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numbers of persons to make their way io the Far West . These soon found that the expectations they bad formed from reading CoLtfs letters were not Hfcely to be realized ; and that they znet with hardships and difficulties where they expected to meet with "plenty and enjoyment . The conse-< juence was , that they Tiolently set upon Colb , and ha was obliged to ** cut * nd run" to save himself from the operation of Ltbch la . 'w I
It 13 tme that ihe parties who were thus ilisappointed , had not more to meet , or endure , than they might reasonably hare expected , conld they bnthavs imagined the actual realities of a" first-settlers' life . " They had , however , formed extravagant expectations ; they had formed those expectations from reading Colb ' s letters ; and -w hen they found disappointment , they tried to wreak vengeance upon the man who , they avowed , had deceived them .
Mr , Pukcthlt ascertained the fact that the letters in question were never -written by Colb at * U I They were written by a land-agent at Racine ^ vrho was interested in getting parties oat to settle upon his lands ; land being comparatively valueless until settled upon . Cole was induced to allow his name to be put to the letters ; and thus the public were deceived . And this is but one of the many means of deception that are continually resorted to . We have reason to believe that in the information Mr , Pitkethlt will lay before the public , all exaggeration will be avoided . Things will be represented as they really are . There will be " nothing extenuated : nor ought set down in malice . " Facts alone will be dealt with . The reader will be then best able to Judge for himself .
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1 ' ^^ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " »» COOPER'S TRIAL . We had thought to be able to give our readers an Kitire report of this trial , so far as onr means of getting it go , in this week ' s Star ; and for that reason omitted in onr last so much of it as had then appeared . They trill find elsewhere a very , ample report « f the proceedings up to the latest time that ire conld have intelligence , taken , without any deduction but the sneers , from the Staffordshire Advertiser , up to Friday night , and thenceforward from the Times . Whether we may be able to give the conclaaon of it in our second edition we cannot Of course teD ; but we donbt it . We shall give all that cornea of it . ¦ ^ ¦
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SOTTIKGHAM ELECTION . Ocsreaders are , of course , aware that Mr . Waiteb is ousted . We have only just space to refer to the following resolutions , adopted ^ sthnsiasucally by the men of Nottingham . Mr . O'Cojtnob . has gone to Nottingham . - — u That we have suffered under the various oppression inflicted upsn ns by the Whigs and Tories who by their system of legislation and selfish laws , have deprived the people of their natnrai resources iat obtaining the comforts of life ; reduced the country to the verge of rain ; and called into existence a fearful amount of immorality , misery , and crime . We are , therefore , convinced that the only means by which this corruption and misery can be destroyed , is by placing the legislative power with the people , and protecting them in its exercise by the . People ' s Charier . "
** That-tre have no confidence in those who profes 3 wmpathy lor the people , but who withhold from them those just lights by which alone their grievances can be redressed : and being determined to rid ourselves from the perfidy of one party and the tyranny of the other , we rejoice to learn that Feargns O'Connor , Esq ., has come forward as a candidate to represent the town of Nottingham in Paaliament , as we are -eonvinced that he -will advocate nhe rights of all ; and we pledge ourselves to use every constitutional means to secure his re
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y-g- O'Coxsob begs io announce thai Tie received the foBoicing iums for the Defence Fund , which he has nol before acknowledged : —Proceeds of his address in the Hall of Science , token on his way to Lancaster , £ 15 ; from ihe working men of Preston , al ihe Railway Station , £ 4 ' , from Mr . Lutitu , at Lancaster , £ 11 from a persgn whose name Tie forgets , and who trill have the goodness to communicate it through the Star , 85 ., vhen leaving ihe meeting at the Sail of Science ; 1 / s . loos tendered io Mr . O'Connor in the Court at Lancaster , by Mr . Dixon , of Manchester , hut Air . O'Connor could not then receive it : Mr .
Dixon hetoever tendered it . The St fiord trials , in meney and subpeenas , have cost nearly £ 30 ; and shortly the grand Ji ghl cones on in ihe Queens Bench : it is , therefore , ctosi earnestly requested ihal aU local treasurers trill at once remit all monies in their hands to Mr . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet street . Jensis case , and those of all who have been convicted , trill have to be broughf before the Court of Queen ' s Bench : let ihe mesas , therefore , be supplied , * Tsx Tbiaj- " —The first number of the trial is published . It is printed in Londen ; those , therefore , whonre getting parcels from London would do well toprder what they may require to be enclosed in them . Several orders from distant parts
have been sent to Leeds . By the way ice have pointed out , much carriage expence wUl be saved , Loxdos FzMAiB Chabhsts . —Susanna Inge sends us a long letter to this body in reference to some matters which seem to be in dispute among them about the character of some -member to whose admission Susanna Inge objected . We cannot , $ f course , admit their matters of private detail into the Northern Siar ; but we give the conclusion of the letter , which seems , indeed , to set forth the object of it z" R ii a iong time maee tps all juetj and it is -wiBhri tl"vt "we should meet and come to aome conclusion . It is . therefore , agreed that we meet at ihe Political and Scientific Institution , Tnxnagain-lsne , en Tnesday , the nth of April , » t sight © - clock in , the evening ; and I do particularly request that not only those -who are meml ya -will be present , but any -who mas have Mi the society within this last three montba Trill come forward and state why they have dose so ; and if I am ths ootficle I no witbdra-sr ; and if I am not , they will , by bo doing , remove the stigma from me . There are also some money matters to settle , at -which I wish all to be present ; and other business to transact . Let me then entreat yon not to t 3 bo back-ward as yon have been , hat let ¦ us bagin our new year in harmony and union ; for 1 have not the riightast hesitation in ajing that all will fee settled to out satisfaction ¦ when -we have exchanged onr thongbta and opinions . With these remarks 1 take my leave of you , hoping that yon Trill respond to my call " And J remain , my Sisters , " To tbe Chartist causa and out own
" Little Army a true Devotee , " SCSAKSA ISGB . " A Coxsta 5 T StBSCBlBZB suggests that " Chartists thnvghcut the length and breadth of the land , tr&o can do it trilhout inconvenience , grow and veetr Mi moustaches : thus zciB ihe Charter be ez > £ r prominently before the eyes of alL Moustaehsi are becoming more and more fashionable every day ; and when the Chartists can adopt the fashion xciihout expence they ought by all means to do so , particuJaly as they will be paying a high contpbmeni Io their superiors , who , if they continue to wear their moustaches must be considered converts to the Charter . ' B . Brook , Todmohdeh . —We always make use , if possible , of everpihhw that is sent tovs : we are
\ oWgtd , however , to be guided by circumstances . JAKES lovUG . —Thanksfor his letter ; but ihe Quaker fool is not teorth meddling tcith . W . fi . Ltjeh . —We have no doubt , from his description ef the man , that it is Griffin . Cartlcdge is taller , and has a lame arm . H . D . GsJTFiXBS . — We have not room for his letter an the death ef poor Shipley in ihe PentonviUe HelJ-hole ; bui « £ perfectl y agree tcith him ihst ihe verdict ought to have been , That the deeeased , Charles Shipley , died of water on the brain , caused by the mental torture of the separate aleat system , the effects of which defies
all Biedieai-i = Mll . W . BiarEB . —West was not tried at Lancaster ; Cooper-teas in the indictment , and of course all that relates to him in the trial will appear in therepcrt . W , J ) x ! nsis . —The notice to which he refers was not intended for him . UssKt Bebseti . —His letter is unavoidably post ' poned tiH next week . "Rkrob is ova . iast—In the kiler of a toal-va . ner , the words * turning on another ' s back'' should be ** turning one arother back . A COii'MiltBB . —We have not anything in type that
¦ would correctly represent the figure he draws . Ocb Wxek ' s Niws . —The long reperlswe have given of the Chartist trials at Stafford end Leicester , must this tctek plead our excuse for the curtailment of some , and ike omission of others , cf our Coneypcndenls'favours . Such as are not out of date , or as possess public interest , shall be attended to next week . Me . Beeslet is now on his way to Newcastle , and wUl be there , most likely , on Sunday or Monday . Letters for him must be directed to the care of Mr , Sinclair .
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TflOius TiTj . 02 , ToitftUA ? , Dbvom . —if Mr . Taylor H" rc&d the nofipas of Cash received at the Stir Office , which appeared in the 6 th page of the Paper daf 3 d March 18 th , he bts overlooked the meney from the Chartists at Torquay : read them again . Pbjlscis Stirkas . —We do not know anything of the letter . The letter of inquiry has been forwarded to itt O'Connor , To AGKSTS . —Those Agents -who hive received their Accounts are requested to send in the balances , or they need not rxpest to receive their Papers .
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FOB THB MATIOXXL DEFENCE FUTO > . £ B . d . From J . Qoodridjc—eollec ^ ad Bt Abergavenny 0 5 8 „ a few friends at Berry Bro - w 0 9 0 „ a few friends , par Wm Wood , Cborley 0 17 „ . Hawick , per J . Hogg . ( Proceeds of a raffla for Star Plates ) 1 10 0 „ a Lovtr of Justice , ChepsHw ... ... » 1 3 _ a few friends at Kilmarnock ... . „ 0 3 0 » the Cbsrtista of Ptdih&m 10 0 « . a fe-w Mends at Hffwarth ... ... 0 5 0 ^ ths Chartists at Hippondes 10 0 FOB MBS . ROBERTS . From lionaon , being pror . ^ da of a meetin g held at the Feathers , Warrenstreet 0 14 0 FOB THE VICTIM FUND . From a few friends at King Cross ... . ; . 0 5 0
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( Continued from our eighth page . ) . STAFFORD , Tuesday , Maech 28 . ( Continuation of the Defence . ) The following is the conclusion af this day's proceedings : — Rupert Swetenham examined by Cooper—I am a boilermaker at Hanley . I remember seeing you on the 13 th of April last , abonl half-Dast two o ' clock in the afternoon , at the Crown Bank . You took for your text a passage oat of Isaiah . You did not
speak of the Queen ' s bastards . You said something about a Sing ' s bastard , bui I did not hear you say anything about the Que 2 n . I was present at Forretfpr ' s fire , and saw the witness Abbington there . When the roof was falling in , he clapped bis bands , and said , " We shall have a hlrsspd blaze when the the house burns ; this is glorious . " The house was not on fire then . I was near Mr . Aitken ' s about two o ' clock in the morning . I saw them break the windows and go into the house . I did not take part in thor-e outrages .
Cross-examined by Mr . Richards—I worg for Mr . Kirk . 1 am what they call a Chartist . . Never sa-w Opper before the lOih of Agril . I was not at the Spedal Commission . I was . applied to to come hers on Saturday 3 as ,. Charles Hackney , examined , by Cooper . —I am a potter , residing at Hanley . " The witness simply proved that Ellis was not present with Cooper at the Crown Bank on the 10 th of ApriL He ( witness ) was with him from one o ' clock on that day until nine o'clock . The first time ie ( witness ) saw Cooper was on Saturday the 13 th of August , when he delivered a funeral sermon on tbe death of young Frost . Cross-examined by Mr . Godson—There wa 9 no meeting on the Crown Bank on the 12 th of August . If there had been I must have known it . Ellis and I worked together . I did not see him on the 15 th or 16 ih of August at alL The witness Brownh&ll and 1 are not particularly intimate .
The Court here adjourned for a quarter of an hour , and , ou the proceedings being resumed , Cooper said , he had an application to make to the Court . He found that his whnesses / af ter having given their evidence , were not allowed to leave the Court , but confined within it like prisoners . The conseqnence was that many of his witnesses whom he intended to call , if this course were continued , would not come forward , and great injury would be done to the defendants . Tbe Judge—The usual course , if witnesses are excluded from the Court before examination is , that they are not afterwards allowed to mix with witnesses who are still to be examined . If they were to allowed all the benefit to be derived from such an arrangement would be rendered entirely nugatory , as the witnesses after leaving tbe Court would immediately communicate with those outside .
Cooper said such a course was not pursued with regard to the witnesses for the prosecution ; and if his witnesses were still kept confined in Court he would throw up his defence , and leave himself entirely in the hands of the Jnry . Tee Judge—If the witnesses for the prosecution were not kept from mixing together you ought to have complained of it at the time . X > o you wish , brother Talfourd , to keep the witnesses in court ! Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—I have no wish upon the subject , further than to prevent the witnesses examined to prove an alibi being allowed to communicate with others who are to be examined on xdb game point . Cooper—1 certainly shall not go on with my dafence under such circumstances . The Judge—You may do as yon like , I can't help it .
Coopar—My witnesses are kept in confinement in a regular prkon . It is qnite useless to go on ; no jnry , I am sure , will convict me under such cir-CuTnstanota . Mr . Hsynolds , the crier , and other officers of tbe court , begged to inform his Lordship , that witnesses examined for the prosecution were carefully prevented from mixing or talking with witnesses who had not been examined . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—What possible objection there can be to these witnesses remaining in court I cannot possibly tell . The Judge thought it of little consequence , as he understood every word of the evidence was daily published in the newspapers . It would be best to Bay no more abont the matter , and let the witnesses go if they pleased .
Mr . Sergeant Talfourd—I acquiesce in your Lordship's suggestion . Mr . Godson—But the officers of the Court declare that all the witnesses for the prosecution were carefully watched . Mr . Sergeant Talfourd—Well , but to put an end to the matter , we will allow the witnesses to leave the Court . The Judge—This will be contrary to all rale , but the witnesses must not communicate with each other ; if it is proved to me they do , I will punish the offenders . Cooper—My Lord , you did not tell the witnesses for the prosecution so . The Judge—But I tell yours so . Had I known ihat the witnesses for the prosecution were allowed to mix after examination , which I am told was not the case , I should have said the same to them .
John Bamford , examined by Cooper—I am a potter , and reside at Shelton . TMb witness corroborated the . last , and said he , Ellis , and Hackney went to Hendon on the 10 th of April , and that neither of th m attended Cooper ' s funeral sermon for young Frost . During the day Ellis was engaged in reading Lord Byron's Hours of Idleness . . George Mart , cbina-paintar , ot Stoke , examined by Coope ; r—I remember seeing the prisoner Richards in the month of July last . I saw him at the meeting at the Sea Lion , of which I was chairman . Richards addressed that meeting ; it was held about -seven o ' clock in the evening of either the 5 th or 6 th of Julv . I think that Richards proposed the first
resolution , recommending a union ot the working and middle classes , which he thought would prevent that ruin , which impended over the whole conntry . He recommended the peeple to be peaceable and quiet , as nothing could be got by disturbances . I have no recollection of his referring to the Queen or the police . They never were mentioned during the night . As chairman o / the meeting I would not have allowed it . There were some colliers in the Market-place at the time I went to the meeting . The first time I saw you was when you were liberated on bail , at Stafford . I never heard Richards speak disrespectfully of the Queen . He was what we called in the Potteries a milk and water
speaker . Cross-examined by Mr . Alexander-yThe Queen ' s name was never mentioned at all , in either terms of loyalty or disloyalty : 1 am quite sure of that . By the Judge—The Queen ' s person was never alluded to j I am sure of that . Edward William Sals—1 am a china painter and gilder , at Hanley . I first saw you ( Cooper ) , 1 believe , in July . 1 cannot say positively whether or not it was in ApriL On Saturday evening , the 13 th of July , and on the following day , Sunday , I saw yon at Jeremiah Yatea ' B . On the Friday evening preceding 1 was at the George and Dragon , attending a ball . Neither Richards nor Ellis was there . At this period Peplow , one of Cooper ' s witnesses , who had been observed to leave the court , and communicate with other witnesses to be called for the defence , attracted the attention of Mr . Richards , Queen s Counsel , who in an undertone mentioned ihe cirenmstauce to his colleagueMr . Alexander .
, Cooper caught the observation , and most vehemently protested against the insinuation of the Learned Counsel . Mr . Richards—Don't address your observations to me . The Judge —Really , sir ( addressing the defendant ) , you must confine yourself to your defence . Surely Counsel for the Crown have a right to make observations to one another . I never before heard ot such an attempt to restrict the privilege of speech . - Mr . Sergeant Talfourd—My Lord , we must claim protection against the insolence of this man . i \ o Counsel at the bar would be allowed to conduct himself in the way he is allowed to do . C > op « r—I insult joa ! I do no such thing ; but there are perpetual insinuations made against my honesty and the honesty of my witnesses . It is I that am constantly insulted .
The Judge—1 have neither seen nor heard of * jaj intention to insult you . Go on with your case ? and conduct yourself with propriety .
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Sale ' s examination was resumed by Cooper , with tbe view of showing that Abbington , one of the principal witoctses , wrt actively engaged in the riete of the 15 th of Au < just .--I have seen Abbington since that period . One Friday evening , when I w- * at the Royal Oak public houte , Abbir «{ toa , told me he had got Lome plate from Bailey Rose ' s , and he drew a beautiful i Dncil cateout of hisi icket . I asked him to let me look at it . He let ore have it in my hands for about half a minute , and said it came from Ba ley Ro-e's , that it was given to him , and that the t > erson who cave it him told him that it
came from there . I told him it was a very foolish thing to have stolen goods in his possession . He told me he should conceal it by putting it in a bottle with oil in it and burying it ; that when the confusion had abated a little ho could send it io Birmingham , aud have the initials era ~ < ed , and his own engraved on it . It was a beantiful rich ch » t ( d silver pencilca ~ e , with a cornelian stone . I cannot recollect what the initials were , I cauuot swear to them . 1 believe it was in September he stated to me that he had written a threatening letter to Jamo Wheeldon ; that he had written it badly and spelt it wrong to prevent detection .
Cross-examined by Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—I am almO 3 t sure that he told me of the threatening letter in September , I cannot say how it wag that I first stated that he told me of the letter on Friday , the 2 nd of July . I now think it was in Ssptember . I am quite sure it Was in the year 1842 . I am quite sure of that . Can ' t tell the value of the
pencilcaBe . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—Did you go to Mr . Bailey Rose's ! Witness—Yes , I went last week . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—What ,, was that the first time ? Witness—Yea . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—What , did yon go with Mr . Cooper ? Witness—Yes , and I should not have gone there had not Cooper taken me—( Laughter . ) Witness explained that he had once been committed by Mr . Rose for sedition , and tried and acquitted before his Lordship , the present Judge , twelve months ago . He did not like to Bee Mr . Rose ou that account . Thomas Tomkiusou merely repeated the evidence of previous witnesses .
Cooper here begged to mention a note which had been communicated to him by & lawyer . He was requested at once to object that the indictment must fail , inasmuch as the averment bad not been supported by the evidence for the prosecution . Mr . Godson—What averment t For your satisfaction I can inform you that there are uot fewer than twenty averments iu this indictment . The Judge—I very much doubt whether the objection was suggested by a lawyer . Cooper— I assure you , my Lord , he is an attorney .
The'Judgc—He may be an attorney , but he can be no lawyer , or he would have informed you that the time to take such an objection to the indictment would be wnen the evidence was closed . You remarked upon the deficiency of evidence in yeur addre 3 S to the Jury ; and it will be my duty to lay the case before the Jury for their decision . Cooper—My Lord , I merely lay the objection before the Caurt ; I not being a lawyer know nothing upon the point stated . The Judge—And your instructor quite a- ? little . Henry Sharp , James Livesley , and Thos . Mayer , gave united testimony to the previous witnesses called for the defence . They were severally cross-examined by Mr . Sergeant Talfoard , Mr . Richards , aud Mr . Godson . They were all professed Chartists , spoke highly of Cooper ' s conduot in the Potteries , and declared that on all occasions he preached the doctrine of peace and order .
John Moreton examined by Cooper—I am a tailor , and live at Hanley . I remember the 10 th ef April last ; I saw vou about one o'clock , at Mr . Yates ' s . About two o ' clock the same day , I saw you at the Crown Bank . You delivered a sermon . There was swgin ? , but I cannot recollect any prayer . { Witness spoke like tbe previous witness , to the purport of Cooper's discourse on that occasion . ] You spoke of the common land which had been taken from the poor after the Norman Conquest . You spoke of King Alfred as the be 3 t monarch that ever lived , You spoke of Charles II . as a licentious monarch . You dwelt upon the People ' s Charter , and said they would never get their TightB until they agitated
peaceably for the Charter . 1 left the Potteries iu the May following , aud did not return until about a month ago . I never Baw you again , from April , in 1842 , until I saw you in Hanley , on Suaday last , at Yaiea ' s . Cross-examined by Mr . Alexander—The witness Peplow was at Yates's on Sunday with Cooper . I went there accidentally . It was about four o'clock ia the afternoon . Cooper did not ask me to give evidence ; I volunteered . I had previously told Mr . Yates that I was present at the meeting on the 10 th Of April , and would be very happy to go to Stafford and tell the truth . I was at a place of worship on Sunday last . Mr . Alexander—What was tbe text t
Witness— I will tell you presently . It was ° Come unto me , all ye that are heavily laden , and I will give you rest . " Mr . Alexander—Who was the preacher 1 Witness—I don't know his name . - Mr . Alexander—Where was the sermon preached ? Witness^—In Brunswick Chapel , Burslcm . Mr- Alexander—What place in the Bible was the the text said to be taken from ? Witness—I think from St . Matthew , bat I will not swear it . Mr . Alexander—Then , you can recollect the place whence the text was taken in April , bat not that on Sunday last ! Witness—Yes . Mr . Alexander . —C&a you recollect any portion of the sermon preached on Sunday last ? Witness—Some little of it .
Elisha Mayor was examined by Cooper- —Deposed to facts previously spoken to , when he was subjected to a severe cross-examination . He stated that he arrived in Stafford at two o ' clock that afternoon , and that since his arrival Peplow ( Cooper ' s friend ) had read over to him in the Market-place a certain paper . Would not swear that it did not contain instructions as to the evidence be should give . All he heard him read he believed was a list of names . Was iu the ShouIder-of-Mutton public-house with Peplow before he read that paper to me . I was present at the meeting at tbe Crown Bank on the l&h of August . 1 was there all the time . It commenced at about ten in the morning . ( All the witnesses had sworn that it commenced at seven in the morning . ) Cooper here stated , that in consequence of the course pursued by the counsel , he had now no further witnesses in Stafford wbom he Bbould call .
The Judge—But we cannot allow the trial to be carried out to this unreasonable length because of your not having your witnesses in attendance , Mr . Sergeant Talfourd—My Lord , surely we cannot be charged with not having given every indulgence . Thomas Shute gave the defendant Capper a good character as a sober , honest , industrious , and loyal man . Cooper now announced that he had eight witnesses in attendance .
Henr j Foster , potter , Shelton , deposed that he was present al the Crown Bank meeting on the night of the 15 th of August , and that Cooper denounced drunkenness , and advocated peace , law , and order . The mob had broken into several places that day , and the defendant condemned them for so doing . At the conclusion of the meeting witness went to the George and Dragon , aud left at from half-past ten to a quarter to eleven . Saw nothing more of Cooper that night , and' the next time he saw him was wbra he was in custody aj Newcastle . Cross-examined by Mr . Serjeant Talfoard . —I am a Chartist . The sermon was oue universal strainft Peace , law , and order . " Heard nothing about turning ont the hands . Saw Forrester ' s fire on going home fTom the George and Dragon , bat . did not go near it . The Court adjourned at half-past eight until nine in the moraine .
Wednesday , March 29 . The trial was resumed this morniug at nine o ' clock . Joseph Orton , a blue-potter , examined by Cooper , deposed that he attended certain meetings , at which the defendant was present , on Sunday , the 14 th of August , and that his addresses had a peaceable tendency . When at Longton on Sunday afternoon he spoke in terms of approbation of the Rev . Dr . Vale , the rector . Was present at the meeting at the Crown Bank on the morning ef Monday , the 15 th , when he heard Cooper recommend the people to cease labour nntilthey had obtained the Charter . He ( Cooper ) called himself the self-elected chairman of the meeting , put » resolution to the effect already described , proposed by George Hemming , and it was carried unanimously . Was again present at a meeting on
the Crown Bank in the evening , whea Cooper saia he had heard various repovts respecting outrages which Lad occurred during the day , and which be hoped were not true , for that was not the way to obtain tbe Charter . Attended a meeting on the 16 th of August , near the Saracen ' s Head , which was addressed by Messry . Ellis , W . Ridgway , J . Ridgway , Riohard 8 , » jxd others . There was a motion and an amendment proposed . The defendant Richards pro- cxed the amendment , " That the psople should ceato labour until the Charter became the law of the land . " It was carried almost unanimously , ' And the chairman did not pnfc the oreinal motion , after . Never saw the defendant Caoper from Soiviay , the 15 th o £ Angnst , until last Sunday , when he saw him in Hauley . Came into Stafford lute last night . .
Cross-examined by Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—Four more came with me . On Monday night , the 15 th , did not hear anything about turning out the hands . Did not hear Caoper approve of the mode in whioh they had turned out the work people . The meeting
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on the 16 th was after the military had fired upon the mob at Burslem . Mr . Ridgway proposed the original motion ; it was to the effUt that st they could not get all the points of the Charter at onrs , they must get one point at a time . Ellis seconded the amendment , lieard him say something abont blood bein « spilt , but could not Bay he atatsd that every drop of blood whioh had bten spilt by the military Bhould be paid back with interest . Tho meeting on the lhh was disoerscd by themUUary .
Charles Steward , speotasie-ma ^ er , of Curzonstreet , Birmingham , examined by Cooper—I know the defendant Richards , and saw him at the Chattjst-roonw , Birmingham , between eight and nine o clock on the night of the 10 th of April last . He was listening to a funere ! sermon preaohed by Mr . Mead on the death of Henry Frost . Richards , afoer Mead had concluded , addrcv . cdthe ongregation . Should not have recollected the date but from the date of the printed hymn which was sung on the occasion , and which I now hand in .
Cross-examined by Mr . Richards—Was sent for yesterday , and tne boy , who weithe mestanger found me at a ball in Birmingham for Mr . Gr > rge White . There are Chartist lectures in the same room in Birmingham every Sunday . Ke-exam . in . ed by Coopar—The ball , at which I was present , was for the benefit of Gewge White , who is about to be tried at Warwick for sedition . James Martjn , china-gilder , of Fenton , deposed to Hie peaceable character of the spc : chei of Cooper , at Fenton and Longton , on the 14 th of August , and never saw him from that time until last Sunday at Hanley . John Humber clog and patten-maker , of Longton , and John Naylor , tailor , Longton , spoke to the same effect as the Ia 3 t witness . They both admitted them-£ olves to be Chartists .
Samuel Smith , clock-maker , Hanley , depo cd to the peaceable character of tbe defendant , Richards ' , spr : cb at the meeting at the Sea Lion , in Hanley , in July . He did not speak disrespectfully of the Queen . Witness was a Chartist . Heard the defendant Cooper preach the funeral sermon for yonng Fro ;* . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—We do not rely upon , nor do we ask any questions , with respect to the funeral sermon for Frost . Witness heard the rermon on the Crown Bank on Sunday night , tbe 14 th of August , when Cooper
preached from the * text " Thou shalt do no murder . " Tho Judge—The Crown does not rely upon that sermon . You have already got tbe general character of that discourse from previous witne 3 f . e 3 , and the counsel for the proceoution did not offer any contradiction . They did not even cross-examine upon it . ; Cooper said it struck him as material , inasmuch as the sermon was preached the day preceding th ») outrages committed by the mob . Tne Judge—You have already got the general bearing of the sermon .
Witness next spoke to Cooper ' s addresses on the 15 th , in which he recommended that tbe psople should cease labour until the Charter became the law of the land . Was present at a meeting on the 16 th , in the afternoon . Mr . Weir , a Orn Law repealer , was in the chair ; aud Mr . W Ridgway , Mr . J . Ridgway , Mr . Richards , and Mr . Ellis were present . A motioa and an amendment were proposed . Mr . Weir , the anti-Corn Law Chairman , put the same motion to the meeting— " to cease labour until the Charter became the law of the land , " which he had done to the meeting the previous day .
Mr . Weir declared it to be carried . Mr . Weir was a manufacturer and anti-Corn Law Leaguer . The meeting was called by Mr . Ridgway . Cross-examined by Serjeant Ta'fourd—At the meeting held . at the Sea Lion in July , Mr . Richards did not say— If the Queen cannot protect us away with her . " If any body has suggested that he did say so they did Mr . Richards great injustice . Mr . John Ridgway , at the meeting which he attended , deplored the outrages which bad been committee } , and so did all the speakers . I am quite sure that Ellis , who is now transported , also deplored the
outrages Re-examined by Cooper—I understand you , then , that Mr . John Ridgway called the meeting on tbe morning of the 16 th . Witness—He did . Both Ellis and Richards spoke at that meeting' Recollects Richards said , " Stick to what you are until the Charter becomes the law of the land . " He repeated this several times . His impression was that Richards meant , cease labour until the Charter become the law of the land . Richard Dean , maltster , Hanley , examined by Cooper—I know Abbington , one of the witnesses for the prosecution . On one occasion in the bar of the Sea Lion , Hanley , I heard him say William Ellis was not at Aitkins ' s fire ; if he was , I must have seen him . 1 was there myself . By the Judge—Did Abbington also say , " I thought I saw Cooper at Forrester ' s fire , but I must be mistaken : for it was Mr . Turner . "
Witness—Those were not exactly the words , but thev were to that effect . The judge—Will you venture to swear that he did not use Mr . Pearce ' a name ? Witness—1 will not swear it , but I do not recollect . By Cooper—I am not a Chartist ; but was subpoenaed last night at Hanley . Cross-examined by Mr . Richards—Can't recollect that Abbington said he saw Ellis in women's clothes . Will not swear that he did say so , but I do not recollect it . George Crossland . examined by Cooper—I am a
woollen- eloth-manufiicturer , ef Linley , near Huddersfield , and visit Hanley six times a year . I stop at the Sea Lion . I remember hearing Abbington state to the company in the bar at the Sea Lion that Ellis was not at Aitkins ' s fire , for if he had been there he must have seen him , aa he himself was there . I ; am not a Chartist , but a Whig in principle , and also an anti-Corn Law repealer . Henry Bath , of Upper Hanley . and Mary Nioholeon , wore next examined to the peaceable character ef Cooper ' s speeches in the Potteries . The latter fainted , aud was removed out of Court in the middle of her examination .
Cooper said he had several more poor people to speak to his addresses at Longton and Fenton , but some of them being women , and , like the last witness , never before in a Cjurt of Justice , he was afraid they might not be able to give very clear evidence . He would , however , venture to call one
or two more . The Judge—I cannot give you any advice . You must take your own course . Eliza Ridgett , the wife of a collier , Longton ; Mary Grattan , wife of a miner , Longton ; and Harriette Beech , Bingle woman , Lane-end , confirmed the evidence given b y tho previous witnesses with regard to the peaceable object of Cooper ' s speeches . Harriette Barker , the wife of the landlord of the Royal Oak , Hanley , was called by Cooper to corroborate the statement of Sale with regard to what Abbington had ' said aa to hia having in his possession a pencil-case taken from the house of Mr . Rose , the magistrate ; but the witnesses testimony entirely failed in its object . She could not recollect the words stated by Sale to have been used by Abbinaton . , ... ......
Mr . Preston Barker , the husband of the last witness , deposed that he bad known Cooper for many years , and that he never knew him to be otherwise than a quiet , peaoeable , and loyal man . Moses Simpson , boot and shoemaker ,, of the Pot teries ( Cooper ' s confidential agent in the Potteries during this inquiry ) , was then called , and was left under crob 6 « 8 xamiuation by Mr . Godson when our packet was made up ( half-past one o ' clock . ) It is stated that a Chartist committee is now sitting in the Potteries collecting evidence for the defence and sending up witnesses . About twenty have arrived in Stafford this morning , and are now awaiting examination . Shoals are expected in the course of the day , so that it ia Htteriy impossible , under each circumstances , to foretell the termination of the inquiry .
Mr . Justice Erskine has declared that he will sit until a late hour on this and ail future evenings until he has fi nished the ease . It is now highly improbable , unless some unforseeu circumstance , occurs to curtail these unprecedented proceedings , that hia Lordship and Messrs . Sergeant Talfourd Richards , and Godson will be able to join circuit at Hereford , or even at Monmoutb . If Cooper is allowed to pursue his present course , the trial will not be over for a week to come .
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NOTTINGHAM . ELECTION PROCEEDINGS . On Tuesday evening , we had a large meeting in the Market Place , tbe lowest estimate of persona there was 10 , 000 . Messrs . Simmonds . Dormand , and Brown , from London , delivered some animated addresses . Mr . C . Roberts in the chair . On Wednesday afternoon , F . O'Connor , Esq ., arrived in Nottingham , and at our meeting at aix o ' clock in the evening , the number was still larger than that on the previous night . Mr . C . Robbbts was again called to the chair .
Mr . Simmonds briefly addressed the meeting , after whioh , Mr . O'Connor came forward amidst loud and long prolonged cheering . He said that it was a fine thing to be an honest man , for he was the only candidate who appeared at the last election that had again come forward upon tbJB occasion—one party had learnt the wholesome lesson "thou thalt not commit bribery , " and the other party , the equally useful one of " thou shalt do
no humbug ; " he stood before them as a candidate , and he was the first in the field ; and , in the present position in which Nottingham stood , if he would condescend to use the finesse which politicians generally used on such occasions , there was now a fine opportunity offered ; but he held that politician in utter contempt ; who makes use of circumstances to gratify his own ambition . He did not stand there to gratify any pritate ambition , neither was he there to be made a tool of by any party , or to make foolg ^ of those who supported him ,
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but be was there to protect the interests of the working cla £ S 63 , and to secure ! the return of the man of the people ' s choice . He had ; concanted to have his name put in nomination to kesp off all shoyhoys , as a 6 oarcrow to ) hnmbugs . He ( Mr . O'C . ) then stated that he had had an in ^ rview with T . S . Duncombe , E * q . ugou the 8 ubj ; cfc , for he considered that it wai du » to that gentleman for the noble exertions which he made in tho cauce of the people , thai he should ba consulted ; and as he stood alone in the House of Commons to battle for the rights of the p : aple , it iwai our duty , to send some one from Nottingham that would r list him * He ( Mr . O'Cannor ) had no ambition to go to farliament ; he only wanted to see men in the House who wonld
work there as he was doing out of the House . He then , in a manner which called forth the greatest aDpIauce , alluded to the essential service ! which Mr . Duncombe had renderedjto the people , and gave an interenting account of Tuesday evening ' s debata ; and he felt convinced that the people would show the Government that the more he wai intuited in tbe Houee , the more cUwelyi would they adhere ta him , and support him , and show that he not only bad pa-weT out of the House * but thai they would net return men there who would not support him . He believed Mr . Duncombe would recommend a candidate to them , and it would be for them to say
whether they approved of hint ; if they did , by uniting they might secure his return , and destroy Toryism in Nottingham , i Bat if the Whigs would not assist to return a man of the people ' s choiceif they persisted in having a Whig candidate—he would go to the poll ; and he pledged himself that they should either have'him or a thumping , ugly Tory . But he would be with them a ^ ain before the election , and come , as he always had done , at his own expence . He concluded a powerful and telling speech ( but which the lateness of the week will not allow us to do justice to ) amidst the most enthusiastic cheers . i
Mr . R . T . Mobbison then proposed , and Mr . SiMMoj » ps seconded , the following resolution : — "That we , the electors { and non-electors of Nottingham , in publio meeting assembled , having closely and anxiously watched the conduct of T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., Member for Pinabury , aud having witnessed his zeal and devotion in the cause of the working classes , and also ; the insult , contumely , aud reproach to which his persevering advocacy of the people ' s rights have subjected him in the House of CommonB : and having the mo 3 t unbounded
confidence in that gentleman , I ft el ourselves called upon to strengthen his hands j by all the means in our power . We , therefore , reaelve to give our support at the ensuing election in [ favour of such candidate as shall have the entire confidence of that gentleman ; fteling convinced that he will not recommend any candidate who will hot pledge himself to the Six Points of the People ' s Charter ; and that the Chairman of the Non-Electors' Committee be requested forthwith to correspond with T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., upon the subject . "
This was carried unanimously , amidst deafening applause . The people of Nottingham , by this resolutiOu , have given a quick and powerful reply to the taunts which faction has heaped upon f * lr . Dunoombe ; and the enthusiastic manner in which his name is always received by the people will tea ^ h his opponents that neither he , nor the cause which he advocates , can be treated with contempt . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , three cheers for Mr . O'Connor , three cheers for Mr . Duncombe , three cheers for Mr . Cwpsr , and three for Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones . A procession paraded the town after the meeting broke up . It ia confidently contemplated that T . S . Duncombe , Eaq ., will be at Nottingham next we 3 k .
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TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STABSib , — I have nearly got into that state of mind to be p itoinshed at nothing that may occur ; but I must say that the assertion which Mr . Brotherton is reported in the Times of { Wednesday , the 29 th of March , to have made in the House of Commons , in reply to Mr . Duncombe ' s motion , did stagger me . I am sure that he would not knowingly utter what ia not true ; therefore , his Credulity must have been most grossly imposed on by some one . Only think , Sir , that I was " so satisfied wjth the manner in which Mr . Be 3 wick had treated me , that I had since called upon him to thank him for bis conduct ; " that by six o ' clock iu the morning he should j come into my house and take possession inaide and out—that he should send my servant to rouse me from my bed—that he should arrest me—afterwards my oldest son—and
even bis younger brother wai tracked from place to place , and taken by aa Inspeotor to whero I had seut him for the purpose of obtaining bail , —going into nearly every room in my house ; rummaging my private documents , drapers , &c . ; my daughters ' work boxes , drawers , &o . ; and then taking me from my family and my duties—and thank him forxooth ! Let those believe it who will ! Satisfied , indeed !! I assure you it would take a great deal more than what Mr . Beswick , Mr . Irwin , Mr . Green , and all the othtrs who accompanied them , have done , to satisfy me . No , no ; I am not so easily satisfied , Sir . Trusting to your politeness to find a corner , thus to give publio denial to it—having writen to Mr . Brotherton and Mr . Dunoombe by last night ' s post , I remain , dear Sir ,: Yours very respectfully , ¦ J . SCHOLEFIELD . Erery-street , Manchester , March 30 , 1843 .
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MANCHESTER . —Carpenter ' s Hall . —On Sunday last , two lectures were delivered in the above Hall , by Mr . Henry Jones , from Liverpool . The attendance on both occasions was large and respectable . After the evening ' s lecture , the following resolution was moved by Mr . Dixon , and carried unanimously : — " That the thanks of this meeting be given to the band and choir , for their love of patriotism in coming forward and giving their services to render our meatiags both instructive and amusing . " Mr . D . then said there was another subject upon which he wished to test them . And this was the more necessary , as the enemies of Chartism were endeavouring to give a false alarm . It was well i known to the men of
Manchester that during the trial at Lancaster the Leaguers were crying in every corner that O'Connor , Leach , Doyle , and others would be transported . Nay , more ; they actually 1 circulated through the town that such wai the case ; There was something very laughable in their conduct . On the Wedne :-day night there was nothing so sure as the transportation of O'Connor ;] he was sure to follow Frost . This wa <* what they could wish ; but , behold , on Friday morning , there was a full development of the " Jim Crow" propensities of Whiggery . When tbe news of the glorious triumph reached this town , how changed was their tone . ! Oh , said they , " We did not tell you so , but we knew that the Tone 3 wanted , not to punish them ; we always knew
that the Chartists and ( O'Connor were Tory tools . " He would much rather hear their friends called these names than have to lament for their incarceration in the dungeon ' s gloom . Bat the free trade gents were going too far when they said that the trials at Lancaster had taken away the confidence of the pcsple from Feargus O'Connor , Esq . He , therefore , in order to try whether that was the eaie or not , would move the following resolution for their adoption or rejection : — " That we . the inhabitants of I Manchester , do hereby give onr best thanks to F . O'Connor , Esq . for his
past services in the cause of democracy . And further , that we do place implicit confidence in him as an independent and disinterested advooate of the people ' s rights . And also that we are convinced that bad it not been for the Northern Slar newspaper oar cause would not have been in its present proud position . We , therefore , pledge ourselve 3 to support that paper by all the legal means in our power . " On tne Chairman putting the resolution to the meeting , it was carried ! by a forest of hands . The Chairman then put it to the contrary , but there was not one hand out of the thousands present . Thanks were then voted to the Chairman , and the
meeting separated . ! On Wednesday evening , the Chartist painters opened a splendid new room , in Watson-street , Peter-street , when Mr . Wm . Dixon delivered a lecture to a large and respectable audience oS painters and others . The room will be open every Wednesday evening . BIRMINGHAM . —The usual monthly conference of the Chartists of this town was held on Monday last , at the Black Horse Inn , Prospect-row . The minutes of the last meeting bavins been read and confirmed , the Secretary read over the balance sheet of the last month , which showed an increase of the funds oyer the previous month ; of nearly treble the amount . The Council then going out of office
submitted to the Council then to be elected , the following suggestions : — 1 . " That adistrict delegate meeting should assemble at tbe earliest moment coavenient , comprising deputies from Birmingham , Worcester , Warwick , Stafford , Wolverhamptoa , Bilston , Coventry , Leamington , Stourbridge , Bronsgrove , Redditch , Walsal , Wednesbury , Darlaefeon , and such other places as might desire to aid ia establishing a powerful re-organieation throughoat the Midland counties . " 2 . " That aa oat-doox public meeting should be held on Easter Monday , for the two-fold purpose of extending the organisation of our union , and adopting measures of making known
to the Legislature the present state « l publio distress . " 3 . ' » That every member Bhould attend , if at all convenient , the council meetings every Sunday , and also all other meetings ] coaaeoted with tee union . ' 4 . " That every member will preserve ihe strictest sobriety in his habits ; such being essential to the welfare of our union , and the advancement of our natonal freedom . " Mri George White then moved , and Mr . S . Lindoa seconded , " That the suggestions read be entered on the minutes of the council . " The meeting then proceeded to ( he election of a new council , whioh having been concluded , Mr , Gr . White addressed th <} meeting , which wag then dissolved .
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TODMORDEN . —Mr . David R )^ a delivered tw » Iecture 3 in the Odd FeJlowa' Ha " , on Sunday last . HUDDERSF 1 ELD . —On Monday night last , a plain and fancy dre -v ) ba'l w ? t given totheinhabitantsof Huddersfield in the Ha ! l of Piience , Bath Buildings . BRADFORD . — Qfa Sunday , Mr . Thomas Ibby . son lectured to the Chartists of Manningham , who have formed a locality . The Chartists -of Park-lane met in the Schoolroom on Sunday morning , and resolved to use evenj exertion to extend the means of education to well commenced by thenii The Chartists of New Leeds met in their Room on Sunday morning , and , after an . interesting di 3-cussion on the law relating to publ'c me stings . The question was adjourned to fcunday next , at ton o'clock in the forenoon .
On Monday Evensn g , the Bradford Council met in their room , Buttersvorth Buildiugs , when it W 8 < 3 rc : olvtd " That the Council do , for the future , meet on Sunday , at ten o ' clock in the afternoon . " The thanks of the mepting were given to Mr . Iioberi " , for his able and efficient manner of gett'Uj ? up tha defence for the Chartists at the late trials .
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LEEDS . —The council meeting of the Leeds General Cametery was held iu the C ^ urt House , on Wednesday last , J . A . Buttery , E q ., in the chair . The RbV . J . Bawson read tne report , from which it appeared that the number of interments during the past yeor , ha < 3 been 3 ° 0 , being the same as that of the year preceding , with only the exc 3 ption of three . The total number since the opaning of the C 3 me -ly , is two thousand eight huudred and sixty four . The cordial and unanimous thanks of the meeting were nresentsd to T . T . Luccock , Esq ., and the Rev . J . ifowson , the registrar , for their devoted and active attention to the interests of the establishment . It is the intention of the eommittea immediately to enclose and set apart a plot of ground , adjoining the cemetery , the property of the company , for single interments , at a reduced charge , and tnus of rendering it available for the present exigency of the town .
8 EZ . BT . —Considerable excitement was manifested in this town , during- the last week , in consequence of its bein" the time for the election of Guardi ? "s for the £ : iby Union . It wfll be recollect * d that the ratepayers , last year , triumphantly returned M ~ John Linton and Mr . Thomi- , Richardton , ( bath , member ' s of the National Charter Association , ) wb ch made the factions look unutterable tbiuga . Th- ? year the election proved equally sucse-. iV , although the Whigs and Tories united . Our friends had a much larger majority than they had last year . Sq much for Chartist influence .
BRADFORD ^—Factory Children ' s Education Hill . —Defeat and Flight of ihk Dissentino Minisve » s . —On Tuesday evening , a meetmsj was held in the large room of the Exchange . Mr . Acworth waT called to the chair . The Chairman , addressed the meeting at considerable length , declaring he would firmly support the purport for which the meeting was called , and allow none to take part in the proceedings unless Sunday School teachers . Mr . Smyth claimed the privilege of a tsacher in taking part ia the proceedings of the meeting . The Rsv . Mr . Glyde then proceeded to read some of the clauses of the BiH , and comment * d upon them . He was several times iuteriuptcd by the people praising into the room and exclamations of
" The New Poor Law ! " Mr . Glyde declared the intention of the teachers was to move several resolutions and a petition to the House of Commons against some or all of the education clauses of the Bill . The Chairman rose while Mr . Glyde was speiking , and said that some of his friends on the d&lform had expressed a wish to adjourn the meeting . Several of the teachers took the hint and cried out , ** Adjourn . " A motion of adjournment waa made , and an amendment that the meeting proceed with the business for which it wai met . On the show of hands there appeared a large majority for the business to be gone into . The Chairman declared the meeting adjourned . This raised a storm ; several exclaiming for the Rev . Gentleman to stop and bear what the working men bad to say to them ; however , they made good a retreat with resolutions , petition ,
and all . Mr . Thos . Ibbetson was then called to the chair , who commented ou ibe address of Mr . Ackworth and Mr . Glyde . Mr . Hammond spoke on the manner in which tbe meeting was called , and said that circulars were eent to . every teacher of a dissenting congregation , but not one to the CathoHo teachers . Mr . Smyth followed , who spoke on the bill , and the cause of the clergymen ' s opposition was the danger of the pew rents falling off , should the people * become educated ; at present , they were too poor to pay for seats in the chapula or otherwise contribute to support the clergymen ; the master had now to supply tho needful . Mr . Hurley followed on the same subject , and declared the clergymen were the only opponents of Hbarty . The meeting * 3 paiated with three cheers for the Charter , and challenging the dissenting clergymen of the district to discuss the bill with them .
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Horrible Occurrence at Tandraoke . —On the morning of yesterday week , at Mullahead , neat Tandragee , a woman named Jones left her house for a few minutes , her two children being amusing themselves in the kitchen at the time . Oa her return , she lifted off the fire a pot of boiling water , and poured it into a Churn ; but found , to her horror , that she had scalded one of her children in a shocking manner—the little creature having bat & minute before concealed itself in the ve-. sel while playing " hide-and-seek" with its companion . Irritated at the stupidity of her other child for not warning her in time to prevent the accident , the woman in \ the madness of her rage , seized astick , and struck tbe infant so violent a blow as to fracture its Bkull ; and then rushed from the house , since which time she has not been heard of . It is feared that she has committed suicide . Both of th » iU * fattd children , we understand , have died .- —Banner of Ulster .
Death op the oldest Woman in Newingtok , Surrey . —A few days ago wai buried at St . Peter ' e , Walwqrth , Jenny Rice , aged 108 years ! It sppeata from the parish books that she wa 3 admitted an inmate of the workhouse of St . Mary , Newiugton , in the year 1800 , whither she had been driven by honourable p rverty ; and from her then comparatively advanced age , it wri not at all anticipated by the parochial functionaries then reigning , that it would remain for their posterity to remove her corse from that building to the place of sepulture , in 1843 . Romance or Real Life . —A man who is confine 4 in the Mew Bailey prison for desertion from the army , haB recently been discovered to be heir to a property worth upwards of £ 100 , 000 . Application ipi been made to the Horse Guards to obtain his
liberation from gaol , that he may immediately come to the enjoyment of the riches which fortune has ri unexpc jtadly showered into his lap . Since writing the above we learn that his discharge arrived on Thursday , when he was set at liberty . His name is John Fliteroft , and be enlisted early in life into the Royal Horse Artillery . His discharge waa bought for him many years ago , but he enlisted again , and had cerved till within twenty-one days of the period entitling him to his discharge , when , some comrades having been paid off at Sbeerness , where his trca ? was then lying , he got into company with them . ano , under the influence of liquor , remained away from bis quarters , till bis name appeared in the Hue and Cry a . 3 a docerter . Shrinking from the consequences
of his indiscretion , he then came down to Manchester , under the name of Smith , and has been in Manchester six years , living part of the time in the barracks as an officer's servant , without the fact of his being a deserter having transpired , till about three weeks ago , when he was takes and committed to gaol . The property was left by a grandfather , we understand , and a Chancery suit respecting it terminated about a year ago in his favour , A cousin then set off in search of him ; and , though his journey was not attended with such extraordinary adve » tures as those of the Grecian youth who voyaged in search of his father , yet it was a long and tedious one ; and he travelled to almost every part of the three kingdoms in vain . He traced him to Manchester , several
times , bat the Boent always failed , owing , no doubt , to the ohange of name . He was found at length through advertisements whioh appeared in the Manchester newspapers . Heis a man very humble in hJ 8 manners , and of little education , but an anecdote was iold us , in connection with his liberation from prison , which smacks a little of aristocratic feeling . Oa being led from his cell into the prison wardrobe , th « turnkey handed over to him a suit of clothes ronioh he supposed to be the prisoner ' s own , to exchange for the B-Tison dress which , he then , had on . Fiitcroft , af ter examining them , said the clothes were
not his . - The turnkey referred to the book again , in which the prisoner ' s names and the situation of their clothes are entered , and observed , ** Oh 11 see , it ia the wrong ilitcroft I was looking at . " Hate you another ^ Htoroft here then V' inquired the prisoner . **• Yea , " wa 3 the zeply , " we have one now here fos robbery . " " Oh , " resumed the prisoner , "he is , « f another family , then , he ' s not of our generation ! " It is . stated that £ 60 , 000 of the fortune will be paid to him in ready cash , and tho remainder in landed property in . the neighbourhood of Ashton-undet-line and Stalybridge . *—Manchester Times .
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On Sunday last , aged 64 , after a lingering illness , Mr . Benjamin Ely , senior , of the firm of Messrs . Benjamin Ely and " Son , florist and seedsmen , Rothwell Haigh , near Leeds . The deceased was & man universally respeoted , aud his death will be long and deeply regretted . The various floral societies of the neighbourhood have , lost in him one of their bost and ablest supporters . Lately , at Kidderminster , Ann Taylor , mother q | Mr . William Daniells . Lasswade .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 1, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct475/page/5/
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