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STAFFORDSHIRE ASSIZES . { Continued from our Seventh-page ^} 1 am a Whig , and am for a modification of the Com i ia'srs . Never hid anything to do with-eii&er Messrs . ' Bidgway or 2 ir . > iasoa . Was net Eaocied to tear ! tbe Cora law Repealers ca £ e 4 a * spotis tyrants . 1 : ¦ was sent into the Potteries to wateh < t&e progress of j the crowd which c&me from Leek . -Tie-Cheshire ma- gistrates had sworn in 429 special «¦ constables , and I taring fee yeomanry Jhey w ? m { tetencined that the . nob "whs k&d stopped the bhUs at Macolesfield ahould not corns to Sandbach to stop the mBis vrithout a coa- j fiici . IS « as intimated to magfetrates--&at tJi « Mae-Clesneld and Gongleten peoj 4 « , who had-gone to I ^ ek , ¦ would come from the PtJttsrfes . wita the colliers ¦ from KadsgroTa , and prota ^ -l tw&asd'tecb . and stop the mills , ldid not t < "' i- * , « i the * cfeorities in the j Tctteries ^ rf the mc > > \»^ wd fro m-Lsak . . !
tJeoige Goldsmiti * .. zasiiaeA by Mr . -Senvist Tal- j fonrd—I am a draper , living at -Sbekos . l reeolleet - seeing the defendant , Richards , -in Stafford-street , j Sheltoa , T ? efcwcea nine and * an o " clocfc -oa the morning < of the & 6 i of August Tbe * 9 -were tccx oi five wort- ; ing men with him . Richard * said-to them *• How , my lads , "s * "o have got the paicoos' hossea down , and ire moat have the churches . ifvre-lo&BJhk day , we less : the d *? , for ever . " 1 had ± eard that the houses of Dr . Tale and the Bev . R . E . At&cbs had been burned . In the course of the cross-examination by Richard * ,
the deposition of lie -witness cakes -bscore the magu bate vas read , at the request of the defendant , fror Trfaica it appeared , that on a -snbaeoseat part of th day he heard Beveral mea in confer ^ atien in Slack's lane , Hanley , ( one of vthem -he had seen in compan ; iritb -Hichards , in Staftorfi-row , an the morning , ) i vhich they spoke of att&skiiig several gentlemen " booses in the tovn , and Also the -bash , and burnin , -them < lown , if their demands for money- 'were not com plied with . The men seemj that the -witaesa was nea to them , one of them said tint if ne-Tantnred to tel
¦ what hs had heard he \ rasld have , his-brains blown out . Cross-examination res&Ei&d . : 1 -give no information to the panic ; 1 did so to one- of the parties -whose Eameu had heard ; 2 shouldshave thought the destruction of the baiik . a great patlic calamity . Have neTei doubted that yon were the man ; have never said that * s you ¦ were a bloody Chartiat , . 1 -would txanspori yea if 1 conid . 1 did not say so -either in the , presence oi 3 Iasdpcis or John Cope ; < &orer said > that 2 lroold swear as many oaths as days is the j ear--Jos as man ; Shillings . Hie Court rose this evening at eight o ' c ^ oct .
FB 1 DA 1 , Ml 3 Sa-. S 3 . Mr . . Sdwin Bollard Abington , examined -by-Sergeant Talfonrd—2 am an operative chemist , and .-reside at Barley . ; 1 recollect the loth of August ; the premises of 3 ir . Forristei , at Shelion , w » e ~ on fire on tha evening cf f >>« t dsy ^ 1 recollect being viib Sir- Pierce ea that Occasion , near the premises ; vrfcea-sre -were goiss away ¦ jFemei the defendant Cooper Beant £ ie . BLick Hoc ^ e ; he "was going in a direction to the flse . Whea l : £ rst saw him hs was about 200 yards ficm ilr . Forrisfett ' s ; the defendant took a short torn to the Jeft , trhich- < roald take him . to the hack t > t ilr . Pomstsi ' s premises ^ d&-leodant torned round and stopped , when . l lost eight of > 1 tti ; thi 3 ttss about eleven o'clock at night ; . the defendant Coep&z had a for sap on . i-hid seen bim- « sce l > cfore - J cade a remark to Mr . Fierce before , 1 . left him ; 2 afterwards "went to my broihar ' s house .
< 3 ross- « MEuied by Cooper—1 am a-Corn Law ^ repealer ; it was nearer eleven o ' clock than ten when . 1 saw yon ^ Jiid seen you once before ; it was on tbs Ame eveciDg , between half-past six and seven , Tries you were going to the Crown-banks VI -observed year features distinctly the first time 2 saw ycc , which ea& > liled oe to poatively speak to seeing you near . Mr . Fonister ' s ; a observed to Mr . Pieree , » i » zna with me , " there is Cooper , the Chartit iectorer ; " upon Whiih yon turned your head away . Hi . fierce used Bome € xpresaioc , * Dd said he would have 4 look at yon , and peeped under yoar cap ; yon then Kex&jmay . , 2 lecollect a conisroition wMch 1 had with ilr-Pierca prior to your being taken in a car to JTawcasUe , in which he told me 2 was mistaken as to Cooper ' s
identity , as the person 2 had shewn trim was Mr . ITnrner , ol the JSarth Staffordshire 2 nfirmaiy . J told Hr . Pieica he was xsistaken , for the man 1 had-Ehewn him was the man a had heard singing in the marketplace . In the stcct ccnversation 1 had -with Jit = Pierce 2 > e said , 1 was perfectiy caireel in saying it wm . Cooper thej had Been In . the evening of the 15 ± of Angost , 2 nd not lit . Tamer . There was a good deal of excilemeiit in the town , snA many threats were used towards persons coming forwesd to give evidence on the jart of the crown . This w& * the reason why 2 did net _ g i * 6 ; evidence befsre , as 1 thought there -was sufficient erideuce without me . 1 told what 1 bad seen , shoriJy : after it taok place in-ceondence to several persons , ! amongst whom was a Chartist named Horton . 1 am a ! Am . T \ r ^ . a ^^^^ ^ ]¦ T T fc * ^_ . ^ a . _ T 3 . . i- _ % ^ _^ ^ i . _ J Hort&s told he had been to
" Bidgway -man . me J Xeicesrer to see you , asd acquired if 1 was going to ' give evidence against you . 2 have seen Mr Stevenson , sad he asked me if 1 had-seen you near Mr . Porr star ' s , on the sight of the fire , asd 1 toldiiim it was correct . ' 2 then related to him what J tad seen . 2 had once , -agreed sot to mention ttie oxeamstsnee of having seen jaa near Mz . Pomsters on ueonnt = of fear . 1 w&s some pat of the night near to Mr . Parker ' s house when it was on fire , but did sot see the figure in the for cap there . 2 knew several of the parties who were taking so active part in burning . 1 went to Mr . Aitkettsla house the same night . Did not 363 Cappur or Richards &i £ Te- 1 saw William Ellis at 31 b . Aitkcns ' a bouse , When it waa on fire . E lis » a at the back of the housa in the garden , asd threw a brick at ma when he saw saw = ie in the field , opon wMch 1 ran away . Ellis was not doing anything ¦ when 1 saw him . He waa very dir » . 2 t was very
light ; the house bos ? all in names at &e time ; did sot observe any arms in the hands of tfcoee at the back of the house . Those armed -were stationed at the front of the house . When SJis had thrown at me , 1 said , - it is of no we Ellia ^ l know ttvee . " Thisis the aazne "William Eliis that 1 understood waa transported by his own witnesses at the Special Con Ajssion . 2 lecollect being one of the Corn Law Bepeal delegates to London . That meeting -was held at Herbert ' s Hotel . 2 made a Tpeech there . 1 recollect ths tinw 1 ni deputed to go to London , was the time of the colliers turning out ; 1 was there asked if the colliers were poachers or if they were armed . 1 stated that some of 7 >> cm Tpsre poach era , and some of them carried arms . 2 said 1 feared that if such men came in collision with the military , the result would be fearful , or something to that effect . The military 2 alluded to were the yeomanry . There were no regular soldiers quartered is Hanley about the time of the riots , befoie you came into the sekbbonrbood .
On Cooper pressing boihb further quesBons as to What resolutions might have heen proposed at the Anti-Corn Law conference , an objection was made to them . as not bong legal . His Lordship told the defendant that the questions had nothing at all to da with the matter before the Court ; all that he could eross-exaoine upon in reference to the witness ' s attendance at the conference was any declaration which he might have made , which * would tend to shake the credibility of bis testimony . Cooper stated that his object in putting the questions vas to shew that a conspiracy of the members ef the AnS-Corn-Law League had heen the cause of the riots and disturbances . Hi £ Lordsiip told him that if he proposed to prove that other parties caused tha disturbances , it must be shewn ia another way .
Cross-examination returned . —I swear that I never publicly or privately heard of a resolution proposed at the meeting of Anti-Corn-Law Delegates , to the effect that the obtaining of justice was hopeless : that a revolution was at hand : that the wheels of Government ¦ would be stopped ; and that the Anti-Corn-lair Ijeagut had drawn the sword out of the scabbard ; and that it neve ? should he sheathed antil justice -was obtained . "Was Bercral times at Herberts Hotel for some hours each day ; I was four days at the Conference , which was held in July , 1842 . — £ Cooper here read a number ol propositions , which he alleged had been passed by the anti-Cora law-deputation , during the sitting of the conference in 2 jondon , which tlia witness denied having « ny knowledge -of , or hearing them proposed at any time . ]—1 knew James Livesley , a Chartixt , in the Potteries ; 1 have avoided him as I would a plague since he gave evidence at the Special Commission against a J
witnegs . named ^ Goodwin , who was called for the prosecution in Eliis ' s case ; Livesley asserted that he saw this witness dmnk at the fires ; never told Liresley that you ought to ke transported for your . opposition to the Jmti-Com-Law league . Ob the morning of the 19 th of August , 2 met Sale , a Chartift , and had . some conversation with him respecting the outbreaks ; it was before eleven in the morning -when laaw him ; J 5 aledescribed some acts of-violence , and said "this is your Anti-Corn Xaw League for you .- l have been a collector of church zates for Steke , and onoe there was a Blight-deficiency 3 n the accounts , which wai immediately paid j 1-have been connected-with amatesr concerto in tfae ' diBtlicil , ^ T Z £ a 4 ? 76 r * « "" ** pocketing the receipts ' ; MtW . Hidgway never said to me before 1 eaiehere to give evidence , " Do what yoa can , thatfeltow must te nabbed . " The witness Wilding told me he appre-Bended . Tiolence by coming to give evidence .
Cross-examined by Eichards—Several houses h « A been thrown dowa and property injured by Lord GranTflJe ' s mining operations . Had no recolleetion of saying he has damaged the property of others—iow doesieliie it him self ? l made do men remyk «» " it wag a glo » ou » but an bwXnl light , " and 1 did not clap my fo ffnfl ^ Be-exsmined by Mr , Sergeant TalfoanL—1 am & confidential s « rvant of Mr . Eidgways . The deficiency ja the accounts was immediately r " V 1 a op : it wai owing to there bein / f mo many small rates to collect In » ply to > questions put by Cooper , his LojdsHp { old him . that he could sot call evidence as to any d& > -darationmade by him on the 16 th ox 27 th of August , or any time afterwards , relative to what \\« A taken j > lace in th « Potteries , on the 14 tb or 15 th of Angust . Cooper iotiniated that the person he intended to hare < aHed wa » Mi . Feargns O'Connor .
Hr . Edward Uoyd fierce ^ examined Mr . Kichards —1 am * Bhttttist residing at Shelton ; 1 recollect ¦ wh at tooi place on the 25 th of August ; 1 know Lord Granville ' s coJUerieg ; 1 am acquainted with tha last witnessj 2 waf with bim near Mr . Forrirtef * 8 bouse Vhtu it ma on firei I recollect , when . Mr
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Abington , a person coming towards us , about whom Mr . Abington made some remarks ; that person is the defendant "Cooper ; he was ccming down Marsh-street , and going in a direction * to Lord Qranville ' B offices ; ¦ when he "sfis pointed out to me , 1 turned round to get a r « ll 'view of Bis conntenaace , upon which defendant tamed "his sead on one 8 We ; i saw him again 'when in the car going to Newcastle , and distinctly recognised him es ' the same person-1 bad Been . Crose-examined by Cooper . —Ton b&ve a peculiar t ^ antenaDce , and 1 should % now yon amongBt a khonsacQ ^ -w&en 1 saw yon it was near eleven o ' clock ; on the Teaark being made by the witness— " Here is Cooper , < he Chartiat lecturer , * you turned roaad to the left ; 1 have made-the remark that 1 thought the pecson-pointed out was Mr . Turner ; 1 bswjou inVhe car goiag to Newcastle , and felt convinced you were the s&me jiesson 1 had-seen near to Mr . Forristerfc , on the night of the 15 th of of August .
Samuel Pradley , examined by Mr , Godson—I * ra a policesian , at Hanley ;> l- ? tcollect the night of theCoth Autm't . 1 saw people going backwards and forwards to XT-i ^ orTisteT ^ 1 was standing near Mr- Torrister ' 8 backdates , and in consequence of Borne threats held out to Hie ^ moved away . Ingoing away 1 saw the defendast -Cooper , somewhere -about 48 yards from Mr . Forrkter ' s gates . 2 particclarly noticed him as he was passing , a had seen him at pnblic meetings , and also going to Jtrry Yates . 1 distinctly saw hisrface , and { t « ei his general apoear&nce 2 believe him to be the same dan . Tbe defendant-Cooper was going to-frards Mr . 5 " enb * er's honse . l-asw the defendant at Hanley watchiouse in custody . He said " he should not have seen the fires if he had not had to wait for eome money * hieh Jeremiah Yatea had to pay to him . "
Cros 6- « xamined by Cooper . —1 swear that 1 had the conversation with yon when you were in custody : ; it wastrbsn Mr . Yatrs brought yon yonr dinner ; 1 cannot say theipreeiBe time . You had a chain on both your lega part of the time you flr-ere in the lock-up . 1 do not recollect when they were taken off . This witness was further examined at great length , but nothing favourable to the case of the defendants was elicited . Cross-examined by Capper—I don't remember seeing yonat Hanleylrom the ISth to the 17 ? h of August Thoxias tBroomball—1 live at Shelton , and am a labourers-know Cooper by sight ; I was at Shelton « n Monday , the 25 th of August ; vl was in Marsh-street » the evening when Mr Forrist « 5 " 8 premises were on fire . ; I saw Mr--Cooper jost b « low tba Black Horse , opposite the New Eall Sates . He was going towards Mr . Fojrister * s , and was alone , and had en a cap ; I had seen bim lecturing on * b « Crown Bisk on Sunday ; I never saw him befsre-Sunday .
Cross eramiaed lij Cooper—I gave the same evidence against you at the Special Assis > es which I have now given ; I am a-ware that Mrs . Biake , of Shelton , came as a witness -acd swore certain things against me , but she did not knew ma and does > 3 sot , know me now : I went to AitkMJ " s bouse when oe fixe , but did not go inside the gates . 1 did not steal -fwo bottles of wine from there ; a . never had a strait wnistcoat onj ldid fire two shots accidentally through a window , in diBcharg ing a pistol oa an open Bpace of gToand ; 1 loaded the pistol for my own . protection , on the road from Stafford to Hanley . 1 cacied the pistol to defend myBtlf from the Chartists , who it was rumoured would attack and murder the witnesses . Nnmerons oUier . questions were put , when Cooper proposed to pat witnesses into the hue to prove that the witness was ston . -compos mentis , when his Lordship said it would be for the Jury to give thai-weight to the evidence which they thought it deserved .
On Mr . Sergeant Talfourd calling the next witness , several of the Jury ^ -presented to his iLordshsp that matters of importance -required their attendance at home to-night , and as soae-of them had a long distance to go , they beeged that the Court might be .-adjourned , as they had been in the-box from Monday . Mr . Sergeant Talfoard remarked that tba evidence in-chief would occupy btt a few minutes . A Juryman—But we don't know that tbe-eross-exasunation may not last vonr hours , as it has . done in ether instances . The Cuurt adjourned at seven o ' clock , nnt £ -Satur . da ? morning .
Satcrdat , Mabch 24 . She trial of Cooper , Richards , and Capper was regnned ( this , being the sisth day ) tb . 13 morning . On the opening of the court , Mt-Jusiice Erskine said it would , perhaps , be far thecoEvenience of the bar and . the public if he stated , that in consequence of the coarse which the preseni trial had taken , it was not his intention , at its coacluaon , io take any other . Of ^ jouwe , it was now out of ib . 3 question that he should attend the assi » es at Shrewsbury ; but . if it were possible , he felt he ought , if the present business adi&Uted , to be present at the opeaiajj of the commissioB at Hereford oa Tuesday . Jle ( Mr . Justice Erskine ) thought it proper to make this early announcement , in order to prevent the . attendance of Mr . O'Nieli and bis witaegses , and siso the unnecessary attendance of the Epecial jurors tad witnesses , fiammoaed for that person's trial .
Mr . Serjeant "yalfouxd . —My Lord , w » aretounderstand , then , that the other indictmeni in which Cooper is included is postponed until the next assizes ? Mr , Justice Erskeie . —Cer tainly . This is the only case < fcow long it will last 1 cannot tell ) whieh I can take . Cooper . —My Lord . sjn I to understand your Lordship only means to take the case of conspiracy ! ill . Jastite Erskiiie . —Yes ; but allow me to take this opportunity of explaining a fallacy which ias gone abroad . It has been reported , 1 am told , that this commission of assize is limiud as to its duration . That is a mistake . I sit here under Her Majesty ' s commission , and that commission remains in force unti ] it is superseded by another . Let it be understood , then , that I &hall sit and try this case , let the time which it occupies be whatever il may .
Cooper . —My Lord , I am obliged by the expression of yom Lordship ' s determination . Mr . Justice rfrskine . —You owe me no obligation . Let the case go on . Isaac Hackney , examined by Mr . Serjeant Talfourd . —1 waa on the night of the loth of August last a watchman at Shelton . About half-past 11 o ' clock that night 2 was standing in the entry which leads to my house , when & number of persons coming from Forrister ' s fixe , halted opposite the house of & person named Salt . There was at that time a blaze tf light from FoTTjster ' s fire , which enabled me to observe persons . Cooper was at the head of the crowd . 1 had seen him before the same morning , between 10 and 11 o clock , when the Police-office was broken open ,
Cross-examined by Cooper . —I did not say at the last assizes that I saw you in the morning , when you were brought to the watcb-bouse . I had you in charge from 10 o ' clock at night until f > o ' clock the ! next morning . You said the bolts made your legs swell . Major Power Trench , examined by Mr . R . V . Richards . —I am a Major of the 2 nd Dragoon Guards . 1 was quartered at Burslem on the 16 th of Angust with my troop . I saw Captain Powys , the magistrate , on the morning ; he requested me to torn out the troop . I did so about about half-past 10 in the morning . 1 found a crowd assembled in the Market-Equate . Captain Powy 3 read the Riot Act . The crowd was at that time cansiderable in number .
After the Riot Act bad been read 1 was ordered to clear the square , which I did . The mob came in from the Moorland-road near the town . I can ' t Bay whether the crowd from Leek came in that direction . There was music ; a number of them had clubs . A great number of stones were thrown at us by the mob . Captain Powys told them to disperse . The Slot Act had been read , but the mob still advanced . We had orders to lire , which in my judgment , under those circumstances , was absolutely necessary . We were obliged to charge . Stones were Etill thrown at us , and had we not done so my men would have been in very great danger ; it was an act of necessity . One of the mob fell , and after we had charged the mob dispersed .
Cross-examined by Cooper . —I am not an Englishman , lam anilrishman . lam a relative of the Le Poer-Trencbes , who have Bome share in the church property of Ireland . My family are largely connected with the Irish church property . I am not of the Beresford family . 2 am a cousin of the present representative peer of the Le Poer family . He is one of the Irish nobility . I have held a commission since the year 1824 . I have been abroad as a soldier , but have been in no engagement or in a skirmish against a foreign enemy . We are Protestants . I have some relatives in the church ; none of them are dignitaries . One of them ia not an Irish bishop . One of them was some years . I never saw human blood spilt before .
Major Trench , upon further cross-examination , gave it as his deliberate opinion , that under existing cirenmsianeea they could do no other for the protection of the town and neighbourhood than fire upon the mob . The witness expressed his deep regret that human life bad been lost ; but seeing the mobs of people who came from the Moorland and the Hanley roads , whether it regarded himself or his troop , or the public generally , be had no alternative left but to fire upon the threatening multitude . He believed that the course he then adopted saved a great loss of life and property in the Potteries . Major Trench added , that he had no Icause to regret the extreme means adopted to suppress the riots in the Potteries , and , that , thoDgb he had had a consi derable military service in Ireland , he had never seen < p large a multitude as he saw in the Potteries on the 18 th Of Animal .
Mr . Serjeant Talfburd said that waa the ease for the proseentioB . Cooper complained that many of the witnesses examined at the special commission in October , and others on the back of the indictment , had not been called . He wished to ask the Learned Judge whether or not he himself might call those witnesses 1 Mr . Justice Erskine . —Yon msy do just as you please . You are at liberty to cali those witnesses , as yon slate , for the defence , but I cannot , unless they are in court , compel them to give evidence . Upon the application of Cooper , the court then adjouraed foi half an hour .
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Cooper , upon the Court resuming , hoped that the suddenness of the manner in which the inquiry had , on the part of the Crown , been concluded , would uofc operate to bia prejudice . He ( Cooper ) did expect that the case for the Crown would not conclude before that night , * nd that he should have the enjoyment of a qeiet Sunday , to analyse and bo arrange the evidence as to save a considerable portion of the time -of the jury . The prisoner proceeded to detail the circumstances connected with the riots in the ! Potterie 8 on the night of the 15 th of August , and said he should Bhow most distinctly that he was not , « 3 lhe witnees Hackney had stated , habited in the « loak he had described . The first witness , Andrew Rowley , swore , that he ( the
defendant ) , Hiohsrda , Ellis , and others , were present at the George and Dragon , Hanley , on the 10 th of April . He admitted that he ( Cooper ) was present on that occasion , but he should establish by evidence beyond doubt that neither Richards nor Ellis were present . That was the chief evidence as regarded tfee conspiracy , and if he ( Cooper ) showed that they ( the defendant ^ were not present together on that occasion , he thought the Judge and Jury would agree with him that he had satisfactorily disposed of the churge of conspiracy ; and if the evideneeof Andrew Bowley were so decidedly contradicted upon this point , what would be said as to hie evidence as regarded other statements given in his depositions ] He ( Cooper ) pledged himself that before he had coneluded he would convict the members of the \
nti-Corn Law Leagce as the originators of the riots in the PotterieB . He ( Cooper ) affirmed , as he had done before Lord Chief Justioe Tindal at the Special Commission , that ho had advised the people to strike for the purpose obtaining the Charter ; he again repeated that he had no deBire to blink the question . The defendant proceeded at great length to comment upon the evidence for the prosecution , and at 6 o'olock the Court adjourned until Monday morning .
Monday , Mabch 27 . The defendant Cooper resumed his defence this morning by commenting upon that portion of evidence left untouched on Saturday , the principal parts of which , as it affeoted himself , be said he should be able entirely to contradict . He then prooeeed to read from the Quarterly Review passages from speeehes by Mr . Cobdea and other members of the anti-Corn Law Leagne , and also resolutions of that body agreed to at their conferences , of a violent tendency . He dilated upon these extracts with great energy aod fluency , asking the Jury if they could be guilty of the injustice of convicting ihe three humble individuals before them , whilst the -members of Parliament and aldermen still retained
their seats and their honours after inciting the people to acts of violence and outrage . Those men with whom he combined never burned housed , or committed any acts of violence ; but he and his friends contended that they had a . perfect right , while they denounced all violence , to advise the suspension of labour until the Charter was established as the law of the land . That was a strictly coustitutiouaJ mode of proceeding . But there were vipers in the form of men—they were the real incendiaries . He ( Cooper ) meant the gents of the anti-Corn Law League . He would establish this by the most incontestable evidence . Was Ridgway to escape—was Maeon to escape—was Cobdcn to escape—was the Ediuw . of the anli- Corn Law Circular to escape—and
innoee&t Chartists like himself , who were the sincere advocates of peace , law , and order , to be convicted Having denounced violence , the defendant said , ho would aext , state to the Jury what really were the doctrines which he entertained , and what in his addresses ho had always taught the people at publio meetings . The learned Serjeant in his opening address had etated that the present prosecution was not directed against Chartist principles ; ho admitted that the people of this country had a constitutional right to meet and discuss the expediency of adopting the Charter ; but the Learned Counsel tiad said , that a eeesition of labour would lead only to theft . If so , then let the real offenders—the rich strainers after wealth , the really guilty parties ,
be punished , and not the innocent Chartists . Who were they who caused a cessation of labour in the Potteries ! Why ., ibose who reduced the poor man ' s wages—those who when a partial turnout occurred advised the people to make a general holiday—those who , wilh the object of advancing the views of the League , were desirous of plunging the country into revolution . He would now tell them what he really had taught in the Potteries or elsewhere . He would admit that oa the 15 th of August there was & conspiracy , but that conspiracy was not for seditious purposes , but for the maintenance of " peace , l&w , and order . " The defendant went on to ahow that his sermon delivered on the 10 th of April wa 8 a mere exposition of factB as detailed in English history , and from these he argued the right ot the
people to Annual Parliaments and the other points contained in the People ' s Charter . This be did not consider sedition , for it waa clearly deducible from the stream of history and the best historical authorities thai Annual Parliaments and Universal Suffrage ( the right of every man of twenty-one years of age to vote ) were the birthrights of Englishmen . The defendant next argued in favour of the other points of the People ' s Charter . This was the way in which Chartist lecturers advocated their principles , and sarely by so doing they were not commuting sedition or violating the principles of the British constitution . Then , in the sermon which he had preached from the text " Thou shalt do no murder , " he had dwelt upon the evils and murderous character of war . What Baid Bisuop Porteou 8 1—
H One murder makes a villain , Millions a hero . " He ( Cooper ) still maintained the same opinions . He denounced the profession of that man who wore a peculiarly cut and coloured coat , and carried a sword for the purpose of professionally taking away the life of his fellow-creatures . This , he hoped too , waa not preaching sedition . Before concluding , he begged of them to dismiss from their memory any impressions to his disadvantage which might have been produced upon their minds by a perusal of the pnblio newspapers . He particularly cautioned them against the attempts made by the Morning Chronicle to injure him in the eyes of the publio . It was well known chat Sir John Easthope was the proprietor
of that journal . "Now , it so happened , that at the last general election he ( Cooper ) stood with Sir J . Easthope and Mr . W . Ellis as the Anti-Corn Law League candidates . Of conrse he ( the defendant ) stood beside Sir John on the hustings , and took occasion to make some reference to the Hon . Candidate ' s practices at former elections . He ( Cooper ) told the meeting what he knew to bo the fact , that a former election at Leicester cost Sir John Easthope not less than £ 16 , 000 . There was the proprietor of theMorning Chronicle , with purity upon his lips , bribing and corrupting the burgesses of Leicester . He ( Cooper )
said such a person had do nghi to appear as a candidate in Leicester , and that according to the show of handB he ( Cooper ) onght to go to Parliament as their representative . Thia offended Sir John East hope , or Sir John Softsoap , as he was called in Leicester , and the consequence was , in the Morning Chronicle "he ( Cooper ) was stigmatized as "the great Leicester incendiary , in the pay of the Tories . " " Me paid by the Tories ! " exclaimed Cooper ; " so help me God , 1 was never feed , was never bought , was never paid by any party ; much less by the Tories . " He admitted that at the first election for Nottingham he did go into Mr . Walter ' s committee-room .
The Judge . —I do not see hew a reference to what occurred at Nottingham can have anything to do with this inquiry . Cooper said his object was to dismiss the minds of the jury of any impressions they might have formed from the statements in the public newspapers ; and when he went into Mr . Walter ' s com mi tie room he told that gentleman , that although he and his friends came to give their support , yet they did not approve of his ( Mr . WalterV ) political principles . His expression was , * ' We coma to assist you , Mr . Walter , in cutting the throats of the Whigs , in order that afterwards we may have the opportunity of cutting tbe throats of yourselves and those of your political friends . " That was what he told Mr .
Walter ; and now he ( Cooper ) was prosecuted by a Tory Government . " At the time , s aid the defendant , I went to Nottingham I thought I was doing right , I now think I did wrong , and so help me God , I would Booner have this hand cut off than I would do again what 1 did on that occasion . " For the course which he had pursued he had been persecuted by the Morning Chronisle , in which paper it waa lyingly stated , on the Seventeenth of August , that there were no burnings in the Potteries until he went into that district . Since then , the same paper had expressed its regret that Ellis and others should be Bent over the seas , " whi ' e the real rogues hired by the Tories ( meaning himself and others )
were allowed to remain in the country . " Had he ( Cooper ) no right to complain of these vile statements and obstipations , and was he not justified in entreating the jury to be careful , lest they should be influenced by them . The defendant hoped before he concluded he Bhould be allowed briefly to allude to bis personal history , in order that the jury might judge from the details of that history whether he was a person likely to commit the crimes with which he was charged . £ The defendant proceeded to state his " birth , parentage , and education , " as reported in the Times when the prisoner was upon his trial for arson at the Special Commission in Oetober last . ] At one period , when in London , he
was favoured with the notice , and as be imagined the patronage , cf a literary baronet , the personal friend of the learned Serjeat ( Talfourd ) who conducted the present prosecution . He ( Cooper ) had assisted the baronet in certain elections for Lincoln , and he took the liberty of placing in hifl handB the manuscript of a romance with a view to its publication . The Hon . Baronet promised to present it to his own publisher , but he ( Cooper ) had reason to believe that the Hon . Baronet told a falsehood . The Judge again interfered . Cooper begged pardon , but he mentioned it only as one incident of his life . When he proved to them that he ** s not : in the Potteries on tbe 12 th of
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August , when he showed that although on the 15 th he did conspire , but not to effect violence , but to preserve peace—when they bore in mind the practices of other parties , protected , if not aided and abetted , fey the members of the late Governmentwhen they remembered that if the Chartists were guilty of agitating in support of their principles , they were only following in a humble way the example of others occupying high places in the counry—when they recollected al ^ these things he could not bring his mind to believe that the Jury would find himself or his aged friends guilty of the oSeace imputed to them . No , they would never return a verdict of guilty against such humble men , when magistrates , members of Parliament and-members of the anti-Corn Law League were allowed to iro at large unprosecuted and unpunished—when
Government quietly allowed the growth of a gigantic conspiracy , daily bearding Parliament itself , and suoh as before was ne » er allowed to exist in this country ; No , whatever their respect might be for Sir Robert Peel and his Government , he did hope , while suoh lofty criminals were allowed to go at liberty , the Jury would not feel justified in punishing the humble but honest individuals then opon their trial . Let , however , their verdict be what it might , he should bow with due respect . Thia , however , he might be allowed to say , —a verdict of guilty would not subdue the spirit of a Chartist conscious that in all he had dene he had only sought to benefit his fellow-men . It was impossible to put out the light of democratic truth in this country . The defendant concluded an energetic speech of upwards of ten hours' duration by expressing his confidence in a verdict of acquittal .
Richards and Capper then addressed the jury in short speeches , principally resting their hopes of a successful defence upon alibis , which they proposed to prove , and character . The following witnesses were then called : — Thomas Brandred , iron-founder , of Shelton , gave the defendant Capper a high character as a kindhearted , honest , peaceable , and , as far as ho knew , loyal man . William Thorneycroft , iron-founder , of the Potteries , had known Capper for 25 years , and always thought him a peaceable , quiet , honest , industrious , and loyal man . Edward Jeunens , examined by the defendant Cooper . The Judge—Is this witness as to character * Cooper—No , my Lord , it is to prove Richard ' s alibi on the 10 th of April .
Witness—1 keep the Temperance Hotel at Birmingham , and am a teetotaller of nine years standing . On the 10 th of April last he dined at my house between one and two o ' clock . He had slept at my house on the previous night . 1 saw him in the morning soon after he got up . This was from eight to nine o ' clock . He came to my house lace in the evening on the Monday previous . I did not see him after dinner on the 10 th until eleven o ' clock at night . He went away on the Monday morning about
nine o ' clock . I understood that he was going to Walsall . Cross-examined by Mr . Sergeant Talfourd—I have known Riohards for about four years . I recollect it was the lOth of April , as a Conference was held there at the time . He always cornea aa a customer , but I do not keep any book . I have no memorandum which will assist me as to the time when Richards was at my house . 1 remember that it was the 10 th of April when Richards was at my house , because he waa short of money and went away
without paying . Anne Jennens , examined by Cooper—Is the wife of the last witness . I know the defendant Riohards . He was at our house on the 10 th of April . He dined with us at one o ' clock . He came on Monday , the 4 th of April . 1 know Richards was at the Temperance Coffee-house on the 10 th of April , because there was a Stiirge Conference held at the time . Riohards went away without paying , but returned afterwards from Walsall and settled with me . Cross-examined by Mr . Richarda— When Richards returned from Walsall he paid me 5 s . 6 d . He slept &t the house seven times , and breakfasted once . The only time he dined was on the 10 th of April . The Sturge Conference finished , I believe , on the Saturday night .
Edward Preston Mead , examined by Cooper—I am an artist and a Chartist leader , resident in Birmingham for fourteen years . I know John Richards , and saw him on the night of the 10 th of April , between Beven and nine o ' clock , at the Aetou-street lecture . I had delivered a sermon previous to Mr . Richards speaking that evening . I had not seen him before that day ; bat several times during the week . I met him at the Chartist Confereuce , held at the Red Lion , in Smallbrook-street , to watch the proceedings of the Sturge Conference . I know it was the lOih of April , because the sermon I delivered that evening was a funeral sermon for young Frost ; who died three days previously . Cooper—You mean Henry Frost , the son of the exile 1 Witness—Y «« .
Cross-examined by Serjeant Talfourd—The congregation at Aston-street , consisted of about 200 persons . 1 was a member of the Chartist Conference . Richards attended as a delegate . I have always remembered that it was Sunday , the 10 th of April . I cannot tell whether I lectured in Aston-street on Sunday , the 3 rd , or on Sunday , the 17 ch . The only day I can recollect with certainty is the 10 th . Mr . John Drewry , examined by Cooper—I am a printer residing in Stafford , and priuted the bill now produced for the defendant Cooper on Friday ,
the 12 th of August . It ( the bill , which waa read ) announced that Cooper would deliver a lecture in the Market-place in Stafford on the night of the 12 th of August last year . Cross-examined by Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—Did not see Cooper present at the meeting in the Marketplace in the evening . ( This evidence was given with a view to Bhow that Cooper was not present in the Potteries on the night of the 12 th of August , three days before the business commenced . ) The Court adjourned at eight o clock until nine the following morning .
Tcesday , March 28 . The Court opened this morning at nine o ' clock . Ann Smith , called by Cooper . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd rose and said , this witness he presumed was called to prove that the defendant Cooper was in Stafford on the evening of the 12 th of August , and thus show that the witness Rowley was mistaken . Now , this waa perfectly consistent with his ( Mr . Sergeant Talfoard ' s ) instructions and opening . He stated that Cooper did not arrive in the PotterieB until Saturday , the 13 th ; and as he ( Mr . Serjeant Talfourd ) believed Cooper was in Stafford on the Friday night in question , he was willing , on the part of the Crown , to make that
admission . The Judge—But in a criminal case I cannot take an admission . The f&ot must be proved . The witness Anne Smith then deposed , that she saw Cooper in Stafford , in August last , but could not recollect the precise day . He slept at her house and was brought there by Mtb . Peplow . William Peplow , examined by Cooper—I am secretary to the Stafford Chartist Association , and remember seeing the defendant Cooper at Stafford on the 12 th of August . He attended at meetings in the Market-place , and by adjournment on the flat the samo evening . 1 saw him at the meeting on the flat ( or common ) about nine o ' clock . The adjournment took place to the common in consequence of some yeomanry officers giving a number of Italian musicians money to disturb the proceedings in the Market-place .
Mr . Sergeant Talfourd—We don't dispute that the defendant could not be at Hanley at the time the meeting was held at Stafford . 1 have no questions to ask Mr . Peplow . Cooper thought he had reason tp complain of the conduct of the Learned Counsel , aa the fact of his being in Stafford on the 12 th was notorious . He ought not to be put to the trouble of calling witnesses upon that poin * . Thomas Lawton , examined by Cooper—I am a shoemaker , residing in Stafford . The Judge—It cannot be necessary to call further witnesses to prove a fact already sufficiently proved and admitted by the prosecution . It is unnecessary to go further on this point .
William Beddington was then called . —Examined by Mr . Cooper—I am a cbina painter at Shelton , in the Potteries . I remember the 10 th of April last year , when I saw you ( Cooper ) in the Potteties . 1 b&w y ou also the Saturday night preceding , about ten o ' clock , at Jeremiah Yate& ' s . He keeps a temperance coffee-house , and soliil the Northern Star and Commonweallhsman ( which yoa publish ) , and other publications . I saw you the next day ( Sunday ) in the afternoon , at the Crown Bank . You were in the aot of singing , prayer succeeded , and then yon took a text . I recollect part of the text . It was taken from the fourth chapter of Isaiah , and the 14 th and 15 th verses . It was about the princes of the people eating up the vineyards and devouring widows' 'houses . I was very much delighted , because it was an historical subject . There was a reference made to the rulnrs of the earth , and some
mention made of one of our kings and bastards . Cooper- ^ King or Queen ! Witness—King . I heard you say very little about the Queen . To the best of my recollection you referred to one of the Charles ' s . Allusion was made to King Qeorge IV . I recollect you mentioned the state of the poor , and what you bad seen in you own neighbourhood . I saw you again at the Georg and Dragon room at Hanley , at half-past sir o'clock the same evening . That was the Chartist room at that time . Yon was just about taking your text . The sermon related to the death of young Frost . The text was out of James , and the sermon treated of pure and undefined religion . I can feel the subject now . I saw you again at Jeremiah Yates ' s at half-past ten o ' clock the same evening . Cooper—Have you any doubt that this was on the 10 th of April !
Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—There is not the least doubt of it , for that is bo stated ia the case for the prosecution .
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Witness—I have good reason to know it was the 10 th of April , for I had a good deal to do with sending John Richards , the prisoner , off to Birmingham . 1 Cooper . —Now , to ; cat the matter 6 hort t did you see either Ellis or Richards present at the Crown-bank at the meeting on the Sunday afternoon 1 Witness—I did not . Richards could not be there , for he was in Birmingham . I saw yon again in Leeds in July , but ij cannot tell to the day . I saw you again in the Potteries on Saturday , the 13 th of August . I was at jtbe George and Dragon Inn , Hanley , on the Friday night , the 12 th . It was our wake time and there was dancing . I did not see
Ellis or Riohards there . There was no speaking . I am positive Richards was not there . I saw you ( Cooper ) again about one o ' clock on Sunday , the 14 th . Samuel Tomkinson and Joseph Smith were with you . They wiere professed Chartists . You told me you were going to Fenton , and I went with yoa , where yon delivered a short address to the people then assembled . Fenton is nearer two miles than one from my house . The discourse was delivered upon a waste piece of ground . I recollect one of the yeomanry cavalry riding past , when two or three young men or lads began to hiss at him ; you turned round and reproved them for it . Your words were , u You are making a bad start , my lads , to get the
Charter . " You told , them the course they should take , that they should be respectful and act kindly . After the discourse , you went to Long ton , a mile and a half distant , and ' commenced with singing and prayer . This was near the new ohurch , and in your sermon you made reference to the church establishment . 1 recollect your contrasting the present condition of professing Christians with the primitive state of Christianity , j You mentioned Wesley living upon £ 28 a-year , and giving tbe rest away . Reference was then made to the clergyman of the church opposite ( Dr . Vale ) , j who , you stated , was represented to you as being a good man . I recollect you
surprised me 05 saying that the Sabbath was not ordained by Jesue Christ , but that you approved of it , and that you would not care if there were two Sundays in the week . You next referred to the bishops riding in splendid gilt coaches , and said if Christ returned upon earth he would not know bis own professed followers . I saw you preaching at the Crown-bank the same night . You repeated your text often ; it was , f'Thou shalt do no murder . " You dwelt at great length upon the principles of Christianity , and that they must forgive and forget , and do man an injury . Cooper—Did you hear me recommend murder ?
Witness—No , quite to the contrary . I remained until the clo 3 e of the discourse , and went with you direct from the meeting to Jeremiah Yates ' s house . I left you between ten and eleven o ' clock . I Baw you the next morning , the 16 'h of August , at the Crown Bank- It was ! near eight o ' clock . You had commenced talking . 1 do not think 1 saw one person armed with a bludgeon . You had none . I never saw you use a [ stick in my life . I recollect you said you had addressed about 30 , 000 people at Bilston and Wednesbury . You described them as being peaceable and orderly , and that they had turned out for an advance of wages . I never heard you say that morning that the people of Wednesbury had struck work to enforce the Charter . A
man named George Hemming also addressed the meeting at the Crown Bank , and advised the people to stand out for tha Charter . You read a letter from the neighbourhood of Manchester , the purport of which was that " the ] anti-Corn Law League had turned out the people by reducing wages , and that the Chartists thought it a fitting opportunity of getting the Charter . '; I heard you recommend all people to cease all labour until the Charter became the law of the land . ' You said you believed there was no law to compel a man to work , and if he did not become troublesome to his parish , or injure property , they had a moral right to stand by each other whilst they gotj their rights . You said the Whig Government had drained the country of BoMier 8 , eo that there were not more than ten soldiers to each large ! town in the kingdom . You
did not tell the people to fight the soldiers , but that if the people would come oat , and be determined , without guns , or bayonets , or bludgeons , or physical weapons of any kind , and only a tenth part of them declare for the Charter , it would become the law of the land . You then referred to what had taken place at the time of the Reformation in justification of what you asserted . [ Referring to the harvest , you said , 4 > The yeomanry j cavalry do that part of the business ; " but I did not hear you , directly or indirectly , advise the people to go and take the corn . I did not hear you that morning recommend any violence , nor , from what you said , did I expect that any violence would take place that day . Cooper—Aa a man I and a Chartiat , upon your oath , did you expect any violence to take place that day ? Witness—I did not .
Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—The witness has stated bo before . Witness—I did not see any person leave the meeting armed with Mudgeona , but shortly after its termination I saw a number of men break into Harris ' s shop for bread . I seized hold of oue or two of the principal rioters , asked them if that was the way in which they expected to carry the Charter , and turned them out of the shop . I returned home , and in consequence of what my wife told me I followed the mob in the direction of Stoke , and saw them do the damage near Mr ; Ridgway ' s manufactory at Shelton-bridge . 1 followed the mob—Mr . Richards , Queen ' s Counsel—The meeting . The Judge—Pray don ' t interrupt the witness . You are putting words into the mouth of the witness whioh he never uaed .
Cooper— This is not : the first time the learned counsel has done so . It is ex' remely unfair and unhandsome . Witness , —I afterwards saw the police-office at Stoke destroyed by fire . [ Witness proceeded to detail the outrages committed on the night of the 15 th at Stoke , Fenton , ; &c . The particulars have already been given at length ia tha Star . ] I reoolleot , when at Bailie ! Rose ' s house at Peakule , I saw the witness Edward Abbington , and others , devising some way to avoid being seen by the soldiers . I did not hear Abbington , howevor , give any direct encouragement to the parties . Cooper . —Did Abbington appear to applaud or approve of what was going on ? WitBess . —Yes , he appeared delighted ; and said that was the way to make an impression upon Government . ¦
The Judge—In common justice you ought to have questioned Abbington as to this point , as probably or possibly he would hare explained it away . Cooper . —I was not aware that the witness would give such evidence , or I certainly should have examined him upon the subject . Witness . —I again saw yon ( Cooper ) about halfpaat four o'olock that afternoon . You were walking quickly to and fro before Jeremiah Yates ' s . You appeared much excited . I went with you to the George and Dragon , and from there we sang , " Spread the Charter" to the Crown Bank , where a meeting was held the j same night . I heard you reproach the people for their conduct , and refuse to
Bhake hands with them ! for their drunken , riotous behaviour . You requested Whigs and Tories , middle-class people , and all parties , to come and hear what you said . You particularly wished them to hear you . You did not applaud the violence which had taken place . I heard you say , "You have done perfectly right this morning in turning out the hands , " and reprobate their conduct in other respects . You frequently proclaimed the words , " Peace , law , and order . " You said in the morning you had recommended them to go for the Charter , and they had missed their way . I believe you laboured under great fear at the time . Cooper—I tell you I did not . I do not know what fear is . 1
Witness—I was at the outskirts of the meeting until its close ; but I was rather restless myself . I followed you on your return to the George and Dragon . This would be about half-past eight o ' clock , as far as I can remember . I went into the front parlour with you . When you got into that room you seemed feverish with excitement . I went with Tomkinson to John Lloyd ' s to get a spring cart , as , in consequence of prejudice , it was feared you would be annoyed , and unable to get a conveyance . Cooper—Why , did you ever leave my side 1 hat night ? i
Witness—Never after nine o ' olock , bat this was before . I was refused the accommodation of the spring cart . From nine o ' olock I remained in the room with you until as near as possible twelve o ' clock . I meant to be in the room . I sat by your side . Henry Foster and wife , James Oldham and wife , John Bamford , J . Richards , Tomkinson , Silvester , several females , land many others were in the room . The prisoner , John Riohards , left about ten o ' clock . I recollect an attorney named Pilcher , of Hanley , coming into { the room very frequently . When he onee came in { the money which Yates had paid you was lying on [ the table . I will undertake to swear ton thousand times over that you ( Cooper ) was not out of the room at the George and Dragon from nine o ' clock until twelve . I left the room at
twelve o ' clock . Yon had on a coat and hat whioh Miss Hale , the landlady lent you . You asked for them to disguise yourself . About five or six o ' clock we went out of the house together . I took you up Market-street , across the fields , past the Cock ; saw a policeman there , and went over to pear Mr . Richarda ' s door . We then went to Thomas Maher ' a in Upper Hanley . It was a very dark night , and dark all the course we took , except up Marketstreet . ( Witness gave an account of Cooper ' s leaving the Potteries on the night of the 15 th of August . ) He had never Been nor corresponded with Cooper from that time until the present Assizes . Cross-exaniued by Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—I was at Shelton during the special assizes . I am quite sure I was not at Stafford on that occasion . This is the first time I have been in the court during these
assizes . Have spoken \ of being present during a sermon preached by Cooper from a text out of " Isaiah . " Can ' tlteu bow long it lasted : it might
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be about an hour . Before that sermon was delivered there was considerable distress in our neighbourhood . Don't recollect seeing a policeman named Swan present at tbe sertr On . M * . Serjeant Talfourd—I will refresh yonj f memory . Do you recollect Cooper gave out a hymn commencing " Men of England , you are slaves , " Beaten by policemen ' s staves V Witness—I have heard that given oat many times , but I can't say that Cooper gav «» it out thai evening . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd—You have frequentl y heard those lines sung at religious services on the Sunday , have you not 1 Witness—Yes , I have . Cooper—They are frequently sung at Chartist
services . The Judge—You have no right to assist tha witness . We must have no more each interruptions . Cross-examination resumed . —The discourse ai Fenton was delivered about two hundred yardsfron t the police office . At the meeting at the Crown-bank on the morning of the 15 th , did not hear Cooper say anything about the Court of Requests at Hanley or Leicester . From the time I left the meeting to the time I saw the mob breaking into Harris ' s shop was about an hour . Saw them going in the direction of Lord Granyille ' s works , but did not see them go to turn out Ridgway ' s workmen . Heard Cooper say , that the Whig Government had drained
the country of troops . It was after that the resolution was carried , to suspend labour until the Charter was established . Can ' t say that Cooper put the resolution , or you should soon have it . I was within sound of his voice , and heard every word he said . Did not hear him say that the following day , the 16 th of August , being the anniversary of Pe ^ erloo , there were to be meetings all over England . He saw by his watch that it wa ? nine o ' clock when he took hi * seat with Cooper in the parlour of the George and Dragon , and left at twelve o ' clock . Mr . Forrister ' a offices were about half a mile from , the George and Dragon . Heard they were on fire about half-oast
ten o clock . We could hear the shooting of thepeople in the streets through the window . Mr . Parker ' s house was about a quarter of a mile from the George and Dragon . After three o ' clock I saw the houses of Mr . Aitken and Mr . Parker on fire . I do not know that any of the party at the George and Dragon left the room when we heard of Forrister ' s fire , not even to inquire . I am sure that noither Cooke nor I did . Thomas Maher ' s house is on his way from Hanl « y to Macclesfield . Whea we got to his house he got up , part dressed . The witness was further cross-examined , but nothing particular , in addition to what was stated ia his examination in chief , was elicited .
Mary Haly , the landlady of the George and Dragon , at Hanley , was next called to corroborate some portions of the testimony given by the last witness . She was left uader cross-examination at half-past one o ' clock , when our report was despatched . ( Continued in our fifth page .
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Leeds Corn Market , March 28 . —The arrivals of Grain to thia day ' s market have been rather larger than last week . The demand continues very limited for Wheat , and prices have been Is . per quarter lower . There has been very little alteration ia Barley . Oats and Beans in demand , and prices rather lower . THE AVERAGE PRICES OP WHEAT , TOR THE WEEJC ENDING MARCH 28 , 1843 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Pen Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qxb . ( irs . Qr& 3268 1402 600 — * 35 5 £ s . d . £ a . d . £ b . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 2 6 3 | 1 10 111 0 17 10 i 0 0 0 17 7 10 0
Huddebsfield Market , March 28 . —A very fair amount of business was done this day iu ligbt fancy goods for trousers ; in other goods the demand was small in every department ; as the workmen carry in their work they seldom have more given them , thus producing more distress , whilst nightly depredations are most alarmingly on the increase . Leeds Woollen MARKETs ^ There has bean no alteration for the better in the demend for goods at the Cloth Halls , nor have any hopes of improvement been held oat .
Newcastle Corn Market , March 25 . —The supply of wheat at market this morning both front the country and the coast was only moderate , and the coudition be ' ng good , the whole was readily cleared off at fully the rates of this day week . For foreign wheat there is very little demand , and to effect sales to any extent rather lower prices would be submitted to .
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O'CONNOR , Ea * of Hammersmith , County Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at Ms Print ing Office * , Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggatei ud Published by th * said Joshwa Hobson , ( Tor the said Fsamus O'Cokxos , ) at his Dwel-Ung-houM , No . 5 , Market-street , Briggato ; an Internal C * mmumication existing between the sal * No . 5 , Market-street , and the said Nos . 12 and is . Market-street , Briggate , tbua constituting the whole of the Baid Printing and Publishing Office one Premises . All Communications must be addressed , Post-paid , to Mr . Hobsor , Nwthern Star Office , Leeds . ( Saturday , April 1 , 1843 . )
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