Home Tooke truly said , like picking twelve sound oranges out of » basket of rotten ones . A finer set of men than the defendants who were said to be guilty of little less than high treason , he never saw ; they looked much better than the barristers , and what was more , they spoke better too . Then came the long indictment , of which , though a barrister , he understood not one half ; a greater compilation of nonsense was never , put together under the snn . Por eight long days they fought them shoulder to shoulder , elbow to elbow ; and it would have been Braeh better for the GoTernmeat to have left the
middle classes in . ign . oia . ncs , to have lev ike Chartists been considered as plotters , than to hare set the mountain in labour , and produce only a mouse . The poor Attorney-General had been obliged to abandon everything material in the indictment ; and yet for this trivial charge on which they were ^ onvictedj had they been so n ^ jusUy denounced , and the country so -unnecessarily alarmed . The Government might call it a triumph , but one more such a victory and they would be undone . It was easy for them , having a jury class at their command , having advantage of time and place , and being able to bribe witnesses and purchase traitors , to ensure a conviction . It was hard if the strong Government that tirew the funds for the prosecution from the
nation at the point of the bayonet , could not overwhelm those whose funds were collected from the pence of the poor , thongh it was eagerly given , and with sorrow that they eould afford no more . For himself , he had not swallowed one farthing of that fund ; he had toiled hard to increase it ; ha had not been in bed since Sunday night , and bad since iten been in Manchester , Leeds , &o . Nothing could equal the surprise exhibited when the Attorney-General said , " Gentlemen , this is the ease for the Crown . " A gentleman in court aptly inquired where it was . With all the art that had been nsed to collect evidence , and - to purchase treachery , it had been a complete failure . Mr . O'Connor then paid a high compliment to Baron
Rolfe , who , though impartial as a Judge , as a man -was partial to the defendants . Pilling , in his defence , drew tears from an JEnglish Judge , and called the blush of shame into' the cheeks of many an English gentleman ; for thongh , as the Jndge ob served , it was delivered in a broad Lancashire dialect , and the language was vulgar and unconnecled 3 yet it was the language of truth , and many who fiinw to sneer , remained to weep . Mr . O'Con-Hor then recapitulated the" language of Pilling , and asserted that from the moment he concluded his defence , he was acquitted . An English Jury eould have done no other than acquit him . After eight days trial , the Jndge , in summing np , instead of clenching his fist , and calling the defendants rogues
and vagabonds , in the style of the modern Jeffries , said , Gentleman of the Jury , I am sure there is not as Englishman with a spark *> f pride in his « w % ° * * «> P of English blood in Jus veins , that Wrt& ^ rt ^ deligllt st the m * rch oi ^ nteUeot as « mcedm tte conduct and speeches of the defend-SatneT H ^ f ?^ expressedhimself in a similar SSL Thf l ttam twent J Special ComraassssstHs
S 7 Jfc *« s * Lij " taftSft ??" * ' awngbWall Eng ^ ^ i&fe ^ ^ s ^ nir ^ Graham foundI tbat it « &lKj £ J £ iig 3 S Qamimmia put * aopt ^^ fa SSn or ' . burke the f ^ emou olKm i : oAtmi S T 4 ^ ^ ^^ , ? v tf « ei »» fiou ^ Kl dif pufliSop to > , tha steam troold become of too hieh * nr ^ snrZ and the bofler wonldiurstwhai W ^ p *^® 1 ^ was accused by tfce > AJtorney-Generaf © f ^ tatw in the&or , that they : were iuBtified ^ t ^ S ^ 7
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stake io Chartist purposes . He then thought ha h&J caught the . * led cat" at last ; He admitted all this and avowed ifcsi if another opportunity occurred he would do it again . If . the present ; strong Governaent were in : the axiaoBty , would not they turn every CWnm ^ tance io their adrantage ! - Did they cot do
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so even wiih their majority of 1151 Wowd not the rotten rump of " ^ piggery do the same ? Lcjk at the League . * Was anything too hot or too heavy for them to turn to thMr cause ! They were even then playing a farce at DrHry-lane Theatre , tanung buffoons for -fiieir own Irenefit , and admittiag . the poblis-afe Is . a hefid . Moeh ' twere was thought by -G 6 vernmen * iof their twopenay meeting than tff the meeting at Brury-lane , where one shilling was paid to see the ) L « ague make fook of themselves . Peel in his hear tend soul was-a free trader ; in his tariffhe g « ve the I jesgue six umestaore free trade than they haddemai ided of the "Whigs ; but they wanted it as a means of reinstating their own party . Peal was weUawaareof the value « rf the support of the *
workina men . He knew thej ^ were the only party who held the Leggue ia check , and he w&nted that bar to ie ren loved that he might have the appearance of btvag foi « ced into the ajeasare of Free Trade as he fe&doeen . ioto C&tholie Emancipation , and thereby -preserve hifc-oharacter as -shonest Robert Peel . The Chartist : } were , therefore ^ to be put down . The-times ^ required a stcrifice , and Uhe disturbed state -of the -country at -the time ef * the strike would . give it the colo'ar « f Justice , and-when the Chartists -were -is the stone jug , it waesioped the League would _ g 9 a-head ; tut they had-beaven Peel , Russell , and the League combined ;; -the trial ) were to have } -extinguished Ahe Chartist , rushlight ; but they > had 1 ended in re-illuming it at-the lamp of Tory tyr&nny { 'West , after an able defence , had been honourably
Nac 4 uitted . ( S ^ emendoos cheering . ) There had iaen no alteration in the law to effect this 4 hut it was meetingB like the « present ; it was the deterdBination of the Chartists , and the increasing poverty of ihe working . classes which made them sparse in their career . -Cooper , for three daja , had -been battling with them at Stafford , holding a , Chartist meeting , with the Judge in the « hair . ' Before the trials there were hardly any Chartists at I Lancaster or Stafford ; ^ ow Chartism wa « < the . fashionable doeSrine . They should look for their -triamph , not in what had been done , but in what thej had escaped . If taey had been tried by Abinger , in August last , no doubt every one would have had from three to -five jears imprisonment ,
if they had escaped with even that . If such had been the case , he shuddered to think what might ha . V 6 . been the result ; the steam would then have been too highly pressed . 'fTbe dreadful state of poverty , and the tyranny -of the masters , in North and -South Lancashire , and the distress existing thx&cghout the country , -would have tempted them to desperate deeds . Sir Robert Peel might calculate thxt Englishmen were dull , slow to be excited , and not prone to fighting ; but when once determined where * was the men to be -compared with them , alwaysc ^ arring Paddy . ^ Laughter . ) Paddy was now beginning to show his teeth . You have allowed the ? o » r Law Bill , at the point of the bayonet , to be forced upon you ; \ ou have allowed your homes
to be desolated , and jour parents and relatives to be ittmal £ 3 of bastiles , and Paddy has seen too i-esuH ; acd although not bo good a politician as J ohn Bull , he has determined . never to endure a similar system . Soldiers hava been ordered from all parts , ; &od Paddy has met them with his stick in his hand ; and he was told that tha stick had a iron . Bpike in the end . This , in Ireland , was called moral power , and Paddy was fixedly determined that even if . they sent for all the soldiers from China and India , he ^ ould never sacrifice his ancient hobpitahiy at tfce shrine of the Poor Laws . Mr . O'CoDOidr then highly eulogized the exeruons of Fathe * Maihos ? , whom he described as the greatest moral reformer of the day , and anticipated from his
exertions in making Ireland a nation of rtfiective beings , t&at js , cordial union would spring up between the working classes of both countries . The Charter wenld -Jbe obtained as soon as they could starve tile operatives now on strike—he meant the Whig o . oerative ^—Palmerston , Macauley , &c . ; when theyr found : that the nation felt no interest in the Kirk of Scotland Bill , the Insanity Bill , or the Travelling in Air Bill , and that the Charter was the only means of getting at the honey crocfe , then they would becoi Be advocates for the Charter . The only difference bttween Fed and Russell was , that the one was a bit bigger man than the other . The WTuga were r . # aore iifcely to give the Charter than the Tories ; a . id the Leagae , though professing great
liberality , would be as . iar from it as either . If Cobden was pi une minister to-morrow , he would be as anxiens to got rid of the agitation for the Charter as ever . Sir Robi irt Peel iWsa , and would not attempt to curtail any of vhe national expences . If the landowners wonld giv 9 htm thejwwer of bnying iabour at what price he t hoeght proper , he keep would np the present system of expecoe on the principle of " Scratch me and I'll scratch yon . " The League party are the very n \ eo whoha * e the greatest interest in withholding xepraBeotatien from the working -classes . They lire by preesLng apon the labour of ibe working men , in a much larger degree than any other class . A landed proprietor has not a tenth of the men under his conn x > ul as a manufacturer , and
ib not so interested in grinding down the price of their labour . Toe Charier would take the power oat of both their hands , &b 3 fii ^ e liberty to the whole people . By libe vty , he meant liberty tempered with discretion , l iberty for the greatest aristocrat , as well as for the working man ; he had been dragged from his home 1 ^ even times during the last fire years on various charg cs . Three times had he been tried , and four tunes he had « vadtd the prosecution . This was hard cono * towards a genileman ; but , under these trying circumstances he had never given way to his feelings , " ^ ***** not
endeavoured to obtain vengeance but justtGfi . Mr . O'Connor then alluded to tae wrctche . " * 'teacription of Btoff-stylsd . eTidence which was broo ^ « £ 3 > iust them , and stated ihat he told the Attonu " T ^ enwal to take the red box in which it was conu i&B 4 , ABd Bend it as a curiosity to the Chiaese £ xhibi < ^ - H Sir Rob t . Peel , the calm , the patient , the o . iu * tf * lMj the indomitable , the placid , mDd , amiable , -Sir Robert had been treated to a Jew of his disheB , to * would perhaps have been more excited , and th « o would perhaps have fared worse than he hb ^ done . The Legislature by refusing Lord Howick ' i * motion had shown their determinatioa not to
inquire even into a single branch of the distress ; they knew all about it , but did not want to be made acquainted with the details . On Tuesday , they would be pushed to know the causes of the late outbreak ; and also for inquiry into the conduct of those magistrates who sent men to prison , and demanded such excessive bail for their appearance if released . He thanked God that in the midst of the Ch&oa existing in the House of Commons erer since the Reform Bill , they had one spot of ground on which they copld rest their weary feet , though owing hiB election to a similar franchise as other Members , —it was an honour , an everlasting honour , to Finsbury , that Ehe sent to the House one pilot to steer the vessel into the harbour . The Irishman .
when told that an apple pie was 50 finely flavoured , because it had a quince in it , remarked how good an apple pie must be , if made of ail quinces ; so if one Duncombe was so good , what wonld the House of Commons be if they had in it six hundred and fifty-eight Duncombes . Toere wonld be no danger then of indictments for conspiracy , no arrests for Bedition , bnt now when bad men coHBpire , it was the duty of good men to combine . The object of the Charter was to increase the power of production , and to bring about a better system of distribution ; the present trammels on labour kept back millions of production , and , consequently , deprived the shopkeepers of their profits on this increase of produce , The middle classes bad ever
been caught in the trap to put down the Tories ; they did not join the League out of love , but as a means of putting down the Tories ; and they must so ferret them with the Tory lash as to make them come out for the Charter , as they did for the Reform Bill ; but they must first get rid of such leaders as Macauley and Russell ; they were too ignorant for the age , he doubted whether they ought to be entitled to a voteunder the Charter . —( . Laughter . ) As for the League , God forbid that he should ever hare such a team to drive . He wanted justice for all , and not a mere party measure . As long as he lived ( nBless something happened that he was not aware of ; neither Whig , Tory , nor Bham-Radical should have a foot of resting ground . The £ 50 , 009 of the League was nearly gone , and they had nearly drained him , and yet they dare not accept his challenge . They got their dupes to eire Is- at Drury Lane , where
they must not Bay ** boo to a goose "—where they had only to open their eara and let in the dulcet strains—to shut their eyes , and open their mouths , and see what God would send them . And though ihey had spent moat of their £ 50 , 000 , yet they had actually retrogaded . They had not called one public meeting —( shouts of Marylebone , " and cheering . ) That was a ticket meeting ; but the free men took the ticket off the donkeys . In this country , the only way to influence the Government , or to alarm their rulers , was to submit a principle to fair discussion , and let it be the adoption of the majority . If the League had treated the public fairly they would have been much Btronger than they were ; not allowing discussion , the people suspect that there iB error in their ways , no truth in their doctrines . If their intentions were just they would have no cause for alarm . John Bull was sa honest
hearty fellow , and when he saw that their doctrine was only fit for the ticketed ear , he felt convinced there was something not right at thebottom of it . They were sow going to fill the House of Commons with Corn Law . Repealers ; were going to bribe , influence or seduce the electors j but even if they could ° otain a majority he defied them to produce any good effect until there was : an organic change -bTer / oew administration was compelled to and new officers and sinecures for a frash brood of . hungry expectants , and therefore tht ? y never saui » word about a reduction of taxation , Jooking for some little emolument for themselves some day . Mr . O'Connor then showed that the land of the country a century back was divided amongBt abcrat o 7 , w 0 proprietors , and though four generations ha . d ijwung from their loins , the landed proprietors were iormore numerous now than at that time , all the ihil ^ ren being provided for by some Binscnre or > tner . ffae party who "ware most likely to assist in
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Raining the Charter were the Agriculturists ; not the ones who whistled at Downing-street , but those who whistled at the plough . They were the men who would Btop Peel in his present course ; fur they would soon see that if they did not stop him he wonld stop them . Mr . O'Connor illustrated thia by reference to Lord Warnoliffe , whp « was rather a poor noble * man , his estate being worth abeut iJll . OOQ a year . As a cabinet minister he had £ 4000 per annum ; his son bod . £ 2000 ; his second sod was Solicitor General , and as soon as a vacancy occurred would be a tfudge with £ 5 , 500 a year , making a total of more value than his estate , besides the prospects of his daughters—one marrying a bishop , another an admiral . &o . His political
influence was therefore superior to the interest : &o had in the land , and it would be-worth his while to abandon his land altogether if he could retain or increase his political power . Mr . O'Connor then drew an affecting picture of the miseries inflicted by the manufacturers upon the women and children employed in their factories , and demanded if it was possible they could be earnest in their profession of benefitting the poor . Was it probable that ; the men , who , as Magistrates tyrannized over them , and as masters Btarved them , would , as politicians ; be their benefactors 1 When the League had expended their funds but little more for a time would be heard of them , and then they might dissever the really honest portion of the League from about
one hundred and forty of the overgrown manufacturers . Mr . O'Connor then commented on the conduct of Acland and ethers of the League ; and clearly demonstrated that the interest of the shopkeepers was bound up in that of the Charter , and that circumstances would Bpeedily make Peel himself a Chartist , though he could the other night get a vote of eighteen millions of Exchequer Bills by merely asking for it . But , although Solomon was a wise man , and Sampson a strong man , yet neither of them could pay money unless they had got it . He wished the Income Tax had been 10 per cent ., and the Property Tax 25 per I '
cent . ; for , when those who put on the taxes were compelled to pay them , they would soon discover that the Army w&b not needed—that the police was auseleBS force—that a State Church might with safety bo abolished ; and that the Chartists , after all , were a shrewd set of men . Mr . O'Connor concluded by imploring them not to relax in their exertions for the Charter ; it was worth living and dying for , and they had only to be thoroughly united , and they would then never be in danger of meanly bending their necks to the yoke of slavery , but would be deserving of the name of Britons , and of the inheritance of the soil ; and concluded amidst great applause in the words of the
poet" Lives there a man with soul so dead / &c . Mr . Parkeb briefly moved a vote of thauks to Mr . O'Connor and his brother Chartists for the noble Bt&nd they made at Lancaster in defence of the principles of the Charter and tke rights of the people at large . Mr . Stallwood seconded the motion , and trusted they should speedily have an Executive , with Mr . O'Connor for a member , and then there would be no danger of their being enmeshed in the nets of the law . The resolution was carried by acclamation . ,
Mr . O'Conkok , in reply , stated that he scarcely deserved their thanks , for agitation was become so completely his element , that he was unfit for anything else ; and , if he did not meet with an annual prosecution , he should think something was amiss . He was determined to persevere in the same course , turning neither to the right nor to the lefc , and accepting nothing less than the Charter . He gave free liberty to every man to investigate and comment upon his conduct , and in return he should claim to denounce any man who turned aside from his principles ; for , if the first step was tolerated , the after strides became rapid . Mr . O'Connor then alluded to the History of the Trials he was publishing , and stated that when they had read it , they would acknowledge that their vote of thanks was not undeserved : it would be a full and accurate report of all the proceedings ; the reporting alone had cost upwards of £ 30 . Mr . O'Connor eat down loudly applauded .
Mr . Lovett , of Marylebone , moved , aad Mr . " O'Cona'ob seconded a vote of thanks to the Chairman , and the meet me ; broke up with cheera lor O'Connor and the Northern Star , The money taken at the doors was upwards of £ 9 and hundreds went away , unable to get admission , the stairs , committee rooms , &o , being all occupied . Seven shillings and a ptnny was paid ia by Mr . W . JUneall , to the Defence Fund .
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TOEKSHIRB SPRING ASSIZES . Thursda y , March 16 . Before Mr . Justice Collman . Eli Harpin , 25 , pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen a heifer , ac Thornhill . the property of Richard Card well . He was sentenced to be imprisoned for eighteen months to hard labour .
INTENT TO MURDEB . James Crablree , 26 , was indicted for having , on the IHh of February , last , committed an aggravated assault on Elizabeth Copley , in an indecent and Wtai manner with a hedge stake , with intent to VA And murder her . 1 Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Pasulet were for the prose ,. \ iim : Mr . 0 \ - £ kem > defended the prisoner . T , \ e iooseoutrix stated that on the day named in the 1 udioUnent Bhe had gone out of the bouse for some , "ttiik , and on her return home she was accosted bv two B ^ * who , A ^ er using some brutal expres
siona th > w h 61 on the ground , thrust a hedge stake up her pe TW » a ° d left her there . She was greatly injured bu * eo&trived to walk home with the stake still stickin * » n her body . The entire details of the case : are tota ^ "sfit f ° publication . Mr . Ovebe . ND addressed the jury for the defence , arguing that t . ^ v * Bome uncertainty aa to the identity of the v vwecer . Tho Jury retiri a «» a short time , and afterwards returned a verdict ° ^ Guilty on the second count , namely of attemp tin £ to do 8 ome grievous bodily harm .
Robert Atkinson , . '> > was next charged with having on the 21 st c ' November , stabbed and wounded George Woodc ock f at Hipperholmecum-Brighouse , near Halifax , w'tn intent to maim and disable him . , ,. „ j „ , Mr . Koebuck prosecuted , * ° - Bliss defended the prisoner . George Woodcock deposed , tfaat on the day in question he was driving his Wi " * # B on from Bradford to Bri ^ house , at eighteen minuten" past-eleven o ' clock at night , and having called at Wii wns public-house , and gone through the toll-bar , soi . nebod ^ whom he had known as working on the road \ . massed him , and be went on . About 400 yards from tL « toll-bar , the
man that had passed him turned to th *> horses , and cried , " whoa "—witness , in the mean . * ime « sitting on the waggon shafts . The horsea plunge d forward , when the man struck at witness with . \ drawn knife , and said , Do ' at thou see this ! " Wit ° f " plied , *• Get off ; 1 want to havo nothing too 0 Wlth thee . " Prisoner said , "Come up , or else I'll j . ' into thee ; " and he then stabbed him in the left t ! j after that he threw him down ; but be got up , a ^ a struggle took place , the prisoner saying , " If tho u does not deliver up , I'll run it into thee . " Thej ' were then against a wall ; and witness received" altogether four cut 3—tke last only penetrating through the clothes , but he distinctly felt the knife cut him .
Some witnesses were called , who bore out , in its main particulars , the statement of the prosecutor ; but some discrepances were brought out in crossexamination . Mr . Bliss addressed the Jury for the prisoner , and contended that there was not that certainty in the identity which would warrant them in finding the prisoner guilty . He also called a witness who gave the prisoner a good character , and who denied that within the last four years he had ever been working on the highway . The . Jury retired , and after an absence of . some time returned with a verdict of Guilty . Scntenco deferred .
CROWN COURT—Friday . John Wkittaket * jun ., was charged with having maliciously killed and maimed certain sheep , the pjropeity of Thomas Smith , of Coniebrough , near Doncaster . Sir J . Lewin and Mr . Wilkins were for the prosecution ; the prisoner were defended by the Hon . J . S . WoarxBT and Mr . Wjjekbb . s The prisoner was indicted under the provisions of the 7 th and 8 th Qeo . IV . cap . 30 , which enacted that any pereon who shall kill , maim , or wound , any
cattle , sheep , or other beast , shall be deemed guilty of felony . The prisoner ib a butcher at Conisbrough , and the prosecutor is a farmer at the same place . Daring a period ; extending from the month of November to the February following Mr : Smith suffered serious losses in his sheep , sixteen or seyentee ' n having been found in his field , dead or dying ; at different tinaes , from the effects of stranV gulatioD , which had no doubt bpen done wilfully . ' . The principal witness against the prisoner was a lad" named Chester , who had been in his employ , and who deposed to facts and admissioos by the
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prisoner -whioh went very far to establish his guilt—but the position of this witness aa ^ a discharged servant , of course raised a certain degree of suspibion 4 > n his testimony . He was , however , corroborated in some points by other witnesses . There were twenty-two witnesses far the proseourtion * and thirtyvfive for the defence . The trial was proceeding at half-past six last night , when Mr . Wortley was commencing the defence .
SUBSIDIARY COURT-Thcrsday . Before Mr . Knowles , < Q . C . Theophilus Bachelor ' , 22 , and William Brown , 37 , were charged with having on the 19 th of December last , at Fry tori , broken into the dwelling-house of ( ieofge Bickers , and stolen therefrom two silver tablespoons , one desert spoon , and two silver teaspoons , Mr . Baines was for the prosecution ; Mr . Buss defended the prisoners . The prosecutor is a farmer living at Fryton , near Hovinghatffc , and on the 19 th of December left home to go to York fair . At night , about eleven o ' clock , Mrs . Bickers and the rest of the family retired to realleaving all the deors and windows fastened .
, About half-past five o'clock next morning , Jar Wheldon , servant to Mrs . Bickers , who had slej " with her mistress on the night of the robbery , wj called up , when , from some information she recem from the other servant , she found that the daii had been entered through a wire window , that thr < stanchions were broken off , and that a great quai tity of provisions had been taken out of the dair Upon making a further search , it was discovert that some silver plate had been carried off , th ; the wearing apparel had been disturbed , and a pa of stockings Btolen . Two days afterwards tl . prisoners were apprehended by Mj&Atkhison , tl constable in the streets of StooktonlilHHn Bachelor
pocket were found several articleso'ffplate belonging to the prosecutor . He had previously sold the pair of stockings to Elizabeth Waiue , a shopkeeper at Stockton . Bachelor stated in the police-office that they found the plate on the York Road , about six milea from Thmk . He was asked if Brown was with him , and he Baid yes , which Brown did not deny . They made a similar statement before the magistrates , and Brown also said he had met with Bachelor at Belper , in Derbyshire , about a week previous . In addition to these facts , it seems that the day before the robbery , Mr . Bickers saw Bachelor and another man at Fryton , and on the
following day both the prisoners were observed on Wass moor . Qn the 26 th of December , whilst the prisoners were confined in separate cells in Stockton , about an hour and a half after Mrs . Atkinson , the wife of the polioe officer , had served them with their breakfasts , she heard Batchelor say to Brown , " We shall be liberated to-day if no person comes to appear against us . "—Brown asked Bachelor how he knew that . Botohelor said the mistress had been telling him so . He also added , " We must Btiok to the same as we said before the magistrates the other day . We came through Yarm between three and four o ' clock on Wednesday , but we must know nothing about the other concern . "
Mr . Bliss in addressing the Jury for the prisoners submitted that the evidence was not such as to warrant a conviction . The Jury found Baohelor Guilty and Brown Not Guilty . Tho prisoners were further charged with having , ou the 20 th of December last , at Cox wold , broken into the dwelling-house of Joseph Spenoeley , and Btolen therefrom five silver tea-spoons , two silver salt-spoons , and other articles .
Mr . Blanshabd and Mr . Wharton were for the prosecution ; Mr . Bliss defended the prisoners . The prosecutor resides at Shandy Hall , nearCoxwold . On the night of the 20 th Dec , Mrs . Spensley was the last persou up , and Bhe retired to rest between ten and eleven o ' clock , having previously gone round the house and ascertained tbat the doors and windows were all fast . Oa the following morning , about seven o'clock , Ann Easton , the prosecutor ' s servant , informed her mistress that the house had been broken into , and it turned out that an entrance had been effected through the scullery window . A quantity
of plate , linen , and provisions was discovered to have been stolen . On the day in question the prisoners were eecu within two miLes of Coxwold . The other evidence against the prisoners was similar to that in the last case . Some of the prosecutor's property was found in Bachelor ' s possession the day after the robbery . The Jury found both tho prisoners Guilty . Bachelor was sentenced to be imprisoned in Northallerton House of Correction for twelve months , and Brown fox nine months . The Court rose about half-past seven o'clock .
* B 1 DAY . Before M . T . Baines ^ Q , C . Joseph Sutcltffe , 30 , William Sharp , 22 , were indicted for having , on the 7 th of February last , at Nonhowram , burglariously entered the dwellmghousd of Mrs . Mary Andertoo , and for having stolen therefrom 13 s . Gd . in money , some silver spoons , and a pair of sugar tongs , her property . Mr . Inguasi was for the prosecution ; the prisoners were undefended .
The proseoutrix is very infira , and has a granddaughter residing with her . During the night in question , while they were in bed in a room on the ground floor of the house , they were disturbed by a noise in the room above , and shortly afterwards three men entered the bed-room in which the two females were , two of whom held them down in bed until the other riil id the drawers . The prisoners had a litht with them , and one of them had a horso pistol , with which he threatened to shoot them if they made any noise , They were in the house about ten minutes ; the prisoner Sharp had his face partially blacked , but the prosecutor knew him and could identify him as the man who had the pistol . Sutcliffe was identified by Miss Anderton . the grandaughter of the proseoutrix . The principal po ' nt raised was that of identity ; the Jury , however , considered this sufficiently proved , and found boib . the prisoners Guilty . They were sentenced to be transported for fifteen years .
Robert Brentnall , 22 , was charged with feloniously stealing a horse , the property of Thomas Aldam . Mr . Aspinall was for the prosecution ; Mr . Blies defended the prisoner . The prosecutor resides in Hall-gate , Doncaster , and is a livery stable keeper . On the 21 st of Oct . last the prisoner hired the' horse in question to go to Pontefraot , bnt instead of going there it appeared that ha rode in another direotion , and afterwards Bold the horse at a place near Swanwick , in Derbyshire . Ia consequence of not returning it at iths time he ought to have done , he was taken into custody . The parties had been for some time acquainted , and had had transactions
together in horse-dealing , there being , at the time of this hiring an alleged balance between them of £ 2 10 s . The prisoner , when before the magistrates , made a voluntary statement to the effect that he had borrowed tho horse ; that ho went to Pontefract , rom there to Wakefiold , and thence to Chesterfield , to see his wife ; that the horse fell with him after ridiug him six miles from Chesterfield , and severely cut bis knees , in consequence of whioh he sold him , and sent the saddle and bridle , with a letter to the prosecutor , informing him thereof , and telling him that he would provide him with another horse , for that the one he had engaged was so injured that he could not get him home , and he had sold him only for as much money as the balance was between them .
Mr . Bliss succeeded in establishing these facts , and the Jury without retiring , found a verdict of Not Guilty . Job Collin , alias Wood , 22 , was indicted for that he , on the 1 st or 2 nd of November last , at Hatton , did feloniously steal a black horse , the property of Thos . Heesom . Mr . Hall and Mr . Wharton were for the prosecution ; Mr . Roebuck defended the prisoner . The prisoner was found Guilty , and sentenced to be transported ten years .
HORSE STEALING AT LEEDS . John Bentley , Thomas Taylor , and John Carr were charged with having on the 5 th December last , at the borough of Leeds , feloniously stolen one mare and one horse , the property of Robert Ripley . Mr . Ellis and Mr . Hill conducted the prosecution . The prisoners were undefended . The prosecutor is a livery-stable keeper at Leeds , L < d on the 4 th December last , the prisoners , Bentley nt \ Taylor went to engage two horses for the fol-)\ vi a& daY ' Prosecutor was not in , but his son said iat if they would call again , he would ask his ither ^ ^ ey could have them . They called in about n hnnr afterwards and the prosecutor ' s son informed
them tha , ' tney could be accommodated . He asked then their Pames > and Bentley said they called him Buckton ¦ t * iat he was a reporter at the Leeds jntel liaenoeri mV . was going to Huddersfield to a meeting . Ta }** £ ave *' proper name . The two prisoners wenA *<« the hoiBes next moTmng , and the prosecutor asked Bentley and Taylor their names , and the s ^ e tale was told him as on the night previous to M * BOn- The same morning the two firfit-named prisoners were seen in Pontefraot ; Carr was with them . . Bentley exchanged the mare with a perm named T ^ « d *» a S ™ 7 horse . In f ; hft afternoonthev let * ' Pontefraot and went to the afternoonthey letv ' Jroureiraos ana went to
, , Doncaster ; and . froV information which Mr . Etches , poUce-ofBcei '« received he went to the publio house weK * . the horses were and saw Bentley and Carr . ^ e asked them where they bad got them , and Bentley V » d they-.-w « w . m' , and that Carr was his man . Bentley afterwards , however , told him where they hao . , got the horses . Tho case was very-clear ( tgainat JBenk ^ and Taylor , and the Jury returned a verdiot of v . * "'/* Caxr waa acquitted . Benfcley was sentenced to be transporte d fifteen years , and Taylor to nine months imprisonment to tiard labour . - < The prisoner Bect . ley had previously been vConrictedof felony at Leeds , in 1839 .
George Reed , 21 , thbmos Crownshaw , 18 , ana tenrv SmitH , K > , were charged with a burglary in te House of Sarah Hawkesley , at Ecclesfield . — ruilty . One year ' s imprisonment each .
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i TO THE E 61 XOB OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —j the jtrlal , being now over , I thought you might perhaps be able to find a little epaca in your valuable ; colmuns for a remark or two on the subject of *• ventilation-of coal mines , " * o . Sir , you Trill perhaps remember that I sent yon an article " on tne caaso and dresdfaleffects of explosions in mines , " some twelve months since or thereabouts . You will remember , Sir , that I then distinctly asserted that it was the driving of the works such an immense distance ] with so little current , that was" the only cause of ; such frequent , terrible and destructive explosions ; and that the only way to remedy this evil would be to sink three or four shafts where they only sink one .
Well , j Sir , I am very happy to find that there has been a committee formed at North Shields to examine and to gain information on these and other points ; and , Sir ; it is truly gratifying to see how well they have done their duty on eveiy point they have taken up . For m y ! part , I am highly delighted vitn the disco veries they have made and with the information they have given . All that they bave Baid is strictly true ; and all ihe plans which they have suggested must be carried fully out before the poor miner can ever consider himself as tolerably safe . Should the Committee ' s suggestions be adopted and enforced by law , ( fur depend upon it , Sir , they will never be adopted on any other ground ) , they will effect such a change and reformation in coal mines as will ba calculated to remove
a very heavy load of dread and horrible forebodings of danger and death , which have continually preyed upon the min 4 s of poor miners for ages . To such a degree has this ] fear of danger preyed on men ' s minds frequently , ! that they have been heard to say that they " feared the danger more than they feared the labour ; &nd that in itself is horrible . " O , yes , I have often said it myself , and have heard many others ; indeed it is an universal complaint . Well , soon may this crying evil—this wilful murder of man ' s bodies and comforts be for ever done away by the Committee ' s suggestions being enforced by law . There are a few mo ' re Important points which I have not seen ' noticed , bat which call loudly for Reform . The first thing I shall notice is , the pit-shaft itself . There is a vast of danger connected with the shaft
as at present constituted at most places , all for want of a little outlay at the first . Now , j when a shaft is sank , if it be intended for a " cast-up-ehaft , " it ought to be walled with either brick or stone j and lime , from top to bottom with cast iron cribs and rintf-dama ; then it is safe ; but not unless . If it be intended for a " cast-down-shaft" it should either be walled or aheeted with good strong sheeting , two inches thick from top to bottom . Then it would be safe in } most cases , especially with a little cast-iron cribbing ^ placed in odd places when there may be a little pressure . Observe , this cribbing should be placed on the front , or inside the sheeting , by means of little screws . They may be made to fit every crevice by means of placing tbta wood wedges between the crib and sheeting ; Shafts under this process might be made perfectly safe .
Now , { Sir , for want of this little expense at first , I know shafts , litre quarry holes , w here scores of car t loads of j rubbish have tumbled in . Sometimes I have seen stoties fall out of the shaft bigger thau I could lift , and sometimes cart loads at a time . And , Sir . I have seen skulls laid open , more than once , and others crippled ] all their lives from this very source . Now , { Sir , what kind of comfort can human beings enjoy , either night or day , who have to go up and down such horrible boles as these every day of their lives 1 But no murmuring , only very low , or else you loose the sweet privilege of earning a few potatoes and a little salt , even under these circumstances . O 1 brave Christian England . ' But Sir , tbese penny-wise folks are pound-foolish in the end ; for they have hundreds of times to mend and patch those old , rotten , pit shafts . Well , I onl ; wish the strong arm of the law to lay hold of these abuses , for I know nothing else will .
Now Sir , is should be observed , tbat u the air-current should be worked by high-pressure steam , ( which is desirable , and ought to be ) , sheeting , in the manner I have stated , would be quite sufficient in most cat ^ B . j The next point which I would briefly notice is , this , viz ., many poor hurrler lads are exposed to much danger , and are lamed and sometimes killed on the spot , by means of detached pieces of the roof falling , under which they have continually to pa < is . Now , these roads ought to be examined every day , and unsound pieces of roof pulled down , and taken out of the way . Bat this , like tho rest , will only be done by a Govern" raent Inspector . The next point I have to notice , is a misery vhich poor helpless children have to groan and weep under .
Sir , to give you a proper idea of my meaning , in the next place I must take you to the railway . Now , suppose one side ef the rails was lifted up some inches hi gher than the otber , by reason of the ground rising up in that direction , and supposing the rails to r . thrown into a z ' g-zig form , and almost buried in filth , atones , a nd dirt , and suppose a steam-engine bad a waggon j of coals to draw through a tunnel , and the waggon trailing first against one aide and then another , and the coals wedged against the roof of the tunnel ; I say , Mri Editor , "steam flying-horse , " as he is , this would be the way to clip him his wings . -Would it not , think yon ? Well , but suppose there should be a great lounging fellow or two kept oa purpose to keep such places in repair , and they neglected to do it from sheer idleness ? what would yon think then ? Well , but I know such a case ; and nothing dare be said by the workmen utiH . Yes , I know of a race , of poor
children who have to drag heavy loads of nearly a quarter of a ton weight , under these very circumstance * . Well , what effect he ? it upon human nature 1 Well , not an hoar j parses bat you may bear some crying most pitifully , and others cursing and swearing most tremendously , and calling on Qd Almighty to " damn the pit and the roads , and to blow it all np together . " These are the daily prayers of these poor , insulted , and provoked creatures . Here's your Christianity ! While our preachers ' sons are brought up in a college for God , these are jbrought up fn a college for the devil 1 My God I my very blood runs chill many times when I think of these anomalies . Then , again , they are put in a situation { whereby they are instantly coming in contact one with-another , and turning on another ' s back ; then there is such fighting and screaming , and swearing and roaring , and blackguardism ; why , in short , it is nothing less than a subterraneous hell ! I
Now , Sir , all this misery , suffering , and wickedness might be avoided under proper arangements . But this , like all the rest , must be done by a " Government Inspector /' Now , Sir , I have worked In the pits thirty years or more , and I have seen so much of the hateful system , that I should be almost tempted to drsh my children ' s brains out xathev than let them go to such sinks of sin and misery , as they axe at present . Nobody stands more in need , but I cannot doit Anothe ' r point I would just notice is " bad ropeB . " At some places they run their ropes till they actually break , and sometimes men ' s lives are sacrificed in this way . This , t oo , wants a " Government Inspector , "
Now , Sir , on this point , I just beg to say that a plan has just suggested itself to my mind , which weuld pre . vent any injury taking place , even in case of a rope breaking with a number of men on it . But how is this to be done ? No w , men who understand pits' will best understand my meaning . Now , the n , to accomplish this point , the conductors should ba' made of wood , and strong , and well stayed . Then , under each end of the balk , or cross-beam of wood , which slides up and down , the conductors to which the corves are attached ; I say under each end , and within a few inches of tho end should be placed a short , strong , Iron prong , with two' sharp piods at the e d in this direction—
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Now these prongs should be projected outwards by means of a spring when the men are coming up the shaft , so i that the brods would slide up the face of the conductors , but if the rope should happen to break , they would stick fast in the conductors in a moment , and would prevent the men from falling a single inch . Bui mark , two brods -would be necessary , as only one would split the conductors . These might be made to act during the men going up and down the shaft , at other times they might be fastened out of the way by means of a sneck or catch . Sir , if ] you think proper to let these suggestions appear in [ your columns , I trust they will be made of seme service , and you will much oblige , i Your humble servant , March , ] 21 st , 1843 . A Coal Miner .
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On Saturday , the 18 th inst ., aged 77 years , Mrs . Sarah Hemsworth , milliner , dress , and shroud maker , of this town . On Wednesday , the 8 th inst ., afc Arthur ' s Hill , Westgate , Newcastle , Feargus O'Connor Hedley , infaiifc son of Mr . A . D . Hedley , of Howarth-lane , near ( xateshead .
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REMONSTflANCE OF THtf PEOPLE AGAINST EXCLUSIVE AND UNJUST LEGISj LATION . A PUBLIC MEETING will be held in Ae Hall xl of thejNATipNAi Association , 242 , High £ olborn , on Tuesday . Evening , March 28 th , 1843 , for \ the purpose of Adopting the National Remdnptrance' to the House of Commons in favour of the People !? pHABTBR . j Chair taken at Eight o'Cloc& .,. In order to defray the expences of the Meeting , One Penny will be charged each person for admission .
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O'CONNOR , Eh- <* Hammersmith , CofflW Middlesex , by JOSHUA HQBSQN , at h& Printing Offices , Nos . 12 and 13 , M « dket-8 tre «! t , BrfggaWJ and Pubiishid by the said Joshwa HOBSd « i ( for the said Fbabgcs O'Covxok , ) atfiir P »* ling-house , No . 5 , Ifarketatreet , B * fcg »» J internal (?• mmumication erfstuig between tfw "JJ v No , 6 , Market-street , M tl »> said N <* If ** 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus constttotto * «* whole of the said Printing and Publisblng Oflto * one Premises . All Communications must beadiressed , Post-paid , W . Mr . HOBSON , Ntritorn Star Office , Leed * ( Saturday , March 21 , 18 « . )
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In THE Shrewsbury Chronicle , of Nov . 12 , 1774 , we find the following letter from Anthony Henley to his constituents , ( a borough in Hampshire ) , who had written to him to oppose the Excise Bill : — " Gentlemen , —I received yours , and am surprised at your insolence in troubling me about the excise . You jjnow , what / very well know , that I bought you—and by G—d I am determined to sell you . — And 1 know , —what perhaps you think 1 do noi know—you are now selling yourselves to somebody else . And I know what you do not know—that I am bnying another borough . —May G—d ' B curse alight on you all . —May your houses be as open and common to all excise officers as your wives and daughters were for me when 1 stood for your rascally corporation . Yours , —Anthony Henley . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct474/page/8/
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